Form 10-Q
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
{ X } QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR
15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
For the Quarterly Period Ended June 30, 1999.
OR
{ } TRANSACTION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR
15 (d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
Commission File Number: 0-26663
IPSWICH BANCSHARES, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Massachusetts 04-3459169
State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization Identification No.)
23 Market Street, Ipswich, Massachusetts 01938
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(978) 356-7777
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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
requirement for the past 90 days.
Yes ( X ) No ( )
The number of shares outstanding of the Registrant's common stock as of August
2, 1999 is:
Common stock, par value $.10 per share 2,524,902
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(Class) (Outstanding)
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IPSWICH BANCSHARES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
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June 30, December 31,
1999 1998
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Assets (unaudited) (unaudited)
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Cash and due from banks $6,418 $7,079
Interest-bearing deposits and federal funds sold 5,626 5,016
Investment securities available for sale 29,917 29,085
Investment securities held to maturity 19,336 10,196
Loans held for sale 6,588 24,000
Loans:
Residential 165,898 161,840
Home equity 21,056 19,772
Commercial 5,047 6,191
Consumer 1,102 1,188
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Total gross loans 193,103 188,991
Allowance for possible loan losses -1,830 -1,742
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Net loans 191,273 187,249
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Stock in FHLB of Boston 3,977 2,905
Savings Bank Life Insurance Company stock 253 253
Banking premises and equipment, net 3,245 3,298
Other real estate owned, net 718 718
Accrued interest receivable 1,254 1,053
Deferred premium on loans sold/mortgage servicing rights, net 922 229
Other assets 230 247
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Total assets $269,757 $271,328
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Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
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Liabilities:
Deposits:
Non-interest-bearing checking accounts $16,502 $18,656
Interest-bearing checking accounts 28,661 22,954
Savings accounts 36,038 37,768
Money market accounts 56,961 55,418
Certificates of deposit 64,047 64,961
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Total deposits 202,209 199,757
Borrowed funds 48,000 53,000
Mortgagors' escrow accounts 977 1,043
Deferred income tax liability, accrued expenses and other liabilities 2,986 3,305
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Total liabilities 254,172 257,105
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Equity capital 15,393 14,038
Unrealized gain on investment securities available for sale, net 192 185
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Total stockholders' equity 15,585 14,223
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Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $269,757 $271,328
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Shares outstanding 2,524,902 2,392,286
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IPSWICH BANCSHARES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Income
(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)
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Three Months Ended Six Months Ended
June 30, June 30,
1999 1998 1999 1998
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(unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited) (unaudited)
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Interest and dividend income:
Loans $3,417 $3,508 $7,229 $6,903
Investment securities available for sale 524 207 1,073 415
Investment securities held to maturity 291 360 459 827
Interest-bearing deposits and federal funds sold 57 31 72 46
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Total interest and dividend income 4,289 4,106 8,833 8,191
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Interest expense:
Deposits 1,576 1,509 3,221 3,055
Borrowed funds 666 716 1,448 1,368
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Total interest expense 2,242 2,225 4,669 4,423
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Net interest and dividend income 2,047 1,881 4,164 3,768
Provision for possible loan losses 45 45 90 90
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Net interest and dividend income after
provision for possible loan losses 2,002 1,836 4,074 3,678
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Non-interest income:
Mortgage banking revenues, net 267 317 762 682
Retail banking fees 385 295 723 543
Net gain on sales of securities 16 0 65 16
Other -2 3 7 4
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Total non-interest income 666 615 1,557 1,245
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Net interest, dividend and non-interest income 2,668 2,451 5,631 4,923
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Non-interest expenses:
Salaries and employee benefits 790 662 1,562 1,269
Occupancy and equipment expenses 229 162 450 302
Data processing services 187 136 359 266
Marketing expense 124 189 266 290
Professsional fees 95 86 160 140
Office expense 95 101 194 180
Other 158 158 329 263
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Total non-interest expenses 1,678 1,494 3,320 2,710
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Expenses from Holding Company & REIT formation 0 0 380 0
Income before income taxes 990 957 1,931 2,213
Income tax expense 297 345 579 797
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Net income $693 $612 $1,352 $1,416
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Weighted average common shares outstanding (basic) 2,462,742 2,389,648 2,427,708 2,388,734
Weighted average common shares outstanding (diluted) 2,544,482 2,470,235 2,533,987 2,563,822
Basic earnings per share $0.28 $0.26 $0.56 $0.59
Diluted earnings per share $0.27 $0.24 $0.53 $0.55
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IPSWICH BANCSHARES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Equity
Six Months Ended June 30, 1999 and 1998
(Dollars in thousands, except for share data)
(unaudited)
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Accumulated
Additional Other Total
Shares Common paid-in Retained comprehensive stockholders'
outstanding stock capital earnings income equity
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Balance at December 31, 1997 2,385,076 $ 239 $ 1,969 $ 9,559 $ 66 $ 11,833
Comprehensive income:
Net income 0 0 0 1,416 0 1,416
Change in net unrealized gain/
(loss) on investment securities
available for sale 0 0 0 0 -38 -38
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Total comprehensive income 0 0 0 1,416 -38 1,378
Cash dividends ($.08 per share) 0 0 0 -191 0 -191
Stock options exercised 4,660 0 13 0 0 13
Issuance of stock rights 0 0 11 0 0 11
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Balance at June 30, 1998 2,389,736 239 1,993 10,784 28 13,044
Comprehensive income:
Net income 0 0 0 1,222 0 1,222
Change in net unrealized gain/
(loss) on investment securities
available for sale 0 0 0 0 157 157
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Total comprehensive income 0 0 0 1,222 157 1,379
Cash dividends ($.09 per share) 0 0 0 -216 0 -216
Stock options exercised 2,550 0 5 0 0 5
Issuance of stock rights 0 0 11 0 0 11
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Balance at December 31, 1998 2,392,286 239 2,009 11,790 185 14,223
Comprehensive income:
Net income 0 0 0 1,352 0 1,352
Change in net unrealized gain/
(loss) on investment securities
available for sale 0 0 0 0 7 7
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Total comprehensive income 0 0 0 1,352 7 1,359
Cash dividends ($.10 per share) 0 0 0 -246 0 -246
Stock options exercised 132,616 13 224 0 0 237
Issuance of stock rights 0 0 12 0 0 12
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Balance June 30, 1999 2,524,902 $ 252 $ 2,245 $ 12,896 $ 192 $ 15,585
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IPSWICH BANCSHARES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Six Months Ended June 30, 1999 and 1998
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(Dollars in thousands)
(unaudited)
1999 1998
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Net cash flows from operating activities:
Net income $1,352 $1,416
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided (used) by operating
activities:
Provision for possible loan losses 90 90
Depreciation expense 167 102
Amortization of premiums on investment securities, net 80 37
(Gain) on sale of loans, net -762 -857
(Gain) on sale of real estate acquired by foreclosure 0 -80
(Gain) on investment securities available for sale, net -65 -16
Origination of loans held for sale -47,609 -77,266
Proceeds from sale of loans 7,981 12,340
Proceeds from sale of securitized loans 57,802 56,939
(Increase) decrease in loan origination fees -206 107
(Decrease) in loan discounts -1 0
(Increase) in deferred premium on loans sold and mortgage servicing rights -693 -574
(Increase) in accrued interest receivable -201 -41
Increase (decrease) in other assets, net 17 -4
(Decrease) in accrued expenses and other liabilities -324 -649
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Net cash provided (used) by operating activities 17,628 -8,456
Net cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of investment securities available for sale -13,380 -5,696
Principal paydowns on investment securities available for sale 7,680 3,379
Proceeds from the sale of investment securities available for sale 4,860 1,474
Purchase of investment securities held to maturity -9,579 0
Principal paydowns on investment securities held to maturity 444 2,442
Principal from the call of investment securities held to maturity 0 5,000
Purchases of stock in FHLB of Boston -1,072 -861
Net (increase) in loans -3,907 -3,238
Proceeds from sale of real estate acquired by foreclosure 0 90
Purchases of equipment, net -114 -248
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Net cash (used) provided by investing activities -15,068 2,342
Cash flows from financing activities:
Net proceeds from the issuance of common stock 249 25
Cash dividends -246 -192
Net increase in deposits 2,452 4,532
Proceeds from Federal Home Loan Bank advances 156,100 95,213
Repayment of Federal Home Loan Bank advances -161,100 -94,005
(Decrease) increase in mortgagors' escrow accounts -66 116
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Net cash (used) provided by financing activities -2,611 5,689
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Net (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents -51 -425
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 12,095 6,798
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Cash and cash equivalents at end of year $12,044 $6,373
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Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information: Cash paid for:
Interest on deposit accounts $3,221 $3,056
Interest on borrowed funds 1,448 1,368
Income tax expense, net 417 797
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IPSWICH BANCSHARES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
June 30, 1999 and 1998
Basis of Presentation
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Ipswich
Bancshares, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiary, Ipswich Savings Bank (the
"Bank") and the Bank's wholly owned subsidiaries, Ipswich Preferred Capital
Corporation, Ipswich Securities Corporation, Historic Ipswich, Inc., North Shore
Financial Services, Inc. and Rowley Investment Corporation (Ipswich Bancshares,
Inc. and its subsidiaries are sometimes collectively referred to as the
Company). All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been
eliminated in consolidation.
Ipswich Preferred Capital Corporation was formed as a mortgage real estate
investment trust to hold residential mortgages as a subsidiary of the Bank.
Ipswich Securities Corporation was formed to exclusively transact in securities
on its own behalf as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Bank. Historic Ipswich,
Inc. and North Shore Financial Services, Inc. were incorporated for the purpose
of holding direct investments in real estate and foreclosed real estate,
respectively. Rowley Investment Corporation was incorporated to facilitate the
holding and permitting of certain bank-owned real estate.
The consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles. In preparing the financial statements,
management is required to make estimates and assumptions that affect the
reported amounts of assets and liabilities as of the date of the balance sheet
and revenues and expenses for the period. Actual results could differ
significantly from those estimates.
Material estimates that are particularly susceptible to significant change in
the near-term relate to the determination of the allowance for possible loan
losses, the valuation of real estate acquired by foreclosure, the valuation of
the deferred premium on loans sold and the valuation of originated mortgage
servicing rights.
A substantial portion of the Company's loans are secured by real estate in Essex
County in Massachusetts. In addition, other real estate owned is located in that
market. Accordingly, the ultimate collectibility of a substantial portion of the
Company's loan portfolio and the recovery of the carrying amount of other real
estate owned are susceptible to changes in market conditions in its geographic
area.
Earnings Per Share
The computation of basic earnings per share is based on the weighted average
number of shares of common stock outstanding during each period. The computation
of diluted earnings per share is based on the weighted average number of shares
of common stock outstanding and dilutive potential common stock equivalents
outstanding during each period. Stock option grants are included only in periods
when the results are dilutive.
Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Accumulated other comprehensive income consists solely of unrealized
appreciation on investment securities available for sale, net of taxes.
ITEM 2
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
Certain statements in this Form 10-Q constitute "forward looking statements", as
that term is defined under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
The words "believe", "expect", "anticipate", "intend", "plan", "assume", and
other similar expressions which are predictions of or indicate future events and
trends and which do not relate to historical matters identify forward looking
statements. Reliance should not be placed on forward looking statements because
they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which are
in some cases beyond the control of the Company and may cause the actual
results, performance, or achievements of the Company to differ materially from
anticipated future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by
such forward looking statements.
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Certain factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to
the following: interest rates may increase, adversely affecting the ability of
borrowers to repay adjustable rate loans and the Company's earnings and income
which derive in significant part from loans to borrowers; unemployment in the
Company's market area may increase, adversely affecting the ability of
individual borrowers to re-pay loans; property values may decline, adversely
affecting the ability of borrowers to re-pay loans and the value of real estate
securing repayment of loans; general economic and market conditions in the
Company's market area may decline, adversely affecting the ability of borrowers
to re-pay loans, the value of real estate securing payment of loans and the
Company's ability to make profitable loans; adverse legislation or regulatory
requirements may be adopted; competitive pressure among depository institutions
may increase; and the impact of the Year 2000 issue may be more significant than
currently anticipated. Any of the above may also result in lower interest
income, increased loan losses, additional charge-offs and write-downs and higher
operating expenses. The Company disclaims any intent or obligation to update
publicly any of the forward looking statements herein, whether in response to
new information, future events or otherwise.
GENERAL
Ipswich Bancshares, Inc. (the "Company") is a Massachusetts corporation whose
primary business is serving as the holding company for Ipswich Savings Bank (the
"Bank"). On July 1, 1999, in connection with the formation of the Company as the
holding company for the Bank, each share of the Bank's common stock previously
outstanding was converted automatically into one share of common stock of the
Company, and the Bank became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company. The
reorganization had no impact on the consolidated financial statements.
The Company's operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 1999
reflect the operations of the Company and its direct and indirect subsidiaries,
Ipswich Savings Bank, Ipswich Preferred Capital Corporation ("IPCC"), Ipswich
Securities Corporation, North Shore Financial Services, Rowley Investment
Corporation and Historic Ipswich, Inc. The Company is in the business of making
residential mortgage loans, while attracting deposits from the general public to
fund those loans. The Company operates out of its main office located at 23
Market Street, Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, and its seven full-service
retail branch offices, located in Beverly, Essex, Marblehead, North Andover,
Rowley, Reading and Salem, Massachusetts. The Company operates Automatic Teller
Machines at its Main Office and each of its full-service retail branch offices.
As a bank holding company, the Company is subject to regulation, supervision and
examination by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve (Federal Reserve)
and the Bank is subject to regulation, supervision and examination by the
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (the FDIC) and the Massachusetts
Commissioner of Banks (the Commissioner).
ASSET / LIABILITY MANAGEMENT
A primary objective of the Asset/Liability Management Policy is to manage
interest rate risk over time to achieve a prudent level of net interest income
in changing interest rate environments. Management's strategies are intended to
be responsive to changes in interest rates and to recognize market demands for
particular types of deposit and loan products. The strategies are overseen by an
internal Asset/Liability Management Committee.
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Assets and liabilities are classified as interest rate sensitive if they have a
remaining term to maturity of 0-12 months, or are subject to interest rate
adjustment in those time periods. Adjustable rate loans and mortgage backed
securities are shown as if the entire balance came due on the repricing date.
Estimates of fixed rate loan amortization prepayments are included with rate
sensitive assets. Because regular savings, demand deposits, money market
accounts and NOW accounts may be withdrawn at any time and are subject to
interest rate adjustments at any time, they are presented based upon assumed
maturity structures. As a results of this analysis, the static GAP position in
the 0 to 12 months range is a negative $21.7 million at April 30, 1999, the
latest assessment period.
Interest rate sensitivity statistics are static measures that do not necessarily
take into consideration external factors which may affect the sensitivity of
assets and liabilities, and consequently can not be used alone to predict the
operating results of a financial institution in a changing environment. However,
these measurements do reflect major trends and thus the Company's sensitivity to
interest rate changes over time.
LIQUIDITY
The Company seeks to ensure that sufficient liquidity is available to meet cash
requirements while earning a return on liquid assets. The Company uses its
liquidity primarily to fund loans and investment commitments, to supplement
deposit flows and to meet operating expenses. The primary sources of liquidity
are interest and amortization from loans, mortgage backed securities and
investments, sales and maturities of investments, loan sales, deposits, and
Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston (FHLBB) advances, which includes a $3.2 million
overnight line of credit. The Company also uses longer term borrowed facilities
within its total available credit line with the FHLBB. Advances from the FHLBB
were $48.0 million at June 30, 1999.
During 1999 the primary sources of liquidity were $65.8 million in loan sales,
principal amortization from mortgage backed securities of $8.1 million and the
sale of a fixed rate mortgage backed security of $4.9 million. The primary uses
of funds were $73.1 million in residential mortgage loan originations and $23
million in investment purchases.
CAPITAL ADEQUACY
Total stockholders' equity at June 30, 1999 was $15.6 million, an increase of
$1.4 million from $14.2 million at the end of 1998. Included in stockholders'
equity at June 30, 1999 is an unrealized gain on marketable securities available
for sale, net of taxes, of $192,000, an increase of $7,000 as compared to
$185,000 at December 31, 1998. At June 30, 1999, neither the Federal Reserve
Board nor the FDIC permitted the unrealized gain or loss to be used in the
calculation of the Tier 1 leverage capital (see below). Future interest rate
increases could reduce the market value of these securities and reduce
stockholders' equity. As a percentage of total assets, stockholders equity was
5.78% at June 30, 1999, compared to 5.24% at December 31, 1998.
The Federal Reserve's and the FDIC's capital guidelines require the Company and
the Bank, respectively, generally to maintain a minimum Tier 1 leverage capital
ratio of at least 4% (5% for a bank to be classified as "well-capitalized"). At
June 30, 1999, the Bank's Tier 1 leverage capital ratio was 5.90% (compared to
5.55% at December 31, 1998).
The Federal Reserve and the FDIC have also imposed risk-based capital
requirements on the Company and the Bank, respectively, which give different
risk weightings to assets and to off balance sheet assets, such as loan
commitments. The Federal Reserve's and the FDIC's risk-based capital guidelines
require the Company and the Bank, respectively, to maintain a minimum total
risk-based capital ratio of 8% (10% to be classified as "well-capitalized") and
a Tier 1 risk-based capital ratio of 4% (6% to be classified as
"well-capitalized"). At June 30, 1999, the Bank's total and Tier 1 risk-based
capital ratios were 12.96% and 11.70% (compared to 11.70% and 10.45% at December
31, 1998).
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As of June 30, 1999, the Bank was considered "well-capitalized" under applicable
regulatory capital guidelines.
YEAR 2000
The Year 2000 issue (commonly referred to as "Y2K"), is the result of computer
programs being written using two digits, rather than four digits, to define the
applicable year. The Y2K issue, which is common to most corporations, including
banks, concerns the inability of information systems, primarily (but not
exclusively) computer software programs, to properly recognize and process
date-sensitive information as the Year 2000 approaches. The following
constitutes the Company's Y2K readiness disclosure under the Year 2000
Information and Readiness Disclosure Act.
Since the Company's information systems functions are either outsourced to
service bureaus or processed in-house using programs developed by third-party
vendors, the direct effort to correct Y2K issues will be undertaken largely by
third parties and will therefore not be within the company's direct control. The
Company expects to bring its mission critical operating systems into compliance
with Y2K requirements through installation of updated or replacement programs
developed by third parties.
Bank regulators have recently issued additional guidance under which they are
assessing Year 2000 readiness. The failure of a financial institution, such as
the Company, to address deficiencies in the Year 2000 management process could
result in (I) enforcement actions that could have a material adverse effect on
the institution; (ii) the imposition of civil money penalties; or (iii) the
delay of receipt of regulatory approval for certain activities or acquisitions.
Awareness Phase
This phase consists of defining the Y2K problem; developing the resources
necessary to perform compliance work, establishing a Y2K program committee and
developing an overall strategy that encompasses in-house systems, service
bureaus for systems that are outsourced, vendors, auditors, customers, and
suppliers (including correspondents). Currently all of the Company's major
computer processing functions are outsourced to third party vendors. This phase
has been completed by the Company's Y2K committee (see below).
Assessment Phase
The Company has organized a Y2K committee, comprised of senior officers, staff
employees and a consultant, to research, develop and implement a plan that will
correct the issue within the time lines established by the Company's regulators.
The committee has substantially completed an assessment, identified mission
critical systems, and created a formal tracking system identifying all third
party vendors and their Y2K compliant version of systems. Mission critical
systems include hardware, software, program interfaces, operating systems as
well as other mechanical systems. Based upon the results of the assessment, the
Company has established internal time frames to upgrade or replace its existing
hardware and software systems. During 1998, the Company replaced its teller
system hardware and software in its retail branch network.
The assessment phase has been materially completed but is considered an ongoing
phase for the Company. The Company is in the process of developing its
contingency plan. The Company has currently estimated the total costs associated
with the Y2K issues to be $140,000. As of June 30, 1999, the Company has
incurred approximately $60,000 of Y2K expenses. The Company continues to
evaluate the estimated costs associated with achieving Y2K readiness based upon
its experience to date. However, no assurances can be given that the Company or
the third party vendors to whom the Company outsources it information systems
will solve all the issues in a successful and timely fashion or that the costs
of such efforts will not exceed current estimates.
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Renovation Phase
This phase includes hardware and software upgrades, system replacements, vendor
certification, and other associated changes. Work has been prioritized based on
information gathered during the assessment phase. The Company relies on outside
servicers for its data processing and third party vendors for certain in-house
processing functions. Each servicer and vendor has been contacted and has or
will provide information to the Company concerning their efforts to comply with
the Y2K issue.
Validation Phase
Testing is a multifaceted process that is critical to the Y2K project and
inherent in each phase of the project management plan. This process includes the
testing of incremental changes to hardware and software components. In addition
to testing upgraded components, connections with other systems must be verified,
and all changes should be accepted by internal and external users. Management
will work with its service bureau and third-party software vendors to establish
controls to assure the effective and timely completion of all hardware and
software testing prior to final implementation. As with the renovation phase,
the Company will be in ongoing discussions with its vendors on the success of
their validation efforts.
Implementation Phase
In this phase, systems should be validated as Y2K compliant and be accepted by
the Company. For any system failing certification, the business effect must be
assessed clearly and the organization's Y2K contingency plans should be
implemented. Any potentially noncompliant mission-critical system should be
brought to the attention of executive management immediately for resolution. In
addition, this phase must ensure that any new systems or subsequent changes to
verified systems are compliant with Y2K requirements.
In summary, the Company recognizes Y2K as a global issue with potentially
catastrophic results if not addressed. The Company has and will continue to
undertake all the necessary steps to protect itself and its customers concerning
the Y2K issue. If the Company does not solve such issues, or does not do so in a
timely manner, the Y2K issue could have a material adverse impact on the
Company's business, future operating results and financial condition.
FINANCIAL CONDITION
The Company's total assets decreased to $269.8 million at June 30, 1999 from
$271.3 million at December 31, 1998. The decrease was principally due to the
securitization and delivery of loans held for sale which were originated in the
fourth quarter of 1998 and the first quarter of 1999. The Company also incurred
a small run-off in its portfolio of certificates of deposit which declined to
$64.0 million at June 30, 1999 from $65 million at year-end 1998. This run-off
was principally in high rate CDs.
Investment and Mortgage-Backed Securities
Investments and mortgage backed securities available for sale increased by
$832,000 to $29.9 million at June 30, 1999 primarily as a result of the purchase
of $13.4 million of mortgage-backed securities, offset by the sale of $4.9
million of securities and amortization of $7.7 million. The portfolio of
investment and mortgage-backed securities held to maturity increased to $19.3
million, an increase of $9.1 million, as a result of the purchase of $9.6
million of mortgage-backed securities. Future increases in interest rates could
reduce the value of these investments.
Loans and Loans Held for Sale
Loans held for sale decreased by $17.4 million during the first half of 1999, as
a result of the decrease in fixed rate loan production during the first half of
1999. Total mortgage loan production for the first six months of 1999 totaled
$73.1 million.
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The permanent loan portfolio increased by $4.1 million to $193.1 million at June
30, 1999. The increase was primarily in residential first mortgage loans.
CREDIT QUALITY
Non-Performing Loans
Non-accrual loans were $249,000 at June 30, 1999. Accrual of interest on loans
is discontinued either when a reasonable doubt exists as to the full, timely
collection of principal and interest or when a loan becomes contractually past
due by ninety (90) days or more, unless the loan is adequately secured and is in
the process of collection.
When a loan is placed on non-accrual status, all interest previously accrued,
but not collected is reversed against current period interest income. Income on
such loans is recognized to the extent that cash is received and the ultimate
collection of principal and interest is probable. Following collection
procedures the Company generally institutes appropriate action to foreclose the
property.
Real Estate Acquired by Foreclosure
Real estate acquired by foreclosure totaled $718,000 at June 30, 1999, the same
as at December 31, 1998. Real estate acquired by foreclosure is reflected at the
lower of the net carrying value or fair value of the property less estimated
costs of disposition. These properties consist mainly of land and single family
and multi-family dwellings. The Company currently has one piece of property
totaling $650,000, which is a 98 acre parcel of land in Rowley, Massachusetts,
which has been permitted to create a 40-lot detached single family residential
subdivision and 10 commercial building lots. There remains outstanding a title
claim to a portion of the property. The claim is being defended by the Company's
title insurance company on behalf of Historic Ipswich, Inc., the owner. The
Company anticipates that the title issue will be resolved in Land Court during
1999; however, the ultimate resolution cannot be predicted. The residential and
commercial portions of the property are currently under agreement to purchase
for more than the book value of the entire parcels. One of the stipulations in
the purchase agreement on the residential side is favorable resolution of the
title issue.
Allowance for Loan Loss
The allowance for loan loss was $1.8 million at June 30, 1999 and $1.7 million
at December 31, 1998. The entire allowance for loan losses is available to
absorb charge-offs in any category of loans. Loan losses are charged against the
allowance when management believes that the collectibility of the loan principal
is unlikely. The allowance for possible loan losses is established by management
to absorb future charge-offs of loans deemed uncollectible. This allowance is
increased by provisions charged to operating expense and by recoveries on loans
previously charged off. In evaluating current information and events regarding
borrowers' ability to repay their obligations, management considers commercial
loans over $200,000 to be impaired when it is probable that the Company will be
unable to collect all amount due according to the contractual terms of the note
agreement; other loans are evaluated collectively for impairment. When a loan is
considered to be impaired, the amount of the impairment is measured based on the
present value of expected future cash flows discounted at the loan's effective
interest rate or the fair value of collateral, if the loan is
collateral-dependent. Impairment losses are included in the allowance for loan
losses through a charge to the provision for loan losses. Management believes
that the allowance for possible loan losses is adequate. While management uses
available information to recognize losses on loans, future additions to the
allowance may be necessary.
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Liabilities
Deposits increased by $2.5 million to $202.2 million at June 30, 1999 from
$199.8 million at December 31, 1998. The increase took place primarily in
interest-bearing checking accounts as a result of the Company's continuing
program to attract transaction account balances.
Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston advances decreased by $5.0 million to $48.0
million at June 30, 1999 from $53.0 million at December 31, 1998 as a function
of cash and liquidity management.
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1999
COMPARED TO THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1998
General
The Company reported net income of $693,000 or $.27 per fully diluted share for
the second quarter of 1999. This compares with $612,000 or $.24 per fully
diluted share for the second quarter of 1998. This represents a 13% increase in
net income compared to the same period last year. The second quarter return on
equity was 18.18% which compared to 19.03% in the second quarter of 1998. The
second quarter return on assets was 1.05% which compares to 1.03% for the same
period in 1998.
Net Interest and Dividend Income
Compared to the second quarter of 1998, net interest income grew $166,000 or 9%
as a result of $24.7 million growth in earning assets. For the second quarter of
1999, net interest margin was 3.19% compared to 3.25% for the second quarter of
1998.
Non-interest Income
The second quarter non-interest income of $666,000 is an increase of $51,000, or
8% from the second quarter of 1998. This increase is principally due to the
growth in retail banking fees as a result of the Company's effort to attract
transaction accounts. This growth was realized as a result of the opening of two
new Bank branches in the second half of 1998 and the corresponding deposit
balances generated from those openings. Net mortgage banking revenues declined
by $50,000 in the second quarter of 1999 versus the same quarter of 1998. The
level of mortgage loan production declined $11.8 million from $47.8 million in
1998 to $36 million in 1999. The decline in loan volume translates into lower
mortgage banking fees and gains on sale of loans.
Non-interest Expense
Total non-interest expenses were $1.7 million for the second quarter of 1999
versus $1.5 million for the same quarter in 1998. This represents a 12% increase
in expenses. The increase is principally the result of the addition of two new
branches in the second half of 1998 which resulted in a higher level of salary
and benefit costs and occupancy and equipment costs. Additionally, the Company
added support level operational staff in the second half of 1998 as a means to
support potential future expansion.
Income Tax Expense
The second quarter effective tax rate was 30% compared to 36% for the second
quarter of 1998. A lower tax rate for 1999 was due primarily to the formation of
a residential mortgage REIT which resulted in the Company realizing a lower
state tax expense.
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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1999
COMPARED TO THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 1998
General
The Company reported net income for the six months ended June 30, 1999 of $1.4
million, or $.53 per fully diluted share compared to $1.4 million, or $.55 per
fully diluted share for the same period last year. Return on equity was 18.13%
and 22.6% for the six months ended June 30, 1999 and 1998, respectively. Return
on average assets was 1.00% and 1.21% for the six months ended June 30, 1999 and
1998, respectively.
Net Interest and Dividend Income
Total net interest and dividend income was $4.1 million for the six months ended
June 30, 1999 versus $3.7 million for the same time frame in 1998. This reflects
the Company's growth in its average earning assets of $33.9 million for the
first half of 1999 versus the same time frame in 1998. The 1999 net interest
margin was 3.23% compared to 3.37% for the same time frame in 1998. This
reflects the declining interest rate environment experienced in the second half
of 1998 and the interest rates on loans placed in the portfolio during that time
frame. Additionally, the Company experienced significant amortization and
pre-payment in its investment portfolio, which is primarily comprised of
mortgage-backed securities. The pre-payments resulted in the Company realizing a
decline for the interest rate earned on those investments.
Non-Interest Income
Non-interest income for the first half of 1999 was $1.6 million, versus $1.2
million for the same time frame in 1998. The Company continued to realize strong
growth in its retail banking fees, which increased by 33% in 1999 versus 1998.
This was a result of the Company's continuing efforts to generated transaction
accounts and corresponding fees generated from those accounts. Mortgage banking
revenues increased by $80,000, or 12% in 1999 versus 1998. In the first half of
1998, the Company created a reserve for a write-down on its mortgage servicing
rights of $140,000 as a result of declining interest rates. The Company created
a reserve of $153,000 in the first half of 1999.
Non-Interest Expenses
Non-interest expenses for the first six months of 1999 excluding the one-time
charge for the holding company and REIT formations, was $3.3 million versus $2.7
million for the first six months of 1998. The increase in expenses reflects the
addition of two new branches which were added in the second half of 1998. The
line items affected by these branches were salary and benefits, occupancy and
data processing costs. Additionally, the Company realized an increase in
operating expenses as a result of the addition of support staff to manage
potential future expansion.
Income Tax Expense
The six-month 1999 effective tax rate was 30% compared to 36% for the six-month
time frame ended June 30, 1998. The lower rate for 1999 was due primarily to the
establishment of the REIT, which will allow the Company to realize a lower state
tax expense.
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ITEM 3
QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Market risk is the risk of loss in a financial instrument arising from adverse
changes in market rates/prices such as interest rates, foreign currency exchange
rates, commodity prices, and equity prices. The Company's primary market risk
exposure is interest rate risk. The ongoing monitoring and management of this
risk is an important component of the Company's asset/liability management
process which is governed by policies of the Asset/Liability Committees (ALCO).
In this capacity ALCO develops guidelines and strategies impacting the Company's
asset/liability management related activities based upon estimated market risk
sensitivity, policy limits and overall market interest rate levels/trends.
Interest Rate Risk
Interest rate risk represents the sensitivity of earnings to changes in market
interest rates. As interest rates change, the interest income and expense
streams associated with the Company's financial instruments also change thereby
impacting net interest income (NII), the primary component of the Company's
earnings. ALCO utilizes the results of a simulation model and static GAP reports
to quantify the estimated exposure of NII to sustained interest rate changes.
ALCO monitors simulated NII sensitivity over a rolling two-year horizon to gauge
its interest rate risk.
The simulation model captures the impact of changing interest rates on the
interest income received and interest expense paid on all assets and liabilities
reflected on the Company's balance sheet. A parallel and pro forma shift in
rates of 200 basis points (bp) upward and downward on a static balance sheet
over a 12 month period is assumed. The following reflects the Company's NII
sensitivity analysis as of the most recently reviewed time frame, April 30, 1999
versus December 31, 1998.
Rate Change Estimated NII Sensitivity
1999 1998
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+200pb (5.60%) (13.3%)
-200pb 5.59% 8.5%
The preceding sensitivity analysis does not represent the Company's forecast and
should not be relied upon as being indicative of expected operating results.
These hypothetical estimates are based upon numerous assumptions including: the
nature and timing of interest rate levels including yield curve shape,
prepayments on loans and securities, deposit decay rates, pricing decisions on
loans and deposits, investment/ replacement of asset and liability cash-flows,
and others. While assumptions are developed based upon current economic and
local market conditions, the Company cannot make any assurances as to the
predictive nature of these assumptions including how customer preferences or
competitor influences might change.
Also, as market conditions vary from those assumed in the sensitivity analysis,
actual results will also differ due to: prepayment/refinancing levels likely
deviating from those assumed, the varying impact of interest rate change caps or
floors on adjustable rate assets, the potential effect of changing debt service
levels on customers with adjustable rate loans, depositor early withdrawals and
product preference changes, and other internal/external variables. Furthermore,
the sensitivity analysis does not reflect actions that ALCO might take in
responding to or anticipating changes in interest rates.
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IPSWICH BANCSHARES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
PART II - OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
None
Item 2. Changes in Securities
None
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
a. The Bank's Annual Meeting of Stockholders was held on April 28,
1999.
b. The following is a brief description of the matters voted upon at
the Annual Meeting, including the tabulation of votes:
1. Approval of the reorganization of Ipswich Savings Bank into
the holding company form of ownership by approving a Plan of Reorganization and
Acquisition pursuant to which Ipswich Savings Bank has become a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Company and each outstanding share of common stock of the Bank
was exchanged for one share of the common stock of the Company.
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Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
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1,805,069 35,302 7,170 400,808
2. Approval of the Ipswich Savings Bank 1998 Stock Incentive Plan.
Votes For Votes Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes
2,017,135 202,914 28,300
3. Election of two Directors, each for a three-year term
Votes For Votes Withheld
William E. George 2,104,505 143,844
Lawrence J. Pszenny 2,109,755 138,594
4. Election of the Clerk of the Bank for a one-year term
Votes For Votes Withheld Abstentions
Mariell Lyons 2,103,051 134,000 10,632
Item 5. Other Information
None
Item 6. Exhibits and Reports on Form 8-K
a. Exhibits
b. Reports on Form 8-K
1. The Company filed a Current Report on Form 8-K (Item 5) on July 9, 1999.
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c. Exhibits
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2.1 Plan of Reorganization and Acquisition dated as of February 17, 1999 between the Company and Ipswich
Savings Bank incorporated by reference to the Company's Form 8-K filed on July 9, 1999.
3.1 Articles of Organization of the Company.
3.2 By-laws of the Company.
4.1 Specimen stock certificate for the Company's Common Stock
10.1 Lease dated August 10, 1992 for premises located at Route 133 and Route 1, Rowley, Massachusetts.
10.2 Lease dated April 25, 1994 for premises located at 451 Andover Street, North Andover, Massachusetts.
10.3 Lease dated March 4, 1996 for premises located at 588 Cabot Street, Beverly, Massachusetts.
10.4 Lease dated July 27, 1997 for premises located at 600 Loring Avenue, Salem, Massachusetts.
10.5 Lease dated February 27, 1998 for premises located at 89 Pleasant Street, Marblehead, Massachusetts
10.6 Lease dated June 12, 1998 for premises located at 470 Main Street, Reading, Massachusetts.
10.7* Incentive Compensation Plan for Senior Management and certain other officers
dated September 15, 1995.
10.8* Director Recognition and Retirement Plan adopted as of May 18, 1999.
10.9* Merger and Severance Benefits Program dated February 18, 1998.
1010* Amended and Restated Employment and Severance Agreement dated May 18, 1999
between Ipswich Savings Bank and David L. Grey.
10.11* Amended and Restated Employment and Severance Agreement dated May 18, 1999
between Ipswich Savings Bank and Francis Kenney
10.12* Amended and Restated Severance Agreement dated May 18, 1999 between Ipswich Savings Bank and
Thomas R. Girard
10.13* Employment Agreement dated June 18, 1998 between Ipswich Savings Bank
and Richard P. Duffett.
10.14(a)* Amended and Restated Split Dollar Agreement dated May 18, 1999 among
Ipswich Savings Bank, Eastern Bank and David L. Grey.
10.14(b)* Amended and Restated Ipswich Irrevocable Insurance Trust dated as of May 18, 1999 by and between
Ipswich Savings Bank and Eastern Bank.
10.15 Contract with Bank's data processor dated February 14, 1997.
10.16* 1992 Incentive and Non-qualified Stock Option Plan incorporated by reference to the
Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on July 22, 1999.
10.17* 1996 Stock Incentive Plan incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
S-8 filed on July 22, 1999.
10.18* 1998 Stock Incentive Plan incorporated by reference to the Company's Registration Statement on Form
S-8 filed on July 22, 1999.
10.19* Deferred Stock Compensation Plan for Directors incorporated by reference to the Company's Form S-8
filed on July 22, 1999.
10.20* Savings Bank Employees Retirement Associations 401 (k) Plan as adopted by Ipswich Savings Bank
incorporated by the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed on July 22, 1999.
11. A statement regarding the computation of earnings per share is included in the Notes to Consolidated
Financial Statements.
12. Not applicable.
27. Financial Data Schedule.
* Denotes Management Contract or Compensation Plan.
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SIGNATURES
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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.
IPSWICH BANCSHARES, INC.
By: /s/ David L. Grey Date: August 12, 1999
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David L. Grey
President and Chief Executive Officer
By: /s/ Francis Kenney Date: August 12, 1999
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Francis Kenney
Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
Exhibit 2.1
PLAN OF REORGANIZATION AND ACQUISITION
Pursuant to Section 26B of Chapter 172
of the General Laws of Massachusetts
This Plan of Reorganization and Acquisition (the "Plan") is dated as of
February 17, 1999 and made between Ipswich Savings Bank, a Massachusetts savings
bank (the "Bank"), and Ipswich Bancshares, Inc., a Massachusetts corporation
(the "Holding Company").
The Bank is a stock savings bank, duly organized and validly existing
under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with its principal office
at 23 Market Street, Ipswich, Massachusetts 01938. The authorized capital stock
of the Bank consists of (i) 12,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $.10
per share (the "Bank Common Stock"), of which 2,392,286 shares are issued and
outstanding as of the date hereof, and (ii) 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock,
par value $.10 per share, none of which are issued and outstanding as of the
date hereof.
The Holding Company is a corporation, duly organized and validly
existing under the laws of Massachusetts, with its principal office at 23 Market
Street, Ipswich, Massachusetts 01938. The authorized capital stock of the
Holding Company consists of 12,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $.10
per share (the "Holding Company Common Stock"), of which 100 shares are issued
and outstanding as of the date hereof, all of which are held by the Bank, and
1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $.10 per share, none of which are
issued and outstanding as of the date hereof.
The Bank and the Holding Company have agreed that the Holding Company
will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Bank Common Stock in
exchange for shares of Holding Company Common Stock pursuant to the provisions
of Section 26B of Chapter 172 of the General Laws of Massachusetts and of this
Plan. This Plan has been adopted and approved by a vote of a majority of all of
the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank, and by a vote of a majority
of all the members of the Board of Directors of the Holding Company. The
officers of the Bank and of the Holding Company whose respective signatures
appear below have been duly authorized to execute and deliver this Plan.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises, the Bank and the
Holding Company agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Approval and Filing of Plan
1.1. The Plan shall be submitted for approval by the holders of Bank
Common Stock at a meeting to be called and held in accordance with the
applicable provisions of law. Notice of such meeting shall be published at least
once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in
the County of Essex, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Both of said
publications of notice of such meeting shall be at least fifteen days prior to
the date of the meeting.
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1.2. Upon approval of the Plan by vote of the holders of two-thirds of
the outstanding shares of Bank Common Stock as required by law, the Bank and the
Holding Company shall submit the Plan to the Commissioner of Banks of The
Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the "Bank Commissioner") for his approval and
filing in accordance with the provisions of Section 26B of Chapter 172 of the
General Laws of Massachusetts. The Plan shall be accompanied by such
certificates of the respective officers of the Bank and the Holding Company as
may be required by law.
SECTION 2. Definition of Effective Time
2.1. The Plan shall become effective at 12:01 a.m. on the date specified
in the written notice filed by the Bank and the Holding Company with the Bank
Commissioner stating (i) that all the conditions precedent to the Plan becoming
effective specified in Section 4 have been satisfied and (ii) that the Plan has
not been abandoned by the Bank or the Holding Company in accordance with the
provisions of Section 5. Such time is hereafter called the "Effective Time".
SECTION 3. Actions at the Effective Time
3.1. At the Effective Time, the Holding Company shall, without any
further action on its part or on the part of the holders of Bank Common Stock,
automatically and by operation of law acquire and become the owner for all
purposes of all of the then issued and outstanding shares of Bank Common Stock
and shall be entitled to have issued to it by the Bank a certificate or
certificates representing such shares. Thereafter, the Holding Company shall
have full and exclusive power to vote such shares of Bank Common Stock, to
receive dividends thereon and to exercise all rights of an owner thereof.
3.2. At the Effective Time, the shares of Holding Company stock which
are outstanding will be cancelled.
3.3. At the Effective Time, the holders of the then issued and
outstanding shares of Bank Common Stock shall, without any further action on
their part or on the part of the Holding Company, automatically and by operation
of law cease to own such shares and shall instead become owners of one share of
Holding Company Common Stock for each share of Bank Common Stock held by them
immediately prior to the Effective Time. Thereafter, such persons shall have
full and exclusive power to vote such shares of Holding Company Common Stock, to
receive dividends thereon, except as provided herein, and to exercise all rights
of an owner thereof.
3.4. At the Effective Time, all previously issued and outstanding
certificates representing shares of Bank Common Stock (the "Old Certificates")
shall automatically and by operation of law cease to represent shares of Bank
Common Stock or any interest therein and each Old Certificate shall instead
represent the ownership by the holder thereof of an equal number of shares of
Holding Company Common Stock. No holder of an Old Certificate shall be entitled
to vote the shares of Bank Common Stock formerly represented by such
certificate, or to receive dividends thereon, or to exercise any other rights of
ownership in respect thereof.
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3.5. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, any dissenting stockholder,
as defined in Subsection 7.1, shall have such rights as are provided by
Subsection 7.2 and by the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
SECTION 4. Conditions Precedent
The Plan shall not become effective unless all of the following first
shall have occurred:
4.1. The Plan shall have been approved by a vote of two-thirds of the
outstanding Bank Common Stock at a meeting of the holders of the Bank Common
Stock held for such purpose.
4.2. The Plan shall have been approved by the Bank Commissioner and a
copy of the Plan with his approval endorsed thereon shall have been filed in his
office, all as provided in Section 26B of Chapter 172 of the General Laws of
Massachusetts.
4.3. The acquisition of the Bank by the Holding Company shall have been
reviewed without objection by any appropriate federal agency.
4.4. The Bank shall have received a favorable opinion from its counsel,
satisfactory in form and substance to the Bank, with respect to the federal
income tax consequences of the Plan and the acquisition contemplated thereby.
4.5. The Bank shall have received a favorable letter from its
independent public accountants, satisfactory in form and substance to the Bank,
with respect to the accounting treatment of the transaction.
4.6. The shares of Holding Company Common Stock to be issued to the
holders of Bank Common Stock pursuant to the Plan shall have been registered or
shall be exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and all applicable state securities laws.
4.7. The Bank and the Holding Company shall have obtained all other
consents, permissions, opinions and approvals and taken all actions required by
law or agreement, or deemed necessary by the Bank or the Holding Company, to
enable the Holding Company to have and exercise all rights of ownership with
respect to all of the outstanding shares of Bank Common Stock acquired by it
under the Plan.
SECTION 5. Abandonment of Plan
5.1. The Plan may be abandoned by either the Bank or the Holding Company
at any time before the Effective Time in the event that:
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(a) The number of shares of Bank Common Stock owned by
Dissenting Stockholders, as defined in Section 7.1, shall make
consummation of the acquisition contemplated by the Plan inadvisable in
the opinion of the Bank or the Holding Company;
(b) Any action, suit, proceeding or claim has been instituted,
made or threatened relating to the Plan which shall make consummation of
the acquisition contemplated by the Plan inadvisable in the opinion of
the Bank or the Holding Company; or
(c) For any other reason consummation of the acquisition
contemplated by the Plan is inadvisable in the opinion of the Bank or
the Holding Company.
Such abandonment shall be effected by written notice by either the Bank
or the Holding Company to the other of them, and shall be authorized or approved
by the Board of Directors of the party giving such notice. Upon the giving of
such notice, the Plan shall be terminated and there shall be no liability
hereunder or on account of such termination on the party of the Bank or the
Holding Company or the Directors, officers, employees, agents or stockholders of
either of them. In the event of abandonment of the Plan, the Bank shall pay the
fees and expenses incurred by itself and the Holding Company in connection with
the Plan and the proposed acquisition. If either party hereto gives written
notice of termination to the other party pursuant to this section, the party
giving such written notice shall simultaneously furnish a copy thereof to the
Bank Commissioner.
SECTION 6. Amendment of Plan
6.1. The Plan may be amended or modified at any time by written
agreement approved by the Boards of Directors of the Holding Company and the
Bank (i) prior to the approval hereof by the stockholders of the Bank, in any
respect, and (ii) subsequent to such approval, in any respect, provided that the
Bank Commissioner shall approve of such amendment or modification.
SECTION 7. Rights of Dissenting Stockholders
7.1. "Dissenting Stockholders" shall mean those holders of Bank Common
Stock who file with the Bank before the taking of the vote on the Plan written
objection to the Plan, pursuant to Chapter 156B of the General Laws of
Massachusetts, stating that they intend to demand payment for their shares of
Bank Common Stock if the Plan is consummated and whose shares are not voted in
favor of the Plan.
7.2. Dissenting Stockholders who comply with the provisions of Sections
86 to 98, inclusive, of Chapter 156B of the General Laws of Massachusetts and
all other applicable provisions of law shall be entitled to receive from the
Bank payment of the fair value of their shares of Bank Common Stock upon
surrender by such holders of the certificates which previously represented
shares of Bank Common Stock. Certificates so obtained by the Bank, upon payment
of the fair value of such shares of provided by law, shall be cancelled. Shares
of Holding Company Common Stock to which Dissenting Stockholders would have been
entitled had they not dissented shall be deemed to constitute authorized but
unissued shares of Holding Company Common Stock and may be sold or otherwise
disposed of by the Holding Company at the discretion of, and on such terms as
may be fixed by, its Board of Directors.
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SECTION 8. Stock Option Plans
By consummation of the acquisition contemplated by the Plan, the Holding
Company shall have approved its adoption of the Bank's existing 1996 Stock
Incentive Plan and 1992 Incentive and Nonqualified Stock Option Plan and, if
adopted by the Bank's stockholders, of the 1998 Stock Incentive Plan
(collectively, the "Stock Option Plans") as the Stock Option Plans of the
Holding Company and shall have agreed to issue Holding Company Common Stock in
lieu of Bank Common Stock pursuant to options currently outstanding under the
existing Stock Option Plans of the Bank. As of the Effective Time, the
unexercised portion of the options outstanding under the existing Stock Option
Plans of the Bank shall be assumed by the Holding Company and thereafter shall
be exercisable only for shares of Holding Company Common Stock, with each such
option being exercisable for a number of shares of Holding Company Common Stock
equal to the number of shares of Bank Common Stock that were available
thereunder immediately prior to the Effective Time, and with no change in the
option exercise price or any other term or condition of such option. The Holding
Company and the Bank shall make appropriate amendments to the existing Stock
Option Plans to reflect the adoption of the Stock Option Plans as the Stock
Option Plans of the Holding Company without adverse effect upon the options
outstanding under the existing Stock Option Plans of the Bank.
SECTION 9. Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan
By consummation of the acquisition contemplated by the Plan, the Holding
Company shall have approved its adoption of the existing Deferred Compensation
Plan for Directors of Ipswich Savings Bank and shall have agreed to issue
Holding Company Stock in lieu of Bank Common Stock in payment of stock units
allocated to a Director's account pursuant to the Deferred Compensation Plan
(each such stock unit, as allocated, a "Stock Unit). At the Effective Time, each
Stock Unit shall represent one share of Holding Company Stock.
SECTION 10. Governing Law
The Plan shall take effect as a sealed instrument and shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
SECTION 11. Counterparts
The Plan may be executed in several identical counterparts, each of
which when executed and delivered by the parties hereto shall be an original,
but all of which together shall constitute a single instrument. In making proof
of the Plan, it shall not be necessary to produce or account for more than one
such counterpart.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Plan of
Reorganization and Acquisition to be duly executed as of the date first set
forth above and their corporate seals to be hereunto affixed.
[SEAL] IPSWICH SAVINGS BANK
Attest:
/s/ Mariell Lyons By: /s/ David L. Grey
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Mariell Lyons, Clerk David L. Grey, President
and Chief Executive Officer
[SEAL] IPSWICH BANCSHARES, INC.
Attest:
/s/ Mariell Lyons By: /s/ David L. Grey
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Mariell Lyons, Clerk David L. Grey, President
and Chief Executive Officer
| Exhibit 3.1
|
| The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- ----------| William Francis Galvin
Examiner | Secretary of the Commonwealth
| One Ashburton Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1512
|
| ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION
| (General Laws, Chapter 156B)
|
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Name | ARTICLE I
Approved | The exact name of the corporation is:
|
| Ipswich Bancshares, Inc.
|
| ARTICLE II
|
| The purpose of the corporation is to engage
| in the following business activities:
|
| To buy, sell, deal in, or hold securities of
| every kind and description; and in general to carry on
| any business permitted to corporations organized under
| Chapter 156B of the Massachusetts General Laws as now in
| force or hereafter amended.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Note: If the space provided under any article or item on
| this form is insufficient, additions shall be set forth
| on one side only of separate 8 1/2 x 11 sheets of paper
| with a left margin of at least 1 inch. Additions to more
| than one article may be made on a single sheet so long
| as each article requiring each addition is clearly
| indicated.
|
|
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ARTICLE III
State the total number of shares and par value, if any, of each class of stock
which the corporation is authorized to issue:
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| WITHOUT PAR VALUE | WITH PAR VALUE |
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| TYPE | NUMBER OF SHARES | TYPE | NUMBER OF SHARES | PAR VALUE |
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|Common: | | Common: | 12,000,000 | $.10 |
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| | | | | |
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|Preferred | | Preferred: | 1,000,000 | $.10 |
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ARTICLE IV
If more than one class of stock is authorized, state a distinguishing
designation for each class. Prior to the issuance of any shares of a class, if
shares of another class are outstanding, the corporation must provide a
description of the preferences, voting powers, qualifications, and special or
relative rights or privileges of that class and of each other class of which
shares are outstanding and of each series then established within any class.
See Exhibit A.
ARTICLE V
The restrictions, if any, imposed by the Articles of Organization upon the
transfer of shares of stock of any class are:
None.
ARTICLE VI
Other lawful provisions, if any, for the conduct and regulation of
the business and affairs of the corporation, for its voluntary dissolution, or
for limiting, defining, or regulating the powers of the corporation, or of its
directors or stockholders, or of any class of stockholders:
See Exhibit B.
***If there are no provisions state "None"
Note: The preceding six (6) articals are considered to be permanent and may ONLY
be changed by filing appropriate Articals of Amendment.
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EXHIBITS TO THE
ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION
OF
IPSWICH BANCSHARES, INC.
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Exhibit A
Article IV. Capital Stock
The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock which the
Corporation is authorized to issue is 13 million (13,000,000) shares, of which
12 million (12,000,000) shares shall be common stock, $0.10 par value per share,
and one million (1,000,000) shares shall be preferred stock, $0.10 par value per
share. Upon payment of lawful consideration, such shares shall be deemed to be
fully paid and nonassessable. In the case of a stock dividend, that part of the
surplus of the Corporation which is transferred to stated capital upon the
issuance of shares as a stock dividend shall be deemed to be the consideration
for their issuance.
A description of the different classes and series of the Corporation's
capital stock and a statement of the designations and the relative rights,
preferences and limitations of the shares of each class and series of capital
stock are as follows:
A. Common Stock. Except as provided by law or in this Article IV (or in
any supplementary sections hereto or in any certificate of establishment of any
series of preferred stock), the holders of the common stock shall exclusively
possess all voting power. Each holder of shares of common stock shall be
entitled to one vote on all matters for each share held by such holder. There
shall be no cumulative voting rights in the election of Directors.
Whenever there shall have been paid, or declared and set aside for
payment, to the holders of the outstanding shares of any class of stock having
preference over the common stock as to the payment of dividends, the full amount
of dividends and of a sinking fund or a retirement fund or other retirement
payments, if any, to which such holders are respectively entitled in preference
to the common stock, then dividends may be paid on the common stock and on any
class or series of stock entitled to participate therewith as to dividends, out
of any assets legally available for the payment of dividends; but only when and
as declared by the Board of Directors.
In the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Corporation, after there shall have been paid to or set aside for the holders of
any class having preference over the common stock in the event of liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Corporation the full preferential amounts to
which they are respectively entitled, the holders of the common stock, and of
any class or series of stock entitled to participate in whole or in part
therewith as to distribution of assets, shall be entitled, after payment or
provision for payment of all debts and liabilities of the Corporation, to
receive the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution, in
cash or in kind, in proportion to their holdings.
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B. Preferred Stock. Subject to any limitations prescribed by law, the
Board of Directors of the Corporation is authorized by vote or votes, from time
to time adopted, to provide for the issuance of preferred stock in one or more
series and to fix and state the voting powers, designations, preferences and
relative participating, optional or other special rights of the shares of each
series and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, including,
but not limited to, determination of one or more of the following:
(1) The distinctive serial designation and the number of shares
constituting such series;
(2) The dividend rates or the amount of dividends to be paid on
the shares of such series, whether dividends shall be cumulative and, if
so, from which date or dates, the payment date or dates for dividends
and the participating or other special rights, if any, with respect to
dividends;
(3) The voting powers, if any, of shares of such series;
(4) Whether the shares of such series shall be redeemable and, if
so, the price or prices at which, and the terms and conditions on which,
such shares may be redeemed;
(5) The amount or amounts payable upon the shares of such series
in the event of voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or
winding up of the Corporation;
(6) Whether the shares of such series shall be entitled to the
benefit of a sinking or retirement fund to be applied to the purchase or
redemption of such shares, and if so entitled, the amount of such fund
and the manner of its application, including the price or prices at
which such shares may be redeemed or purchased through the application
of such fund;
(7) Whether the shares of such series shall be convertible into,
or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or classes or of any
other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock of the
Corporation, and if so convertible or exchangeable, the conversion price
or prices, or the rate or rates of exchange, and the adjustments
thereof, if any, at which such conversion or exchange may be made, and
any other terms and conditions of such conversion or exchange;
(8) The price or other consideration for which the shares of such
series shall be issued;
(9) Whether the shares of such series which are redeemed or
converted shall have the status of authorized but unissued shares of
preferred stock and whether such shares may be reissued as shares of the
same or any other series of stock; and
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(10) Such other powers, preferences, rights, qualifications,
limitations and restrictions thereof as are permitted by law and as the
Board of Directors of the Corporation may deem advisable.
Any such vote shall become effective when the Corporation files with
the Secretary of State of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts a
certificate of establishment of one or more series of preferred stock
signed by the President or any Vice President and by the Clerk or
Assistant Clerk of the Corporation, setting forth a copy of the vote of
the Board of Directors establishing and designating the series and
fixing and determining the relative rights and preferences thereof, the
date of adoption of such vote and a certification that such vote was
duly adopted by the Board of Directors.
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Exhibit B
Article VI. Other Lawful Provisions.
Section 1. Certain Business Combinations.
A. Required Vote for Certain Business Combinations. In addition to any
affirmative vote required by the Massachusetts General Laws or by these
Articles, and except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 2 of this
Article VI:
(1) any merger or consolidation of the Corporation or any
Subsidiary (as hereinafter defined) with (i) any Interested Stockholder
(as hereinafter defined) or (ii) any other corporation or entity
(whether or not itself an Interested Stockholder) which is, or after
such merger or consolidation would be, an Affiliate (as hereinafter
defined) of an Interested Stockholder;
(2) any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or
other disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) to or
with any Interested Stockholder or any Affiliate of any Interested
Stockholder of any assets of the Corporation or any Subsidiary having an
aggregate Fair Market Value (as hereinafter defined) of $1,000,000 or
more;
(3) the issuance or transfer by the Corporation or any Subsidiary
(in one transaction or a series of transactions) of any securities of
the Corporation or any Subsidiary to any Interested Stockholder or any
Affiliate of any Interested Stockholder in exchange for cash, securities
or other property (or a combination thereof) having an aggregate Fair
Market Value of $1,000,000 or more;
(4) the adoption of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or
dissolution of the Corporation proposed by or on behalf of any
Interested Stockholder or any Affiliate of any Interested Stockholder;
or
(5) any reclassification of securities (including any reverse
stock split), any recapitalization of the Corporation, any merger or
consolidation of the Corporation with any of its Subsidiaries or any
other transaction (whether or not with or into or otherwise involving
any Interested Stockholder) which has the effect, directly or
indirectly, of increasing the proportion of the outstanding shares of
any class of equity or convertible securities of the Corporation or any
Subsidiary which is directly or indirectly owned by any Interested
Stockholder or any Affiliate of any Interested Stockholder;
shall require (subject to Section 2 of this Article VI) the affirmative vote of
the holders of at least sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the voting
power of the then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation
entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the "Voting Stock"),
voting together as a single class. Such affirmative vote shall be required
notwithstanding the fact that no vote may be required or that a lesser
percentage may be specified by law.
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B. Definition of "Business Combination." The term "Business Combination"
as used in this Article VI shall mean any transaction which is referred to in
any one or more of clauses (1) through (5) of Paragraph A of this Section 1.
Section 2. When Higher Vote Is Not Required.
The provisions of Section 1 of this Article VI shall not be applicable
to any particular Business Combination, and such Business Combination shall
require only such affirmative vote as is required by law and any other provision
of these Articles, if all of the conditions specified in either of the following
paragraphs A or B are met:
A. Approval by Continuing Directors. The Business Combination shall have
been approved or ratified by a majority of the Continuing Directors (as
hereinafter defined) then in office; or
B. Price and Procedure Requirements. All of the following conditions
shall have been met:
(1) The aggregate amount of the cash and the Fair Market Value as
of the date of the consummation of the Business Combination (the
"Consummation Date") of any consideration other than cash to be received
per share by holders of common stock in such Business Combination shall
be at least equal to the highest of the following:
(a) if applicable) the highest per share price (including
any brokerage commissions, transfer taxes and soliciting dealers' fees)
paid by the Interested Stockholder for any shares of common stock
acquired by it (i) within the two-year period immediately prior to and
including the first public announcement of the proposal of the Business
Combination (the "Announcement Date") or (ii) in the transaction in
which it became an Interested Stockholder, whichever is higher;
(b) the highest Fair Market Value per share of common
stock on any date during the one-year period prior to and including the
Announcement Date; and
(c) if applicable) the price per share equal to the
product of (i) the Fair Market Value per share of common stock on the
Announcement Date or on the date on which the Interested Stockholder
became an Interested Stockholder (such later date is referred to in this
Article VI as the "Determination Date"), whichever is higher, multiplied
by (ii) a fraction, (x) the numerator of which is the highest per share
price (including any brokerage commissions, transfer taxes and
soliciting dealers' fees) paid by the Interested Stockholder for any
shares of common stock acquired by it within the two-year period
immediately prior to and including the Announcement Date, and (y) the
denominator of which is the Fair Market value per share of common stock
on the first day in such two-year period upon which the Interested
Stockholder acquired any shares of common stock.
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(2) The aggregate amount of the cash and the Fair Market Value as
of the Consummation Date of the Business Combination of consideration
other than cash to be received per share by holders of shares of any
other class of outstanding Voting Stock shall be at least equal to the
highest of the following (it being intended that the requirements of
this paragraph B(2) shall be required to be met with respect to every
other class of outstanding Voting Stock, whether or not the Interested
Stockholder has previously acquired any shares of a particular class of
Voting Stock):
(a) (if applicable) the highest per share price (including
any brokerage commissions, transfer taxes and soliciting dealers' fees)
paid by the Interested Stockholder for any shares of such class of
Voting Stock acquired by it (i) within the two-year period immediately
prior to and including the Announcement Date or (ii) in the transaction
in which it became an Interested Stockholder, whichever is higher;
(b) (if applicable) the highest preferential amount per
share which the holders of shares of such class of Voting Stock are
entitled to receive from the Corporation in the event of any voluntary
or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the
Corporation;
(c) the highest Fair Market Value per share of such class
of Voting Stock on any date during the one-year period prior to and
including the Announcement Date; and
(d) (if applicable) the price per share equal to the
product of (i) the Fair Market Value per share of such class of Voting
Stock on the Announcement Date or on the Determination Date, whichever
is higher, multiplied by (ii) a fraction, (x) the numerator of which is
the highest per share price (including any brokerage commissions,
transfer taxes and soliciting dealers' fees) paid by the Interested
Stockholder for any shares of such class of Voting Stock acquired by it
within the two-year period immediately prior to and including the
Announcement Date, and (y) the denominator of which is the Fair Market
Value per share of such class of Voting Stock on the first day in such
two-year period upon which the Interested Stockholder acquired any
shares of such class of Voting Stock.
(3) The consideration to be received by holders of a particular
class of outstanding Voting Stock (including common stock) shall be in
cash or in the same form as the Interested Stockholder has previously
paid for shares of such class of Voting Stock. If the Interested
Stockholder has paid for shares of any class of Voting Stock with
varying forms of consideration, the form of consideration for such class
of Voting Stock shall be either cash or the form used to acquire the
largest number of shares of such class of Voting Stock previously
acquired by it.
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(4) After such Interested Stockholder has become an Interested
Stockholder and prior to the consummation of any such Business
Combination: (a) there shall have been (i) no failure to declare and pay
at regular dates therefor the full amount of any dividends (whether or
not cumulative) payable on any class or series having a preference over
the common stock of the Corporation as to dividends or upon liquidation,
except as approved by a majority of the Continuing Directors; (ii) no
reduction in the annual rate of dividends paid on the common stock
(except as necessary to reflect any subdivision of the common stock),
except as approved by a majority of the Continuing Directors; and (iii)
an increase in such annual rate of dividends as necessary to reflect any
reclassification (including any reverse stock split), recapitalization,
reorganization or any similar transaction which has the effect of
reducing the number of outstanding shares of the common stock, unless
the failure so to increase such annual rate is approved by a majority of
the Continuing Directors; and (b) such Interested Stockholder shall have
not become the beneficial owner of any additional shares of Voting Stock
except as part of the transaction which results in such Interested
Stockholder's becoming an Interested Stockholder.
(5) After such Interested Stockholder has become an Interested
Stockholder, such Interested Stockholder shall not have received the
benefit, directly or indirectly (except proportionately as a
stockholder), of any loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other
financial assistance or any tax credits or other tax advantages provided
by the Corporation, whether in anticipation or in connection with such
Business Combination or otherwise, unless such transaction shall have
been approved or ratified by a majority of the Continuing Directors
after such Person shall have become an Interested Stockholder.
(6) A proxy or information statement describing the proposed
Business Combination and complying with the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations thereunder
(or any subsequent provisions replacing such Act, rules or regulations)
shall be mailed to public stockholders of the Corporation at least 20
days prior to the consummation of such Business Combination (whether or
not such proxy or information statement is required to be mailed
pursuant to such Act or subsequent provisions).
Section 3. Certain Definitions.
For the purposes of these Articles:
A. A "Person" shall mean an individual, a group acting in concert, a
corporation, a partnership, a joint venture, an association, a joint stock
company, a trust, a business trust, a government or political subdivision, any
unincorporated organization and any other similar association or entity.
B. "Interested Stockholder" shall mean any Person (other than the
Corporation or any Subsidiary) who or which:
(1) is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of
more than ten percent (10%) of the voting power of the then outstanding
shares of Voting Stock;
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(2) is an Affiliate of the Corporation and at any time within the
two-year period immediately prior to and including the date in question
was the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than ten
percent (10%) of the voting power of the then outstanding shares of
Voting Stock; or
(3) is an assignee of or has otherwise succeeded to the
beneficial ownership of any shares of Voting Stock which were at any
time within the two-year period immediately prior to and including the
date in question beneficially owned by any Interested Stockholder, if
such assignment or succession shall have occurred in the course of a
transaction or series of transactions not involving a public offering
within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and such assignment or
succession was not approved by a majority of the Continuing Directors.
C. A Person shall be a "Beneficial Owner" of any shares of Voting Stock:
(1) which such Person or any of its Affiliates or Associates,
directly or indirectly, has or shares with respect to Voting Stock (a)
the right to acquire or direct acquisition of (whether such right is
exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time or in the
satisfaction of any conditions or both), pursuant to any agreement,
arrangement or understanding or upon the exercise of any conversion
rights, warrants, or options or otherwise; (b) the right to vote, or
direct the voting of, pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or
understanding or otherwise; or (c) the right to dispose of or transfer
or direct the disposition or transfer of pursuant to any agreement,
arrangement, understanding or otherwise; or
(2) which are beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any
other Person with which such Person or any of its Affiliates or
Associates has any agreement, arrangement or understanding for the
purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of any shares of
Voting Stock.
D. For the purposes of determining whether a Person is an Interested
Stockholder pursuant to Paragraph B of this Section 3, the number of shares of
Voting Stock deemed to be outstanding shall include shares deemed owned by such
Person through application of paragraph C of this Section 3 but shall not
include any other shares of Voting Stock which may be issuable pursuant to any
agreement, arrangement or understanding, or upon exercise of conversion rights,
warrants or options or otherwise.
E. "Affiliate" or "Associate" shall have the respective meanings
ascribed to such terms in Rule 12b-2 of the General Rules and Regulations under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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F. "Subsidiary" means any corporation of which a majority of any class
of equity security is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation;
provided, however, that for the purposes of the definition of Interested
Stockholder set forth in Paragraph B of this Section 3, the term "Subsidiary"
shall mean only a corporation of which a majority of each class of equity
security is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation.
G. "Continuing Director" means any member of the Board of Directors of
the Corporation (the "Board") who is not an Affiliate or Associate of the
Interested Stockholder and was a member of the Board prior to the time that the
Interested Stockholder became an Interested Stockholder, and any successor of a
Continuing Director who is not an Affiliate or Associate or the Interested
Stockholder and is recommended to succeed a Continuing Director by a majority of
Continuing Directors then on the Board.
H. "Fair Market Value" means:
(1) in the case of stock, the highest closing sale price during
the 30-day period immediately preceding the date in question of a share of such
stock on the principal United States securities exchange registered under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 on which such stock is listed, or, if such stock
is not listed on any such exchange, the highest closing bid quotation with
respect to a share of such stock during the 30-day period preceding the date in
question on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation
System or any comparable system then in use, or if no such quotations are
available, the fair market value on the date in question of a share of such
stock as determined by at least a majority of the Continuing Directors of the
Board in good faith; and
(2) in the case of property other than cash or stock, the fair
market value of such property on the date in question as determined by at least
a majority of the Continuing Directors of the Board in good faith.
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I. "Group Acting In Concert" means (a) knowing participation by Persons
in a joint activity or interdependent conscious parallel action by Persons
towards a common goal, whether or not pursuant to an express agreement; (b) a
combination or pooling of voting or other interests in the securities of an
issuer by Persons for a common purpose pursuant to any contract, understanding,
relationship, agreement or other arrangement, whether written or otherwise; (c)
a Person or company which acts in concert with another Person or company ("Other
Party") shall also be deemed to be Acting in Concert with any Person or company
who is also Acting in concert with that Other Party; or (d) a group who would be
deemed to be acting as a group or syndicate within the meaning of Section 13(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. In addition, any Persons who are
beneficial owners of the same securities are deemed to be members of a "Group
Acting In Concert." When Persons act together for any such purpose, the group of
which they are members is deemed to have acquired their stock.
J. In the event of any Business Combination in which the Corporation
survives, the phrase "other consideration to be received" as used in Paragraphs
B(l) and (2) of Section 2 of this Article VI shall include the shares of common
stock and/or the shares of any other class of outstanding Voting Stock retained
by the holders of such shares.
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Section 4. Powers of the Board of Directors.
A majority of the Directors of the Corporation (or, if there is an
Interested Stockholder, a majority of the Continuing Directors then in office)
shall have the power to determine for the purposes of this Article VI, on the
basis of information known to them after reasonable inquiry, (A) whether a
Person is an Interested Stockholder, (B) the number or percentage of any class
of securities beneficially owned by any Person, (C) whether a Person is an
Affiliate or Associate of or is affiliated or associated with another, (D)
whether the requirements of Section 2 of this Article VI have been met with
respect to any Business Combination, (E) whether the assets which are the
subject of any Business Combination have, or the consideration to be received
for the issuance or transfer of securities by the Corporation or any Subsidiary
in any Business Combination has, an aggregate Fair Market Value of $1,000,000 or
more, and (F) any other matters of interpretation arising under this Article VI.
The good faith determination of a majority of the Directors (or, if there is an
Interested Stockholder, a majority of the Continuing Directors then in office)
on such matters shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes of this Article
VI.
Section 5. No Effect on Fiduciary Obligations of Interested Stockholders
Nothing contained in this Article VI shall be construed to relieve any
Interested Stockholder from any fiduciary obligation imposed by law.
Section 6. Standards for Board of Directors' Evaluation of Offers. The
Board of Directors of the Corporation, when evaluating any offer of another
Person (as defined in Article VI hereof) to (A) make a tender or exchange offer
for any equity security of the Corporation, (B) merge or consolidate the
Corporation with another institution or (C) purchase or otherwise acquire all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of the Corporation, may, in
connection with the exercise of its judgment in determining what is in the best
interests of the Corporation and its stockholders, consider the interests of the
Corporation's employees, suppliers, creditors and customers, the economy of the
state, region and nation, community and societal considerations, and the
long-term and short-term interests of the Corporation and its stockholders,
including the possibility that these interests may be best served by the
continued independence of the Corporation.
Section 7. Pre-emptive Rights. Holders of the capital stock of the
Corporation shall not be entitled to preemptive rights with respect to any
shares of the capital stock of the Corporation which may be issued.
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Section 8. Directors.
An increase in the number of Directors shall require the affirmative
vote of two-thirds of the members of the Board of Directors then in office,
unless at the time of such increase there shall be an Interested Stockholder, in
which case the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the Continuing
Directors then in office shall instead be required. The Directors, other than
those who may be elected by the holders of any series of preferred stock of the
Corporation, shall be classified, with respect to the term for which they
severally hold office, into three classes, as nearly equal in number as
possible, with one class to be elected annually. The initial Directors of the
Corporation shall hold office as follows: the first class of Directors shall
hold office initially for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders
to be held in 2000, the second class of Directors shall hold office initially
for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2001,
and the third class of Directors shall hold office initially for a term expiring
at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2002. At each succeeding
annual meeting of stockholders, the successors of the class of Directors whose
term expires at that meeting shall be elected by a plurality vote of all votes
cast at such meeting to hold office for a term expiring at the annual meeting of
stockholders held in the third year following the year of their election.
Members of each class shall hold office until their successors are duly elected
and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal.
Any Director (including Persons elected by Directors to fill vacancies
in the Board of Directors) may be removed from office, with or without cause, by
an affirmative vote of not less than (i) two-thirds of the total votes eligible
to be cast by stockholders at a duly constituted meeting of stockholders called
expressly for such purpose, or (ii) two-thirds of the members of the Board of
Directors then in office, unless at the time of such removal there shall be an
Interested Stockholder, in which case the affirmative vote of not less than a
majority of the Continuing Directors then in office shall instead be required
for removal by vote of the Board of Directors. At least thirty days prior to
such meeting of the stockholders, written notice shall be sent to the Director
whose removal will be considered at the meeting. If removal is for cause, the
Director will be provided an opportunity to be heard before the stockholders or
the Board of Directors, as the case may be.
No Director of the Corporation shall be personally liable to the
Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary
duty as a Director notwithstanding any provision of law imposing such liability;
provided, however, that this Article shall not eliminate or limit any liability
of a Director (i) for any breach of the Director's duty of loyalty to the
Corporation or its stockholders, (ii) for acts or omissions not in good faith or
which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (iii) under
Sections 61 or 62 of Chapter 156B of the General Laws of The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, or (iv) with respect to any transaction from which the Director
derived an improper personal benefit.
No amendment or repeal of this Article shall adversely affect the rights
and protection afforded to a Director of this Corporation under this Article for
acts or omissions occurring prior to such amendment or repeal. If the
Massachusetts Business Corporation Law is hereafter amended to further eliminate
or limit the personal liability of Directors or to authorize corporate action to
further eliminate or limit such liability, then the liability of the Directors
of this Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent
permitted by the Massachusetts Business Corporation Law as so amended.
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Section 9. Transactions with Interested Persons.
Unless entered into in bad faith or in violation of any provision of
these Articles, no contract or transaction by the Corporation shall be void,
voidable or in any way affected by reason of the fact that it is with an
Interested Person.
For the purposes of this Section 9, "Interested Person" means any Person
in any way interested in the Corporation whether as a director, officer,
stockholder, employee or otherwise, and any other entity in which any such
Person is in any way interested.
Unless such contract or transaction was entered into in bad faith or in
violation of any provision of these Articles, no Interested Person, because of
such interest, shall be liable to the Corporation or to any other Person for any
loss or expense incurred by reason of such contract or transaction or shall be
accountable for any gain or profit realized from such contract or transaction.
The provisions of this Section 9 shall be operative notwithstanding the
fact that the presence of an Interested Person was necessary to constitute a
quorum at a meeting of Directors or stockholders of the Corporation at which
such contract or transaction was authorized or that the vote of an Interested
Person was necessary for the authorization of such contract or transaction.
Section 10. Acting as a Partner. The Corporation may be a partner in any
business enterprise which it would have power to conduct by itself.
Section 11. Stockholders Meetings. Meetings of stockholders may be held
at such place in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts or, if permitted by
applicable law, elsewhere in the United States as the Board of Directors may
determine.
Section 12. Call of Special Meetings. Special meetings of the
stockholders for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the
President, and if not by the President by the Chairman of the Board, if one is
elected, or by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors then in
office or, if there is an Interested Stockholder, by the affirmative vote of a
majority of the Continuing Directors then in office. Special meetings shall be
called by the Clerk or in the case of the death, absence, incapacity or refusal
of the Clerk, by any other officer, upon written application of one or more
stockholders who hold at least (i) 66-2/3% in interest of the capital stock
entitled to vote at such meeting or (ii) such lesser percentage, if any, (but
not less than 40%) as shall be determined to be the maximum percentage which the
Corporation is permitted by applicable law to establish for the call of such a
meeting. Application to a court pursuant to Section 34(b) of Chapter 156B of the
General Laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts requesting the call of a
special meeting of stockholders because none of the officers is able and willing
to call such a meeting may be made only by stockholders who hold at least (i)
66-2/3% in interest of the capital stock entitled to vote at such meeting or
(ii) such lesser percentage, if any, (but not less than 40%) as shall be
determined to be the maximum percentage which the Corporation is permitted by
applicable law to establish for the call of such a meeting. The hour, date and
place of any special meeting and the record date for determining the
stockholders having the right to notice of and to vote at such meeting shall be
determined by the Board of Directors or the President. Only those matters set
forth in the call of the special meeting may be considered or acted upon at such
special meeting, unless otherwise provided by law.
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Section 13. Amendment of By-Laws. The By-Laws of the Corporation may be
adopted, altered, amended, changed or repealed by the Board of Directors or the
stockholders of the Corporation. Such action by the Board of Directors shall
require the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the Directors then in
office at a duly constituted meeting of the Board of Directors, unless at the
time of such action there shall be an Interested Stockholder, in which case such
action shall also require the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the
Continuing Directors then in office, at such a meeting. Such action by the
stockholders shall require (i) approval by the affirmative vote of a majority of
the Board of Directors of the Corporation then in office at a duly constituted
meeting of the Board of Directors, unless at the time of such action there shall
be an Interested Stockholder, in which case such action shall also require the
affirmative vote of at least a majority of the Continuing Directors then in
office, at such meeting, (ii) unless waived by the affirmative vote of the Board
of Directors (and, if applicable, Continuing Directors) specified in the
preceding sentence, the submission by the stockholders of written proposals for
adopting, altering, amending, changing or repealing the By-Laws at least sixty
days prior to the meeting at which they are to be considered and (iii) the
affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the total votes eligible to be cast
by stockholders at a duly constituted meeting of stockholders called expressly
for such purpose, provided, however, that provisions that provide for a greater
than two-thirds vote of the stockholders may only be amended by such greater
vote.
Section 14. Amendment of Articles of Organization. No amendment,
addition, alteration, change or repeal of these Articles shall be made, unless
the same is first approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board of
Directors of the Corporation then in office, and thereafter approved by the
stockholders by not less than two-thirds of the total votes eligible to be cast
at a duly constituted meeting, or, in the case of Articles I, II and III of
these Articles, by not less than a majority of the total votes eligible to be
cast at a duly constituted meeting; provided, however, that if, at any time
within the sixty-day period immediately preceding the meeting at which the
stockholder vote is to be taken, there is an Interested Stockholder, such
amendment, addition, alteration, change or repeal shall also require the
affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the Continuing Directors then in
office prior to approval by the stockholders, and further provided that
provisions that provide for a greater than two-thirds vote of the stockholders
may only be amended by such greater vote. Unless otherwise provided by law, any
amendment, addition, alteration, change or repeal so acted upon shall be
effective on the date it is filed with the Secretary of State of The
Commonwealth of Massachusetts or on such other date as specified in such
amendment, addition, alteration, change or repeal or as the Secretary of State
may specify.
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Exhibit C
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NAME RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS POST OFFICE ADDRESS
<S> <C> <C> <C>
President: David L. Grey
Treasurer: Francis Kenney
Clerk: Mariell Lyons
Directors: William M. Craft [Address Deliberately Omitted]
Thomas A. Ellsworth
William E. George
David L. Grey
Mark L. Klaman
John H. Morrow
Lawrence J. Pszenny
William J. Tinti
</TABLE>
<PAGE>
ARTICLE VII
The effective date of organization of the corporation shall be the date approved
and filed by the Secretary of the Commonwealth. If a later effective date is
desired, specify such date which shall not be more than thirty days after the
date of filing.
ARTICLE VIII
The information contained in Article VIII is not a permanent part of the
Articles of Organization.
a. The street address (post office boxes are not acceptable) of the principal
office of the corporation in Massachusetts is:
23 Market Street, Ipswich, Massachusetts 01938
b. The name, residential address and post office address of each director and
officer of the corporation is as follows:
<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
NAME RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS POST OFFICE ADDRESS
<S> <C> <C> <C>
President:
Treasurer:
See Exhibit C.
Clerk:
Directors:
</TABLE>
c. The fiscal year (i.e., tax year) of the corporation shall end on the last
day of the month of: October
d. The name and business address of the resident agent, if any, of the
corporation is: None
ARTICLE IX
By-laws of the corporation have been duly adopted and the president, treasurer,
clerk and directors whose names are set forth above, have been duly elected.
In witness whereof and under the pains and penalties of perjury, I/we, whose
signature(s) appear below as incorporator(s) and whose name(s) and business or
residential address(es) are clearly typed or printed beneath each signature do
hereby associate with the intention of forming this corporation under the
provisions of General Laws, Chapter 156B and do hereby sign these Articles of
Organization as incorporator(s) this 12 day of February , 1999
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Deborah Drosnin, Esq.
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c/o Foley, Hoag & Eliot llp
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One Post Office Square, Boston, MA 02109-2170
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Note: If an existing corporation is acting as incorporator, type in the exact
name of the corporation, the state or other jurisdiction where it was
incorporated, the name of the person signing on behalf of said corporation and
the title he/she holds or other authority by which such action is taken.
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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
ARTICLES OF ORGANIZATION
(General Laws, Chapter 156B)
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I hereby certify that, upon examination of these
Articles of Organization, duly submitted to me,
it appears that the provisions of the General
Laws relative to the organization of
corporations have been complied with, and I
hereby approve said articles; and the filing fee
in the amount of $13,000 having been paid, said
articles are deemed to have been filed with me
this 12th day of February 1999.
Effective date:
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WILLIAM FRANCIS GALVIN
Secretary of the Commonwealth
FILING FEE: One tenth of one percent of the
total authorized capital stock, but not less
than $200.00. For the purpose of filing, shares
of stock with a par value less than $1.00, or no
par stock, shall be deemed to have a par value
of $1.00 per share.
TO BE FILLED IN BY CORPORATION
Photocopy of document to be sent to:
Deborah Drosnin
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Foley, Hoag & Eliot llp
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One Post Office Square, Boston, MA 02109
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Telephone: (617) 832-1000
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Exhibit 3.2
BY-LAWS
of
IPSWICH BANCSHARES, INC.
ARTICLE I
Organization
The name of this Corporation shall be "Ipswich Bancshares". The
Corporation shall have and may exercise all the powers, privileges and
authority, express, implied and incidental, now or hereafter conferred by
applicable law and the Corporation's Articles of Organization.
ARTICLE II Stockholders
SECTION 1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of stockholders
shall be held on the last Wednesday in April at 4:00 p.m. (or if that be a legal
holiday in the place where the meeting is to be held, on the next succeeding
full business day) at the main office of the Corporation in Massachusetts,
unless a different hour, date or place within the United States is fixed by the
Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or, in the
President's absence, the Chairman of the Board, if one is elected. If no annual
meeting has been held on the date fixed above, a special meeting in lieu thereof
may be held, and such special meeting shall have for the purposes of these
By-Laws or otherwise all the force and effect of an annual meeting.
SECTION 2. Matters to be Considered at Annual Meeting. At an
annual meeting of stockholders, only such new business shall be conducted, and
only such proposals shall be acted upon as shall have been brought before the
annual meeting (a) by, or at the direction of, the Board of Directors (unless
there is an Interested Stockholder, in which case the affirmative vote of a
majority of the Continuing Directors then in office shall also be required) or
(b) by any stockholder of the Corporation who complies with the notice
procedures set forth in this Section 2.
For a proposal to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a
stockholder, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to
the Clerk of the Corporation. To be timely, a stockholder's notice must be
delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the
Corporation not less than 60 days nor more than 150 days prior to the scheduled
annual meeting, regardless of any postponements, deferrals or adjournments of
that meeting to a later date; provided, however, that if less than 70 days'
notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the scheduled annual meeting is
given or made, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered or
received not later than the close of business on the tenth day following the
earlier of the day on which such notice of the date of the scheduled annual
meeting was mailed or the day on which public disclosure was made.
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A stockholder's notice to the Clerk shall set forth as to each matter the
stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting (a) a brief description
of the proposal desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons
for conducting such business at the annual meeting, (b) the name and address, as
they appear on the Corporation's books, of the stockholder proposing such
business and any other stockholders known by such stockholder to be supporting
such proposal, (c) the class and number of shares of the Corporation's capital
stock which are beneficially owned by the stockholder on the date of such
stockholder notice and by any other stockholders known by such stockholder to be
supporting such proposal on the date of such stockholder notice and (d) any
financial interest of the stockholder in such proposal.
The Board of Directors may reject any stockholder proposal not timely
made in accordance with the terms of this Section 2. If the Board of Directors,
or a designated committee thereof, determines that the information provided in a
stockholder's notice does not satisfy the informational requirements of this
Section 2 in any material respect, the Clerk of the Corporation shall promptly
notify such stockholder of the deficiency in the notice. The stockholder shall
have an opportunity to cure the deficiency by providing additional information
to the Clerk within such period of time, not to exceed five days from the date
such deficiency notice is given to the stockholder, as the Board of Directors or
such committee shall reasonably determine. If the deficiency is not cured within
such period, or if the Board of Directors or such committee determines that the
additional information provided by the stockholder, together with information
previously provided, does not satisfy the requirements of this Section 2 in any
material respect, then the Board of Directors may reject such stockholder's
proposal. The Clerk of the Corporation shall notify a stockholder in writing
whether his proposal has been made in accordance with the time and informational
requirements of this Section 2. Notwithstanding the procedure set forth in this
paragraph, if neither the Board of Directors nor such committee makes a
determination as to the validity of any stockholder proposal, the presiding
officer of the annual meeting shall determine and declare at the annual meeting
whether the stockholder proposal was made in accordance with the terms of this
Section 2. If the presiding officer determines that a stockholder proposal was
made in accordance with the terms of this Section 2, he shall so declare at the
annual meeting and ballots shall be provided for use at the annual meeting with
respect to any such proposal. If the presiding officer determines that a
stockholder proposal was not made in accordance with the terms of this Section
2, he shall so declare at the annual meeting and any such proposal shall not be
acted upon at the annual meeting. If there is an Interested Stockholder, any
determinations to be made by the Board of Directors or a designated committee
thereof pursuant to the provisions of the paragraph shall also require the
concurrence of a majority of the Continuing Directors then in office.
This provision shall not prevent the consideration and approval or
disapproval at the annual meeting of reports of officers, Directors and
committees of the Board of Directors, but in connection with such reports, no
new business shall be acted upon at such annual meeting unless stated, filed and
received as herein provided.
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As used in these By-Laws, the terms "Interested Stockholder" and
"Continuing Director" shall have the same respective meanings assigned to them
in the Articles of Organization. Any determination of beneficial ownership of
securities under these By Laws shall be made in the manner specified in the
Articles of Organization.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 2, a stockholder shall
also comply with all applicable requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and the rules and regulations thereunder
with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.
Nothing contained in this Section 2 shall require proxy materials
distributed by the management of the Corporation to include any information with
respect to stockholder proposals.
SECTION 3. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the stockholders
for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Chief Executive
Officer, the President, the Chairman of the Board, if one is elected, or by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors then in office; provided,
however, that if there is an Interested Stockholder, any such call shall also
require the affirmative vote of a majority of the Continuing Directors then in
office. Only those matters set forth in the call of the special meeting may be
considered or acted upon at such special meeting, unless otherwise provided by
law. Special meetings of the holders of any one or more series of outstanding
preferred stock may be called in the manner and for the purposes provided in the
resolutions of the Board of Directors providing for the issuance of such series
of such stock. Special meetings shall be called by the Clerk or in the case of
the death, absence, incapacity or refusal of the Clerk, by any other officer,
upon written application of one or more stockholders who hold at least (i)
66-2/3% in interest of the capital stock entitled to vote at such meeting or
(ii) such lesser percentage, if any (but not less than 40%), as shall be
determined to be the maximum percentage which the Corporation is permitted by
applicable law to establish for the call of such a meeting. Application to a
court pursuant to Section 34(b) of Chapter 156B of the General Laws of the
Commonwealth of Massachusetts requesting the call of a special meeting of
stockholders because none of the officers is able and willing to call such a
meeting may be made only by stockholders who hold at least (i) 66-2/3% in
interest of the capital stock entitled to vote at such meeting or (ii) such
lesser percentage, if any (but not less than 40%), as shall be determined to be
the maximum percentage which the Corporation is permitted by applicable law to
establish for the call of such a meeting.
Any written application for a special meeting by one or more
stockholders shall set forth as to each matter proposed to be brought before the
special meeting (a) a brief description of the proposal desired to be brought
before the special meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the
special meeting, (b) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation's
books, of the stockholder proposing such business and any other stockholders
known by such stockholder to be supporting such proposal, (c) the class and
number of shares of the Corporation's capital stock which are beneficially owned
by the stockholder on the date of such stockholder application and by any other
stockholders known by such stockholder to be supporting such proposal on the
date of such stockholder application, and (d) any financial interest of the
stockholder in such proposal.
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SECTION 4. Notice of Meetings; Adjournment. A written notice of
all annual and special meetings of stockholders stating the hour, date, place
and purposes of such meetings shall be given by the Clerk or an Assistant Clerk
(or other person authorized by these By-Laws or by law) at least seven days
before the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat or to each
stockholder who, under the Articles of Organization or under these By-Laws, is
entitled to such notice, by mailing such notice to such stockholder at such
stockholder's address as it appears on the stock transfer books of the
Corporation. Notice shall also be given to the Chief Executive Officer, to the
President, to each of the Directors and to the Chairman of the Board, if one is
elected. Such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the mail
so addressed, with postage prepaid. When any stockholders' meeting, either
annual or special, is adjourned for thirty days or more, notice of the adjourned
meeting shall be given as in the case of an original meeting. It shall not be
necessary to give any notice of the hour, date or place of any meeting adjourned
for less than thirty days or of the business to be transacted thereat, other
than an announcement at the meeting at which such adjournment is taken of the
hour, date and place to which the meeting is adjourned. A written waiver of
notice, executed before or after a meeting by a stockholder or by an authorized
attorney of a stockholder and filed with the records of the meeting, shall be
deemed equivalent to notice of the meeting.
The Chief Executive Officer, or in the Chief Executive Officer's
absence, the President or the Chairman of the Board, if one is elected, shall
preside at all stockholders' meetings and shall have the power, among other
things, to adjourn such meeting at any time and from time to time, subject to
Section 5 of this Article II. The order of business and all other matters of
procedure including, without limitation, the rules for conducting the meeting at
any meeting of the stockholders shall be determined by the presiding officer.
SECTION 5. Quorum. The holders of a majority in interest in all
stock issued, outstanding and entitled to vote, represented in person or by
proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders; but if less than
a quorum is present at a meeting, a majority in interest of the stockholders
present or the presiding officer may adjourn the meeting from time to time, and
the meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice, except as provided
in Section 4 of this Article II. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is
present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the
meeting as originally noticed. The stockholders present at a duly constituted
meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the
withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.
SECTION 6. Voting and Proxies. Stockholders shall have one vote
for each share of stock entitled to vote owned by them of record according to
the books of the Corporation and a proportionate vote for a fractional share,
unless otherwise provided by law or by the Articles of Organization.
Stockholders may vote either in person or by written proxy dated not more than
six months before the meeting named therein. Proxies shall be filed with the
Clerk of the meeting, or of any adjournment thereof, before being voted. Except
as otherwise limited therein, proxies shall entitle the persons authorized
thereby to vote at any adjournment of such meeting, but they shall not be valid
after final adjournment of such meeting.
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A proxy with respect to stock held in the name of two or more persons shall be
valid if executed by or on behalf of any one of them unless at or prior to the
exercise of the proxy the Corporation receives a specific written notice to the
contrary from any one of them. In the event an attempt is made to cast
conflicting votes, in person or by proxy, by the several persons in whose names
shares of stock stand, the vote or votes to which those persons are entitled
shall be cast as directed by a majority of those holding such stock and present
in person or by proxy at such meeting, but no votes shall be cast for such stock
if a majority does not agree. A proxy purporting to be executed by or on behalf
of a stockholder shall be deemed valid unless challenged at or prior to its
exercise, and the burden of proving invalidity shall rest on the challenger.
SECTION 7. Action at Meeting. When a quorum is present, any
matter before the meeting shall be decided by vote of the holders of a majority
of the shares of stock voting on such matter, except where a larger vote is
required by law, by the Articles of Organization or by these By-Laws. Any
election by stockholders shall be determined by a plurality of the votes cast,
except where a larger vote is required by law, by the Articles of Organization
or by these By-Laws. The Corporation shall not directly or indirectly vote any
share of its own stock; provided however, that no provision of these By-Laws
shall be construed to limit the voting rights and powers relating to shares of
stock held pursuant to a plan which is intended to be an "employee stock
ownership plan" as defined in the Internal Revenue Code, as now or hereafter in
effect.
ARTICLE III Directors
SECTION 1. Powers. The business and affairs of the Corporation
shall be managed by a Board of Directors.
SECTION 2. Composition and Term. The Board of Directors shall be
composed of: (a) those persons elected by the incorporator(s) of the Corporation
to serve as the initial Directors of the Corporation in accordance with Section
12 of Chapter 156B of the Massachusetts General Laws, such persons to serve as
Directors until the respective expiration dates of their terms established by
the incorporator(s) and until their successors are elected and qualified and (b)
as such terms expire, those persons who are elected as Directors from time to
time as provided herein. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of
preferred stock, the Board of Directors may from time to time fix the number of
Directors and their respective classifications; provided, however, that if at
the time of such action there is an Interested Stockholder, such action shall in
addition require a majority vote of the Continuing Directors then in office. Up
to two additional Directors may be elected by vote of a majority of the
Directors then in office. The Directors, other than those who may be elected by
the holders of any series of preferred stock of the Corporation, shall be
classified, with respect to the term for which they severally hold office, into
three classes, labelled Group A, Group B and Group C, respectively, such classes
to be as nearly equal in number as possible.
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The initial Directors of the Corporation shall hold office as follows: the first
class of Directors shall hold office initially for a term expiring at the annual
meeting of stockholders to be held in 2000, the second class of Directors shall
hold office initially for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders
to be held in 2001, and the third class of Directors shall hold office initially
for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders to be held in 2002. At
each succeeding annual meeting of stockholders, the successors of the class of
Directors whose term expires at that meeting shall be elected by a plurality
vote of all votes cast at such meeting to hold office for a term expiring at the
annual meeting of stockholders held in the third year following the year of
their election. Members of each class shall hold office until their successors
are duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal.
SECTION 3. Director Nominations. Nominations of candidates for
election as Directors at any annual meeting of stockholders may be made (a) by,
or at the direction of, a majority of the Board of Directors (unless there is an
Interested Stockholder, in which case the affirmative vote of a majority of the
Continuing Directors shall also be required) or (b) by any stockholder entitled
to vote at such annual meeting. Only persons nominated in accordance with the
procedures set forth in this Section 3 shall be eligible for election as
Directors at an annual meeting.
Nominations, other than those made by, or at the direction of, the Board
of Directors (or by the Continuing Directors, if required), shall be made
pursuant to timely notice in writing to the Clerk of the Corporation as set
forth in this Section 3. To be timely, a stockholder's notice shall be delivered
to, or mailed and received, at the principal executive offices of the
Corporation not less than 60 days nor more than 150 days prior to the date of
the scheduled annual meeting, regardless of postponements, deferrals or
adjournments of that meeting to a later date; provided, however, that if less
than 70 days' notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the scheduled
annual meeting is given or made, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be
so delivered or received not later than the close of business on the tenth day
following the earlier of the day on which such notice of the date of the
scheduled annual meeting was mailed or the day on which such public disclosure
was made. Such stockholder's notice shall set forth (a) as to each person whom
the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or re-election as a Director
and as to the stockholder giving the notice (i) the name, age, business address
and residence address of such person, (ii) the principal occupation or
employment of such person, (iii) the class and number of shares of the
Corporation's capital stock which are beneficially owned by such person on the
date of such stockholder notice and (iv) any other information relating to such
person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies with respect
to nominees for election as Directors, pursuant to the Exchange Act, and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, including, but not limited to, the
written consent of such person to serve as a Director if elected; and the rules
and regulations promulgated thereunder, including, but not limited to, the
written consent of such person to serve as a Director if elected; and (b) as to
the stockholder giving the notice (i) the name and address, as they appear on
the Corporation's books, of such stockholder and any other stockholders known by
such stockholder to be supporting such nominees and (ii) the class and number of
shares of the Corporation's capital stock which are beneficially owned by such
stockholder on the date of such stockholder notice and by any other stockholders
known by such stockholder to be supporting such nominees on the date of such
stockholder notice. At the request of the Board of Directors, any person
nominated by, or at the direction of, the Board of Directors for election as a
Director at an annual meeting shall furnish to the Clerk of the Corporation that
information required to be set forth in the stockholder's notice of nomination
which pertains to the nominee.
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Nothing contained in this Section 3 shall require proxy materials
distributed by the management of the Corporation to include any information with
respect to nominations by stockholders.
No person shall be elected as a Director of the Corporation unless
nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 3. Ballots
bearing the names of all the persons who have been nominated for election as
Directors at an annual meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in
this Section 3 shall be provided for use at the annual meeting.
The Board of Directors may reject any nomination by a stockholder not
timely made in accordance with the requirements of this Section 3. If the Board
of Directors, or a designated committee thereof, determines that the information
provided in a stockholder's notice does not satisfy the informational
requirements of this Section 3 in any material respect, the Clerk of the
Corporation shall promptly notify such stockholder of the deficiency in the
notice. The stockholder shall have an opportunity to cure the deficiency by
providing additional information to the Clerk within such period of time, not to
exceed five days from the date such deficiency notice is given to the
stockholder, as the Board of Directors or such committee shall reasonably
determine. If the deficiency is not cured within such period, or such committee
reasonably determines that the additional information provided by the
stockholder, together with information previously provided, does nor satisfy the
requirements of this Section 3 in any material respect, then the Board of
Directors may reject such stockholder's nomination. The Clerk of the Corporation
shall notify a stockholder in writing whether his nomination has been made in
accordance with the time and informational requirements of this Section 3.
Notwithstanding the procedure set forth in this paragraph, if neither the Board
of Directors nor such committee makes a determination as to the validity of any
nominations by a stockholder, the presiding officer of the annual meeting shall
determine and declare at the annual meeting whether a nomination was made in
accordance with the terms of this Section 3. If the presiding officer determines
that a nomination was made in accordance with the terms of this Section 3, he
shall so declare at the annual meeting and ballots shall be provided for use at
the meeting with respect to such nominee. If the presiding officer determines
that a nomination was not made in accordance with the terms of this Section 3,
he shall so declare at the annual meeting and the defective nomination shall be
disregarded. If there is an Interested Stockholder, any determinations to be
made by the Board of Directors or a designated committee thereof pursuant to the
provisions of this paragraph shall also require the concurrence of a majority of
the Continuing Directors then in office.
SECTION 4. Qualification. Each Director shall have such
qualifications as are required by applicable law. Unless waived by a vote of the
Board of Directors, no individual may serve as a Director of the Corporation if
he had reached the age of 75 years at the time of election.
SECTION 5. Resignation. Any Director may resign at any time by
written notice to the Chief Executive Officer. A resignation shall be effective
upon receipt, unless the resignation otherwise provides.
SECTION 6. Removal. Any Director may be removed from office as
provided in the Articles of Organization.
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SECTION 7. Vacancies. Any vacancy occurring on the Board of
Directors as a result of resignation, removal, death or other cause, and newly
created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of
directors may be filled by vote of a majority of the remaining Directors though
less than a quorum of the number constituting the full board as fixed by the
Board of Directors, unless there is an Interested Stockholder in which case such
vacancy may only be filled by vote of a majority of the Continuing Directors
then in office. A Director elected to fill such a vacancy shall be elected to
serve for the full term of the Class of Directors in which the vacancy occurred
or the new directorship was created and until such Director's successor has been
elected and qualified, or until such Director's earlier resignation or removal.
SECTION 8. Compensation. The members of the Board of Directors
and the members of either standing or special committees shall receive such
compensation as the Board of Directors may determine.
SECTION 9. Regular Meetings. A regular meeting of the Board of
Directors shall be held without other notice than this By-law on the same date
and at the same place as the annual meeting of stockholders following such
meeting of stockholders. The Board of Directors may provide the hour, date and
place for the holding of regular meetings by resolution without other notice
than such resolution, a copy of which resolution shall be provided to the Chief
Executive Officer, the President and the Chairman of the Board, if one is
elected. The Board of Directors shall hold regular meetings at a place or places
fixed from time to time by the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer,
the President, or the Chairman of the Board, if one is elected.
SECTION 10. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of
Directors may be called by or at the request of a majority of the Directors, the
President, or the Chairman of the Board, if one is elected, unless there is an
Interested Stockholder who is also a Director in which case at least a majority
of the Continuing Directors is required to call a special meeting of directors.
The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the Board of
Directors may fix the hour, date, and place for holding a special meeting.
SECTION 11. Notice of Special Meetings. Notice of the hour, date,
and place of all special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be given to
each Director, the President, and the Chairman of the Board, if one is elected,
by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary, or if there be no Secretary or
Assistant Secretary, by the Clerk or Assistant Clerk, or in the case of the
death, absence, incapacity or refusal of such persons, by the officer or one of
the Directors calling the meeting. Notice of any special meeting of the Board of
Directors shall be given to each Director in person or by telephone or sent to
his business or home address by telecommunication at least twenty four (24)
hours in advance of the meeting or by written notice mailed to his business or
home address as shown in the Corporation's records at least forty eight (48)
hours in advance of such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be
delivered when deposited in the mail so addressed, with postage thereon prepaid.
When any Board of Directors meeting, either regular or special, is adjourned for
thirty days or more, notice of the hour, date and place of the reconvened
meeting shall be sent to all persons entitled to, and in the manner of, the
notice of the original, adjourned meeting. It shall not be necessary to give any
notice of the hour, date or place of any meeting adjourned for less than thirty
days or of the business to be transacted at such meeting, other than an
announcement at the meeting at which such adjournment is taken of the hour, date
and place to which the meeting is adjourned.
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A written waiver of notice executed before or after a meeting by the Director
and filed with the records of the meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of
such meeting, except where a Director attends a meeting for the express purpose
of objecting to the transaction of any business because such meeting is not
lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at nor the
purpose of, any meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the
notice or waiver of notice of such meeting.
SECTION 12. Quorum. A majority of the number of Directors then in
office shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting
of the Board of Directors, but if less than a quorum is present at a meeting, a
majority of the Directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, and
the meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice, except as provided
in Section 11 of this Article III. Any business which might have been transacted
at the meeting as originally noticed may be transacted at such adjourned meeting
at which a quorum is present.
SECTION 13. Action at a Meeting. The act of the majority of the
Directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of
the Board of Directors, unless otherwise prescribed by law, by the Articles of
Organization or by these By-Laws.
SECTION 14. Action by Consent. Any action required or permitted
to be taken by the Board of Directors at any meeting may be taken without a
meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be
signed by all of the Directors. Such written consents shall be filed with the
records of the meetings of the Board of Directors and shall be treated for all
purposes as a vote at a meeting of the Board of Directors.
SECTION 15. Presumption of Assent. A Director of the Corporation
who is present at a meeting of the Board of Directors at which action on any
Corporation matter is taken shall be presumed to have assented to the action
taken unless his dissent or abstention shall be entered in the minutes of the
meeting or unless he shall file a written dissent to such action with the person
acting as the Clerk of the meeting before the adjournment thereof or shall
forward such dissent by registered mail to the Clerk of the Corporation within
five days after the date a copy of the minutes of the meeting is received. Such
right to dissent shall not apply to a Director who voted in favor of such
action.
SECTION 16. Committees. The Board of Directors shall elect from
its number not fewer than three members to serve as an Executive Committee and
not fewer than three non-employee directors to serve as an audit committee, and
may elect other committees from its number. The Board of Directors may also
elect individuals to serve as an Advisory Board of Directors. It may delegate to
the Executive Committee or such other committees some or all of its powers
except those which by law, by the Articles of Organization or by these By-Laws
may not be delegated. Except as the Board of Directors may otherwise determine,
any such committee may make rules for the conduct of its business, but unless
otherwise provided by the Board of Directors or in such rules, its business
shall be conducted so far as possible in the same manner as is provided by these
By-Laws for the Board of Directors. All members of such committees shall hold
such offices at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.
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The Board of Directors may abolish any such committee at any time, subject to
applicable law. Any committee to which the Board of Directors delegates any of
its powers or duties shall keep records of its meetings and shall report its
action to the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors shall have power to
rescind any action of any committee, but no such rescission shall have
retroactive effect. With the approval of the Board of Directors, the Chief
Executive Officer may appoint such other committees consisting of such Directors
as the Chief Executive Officer shall select. Any recommendations of such
committees appointed by the Chief Executive Officer shall be submitted to the
Board of Directors.
SECTION 17. Manner of Participation. Members of the Board of
Directors or of committees elected by the Board pursuant to Section 16 of this
Article III may participate in meetings of the Board by means of conference
telephone or similar communications equipment by which all persons participating
in the meeting can hear each other. Such participation shall constitute presence
in person but shall not constitute attendance for the purpose of compensation
pursuant to Section 8 of this Article III, unless the Board of Directors by
resolution so provides.
ARTICLE IV Officers
SECTION 1. Enumeration. The officers of the Corporation shall
consist of a President, a Treasurer, a Clerk and such other officers, including,
without limitation, a Chairman of the Board, a Secretary, and one or more Vice
Presidents and Assistant Treasurers as the Board of Directors may determine to
be necessary for the management of the Corporation.
SECTION 2. Election. The President, the Treasurer and the Clerk
shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at its first meeting
following the annual meeting of stockholders. Other officers shall be elected by
the Board of Directors at such first meeting of the Board of Directors or at any
other meeting.
SECTION 3. Qualification. Any two or more offices may be held by
any person. The President shall be a Director. Any officer may be required by
the Board of Directors to give bond for the faithful performance of his duties
in such amount and with such sureties as the Board of Directors may determine.
SECTION 4. Tenure. Except as otherwise provided by law, by the
Articles of Organization, or by these By-Laws, the President, Treasurer and
Clerk shall hold office until the first meeting of the Board of Directors
following the next annual meeting of the stockholders and until their respective
successors are chosen and qualified. All other officers shall hold office until
the first meeting of the Board of Directors following the next annual meeting of
stockholders, or for such shorter term as the Board of Directors may fix at the
time such officers are chosen. The Chief Executive Officer may resign at any
time by written notice to the Board of Directors or the Clerk. Any other officer
may resign at any time by written notice to the Chief Executive Officer. Such
resignation shall be effective upon receipt unless the resignation otherwise
provides. Election or appointment of an officer, employee or agent shall not of
itself create contract rights. The Board of Directors may, however, authorize
the Corporation to enter into an employment contract with any officer in
accordance with law, but no such contract right shall impair the right of the
Board of Directors to remove any officer at any time in accordance with Section
5 of this Article IV.
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SECTION 5. Removal. Except as otherwise provided by law, the
Board of Directors may remove any officer with or without cause by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the entire number of Directors then in office;
provided, however, that if at the time of such removal there is an Interested
Stockholder, the affirmative vote of a majority of the Continuing Directors then
in office shall instead be required. Any such removal, other than for cause,
shall be without prejudice to the contract rights, if any, of the persons
involved. Any officer may be removed for cause only after reasonable notice and
opportunity to be heard by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 6. Absence or Disability. In the event of the absence or
disability of any officer, the Board of Directors may designate another officer
to act temporarily in place of such absent or disabled officer.
SECTION 7. Vacancies. Any vacancy in any office may be filled for
the unexpired portion of the term by the Board of Directors.
SECTION 8. Chief Executive Officer. The President shall be the
Chief Executive Officer, unless the Board of Directors shall designate another
officer enumerated in Section 1 of this Article IV to be the Chief Executive
Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall, subject to the direction of the
Board of Directors, have general supervision and control of the Corporation's
business, and shall preside at all meetings of the stockholders and Board of
Directors.
SECTION 9. President. If the President is not the Chief Executive
Officer, he shall have such power and perform such duties as the Board of
Directors and the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time designate. If
the Chief Executive Officer is absent, the President shall preside at all
meetings of the stockholders and Board of Directors.
SECTION 10. Chairman of the Board. In the absence of the Chief
Executive Officer or the President, the Chairman of the Board shall preside,
when present, at all meetings of the Board of Directors and stockholders. The
Chairman of the Board shall have such powers and shall perform such duties as
the Board of Directors may from time to time designate.
SECTION 11. Treasurer and Other Officers. Any Vice President, the
Treasurer and any other Officers whose powers and duties are not otherwise
specifically provided for herein shall have such powers and shall perform such
duties as the Chief Executive Officer may from time to time designate.
SECTION 12. Clerk and Assistant Clerks. The Clerk shall keep a
record of the meetings of stockholders. If a Secretary is not elected or is
absent, the Clerk will keep a record of the meetings of the Board of Directors.
In the absence of the Clerk, an Assistant Clerk, if one is elected, shall
perform the Clerk's duties. Otherwise a Temporary Clerk designated by the person
presiding at the meeting shall perform the Clerk's duties.
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SECTION 13. Secretary and Assistant Secretary. The Secretary, if
one is elected, shall keep a record of the meetings of the Board of Directors.
In the absence of the Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, the Clerk and any
Assistant Clerk, a Temporary Secretary designated by the person presiding at
such meeting shall perform the Secretary's duties.
ARTICLE V Capital Stock
SECTION 1. Certificates of Stock. Unless otherwise provided by
the Board of Directors, each stockholder shall be entitled to a certificate of
the capital stock of the Corporation in such form as may from time to time be
prescribed by the Board of Directors. Such certificate shall be signed by the
President or a Vice President and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer.
Such signatures may be facsimile if the certificate is signed by a transfer
agent or by a registrar, other than a Director, officer or employee of the
Corporation. In case any officer who has signed or whose facsimile signature has
been placed on such certificate shall have ceased to be such officer before such
certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect
as if he were such officer at the time of its issue. Every certificate for
shares of stock which are subject to any restriction on transfer and every
certificate issued when the Corporation is authorized to issue more than one
class or series of stock shall contain such legend with respect thereto as is
required by law.
SECTION 2. Transfers. Subject to any restrictions on transfer and
unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors, shares of stock may be
transferred on the books of the Corporation by the surrender to the Corporation
or its transfer agent of the certificate therefor properly endorsed or
accompanied by a written assignment and power of attorney properly executed,
with transfer stamps (if necessary) affixed, and with such proof of the
authenticity of signature as the Corporation or its transfer agent may
reasonably require.
SECTION 3. Record Holders. Except as otherwise required by law,
by the Articles of Organization or by these By-Laws, the Corporation shall be
entitled to treat the record holder of stock as shown on its books as the owner
of such stock for all purposes, including the payment of dividends and the right
to vote, regardless of any transfer, pledge or other disposition of such stock,
until the shares have been transferred on the books of the Corporation in
accordance with the requirements of these By-Laws.
It shall be the duty of each stockholder to notify the
Corporation of his address and any changes thereto.
SECTION 4. Record Date. The Board of Directors may fix in advance
a time of not more than sixty days before the date of any meeting of the
stockholders, the date for the payment of any dividend or the making of any
distribution to stockholders or the last day on which the consent or dissent of
stockholders may be effectively expressed for any purpose, as the record date
for determining the stockholders having the right to notice of and to vote at
such meeting, and any adjournment thereof, or the right to receive such dividend
or distribution or the right to give such consent or dissent.
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In such case, only stockholders of record on such record date shall have such
right, notwithstanding any transfer of stock on the books of the Corporation
after the record date. Without fixing such record date, the Board of Directors
may for any of such purposes close the transfer books for all or any part of
such period.
If no record date if fixed and the transfer books are not closed,
(a) the record date for determining stockholders having the right to notice of
or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be the close of business on the
day next preceding the day on which notice is given, and (b) the record date for
determining stockholders for any other purpose shall be the close of business on
the date on which the Board of Directors acts with respect thereto.
SECTION 5. Replacement of Certificates. In case of the alleged
loss, destruction or mutilation of a certificate of stock, a duplicate
certificate may be issued in place thereof, upon such terms as the Board of
Directors may prescribe.
SECTION 6. Issuance of Capital Stock. Except as provided by law,
the Board of Directors shall have the authority to issue or reserve for issue
from time to time the whole or any part of the capital stock of the Corporation
which may be authorized from time to time, to such persons or organizations, for
such consideration, whether cash, property, services or expenses and on such
terms as the Board of Directors may determine, including, without limitation,
the granting of options, warrants or conversion or other rights to subscribe to
said capital stock.
SECTION 7. Dividends. Subject to applicable law, the Articles of
Organization and these By-Laws, the Board of Directors may from time to time
declare, and the Corporation may pay, dividends on outstanding shares of its
capital stock.
ARTICLE VI Indemnification
SECTION 1. Definitions. For purposes of this Article:
(a) "Officer" means any person who serves or has served (A) as
Director of the Corporation, (B) in any other office filled by election
or appointment by the Board of Directors or (C) at the direction of the
Corporation, as a Director or officer of any of the Corporation's wholly
owned subsidiaries, and, in each case, any heirs or personal
representatives of such person;
(b) "Non-Officer Employee" means any person who serves or has
served as an employee of the Corporation, but who is not or was not an
Officer, and any heirs or personal representatives of such person;
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(c) "Indemnitee" means each Officer, and each Non-Officer
Employee whom the Board of Directors has determined to indemnify
pursuant to Section 3 of this Article VI;
(d) "Proceeding" means any action, suit or proceeding, civil or
criminal, brought or threatened in or before any court, tribunal,
administrative or legislative body or agency and any claim which could
be the subject of a Proceeding; and
(e) "Expenses" means any liability fixed by a judgment, order,
decree or award in a Proceeding, any amount reasonably paid in
settlement of a Proceeding and any professional fees or other
disbursements reasonably incurred in a Proceeding.
SECTION 2. Officers. To the extent permitted by law and except as
provided in Sections 4 and 5 of this Article VI, each Officer of the Corporation
shall be indemnified by the Corporation against all Expenses incurred by such
Officer in connection with any Proceedings in which such Officer is involved as
a result of serving or having served (a) as an Officer or employee of the
Corporation; (b) as a director, officer or employee of any wholly-owned
subsidiary of the Corporation; or (c) in any capacity with any other
corporation, organization, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit
plan or other entity at the request or direction of the Corporation.
SECTION 3. Non-Officer Employees. To the extent permitted by law
and except as provided in Sections 4 and 5 of this Article VI, each Non-Officer
Employee of the Corporation may, in the discretion of the Board of Directors be
indemnified against any or all Expenses incurred by such Non-Officer Employee in
connection with any Proceeding which such Non-Officer Employee is involved as a
result of serving or having served (a) as a Non-Officer Employee of the
Corporation; (b) a director, officer or employee of any wholly-owned subsidiary
of the Corporation; or (c) in any capacity with any other corporation,
organization, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other
entity at the request or direction of the Corporation.
SECTION 4. Service at the Request or Direction of the
Corporation. No indemnification shall be provided to an Officer or Non-Officer
Employee with respect to serving or having served in any of the capacities
described in Section 2(c) or 3(c) above unless the following two conditions are
met: (a) such service was requested or directed in each specific case by vote of
the Board of Directors prior to the occurrence of the event to which the
indemnification relates, and (b) the Corporation maintains insurance coverage
for the type of indemnification under Section 2(c) or 3(c) above for any amount
in excess of the proceeds of insurance received with respect to such coverage as
the Corporation in its discretion may elect to carry.
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The Corporation may but shall not be required to maintain insurance coverage
with respect to indemnification under Section 2(c) or 3(c) above.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4, but subject to Section 5
of this Article VI, the Board of Directors may provide an Officer or Non-Officer
Employee with indemnification under Section 2(c) or 3(c) above as to a specific
Proceeding even if one or both of the two conditions specified in this Section 4
have not been met and even if the amount of the indemnification exceeds the
amount of the proceeds of any insurance which the Corporation may have elected
to carry; provided that the Board of Directors in its discretion determines it
to be in the best interests of the Corporation to do so.
SECTION 5. Good Faith. No indemnification shall be provided to an
Officer or to a Non-Officer Employee with respect to a matter as to which such
person shall have been adjudicated in any Proceeding not to have acted in good
faith in the reasonable belief that the action of such person was in the best
interest of the Corporation. In the event that a Proceeding is compromised or
settled so as to impose any liability or obligation upon an Officer or
Non-Officer Employee, no indemnification shall be provided to said Officer or
Non-Officer Employee with respect to a matter if there is a determination that
with respect to such matter such person did not act in good faith in the
reasonable belief that the action of such person was in the best interests of
the Corporation. The determination shall be made by a majority of those
Directors who are not involved in such Proceeding. However, if more than half of
the Directors are involved in such Proceeding, the determination shall be made
by a majority vote of a committee of three disinterested Directors chosen by the
disinterested Directors at a regular or special meeting. If there are fewer than
three disinterested Directors, the determination shall be based upon the opinion
of the Corporation's regular outside counsel.
SECTION 6. Prior to Final Disposition. In the event that the
Corporation does not assume the defense, or until the Corporation assumes the
defense pursuant to Section 7 of this Article VI of any Proceeding of which the
Corporation receives notice under this Article VI, unless otherwise provided by
the Board of Directors, or by the committee pursuant to the procedure specified
in Section 5 of this Article VI the Corporation shall pay any Expenses incurred
by an Indemnitee in defending a Proceeding in advance of the final disposition
of such Proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by the Indemnitee seeking
indemnification to repay such payment if such Indemnitee shall be adjudicated or
determined to be not entitled to indemnification under this Article VI.
SECTION 7. Notification and Defense of Claim. As a condition
precedent to his or her right to be indemnified, the Indemnitee must notify the
Corporation in writing as soon as practicable of any action, suit, proceeding or
investigation involving him or her or with respect to which indemnity will or
could be sought. With respect to any action, suit, proceeding or investigation
of which the Corporation is so notified, the Corporation will be entitled to
participate therein at its own expense and/or to assume the defense thereof at
its own expense, with legal counsel reasonably acceptable to the Indemnitee.
After the Corporation notifies the Indemnitee of its election so to assume such
defense, the Corporation shall not be liable to the Indemnitee for any legal or
other expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnitee in connection with such
claim, other than as provided below in this Section. The Indemnitee shall have
the right to employ his or her own counsel in connection with such claim, but
the fees and expenses of such counsel incurred after notice from the Corporation
of its assumption of the defense thereof shall be at the expense of the
Indemnitee unless (i) the employment of counsel by the Indemnitee has been
authorized by the Corporation, (ii) counsel to the Indemnitee shall have
reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of interest or position on any
significant issue between the Corporation and the Indemnitee in the conduct of
the defense of such action, or (iii) the Corporation shall not in fact have
employed counsel to assume the defense of such action. In each such case, the
fees and expenses of Indemnitee's counsel reasonably acceptable to the
Corporation shall be at the expense of the Corporation, except as otherwise
expressly provided by this Article VI.
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The Corporation shall not be entitled, without the consent of the
Indemnitee, to assume the defense of any claim brought by or in the right of the
Corporation or as to which counsel for the Indemnitee shall have reasonably made
the conclusion provided for in clause (ii) above.
SECTION 8. Insurance. The Corporation may purchase and maintain
insurance to protect itself and any Indemnitee against any liability of any
character asserted against or incurred by the Corporation or any such
Indemnitee, or arising out of any such status, whether or not the Corporation
would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability by law or
under the provisions of this Article VI or under Chapter 156B of the
Massachusetts General Laws.
SECTION 9. Other Indemnification Rights. Nothing in this Article
VI shall limit any lawful rights to indemnification existing independently of
this Article VI.
ARTICLE VII Miscellaneous Provisions
SECTION 1. Amendment of By-Laws. These By-Laws may be adopted,
altered, amended, changed or repealed as provided in the Articles of
Organization.
SECTION 2. Fiscal Year. Except as otherwise determined by the
Board of Directors, the fiscal year of the Corporation shall be the twelve
months ending December 31 or on such other date as may be required by law.
SECTION 3. Seal. The Board of Directors shall have power to adopt
and alter the seal of the Corporation.
SECTION 4. Execution of Instruments. All deeds, leases,
transfers, contracts, bonds, notes, mortgage discharges and other obligations to
be entered into by the Corporation in the ordinary course of its business
without Board of Directors action may be executed on behalf of the Corporation
by the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chairman of the Board if one
is elected, the Treasurer, any Vice President or any Assistant Vice President or
any other officer, employee or agent of the Corporation as the Board of
Directors may authorize.
SECTION 5. Voting of Securities. Unless provided by the Board of
Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chairman of the
Board, if one is elected, or the Treasurer may waive notice of and act on behalf
of the Corporation, or appoint another person or persons to act as proxy or
attorney in fact for the Corporation with or without discretionary power or
power of substitution, at any meeting of stockholders or shareholders of any
other organization, any of whose securities are held by the Corporation.
SECTION 6. Articles of Organization. All references in these
By-laws to the Articles of Organization shall be deemed to refer to the Articles
of Organization of the Corporation, as amended and in effect from time to time.
NUMBER SHARES
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COMMON STOCK CUSIP 462633 10 8
SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
IPSWICH BANCSHARES, INC.
INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
THIS CERTIFIES THAT
is the owner of
FULLY PAID AND NON-ASSESSABLE SHARES OF THE COMMON STOCK,
$.10 PAR VALUE PER SHARE, OF
Ipswich Bancshares, Inc., transferable on the books of Ipswich Banshares, Inc.
in person or by duly authorized attorney upon surrender of this certificate
properly endorsed. This certificate and the shares of Common Stock represented
hereby are issued and shall be held subject to the laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts and the Charter and By-Laws of Ipswich Bancshares, Inc. as now or
hereafter amended. This certificate is not valid until countersigned and
registered by the Transfer Agent and Registrar.
WITNESS the facsimile seal of the company and the facsimile signatures of
its duly authorized officers.
Dated:
COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:
REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER COMPANY
TRANSFER AGENT
AND REGISTRAR
AUTHORIZED SIGNATURE
Ipswich Bancshares, Inc.
/s/ Francis Kenney INCORPORATED /s/ David L. Grey
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Francis Kenney 1999 David L. Grey
Treasurer President and Chief
MASSACHUSETTS Executive Officer
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IPSWICH BANCSHARES, INC.
The Corporation is authorized to issue more than one class or series of stock. A
copy of the preferences, powers qualifications and rights of each class and
series will be furnished by the Corporation without charge to any shareholder
upon written request.
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
Certificate, shall be construed as though they were written out in full
according to applicable laws or regulations:
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Additional abreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
For value received, hereby sell, assign and transfer unto
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represented by the within certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and
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Attorney to transfer the said stock on the books of the within-named Corporation
with full power of substitution in the premises
Dated,
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NOTICE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name as
written upon the face of the Certificate in every particular, without alteration
or enlargement, or any change whatever.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TO
LEASE BETWEEN
THE FIVE JAYS REALTY TRUST
AND IPSWICH SAVINGS BANK
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ARTICLE I - GRANT AND TERM
Section 1.01 - Leased Premises 1
Section 1.02 - Use of Additional Areas 1
Section 1.03 - Commencement and Ending Date of Term 1
Section 1.04 - Lease Year Defined 1
Section 1.05 - Excuse of Owner's Performance 2
ARTICLE II - RENT
Section 2.01 - Minimum Rent 2
Section 2.02 - Taxes 2
Section 2.03 - Additional Rent 3
Section 2.04 - Past Due Rent and Additional Rent 3
ARTICLE III - CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, RELOCATION AND FINANCING
OF IMPROVEMENTS AND ADDITIONS THERETO
Section 3.01 - Parking Facilities 3
Section 3.02 - Changes and Additions to Buildings 3
ARTICLE IV - CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY TENANT
Section 4.01 - Use of Premises 4
ARTICLE V - PARKING AND COMMON USE AREAS AND FACILITIES
Section 5.01 - Control of Common Areas by Owner 4
ARTICLE VI - COST OF MAINTENANCE OF COMMON AREAS
Section 6.01 - 5
Section 6.02 - 5
ARTICLE VII - SIGNS, AWNINGS, CANOPIES, FIXTURES, ALTERATIONS
Section 7.01 - Installation by Tenant 6
Section 7.02 - Removal and Restoration 6
Section 7.03 - Tenant Shall Discharge All Liens 6
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Section 7.04 - Signs, Awnings and Canopies 6
ARTICLE VIII - MAINTENANCE 0F LEASED PREMISES
Section 8.01 - Maintenance by Tenant 6
Section 8.02 - Maintenance by Owner 7
Section 8.03 - Surrender of Premises 7
ARTICLE IX - INSURANCE AND INDEMNITY
Section 9.01 - Public Liability, Property Damage, Plate Glass Insurance
Section 9.02 - Insurance of Tenant's Fixtures 7
Section 9.03 - Hold Harmless 8
Section 9.04 - Fire and Extended Coverage Insurance 8
ARTICLE X - UTILITIES 8
Section 10.01 - Utility Charges 9
ARTICLE XI - OFFSET STATEMENT, ATTORNMENT, SUBORDINATION 9
Section 11.01 - Offset Statement 9
Section 11.02 - Attornment 10
Section 11.03 - Subordination 10
Section 11.04 - Attorney-In-Fact 10
ARTICLE XII - ASSIGNMENT AND SUBLETTING
Section 12.01 - 10
ARTICLE XIII - WASTE, GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS
Section 13.01 - Waste or Nuisance 11
Section 13.02 - Governmental Regulations 11
ARTICLE XIV - ADVERTISING, MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION
Section 14.01 - Solicitation of Business 11
ARTICLE XV - EMINENT DOMAIN
Section 15.01 - Total Condemnation of Premises 11
Section 15.02 - Partial Condemnation 11
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Section 15.03 - Total Condemnation of Parking Area 12
Section 15.04 - Partial Condemnation of Parking Areas 12
Section 15.05 - Owner's Damages 12
Section 15.06 - Tenant's Damages 12
Section 15.07 - Condemnation of Less Than a Fee 13
ARTICLE XVI - DEFAULT OF THE TENANT
Section 16.01 - Right to Re-Enter 13
Section 16.02 - Right to Re-Let 13
Section 16.03 - Legal Expenses 14
Section 16.04 - Waiver of Jury Trial and Counterclaim 14
Section 16.05 - Waiver of Rights and Redemption 14
ARTICLE XVII - TENANT'S PROPERTY
Section 17.01 - Taxes on Leasehold 15
Section 17.02 - Loss and Damage 15
Section 17.03 - Notice by Tenant 15
ARTICLE XVIII - HOLDING OVER, SUCCESSORS
Section 18.01 - Holding Over 15
Section 18.02 - Successors 15
ARTICLE XIX - QUIET ENJOYMENT
Section 19.01 - Owner's Covenant 16
ARTICLE XX - MISCELLANEOUS
Section 20.01 - Waiver 16
Section 2O.02 - Accord and Satisfaction 16
Section 2O.03 - Entire Agreement 16
Section 20.04 - No Partnership 16
Section 20.05 - Force Majeur 16
Section 20.06 - Notices 17
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Section 20.07 - Captions and Section Numbers 17
Section 20.08 - Tenant Defined, Use of Pronouns 17
Section 20.09 - Broker's Commission 17
Section 20.10 - Partial Invalidity 17
Section 20.11 - Condominium Conversion - Right of First Refusal 17
Section 20.12 - Recording 17
Section 20.13 - Outstanding Mortgage Loan on Shopping Center -
Covenant of Quiet Enjoyment in the Event of
Financing 18
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THIS INDENTURE OF LEASE, made on the 31st day of July, 1992 by LOUIS J. GALANIS,
TRUSTEE OF FIVE JAYS REALTY TRUST, under declaration of Trust dated January 9,
1985, recorded at Essex South District Registry of Deeds, Book 7635, Page 293,
herein called "Owner", and the IPSWICH SAVINGS BANK, a Massachusetts banking
corporation, having a regular and usual place of business at 23 Market Street,
Ipswich, Essex County, Massachusetts, herein called "Tenant."
WITNESSETH:
ARTICLE I
GRANT AND TERM
SECTION 1.01. LEASED PREMISES
In consideration of the rents, covenants and agreements hereinafter reserved and
contained on the part of Tenant to be observed and performed, the Owner demises
and leases to the Tenant, and Tenant rents from Owner, those certain premises,
now or hereafter to be erected in the Rowley Mini Mall Shopping Center (herein
called the "Shopping Center") in Rowley, Essex County, Massachusetts, which
premises consist of a store and basement, each containing an area of
approximately 1,650 square feet, herein called the "leased premises". The
boundaries and location of the leased premises are designated "Unit #2." Owner
agrees not to obstruct or interfere with Tenant's usage of the drive-in lanes
and the canopy attached to the leased premises.
SECTION 1.02. USE OF ADDITIONAL AREAS
The use and occupation by the Tenant of the leased premises shall include the
use in common with others entitled thereto of the common areas, employees'
parking areas, service roads, loading facilities, sidewalks and customer car
parking areas, and other facilities as may be designated from time to time by
the Owner, subject however to the terms and conditions of this agreement and to
reasonable rules and regulations for the use thereof as prescribed from time to
time by the Owner.
SECTION 1.03. COMMENCEMENT AND ENDING DATE OF TERM
The term of this lease and Tenant's obligation to pay rent hereunder shall
commence on August 1, 1992. The term of this lease shall end on the last day of
the eight (8th) consecutive full lease year as said term "lease year" is
hereinafter defined. Tenant shall have the option to renew the within lease for
three five-year terms, each at the then fair market rental value of the Leased
Premises commencing at the end of the term and at the end of each renewal
period. In the event that the Owner and the Tenant can not agree on the "then
fair market rental value" at the end of any term, the following procedure shall
be utilized: the Owner shall select one qualified real estate appraiser; the
Tenant shall select one qualified real estate appraiser, the two appraisers
shall select a third qualified real estate appraiser; the three appraisers so
selected shall, by majority vote, determine the then fair market rental value of
the Leased Premises in accordance with the application of the economic
provisions of this Lease. The Owner and the Tenant shall be bound by the
determination of the appraisers for the duration of the renewal term then
commenced.
SECTION 1.04. LEASE YEAR DEFINED
The term "lease year" as used herein shall mean a period of twelve (12)
consecutive full calendar months. The first lease year shall begin on the date
of commencement of the term hereof if the date of commencement of the term
hereof shall occur on the first day of a calendar month; if not, then the first
lease year shall commence upon the first day of the calendar month next
following the date of commencement of the term hereof. Each succeeding lease
year shall commence upon the anniversary date of the first lease year.
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SECTION 1.05. EXCUSE OF OWNER'S PERFORMANCE
Anything 1n this agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, providing such cause
is not due to the willful act or neglect of the Owner, the Owner shall not be
deemed in default with respect to the performance of any of the terms,
covenants, and conditions of this lease if same shall be due to any strike,
lockout, civil commotion, war-like operation, invasion, rebellion, hostilities,
military or usurped power, sabotage, governmental regulations or controls,
inability to obtain any material, service or financing, through Act of God or
other cause beyond the control of the Owner.
ARTICLE II
RENT
SECTION 2.01. MINIMUM RENT
Tenant agrees to pay to Owner at the office of Owner, or at such other place
designated by Owner, without any prior demand therefor and without any deduction
or set-off whatsoever, and as fixed minimum rent: (a) The sum of $1,900.00 in
advance upon the first day of each calendar month for the first four years of
the lease and will then increase to $2,200 per month for the remaining four
years of the lease. If the term shall commence upon a day other than the first
day of a calendar month, then Tenant shall pay, upon the commencement date of
the term, a pro-rata portion of the fixed monthly rent described in the
foregoing clause (a) prorated on a per diem basis with respect to the fractional
calendar month preceding the commencement of the first lease year hereof.
SECTION 2.02. TAXES
(A) For each municipal fiscal year, commencing with Fiscal Year 1993, included
within the term, or renewals, of this Lease, Tenant shall pay Owner as
additional rent the Tenants' actual assessment per the annual tax bill assessed
upon the Leased Premises (as described in Section 1.01) are located, within
thirty (30) days of notice from Owner. The expression "real estate taxes" shall
include betterments, assessments, taxes upon gross rents, and any other taxes
which upon assessment or failure of payment become a lien upon the real estate
with respect to which they are assessed. In the event that any interest and/or
penalties are chargeable to Owner by any taxing authority for failure to pay, or
late payment, by Owner, Tenant shall pay Owner the same amounts to Owner if
Tenant does not pay Owner such additional rents before Owner must pay the
applicable taxes to the applicable taxing authority.
(B) The real estate taxes upon the Shopping Center for any tax year shall mean
such amounts as shall be finally determined to be the real estate taxes payable
with respect to the Shopping Center for said tax year, that is, the real estate
taxes assessed against the Shopping Center for said tax year less any
abatements, refunds or rebates made thereof. For the purpose of determining
payments due from Tenant to Owner in accordance with the provisions of this
Article (i) the real estate taxes upon the Shopping Center for any tax year
shall be deemed to be the real estate taxes assessed for said year until such
time as an abatement, refund or rebate shall be made thereof; and (ii) if any
abatement, refund or rebate shall be made for any tax year, an appropriate
adjustment shall be made in the amount payable from or paid by Tenant to Owner
on account of real estate taxes.
(C) Tenant shall pay all taxes allocable to its leasehold interests and its
signs and other property in or upon the demised premises. Tenant shall also pay
all taxes allocable to any improvements made by Tenant to the demised premises.
For the purpose of this Article, such taxes shall not be included within real
estate taxes upon the Shopping Center.
SECTION 2.03. ADDITIONAL RENT
The Tenant shall pay as additional rent any money required to be paid pursuant
to Sections 2.02, 6.02, 8.01, 8.02, 9.03, 9.04 and 10.01, and all other sums of
money or charges required to be paid by Tenant under this lease, whether or not
the same be designated "additional rent". If such amounts are not paid at the
time provided in this lease, they shall nevertheless, if not paid when due, be
collectible as additional rent with the next installment of rent thereafter
falling due hereunder, but nothing herein contained shall be deemed to suspend
or delay the payment of any amount of money or charge at the time the same
becomes due and payable hereunder, or limit any other remedy of the Owner.
SECTION 2.04. PAST DUE RENT AND ADDITIONAL RENT
If Tenant shall fail to pay, when the same is due and payable, any rent or any
additional rent, or amounts or charges of the character described in Section
2.03 hereof, and if such amounts remain unpaid for a fifteen-day period, such
unpaid amounts shall bear interest from the due date thereof to the date of
payment at the rate of eighteen (18%) percent per annum, subject to the
provisions of Section 16.01, and the time periods set forth herein.
ARTICLE III
CONSTUCTION, ALTERATION, RELOCATION, AND FINANCING OF
IMPROVEMENTS AND ADDITIONS THERETO
SECTION 3.01. PARKING FACILITIES
The Owner has constructed upon the Shopping Center site at its own cost access
roads, sidewalks, parking lots, and other facilities. Owner has striped the
parking lot and identified the access roads to the Tenant's drive-in window.
Tenant shall have equal rights with all other tenants of the Shopping Center to
use all of the parking spaces. In the event that Owner exercises its rights
under Section 3.0Z to alter and/or enlarge the Shopping Center, Owner agrees to
continue to provide to Tenant approximately nineteen (19) parking spaces within
the same approximate radium of the Leased Premises as are presently located the
nineteen (19) parking spaces closest to the Leased Premises.
SECTION 3.02. CHANGES AND ADDITIONS TO BUILDINGS
Owner hereby reserves the right at any time to make alterations or additions or
and to build additional stories on the building in which the premises are
contained and to build adjoining the same. Owner also reserves the right to
construct other buildings or improvements in the Shopping Center from time to
time and to make alterations thereof or additions thereto and to build
additional stories on any such building or buildings and to build adjoining the
same and to construct double-deck or elevated parking facilities. In the event
Owner makes such additions to the Shopping Center, Owner agrees that Tenant
shall have the right to reasonably adequate parking facilities, as determined by
Tenant's existing parking facilities.
ARTICLE IV
CONDUCT OF BUSINESS BY TENANT
SECTION 4.01. USE OF PREMISES
Tenant shall use the leased premises solely for the purpose of conducting the
business of retail banking, financing, and related operations and functions,
including, but not limited to, the sale of real estate, securities, data
processing, insurance, general business services, mortgage brokering and
provision of mortgages, and real estate brokerage. Tenant shall occupy the
leased premises within thirty (30) days after the date of the notice provided
for in Section 1.03 hereof, and shall conduct continuously in the leased
premises the business above stated. Tenant will not use or permit, or suffer the
use of, the leased premises for any other business or purpose. Tenant shall not
conduct catalogue sales in or from the leased premises except of merchandise
which Tenant is permitted to sell "over the counter" in or at the leased
premises pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4.01.
ARTICLE V
PARKING AND COMMON USE AREAS AND FACILITIES
SECTION 5.01. CONTROL OF COMMON AREAS BY OWNER
All automobile parking areas, driveways, entrances and exits thereto, and other
facilities furnished by Owner in or near the Shopping Center, including employee
parking areas, the truck way or ways, loading docks, package pick-up stations,
pedestrian sidewalks and ramps, landscaped areas, exterior stairways, first-aid
stations, comfort stations and other areas and improvements provided by Owner
for the general use, in common, of tenants, their officers, agents, employees
and customers, shall at all times be subject to the exclusive control and
management of Owner, and Owner shall have the right from time to time to
establish, modify and enforce reasonable rules and regulations with respect to
all facilities and areas mentioned in this Article. Owner shall have the right
to construct, maintain and operate lighting facilities on all said areas and
improvements; to police the same; from time to time to change the area, level,
location and arrangement of parking areas and other facilities hereinabove
referred to; to restrict parking by tenants, their officers, agents and
employees to employee parking areas; to close all or any portion of said areas
or facilities to such extent as may, in the opinion of Owner's counsel, be
legally sufficient to prevent a dedication thereof or the accrual of any rights
to any person or to the public therein; to discourage non-customer parking and
to do and perform such other acts in and to said areas and improvements as, in
the use of good business judgment, the Owner shall determine to be advisable
with a view to the improvement of the convenience and use thereof by Tenants,
their officers, agents, employees and customers. Owner will operate and maintain
the common facilities referred to above in such manner as Owner, in its sole
discretion, shall determine from time to time. Without limiting the scope of
such discretion, Owner shall have the full right and authority to employ all
personnel and to make all rules and regulations pertaining to and necessary for
the proper operation and maintenance of the common areas and facilities.
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ARTICLE VI
COST OF MAINTENANCE OF COMMON AREAS
SECTION 6.01
Owner agrees to hard-surface, mark, properly drain, adequately light, and
landscape the parking areas, together with the necessary access roads, within
the limits of the property. Owner agrees to operate, manage, and maintain during
the term of this Lease all parking areas, roads, and accommodation areas within
the Center. The manner in which such areas and facilities shall be maintained.
and the expenditures therefor, shall be at the sole discretion of owner, and the
use of such areas and facilities shall be subject to such reasonable regulations
as Owner shall make from time to time.
SECTION 6.02
Commencing on August 1, 1992, Tenant agrees to pay, upon demand, but not more
often than once a year, in addition to the Minimum Rent (as set forth in Section
2.01) Sixteen and 6/10 (16.6) Percentum of any increase in the costs and
expenses of Owner of maintaining and operating the parking areas, accommodations
areas, delivery systems, and all other common areas, in excess of such costs and
expenses for the immediately preceding twelve (12) month period (i.e., August 1,
1991 to July 31, 1992, the first lease year). Such operating and maintenance
costs shall include all reasonable costs and expenses of operating and
maintaining such areas and facilities in such manner as Owner may, from time to
time, deem appropriate and for the best interests of the Tenants of the Shopping
Center, including without limitation, providing private police protection,
security patrol, or night watchmen for the Shopping Center, labor, compensation
insurance, payroll taxes, materials, supplies, and all other costs of operating,
repairing, lighting, heating, air conditioning, cleaning, sweeping, painting,
removing of rubbish or debris, policing, inspecting, and all casualty and such
other insurance in such amounts and covering hazards deemed appropriate by
Owner, and all costs other than those which are properly charged to capital
account under generally accepted accounting principles, of replacement of
paving, curbs, walkways remarking, directional or other signs, landscaping,
drainage, and lighting facilities, and the cost to Owner of obtaining
supervisory services for and maintaining the fire sprinkler system(s). There
shall be excluded the cost of construction of improvements to such common areas
which are properly charged to capital account and depreciation of the original
costs of construction of such common areas. In the event that the Shopping
Center is expanded, appropriate adjustments shall be made in common area charges
to include the expanded area(s). Tenant's share of such costs and expenses of
maintaining and operating such common areas may be estimated by Owner subject to
adjustment in future billing to Tenant. Such operating and maintenance costs
shall be computed on an accrual basis under generally accepted accounting
principles. On or before September 1st of each year, Owner shall determine (and
furnish to Tenant a statement showing in reasonable detail) the costs and
expenses of maintaining such areas referred to in this Section during the
preceding year, ending July 31st. To the extent Tenant's proportionate share of
the increase over the preceding year of such costs and expenses is greater or
less than the sum actually billed to and paid by Tenant therefor, as the case
may be, during said year, the difference shall be billed or refunded to Tenant,
as the case may be.
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ARTICLE VII
SIGNS, AWNINGS, CANOPIES, FIXTURES, ALTERATIONS
SECTION 7.01. INSTALLATION BY TENANT
All fixtures installed by Tenant shall be new or completely reconditioned.
Tenant shall not make or cause to be made any alterations, additions or
improvements or install or cause to be installed any trade fixtures, exterior
signs, floor covering, interior or exterior lighting, plumbing fixtures, shades
or awnings or make any changes to the store front without first obtaining
Owner's written approval and consent. Tenant shall present to the Owner plans
and specifications for such work at the time approval is sought. Such approval
and consent shall not be unreasonably withheld by Owner.
SECTION 7.02. REMOVAL AND RESTORATION BY TENANT
All alterations, decorations, additions and improvements made by the Tenant, or
made by the Owner on the Tenant's behalf by agreement under this lease, shall
remain the property of the Tenant for the term of this lease, or any extension
or renewal thereof. Such alterations, decorations, additions and improvements
shall not be removed from the premises prior to the end of the term hereof
without prior consent in writing from the Owner. Upon expiration of this lease,
or any renewal term thereof, the Tenant shall remove all such alterations,
decorations, additions and improvements and restore the leased premises as
provided in Section 8.03 hereof. If the Tenant fails to remove such alterations,
decorations, additions and improvements and restore the leased premises, then
upon the expiration of this lease, or any renewal thereof, and upon the Tenant's
removal from the premises, all such alterations, decorations, additions and
improvements shall become the property of the Owner.
SECTION 7.03. TENANT SHALL DISCHARGE ALL LIENS
Tenant shall promptly pay all contractors and materialmen, so as to minimize the
possibility of a lien attaching to the leased premises, and should any such lien
be made or filed, Tenant shall bond against or discharge the same within ten
(10) days after written request by Owner.
SECTION 7.04. SIGNS, AWNINGS AND CANOPIES
Tenant will not place or suffer to be placed or maintained on any exterior door,
wall or window of the leased premises any sign, awning or canopy, or advertising
matter or other thing of any kind, and will not place or maintain any
decoration, lettering or advertising matter on the glass of any window or door
of the leased premises without first obtaining Owner's written approval and
consent. Tenant further agrees to maintain such sign, awning, canopy,
decoration, lettering, advertising matter or other thing as may be approved in
good condition and repair at all times. Such approval and consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld by Owner.
ARTICLE VIII
MAINTENANCE OF LEASED PREMISES
SECTION 8.01. MAINTENANCE BY TENANT
Tenant shall, at all times, maintain the demised premises (including all
exterior entrances and the inside and outside of all glass in the doors and
windows and show window moldings) and all partitions, doors and window frames,
fixtures, equipment and appurtenances thereto (including, but not limited to,
all electrical plumbing fixtures, heating, air-conditioning and other mechanical
installations therein) in good order, condition, and normal repair at its own
expense. In the event that the heating or air conditioning installation on the
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Leased premises require major repairs or entire replacement, the costs of such
repair or replacements shall be paid by the Owner. The Owner shall be
responsible for the plowing of snow and contorl of ice in the parking lot; the
Tenant shll be responsible for the removal of snow and the control of ice on the
sidewalks abutting the Leased Premises.
SECTION 8.02. MAINTENANCE BY OWNER
If Tenant refuses or neglects to repair property as required hereunder and to
the reasonable satisfaction of Owner as soon as reasonably possible after
written demand, Owner may make such repairs without liability to Tenant for any
loss or damage that may accrue to Tenant's merchandise, fixtures, or other
property or to Tenant's business by reason thereof, and upon completion thereof,
Tenant shall pay Owner's costs for making such repairs, upon presentation of
bill therefor, as additional rent.
SECTION 8.03. SURRENDER OF PREMISES
At the expiration of the tenancy hereby created, Tenant shall surrender the
leased premises in the same condition as the leased premises were in upon
delivery of possession thereto under this lease, reasonable wear and tear
excepted, and damage by unavoidable casualty excepted, and shall surrender all
keys for the leased premises to Owner at the place then fixed for the payment of
rent and shall inform Owner of all combinations on locks, safes, and vaults, if
any, in the leased premises. Tenant shall re!move all of its trade fixtures, and
any alterations or improvements as provided in Section 7.02 hereof, before
surrendering the premises as aforesaid and shall repair any damage to the leased
premises caused thereby. Tenant's obligations to observe or perform this
covenant shall survive the expiration or other termination of the terms of this
lease.
ARTICLE IX
INSURANCE AND INDEMNITY
SECTION 9.01. PUBLIC LIABILITY, PROPERTY DAMAGE, PLATE GLASS INSURANCE
Tenant agrees, at its own expense, to maintain in full force during the leased
term a policy or policies or comprehensive liability insurance, including
property damage, written by one or more responsible insurance companies licensed
to do business in Massachusetts, which will insure Tenant and Owner (and such
other persons, firms or corporations as are designated by Owner) against
liability for injury to persons and/or property and death of any person or
persons occurring in or about the premises. Each such policy shall be approved
as to form and insurance company by Owner. The liability under such insurance
shall not be less than $300,000.00 for any one person injured or killed, and not
less than $500,000.00 for any one accident and not less than $50,000.00 property
damage. If, in the considered opinion of Owner's insurance advisor, the amount
of such coverage is not adequate, Tenant agrees to increase said coverage to
such reasonable amounts as Owner's advisor shall deem adequate. Tenant shall
also maintain and keep in force plate glass insurance coverage on all exterior
plate glass in the premises. The insurance in this subparagraph provided may be
covered by general policies covering all of-Tenant's stores. Tenant shall
provide Owner with copies of certificates of all said policies including an
endorsement which states that such insurance shall not be cancelled after thirty
(3O) days' notice in writing to Owner.
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SECTION 9.02. INSURANCE OF TENANT'S FIXTURES
Tenant agrees that 1t will at all times during the leased term maintain in force
on all its fixtures and equipment in the premises a policy or policies of fire
insurance with a standard extended coverage endorsement attached to the extent
of at least eighty per cent (80%) of their insurable value, the proceeds of
which will, so long as this lease is in effect, be used for the repair or
replacement of the fixtures and equipment so insured. It is understood that
Owner shall have no interest in the insurance upon Tenant's equipment and
fixtures, and will sign all documents necessary or proper in connection with the
settlement of any claim or loss by Tenant. Tenant shall have the right, at its
sole option, to self-insure its fixtures and equipment.
SECTION 9.03. HOLD HARMLESS
Tenant will indemnify Owner and save it harmless from and against any and all
claims, actions, damages, liability and expense in connection with loss of life,
personal injury and/or damage to property arising from or out of any occurrence
in, upon or at the demised premises or from the occupancy or use by Tenant of
the demised premises or any part thereof, or occasioned wholly or in any part by
any act or omission of Tenant, its agents, contractors, employees, servants,
lessees, or concessionaires, unless said claims are caused by negligence of the
Owner. In case Owner shall, without fault on its part, be made a party to any
litigation commenced by or against Tenant, then Tenant shall protect and hold
Owner harmless and shall pay all costs, expenses and reasonable attorney fees
incurred or paid by Owner in connection with such litigation. Tenant shall also
pay all costs, expenses and reasonable attorney fees that may be incurred or
paid by Owner in enforcing the covenants and agreements of this lease. Owner
shall indemnify Tenant and save it harmless from and against any and all claims,
actions, damages, etc. arising from or out of any occurrence in or upon the
common areas of the Shopping Center.
SECTION 9.04. FIRE AND EXTENDED COVERAGE INSURANCE
(A) In case the premises shall be partially or totally destroyed by fire or
other casualty insurable under full standard extended risk insurance as to
become partially or totally untenantable, the same shall be repaired as speedily
as possible at the expense of Owner, unless Owner shall not elect to rebuild as
hereinafter provided, and (should there be a substantial interference with
Tenant's business) a just and proportionate part of the fixed rent shall be
abated until so repaired.
(B) If less than Fifty (50%) Percent of the building in which the Leased
Premises (as described in Section 1.01) are located shall be destroyed or
damaged by fire or other casualty as to become wholly untenantable, then, in
such event, Owner must rebuild or put said building in good condition and fit
for occupancy, within a reasonable time after such destruction or damage, unless
Tenant releases in writing Owner from such obligation.
(C) If more than Fifty (50%) Percent of the building in which the premises are
located shall be destroyed or so damaged by fire, or other casualty insurable
under full standard extended risk insurance, as to become wholly untenantable or
in the event the premises shall be partially or totally destroyed by a cause or
casualty other than those covered by fire and extended coverage risk insurance
then, in any such event, Owner may, if it so elects, rebuild or put said
building in good condition and fit for occupancy, within a reasonable time after
such destruction or damage, or may give notice in writing terminating this lease
as of a date not later than ninety (90) days after any such damage or
destruction. If Owner elects to repair or rebuild said building, it shall,
within ninety (90) days after such injury, give the Tenant notice of its
intention to
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repair and then to proceed with reasonable speed to make such repairs. Unless
Owner elects to terminate this lease, this lease shall remain in full force and
effect and the parties waive the provisions of any law to the contrary,
(D) Owner's obligation (should it elect or be obligated to repair or rebuild)
shall be limited to the basic building, store front, and interior work as
covered by Description of Owner's Work, attached hereto, and Tenant shall
forthwith replace or fully repair all exterior signs, trade fixtures, equipment,
display cases and other installations originally installed by Tenant at its
expense.
(E) In addition to the insurance which Tenant is required to maintain pursuant
to Article IX of this lease, for each municipal fiscal year commencing with
Fiscal Year 1993, included within the term or renewals of this lease, Tenant
shall pay to Owner as additional rent Sixteen and 6/10 (16.6%) percentum of the
total premium paid by Owner for fire insurance (including the so-called
"extended coverage endorsement") rent insurance, and comprehensive public
liability upon Owner's buildings and improvements in the center in excess of the
premiums paid by Owner during municipal fiscal year 1992. The amount of fire
insurance to be maintained by Owner shall be not less than eighty (80%) percent
and not more than one hundred (100%) percent of the actual cash value of Owner's
buildings and improvements in the center as such value may exist from time to
time. Tenant shall be required to reimburse Owner for Tenant's share of such
insurance not more frequently than quarterly. With respect to any insurance
effective for a term extending beyond the term of Tenant's lease, Tenant shall
be obligated to pay only such proportion of Tenant's share of the premium as
that portion of the term of the policy lapsing prior to the expiration of the
term of Tenant's lease bears to the entire term of the policy.
ARTICLE X
UTILITIES
SECTION 10.1. UTILITY CHARGES
Tenant shall be solely responsible for and promptly pay all charges for heat,
gas, electricity, or any other utility used or consumed in the leased premises.
Should Owner elect to supply the gas, heat, electricity or any other utility
used or consumed in the leased premises, Tenant agrees to purchase and pay for
the same as additional rent at the applicable rates filed by the Owner with the
proper regulatory authority. In no event shall Owner be liable for an
interruption or failure in the supply of any such utilities to the leased
premises.
ARTICLE XI
OFFSET STATEMENT, ATTORNMENT, SUBORDINATION
SECTION 11.01. OFFSET STATEMENT
Within ten days after request therefor by Owner, or in the event that upon any
sale, assignment or hypothecation of the leased premises and/or the land
thereunder by Owner an offset statement shall be required from Tenant; Tenant
agrees to deliver in recordable form a certificate to any proposed mortgagee or
purchaser, or to Owner, certifying (if such be the case) that this lease is in
full force and effect and that there are no defenses or offsets thereto, or
stating those claimed by Tenant.
SECTION 11.02. ATTORNMENT
Tenant shall, in the event any proceedings are brought for the foreclosure of,
or in the event of exercise of the power of sale under any mortgage made by the
Owner covering the leased premises, attorn to the purchaser upon any such
foreclosure or sale and recognize such purchaser as the Owner under this lease.
SECTION 11.03. SUBORDINATION
Upon request of the Owner, Tenant will subordinate its rights hereunder to the
lien of any mortgage or mortgages, or the lien resulting from any other method
of financing or refinancing, now or hereafter in force against the land and/or
buildings of which the leased premises are a part or against any buildings
hereafter placed upon the land of which the leased premises are a part, and to
all advances made or hereafter to be made upon the security thereof. Tenant
shall have the right to record a Notice of Lease, at the Registry of Deeds;
Owner agrees to cooperate in the necessary negotiation, execution, and recording
thereof.
SECTION 11.04. ATTORNEY-IN-FACT
The Tenant, upon request of any party in interest, shall execute promptly such
instruments or certificates to carry out the intent of Sections 11.02 and 11.03
above as shall be requested by the Owner. The Tenant hereby irrevocably appoints
the Owner as attorney-in-fact for the Tenant with full power and authority to
execute and deliver in the name of the Tenant any such instruments or
certificates. If fifteen (15) days after the date of a written request by Owner
to execute such instruments, the Tenant shall not have executed the same, the
Owner may, at its option, cancel this lease without incurring any liability on
account thereof, and the term hereby granted is expressly limited accordingly.
ARTICLE XII
ASSIGNMENT AND SUBLETTING
SECTION 12.01
Tenant will not assign this lease in whole or in part, nor sublet all or any
part of the leased premises, without the prior written consent of Owner in each
instance. The consent by Owner to any assignment or subletting shall not
constitute a waiver of the necessity for such consent to any subsequent
assignment or subletting. This prohibition against assigning or subletting shall
be construed to include a prohibition against any assignment or subletting by
operation of law. If this lease be assigned, or if the leased premises or any
part thereof be underlet or occupied by anybody other than Tenant, Owner may
collect rent from the assignee, under-tenant or occupant, and apply the net
amount collected to the rent herein reserved, but no such assignment,
underletting, occupancy or collection shall be deemed a waiver of this covenant,
or the acceptance of the assignee, under-tenant or occupant as tenant, or a
release of Tenant from the further performance by Tenant of covenants on the
part of Tenant herein contained. Notwithstanding any assignment or sublease,
Tenant shall remain fully liable on this lease and shall not be released from
performing any of the terms, covenants and conditions of this lease. Tenant
shall have the right to sublet or assign the within lease to wholly owned
subsidiary as long as the Tenant remains liable. Owner's approval of Tenant's
subletting or assignment shall not be unreasonably withheld. In the event that
Tenant merges or reorganizes, Tenant's successor in interest shall have the
right to assume or be the assignee of the within lease, without the approval of
Owner.
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ARTICLE XIII
WASTE, GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS
SECTION 13.01. WASTE OR NUISANCE
Tenant shall not commit or suffer to be committed any waste upon the leased
premises or any nuisance or other act or thing which may disturb the quiet
enjoyment of any other tenant in the building in which the leased premises may
be located, or in the Shopping Center, or which may disturb the quiet enjoyment
of any person within hundred feet of the boundaries of the Shopping Center.
SECTION 13.02. GOVERNMENTAL REGULATIONS
Tenant shall, at Tenant's sole cost and expense, comply with all of the
requirements of all county, municipal, state, federal and other governmental
authorities, now in force, or which may hereafter be in force, pertaining to the
said premises, and shall faithfully observe in the use of the premises all
municipal and county ordinances and state and federal statutes now in force or
which may hereafter be in force.
ARTICLE XIV
ADVERTISING, MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION
SECTION 14.01. SOLICITATION OF BUSINESS
Tenant and Tenant's employees and agents shall not solicit business in the
parking or other common areas, nor shall Tenant distribute any handbills or
other advertising matter in automobiles parked in the parking area or other
common areas.
ARTICLE XV
EMINENT DOMAIN
SECTION 15.01. TOTAL CONDEMNATION OF PREMISES
If the whole of the leased premises shall be acquired or condemned by eminent
domain for any public or quasi-public use or purpose, then the term of this
lease shall cease and terminate as of the date of title vesting in such
proceeding and all rents shall be paid up to that date and Tenant shall have any
claim against Owner for the value of any unexpired term of this lease.
SECTION 15.02. PARTIAL CONDEMNATION
If any part of the leased premises shall be acquired or condemned as aforesaid,
and in the event that such partial taking or condemnation shall render the
leased premises unsuitable for the business of the Tenant, then the term of this
lease shall cease and terminate as of the date of title vesting in such
proceeding. Tenant shall have no claim against Owner for the value of any
unexpired term of this lease and rent shall be adjusted to the date of such
termination. In the event of a partial taking or condemnation which is not
extensive enough to render the premises unsuitable for the business of the
Tenant, then Owner shall promptly restore the leased premises to a condition
comparable to its condition at the time of such condemnation less the portion
lost in the taking, and this lease shall continue in full force and effect
without any reduction or abatement of rent.
SECTION 15.03. TOTAL CONDEMNATION OF PARKING AREA
If the whole of the common parking area in the Shopping Center shall be acquired
or condemned as aforesaid, then the term of this lease shall cease and terminate
as of the date of title vesting in such proceeding unless Owner shall take
immediate steps to provide other parking facilities substantially equal to the
previously existing ratio
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between the common parking areas and the leased premises, and such substantially
equal parking facilities shall be provided by Owner at its own expense within
ninety (90) days from the date of acquisition. In the event that Owner shall
provide such other substantially equal parking facilities, then this lease shall
continue in full force and effect without any reduction or abatement of rent.
SECTION 15.04. PARTIAL CONDEMNATION OF PARKING AREAS
If any part of the parking area in the Shopping Center shall be acquired or
condemned as aforesaid, and if, as the result thereof the ratio of square feet
of parking field to square feet of the sales area of the entire Shopping Center
buildings Is reduced to a ratio below two to one, then the term of this lease
shall cease and terminate upon the vesting of title in such proceeding, unless
the Owner shall take immediate steps toward increasing the parking ratio to a
ratio in excess of two to one, in which event this lease shall be unaffected and
remain in full force and effect without any reduction or abatement of rent. In
event of termination of this lease aforesaid, Tenant shall have no claim against
Owner for the value of any unexpired term of this lease and rent shall be
adjusted to the date of said termination.
SECTION 15.05. OWNER'S DAMAGES
In the event of any condemnation or taking as aforesaid, whether whole or
partial, the Tenant shall not be entitled to any part of the award paid for such
condemnation and Owner is to receive the full amount of such award, the Tenant
hereby expressly waiving any right or claim to any part thereof.
SECTION 15.06. TENANT'S DAMAGES
Although all damages in the event of any condemnation are to belong to the Owner
whether such damages are awarded as compensation for dimunition in value of the
leasehold or to the fee of the leased premises, Tenant shall have the right to
claim and recover from the condemning authority, but not from Owner, such
compensation as may be separately awarded or recoverable by Tenant in Tenant's
owner right on account of any and all damage to Tenant's business by reason of
the condemnation and for or on account of any cost or loss to which Tenant might
be put in removing Tenant's merchandise, furniture, fixtures, leasehold
improvements and equipment, or for any other claims the Tenant may have.
SECTION 15.07 CONDEMNATION OF LESS THAN A FEE
In the event of a condemnation of a leasehold interest in all or a portion of
the leased premises without the condemnation of the fee simple title also, this
lease shall not terminate and such condemnation shall not excuse Tenant from
full performance of all of its covenants hereunder, but Tenant in such event
shall be entitled to present or pursue against the condemning authority its
claim for and to receive all compensation or damages sustained by it by reason
of such condemnation, and Owner's right to recover compensation or damages shall
be limited to compensation for and damages if any, to its reversionary interest;
it being understood, however, that during such time as Tenant shall be out of
possession of the leased premises by reason of such condemnation, the lease
shall not be subject to forfeiture for failure to observe and perform those
covenants not calling for the payment of money. In the event the condemning
authority shall fail to keep the premises in the state of repair required
hereunder, or to perform any other covenant not calling for the payment of
money, Tenant shall have ninety (90) days after the restoration of possession to
it within which to carry out its obligations under such covenant or covenants.
During such time as Tenant shall be out of possession of the leased premises by
reason of such leasehold condemnation, Tenant shall pay to Owner, in lieu of the
minimum and percentage rents provided for hereunder, and in addition to any
other payments required of Tenant hereunder, an annual rent equal to the average
annual minimum and percentage rents paid by Tenant for the period from the
commencement of the term until the condemning authority shall take possession,
or during the preceding three full calendar years, whichever period is shorter.
At any time after such condemnation proceedings are commenced, Owner shall have
the right, at its option, to require Tenant to assign to Owner all compensation
and damages payable by the condemnor to Tenant, to be held without liability for
interest thereon as security for the full performance of Tenant's covenants
hereunder, such compensation and damages received pursuant to said assignment to
be applied first to the payment of rents and all other sums from time to time
payable by Tenant pursuant to the terms of this lease as such sums fall due, and
the remainder, if any, to be payable to Tenant at the end of the term hereof or
on restoration of possession to Tenant, whichever shall first occur, it being
understood and agreed that such assignment shall not relieve Tenant of any of
its obligations under this lease with respect to such rents, and other sums
except as the same shall be actually received by Owner.
ARTICLE XVI
DEFAULT OF THE TENANT
SECTION 16.01. RIGHT TO RE-ENTER
In the event of any failure of Tenant to pay any rental due hereunder within ten
(10) days after the same shall be due, or any failure to perform any other of
the terms, conditions, or covenants of this lease to be observed or performed by
Tenant for more than thirty (30) days after written notice of such default shall
have been given to Tenant, or if Tenant or an agent of Tenant shall falsify any
report required to be furnished to Owner pursuant to the terms of this lease, or
if Tenant or any guarantor of this lease shall become bankrupt or insolvent, or
file any debtor proceedings or take or have taken against Tenant or any
guarantor of this lease in any court pursuant to any statute either of the
United States or of any state a petition in bankruptcy or insolvency or for
reorganization or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee of all or a
portion of Tenant's or any such guarantor's property, or if Tenant or any such
guarantor makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or petitions for or
enters into an arrangement, or if Tenant shall abandon said premises, or suffer
this lease to be taken under any writ or execution, the Owner besides other
rights or remedies it may have, shall have the immediate right of re-entry and
may remove, all persons and property from the leased premises and such property
may be removed and stored in a public warehouse or elsewhere at the cost of, and
for the account of Tenant, all without service of notice or resort to legal
process and without being deemed guilty of trespass, or becoming liable for any
loss or damage which may be occasioned thereby.
SECTION 16.02. RIGHT TO RELET
Should Owner elect to re-enter, as herein provided, or should it take possession
pursuant to legal proceedings or pursuant to any notice provided for by law, it
may either terminate this lease or it may from time to time without terminating
this lease, make such alterations and repairs as may be necessary in order to
relet the premises, and relet said premises or any part thereof for such term or
terms (which may be for a term extending beyond the term of this lease) and at
such rental or rentals and upon such other terms and conditions as Owner in its
sole discretion may deem advisable; upon each such reletting all rentals
received by the Owner from such reletting shall be applied, first, to the
payment of any indebtedness other than rent due hereunder from Tenant to Owner;
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second, to the payment of any costs and expenses of such reletting, including
brokerage fees and attorney's fees and of costs of such alterations and repairs;
third, to the payment of rent due and unpaid hereunder. If such rentals received
from such reletting during any month be less than that to be paid during that
month by Tenant hereunder, Tenant shall pay any such deficiency to Owner. Such
deficiency shall be calculated and paid monthly. No such re-entry or taking
possession of said premises by Owner shall be construed as an election on its
part to terminate this lease unless a written notice of such intention be given
to Tenant or unless the termination thereof be decreed by a court of competent
jurisdiction. Notwithstanding any such reletting without termination, Owner may
at any time thereafter elect to terminate this lease for such previous breach.
Should Owner at any time terminate this lease for any breach, in addition to any
other remedies it may have, it may recover from Tenant all damages it may incur
by reason of such breach, including the cost of recovering the leased premises,
reasonable attorney's fees, and including the worth at the time of such
termination of the excess, if any, of the amount of rent and charges equivalent
to rent reserved in this lease for the remainder of the stated term over the
then reasonable rental value of the leased premises for the remainder of the
stated term, all of which amounts shall be immediately due and payable from
Tenant to Owner. In determining the rent which would be payable by Tenant
hereunder, subsequent to default, the annual rent for each year of the unexpired
term shall be equal to the average annual minimum and percentage rents paid by
Tenant from the commencement of the term to the time of default, or during the
preceding three full calendar years, whichever period is shorter. Owner shall
have a good faith obligation to mitigate the damages caused by such failure(s)
of Tenant.
SECTION 16.03. LEGAL EXPENSES
In case suit shall be brought for recovery of possession of the leased premises,
for the recovery of rent or any other amount due under the provisions of this
lease, or because of the breach of any other covenant herein contained on the
part of Tenant to be kept or performed, and a breach shall be established,
Tenant shall pay to Owner all expenses incurred therefor, including a reasonable
attorney's fee.
SECTION 16.04. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL AND COUNTERCLAIMS
The parties hereto shall and they hereby do waive trial by jury in any action,
proceeding or counterclaim brought by either of the parties hereto against the
other on any matters whatsoever arising out of or in any way connected with this
lease, the relationship of Owner and Tenant, Tenant's use or occupancy of the
leased premises, and/or any claim of injury or damage.
SECTION 16.05. WAIVER OF RIGHTS OF REDEMPTION
Tenant hereby expressly waives any and all rights of redemption granted by or
under any present or future laws in the event of Tenant being evicted or
dispossessed for any cause, or in the event of Owner obtaining possession of the
leased premises by reason of the violation of Tenant of any of the covenants or
conditions of this lease, or otherwise.
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ARTICLE XVII
TENANT'S PROPERTY
SECTION 17.01. TAXES ON LEASEHOLD
Tenant shall be responsible for and shall pay before delinquency all municipal,
county or state taxes assessed during the term of this lease against any
leasehold interest or personal property of any kind, owned by or placed in, upon
or about the leased premises by the Tenant.
SECTION 17.02, LOSS AND DAMAGE
Owner shall not be liable for any damage to property of Tenant or of others
located on the leased premises, nor for the loss of or damage to any property of
Tenant or of others by theft or otherwise. Owner shall not be liable for any
injury or damage to persons or property resulting from fire, explosion, falling
plaster, steam, gas, electricity, water, rain or snow or leaks from any part of
the leased premises or from the pipes, appliances or plumbing works or from the
roof, street or sub-surface or from any other place or by dampness or by any
other cause of whatsoever nature. Owner shall not be liable for any such damage
caused by other tenants or persons in the leased premises, occupants of adjacent
property, of the Shopping Center, or the public, or caused by operations in
construction of any private, public or quasi-public work. Owner shall not be
liable for any latent defect in the leased premises or in the building of which
they form a part except for a period of one (1) year from the date Tenant takes
possession of the leased premises. All property of Tenant kept or stored on the
leased premises shall be so kept or stored at the risk of Tenant only and Tenant
shall hold Owner harmless from any claims arising out of damage to the same,
including subrogation claims by Tenant's insurance carrier, unless such damage
shall be caused by the willful act or gross neglect of Owner. Owner agrees to
name Tenant as a named insured on any and all insurance policies covering the
building; Tenant agrees to name the Owner as a named insured on any and all
insurance policies covering the leased premises.
SECTION 17.03. NOTICE BY TENANT
Tenant shall give immediate notice to Owner in case of fire or accidents in the
leased premises or in the building of which the premises are a part of defects
therein or in any fixture or equipment.
ARTICLE XVIII
HOLDING OVER, SUCCESSORS
SECTION 18.01. HOLDING OVER
Any holding over after the expiration of the term hereof, with the consent of
the Owner, shall be construed to be a tenancy from month to month at the rents
herein specified (pro-rated on a monthly basis) and shall otherwise be on the
terms and conditions herein specified, so far as applicable.
SECTION 18.02. SUCCESSORS
All rights and liabilities herein given to, or imposed upon, the respective
parties hereto shall extend to and bind the several respective heirs, executors,
administrators, successors, and assigns of the said parties; and if there shall
be more than one tenant, they shall all be bound jointly and severally by the
terms, covenants and agreements herein. No rights, however, shall inure to the
benefit of any assignee of Tenant unless the assignment to such assignee shall
have been approved by Owner in writing as provided in Section 12.01 hereof.
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ARTICLE XIX
QUIET ENJOYMENT
SECTION 19.01. OWNER'S COVENANT
Upon payment by the Tenant of the rents herein provided, and upon the observance
and performance of all the covenants, terms and conditions on Tenant's part to
be observed and performed, Tenant shall peaceably and quietly hold and enjoy the
leased premises for the term hereby demised without hindrance or interruption by
Owner or any other person or persons lawfully or equitably claiming by, through
or under the Owner, subject, nevertheless, to the terms and conditions of this
lease.
ARTICLE XX
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 20.01. WAIVER
The waiver by Owner of any breach :f any term, covenant, or condition herein
contained shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such term, covenant or condition
or any subsequent breach of the same or any other term, covenant or condition
herein contained. The subsequent acceptance of rent hereunder by Owner shall not
be deemed to be a waiver of and preceding breach by Tenant of any term, covenant
or condition of this lease, other then the failure of Tenant to pay the
particular rent so accepted, regardless of Owner's knowledge or such preceding
breach at the time of acceptance c such rent. No covenant, term or condition, of
this lease shall be deemed to have been waived by Owner, unless such waiver be
in writing by Owner.
SECTION 2O.02. ACCORD AND SATISFACTION
No payment by Tenant or receipt by Owner of a lesser amount than the monthly
rent herein stipulated shall be deemed to be other than on account of the
earliest stipulated rent, nor shall any endorsement or statement on any check or
any letter accompany any check or payment as rent be deemed an accord and
satisfaction, and Owner may accept such check or payment without prejudice to
Owner's right to recover the balance of such rent or pursue any other remedy in
this lease provided.
SECTION 20.03. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This lease and the Exhibits, and Rider, if any, attached hereto and forming a
part hereof, set forth all the covenants, promises, agreements, conditions and
understandings between Owner and Tenant concerning the leased premises and there
are no covenants, promises, agreements, conditions, or understandings, either
oral or written, between them other than are herein set forth. Except as herein
otherwise provided, no subsequent alteration, amendment, change or addition to
this lease shall be binding upon Owner or Tenant unless reduced to writing and
signed by them.
SECTION 20.04. NO PARTNERSHIP
Owner does not, in any way or for any purpose, become a partner of Tenant in the
conduct of its business, or otherwise, or joint adventurer or a member of a
joint enterprise with Tenant. The provisions of this lease relating to the
percentage rent payable hereunder are included solely for the purpose of
providing a method whereby the rent is to be measured and ascertained.
SECTION 20.05. FORCE MAJEURE
In the event that either party hereto shall be delayed or hindered in or
prevented from the performance of any act required hereunder by reason of
strikes,
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lockouts, labor troubles, inability to procure materials, failure of power,
restrictive governmental laws or regulations, riots, insurrection, war or other
reason of a like nature not the fault of the party delayed in performing work or
doing acts required under the terms of this lease, then performance of such act
shall be excused for the period of the delay and the period for the performance
of any such act shall be extended for a period equivalent to the period of such
delay. The provisions of this Section 2O.05 shall not operate to excuse Tenant
from prompt payment of rent, percentage rent, additional rent or any other
payments required by the terms of this lease.
SECTION 20.06. NOTICES
Any notice, demand, request or other instrument which may be or are required to
be given under this lease shall be delivered in person or sent by United States
certified mail postage prepaid and shall be addressed (a) if to Owner at the
address first hereinabove given or at such other address as Owner may designate
by written notice and (b) if to Tenant at the leased premises or at such other
address as Tenant shall designate by written notice.
SECTION 20.07. CAPTIONS AND SECTION NUMBERS.
The captions, section numbers, article numbers, and index appearing in this
lease are inserted only as a matter of convenience and in no way define, limit,
construe or describe the scope or intent of such sections or articles in this
lease nor in any way affect this lease.
SECTION 20.08. TENANT DEFINED, USE OF PRONOUNS
The word "Tenant" shall be deemed and taken to mean each and every person or
party mentioned as a Tenant herein, be the same one or more; and if there shall
be more than one Tenant, any notice required or permitted by the terms of this
lease may be given by or to any one thereof, and shall have the same force and
effect as if given by or to all thereof. The use of the neuter singular pronoun
to refer to Owner or Tenant shall be deemed a proper reference even though Owner
or Tenant may be an individual, a partnership, a corporation, or a group of two
or more individuals or corporations. The necessary grammatical changes required
to make the provisions of this lease apply in the plural sense where there is
more than one Owner or Tenant and to either corporations, associations,
partnerships, or individuals, males or females, shall in all instances be
assumed as though in each case fully expressed.
SECTION 2O.09. BROKER'S COMMISSION
Each of the parties represents and warrants that there are no claims for
brokerage commissions or finder's fees in connection with the execution of this
lease, except as listed below, and each of the parties agrees to indemnify the
other against, hold it harmless from, all liabilities arising from any such
claim (including, without limitation, the cost of counsel fees in connection
therewith) except as follows: NONE
SECTION 20.10. PARTIAL INVALIDITY
If any term, covenant or condition of this lease or the application thereof to
any person or circumstance shall, to any extent, be invalid or unenforceable,
the remainder of this lease, or the application of such term, covenant or
condition to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held
invalid or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby and each term, covenant
or condition of this lease shall be valid and be enforced to the fullest extent
permitted by law.
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SECTION 20.11. CONDOMINIUM CONVERSION RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL
In the event that the Owner converts the shopping center in which the leased
premises are located to condominium ownership and offers the leased premises for
sale, Owner hereby grants to Tenant a right of first refusal to purchase the
leased premises on the identical terms which the Owner is then willing to sell
the leased premises for to any purchaser; Owner also agrees to give the Tenant
forty-five (45) days by giving the Owner written notice, certified mail, return
receipt requested, of Owner's then willingness to sell and all of such terms. If
Tenant does not exercise its right of first refusal within said forty-five (45)
days by giving the Owner written notice, certified mail, return receipt
requested, and actually purchasing the leased premises not more than thirty (30)
days after giving said notice of acceptance, said right of first refusal shall
lapse.
SECTION 20.12. RECORDING
Tenant shall not record this lease without the written consent of Owner;
however, upon the request of either party hereto the other party shall join in
the execution of a m memorandum or so-called "short-form" of this lease for the
purposes of recordation. Said memorandum or short form of this lease shall
describe the parties, the leased premises, and the term of this lease and shall
incorporate this lease by reference,
SECTION 20.13. OUTSTANDING MORTGAGE LOAN ON SHOPPING CENTER COVENANT OF-
QUIET ENJOYMENT IN THE EVENT OF FINANCING
The Owner and Tenant agree that Owner has borrowed from Tenant a large portion
of the funds needed by Owner for the construction of the shopping center in
which the leased premises a-e located, and that a corresponding mortgage loan is
presently outstanding. In the event that the Owner agrees to refinance the
existing mortgage loan on the Shopping Center, Owner shall pay no prepayment
penalty of any nature. In the event that the Owner borrows funds and mortgages
the Shopping Center with another financial institution (i.e. other than the
Tenant) Owner agrees to include in any mortgage and in all related documents a
covenant of quiet enjoyment, guaranteeing the Tenant the right to continue
occupation of the leased premises provided the Tenant is in compliance with the
terms of this lease, regardless of the possible defaults of Owner in regard to
such mortgagee financial institution.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Owner and Tenant have signed and sealed this lease as of the
day and year first above written.
/s/ Louis Jl. Galanis
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Louis J. Galanis, Trustee of Five Jays
Realty Trust, OWNER
Date
/s/ David L. Grey
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Ipswich Savings Bank, by its President,
David L. Grey
Date
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NORTH ANDOVER OFFICE PARK LEASE
DATA PAGE
LANDLORD: 451 ANDOVER STREET REALTY TRUST, C/O WINGATE MANAGEMENT
COMPANY, INC., 75 CENTRAL STREET, BOSTON, MA 02109
TENANT: IPSWICH SAVINGS BANK
Presently of 23 Market Street, Ipswich,
Massachusetts 01938-0392
PREMISES: SUITE 105 SHOWN ON EXHIBIT A AND THE AREA NECESSARY FOR THE
DRIVE THROUGH WINDGATE AS SHOWN ON EXHIBIT B 451 ANDOVER
STREET ~HEREIN "OBI" 0R ON THE BUILDING") NORTH ANDOVER,
MASSACHUSETTS 01845
NET RENTABLE AREA
OF PREMISES: 4,685 + SQUARE FEET
COMMENCEMENT DATE: See Rider 1
EXPIRATION DATE: See Rider 1
BASE RENT: See Rider 2.1 and 2.2 as Per Rider 1
YEAR: See Rider 2.1 and 2.2 as Per Rider 1
ANNUAL BASE RENT: See Rider 2.1 and 2.2 as Per Rider 1
MONTHLY BASE RENT: See Rider 2.1 and 2.2 as Per Rider 1
SECURITY DEPOSIT: $ ZERO
USE: Retail Branch Bank Office and all other office
and office related uses
LIABILITY
INSURANCE: $250,000 PER PERSON; $500,000 PER OCCURRANCE;
$50,000 PROPERTY DAMAGE LIABILITY
CONSTRUCTION/
RENOVATION: YES
SPECIAL PROVISIONS: See Rider 1
TENANT: LANDLORD:
IPSWICH SAVINGS BANK THE TITLED CORPORATION, TRUSTEE
OF 451 ANDOVER STREET REALTY
TRUST
By: /s/ David Grey President By: /s/ Edward Dziadu
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David L. Grey, President Edward J. Dziadul, President
Date: 4-25-94 Date: 4/18/94
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LEASE
WHEREAS, The Titled Corporation, as Trustee of 451 Andover Street
Realty Trust, under declaration of trust dated July 9, 1991, and recorded at the
Essex South District Registry of Deeds at Book 3284. Page 341, and having a
principal place of business at 451 Andover Street. North Andover, Massachusetts
01845 ("Landlord") is the owner of the land and building thereon located in
North Andover, Essex County, Massachusetts, and shown on Plan No. 9336 recorded
in Essex North Registry of Deeds, which presently contains two office buildings.
namely 451 Andover Street, herein referred to as OBI, and 203 Turnpike Street,
herein referred to as OBI II, and Landlord wishes to lease certain premises
therein to Tenant: and
WHEREAS, Tenant desires to demise these premises from Landlord.
NO, THEREFORE. the parties agree as follows:
ARTICLE I LEA5ED PREMISES
Landlord hereby leases to Tenant, and Tenant hereby demises from
Landlord, the Premises, excepting and reserving therefrom exterior walls and
centerwalls: Landlord's equipment and fixtures, now or hereafter installed: and
space for the installation of pipes, wires, conduits, and ducts to serve the
Premises and/or other parts of the Building and subject to all rights reserved
to Landlord by this Lease or by operation of law. Landlord grants to Tenant the
exclusive use of that portion of the Lot for the purposes of drive-through
banking shown on Exhibit B and in addition Landlord also grants to Tenant as
appurtenant to the Premises the right, in common with others, to use (a) areas
for access to and egress from such drive-through banking as shown on Exhibit B.
(b) the common entrances. lobbies. corridors, stairways, elevators, and
lavatories, and (c) pipes, wires. conduits and appurtenant equipment serving the
Premises in common with other leased premises in the Building. See attached
Exhibit A, floor plan of the Premises.
ARTICLE II - TERM
Tenant shall have and hold the Premises for a Term of Five Years (the
"Term" commencing on the Commencement Date as defined in Rider 1, Section 1.2,
and ending on the Expiration Date or any earlier date upon which the Lease term
may be terminated by force of law or as hereinafter provided).
ARTICLE III - BASE RENT
A. Tenant agrees to pay annual Rent during said term at the rate shown
on Rider 2.1 or in the alternative Rider 2.2 in accordance with Rider Section
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1.3. payable without notice or demand and without offset of any kind or nature,
in advance on the first day of each calendar month during the term hereof in
monthly installments in the amount shown on Rider 2.1 or 2.2 as aforesaid, and
proportionately for any fraction of a month at the beginning or end of the term,
except as otherwise expressly provided herein. If the Commencement Date is other
than the first day of a calendar month, an appropriate portion of the Base Rent
for such month shall be paid on the Commencement Date.
ARTICLE IV - USE
The Premises shall be used and occupied by Tenant solely for the
purpose specified as the Use on the Data Page and for such other lawful use
incidental thereto, but for no other purpose. In using or occupying the Premises
for such purpose. Tenant shall not cause business disruption to any other
tenants or occupants of the Building, or do acts that constitute a nuisance
Landlord makes no warranty or representation about the fitness of the Premises
for Tenant's use except as set forth in this Lease.
ARTICLE V - INSTALLATION OF EQUIPMENT AND FLOOR CAPACITY
Tenant shall not place any load upon any floor of the Premises which
exceeds the floor load capacity calculated on a square foot basis as determined
by Landlord (partitions being considered as part of the load). Tenant will not
move into or out of the Building, install any safe. heavy machinery, fixtures
equipment, or bulky materials without Landlord's prior written consent which
shall not be unreasonably withheld except for an A.T.M. machine and such
machinery and equipment as may be necessary for the operation of Tenant's drive
through as shown on Exhibit B. The moving and installation of such machines and
equipment shall be at Tenant's sole expense. shall be in such manner and at such
hours as to prevent business disruption to other occupants of the Building, and
at the sole risk and hazard of the Tenant. Tenant agrees to indemnify and hold
Landlord harmless from and against all liability resulting directly or
indirectly from the installation or operation of such machines and equipment.
ARTICLE VI - LANDLORD'S COVENANTS
Landlord will furnish, maintain, repair, replace and operate the
necessary equipment to provide heat and air conditioning as reasonably required
for comfortable occupancy of the Premises. If Tenant requests heat or air
conditioning services for non-business hours. Landlord will furnish such for the
areas specified in a written request from Tenant delivered to the building
superintendent or other agent of Landlord before 3:00 PM of the week day
preceding the extra usage period.
Landlord will maintain the Building structure. Building systems
including the repair or replacement of any equipment. fixtures or mechanical
installations that serve the premises, and Building common areas. all in good
order and repair, except for reasonable wear and tear and damage by fire and
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other casualty and except that Landlord shall have no responsibility to
maintain or repair the foregoing if damaged by Tenant negligence or
misconduct.
Landlord shall furnish water for ordinary cleaning, lavatory, drinking
and medical treatment purposes. If Tenant uses water for any other purposes
Landlord may (a) assess a reasonable charge for the additional water so used by
Tenant or (b) install at Tenant's expense a water meter and thereby measure
Tenant's water consumption for all purposes, and Tenant will pay for water
consumed as shown on said meter. together with any sewer use charge based on
said meter charges, as and when bills are rendered. Landlord shall be under no
obligation to renovate or improve the Premises, unless so indicated on the Data
Page and by attachment of Exhibit C.
Landlord is under no responsibility or liability for inconvenience
annoyance or loss of business arising from the failure or interruption in such
services caused by breakage, vandalism, accident, strikes, repairs, or by
inability (despite the exercise of reasonable diligence) to obtain fuel,
electricity, or other service, or by any other cause or causes beyond the
reasonable control of Landlord, or for tre cut-off of service or utility systems
by Landlord or others made necessary by reason of accident or emergency or to
make needed repairs. Failure or omission on the part of the Landlord to furnish
such service shall not be construed as an actual or constructive, total or
partial eviction of Tenant, nor work -an abatement of rent, nor render Landlord
liable in damages, nor release Tenant from prompt fulfillment of any of the
covenants under this Lease, In an event shall Landlord be liable for any
indirect or consequential damages.
ARTICLE VII - TENANT'S COVENANTS
Tenant covenants with Landlord that during the term and for all such
times as Tenant or any one claiming by, through or under it, shall hold or
occupy the Premises or any part thereof:
A. Rent Payment, Tenant will promptly pay when due all Rent.
payable by Tenant hereunder, to Landlord at the address from time to time
designated for the sending of notice to Landlord.
B. Electricity, Tenant will pay the Landlord as additional rent
the cost of all electrical current furnished to the Premises. Initially. Tenant
shall pay Landlord on account, each month, together with its payment of base
rent, one-sixth (1/6) of such sum as Landlord notifies Tenant is Landlord's
reasonable estimate of the amount that Tenant will owe for electrical current
furnished to the Premises during the next six (6) months, This estimated
additional rent will be applied against the cost of electrical currents
furnished to the Premises for such six (6) month period, As reviewed by Landlord
approximately every six (6) months, if the estimated additional rent is less
than the actual additional rent owed hereunder. Tenant will pay any excess due
Landlord in full within ten (10) days after receipt of a bill therefor: and if
the estimated additional rent collected by Landlord is greater than the actual
additional rent owed hereunder. then at Landlord's option it
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will either (i) refund the excess or (ii) credit the excess against payments
then due. or to become due, from Tenant under the Lease. Tenant acknowledges
that the Premises are provided with a separate meter noting electrical use and
that the actual additional rent owed hereunder will be determined based upon the
rates in effect from time to time of the local electrical service company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the local electrical service company so
requires. Tenant shall (i) purchase electrical current directly from such
company. (ii) pay as they become due all bills therefor. and (iii) indemnify and
hold Landlord harmless from any loss. cost or damage resulting from Tenant's
failure to make such payments.
C. Signs. Other than as provided in Rider 1 Tenant will not place
any signs or other objects outside the Premises, either in corridors or on
exterior Building walls, including without limitation window or door signs, and
will maintain no draperies or other window coverings or lighting within the
Premises that will affect the exterior appearance of the Building or tile
appearance of interior space outside the Premises. without Landlords prior
written consent.
D. Restore and Repair. Tenant shall maintain the Premises.
reasonable use and wear and tear and damage by fire or casualty excepted. Tenant
will be responsible for daily cleaning and janitorial of the Premises. Landlord
shall maintain all electrical, mechanical, plumbing, soil line, and other
installations and facilities therein which serve Premises, and all doors of the
Premises, in good order and repair, and replace glass in all windows with the
same quality as that injured, broken or damaged, all at its own expense. All
replacements of lighting tubes, lamps, bulbs, and ballasts required in the
Premises will be furnished and installed at Tenants expense, Tenant will not
make any structural alteration or addition to the Building or Premises without
first obtaining, on each occasion, Landlord's consent in writing. All
alterations or additions must be structurally and architecturally consistent
with existing improvements. Upon the request of Landlord, Tenant will deliver a
written schedule describing all such alterations or additions Landlord approval
is not required for alterations or additions done by Tenant on the interior of
the Premises that are non-structural in nature. Any alterations that would be
visible from outside the building other than signs as set forth in Section 1.6
of Rider 1 will require the Landlords consent which shall not be unreasonably
withheld, and any alterations that involve the buildings mechanical, electrical
or plumbing systems other than an emergency will require notification to the
landlord and are subject to reasonable requirements that the landlord may
impose, such as review of plans and specifications, coordination of timing to
avoid disruption of service to other tenants, and supervision and inspection by
representatives of the building. Upon expiration or earlier termination of the
term. (1) Landlord at its sole option may either retain its property, without
cost to it, any alterations so made, or require Tenant to remove these at its
sole cost and expense and restore the Premises to their original condition. (2)
Tenant will peaceably deliver up the Premises to Landlord broom clean and in the
same repair and condition as the Premises were in at the commencement of the
term, reasonable wear and tear only excepted. (3) Tenant will peaceably deliver
up all alterations and additions made to or upon the Premises in the same repair
and condition as they were when completed, reasonable wear and tear and damage
by fire or casualty only excepted. unless
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Landlord in its sole discretion requires Tenant to remove same, and (4) (except
as elsewhere provided herein) Tenant will remove all personal property and
fixtures belonging to Tenant or to anyone claiming through Tenant, including
without limitation all trade fixtures and signs and any lettering painted by
Tenant on any walls or doors with or without Landlord's consent. Tenant shall be
responsible for all damage or injury to the Premises and to the Building caused
by Tenant's installation or removal of alterations, additions, personal
property, and fixtures.
E. Assignment. Tenant shall not assign. transfer, mortgage,
pledge or encumber this Lease, nor sublet any part of the Premises, nor permit
occupancy of all or any part of the Premises by anyone other than Tenant
without, on each occasion, obtaining the prior written consent of Landlord.
which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. As used herein, the term
"assign" or "assignments includes, without limitation, any transfer of the
Tenant's interest in the Lease by operation of law. Any assignment, transfer,
mortgage, pledge, encumbrance, subletting, or occupancy without Landlord's
consent shall be void and of no effect. Landlord's consent thereto on any
occasion shall not constitute a waiver of the necessity of such consent on any
subsequent occasion. Notwithstanding any such assignment, transfer, mortgage,
pledge, sublet or other occupancy. Tenant shall remain primarily liable upon all
the terms, conditions and covenants hereof and any assignee or sublessee shall
have joint and several liability for the performance of the terms and provisions
of this Lease. In the event that Landlord consents to any assignment, transfer,
mortgage, pledge, or subletting. Tenant shall pay to Landlord as Additional Rent
fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which any and all fees, rents, and other
consideration Tenant receives from the assignee, transferee, mortgagee, pledgee,
or sublessee, exceeds the sum of all rents owed by Tenant to Landlord: and in
addition. Tenant shall pay Landlord promptly after billing for all costs
incurred by Landlord in providing such consents, including reasonable legal
expense.
F. Compliance With Laws and Insurance Regulations. Tenant, at its
sole expense, shall comply with all laws, ordinances, orders and regulations of
Federal. State, County, and Municipal Authorities, and with any direction of any
public officer, pursuant to law, which shall impose any violation, order or duty
upon Landlord or Tenant with respect to the Premises, or its use or occupation,
and shall furnish to Landlord copies of all such directives, orders, permits,
inspections, and the like Tenant shall not do or permit to be done any act or
thing upon the Premises, which will invalidate, or be in conflict with, fire
insurance policies covering the Building and fixtures and property therein, and
shall not do, or permit to be done, any act or thing upon the Premises which
shall or might subject Landlord to any liability or responsibility for injury to
any person or persons or to property by reason of any business or operation
being carried on upon the Premises or for any other reason. Tenant, at its sole
expense, shall comply with all rules, orders, regulations or requirements of the
North Andover Fire department, Board of Fire Underwriters, Fire Insurance Rating
Organization. or other authority having jurisdiction. and except as permitted by
these authorities, shall not permit anything to be done on or about the Premises
or be stored upon the Premises, and then only in such a manner of storage as not
to increase the rate for any fire insurance applicable to the Building. Tenant
shall provide on the
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Premises and maintain in good condition all safety and fire protection devices
required by said Fire Department, or other authorities, or insurers If by reason
of failure of Tenant to comply with the provisions of this paragraph, including
without limitation, the use to which Tenant puts the Premises, the fire
insurance rate shall at any time be higher than it otherwise would be, then
Tenant shall pay to or reimburse Landlord, as Additional Rent hereunder, for
that part of all fire insurance premiums paid by Landlord because of such
failure or use by Tenant, and shall make such reimbursement upon the first day
of the month following notice of such outlay by Landlord. Tenant shall not bring
or permit to be brought or kept in or about the Premises any flammable,
combustible or explosive fluid, material, or substance, or cause or permit any
odors of cooking or other processes, or any unusual or other objectionable
odors, to permeate from the Premises, The fact that the Premises are being used
and occupied solely for the use set forth in Article IV hereof shall not relieve
Tenant from the foregoing duties, obligations and expenses.
G. Injury and Damage. All merchandise, fixtures, and personal
property of any kind which may be on or about the Premises shall be at the sole
risk and hazard of Tenant, and if the whole or any part thereof shall be
destroyed or damaged by fire, theft, water, or otherwise, or in any other way or
manner, no part of such loss or damage will be charged or borne by Landlord in
any case whatsoever.
H. Indemnification of Landlord. The Tenant will indemnify and
hold Landlord and any agent harmless from and against any and all claims,
liabilities, or penalties asserted by or on behalf of any person, business, or
public authority, including Landlord, on account or based upon any injury to
person, or loss of or damage to property, occurring in or emanating from the
Premises, or occurring elsewhere in or about the Building and arising out of the
use or occupancy of the Building or Premises by Tenant or by any person claiming
through or under Tenant, resulting from omission, fault, negligence or
misconduct of Tenant except such injury, loss or damage was caused by the
omission, fault, negligence or misconduct of Landlord, its partners. officers,
agents, employees, invitees and independent contractors: and in addition to and
not in limitation of the foregoing, on account of or based upon any work or
thing whatsoever done on the Premises (other than by Landlord or its
contractors) or done by Tenant elsewhere in the Building: and in respect of any
of the foregoing from and against all costs, expenses (including reasonable
attorney's fees), and liabilities incurred in connection with any such claim, or
any action or proceeding brought thereon; and in case any action or proceeding
is brought against Landlord by reason of any such claim. Tenant upon notice from
Landlord shall at Tenant's expense resist or defend such action or proceeding
and employ counsel-reasonably satisfactory to Landlord, it being agreed that
such counsel may act for insurance underwriters of Tenant engaged in such
defense shall be deemed satisfactory.
I. Indemnification of Tenant. The Landlord will indemnify and
hold Tenant and any agent harmless from and against any and all claims,
liabilities, or penalties asserted by or on behalf of any person, business, or
public authority, including Tenant, on account or based upon any injury to
person, or loss of or damage to property, occurring in or emanating from the
Premises, or occurring elsewhere in or about the Building and arising out of the
use or
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occupancy of the Building or Premises by Landlord or by any person claiming
through or under Landlord, resulting from omission, fault, negligence or
misconduct of Landlord except such injury, loss or damage was caused by the
omission, fault, negligence or misconduct of Tenant, its partners, officers,
agents, employees, invitees and independent contractors: and in addition to and
not in limitation of the foregoing, on account of or based upon any work or
thing whatsoever done by Landlord on the Premises or elsewhere in the Building:
and in respect of any of the foregoing from and against all costs. expenses
(including reasonable attorney's fees, and liabilities incurred in connection
with any such claim, or any action or proceeding brought thereon: and in case
any action or proceeding is brought against Tenant by reason of any such claim,
Landlord upon notice from Tenant shall at Landlord's expense resist or defend
such action or proceeding and employ counsel reasonably satisfactory to Tenant.
it being agreed that such counsel may act for insurance underwriters of Landlord
engaged in such defense shall be deemed satisfactory,
J. Riqht to Enter. In case of an emergency on the Premises or in
the Building, Landlord or its representatives may enter the Premises at any time
to take such measures as may be needed to cope with the emergency. Landlord or
its representatives have the right without charge to it and without reduction in
rent. at reasonable times, with fifteen (15) days prior written notice to the
Tenant, and in such manner as not unreasonable to interfere with tenants
business, to enter (i) to view or show the Premises for any reason, (ii) to
maintain, install, or relocate any of Landlord's fixtures serving the Premises
or other parts of the Building.
K. Obligation to Insure. Tenant shall carry and keep in force, at
its own expense, with respect to the Premises, a policy or policies of
comprehensive public liability and property damage insurance with any insurance
company or companies qualified to do business in Massachusetts. Such Policies
shall (i) indemnify Tenant against all claims and damages for any injury to or
death of persons or damage to property which may be claimed to have occurred
upon or been caused by activities or conditions within the Premises, and (ii)
indemnify Landlord to the extent any such claims and demands are the
responsibility or obligation of Landlord pursuant to this Lease or as a matter
of law, and (iii) name the Landlord and any agent as an additional insured party
as its interest may appear and shall be in the following minimum amounts (unless
other amounts are specified oil the Data Page): Personal injury including death
$250,000 for each person and $500,000 for each accident: Property damage -
$50,000. Prior to occupancy. certificates of such policy or policies evidencing
such coverage together with proof of payment shall be delivered to Landlord, who
upon request shall be entitled to examine such policies. Such certificates shall
state that said policies may not be cancelled or altered without at least ten
(10) days prior written notice to Landlord and Tenant. The minimum insurance
limits set forth above may be modified from time to time by written notice to
Tenant, Tenant shall ensure that all of its agents, servants, joint venturers,
independent contractors, and business invitees who perform services on, about,
or from the Premises are covered by such notices or, if not. maintain adequate
insurance in amounts at least equal to the above: and, at Landlord's request,
Tenant will furnish evidence of such coverage. If Tenant fails to maintain
proper insurance coverage, Landlord at its option may procure such insurance and
Tenant shall
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pay Landlord for all costs of same as Additional Rent hereunder promptly upon
billing.
L. Liens. Tenant shall not permit to be created or suffer to
exist any lien or encumbrance upon any part of the Premises, Tenant's interest
in the Premises, the Building, or Lot which may be attributable to any act,
agreement or omission of Tenant and shall. whenever such lien is filed
purporting to be for labor or material furnished to the Tenant or other cause,
discharge the same of record within thirty (30) days after the date of filing.
M. Waste. Tenant shall not injure. overload, damage or deface the
Premises, nor suffer or permit this to be done, nor commit waste, nor permit any
hole to be drilled or made in the stone or brickwork of the Building. nor
obstruct in any manner any portion of the Building not hereby demised or the
sidewalks or approaches to the Building or Lot.
N. Parkinq. Landlord reserves the right to designate certain
parking areas on or about the Building or Lot as permitted or prohibited to
Tenant and/or Tenant's employees, agents, servants, licensees, invitees,
and-other visitors: to require any of these persons to place upon their motor
vehicles markers indicating their status, which markers will be supplied by
Landlord: and to tow or store at the expense of Tenant or of the owner, the
motor vehicle of any of Tenant's employees, agents, servants, licensees,
invitees, and visitors who fail to obey any designations, requirements, rules.
or regulations made by Landlord with respect to parking. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Tenant shall have exclusive right to use the four parking spaces in
front of the Premises for its customers and the first four parking spaces along
the' row opposite the western side of the Premises as shown on Exhibit D. The
Tenant may place signs so designating this exclusive use for its customers.
0. Rules and Regulations. The Building Rules and Regulations
effective as of the Commencement Date are attached hereto as Exhibit E: but
Landlord shall have the right to change said rules, Any such rules and
regulations as Landlord may make for general application shall be faithfully
observed and performed by Tenant and by the agents, employees, servants,
licensees, invitees, and visitors of Tenant, and all such rules and regulations
(as they may be amended from time to time). Landlord shall not be responsible to
Tenant or to Tenant's agents, employees, servants, licensees, invitees, or
visitors for failure to enforce any of the rules and regulations or for the
nonobservance or violation of any of said rules and regulations by any other
tenant or person, or for the nonobservance or violation of or failure to enforce
or to perform the provisions of any other lease. Landlord agrees that such rules
and regulations shall be uniformly applicable to and enforced against other
Tenants and that they shall not amend, alter. or modify the terms and conditions
set forth in this Lease.
ARTICLE VIII - SUBORDINATION AND NON-DISTURBANCE
This Lease is and shall be subject and subordinate to any mortgages
which may now or hereafter affect Landlord's interest in the Lot or Building or
both. to any advance made thereunder, and to all renewals. modifications.
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consolidations replacements, and extensions of such mortgages. The subordination
set forth herein shall be automatic and self-operative, and no further
instrument of subordination shall be required. but in confirmation of such
subordination. Tenant shall, on demand, execute promptly any certificate that
Landlord requests. Tenant hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints Landlord
the attorney-in-fact of Tenant to execute, acknowledge, and deliver any such
certificate or certificates for and on behalf of Tenant. Tenant shall attorn to
any mortgagee or other person that, through foreclosure or otherwise becomes
owner of the Building and. provided Tenant is not in default hereunder such new
owner will recognize this Lease. No mortgagee or other person will be bound by
payment of rent or other charges made by Tenant more than one month in advance
of its due date, nor bear any liability for acts or omissions of Landlord under
this Lease. Prior to the effective date of any subordination set forth in this
Clause. Landlord agrees to obtain from any mortgagee a "Non-Disturbance and
Consent to Lease" in the form shown as Exhibit F attached hereto.
ARTICLE IX - TENANT ESTOPPEL
From time to time on request. Tenant will deliver to Landlord a
statement in writing certifying that this Lease is unmodified and in full force
and effect (or that the same is in full force and effect as modified and stating
the modifications): the dates to which rent and other charges have been paid:
whether Tenant has exercised any options to extend the term of this Lease: and
whether Landlord is in default. and if so. specifying each such default. Tenant
shall complete. execute. and return Tenant Estoppel to Landlord within ten (10)
days of its receipt by Tenant
ARTICLE X - TRADE FIXTURES AND EQUIPMENT
Any trade fixtures or equipment installed in or attached to the
Premises and all other property of Tenant which was personal property prior to
its installation. regardless of how attached or affixed to the Premises
including any A.T.M. or other machine or equipment, shall remain the property of
Tenant and Tenant shall. except if Tenant is in default or otherwise provided
herein. have the right to remove its trade fixtures. equipment and property
which it may have installed in or attached to the Premises. during the term. or
within a reasonable time after any accelerated termination thereof or within a
reasonable time after any permitted holding over: but Tenant shall promptly
repair in a workmanlike manner any damage resulting from such removal, shall
plug or close in an approved manner, any connection to sources of gas, air.
water. electricity. heat or cooling. and shall do whatever is necessary so as to
leave the Premises undefaced.
ARTICLE XI - EMINENT DOMAIN
A. If the Premises or any part thereof. or the whole or any major part
affecting premises of the building or Lot is taken for any street or other
public use, by action of the Town or other authorities, or if Landlord or
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Tenant is entitled to compensation by reason of anything lawfully done in
pursuance of any public authority, then at Landlord's election this Lease and
the term shall terminate, even if Landlord's entire interest is divested by such
taking. If as a result of a taking or damage or destruction of the Premises, the
same or any part thereof is rendered unfit for use and occupation, the rent
shall be abated proportionately according to the nature and extent of the injury
to the Premises until the Premises or, in case of such taking. what may remain
thereof, shall have been put in proper condition Notwithstanding the above,
should twenty percent (20%) of the Net Rentable Area of the Premises (unless
Landlord furnished equivalent space) be so rendered untenantable. Tenant shall
also have the option to terminate the Lease. Any election to terminate by either
party shall be made not later than thirty (30) days after it receives notice of
such taking or action or of the occurrence of such damage.
B. Landlord reserves and excepts from this Lease all rights to
damages resulting from the taking for public use of the Premises, Building, Lot,
or any part thereof, or right to appurtenant thereto, or privilege or easement
in, through, or over the same, and by way of such confirmation of the foregoing.
Tenant hereby grants all rights to such damages previously accrued or accruing
during the term to Landlord. and the right to prosecute any and all claims
therefore. to have and to hold for Landlord forever.
ARTICLE XII - FIRE AND OTHER DAMAGE
A. Partial Destruction. If the Premises shall be partially
damaged by fire or other cause without the fault or neglect of Tenant or of
Tenant's servants, employees, agents, visitors or licensees. the Lease shall
remain in effect and the damages (not including damages to Tenant's additions.
improvements. alterations. fixtures, equipment. or personal property) shall be
repaired by and at the expense of Landlord and the rent shall be apportioned
according to the part of the Premises which is usable by Tenant until such
repairs are made. But if such partial damage is due to the fault or neglect of
Tenant or of Tenant's servants, employees, agents, visitors or licensees, the
damage shall be repaired by Landlord at Tenant's sole cost and expense and there
shall be no apportionment or abatement of rent. Such repairs shall be commenced
within ninety (90) days of the damage and completed within one hundred eighty
(180) days thereafter or the Tenant may at its option terminate this Lease.
B. Total Destruction. If the Premises or a substantial portion of
the public areas of the Building are totally damaged or rendered wholly
untenantable by fire or other cause, or ordered to be demolished by the action
of any public authority, Landlord or Tenant. may within sixty (60) days after
such fire or other cause, give notice in writing of termination of the Lease and
thereupon the term shall expire upon the date stated in the notice, which shall
be no earlier than the thirtieth (30th) day after such notice is given. Landlord
has the right to re-construct the Premises without Tenant terminating lease, if
such repairs commence within ninety (90) days of damage and are completed within
one hundred eighty (180) days thereafter. If the Lease is not so terminated.
Landlord shall restore the same to a condition substantially
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suitable for their intended use within six (6) months after the fire or other
casualty, if not, then Tenant may terminate this Lease by written notice to
Landlord. Under no circumstances shall Landlord be liable to Tenant for loss or
damage caused by Landlord's failure or refusal to restore the Premises or other
damaged areas. If Tenant shall not be in default under this Lease, then all
rents shall be adjusted and apportioned as of the date of the fire or casualty:
provided, however, that if the Premises or Building were damaged as a result of
any fault of or attributable to Tenant, Tenant's rental obligations shall not be
apportioned but shall continue to the Expiration Date.
C. Waiver of Subrogation. Landlord and Tenant will each use its
best effort to cause all policies of fire, extended coverage, and other physical
damage insurance covering the Premises, the Building, and any property therein
to contain the insurer's waiver of subrogation and consent to pre-loss waiver of
rights over by the insured. Effective only when permitted by the policy or when
use of its good faith efforts could have obtained such a clause at no additional
cost or premium, Landlord and Tenant respectively waive all claims and rights to
recover against the other in event of insured loss or damage to the extent of
insurance proceeds collected by the damaged party.
ARTICLE XIII - TENANT'S DEFAULT
If (a) Tenant fails to pay any and all rents or other sums payable by
Tenant to Landlord hereunder within ten (10) days after written notice: or (b)
if Tenant fails to perform or observe any other covenant or undertaking herein
on its part to be performed and observed for a period of thirty (30) days after
notice from Landlord of breach of such covenant: or (c) if the estate hereby
created is taken by execution or by other process of law and not redeemed by
Tenant within ninety (90) days thereafter: or (d) if proceedings for corporate
reorganization or arrangement under the Bankruptcy Laws of the United States. or
any laws supplementary or amending such reorganization or arrangement: or (e) if
any assignment is made of Tenant's property for the benefit of creditors: or (f)
if any proceedings are instituted by or against Tenant under any bankruptcy or
insolvency law, or if a receiver for Tenant or other similar officer is
appointed, and if any of said proceedings or the said appointment of any
receiver or similar officer is not contested and dismissed within ninety (90)
days after the institution or appointment thereof: then Landlord may,
immediately or at any time thereafter (notwithstanding any license or waiver of
any former breach or waiver and the benefit hereof, or consent in a former
instance) and without demand or notice or need to comply with any statutes
relating to summary process. in person or by agent or attorney, enter the
Premises (forcibly, if necessary) or any part thereof and repossess the same as
of its former estate, or terminate this Lease by written notice to Tenant, and
in either case expel Tenant and those claiming through or under it and remove
their effects without being deemed guilty of any manner of trespass and without
prejudice to any remedy which otherwise might be used for arrears of rent or
breach of covenant. and upon entry or notice as aforesaid this Lease shall
terminate. Tenant hereby waives all statutory rights (including without
limitation right of redemption) to the extent such rights may be lawfully waived
with respect to such actions by Landlord, Notwithstanding anything else
contained herein. Tenant shall not be deemed to be in non-monetary default
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unless such default remains uncured for more than thirty (30) days following
written notice from Landlord specifying the nature of such default, or such
longer period as may be reasonably required to correct such default Tenant's
liability for maintenance and repair shall always be limited to the cost of
accomplishing such maintenance or repair.
ARTICLE XIV - LANDLORD'S DEFAULT
Notwithstanding anything else contained herein, Landlord shall not be
deemed to be in default unless such default remains uncured for more than thirty
(30) days following written notice from Tenant specifying the nature of such
default, or such longer period as may be reasonably required to correct such
default Landlord's liability for maintenance and repair shall always be limited
to the cost of accomplishing such maintenance or repair, In no event shall
Landlord be liable for any consequential or indirect damages.
ARTICLE XV - LANDLORD'S REMEDIES
If this Lease is terminated as provided in Article XIV or otherwise for
Tenant's breach or default, Tenant shall forthwith pay to Landlord all sums
which were due prior to the date of such termination and Tenant shall pay on the
days originally fixed herein for the payment thereof amounts equal to the
several installments of Base Rent, all Additional Rent, estimated Additional
Rent, and any and all other charges as they would have become due if this Lease
had not been terminated,
As an alternative. at the election of Landlord, Tenant will, at the
time of such termination, pay to Landlord, as liquidated damages, the amount of
the excess, if any, of the present value at the time of termination of the total
rent and other benefits which would have accrued to Landlord for the remainder
of the term over and above the fair market rental value of the Premises for said
remainder of the term For the purpose of this paragraph, the total rent shall be
computed by assuming that Tenant's share of real estate taxes, operating
expense, and other charges would be the amount thereof, (if any) for the
immediately preceding year of the term.
As an additional and cumulative remedy, Tenant agrees (i) to indemnify
and hold Landlord harmless from and against all expenses, together with interest
from the date such expense is incurred at the rate set forth in Article XVI
below, which Landlord may incur in collecting such amount or in obtaining
possession of, or in re-letting the Premises, or in defending any action arising
as a result of or in connection with a default, including without limitation.
legal expenses, attorney's fees, brokerage fees, and the cost of putting the
Premises in good order or preparing the same for rental: (ii) that Landlord may
re-let the Premises or any part or parts thereof, either in the name of Landlord
or otherwise, for a term or terms which, at Landlord's option, may be less than
or exceed the period which would otherwise have constituted the balance of the
term and may grant concessions or free rent for a reasonable time. The failure
of Landlord to re-let the Premises or any part thereof shall not release Tenant
or affect Tenant's liability for damage Any suit brought to collect the amount
of deficiency for any month shall not prejudice the right
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of Landlord to collect the deficiency for any subsequent month by a similar
proceeding, Landlord may make such alterations, repairs, replacements and
decorations on the Premises which in Landlord's sole judgement are advisable or
necessary for the purpose of re-letting the Premises, and the making of such
alterations or decorations shall not release Tenant from any liability. In the
event the Premises are relet by Landlord. Tenant shall be entitled to a credit
in the net amount of rent received by Landlord, after deduction of all expenses
incurred in connection with Tenant's default, re-letting the Premises and
collecting the rent.
Tenant further agrees that if it fails to remove any of its property
from the Premises within five (5) days of termination. Landlord is authorized,
in its sole option, and in Tenant's name and on its behalf, either (i) to cause
such property to be removed and placed in storage for the account and at the
expense of Tenant: or (ii) to sell such property at public or private sale with
or without notice. and to apply the proceeds, after the payment of all expenses
of removal, storage and sale, to the indebtedness of Tenant to Landlord, the
surplus, if any, to be paid to Tenant.
ARTICLE XVI - INTEREST
All payments due hereunder by Tenant shall bear a late charge of three
(3%) percent of the total-amount due if not paid within ten (10) days after
written notice.
ARTICLE XVII - BROKER
Tenant and Landlord represent that they have not contacted or
negotiated with any broker in connection with this Lease, except for Wingate
Management Company and except for Charles M. Thompson and CEK Properties, Inc.,
and will indemnify and hold each other harmless if such warranty proves false,
Landlord accepts the responsibility for the payment of-Broker's fees, if any are
due to Wingate Mangement Company, Charles M. Thompson or CEK Properties, Inc,
and will hold the Tenant harmless against any claims actions or damages for such
Broker's fees.
ARTICLE XVIII - QUIET ENJOYMENT
Upon Tenant observing and performing all of the terms, covenants and
conditions in this Lease, Tenant shall peaceably and quietly have and hold the
Premises. without hindrance or molestation by any person or persons lawfully
claiming by, through, or under Landlord subject to the terms of this Lease,
ARTICLE XIX - NOTICES
All notices or other communications shall be given by registered mail,
return receipt requested. and shall be duly served upon mailing, All notices for
Landlord shall be addressed to Landlord. 451 Andover Street, Suite 210, North
Andover, Massachusetts 01845, or to such other place or person that may
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be designated by written notice to Tenant, with a copy so mailed, or delivered
in hand. to the site office of the Building Manager: and to the Tenant prior to
its occupancy of the Premises, at its address as set forth on the Data Page,
and, following occupancy, at the Premises or to such other place as may be
designated by written notice to Landlord.
ARTICLE XX - ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This Lease, including the Data Page and any Exhibit attached hereto.
sets forth the entire agreement between the parties hereto, supersedes all prior
dealings, and cannot be modified or amended except in writing duly executed by
the respective parties.
ARTICLE XXI - PARTIAL INVALIDITY
The invalidity of one or more phrases, sentences, clauses or Articles
contained in this Lease shall not affect the remaining portions of this Lease or
any part thereof, and in the event that any one or more of such phrases,
sentences, clauses or Articles should be declared invalid by the final order,
decree or judgement of a court of competent jurisdiction, this Lease shall be
construed as if such invalid phrases, sentences, clauses or Articles had not
been inserted in this Lease.
ARTICLE XXII - HOLDOVER
If Tenant remains in the Premises beyond the expiration of this Lease,
such holding over shall not be deemed to create any tenancy, but Tenant shall be
a Tenant at sufferance only, at one hundred fifteen percent 115%) of the last
rent paid by the Tenant and other charges under this Lease, However, all
conditions of this Lease to be performed by Tenant shall continue in force. At
the option of Landlord expressed in written notice to Tenant, but not otherwise,
such holding over shall constitute a renewal of the Lease for a period of one
year.
ARTICLE XXIII - NON-WAIVER PROVISION
No assent. express or implied, by Landlord to any breach of any
agreement or condition herein contained on the part of Tenant to be performed or
observed, and no waiver, express or implied, of any such agreement or condition
shall be deemed to be a waiver of or assent to any succeeding breach of the same
or any other agreement or condition, the acceptance by Landlord of rent or other
payment hereunder or silence by Landlord as to any breach shall not be construed
a waiving any of Landlord's rights hereunder unless such waiver shall be in
writing. No payment by Tenant or acceptance by Landlord of a check of a lesser
amount than shall be due Landlord from Tenant shall be deemed to be anything but
payment on account, and the acceptance by Landlord of a check for a lesser
amount with an endorsement or statement thereon or upon a letter accompanying
said check that said lesser amount is payment in full shall not be
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deemed in accord and satisfaction. and Landlord may accept said check without
prejudice to recover the balance due or pursue any other remedy
ARTICLE XXIV - PERSONS AND PROPERTY BOUND
The word "Landlord" shall mean and bind Landlord and its legal
representatives, successors and assigns. and the word "Tenant" shall mean and
bind Tenant and its heirs, legal representatives, successors and permitted
assigns, or those in any manner claiming through or under said Tenant, in each
case where the context so admits Tenant hereby agrees for itself and such
succeeding holder of its interest, or any portion thereof, (i) that Landlord and
its successors in interest shall not be liable for acts and occurrence arising
from and after the transfer of their interest as Landlord hereunder, (ii) that
any judgement, decree or award obtained against Landlord or any successor which
is in any manner related to this Lease, and the Premises, or Tenant's use or
occupancy of the Premises or Building, whether at law or in equity, shall be
satisfied out of Landlord's equity in the Building and the Lot to the extent
then owned by Landlord or such successor, and (iii) that Tenant and its
successors shall look only to such assets and to no other assets of Landlord or
its successor for satisfaction
ARTICLE XXV - AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT COMPLIANCE
Landlord acknowledges its responsibility to make the Lot and Buildings
comply with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act 42 USC
#12101 and the regulations and Accessibility Guidelines for Building and
Facilities issued pursuant thereto ("ADA Requirements"). Tenant shall be
responsible for their Premises meeting ADA Requirements.
ARTICLE XXVI - COUNTERPARTS AND HEADNOTES
This Lease is executed in two or more identical counterparts. each of
which is an original that may be introduced in evidence or used for any purpose
The headnotes throughout this Lease are for convenience or reference only, and
shall in no way be deemed to limit, modify, or add to the interpretation,
construction or meaning of any provision of this Lease.
ARTICLE XXVII - RECORDING OF LEASE
This Lease shall not be recorded, but a notice of Lease may be recorded
at the request of Landlord or Tenant in the form attached hereto as Exhibit G.
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ARTICLE XXVIII - LAW
This Lease shall be governed by, and interpreted in accordance with,
the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Executed under seal on the 18th
day of April, 1994.
LANDLORD: THE TITLED CORPORATION, TRUSTEE OF
451 ANDOVER STREET REALTY TRUST
By: /s/ Edward J. Dziadul
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Edward J. Dziadul, President
DATE: 4/18/94
TENANT: IPSWICH SAVINGS BANK
By: /s/ David L. Grey
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David L. Grey
TITLE: President
DATE: 4/25/94
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RIDER 1
TO LEASE BETWEEN
451 ANDOVER STREET REALTY TRUST
AND IPSWICH SAYINGS BANK
1.1 REGULATORY APPROVAL: This Lease is subject to the TENANT attaining all
necessary governmental regulatory approvals to operate a retail bank branch
office at the Premises. Upon execution of this Lease, the TENANT, at its own
expense, shall diligently commence efforts to obtain said approvals. The TENANT
shall obtain said approvals within one hundred and fifty (150) days from the
execution of this Lease. The TENANT, at its option, may extend this time period
for an additional ninety (90) days. If TENANT has not obtained said approvals
within said one hundred and fifty (150) days or two hundred and forty (240) days
if the TENANT exercises its option to extend LANDLORD or TENANT may terminate
this Lease. Regardless of anything else contained herein, the TENANT may
terminate this Lease at anytime prior to the commencement date if it receives a
negative determination from any governmental regulatory body.
1.2 COMMENCEMENT DATE: This Lease shall commence sixty (60) days after all
necessary governmental regulatory approvals to operate a retail bank branch
office at the Premises have been granted to TENANT and all appeals from such
approvals have been successfully concluded.
1.3 "DRIVE THROUGH WINDOW" APPROVALS: Upon execution of this Lease the
LANDLORD shall diligently commence and pursue efforts including but not limited
to retaining counsel, architect and planners, preparing plans. applying to the
appropriate Boards or Commissions and completing expeditiously the processing
through said Boards or Commissions to obtain all necessary governmental
approvals allowing the construction of a two bay "drive through window
reasonably satisfactory to the TENANT If the LANDLORD does not obtain approvals
for the said "drive through window" or does not obtain the approvals until after
the Lease has commenced then the Rent shall be reduced as per Rider 2.2. If the
LANDLORD does obtain said approvals after the Commencement Date. the said Rent
reduction shall be prorated to the date that said approvals have been attained.
1.4 LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS: The TENANT shall undertake and pay for all
leasehold improvements to the Premises including but not limited to the above
mentioned "drive through window" It being understood that the TENANT shall
perform leasehold improvements to the Premises, not including the "drive though
window" of approximately $30,000.00 or more. Tenant shall certify the
improvements it has performed and the costs incurred as a result of those
improvements within sixty (60) days after improvements have been completed
Tenant improvement work will be performed by the Tenant in good, workmanlike and
lien-free manner. in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and in
a manner that minimizes to the extent possible interference with other occupants
of the building.
The LANDLORD agrees that TENANT may offset against the monthly RENT up
to the amount of $30,000. the cost of the Leasehold Improvements,
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Before the TENANT commences any leasehold improvements the LANDLORD
shall approve the leasehold improvements. said approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld.
1.5 RIGHT TO EXTEND: Provided the TENANT is not in default of any of the
terms and conditions of this LEASE and provided that the TENANT gives the
LANDLORD six (6) months prior written notice, the LESSEE shall have the right to
extend this lease for three (3) five (5) year terms The RENT for the extension
terms shall be as detailed in Rider 2.1 or 2.2 as appropriate under Rider 1.3.
1.6 SIGNS: TENANT shall be allowed to install and shall pay for signage on
the sides of the building where the Premises are located as well as a sign over
the door that leads to the existing walk-in teller and signs on both sides of
the drive up window all as shown on Exhibit B. The size. shape. materials and
color of the signs shall be in conformity with the building design and shall
require the written approval of the LANDLORD. which shall not be unreasonably
withheld The TENANT shall be allowed to install and shall pay for a free
standing sign to be placed on either Andover Street or Turnpike Street If the
freestanding sign is located on Turnpike Street it shall be located no further
north than the PREMISES. In addition. TENANT may erect an additional sign on the
Route 133 side of the Property and LANDLORD recognizes and agrees that TENANT
may obtain permission from the adjacent property owner to erect such a sign. The
size. shape. materials and color of-the signs shall require the written approval
of the LANDLORD which shall not be unreasonably withheld All signs will be
subject to governmental approval. and that the tenant will maintain the signs at
its cost and comply with all applicable laws in the installation, use and
maintenance of the signs All such signs shall remain the property of the Bank.
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RIDER 2.1
TO LEASE BETWEEN
451 ANDOVER STREET REALTY TRUST
AND IPSWICH SAVINGS BANK
RENT WITH DRIVE-UP
BASE TERM
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<CAPTION>
YEAR YEARLY RENT MONTHLY RENT
<S> <C> <C>
1 $ 65,568.00 $ 5,463.98
2 $ 67,535.00 $ 5,627.90
3 $ 69,561.00 $ 5,796.74
4 $ 71,648.00 $ 5,970.64
5 $ 73,797.00 $ 6,149.76
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FIRST OPTION
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<CAPTION>
YEAR YEARLY RENT MONTHLY RENT
<S> <C> <C>
1 $ 76,011.00 $ 6,334.25
2 $ 78,291.00 $ 6,524.28
3 $ 80,640.00 $ 6,720.01
4 $ 83,059.00 $ 6,921.61
5 $ 85,551.00 $ 7,129.25
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SECOND OPTION
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<CAPTION>
YEAR YEARLY RENT MONTHLY RENT
<S> <C> <C>
1 $ 88,118.00 $ 7,343.13
2 $ 90,761.00 $ 7,563.43
3 $ 93,484.00 $ 7,790.33
4 $ 96,288.00 $ 8,024.04
5 $ 99,177.00 $ 8,264.76
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RIDER 2.1
TO LEASE BETWEEN
451 ANDOVER STREET
REALTY TRUST
AND IPSWICH SAVINGS BANK
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THIRD OPTION
YEAR YEARLY RENT MONTHLY RENT
<S> <C> <C>
1 $ 102,152.00 $ 8,512.70
2 $ 105,217.00 $ 8,768.08
3 $ 108,374.00 $ 9,031.13
4 $ 111,625.00 $ 9,302.06
5 $ 114,973.00 $ 9,581.12
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RIDER 2.2
TO LEASE BETWEEN
451 ANDOVER STREET
REALTY TRUST
AND IPSWICH SAVINGS BANK
RENT WITHOUT DRIVE-UP
BASE TERM
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<CAPTION>
YEAR YEARLY RENT MONTHLY RENT
<S> <C> <C>
1 $ 50,000.00 $ 4,166.67
2 $ 51,500.00 $ 4,291.67
3 $ 53,045.00 $ 4,420.42
4 $ 54,636.00 $ 4,553.03
5 $ 56,275.00 $ 4,689.62
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FIRST OPTION
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<CAPTION>
YEAR YEARLY RENT MONTHLY RENT
<S> <C> <C>
1 $ 57,964.00 $ 4,830.31
2 $ 59,703.00 $ 4,975.22
3 $ 61,494.00 $ 5,124.48
4 $ 63,339.00 $ 5,278.21
5 $ 65,239.00 $ 5,436.56
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SECOND OPTION
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<CAPTION>
YEAR YEARLY RENT MONTHLY RENT
<S> <C> <C>
1 $ 67,196.00 $ 5,599.66
2 $ 69,212.00 $ 5,767.65
3 $ 71,288.00 $ 5,940.68
4 $ 73,427.00 $ 6,118.90
5 $ 75,630.00 $ 6,302.46
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RIDER 2.2
TO LEASE BETWEEN
451 ANDOVER STREET REALTY TRUST
AND IPSWICH SAVINGS BANK
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THIRD OPTION
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<CAPTION>
YEAR YEARLY RENT MONTHLY RENT
<S> <C> <C>
1 $ 77,898.00 $ 6,491.54
2 $ 80,235.00 $ 6,686.28
3 $ 82,642.00 $ 6,886.87
4 $ 85,122.00 $ 7,093.48
5 $ 87,675.00 $ 7,306.28
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NORTH ANDOVER LEASE EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT A: Building Plan of Suite
EXHIBIT B: Plan of drive-through, access and egress
EXHIBIT C: Landlord' s Renovations
EXHIBIT D: Plan of parking spaces for exclusive use of Bank
EXHIBIT E: Building Rules and Regulations
EXHIBIT F: Non-Disturbance and Consent to Lease
EXHIBIT G: Notice of Lease
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EXHIBIT B
Plan of drive-through, access
and egress
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EXHIBIT C
Landlord's Renovations
{Not Applicable - Tenant undertaking improvements as per
Rider 1, Section 1.4l
EXHIBIT D
Plan of parking spaces for exclusive use of Bank
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EXHIBIT E
BUILDING RULES AND REGULATIONS ATTACHED TO AND
MADE A PART OF THIS LEASE
IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE VII (0)
Effective February 17, 1984
1. The sidewalks, entrances, driveways, passages, courts,
elevators, vestibules, stairways, corridors or halls shall not be obstructed or
encumbered by any Tenant or used for any purpose other than for ingress to and
egress from the demised premises and for delivery of merchandise and equipment
in a prompt and efficient manner using elevators and passageways designated for
such delivery by Landlord. There shall not be used in any space, or in the
public hall of the building, either by any Tenant or by jobbers or others in the
delivery or receipt of merchandise, any hand trucks, except those equipped with
rubber tires and sideguards.
2. The water and wash closets and plumbing fixtures shall not be
used for any purposes other than those for which they were designed or
constructed and no sweepings, rubbish, rags, acids or other substances shall be
deposited therein, and the expense of any breakage, stoppage, or damage
resulting from the violation of this rule shall be borne by the Tenant who, or
whose clerks, agents, employees or visitors, shall have caused it.
3. No carpet, rug or other article shall be hung or shaken out of
any window of the Building; and no Tenant shall sweep or throw or permit to be
swept or thrown from the demised premises any dirt or other substances into any
of the corridors or halls, elevators, or out of the doors or windows or
stairways of the Building and Tenant shall not use, keep or permit to be used or
kept any foul or noxious gas or substance in the demised premises or permit or
suffer the demised to be occupied or used in a manner offensive or objectionable
to Landlord or other occupants of the Building by reason of noise, odor and/or
variations, or interfere in any way with other Tenants or those having business
therein, nor shall any animals or birds be kept in or about the Building. No
bicycles or vehicles of any kind shall be brought or kept in or about the
Premises.
4. No awnings or other projections shall be attached to the
outside walls of the Building without the prior written consent of Landlord.
5. No sign, advertisement, notice or other lettering shall be
exhibited, inscribed, painted or affixed by any Tenant on any part of the
outside of the demised premises or the Building or on the inside of the demised
premises if the same is visible from the outside of the premises without the
prior written consent of landlord. In the event of the violation of the
foregoing by any tenant, Landlord may remove same without any liability, and may
charge the expense incurred by such removal to Tenant or Tenants violating this
rule. Interior signs on doors and directory tablet shall be inscribed, painted
or affixed for
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each Tenant by Landlord at the expense of such Tenant,- and shall be of a size,
color and style acceptable to Landlord.
6. No Tenant shall mark, paint, drill into, or in any way deface
any part of the demised premises of the building of which they form a part,
boring, cutting or stringing wires shall be permitted, except with the prior
written Landlord, and as Landlord may direct. No Tenant shall lay linoleum, or
other similar floor covering, 50 that the same shall come in direct contact
with the floor of the demised premises, and, if linoleum or other similar floor
covering desired to bc used an inter-lining of the builder's deadening felt
shall be first affixed to tile floor, by a paste or other material, soluble in
water, the use of cement or other similar adhesive material being expressly
prohibited.
8. Freight, furniture, business equipment, merchandise and bulky
matter of any description shall be delivered to and removed from the premises
only on the elevators, through the entrances and corridors, during hours, and in
the manner approved by Landlord. Landlord reserves the right to inspect all
freight to be brought into the Building and to exclude from the Building al1
freight Which violates any of these Rules and Regulations or the Lease of which
these rules and Regulations are a part.
9. Tenant shall not allow peddlers, solicitors or beggars in the
Building and shall report such persons to the Building office.
10. Landlord shall have the right to prohibit any advertising by
any Tenant which, in Landlord's opinion, tends to impair the reputation of the
Building or its desirability as a building for offices, and upon written notice
from Landlord, Tenant shall refrain from or discontinue such advertising.
ll. Tenant shall not bring or permit to be brought or kept in or
on the demised premises, any flammable, combustible or explosive fluid material,
chemical or substance, or cause or permit any odors of cooking or other
processes, or any unusual or other objectionable odors to permeate in or emanate
from the demised premises.
12. Tenant shall not place objects against glass partitions, doors
or window which would be unsightly from the Building corridor or from the
exterior of the Building.
13. Tenant shall not waste any services-furnished by Landlord and
shall cooperate fully with Landlord to assure the most effective operation of
the Building, heating and air-conditioning systems.
14. Tenant shall cooperate with Landlord in minimizing loss and
risk thereof from fire and associated perils.
15. Tenant shall not use any part of the premises for manufacture
or for the sale of merchandise of any kind at auction or for storage thereof
preliminary to such sale.
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16. Holidays, for purposes of the building operations, shall be
those days upon which, in the State, the following holidays are
New Year's Day Labor Day
Memorial Day Thanksgiving Day
Independence Day Christmas Day
and any additional holidays that are observed which may, at any time be provided
by City, County, State or Federal Governments.
On the following holidays, the Buildings will be opened but no building services
will be provided:
Washington's Birthday Veteran's Day
Patriot's Day Martin Luther King Day
Columbus Day
17. Tenants will have their employees park in tho rear parking
lots. They will request their employees not to park in any of the adjacent
parking spaces in the front of the buildings, along the side or adjacent to the
buildings in back. These spaces are for clients and patients.
18. The area around the fenced-in cooling tower behind the office
buildings is a restricted area and parking is not allowed.
19. Building Emergency List
In the event of a Building emergency it is helpful that the building
management office and Building security have an up-to-date list of handicapped
persons and their work location within the Building. It is requested that you
keep the Building office up-to-date on any additions/deletions to this list.
lease include those persons who might be considered temporarily handicapped due
to any injury requiring crutches, etc. that would reduce their mobility.
20. "Right to Know Law." (See attached letter)
21. The following rules must be complied with when moving into or
out of the office buildings:
a. An insurance certificate from the mover is to be
submitted to Evergreen Realty Management,
Incorporated at the Building office prior to the
move.
b. The Building office must be advised in advance so
that pads may be put in the elevator to protect the
walls.
c. When any heavy furniture or equipment is moved it is
requested that masonite be placed on the floor so
that the rug will not be pulled up.
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22. Landlord reserves the right at any time to rescind, alter, or
waive any Rule or Regulation at any time prescribed for the Building and to
impose additional Rules and Regulations when, in its judgement, it deems it
necessary, desirable or proper for its best interest and for the best interests
of the Tenants, and no alteration or waiver of any Rule or Regulation in favor
of one Tenant shall operate as an alteration or waiver in favor of any other
Tenant. Landlord shall not be responsible to any Tenant for the non-observance
or violation by any other Tenant, however resulting, of any of the Rules or
Regulations at any time prescribed for the Building.
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January 11, 1993
TO: ALL TENANTS
NORTH ANDOVER OFFICE PARK
RE: "RIGHT TO KNOW" LAW
August 1, 1984 was the effective date of the Massachusetts "Right to Know" Law.
The law is so named because it deals with Employee's right to know about
potentially hazardous chemicals in the workplace.
The law applies to any business that manufactures, processes, uses or stores
toxic or hazardous substances. Initially the "Massachusetts" Substance List"
contains over 2,500 potentially hazardous or toxic substances.
Primary responsibility is placed on manufacturers of hazardous on toxic
substances to prepare a "Material Safety Data Sheet" or "MSDS"~ for their
products. The MSDS includes information on the hazards of the substance such as
potential for fire or explosion, health effects from exposure to the substance,
information on proper handling and 6, safety precautions in dealing with the
substance, and emergency accident procedures.
As an employer, you are required to make available at the workplace the MSDS for
each hazardous toxic substances present in the workplace. Employers who purchase
hazardous substances and do not receive a date sheet must use "diligent efforts"
to obtain the MSDS from the manufacturer or intermediate seller from whom they
purchased the substance Employer must keep the information on file for thirty
(30) years.
Since there is a potential that Evergreen Realty Management employees could come
in contact with substances within your occupied spaces' either under normal
operating conditions or unforeseeable emergencies, it is requested that you
provide a copy of any MSDS in your file to Evergreen Realty Management It is
our expectation that you will comply with the law and cooperate with us so that
we can meet our obligations as an employer.
Sincerely,
NORTH ANDOVER OFFICE PARK
Patricia A. McMahan
Site Manager
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EXHIBIT F
REOGNITION AND NON-DISTURBANCE AGREEMENT
This Recognition and Non- Disturbance Agreement dated as of , 1993, is by and
between THE MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMAPANY, a Canadian Corporation (the
"Mortgage") and , a Massachusetts corporation (the "Lessee").
Reference is made to (L) the Mortgage and Security Agreement, from 451 Andover
Street Realty Trust (the "Mortgagor") dated April 18, 1990 and recorded with the
Registry in Book 3096 Page 171 (the "Mortgage"), and (ii) the Lease dated ,
1993, between the Mortgagor, as lessor, and the lessee, as lessee (the "Lease"),
covering a portion of the premises described in the Mortgage.
As and inducement to the Lessee to enter into the Lease, and in consideration of
the mutual covenants set forth in this Agreement the Mortgagee and the Leasee
hereby agree as follows:
1. In the event of and entry by Mortgagee to foreclose on the Mortgage or
in the event of a foreclosure of the Mortgage by entry or by sale, the
Lessee, if it is not then in default including the lapse of any
applicable grace notice period) with respect to any of the covenants or
conditions of the Lease by the Lessee to be performed or observed,
shall peaceably hold and enjoy the demised premise for the remainder of
the unexpired term of the Lease included all extension options) upon
the same terms, covenants, and conditions, without any hindrances or
interruptions from the Mortgagee.
2. In the event of foreclosure of the mortgage, the Lessee will recognize
the Mortgagee, or its designee as its landlord for the remainder of the
unexpired term of the Lease including all extension options) upon the
covents and conditions thereof by the lessee to be performed and
observed, and the Lessee hereby agrees to effort and observe the same.
3. As used herein wherever the context so requires of admits, the word
"Mortgage" includes any persons claiming through or under the
Mortgagee, including but not limited to any purchaser at foreclosure
sale and the word "Lessee" shall include its successors and assigns.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed under
seal by thgeir duly authorized officers, as of the first written.
Mortgagee: THE MANUFACUTER LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY
By:
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Lessee:
By:
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Its President/CEO
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSSETTS
COUNTY, ss. ,1993
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Then personally appeared the above named as the
of and
Acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be his/her act and deed on behalf
of before me.
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Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
PROVINCE OF ONTARIO
County, ss ,1993
Then personally appeared the above named As the of the Manufacturers Life
Insurance Company and acknowledged he foregoing instrument to be his/her free
act and deed on behalf of the Manufacturers Life Insurance Company before me.
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Notary Public
My Commission Expires:
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EXHIBIT G
Notice of Lease
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EXHIBIT G
NOTICE OF LESSEE
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 183,
Section 4, of the General Laws, of the following lease:
LANDLORD: 451 ANDOVER STREET REALTY TRUST
c/o Wingate Management Company, Inc.
75 Central Street
Boston, MA 02109
TENANT: IPSWICH SAVINGS BANK
23 Market Street
Ipswich, MA 01938
DATE OF EXECUTION
OE LEASE : April , 1994
DESCRIPTION OF
DEMISED PREMISES: Suite _ and the Area necessary for the
drive-through window on the premises located
at 451 Andover Street, North Andover
TERM OF LEASE: Five (5) Years
COMMENCEMENT DATE:
RIG~TS OF EXTENSION
OR RENEWAL: Three Five-year Terms
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this instrument to be
executed under seal as of the 18th day of April, 1994.
LANDLORD:
THE TITLED CORPORATION, TRUSTEE OE 451
ANDOVER STREET
REALTY TRUST
By:
/s/ /s/ Edward J. Dziadul
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Witness Edward J. Dziadul, President
TENANT:
IPSWICH SAVINGS BANK
/s/ /s/ David L Grey
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Witness David L. Grey, Presdent
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April 18, 1994
Then personally appeared the above named Edward J. Dziadul, President
as aforesaid, and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be his free act and
deed as said Trustee, before me
/s/ Margret Braun
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| [STATE MARGRET BRAUN | Notary Public
| SEAL] My commisstion Expires |
| April 4, 1998 |
My commission expires: ----------------------------------
COMMONWEALTH OE MASSACHUSETTS
Essex, ss. April 25, 1994
Then personally appeared the above-named David L. Grey President as
aforesaid, and acknowledged the foregoing to be his free act and deed as said
President, before me
/s/ Mariell Lyons
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Notary Public
My commission expires: October 6, 2000
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IPSWICH SAVINGS BANK
Mr. Edward J Dziadul, President
The Titled Corporation, Trustee
451 Andover Street Realty Trust
c/o N.P. Investment I. Co.
Renaissance Tower
1201 Elm Street
Suite 540C
Dallas, Texas 75270
Dear Mr. Dziadul:
This letter shall see to confirm our understanding regarding two items
re1ating to the Lease between 451 Andover Street Realty Trust and Ipswich
Savings Bank ("Bank") dated April , 1994.
With respect to landscaped areas in front of the Premises, we have agreed
that the Bank shall have the option to landscape such areas according to its own
design and at its own expense subject to your approval, which approval shall
not: be unreasonably withheld.
Further, while the Bank acknowledges that you have made no representations
regarding the actual electrical charges the Bank will incur, the Bank is relying
on the attached information attached as Exhibit 1 which you have provided to us
concerning the electrical charges incurred by your prior tenant
Please sign this letter where indicated below to indicate your assent to
these clarifications of the Lease
Very tru1y yours,
IPSWICH SAVINGS BANK
By:/s/ David L. Grey
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David L. Grey President
ASSENTED TO:
THE TITLED CORPORATION, TRUSTEE
OF 51 ANDOVER STREET REALTY TRUST
By:
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Edward J. Dziadul, President
Date:
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Lawrence Savings Bank
Two Year electric History
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Month 1992 1991
<S> <C> <C>
January $675.96 $273.34
February $460 50 $323.90
March $366.87 $693.33
April $621.68 $693.33
May $500.09 $536.00
June $269.13 $632.60
July $332.92 $682.35
August $339.47 $451.30
September $258 89 $219.07
October $483.21 $219.07
November $383.26 $494.10
December $674.95 $673.92
Monthly Average $447.24 $491.02
</TABLE>
LEASE
THIS INDENTURE OF LEASE made by and between Henry C. Swanson and the
Estate of Leo A. Marquis, (the "Lessor") and Ipswich Savings Bank, a
Massachusetts savings bank having its principal office at 23 Market Street,
Ipswich, Massachusetts (the "Lessee"),
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the Lessee desires to lease from the Lessor the area described as
Leased Premises.(hereinafter the "Premises") located in the General Premises as
described in Addendum A together with certain rights, privileges, easements and,
appurtenances, including certain parking and utility rights on other premises
outside the Premises, subject however to certain contingencies as hereinafter
set forth:
NOW, THEREFORE, the-Lessor and, Lessee covenant-and agree as follows:
1. DEMISED PREMISES: The Lessor hereby leases to the, Lessee the,
Premises described in Addendum A consisting of approximately 1,988 square feet.
2. USE OF COMMON AREAS: The Lessor hereby grants to the Lessee during
the term hereof the right to use, at all times, but in common with the Lessor
and all those claiming by or through, the Lessor, all the Lessor's parking area,
driveways, and sidewalks adjoining the Premises (hereinafter "common areas") for
the purpose of ingress and-egress and the parking of-vehicles. Such access and
parking rights are limited to the Lessee, its officers, agents, employees,
invitees and customers and their vehicles. The Lessor also grants to the Lessee
prior to and during the term hereof the right to enter upon and cross and
requires and otherwise use the common areas and the Premises as may be
reasonably necessary to construct, install, maintain, repair, restore, rebuild,
alter or replace its banking equipment and other properties and to remove the
same as hereinafter provided. The Lessor also grants to the
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Lessee the right to construct, install, maintain, repair or replace across and
under the Premises and the common areas lines for utilities including the right
to excavate, provided that the Lessee shall restore the surface to its former
condition at the sole cost and expense of the Lessee.
3. PARKING IN FRONT OF PREMISES: The Lessor agrees that if any vehicle
or vehicles are parked in spaces located in front of the Premises for a period
of one hour-or more and the store manager of Henry's Market is notified of such
parking that the Lessor, acting through the store manager, will immediately
remove such vehicle or vehicles.
4. CONTINGENCIES: This lease is subject to the Lessee's within ninety
(90) days from the date of. execution of this lease obtaining all permits,
licenses and other authorizations from the appropriate officials, boards or
other bodies necessary to allow the Lessee to construct, maintain, and use the
Premises for the purpose of establishing a retail branch bank with all the uses
permitted to a branch bank including, but not limited to, the purpose of housing
one or more Automated Teller Machines and night depository (all for use on a 24
hour per day basis) under Massachusetts General Laws. All to be done in
compliance with-the provisions of all applicable zoning by-laws, subdivisions
control laws, building and fire codes and all governmental laws, regulations,
codes or orders affecting the Premises including approval for the location as a
branch facility, and electronic branch facility of the Lessee by the Board of
Bank Incorporators pursuant to the provision of Massachusetts General Laws,
Chapter 172, Section 11 (all of the same being hereinafter referred to
collectively as "Authorizations"). Lessee shall have the right to waive any
contingency. If the contingencies of this section are not satisfied within
ninety (90) days from the date of execution of this lease then this l ease shall
become null and void.
5. TERM: The term of this lease shall be five (5) years commencing
fifteen (15) days after all necessary governmental and regulatory approvals to
operate a retail branch bank at the
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Premises as set forth in Section 4 have been granted to Lessee and all appeals
from such approvals have expired or. have been successfully concluded.
At the end of five (5) years this lease shall automatically continue for
an additional five (5) year period unless the Lessee in the last three (3)
months of the fifth year notifies the Lessor in writing that the lease is to
expire at the end of the ten years. At the end of the first five (5) year
extension this lease shall automatically continue for a second five (5) year
period unless the Lessee in the last three (3) months of the fifth year of the
first extended term notifies the Lessor in writing that the lease is to expire
at the end of the first five year extension. At the end of the second five year
extension this lease shall automatically continue for a third additional five
(5) year period unless the Lessee in the last three months of the second
extended term notifies the Lessor in writing that the lease is to expire at the
end of the second five year extension. At the end of the third five
year-extension this lease shall automatically continue for a fourth additional
five (5) year period unless the Lessee in the last three months of the third
extended term notifies the Lessor in writing that the lease is to expire at the
end of the third five year extension. At the. end of the fourth additional five
year extension this lease-shall automatically continue for a fifth additional
five (5) year period unless the Lessee in the last three months of the fourth
extended term notifies the Lessor in writing that the lease is to expire at the
end of the fourth five year extension.
6. RENT: Upon condition of the full, faithful and prompt performance,
observance and fulfillment by the Lessor of all the Lessor's covenants,
warranties, and representations and other obligations in connection with this
lease, the Lessee will pay to the Lessor the following rent:
Rent for the first five years shall be $3,000.00 per month, $36,000.00
per annum.
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The Rent as stated above shall be adjusted in the renewal
periods by the percentage increase in the United States Bureau of Labor
Statistics Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers, Boston,
Massachusetts [CPI-U] (the "Index") between the point at which the Index
stood a month prior to the Commencement Date of the original term or any
extended terms, as applicable, and the point at which the Index stands
one month prior to the day as of when such adjustment is being made. If
the Bureau of Labor Statistics shall cease publishing the Index, then
the Lessor and Lessee may select another price index (reasonably
comparable to the Index) published by the Bureau, or if not available,
published by a private publisher, and thereafter such other price index
shall be the Index hereunder. Provided, however, that such adjustment
shall in no event exceed a ten (10%) percent increase on the monthly
rent of $3,000.00 or $300.00 per renewal.
7. TITLE TO IMPROVEMENTS: The Lessee at all times shall be deemed to own
all of the right, title and interest in and to all fixtures, equipment and other
improvements hereafter placed, installed or erected upon or within the Premises,
and the Lessor shall be deemed to have no right, title or interest in any such
fixtures, equipment and other improvements and upon the expiration or earlier
termination of this lease, as herein provided, the Lessee shall remove its
properties from the Premises and restore the Premises to its condition at the
commencement of this lease at Lessee's sole cost and expense with the exception
of the vault which may be left in place at the option of the Lessee.
8. MAINTENANCE OF COMMON AREAS: The Lessor shall maintain and repair the
common areas in good condition and shall remove all snow, ice, water, debris,
and obstructions therefrom and maintain proper lighting therefor so as to keep
the same at all times safe and clear and in good condition and repair and usable
for their intended purposes, but the Lessor shall have no such responsibility
with respect to the Premises.
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9. UTILITIES AND HEAT: The Lessee shall pay for .all utilities consumed
in connection with the equipment and machinery for the separately serviced use
and occupancy of the Premises.
10. REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE: Lessee shall maintain the Premises,
reasonable use and wear and tear and damage by fire or casualty excepted. Lessor
shall provide, maintain, repair and replace the building structure, all
electrical, mechanical, heating, ventilating and air conditioning equipment,
plumbing, soil line, and other installations and facilities reasonably required
for comfortable occupancy of the Premises in good order and repair and repair
and replace glass or doors that may be damaged or broken all at its own expense.
11. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF LESSOR: The Lessor covenants,
warrants and represents as -follows:
A. That the Lessor has good and marketable record title to the
Premises and the common -areas free from all encumbrances which
might interfere with the exercise or enjoyment by the Lessee of
its rights and privileges hereunder, and has full right, power
and authority to lease the Premises as herein provided.
B. That during the term hereof-the Lessor shall not create, permit
or suffer any mortgage, lien or encumbrance of any nature which
is not subordinate to or which interferes with the exercise and
enjoyment. by the Lessee of its rights and privileges hereunder
upon the Premises or the common areas.
C. That no mortgagee or owner of the Premises has or shall acquire
any claim or interest in or to the properties and improvements
of-the Lessee installed or erected upon or within the Premises.
12. PARKING: Lessee-agrees that its officers, agents and employees will
park their vehicles only on such portions of the common areas as the Lessor from
time to time shall designate as "employees' parking areas" which may be outside
of but conveniently located with respect to the Premises and the common areas.
Lessor
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will do all things necessary and appropriate to insure a continuing and adequate
traffic pattern as required for access to and from the Premises.
13. Cancellation: Lessee shall have the right to terminate this lease at
any time upon at least ninety (90) days' advance notice to Lessor in the event
that Henry's Market ceases to operate at its present location adjacent to the
Premises. Lessee shall also have the right to terminate this lease at any time
upon at least one year's advance notice to the Lessor provided -only that the
Lessee shall not exercise such right for the sole purpose of relocating its
automated remote transaction branch facility to a location within a one (1) mile
radius of the Premises. Nothing herein contained shall prohibit the Lessee from
so electing to terminate this lease without liability for liquidated damages or
otherwise for the purpose of opening a new branch facility within a one (1) mile
radius of the Premises if such branch facility shall include any manned function
(such as a manned drive-up teller window or conventional manned teller branch
facility) notwithstanding its inclusion also of automated banking facilities.
14. SIGNS: The Lessee may only erect such signs and banners on the
Premises as it may deem necessary or appropriate for its purposes and which
shall not be prohibited by any applicable zoning by-law, or other law, code, or
regulation with respect to the erection and maintaining of signs.
15. INSURANCE: During the term hereof the Lessee shall at its own
expense keep and maintain in force liability insurance in an amount not less
than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000.00) for injury to or death of one
- -(1) person as a result of one (1) occurrence, not less than. Three Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($300,000.00) for injury to or death of more-than one (1)
person as a result of one (1) occurrence and not -less than twenty-five Thousand
Dollars ($25,000.00) property damage insuring Lessee and Lessor against any
liability that it may accrue against them or either of them on account of any
accident or happening on the
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premises. Lessee shall furnish to Lessor certificates of all insurance required
under this paragraph upon request.
16. AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT COMPLIANCE: Lessor acknowledges its
responsibility to make the general premises and the Premises to comply with the
requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 USC #12101 and the
regulations and accessibility guidelines for buildings and facilities issued
pursuant thereto.
17. DAMAGE, DESTRUCTION OR TAKING: If a substantial portion of the
Premises or common areas shall be destroyed or damaged by fire or other cause,
or taken by action of a public authority, the Lessee may terminate this lease by
written notice within sixty (60) days after such fire or other cause.
18. DEFAULT: If the Lessee defaults in the performance or observance of
any of the covenants or conditions herein contained on its part to be performed
or observed, the Lessor may give to the Lessee written notice thereof specifying
the default, and if such default has not been cured within thirty (30) days of
the giving of such notice, or such longer period as is hereinafter provided, the
Lessor may give to the Lessee written notice of the termination of this lease,
and the Lessee shall then surrender the Premises to the Lessor, and the Lessor
may at any time after such termination resume possession of the Premises by any
lawful means and, subject to the Lessee's right to remove its building and other
improvements, remove the Lessee and other occupants and their effects, by
dispossess proceedings or otherwise, without being liable to prosecution or
damage therefor. Provided, however, that, if the Lessee shall in good faith
contest-whether the Lessee is in default as specified in any written notice
specifying default given by the Lessor as herein above provided (other than
default in the payment of the rent hereunder) by instituting proceedings at law
or in equity in any court of law having jurisdiction over the matter within
thirty (30) days of the giving of such notice, the time within which the Lessee
shall have to cure such default, if any, shall be extended to the date which is
thirty (30) days after a
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final adjudication of such proceedings unfavorable to the Lessee and the
expiration of any applicable appeal period, or, if any appeal be taken and
prosecuted by the Lessee in good faith, thirty (30) days after a final
adjudication of the appeal unfavorable to the Lessee.
19. SHORT FORM: The parties hereto agree that upon request of either
party, the other party will execute whatever instruments may be necessary for
the recording of a short form or notice of this lease and any amendments thereto
or modifications thereof.
20. NOTICES: All notices hereunder shall be sufficiently given and shall
be deemed to be given when mailed by registered or certified mail, postage
prepaid, if addressed to the Lessor: _____________________________; if addressed
to the Lessee: Ipswich Savings Bank, 23 Market Street, Ipswich, Massachusetts
01938.
The Lessor and Lessee may, by notice given hereunder, designate any
different addresses to which subsequent notices shall be sent.
21. ADDRESS: Lessor will, upon receipt of a request therefor, assist the
Lessee in having a formal address assigned to the Premises.
22. MISCELLANEOUS: This lease shall be governed by the laws of The
Commonwealth of Massachusetts, shall be binding upon and. inure to the benefit
of the Lessor and the Lessee and their respective successors and assigns, and
may be amended or modified only by a written instrument signed by both parties
hereto.
23. CAPTIONS: The captions or headings in this lease are for convenience
only and in no way define, limit or describe the scope or intent of any
provision of this lease.
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Executed in duplicate as a sealed instrument this 4th day of March, 1996.
WITNESS; LESSOR:
/s/ James Stump /s/ Henry C. Swanson
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Henry C. Swanson
Estate of Leo A. Marquis
/s/ Mary G. Richards By: /s/ Charlotte Marquis
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LESSEE:
Ipswich Savings Bank
/s/ William Tinti By: /s/ David L Grey
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ADDENDUM A
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1. General Premises Owned by Lessor
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Land and the buildings situated thereon consisting of approximately 51,514
square feet located at 588 Cabot Street, North Beverly, Massachusetts
2. Leased Premises
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1,988 square feet at 588 Cabot Street, North Beverly, Massachusetts as shown on
the plan attached hereto and marked "B"
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LEASE
THIS INDENTURE made as of the _______ day of April 1997, by and between
Mark Klaman, Trustee or Village Associates Trust, u/d/t dated March 2, 1984
recorded with the Essex South District Registry of Deeds in Book 7347, Page 556,
and Ipswich Savings Bank.
WITNESSETH:
1. Definitions. As used herein, the following terms shall have the
meanings set forth below unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) Lessor: Said Mark Klaman, Trustee of Village Associates Trust.
(b) Lessee: Said Ipswich Savings Bank.
(c) Premises: The approximately 1,200 square foot premises
cross-hatched on Exhibit A-l, in the Shopping Center shown on
Exhibit A.
(d) Shopping Center: The Shopping Center, now known as The Village
Shops at Vinnin Square at 600 Loring Avenue, in Salem,
Massachusetts, shown on Exhibit A and outlined in bold lines
thereon, and described by metes and bounds in Exhibit B.
(e) Original Term: The period commencing on the Commencement Date
(as hereinafter defined) and ending at 12:01 a.m. on October 1,
2000.
(f) Term: Prior to the exercise by the Lessee of the Options to
Extend, if any, as provided in Section 3.1 hereof, the Original
Term; after the exercise by Lessee of any such Option to Extend,
the Original Term as it may have been then extended.
(g) Commencement Date: The earlier of (i) sixty (60) days after the
Lessee has obtained all regulatory and other governmental
Approvals (as defined in and more particularly set forth in
Section 2 hereof necessary to locate, construct and operate a
branch banking facility at the Premises; or (ii) the date Lessee
opens for business at the Premises; or (iii) August 1, 1997.
(h) Net Minimum Rental: Nineteen Thousand Two Hundred and 00/l00
($19,200.00) Dollars per year during each Lease Year of the
Original Term hereof, and thereafter Net Minimum Rental shall be
adjusted as provided in Section 4 hereof.
(i) Lease Interest Rate: the lesser of (i) eighteen (18) percent per
annum; or (ii) the maximum rate permissible under applicable
law.
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(j) Lease Year: The period beginning on each anniversary of the
Commencement Date during the Term.
(k) Permitted Use: branch banking facility and all uses necessary or
incidental thereto, including, without limitation, drive-in
banking services, maintenance of ATM's and safe deposit
facilities and office and office related uses.
(l) Common Areas: the parking and common area or areas located
adjacent to the Premises and utilized as a part of the Shopping
Center and all other common areas and facilities in the Shopping
Center, all to the extent that the same may from time to time be
provided by the Lessor for the convenience of all lessees
occupying other portions of the Shopping Center, their customers
and invitees, and such other persons as shall be permitted by
the Lessor from time to time to use the same, subject to all of
the express terms and provisions of Section 7.
(m) Lessee's Trade Name: Ipswich Savings Bank.
(n) Lessor's Address: 600 Loring Avenue, Salem, MA 01970
(o) Lessor's Counsel: Goldstein & Manello, P.C., 265 Franklin
Street, Boston, MA 02110; Atm: Jeffrey L. Musman, Esquire.
(p) Lessee's Address: 23 Market Street, Ipswich, MA 01938-2212;
Attn: Treasurer or Chief Financial Officer
(q) Lessee's Counsel: William Tinti, Esq., Tinti, Quinn & Merry,
P.C., 22 Essex Street, Salem, MA 09l70.
(r) Notice: shall mean notice as provided in Section 36 hereof.
2. The Shopping Center and the Premises. The Lessor does hereby let
to the Lessee and the Lessee does hereby hire from the Lessor the Premises
described in Section 1 in the Shopping Center described in Section 1, excepting
and reserving to the Lessor, however, (a) the right to place in, over, upon or
under the Premises (in such manner as to not substantially interfere with the
Lessee's use of the Premises), utility lines, pipes and the like, to serve other
premises in the Shopping Center, and to replace, maintain and repair such
utility lines, pipes and the like, in, over, upon and under the Premises as may
have been installed therein; (b) all other necessary or customary easements,
appurtenances and rights of access to and egress from such other premises; and
(c) all other rights reserved by the Lessor in this lease or otherwise,
including, without limitation, the rights set forth in the second paragraph of
Section 7. In the event of any conflict between the terms and provisions of this
lease and the terms and provisions of Exhibits A or A-l, or both, the terms and
provisions of this lease shall govern. Notwithstanding anything in this lease to
the contrary, the Lessor reserves the right at any time or from time to time to
change the name of the Shopping Center described in Section l (d).
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Lessee shall have the further right to install and maintain ah automated
teller machine ("ATM"), and to construct and maintain a drive-thru facility for
such purpose to be located generally in. the location of the former UST Corp.
drive-thru, as shown in the plan attached hereto as Exhibit "A-1". Lessee shall
obtain all necessary permits and approvals and pay all costs of installing and
maintaining the ATM and the drive-thru facility. Subject to the provisions of
Sections 10 and 13 hereof, Lessee shall be permitted to install, at Lessee's
sole cost and expense (i) at the location of the ATM, signage identifying
Lessee, any automated teller network operated by Lessee and any shared automatic
teller network with which the ATM is affiliated; and (ii) at the front of the
building facing Loring Avenue, a sign directing customers to the ATM. Lessor
shall have no responsibility for the ATM or the drive-thru and shall not be
liable for any damage to the same, no matter how caused. Lessee shall pay all
real or personal property taxes assessed or imposed on the ATM and the
drive-thru.
As soon as reasonably practicable, after the execution hereof, Lessee
shall make application to (i) the Commissioner of Banks of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts and any other governmental authority as shall be necessary to
locate and operate a branch banking facility of the Lessee at the Premises, and
(ii) for all other permits and approvals, from all governmental authorities
having jurisdiction necessary to complete construction of the Premises and the
drive-thru facility, to install Lessee's signage as provided in Section 13 and
to operate Lessee's business at the Premises (collectively, the "Approvals").
Lessee agrees to use its best efforts to diligently prosecute such applications,
including, without limitation, paying all fees necessary to obtain such
Approvals, and providing such documentation and information as shall be required
by such governmental authorities in furtherance of such applications. If despite
such efforts Lessee has been unable to obtain such Approvals on or before August
1, 1997, Lessee shall have the right to terminate this Lease by delivering
Notice to the Lessor on or before such date. Lessor agrees to cooperate with
Lessee in Lessee's attempt to obtain such Approvals and, where required by such
governmental authorities, agrees to permit the use of Lessor's name in
connection therewith as owner of the Shopping Center. Lessor agrees that it will
execute such instruments as shall be reasonably required by such governmental
authority of the owner of the Shopping Center with reference to any application
by Lessee therefor, but all services performed, in connection therewith and all
costs incurred and the exercise of rights pursuant to this Paragraph shall be at
Lessee's sole expense and risk.
3. Term. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Premises unto the Lessee during the
Term set forth in Section 1.
In the event that Lessee should hold over after the expiration or sooner
termination of the Term, the Term shall continue thereafter until terminated by
either party by not less than thirty (30) days' prior written notice to the
other, which notice may, however, be given prior to the commencement of such
holdover. All of the terms and provisions of this. Lease in effect immediately
prior to such holdover shall be applicable during such holdover and for any
further time following the end of the Term during which the Lessee may continue
tO use or occupy the Premises, except that the Lessee shall pay on account of
the Net Minimum Rental an amount equal to one and one-half (1.5) times the Net
Minimum Rental provided in Section l(b).
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3.1 Options to Extend. Lessee shall have four (4) options to extend the
Term of this Lease for additional periods of five (5) years each, commencing on
the expiration of the Original Term, as it may have been extended, provided that
Lessee shall give Lessor Notice of the exercise of its election not later than
six (6) months prior to the expiration of the then Term; and provided further
that Lessee shall not be in default at the time of giving of such Notice in the
performance and observance of any of the terms and agreements in this Lease
contained on the part of the Lessee to be performed and observed. (The option
rights herein granted to Lessee shall be referred to as the "First Option to
Extend," the "Second Option to Extend", the "Third Option to Extend" and the
"Fourth Option to Extend", as the case may be extended applicable to such Option
Period, the Third Option Period", and the "Fourth Option Period" as the case may
be, and collectively, the "Option Periods".)
3.2 Options to Terminate. Lessee shall have the right at any time during
the Term of the Lease to terminate the Lease as of the last day of a month
("Termination Date"), provided (i) that Lessee shall give Lessor Notice of the
exercise of its rights so to terminate not less than twelve (12) months prior to
the Termination Date; (ii) that Lessee shall not be in default at the time of
the giving of such Note in the performance of any of the terms and agreements in
this Lease contained on the part of the Lessee to be performed and observed; and
(iii) that Lessee continues to pay all rental at the time and in the manner in
the Lease provided, and to perform all of the other terms and conditions on the
part of the Lessee to be performed and observed for the period following such
Notice until the Termination Date.
In the event Lessee exercises the right to terminate as aforesaid,
Lessee, note the less may continue to lease and maintain the ATM and drive-thru
area a tenant-at-will terminable by either Lessor or Lessee as of the last day
of a month upon not less than six (6) months' Notice to the other. Rent for the
use of such ATM and drive-thru area shall be at the rate of Two Hundred Fifty
and 00/100 ($250.00) Dollars per month payable on the first day of each and
every month. Notwithstanding the termination of the Lese as aforesaid, Lessee
agrees that, except with respect to rent and term which are covered by this
paragraph, Lessee shall observe each and every other term of the lease on the
part of the Lessee to be observed and performed.
4. Rental. YIELDING AND PAYING therefor the Net Minimum Rental set forth
in Section 1, payable in advance on the first day of each month during the Term
in equal monthly installments. A proportinate part of the Net Minimum Rental
shall be paid for any period of the commencement of the Term which shall be less
than a full month. During each Lease Year of the Original Term hereof the Net
Minimum Rental shall be paid for any period of the commencement of the Term
which shall be less than a full month. During each Lease Year of the Original
Term hereof, the Net Minimum Rental shall be Nineteen Thousand Two Hundred and
00/100 ($19,200.00) Dollars. In the event the Lessee exercises the First Option
to Extend, the Net Minimum Rental for each Lease Year of the First Option Period
also shall be Nineteen Thousand Two Hundred and 00/100 ($19,200.00) Dollars. In
the event the Lessee exercises the Second Option to extend, the Net Minimum
Rental for each Lease Year of the Second Option Period shall be Twenty Three
Thousand Eight Hundred Eight and 00/100 (23,808.00) Dollars. In the event the
Lessee exercises the Third Option to Extend, the Net Minimum Rental for each
Lease Year of the Third Option Period shall be Twenty-Seven Thousand Three
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Seventy-Nine and 20/100 ($27,379.20) Dollars. In the event the Lessee exercises
the Fourth Option to extend the Net Minimum Rental for each Lease Year of the
Fourth Option Period shall be Thirty-One Thousand Four Hundred Eighty-Six and
08/100 ($31,486.08) Dollars. The Lessee shall pay the Net Minimum Rental due for
the first month of the Term on or before the Commencement Date.
The Lessee also agrees to pay, as additional rental, when due or
payable, and except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all other
obligations and liabilities which the Lessee assumes and agrees to pay by
express assumption or agreement elsewhere in this lease, together with every
fine, penalty, interest and cost which may be added thereto or become due or be
imposed by operation of law for the non-payment or late payment thereof, and, in
the event of any failure on the part of the Lessee so to pay or discharge any of
the same, the Lessor shall have all rights and remedies as in the case of
non-payment of the Net Minimum Rental. The Lessee also agrees to pay to the
Lessor, on demand, as additional rental, interest at the Lease Interest Rate on
all overdue installments of the Net Minimum Rental and additional rental from
the respective due dates thereof until payment thereof in full. In the event
that the aggregate of all payments (whether denominated as Net Minimum Rental,
additional rental or otherwise) received by or paid to discharge an obligation
of the Lessee as a result of any assignment, subletting or permission to use or
occupy the Premises described in Section 11(e), whether or not the Lessor shall
have consented thereto (it being agreed by the Lessee that nothing herein
contained shall in any way affect the covenant herein elsewhere contained
prohibiting an assignment hereof or underletting to or use, occupation or
improvement by, others of the Premises or any part thereof without the Lessor's
prior written consent), shall exceed the aggregate of the Net Minimum Rental,
additional rental and other payments herein payable by or on behalf of the
Lessee, then, and in such event, the Lessee agrees tO forthwith pay, as
additional rental, the full amount of any such excess. The Net Minimum Rental
and all items of additional rental shall be paid to the Lessor at the Lessor's
address set forth in Section l(n), except that the Lessor may by written notice
to the Lessee designate another address for purposes of this sentence.
In addition to all of the rights and remedies of the Lessor set forth in
this lease, if the Lessee shall fail to pay any item of rental due hereunder
(whether denominated as Net Minimum Rental, additional rental or otherwise)
within ten (10) days after the same shall have become due and payable, then and
in such event the Lessee shall also pay to the Lessor a late payment service
charge (in order to partially defray the Lessor's administrative and other
overhead expenses) equal to the greater of Fifty 00/100 ($50.00) Dollars or one
half of one (1/2%) percent of such unpaid sum per day for each day or part
thereof after the due date thereof during which such payment shall not have been
received by the Lessor, but in no event in excess of any maximum interest rate
(if such sum shall be denominated as interest by any court of competent
jurisdiction) permissible under applicable law, it being understood that nothing
herein shall be deemed to extend the due date for payment of any sums required
to be paid by the Lessee hereunder or to relieve the Lessee of its obligation to
pay such sums at any time or times required by this lease.
5. Net Lease: Non-terminability.
(a) This lease is a net lease and the Net Minimum Rental, additional
rental and all other sums payable hereunder to or on behalf of the Lessor shall
be paid without notice
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or demand, and without setoff, counterclaim, defense, abatement, suspension,
deferment, reduction or deduction, except as expressly provided herein.
(b) This lease shall not terminate, nor shall the Lessee have any right
to terminate this lease, nor shall the obligations and liabilities of the Lessee
set forth herein be otherwise affected, except as expressly provided herein.
(c) The Lessee waives all rights (i) to any abatement, suspension,
deferment, reduction or deduction of or from the Net Minimum Rental or the
additional rental or (ii) to quit, terminate or surrender this lease or the
Premises of any part thereof, except as expressly provided herein.
(d) It is the intention of the parties hereto that the obligations of
the Lessee hereunder shall be separate and independent covenants and agreements,
that the Net Minimum Rental, the additional rental and all other sums payable
by the Lessee to or on behalf of the Lessor shall continue to be payable in all
events and that the obligations of the Lessee hereunder shall continue
unaffected, unless the requirement to pay or perform the same shall have been
terminated pursuant to an express provision of this lease.
(e) The Lessee agrees that it will remain obligated under this lease in
accordance with all of its terms and provisions, and that it will not take any
action to terminate, rescind or avoid this lease or any portion thereof except
as otherwise provided herein, notwithstanding (i) the bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution, winding-up
or other proceeding affecting the Lessor or any assignee of the Lessor in any
such proceeding; and (ii) any action with respect to this lease which may be
taken by any trustee or receiver of the Lessor or of any assignee of the Lessor
in any such proceeding or by any court in any such proceeding.
6. Use of the Premises. The Premises may be used for the Permitted Use
described in Section 1 and for no other purpose whatsoever, without the express
written approval of the Lessor.
7. The Parking and Common Areas. The Lessee, its customers and invitees
shall have the right, during the Term, to use the Common Areas in common with
all other lessees occupying other portions of the Shopping Center, their
customers and invitees, and such other persons as shall be permitted by the
Lessor from time to time to use the Common Areas, subject, however, to such
reasonable rules and regulations as may now be in force or as the Lessor may
establish at any time or from time to time, which rules and regulations shall
nonetheless encompass the provisions of Section 7.1 hereof, including, without
limitation, the designation of the size and location of employee parking areas
even if the same are not located within the Shopping Center. The Lessor shall
have the right to have towed any vehicles which are parked in the Common Areas
by the Lessee's employees in violation of the Lessor's rules and regulations
regarding employee parking from time to time in effect. The Lessee covenants and
agrees, however, that it will not permit its employees or concerns making
deliveries to or pickups from the Premises to use any portion of the Common
Areas (except as otherwise provided herein) other than such portions or portions
reasonably situated as the Lessor shall from time to time set[ apart for such
purpose and designate in writing, and that, to the extent there shall be any
sidewalks immediately adjacent to the Premises, it will maintain such sidewalks
in a neat and orderly condition,
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swept and free from ice and snow. The Lessor expressly reserves the right to
enforce parking charges (by operation of meters or otherwise), and to
temporarily close all, or any portion, of the Common Areas for the purpose of
making repairs or changes thereto, in order to discourage non-customer parking,
or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Lessor agrees that it shall not
install parking meters in the Shopping Center unless required by governmental
authorities.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Lessee shall have the right, in order to
maintain proper security for the operation of its business to have pickups or
deliveries made from or to the Premises by Brinks or other similar carriers of
cash, securities, instruments, records or other materials commonly transported
by such carriers and to permit the use of such portions of the Common Areas
adjacent to the Premises as shall be reasonably required for such purposes,
provided, however, that any such use by Lessee of the Common Areas shall be
accomplished, so far as reasonably practicable, in a manner which reduces to a
minimum interference with the use of the Common Areas for the purposes for which
they were intended or the conduct of business of other tenants of the Shopping
Center.
The Lessor may at any time or from time to time construct additional
improvements in all or any part of the Shopping Center, or change the location
or arrangement of any improvement in the Shopping Center or all or any part of
the Common Areas, or add or deduct any land to or from the Shopping Center, or
enlarge, reduce, change, enclose or increase the height of, the Shopping Center,
or any building or other improvement therein, provided, however, no such
construction, addition or change shall materially reduce the number of parking
spaces available to Lessee at the Commencement Date, access to the Premises or
the visibility of the Premises from Loring Avenue.
Subject to the exclusions hereinafter set forth, the Lessee covenants
and agrees to pay unto the Lessor, as additional rental, the Lessee's Fraction
(as hereinafter defined) of the annual cost of (a) operating, managing,
altering, improving, repairing, restoring, replacing, renovating, cleaning and
maintaining the Common Areas, including, without limitation, the lighting
thereof, the policing thereof, all plate glass therein, the heating, ventilating
and air-conditioning thereof, the plumbing, sanitary sewage and electric systems
therein and the sprinkler and other fire protection or other alarm systems
therein, if any (including any main trunk line of any such systems, but
excluding any branch runs and leads); (b) all real estate taxes, personal
property taxes, business and occupation taxes, occupational license taxes, water
charges, sewer charges, assessments, including, without limitation, betterment
assessments or taxes in the nature thereof, and all other similar governmental
taxes, impositions and charges which shall be levied, assessed, or imposed (but
excluding any taxes for which Lessee shall be responsible for the payment of
Lessee's Fraction under Section 8 hereof (i) upon or with respect to the Common
Areas, including, without limitation the land on which the foregoing are
constructed; or (ii) upon or with respect to the operation, maintenance,
alteration, repair, rebuilding, use, occupancy or enjoyment of the Common Areas;
under or by virtue of any present or future law, statute, charter, ordinance,
regulation or other requirement of any governmental authority, whether federal,
state, county, city, municipal or otherwise, all whether general, special,
ordinary, extraordinary, foreseen or unforeseen; it being agreed that such
taxes, charges, assessments and impositions shall include the costs and expenses
incurred, in accordance with the penultimate paragraph of Section 8, in
contesting the amount or validity of any thereof; (c) the premiums on the
liability insurance policies insuring the Lessor against
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damage to property or injuries or death to person or persons, in, on or about
the Common Areas, including, without limitation, the roadways leading from and
to the Common Areas, in amounts as shall be determined by the Lessor, and the
premiums on the fire and casualty insurance policies insuring the Lessor
including, without limitation, all insurance described in Section 16, in such
amounts as shall be determined by the Lessor, (d) all administrative costs
equal to fifteen (15%) percent of all additional rental payable to the Lessee
pursuant to this Section 7 to help defray the Lessor's indirect cost of so
providing, maintaining and insuring. Notwithstanding anything set forth in this
lease to the contrary, the Lessee will pay to the Lessor monthly, together with
the Net Minimum Rental, one-twelfth (1/12) of the amount estimated by the Lessor
from time to time to reflect the Lessee's Fraction of such annual cost. Promptly
after such cost is determined for each year, the Lessor will advise the Lessee
in writing of the amount of the Lessee's Fraction thereof for such year, and the
Lessor and the Lessee will account to each other so that the Lessee shall have
paid to the Lessor for each such year the full amount of the Lessee's Fraction
of such cost; any excess paid by the Lessee shall be credited against future
payments required by this Section 7 next due, except that upon expiration of the
Term any such excess shall be promptly refunded by the Lessor to the Lessee,
and, in any event, any deficiency shall be promptly paid by the Lessee to the
Lessor. For purposes of this Section, Lessee shall have the right to review at
reasonable times and upon reasonable notice any of lessor's books and records
relating to any such cost, for which Lessor is seeking reimbursement from
Lessee. As used in this Section 7 and in Section 8, Lessee's Fraction shall be a
fraction in which the numerator is the number of square feet of floor space in
the Premises and the denominator is the number of square feet of floor space in
all premises located in the Shopping Center, including the Premises then
occupied by other lessees of the Lessor; it being agreed that all floor areas
shall be computed within the exterior surfaces of all walls and any space in
non-selling mezzanines shall not be considered. The cost described in the first
sentence of this paragraph shall be deemed to include, without limitation, all
costs and expenses of every kind and nature paid or incurred by the Lessor
(including reasonable and appropriate reserves) in operating, managing,
equipping, policing (if and to the extent provided by the Lessor), heating,
ventilating, air conditioning, lighting, altering, improving, repairing,
restoring, replacing, renovating, cleaning, maintaining and landscaping all
portions of the Common Areas (including any parking structure subsequently
installed in the Shopping Center), water and sewer or sewage treatment or
removal charges, painting and caulking all exterior surfaces in the Shopping
Center, including, without limitation any canopies in the Shopping Center,
maintaining and illuminating any pylons in the Shopping Center and any signs
thereon to be maintained and/or illuminated by the Lessor, premiums for
liability, property damage, casualty, workmen's compensation, and any other
insurance (including all insurance, hazard and otherwise, carried by the Lessor
on any and all buildings and improvements in or about the Shopping Center and
the Common Areas), the cost of on-site supervision and personnel, including,
without limitation, the property manager, if any, staff, office rentals, wages,
unemployment taxes, social security taxes and benefits, personal property taxes
and assessments, fees for required licenses and permits, materials, supplies,
operation of loudspeakers and any other equipment supplying music to any Common
Areas (if any), or rental charges for any machinery and equipment, any and all
alterations, improvements, repairs, restoration, replacements and renovation
(whether interior, exterior, structural, non-structural, foreseen or unforeseen)
to any portion of the Shopping Center which the Lessor shall deem necessary or
appropriate or which shall be required of the Lessor by this or any other lease
relating to the Shopping Center or by any law, rule, ordinance,
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regulation or requirement of any public authority or the Fire Insurance Rating
Association having jurisdiction or as a result of any fire, casualty, taking by
eminent domain or action by any public or other authority to the extent that the
cost thereof shall exceed the net proceeds, if any, of any insurance or damages
paid to the Lessor, including without limitation, any and all maintenance and
repairs by the Lessor to the structural portions of all buildings and other
improvements in the Shopping Center the roof, foundations, exterior walls,
floors, subfloors, utilities and other portions of all such buildings and
improvements to the extent so required of the Lessor of this or any other lease
or agreement relating to the Shopping Center, and the costs of furnishing
sprinkler protection in the Premises.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the costs described in this Section shall
be deemed to exclude (a) any costs in altering, improving, repairing, restoring,
replacing, renovating or maintaining leased portions of the Shopping Center; (b)
the original costs of constructing any building, improvement, or the Common
Areas, or additions thereto; (c) any costs incurred for the benefit of a
particular Tenant which are to be paid for or by such Tenant as opposed to costs
incurred for the benefit of the Shopping Center and/or a significant number of
tenants thereof; (d) any costs incurred by Lessor in making structural repairs
to any structural portion of the Shopping Center as provided in Section 28
hereof; (e) any costs incurred of a capital nature with respect to the HVAC,
plumbing, electrical and alarm systems; and (f) any costs made necessary by
Lessor's non compliance with governing codes, by-laws, regulations and
ordinances related to the Shopping Center, but only if such were in effect at
the time of the original construction of such component of the Shopping Center.
7.1 A. Lessor covenants and agrees that it shall at all times reasonably
repair, maintain and police the Parking Areas and Common Areas of the Shopping
Center, and will keep the Parking Area well lighted during all normal business
hours of the Shopping Center, all with the intent of maintaining a first class
shopping center.
B. Lessor shall at all times maintain rules and regulations which
prohibit Tenant or Tenants' employees parking in that portion of the Shopping
Center designated on the plan attached hereto as the Front Parking Area (except
for executive officers of Lessee not regularly employed at the Premises). Lessor
shall at all times use reasonable efforts to enforce such rules and regulations.
8. Taxes and Other Charles. The Lessee agrees, except as otherwise
expressly provided herein to the contrary, to pay, as the same become due and
payable, all costs, expenses and obligations of every kind and nature for the
operation, maintenance, repair, rebuilding, use, occupancy and enjoyment of the
Premises. The Lessee also agrees, subject as aforesaid, to pay, within fifteen
(15) days after demand, the Lessee's Fraction of all real estate taxes, personal
property taxes, business and occupation taxes, occupational license taxes, water
charges, sewer charges, assessments, including, without limitation, betterment
assessments or taxes in the nature thereof, and all other similar governmental
taxes, impositions and charges which shall be levied, assessed or imposed:
(a) upon or with respect to the land under the buildings comprising
the Shopping Center and such buildings; or
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(b) upon or with respect to the operation, maintenance, alteration,
repair, rebuilding, use, occupancy or enjoyment of the buildings
comprising the Shopping Center or any portion thereof;
under or by virtue of any present or future law, statute, charter, ordinance,
regulation or other requirement of any public authority, whether federal, state,
county, city, municipal or otherwise, all whether general, special, ordinary,
extraordinary, foreseen or unforeseen. Such taxes, charges, assessments and
impositions shall include any costs and expenses incurred, in accordance with
the penultimate paragraph of this Section 8, in contesting the amount or
validity of any thereof.
The Lessee agrees, except as aforesaid, to pay as aforesaid all gross
receipts, gross income or similar taxes imposed or levied upon, assessed against
or measured by the Net Minimum Rental, additional rental or any sums payable by
the Lessee to or on behalf of the Lessor hereunder, or any sales or use taxes
which may be levied or assessed against or payable by the Lessor or the Lessee
on account of the acquisition, leasing, use or occupancy of the Premises or any
portion thereof.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this lease to the contrary, the
Lessee will pay to the Lessor monthly, together with the Net Minimum Rental, one
twelfth (1/12) of the amount from time to time estimated by the Lessor to
reflect the Lessee's Fraction of all such taxes, charges, assessments, and
impositions described in this Section 8 which are so levied, assessed or
imposed, or billed to the Lessor by the appropriate public authority or
authorities, if any. Promptly after the exact amount of the Lessee's fraction of
all such taxes, charges, assessments and impositions are determined for each tax
year, the Lessor will advise the Lessee in writing of the amount thereof for
such year and the Lessor and the Lessee will account to each other (as often as
such taxes, charges, assessments or impositions are payable to the proper
authorities) so that the Lessee shall have paid to the Lessor prior to the
expiration of ten (10) days after the Lessor has so advised the Lessee of such
amount; the full amount of the Lessee's Fraction of all such taxes, charges,
assessments and impositions for such tax year or portion thereof; any excess
paid by the Lessee shall be credited against future payments required by this
Section 8 next due, except that upon expiration of the Term of any such excess
shall be promptly refunded by the Lessor to the Lessee, and any deficiency shall
be promptly paid by the Lessee to the Lessor.
Notwithstanding anything in this lease to the contrary contained, the
Lessee shall not be required to pay or otherwise be responsible for (i) any
local, state or federal capital levy, franchise tax, revenue tax, income tax or
profits tax of the Lessor, or (ii) any estate, inheritance, devolution,
succession or transfer tax which may be imposed upon or with respect to any
transfer of the Lessor's interest in the Shopping Center; provided, however,
that if any time hereafter the methods of taxation prevailing at the date hereof
shall be altered so as to cause the whole or any part of the taxes, charges,
assessments or impositions now or hereafter levied, assessed or imposed on real
estate and the buildings, structures and other improvements thereon to be
levied, assessed and imposed, wholly or partially as a gross receipts, gross
income, capital levy, or other tax, on the rentals received therefrom, or if any
tax, corporation franchise tax, assessment, levy (including but not limited to
any municipal, state or federal levy), imposition or charge, or any part
thereof, shall be measured by or based in whole or in part, upon the Shopping
Center and shall be imposed upon the Lessor, then all such taxes, assessments,
levies, impositions or charges, or the part
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thereof so measured or based, shall be deemed to be an imposition levied,
assessed or imposed upon or with respect to the Shopping Center, to the extent
that the same would be payable if the Shopping Center were the only property of
the Lessor subject thereto, and the Lessee shall pay to the Lessor the Lessee's
Fraction of the same as and in the manner provided herein. If there are any
taxes levied or assessed at the time on any item of rental payable hereunder,
the Lessee further agrees to pay to the Lessor, as additional rental, the amount
thereof.
At the expiration of the Term, all payments for which the Lessee is
responsible as provided in this Section 8, shall be prorated to the date of such
expiration. The amount of any such payments which become due and payable after
the expiration or sooner termination of the Term shall, on or prior to the date
of such expiration or sooner termination, be deposited with the Lessor. If the
Lessee shall not be then in default, the amount of any net refund, abatement,
deduction, reduction, or credit received by the Lessor attributable to any such
payment earlier made by the Lessee shall be credited against future payments
required by this Section 8 next due, except that upon expiration of the Term any
such excess shall be promptly refunded by the Lessor to the Lessee.
In the event that the Lessor or any party authorized by the Lessor shall
contest, by appropriate proceedings, the amount or validity of any such tax,
assessment, imposition or charge the Lessee shall cooperate with the Lessor in
the course thereof and execute any applications, appeals and other documents
which may be required to enable the Lessor to maintain such proceedings, and
there shall be appropriate adjustments by credits against future payments
required by this Section 8, of all such taxes, assessments, impositions and
charges to reflect any abatements, credits and refunds which may be received by
the Lessor and to reflect the costs and expenses (including, without limitation,
attorneys' and appraisal fees and expenses) of contesting the amount or validity
of any such tax, assessment, imposition or charge.
The Lessee agrees to pay, on or before the respective due dates, all
such taxes, charges, assessments, or impositions levied, assessed or imposed at
any time on the Lessee's fixtures, equipment, supplies, merchandise or other
property in, on or about the Premises or Shopping Center.
9. Acceptance of the Premises "As-Is". The Lessee hereby
acknowledges that upon taking occupancy or opening for business, whichever shall
first occur, it shall be deemed to have accepted the Premises "as-is", after due
inspection thereof and without any representation or warranty as to the use or
condition thereof.
10. The Lessee's Construction. Promptly after notification by the
Lessor to do so, the Lessee shall, at the Lessee's expense, do all work to the
Premises necessary or appropriate to permit the Lessee to open for and operate
its business, install an exterior sign in accordance with the requirements of
Section 13 and equip the Premises with all trade fixtures and personal property
necessary or appropriate for the operation of the Lessee's business in the
Premises; provided, however, that none of the foregoing shall in any way hamper
prosecution of any construction being undertaken in or about the Shopping
Center. The Lessee agrees that all plans and specifications for all such work,
equipment and preparation and all alterations, improvements, restorations,
repairs, replacements or renovations which the Lessee may make pursuant to any
term or provision of this lease or
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any consent by the Lessor will be done by the Lessee in a good and workmanlike
manner, free from material defects in design, construction, workmanship or
materials, in accordance with all laws, ordinances, rules, regulations and
requirements of public authorities and the Fire Insurance Rating Association
having jurisdiction, and that same will not decrease the value of the Shopping
Center. In addition, all of the foregoing will be done in such manner as will
avoid jurisdictional or other labor disputes. All such work, building
mechanicals and equipment, building alterations and improvements, restorations,
repairs, replacements and renovations other than any bank equipment, ATMs, trade
fixtures, signs, merchandise, supplies and other personal property of the Lessee
shall forthwith become the property of the Lessor and shall be expressly subject
to the provisions of Section 11(u). The Lessee may assign, encumber or otherwise
create a security interest in, to or upon any of the Lessee's property in the
Premises without first obtaining the Lessor's prior written consent provided,
however, any such assignment, encumbrance or security interest shall not
encumber any portion of the real estate, including the Premises, constituting
the Shopping Center or any interest in this Lease. Upon such entry, all of the
terms and provisions of this lease shall be in full force and effect except that
the Lessee shall have no obligation to pay any Net Minimum Rental and other
rentals until the Commencement Date, but from and after such entry the Lessee
will pay all charges for light, heat, hot and cold water, electric current and
any other services or utilities furnished to the Premises, including, without
limitation, the charge described in Section ll(t).
11. The Lessee's Covenants. The Lessee hereby covenants with the
Lessor that the Lessee until the expiration of the Term and for such further
time as the Lessee, or any other person or persons claiming through or under the
Lessee shall hold the Premises or any part thereof: (a) will pay to the Lessor
all rental at the time and in the manner herein set forth; (b) will at all times
maintain all walls of the Premises (including, without limitation, the so called
glass or storefront), the floor and subfloor therein (but excluding any
structural portion thereof as provided in Section 28 hereof), and the interior
of the Premises, (including, without limitation the heating, ventilating, air
conditioning, - - plumbing, sanitary sewage, electric, sprinkler and lighting
systems and equipment therein (excluding, however any main trunk lines of any
such system, but including any branch runs and leads) and all floor coverings,
doors, door frames and door openers) in as good, clean and safe repair, order
and condition as same were at the Commencement Date or may be put in thereafter,
and all alterations, improvements, restoration, repairs, replacements or
renovations to the Premises required by any and all laws, ordinances, rules, the
regulations or requirements of all public authorities or the fire insurance
rating association having jurisdiction, all whether ordinary or extraordinary;
all replacements to be of the same kind and quality as those which are replaced;
provided, however, that the Lessee shall not be responsible for repairs made
necessary by accidental fire or other insured unavoidable casualty; (c) will
make all repairs (whether interior, exterior, structural, nonstructural,
ordinary or extraordinary) made necessary by the negligence or misuse of the
Premises or the fixtures therein or appurtenances thereto by the Lessee, its
agents, employees, customers or invitees, or by any forcible entry, vandalism or
malicious mischief not reimbursable by the Lessor's insurance; (d) will pay all
charges for light heat, hot and cold water, electric current and any other
services or utilities furnished to the Premises; (e) will not assign this lease
or sublet to any person, firm or corporation the whole or any part of the
Premises, or permit any person, firm or corporation other than the Lessee to use
or occupy the whole or any part thereof without obtaining on each occasion the
prior written consent of the Lessor, which consent will not be unreasonably
withheld,
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delayed or conditioned; provided, however, upon such assignment or subleasing
the provisions of Section 3.2 shall thereupon become reciprocal, but no such
consent by the Lessor (i) shall be deemed to be a waiver or release of any of
the provisions of this Clause (e) or a consent or agreement to consent to any
such assignment, subletting, or permission to use or occupy the Premises
thereafter, (ii) shall relate to any other term or provision of this lease
including, without limitation, the provisions of Section 6, and (iii) shall be
deemed to permit any subdivision of the Premises or any use or occupancy of the
Premises by more than one entity at any time; none of the foregoing shall
release or discharge the Lessee from any obligations or liabilities set forth in
this lease, which obligations and liabilities shall continue to be direct and
primary in any event; (f) will not overload or deface the Premises or permit any
use of the Premises which shall increase any insurance rate or create a fire
hazard or be unlawful, improper, noisy or offensive or which constitutes a
nuisance or which is contrary to any law, ordinance, rule, regulation or
requirement of any public authority or the Fire Insurance Rating Association
having jurisdiction, or which is injurious to any person or property, or commit
waste, whether voluntary or involuntary, or permit anyone else to do any of the
foregoing; (g) Lessee may maintain ATMs for use of its customers at any time
(subject, however, to all applicable laws, rules, regulations or requirements of
any public authorities having jurisdictions thereover; provided, however, if
Lessee requires additional services in connection therewith, Lessee shall pay
any additional costs incurred therefore); (h) will not use any advertising media
that might be objectionable to the Lessor or other occupants of the Shopping
Center, such as loud speakers, phonographs or radio broadcasts that may be heard
outside the Premises; (i) will forthwith obtain and deliver to the Lessor and at
all times thereafter maintain in full force and effect, liability insurance
(with completed operations and contractual liability endorsements with limits
acceptable to the Lessor and insuring both the Lessor and the Lessee against all
claims, suits, obligations, liabilities and damages, including attorneys' fees,
based upon or arising out of actual or alleged personal injuries or property
damage resulting from, or occurring in the same course of, or on or about, or
otherwise relating to the use or condition of, the Premises - all such insurance
to be for the protection and benefit of, and adjustable with, the Lessor, the
Lessor's mortgagees and the Lessee, as their interests may appear, and shall be
in form and substance, and with additional limits, amounts and coverage, and
such endorsements, in addition to those specified herein, as shall be
satisfactory to the Lessor from time to time, and with insurers having current
Alfred M. Best Company, Inc. ratings of A or better and financial size ratings
of Class XII or higher, and satisfactory to the Lessor from time to time; the
Lessee will on demand, as often as reasonably requested by the Lessor, furnish
to the Lessor a complete list, statement and description of all such insurance,
together with certificates from each insurance company issuing any thereof that
same is in full force and effect, all premiums have been paid, and same will not
be canceled except upon ten (10) days' prior written notice to the Lessor by
registered mail, return receipt requested; such liability insurance to be so
obtained and delivered prior to the Lessee's entry as permitted by Section 10;
(j) will not do or permit to be done anything in or about the Premises which (i)
shall make void or voidable any insurance carried by the Lessor or the Lessee
which is required by any term or provision of this lease or which relates to the
Shopping Center in any manner or way or (ii) shall increase or create extra
premiums therefor and will pay the Lessor on demand, as additional rental, the
amount of any such increase or extra premiums on insurance carried by the
Lessor (k) will maintain and keep all windows, -window frames and plate glass
in the Premises at all times in good repair, order and condition;-(1) will
always conduct its operations in the Premises under the Lessee's Trade Name (or
in the name of one or more
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affiliates or divisions of Lessee) set forth in Section 1 unless the Lessor
shall otherwise consent writing, which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed; (m) will not use the Common Areas or the sidewalks adjacent
to the Premises, except for access to and from the Premises; (n) will furnish to
the Lessor, promptly after the receipt of a request therefor, the license
numbers of all vehicles, of all persons employed on the Premises by the Lessee;
(o) will cooperate with Lessor in the event that the Lessor notifies the Lessee
that one or more of the Lessee's employees have parked vehicles in violation of
the Lessor's rules and regulations regarding employee parking and has such
vehicles towed, in Lessor's attempts to recover from such employees all of the
Lessor's costs and expenses in connection therewith; (p) will cause all freight
to be delivered and/or removed and all refuse to be removed only in the manner
and at such times as shall be designated by the Lessor from time to time, and
never store or maintain any such freight or refuse outside of the Premises; (q)
will not bum any trash, garbage or refuse of any kind on the Premises or dispose
of any of same in any manner other than as expressly directed by the Lessor in
writing from time to time; (r) will operate the heating, ventilating and
air-conditioning systems in the Premises to adequately heat or cool the
Premises, as the case may be; (s) will not solicit business in the parking or
common area or areas or distribute handbills or other advertising media to, in
or upon any vehicles parked in the Common Areas; (t) will pay, as additional
rental, any trash charge from time to time determined by the Lessor as shall be
appropriate to help defray the cost of any central station trash compactor
and/or trash removal service in the Shopping Center provided by the Lessor; and
(u) will, at the expiration or sooner termination of the Term, leave the
Premises, including, without limitation, all walls of the Premises, the floor
and sub-floor therein, and the interior of the Premises, including, without
limitation, the heating, ventilating, air conditioning, plumbing, sanitary
sewage, electric, sprinkler and lighting systems, and equipment therein, and all
doors, door frames, door openers, windows, window frames and plate glass, in as
good, clean and safe repair, order and condition as the same were at the
Commencement Date or may be put in thereafter, reasonable wear and tear
excepted, all replacements to be of the same kind and quality as what is
replaced, subject to the provision in Clause (b) above, and provided that the
Lessee shall not be responsible for repairs made necessary by reasonable wear
and tear, but the Premises shall be left clean and renantable, orderly and free
of occupants, in any event, and provided further the Lessee shall not be
responsible for any such repairs made necessary by any casualty insured against,
so long as all insurance proceeds paid or payable on account of such casualty
are paid over or assigned to Lessor together with the amount of any deductible.
The Lessee shall remove from the Premises at or prior to such expiration or
sooner termination all fixtures,- equipment, signs, merchandise, supplies and
other property of the Lessee, and the Lessee shall, at its sole cost and
expense, repair any damage caused by such removal. Upon such expiration or
termination, the Lessor may, in addition to all other rights and remedies,
without being guilty of any trespass, tort or breach of contract, remove from
the Premises any or all fixtures, equipment, signs, merchandise, supplies and
other property of the Lessee not removed by the Lessee as provided in the
immediately preceding sentence, and either store same for the account of the
Lessee at its expense, without obligation or liability on account of any theft,
loss, damage or monetary shortage, or deem same to be abandoned and subject to
use, sale or other disposition without obligation or liability to account to the
Lessee for the proceeds thereof. Notwithstanding the expiration or sooner
termination of the Term, the Lessee shall continue to be responsible for, and
shall pay to the Lessor all costs incurred. by the Lessor in connection with any
such removal, storage, sale or other disposition.
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12. No Alterations or Improvements. Except to the extent permitted
by Section 10 in connection with the original construction of the Premises and
the Lessee's obligations set forth in the last sentence of this Section 12, and
except for reasonable periodic redecoration of the Premises, the Lessee will
make no alterations, additions or improvements to the Premises without on each
occasion first obtaining the prior written consent of the Lessor, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. Notwithstanding any
such consent by the Lessor, the Lessee will restore the Premises to their former
condition following any such alterations, improvements or additions at the
expiration or sooner termination of the Term unless the Lessor by written notice
to the Lessee at the time of such consent or at any time prior to such
expiration or termination shall waive its rights to such restoration, in which
event the Lessee shall have no right so to restore the Premises.
13. The Lessee's Signs. The Lessee will not, without the Lessor's
prior written consent, or as otherwise provided herein, maintain, or permit
anyone else to maintain, any interior (except for signs affixed to interior
walls of the leased premises) or exterior sign, placard, lettering, advertising
media, shade, awning, aerial, flagpole or the like anywhere in the Shopping
Center, or any exterior lighting, decorations, painting or any fences. Except as
otherwise herein provided, the Lessee shall not maintain any exterior sign,
placard, lettering or advertising media in violation of the Lessor's established
sign standards from time to time.
Lessee shall have the right, subject to Lessor's design approval as
aforesaid, and the approval of all governmental authorities having jurisdiction,
to install and maintain (i) a placard sign on the exterior of the Premises
identifying the Lessee; (ii) a sign of approximately 3' x 5' on the front of the
building facing Loring Avenue identifying Lessee and/or directing customers to
the Premises and/or to the drive-thru ATM; (iii) a sign on the end of the
building facing the Loring Hills Condominium identifying the Lessee and/or
directing customers to the Premises; and (iv) a sign identifying Lessee
prominently displayed on a central directory pylon sign to be situated near the
Loring Avenue entrance to the Shopping Center for which governmental approvals
may be obtained, if Lessor elects to construct the same. (If Lessor fails or
elects not to construct a central pylon sign within ninety (90) days following
the installation of traffic lights in the proximity of the Shopping Center,
Lessee may subject to Lessor's design approval and all- governmental approvals,
install a pylon sign near said entrance directing customers to Lessee's drive
thru ATM.
14. Sole Risk and Hazard. All fixtures, equipment, signs,
merchandise, supplies and other property on or about the Premises shall be at
the Lessee's sole risk and hazard, and if the whole or any part thereof shall be
destroyed or damaged by fire water or otherwise, or by use or abuse of water,
or by leaking or bursting of water pipes, or in any way or manner, including,
without limitation, the acts or omissions of any other occupant of any portion
of the Shopping Center, no part of said loss or damage is to be charged to or
borne by the Lessor in any case whatsoever, except only to the extent caused by
the Lessor's negligence or willful ~default, and, except to such extent, the
Lessee agrees to exonerate and indemnify the Lessor from and against any and all
claims, suits, obligations, liabilities and damages, including attorneys' fees
based upon or arising out of any of the foregoing.
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15. Fire, Casualty, Taking. PROVIDED, ALWAYS, that in case, after
the execution hereof and before the expiration of the. Term, the Premises, or
any part thereof, or more than thirty (30%) percent of the Shopping Center shall
be taken by any exercise of the right of eminent domain or by action of any
public or other authority, or in case, after the execution hereof and before the
expiration of the Term, the Premises, or any part thereof, or more than thirty
(30%) percent of the Shopping Center shall be destroyed or damaged by fire or
casualty, then this lease and the Term shall terminate at the election of the
Lessor, which election must be exercised by written notice to the Lessee within
sixty (60) days after such taking, destruction, damage or action, and such
election may be made in case of any such taking notwithstanding the entire
interest of the Lessor may have been divested by such taking. If the Lessor
shall not elect to terminate this lease, the Lessor shall with reasonable
promptness restore the Premises as nearly as practicable to the condition which
existed immediately prior to such event, or, in the event of any such
destruction or damage by fire or casualty, so much thereof as the Lessee is not
herein elsewhere required to insure against destruction or damage by fire or
casualty, to a single contiguous unit, - all only to the extent of the Lessor's
insurance proceeds or damages or awards resulting from such taking, destruction,
damage or action allocable to the Premises, as the case may be, after deducting
the Lessor's costs and expenses of collecting same. If the Lessor shall not
elect to terminate this Lease, and commences restoration of the Premises and
such restoration is not completed by the Lessor within twelve (12) months of
such event, Lessee shall have the right to terminate this Lease by Notice to
Lessor given prior to the time the Premises are ready for occupancy, or if
during the last two (2) years of the Term, as the same may have been extended,
there is a taking, -fire or other casualty pursuant to which the Lessor could
terminate this Lease as hereinabove set forth, the Lessee similarly shall have
the right to terminate this Lease by delivering to Lessor written notice of
Lessee's election to terminate within sixty (60) days after such taking,
destruction, damage or action. The Lessor will give the Lessee notice of when
the Premises are ready for occupancy, and upon such notice the Lessee will
comply with all of the provisions of Section 10 and Lessee will complete such
restoration required by said Section 10 within ninety (90) days of such Notice.
If the Premises or Shopping Center or any part of either thereof shall be taken
by eminent domain, all damages from such taking other than that which relate
solely to the Lessee's fixtures and equipment, shall vest in the Lessor, the
Lessee having no right to damages for loss of its leasehold interest in any
event, and the Lessee covenants and agrees to execute such assignments or other
documents and to take any steps which may be necessary to vest such damages in
the Lessor, the Lessee hereby irrevocably appoints the Lessor as its agent and
attorney-in-fact to execute and deliver any such assignments and documents which
the Lessor deems necessary or appropriate to carry out the intent and purposes
of this sentence, such appointment being a power coupled with an interest.
16. The Lessor's Insurance. The Lessor will, upon commencement of
the Term, obtain and thereafter maintain in full force and effect (or cause to
be so obtained and maintained), (a) fire and lighting and extended coverage
insurance on such portions of the Premises and Shopping Center as the Lessee is
not herein elsewhere required to insure for. not less than the replacement value
of such portions without deduction or adjustment for depreciation, except that
an appropriate deductible clause shall be permitted; and (b) such other
insurance on the Premises and Shopping Center against such insurable hazards,
and such additional limits and amounts on all such insurance as are from time to
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by the holder of any mortgage on any portion of the Shopping Center, or the
Lessor shall otherwise deem appropriate, including without limitation, rent
insurance and war risk insurance. Such insurance shall be with insurance
companies qualified to do business in the state in which the Premises are
located; it being understood, however, that any such insurance may be blanket
with other insurance maintained by the Lessor or the Lessor's affiliates.
17. Default By The Lessee. PROVIDED, ALSO, and this lease is upon
the condition, that (a) in the event of any failure by the Lessee to pay any
item of rental (whether the Net Minimum Rental or any item of additional rental)
continuing for ten (10) days after Notice specifying such failure, without its
being waived or cured; or (b) in the event of any failure by the Lessee to
perform, fulfill or observe any other representation, warranty or agreement
by the Lessee set forth herein, continuing for thirty (30) days after Notice
from the Lessor specifying such failure, without its being waived or its effect
cured, or the cure thereof commenced and diligently prosecuted at all times
thereafter; or (c) in the event that the estate created hereby shall be taken on
execution, or by other process of law; or (d) in the event that the Lessee or
any guarantor of the Lessee shall commit any act which would permit the entry of
an order for relief under the Bankruptcy Code (or any successor thereto) or be
declared bankrupt or insolvent according to law; or (e) in the event that any
petition under federal or state law pertaining to bankruptcy or insolvency or
for a reorganization or other relief shall be filed by or against the Lessee or
any guarantor of the Lessee; or (f) in the event that any assignment, trust,
mortgage or other transfer in trust or otherwise shall be made for the benefit
of creditors; or (g) in the event that the Lessee or any such guarantor shall
make or offer a composition of the Lessee's or such guarantor's debts, as the
case may be, with its creditors; or (h) in the event that a receiver, trust or
similar officer or creditors' committee shall be appointed take charge of any
property of or to operate or wind up the affairs of the Lessee or such
guarantor; or (i) in the event that the Lessee shall vacate or abandon the
Premises, except Lessee shall not be deemed to have vacated the Premises if it
has closed the Premises for remodeling, and such remodeling is completed within
thirty (30) days, then in any of said cases (notwithstanding any license of any
former breach of covenant or condition or waiver of the benefit hereof, or
consent in a former instance) the Lessor or the Lessor's agents may lawfully
immediately, or at any time thereafter and without further demand or notice,
enter into and upon the Premises or any part thereof in the name of the whole
and repossess the same as of the Lessor's former estate and expel the Lessee and
those claiming by, through or under the Lessee and remove the Lessee's or their
effects (in any of said cases forcibly, if necessary) without being deemed
guilty of any manner of trespass, and without prejudice to any remedies which
might otherwise be used for arrears of rental or preceding breach of covenant or
condition, and upon entry as aforesaid this lease shall terminate, or the Lessor
may terminate this lease by written notice to the Lessee, the Lessee in any
event waiving all statutory rights of redemption, and the Lessee covenants with
the Lessor that in case of such termination, or in case of termination under
statute for default of the Lessee, the Lessee will at the election of the Lessor
(which election may be made or changed at any time or from time to time before
the settlement), either (a) pay, as liquidated damages for so much of the
unexpired Term as is covered thereby, and at the same times and in the same
installments as are specified in this lease, sums equal to the rental and other
payments herein named or if the Premises shall have been relet, sums equal to
the excess of the rental and other payments last mentioned over the net sums
actually received by the Lessor for the period to which the rental and other
payments last
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mentioned relate; or (b) pay, as liquidated damages for the then unexpired Term,
a sum which at the time of such termination or at the time to which installments
of liquidated damages shall have been paid represents the excess of the rental
and other payments herein named over the then rental value of the Premises for
the residue of the Term; or (c) indemnify the Lessor against loss of the rental
and other payments herein named at the time of such termination or from the time
to which installments of liquidated damages shall have been paid, during the
residue of the Term each of the foregoing three alternatives being separable.
The rental and other payments named herein shall be deemed to be the Net Minimum
Rental plus all items of additional rental herein named. In addition to the
foregoing and regardless of which of the foregoing alternatives shall have been
elected, the Lessee agrees to pay to the Lessor on demand all expenses incurred
by the Lessor in order to (a) obtain possession of the Premises; (b) make such
alterations, improvements, repairs, replacements, renovation and restoration as
the Lessor deems necessary or advisable to put the Premises in good and rentable
repair, order and condition; and (c) relet the Premises, including without
limitation, the fees of attorneys, brokers, engineers and architects.
Notwithstanding anything elsewhere in this lease contained, however, in the
event that during any twelve (12) month period the Lessor shall have sent two
(2) or more notices of the kind referred to in Clauses (a) or (b) in the first
sentence of this paragraph, even though the Lessee shall have cured the failure
or failures specified in such notices, or waived the cure thereof or, with
respect to a notice of the kind referred to in Clause (b) in the first sentence
of this Section 17, commenced such cure and diligently prosecuted same at all
times thereafter, and in the event that subsequently the Lessee shall fail to
pay any item of rental or perform, fulfill or observe any other representation,
warranty or agreement of the Lessee set forth herein (all as set forth in
Clauses (a) and (b) in the first sentence of this paragraph), then in any such
event the provisions for notice and grace periods set forth in such Clauses (a)
and (b) shall not be applicable to such subsequent failure or failures and,
therefore, the Lessor shall have the right, without demand or notice, to
exercise all of its rights and remedies set forth in this paragraph or
otherwise.
In the event that any failure by the Lessee to perform, fulfill or
observe any agreement herein to be performed, fulfilled or observed by the
Lessee continues for thirty (30) days, or, in situations involving potential
danger to the health or safety of persons in, or about the Premises or a further
material deterioration of, or damage to, the Premises, after written notice
specifying such failure without its being waived, its effect cured, or the cure
thereof commenced and diligently prosecuted at all times thereafter, the Lessor
may at its election perform, fulfill or observe such agreement for and on behalf
of the Lessee, and any amount which the Lessor shall expend for such purpose, or
which shall otherwise be due by the Lessee tO the Lessor hereunder, shall be
deemed to be additional rental and shall be paid to the Lessor on demand,
together with interest thereon at the Lease Interest Rate, from the date of
expenditure or the date the same shall have become due to the date of payment
thereof in full.
Whenever in this lease provision is made that either party shall have
the right to terminate this lease, then, unless in said provision it is
expressly provided otherwise, neither party shall thereafter have any claim
against the other under this lease or on account of the termination thereof.
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Whenever in the Lease provision is made for the performance by either of
any term, covenant, condition or agreement herein contained within a specified
time period, such period shall be extended for the period (not to exceed ninety
(90) days) of any delay in performance caused by acts of God, material
shortages, or other conditions beyond the control of such party. Nothing herein
contained shall in any way constructed to extend the time for performance of any
monetary obligation herein contained.
18. Quiet Enjoyment. Lessee, subject to the Terms and provisions of this
lease, on payment of the Net Minimum Rental and all other rental charges and
observing, keeping and performing all of the other Terms and provisions of this
Lease on Lessee's part to be observed, kept and performed, shall lawfully,
peaceably and quietly have, hold, occupy and enjoy the premises during the Term
hereof, without hindrance or ejection by Lessor or any party claiming by,
through or under Lessor; the foregoing covenant is in lieu of any other covenant
express or implied.
19. Broker. The Lessee and Lessor covenant and agree each each other
that it has not dealt with any broker or any other person who would be entitled
to be paid a fee, commission or any other compensation (the "Broker") in
connection with this lease and the use and occupation of the Premises by the
Lessee, and Lessee and Lessor shall indemnify and hold the other harmless from
any loss or damage caused by such party's misrepresentation herein contained.
20. Subsidiaries or Affiliates of Lessor. The Lessee will not claim or
attempt to enforce any right or remedy against any one or more of the employees,
agents, officers, directors, parents, subsidiaries or affiliates of the Lessor,
arising out of or in any way based upon this lease or any act or omission by the
Lessor with respect to this lease or all or any portion of the Premises or
Shopping Center, except to the extent expressly permitted by any written
instrument signed by any one or more of the foregoing. The Lessor will not claim
or attempt to enforce any right or remedy against any one or more of the
employees, agents, officers or directors of Lessee for any breach of Lessee's
obligations hereunder except to the extent expressly permitted by any written
consent signed by one or more of the foregoing.
21. Notice of Default to the Lessor. In no event will the Lessor be
deemed to be in default because of any failure by the Lessor to perform, fulfill
or observe any covenant or agreement set forth herein or because of any breach
of any warranty by the Lessor set forth herein for thirty (30) days after
written notice to the Lessor specifying such failure or breach, without its
being waived, or if its effect is cured, or if the cure thereof is commenced and
diligently prosecuted thereafter.
22. Subordination. (a) The Lessee will on request, any ti9me or form
time to time by any holder of a mortgage on all or any portion of the Shopping
Center (i) surbordinate this lease and all of the Lessee's rights and estate
hereunder to such mortgage and to any renewals, extensions, substitutions,
refinancings, modifications, or amendments therof if the holder of such mortgage
shall provide to Lessee a non-disturbance agreement to the effect that in the
event of a foreclosure of such mortgage, Lessee's possession of the Premises and
its rights and privileges under this Lease shall not be disturbed by such
holder, or anyone claiming under such holder so long as Lessee shall not be in
default under this Lease; or (ii) declare this lease to be prior to such
mortgage and to any renewals,
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extensions, modifications or amendments thereof; and in either such case, Lessee
will on request agree with such holder that the Lessee will attorny thereto in
the event of foreclosure and that the Lessee will not without the consent of
such holder amend this lease or prepay any item of rental hereunder.
(b) If Lessor shall elect to convert the Shopping Center or any
portion thereof to a condominium (which election may be changed from time to
time) and the Premises shall constitute a unit thereof, Lessee agrees that, at
Lessor's request, it shall subordinate this lease to the condominium documents,
including, without limitation, the Master Deed provided such documents do not
materially adversely affect Lessee's rights and interests under this Lease and
that this Lease shall be deemed to refer to the condominium unit constituting or
approximately constituting the Premises, and Lessee shall observe the
obligations imposed upon occupants of units to the extent not inconsistent
herewith; provided, however, that Lessor shall have and retain all rights to
vote or other rights associated with a unit. If Lessor shall intend to sell the
unit, Lessor shall offer such unit to Lessee upon the terms, provisions and
conditions which Lessor would be willing to sell the same to a bona fide third
party; and Lessee shall have thirty (30) days within which to accept such offer
in writing. Such condominium documents shall not be inconsistent with the
provisions of this lease or- adversely affect Lessee.
23. No Liens. The Lessee will forthwith cause any mechanics',
materialmen's or other liens which may be recorded or perfected or which may
otherwise attach to all or any portion of the Shopping Center as a result of
work done by or for the Lessee to be discharged or released of record or fully
bonded by a surety satisfactory tO the Lessor.
24. Entry and Inspection By The Lessor. The Lessor and its agents
shall have the right to enter into and upon the Premises or any part thereof, at
all reasonable times and upon reasonable notice, only when accompanied by a bank
officer who will be made available for the purpose, to examine the same and make
repairs or alterations the Lessor is expressly required hereunder or desires to
make thereto. On or before the Commencement Date, Lessee shall provide to Lessor
names and telephone numbers of all bank officers Lessor may contact to respond
in the event of an emergency and alternative procedures Lessor may follow in the
event such persons are not available in such emergency situations. The Lessee
shall permit inspection of the Premises (except for the vault areas), at all
reasonable times upon reasonable notice, by prospective purchasers or mortgagees
and during the last year of the Term, by prospective lessees and shall permit
the usual "To Let" or "For Sale" signs to be placed on the Premises.
25. Notice to Mortgagee. Upon receipt of a written request by the
Lessor or any holder or a mortgage on all or any part of the Premises or
Shopping Center, the Lessee will thereafter send any such holder copies of all
notices of default or termination or both given by the Lessee to the Lessor in
accordance with any provision of this lease. In the event of any failure by the
Lessor to perform, fulfill or observe any agreement by the Lessor herein or any
breach by the Lessor of any representation or warranty of the Lessor herein, any
such holder may at its election cure such failure or breach for and on behalf of
the Lessor.
26. Memorandum of Lease. Neither party will record this lease, but each
party will on demand by the other party execute an appropriate memorandum or
notice of this lease in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Lessor, and either party may
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record same at its expense. Promptly following the Commencement Date, the
parties will execute a document in recordable form and satisfactory in form and
substance to the Lessor setting forth the commencement and expiration dates of
the Term.
27. Waiver of Subrogation. To the extent available under standard
policies of insurance without extra cost, or if extra cost shall be charged
therefor, so long as the other party pays such extra cost, each party hereby
waives all liability and all rights to recovery and subrogation against, and
agrees that neither it nor its' insurers will sue the other party for any loss
of or damage to property arising out of fire or casualty and each party agrees
that all insurance policies relating to the Premises will contain waivers by the
insurer of such liability, recovery, subrogation and suit. If extra cost is
chargeable therefor, each party shall advise the other party of the amount of
the extra cost and the other party, at its election, may pay the same, but shall
not be obligated to do so.
28. Repairs By The Lessor. Except to the extent that the same shall
be the responsibility of the Lessee pursuant to any other term or provision of
this lease, and except for delays caused by or resulting from act of God, war,
fire, casualty, strike, shortage of labor or materials or any other cause beyond
the Lessor's control, the Lessor agrees to maintain and repair all structural
portions of the Premises and the foundations thereof including the structural
portions of the walls, exterior and demising, the floor, and sub-floor and the
roof but specifically excluding any non-structural portion of any of the
foregoing.
29. Estoppel Letter. The Lessee will from time to time, upon not
less than fifteen (15) days' prior written request by the Lessor, deliver to the
Lessor, any actual or prospective purchaser or holder of a mortgage on all or
any part of the Premises a written statement certifying whether or not this
lease is in full force and effect and stating (a) the last date to which the
rental and other payments have been made; (b) the amendments, if any, to this
lease; (c) whether or not the Lessor is in default in the performance,
fulfillment or observance of any representation, warranty or agreement set forth
herein or has any indebtedness to the Lessee for the payment of money; and (d)
if so, each default or indebtedness. The Lessee hereby irrevocably appoints the
Lessor as its agent and attorneyin-fact to execute and deliver any such
statement, such appointment being coupled with an interest, in the event that
within such fifteen (15) day period, the Lessee shall fail so to deliver any
such statement to the Lessor or any such actual or prospective purchaser or
holder.
30. Collateral Assignment of Lease. With respect to any assignment
by the Lessor of the Lessor's interest in this lease or the rental and other
payments payable hereunder, conditional in nature or otherwise, which assignment
is made to the holder of a first mortgage on the Lessor's estate, the Lessee
agrees:
(a) that the execution thereof by the Lessor and the acceptance
thereof by the holder of such mortgage shall never be deemed an
assumption by such holder of any of the obligations of the
Lessor hereunder, unless such holder shall, by written notice
sent to the Lessee, expressly otherwise elect; and
(b) that, except as aforesaid, such holder shall be treated as
having assumed the Lessor's obligations hereunder only upon
foreclosure of such holder's mortgage and the taking of
possession of the Premises.
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31. No Liability. Anything else in this lease to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Lessee shall look solely to the estate and property of the
Lessor in the Shopping Center for the satisfaction of any claim for the payment
of money by the Lessor by reason of any default or breach by the Lessor of any
of the terms and provisions of this lease to be performed, fulfilled or observed
by the Lessor, and no other property or assets of the Lessor shall be subject to
levy, execution or other enforcement procedure for the satisfaction of the
Lessee's remedies for any such default or breach.
32. The Lessor While An Owner. As used herein "Lessor" shall mean
the owner from time to time of the Lessor's estate and property in the Shopping
Center and if such estate and property be sold or transferred, the seller or
transferee shall thereupon be relieved of all obligations and liabilities
hereunder thereafter arising or occurring, and the purchaser or transferee shall
thereupon be deemed to have assumed and agreed to perform and observe all
obligations and liabilities hereunder thereafter arising or occurring or based
on occurrences or situations thereafter arising or occurring, subject in any
event to the provisions of Section 32.
33. Miscellaneous. All terms and provisions of this lease shall be
independent and shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the personal
representatives, successors and assigns of the parties, except as otherwise
expressly provided herein. Every term and provision of this lease shall be
deemed of the essence and every breach thereof material to the Lessor. All
representations, warranties and agreement of the Lessee in this lease shall be
deemed special, unique and extraordinary; any breach of any provision thereof by
the Lessee shall be deemed to cause the Lessor irreparable injury not properly
compensable by damages in an action at law, and the rights and remedies of the
Lessor hereunder may therefore be enforced both at law or in equity, by
injunction or otherwise. All rights and remedies of each party shall be
cumulative and not alternative, in addition to and not exclusive of any other
right or remedy to which such party may be lawfully entitled in case of any
breach or threatened breach of any term or provision herein except as otherwise
expressly provided herein; the rights and remedies of each party shall be
continuing and not exhausted by any one or more uses thereof, and may be
exercised at any time or from time to time and as often as may be expedient; any
option or election to enforce any such right or remedy may be exercised or
changed at any time or from time to time. This lease sets forth the entire
agreement of the parties, and no custom, act, forbearance, or words or silence
at any time, gratuitous or otherwise, shall impose any additional obligation or
liability upon either party or waive or release either party from any default or
the performance of fulfillment of any obligation or liability or operate as
against either party as a supplement, alteration, amendment or change of any
term or provision set forth herein, including this Clause, unless set forth in a
written instrument duly executed by such party expressly stating that it is
intended to impose such an additional obligation or liability or to constitute
such a waiver or release, or that it is intended to operate as such a
supplement, alteration, amendment or change.
34. Notice. All notices and other communications shall be in writing
and deemed given and delivered to the Lessor when mailed, by registered or
certified mail, postage and registration or certification charges prepaid,
addressed, in the case of the Lessor, to the Lessor at the Lessor's Address set
forth in Section 1, with a copy simultaneously so mailed to the Lessor's Counsel
set forth in Section 1, at its address set
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forth in Section 1; and addressed, in the case of the Lessee, to the Lessee at
the Lessee's Address set forth in Section 1, with a copy simultaneously so
marked to the Lessee's counsel set forth in Section 1, except that either party
may, by written notice to the other, designate another address which shall
thereupon become the effective address of such party for the purposes of this
Section.
35. First Refusal.
(a) So long as the lease shall remain in full force and effect,
without default on the part of Lessee, Lessee shall have the right of "first
refusal" (as described herein below) to lease either (i) 2,000 square feet of
space fronting on Loring Avenue being a portion of the 3,095 square foot square
store premises (the "Pediatric Space") currently leased by Pediatric Health Care
Associates, P.C. ("Pediatric") under a lease which expires by its terms on
January 31, 2001 or (ii) the entire Pediatric Space.
(b) Lessor has advised Lessee that Pediatric has an option to extend
the term of its lease for an additional five (5) year period after January 31,
2001. Lessor agrees that it shall not grant any right or option to use or
occupy all or any portion of the Pediatric Space to any other person or entity
(unless such right or option is expressly subject to the right of first refusal
herein provided to Lessee), however, nothing herein shall preclude Lessor from
further extending the term of the lease with Pediatric or entering into a new
lease with Pediatric with respect to the Pediatric Space on any terms and
conditions whatsoever without complying with the terms of this paragraph.
(c) When such space shall become, or shall be about to become within
the next twelve (12) months (as determined by Lessor) available for leasing,
whether at the expiration of the lease term applicable thereto or earlier,
Lessor shall give Lessee written notice thereof (the "Availability Notice"). If
within five (5) business days after delivery of the Availability Notice, Lessee
shall give Lessor written notice that Lessee is interested in leasing either (i)
2,000 square feet of space within the Pediatric Space fronting on Loring Avenue
or (ii) the entire Pediatric Space, Lessor agrees that for a period of thirty
(30) days it will negotiate in good faith with Lessee towards arriving at the
terms upon which said space shall be added to the Premises. In the event that
within such period such negotiations shall not result in an agreement upon said
terms, Lessor thereafter may lease said space to any other tenant without
re-offering the same to Lessee.
(d) If Lessee shall be unable to deliver said space to Lessee on the
date agreed upon by reason of the holding over of the tenant or other occupant,
Lessor shall use reasonable efforts to obtain possession of said space, but
Lessor shall not be subject to any liability for failure so to give possession
of said space. It is expressly understood and agreed that unless Lessor and
Lessee shall agree otherwise, Lessee shall take such space "as is" and without
any requirement that Lessor shall do any work therein in order to prepare such
space for occupancy by Lessee.
36. Local Law. This lease shall be construed and enforced in all
respects in accordance with the laws of the state in which the Premises are
located.
37. Headings. The Cover Page and Table of Contents preceding this
lease and the captions to the various Sections of this lease have been inserted
for reference only and
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shall not in any manner be construed as modifying, amending or affecting in any
way the express terms and provisions hereof.
38. Separability. If any term or provision of this lease or the
application thereof to any person, property or circumstance shall to any extent
be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this lease, or the application of
such term or provision to persons, properties and circumstances other than those
as to which it is invalid or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby, and
each term and provision of this lease shall be valid and enforced to the fullest
extent permitted by law.
39. Authority. The execution and delivery of this Lease by the party
so executing and delivering this Lease on behalf of the Lessor and Lessee,
respectively, constitutes a warranty and representation by such party that such
party is duly authorized and empowered for and on behalf of such party to
execute and deliver this Lease, and that this Lease constitutes a valid and
binding obligation of such party.
WITNESS the execution hereof under seal the day and year first above written.
SEAL
WITNESS: LESSOR:
VILLAGE ASSOCIATES TRUST
By:/s/ Mark Klaman
Mark Klaman, as Trustee
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as aforesaid, and not
individually
WITNESS: LESSEE:
IPSWICH SAVINGS BANK
By: /s/ David L. Grey,
President Not Individually
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(duly authorized)
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EXHIBIT B
The premises comprising the Shopping center are more particularly
bounded and described as follows:
Parcel l
A certain parcel of land located in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts
with the buildings thereon, if any, as shown on a Plan entitled "Plan of Land in
Salem, Mass. prepared for David Hark and Roger D. Ariola Trust, February 23,
1984, T & M Engineering Associates, Inc., 22 Willow Ave., Salem, Mass., 01970,
Scale: 1" = 40'" to be recorded herewith; and further bounded and described as
follows:
Beginning at the westerly point of Loring Hills Avenue and land now or
formerly of Yelverton and runninq S 42 degrees 59 or 05" W, one hundred ten
(110) feet by land now or formerly of Yelverton and Baker;
Thence turning and running N 47 degrees 00' 55" W, fifteen (15) feet by
land of 596 Loring Avenue Realty Trust;
Thence turning and running S 42 degrees 59' 05" W, one hundred
twenty-eight and 33/100 (128.33) feet by land last named;
Thence turning and runninq S 39 degrees 30' 05" W, fifty-six and 26/100
(56.26) feet by land last named;
Thence turning and running S 55 degrees 41' 16" W, twenty-four and
65/100 (24.65) feet;
Thence turninq and running S 61 degrees 22' 16" W, twenty-five and
92/100 (25.92) feet to land of Living and Learning Centers, Inc;
Thence turning and running N 39 degrees 30' O0" W, one hundred
eighty-one and 74/100 (181.74) feet by land last named;
Thence turning and running N 42 degrees 59' 05 W, two hundred seventy
and 57/100 (270.57) feet to Loring Hills Avenue;
Thence turning and running S 47 degrees 00' 55 E, one hundred
fifty-three (153) feet to the point of beqinning.
Shown as Lot D-l on the above mentioned plan and containing
approximately 42,748 a square feet, more or less.
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Parcel 2
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The land with the building thereon, situated on the North- westerly side
of Loring Avenue in the City of Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts, as shown on
a plan entitled, "Plan of land, Salem, Mass., prepared for Turn-Key Realty -
owner, Industrial National Mortgage Company" drawn by Carter and Towers
Engineering Corp., having a scale of 1" = 20' and being dated 5/14/1980,
recorded with Essex South Registry of Deeds, Plan Book 159, Plan 98, bounded and
described as follows:
Beginning at the Southerly corner of land now or formerly belonging to
Rose F. Baker as shown on said plan;
Thence, Southwest, by said Loring Avenue, a distance of 65.00 feet to a
point;
Thence, Northwest continuing by said Loring Avenue, a distance of 41.03
feet to a point;
Thence, Southwest continuing by said Loring Avenue, a distance of 82.72
feet;
Thence, Northwest by land now or fomerly belonging to Industrial
National Mortgage Company, and being shown as Lot "D" on said plan, a distance
of 56.26 feet to a point;
Thence, Southeast, a distance of 15.00 feet to a point;
Thence, Northeast, a distance of 10.00 feet to a point;
Thence, Southeast by land now or formerly belonging to Rose F. Baker as
shown on said plan, a distance of 110.OO feet to the point of beginning.
Said parcel containing 12,354 square feet more or less accoding to said
plan.
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THIS INDENTURE made as of the 27th day of February, 1998, by and between Andrew
B. Rose, Trustee of 89 Pleasant Street Realty Trust, u/d/t dated August 9, 1983
recorded with the Essex South District Registry of Deeds in Book 7347, Page 428,
and Ipswich Savings Bank.
W I T N E S S E T H:
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1. Definitions. As used herein, the following terms shall have the
meanings set' forth below unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) Lessor: Said Andrew B. Rose, Trustee of 89 Pleasant Street Realty
Trust.
(b) Lessee: Said Ipswich Savings Bank.
(c) Premises: The approximately 2,112 square foot premises cross-hatched
on Exhibit A-l, in the Shopping Center shown on Exhibit A.
(d) Shopping Center: The Shopping Center at 89 Pleasant Street in
Marblehead, Massachusetts, shown on Exhibit A and outlined in bold
lines thereon, and described by metes and bounds in Exhibit B.
(e) Original Term: The period commencing on the Commencement Date (as
hereinafter defined) and ending at 12:01 a.m. on fifth (5th)
anniversary of the Commencement Date.
(f) Term: Prior to the exercise by the Lessee of the Options to Extend, if
any, as provided in Section 3.1 hereof, the Original Term; after the
exercise by Lessee of any such Option to Extend, the Original Term as
it may have been then extended.
(g) Commencement Date: The earlier of (i) sixty (60) days after the Lessee
has obtained all regulatory and other governmental Approvals (as
defined in and more particularly set forth in Section 2 hereof)
necessary to locate, construct and operate a branch banking facility
at the Premises; or (ii) the date Lessee opens for business at the
Premises.
(h) Net Minimum Rental: Twenty One Thousand Seven Hundred fifty-three and
60/100 ($21,753.60) Dollars per year during each of the first three
(3) Lease Years of the Original Term hereof, and thereafter Net
Minimum Rental shall be adjusted as provided in Section 4 hereof.
(i) Lease Interest Rate: The lesser of (i) eighteen (18) percent per
annum; or (ii) the maximum rate permissible under applicable law. (i)
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(j) Lease Year: The period beginning on each anniversary of the
Commencement Date during the Term.
(k) Permitted Use: Branch banking facility and all uses necessary or
incidental thereto, including, without limitation, drive-in banking
services, maintenance of ATM's and safe deposit facilities and office
and office related uses.
(l) Overage Rent: As defined in Section 4.1.
(m) Common Areas: The parking and common area or areas located adjacent to
the Premises and utilized as a part of the Shopping Center and all
other common areas and facilities in the Shopping Center, all to the
extent that the same may from time to time be provided by the Lessor
for the convenience of all lessees occupying other portions of the
Shopping Center, their customers and invitees, and such other persons
as shall be permitted by the Lessor from time to time to use the same,
subject to all of the express terms and provisions of Section 7.
(n) Lessee's Trade Name: Ipswich Savings Bank or Ipswich Bank.
(o) Lessor's Address: 600 Loring Avenue, Salem, MA 01970-2212;
(p) Lessor's Counsel: Goldstein & Manello, P.C., 265 Franklin Street,
Boston, MA 02110; Attn: Jeffrey L. Musman, Esquire.
(q) Lessee's Address: 23 Market Street, Ipswich, MA 01938-2212; Attn:
President or Chief Executive Officer
(r) Lessee's Counsel: William Tinti, Esq., Tinti, Quinn & Merty, P.C., 222
Essex Street, Salem, MA 09170.
(s) Notice: Shall mean notice as provided in Section 36 hereof.
2. The Shopping Center and the Premises. The Lessor does hereby let to
the Lessee and the Lessee does hereby hire-from the Lessor the Premises
described in Section 1 in the Shopping Center described in Section 1, excepting
and reserving to the Lessor, however, (a) the right to place in, over, upon or
under the Premises (in such manner as to not substantially interfere with the
Lessee's use of the Premises), utility lines, pipes and the like, to serve other
premises in the Shopping Center, and to replace, maintain and repair such
utility lines, pipes and the like, in, over, upon and under the Premises as may
have been installed therein; (b) all other necessary or customary easements,
appurtenances and rights of access to and egress from such other premises; and
(c) all other tights reserved by the Lessor in this lease or otherwise,
including, without limitation, the rights set forth in the third paragraph of
Section 7. In the event of any conflict between the terms and provisions of this
lease and the terms and provisions of Exhibits A or A-l, or both, the terms and
provisions of this lease shall govern. Notwithstanding anything in this lease to
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contrary, the Lessor reserves the right at any time or from time to time to
change the name of the Shopping Center described in Section l(d).
As soon as reasonably practicable after the execution hereof Lessee shall
make application to (i) the Commissioner of Banks of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts and any other governmental authority as shall be necessary to
locate and operate a branch banking facility of the Lessee at the Premises, and
(ii) for all other permits and approvals, from all governmental authorities
having jurisdiction necessary to complete construction of the Premises and, to
install Lessee's signage as provided in Section 13 and to operate Lessee's
business at the Premises (collectively, the "Approvals"). Lessee agrees to use
its best efforts to diligently prosecute such applications, including, without
limitation, paying all fees necessary to obtain such Approvals, and providing
such documentation and information as shall be requited by such governmental
authorities in furtherance of such applications. If despite such efforts Lessee
has been unable to obtain such Approvals on or before July 1, 1998, Lessee shall
have the right to terminate this Lease by delivering Notice to the Lessor on or
before such date. Lessor agrees to cooperate with Lessee in Lessee's attempt to
obtain such Approvals and, where required by such governmental authorities,
agrees to permit the use of Lessor's name in connection therewith as owner of
the Shopping Center. Lessor agrees that it will execute such instruments as
shall be reasonably required by such governmental authority of the owner of the
Shopping Center with reference to any application by Lessee therefor, but all
services performed in connection therewith and all costs incurred and the
exercise of rights pursuant to this Paragraph shall be at Lessee's sole expense
and risk.
3. Term. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Premises unto the Lessee during the Term
set forth in Section 1.
In the event that Lessee should hold over after the expiration or sooner
termination of the Term, the Term shall continue thereafter until terminated by
either party by not less than thirty (30) days' prior written notice to the
other, which notice may, however, be given prior to the commencement of such
holdover. All of the terms and provisions of this lease u1 effect immediately
prior to such holdover shall be applicable during such holdover and for any
further time following the end of the Term during which the Lessee may continue
to use or occupy the Premises, except that the Lessee shall pay on account of
the Net Minimum Rental an amount equal to one and one-half (1.5) times the Net
Minimum Rental provided in Section 1(b).
3.1 Options-to-Extend. Lessee shall have (3) options to extend the Term
of this Lease for additional periods of five (5) years each, commencing on the
expiration of the Original Term, as it may have been extended, provided that
Lessee shall give Lessor Notice of the exercise of its election not later than
six (6) months prior to the expiration of the then Term; and provided further
that Lessee shall not be--in:default at the time of giving of such Notice in the
performance and observance of any of the terms and agreements in this Lease
.contained on the part of the Lessee. to (b) performed and observed. (The option
rights herein granted to Lessee shall be referred to as the "First Option to
Extend," the "Second Option to Extend", and the "Third Option to Extend", as the
case may be, and, collectively, the "Options to Extend"; and the period by which
the Term may be extended applicable to such Option to Extend shall be referred
to as the "First Option
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Period" the "Second Option Period", and the "Third Option Period", as the case
may be and, collectively, the "Option Periods".)
4. Rental. YIELDING AND PAYING therefor the Net Minimum Rental set forth
in Section 1, payable in advance on the first day of each month during the Term
in equal monthly installments. A proportionate part of the Net Minimum Rental
shall be paid for any period of the commencement of the Term which shall be less
than a full month. During each of the first three (3) Lease Years of the
Original Term hereof, the Net Minimum Rental shall be Twenty One Thousand Seven
Hundred fifty-three and 60/100 ($21,753.60) Dollars. Thereafter for the
remaining two (2) years of the Original Term hereof, the Net Minimum Rental will
be Thirty Six Thousand Seven Hundred Forty-Eight Thousand and 80/100
($36,748.80) Dollars. In the event the Lessee exercises the First Option to
Extend, the Net Minimum Rental for each Lease Year of the First Option Period
shall be Forty Thousand Four Hundred Twenty Three and 68/100 ($40,423.68)
Dollars. In the event the Lessee exercises the Second Option to Extend, the Net
Minimum Rental for each Lease Year of the Second Option Period shall be Forty
Four Thousand Four Hundred Sixty Six and 05/100 ($44,466.05) Dollars. In the
event the Lessee exercises the Third Option to Extend, the Net Minimum Rental
for each Lease Year of the Third Option Period shall be Forty Eight Thousand
Nine Hundred Twelve and 65/100 ($48,912.65) Dollars. The Lessee shall pay the
Net Minimum Rental due for the first month of the Term on or before the
Commencement Date.
The Lessee also agrees to pay, as additional rental, when due or
payable, and except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all other
obligations and liabilities which the Lessee assumes and agrees to pay by
express assumption or agreement elsewhere in this lease, together with every
fine, penalty, interest and cost which may be added thereto or become due or be
imposed by operation of law for the non-payment or late payment thereof, and, in
the event of any failure on the part of the Lessee so to pay or discharge any of
the same, the Lessor shall have all rights and remedies as in the case of
non-payment of the Net Minimum Rental. The Lessee also agrees to pay to the
Lessor, on demand, as additional rental, interest at the Lease Interest Rate on
all overdue installments of the Net Minimum Rental and additional rental from
the respective due dates thereof until payment thereof in full. In the event
that the aggregate of all payments (whether denominated as Net Minimum Rental,
additional rental or otherwise) received by or paid to discharge an obligation
of the Lessee as 8 result of any assignment, subletting or permission to use or
occupy the Premises described in Section 11(e), whether or not the Lessor shall
have consented thereto (it being agreed by the Lessee that nothing herein
contained shall in any way affect the covenant herein elsewhere contained
prohibiting an assignment hereof or underletting to or use, occupation or
improvement by, others of the Premises or any part thereof without the Lessor's
prior written consent), shall exceed the aggregate of the Net Minimum Rental,
additional rental and other payments herein payable by or on behalf of the
Lessee, then, and in such event, the Lessee agrees to forthwith pay, as
additional rental, the full amount of any such excess. The Net Minimum Rental
and all items of additional rental shall be paid to the Lessor at the Lessor's
address set forth in Section l(o), except that the Lessor may by written notice
to the Lessee designate another address for purposes of this sentence.
In addition to all of the rights and remedies of the Lessor set forth in
this lease, if the Lessee shall fail to pay any item of rental due hereunder
(whether denominated as Net
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Minimum Rental, additional rental or otherwise) within ten (10) days after the
same shall have become due and payable, then and in such event the Lessee shall
also pay to the Lessor a late payment service charge (in order to partially
defray the Lessor's administrative and other overhead expenses) equal to the
greater of Fifty 00/100 ($50.00) Dollars or one-half of one (1/2%) percent of
such unpaid sum per day for each day or part thereof after the due date thereof
during which such payment shall not have been received by the Lessor, but in no
event in excess of any maximum interest rate (if such sum shall be denominated
as interest by any court of competent jurisdiction) permissible under applicable
law, it being understood that nothing herein shall be deemed to extend the due
date for payment of any sums required to be paid by the Lessee hereunder or to
relieve the Lessee of its obligation to pay such sums at any time or times
required by this lease.
4.1 Overage Rent.
In addition to the Net Minimum Rental hereabove reserved, the Lessee
covenants and agrees with the Lessor hat commencing on the first (1st) day of
the month following the "Overage Date" (as hereinafter defined) and on the first
day of each succeeding month during the balance of the first three (3) Lease
Years of the Term, the Lessee will pay to the Lessor an additional rental
(sometimes hereinafter called "Overage Rent') as hereinafter provided.
On or before the fifteenth (15th) day after the close of each and every
calendar quarter (such last day of the quarter shall herein be referred to as
"Quarterly Reporting Date") during the term, the Lessee shall render a true and
correct statement signed by the Chief Financial Officer of Lessee certifying the
total level of "Deposits at the Premises". The last day of the first quarter in
which the level of Deposits at the Premises shall equal or exceed $20 million
shall be deemed to be the Overage Date. If the Overage Date is determined at a
time after the first installments of Overage Rent is payable to Lessor, such
installments shall be paid to Lessor with the installment of Overage Rent next
due after the Overage Date is determined. Overage Rent shall thereafter be due
for each month on. during the first three (3) Lease Years of the Original Term
as follows:
(i) For each month during the calendar quarter immediately following the
Overage Date, the Lessee will pay to the Lessor an additional rental
of One Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Nine and 60/100 ($1,249.60) Dollars
per month;
(ii) For each month during any calendar quarter following a quarter in
which the level of Deposits at the Premises as of the Quarterly
Reporting Date shall equal or exceed $20 million, the Lessee will pay
to the Lessor an additional rental of One Thousand Two Hundred
Forty-Nine and 60/100 ($1,249.60) Dollars per month;
(iii)For each month during any calendar quarter following a quarter in
which the level of Deposits at the Premises as of the Quarterly
Reporting Date shall equal or exceed $19 million but be less than $20
million, the Lessee will pay to the Lessor an additional rental of
Eight Hundred Thirty-Three and 97/100 Dollars ($833.07) per month.
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(iv) For each month during any calendar quarter following a quarter in
which the level of Deposits at the Premises as of the Quarterly
Reporting Date shall equal or exceed $18 miLlion but be less than $19
million, the Lessee will pay to the Lessor an additional rental of
Four Hundred Sixteen and 53/100 ($416.53) Dollars per month.
(v) For each month during any calendar quarter following a calendar
quarter in which the level of Deposits at the Premises is less than
$18 million, no Overage Rent will be required.
For purposes hereof Deposits at the Premises shall mean all deposits of
money whether on demand, for a specified term, or otherwise at the Premises as
certified by the Lessee to the Commissioner of Banks, the FDIC, Lessee's
stockholders, Lessee's Board of Directors, or as determined by Lessee's
independent accountants.
5. Net Lease: Non-terminability.
(a) This lease is a net lease and the Net Minimum Rental, additional
rental and all other sums payable hereunder to or on behalf of
the Lessor shall be paid without notice or demand, and without
setoff, counterclaim, defense, abatement, suspension, deferment,
reduction or deduction, except as expressly provided herein.
(b) This lease shall not terminate, nor shall the Lessee have any
right to terminate this lease, nor shall the obligations and
liabilities of the Lessee set forth herein be otherwise affected,
except as expressly provided herein.
(c) The Lessee waives all rights (i) to any abatement, suspension,
deferment, reduction or deduction of or from the Net Minimum
Rental or the additional rental or (ii) to quit, terminate or
surrender this lease or the Premises of any part thereof, except
as expressly provided herein.
(d) It is the intention of the parties hereto that the obligations of
the Lessee hereunder shall be separate and independent covenants
and agreements, that the Net Minimum Rental, the additional
rental and all other sums payable by the Lessee to or on behalf
of the Lessor shall continue to be payable in all events and that
the obligations of the Lessee hereunder shall continue
unaffected, unless the requirement to pay or perform the same
shall have been terminated pursuant to an express provision of
this lease.
(e) The Lessee agrees that it will remain obligated under this lease
in accordance with all of its terms and provisions, and that it
will not take any action to terminate, rescind or avoid this
lease or any portion thereof except as otherwise provided herein,
notwithstanding (i) the bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution, winding-up
or other proceeding affecting the
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Lessor or any assignee of the Lessor in any such proceeding; and
(ii) any action with respect to this lease which may be taken by
any trustee or receiver of the Lessor or of any assignee of the
Lessor in any such proceeding or by any court in any such
proceeding.
6. Use of the Premises. The Premises may be used for the Permitted Use
described in Section 1 and for no other purpose whatsoever, without the express
written approval of the Lessor.
7. The Parking and Common Areas. The Lessee, its customers and invitees
shall have the right, during the Term, to use the Common Areas in common
with all other lessees occupying other portions of the Shopping Center, their
customers and invitees, and such other persons as shall be permitted by the
Lessor from time to time to use the Common Areas, subject, however, to such
reasonable rules and regulations as may now be in force or as the Lessor may
establish at any time or from time to time, which rules and regulations shall
nonetheless encompass the provisions of Section 7.1 hereof, including, without
limitation, the designation of the size and location of employee parking areas
even if the same are not located within the Shopping Center. The Lessor shall
have the right to have towed any vehicles which are parked in the Common Areas
by the Lessee's employees in violation of the Lessor's rules and regulations
regarding employee parking from rime to time in effect. The Lessee covenants and
agrees, however, that it will not permit its employees or concerns making
deliveries to or pickups from the Premises to use any portion of the Common
Areas (except as otherwise provided herein) other than such portions or portions
reasonably situated as the Lessor shall from time to time set apart for such
purpose and designate in writing, and that, to the extent there shall be any
sidewalks immediately adjacent to the Premises, it will maintain such sidewalks
in a neat and orderly condition, swept and free from ice and snow. The Lessor
expressly reserves the right to enforce parking charges (by operation of meters
or otherwise), and to temporarily close all, or any portion, of the Common Areas
for the purpose of making repairs or changes thereto, in order to discourage
non customer parking, or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Lessor agrees
that it shall not install parking meters in the Shopping Center unless required
by governmental authorities.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Lessee shall have the right, in order to
maintain proper security for the operation of its business to have pickups or
deliveries made from or to the Premises by Brinks or other similar carriers of
cash, securities, instruments, records or other materials commonly transported
by such carriers and to permit the use of such portions of the Common Areas
adjacent to the Premises as shall be reasonably required for such purposes,
provided, however, that any such use by Lessee of the Common Areas shall be
accomplished, so far as reasonably practicable, in a manner which reduces to a
minimum interference with the use of the Common Areas for the purposes for which
they were intended or the conduct of business of other tenants of the Shopping
Center.
The Lessor may at any time or from time to time construct additional
improvements in all or any part of the Shopping Center, or change the location
or arrangement of any improvement in the Shopping Center or all or any part of
the Common Areas, or add or deduct any land to or from the Shopping Center, or
enlarge, reduce, change, enclose or increase the height of, the Shopping Center,
or any building or other improvement therein, provided, however, no such
construction, addition or change shall materially
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reduce the number of parking spaces available to Lessee at the Commencement
Date, access to the Premises or the visibility of the Premises from Pleasant
Street.
Subject to the exclusions hereinafter set forth, the Lessee covenants and
agrees to pay unto the Lessor, as additional rental, the Lessee's Fraction (as
hereinafter defined) of the annual cost of (a) operating, managing, altering,
improving, repairing, restoring, replacing, renovating, cleaning and maintaining
the Common Areas, including, without limitation. the lighting thereof, the
policing thereof, all plate glass therein, the heating ventilating and
air-conditioning thereof, the plumbing, sanitary sewage and electric systems
therein and the sprinkler and other fire protection or other alarm systems
therein, if any (including any main trunk line of any such systems, but
excluding any branch runs and leads); (b) all real estate taxes, personal
property taxes, business and occupation taxes, occupational license taxes, water
charges, sewer charges, assessments, including, without limitation, betterment
assessments or taxes in the nature thereof, and all other similar governmental
taxes, impositions and charges which shall be levied, assessed, or imposed (but
excluding any taxes for which Lessee shall be responsible for the payment of
Lessee's Fraction under Section 8 hereof (i) upon or with respect to the Common
Areas, including, without limitation the land on which the foregoing are
constructed; or (ii) upon or with respect to the operation, maintenance,
alteration, repair, rebuilding, use, occupancy or enjoyment of the Common Areas;
under or by ovirtue of any present or future law, statute, charter, ordinance,
regulation or other requirement of any governmental authority, whether federal,
state, county, city, municipal or otherwise, all whether general, special,
ordinary, extraordinary, foreseen or unforeseen; it being agreed that such
taxes, charges, assessments and impositions Shall include the costs and expenses
incurred, in accordance with the penultimate paragraph of Section 8, in
contesting the amount or validity of any thereof; (c) the premiums on the
liability insurance policies insuring the Lessor against damage to property or
injuries or death to person or persons, in, on or about the Common Areas,
including, without limitation, the roadways leading from and to the Common
Areas, in amounts as shall be determined by the Lessor, and the premiums on the
fire and casualty insurance policies insuring the Lessor including, without
limitation, all insurance described in Section 16, in such amounts as shall be
determined by the Lessor, (d) all administrative costs equal to fifteen (15%)
percent of all additional rental payable to the Lessee pursuant to this Section
7 to help defray the Lessor's indirect cost of so providing, maintaining and
insuring. Notwithstanding anything set forth in this lease to the contrary, the
Lessee will pay to the Lessor monthly, together with the Net Minimum Rental,
one-twelfth (1/12) of the amount estimated by the Lessor from time to time to
reflect the Lessee's Fraction of such annual cost. Promptly after such cost is
determined for each year, the Lessor will advise the Lessee in writing of the
amount of the Lessee's Fraction thereof for such year, and the Lessor and Lessee
will account to each other so that the Lessee shall have paid to the Lessor for
each such year the full amount of the Lessee's Fraction of such cost; any excess
paid by the Lessee shall be credited against future payments required by this
Section 7 next due, except that upon expiration of the Term any such excess
shall be promptly refunded by the Lessor to the Lessee, and, in any event, any
deficiency shall be promptly paid by the Lessee to the Lessor. For purposes of
this Section, Lessee shall have the right to review at reasonable times and upon
reasonable notice any of Lessor's books and records relating to any such cost,
for which Lessor is seeking reimbursement from Lessee. As used in this Section 7
and in Section 8, Lessee's Fraction shall be a fraction in which the numerator
is the number of square feet of floor space in the Premises and the denominator
is the number of square feet of floor space in all premises
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located in the Shopping Center, including the Premises then occupied by other
lessees of the Lessor; it being agreed that all floor areas shall be computed
within the exterior surfaces of all walls and any space in non-selling
mezzanines shall not be considered. The cost described in the first sentence of
this paragraph shall be deemed to include, without limitation, all costs and
expenses of every kind and nature paid or incurred by the Lessor (including
reasonable and appropriate reserves) in operating, managing, equipping, policing
(if and to the extent provided by the Lessor), heating, ventilating, air
conditioning, lighting, altering, improving, repairing, restoring, replacing,
renovating, cleaning, maintaining and landscaping all portions of the Common
Areas (including any parking structure subsequently installed in the Shopping
Center), water and sewer or sewage treatment or removal charges, painting and
caulking all exterior surfaces in the Shopping Center, including, without
limitation any canopies in the Shopping Center, maintaining and illuminating any
pylons in the Shopping Center and any signs thereon to be maintained and/or
illuminated by the Lessor, premiums for liability, property damage, casualty,
workmen's compensation, and any other insurance (including all insurance, hazard
and otherwise, carried by the Lessor on any and all buildings and improvementS
in or about the Shopping Center and the Common Areas), the cost of on-site
supervision and personnel, including, without limitation, the property manager,
if any, staff, office rentals, wages, unemployment taxes, social security taxes
and benefits, personal property taxes and assessments, fees for required
licenses and permits, materials, supplies, operation of loudspeakers and any
other equipment supplying music to any Common Areas (if any), or rental charges
for any machinery and equipment, any and all alterations, improvements, repairs,
restoration, replacements and renovation (whether interior, exterior,
structural, non-structural, foreseen or unforeseen), to any portion of the
Shopping Center which the Lessor shall deem necessary or appropriate or which
shall be required of the Lessor by this or any other lease relating to the
Shopping Center or by any law, rule, ordinance, regulation or requirement of any
public authority or the Fire Insurance Rating Association having jurisdiction or
as a result of any fire, casualty, taking by eminent domain or action by any
public or other authority to the extent that the cost thereof shall exceed the
net proceeds, if any, of any insurance or damages paid to the Lessor, including
without limitation, any and all maintenance and repairs by the Lessor to the
structural portions of all buildings and other improvements in the Shopping
Center, the roof, foundations, exterior walls, floors, subfloors, utilities and
other portions of all such buildings and improvements to the extent so required
of the Lessor of this or any other lease or agreement relating to the Shopping
Center, and the costs of furnishing sprinkler protection in the Premises.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the costs described in this Section shall be
deemed to exclude (a) any costs in altering, improving, repairing, restoring,
replacing, renovating or maintaining leased portions of the Shopping Center; (b)
the original costs of constructing any building, improvement, or the Common
Areas, or additions thereto (c) any costs incurred for the benefit of a
particular Tenant which are to be paid for or by such Tenant as opposed to costs
incurred for the benefit of the Shopping Center and/or a significant number of
tenants thereof; (d) any costs incurred by Lessor in making structural repairs
to any structural portion of the Shopping Center as provided in Section 28
hereof; (e) any costs incurred of a capital nature with respect to the HVAC,
plumbing, electrical and alarm systems; and (f) any costs made necessary by
Lessor's non-compliance with governing codes, by-laws, regulations and
ordinances related to the Shopping Center, but
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only if such were in effect are the time of the original construction of such
component of the Shopping Center.
7.1 A. Lessor covenants and agrees that it shall at all times reasonably
repair, maintain and police the Parking Areas and Common Areas of the Shopping
Center, and will Keep the Parking Area well lighted during all normal business
hours of the Shopping Center, all with the intent of maintaining a first class
shopping center.
8. Taxes and Other Charges. The Lessee agrees, except as otherwise
expressly provided herein to the contrary, to pay, as the same become due and
payable, all costs expenses and obligations of every kind and nature for the
operation, maintenance, repair, rebuilding, use, occupancy and enjoyment of the
Premises. The Lessee also agrees, subject as aforesaid, to pay, within fifteen
(15) days after demand, the Lessee's Fraction of all real estate taxes, personal
property taxes, business and occupation taxes, occupational license taxes, water
charges, sewer charges, assessments, including, without limitation, betterment
assessments or taxes in the nature thereof, and all other similar governmental
taxes, impositions and charges which shall be levied, assessed or imposed:
(a) upon or with respect to the land under the buildings comprising the
Shopping Center and such buildings; or
(b) upon or with respect to the operation, maintenance, alteration,
repair, rebuilding, use, occupancy or enjoyment of the buildings
comprising the Shopping Center or any portion thereof.
under or by virtue of any present or future law, statute, charter, ordinance,
regulation or other requirement of any public authority, whether federal, state,
county, city, municipal or otherwise, all whether general, special, ordinary,
extraordinary, foreseen or unforeseen. Such taxes, charges, assessments and
impositions shall include any costs and expenses incurred, in accordance with
the penultimate paragraph of this Section 8, in contesting the amount or
validity of any thereof.
The Lessee agrees, except as aforesaid, to pay as aforesaid all gross receipts,
gross income or similar taxes imposed or levied upon, assessed against or
measured by the Net Minimum Rental, additional rental or any sums payable by the
Lessee to or on behalf of the Lessor hereunder, or any sales or use taxes which
may be levied or assessed against or payable by the Lessor or the Lessee on
account of the acquisition, leasing, use or occupancy of the Premises or any
portion thereof;
Notwithstanding anything contained in this lease to the contrary, the Lessee
will pay to the Lessor monthly, together with the Net Minimum Rental, one
twelfth (1/12) of the amount from time to time estimated by the Lessor to
reflect the Lessee's Fraction of all such taxes, charges, assessments, and
impositions described in this Section 8 which are so levied, assessed or
imposed, or billed to the Lessor by the appropriate public authority or
authorities, if any. Promptly after the exact amount of the Lessee's fraction of
all such taxes, charges, assessments and impositions are determined for each tax
year, the Lessor will advise the Lessee in writing of the amount thereof for
such year and the Lessor and the Lessee will account to each other (as often as
such taxes, charges, assessments or impositions are payable to the proper
authorities) so that the Lessee shall have paid to the
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Lessor prior to the expiration of ten (1O) days after the Lessor has so advised
the Lessee of such amount; the full amount of the Lessee's Fraction of all such
taxes, charges, assessments and impositions for such tax year or portion
thereof, any excess paid by the Lessee shall be credited against future payments
required by this Section 8 next due, except that upon expiration of the Term of
any such excess shall be promptly refunded by the Lessor to the Lessee, and any
deficiency shall be promptly paid by the Lessee to the Lessor.
Notwithstanding anything in this lease to the contrary contained, the
Lessee shall not be required to pay or otherwise be responsible for (i) any
local, state or federal capital levy, franchise tax, revenue tax, income tax or
profits tax of the Lessor, or (ii) any estate, inheritance, devolution,
succession or transfer tax which may be imposed upon or with respect to any
transfer of the Lessor's interest in the Shopping Center; provided, however,
that if any time hereafter the methods of taxation prevailing at the date hereof
shall be altered so as to cause the whole or any part of the taxes, charges,
assessments or impositions now or hereafter levied, assessed or imposed on real
estate and the buildings, structures and other improvements thereon to be
levied, assessed and imposed, wholly or partially as a gross receipts, gross
income, capital levy, or other tax, on the rentals received therefrom, or if any
tax, corporation franchise tax, assessment, levy (including but not limited to
any municipal, state or federal levy), imposition or charge, or any part
thereof, shall be measured by or based in whole or in part upon the Shopping
Center and shall be imposed upon the Lessor, then all such taxes, assessments,
levies, impositions or charges, or the pat thereof so measured or based, shall
be deemed to be an imposition levied, assessed or imposed upon or with respect
to the Shopping Center, to the extent that the same would be payable if the
Shopping Center were the only property of the Lessor subject thereto, and the
Lessee shall pay to the Lessor the Lessee's Fraction of the same as and in-the
manner provided herein. [f there are any taxes levied or assessed at the time on
any item of rental payable hereunder, the Lessee further agrees to pay to the
Lessor, as additional rental, the amount thereof.
At the expiration of the Term, all payments for which the Lessee is
responsible as provided in this Section 8, shall be prorated to the date of such
expiration. The amount of any such payments which become due and payable after
the expiration or sooner termination of the Term shall, on or prior to the date
of such expiration or sooner termination, be deposited with the Lessor. If the
Lessee shall not be then in default, the amount of any net refund, abatement,
deduction, reduction, or credit received by the Lessor attributable to any such
payment earlier made by the Lessee shall be credited against future payments
required by this Section 8 next due, except that upon expiration of the Term any
such excess shall be promptly refunded by the Lessor to the Lessee.
In the event that the Lessor or any party authorized by the Lessor shall
contest, by appropriate proceedings, the amount or validity of any such tax,
assessment, imposition or charge the Lessee shall cooperate with the Lessor in
the course thereof and execute any applications, appeals and other documents
which may be required to enable the Lessor to maintain such proceedings, and
there shall be appropriate adjustments by credits against future payments
required by this Section 8, of all such taxes, assessments, impositions and
charges or reflect any abatements, credits and refunds which may be received by
the Lessor and to reflect the costs and expenses (including, without limitation,
attorneys' and appraisal fees and expenses) of contesting the amount or validity
of any such tax, assessment, imposition or charge.
The Lessee agrees to pay, on or before the respective due dates, all such
taxes, charges, assessments, or impositions levied, assessed or imposed at any
time on the Lessee's fixtures, equipment, supplies, merchandise or other
property in, on or about the Premises or Shopping Center.
9. Acceptance of the Premises "As-Is". The Lessee hereby acknowledges
that upon taking occupancy or opening for business, whichever shall first occur,
it shall be deemed to have accepted the Premises "as-is", after due inspection
thereof and without any representation or warranty as to the use or condition
thereof.
10. The Lessee's Construction. Promptly after notification by the Lessor
to do so, the Lessee shall, at the Lessee's expense, do all work to the Premises
necessary or appropriate to permit the Lessee to open for and operate its
business, install an exterior sign in accordance with the requirements of
Section 13 and equip the Premises with all trade fixtures and personal property
necessary or appropriate for the operation of the Lessee's business in the
Premises; provided, however, that none of the foregoing shall in any way hamper
prosecution of any construction being undertaken in or about the Shopping
Center. The Lessee agrees that all plans and specifications for all such work,
equipment and preparation and all alterations, improvements, restorations,
repairs, replacements or renovations which the Lessee may make pursuant to any
term or provision of this lease or any consent by the Lessor will be done by the
Lessee in a good and workmanlike manner, free from material defects in design,
construction, workmanship or materials, in accordance with all laws, ordinances,
rules, regulations and requirements of public authorities and the Fire Insurance
Rating Association having jurisdiction, and that same will not decrease the
value of the Shopping Center. In addition, all of the foregoing will be done in
such manner as will avoid jurisdictional or other labor disputes. All such work,
building mechanicals and equipment, building alterations and improvements,
restorations, repairs, replacements and renovations other than any bank
equipment, ATMs, trade fixtures, signs, merchandise, supplies and other personal
property of the Lessee shall forthwith become the property of the Lessor and
shall be expressly subject to the provisions of Section 11(u). The Lessee may
assign, encumber or otherwise create a security interest in, to or upon any of
the Lessee's property in the Premises without first obtaining the Lessor's prior
written consent provided, however, any such assignment, encumbrance or security
interest shall not encumber any portion of the real estate, including the
Premises, constituting the Shopping Center or any interest in this Lease. Upon
such entry, all of the terms and provisions of this lease shall be-in-full force
and effect except that the Lessee shall have no obligation to pay any Net
Minimum Rental and other rentals until the Commencement Date, but from and after
such entry the Lessee will pay all charges for light, heat, hot and cold water,
electric current and any other services or utilities furnished to the Premises,
including, without limitation, the charge described in Section 11(t).
11. The Lessee's Covenants. The Lessee hereby covenants with the Lessor
that the Lessee until the expiration of the Term and for such further time as
the Lessee, or any other person or persons claiming through or under the Lessee
shall hold the Premises or any part thereof: (a) will pay to the Lessor all
rental at the time and in the manner herein set forth; (b) will at all times
maintain all walls of the Premises (including, without limitation, the so-called
glass or storefront), the floor and subfloor therein (but excluding any
structural portion thereof as provided in Section 28 hereof), and the interior
of the
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Premises, (including, without limitation the heating, ventilating, air
conditioning, plumbing, sanitary sewage, electric, sprinkler and lighting
systems and equipment therein (excluding, however any main trunk lines of any
such system, but including any branch runs and leads) and all floor coverings,
doors, door frames and door openers) in as good, clean and safe repair, order
and condition as same were at the Commencement Date or may be put in thereafter,
and all alterations, improvements, restoration, repairs, replacements or
renovations to the Premises required by any and all laws, ordinances, rules, the
regulations or requirements of all public authorities or the fire insurance
rating association having jurisdiction, all whether ordinary or extraordinary
all replacements to be of the same kind and quality as those which are replaced;
provided, however, that the Lessee shall not be responsible for repairs made
necessary by accidental fire or other insured unavoidable casualty; (c) will
make all repairs (whether interior, exterior, structural, nonstructural,
ordinary or extraordinary) made necessary by the negligence or misuse of the
Premises or the fixtures therein or appurtenances thereto by the Lessee, its
agents, employees, customers or invitees, or by any forcible entry, vandalism or
malicious mischief not reimbursable by the Lessor's insurance; (d) will pay all
charges for light, heat, hot and cold water, electric current and any other
services or utilities furnished to the Premises; (e) will not assign this lease
or sublet to any person, firm or corporation the whole or any part of the
Premises, or permit any person, firm or corporation other than (pound)he Lessee
to use or occupy the whole or any part thereof without obtaining on each
occasion the prior written consent of the Lessor, which consent will not be
unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned, but no such consent by the Lessor
(i) shall be deemed to be a waiver or release of any of the provisions of this
Clause (e) or a consent or agreement to consent to any such assignment,
subletting, or permission to use or occupy the Premises thereafter, (ii) shall
relate to any other term or provision of this lease including, without
limitation, the provisions of Section 6, and (iii) shall be deemed to permit any
subdivision of the Premises or any use or occupancy of the Premises by more than
one entity at any time; none of the foregoing shall release or discharge the
Lessee from any obligations or liabilities set forth in this lease, which
obligations and liabilities shall continue to be direct and primary in any
event; (f) will not overload or deface the Premises or permit any use of the
Premises which shall increase any insurance rate or create a fire hazard or be
unlawful, improper, noisy or offensive or which constitutes a nuisance or which
is contrary to any law, ordinance, rule, regulation or requirement of any public
authority or the Fire Insurance Rating Association having jurisdiction, or which
is injurious to any person or property, or commit waste, whether voluntary or
involuntary, or permit anyone else to do any of the foregoing; (g) Lessee
may:maintain ATMs for use of its customers at any time (subject, however, to all
applicable laws, rules, regulations or requirements of any public authorities
having jurisdictions thereover; provided, however, if Lessee requires additional
services in connection therewith, Lessee shall pay any additional costs incurred
therefore) (h) will not use any advertising media that might be objectionable to
the Lessor or other occupants of the Shopping Center, such as loud speakers,
phonographs or radio broadcasts that may be heard outside the Premises; (i) will
forthwith obtain and deliver to the Lessor and at all times thereafter maintain
in full force and effect, liability insurance (with completed operations and
contractual liability endorsements with limits acceptable to the Lessor and
insuring both the Lessor and the Lessee against all claims, suits, obligations
liabilities and damages, including attorneys' fees, based upon or arising out of
actual or alleged personal injuries or property damage resulting from, or
occurring in the same course of, or on or about, or otherwise relating to the
use or condition of, the Premises all such insurance to be for the protection
and benefit of, and adjustable with, the Lessor, the
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Lessor's mortgagees and the Lessee, as their interests may appear, and shall be
in form and substance, and with additional limits, amounts and coverage, and
such endorsements, in addition to those specified herein, as shall be
satisfactory to the Lessor from time to time, and with insurers having current
Alfred M. Lest Company, Inc. ratings of A or better and financial size ratings
of Class XII or higher, and satisfactory to the Lessor from rime to time; the
Lessee will on demand, as often as reasonably requested by the Lessor, furnish
to the Lessor a complete list, statement and description of all such insurance,
together with certificates from each insurance company issuing any thereof that
same is in full force and effect, all premiums have been paid, and same will not
be canceled except upon ten (1O) days' prior written notice to the Lessor by
registered mail, return receipt requested; such liability insurance to be so
obtained and delivered prior to the Lessee's entry as permitted by Section 10;
(j) will not do or permit to be done anything in or about the Premises which (i)
shall make void or voidable any insurance carried by the Lessor or the Lessee
which is required by any term or provision of this lease or which relates to the
Shopping Center in any manner or way or (ii) shall increase or create extra
premiums therefor and will pay the Lessor on demand, as additional rental, the
amount of any such increase or extra premiums on insurance carried by the
Lessor; (k) will maintain and keep all windows, window frames and plate glass in
the Premises at all times in good repair, order and condition; (l) will always
conduct its operations in &e Premises under the Lessee's Trade Name (or in the
name of one or more affiliates or divisions of Lessee) set forth in Section l
unless the Lessor shall otherwise consent writing, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed; (m) will not use the Common Areas or the
sidewalks adjacent to the Premises, except for access to and from the Premises;
(n) will furnish to the Lessor, promptly after the receipt of a request
therefor, the license numbers of all vehicles of all persons employed on the
Premises by the Lessee; (o) will cooperate with Lessor in the event that the
Lessor notifies the Lessee that one or more of the Lessee's employees have
parked vehicles in violation of the Lessor's rules and regulations regarding
employee parking and has such vehicles towed, in Lessor's attempts to recover
from such employees all of the Lessor's costs and expenses in connection
therewith; (p) will cause all freight to be delivered and/or removed and all
refuse to be removed only in the manner and at such times as shall be designated
by the Lessor from time to time, and never store or maintain any such freight or
refuse outside of the Premises; (q) will not burn any trash, garbage or refuse
of any kind on the Premises or dispose of any of same in any manner other than
as expressly directed by the Lessor in writing from time to time; (r) will
operate the heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems in the Premises to
adequately heat or cool the Premises, as the case may be; (s) will not solicit
business in the parking or common area or areas or distribute handbills or other
advertising media to, in or upon any vehicles parked in the Common Areas; (t)
will pay, as additional rental, any trash charge from time to time determined by
the Lessor as shall be appropriate to help defray the cost of any central
station trash compactor and/or trash removal service in the Shopping Center
provided by the Lessor; and (u) will, at the expiration or sooner termination of
the Term, leave the Premises, including, without limitation, all walls of the
Premises, the floor and sub-floor therein, and the interior of the Premises,
including, without limitation, the heating, ventilating, air conditioning,
plumbing, sanitary sewage electric, sprinkler and lighting systems, and
equipment therein, and all doors, door frames, door openers, windows, window
frames and plate glass, in as good, clean and safe repair, order and condition
as the same were at the Commencement Date or may be put in thereafter,
reasonable wear and tear excepted, all replacements to be of the same kind and
quality as what is replaced, subject to the provision in Clause (b) above, and
provided that the Lessee shall not be responsible for
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repairs made necessary by reasonable wear and rear, but the Premises shall be
left clean and tenantable, orderly and free of occupants, in any event, and
provided further the Lessee shall not be responsible for any such repairs made
necessary by any casualty insured against, so long as all insurance proceeds
paid or payable on account of such casualty are paid over or assigned to Lessor
together with the amount of any deductible. The Lessee shall remove from the
Premises at or prior to such expiration or sooner termination all fixtures,
equipment, signs, merchandise, supplies and other property of the Lessee, and
the Lessee shall, at its sole cost and expense, repair any damage caused by such
removal. Upon such expiration or termination, the Lessor may, in addition to all
other rights and remedies, without being guilty of any trespass, tort or breach
of contract, remove from the Premises any or all fixtures, equipment, signs,
merchandise, supplies and other property of the Lessee not removed by the Lessee
as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, and either store same for the
account of the Lessee at its expense, without obligation or liability on account
of any theft, loss, damage or monetary shortage, or deem same to be abandoned
and subject to use; sale or other disposition without obligation or liability to
account to the Lessee for the proceeds thereof. Notwithstanding the expiration
or sooner termination of the Term, the Lessee shall continue to be responsible
for, and shall pay to the Lessor all costs incurred by the Lessor in connection
with any such removal, storage, sale or other disposition.
12. No Alterations or Improvements. Except to the extent permitted by
Section 10 in connection with the original construction of the Premises and the
Lessee's obligations set forth in the last sentence of this Section 12, and
except for reasonable periodic redecoration of the Premises,.the Lessee will
make no alterations, additions or improvements to the Premises without on each
occasion first obtaining the prior written consent of the Lessor, which consent
shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. Notwithstanding any
such consent by the Lessor, the Lessee will restore the Premises to their former
condition following any such alterations, improvements or additions at the
expiration or sooner termination of the Term unless the Lessor by written notice
to the Lessee at the time of such consent or at any time prior to suck
expiration or termination shall waive its rights to such restoration, in which
event the Lessee shall have no right so to restore the Premises.
13. The Lessee's Signs. The Lessee will not, without the Lessor's prior
written consent, or as otherwise provided herein, maintain, or permit anyone
else to maintain, any interior (except for signs affixed to interior walls of
the leased premises) or exterior sign, placard, lettering, advertising media,
shade, awning, aerial, flagpole or the like anywhere in the Shopping Center, or
any exterior lighting, decorations, painting or any fences. Except as otherwise
herein provided, the Lessee shall not maintain any exterior sign, placard,
lettering or advertising media in violation of the Lessor's established sign
standards from time to time.
Lessee shall have the right, subject to Lessor's design approval as
aforesaid, and the approval of all governmental authorities having jurisdiction,
to install and maintain two (2) approximately 3' x 5' carved wooden placard
signs on the exterior of the Premises identifying the Lessee.
14. Sole Risk and Hazard. All fixtures, equipment, signs, merchandise,
supplies and other property on or about the Premises shall be at the Lessee's
sole risk and hazard, and
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if the whole or any part thereof shall be destroyed or damaged by fire, water or
otherwise, or by use or abuse of water, or by leaking or bursting of water
pipes, or in any way or manner, including, without limitation, the acts or
omissions of any other occupant of any portion of the Shopping Center, no part
of said loss or damage is to be charged to or borne by the Lessor in any case
whatsoever, except only to the extent caused by the Lessor's negligence or
willful default. and, except to such extent, the Lessee agrees to exonerate and
indemnify the Lessor from and against any and all claims, suits, obligations,
liabilities and damages, including attorneys' fees based upon or arising out of
any of the foregoing.
15. Fire, Casualty, Taking. PROVIDED, ALWAYS, that in case, after the
execution hereof and before the expiration of the Term, the Premises, or any
part thereof, or more than thirty (30%) percent of the Shopping Center shall be
taken by any exercise of the right of eminent domain or by action of any public
or other authority, or in case, after the execution hereof and before the
expiration of the Term, the Premises, or any part thereof, or more than thirty
(30%) percent of the Shopping Center shall be destroyed or damaged by fire or
casualty, then this lease and the Term shall terminate at the election of the
Lessor, which election must be exercised by written notice to the Lessee within
sixty (60) days after such taking, destruction, damage or action, and such
election may be made in case of any such taking notwithstanding the entire
interest of the Lessor may have been divested by such taking. If the Lessor
shall not elect to terminate this lease, the Lessor shall with reasonable
promptness restore the Premises as nearly as practicable to the condition which
existed immediately prior to such event, or, in the event of any such
destruction or damage by fire or casualty, so much thereof as the Lessee is not
herein elsewhere required to insure against destruction or damage by fire or
casualty, to a single contiguous unit all only to the extent of the Lessor's
insurance proceeds or damages or awards resulting from such taking, destruction,
damage or action allocable to the Premises, as the case may be, after deducting
the Lessor's costs and expenses of collecting same. If the Lessor shall not
elect to terminate this Lease, and commences restoration of the Premises and
such restoration is not completed by the Lessor within twelve (12) months of
such event, Lessee shall have the right to terminate this Lease by Notice to
Lessor given prior to the time the Premises are ready for occupancy, or if
during the last two (2) years of the Term, as the same may have been extended,
there is a taking, fire or other casualty pursuant to which the Lessor could
terminate this Lease as hereinabove set forth, the Lessee similarly shall have
the right to terminate this Lease by delivering to Lessor written notice of
Lessee's election to terminate within sixty (60) days after such taking,
destruction, damage or action. The Lessor will give the Lessee notice of when
the Premises are ready for occupancy, and upon such notice the Lessee will
comply with all of the provisions of Section 10 and Lessee will complete such
restoration required by said Section 10 within ninety (90) days of such Notice.
If the Premises or Shopping Center or any part-of either thereof shall be taken
by eminent domain, all damages from such taking other than that[ which relate
solely to the Lessee's fixtures and equipment, shall vest in the Lessor, the
Lessee having no right to damages for loss of its leasehold interest in any
event, and the Lessee covenants and agrees to execute such assignments or other
documents and to take any steps which may be necessary to vest such damages in
the Lessor, the Lessee hereby irrevocably appoints the Lessor as its agent and
attorney-in-fact to execute and deliver any such assignments and documents which
the Lessor deems necessary or appropriate to carry out the intent and purposes
of this sentence, such appointment being a power coupled with an interest.
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16. The Lessor's Insurance. The Lessor will, upon commencement of the
Term, obtain and thereafter maintain in full force and effect (or cause to be so
obtained and maintained), (a) fire and lighting and extended coverage insurance
on such portions of the Premises and Shopping Center as the Lessee is not herein
elsewhere required to insure for not less than the replacement value of such
portions without deduction or adjustment for depreciation, except that an
appropriate deductible clause shall be permitted; and (b) such other insurance
on the Premises and Shopping Center against such insurable hazards, and such
additional limits and amounts on all such insurance as are from time to time
commonly obtained by owners of property similar to the Shopping Center or are
required by the holder of any mortgage on any portion of the Shopping Center, or
the Lessor shall otherwise deem appropriate, including, without limitation, rent
insurance and war risk insurance. Such insurance shall be with insurance
companies qualified to do business in the state in which the Premises are
located; it being understood, however, that any such insurance may be blanket
with other insurance maintained by the Lessor or the Lessor's affiliates.
17. Default By The Lessee. PROVIDED, ALSO, and this lease is upon the
condition, that (a) in the event of any failure by the Lessee to pay any item of
rental (whether the Net Minimum Rental or any item of additional rental)
continuing for ten (10) days after Notice specifying such failure, without its
being waived or cured; or (b) in the event of any failure by the Lessee to
perform, fulfill or observe any other representation, warranty or agreement by
the Lessee set forth herein, continuing for thirty (30) days after Notice from
the Lessor specifying such failure, without its being waived or its effect
cured, or the cure thereof commenced and diligently prosecuted at all times
thereafter; or (c) in the event that the estate created hereby shall be taken on
execution, or by other process of law; or (d) in the event that the Lessee or
any guarantor of the Lessee shall commit any act which would permit the entry of
an order for relief under the Bankruptcy Code (or any successor thereto) or be
declared bankrupt or insolvent according to law; or (e) in the event that any
petition under federal or state law pertaining to bankruptcy or insolvency or
for a reorganization or other relief shall be filed by or against the Lessee or
any guarantor of the Lessee; or (f) in the event that any assignment, trust,
mortgage or other transfer in trust or otherwise shall be made for the benefit
of creditors; or (g) in the event that the Lessee or any such guarantor shall
make or offer a composition of the Lessee's or such guarantor's debts, as the
case may be, with its creditors, or (h) in the event that a receiver, trust or
similar office or creditors' committee shall be appointed take charge of any
property of or to operate or wind up the affairs of the Lessee or such
guarantor; or (i) in the event that the Lessee shall vacate or abandon the
Premises, except Lessee shall not be deemed to have vacated the Premises if it
has closed the Premises for remodeling, and such remodeling is completed within
thirty (30) days; nor shall Lessee be deemed to have vacated or abandoned the
premises so long as it shall continue to pay all Net Minimum Rent and all
additional rent due hereunder, then in any of said cases (notwithstanding any
license of any former breach of covenant or condition. or waiver of the benefit
hereof, or consent in a former instance), the Lessor or the Lessor's agents may
lawfully immediately, or at any time thereafter and without further demand or
notice, enter into and upon the Premises or any part thereof in the name of the
whole and repossess the same as of the Lessor's former estate and expel the
Lessee and those claiming by, through or under the Lessee and remove the
Lessee's or their effects (in any of said cases forcibly, if necessary) without
being deemed guilty of any manner of trespass, and without prejudice to any
remedies which might otherwise be used for arrears of rental or
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preceding breach of covenant or condition, and upon entry as aforesaid this
lease shall terminate, or the Lessor may terminate this lease by written notice
to the Lessee, the Lessee in any event waiving all statutory rights of
redemption, and the Lessee covenants with the Lessor that in case of such
termination, or in case of termination under statute for default of the Lessee,
the Lessee will at the election of the Lessor (which election may be made or
changed at any time or from time to time before the settlement), either (a) pay,
as liquidated damages for so much of the unexpired Term as is covered thereby,
and at the same times and in the same installments as are specified in this
lease, sums equal to the rental and other payments herein named or, if the
Premises shall have been relet, sums equal to the excess of the rental and other
payments last mentioned over the net sums actually received by the Lessor for
the period to which the rental and other payments last mentioned relate; or (b)
pay, as liquidated damages for the then unexpired Term, a sum which at the time
of such termination or at the time to which installments of liquidated damages
shall have been paid represents the excess of the rental and other payments
herein named over the then rental value of the Premises for the residue of the
Term; or (c) indemnify the Lessor against loss of the rental and other payments
herein named at the time of such termination or from the time to which
installments of liquidated damages shall have been paid, during the residue of
the Term each of the foregoing three alternatives being separable. The rental
and other payments named herein shall be deemed to be the Net Minimum Rental
plus all items of additional rental herein named. In addition to the foregoing
and regardless of which of the foregoing alternatives shall have been elected,
the Lessee agrees to pay to the Lessor on demand all expenses incurred by the
Lessor in order to (a) obtain possession of the Premises; (b) make such
alterations, improvements, repairs, replacements, renovation and restoration as
the Lessor deems necessary or advisable to put the Premises in good and rentable
repair, order and condition; and (c) relet the Premises, including without
limitation, the fees of attorneys, brokers, engineers and architects.
Notwithstanding anything elsewhere in this lease contained, however, in the
event that during any twelve (12) month period the Lessor shall have sent two
(2) or more notices of the kind referred to in Clauses (a) or (b) in the first
sentence of this paragraph, even though the Lessee shall have cured the failure
or failures specified in such notices, or waived the cure thereof, or, with
respect to a notice of the kind referred to in Clause (b) in the first sentence
of this Section 17, commenced such cure and diligently prosecuted same at all
times thereafter, and in the event that subsequently the Lessee shall fail to
pay any item of rental or perform, fulfill or observe any other representation,
warranty or agreement of the Lessee set forth herein (all as set forth in
Clauses (a) and (b) in the first sentence of this paragraph), then in any such
event the provisions for notice and grace periods set forth in such Clauses (a)
and (b) shall not be applicable to such subsequent failure or failures and,
therefore, the Lessor shall have the right, without demand or notice, to
exercise all of its rights and remedies set forth in this paragraph or
otherwise.
In the event that any failure by the Lessee to perform, fulfill or observe
any agreement herein to be performed, fulfilled or observed by the Lessee
continues for thirty (30) days, or, in situations involving potential danger to
the health or safety of persons in, or about the Premises or a further material
deterioration of, or damage to, the Premises, after written notice specifying
such failure without its being waived, its effect cured, or the cure thereof
commenced and diligently prosecuted at all times thereafter, the Lessor may at
its election perform, fulfill or observe such agreement for and on behalf of the
Lessee, and any amount which the Lessor shall expend for such purpose, or which
shall
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otherwise be due by the Lessee to the Lessor hereunder, shall be deemed to be
additional rental and shall be paid to the Lessor on demand, together with
interest thereon at the Lease Interest Rate, from the date of expenditure or the
date the same shall have become due to the date of payment thereof in full.
Whenever in this lease provision is made that either party shall have the
right to terminate this lease, then, unless in said provision it is expressly
provided otherwise, neither party shall thereafter have any claim against the
other under this lease or on account of the termination thereof.
Whenever in this Lease provision is made for the performance by either
party of any term, covenant, condition or agreement herein contained within a
specified time period, such period shall be extended for the period (not to
exceed ninety (90) days) of any delay in performance caused by acts of God,
material shortages, or other conditions beyond the control of such party.
Nothing herein contained shall in any way be construed to extend the time for
performance of any monetary obligation herein contained
18. Quiet Enjoyment. Lessee, subject to the Terms and provisions of this
Lease, on payment of the Net Minimum Rental and all other rental charges and
observing, keeping and performing all of the other Terms and provisions of this
Lease on Lessee's part to be observed, kept and performed, shall lawfully,
peaceably and quietly have, hold, occupy and enjoy the Premises during the Term
hereof, without hindrance or ejection by Lessor or any party claiming by,
through or under Lessor; the foregoing covenant is in lieu of any other covenant
express or implied.
19. Broker. The Lessee and lessor covenant and agree with each other that
it has not dealt with any broker or any other person who would be entitled to be
paid a fee, commission or any other compensation (the "Broker") in connection
with this lease and the use and occupation of the Premises by the Lessee, and
Lessee and Lessor shall indemnify and hold the other harmless from any loss or
damage caused by such party's misrepresentation herein contained.
20. Subsidiaries or Affiliates of Lessor. The Lessee will not claim or
attempt to enforce any right or remedy against any one or more of the employees,
agents, officers, directors, parents, subsidiaries or affiliates of the Lessor,
arising out of or in any way based upon this lease or any act or omission by the
Lessor with respect to this lease or all or any portion of the Premises or
Shopping Center, except to the extent expressly permitted by any written
instrument signed by any one or more of the foregoing. The Lessor will not claim
or attempt to enforce any right-or remedy against any one or more of the
employees, agents, officers or directors of Lessee for any breach of Lessee's
obligations-hereunder except to the extent expressly permitted by any written
consent signed by one or more of the foregoing.
21. Notice of Default to the Lessor. In no event will the Lessor be deemed
to be in default because of any failure by the Lessor to perform, fulfill or
observe any covenant or agreement set forth herein or because of any breach of
any warranty by the Lessor set forth herein for thirty (30) days after written
notice to the Lessor specifying such failure or breach, without its being
waived, or if its effect is cured, or if the cure thereof is commenced and
diligently prosecuted thereafter.
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22. Subordination. (a) The Lessee will on request, any time or from time
to time by any holder of a mortgage on all or any portion of the Shopping Center
(i) subordinate this lease and all of the Lessee's rights and estate hereunder
to such mortgage and to any renewals, extensions, substitutions, refinancings,
modifications or amendments thereof if the holder of such mortgage shall provide
to Lessee a non-disturbance agreement to the effect that in the event of a
foreclosure of such mortgage, Lessee's possession of the Premises and its rights
and privileges under this Lease shall not be disturbed by such holder, or anyone
claiming under such holder so long as Lessee shall not be in default under this
Lease; or (ii) declare this lease to be prior to such mortgage and to any
renewals, extensions, modifications or amendments thereof; and in either such
case, Lessee will on request agree with such holder that the Lessee will attorn
thereto in the event of foreclosure and that the Lessee will not without the
consent of such holder amend this lease or prepay any item of rental hereunder.
(b) If Lessor shall elect to convert the Shopping Center or any portion
thereof to a condominium (which election may be changed from time to time) and
the Premises shall constitute a unit thereof, Lessee agrees that, at Lessor's
request, it shall subordinate this lease to the condominium documents,
including, without limitation, the Master Deed provided such documents do not
materially adversely affect Lessee's rights and interests under this Lease and
that this Lease shall be deemed to refer to the condominium unit constituting or
approximately constituting the Premises, and Lessee shall observe the
obligations imposed upon occupants of units to the extent not inconsistent
herewith; provided, however, that Lessor shall have and retain all rights to
vote or other rights associated with a unit. If Lessor shall intend to sell the
unit, Lessor shall offer such unit to Lessee upon the terms, provisions and
conditions which Lessor would be willing to sell the same to a bona fide third
party; and Lessee shall have thirty (30) days within which to accept such offer
in writing. Such condominium documents shall not be inconsistent with the
provisions of this lease or adversely affect Lessee.
23. No Liens. The Lessee will forthwith cause any mechanics',
materialmen's or other liens which may be recorded or perfected or which may
otherwise attach to all or any portion of the Shopping Center as a result of
work done by or for the Lessee to be discharged or released of record or fully
bonded by a surety satisfactory to the Lessor.
24. Entry and Inspection By The Lessor. The Lessor and its agents shall
have the right to enter into and upon the Premises or any part thereof, at all
reasonable times and upon reasonable notice, only when-accompanied by a bank
officer who will be made available for the purpose, to examine the same and make
repairs or alterations the Lessor is expressly required hereunder or desires to
make thereto. On or before the Commencement Date, Lessee shall provide to Lessor
names and telephone numbers of all bank officers Lessor may contact to respond
in the event of an emergency and alternative procedures Lessor may follow in the
event such persons are not available in such emergency situations. The Lessee
shall permit inspection of the Premises (except for the vault areas)t at all
reasonable times upon reasonable notice, by prospective purchasers or mortgagees
and during the last year of the Term, by prospective lessees and shall permit
the usual "To Let" or "For Sale" signs to be placed on the Premises.
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25. Notice to Mortgagee. Upon receipt of a written request by the Lessor
or any holder or a mortgage on all or any part of the Premises or Shopping
Center, the Lessee will thereafter send any such holder copies of all notices of
default or termination or both given by the Lessee to the Lessor in accordance
with any provision of this Lease. In the event of any failure by the Lessor to
perform, fulfill or observe any agreement by the Lessor herein or any breach by
the Lessor of any representation or warranty of the Lessor herein, any such
holder may at its election cure such failure or breach for and on behalf of the
Lessor.
26. Memorandum of Lease. Neither party will record this lease, but each
party will on demand by the other party execute an appropriate memorandum or
notice of this lease in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Lessor, and either party may record same at its expense. Promptly following the
Commencement Date, the parties will execute a document in recordable form and
satisfactory in form and substance to the Lessor setting Forth the commencement
and expiration dates of the Term.
27. Waiver of Subrogation. To the extent available under standard policies
of insurance without extra cost, or if extra cost shall be charged therefor, so
long as the other party pays such extra cost, each party hereby waives all
liability and all rights to recovery and subrogation against, and agrees that
neither it nor its insurers will sue the other party for any loss of or damage
to property arising out of fire or casualty and each party agrees that all
insurance policies relating to the Premises will contain waivers by the insurer
of such liability, recovery, subrogation and suit. If extra cost is chargeable
therefor, each party shall advise the other party of the amount of the extra
cost and the other party, at its election, may pay the same, but shall not be
obligated to do so.
28. Repairs By The Lessor. Except to the extent that the same shall be the
responsibility of the Lessee pursuant to any other term or provision of this
lease, and except for delays caused by or resulting from act of God, war, fire,
casualty; strike, shortage of labor or materials or any other cause beyond the
Lessor's control, the Lessor agrees to maintain and repair all structural
portions of the Premises and the foundations thereof including the structural
portions of the walls, exterior and demising, the floor, and sub-floor and the
roof but specifically excluding any non-structural portion of any of the
foregoing.
29. Estoppel Letter. The Lessee will from time to time, upon not less than
fifteen (15) days' prior written request by the Lessor, deliver to the Lessor,
any actual or prospective purchaser or holder of a mortgage on all or any part
of the Premises a written statement certifying whether or not this lease is in
full force and effect and stating (a) the last date to which the rental and
other payments have been made; (b) the amendments, if any, to this lease; (c)
whether or not the Lessor is in default in the performance, fulfillment or
observance of any representation, warranty or agreement set forth herein or has
any indebtedness to the Lessee for the payment of money; and (d) if so, each
default or indebtedness. The Lessee hereby irrevocably appoints the Lessor as
its agent and attorney-in-fact to execute and deliver any such statement, such
appointment being coupled with an interest, in the event that within such
fifteen (15) day period, the Lessee shall fail so to deliver any such statement
to the Lessor or any such actual or prospective purchaser or holder.
30. Collateral Assignment of Lease. With respect to any assignment by the
Lessor of the Lessor's interest in this lease or the rental and other payments
payable
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hereunder, conditional in nature or otherwise, which assignment is made to the
holder of a first mortgage on the Lessor's estate, the Lessee agrees.
(a) that the execution thereof by the Lessor and the acceptance
thereof by the holder of such mortgage shall never be deemed an
assumption by such holder of any of the obligations of the Lessor
hereunder, unless such holder shall, by written notice sent to
the Lessee, expressly otherwise elect; and
(b) that, except as aforesaid, such holder shall be treated as having
assumed the Lessor's obligations hereunder only upon foreclosure
of such holder's mortgage and the taking of possession of the
Premises.
31. No Liability. Anything else in this lease to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Lessee shall look solely to the estate and property of the
Lessor in the Shopping Center for the satisfaction of any claim for the payment
of money by the Lessor by reason of any default or breach by the Lessor of any
of the terms and provisions of this lease to be performed, fulfilled or observed
by the Lessor, and no other property or assets of the Lessor shall be subject to
levy, execution or other enforcement procedure for the satisfaction of the
Lessee's remedies for any such default or breach.
32. The Lessor While An Owner. As used herein "Lessor" shall mean the
owner from time to time of the Lessor's estate and property in the Shopping
Center and if such estate and property be sold or transferred, the seller or
transferor shall thereupon be relieved of all obligations and liabilities
hereunder thereafter arising or occurring, and the purchaser or transferee shall
thereupon be deemed to have assumed and agreed to perform and observe all
obligations and liabilities hereunder thereafter arising or occurring or based
on occurrences or situations thereafter arising or occurring, subject in any
event to the provisions of Section 32.
33. Miscellaneous. All terms and provisions of this lease shall be
independent and shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the personal
representatives, successors and assigns of the parties, except as otherwise
expressly provided herein. Every term and provision of this lease shall be
deemed of the essence and every breach thereof material to the Lessor. All
representations, warranties and agreement of the Lessee in this lease shall be
deemed special, unique and extraordinary; any breach of any provision thereof by
the Lessee shall be deemed to cause the Lessor irreparable injury not properly
compensable by damages in an action at law, and the rights and remedies of the
Lessor hereunder may therefore be enforced both at law or in equity, by
injunction or otherwise. All rights and remedies of each party shall be
cumulative and not alternative, in addition to and not exclusive of any other
right or remedy to which such party may be lawfully entitled in case of any
breach or threatened breach of any term or provision herein except as otherwise
expressly provided herein; the rights and remedies of each party shall be
continuing and not exhausted by any one or more uses thereof, and may be
exercised at any time or from time to time and as often as may be expedient; any
option or election to enforce any such right or remedy may be exercised or
changed at any time or from time to time. This lease sets forth the entire
agreement of the parties, and no custom, act, forbearance, or words or silence
at any time, gratuitous or otherwise, shall impose any additional obligation or
liability upon either party or waive or release either party from any
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default or the performance of fulfillment of any obligation or liability or
operate as against either party as a supplement, alteration, amendment or change
of any term or provision set forth herein, including this Clause, unless set
forth in a written-instrument duly executed by such party expressly stating that
it is intended to impose such an additional obligation or liability or to
constitute such a waiver or release, or that it is intended 10 operate as such a
supplement, alteration, amendment or change.
34. Notice. All notices and other communications shall be in writing and
deemed given and delivered to the Lessor when mailed, by registered or certified
mail, postage and registration or certification charges prepaid, addressed, in
the case of the Lessor, to the Lessor at the Lessor's Address set forth in
Section 1, with a copy simultaneously so mailed to the Lessor's Counsel set
forth in Section 1, at its address set forth in Section 1; and addressed, in the
case of the Lessee, to the Lessee at the Lessee's Address set forth in Section
1, with a copy simultaneously so marked to the Lessee's counsel set forth in
Section 1, except that either party may, by written notice to the other,
designate another address which shall thereupon become the effective address of
such party for the purposes of this Section.
35. Local Law. This lease shall be construed and enforced in all respects
in accordance with the laws of the state in which the Premises are located:
36. Headings. The Cover Page and Table of Contents preceding this lease
and the captions to the various Sections of this lease have been inserted for
reference only and shall not in any manner be construed as modifying, amending
or affecting in any way the express terms and provisions hereof.
37. Separability, If any term or provision of this lease or the application
thereof to any person, property or circumstance shall to any extent be invalid
or unenforceable, the remainder of this lease, or the application of such term
or provision to persons, properties and circumstances other than those as to
which it is invalid or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby, and each
term and provision of this lease shall be valid and enforced to the fullest
extent permitted by law.
38. Authority. The execution and delivery of this Lease by the party so
executing and delivering this Lease on behalf of the Lessor and Lessee,
respectively, constitutes a warranty and representation by such party that such
party is duly authorized
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and empowered for and on behalf of such party to execute and deliver this Lease
and that this Lease constitutes a valid and binding obligation of such party.
WITNESS the execution hereof under seal the day and year first above
written
SEAL
WITNESS: LESSOR:
89 PLEASANT STREET REALTY TRUST
/s/ By: /s/ Andrew B. Rose
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Andrew B. Rose, as Trustee
as aforesaid, and not
individually
WITNESS: LESSEE:
IPSWICH SAVINGS BANK
/s/ By: /s/ David L. Grey
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President not individually
(duly authorized)
LEASE
THIS LEASE, entered into this 12th day of June, 1998, between Linda Farnum
("Owner"), Benjamin Farnum ("Assignee"), both of North Andover, Massachusetts,
hereinafter called the "Landlord" (which expression shall include their heirs,
executors, administrators, legal representatives, successors and assigns), and
Ipswich Savings Bank of 23 Market Street, Ipswich, Massachusetts hereinafter the
"Tenant" (which expression shall include its successors and assigns).
WHEREAS the Owner is successor to Nettie A. Humphreys who, as Landlord entered
into a lease with BankBoston N.A. dated October 25, 1977 as the same may have
been amended and extended by Letter of July 17, 1997 and Amendment to Lease
dated December 3, 1997 ("BankBoston Lease"); and
WHEREAS BankBoston's interest in the BankBoston Lease was assigned to the
Assignee under an Assignment and Assumption of Lease dated December 3, 1997, and
WHEREAS Owner, Assignee and Tenant entered into an Option to Lease Real Estate
dated April 14, 1998, which Option is exercised by the execution of this
sublease (hereinafter "Lease");
WHEREAS BankBoston has consented to this Lease by a consent document dated June
5, 1998 attached hereto as exhibit "A"
NOW, THEREFORE, the Landlord (consisting of the Owner and Assignee together)
and Tenant covenant and agree as follows:
1. PREMISES: The Landlord does hereby demise and lease unto the Subtenant a
certain parcel of registered land with the building and other improvements
thereon (hereinafter called the ("Premises") situated at 470 Main Street,
Reading,
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Massachusetts, and bounded and described as set forth on Exhibit B annexed
hereto and made a part hereof by reference.
2. USE: Subject to Tenant obtaining all necessary permits and approvals,
Tenant may use the Premises for a branch bank with a drive-in teller window and,
provided Landlord gives prior written consent which will not be unreasonably
withheld, for any other lawful purpose. Landlord shall have the right to
withhold Landlord's consent to any use of the Premises as a restaurant
3 TERM: The term of this Lease shall be five years from the date of
execution of this Lease. The Tenant is also granted three (3) options to extend
said term for further successive periods of five (5) years each, each such
option to be exercised by written notice to Landlord at least ninety (90) days
prior to the expiration of the then existent term, and upon the giving of such
notice, without any further instrument, lease or agreement, this lease shall be
extended.
4. RENT: Tenant will pay Landlord rent at the rate of Forty Eight Thousand
and 00/100 Dollars ($48,000.00) per year during the first two and one half (2
1/2) years of the original term. Said rent shall be paid by the Tenant in equal
monthly installments of Four Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($4000.00) each on the
first day of each month in advance during said period. The rent shall be
increased at the end of each two and one half (2 l/2) year period ("Period")
during the original term and any extension term, if any, by the higher of Five
(5%) Percent of the latest rent or the percentage increase in the cost of living
as indicated by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price
Index for all Urban Consumers, Boston, Mass. {CPI- U} ("Index") between the
point at which the Index stood a month prior to the Beginning of the Period and
the point at which the Index stands one month prior to the day as of which such
adjustment is being made.
If said Index is no longer in existence, then a comparable successor
index or other governmental index or other method shall be used to ascertain the
amount of increase in the cost of living.
5. TAXES: The Tenant will pay, at least fifteen (15) days before the date
on which interest or penalties would begin to accrue on account of such taxes,
directly to the taxing authority, all municipal real estate taxes, liens and
assessments levied against the Premises during the original term commencing with
the execution of this Lease and also during any extensions or renewals of said
Lease or during the continued occupancy of the Premises by Tenant after
expiration of the Lease. Such real estate taxes, municipal liens or assessments
shall be apportioned in the first year in which the Tenant is obligated to pay
such taxes and in the year in which shall occur the termination or expiration of
this Lease.
If any first mortgagee of the Premises shall require Landlord to make
monthly payments to it on account of real estate taxes which Tenant is obligated
to pay under this Lease, then for so long as such deposits may be required,
Tenant shall make monthly payments of such estimated taxes to Landlord on the
same day Tenant pays its basic monthly rent hereunder. The Landlord may and, at
the request of the Tenant, shall make application for abatement of taxes
assessed upon the Premises and will diligently prosecute the same to a
conclusion, or it will, at the election of the Tenant, permit the Tenant to do
so in the name of the Landlord, or in the name of the Tenant if the law will so
permit; provided, however, that the Tenant shall bear the expense of bringing
and prosecuting any such proceedings concerning the Premises and shall reimburse
Landlord for any such expense or, if requested by Landlord, pay any such expense
directly.
6. INSURANCE: Tenant shall maintain: (i) physical hazard insurance on an
"all risks" basis in an amount not less than 100%
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of the full replacement cost of the Premises; (ii) flood insurance if and as
required by applicable federal law; and (iii) comprehensive commercial general
liability insurance in an amount of not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence and
a combined aggregate blanket coverage of not less than $5,000,000 including
contractual liability coverage.
All policies regarding such insurance shall be issued by companies
licensed to do business in the state where the policy is issued and also in The
Commonwealth of Massachusetts that have a financial rating and size and provide
deductible amounts acceptable to Landlord, name Landlord and/or if directed by
Landlord any mortgagee of the Premises, loss payee and/or additional insured,
and provide that no cancellation or material modification of such policies shall
occur without thirty days prior written notice to the Landlord and/or any
covered mortgagee.
Such policies shall include:
(i) a replacement cost endorsement;
(ii) a demolition cost endorsement;
(iii) an increased cost of construction endorsement; and
(iv) such other endorsements as Landlord may reasonably require.
Tenant will furnish to Landlord annually and upon request such original
policies, certificates of insurance, or other evidence of the foregoing as is
acceptable to Landlord. The terms of all insurance policies shall be such that
no co- insurance provisions apply, or if a policy does contain a co- insurance
provision, Tenant shall insure the Premises in an amount sufficient to prevent
the application of the co-insurance provisions;
Tenant shall not permit any use of the premises which shall be contrary
to any law or regulation from time to time established by the New England Fire
Insurance Rating Association, or any similar body succeeding to its powers.
7. UTILITIES: Tenant during the term hereof or any holding over period,
shall pay for all water, gas, electricity, fuel, or other
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utilities and services and for all sewer and sewer use charges consumed on or
relating to the Premises.
8. CONDITION OF PREMISES, REPAIRS AND MAINTENANCE:
(a) Tenant accepts the Premises in the condition in which they are
on the date of commencement of the term hereof acknowledging
that they are in good order and condition and sufficient for the
uses intended by Tenant. Tenant agrees that it has had full and
adequate opportunity to inspect the Premises and has done so to
its satisfaction. Landlord had made and Tenant has relied on no
representations and warranties, whether express or implied, as
to the condition of the Premises or their suitability for
Tenant's use.
(b) Tenant will maintain the Premises, reasonable use and wear and
tear and damage by fire or casualty excepted and will make
repairs, restorations and replacements to the Premises as and
when needed to preserve the Premises in the condition they were
in at the date of the commencement of this Lease.
(c) Tenant shall at its expense maintain, repair and renew (as
necessary) the Premises including all its mechanical and utility
systems, so as to keep them in good and safe operating condition
in all respects.
(d) Tenant shall at its own expense keep the sidewalks, curbs,
entrances, passageways, parking lot and areas adjoining the
Premises in a clean and orderly condition, free from snow, ice,
rubbish and obstructions.
(e) Tenant shall at its own expense conform to and satisfy any
present or future governmental or regulatory requirements
applicable to the Premises which must be satisfied to enable
Tenant to use the Premises for Tenant's purposes.
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(f) Tenant shall pay to the Landlord a security deposit in the
amount of $4,000 which Landlord shall retain as security for the
performance of the Tenant's obligations hereunder. Such deposit
shall be returned to the Tenant within thirty (30) days after
the end of the term of this Lease provided the Premises at such
time are in the same condition as they are now in, reasonable
wear and tear and damage by casualty only excepted, and the
Tenant is not otherwise in default hereunder. Landlord shall not
be liable to Tenant for any interest on such payment, shall not
be obligated to escrow or segregate such amount, and shall not
be liable to account for such amount to Tenant until termination
of this Lease.
(g) All property of any kind which may be on the Premises (whether
belonging to the Tenant or to third persons) shall be at the
sole risk of Tenant or those claiming by, through or under
Tenant, and Landlord shall not be liable to Tenant for any
injury, loss or damage to any person or property on the Premises
in any event.
9. ASSIGNMENT: The Landlord agrees that the Tenant may sublet all or any
part of the Premises or of the building thereon, or may assign this Lease, but
only with the written consent of Landlord, which will not be unreasonably
withheld, at any time or times during either the original term or any option
period. Notwithstanding any such assignment or subletting, the Tenant shall
remain directly liable for the performance of all lease obligations under this
lease, including without limitation the payment of rent and other sums due
hereunder.
10. ALTERATIONS.
(a) Tenant shall have the right to make such non-structural
alterations, additions and improvements to the Premises as may
be necessary or desirable for its business provided that in each
instance Tenant shall obtain
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Landlord's prior written consent thereto which shall not be
unreasonably withheld. No other alterations, additions and
improvements shall be permitted without the prior written
consent of Landlord which may be withheld in Landlord's sole
discretion.
(b) Tenant shall, before making any alterations, additions or
improvements at its own expense obtain all permits, approvals
and certificates required by any governmental authority and
shall promptly deliver copies of same to Landlord. Tenant shall
cause Tenant's contractors and subcontractors to carry such
worker's compensation, general liability and personal and
property damage insurance as Landlord may reasonably require.
Tenant agrees to hold Landlord free and harmless from any
liability for labor or materials supplied for such work and
shall keep the Premises free from mechanics or similar liens of
any kind by obtaining waivers thereof and by removing or bonding
any lien filed, within ten (10) days from receipt of notice of
the filing thereof.
(c) Any and all alterations, additions or improvements to the
Premises made by the Tenant during the term of this Lease shall
become the property of the Landlord without payment therefor by
the Landlord.
11. INDEMNIFICATION AND LIABILITY:
(a) Tenant shall indemnify and save Landlord and any holder of any
mortgage on the Premises harmless from all loss and damage
arising in any way out of Tenant's use or occupation of the
Premises, including any reasonable attorney fees or other costs
incurred to enforce this provision. Tenant's obligation under
this provision shall survive the termination of this Lease.
(b) Tenant shall not permit and shall take reasonable steps to
prevent any parking on the Premises except by employees, agents
and business invitees of Tenant or any assignee or subtenant of
Tenant, and without
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any assignee or subtenant of Tenant, and without limiting in any
way Tenant's obligations under subsection (a) of this Section
11, Tenant shall be fully responsible for and shall indemnify
and hold Landlord harmless from any loss or liability, including
any attorney's fees, whether incurred to enforce this indemnity
or otherwise, arising from any parking on the Premises, whether
permitted or otherwise.
12. DESTRUCTION BY CASUALTY:
(a) If the Premises are partially damaged or destroyed by storm,
fire, lightening, earthquake or other casualty, but are still
usable by Tenant for the conduct of its business in
substantially the same manner as it was conducted immediately
prior to such damage or destruction, the basic rental hereunder
shall be adjusted to take into account the value of any leased
space lost as a result of the damage or destruction. Said rental
adjustment shall apply until the damage is repaired or the
destroyed areas are restored by Landlord (if Landlord opts to
effect such repairs or restoration). If the damage or
destruction is so extensive as to render the Premises not
suitable for the said conduct of Tenant's business, this Lease
shall terminate thirty (30) days after the date of such damage
or destruction, unless within said thirty (30) days Landlord by
notice either delivered to Tenant or mailed to Tenant by
certified mail, return receipt requested (and postmarked within
the aforesaid thirty- day period) informs Tenant of its
intention to repair or restore the Premises, in which event
Landlord shall have sixty (60) days measured from the date of
the damage or destruction to commence repair or restoration to
render the Premises tenantable. During the period of such
repairs or restoration the rent hereunder shall be abated in its
entirety, except to the extent Tenant
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is able to use the Premises, in which event the rent shall be
adjusted to reflect such use. If the Landlord shall not commence
repair or restoration with said sixty (60) days or shall not
thereafter diligently pursue such repair or restoration to
completion, Tenant shall have the right to terminate this Lease
by written notice delivered to Landlord or mailed to Landlord by
certified mail, return receipt requested, within fifteen (15)
days after the expiration of said sixty (60) day period or of
the failure (which shall then be continuing) by the Landlord to
diligently pursue such repair or restoration, as the case may
be. Tenant hereby irrevocably transfers, sets over and assigns
to Landlord all Tenant rights in and to the insurance proceeds
payable on account of damage or destruction to the Premises. If
Landlord shall so elect to repair or restore, Tenant shall
immediately pay over to Landlord any such proceeds which may be
paid to it directly or to it and Landlord jointly.
13. EMINENT DOMAIN:
(a) If the entire Premises shall be taken for public or quasi-public
purposes, then this Lease shall terminate as of the date Tenant
shall be required by law to vacate the Premises and surrender
them to the authority making the taking.
(b) If such portion of the Premises shall be taken as to render the
Premises unsuitable for the continuance of Tenant's business in
substantially the same manner as the same was being conducted
immediately prior to such taking, then Tenant shall have the
right to terminate this Lease by giving written notice to
Landlord within thirty (30) days after receipt of Notice of
Entry for purposes of effectuating the taking. If the costs of
repairing or restoring the Premises after a partial taking is
more than twenty (20%) percent of their value
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immediately prior to such taking, Landlord may at its option
terminate this Lease by written notice to Tenant within thirty
(30) days after the date of the taking.
(c) If this Lease shall not be so terminated, Landlord shall restore
the Premises with all reasonable dispatch to as close as
possible to the condition the Premises were in immediately prior
to said taking. Any provision of this subsection (c) to the
contrary notwithstanding, Landlord shall not be required to
restore if Landlord's mortgagees shall refuse to permit
application of Landlord's condemnation proceeds towards the
costs of such restoration.
(d) If the Premises, or any part thereof, shall be rendered
untenantable and the Lease is not terminated, the rent herein
reserved or a just and proportionate part thereof, shall be
suspended or abated according to the nature and extent of the
taking from the date of such taking until the Premises shall be
restored, and if after such restoration the Premises are smaller
than they were prior to the taking or the utility thereof to
Tenant otherwise diminished, the annual rent shall be equitably
reduced.
(e) In the event of any such taking, the proceeds thereof shall be
payable to Landlord or Landlord's first mortgagee, if so
required by the applicable terms of the mortgage and Tenant
shall have absolutely no right or interest in any award. Tenant
hereby irrevocably appoints Landlord as its attorney in fact for
purposes of collecting any such condemnation award and dealing
with all governmental authorities with respect thereto. This
power of attorney is coupled with an interest and hence is
irrevocable.
(f) If Landlord shall be obligated to repair or restore as
aforesaid, and if the Premises are restored within four (4)
months after the date of such
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taking, then Tenant may, in addition to all other rights and
remedies it may have, terminate this Lease.
14 TENANT'S FAILURE TO PERFORM:
(a) If Tenant shall at any time fail to pay any tax or assessment as
required in this Lease or to take out, of pay for, maintain or
deliver any of the insurance policies provided for in this
Lease, or shall fail to make any other payment or perform any
other act on its part to be made or performed under this Lease,
then Landlord, after thirty (30) days' written notice to Tenant,
except when other notice is expressly provided for in this Lease
(or without notice in case of an emergency), and without waiving
or releasing Tenant from any obligation of Tenant contained in
this Lease, may (but shall be under no obligation to)
(l) Pay any tax or assessment so payable by Tenant; or
(2) Take out, pay for and maintain any of the insurance
policies provided for in this Lease; or
(3) make any other payments or perform or cause to be
performed any act on Tenant's part to be made or
performed as in this Lease provided;
and may enter upon the Premises for any such purpose, and take
all such action thereon as may be necessary therefor.
(b) All sums so paid by Landlord and all costs and expenses incurred
by Landlord in connection with the performance of any such act,
together with interest thereon at the rate of 14% per annum or
such lesser rate as may at the time be the maximum rate
permitted by law, from the respective dates of Landlord's making
of such payments or incurring of each such cost and expense,
shall be paid by Tenant to Landlord on demand as if the same
were additional rent hereunder (and nonpayment of which shall
have the consequences as nonpayment of rent).
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15. MECHANIC'S LIENS: Notice is hereby given that Landlord shall not
be liable for any labor or materials furnished, or to be
furnished to the Tenant and no mechanic's liens or other liens
for any such labor or materials shall, except as otherwise
required by law, attach to or affect the reversionary or other
estate or interest of Landlord in and to the Premises. Tenant
further agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Landlord against
any and all costs it may suffer on account of the same. 16.
16. LANDLORD'S ACCESS: Tenant agrees that Landlord upon reasonable
advance notice to Tenant (or without notice in case of
emergency) may enter upon the Premises at reasonable hours so as
not to unduly interfere with the normal conduct of Tenant's
business (or at any time in case of emergency) for the purposes
of inspecting the same and making repairs thereto as it may be
required or permitted to do under the terms of this Lease.
Landlord shall have the right, during the last year of the term
hereof or after Tenant has failed to exercise any renewal
option, to place signs upon the Premises indicating they are for
sale or for rent, and to enter the Premises and to exhibit the
same for the purposes of sale or mortgage and to exhibit the
same to any prospective Tenant.
17. EXPIRATION OF TERM:
(a) Tenant at the expiration of the term hereof, or at any
prior termination as herein provided, shall peaceably
yield up the Premises and all additions, improvements
and alterations made thereupon in the same condition and
repair as the same were in at the commencement of this
Lease, or may have been put in thereafter, reasonable
wear and use, damage by fire or other casualty or by
excepted.
(b) Tenant and those claiming by, through or under Tenant,
shall prior to the expiration of this Lease or prior
termination thereof remove its personal property, trade
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fixtures and any equipment installed by it from the
Premises, provided that if such removal causes any
damage to the Premises, Tenant shall promptly repair the
same
(c) Any property, fixtures or equipment of Tenant's
remaining on the Premises after said expiration or
termination may be removed and disposed of by Landlord
as Landlord shall determine, and Landlord may charge the
cost of such removal and any repairs or replacements to
the Tenant, and may retain the proceeds or other
consideration of any sale or other disposition of such
items.
18. HOLDING OVER: In the event that Tenant, or anyone claiming by, through
or under Tenant, or if any property, fixtures or equipment of any such person
shall remain on the Premises after the termination of this Lease or any
renewals, extensions or modifications thereof, or if any repairs to the Premises
for which any such person is responsible are commenced but not completed prior
to such termination or if Landlord notifies tenant in writing within 15 days
after such termination that there are repairs required for which Tenant is
responsible and Tenant has an obligation to make such repairs, this shall be
deemed to be a tenancy by such person from month to month subject to all the
terms and conditions hereof as may be applicable, including but not limited to
the payment of taxes and utilities, provision of insurance, making repairs and
maintaining the Premises.
19. SIGNS: No signs, billboards, posters or advertising material of any type
or description shall be erected or kept on the Premises except in accordance
with local laws, regulations and ordinances.
20. DEFAULT AND TERMINATION OF LEASE. If the rent herein reserved shall not
have been paid when due, and shall remain unpaid for ten (10) days after written
notice by Landlord to Tenant; or if any of the other covenants, conditions and
obligations of Tenant under this Lease shall not be performed within thirty (30)
days after written notice by Landlord to.
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Tenant thereof, or if by the nature of said default more than thirty (30) days
shall be required to cure the same, if such curative action is not commenced
within thirty (30) days and diligently pursued thereafter until completed; or in
the event that Tenant shall be adjudicated a bankrupt or should a permanent
receiver in insolvency or permanent trustee in bankruptcy of Tenant be appointed
and said appointment shall not have been vacated within sixty (60) days, or
should Tenant make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or file a
voluntary petition for bankruptcy, then and in each such case, at Landlord's
option, and to the extent allowed by law, but only during the continuance of
such default or event of insolvency or bankruptcy, Landlord may declare the term
of this Lease ended and enter into the Premises or any part thereof, whether
with or without process of law, expel Tenant or any person or persons occupying
in or upon said Premises, using such force as may be necessary to do so, and so
repossess and enjoy the said Premises as if Landlord's former estate, without
being guilty of trespass, forcible entry, detainer or other tort.
21. ADDITIONAL REMEDIES ON DEFAULT: Notwithstanding any termination pursuant
to Section 20 above or any entry or re-entry by Landlord, Tenant agrees to pay
and be liable for on the days originally fixed herein for the payment thereof,
amounts equal to the several installments of rent and any other charges herein
reserved as they would, under the terms of this Lease become due if this Lease
had not been terminated or if Landlord had not entered or re-entered as
aforesaid, and whether the Premises be relet or remain vacant in whole or in
part or for a period less than the remainder of the term, or for the whole
thereof; but in the event the Premises be relet, in whole or in part, by
Landlord, Tenant shall be entitled to a credit in the net amount of rent
received by the Landlord in reletting, after deduction of reasonable expenses
incurred in reletting the Premises and in collecting the rent in connection
therewith. Tenant shall also be liable to Landlord for all expenses (including
reasonable
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attorneys' fees) incurred by Landlord in enforcing its rights under this Lease
in the event of a default by Tenant, and such expenses may also be deducted from
any credit due Tenant on account of any reletting by Landlord.
22. ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATE: Upon not less than fifteen (15) days prior written
request, Landlord and Tenant agree, each in favor of the other to execute,
acknowledge and deliver a statement in writing certifying that this Lease is
unmodified and in full force and effect (or, if there have been any
modifications that the same are in full force and effect as modified and stating
the modifications), and the dates to which the basic rent hereunder and other
charges have been paid and any other information reasonably requested. Any such
statement delivered pursuant to this paragraph may be relied upon by any
prospective purchaser, mortgagee or lending source.
23. MORTGAGES: Landlord shall pay when due all payments on account of
mortgages affecting the Premises If Landlord shall fail to make such payments,
Tenant may, after ten (10) days notice to Landlord, during which period Landlord
shall fail to make such payment, make the payment required of Landlord for the
benefit of Landlord and Landlord agrees to repay the same to Tenant immediately
upon demand and if not, Tenant shall have the right to deduct the same from
rentals or other sums then payable and/or thereafter accruing under the terms of
this Lease.
24. SUBORDINATION: This Lease will be subject and subordinate to any first
mortgage hereafter placed upon the Premises to any bank, insurance company or
institutional lender of the like.
25. COVENANT OF QUIET ENJOYMENT: Landlord covenants that upon Tenant's
paying the rent herein reserved and performing and observing all the other
covenants to be performed and observed on the part of Tenant, Tenant may
peaceably and quietly have, hold and enjoy the Premises throughout the full term
of this Lease
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without any manner of hindrance or molestation from Landlord or anyone claiming
under Landlord.
No mortgage shall be placed by Landlord on the Premises unless the
mortgagee enters a non-disturbance agreement with respect to this Lease which
reasonably protects Tenant's rights under this Lease.
26. DISPUTES: It is agreed between the parties that if at any time a dispute
should arise as to the propriety or necessity of Tenant making any payment or
performing any obligations required hereunder, Tenant may pay or perform the
same under protest and such payment or performance under protest shall not be
considered to be voluntary on the part of Tenant.
27. ASSENTS: No assent, express or implied, by one party to any breach of
any covenant or condition herein contained on the part of the other to be
performed or observed, and no waiver, express or implied, of or failure by one
party to insist on the other's prompt performance or observance of any such
covenant or condition, shall be deemed to be a waiver of or assent to any
succeeding breach of same, or any other covenant or condition, and, except as
provided herein, any party may assert its rights and remedies hereunder without
any prior or additional notice to the other that it proposes to do so The
payment by Tenant and acceptance by Landlord of rent or other payment hereunder
or silence by either party as to any breach shall not be construed as waiving
any of such party's rights hereunder unless such waiver is in writing. No
payment by Tenant or acceptance by Landlord of a lesser amount than shall be due
Landlord from Tenant shall be deemed to be anything but payment on account, and
the acceptance by Landlord of a check for a lesser amount with an endorsement or
statement thereon or upon a letter accompanying said checks hall not be deemed
an accord and satisfaction, and Landlord may accept said check without prejudice
to recover the balance due or pursue any other remedy which may be available to
Landlord. No waiver, change, modification or discharge by either party hereto of
any provision in this Lease shall be deemed to have been made or shall be
effective unless expressed in writing and signed by both Landlord and Tenant.
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28. CUMULATIVE RIGHTS: Any and all rights and remedies which either party
may have hereunder shall be cumulative and the exercise of any one of such
rights shall not bar the exercise of any other right or remedy which said party
may have. In addition to the other remedies in this Lease provided, Landlord and
the holder of any mortgage shall each be entitled to the restraint by injunction
of the violation or attempted or threatened violation of any of the covenants,
conditions or provisions of this Lease or to a decree compelling performance of
any such covenants, conditions or provisions.
29. NOTICES: All notices, demands and requests which may or are required to
be given by either party to the other shall be in writing. All notices, demands
and requests to Tenant shall be deemed to have been properly given when served
personally on an officer of Tenant or when sent by registered or certified mail,
postage prepaid, addressed to Tenant at 23 Market Street, Ipswich, MA 01938, or
at such other place as Tenant may from time to time designate in a written
notice to Landlord and such holder. All notices, demands and requests to
Landlord shall be deemed to have been properly given if served personally or
when sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid to Landlord at 397
Farnum Street, North Andover, MA 01845-5611, or at such other place or places as
Landlord may from time to time designate in a written notice to Tenant.
30 SHORT FORM: The parties hereto agree that upon request by either party,
the other party will execute whatever instruments may be necessary for the
recording of a short form or notice of this Lease, and any amendments or
modifications thereof.
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31. BINDING EFFECT: This Lease shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of all administrators, executors, personal representatives, heirs,
successors and permitted assigns, including all permitted sublessees, of the
parties hereto. Each sublessee or assignee shall as a precondition to Landlord's
approval of Tenant's subletting the Premises or assigning this Lease execute
such written instrument's) as Landlord shall reasonably require evidencing its
agreement to be bound by each and every term of this Lease, provided that such
an agreement shall not unless specifically provided operate to release Tenant
form its obligations hereunder.
32. GENERAL PROVISIONS:
(a) This instrument contains the entire and exclusive agreement
between the parties and supersedes and terminates all prior or
contemporaneous arrangements, understandings and agreements,
whether oral or written. This Lease may not be amended or
modified, except by a writing executed by Landlord and Tenant
and approved by any first mortgagee.
(b) In construing this Lease, feminine or masculine pronouns shall
be substituted for those of neuter form and vice versa, and the
plural for singular and singular for plural in any place where
the context may require.
(c) This Lease shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance
with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In the event
any provision of this Lease shall be determined to be invalid or
unenforceable under applicable law such provision shall, insofar
as possible, be construed or applied in such manner as will
permit enforcement; otherwise this Lease shall be construed as
if such provision had never been made part hereof.
(d) The headings used herein are used only for convenience of
reference and are not to be considered a part of
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this Lease or to be used in determining the intent of the
parties hereto.
33. FIRST REFUSAL: If, at any time during the term of this lease, the
Landlord shall receive a bona fide written offer from any party to
purchase the Premises subject to the terms of this Lease, which offer
the Landlord desires to accept, the Landlord shall give written notice
to the Tenant of such offer, setting forth all the terms, conditions and
provisions of the same. If, within fifteen (15) days after receipt of
such notice and information, the Tenant shall desire to enter into an
agreement with the Landlord on all the same terms and conditions as such
offer, then the Landlord shall promptly enter into an agreement with the
Tenant for the sale of the Premises to the Tenant on all such terms and
conditions. If, however, the Tenant shall not so notify the Landlord
within fifteen (15) days after receipt of advice of such offer and all
of its terms and conditions, then the Landlord shall be free to sell the
Premises, but only in accordance with the terms of such offer, subject,
however, to this Lease and all of its terms and conditions, including,
without limitation, this Right of First Refusal.
34. GOVERNMENT APPROVALS: This Lease is contingent upon the Tenant obtaining
all necessary written approvals and permits from all applicable
government authorities, whether federal, state or local, including
without limitation any approvals and permits for the use of the Premises
as a location for a branch bank together with a drive in facility. If
the Tenant is unable to obtain any of the aforesaid approvals or permits
within four (4) months after the execution of this Lease, then in such
event the Tenant at any time after the execution of this Lease shall
have the right to terminate this Lease by written notice to that effect
to the Landlord, whereupon this Lease shall be of no further force or
effect, the Security Deposit shall be returned in accordance with the
provisions of Section 8 (e), and neither party hereto shall have any
further rights against the other party at either
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law or equity. If the Lease is not terminated within such four (4) month
period, this Lease shall remain in full force and effect. If Tenant
terminates this Lease pursuant to this Section, Tenant shall owe rent
for any period from the execution of this Lease until the time of
termination and shall not be entitled to any refund of rent covering
such period.
35. EXPIRATION OF BANKBOSTON LEASE: It is hereby agreed between the Parties
hereto that upon the expiration of the BankBoston Lease on or before October 24,
2002, that this Lease shall continue in full force and effect and become the
sole Lease on the Premises.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Landlord and the Tenant have duly executed,
sealed and delivered this instrument, the day and year first above written.
LANDLORD OWNER:
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Landlord and the Tenant have duly executed,
sealed and delivered this instrument, the day and year first above written.
LANDLORD
OWNER:
/s/ William J. Tinti /s/ Linda Farnum
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Linda Farnum
ASSIGNEE:
/s/ William J. Tinti /s/ Benjamin Farnum
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Benjamin Farnum
TENANT
IPSWICH SAVINGS BANK
/s/ William J. Tinti By: /s/ David L. Grey
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Its: President and not individually
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EXHIBIT A
CONSENT TO LEASE AND SUBLEASE
BankBoston, N.A., a national banking association having a principal
office at One BankBoston Place, Waltham, Massachusetts, as Assignor under a
certain Assignment and Assumption of Lease dated December 3, 1997 recorded with
Middlesex South Land Registration Office as Document No. 1052778 relating to
property on 47O Main Street, Reading, Massachusetts hereby provides consent as
required by Section 9 of said Assignment and Assumption of Lease to the
subsequent assignment and subletting under the Lease to the Ipswich Savings Bank
and this instrument shall constitute the prior written consent necessary from
BankBoston, N.A. under said Section to the Lease and Sublease of June 12, 1998
to the Ipswich Savings Bank
BANKBOSTON, N.A.
By: /s/ John C. Duffy June 5, 1998
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John C. Duffy, Director Date
Retail Facilities Management
/s/ June 5, 1998
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Witness Date Date
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EXHIBIT B
A certain parcel of registered land situated on Main Street, Reading,
Middlesex County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, bounded and described as
follows:
EASTERLY by Main Street, seventy-seven and 48/100 feet;
SOUTHERLY by land now or formerly of Grace T Laing, one hundred thirty-seven
and 06/100 feet;
WESTERLY by Ash Street, eighty-three and 83/100 feet; and
NORTHERLY by lands now or formerly of George Warren Rushton et al, and of
Viola A. Miller et al Trustees, one hundred thirty-nine and 40/100
feet.
All of said boundaries have been determined by the Land Court to be
located as shown on a plan, as modified and approved by the Land Court, filed in
the Land Registration Office, a copy of a portion of which is filed in the
Registry of Deeds for the South Registry District of Middlesex County in
Registration Book 411, Page 25, with Certificate No. 61643, (Plan No. 20154A)
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NOTICE OF LEASE
In accordance with the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws,
Tercentenary Edition, Chapter 183, Section 4, as amended, notice is hereby given
of the Lease hereinafter referred to:
PARTIES TO LEASE:
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LESSOR: Linda Farnum, Owner
Benjamin Farnum, Assignee
Both of North Andover, Massachusetts
LESSEE: Ipswich Savings Bank
of Ipswich, Massachusetts
DATE OF EXECUTION OF LEASE:
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June 12, 1998
DESCRIPTION OF PREMISES DEMISED (in the form contained in the Lease):
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A certain parcel of registered situated on Main Street, Reading,
Massachusetts, and bounded and described as set forth on Exhibit B
annexed to the lease and made a part thereof by reference, a copy of
which Exhibit B is also annexed to this Notice of Lease, said demised
premises being the same premises as are described in Certificate of
Title No. 198413 in the name of said Linda Farnum filed with the South
Registry District of Middlesex County, Book 1122 Page 63.
TERM OF LEASE:
- --------------
The original term of said lease shall be five (5) years commencing on
June 12, 1998, subject however to earlier termination of said lease as
therein provided
RIGHTS OF EXTENSION OR RENEWAL:
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Lessee is granted three (3) options to extend said term for further
successive periods of five (5) years each, each such option to be
exercised by written notice to Lessor at least ninety (90) days prior to
the expiration of the then existent term, and upon the giving of such
notice, without any further instrument, lease or agreement, this lease
shall be extended, and the demised premises shall be deemed and
considered to have been demised by Lessor to Lessee for the additional
term of the option period beginning immediately upon the expiration of
the then existent term upon the same terms and conditions as are set
forth in the lease for the original term, except as otherwise provided
in said lease as to rent.
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RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL:
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Lessee is granted a right of first refusal to purchase the demised
premises upon the terms and conditions set forth in said lease.
WITNESS
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the execution hereof under seal by said parties to said Lease this 12th
day of June, 1998
Witnesses to signatures: LESSOR:
/s/ William J. Tinti /s/ Linda Farnum
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Linda Farnum
/s/ William J. Tinti /s/ Benjamin Farnum
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Benjamin Farnum
LESSEE:
IPSWICH SAVINGS BANK
/s/ William J. Tinti By: /s/ David L. Grey
- ----------------------------------- President and not individually
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Its: President and not individually
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Essex, ss. June 12, 1998
Then personally appeared the above-named Linda Farnum, and acknowledged the
foregoing instrument to be her free act and deed, before me,
William J. Tinti
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Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 6/28/2000
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Essex, ss. June 12,1998
Then personally appeared the above-named Benjamin Farnum, and acknowledged
the foregoing instrument to be his free act and deed, before me,
Willia J. Tinti
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Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 6/28/2000
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Essex, ss. June l2,1998
Then personally appeared the above-named David L. Grey of Ipswich
Savings Bank, and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be his free act and
deed and the free act and deed of said Bank, before me
William J. Tinti
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Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 6/23/2000
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EXHIBIT B
A certain parcel of registered land situated on Main Street, Reading,
Middlesex County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, bounded and described as
follows:
EASTERLY by Main Street, seventy-seven and 48/100 feet;
SOUTHERLY by land now or formerly of Grace T. Laing, one hundred
thirty-seven and 06/100 feet;
WESTERLY by Ash Street, eighty-three and 83/100 feet; and
NORTHERLY by lands now or formerly of George Warren Rushton et al, and
of Viola A. Miller et al Trustees, one hundred thirty-nine and
40/100 feet.
All of said boundaries have been determined by the Land Court to be
located as shown on a plan, as modified and approved by the Land Court, filed in
the Land Registration Office, a copy of a portion of which is filed in the
Registry of Deeds for the South Registry District of Middlesex County in
Registration Book 411, Page 25, with Certificate No. 61643, (Plan No. 20154A)
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OPTION TO LEASE REAL ESTATE
This Agreement made this 14th day of April, 1998, by and
between Linda Farnum, owner and Benjamin Farnum, assignee of Lease of
North Andover, MA (the "Lessors") who warrant that they are the owners
and assignee and hold together the entire title interest in certain
property located at 470 Main Street in Reading, MA and Ipswich Savings
Bank of Ipswich, MA (collectively the "Lessee").
In consideration of the covenants hereinafter contained, the
sum of Four Thousand ($4,000) Dollars paid by the Lessee to the Lessors
herewith and for other good and valuable consideration, the parties
agree as follows:
1. The Lessors hereby grant to the Lessee the option to Lease the
premises located at 47O Main Street in Reading, MA, ("Property") as
shown on a plan recorded with the Land Registration Office for
Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds in Registration Book 41l,
Page 25, more particularly described in Exhibit A attached hereto (the
"Premises") for $4,000 per month for a term of five years with three
additional five year options to extend; such option to be exercised by
notice in writing to the Lessor on or before June 14, 1998; provided
that the Lessee has obtained consent from BankBoston to the leasing of
the Property by the Lessee under the terms of a certain Lease, Notice
of which Lease was recorded with said Deeds on November 17, 1977 as
Document No. 568271 and Amendment of Lease recorded with said Deeds on
December 3, 1997 as Document No. 1052779 all attached hereto as Exhibit
"B", and the Assignment and Assumption of Lease dated December 3, 1997
recorded as Document No. 1052778 between the Lessor and BankBoston
attached hereto as Exhibit "C".
2. Lessors represent and warrant that there are no other
communications, agreements, undertakings, contracts or obligations
which would affect, relate to or impact on this Option Agreement or the
subsequent Lease to the Lessee except for said BankBoston Lease, Notice
of Lease, Amendment of Lease and Assignment and Assumption of Lease all
of which have been attached hereto as Exhibits "B" and "C".
Specifically, Lessors warrant and represent that BankBoston has no
other right, claim or legal standing in regard to a Lease from Lessors
to Lessee of the Property, except for Section 9 of said Assignment and
Assumption of Lease which requires BankBoston's prior written consent
to any assignment or subletting which consent may not be unreasonably
withheld.
3. If Lessee exercises the option to Lease, the Lessee and the
Lessor shall forthwith execute a Commercial Lease Agreement mutually
satisfactory to both parties ("Lease") with rent at $4,000 per month
and one-half the option payment consisting of $2,000 shall be applied
to the first month's rental under the Lease. The Lease shall be a
triple net Lease; shall include a rent escalation at 5% or Consumer
Price Index whichever is higher at every two and one-half year
intervals; provide for Lessor consent to any repairs or alterations,
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allow Lessee to assign or sublet without limitation except for Lessor
approval which shall not be reasonably withheld and include a right of
first refusal to purchase the Premises and the Property in favor of the
Lessee. If Lessee does not exercise the option to lease, this Option
shall terminate, the $4,000 shall be retained by the Lessor and there
shall be no further recourse by either party.
WITNESS the execution hereof under seal.
/s/ Linda Farnum, /s/ Benjamin Farnum
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Linda Farnum, Lessor Benjamin Farnum
Assignee of Lease
IPSWICH SAVINGS BANK
/s/ David L. Grey
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By: David L. Grey, President
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EXHIBIT A
A certain parcel of registered land situation on Main Street, Reading,
Middlesex County, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, bounded and described as
follows:
EASTERLY by Main Street, seventy-seven and 48/100 feet;
SOUTHERLY by land now or formerly of Grace T. Laing, one hundred
thirty-seven and 06/l00 feet;
WESTERLY by Ash Street, eighty-three and 83/100 feet; and
NORTHERLY by lands now or formerly of George Warren Rushton et al, and
o(pound) Viola A. Miller et al Trustees, one hundred
thirty-nine and 40/1O0 feet.
All of said boundaries have been determined by the Land Court to be
located as shown on a plan, as modified and approved by the Land Court, filed in
the Land Registration Office, a copy of a portion of which is filed in the
Registry of Deeds for the South Registry DistrIct of Middlesex County in
Registration Book 411, Page 25, with Certificate No. 61643.
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EXHIBIT B
NOTICE OF LEASE
In accordance with the provisions of Massachusetts General Laws,
Tercentenary Edition, Chapter 183, Section 4, as amended, notice is hereby given
of the Lease hereinafter referred to.
PARTIES TO LEASE:
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LESSOR - NETTIE A. HUMPHREYS of North Andover, Massachusetts.
LESSEE - OLD COLONY BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY
DATE OF EXECUTION OR LEASE:
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October 25, 1977.
DESCRIPTION OF PREMISES DEMISED (in the form contained in the Lease):
- --------------------------------
A certain parcel of registered land situated on Main Street, Reading,
Massachusetts, and bounded and de- scribed as set forth on Exhibit A
annexed to the lease and made a part thereof by reference, a copy of
which Exhibit A is also annexed to this Notice of Lease, said demised
premises being the same premises as are described in Certificate of
Title No.153422 in the name of said Nettie A. Humphreys filed with the
South Registry district of Middlesex County.
TERM OF LEASE:
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The original term of said lease shall be twenty (20) years commencing
on October 25, 1977, subject however to earlier termination of said
lease as therein provided.
RIGHTS OF EXTENSION OR RENEWAL:
- -------------------------------
Lessee is granted four (4) options to extend said term for further
successive period of five (5) years each. each such option to be
exercised by written notice to Lessor at least ninety (90) days prior
to the expiration of the then existent term of said lease, and upon the
giving of such notice, without any further instrument, lease or
agreement, said lease shall be extended, and the demised premises shall
be deemed and considered to have been demised by Lessor to Lessee for
the additional term of the option period beginning immediately upon the
expiration of the then existent term upon the same terms and conditions
as are set forth in the lease for the original term, except as
otherwise provided in said lease as to rent.
RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL:
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Lessee is granted a right of first refusal to purchase the demised
premises upon the terms and conditions set forth in said lease.
WITNESS the execution hereof under seal by said parties
to said Lease this 18th day of November , 1977. Witnesses to
signatures:
Johm P. Mullerland By /s/ Nettie A. Humphreys
- ----------------------------- ---------------------------------------
LESSOR NETTIE A. HUMPHREYS
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OLD COLONY BANK AND TRUST COMPANY
OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY
/s/ LESSEE By /s/ Bernard P. Murphy
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Its Senior Vice President and Treasurer
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
ESSEX ,SS. 18 November , 1977
Then personally appeared the above-named NETTIEA. HUMPHREYS, and
acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be her free act and deed, before me,
/s/ John P. Mulholland
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Notary Public
John P. Mulholland
My commission expires: 28 April 1978
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
MIDDLESEX ,SS. 12 January , 1978
Then personally appeared the above-named BERNARDP. MURPHY of OLD COLONY
BANK AND TRUST COMPANY OF MIDDLESEX COUNTY, and acknowledged the foregoing
instrument to be his free act and deed and the free act and deed of said Trust
Company, before me,
/s/
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Notary Public
My commission expires:July 25, 1980
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RE: Certificate of Title No. 198413, filed Book 1122, Page 63, Middlesex South
Land Registration Office, Memoranda of Encumbrances, Document 568271, Notice of
Lease, Option to Purchase and Vote, dated Nov. 16, 1977 and registered March 24,
1978.
AMENDMENT OF LEASE
This Agreement is made this 3rd day of December, 1997, by and among
BankBoston, N.A., a national banking association having a principal office at
One BankBoston Place, Waltham, Massachusetts 02154 ("Tenant") and Linda Farnum
of 397 Farnum Street, North Andover, Massachusetts 01845 ("Landlord").
WHEREAS, Landlord, as successor to Nettie A. Humphreys, is landlord,
and Tenant, as successor to Old Colony Bank and Trust Company of Middlesex
County, is tenant under a lease dated October 25, 1977, as the same may have
been extended by Tenant's letter of Landlord of July 17, 1997, with respect to
the premises at 470 Main Street, Reading, Massachusetts (the "Lease"), and
WHEREAS, Landlord and Tenant wish to amend the Lease.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein
contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby covenant and agree
as follows:
1. The second sentence of Article IV of the Lease is deleted in its
entirety and the following substituted therefor:
"The Tenant is also granted one(1) renewal option to extend said term
for a period office (5) years, such option to be exercised by written
notice to Landlord at least ninety (90) days prior to the expiration of
the original term of twenty (20) years, and upon the giving of such
notice, without any further instrument, lease or agreement, this lease
shall be extended, and the demised premises shall be deemed and
considered to have been demised by Landlord to Tenant for the
additional five years beginning immediately upon the expiration of the
original term upon the same terms and conditions as are set forth in
this lease for the original term, except as hereinafter otherwise set
forth in ARTICLE V hereof. Unless the parties otherwise agree in
writing, subject to the terms of ARTICLE XVI, in no event shall the
term of this lease extend beyond October 24, 2002."
2. Except as amended, the terms and conditions of the Lease shall
remain in full force and effect.
3. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts.
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IN WITNESS THEREOF, Landlord and Tenant, have hereby caused these
presents to be duly signed and sealed as of the date first-above written.
Landlord:
/s/ Linda Farnum
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Linda Farnum
Tenant:
BankBoston, N.A.
By: /s/ John C. Duffy
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John C. Duffy, Director
Retail Facilities Management
Signed 6/28/97
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Essex , 88. December 3, 1997
Then personally appeared the above-named Linda Farnum and acknowledged
the foregoing instrument to be her free act and dead, before me, Notary Public
CHERYL A. McELDOWNEY
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Notary Public
My Commission Expires May 22, 2000
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
Middlesex ,ss. November 26, 1997
Then personally appeared the above-named John C. Duffy on behalf of BankBoston,
N.A. and acknowledged the foregoing instrument to be the duly authorized act of
BankBoston, N.A. and as the free act and deed of himself acting as agent of and
on behalf of BankBoston, N.A., before me,
/s/ Jaime B. Fraser
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Jaime B. Fraser
Notary Public
My Commission expires Feb. 19, 2000
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RE:Certificate of Title No. 198413, filed Book 1122, Page 63, Middlesex South
Land Registration Office, Memoranda of Encumbrances, Document 568271, Notice of
Lease, Option to Purchase and Vote, dated nov. 18, 1977 and registered March 24,
1978.
EXHIBIT C
ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION OF LEASE
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This Agreement is made this 3rd day of December, 1997 by and among
BANKBOSTON, N.A. a national banking association having a principal office at One
BankBoston Place, Waltham, Massachusetts 02154 ("Assignor") and BENJAMIN FARNUM
of 397 FarnumStreet, NorthAndover, Massachusetts 01845 ("Assignee").
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
WHEREAS, Linda H. Farnum, of 397 Farnum Street, North Andover,
Massachusetts 01845 ("Landlord") is successor to Nettie A. Humphreys who, as
landlord entered into a Lease with Assignor, as tenant, dated October 25, 1977
as the same may have been amended and as extended by Assignor's letter of July
17, 1997 to Landlord and an Amendment to Lease dated October 3, 1997 (the
"Lease"), with respect to premises in the building known and numbered as 470
Main Street, Reading, Massachusetts, a copy of which Lease is attached as
Exhibit A hereto and incorporated by reference herein; and
WHEREAS, Assignor desires to assign and Assignee desires to acquire
Assignor's interest in and to the Lease;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein
contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby covenant and agree
as follows:
1. Assignor hereby assigns, sells, transfers, conveys and
delivers unto Assignee all of Assignor's right, title and interest as tenant in,
to and under the Lease and any leasehold improvements therein, effective from
and after December 15, 1997 (the "Effective Data").
2. Assignee hereby accepts the assignment of the Lease from
Assignor and hereby assumes and agrees to perform and observe directly to the
Landlord under the Lease all the obligations, terms, covenants, and conditions
thereof to be observed or performed by Assignor thereunder from and after the
Effective Date. The obligations of Assignee shall run directly to all persons
claiming by, through or under Landlord by virtue of any existing or future
instruments affecting or encumbering the property in which the premises demised
under the Lease are located.
3. Assignor shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Assignee
from and against any and all loss, cost, liability, and expense (including
reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from or related to the failure by Assignor
to perform and observe any of the obligations, terms, covenants, and conditions
to be performed or observed by Assignor as tenant under the Lease prior to the
Effective Date.
4. Assignee shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Assignor
from and against any and all loss, cost, liability, and expense
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(including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from or related to the failure by
Assignee to perform or observe any of the obligations, terms, covenants, and
conditions to be performed or observed by Assignee as tenant under the Lease
from and after the Effective Date.
5. Assignor represents that it is not in default under the Lease,
that its leasehold interest is not encumbered by any prior transfer, assignment,
mortgage or any encumbrance, and that Assignor has full and lawful authority to
assign the Lease.
6. Assignee hereby attorns to and recognizes Landlord as landlord
under the Lease and agrees to pay all rent, additional rent and all other
charges payable after the Effective Date under the Lease directly to Landlord.
7. The right, title and interest transferred by this Agreement,
includes, without limitation, the benefits of any subordination, non-disturbance
and attornment agreement executed by the holder of any mortgage, deed of trust
or other encumbrance on the property in which the premises demised under the
Lease are located, and, to the extent applicable, any easements, rights-of-way,
privileges or other rights appurtenant to said premises.
8. Assignor represents to Assignee that (a) the Lease represents
the entire agreement between the Assignor and the Landlord, is in full force and
effect and, except as referenced herein, has not been assigned, modified,
supplemented or amended in any way; (b) the copy of the Lease attached hereto as
Exhibit A is a true, correct and complete copy of the Lease, including any and
all amendments thereto; and (c) monthly payments under the Lease are being made
on a current basis and ll monetary obligations of the Tenant under the Lease, to
the extent then due and payable, have been paid through December 31, 1997.
9. This Assignment and Assumption of Lease and any subsequent
assignment or subletting under the Lease are not permitted by the Assignee
without the prior written consent of the Assignor which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld.
10. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts and may
not be changed, modified, discharged or terminated orally or in any manner other
than by agreement in writing signed by the parties hereto or their respective
successors and assigns.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Assignor and Assignee, intending to be legally
bound, have hereby caused these presents to be duly signed and sealed as of the
3rd day of December, 1997.
ASSIGNOR:
BankBoston, N.A.
By: /s/ John C. Duffy
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John C. Duffy, Director
Retail Facilities Management
ASSIGNEE:
/s/ Benjamin Farnum
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Benjamin Farnum
CONSENTOFLANDLORD
I. Linda Farnum, hereby consent to the Assignment and Assumption of
Lease of December 3, 1997 from BankBoston, N.A. to Benjamin Farnum.
Witness my hand and seal this 3rd day of December, 1997.
/s/ Linda Farnum
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Linda Farnum
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CONSENT TO LEASE AND SUBLEASE
BankBoston, N.A., a national banking association having a principal
office at One BankBoston Place, Waltham, Massachusetts, as Assignor under a
certain Assignment and Assumption of Lease dated December 3, 1997 recorded with
Middlesex South Land Registration Office as Document No. 1052778 relating to
property on 470 Main Street, Reading, Massachusetts hereby provides consent as
required by Section 9 of said Assignment and Assumption of Lease to the
subsequent assignment and subletting under the Lease to the Ipswich Savings Bank
and this instrument shall constitute the prior written consent necessary
from Bank Boston, N.A. under said Section to the Lease and Sublease of June __,
1998 to the Ipswich Savings Bank.
BANKBOSTON, N.A.
By: /s/ John C. Duffy June 5, 1998
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John C. Duffy, President Date
Retail Facilities Management
/s/ June 5, 1998
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Witness Date
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1. Purpose
The Ipswich Savings Bank (the "Bank) Annual Incentive Plan (the "Plan") is
intended to encourage and reward outstanding performance on the part of
participating executives.
2. Administration
The Plan will be administered by the Compensation Committee of the Bank
(the "Committee") and the Committee's interpretation and application of
the program of the Plan shall be final and binding on all concerned.
Applicable variables for the current Plan year are in Appendix A.
3. Participants
The executives who will be eligible to receive awards will be those
designated in writing by the Committee (a "Participant"). The Committee
may revise such designations from time to time at the beginning or during
the Bank's fiscal year.
4. Award Targets
Each participant will have an award target (a "Target Award") expressed as
a percentage of salary. Salary for this purpose will be the annualized
base salary in effect on the last day of the Bank's fiscal year.
5. Award Determination
Awards earned under the Plan will depend on Bank performance compared to
performance of all publicly held savings banks in Massachusetts based on
annual return on equity ("ROE").
6. Peer Banks
Peer banks will be all Massachusetts savings bank that are publicly held
during the whole Bank fiscal year. If a Peer bank has a fiscal year other
than a calendar year, the results used will be the fiscal year that ends
closest to the end of the Bank's fiscal year.
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7. Performance Measure
The performance measure will be ROE as reported to stockholders using year
end equity. For the Bank ROE will be calculated after provision for any
payments under this Plan. Payments due will depend upon the ROE percentile
position the Bank achieves.
8. ROE/Target Award Relationship
The following schedule will determine the ROE percentile and Target Award
relationship.
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% of Target
ROE Percentile Award Earned
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Below 50th percentile 0%
At 50th percentile 50%
At 67th percentile 100%
At 75th percentile 125%
At 90th percentile 150%
Above 90th percentile 200%
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For purposes of calculating the Bank's percentile among peer banks, actual
ROE rankings for the 50th, 75th and 90th percentiles must equal the next
highest whole number.
In between these percentiles, the actual Bank ROE percentile ranking would
be rounded to the nearest full percentile to interpolate the % of Target
Award Earned percentage amount to the nearest full percentage point. All
actual award amounts will be rounded to the nearest $100.
9. Bank/Individual Award Mix
Each Award will consist of a Bank portion that will be paid automatically
and an individual portion that will depend on achievement of other
objectives. The mix of Bank and individual awards will be 75% Bank and 25%
individual for the CEO, and 50% Bank and 50% individual for other
Participants.
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10. Individual Awards
Individual awards will be based on achievement of goals established at the
beginning of the year. The Compensation Committee will determine the
individual award for the CEO and the CEO will recommend individual awards
to the Committee for all other Participants.
Individual awards may vary from zero to the maximum determined by the
combination of % of Target Award earned in Section 9 and the
Bank/Individual Award mix in Section 10.
Regardless of overall Bank results, up to a minimum of the individual
portion amount at 100% of Target Award may be paid based on individual
performance assessment.
11. Payment of Awards
Payment of all awards for the year will be made in cash as soon as
possible after peer group results are available. A participant must be an
employee of the Bank on the last day of the fiscal year to receive an
award payment under the Plan.
12. Extraordinary Items
The Committee may decide to include or exclude any profit or loss items
that are determined to be extraordinary. Such determination will be made
at the time of such event
13. Amendment
The Plan will be in effect for fiscal year 1995 and subsequent years. The
Committee may at any time amend or discontinue the plan, provided,
however, that no amendment may adversely affect the rights of any
Participant during a Plan year.
14. Employment Rights
The Plan does not confer upon any Participant any right to continued
employment nor does it interfere in any way with the right of the Bank to
terminate the employment of a Participant.
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APPENDIX A
1. 1995 Annual Incentive Plan Participants
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Participant Target Award (% Salary)
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Chief Executive Of ficer (Grey) 20%
Chief Financial Officer (Kenney) 10%
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2. Peer Group
The 26 publicly-held savings banks in Massachusetts as delineated in the
SNL Securities September 1995 monthly market report.
3. 1995 ROE/Target Award Relationships (Assumes 26 banks.)
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Bank Ranking ROE Percentiie % Target Award Earned
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1-13 Below 50th percentile 0 %
14 At 50th percentile 50
15 At 56th percentile 68
16 At 60th percentile 80
17 At 65th percentile 95
18 At 69th percentile 107
19 At 73rd percentile 119
20 At 75th percentile 125
21 At 81st percentile 135
22 At 85th percentile 142
23 At 88th percentile 147
24 At 90th percentile 150
25-26 Over 90th percentile 200
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Exhibit 10.8
Director Recognition and Retirement Plan
This Director Recognition and Retirement Plan (the "Plan") is adopted by
Ipswich Savings Bank, (the "Bank") as of the 18th day of May, 1999.
WHEREAS, the Bank desires to recognize the valuable services its
Directors have performed and will continue to perform for the Bank;
WHEREAS, the Bank also desires to provide for future growth and
expansion of the Bank by being in a position to attract additional, qualified
individuals to serve as Directors of the Bank and by providing to its Directors
additional financial flexibility that will enable them, under appropriate
circumstances, to consider retiring from or rotating off the Board of Directors
so as to permit others to have the opportunity to serve as members of the Board;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Board hereby adopts the following Director
Recognition and Retirement Plan:
1 . Applicability. The Plan shall apply to all persons who serve as
Directors of the Bank during any period in which the Plan is in effect. It shall
not apply to persons who ceased to serve as Directors of the Bank before the
date of Plan adoption.
2 . Recognition and Retirement Benefit. Except to the extent otherwise
provided in Section , if a Director should at any time cease to serve as a
member of the Board of Directors of the Bank for any reason, the Bank will
immediately pay to the Director (or to the Director's estate, if applicable) in
one lump sum an amount equal to two times the highest annual aggregate
compensation paid to or for the benefit of the Director for his or her service
on the Board during the then most recently concluded three calendar years.
3 . Removal for Cause. No Director shall receive any payment under this
Plan if he or she is removed from the Board of Directors for cause in accordance
with the procedures set forth in the Bank's By-Laws.
4 . Employment Status. This Plan is not an agreement for the employment
of a Director and shall confer no rights on a Director except as herein
expressly provided.
5 . Withholding. All payments made by the Bank under this Plan shall be
net of any tax or other amounts required to be withheld by the Bank under
applicable Federal and state law.
6 . Governing Law. This Plan shall be construed in accordance with, and
governed for all purposes by the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
without regard to its principles of conflicts of laws.
7 . Enforcement. In the event that any action is instituted by a former
Director under this Plan to enforce or interpret any of the terms hereof, such
former Director shall be entitled to be paid all costs and expenses, including
reasonable attorneys' fees, incurred by such former Director with respect to
such action, unless as a part of such action, a court of competent jurisdiction
determines that each of the material assertions made by the former Director as a
basis for such action was not made in good faith or was frivolous.
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8 . Establishment of a Holding Company. The stockholders of the Bank
have approved the formation of a holding company (the "Holding Company") for the
Bank ("Holding Company Reorganization"). Once established, the Holding Company
will be the sole stockholder of the Bank. This Plan shall become a plan and
obligation of the Holding Company as of the time the Holding Company becomes the
sole stockholder of the Bank. At that time all references to the "Bank" (other
than references in Section ) in this Plan shall become references to the
"Holding Company." Ceasing to serve as a Director of the Bank while continuing
to serve as a Director of the Holding Company shall not be a basis for payment
under this Plan. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan, the Holding
Company Reorganization shall not constitute a Change in Control (as defined in
Section 10).
9 . Amendment; Termination. This Plan may be amended or terminated at
any time by a vote of the Board of Directors until such time as a Change in
Control (as defined in Section ) shall have occurred. During the two year period
following a Change in Control, this Plan may not be terminated or amended in any
way that might limit amounts payable to any Director or former Director.
10 . Change in Control. Except to the extent otherwise provided in
Section , for the purposes of this Plan "Change in Control" shall mean the
occurrence of any one or more of the following five events:
10.1 If there has occurred a change in control which the Bank or
Holding Company would be required to report in response to Item 1 of Form 8-K
promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934
Act"), or, if such regulation is no longer in effect, any regulations
promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act
which are intended to serve similar purposes;
10.2 When any "person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and
14(d)(2) of the 1934 Act) becomes a "beneficial owner" (as such term is defined
in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, of
securities of the Holding Company or the Bank representing twenty-five percent
(25%) or more of the total number of votes that may be cast for the election of
directors of the Holding Company or the Bank, as the case may be;
10.3 During any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at
the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the Holding
Company, and any new director (other than a director designated by a person who
has entered into an agreement with the Holding Company to effect a transaction
described in Section 10.2, 10.4, or 10.5 of this Plan) whose election by the
Board or nomination for election by the Holding Company's stockholders was
approved by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then still in
office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose
election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any
reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors of the
Holding Company;
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10.4 The stockholders of the Holding Company approve a merger, share
exchange or consolidation ("merger or consolidation") of the Holding Company
with any other corporation, other than (a) a merger or consolidation which would
result in the voting securities of the Holding Company outstanding immediately
prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by
being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than 70% of
the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Holding Company or
such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation
or (b) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the
Holding Company (or similar transaction) in which no "person" (as hereinabove
defined) acquires more than 30% of the combined voting power of the Holding
Company's then outstanding securities; or
10.5 The stockholders of the Holding Company or the Bank approve a
plan of complete liquidation of the Holding Company or the Bank or an agreement
for the sale or disposition by the Holding Company or the Bank of all or
substantially all of the Holding Company's or the Bank's assets.
11 . Binding Effect. This Plan shall be binding on the successors and
assigns of the parties hereto.
MERGER SEVERANCE BENEFIT PROGRAM
Exhibit 10.9
A. Covered Employees:
Subject to paragraph B below, the Merger Severance Benefit (as
hereinafter defined) will be provided to any employee whose employment
is terminated within six months after a Change of Control (as herein
defined).
B. Limitations on Change of Control Benefits
1. General. No employee will be eligible for a Merger Severance
Benefit if (a) his employment is terminated for "Cause", (b) he
is a temporary employee, (c) his compensation with the Bank is
more than 50% commission-based, or (d) he is offered a Comparable
Position within the Bank and refuses to accept such position.
2. Cause. The term "Cause" shall mean and include (a) neglect of
or refusal to perform, other than as a result of sickness,
accident or similar cause beyond an employee's reasonable
control, any duty or responsibility as an employee of the Bank
after written notice by the Bank to the employee; (b) any
material breach by the employee of any agreement to which the
employee and the Bank are both parties; (c) dishonesty with
respect to the Bank or the commission of any crime (other than
minor traffic violations); or (d) any material misconduct or
material neglect of duties by the employee in connection with the
business or affairs of the Bank. The foregoing definition of
Cause is in no way intended to limit or qualify the right of the
Bank to terminate any person's employment for any reason.
3. Comparable Position. A comparable position shall mean a
position which is offered to an employee where there is no
reduction in base salary or scheduled hours, and where the
employee is not required to commute more than 35 miles further
than the employee's present commute.
C. Definition of "Change of Control":
A "Change of Control" will be deemed to have occurred
1. If there is a merger or consolidation of the Bank with any other
bank or corporation and the voting securities of the Bank
outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation do
not continue to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by
being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity)
more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the
voting securities of the Bank or such surviving entity
immediately after such merger or consolidation, or
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2. When any person or entity or group of persons or entities either
related or acting in concert becomes the "beneficial owner" (as
defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended) of securities of the Bank representing more than
fifty percent (50%) of the total number of votes that may be cast
for the election of directors of the Bank, or
3. If the Bank sells all or substantially all of its assets to
another bank or corporation, other than in a transaction in which
the voting securities of the Bank outstanding immediately prior
to such transaction continue to represent (either by remaining
outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the
surviving entity) more than fifty percent (50%) of the combined
voting power of the voting securities of the Bank or such
surviving entity immediately after such transaction, or
4. If during any period of two consecutive years (not including any
period prior to the execution of this Agreement), individuals who
are Continuing Directors (as herein defined) cease for any reason
to constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors of
the Bank. For this purpose, a "Continuing Director" shall mean
(a) an individual who was a director of the Bank at the beginning
of such period or (b) any new director (other than a director
designated by a person who has entered into any agreement with
the Company to effect a transaction described in clause (1), (2)
or (3) of this Paragraph C) whose election by the Board or
nomination for election by the Bank's stockholders was approved
by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the directors then
still in office who either were directors at the beginning of
such period or whose election or nomination for election was
previously so approved.
D. "Merger Severance Benefit" Defined.
The Merger Severance Benefit hereunder shall include each of the
following three items:
1. Payment in one lump sum as of date of termination of
employment of a severance benefit equal to the greater of
(i) two weeks Base Salary for each year of service (with
partial years of service included in the calculation on a
pro-rated basis), up to a maximum benefit of 26 weeks Base
Salary; or (ii) the applicable Minimum Benefit set forth in
paragraph E below; and
2. Continuation of health benefits and life insurance benefits
for a period of time after termination equal to the number
of weeks (and partial weeks) of Base Salary to which the
employee is entitled under the preceding paragraph, on the
same terms and conditions as though the employee had
remained an active employee; and
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3. After the end of the period during which benefits are
continued under the preceding paragraph, COBRA benefits
determined as though employment had terminated at the end of
such period.
For purposes of this paragraph D and paragraph E below, "Base
Salary" shall not include bonus payments, 401(k) matching
payments, pension payments, or other payments not specifically
provided for under this program. However, the lump sum payment
made under section D(1) above will be "W-2 income" from which a
401(k) employee contribution will be automatically deducted (and
in connection with which a 401(k) employer matching contribution
will be made) to the extent that the employee is a participant in
the 401(k) plan as of the date of termination of employment (it
being understood that employees may withdraw from the 401(k) plan
at any time prior to such date of termination of employment).
E. Minimum Benefit. Subject to the limitations set forth in
paragraph B(1) above:
1. All officers of the level of Vice President and above shall
receive the maximum benefit of 26 weeks Base Salary; and
2. All other elected and appointed officers shall receive at
least 13 weeks Base Salary; and
3. All other full-time employees shall receive at least 2 weeks
Base Salary; and
4. All part-time employees shall receive at least 2 weeks Base
Salary.
F. Continuation of Benefits for Commissioned Employees. Although
employees whose compensation is more than 50% commission-based
are not generally eligible for Merger Severance Benefits, as set
forth in paragraph B above, such employees shall be entitled to:
1. Continuation of health insurance benefits for a period of six
months (in the case of vice presidents and assistant vice
presidents) or three months (in the case of all other such
employees) after termination, on the same terms and conditions as
though such employee had remained an active employee during such
period; and
2. After the end of the period during which health benefits are
continued under clause (1) above, COBRA benefits determined as
though employment had terminated at the end of such period.
G. Offset for Amounts Received Under Other Agreements or Laws.
Merger Severance Benefits payable pursuant to this program shall
be reduced by the amount of any equivalent severance pay benefits
payable to an officer under any employment or change of control
contract or to any employee under any "tin parachute", WARN or
similar law.
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H. Withholding. All payments will be subject to usual and customary
withholding and co-payments by employees for health, life
insurance and dental benefits. The Bank shall have the right to
withhold from lump sum amounts otherwise payable the aggregate
amount of any co-payments required to be made by employees with
respect to employee benefit programs which are continued under
the Merger Severance Program.
I Parachute Payment. In the event that any severance payment
otherwise payable under this Plan exceeds in the aggregate the
amount that may be deducted by the Bank by reason of the
operation of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended, the amount of such payments shall be reduced to the
maximum which can be deducted by the Bank. This provision shall
not be deemed to modify or otherwise have any impact on any
individual retirement plan or employment or severance agreement
between the Bank and any employee of the Bank.
Exhibit 10.10
Execution Copy
AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made as of the 18th day of June, 1997, as further amended and
restated as of the 18th day of May, 1999, by and between IPSWICH SAVINGS BANK, a
Massachusetts-chartered savings bank, with its main office in Ipswich,
Massachusetts (the "Bank") and David L. Grey of Wenham, Massachusetts (the
"Executive").
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to continue to provide for the
Executive's continued employment by the Bank by amending and restating that
certain Amended and Restated Employment Agreement entered into as of June 18,
1997 and further amended and restated as of June 17, 1998;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained
herein, the Bank and the Executive agree as follows:
1 . Employment. The Bank agrees to employ the Executive for the purpose
of serving as its President and Chief Executive Officer, on the terms and
conditions hereinafter set forth.
2 . Capacity. The Executive shall serve the Bank as President and Chief
Executive Officer, subject to his election by the Bank's Board of Directors. In
addition, upon completion of the presently-pending "Holding Company
Reorganization" (as such term is defined in Section ) the Executive shall serve
as President and Chief Executive Officer of Ipswich Bancshares, Inc. (the
"Company"), subject to his election by the Company's Board of Directors. Unless
otherwise determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, the Executive
shall not be entitled to compensation in addition to the compensation set forth
in Section 4 of this Agreement as a result of his serving as an officer of the
Company.
3 . Effective Date and Term. The commencement date (the "Commencement
Date") of this Agreement shall be June 18, 1997. The initial term of the
Executive's employment hereunder shall be for three years from the Commencement
Date. The parties intend that, at any point in time during the Executive's
employment hereunder, the then-remaining term of his employment under this
Agreement shall be three years. Accordingly, the term of employment shall be
automatically extended by one day for each day that the Executive remains
employed by the Bank. The last day of such term as so extended from time to time
is herein sometimes referred to as the "Expiration Date"; provided that for
purposes of Section 11, the "Expiration Date" shall be (i) the third anniversary
of the date on which the Board designates another executive to act in the
Executive's place under Section 11, or (ii) the Long Term Disability Date (as
defined in Section 11), whichever is earlier.
4 . Compensation and Benefits. The regular compensation and benefits
payable to the Executive under this Agreement shall be as follows:
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(a) Salary. For all services rendered by the Executive under this
Agreement, the Bank shall pay the Executive a base salary at the rate of
$145,000 per year, subject to increase from time to time in accordance with the
usual practice of the Bank with respect to review of compensation of its senior
executives. In addition, if the Board increases the Executive's annual base
salary at any time before the Expiration Date, such increased annual base salary
shall become a floor below which such annual base salary shall not fall at any
future time during the term of the Executive's employment without his written
consent. The Executive's salary shall be payable in periodic installments in
accordance with the Bank's usual practice for its senior executives.
(b) Regular Benefits. The Executive shall also be entitled to
participate in any and all employee benefit plans, medical insurance plans,
disability income plans, retirement plans, bonus incentive plans, and other
benefit plans from time to time in effect for senior executives of the Bank.
Such participation shall be subject to (i) the terms of the applicable plan
documents, (ii) generally applicable policies of the Bank and (iii) the
discretion of the Board of Directors of the Bank or any administrative or other
committee provided for in or contemplated by such plan. Nothing paid to the
Executive under any plan, policy or arrangement currently in effect or made
available in the future shall be deemed to be in lieu of other compensation to
the Executive as described in this Agreement.
(c) Business Expenses. The Bank shall reimburse the Executive for
all reasonable travel and other business expenses incurred by him in the
performance of his duties and responsibilities, subject to such reasonable
requirements with respect to substantiation and documentation as may be
specified by the Bank.
(d) Vacation. The Executive shall be entitled to not less than four
(4) weeks of vacation per year, to be taken at such times and intervals as shall
be determined by the Executive with the approval of the Bank, which approval
shall not be reasonably withheld.
(e) Other Benefits.
(1) Automobile Allowance. The Bank shall pay Executive not less
than $6,932 per year as an automobile allowance.
(2) SBLI Insurance. The Bank shall continue to pay an annual
premium of $1,680 for a Savings Bank Life Insurance policy on the life
of the Executive of which the Executive is the owner and beneficiary.
(3) Supplemental Disability Policy. The Bank shall continue to
pay the annual premium for a supplemental disability insurance policy
("Supplemental Policy") which provides, in the event of the Executive's
disability (as defined in the Supplemental Policy), for annual
supplemental disability payments in addition to payments made under the
Bank's group long term disability insurance plan. The Supplemental
Policy currently provides for an annual supplemental benefit of $78,600,
and will be amended from time to time so that it continues to provide
for a supplemental disability payment sufficient to maintain the
Executive's aggregate annual long term disability benefit (including
amounts payable under the Bank's group long term disability plan) at 70%
of his Cash Compensation as of the date benefits are first payable under
the Supplemental Policy. The term "Cash Compensation" shall mean the
Executive's annual base salary as of the date of determination plus the
annual cash bonus paid to the Executive during the year preceding the
date of determination.
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(f) No Impact on Other Agreements. Nothing in this Agreement shall
have any affect on the Executive's rights under (i) that certain Split Dollar
Agreement dated February 21, 1996 between the Bank and the Executive (as the
same may be amended from time to time) or (ii) options granted to the Executive
pursuant to the stock option plans of the Bank or the Company.
5 . Extent of Service. During his employment hereunder, the Executive
shall, subject to the direction and supervision of the Board of Directors of the
Bank, devote his full time, best efforts and business judgment, skill and
knowledge to the advancement of the Bank's interests and to the discharge of his
duties and responsibilities hereunder. He shall not engage in any other business
activity, except as may be approved by the Board of Directors; provided,
however, that nothing herein shall be construed as preventing the Executive
from:
(a) investing his assets in a manner not prohibited by Section 12
hereof, and in such form or manner as shall not require any material services on
his part in the operations or affairs of the companies or the other entities in
which such investments are made;
(b) serving on the board of directors of any company, subject to the
prohibitions set forth in Section 12 and provided that he shall not be required
to render any material services with respect to the operations or affairs of any
such company; or
(c) engaging in religious, charitable or other community or
non-profit activities which do not impair his ability to fulfill his duties and
responsibilities under this Agreement.
6 . Termination Upon Death. In the event of the Executive's death during
the Executive's employment hereunder, the Bank shall pay to the Executive's
beneficiary designated in writing to the Bank prior to his death (or to his
estate, if he fails to make such designation), (i) any base salary or other
compensation earned (together with a pro rata portion of the bonus payable with
respect to the year in which death occurred) but not paid to Executive prior to
the date of death, plus (ii) the base salary that Executive would have earned
for a period of six (6) months following his death, plus (iii) a pro rata
portion of any bonuses or other incentive compensation that Executive would have
earned if he had been employed for the full fiscal year in which he died,
payable at the time of payment of similar bonuses made to other Executives of
the Bank, plus (iv) any death benefits that Executive is entitled to under the
Bank's policies in effect on Executive's date of death.
7 . Termination by the Bank for Cause.
(a) Termination of Employment. The Executive's employment hereunder
may be terminated by the Bank for Cause without further liability on the part of
the Bank, effective immediately, by a vote of a majority of all of the members
of the Executive Committee and a majority of all of the members of the Board of
Directors of the Bank. The Bank shall provide the Executive with written notice
setting forth in reasonable detail the nature of such Cause.
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(b) Cause. For purposes of this Agreement a termination shall be a
termination for "Cause" only if the termination is for fraud, misappropriation
or embezzlement in the Executive's performance of his duties as an employee of
the Bank or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof, or conviction of the Executive
of a crime involving moral turpitude.
8. Termination by the Executive.
(a) Termination by the Executive for Good Reason. The Executive may
terminate his employment hereunder for Good Reason at any time by delivery of
written notice to the Bank within the one year period commencing upon the
occurrence of the Good Reason. Unless otherwise agreed to by the Bank, such
termination shall not be effective until thirty (30) days after such written
notice is delivered.
(b) Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Good
Reason" shall mean:
(1) the failure of the Board of Directors of the Company to
elect the Executive to the office of President and Chief Executive
Officer of the Company, or to continue the Executive in such office, or
the failure of the Board of Directors of the Bank to elect the Executive
to the office of President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank, or
to continue the Executive in such office;
(2) the failure by the Bank to comply with the provisions of
Section 4(a);
(3) a significant change in the nature or scope of the
Executive's responsibilities, authorities, powers, functions or duties;
or
(4) a material breach by the Bank of any of the provisions of
this Agreement which failure or breach shall have continued for thirty
(30) days after written notice from the Executive to the Bank specifying
the nature of such failure or breach.
In addition,"Good Reason" shall include the following events but only if they
shall occur within two years following a Change in Control:
(5) the failure by the Bank to continue to provide the Executive
with benefits substantially similar to those available to the Executive
under any of the life insurance, medical, health and accident, or
disability plans or any other material benefit plans in which the
Executive was participating at the time of the Change in Control, or the
taking of any action by the Bank which would directly or indirectly
materially reduce any of such benefits, or the failure by the Bank to
provide the Executive with the number of paid vacation days to which the
Executive is entitled on the basis of years of service with the Bank in
accordance with the Bank's normal vacation policy in effect at the time
of the Change in Control;
(6) A reasonable determination by the Executive that, as a
result of a Change in Control, he is unable to exercise the
responsibilities, authorities, powers, functions or duties exercised by
the Executive immediately prior to such Change in Control;
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(7) A reasonable determination by the Executive that, as a
result of a Change in Control, his working conditions have significantly
worsened; or
(8) the failure of the Bank or the Company to obtain a
satisfactory agreement from any successor to assume and agree to perform
this Agreement.
(c) Change in Control. Except to the extent otherwise provided in
Section , for the purposes of this Agreement "Change in Control" shall mean the
occurrence of any one or more of the following four events:
(1) If there has occurred a change in control which the Bank or
Company would be required to report in response to Item 1 of Form 8-K
promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
"1934 Act"), or, if such regulation is no longer in effect, any
regulations promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission
pursuant to the 1934 Act which are intended to serve similar purposes;
(2) When any "person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d)
and 14(d)(2) of the 1934 Act) becomes a "beneficial owner" (as such term
is defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the 1934 Act), directly or
indirectly, of securities of the Company or the Bank representing
twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the total number of votes that may
be cast for the election of directors of the Company or the Bank, as the
case may be;
(3) During any period of two consecutive years, individuals who
at the beginning of such period constitute the Board of Directors of the
Company, and any new director (other than a director designated by a
person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a
transaction described in Section 8(c)(2), 8(c)(4), or 8 (c) 5 of this
Agreement) whose election by the Board or nomination for election by the
Company's stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds
(2/3) of the directors then still in office who either were directors at
the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election
was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute at least
a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company;
(4) The stockholders of the Company approve a merger, share
exchange or consolidation ("merger or consolidation") of the Company
with any other corporation, other than (a) a merger or consolidation
which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding
immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining
outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the
surviving entity) more than 70% of the combined voting power of the
voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity outstanding
immediately after such merger or consolidation or (b) a merger or
consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company
(or similar transaction) in which no "person" (as hereinabove defined)
acquires more than 30% of the combined voting power of the Company's
then outstanding securities; or
(5) The stockholders of the Company or the Bank approve a plan
of complete liquidation of the Company or the Bank or an agreement for
the sale or other disposition by the Company or the Bank of all or
substantially all of the Company's or the Bank's assets.
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(d) Voluntary Termination. The Executive may, upon thirty (30) days
prior written notice to the Bank, effect a Voluntary Termination of his
employment hereunder. A "Voluntary Termination" shall mean a termination of
employment by the Executive on his own initiative other than (a) a termination
due to death or disability, or (b) a termination for Good Reason.
9 . Termination by the Bank Without Cause. The Executive's employment
with the Bank may be terminated without cause only by a two-thirds vote of all
of the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank on written notice to the
Executive.
10 . Certain Termination Benefits. In the event of termination by the
Executive for Good Reason pursuant to Section (a) or termination by the Bank
without cause pursuant to Section 8(a), the Executive shall be entitled to the
following benefits:
(a) Severance Payments. The Executive shall be entitled to a lump
sum payment, payable within 30 days of the last day of his employment, equal to
the sum of the following:
(1) Payment for Services Already Rendered. An amount equal to
the sum of (a) the Executive's base salary for the period through the
date of termination, plus (b) the Executive's pro rata share (based on
the number of whole or partial months during which the Executive was
employed in the year of termination divided by 12) of the highest annual
bonus paid during the three fiscal years preceding the termination of
employment, plus (c) all accrued vacation; plus
(2) Severance Pay. A severance benefit equal to three times the
sum of (a) the Executive's then current annual base salary; (b) the
highest annual bonus paid to the Executive during the three fiscal years
preceding the termination of employment; and (c) the highest annual
payments that the Bank made to the Executive or on his behalf during the
three fiscal years preceding the termination of employment under Section
4(e)(1), 4(e)(2) and 4(e)(3) hereof.
(b) Benefit Continuation. For the period subsequent to the date of
termination until the Expiration Date, the Executive shall continue to receive
all benefits described in Section 4(b) above existing on the date of
termination. For purposes of application of such benefits the Executive shall be
treated as if he had remained in the employ of the Bank, with a total annual
salary at the rate in effect on the date of termination, and service credits
will continue to accrue during such period as if the Executive had remained in
the employ of the Bank.
If, in spite of the provisions of this Section 10(b), benefits or
service credits under any benefit plan shall not be payable or provided under
any such plan to the Executive, or to the Executive's dependents, beneficiaries
or estate, because the Executive is no longer deemed to be an employee of the
Bank, the Bank itself shall pay for, or provide for payment of, such benefits
and service credits for such beneficiaries to the Executive, or to the
Executive's dependents, beneficiaries or estate.
(c) No Duty to Mitigate. In the event of termination of the
Executive's employment, the Executive shall be under no obligation to seek other
employment or to mitigate damages and there shall be no offset against any
amounts due the Executive under this Agreement for any reason, including,
without limitation, on account of any remuneration attributable to any
subsequent employment that the Executive may obtain.
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(d) No Benefits Upon Voluntary Termination or Termination for Cause.
In the event of Voluntary Termination pursuant to Section 8(d) or termination of
the Executive's employment for Cause pursuant to Section 7, all obligations of
the Bank under this Agreement shall terminate as of the date of termination, but
vested rights of the parties hereunder shall not be affected.
11 . Disability. If, due to physical or mental illness, the Executive
shall be disabled so as to be unable to perform substantially all of his duties
and responsibilities hereunder, the Bank, acting through its Board of Directors,
may designate another executive to act in his place during the period of his
disability, but such action by the Bank shall constitute Good Reason if it
occurs after a Change in Control. Notwithstanding any such designation, the
Executive shall continue to receive his full salary and benefits under Section 4
of this Agreement until the earlier of (X) the Expiration Date, or (Y) the date
on which he becomes eligible for disability income under the Bank's long term
disability income plan ("Long Term Disability Date"). While receiving disability
payments under such plan the Executive shall, until the Expiration Date, receive
a salary from the Bank which will equal seventy (70%) percent of the Executive's
Cash Compensation (as defined in Section 4(e)(3)) as of the Long Term Disability
Date, when combined with the Executive's disability income payments under the
Bank's group plan and under the supplemental disability insurance policy
maintained by the Bank for the Executive. The Executive shall also continue to
participate in the Bank's benefit plans and to receive other benefits as
specified in Section 4 until the Expiration Date. Nothing contained in this
Section shall preclude the Bank from terminating the Executive's employment
without cause pursuant to Section 9, subject to its payment of benefits as
provided in Section 10.
12 . Noncompetition. During the Executive's employment by the Bank
hereunder and during a period of one year following the date of termination of
his employment with the Bank for any reason, the Executive will not, directly or
indirectly whether as owner, partner, shareholder, consultant, agent, employee,
co-venturer or otherwise, or through any Person (as hereafter defined), compete
in the Bank's market area (defined as Essex County, Massachusetts) with the
banking or any other business conducted by the Bank or any Subsidiary during the
period of his employment hereunder, nor will he attempt to hire any employee of
the Bank, assist in such hiring by any other Person, encourage any such employee
to terminate his or her relationship with the Bank or to conduct with any other
Person any business or activity which such customer conducts or could conduct
with the Bank. For purposes of this Section 12, the Executive shall not be
deemed to be competing with the Bank if he is employed outside of the Bank's
market area for a bank or corporation which has its headquarters outside of the
Bank's market area, even if such bank or corporation has a branch or office in
the Bank's market area. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 12 will have
no further force and effect if, within two years following the occurrence of a
Change in Control (as defined in Section (c), the Executive terminates his
employment for Good Reason pursuant to Section 8(a) or the Bank terminates the
Executive's employment without cause pursuant to Section .
13 . Confidential Information. The Executive will not disclose to any
other Person (except as required by applicable law or in connection with the
performance of his duties and responsibilities hereunder), or use for his own
benefit or gain, any confidential information of the Bank obtained by him
incident to his employment with the Bank. The term "confidential information"
includes, without limitation, financial information, business plans, prospects
and opportunities (such as lending relationships, financial product
developments, or possible acquisitions or dispositions of business or
facilities) which have been discussed or considered by the management of the
Bank but does not include any information which has become part of the public
domain by means other than the Executive's nonobservance of his obligations
hereunder.
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14 . Post-Termination Obligations.
(a) Upon termination of the Executive's employment for any reason,
the Executive shall act at all times in an ethical manner with regard to, and
shall take no action which directly or indirectly has or could reasonably be
expected to have the effect of terminating or otherwise adversely affecting the
relationship of the Bank with any employees of, or others with business or
advantageous relationships with, the Bank or any of its affiliates.
(b) During the term of the Executive's employment hereunder and for
one (1) full year after the termination thereof for any reason, or subject to
ordinary court process, the Executive shall, upon reasonable notice, use his
reasonable best efforts to cooperate with the Bank by providing such information
and assistance to the Bank as may reasonably be required by the Bank at the
Bank's expense in connection with any litigation not commenced by or involving
the Executive in which the Bank is, or may become, a party.
15 . Relief; Interpretation. The Executive agrees that the Bank shall be
entitled to injunctive relief for any breach by him of the covenants contained
in Sections 12, 13 and 14. In the event that any provision of the foregoing
Sections shall be determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be
unenforceable by reason of its being extended over too great a period of time,
too large a geographic area, or too great a range of activities, it shall be
interpreted to extend only over the maximum period of time, geographic area, or
range of activities as to which it may be enforceable. For purposes of Sections
12, 13 and 14, the term "Bank" shall mean the Bank and its subsidiaries and
affiliates.
16 . Withholding. All payments made by the Bank under this Agreement
shall be net of any tax or other amounts required to be withheld by the Bank
under applicable law.
17 . Indemnification. The Bank shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Executive (and his heirs, executors and administrators) to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, regulations, regulatory bulletin, and/or any other
regulatory requirement, as the same exists or may hereafter be promulgated or
amended, against all expense, liability and loss (including, without limitation,
attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or
to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by the Executive as a
consequence of the Executive being or having been made a party to, or being or
having been involved, in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason
of the fact that the Executive is or was a director or officer of the Bank or is
or was serving at the request of the Bank as a trustee, director or officer or
of another corporation (including, but not limited to, a subsidiary or an
Affiliate of the Bank), and such indemnification shall continue after the
Executive shall cease to be an officer, director or trustee.
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The right to indemnification conferred hereby shall be a contract right and
shall also include, to the extent permitted by applicable law or regulation, the
right to be paid by the Bank the expenses incurred in defending any such
proceeding in advance of the final disposition upon receipt by the Bank of an
undertaking by or on behalf of the Executive to repay such amounts or a portion
thereof, if it shall ultimately be determined that the Executive is not entitled
to be indemnified by the Bank pursuant hereto or as otherwise authorized by law
but such repayment by the Executive shall only be in an amount ultimately
determined to exceed the amount to which the Executive was entitled to be
indemnified.
18 . Certain Additional Payments by the Bank.
(a) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding and
except as set forth below, in the event it shall be determined that any payment
or distribution by the Bank to or for the benefit of the Executive (whether paid
or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement or otherwise, but determined without regard to any additional payments
required under this Section 18) (a "Payment") would be subject to the excise tax
imposed by Section 4999 of the Code or any interest or penalties are incurred by
the Executive with respect to such excise tax (such excise tax, together with
any such interest and penalties, are hereinafter collectively referred to as the
"Excise Tax"), then the Executive shall be entitled to receive an additional
payment (a "Gross-Up Payment") in an amount such that after payment by the
Executive of all taxes (including any interest or penalties imposed with respect
to such taxes), including, without limitation, any income taxes (and any
interest and penalties imposed with respect to hereto) and Excise Tax imposed
upon the Gross-Up Payment, the Executive retains an amount of the Gross-Up
Payment equal to the Excise Tax imposed upon the Payments.
(b) Subject to the provisions of Section 18(c), all
determinations required to be made under this Section 18, including whether and
when a Gross-Up Payment is required and the amount of such Gross-Up Payment and
the assumptions to be utilized in arriving at such determination, shall be made
by such "big five" certified public accounting firm as may be designated by the
Executive (the "Accounting Firm") which shall provide detailed supporting
calculations both to the Bank and the Executive within 15 business days of the
receipt of notice from the Executive that there has been a Payment, or such
earlier time as is requested by the Bank. In the event that the Accounting Firm
is serving as accountant or auditor for the individual, entity or group
effecting the Change of Control, the Executive shall appoint another nationally
recognized accounting firm to make the determinations required hereunder (which
accounting firm shall then be referred to as the Accounting Firm hereunder). All
fees and expenses of the Accounting Firm shall be borne solely by the Bank. Any
Gross-Up Payment, as determined pursuant to this Section 18, shall be paid by
the Bank to the Executive within five days of the receipt of the Accounting
Firm's determination. Any determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding
upon the Bank and the Executive. As a result of the uncertainty in the
application of Section 4999 of the Code at the time of the initial determination
by the Accounting Firm hereunder, it is possible that Gross-Up Payments which
will not have been made by the Bank should have been made ("Underpayment"),
consistent with the calculations required to be made hereunder. In the event
that the Bank exhausts its remedies pursuant to Section 18(c) and the Executive
thereafter is required to make a payment of any Excise Tax, the Accounting Firm
shall determine the amount of the Underpayment that has occurred and any such
Underpayment shall be promptly paid by the Bank to or for the benefit of the
Executive.
(c) The Executive shall notify the Bank in writing of any claim by
the Internal Revenue Service that, if successful, would require the payment by
the Bank of the Gross-Up Payment. Such notification shall be given as soon as
practicable but no later than ten business days after the Executive is informed
in writing of such claim and shall apprise the Bank of the nature of such claim
and the date on which such claim is requested to be paid.
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The Executive shall not pay such claim prior to the expiration of the 30-day
period following the date on which it gives such notice to the Bank (or such
shorter period ending on the date that any payment of taxes with respect to such
claim is due). If the Bank notifies the Executive in writing prior to the
expiration of such period that it desires to contest such claim, the Executive
shall:
(1) give the Bank any information reasonably requested by the
Bank relating to such claim,
(2) take such action in connection with contesting such claim as
the Bank shall reasonably request in writing from time to time,
including, without limitation, accepting legal representation with
respect to such claim by an attorney reasonably selected by the Bank,
(3) cooperate with the Bank in good faith in order effectively
to contest such claim, and
(4) permit the Bank to participate in any proceedings relating
to such claim; provided, however, that the Bank shall bear and pay
directly all costs and expenses (including additional interest and
penalties) incurred in connection with such contest and shall indemnify
and hold the Executive harmless, on an after-tax basis, for any Excise
Tax or income tax (including interest and penalties with respect
thereto) imposed as a result of such representation and payment of costs
and expenses. Without limitation on the foregoing provisions of this
Section 18(c), the Bank shall control all proceedings taken in
connection with such contest and, at its sole option, may pursue or
forgo any and all administrative appeals, proceedings, hearings and
conferences with the taxing authority in respect of such claim and may,
at its sole option, either direct the Executive to pay the tax claimed
and sue for a refund or contest the claim in any permissible manner, and
the Executive agrees to prosecute such contest to a determination before
any administrative tribunal, in a court of initial jurisdiction and in
one or more appellate courts, as the Bank shall determine; provided,
however, that if the Bank directs the Executive to pay such claim and
sue for a refund, the Bank shall advance the amount of such payment to
the Executive, on an interest-free basis and shall indemnify and hold
the Executive harmless, on an after-tax basis, from any Excise Tax or
income tax (including interest or penalties with respect thereto)
imposed with respect to such advance or with respect to any imputed
income with respect to such advance; and further provided that any
extension of the statute of limitations relating to payment of taxes for
the taxable year of the Executive with respect to which such contested
amount is claimed to be due is limited solely to such contested amount.
Furthermore, the Bank's control of the contest shall be limited to
issues with respect to which a Gross-Up Payment would be payable
hereunder and the Executive shall be entitled to settle or contest, as
the case may be, any other issue raised by the Internal Revenue Service
or any other taxing authority.
(d) If, after the receipt by the Executive of an amount advanced by
the Bank pursuant to Section 18(c), the Executive becomes entitled to receive
any refund with respect to such claim, the Executive shall (subject to the
Bank's complying with the requirements of Section ) promptly pay to the Bank the
amount of such refund (together with any interest paid or credited thereon after
taxes applicable thereto).
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If, after the receipt by the Executive of an amount advanced by the Bank
pursuant to Section 18(c, a determination is made that the Executive shall not
be entitled to any refund with respect to such claim and the Bank does not
notify the Executive in writing of its intent to contest such denial of refund
prior to the expiration of 30 days after such determination, then such advance
shall be forgiven and shall not be required to be repaid and the amount of such
advance shall offset, to the extent thereof, the amount of Gross-Up Payment
required to be paid.
19 . Arbitration of Disputes. Except as otherwise provided in Section ,
any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the
breach thereof shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the laws of
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by three arbitrators, one of whom shall be
appointed by the Bank, one by the Executive and the third by the first two
arbitrators. If the first two arbitrators cannot agree on the appointment of a
third arbitrator, then the third arbitrator shall be appointed by the American
Arbitration Association in the City of Boston. Such arbitration shall be
conducted in the City of Boston in accordance with the rules of the American
Arbitration Association, except with respect to the selection of arbitrators
which shall be as provided in this Section 19. Judgment upon the award rendered
by the arbitrators may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof. In
the event that it shall be necessary or desirable for the Executive to retain
legal counsel and/or incur other costs and expenses in connection with the
enforcement of any or all of the Executive's rights under this Agreement, the
Bank shall pay (or the Executive shall be entitled to recover from the Bank, as
the case may be) the Executive's reasonable attorneys' fees and other reasonable
costs and expenses in connection with the enforcement of said rights (including
the enforcement of any arbitration award in court) regardless of the final
outcome, unless and to the extent the arbitrators shall determine that under the
circumstances recovery by the Executive of all or a part of any such fees and
costs and expenses would be unjust.
20 . Assignment; Successors and Assigns, etc. Neither the Bank nor the
Executive may make any assignment of this Agreement or any interest herein, by
operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the other
party and without such consent any attempted transfer or assignment shall be
null and of no effect; provided, however, that the Bank may assign its rights
under this Agreement without the consent of the Executive in the event the Bank
shall hereafter effect a reorganization, consolidate with or merge into any
other Person, or transfer all or substantially all of its properties or assets
to any other Person. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding
upon the Bank and the Executive, its successors, executors, administrators,
heirs and permitted assigns. In the event of the Executive's death prior to the
completion by the Bank of all payments due him under this Agreement, the Bank
shall continue such payments to the Executive's beneficiary designated in
writing to the Bank prior to his death (or to his estate, if he fails to make
such designation).
21 . Enforceability. If any portion or provision of this Agreement shall
to any extent be declared illegal or unenforceable by a court of competent
jurisdiction, then the remainder of this Agreement, or the application of such
portion or provision in circumstances other than those as to which it is so
declared illegal or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby, and each
portion and provision of this Agreement shall be valid and enforceable to the
fullest extent permitted by law.
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22 . Prior Agreements. This Agreement supersedes the Employment
Agreement made as of November 13, 1989, as subsequently amended, by and between
the Executive and the Bank. The Executive hereby represents and warrants that
the execution of this Agreement and the performance of his obligations hereunder
will not breach or be in conflict with any other agreement to which he is a
party or is bound, and that he is not now subject to any covenants against
competition or similar covenants which would affect the performance of his
obligations hereunder.
23 . Notices. Any notices, requests, demands and other communications
provided for by this Agreement shall be sufficient if in writing and delivered
in person or sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to the
Executive at the last address the Executive has filed in writing with the Bank
or, in the case of the Bank, at its main office, attention of the Board of
Directors.
24 . Amendment and Waiver. This Agreement may be amended or modified
only by a written instrument signed by the Executive and by duly authorized
representatives of the Bank. No waiver of any provision hereof shall be
effective unless made in writing and signed by the waiving party. The failure of
any party to require the performance of any term or obligation of this
Agreement, or the waiver by any party of any breach of this Agreement, shall not
prevent any subsequent enforcement of such term or obligation or be deemed a
waiver of any subsequent breach.
25 . Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed under and be
governed in all respects by the substantive laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, without regard to its principles of conflicts of laws.
26 . Definition of "Person". For purposes of this Agreement, the term
"Person" shall mean an individual, a corporation, an association, a partnership,
an estate, a trust and any other entity or organization.
27 . Establishment of a Holding Company. The stockholders of the Bank
have approved the formation of Ipswich Bancshares, Inc., a holding company (the
"Holding Company") for the Bank ("Holding Company Reorganization"). Once the
Holding Company Reorganization is completed, the Company will be the sole
stockholder of the Bank. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement,
the Holding Company Reorganization shall not constitute a Change in Control (as
defined in Section ).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement and the amendment and restatement
hereof have been executed as a sealed instrument by the Bank, by its duly
authorized officer, and by the Executive, as of the dates first above written.
ATTEST: IPSWICH SAVINGS BANK
By:
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Title:
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[Seal]
WITNESS EXECUTIVE
/s/ David L. Grey
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David L. Grey
Exhibit 10.11
Execution Copy
AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made as of the 18th day of June, 1997, as amended and restated
as of the 17th day of June, 1998 and the 18th day of May, 1999 by and between
IPSWICH SAVINGS BANK, a Massachusetts-chartered saving bank, with its main
office in Ipswich, Massachusetts (the "Bank") and Francis Kenney of North
Andover, Massachusetts (the "Executive").
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, in recognition of the Executive's contribution to the growth
and success of the Bank, the parties hereto desire to provide for the
Executive's continued employment by the Bank by entering into this Employment
Agreement;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained
herein, the Bank and the Executive agree as follows:
1 . Employment. The Bank agrees to employ the Executive for the purpose
of serving as its Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, on the
terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
2 . Capacity. The Executive shall serve the Bank as Senior Vice
President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, subject to his election by the
Bank's Board of Directors. In addition, upon completion of the presently-pending
"Holding Company Reorganization" (as such term is defined in Section 27) the
Executive shall serve as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of
Ipswich Bancshares (the "Company"), subject to his election by the Company's
Board of Directors. Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors of the
Company, the Executive shall not be entitled to compensation in addition to the
compensation set forth in Section 4 of this Agreement as a result of his serving
as an officer of the Company.
3 . Effective Date and Term. The commencement date (the "Commencement
Date") of this Agreement shall be June 18, 1997. The initial term of the
Executive's employment hereunder shall be for eighteen months from the
Commencement Date. The parties intend that, at any point in time during the
Executive's employment hereunder, the then-remaining term of his employment
under this Agreement shall be eighteen months. Accordingly, the term of
employment shall be automatically extended by one day for each day that the
Executive remains employed by the Bank. The last day of such term as so extended
from time to time is herein sometimes referred to as the "Expiration Date";
provided that, for purposes of Section 11, the "Expiration Date" shall be the
eighteen month anniversary of (i) the date on which the Board designates another
executive to act in the Executive's place under Section 11, or (ii) the Long
Term Disability Date (as defined in Section 11), whichever is earlier.
4 . Compensation and Benefits. The regular compensation and benefits
payable to the Executive under this Agreement shall be as follows:
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(a) Salary. For all services rendered by the Executive under this
Agreement, the Bank shall pay the Executive a base salary at the rate of $65,000
per year, subject to increase from time to time in accordance with the usual
practice of the Bank with respect to review of compensation of its senior
executives. In addition, if the Board increases the Executive's annual base
salary at any time before the Expiration Date, such increased annual base salary
shall become a floor below which such annual base salary shall not fall at any
future time during the term of the Executive's employment without his written
consent. The Executive's salary shall be payable in periodic installments in
accordance with the Bank's usual practice for its senior executives.
(b) Regular Benefits. The Executive shall also be entitled to
participate in any and all employee benefit plans, medical insurance plans,
disability income plans, retirement plans, bonus incentive plans, and other
benefit plans from time to time in effect for senior executives of the Bank.
Such participation shall be subject to (i) the terms of the applicable plan
documents, (ii) generally applicable policies of the Bank and (iii) the
discretion of the Board of Directors of the Bank or any administrative or other
committee provided for in or contemplated by such plan. Nothing paid to the
Executive under any plan, policy or arrangement currently in effect or made
available in the future shall be deemed to be in lieu of other compensation to
the Executive as described in this Agreement.
(c) Business Expenses. The Bank shall reimburse the Executive for
all reasonable travel and other business expenses incurred by him in the
performance of his duties and responsibilities, subject to such reasonable
requirements with respect to substantiation and documentation as may be
specified by the Bank.
(d) Vacation. The Executive shall be entitled to not less than three
(3) weeks of vacation per year, to be taken at such times and intervals as shall
be determined by the Executive with the approval of the Bank, which approval
shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(e) No Impact on Options. Nothing in this Agreement shall have any
affect on the Executive's rights under stock options granted to the Executive
pursuant to the Bank's stock option plans.
5 . Extent of Service. During his employment hereunder, the Executive
shall, subject to the direction and supervision of the Board of Directors of the
Bank, devote his full time, best efforts and business judgment, skill and
knowledge to the advancement of the Bank's interests and to the discharge of his
duties and responsibilities hereunder. He shall not engage in any other business
activity, except as may be approved by the Board of Directors; provided,
however, that nothing herein shall be construed as preventing the Executive
from:
(a) investing his assets in a manner not prohibited by Section 12
hereof, and in such form or manner as shall not require any material
services on his part in the operations or affairs of the companies or
the other entities in which such investments are made;
(b) serving on the board of directors of any company, subject to the
prohibitions set forth in Section 12 and provided that he shall not be
required to render any material services with respect to the operations
or affairs of any such company; or
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(c) engaging in religious, charitable or other community or
non-profit activities which do not impair his ability to fulfill his
duties and responsibilities under this Agreement.
6 . Termination Upon Death. In the event of the Executive's death during
the Executive's employment hereunder, the Bank shall pay to the Executive's
beneficiary designated in writing to the Bank prior to his death (or to his
estate, if he fails to make such designation), (i) any base salary or other
compensation earned (together with a pro rata portion of the bonus payable with
respect to the year in which death occurred) but not paid to Executive prior to
the date of death, plus (ii) the base salary that Executive would have earned
for a period of six (6) months following his death, plus (iii) a pro rata
portion of any bonuses or other incentive compensation that Executive would have
earned if he had been employed for the full fiscal year in which he died,
payable at the time of payment of similar bonuses made to other Executives of
the Bank, plus (iv) any death benefits that Executive is entitled to under the
Bank's policies in effect on Executive's date of death.
7 . Termination by the Bank for Cause.
(a) Termination of Employment. The Executive's employment hereunder
may be terminated by the Bank for Cause without further liability on the part of
the Bank, effective immediately, by a vote of a majority of all of the members
of the Executive Committee and a majority of all of the members of the Board of
Directors of the Bank. The Bank shall provide the Executive with written notice
setting forth in reasonable detail the nature of such Cause.
(b) Cause. For purposes of this Agreement a termination shall be a
termination for "Cause" only if the termination is for fraud, misappropriation
or embezzlement in the Executive's performance of his duties as an employee of
the Bank or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof, or conviction of the Executive
of a crime involving moral turpitude.
8 . Termination by the Executive.
(a) Termination by the Executive for Good Reason. The Executive may
terminate his employment hereunder for Good Reason at any time by delivery of
written notice to the Bank within the one year period commencing upon the
occurrence of the Good Reason. Unless otherwise agreed to by the Bank, such
termination shall not be effective until thirty (30) days after such written
notice is delivered.
(b) Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Good
Reason" shall mean:
(1) the failure of the Board of Directors of the Company to
elect the Executive to the office of Chief Financial
Officer, or to continue the Executive in such office, or
the failure of the Board of Directors of the Bank to elect
the Executive to the office of Chief Financial Officer, or
to continue the Executive in such office;
(2) the failure by the Bank to comply with the provisions
of Section 4(a);
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(3) a material breach by the Bank of any of the provisions
of this Agreement which failure or breach shall have
continued for thirty (30) days after written notice from
the Executive to the Bank specifying the nature of such
failure or breach.
In addition,"Good Reason" shall include the following events but only if they
shall occur within two years following a Change in Control:
(4) the failure by the Bank to continue to provide the
Executive with benefits substantially similar to those
available to the Executive under any of the life insurance,
medical, health and accident, or disability plans or any
other material benefit plans in which the Executive was
participating at the time of the Change in Control, or the
taking of any action by the Bank which would directly or
indirectly materially reduce any of such benefits, or the
failure by the Bank to provide the Executive with the
number of paid vacation days to which the Executive is
entitled on the basis of years of service with the Bank in
accordance with the Bank's normal vacation policy in effect
at the time of the Change in Control;
(5) A reasonable determination by the Executive that, as a
result of a Change in Control, he is unable to exercise the
responsibilities, authorities, powers, functions or duties
exercised by the Executive immediately prior to such Change
in Control;
(6) A reasonable determination by the Executive that, as a
result of a Change in Control, his working conditions have
significantly worsened; or
(7) the failure of the Bank to obtain a satisfactory
agreement from any successor to assume and agree to perform
this Agreement.
(c) Change in Control. For the purposes of this Agreement "Change in
Control" shall mean the occurrence of any one or more of the following four
events:
(1) Any "person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d)
and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), other
than the Company or the Bank, becomes a "beneficial owner"
(as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 as promulgated under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) directly or indirectly
of securities representing 25% or more of the total number
of votes that may be cast for the election of Directors of
the Company or the Bank and two thirds of the Board of
Directors of the Company or the Bank (the "Board") has not
consented to such event prior to its occurrence or within
sixty (60) days thereafter, provided that if the consent
occurs after the event, it shall only be valid for the
purposes of this paragraph (i) if a majority of the
consenting Board is comprised of Directors of the Company
or the Bank who were Directors of the Company or the Bank
immediately prior to the event;
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(2) Within two years after a merger, consolidation or sale
of assets involving the Company or the Bank, or a contested
election of a Company or a Bank Director, or any
combination of the foregoing, the individuals who were
Directors of the Company or the Bank immediately prior
thereto shall cease to constitute a majority of the Board;
(3) Within two years after a tender offer or exchange offer
for voting securities of the Company or the Bank (other
than by the Company or the Bank), the individuals who were
Directors of the Company or the Bank immediately prior
thereto shall cease to constitute a majority of the Board.
Under no circumstances shall the Holding Company Reorganization
constitute a Change in Control.
(d) Voluntary Termination. The Executive may, upon thirty (30) days
prior written notice to the Bank, effect a Voluntary Termination of his
employment hereunder. A "Voluntary Termination" shall mean a termination of
employment by the Executive on his own initiative other than (a) a termination
due to death or disability, or (b) a termination for Good Reason.
9 . Termination by the Bank Without Cause. The Executive's employment
with the Bank may be terminated without cause only by a majority vote of all of
the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank on written notice to the
Executive.
10 . Certain Termination Benefits. In the event of termination by the
Executive for Good Reason pursuant to Section 8(a) or termination by the Bank
without cause pursuant to Section , the Executive shall be entitled to the
following benefits:
(a) Severance Payments. The Executive shall be entitled to a lump
sum payment, payable within 30 days of the last day of his employment, equal to
the sum of the following:
(1) Payment for Services Already Rendered. An amount equal to
the sum of (a) the Executive's base salary for the period through the
date of termination, plus (b) the Executive's pro rata share (based on
the number of whole or partial months during which the Executive was
employed in the year of termination divided by 12) of the annual bonus
paid during the fiscal year preceding the termination of employment,
plus (c) all accrued vacation; plus
(2) Severance Pay. In the event of termination of employment by
either the Executive for Good Reason pursuant to Section 8(a) or the
Bank without cause pursuant to Section 9, the Executive shall be
entitled to a severance benefit equal to 150% of the sum of (x) the
annual bonus paid to the Executive during the fiscal year preceding the
termination of employment and (y) the Executive's then current annual
base salary.
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(b) Benefit Continuation. For the period subsequent to the date of
termination until the Expiration Date, the Executive shall continue to receive
all benefits described in Section 4(b) above existing on the date of
termination. For purposes of application of such benefits the Executive shall be
treated as if he had remained in the employ of the Bank, with a total annual
salary at the rate in effect on the date of termination, and service credits
will continue to accrue during such period as if the Executive had remained in
the employ of the Bank.
If, in spite of the provisions of this Section 10(b), benefits or
service credits under any benefit plan shall not be payable or provided under
any such plan to the Executive, or to the Executive's dependents, beneficiaries
or estate, because the Executive is no longer deemed to be an employee of the
Bank, the Bank itself shall pay for, or provide for payment of, such benefits
and service credits for such beneficiaries to the Executive, or to the
Executive's dependents, beneficiaries or estate.
(c) No Duty to Mitigate. In the event of termination of the
Executive's employment, the Executive shall be under no obligation to seek other
employment or to mitigate damages and there shall be no offset against any
amounts due the Executive under this Agreement for any reason, including,
without limitation, on account of any remuneration attributable to any
subsequent employment that the Executive may obtain.
(d) No Benefits Upon Voluntary Termination or Termination for Cause.
In the event of Voluntary Termination pursuant to Section 8(d) or termination of
the Executive's employment for Cause pursuant to Section 7, all obligations of
the Bank under this Agreement shall terminate as of the date of termination, but
vested rights of the parties hereunder shall not be affected.
11 . Disability. If, due to physical or mental illness, the Executive
shall be disabled so as to be unable to perform substantially all of his duties
and responsibilities hereunder, the Bank, acting through its Board of Directors,
may designate another executive to act in his place during the period of his
disability, but such action by the Bank shall constitute Good Reason if it
occurs after a Change in Control. Notwithstanding any such designation, the
Executive shall continue to receive his full salary and benefits under Section 4
of this Agreement until the earlier of (X) the Expiration Date, or (Y) the date
on which he becomes eligible for disability income under the Bank's long term
disability income plan ("Long Term Disability Date"). While receiving disability
payments under such plan the Executive shall, until the Expiration Date, receive
a salary from the Bank which will equal seventy (70%) percent of the Executive's
Cash Compensation (as defined below) as of the Long Term Disability Date, when
combined with the Executive's disability income payments under the Bank's group
long term disability plan. The Executive shall also continue to participate in
the Bank's benefit plans and to receive other benefits as specified in Section 4
until the Expiration Date. Nothing contained in this Section 11 shall preclude
the Bank from terminating the Executive's employment without cause pursuant to
Section 9, subject to its payment of benefits as provided in Section 10.
The term "Cash Compensation" shall mean the Executive's annual base
salary as of the Long Term Disability Date plus the annual cash bonus paid to
the Executive during the fiscal year preceding the Long Term Disability Date.
12 . Noncompetition. During the Executive's employment by the Bank
hereunder and during a period of one year following the date of termination of
his employment with the Bank for any reason, the Executive will not, directly or
indirectly whether as owner, partner, shareholder, consultant, agent, employee,
co-venturer or otherwise, or through any Person (as hereafter defined), compete
in the Bank's market area (defined as Essex County, Massachusetts) with the
banking or any other business conducted by the Bank or any Subsidiary during the
period of his employment hereunder, nor will he attempt to hire any employee of
the Bank, assist in such hiring by any other Person, encourage any such employee
to terminate his or her relationship with the Bank or to conduct with any other
Person any business or activity which such customer conducts or could conduct
with the Bank.
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For purposes of this Section 12, the Executive shall not be deemed to be
competing with the Bank if he is employed outside of the Bank's market area for
a bank or corporation which has its headquarters outside of the Bank's market
area, even if such bank or corporation has a branch or office in the Bank's
market area. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 12 will have no further
force and effect if, within two years following the occurrence of a Change in
Control (as defined in Section ), the Executive terminates his employment for
Good Reason pursuant to Section 8 (a) or the Bank terminates the Executive's
employment without cause pursuant to Section 9.
13 . Confidential Information. The Executive will not disclose to any
other Person (except as required by applicable law or in connection with the
performance of his duties and responsibilities hereunder), or use for his own
benefit or gain, any confidential information of the Bank obtained by him
incident to his employment with the Bank. The term "confidential information"
includes, without limitation, financial information, business plans, prospects
and opportunities (such as lending relationships, financial product
developments, or possible acquisitions or dispositions of business or
facilities) which have been discussed or considered by the management of the
Bank but does not include any information which has become part of the public
domain by means other than the Executive's nonobservance of his obligations
hereunder.
14 . Post-Termination Obligations.
(a) Upon termination of the Executive's employment for any reason,
the Executive shall act at all times in an ethical manner with regard to, and
shall take no action which directly or indirectly has or could reasonably be
expected to have the effect of terminating or otherwise adversely affecting the
relationship of the Bank with any employees of, or others with business or
advantageous relationships with, the Bank or any of its affiliates.
(b) During the term of the Executive's employment hereunder and for
one (1) full year after the termination thereof for any reason, or subject to
ordinary court process, the Executive shall, upon reasonable notice, use his
reasonable best efforts to cooperate with the Bank by providing such information
and assistance to the Bank as may reasonably be required by the Bank at the
Bank's expense in connection with any litigation not commenced by or involving
the Executive in which the Bank is, or may become, a party.
15 . Relief; Interpretation. The Executive agrees that the Bank shall be
entitled to injunctive relief for any breach by him of the covenants contained
in Sections 12, 13 and 14. In the event that any provision of the foregoing
Sections shall be determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be
unenforceable by reason of its being extended over too great a period of time,
too large a geographic area, or too great a range of activities, it shall be
interpreted to extend only over the maximum period of time, geographic area, or
range of activities as to which it may be enforceable. For purposes of Sections
12, 13 and 14, the term "Bank" shall mean the Bank and its subsidiaries and
affiliates.
16 . Withholding. All payments made by the Bank under this Agreement
shall be net of any tax or other amounts required to be withheld by the Bank
under applicable law.
17 . Indemnification. The Bank shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Executive (and his heirs, executors and administrators) to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, regulations, regulatory bulletin, and/or any other
regulatory requirement, as the same exists or may hereafter be promulgated or
amended, against all expense, liability and loss (including, without limitation,
attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or
to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by the Executive as a
consequence of the Executive being or having been made a party to, or being or
having been involved, in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason
of the fact that the Executive is or was a director or officer of the Bank or is
or was serving at the request of the Bank as a trustee, director or officer or
of another corporation (including, but not limited to, a subsidiary or an
Affiliate of the Bank), and such indemnification shall continue after the
Executive shall cease to be an officer, director or trustee. The right to
indemnification conferred hereby shall be a contract right and shall also
include, to the extent permitted by applicable law or regulation, the right to
be paid by the Bank the expenses incurred in defending any such proceeding in
advance of the final disposition upon receipt by the Bank of an undertaking by
or on behalf of the Executive to repay such amounts or a portion thereof, if it
shall ultimately be determined that the Executive is not entitled to be
indemnified by the Bank pursuant hereto or as otherwise authorized by law but
such repayment by the Executive shall only be in an amount ultimately determined
to exceed the amount to which the Executive was entitled to be indemnified.
18 . Code Section 280G Reduction. Notwithstanding any other provisions
of this Agreement or of any other agreement, contract, understanding, plan or
program entered in to or maintained by the Bank, if any payment or benefit
received or to be received by the Executive in connection with the termination
of the Executive's employment (whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
or any other plan, arrangement or agreement with (a) the Bank or any Affiliate,
Parent or Subsidiary of the Bank, or (b) any person affiliated with the Bank or
any such person) (all such payments and/or benefits, including the payments and
benefits, if any, under this Agreement, being hereinafter referred to as the
"Total Payments") would subject the Executive to an Excise Tax (as defined
below), and if such Total Payments less the Excise Tax is less than the maximum
amount of Total Payments which would otherwise be payable to the Executive
without imposition of an Excise Tax, then, to the extent necessary to eliminate
the imposition of an Excise Tax (and after taking into account any reduction in
the Total Payments provided by reason of Section 280G of the Code in such other
plan, arrangement or agreement), (i) the cash and non-cash payments and benefits
payable under this Agreement shall first be reduced (but not below zero),and
(ii) all other cash and non-cash payments and benefits shall next be reduced
(but not below zero); but only if, by reason of any such reduction, the Total
Payments with any such reduction shall exceed the Total Payments without any
such reduction. For purposes of this Section 18, (A) no portion of the Total
Payments the receipt or enjoyment of which the Executive shall have effectively
waived in writing prior to the date of termination of employment shall be taken
into account, (B) no portion of the Total Payments shall be taken into account
which in the opinion of tax counsel selected in good faith by the Bank does not
constitute a "parachute payment" within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the
Code, including (without limitation) by reason of Section 280G(b)(4)(A) of the
Code, and (C) the value of any non-cash payment or benefit or any deferred
payment or benefit included in the Total Payments shall be determined by the
Bank's independent auditors in accordance with the principles of Sections
280G(d)(3) and (4) of the Code. Except as otherwise provided above, the
foregoing calculations and determinations shall be made in good faith by the
Bank and the Executive. If no agreement on the calculations is reached, then the
Executive and the Bank will agree to the selection of an accounting firm to make
the calculations. If no agreement can be reached regarding the selection of an
accounting firm the Bank will select a prominent national accounting firm which
has no current or recent business relationship with the Bank. The Bank shall pay
all costs and expenses incurred in connection with any such calculations or
determinations. Any calculations or determinations made in accordance with this
Section 18 shall be conclusive and binding on all parties.
For purposes of this Section 18, the term "Excise Tax" shall mean any
excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code and/or any successor section
thereto.
19 . Arbitration of Disputes. Any controversy or claim arising out of or
relating to this Agreement or the breach thereof shall be settled by arbitration
in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by three
arbitrators, one of whom shall be appointed by the Bank, one by the Executive
and the third by the first two arbitrators. If the first two arbitrators cannot
agree on the appointment of a third arbitrator, then the third arbitrator shall
be appointed by the American Arbitration Association in the City of Boston. Such
arbitration shall be conducted in the City of Boston in accordance with the
rules of the American Arbitration Association, except with respect to the
selection of arbitrators which shall be as provided in this Section 19. Judgment
upon the award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered in any court having
jurisdiction thereof. In the event that it shall be necessary or desirable for
the Executive to retain legal counsel and/or incur other costs and expenses in
connection with the enforcement of any or all of the Executive's rights under
this Agreement, the Bank shall pay (or the Executive shall be entitled to
recover from the Bank, as the case may be) the Executive's reasonable attorneys'
fees and other reasonable costs and expenses in connection with the enforcement
of said rights (including the enforcement of any arbitration award in court)
regardless of the final outcome, unless and to the extent the arbitrators shall
determine that under the circumstances recovery by the Executive of all or a
part of any such fees and costs and expenses would be unjust.
20 . Assignment; Successors and Assigns, etc. Neither the Bank nor the
Executive may make any assignment of this Agreement or any interest herein, by
operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the other
party and without such consent any attempted transfer or assignment shall be
null and of no effect; provided, however, that the Bank may assign its rights
under this Agreement without the consent of the Executive in the event the Bank
shall hereafter effect a reorganization, consolidate with or merge into any
other Person, or transfer all or substantially all of its properties or assets
to any other Person. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding
upon the Bank and the Executive, its successors, executors, administrators,
heirs and permitted assigns. In the event of the Executive's death prior to the
completion by the Bank of all payments due him under this Agreement, the Bank
shall continue such payments to the Executive's beneficiary designated in
writing to the Bank prior to his death (or to his estate, if he fails to make
such designation).
21 . Enforceability. If any portion or provision of this Agreement shall
to any extent be declared illegal or unenforceable by a court of competent
jurisdiction, then the remainder of this Agreement, or the application of such
portion or provision in circumstances other than those as to which it is so
declared illegal or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby, and each
portion and provision of this Agreement shall be valid and enforceable to the
fullest extent permitted by law.
22 . Prior Agreements. This Agreement supersedes the Severance Agreement
made as of September 27, 1995 by and between the Executive and the Bank. The
Executive hereby represents and warrants that the execution of this Agreement
and the performance of his obligations hereunder will not breach or be in
conflict with any other agreement to which he is a party or is bound, and that
he is not now subject to any covenants against competition or similar covenants
which would affect the performance of his obligations hereunder.
23 . Notices. Any notices, requests, demands and other communications
provided for by this Agreement shall be sufficient if in writing and delivered
in person or sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to the
Executive at the last address the Executive has filed in writing with the Bank
or, in the case of the Bank, at its main office, attention of the Board of
Directors.
24 . Amendment and Waiver. This Agreement may be amended or modified
only by a written instrument signed by the Executive and by duly authorized
representatives of the Bank. No waiver of any provision hereof shall be
effective unless made in writing and signed by the waiving party. The failure of
any party to require the performance of any term or obligation of this
Agreement, or the waiver by any party of any breach of this Agreement, shall not
prevent any subsequent enforcement of such term or obligation or be deemed a
waiver of any subsequent breach.
25 . Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed under and be
governed in all respects by the substantive laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, without regard to its principles of conflicts of laws.
26 . Definition of "Person". For purposes of this Agreement, the term
"Person" shall mean an individual, a corporation, an association, a partnership,
an estate, a trust and any other entity or organization.
27 . Establishment of a Holding Company. The stockholders of the Bank
have approved the formation of Ipswich Bancshares, Inc., a holding company for
the Bank ("Holding Company Reorganization"). Once the Holding Company
Reorganization is completed, the Company will be the sole stockholder of the
Bank. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Holding Company
Reorganization shall not constitute a Change in Control.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company, the Bank and the Executive have
executed this Agreement under seal as of the dates first above written.
ATTEST: IPSWICH SAVINGS BANK
______________________________ By:
David L. Grey, President
[Seal]
WITNESS EXECUTIVE
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Francis Kenney
The undersigned hereby guarantees the
obligations of Ipswich Savings Bank under the
foregoing agreement
IPSWICH BANCSHARES, INC.
By:
David L. Grey, President
Exhibit 10.12
Execution Copy
Amended and Restated
Severance Agreement
This Amended and Restated Agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into by
and between Thomas R. Girard, Vice President of Mortgage Banking of Ipswich
Savings Bank (the "Executive") and Ipswich Savings Bank (the "Bank"). The
Agreement was effective as of the 18th day of June, 1997 (the "Effective Date")
and amended and restated on May 18, 1999.
WHEREAS, the Bank has formed Ipswich Bancshares as its holding company
(the "Company") and is in the process of completing a "Holding Company
Reorganization;"
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of the Bank desires to assure that the
Executive, in the Executive's capacity as an executive officer of the Bank, will
consider the prospect of a "Change in Control" (as defined in Section 1(a)
below) of the Company or the Bank in an objective manner; and
WHEREAS, the Executive desires to commit himself to serve the Bank to
the best of his ability;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the agreements of
the parties herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:
1. Consequences of Termination of the Executive's Employment Following
Change in Control. If there is a "Change in Control" (as defined in subsection
(a) below) during the "Term" (as defined in Section 2 below), the provisions of
this Section shall apply and shall continue to apply throughout the remainder of
the Term. If, within three months following a "Change in Control" (as defined in
subsection (a) below), the Executive's employment is terminated by the Executive
following a reduction of the Executive's commission schedule (other than a
reduction which is based on the Bank's financial performance and is similar to
the reduction made to the compensation provided to each other officer of the
Bank), the Executive (or the Executive's estate, if applicable) shall receive
such compensation as is provided to the Executive pursuant to subsection (c)
below. Similarly, if the Executive's employment is terminated without "cause"
(as defined in subsection (b) below) by the Bank within three months following a
"Change in Control" (as defined in subsection (a) below), the Executive (or the
Executive's estate, if applicable) shall receive such compensation as is
provided to the Executive pursuant to subsection (c) below.
(a) For the purposes of this Section "Change in Control" shall mean
the occurrence of any one or more of the following events:
(i) after the Effective Date, any "person" (as such term is used
in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934),
other than the Company or the Bank, becomes a "beneficial owner" (as
such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 as promulgated under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) directly or indirectly of securities representing
25% or more of the total number of votes that may be cast for the
election of Directors of the Company or the Bank and two thirds of the
Board of Directors of the Company or the Bank (the "Board") has not
consented to such event prior to its occurrence or within sixty (60)
days thereafter, provided that if the consent occurs after the event, it
shall only be valid for the purposes of this paragraph (i) if a majority
of the consenting Board of the Company or the Bank is comprised of
Directors of the Company or the Bank who were Directors of the Company
or the Bank immediately prior to the event;
(ii) within two years after a merger, consolidation or sale
of assets involving the Company or the Bank, or a contested election of
a Company or a Bank Director, or any combination of the foregoing, the
individuals who were Directors of the Company or the Bank immediately
prior thereto shall cease to constitute a majority of the Board; or
(iii) within two years after a tender offer or exchange
offer for voting securities of the Company or the Bank (other than by
the Company), the individuals who were Directors of the Company or the
Bank immediately prior thereto shall cease to constitute a majority of
the Board.
Under no circumstances shall the Holding Company Reorganization constitute a
Change in Control.
(b) For purposes of this Section 1, "cause" shall mean
activities which have had an adverse effect on the financial strength or
stability of the Bank; neglect of duties for which employed (other than on
account of a medically determinable disability which renders the Executive
incapable of performing such services); committing fraud, misappropriation or
embezzlement in the performance of duties as an employee of the Bank; conviction
of a felony involving a crime of moral turpitude; or willfully engaging in
conduct injurious to the Bank.
(c) If the Executive becomes entitled to receive compensation
pursuant to this Section, he shall receive a lump-sum payment from the Bank
within 30 days of the termination of his employment in an amount equal to the
lesser of (i) one times the Executive's compensation during the fiscal year
preceding the date of termination of employment as reported to the Executive on
Form W-2, or (ii) $150,000.
2. Employment Status. This Agreement is not an agreement for the
employment of the Executive and shall confer no rights on the Executive except
as herein expressly provided.
3. Term and One-Year Extension. The term of this Agreement shall be one
year commencing with the Effective Date hereof (the "Term"). The Term of this
Agreement will, however, be automatically extended for additional periods of one
year commencing on the first anniversary of the Effective Date and on each
subsequent anniversary thereafter, unless either party notifies the other in
writing at least three months prior to the date of such anniversary of the
Effective Date that the Agreement is not to be extended.
4. Exclusivity Covenant; Noncompetition.
(a) Except with the prior written consent of the Board, the Executive
will not while in the employ of the Bank, undertake or engage in any other
employment occupation or business enterprise. Further, the Executive agrees not
to acquire, assume or participate in, directly or indirectly, any position,
investment or interest, in the areas where the Bank maintains banking offices,
adverse or antagonistic to the Bank, its business or prospects, financial or
otherwise, or take any action towards any of the foregoing, except for any
investment representing less than one percent (1%) of the voting shares of any
private or publicly-held corporation.
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(b) During a period of one year following the date of termination of the
Executive's employment with the Bank for any reason, whether voluntary or
involuntary, the Executive will not, directly or indirectly whether as owner,
partner, shareholder, consultant, agent, employee, co-venturer or otherwise, or
through any Person (as hereafter defined), compete in the Bank's market area
(defined as Essex County, Massachusetts) with the mortgage banking or any other
business conducted by the Bank or any Subsidiary during the period of his
employment hereunder, nor will he attempt to hire any employee of the Bank,
assist in such hiring by any other Person, encourage any such employee to
terminate his or her relationship with the Bank or to conduct with any other
Person any business or activity which such customer conducts or could conduct
with the Bank.
5. Assignment. This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the
parties hereto shall bind and inure to the benefit of each of the parties hereto
and shall also bind and inure to the benefit of any successor or successors of
the Company or the Bank by reorganization, merger or consolidation and any
assignee of all or substantially all of its business and properties, but, except
as to any such successor or assignee of the Company or the Bank, neither this
Agreement nor any rights or benefits hereunder may be assigned by the Company or
the Bank or by the Executive.
6. Withholding. All payments made by the Bank under this Agreement shall
be net of any tax or other amounts required to be withheld by the Bank under
applicable Federal and state law.
7. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with,
and governed for all purposes by, the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,
without regard to its principles of conflicts of laws.
8. Interpretation. In case any one or more of the provisions contained
in this Agreement shall, for any reason, be held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability
shall not affect any other provisions of this Agreement, but this Agreement
shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had
never been contained herein.
9. Enforcement. Any legal expenses incurred by the Executive in
enforcing his rights hereunder (regardless of whether the provisions of this
Agreement have terminated) shall be paid by the Bank, provided that both the
Executive prevails on the merits of his claim or claims and the Bank's rights of
appeal with respect to such claim or claims have been exhausted or have
otherwise expired. The Bank shall pay such legal expenses (or reimburse the
Executive, if appropriate) within thirty (30) days after the later of the date
on which the conditions specified in the previous sentence are fulfilled or the
date on which the Executive submits evidence of such legal expenses to the
Board.
10. Amendment and Waiver. This Agreement may not be amended,
supplemented or waived except by a writing signed by the party against which
such amendment or waiver is to be enforced. The waiver by any party of a breach
of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate to, or be construed as a
waiver of, any other breach of that provision nor as a waiver of any breach of
another provision.
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11. Binding Effect. Subject to the provisions of Section 4 hereof, this
Agreement shall be binding on the successors and assigns of the parties hereto.
12. Notices. Any notices, requests, demands and other communications
provided for by the Agreement shall be sufficient if in writing and delivered in
person or sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to the
Executive at the last address the Executive has filed in writing with the Bank
or, in the case of the Company or the Bank, at their main office, attention of
the President (with a copy to Carol Hempfling Pratt, Foley, Hoag & Eliot, One
Post Office Square, Boston, Massachusetts 02109).
13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which is an original but which shall together constitute
one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company, the Bank and the Executive have
executed this Agreement under seal as of the date first set forth above.
IPSWICH SAVINGS BANK EXECUTIVE
By:
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David L. Grey, President Thomas R. Girard
The undersigned hereby guarantees the
obligations of Ipswich Savings Bank under the
foregoing Agreement
IPSWICH BANCSHARES, INC.
By:
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David L. Grey, President
Exhibit 10.13
Execution Copy
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made as of the 17th day of June, 1998, by and between IPSWICH
SAVINGS BANK, a Massachusetts-chartered saving bank, with its main office in
Ipswich, Massachusetts (the "Bank") and Richard P. Duffett of Woburn,
Massachusetts(the "Executive").
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, in recognition of the Executive's contribution to the growth
and success of the Bank, the parties hereto desire to provide for the
Executive's continued employment by the Bank by entering into this Employment
Agreement;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained
herein, the Bank and the Executive agree as follows:
1 . Employment. The Bank agrees to employ the Executive for the purpose
of serving as its Senior Vice President and Chief Operations Officer, on the
terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.
2 . Capacity. The Executive shall serve the Bank as Senior Vice
President and Chief Operations Officer, subject to his election by the Bank's
Board of Directors.
3 . Effective Date and Term. The commencement date (the "Commencement
Date") of this Agreement shall be June 17, 1998. The initial term of the
Executive's employment hereunder shall be for one year from the Commencement
Date. The parties intend that, at any point in time during the Executive's
employment hereunder, the then-remaining term of his employment under this
Agreement shall be one year. Accordingly, the term of employment shall be
automatically extended by one day for each day that the Executive remains
employed by the Bank. The last day of such term as so extended from time to time
is herein sometimes referred to as the "Expiration Date"; provided that, for
purposes of Section 11, the "Expiration Date" shall be the first anniversary of
(i) the date on which the Board designates another executive to act in the
Executive's place under Section 11, or (ii) the Long Term Disability Date (as
defined in Section 11), whichever is earlier.
4 . Compensation and Benefits. The regular compensation and benefits
payable to the Executive under this Agreement shall be as follows:
(a) Salary. For all services rendered by the Executive under this
Agreement, the Bank shall pay the Executive a base salary at the rate of $67,000
per year, subject to increase from time to time in accordance with the usual
practice of the Bank with respect to review of compensation of its senior
executives. In addition, if the Board increases the Executive's annual base
salary at any time before the Expiration Date, such increased annual base salary
shall become a floor below which such annual base salary shall not fall at any
future time during the term of the Executive's employment without his written
consent. The Executive's salary shall be payable in periodic installments in
accordance with the Bank's usual practice for its senior executives.
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(b) Regular Benefits. The Executive shall also be entitled to
participate in any and all employee benefit plans, medical insurance plans,
disability income plans, retirement plans, bonus incentive plans, and other
benefit plans from time to time in effect for senior executives of the Bank.
Such participation shall be subject to (i) the terms of the applicable plan
documents, (ii) generally applicable policies of the Bank and (iii) the
discretion of the Board of Directors of the Bank or any administrative or other
committee provided for in or contemplated by such plan. Nothing paid to the
Executive under any plan, policy or arrangement currently in effect or made
available in the future shall be deemed to be in lieu of other compensation to
the Executive as described in this Agreement.
(c) Business Expenses. The Bank shall reimburse the Executive for
all reasonable travel and other business expenses incurred by him in the
performance of his duties and responsibilities, subject to such reasonable
requirements with respect to substantiation and documentation as may be
specified by the Bank.
(d) Vacation. The Executive shall be entitled to not less than three
(3) weeks of vacation per year, to be taken at such times and intervals as shall
be determined by the Executive with the approval of the Bank, which approval
shall not be reasonably withheld.
(e) No Impact on Options. Nothing in this Agreement shall have any
affect on the Executive's rights under stock options granted to the Executive
pursuant to the Bank's stock option plans.
5 . Extent of Service. During his employment hereunder, the Executive
shall, subject to the direction and supervision of the Board of Directors of the
Bank, devote his full time, best efforts and business judgment, skill and
knowledge to the advancement of the Bank's interests and to the discharge of his
duties and responsibilities hereunder. He shall not engage in any other business
activity, except as may be approved by the Board of Directors; provided,
however, that nothing herein shall be construed as preventing the Executive
from:
(a) investing his assets in a manner not prohibited by Section 12
hereof, and in such form or manner as shall not require any material
services on his part in the operations or affairs of the companies or
the other entities in which such investments are made;
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(b) serving on the board of directors of any company, subject to the
prohibitions set forth in Section 12 and provided that he shall not be
required to render any material services with respect to the operations
or affairs of any such company; or
(c) engaging in religious, charitable or other community or non
-profit activities which do not impair his ability to fulfill his duties
and responsibilities under this Agreement.
6 . Termination Upon Death. In the event of the Executive's death during
the Executive's employment hereunder, the Bank shall pay to the Executive's
beneficiary designated in writing to the Bank prior to his death (or to his
estate, if he fails to make such designation), (i) any base salary or other
compensation earned (together with a pro rata portion of the bonus payable with
respect to the year in which death occurred) but not paid to Executive prior to
the date of death, plus (ii) the base salary that Executive would have earned
for a period of six (6) months following his death, plus (iii) a pro rata
portion of any bonuses or other incentive compensation that Executive would have
earned if he had been employed for the full fiscal year in which he died,
payable at the time of payment of similar bonuses made to other Executives of
the Bank, plus (iv) any death benefits that Executive is entitled to under the
Bank's policies in effect on Executive's date of death.
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7 . Termination by the Bank for Cause.
(a) Termination of Employment. The Executive's employment hereunder
may be terminated by the Bank for Cause without further liability on the part of
the Bank, effective immediately, by a vote of a majority of all of the members
of the Executive Committee and a majority of all of the members of the Board of
Directors of the Bank. The Bank shall provide the Executive with written notice
setting forth in reasonable detail the nature of such Cause.
(b) Cause. For purposes of this Agreement a termination shall be a
termination for "Cause" only if the termination is for fraud, misappropriation
or embezzlement in the Executive's performance of his duties as an employee of
the Bank or any subsidiary or affiliate thereof, or conviction of the Executive
of a crime involving moral turpitude.
8 . Termination by the Executive.
(a) Termination by the Executive for Good Reason. The Executive may
terminate his employment hereunder for Good Reason at any time by delivery of
written notice to the Bank within the one year period commencing upon the
occurrence of the Good Reason. Unless otherwise agreed to by the Bank, such
termination shall not be effective until thirty (30) days after such written
notice is delivered.
(b) Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Good
Reason" shall mean:
(1) the failure of the Board of Directors of the Bank to
elect the Executive to the office of Chief Operations
Officer, or to continue the Executive in such office;
(2) the failure by the Bank to comply with the provisions of
Section 4(a);
(3) a material breach by the Bank of any of the provisions
of this Agreement which failure or breach shall have
continued for thirty (30) days after written notice from
the Executive to the Bank specifying the nature of such
failure or breach.
In addition,"Good Reason" shall include the following events but only if they
shall occur within two years following a Change in Control:
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(4) the failure by the Bank to continue to provide the
Executive with benefits substantially similar to those
available to the Executive under any of the life
insurance, medical, health and accident, or disability
plans or any other material benefit plans in which the
Executive was participating at the time of the Change in
Control, or the taking of any action by the Bank which
would directly or indirectly materially reduce any of
such benefits, or the failure by the Bank to provide the
Executive with the number of paid vacation days to which
the Executive is entitled on the basis of years of
service with the Bank in accordance with the Bank's
normal vacation policy in effect at the time of the
Change in Control;
(5) A reasonable determination by the Executive that, as a
result of a Change in Control, he is unable to exercise
the responsibilities, authorities, powers, functions or
duties exercised by the Executive immediately prior to
such Change in Control;
(6) A reasonable determination by the Executive that, as a
result of a Change in Control, his working conditions
have significantly worsened; or
(7) the failure of the Bank to obtain a satisfactory
agreement from any successor to assume and agree to
perform this Agreement.
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(c) Change in Control. For the purposes of this Agreement "Change of
Control" shall mean the occurrence of any one or more of the following four
events:
(1) Any "person" (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and
14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), other
than the Bank, becomes a "beneficial owner" (as such
term is defined in Rule 13d-3 as promulgated under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) directly or indirectly
of securities representing 25% or more of the total
number of votes that may be cast for the election of
Directors of the Bank and two thirds of the Board of
Directors of the Bank (the "Board") has not consented to
such event prior to its occurrence or within sixty (60)
days thereafter, provided that if the consent occurs
after the event, it shall only be valid for the purposes
of this paragraph (i) if a majority of the consenting
Board is comprised of Directors of the Bank who were
Directors of the Bank immediately prior to the event;
(2) Within two years after a merger, consolidation or sale
of assets involving the Bank, or a contested election of
a Bank Director, or any combination of the foregoing,
the individuals who were Directors of the Bank
immediately prior thereto shall cease to constitute a
majority of the Board;
(3) Within two years after a tender offer or exchange offer
for voting securities of the Bank (other than by the
Bank), the individuals who were Directors of the Bank
immediately prior thereto shall cease to constitute a
majority of the Board; or
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(4) Within two years after an acquisition in which the Bank
becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of a bank holding
company, individuals who were Directors of the Bank
immediately prior to such acquisition shall not
constitute a majority of the board of directors of the
parent bank holding company.
(d) Voluntary Termination. The Executive may, upon thirty (30) days
prior written notice to the Bank, effect a Voluntary Termination of his
employment hereunder. A "Voluntary Termination" shall mean a termination of
employment by the Executive on his own initiative other than (a) a termination
due to death or disability, or (b) a termination for Good Reason.
9 . Termination by the Bank Without Cause. The Executive's employment
with the Bank may be terminated without cause only by a majority vote of all of
the members of the Board of Directors of the Bank on written notice to the
Executive.
10 . Certain Termination Benefits. In the event of termination by the
Executive for Good Reason pursuant to Section (a) or termination by the Bank
without cause pursuant to Section , the Executive shall be entitled to the
following benefits:
(a) Severance Payments. The Executive shall be entitled to a lump
sum payment, payable within 30 days of the last day of his employment, equal to
the sum of the following:
(1) Payment for Services Already Rendered. An amount equal
to the sum of (a) the Executive's base salary for the
period through the date of termination, plus (b) the
Executive's pro rata share (based on the number of whole or
partial months during which the Executive was employed in
the year of termination divided by 12) of the annual bonus
paid during the fiscal year preceding the termination of
employment, plus (c) all accrued vacation; plus
(2) Severance Pay. A severance benefit equal to the sum of
(a) the Executive's then current annual base salary; plus
(b) an amount equal to the annual bonus paid to the
Executive during the fiscal year preceding the termination
of employment.
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(b) Benefit Continuation. For the period subsequent to the date of
termination until the Expiration Date, the Executive shall continue to receive
all benefits described in Section 4(b) above existing on the date of
termination. For purposes of application of such benefits the Executive shall be
treated as if he had remained in the employ of the Bank, with a total annual
salary at the rate in effect on the date of termination, and service credits
will continue to accrue during such period as if the Executive had remained in
the employ of the Bank.
If, in spite of the provisions of this Section 10(b), benefits or
service credits under any benefit plan shall not be payable or provided under
any such plan to the Executive, or to the Executive's dependents, beneficiaries
or estate, because the Executive is no longer deemed to be an employee of the
Bank, the Bank itself shall pay for, or provide for payment of, such benefits
and service credits for such beneficiaries to the Executive, or to the
Executive's dependents, beneficiaries or estate.
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(c) No Duty to Mitigate. In the event of termination of the
Executive's employment, the Executive shall be under no obligation to seek other
employment or to mitigate damages and there shall be no offset against any
amounts due the Executive under this Agreement for any reason, including,
without limitation, on account of any remuneration attributable to any
subsequent employment that the Executive may obtain.
(d) No Benefits Upon Voluntary Termination or Termination for Cause.
In the event of Voluntary Termination pursuant to Section 8(d) or termination of
the Executive's employment for Cause pursuant to Section 7, all obligations of
the Bank under this Agreement shall terminate as of the date of termination, but
vested rights of the parties hereunder shall not be affected.
11 . Disability. If, due to physical or mental illness, the Executive
shall be disabled so as to be unable to perform substantially all of his duties
and responsibilities hereunder, the Bank, acting through its Board of Directors,
may designate another executive to act in his place during the period of his
disability, but such action by the Bank shall constitute Good Reason if it
occurs after a Change in Control. Notwithstanding any such designation, the
Executive shall continue to receive his full salary and benefits under Section 4
of this Agreement until the earlier of (X) the Expiration Date, or (Y) the date
on which he becomes eligible for disability income under the Bank's long term
disability income plan ("Long Term Disability Date"). While receiving disability
payments under such plan the Executive shall, until the Expiration Date, receive
a salary from the Bank which will equal seventy (70%) percent of the Executive's
Cash Compensation (as defined below) as of the Long Term Disability Date, when
combined with the Executive's disability income payments under the Bank's group
long term disability plan. The Executive shall also continue to participate in
the Bank's benefit plans and to receive other benefits as specified in Section 4
until the Expiration Date. Nothing contained in this Section shall preclude the
Bank from terminating the Executive's employment without cause pursuant to
Section 9, subject to its payment of benefits as provided in Section 10.
The term "Cash Compensation" shall mean the Executive's annual base
salary as of the Long Term Disability Date plus the annual cash bonus paid to
the Executive during the fiscal year preceding the Long Term Disability Date.
12 . Noncompetition. During the Executive's employment by the Bank
hereunder and during a period of one year following the date of termination of
his employment with the Bank for any reason, the Executive will not, directly or
indirectly whether as owner, partner, shareholder, consultant, agent, employee,
co-venturer or otherwise, or through any Person (as hereafter defined), compete
in the Bank's market area (defined as Essex County, Massachusetts) with the
banking or any other business conducted by the Bank or any Subsidiary during the
period of his employment hereunder, nor will he attempt to hire any employee of
the Bank, assist in such hiring by any other Person, encourage any such employee
to terminate his or her relationship with the Bank or to conduct with any other
Person any business or activity which such customer conducts or could conduct
with the Bank. For purposes of this Section 12, the Executive shall not be
deemed to be competing with the Bank if he is employed outside of the Bank's
market area for a bank or corporation which has its headquarters outside of the
Bank's market area, even if such bank or corporation has a branch or office in
the Bank's market area. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section will have no
further force and effect if, within two years following the occurrence of a
Change in Control (as defined in Section ), the Executive terminates his
employment for Good Reason pursuant to Section (a) or the Bank terminates the
Executive's employment without cause pursuant to Section .
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13 . Confidential Information. The Executive will not disclose to any
other Person (except as required by applicable law or in connection with the
performance of his duties and responsibilities hereunder), or use for his own
benefit or gain, any confidential information of the Bank obtained by him
incident to his employment with the Bank. The term "confidential information"
includes, without limitation, financial information, business plans, prospects
and opportunities (such as lending relationships, financial product
developments, or possible acquisitions or dispositions of business or
facilities) which have been discussed or considered by the management of the
Bank but does not include any information which has become part of the public
domain by means other than the Executive's nonobservance of his obligations
hereunder.
14 . Post-Termination Obligations.
(a) Upon termination of the Executive's employment for any reason,
the Executive shall act at all times in an ethical manner with regard to, and
shall take no action which directly or indirectly has or could reasonably be
expected to have the effect of terminating or otherwise adversely affecting the
relationship of the Bank with any employees of, or others with business or
advantageous relationships with, the Bank or any of its affiliates.
(b) During the term of the Executive's employment hereunder and for
one (1) full year after the termination thereof for any reason, or subject to
ordinary court process, the Executive shall, upon reasonable notice, use his
reasonable best efforts to cooperate with the Bank by providing such information
and assistance to the Bank as may reasonably be required by the Bank at the
Bank's expense in connection with any litigation not commenced by or involving
the Executive in which the Bank is, or may become, a party.
15 . Relief; Interpretation. The Executive agrees that the Bank shall be
entitled to injunctive relief for any breach by him of the covenants contained
in Sections 12, 13 and 14. In the event that any provision of the foregoing
Sections shall be determined by any court of competent jurisdiction to be
unenforceable by reason of its being extended over too great a period of time,
too large a geographic area, or too great a range of activities, it shall be
interpreted to extend only over the maximum period of time, geographic area, or
range of activities as to which it may be enforceable. For purposes of Sections
12, 13 and 14, the term "Bank" shall mean the Bank and its subsidiaries and
affiliates.
16 . Withholding. All payments made by the Bank under this Agreement
shall be net of any tax or other amounts required to be withheld by the Bank
under applicable law.
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17 . Indemnification. The Bank shall indemnify and hold harmless the
Executive (and his heirs, executors and administrators) to the fullest extent
permitted by applicable law, regulations, regulatory bulletin, and/or any other
regulatory requirement, as the same exists or may hereafter be promulgated or
amended, against all expense, liability and loss (including, without limitation,
attorneys' fees, judgments, fines, excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid or
to be paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by the Executive as a
consequence of the Executive being or having been made a party to, or being or
having been involved, in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason
of the fact that the Executive is or was a director or officer of the Bank or is
or was serving at the request of the Bank as a trustee, director or officer or
of another corporation (including, but not limited to, a subsidiary or an
Affiliate of the Bank), and such indemnification shall continue after the
Executive shall cease to be an officer, director or trustee.
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The right to indemnification conferred hereby shall be a contract right and
shall also include, to the extent permitted by applicable law or regulation, the
right to be paid by the Bank the expenses incurred in defending any such
proceeding in advance of the final disposition upon receipt by the Bank of an
undertaking by or on behalf of the Executive to repay such amounts or a portion
thereof, if it shall ultimately be determined that the Executive is not entitled
to be indemnified by the Bank pursuant hereto or as otherwise authorized by law
but such repayment by the Executive shall only be in an amount ultimately
determined to exceed the amount to which the Executive was entitled to be
indemnified.
18 . Code Section 280G Reduction. Notwithstanding any other provisions
of this Agreement or of any other agreement, contract, understanding, plan or
program entered in to or maintained by the Bank, if any payment or benefit
received or to be received by the Executive in connection with the termination
of the Executive's employment (whether pursuant to the terms of this Agreement
or any other plan, arrangement or agreement with (a) the Bank or any Affiliate,
Parent or Subsidiary of the Bank, or (b) any person affiliated with the Bank or
any such person) (all such payments and/or benefits, including the payments and
benefits, if any, under this Agreement, being hereinafter referred to as the
"Total Payments") would subject the Executive to an Excise Tax (as defined
below), and if such Total Payments less the Excise Tax is less than the maximum
amount of Total Payments which would otherwise be payable to the Executive
without imposition of an Excise Tax, then, to the extent necessary to eliminate
the imposition of an Excise Tax (and after taking into account any reduction in
the Total Payments provided by reason of Section 280G of the Code in such other
plan, arrangement or agreement), (i) the cash and non-cash payments and benefits
payable under this Agreement shall first be reduced (but not below zero),and
(ii) all other cash and non-cash payments and benefits shall next be reduced
(but not below zero); but only if, by reason of any such reduction, the Total
Payments with any such reduction shall exceed the Total Payments without any
such reduction. For purposes of this Section 18, (A) no portion of the Total
Payments the receipt or enjoyment of which the Executive shall have effectively
waived in writing prior to the date of termination of employment shall be taken
into account, (B) no portion of the Total Payments shall be taken into account
which in the opinion of tax counsel selected in good faith by the Bank does not
constitute a "parachute payment" within the meaning of Section 280G(b)(2) of the
Code, including (without limitation) by reason of Section 280G(b)(4)(A) of the
Code, and (C) the value of any non-cash payment or benefit or any deferred
payment or benefit included in the Total Payments shall be determined by the
Bank's independent auditors in accordance with the principles of Sections
280G(d)(3) and (4) of the Code. Except as otherwise provided above, the
foregoing calculations and determinations shall be made in good faith by the
Bank and the Executive. If no agreement on the calculations is reached, then the
Executive and the Bank will agree to the selection of an accounting firm to make
the calculations. If no agreement can be reached regarding the selection of an
accounting firm the Bank will select a prominent national accounting firm which
has no current or recent business relationship with the Bank. The Bank shall pay
all costs and expenses incurred in connection with any such calculations or
determinations. Any calculations or determinations made in accordance with this
Section 18 shall be conclusive and binding on all parties.
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For purposes of this Section 18, the term "Excise Tax" shall mean any
excise tax imposed under Section 4999 of the Code and/or any successor section
thereto.
19 . Arbitration of Disputes. Any controversy or claim arising out of or
relating to this Agreement or the breach thereof shall be settled by arbitration
in accordance with the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by three
arbitrators, one of whom shall be appointed by the Bank, one by the Executive
and the third by the first two arbitrators. If the first two arbitrators cannot
agree on the appointment of a third arbitrator, then the third arbitrator shall
be appointed by the American Arbitration Association in the City of Boston. Such
arbitration shall be conducted in the City of Boston in accordance with the
rules of the American Arbitration Association, except with respect to the
selection of arbitrators which shall be as provided in this Section 19. Judgment
upon the award rendered by the arbitrators may be entered in any court having
jurisdiction thereof. In the event that it shall be necessary or desirable for
the Executive to retain legal counsel and/or incur other costs and expenses in
connection with the enforcement of any or all of the Executive's rights under
this Agreement, the Bank shall pay (or the Executive shall be entitled to
recover from the Bank, as the case may be) the Executive's reasonable attorneys'
fees and other reasonable costs and expenses in connection with the enforcement
of said rights (including the enforcement of any arbitration award in court)
regardless of the final outcome, unless and to the extent the arbitrators shall
determine that under the circumstances recovery by the Executive of all or a
part of any such fees and costs and expenses would be unjust.
20 . Assignment; Successors and Assigns, etc. Neither the Bank nor the
Executive may make any assignment of this Agreement or any interest herein, by
operation of law or otherwise, without the prior written consent of the other
party and without such consent any attempted transfer or assignment shall be
null and of no effect; provided, however, that the Bank may assign its rights
under this Agreement without the consent of the Executive in the event the Bank
shall hereafter effect a reorganization, consolidate with or merge into any
other Person, or transfer all or substantially all of its properties or assets
to any other Person. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding
upon the Bank and the Executive, its successors, executors, administrators,
heirs and permitted assigns. In the event of the Executive's death prior to the
completion by the Bank of all payments due him under this Agreement, the Bank
shall continue such payments to the Executive's beneficiary designated in
writing to the Bank prior to his death (or to his estate, if he fails to make
such designation).
21 . Enforceability. If any portion or provision of this Agreement shall
to any extent be declared illegal or unenforceable by a court of competent
jurisdiction, then the remainder of this Agreement, or the application of such
portion or provision in circumstances other than those as to which it is so
declared illegal or unenforceable, shall not be affected thereby, and each
portion and provision of this Agreement shall be valid and enforceable to the
fullest extent permitted by law.
22 . Prior Agreements. This Agreement supersedes the Severance Agreement
made as of November 19, 1997 by and between the Executive and the Bank. The
Executive hereby represents and warrants that the execution of this Agreement
and the performance of his obligations hereunder will not breach or be in
conflict with any other agreement to which he is a party or is bound, and that
he is not now subject to any covenants against competition or similar covenants
which would affect the performance of his obligations hereunder.
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23 . Notices. Any notices, requests, demands and other communications
provided for by this Agreement shall be sufficient if in writing and delivered
in person or sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, to the
Executive at the last address the Executive has filed in writing with the Bank
or, in the case of the Bank, at its main office, attention of the Board of
Directors.
24 . Amendment and Waiver. This Agreement may be amended or modified
only by a written instrument signed by the Executive and by duly authorized
representatives of the Bank. No waiver of any provision hereof shall be
effective unless made in writing and signed by the waiving party. The failure of
any party to require the performance of any term or obligation of this
Agreement, or the waiver by any party of any breach of this Agreement, shall not
prevent any subsequent enforcement of such term or obligation or be deemed a
waiver of any subsequent breach.
25 . Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed under and be
governed in all respects by the substantive laws of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, without regard to its principles of conflicts of laws.
26 . Definition of "Person". For purposes of this Agreement, the term
"Person" shall mean an individual, a corporation, an association, a partnership,
an estate, a trust and any other entity or organization.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed as a sealed
instrument by the Bank, by its duly authorized officer, and by the Executive, as
of the date first above written.
ATTEST: IPSWICH SAVINGS BANK
By:
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[Seal] Title:
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WITNESS EXECUTIVE
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Richard P. Duffett
Exhibit 10.14(a)
Execution Copy
AMENDED AND RESTATED SPLIT DOLLAR AGREEMENT
Nationwide Life Insurance Co.
Life Insurance Policy No. N100136450
AGREEMENT made as of the 21st day of February, 1996, and amended and
restated as of this 18th day of May, 1999 by and among Eastern Bank, Lynn,
Massachusetts, Trustee of the Ipswich Irrevocable Insurance Trust (the "Trust"),
David L. Grey of Wenham, Massachusetts (the "Employee"), and Ipswich Savings
Bank, Ipswich, Massachusetts (the "Employer" or the "Bank").
WHEREAS, the Employee has established a life insurance program for the
benefit and protection of his family under Policy No. N100136450 (the "Policy")
issued by Nationwide Life Insurance Company, of Columbus, Ohio (the "Insurer");
and
WHEREAS, the Employer wishes to continue to help the Employee provide
such insurance for the benefit and protection of his family by contributing to
the Trust each year, until the obligations to make such payments terminate in
accordance with Section 2.1 of this Agreement, $60,000 to pay the premiums under
the Policy; and
WHEREAS, the Employee is and will continue to be the sole owner of the
Policy, and has assigned the Policy to the Trust for the purpose of providing
security for the repayment, under certain circumstances, of the "Secured
Obligations" (as such term is defined in that certain Amended and Restated
Assignment of Life Insurance Policy as Collateral, as amended and restated as of
the date hereof (the "Collateral Assignment")); and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the parties to define the extent of the
Bank's obligations to fund the Trust and of the Trust's interest in the cash
surrender value and death proceeds of the Policy;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises contained herein,
it is agreed between the parties hereto as follows:
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Article I
Ownership of Policy
1.1 The Policy is the exclusive property of the Employee, who may exercise
all rights of ownership with respect to his interest therein, subject to the
security interest of the Trust as expressed in this Agreement or in the
Collateral Assignment of the Policy to the Trust and to any death benefit which
may become due to the Trust.
Article II
Payment of Premiums
2.1 Until December 31, 2020 (or until the earlier of (x) the date on
which the Employer shall have fully funded the Trust as provided in Section 9.2,
and (y) such date as this Agreement is earlier terminated as provided in Article
VII), the Employer shall, at least twenty days before each anniversary date of
the Policy, contribute to the Trust $60,000 so as to enable the Trust to pay
such amount as the annual premium under the terms of the Policy.
2.2 To the extent that it receives contributions from the Employer
pursuant to Section 2.1 or Section 9.2, the Trust shall, before the same become
due, pay the $60,000 annual premiums under the Policy until this Agreement has
been terminated as provided in Article VII. If requested, the Trust shall
provide proof to the Employee of the timely payment of each premium.
Article III
Collateral Assignment
3.1 To secure the repayment to the Trust of the Secured Obligations
under certain circumstances, the Employee has contemporaneously with the
execution of this Agreement assigned the Policy to the Trust as collateral, by
means of the form of Collateral Assignment attached to this Agreement as
Schedule 1. The Collateral Assignment shall not be altered, terminated or
amended by Employee without the express written consent of the Trust and the
Bank. The parties agree to take all action necessary to cause such assignment to
conform to the provisions of this Agreement.
Article IV
Rights in Policy
4.1 The Trust shall have no right to borrow against the Policy.
4.2 The Employee, in recognition of the defined contribution provisions
of this Agreement and the variable nature of the death benefits, retains the
express right to allocate the aggregate account value to particular investment
vehicles.
4.3 The Employee shall have the right to exchange the Policy for such
other policies and/or insurers that he deems appropriate based upon the
investment performance or financial condition of the Insurer, subject to the
approval of the Trust, which approval shall not unreasonably be denied. The
Employer shall have the right to approve any amendment to or exchange of the
Policy proposed by the Employee, but only to the extent that such amendment or
exchange materially increases the annual premium for such Policy. Action by the
Employee or the Trust to change the Policy and/or insurer pursuant to this
Section 4.3 shall not otherwise alter the respective rights and responsibilities
of the parties set forth in this Agreement.
4.4 Neither the Trust nor the Employer shall have any responsibility for
a shortfall in the projected total return on the paid-in premiums available to
provide the death benefit under the Policy.
4.5 Neither the Trust nor the Employer shall take any action that might
endanger the interest of the Employee in the Policy. The Employee shall not take
any action that might endanger the interest of the Trust in the Policy.
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4.6 The Employee retains all other rights in the Policy not specifically
assigned to the Trust including, but not limited to, the following rights:
(a) The right to surrender the Policy as set forth in Paragraph 4 of
the Collateral Assignment.
(b) The right to change the beneficiary of the Policy, to the extent
of his interest in such Policy.
(c) The right to select optional methods of settlement with regard
to the death benefit provided in PART TWO of Section 6.1.
(d) The right to borrow against the Policy (subject to the
limitations contained in the Collateral Assignment).
(e) All other rights contained in the Policy, to the extent the
exercise of such rights does not adversely affect the Trust's interest in the
Policy.
Article V
Payment of Cash Surrender Value
5.1 In the event this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section
7.1 (a) (appointment of a conservator or receiver for the Employer) or Section
7.1 (b) (surrender of policy by Employee), the Trust shall have the unqualified
right to receive from the Insurer a sum (the "Premium Reimbursement") which is
equal to the lesser of (a) the then cash surrender value as defined in the
Policy or (b) the aggregate unreimbursed amount of (1) premium payments paid by
the Employer to the Trust for payment of premiums under the Policy pursuant to
Section 2.1 and (2) any amounts paid by the Employer to fund the Trust as
provided in Section 9.2. This amount shall be established in a written statement
to the Insurer by the Trust, and the Insurer shall have the right, without
liability to the Employee or his beneficiary or beneficiaries of the Policy, to
rely exclusively upon such statement. The Trustee shall, upon receiving such
sum, release the Collateral Assignment of the Policy and (after deducting its
appropriate fees and expenses) pay the remaining amounts in the Trust to or upon
the direction of the Employee.
5.2 Except as otherwise provided in Sections 5.3 or 9.1 hereof, upon
termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.1 (c) (retirement or
termination of employment of Employee), the Trustee shall have the unqualified
right to receive from the Insurer the following proportion of the Premium
Reimbursement if such termination occurs during the designated calendar year:
Calendar Year Proportion of Premium
Period Reimbursement
1996 80%
1997 60%
1998 40%
1999 20%
2000 and after None
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The Trustee shall, upon receiving such proportion, if any, release the
Collateral Assignment of the Policy and (after deducting its appropriate fees
and expenses) pay the remaining amounts in the Trust to or upon the direction of
the Employee.
5.3 In the event that this Agreement shall terminate pursuant to Section
7.1 (c) because the Employer shall have terminated the Employee's employment for
"cause" (as hereinafter defined), the Trustee shall have the unqualified right
to receive from the Insurer 100% of the Premium Reimbursement, notwithstanding
any provisions of Section 5.2 to the contrary. The Trustee shall, upon receiving
such proportion, release the Collateral Assignment of the Policy and (after
deducting its appropriate fees and expenses) pay the remaining amounts in the
Trust to or upon the direction of the Employee. For purposes of this Agreement,
Employee's employment shall have been terminated for "cause" if, and only if,
such employment shall have been terminated as a result of Employee's deliberate
dishonesty with respect to the Employer that results in his conviction of a
crime. The decision to terminate the Employee for "cause" as defined herein
shall require a vote of the majority of the Executive Committee and a majority
of the Board of Directors of the Employer. It is understood that the benefits
under this Agreement are being provided to the Employee as a substitute for (and
not as a supplement to) a qualified pension plan. Accordingly, but for the
specific "cause" exceptions set forth above, which are to be construed narrowly,
it is the parties' intention that the Employee's rights in the benefits provided
hereunder be inviolate to the same extent as would be pension benefits under a
pension plan qualified under ERISA.
If this Section 5.3 is applicable, the Employer shall certify
(the "Employer's Certification") to the Trustee and the Insurer that the
Employee's employment was terminated for cause (with specific details as to the
basis for its determination that "cause" existed), and shall send a copy of such
Employer's Certification to the Employee by certified mail, return receipt
requested. Unless the Trustee shall have received, within 15 days after its
receipt of the Employer's Certification, a notice from the Employee, executed
under the pains and penalties of perjury, to the effect that no basis for a
determination of "cause" existed (the "Employee Notice"), the Trustee and the
Insurer shall have the right, without liability to the Employee or his
beneficiary or beneficiaries of the Policy, to rely exclusively upon the
Employer's certification. If the Trustee receives an Employee Notice, the
determination of whether "cause" existed shall be submitted to arbitration in
accordance with Section 12.4 hereof.
Article VI
Payment of Death Benefit
6.1 In the event of the death of the Employee while the Policy and this
Agreement are in force, the proceeds of the Policy shall be divided into two
parts and paid as follows:
PART ONE: To the Trust, a sum, if any, equal to the proportion of
the Premium Reimbursement which the Trust would then have the right
to receive under Section 5.2 hereof.
PART TWO: To the designated beneficiaries of the Employee, the
remaining proceeds of the Policy.
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Article VII
Termination of Agreement
7.1 This Agreement shall terminate:
(a) Upon the appointment of a Conservator or Receiver of the assets
of Employer by the Massachusetts Commissioner of Banks or by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation.
(b) Upon a surrender of the Policy by the Employee, provided,
however, that a surrender of the Policy in connection with the issuance of a
replacement or exchange policy pursuant to Section 4.3 shall not be deemed to be
a surrender of the Policy for purposes of this Section 7.1 (b).
(c) Upon the retirement of the Employee or the earlier termination
of his employment by the Employer under circumstances not described in Sections
7.1 (a) or 7.1(b) , provided, however, that if there shall have occurred a
Change in Control the termination of the Employee's employment shall not cause a
termination of this Agreement and this Agreement shall not terminate until the
Employee attains the age of 65 (or such earlier date as this Agreement may be
terminated pursuant to Section 5.3 or this Article VII).
(d) Upon the death of the Employee.
Article VIII
Termination of Trust's Obligation
8.1 Neither the Employer nor the Trust shall have any further obligation
to make contributions or to pay premiums under Article II in the event of
termination of this Agreement, it being understood that this Agreement shall not
terminate, and the Trust's obligation to pay premiums under Article II shall
continue (following the funding of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.2),
notwithstanding termination of Employee's employment following a Change in
Control.
Article IX
Change in Control
9.1 Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control (as defined in Section
9.3 below), the Trustee's right to receive a proportion of the Premium
Reimbursement pursuant to Section 5.2 shall immediately terminate. In such a
circumstance, the Collateral Assignment of the Policy shall remain in effect
until the Employee attains the age of 65 (or such earlier date as this Agreement
may be terminated pursuant to Article VII) in order to secure the Employer's
rights under Sections 5.1 and 5.3, but within 15 days after the Employee's 65th
birthday the Trustee shall release the Collateral Assignment and (after
deducting its appropriate fees and expenses) pay the remaining amounts, if any,
in the Trust to or upon the direction of the Employee.
9.2 Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control (as defined below) the
Employer or its successor shall, as soon as possible, but in no event later than
15 days following such Change in Control, make an irrevocable contribution to
the Trust in an amount equal to the discounted value of future premiums under
the Policy from the date of the Change in Control until December 31, 2020, as
determined by an actuary or other consultant employed by the Trust. The Trust,
with the consent of the Executive, shall apply the full amount of such
contribution toward the purchase of one or more annuities (collectively, the
"Annuity") from one or more legal reserve life insurance companies with a
Standard & Poor rating of AA or better or the equivalent (collectively, the
"Annuity Issuer").
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Such Annuity shall provide for the payment of the annual Policy premium pursuant
to Section 2.1, commencing on the Policy anniversary next following the purchase
of the Annuity and ending on the Policy anniversary next following the
Employee's attainment of age sixty-four (64), whether or not the Employee
continues to be employed by the Employer. The Annuity may provide for the
Annuity Issuer to pay the premiums directly to the issuer of the Policy, or, if
appropriate, to the Trustee, which shall then pay the premiums to the issuer of
the Policy as set forth in Section 2.2 above.
The Employer or its successor shall also, at the same time as it makes
the contribution to the Trust under the preceding paragraph, make a further
irrevocable contribution to the Trust in an amount sufficient to pay for the
Trustee's fees and for actuarial, accounting, legal and other professional or
administrative services necessary to implement the terms of this Agreement
following a Change in Control. Such amount shall be determined by the Trustee's
estimate of its fees (as provided in the Trust Agreement) and by estimates
obtained by the Trustee from the independent actuaries, accountants, lawyers and
other appropriate professional and administrative personnel who provided such
services to the Trust or the Employer immediately before the Change in Control.
After making the irrevocable contributions required by this Section 9.2, the
Employer's only remaining obligation shall be to make further contributions
under this Section 9.2 to the extent that at any time the Trustee determines
that amounts contributed by the Employer pursuant to this Section 9.2 are not
sufficient to pay all premiums, fees and expenses as required by this Section
9.2 .
9.3 For the purposes of this Agreement "Change in Control" shall have
the meaning defined in that certain Employment Agreement made as of the 18th day
of June, 1997, as further amended and restated as of the 18th day of May, 1999,
by and between the Bank and the Employee, as such Employment Agreement was in
effect on such date (the "Employment Agreement").
9.4 The stockholders of the Employer have approved a reorganization
("Holding Company Reorganization") which, if consummated, would result in the
Employer becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ipswich Bancshares, Inc., a
holding company formed by the Employer (the "Holding Company"). If the Holding
Company Reorganization or any similar reorganization should be consummated, the
stockholders of the Employer immediately prior to the reorganization (other than
those exercising dissenters' rights) would become all of the stockholders of the
Holding Company immediately after the reorganization, and the Employer would
become a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Holding Company. The Employee
understands and agrees that under no circumstances will any such reorganization
constitute a Change in Control for purposes of this Agreement or for any other
purpose. From and after a Holding Company Reorganization, the term "Employer" as
used in this Article IX shall include both the Bank and the Holding Company.
Article X
Exchange of Policy
10.1 In the event the Trust elects or is required to exchange the Policy
under Section , the Employee shall execute any forms necessary or appropriate to
effect such exchange including, without limitation, the surrender of the Policy,
the transfer of proceeds to the new insurer and the execution of a new Split
Dollar Agreement and Collateral Assignment. Such exchange shall qualify under
Section 1035 of the Internal Revenue Code or successor provisions of similar
import.
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Article XI
Obligations of Insurer
11.1 Any payments made or action taken by the Insurer in accordance with
the provisions of the Policy and the Collateral Assignment of the Policy shall
fully discharge it from all claims, suits, and demands of all persons
whatsoever.
Article XII
Miscellaneous
12.1 This Agreement shall be binding upon the parties hereto, their
heirs, legal representative, successors and assigns.
12.2 This Agreement and the Collateral Assignment embody all agreements
made with respect to the Policy, and no change, alteration, or modification may
be made except in writing signed by all parties hereto.
12.3 This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance
with the provisions of, the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts without
regard to its principles of conflicts of laws.
12.4 Any dispute, controversy or claim with respect to any party's
performance under this Agreement shall be settled by arbitration in accordance
with the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts by a single arbitrator who
shall be selected by the American Arbitration Association in Boston,
Massachusetts. Such arbitration shall be conducted in the City of Boston in
accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration
Association. Punitive damages shall not awarded. Judgment upon the award
rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having jurisdiction
thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have set their hand and seals on
the day and year first above written.
EASTERN BANK, Trustee
By: _____________________
Its _____________________
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David L. Grey, Employee
IPSWICH SAVINGS BANK, Employer
By: _____________________
Its _____________________
Exhibit 10.14(b)
Execution Copy
AMENDED AND RESTATED IPSWICH IRREVOCABLE INSURANCE TRUST
This AGREEMENT made the 21st day of February, 1996 and amended and
restated as of May 18, 1999, by and between Ipswich Savings Bank, Ipswich,
Massachusetts ("the Company") and Eastern Bank, Lynn, Massachusetts (the
"Trustee").
WHEREAS, David L. Grey, an employee of the Company (the "Employee"), has
established a life insurance program under Policy No. N100136450 issued by
Nationwide Life Insurance Company (the "Policy");
WHEREAS, the Company has entered into a so-called Split Dollar Agreement
(as amended from time to time, the "Split Dollar Agreement") pursuant to which
it has agreed to contribute to an insurance trust amounts necessary to pay the
premiums due on said Policy until the retirement or earlier termination of its
obligations under said Split Dollar Agreement;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Split Dollar Agreement the Employee has
assigned the Policy to said insurance trust for the the purpose of providing
security for the repayment, under certain circumstances, of the "Secured
Obligations" (as such term is defined in that certain Amended and Restated
Assignment of Life Insurance Policy as Collateral in favor of the Trustee dated
as of February 21, 1996 and subsequently amended and restated (the "Collateral
Assignment"); and
WHEREAS, the Company wishes to amend and restate the provisions of this
insurance trust (the "Trust") so as to reflect its revised obligations under the
Split Dollar Agreement; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to its obligations under the Split Dollar Agreement
the Company wishes to continue to contribute to the Trust assets that shall be
held therein, subject (but only to the extent of the Company's rights therein)
to the claims of the Company's creditors in the event of the Company's
Insolvency, as herein defined, until paid to the Employee and his beneficiaries
in such manner and at such times as specified in the Split Dollar Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties do hereby establish the Trust and agree that
the Trust shall be comprised, held and disposed of as follows:
1 Section . ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST
(a) The Company shall, at least on an annual basis, make or cause to be
made contributions to the Trust of cash or property, including insurance
contracts and/or marketable securities, which are acceptable to the Trustee and
which shall become the principal of the Trust to be held, administered and
disposed of by the Trustee as provided in this Trust and the Split Dollar
Agreement. The Company, in its sole discretion, may at any time, or from time to
time, make deposits of cash or other property into the Trust in addition to
those amounts required hereunder; neither the Trustee nor the Employee or any
beneficiary shall have any right to compel such additional deposits.
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(b) The Trust hereby established shall be irrevocable.
(c) The Trust is intended to be a grantor trust, of which the Company is
the grantor, within the meaning of subpart E, part 1, subchapter J, chapter 1,
subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and shall be
construed accordingly.
(d) The principal of the Trust, and any earnings thereon, shall be held
separate and apart from other funds of the Company and shall be used exclusively
for the uses and purposes of the Employee and (but only to the extent of the
Company's rights therein) the Company's general creditors as herein set forth.
The Employee and his beneficiaries shall have no preferred claim on, or any
beneficial ownership interest in, any assets of the Trust until such time as the
Secured Obligations have been satisfied. Any rights created under the Split
Dollar Agreement to cause the Company to make payments with respect to premiums
due or to become due under this Policy or this Trust Agreement shall be mere
unsecured contractual rights of the Employee and his beneficiaries against the
Company. To the extent of the Company's rights therein, any assets held by the
Trust will be subject to the claims of the Company's general creditors under
Federal and state law in the event of Insolvency, as defined in Section 3(a)
herein.
(e) The following provision shall govern the operation of this Trust,
and the provisions of this Section 1(e) shall supersede and control over any
conflicting provision of this Trust. The parties recognize and agree that this
Trust has been created solely to fund and secure payment of the Secured
Obligations and that in order to provide such security the Policy (which is and
shall remain property of the Employee) has been deposited in this Trust. The
general creditors of the Company shall have no rights in or with respect to
Trust assets other than the right, under the limited conditions described in
this Trust, to receive such Premium Reimbursements (as such term is defined in
the Split Dollar Agreement) as may constitute Secured Obligations. To the extent
the Trustee shall at any time have an obligation to make funds available to such
general creditors to satisfy such Secured Obligations, it shall first distribute
any assets held by the Trust other than the Policy. If after such distribution
the Secured Obligations shall remain unsatisfied, the Trustee shall notify the
Employee and cooperate reasonably with any proposal that the Employee may offer
to provide assets (other than the Policy) for distribution so as to minimize the
potential economic loss that a distribution from the Policy might cause to the
Employee . Once the Secured Obligations have been satisfied, any remaining
assets in the Trust shall be returned to the Employee or his heirs, and the
creditors of the Company shall have no further rights in and to any Trust
assets.
2 Section . PAYMENT OF PREMIUM REIMBURSEMENT
(a) The Trustee shall promptly pay over to the Company the Premium
Reimbursement (as defined in Section 5.1 of the Split Dollar Agreement) in the
event of termination of the Split Dollar Agreement pursuant to Sections 7.1(a)
or 7.1(b) thereof.
(b) The Trustee shall promptly pay over to the Company any Premium
Reimbursement received by it pursuant to Section 5.2 or 5.3 of the Split Dollar
Agreement in the event of termination thereof pursuant to Section 7.1(c)
thereof.
(c) The Trustee shall promptly pay over to the Company any Premium
Reimbursement received by it under Section 6.1, Part One, of the Split Dollar
Agreement by virtue of the death of the Employee.
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(d) The Trustee shall make provision for the reporting and withholding
of any Federal, state or local taxes that may be required to be so withheld with
respect to any payment pursuant to the terms of the Split Dollar Agreement and
shall pay amounts withheld to the appropriate taxing authorities or determine
that such amounts have been reported, withheld and paid by the Company.
3 Section . TRUSTEE RESPONSIBILITY WHEN COMPANY IS INSOLVENT
(a) The Company shall be considered "Insolvent" for purposes of this
Trust Agreement if (i) the Company is unable to pay its debts as they become
due, or (ii) a receiver is appointed for the Company by the Commissioner of
Banks of Massachusetts or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
(b) At all times during the continuance of this Trust, as provided in
Section 1(e) hereof, the principal and income of the Trust shall be subject to
claims of general creditors of the Company under Federal and state law as set
forth below.
(1) The Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer of
the Company shall have the duty to inform the Trustee in writing of the
Company's Insolvency. If a person claiming to be a creditor of the
Company alleges in writing to the Trustee that the Company has become
Insolvent, the Trustee shall determine whether the Company has become
Insolvent and, pending such determination, the Trustee shall discontinue
payment of amounts to the Employee or his beneficiaries.
(2) Unless the Trustee has actual knowledge of the Company's
Insolvency, or has received notice from the Company or a person claiming
to be a creditor alleging that the Company is Insolvent, the Trustee
shall have no duty to inquire whether the Company is Insolvent. The
Trustee may in all events rely on such evidence concerning the Company's
solvency as may be furnished to the Trustee and that provides the
Trustee with a reasonable basis for making a determination concerning
the Company's solvency.
(3) If at any time the Trustee has determined that the Company
is Insolvent, the Trustee shall hold its interest in the cash surrender
value of the Policy pursuant to Article V of the Split Dollar Agreement
for the benefit of the Company's general creditors. Nothing in this
Trust Agreement shall in any way diminish any rights of the Employee or
his beneficiaries to pursue their rights as general creditors of the
Company with respect to benefits due under the Split Dollar Agreement or
otherwise.
(4) The Trustee shall resume its obligations to the Employee and
his beneficiaries in accordance with Section 2 of this Trust Agreement
only after the Trustee has determined that the Company is not Insolvent
(or is no longer Insolvent).
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4 Section . PAYMENT TO COMPANY
(a) Except as provided in Sections 2 and 3 hereof, the Company shall
have no right or power to direct the Trustee to return to the Company or to
divert to the Company or to divert to others any of the Trust assets before all
payments of amounts due have been made to the Employee and his beneficiaries
pursuant to the terms of the Split Dollar Agreement.
5 Section . INVESTMENT AUTHORITY
(a) In no event may the Trustee invest in securities (including stock or
rights to acquire stock) or obligations issued by the Company, other than a de
minimis amount held in common investment vehicles in which the Trustee invests.
All rights associated with assets of the Trust shall be exercised by the Trustee
or the person designated by the Trustee, and shall in no event be exercisable by
or rest with the Employee.
(b) The Trustee shall have the additional power in its discretion:
(1) To exercise all voting rights with respect to the shares of
stock held in the Trust and to grant proxies, discretionary or
otherwise;
(2) To cause any shares of stock to be registered and held in
the name of one or more of its nominees, or one or more nominees of any
system for the central handling of securities, without increase or
decrease of liability;
(3) To collect and receive any and all money and other property
due to the Trust and to give full discharge therefor;
(4) To settle, compromise or submit to arbitration any claims,
debts or damages due or owing to or from the Trustee; or commence or
defend suits or legal proceedings to protect any interest of the Trust;
and to represent the Trust in all suits or legal proceedings in any
court or before any other body or tribunal;
(5) To organize under the laws of any state a corporation for
the purpose of acquiring and holding title to any property which it is
authorized to acquire under this Agreement and to exercise with respect
hereto and, or all of the powers set forth in this Agreement;
(6) To determine how all receipts and disbursements shall be
credited, charged or apportioned as between income and principal; and
(7) Generally to do all acts, whether or not expressly
authorized, which the Trustees may deem necessary or desirable for the
protection of the Trust.
6 Section . DISPOSITION OF INCOME
(a) During the term of this Trust, all income received by the Trust, net
of expenses, shall be accumulated and reinvested.
7 Section . ACCOUNTING BY TRUSTEE
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The Trustee shall keep accurate and detailed records of all investments,
receipts, disbursements, and all other transactions required to be made,
including such specific records as shall be agreed upon in writing between the
Company and the Trustee. Within 90 days following the close of each calendar
year and within 60 days after the removal or resignation of the Trustee, the
Trustee shall deliver to the Company a written account of its administration of
the Trust during such year or during the period from the close of the last
preceding year to the date of such removal or resignation, setting forth all
investments, receipts, disbursements and other transactions affected by it,
including a description of all securities and investments purchased and sold
with the cost or net proceeds of such purchases or sales (accrued interest paid
or receivable being shown separately), and showing all cash, securities and
other property held in the Trust at the end of such year or as of the date of
such removal or resignation, as the case may be.
8 Section . RESPONSIBILITY OF TRUSTEE.
(a) The Trustee shall act with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence
under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in like
capacity and familiar with such matters would use, in the conduct of an
enterprise of a like character and with like aims, provided, however, that the
Trustee shall incur no liability to any person for any action taken pursuant to
a direction, request or approval given by the Company which is contemplated by,
and in conformity with, the terms of the Plan or this Trust and is given in
writing by the Company. In the event of a dispute between the Company and a
party, the Trustee may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction to resolve the
dispute.
(b) If the Trustee undertakes or defends any litigation arising in
connection with this Trust, the Company agrees to indemnify the Trustee against
the Trustee's costs, expenses and liabilities (including, without limitation,
attorney's fees and expenses) relating thereto and to be primarily liable for
such payments. If the Company does not pay such costs, expenses and liabilities
in a reasonably timely manner, the Trustee may obtain payment from the Trust.
(c) The Trustee may consult with legal counsel (who may also be counsel
for the Company generally) with respect to any of its duties or obligations
hereunder.
(d) The Trustee may hire agents, accountants, actuaries, investment
advisors, financial consultants or other professionals to assist it in
performing any of its duties or obligations hereunder.
(e) The Trustee shall have, without exclusion, all powers conferred on
trustees by applicable law, unless expressly provided otherwise herein,
provided, however, that if an insurance policy is held as an asset of the Trust,
the Trustee shall have no power to name a beneficiary of the policy other than
the Trust, to assign the policy (as distinct from conversion of the policy to a
different form) other than to a successor Trustee, or to loan to any person the
proceeds of any borrowing against such policy.
(f) Notwithstanding any powers granted to the Trustee pursuant to this
Trust Agreement or to applicable law, the Trustee shall not have any power that
could give this Trust the objective of carrying on a business and dividing the
gains therefrom, within the meaning of section 301.7701-2 of the Procedure and
Administrative Regulations promulgated pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code.
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9 Section . COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES OF TRUSTEE
The Company shall pay all administrative and Trustee's fees and
expenses. If not so paid, the fees and expenses shall be paid from the Trust.
10 Section . RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE
(a) The Trustee may resign at any time by written notice to the Company,
which shall be effective 60 days after receipt of such notice unless the Company
and the Trustee agree otherwise.
(b) The Trustee may be removed by Company on 30 days' notice or upon
shorter notice accepted by the Trustee.
(c) Upon resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a
successor Trustee, all assets shall subsequently be transferred to the successor
Trustee. The transfer shall be completed within 60 days after receipt of notice
of resignation or removal and the successor Trustee acceptance of appointment
unless Company extends the time limit.
(d) If the Trustee resigns or is removed, a successor shall be
appointed, in accordance with Section 11 hereof, by the effective date of
resignation or removal under paragraph (a) or (b) of this section. If no such
appointment has been made, the Trustee may apply to a court of competent
jurisdiction for appointment of a successor or for instructions. All expenses of
the Trustee in connection with the proceeding shall be allowed as administrative
expenses of the Trust.
11 Section . APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR
(a) If the Trustee resigns or is removed in accordance with section
10(a) or (b) hereof, the Company shall appoint any third party, such as a bank
trust department or other party that may be granted corporate trustee powers
under state law, as a successor to replace the Trustee upon resignation or
removal. The appointment shall be effective when accepted in writing by the new
trustee who shall have all the rights and powers of the former trustee,
including ownership rights in the Trust assets. The former trustee shall execute
any instrument necessary or reasonably requested by the Company or the successor
trustee to evidence the transfer.
(b) The successor trustee need not examine the records and acts of any
prior trustee, and may retain or dispose of existing Trust assets, subject to
Sections 7 and 8 hereof. The successor trustee shall not be responsible for and
Company shall indemnify and defend the successor trustee from any claim or
liability resulting from any action or inaction of any prior trustee or from any
other past event, or any condition existing at the time it becomes successor
trustee.
(c) AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION
(d) This Trust Agreement may be amended by a written instrument executed
by the Trustee and the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment
shall conflict with the terms of the Split Dollar Agreement or shall make the
Trust revocable.
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(e) The Trust shall terminate upon the termination of the Split Dollar
Agreement and the distribution of all proceeds from the Policy as directed
herein or in the Split Dollar Agreement. Any funds remaining after the
distribution of all proceeds of the policy to which the Employee is entitled
shall be distributed to the Company.
Section 12. MISCELLANEOUS
(a) Any provision of this Trust Agreement prohibited by law shall be
ineffective to the extent of any such prohibition, without invalidating the
remaining provisions hereof.
(b) Benefits payable to the Employee and his beneficiaries under this
Trust Agreement may not be anticipated, assigned (either at law or in equity),
alienated, pledged, encumbered or subjected to attachment, garnishment, levy,
execution or other legal or equitable process.
(c) This Trust Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, unless otherwise
preempted by any applicable federal law.
Section 13. NOTICES
Any notice or communication which the Company or Trustee may be required
or may desire to give to the other party under any provision of this Trust
Agreement shall be given in writing and personally delivered to, or mailed,
faxed or delivered by overnight courier service to the address given below:
If to the Company:Ipswich Savings Bank
Market Street
Ipswich, Massachusetts 01938
Attention: Chairman
If to the Trustee: Eastern Bank
270 Union Street
Lynn, Massachusetts 01901
Attention:
Any notice which is personally delivered shall be deemed to have been
given on the date it is personally delivered. Any notice which is mailed shall
be deemed to have been given on the third business day after deposit in the
mail, registered or certified mail, postage prepaid and return receipt
requested. Any notice which is delivered by overnight courier service shall be
deemed to have been given on the business day after deposit with such courier
service. Any notice which is transmitted by facsimile shall be deemed to have
been given on the day that such notice is transmitted.
The Company or Trustee may change the address to which notices, requests
and other communications are to be sent to it by giving written notice of such
address change to the other party in conformity with this Section 14, but such
change shall not be effective until notice of such change has been received by
the other party.
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Section 14. EFFECTIVE DATE
The effective date of this Trust Agreement shall be February 21, 1996.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed by their duly authorized offices and their respective seals to be
hereunto affixed as of the day and year first above written.
IPSWICH SAVINGS BANK
By:
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Its:
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EASTERN BANK, Trustee
By:
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Its:
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DATA PROCESSING AGREEMENT
Ipswich Savings Bank
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Customer Name
23 Market Street 2/20/97
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Street Address Date
Ipswich. MA 01938
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City, State and Zip Code
NCR CORPORATION ("NCR") and the Customer named above ("Customer',) agree that
all Services and Materials acquired from NCR, either directly or indirectly,
will be furnished only under the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
1.0 DEFINITIONS
1.1 "Agreement" is defined as this Data Processing Agreement.
1.2 "NCR" means NCR Corporation.
1.3 "Contract" is defined as the content of this Agreement together with the
contents of an Order for Services and/or Materials placed by Customer and
accepted by NCR while this Agreement is in effect.
1.4 "Data Processing Services", or "DP Services", are defined as those services
performed by NCR in the handling and processing of Customer's data at an NCR
"Data Processing Center" ("DPC").
1.5 "Material" is defined as all tangible items provided Customer under the
Contracts and includes Software, instructions, literature, input/output data
communications equipment and supplies.
1.6 "Software" is defined as all programs which run on a computer system which
is not resident in an NCR DPC, whether referred to as software, firmware or
otherwise, and related documentation, furnished by NCR to Customer, on whatever
media, whether separately licensed by NCR, or provided as a result of Software
Services. Software includes copies, portions, and modified versions of Software.
Software may include programs and related documentation which are owned by third
parties and sublicensed by NCR to Customer.
1.7 "Order" is defined as an Order for Services and/or Material placed by
Customer on an NCR Order Form which sets forth a description of the Services
and/or Material together with the pertinent specifications and schedules.
1.8 "Services" include Data Processing Services and all other services rendered
by NCR.
2.0 Term
This Agreement will become effective upon acceptance by NCR and remain effective
until terminated by either party with at least one hundred eighty (180) days
prior written notice. Termination of this Agreement will not terminate the
obligations of any existing Contract between the parties which shall continue
for the term specified in the applicable Order.
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3.0 ENTIRE AGREEMENT
3.1 The Contract between NCR and Customer constitutes the entire agreement
between the parties relating to the Services and Material ordered and supersedes
all prior agreements, understandings (oral and written), negotiations, letters,
proposals or other matters with respect thereto, except as attached to the Order
and specifically incorporated by reference. NCR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY
ORDER.
3.2 If any provision of this Agreement or of any Order is illegal, invalid, or
void under Federal or State law, it will be severable; however, the remaining
provisions will not be impaired.
4.0 SUPPLIES
Unless specified in the Contract, supplies are not provided by NCR
5.0 HOURS OF OPERATION
DP Services are performed at one or more NCR DPCs during the hours and on the
days specified in the Order.
6.0 DATA INPUT AND TRANSMISSION
6.1 Customer will deliver or transmit input data to the DPC at its own expense
and will pay the expense of return delivery or transmission. Input media must be
in good condition, and the data format must meet NCR's specifications. Any
incorrect or unusable input data will be corrected, regenerated, and/or
retransmitted by Customer. At NCR's option, resulting delays may extend the time
for processing.
6.2 In the event input data is to be received from multiple locations, NCR is
not obligated to commence processing until all data is received at the DPC.
7.0 REPORT PROCESSING AND DELIVERY
Except as otherwise provided herein, reports and media to be furnished by the
DPC will be made available to Customer at the DPC or be made available for
transmission to Customer at the time specified in the Order. If Customer
requires delivery or transmission, Customer will arrange and pay for required
transportation or transmission.
8.0 INVOICING. TAXES AND PAYMENT
8.1 NCR will invoice Customer as specified by an Order, plus shipping,
distribution, installation charges, deinstallation charges, and applicable
taxes. Prices stated on Orders do not include taxes whether levied on NCR or
Customer.
8.2 Invoices are due and payable upon receipt unless otherwise provided by NCR
If Customer fails to pay any amount within thirty (30) days after written notice
of its delinquency, NCR may suspend or terminate performance immediately (or as
soon thereafter as permitted by law). Customer is liable for reinstatement
charges.
8.3 Delinquent accounts bear service charges at the rate specified on the
invoice, or the maximum rate allowed by law, whichever is less. If it is
necessary to refer any claim for collection, NCR is entitled to recover the
reasonable and necessary costs and expenses of collection, including attorneys'
fees.
9.0 RESPONSIBILITIES OF CUSTOMER
9.1 Customer agrees that Services rendered and Material furnished shall not
relieve the Customer from any obligation to maintain records.
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9.2 Customer is at all times responsible for implementation and operation of its
accounting, management, and reporting systems, audit functions, and recovery
routines and for operating and maintaining input/output equipment and other
on-site computer equipment. Services rendered and Materials furnished by NCR
will not impose upon nor transfer to NCR the responsibility for such functions.
9.3 In the event any equipment is furnished to Customer under this Agreement,
title shall remain in NCR Customer shall not transfer possession of, allow any
lien against, or prejudice NCR's ownership of such equipment. Customer agrees to
execute documents reasonably required to ensure NCR's title and ownership. Upon
termination of a Contract under which equipment is furnished to Customer, such
equipment will be returned to NCR in as good condition as when received,
reasonable wear and tear excepted.
9.4 Customer will notify the DPC in writing in advance when system parameters
for DP Services are to be changed or portions of files are to be deleted.
9.5 With respect to DP Services, corrections necessitated by Customer's
incorrect posting or defective input will be entered in subsequent processing
runs unless the DPC can produce the corrected reports and Customer agrees to pay
for the additional processing required at the then current rates.
9.6 Loss or contamination of data, damage to media, or other difficulties
attributable to supplies, input media, or data format not meeting NCR
specifications, and any delays resulting therefrom, will be solely Customer's
responsibility and corrections will be at Customer's expense.
9.7 Customer will check and balance each DP Service report upon receipt and will
reconcile its reports. Failure of Customer to notify NCR within two business
days after receipt of any discrepancies will be deemed acceptance of such
reports as complete and satisfactory performance by NCR
9.8 To mitigate against the possibility of loss of input data or of Customer
data maintained by NCR, Customer agrees to maintain in a safe place, other than
at the DPC, source and backup data sufficient for file and input data re-
creation. Nothing shall relieve Customer of this responsibility. Customer will
provide, at its own expense, insurance coverage against loss of data and will
take precautions required by law or regulation.
9.9 NCR maintains fidelity coverage to protect itself from losses suffered as a
result of wrongful or dishonest acts committed by its employees and agents,
including contract programmers. Customer is responsible for purchasing its own
coverage to protect itself from wrongful or dishonest acts committed by its
employees.
9.10 Customer agrees to purchase from NCR, Customer's entire requirement for the
types of Services ordered under this Agreement during the term hereof. In the
event Customer fails to purchase from NCR its entire requirement for such
Services; Customer agrees to pay NCR the prorata termination charge attached to
the Order.
9.11 The Agreement shall be considered confidential by Customer. Customer agrees
not to disclose the Agreement or its terms to any person other than NCR, an
employee of Customer who reasonably needs access to the Agreement or a
representative of a Federal or State regulatory agency pursuant to an
examination of Customer.
9.12 Customer, as a user of an ATM interchange, indemnifies and agrees to hold
harmless NCR, its officers, directors, employees and agents from and against any
and all liability and every loss, cost, claim, demand, cause of action and
expense (including, without limitation, the cost of investigating any claim, the
cost of litigation and attorney,s fees, whether or not legal proceedings are
instituted) paid or incurred by any one-or more-of them arising from,
attributable to, or in connection with, the ATM interchange or Customer's
participation in the interchange.
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Customer acknowledges that it is solely responsible for its own compliance with
all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, and agrees to
indemnify and hold harmless NCR, its officers, directors, employees and agents
from and against any and all liability and every loss, cost, claim, demand,
cause of action and expense arising out of any act or omission by Customer in
violation of any such law or regulation. NCR will! not be liable to Customer for
any loss, cost, damage, claim, demand, cause of action or expense (including,
without limitation, the cost of investigating any claim, the cost of litigation
and attorney's fees, whether or not legal proceedings are instituted), or any
compensatory, punitive, special, incidental or consequential damages (including
loss of profits), arising from or in connection with any use or operation of the
ATM interchange or failure to use or operate the ATM interchange.
10.0 RESPONSIBILITIES OF NCR
10.1 When performing DP Services NCR will exercise reasonable care in handling
Customer's input media and data. In the event errors in or loss to Customer's
data result from the fault or negligence of NCR, NCR will, to the extent
commercially reasonable, correct such errors at its own expense.
10.2 NCR'S LIABILITY AND CUSTOMER'S SOLE REMEDY IN THE EVENT OF LOSS OF MEDIA OR
DATA, ERRONEOUS PROCESSING, OR DAMAGE OR CONTAMINATION TO EITHER DATA OR MEDIA,
WILL BE LIMITED TO REPLACEMENT OF THE MEDIA ON WHICH DATA IS STORED, AND/OR TO
THE EXTENT COMMERCIALLY REASONABLE, CORRECTION OF ERRORS IN PROCESSING. CUSTOMER
WILL ALWAYS MAINTAIN BACKUP DATA AS PROTECTION AGAINST SUCH LOSS, DAMAGE, OR
CONTAMINATION.
10.3 EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE STATED, ANY EQUIPMENT, SERVICES OR MATERIALS PROVIDED
BY NCR PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT ARE PROVIDED WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND THOSE ARISING FROM A
COURSE OF DEALING. UNLESS SPECIFICALLY SET FORTH HEREIN, NCR SHALL NOT BE LIABLE
FOR ANY EXPENSES OR DAMAGES INCURRED BY CUSTOMER, WHETHER INTERNAL TO CUSTOMER
OR PAID BY CUSTOMER TO ANY THIRD PARTY, WHICH MAY ARISE OUT OF FAILURE OF THE
EQUIPMENT OR MATERIALS TO FUNCTION OR DUE TO ANY MALFUNCTION OF EQUIPMENT OR
MATERIALS OR NCR'S FAILURE TO PROVIDE SERVICES AS SET FORTH HEREIN, UPON
WHATEVER CAUSE OF ACTION ANY CLAIM IS BASED, EXCEPT THAT NCR SHALL BE LIABLE FOR
PERSONAL INJURY, INCLUDING DEATH, AND FOR DAMAGE TO REAL OR TANGIBLE
PERSONAL-PROPERTY, UP TO $1,000,000 PER OCCURRENCE FOR SUCH DAMAGE, TO THE
EXTENT CAUSED BY NCR'S NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT. CUSTOMER'S RIGHTS AND
REMEDIES SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT ARE EXCLUSIVE AND IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER
RIGHTS AND REMEDIES RELATED TO ANY CONTRACT OR SERVICES.
10.4 NCR WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ERRORS OR DELAYS RESULTING FROM THE FAULTY
TRANSMISSION OF DATA FROM CUSTOMER OR FOR DELAYS IN PROCESSING OR IN THE
DELIVERY OF THE PROCESSED DATA DUE TO CAUSES BEYOND ITS CONTROL. IN NO EVENT
WILL NCR BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTLY DAMAGES, OR FOR
LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE OR DATA, WHETHER IN AN ACTION IN CONTRACT, TORT,
PRODUCT LIABILITY, STATUTE OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF
THOSE DAMAGES, ARISING FROM THIS AGREEMENT OR ITS PERFORMANCE.
11.0 REGULATORY AGENCIES AND OTHER LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
11.1 The data, records and reports to be generated, received or maintained by
NCR under this Agreement may be subject to examination by Federal and State
regulatory agencies that have jurisdiction over Customer's business, to the same
extent as such records would be subject if they were maintained and produced by
Customer itself on its own premises. Any Services and Materials required of NCR
as a result of such examination which are not specifically included in an Order
will be furnished by NCR at NCR's then-current rates upon payment terms
specified by NCR at the time such Services and Materials are furnished. Master
File data shall only be furnished subject to the terms of Section 13.1. NCR
agrees to allow reasonable audits by and on behalf of Customer. NCR may make
reasonable charges to Customer of expenses incurred by NCR in connection with
any such audit.
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11.2 Customer will be solely responsible for maintaining records required by
Federal and State regulatory agencies. The data, records and reports to be
generated, received, or maintained by NCR in the performance of a Contract are
not represented to comply with either Federal or State regulatory requirements.
11.3 Customer shall have the responsibility of notifying the appropriate Federal
and State regulatory agencies, in accordance with their requirements, of all
information required concerning the DP Services, including, but not limited to,
the commencement of, termination of, and methods and control procedure used in
processing Customer's data.
11.4 NCR shall use reasonable efforts to incorporate regulatory updates and
changes as required in the Services provided by NCR
11.5 NCR shall use reasonable efforts to notify Customer of system changes which
materially affect the Services provided by NCR to Customer.
12.0 SYSTEM CAPABILITY
12.1 CUSTOMER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR VERIFYING, IN ADVANCE OF THE COMMENCEMENT OF
SERVICES BY NCR, THAT THE SERVICES, REPORTS, METHODS, TECHNIQUES AND SOFTWARE
CONTRACTED FOR ARE SUITABLE FOR THE CUSTOMER'S INTENDED PURPOSE, AND THAT WHEN
FUNCTIONING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE CONTRACT, THEY WILL FULFILL
CUSTOMER'S REQUIREMENTS.
12.2 Customer agrees to maintain a sufficient number of competent personnel for
training, implementation, and use of the Services and Materials to be furnished
by NCR pursuant to the Order.
13.0 RETENTION OF DATA FILES
13.1 Upon termination of DP Services, NCR will furnish Customer, upon written
request, Customer's master file data maintained by NCR. Such data will be in a
format available at NCR and will be provided only after return of NCR
Confidential Material and payment of any outstanding charges due NCR, including
charges for accrued development expenses and early termination, if any, and
charges for master file media and reproduction services. Customer hereby grants
NCR a security interest in the Master File which shall be released by NCR upon
payment by Customer of any outstanding charges.
13.2 NCR may destroy Customer's input data and materials thirty (30) days after
final use of such materials for processing. At Customer's expense, NCR may
retain data for an additional agreed upon period.
13.3 Upon notice of intent to terminate this Agreement, if requested, NCR will
provide Customer with all current Customer account information contained in
NCR's then current files in the standard machine format and media used by NCR at
the time. All costs (programming, materials, computer time, etc.) incurred by
NCR in producing said records will be paid by the Customer in accordance with
the then current NCR price schedule.
14.0 NCR CONFIDENTIAL MATERIAL
14.1 NCR Confidential Material includes Software, all other material furnished
by NCR relating to Services, Software, equipment and supplies furnished by NCR,
and all copies, portions of and information contained therein. NCR Confidential
Material shall at all times remain the property of NCR or of NCR's licensor, as
the case may be.
14.2 Customer shall not: (i) sell, rent, loan, disclose, communicate, or
otherwise directly or.indirectly make available NCR Confidential Material to any
other party; (ii) disassemble, decompile or otherwise reverse engineer any
Software; or (iii) make any copies of NCR Confidential Material without the
prior written authorization of NCR. The copyright notices and any other
proprietary legends of NCR and, if applicable,- its licensor, shall be
reproduced by Customer on all copies, portions, and modified versions of NCR
Confidential Material, including those in machine-readable form, and Customer
shall maintain records of the number of all such copies, portions, and modified
versions.
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14.3 Except as otherwise specifically set forth in this Agreement, upon
termination of this Agreement for any reason, all NCR Confidential Material
shall be immediately returned by Customer to NCR.
15.0 CONFIDENTIALITY
15.1 For a period of two (2) years from the date of disclosure, NCR shall use
reasonable efforts to prevent the disclosure to any other person, firm or
corporation of the customer input data received from Customer for processing
("Confidential Information").
15.2 Customer will indemnify and hold NCR harmless from and against any
liability or forfeiture arising out of NCR's compliance with any Customer demand
or direction relating to NCR's receipt, processing, retention, disclosure, or
non-disclosure of Customer's Confidential Information, data, and processing
results.
16.0 DISPUTES
16.1 "Dispute" means any controversy or claim between Customer and NCR. It
includes controversies or claims that are related directly or indirectly to this
Agreement, any Contract or any Services, whether based on contract, statute,
tort, fraud, fraudulent inducement, misrepresentation, or other legal or
equitable theory, whenever brought, between Customer and NCR or any of NCR's or
Customer's employees or agents.
16.2 Dispute Negotiation -- NCR and Customer agree to use good faith efforts to
resolve any Dispute promptly and fairly. If NCR and Customer are unable to
resolve a Dispute by negotiation, both parties agree to submit it to
arbitration.
16.3 Arbitration -- If a Dispute is not successfully resolved, it shall be
subject to binding arbitration under the then-current rules and supervision of
the American Arbitration Association ("AAA"). The Federal Arbitration Act, 9
U.S.C. Sections 1 to 16, not Ohio law, will govern the arbitrability of all
claims. A single arbitrator who is knowledgeable in business information and
electronic data processing systems will conduct the arbitration. The
arbitrator's decision and award will be final and binding, and either party may
enter it in any court with jurisdiction. The arbitrator will not have authority
to award punitive or other non-compensatory damages to either party. The
arbitration will be held in the city where the AAA regional office closest to
Customer's headquarters is located. Each party will bear its own attorney's fees
and related costs associated with the arbitration. NCR and Customer will pay all
other costs and expenses of the arbitration as the rules of the AAA provide.
17.0 TERMINATION
17.1 Either party may terminate an Order if:
A.A party files a petition of bankruptcy or receivership, or makes an
assignment for the benefit of creditors, or should a receiver be appointed or
applied for; or
B. A party is unable to cure a default of any of its obligations
hereunder within thirty (30) days of written notice being received by the
defaulting party.
If NCR is unable to cure a default, pursuant to this paragraph 17.1, Customer
may terminate an Order without obligation to NCR for early termination charges
as defined below. Customer is liable to NCR for all other invoices, charges,
etc., outstanding as of the termination date.
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17.2 Customer may terminate for convenience an Order prior to the end of any
term. In the event of such early termination, Customer will pay NCR a
termination charge equal to 80% of the average monthly billing charges that
would have been paid to NCR during the remainder of the Term. The average
monthly billing charge is the greater of the proposed monthly billing or-the
average monthly billing during the most recent Term, and includes processing and
network management services. In addition, NCR shall retain any deposit
previously paid by and/or due from Customer, the amount of the additional
extended discount for the portion of the term used, and any other charges due to
NCR as of the termination date. Section 17.2 is superseded as outlined in the
Addendum (page 30) and Schedule A (page 31).
17.3 Upon receiving Customer's notice of intent to terminate, NCR will, when
requested and when all invoices due have been paid, provide Customer with all of
the Customer's account information contained in NCR's current files. This
information will be provided in the standard machine format on media used by NCR
at the time. All costs for programming, materials, computer time, etc., incurred
by NCR will be paid by the Customer in accordance with the then-current price
schedule.
17.4 Upon termination, Customer will, at its expense, immediately return all
copies of NCR Confidential Material to NCR.
18.0 OFFICE OF THRIFT SUPERVISION
18.1 NCR agrees that during the term of this Agreement, the Office of Thrift
Supervision (OTS) will have the authority and responsibility provided to the
other regulatory agencies pursuant to the Bank Service Corporation Act, 12
U.S.C. Section 1867(c). If applicable to Customer, NCR will provide the OTS
District Director of the district in which the DPC providing Services under this
Agreement is located with a copy of the current third party review report when a
review by the OTS has been performed. NCR agrees to annually provide the OTS of
the district in which the DPC providing Services under this Agreement is located
with a copy of NCR's parent corporation, NCR Corp., current audited financial
statements.
18.2 NCR agrees to release the information necessary to allow Customer to
develop a disaster contingency plan which will work in concert with NCR's plan.
NCR's disaster recovery plan for all DPC's is reviewed on an annual basis. The
communications portion of disaster recovery is tested every year on a rotating
basis. NCR will release the results of the disaster recovery contingency test to
Customer on an annual basis.
19.0 ASSIGNMENT: NON-WAIVER
19.1 Neither Customer nor NCR may assign this Agreement or its rights or
obligations under it without the express written consent of the other, except
NCR may assign this Agreement to its parent corporation or any of its affiliates
and may use subcontractors to fulfill its obligations.
19.2 Failure to enforce any Contract term is not a waiver of future enforcement
of that or any other term.
20.0 PROCESSING PRIORITIES
DP Services have processing priority over other services at the DPC. In the
event that processing cannot continue on-site, DP Services will receive
processing priority over other services at the back-up processing site.
21.0 NOTICES
Notices required or authorized in this Agreement shall be given by private or
public delivery/mail service providing for receipted delivery, to the Customer's
address above, or if to NCR to the DPC primarily responsible for providing DP
Services to Customer, and shall be deemed received upon receipted delivery.
SECTIONS 22.0 THROUGH 26.0 ARE ONLY APPLICABLE IN THE EVENT NCR LICENSES
SOFTWARE TO CUSTOMER AND, TOGETHER WITH THE REST OF THIS AGREEMENT, SHALL GOVERN
SOFTWARE LICENSING.
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22.0 SOFTWARE LICENSE
22.1 Subject to acceptance of the Order by NCR, payment of the applicable
license fee entitles Customer to the use of the Software according to the terms
of this Agreement until the one-time license is terminated pursuant to the terms
hereof. Payment of the license fee set forth on an accepted order entitles
Customer to a non-transferable and non-exclusive license to use Software only on
the designated equipment and only during the period Customer is using and has
paid for both Data Processing Services and Software support services. If the
designated equipment becomes temporarily inoperative, the Software may be used
on back-up equipment for the period during which the designated equipment is
inoperative. Customer may make a copy of the Software solely for backup
purposes. Certain Software may include means to limit or inhibit copying. Unless
otherwise authorized in writing by NCR, Customer shall not: (i) make available,
or cause to be made available, any Software for the use of or by any other
party, whether or not for consideration; (ii) sublicense or distribute Software
to any third party; (iii) modify the Software; or (iv) transmit, directly or
indirectly, or use Software outside the United States, unless otherwise
authorized in writing by NCR, in which case Customer shall obtain any required
governmental authorizations and permits.
22.2 The term of the license for the Software shall begin upon delivery, except
when a test period is provided, in which case the earlier of (a) expiration of
the test period, or (b) the date the Software is put into productive use. A
license for Software: (i) may be terminated pursuant to Sections 14.0 and 17.0
of this Agreement; (ii) automatically terminates when Customer ceases to use the
Software in connection with the designated equipment; (iii) automatically
terminates when Customer ceases to use or pay for Data Processing Services; or
(iv) may be terminated immediately by NCR if Customer fails to comply with the
requirements of this Section and Section 22.1. Upon expiration or termination of
a license for any reason, Customer shall cease to use the Software, delete it
from its library, and return it to NCR.
22.3 If Customer elects to terminate a license for Software, that license shall
not be considered to have been terminated by the Customer, unless and until
Customer returns the Software to NCR.
23.0 SOFTWARE SUPPORT SERVICES
NCR may provide software support services for Software that it licenses to
Customer. If NCR provides such support and Customer orders it, then NCR shall
provide software support services for the Software for a support fee to be paid
by Customer. The initial fee shall be set forth on the Order, but such fee may
be increased by NCR after a 30-day notice to the Customer. Software support
services are limited to answering reasonable questions, reasonable ongoing
education, and providing updates when available.
24.0 PROGRAMMING SERVICES
"Programming Services" is creating a program or modifying an existing program to
perform functions or to cause to function in a particular manner by NCR for
Customer. Customer may order programming services from NCR. The Order will
contain a description of the work and the applicable fee. NCR shall be the owner
of the product of Programming Services.
25.0 PATENT. COPYRIGHT AND TRADE SECRET INDEMNIFICATION
25.1 NCR will indemnify, defend, and hold Customer harmless with respect to any
legal action, and will pay the cost of any settlement and any damages awarded as
a result of such legal action against Customer, based on an allegation that the
Software furnished by NCR hereunder infringes a United States patent, copyright,
or trade secret.
25.2 If Customer's use of the Software is enjoined because of an infringement,
or if, in NCR's opinion, the Software is likely to become the subject of an
infringement claim, NCR will, at its option: (i) procure for Customer the
continued use of the Software; (ii) replace or modify the Software so that it
becomes non-infringing; or (iii) if either of these options is not reasonably
feasible, terminate the license and return to Customer all fees paid to NCR for
the use of such infringing Software, less a reasonable value for the prior use
thereof.
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25.3 NCR shall not have any liability to Customer under any provision of this
section: (i) if any infringement or allegation of infringement is based on the
use of any Software in combination with any program or equipment not furnished
by-NCR; (ii) if the infringement claim relates to Software which is used by
Customer in a manner for which it was not designed; (iii) if Customer fails to
promptly notify NCR in writing of any legal action or allegation of infringement
or thereafter fails to provide NCR with all reasonable and necessary cooperation
in the defense or settlement of such claims; or (iv) if NCR does not have sole
control of the defense of any legal action and all negotiations for its
settlement. THE ABOVE STATES THE ENTIRE LIABILITY OF NCR WITH RESPECT TO
INFRINGEMENT OF PATENTS, RIGHTS, OR TRADE SECRETS, FOR ALL EQUIPMENT, SERVICES
AND MATERIAL PROVIDED UNDER THIS AGREEMENT.
26.0 WARRANTY AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
NCR warrants that Software when operating in conjunction with unaltered
associated software on designated equipment, and within required operational
conditions, will reasonably comply during the test period with the
Customer-level documentation furnished to Customer. NCR assumes no
responsibility for Software which has been altered or modified. Customer shall
determine compliance during the 30-day test period which commences immediately
following delivery. If, during the test period, the Software, exclusive of
documentation, is found to be not complying, NCR shall effect a resolution
(which may be a subsequent issue) or terminate the license for the Software and
in such event the applicable license fees previously paid to NCR by Customer
will be refunded. THIS LIMITED WARRANTY STATES ALL OF NCR'S LIABILITY AND
CUSTOMER'S EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES WITH RESPECT TO SOFTWARE. AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF
THE LIMITED WARRANTY PERIOD, CUSTOMER ASSUMES THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY
SERVICES OR CORRECTIONS.
Ipswich Savings Bank NCRCORPORATION
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(Customer Name)
By: David L. Grey By:
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Title: President, not individually Title:
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Date: 2/20/97 Date:
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1996
SCHEDULE 1
HOURS OF OPERATION, HOLIDAYS
AND
REPORT AVAILABILITY
I. HOURS
The NCR New England Data Center will be in operation for processing in
accordance with the following schedules:
8:00 AM - 8:00 PM Monday through Friday
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Saturday
II. HOLIDAYS
The NCR New England Data Center will be closed on the following holidays:
New Year's Day
Martin Luther King's Birthday
Washington's Birthday
Memorial Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Columbus Day
Veterans Day
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day
III. PROCESSING COMPLETION
NCR New England Data Center agrees to complete the processing of the customer's
input transactions and to have completed work ready for dispatching to the
customer on the morning of the working day following the day on which the
reported transaction occurred, such time to be no later, under normal
conditions, than 9:00 a.m. local time. A working day means any day except
Saturday, Sunday, or a holiday. Regularly scheduled reports (weekly, monthly)
shall be made available within 48 hours following the close of the period. Other
reports will be made available on a mutually agreed upon schedule.
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SCHEDULE 2
CHARGES
I. STARCOM Financial Deposit Account System
A. Processing Charges:
Deposit account processing charges - to be paid monthly, based on the number of
"Open Accounts" reported on the Savings Trial Balance (080), plus "Accounts
Closed" during the month.
Monthly
1. Regular Deposit Accounts - System Type 0 $.26
2. Certificates or Repo's - System Type 2 with a contract term of:
a.181 or more days $.26
b. 30 through 180 days $.33
c. Less than 30 days $.42
3. NOW/DDA Accounts - System Type 3 $.54
4. STARS Retirement Account Processing
a. Per STARS Account, per month
(in addition to 1, 2, or 3 above) $.03
b. Monthly minimum $106.00
B. Handling Charges for magnetic tape input of NOW/DDA
inclearing items delivered or transmitted to the data center:
1 Charges for receiving transmission of inclearing
items, via phone lines, in addition to Item B.l. above Special Quote
C. Minimum Deposit Account Processing Charges, per month
(Item A. above only) $1,000.00
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II. STARCOM Financial Loan Account System
A. Processing Charges:
Loan account processing charges - to be paid monthly based on the number of
"Open Accounts" reported on the Loan Trial Balance (290).
1. Line-of-Credit, AMI, and Consumer Loans $ .03
2. Commercial Loans $ .14
3. Construction Loans $ .95
4. All other loans $ .45
a. Bill & Receipt or Coupon
(in addition to loan account charge) $ .085
5. Minimum Loan Account Processing charges, per month $ 500.00
B. Serviced and Participation Loans:
1 . Processing charges, per loan, per month (in addition to A. above) $.40
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III. STARCOM Financial General Ledger System
A. Master file set-up regardless of transaction processing - $ 2 ,000.00
(plus travel, mileage, and reimbursable) *
B. Processing Charges:
Processing charges - to be paid monthly, based on institution asset size.
Assets will be determined each January 1, based on the most recent Statement
of Condition submitted to the FHLBB, FDIC, NCUA or other federal agency, and
will then be used for the entire calendar year.
Less than 100 Million $ 667.00
At least 100 but less than 200 Million $ 811.00
At least 200 but less than 300 Million $ 974.00
At least 300 but less than 400 Million $ 1,121.00
At least 400 but less than 500 Million $ 1,245.00
At least 500 million but less than 1 Billion $ 1,389.00
1 Billion or more $ 1,666.00
C. Transaction File Only:
For preparation and transmission of the daily transaction file for use with
selective back-office systems, processing charges to be paid monthly, based on
institution asset size. Assets will be determined each January 1, based on the
most recent Statement of Condition submitted to the FHLBB, FDIC, NCUA or other
federal - agency, and will then be used for the entire calendar year.
Less than 100 Million $ 334.00
At least 100 but less than 200 Million $ 405.00
At least 200 but less than 300 Million $ 477.00
At least 300 but less than 400 Million $ 550.00
At least 400 but less than 500 Million $ 622.00
At least 500 million but less than 1 Billion $ 694.00
1 Billion or more $ 833.00
D. Maintenance or changes to the transaction generator file, per occurrence $
111.00 Note: This charge includes all changes made on a single processing
day.
E. Programming Accounting Department Style (PADS) reports
developed by NCR New England DPC* Special Quote
F. Running of up to 3 PADS reports, per month* No Charge
G. Running of PADS reports over three reports per month,
per report run* $168.00
* Item not eligible for discounts
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IV. STARCOM Financial: Other Charges
A. Masterfile Conversion and Maintenance*
1. Initial conversion and masterfile set-up
a. Computer time, per hour - new customer $ 265.00
b. Computer waiting time, per hour $ 67.00
c. DPC prepared input media, per item $ .20
2. Additions, changes, deletions to masterfile
a. Entered by customer through on-line terminal No Charge
b. Customer prepared media, per item
(where available) $ .12
c. DPC prepared media, per item $ .22
B. Program Conditioning Charges*
All applicable program conditioning charges are due at time of order. If
one or more modules are not contracted originally, these charges shall
be due when the applicable module is ordered.
1. Deposit accounts other than NOW/DDA $ 5,000.00
2. NOW/DDA accounts $ 2,500.00
3. Loan Accounts $ 5,500.00
4. General Ledger $ 2,000.00
5. General Ledger interface to Back Office System $ 2,000.00
6. Minimum Starcom monthly application charge $ 1,500.00
C. System Account Type Table (SATT) Set-up or maintenance*
1. Submitted via form or letter
a. Per occurrence, first type $ 70.00
b. Each additional type $ 26.00
c. Maximum per occurrence $ 382.00
2. Additions or changes to parameter file $ 26.00
a. Maximum per occurrence $ 338.00
* Item not eligible for discounts
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D. Additional Customer Operations Manual* $ 50.00
(One free per customer)
E. Additional copies or more frequent processing
of Special Quote standard system reports,
and requests for special reports including
processing, programming, software, system
engineering design and testing.* Special Quote
F. Account Statements
1. Full detail - per account appearing on the statement $ .14
2. Full detail -
a. per each item appearing on statement $ .00
b. each inclearing item through magnetic tape $ .00
3. Summary only - per account appearing on the statement $ .024
4. STARS Statements, each $ .14
G. Magnetic Tape File Preparation and Handling Services
1. For direct submission to government
agencies, per tape (e.g. state
and federal 1099s, etc.)* $ 250.00
2. For submission to credit bureaus, coupon
manufacturers, or other servicers, per tape $ 55.00
3. FNMA Laser and FHLMC MIDANET, each tape or \
transmission $ 55.00
4. CDP $ 200.00
5. ACH Monthly processing charge $ 40.00
6. Other acceptable magnetic tape Special Quote
H. Report Utility- Savings and Loans*
1. Base charge per customer processing request $ 150.00
2. Per account on file $ .002
*Item not eligible for discounts
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3. Per Account (in addition to Item B. 2. above)
a. Per account reported $ .003
b. Per account sorted and reported $ .004
NOTE: Only one of a. and b. is chargeable, not both.
4. a. Per page printed $ .05
b. Per label printed $ .05
5. Computer Output Microfiche (COM)
a. Per frame $ .02
b. Additional copies Special Quote
6. Discount if on-line file is used (Deposits only) 35%
7. Minimum charge per processing-
Up to 25,000 accounts on file $ 250.00
25,001 to 50,000 accounts $ 290.00
50,001 to 75,000 accounts $ 340.00
Over 75,000 accounts $ 420.00
I. Input of Transactions Received from Outside Sources,
via Magnetic Tape or generated through Pre-authorized
Transfers (PATS)
1. Per transaction $ .065
2. Minimum charge per occurrence $ 5.00
NOTE: Excluded are NOW/DDA inclearings as well as transactions
created or generated by the STARCOM Financial System, for which
no additional charges will be assessed.
J. Direct Attached ATM Processing and Reporting*
1. Per month, first ATM $ 279.00
2. Per month, each additional ATM $ 84.00
K. Shared ATM/POS Network Services*
1. Monthly base charge, per network $ 300.00
2. Preparation, handling and transmission of account
a. Transaction Processing Fee, Per EFT
cardholder account per month $ .16
b. Balance files, per EFT cardholder
account per month $ .25
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K. 3. Receiving transmission, printing and distribution
of network reports, Monthly fee - Remote Print $ 100.00
DPC Print $ 200.00
(Special quote if additional programming, sorting, etc. needed
to be compatible with NCR New England DPC reporting.)
4. Communications Costs (if incurred by NCR New
England DPC)* Special Quote
5. Conversion, set-up and network fees for 3rd
party ATM on-line or off-line networks* Special Quote
L. Electronic Transfer Services-
ATM processing costs consist of one-time fees in addition to monthly
fees. The charge for transaction processing volumes in the monthly
prices takes into consideration account activity with monthly minimum
charges offered. Detail pricing will be provided on request.*
M. CD Notice of Earnings/Renewal $ .12
N. Savings Automatic Interest Rate Change (ARC), per month $ 67.00
O. Deposit Account Floating Rate Earnings
Calculation (VRWD), per account, per month $ .06
P. VRD Processing, per month $ 75.00
Q. Sweep Account Processing
a. Per linked pair of accounts, per month $ .12
b. Minimum charge per month $ 225.00
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R Terminal Installation and Other Charges*
1. Initial installation of terminals:
The initial installation charges for terminals into the STARCOM system
for each new data center customer are shown on the next page. These
charges include communications programming and the set-up of terminals
into test files if required. The number of terminals or locations does
not affect the initial installation charges. The specific charges do not
reapply where the same charges have been made for either STARCOM loans
or deposits, except in those cases identified in paragraph P.2.a.
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Initial Interface & Installation Charges:
a NCR NEW ENGLAND DPC BAS 5000 (UTAK) Special Quote
b. ISC 8 Work Station Special Quote
c. ISC Pinnacle Special Quote
d. Docutel/Olivetti Line One/M30 Special Quote
e. Burroughs EF7000 Special Quote
f. DSI Special Quote
g. IBM 3600/4700 (per controller) Special Quote
h. UNISYS FAS Finesse Special Quote
i. Any other terminal including NCR New England DPC or other
manufacturers, subject to support and interface availability. Special Quote
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All of the above charges are due at time of order.
2. Additional installation charges:
a. The addition of any terminal, the replacement of terminals or
the movement of a terminal from one location (branch) to another
after initial installation and conversion to a STARCOM Financial
application is subject to the following additional software
installation charges:
1. Per workstation $ 45.00
2. If done at nonstandard time (in addition to 1 above) $ 100.00
S. Transaction Analysis Report, per month* $ 81.00
T. Federal Forms (1099, 1098, W2-P, 5498, etc.)
(including preparation, handling and postage)* Special Quote
U. Other Miscellaneous items*:
Bonds, Treasury Bills, Coupons (per account) $ .47
Welfare Match tapes per occurrence $ 250.00
Reconciliation tapes(PDO, Club) $ 80.00
Reconciliation tapes (Money order) $ 185.00
Household Reporting Special Quote
Town Code Reporting $ 165.00
Excess Deposit Report - Quarterly $ 150.00
- Special Request $ 300.00
CUNA Mutual Report (per occurrence) $ 135.00
Laser printing of forms Special Quote
NCR New England DPC provided forms, Mortgage bills,
or Stock Statements Special Quote
V. Computer Output Microfiche (COM)-All STARCOM Reports * (Effective 1/1/97)
Up to 5,999 Accounts - Per Month Charge $ 100.00
6,000 to 9,999 Accounts - Per Month Charge $ 200.00
10,000 to 14,999 Accounts - Per Month Charge $ 250.00
15,000 to 19,999 Accounts - Per Month Charge $ 300.00
20,000 to 29,999 Accounts - Per Month Charge $ 400.00
30,000 to 39,999 Accounts - Per Month Charge $ 500.00
40,000 to 49,999 Accounts - Per Month Charge $ 600.00
50,000 to S9,999 Accounts - Per Month Charge $ 700.00
60,000 to 74,999 Accounts - Per Month Charge $ 800.00
75,000 to 99,999 Accounts - Per Month Charge $1,000.0
100,0000 and up Accounts - Per Month Charge $1,500.0
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V. Satellite Services
A. STARSTREAM II/ORACLE-Current Customers Only
1. Monthly software license fee per personal
computer connected to STARSTREAM II/ORACLE $ 134.00
2. Usage fees:
a. Per record accessed (STARSTREAM) $ .0025
b. Per 1,000 accounts on the month-end trial
balances, per month
(STARSTREAM II/ORACLE) $ 14.06
c. Minimum charge $ 266.00
B. Oracle/Client Server
1. Upgrade from Non Client/Server single user package**
a. One time License Fee $ 1,585.00
b. Monthly Maintenance Fee $ 58.00
2. Single User Package**
a. One time License Fee $ 2,333.00
b. Monthly Maintenance Fee $ 58.00
3. Five User Package**
a. One time License Fee $ 8,000.00
b. Monthly Maintenance Fee $ 194.00
4. Ten User Package**
a. One time License Fee $15,000.00
b. Monthly Maintenance Fee $ 277.00
**Package includes SQL*Net, SQL*Plus, Data Browser, Reports V2, and
Pathway Access
5. Usage fee per 1,000 accounts per month $ 14.34
(Minimum Charge of $272 per month) $ 272.00
6. WIN/Route for DOS, per Network $ 149.00
7. Telebit Netblazer PN2 for Ethernet $ 2,300.00
8. One time file extraction, per open account $ .07
a. $1,133.00 minimum
b. $3,605.00 maximum
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9. History:
a. Standard Detail No Charge
b. Additional Detail, per 1,000 items $ .26
c. Standard Summary No Charge
d. Additional Summary, per 1,000 items $ .64
10. Storage fees Special Quote
11. Training:
a. Client/Server & Data Browser, per day
(3 day course for 2 people) $500.00
b. Oracle Reports 2.0, per day
(4 day course for 2 people) $ 750.00
c. Additional people over 2, per person per day $ 75.00
12. Installation, per day $ 500.00
Note: All mileage and reimbursable related
to this product is chargeable to
the customer.
C. Customer Information System (CIS)
1. CIS Overview
a. One day overview session N/C
b. One CIS Reference Manual N/C
c. Additional copies of reference manual, each $ 50.00
2. Test Migration
a. Under 15,000 open & closed accounts $ 800.00
b. 15,000 and over and less than 40,000 open
& closed accounts $1,200.00
c. 40,000 and over open & closed accounts $1,600.00
The above includes 2 complete sets of migration reports.
Remote transmissions of the migration reports included in the above quoted
price. You also have the option of receiving any or all of the test migration
reports on paper at a cost of $40/box of green bar paper or $60/box if laser
printed. Optionally, you can receive these reports on fiche at a cost of $1.95
per page of master fiche printed and $0.25 per page of fiche copy.
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3. Imperial Scrub, per open & closed account
(This includes two passes of the files. Phase I - reports only; Phase II -
updating files as well as reports. The entire scrub is billed when tapes are
extracted for Phase I.)
<15,000 Accounts $ .25/account
Minimum $1,500.00
15,000 - 40,000 accounts $.23/account
40,000 accounts $.22/account
4. TPM Training 2-3 Hours $ 300.00
a. Additional manual, each $ 15.00
The above includes a short session conducted by the Data Center TPM
administrator. 1 TPM manual at no charge.
5. Hands-on CIS Training- includes training and scenario manuals for up to
five people
a. Four days at the DPC, per day $ 500.00
b. Three days at institution, per day $ 750.00
6. Migration
a. Non-STARSTREAM II customer
1. per account $ .10
2. Minimum $1,700.00
b. Current STARSTREAM II customer
1. per account $ .03
2. Minimum $ 500.00
7. Test Bank Charges
During Hands on training, the Institution will be granted access to the test
bank. This access will allow the people trained to then train the
Institutions personnel in a hands on environment.
1. Access up to migration date N/C
2. Beyond migration date $100.00/Week
8. Conversion Coverage
1. Two NCR Analysts for three days N/C
2. Additional coverage, per person, per day $ 250.00
9. Other Charges
1. CIS migration table changes, per occurrence $ 200.00
2. Post Migration training
(up to 5 people per session) $150.00/per
person/per session
Note: All mileage and reimbursable related to this product is chargeable to the
customer.
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D. Micro Upload
1. Single-User OTLF - 1st copy $ 1,500.00
2. Additional copies $ 1,000.00
3. Network ( 8 stations max.)
Server 1 $ 2,000.00
Server 2 $ 1,500.00
Server 3 $ 1,500.00
4. Installation & Training $500.00 per day
5. Annual maintenance fee (15% OTLF) billed by Integrated Software Systems
Note: All mileage and reimbursable related to this product is chargeable
to the customer.
E. Micro StarReport
1. One time license fee $ 2,652.00
2. Monthly software maintenance fee $ 35.00
3. Installation & Training $ 750.00
4. Cleo Communication Board $ 975.00
Note: All mileage and reimbursable related to this product is chargeable to
the customer.
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F. The services listed in sections G-L are specially quoted due to the numerous
factors involved in determining the price. The following is a list of the
factors considered when quoting these products.
One-time license fee
Single user versus Multi user
Stand alone versus local area network version
Monthly versus annual maintenance fee
Additional copies of the software
Installation and training
Customer support
Extraction of files
Network upgrades
PC upgrades
Additional software (i.e. Word Perfect)
Documentation
Consultation and development
Contract length (i.e. five year versus 3 year agreement)
Number of ports, connections, workstations, etc.
Additional equipment (i.e. communication boards, printers)
Additional services (i.e. custom programming)
Usage fees
G. Conversant (Voice Response System) See Section VF
H. Branch Management System (BMS) See Section VF
I. Optical Disk See Section VF
J. Collection Management System See Section VF
K. Item Processing (through NCR Framingham) See Section VF
L. NCR NEW ENGLAND DPC Mortgage Management and/or Consumer Loan
System Modules:
1. Base System includes FHA/VA processing and Advanced ARM Disclosure modules
2. Secondary Market
3. Closing
4. Uplink (requires NCR New England DPC Micro Upload)
5. Credit Bureau Uplink
6. Branch Processor
7. Multiple Office Console
8. HMDA/CRA Management
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M. The following products are offered by NCR New England DPC in conjunction
with
our solution partners. All pricing is special quote.
1. Micro Accounts Payable
2. Asset/Liability and Financial Planning System
3. Financial Information Plus
4. Micro Fixed Assets
5. General Ledger
6. Safe Deposit Box
7. Investment Accounting & Management System
8. Enterprise Information System (EIS)
9. Micro Securities Management System
10. Investment Portfolio Accounting
11. Loan Loss Control
12. Payroll Accounting
13. Cost Allocation System
14. Financial Report Writer
15. Shareholder Accounting
16. Asset/Liability Budget Management(ALBUM)
17. Collection Express
18. Check Express
19. Data Express
20. Escrow Express
21. Loan Setup Express
22. Name & Address Express
23. Marketing Info Center
24. The Satisfaction System
25. The Profile System
26. Customer Info Center
27. Electronic Reports
28. Management Info Center
29. Int. Rate Change System
30. Statement Express
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N. 9*1*1 Disaster Recovery System
1. One-time license fee $ 3,000.00
2. Monthly software license maintenance fee $ 37.50
3. Installation, training and consultation
(1 day) plus mileage and
reimbursable $ 750.00
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VI. Network Management Charges
A. Communication Network Management Charges for Dedicated Lines
All DPC on-line customers sharing communication lines shall share the total
data communication network management charges on a prorated basis.
B. Communication Network Management Charges for Dial-up Lines (where available)
The customer will be billed line charges and connect time, plus its prorated
share for communication equipment and other necessary communication network
management services.
C. Connect and Disconnect Charges
All connect and disconnect charges for telephone communications will be
billed to the appropriate customer.
D. Private Communications
The customer may elect to install private communications, in which case the
customer will order and be billed directly by the communication vendor. The
customer will be billed monthly by NCR New England DPC for data sets,
adapters,and communications equipment; for installation of this equipment;
and for related network management services.
E. Network Engineering
Network engineering services including consultation, design changes,
additions, etc. will be charged on a time-and-materials basis plus mileage
and reimbursable expenses, if incurred.
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F. Termination Charges
In the event the customer terminates this agreement after the date of the
order, the customer will pay NCR New England DPC for services provided
through the effective date of cancellation plus a termination charge
determined as follows:
(i) if the service commitment period for the canceled interexchange services
is month-to-month, then there shall be no additional cancellation charge in
excess of the one months interexchange service charges.
(ii) if the services commitment period for the canceled interexchange
services is greater than month-to-month and such cancellation becomes
effective prior to the completion of the first year of the service
commitment period, then the cancellation charge shall be an amount equal to
the balance of the unexpired portion of the first year of the service
commitment period plus twenty percent of the balance of the monthly
interexchange service charges for the remainder of the service commitment
period beyond the first year.
(iii) if the service commitment period for the canceled interexchange
service is greater than month-to-month and such cancellation becomes
effective after the completion of the first year of the service commitment
period, then the cancellation charge shall be an amount equal to twenty
percent of the balance of the monthly interexchange service charges for the
remainder of the service commitment period.
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VII. STARCOM Financial System - Five Year Variable Agreement
NCR NEW ENGLAND DPC may increase the rates specified in this agreement provided
that not less than ninety (90) days written notice shall be given to the
customer before the effective date of the increase. If the increase exceeds 9%
in any calendar year, the customer may terminate this agreement without any
termination charge on the effective date of the increase with thirty (30) days
written notice to NCR New England DPC. In the event that the customer terminates
this agreement after the date of the order, whether prior to or after
certification, NCR New England DPC shall be entitled to retain any deposit
previously paid by and/or due from the customer, any charges due for the initial
conversion and masterfile set-up, all discounts applicable with this contract,
and in lieu of other damages actually incurred, the termination charges listed
below:
Eighty percent (80%) of the average monthly billing for the most recent three
month period times the number of months remaining under the term of this
agreement Termination charges are billable when cancellation notification is
received by NCR and payable within 30 days.
When the term of the Data Processing Agreement or any renewal term thereof
expires, the Agreement shall renew automatically for a term equal to the
expiring term unless Customer provides to NCR New England DPC, at least one
hundred eighty (180) days prior to the scheduled expiration date, written
notification of termination for each processing application and software license
covered by the Agreement.
If a shorter renewal term is desired, written notice must be provided to NCR New
England DPC not less than one hundred eighty (180) days prior to the scheduled
expiration date of the current term. Should the renewal term be less than three
years, the customer may be subject to the then current highest rate plus the
following surcharge:
TERM SURCHARGE
2 Years 10%
1 Year 15%
Monthly* 25%
*Monthly terms are not eligible for volume discounts. In the event that the
customer elects for an early termination of this agreement, all discounts
provided to the customer for the remainder of their billing will cease.
Customer agrees to refund to NCR New England DPC all discounts provided
during this contract term, from the date of this agreement until the time of
the early termination. All other standard early termination charges will be
incurred by the bank. All costs relating to the deconversion (i.e.
programming, materials, computer time, special processing, etc.) will be
invoiced to the customer by NCR when incurred and payable within 30 days.
All invoices must be paid in full prior to releasing final deconversion
data.
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REPORTS AND SERVICES
The STARCOM Financial System includes all standard reports listed below. The
reports listed below are representative; their titles, contents and
frequency are subject to change without notice.
I. STARCOM Financial Deposit Account System Reports
A. Daily Report Preparation
1. Teller Terminal Proof
2. Daily Transaction Summary Report
3. Savings Transaction Journal
4. Savings Exception Activity Journal
5. NOW/DDA Account:
a. Non-Sufficient and Uncollected Funds Report
b. Waived Service Charge Journal
c. Kiting Suspect Report
d. Stop Payment Suspect Report
e. Over draft Journal
f. Returned Items Report
g. Non-Sufficient Funds (NSF) Notices
h. Uncollected Funds Notices
6. Savings Trial Balance (Totals Only)
7. Savings Daily Maintenance Journal
8. CIF N & A Search Key Update
9. Direct Deposit Validation Report
10. NOW Inclearing Validation Report
11. ATM Transaction Validation
12. Savings Exception Recap Report
13. Savings Variable Rate Earnings Report
14. Certificate Maturity Update Journal
15. Permanent Withdrawal Order (PWO) and Income Processing
Update Journal
16. Autotrans Reconciliation Report
17. Summary of Month-to-Date Savings Account Activity
18. Misc. Receipts and Checks Issued Register
19. Misc. Receipts and Checks Issued Summary
B. Weekly Report Preparation
1. Savings Overdraft Trial Balance
2. Savings Trial Balance (Fiche Only)
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C. Monthly Report Preparation
1. Savings Trial Balance (Detail) (Fiche Only)
2. Certificate of Deposit Recap
3. Dormant and Inactive Report
4. New Account Listing
5. Closed Account Listing
6. Certificate of Deposit - Maturity Summary
7. Combined Statements Register
8. Retirement Account Billing Report
9. Retirement Account Trial Balance
10. Pension Fund Statements Register
11. STARS Overage Report/Notices
12. Investment Changes Report
13. Matured Investment Report
14. Accounts Eligible for Distribution
15. Accounts Requiring Distribution
16. Accounts Over Reinvestment Level
17. Age Summary Report
18. Distribution Summary
D. Periodic Report Preparation
1. Anticipated Earnings Recalculation Journal
2. Pre-Check Exception Report
3. Savings History Print
4. Savings Account Type Table Update Report
5. Stop Payment Expiration Report
6. Savings Masterfile Print
7. Parameter Update Journal
8. Check Register
9. Earnings Crediting Exception Report
10. Earnings Transfer Journal
11. Earnings Distribution Journal and Trial Balance (Fiche Only)
E. Annual Report Preparation
1. Purged Accounts Listing
2. Earnings Paid YTD Reported to IRS
3. Federal Forms Exception Report
4. STARS Shortage Report/Notices
5. All Federal Forms (see Schedule 2 for pricing)
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II. STARCOM Financial Loan Account System Reports
A. Daily Report Preparation
1. Collateral Loan Transaction Journal
2. Exception Loan Transaction Journal
3. Consumer Loan Transaction Journal
4. Commercial Loan Transaction Journal
5. Loan Transaction Journal
6. Mortgage Loan Active-Delinquent Journal
7. Mortgage Loan Transaction Journal
8. Loan SATT Index Rate Update
9. Loan Maintenance Journal
10. Input Loan Summary Trial Balance
11. Accrual Loan Trial Balance
12. Collection Loan Disbursement Report
13. Loan Trial Balance (Summary)
14. Summary of Month-to-Date Loan
15. Commercial Loan Delinquency Report
16. Commercial Loan New Account Report
17. Commercial Loan Paid-Off Account Report
18. Commercial Loan Line of Credit Report
19. Commercial Loan Collateral Control Report
20. Commercial Loan Maintenance Journal
21. Commercial Loan Review Report
22. Commercial Loan Trial Balance
23. Consumer Loan Exception Journal
24. Single Payment Loan Maturity Report
25. Single Payment Loan Renewal
26. New Consumer Loan Report
27. New Consumer Loan Report
28. Paid Off Consumer Loan Report
29. Subsidiary Journal Participation Loans
30. Subsidiary Journal Update Report
31. Construction Loan Update Report
32. Lot Status Report
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B. Monthly Report Preparation
1. New Installation Loans Report
2. New Mortgage - Collateral Loans Report
3. Loans in Foreclosure Report
4. Paid Off Mortgage - Collateral Loans Report
5. Loan Trial Balance (Detail)
6. Accrued/Prepaid Journal
7. Delinquency Summary
8. Pledged Loan Report
9. Pledged Savings on Loan Accounts
10. Analysis of Loans by Asset Limitation Code
11. Analysis of Loans by FSLIC Location Code
12. Analysis of Loans by Interest Rate
13. Analysis of Loans by Location Code
14. Analysis of Loans by Purpose Code
15. Collateral Loan Report
16. Deferred Income and Expense Trailer Print
17. Deferred Expense Journal
18. Deferred Income Journal
19. Schedule RC-J Report
20. Section H Report
21. Maturity Projection Report
22. Commercial Delinquency Summary
23. Commercial Loan Inactive Account Report
24. Consumer Loan Delinquency Summary
25. (Mortgage) Loan Activity Report FNMA LASER
26. (Mortgage) Loan Activity Summary FNMA LASER
27. Monthly Payment/Note Rate Change FNMA LASER
28. Trial Balance FNMA LASER
29. FNMA 2010 Monthly Accounting Report
30. FNMA 2020 Liquidation Schedule
31. FNMA 2030 Monthly Summary Report
32. GNMA 1710A Issuers Monthly Accounting Report
33. GNMA 1710E Liquidation Schedule
34. GNMA 1710D Issuers Monthly Summary Report
35. MBS Other Detail Report
36. Cash Receipts Serviced Loans
37. Delinquent Serviced Loans
38. New/Closed Accounts Serviced Loans
39. Next Month Prepaid Serviced Loans
40. Prepaid Receipts Serviced Loans
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41. Trial Balance Serviced Loans
42. Remittance Reconciliation
43. Participation Report Summary
44. 308 Group Report (FHLMC MIDANET)
C. Periodic Report Preparation
1. Loan Masterfile Print
2. Commercial Loan Masterfile Print
3. Late Charge Journal
4. Delinquency Report
5. Slow Loan Report
6. Delinquency Report by Investor
7. Delinquency Summary by Investor
8. Consumer Loan Delinquency Report
9. Commercial Delinquency by Investor
10. Commercial Delinquency Summary by Investor
11. Consumer Delinquency by Investor
12. Consumer Delinquency Summary by Investor
13. Adjustable Mortgage Loan - Notice Options
14. Alternative Mortgage Instrument Analysis Report
15. Single Payment Loan Maturity Notice
16. Collection Card
17. Paid Off Loan Card
18.FNMA Special Trial Balance
19. Line of Credit Earnings Report
20. Line of Credit Trial Balance
21. Commercial Loan Compensating Balance Report
22. FHA Case Number Listing
23. IRS Report
24. Loan Disclosure Statement
25. Escrow Disbursements Due
26. Insurance Disbursements Due
27. MIP Disbursement Due
28. Taxes Due Report
29. Loan History Print
30. Purged Account Report
31. Pending Payoff Report
32. Loan Portfolio
33. Recycle/Assumption Report
34. Dealer Floorplan Update Report
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35. Dealer Floorplan Collateral Report
36. Dealer Floorplan Report by Collateral Report
37. Dealer Trial Balance
38. Dealer Statistical Loan Volume
39. Dealer Floorplan Purged Collateral Report
40. Dealer Floorplan Report
41. Dealer Floorplan Inventory Report
42. Dealer Funds Report
43. Construction Loan Update Report
44. Construction Loan Builder Summary
45. Construction Loan Bill
46. Construction Loan Billing Summary
47. Construction Loan Summary Report
48. Construction Loan Master File Print
49. Loan Standard Account Type Table
50. Participation Report
51. Loan Totals Only Trial Balance
52. FHLMC Form 11 Detail
53. FHLMC Form 13SF Detail
54. FHLMC Form 381 Detail
55. FHLMC Delivery Detail Report
56. FHLMC Delivery Exception Report
57. FNMA Loan Schedule 1068
58. FNMA Loan Schedule 1069
59. FNMA Delivery Exception Report
60. Loan Masterfile Processing Report
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III. STARCOM Financial General Ledger System Reports
A. Daily Report Preparation
1. Transaction Entry Run Report: Input Source Totals
2. Daily Trial Balance and Posting Run: Detail and Summary
3. G/l Cycle Update Report
4. Trial Balance by Account
5. Trial Balance by Master Record
6. Master File Maintenance Report
B. Monthly Report Preparation
1. Monthly Statement of Operations (Income and Expense)
2. Custom Statement of Conditions
3. Custom Statement of Operations
4. G/L Data Extract for Financial Information Plus
C. Periodic Report Preparation
1. Snapshot Report
2. Budget Report
3. Standing Journal Entry Snapshot Print Report
4. Account/Department Cross Reference Report
5. Chart of Accounts
SCHEDULE 4
ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS
The NCR New England DPC STARCOM Financial System is an on-line system currently
capable of processing the following applications: loans, savings, NOW/DDA, and
general ledger. Transactions entered through the on-line terminals cause the
accounts to be updated simultaneously. Because transactions are entered on-line,
the source or original entry documents are retained in the institution. The
institution may inquire into individual accounts at any time. If necessary,
changes (maintenance) can be performed through the on-line terminals. When
disruption of communications with the central processor occurs, data capture, a
terminal option, can be used to allow continued processing via off-line
operations. This same option provides for the automatic re-entry of transactions
processed off-line when communications are re-established. Otherwise,
transactions processed through the terminal in the off-line mode are manually
re-entered when communications are re-established.
The system provides individual account level codes which restrict on-line
accessibility to a given account. In addition, access to the on-line file is
controlled by operator sign-on codes. The level of the sign-on code determines
the amount of operator accessibility. The control and procedures governing the
issuance of these codes to operating personnel are the responsibility of the
customer.
The NCR New England DPC Regional STARCOM Data Centers use computer hardware
which provides adequate processing power to serve the needs of our customers.
The current equipment configuration will be published at least annually to the
Users Group. NCR New England DPC reserves the right to make computer or
equipment changes necessary to serve our customers.
Each NCR New England DPC Regional STARCOM Data Center has a formalized procedure
for maintaining masterfile account data. In the event of a disaster, these
files, along with other data, would be used to recreate the destroyed files. The
disaster procedures for each Data Center are available for inspection at the
data center for the Users Committee, third party auditor, and state or federal
examiners.
NCR New England DPC agrees that during the term of the Agreement, the Office of
Thrift Supervision (OTS) will have the authority and responsibility provided to
the other regulatory agencies pursuant to the Bank Service Corporation Act, 12
U.S.C. Section 1867(c). NCR New England DPC also will provide the OTS District
Director of the district in which the NCR New England DPC data processing center
providing services under the Agreement is located with a copy of the current
third party review report when a review has been performed. NCR New England DPC
agrees to provide the Office of the Thrift Supervision of the district in which
the NCR New England DPC data processing center providing services under this
Agreement is located with a copy of NCR New England DPC's current audited
financial statements annually. NCR New England DPC also agrees to release the
information necessary to allow Customer to develop a disaster contingency plan
which will work in concert with NCR New England DPC's plan.
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SECURITY OF CUSTOMER INFORMATION
Data Processing Center on-site fire retardant data vaults will be utilized on a
daily basis, to store magnetic masterfiles and the daily transaction files.
Duplicate copies of the masterfile will be stored on a weekly basis, at a secure
off-site location and will be backed up with the daily transactions retained at
the on-site secure location.
Data Processing Center has installed protective measures to insure the
continuation of processing in the event of disaster such as fire, flood, or loss
of power. These may include security systems, smoke, fire, and water detectors,
back-up generators, uninterruptable power supply (U.P.S.) In the event that
processing cannot continue on- site, communications may be routed to the back up
processing hot-site through the Mobile Communications Vehicle.
Data Processing Center has a disaster recovery plan in place which outlines
procedures that will be followed in the event of disaster. These plans are
currently being updated by the installation of the 9.1.1 Disaster Recovery
software for Data Processing Center Environments.
Data Processing Center has a planned minimum response time of 72 hours required
to restore access to user institutions' records in the event of a disaster.
The 9.1.1 Disaster Recovery software for Data Processing Centers will be
reviewed in all data centers on an annual basis. The communications portion of
disaster recovery will be tested periodically.
The NCR New England DPC Corporation provides insurance coverage for NCR New
England DPC Data Processing Centers. This coverage includes the replacement of
E.D.P. equipment, reconstruction of data file media, and extra expense that
might result should a loss occur. These insurance policies will not indemnify
our customers.
Procurement of telephone services and/or communications hardware from third
parties ("Provider(s)") is done as an accommodation to Customer. NCR NEW ENGLAND
DPC IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR AND DOES NOT WARRANT THE PERFORMANCE OF ANY PROVIDER
OR ITS SERVICES AND CUSTOMER AGREES THAT NCR NEW ENGLAND DPC HAS NO LIABILITY
THEREFOR. Customer agrees to be bound by the terms of (i) any agreement between
NCR New England DPC and any Provider and/or (ii) any applicable tariff, which
terms relate to warranties, the limitation of such Provider's liabilities, and
the availability of remedies. If Customer sues a Provider and obtains a judgment
against it or settles a controversy with a Provider, and NCR New England DPC is
liable to the provider therefor, whether by operation of law or by contract or
otherwise, Customer shall indemnify NCR New England DPC therefor.
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ADDENDUM TO THE DATA PROCESSING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
IPSWICH SAVINGS BANK AND THE NCR NEW ENGLAND DATA CENTER
In consideration of a five year Data Processing Agreement, the NCR Data Center
will make the following incentives available to the Ipswich Savings Bank.
o Waiver of the 1997 & 1998 price increase that will become effective in the
month this Agreement is signed. In the event NCR deems in necessary to
increase prices in the future, they will be tied to but not to exceed the
published CPI rate.
o Ipswich Savings Bank will retain the 19% discount on core processing from
its previous contract. Ipswich Savings Bank will not incur a surcharge for
their ISC teller terminals as described in the 1996 terminal twilight letter
from NCR.
o Ipswich Savings Bank will not incur early termination penalties if they
migrate to the Autobank system during this five year agreement. Standard
conversion charges would apply.
o Ipswich will have an "early out" option that can be exercised during the
month of August 1998 for both STARCOM and Item processing. Under this option
Ipswich Savings Bank may give NCR six months notification of their intention
to deconvert; and not pay early termination penalties as outlined in
schedule A. This option supersedes schedule A. If Ipswich exercises this
option three fifths of all discount given the Institution over the first 18
months of the contract will be paid back to NCR and all future discounts on
processing will be halted for the remaining six months. If these discounts
are not paid back this option will be null and void and early termination
penalties for a five year contract will apply as outline in schedule A of
this agreement.
o Thefollowing products will be discounted if purchased by February 28th of
1998:
BMS Software - 10%
Oracle migration fee of seven cents an account will be waived
IS migration fee of three cents an account will be waived
Optical Disk- 10%
Conversant (service bureau option) - 10%
NCR's charges for contract termination can be found on the attached Schedule A.
These charges supersede the charges listed in our Data processing and pricing
Agreement.
APPROVALS TO THIS ADDENDUM:
IPSWICH SAVINGS BANK
BY:/s/David Grey
- ---------------------------------------
David Grey, President, not individually
NCR NEW ENGLAND DATA CENTER
BY:
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SCHEDULE A
In the event that the customer terminates this agreement after the date of the
order, whether prior to or after certification, NCR shall be entitled to retain
any deposit previously paid by and/or due from the customer, any charges due for
the initial conversion and masterfile set up, and in lieu of other damages
actually incurred, their termination charges listed below:
Termination During Months
Month 1-12 o Eight times the average monthly billing* for the most recent
three month period, or eight times the proposed monthly
billing*, whichever is greater.
Month 13 - 24 o Six times the average monthly billing* for the most recent
three month period.
Month 25 - 36 o Four times the average monthly billing* for the most recent
three month period
Month 37 - 60 o Three times the average monthly billing* for the most recent
three month period.
*Monthly billing - as described above refers to Monthly Base charges and Data
Communications charges only.
This schedule supersedes the early termination penalties in section 17-2.
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