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EXHIBIT 10.10
SECOND AMENDMENT TO LEASE
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I. PARTIES AND DATE.
This Second Amendment to Lease (the "Amendment") dated July 6, 2000, is
by and between IRVINE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS III, a California general partnership
("Landlord"), and LANTRONIX, a California corporation ("Tenant").
II. RECITALS.
On June 28, 1993, Landlord and Tenant entered into a lease for space in a
building located at 15353 and 15355 Barranca Parkway, Suite 102, Irvine,
California ("Premises"), which lease was amended by a First Amendment to Lease
dated August 10, 1995 (the "First Amendment"), wherein approximately 23,622
rentable square feet within the building was added to the Premises (as amended,
the "Lease").
On March 18, 1996, Landlord, Tenant and Advanced Computing, Inc.
("Advanced Computing") entered into a Consent to Subletting (the "Advanced
Computing Consent") permitting the sublease of a portion of the Premises, and on
July 29, 1998 Landlord, Tenant and Inter-Tel Technologies, Inc. ("Inter-Tel")
entered into a Consent to Subletting (the "Inter-Tel Consent") permitting the
sublease of an additional portion of the Premises.
Landlord and Tenant each desire to modify the Lease to extend the Lease
Term, adjust the Basic Rent, and make such other modifications as are set forth
in "III. MODIFICATIONS" next below.
III. MODIFICATIONS.
A. Basic Lease Provisions. The Basic Lease Provisions are hereby amended
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as follows:
1. Item 5 is hereby deleted in its entirety and substituted
therefor shall be the following:
"5. Lease Term: The Term of this Lease shall expire at midnight
on July 31, 2005"
2. Item 6 is hereby amended by adding the following:
"Basic Rent: Commencing August 1, 2000, the Basic Rent shall be
Fifty Six Thousand Eight Hundred Five Dollars ($56,805.00) per
month, based on $1.11 per rentable square foot.
Basic Rent is subject to adjustment as follows:
Commencing August 1, 2001, the Basic Rent shall be Fifty Eight
Thousand Three Hundred Forty-One Dollars ($58,341.00) per
month, based on $1.14 per rentable square foot.
Commencing August 1, 2002, the Basic Rent shall be Fifty Nine
Thousand Eight Hundred Seventy-Six Dollars ($59,876.00) per
month, based on $1.17 per rentable square foot.
Commencing August 1, 2003, the Basic Rent shall be Sixty One
Thousand Four Hundred Eleven Dollars ($61,411.00) per month,
based on $1.20 per rentable square foot.
Commencing August 1, 2004, the Basic Rent shall be Sixty Two
Thousand Nine Hundred Forty-Six Dollars ($62,946.00) per month,
based on $1.23 per rentable square foot."
3. Item 9 is hereby deleted in its entirety and substituted
therefor shall be the following:
"9. Security Deposit: $69,241.00"
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4. Item 12 is hereby deleted in its entirety and substituted
therefor shall be the following:
"12. Address for Payments and Notices:
LANDLORD
IRVINE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS III
c/o Insignia/ESG of California, Inc.
43 Discovery, Suite 120
Irvine, CA 92618
with a copy of notices to:
IRVINE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS III
c/o The Irvine Company dba Irvine Industrial Company
P.O. Box 6370
Newport Beach, CA 92658-6370
Attn: Vice President, Operations, Irvine Industrial Company
TENANT
LANTRONIX
15353 Barranca Parkway, Suite 102
Irvine, CA 92718
Attn: Fred Thiel, President & CEO"
with a copy of notices to: CFO
5. Item 14 is hereby deleted in its entirety and substituted
therefor shall be the following:
"14. Vehicle Parking Spaces: Two Hundred Four (204) (of which,
eight shall be marked "visitor" and eight (8) shall be marked
"reserved")."
B. Right to Extend this Lease. Provided that Tenant is not in default
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under any provision of this Lease beyond the expiration of any applicable cure
period, either at the time of exercise of the extension right granted herein or
at the time of the commencement of such extension, and provided further that
Tenant is occupying the entire Premises and has not assigned or sublet any of
its interest in this Lease, Tenant may extend the Term of this Lease for one (1)
period of sixty (60) months. Tenant shall exercise its right to extend the Term
by and only by delivering to Landlord, not less than nine (9) months or more
than twelve (12) months prior to the expiration date of the Term, Tenant's
irrevocable written notice of its commitment to extend (the "Commitment
Notice"). The Basic Rent payable under the Lease during any extension of the
Term shall be determined as provided in the following provisions.
If Landlord and Tenant have not by then been able to agree upon the
Basic Rent for the extension of the Term, then within one hundred twenty (120)
and ninety (90) days prior to the expiration date of the Term, Landlord shall
notify Tenant in writing of the Basic Rent that would reflect the prevailing
market rental rate for a 60-month renewal of comparable space in the Project
(together with any increases thereof during the extension period) as of the
commencement of the extension period ("Landlord's Determination"). Should Tenant
disagree with the Landlord's Determination, then Tenant shall, not later than
twenty (20) days thereafter, notify Landlord in writing of Tenant's
determination of those rental terms ("Tenant's Determination"). Within ten (10)
days following delivery of the Tenant's Determination, the parties shall attempt
to agree on an appraiser to determine the fair market rental. If the parties are
unable to agree in that time, then each party shall designate an appraiser
within ten (10) days thereafter. Should either party fail to so designate an
appraiser within that time, then the appraiser designated by the other party
shall determine the fair market rental. Should each of the parties timely
designate an appraiser, then the two appraisers so designated shall appoint a
third appraiser who shall, acting alone, determine the fair market rental for
the Premises. Any appraiser designated hereunder shall have an MAI certification
with not less than five (5) years experience in the valuation of commercial
industrial buildings in the vicinity of the Project.
Within thirty (30) days following the selection of the appraiser and
such appraiser's receipt of the Landlord's Determination and the Tenant's
Determination, the appraiser shall determine whether the rental rate determined
by Landlord or by Tenant more accurately reflects the fair market rental rate
for the 60-month renewal of the Lease for the Premises, as reasonably
extrapolated to the commencement of the extension period. Accordingly, either
the Landlord's Determination or the Tenant's
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Determination shall be selected by the appraiser as the fair market rental rate
for the extension period. In making such determination, the appraiser shall
consider rental comparables for the Project (provided that if) there are an
insufficient number of comparables within the Project, the appraiser shall
consider rental comparables for similarly improved space within the vicinity of
the Project with appropriate adjustment for location and quality of project),
but the appraiser shall not attribute any factor for market tenant improvement
allowances or brokerage commissions in making its determination of the fair
market rental rate. At any time before the decision of the appraiser is
rendered, either party may, by written notice to the other party, accept the
rental terms submitted by the other party, in which event such terms shall be
deemed adopted as the agreed fair market rental. The fees of the appraiser(s)
shall be borne entirely by the party whose determination of the fair market
rental rate was not accepted by the appraiser.
Within twenty (20) days after the determination of the fair market
rental, Landlord shall prepare an appropriate amendment to this Lease for the
extension period, and Tenant shall execute and return same to Landlord within
twenty (20) days. Should the fair market rental not be established by the
commencement of the extension period, then Tenant shall continue paying rent at
the rate in effect during the last month of the initial Term, and a lump sum
adjustment shall be made promptly upon the determination of such new rental.
If Tenant fails to timely comply with any of the provisions of this
paragraph, Tenant's right to extend the Term shall be extinguished and the Lease
shall automatically terminate as of the expiration date of the term, without
any extension and without any liability to Landlord. Any attempt to assign or
transfer any right or interest created by this paragraph shall be void from its
inception. Tenant shall have no other right to extend the Term beyond the single
sixty (60) month extension period created by this paragraph. Unless agreed to in
a writing signed by Landlord and Tenant, any extension of the Term, whether
created by an amendment to this Lease or by a holdover of the Premises by
Tenant, or otherwise, shall be deemed a part of, and not in addition to, any
duly exercised extension period permitted by this paragraph.
C. Security Deposit. Concurrently with Tenant's delivery of this
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Amendment, Tenant shall deliver the sum of Forty One Thousand Sixteen Dollars
($41,016.00) to Landlord, which sum shall be added to the Security Deposit
presently being held by Landlord in accordance with Section 4.3 of the Lease.
D. Project Costs. The definition of "Building Costs" in Section 4.2(e)
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of the Lease is hereby amended to include the establishment of reasonable
reserves for the replacement and/or repair of the Building as well as for Common
Area improvements.
E. Operating Expense Caps. The provisions of Article III(F) of the First
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(which insert a revised Section 4.2(g) of the Lease), are hereby deleted in
their entirety and shall have no further force or effect.
F. Parking. The requirement in the second line of Section 6.4 Parking of
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the Lease for five (5) reserved parking spaces is hereby deleted in its entirety
in favor of the revised provisions of Item 14 of the Basic Lease Provisions set
forth in this Amendment. The cost of marking the "visitor" and "reserved" spaces
shall be part of the Landlord's Contributions as defined in the Work Letter
attached to this Amendment.
G. Restoration. The reference in the eighth (8th) line of Section 11.1
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(a) of the Lease to "one hundred eighty (180) days", is hereby revised to "two
hundred seventy (270) days".
H. Holding Over. Subsection (a) and (b) of Section 15.1 Holding Over
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of the Lease are hereby deleted in their entirety, and substituted therefor
shall be the following: "...(a) one hundred seventy-five percent (175%) of the
Basic Rent for the month immediately preceding the date of termination for the
initial two (2) months of holdover, and two hundred percent (200%) of the Basic
Rent for the month immediately preceding the date of termination for each
month of holdover thereafter, or (b) the then currently scheduled Basic Rent
for comparable space in the Project."
I. Tenant Improvements. Landlord hereby agrees to complete the Tenant
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Improvements for the Premises in accordance with the provisions of Exhibit X-1,
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Work Letter, attached hereto. It is understood that the Tenant Improvements
shall be done during Tenant's occupancy of the Premises. In this regard, Tenant
agrees to assume any risk of injury, loss or damage which may result, unless
caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Landlord, its
contractors or employees. Tenant further agrees that no rental abatement shall
result while the Tenant Improvements are completed in the Premises.
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J. Consents to Subletting. Tenant agrees that the subtenancies of
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Advanced Computing and of Inter-Tel of the Premises have terminated or will
terminate not later than July 31, 2000, and that the Advanced Computing Consent
and the Inter-Tel Consent shall not be effective or binding on Landlord beyond
July 31, 2000.
IV. GENERAL.
A. Effect of Amendments. The Lease shall remain in full force and effect
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except to the extent that it is modified by this Amendment.
B. Entire Agreement. This Amendment embodies the entire understanding
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between Landlord and Tenant with respect to the modifications set forth in "III.
MODIFICATIONS" above and can be changed only by a writing signed by Landlord and
Tenant.
C. Counterparts. If this Amendment is executed in counterparts, each is
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hereby declared to be an original; all, however, shall constitute but one and
the same amendment. In any action or proceeding, any photographic, photostatic,
or other copy of this Amendment may be introduced into evidence without
foundation.
D. Defined Terms. All words commencing with initial capital letters in
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this Amendment and defined in the Lease shall have the same meaning in this
Amendment as in the Lease, unless they are otherwise defined in this Amendment.
E. Corporate and Partnership Authority. If Tenant is a corporation or
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partnership, or is comprised of either or both of them, each individual
executing this Amendment for the corporation or partnership represents that he
or she is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Amendment on behalf of the
corporation or partnership and that this Amendment is binding upon the
corporation or partnership in accordance with its terms.
F. Attorneys' Fees. The provisions of the Lease respecting payment of
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attorneys' fees shall also apply to this Amendment.
V. EXECUTION.
Landlord and Tenant executed this Amendment on the date as set forth in
"I. PARTIES AND DATE." above.
LANDLORD: TENANT:
IRVINE TECHNOLOGY PARTNERS III, LANTRONIX,
a California general partnership a California corporation
By: THE IRVINE COMPANY
Its General Partner
[LEGAL APPROVED SEAL] By: /s/ Steven V. Cotton
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Name: Steven V. Cotton
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By /s/ Robert E. Williams Title: CFO
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Robert E. Williams, Jr., President
Irvine Industrial Company,
a division of The Irvine Company By: /s/ Fred Thiel
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Name: /s/ Fred Thiel
By /s/ Nancy Trujillo ----------------------
----------------------------------- Title: CEO
Nancy E. Trujillo, ---------------------
Assistant Secretary
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EXHIBIT X
WORK LETTER
DOLLAR ALLOWANCE
[SECOND GENERATION SPACE]
The Tenant Improvement work (herein "Tenant Improvements") shall consist of any
work required to complete the Premises pursuant to approved plans and
specifications. All of the Tenant Improvement work shall be performed by the
"TI Contractor" selected by Landlord, all in accordance with the procedures and
requirements set forth below.
1. ARCHITECTURAL AND CONSTRUCTION PROCEDURES
A. Tenant and Landlord have approved, or shall approve within the time
period set forth below, both (i) a detailed space plan for the
Premises, prepared by Landlord's architect, which includes interior
partitions, ceilings, interior finishes, interior office doors, suite
entrance, floor coverings, window coverings, lighting, electrical and
telephone outlets, plumbing connections, heavy floor loads and other
special requirements ("Preliminary Plan"), and (ii) an estimate,
prepared by Landlord's contractor, of the cost for which Landlord will
complete or cause to be completed the Tenant Improvements
("Preliminary Cost Estimate"). Tenant shall approve or disapprove each
of the Preliminary Plan and the Preliminary Cost Estimate by signing
copies of the appropriate instrument and delivering same to Landlord
within five (5) working days of its receipt by Tenant. If Tenant
disapproves any matter, Tenant shall specify in detail the reasons for
disapproval and Landlord shall attempt to modify the Preliminary Plan
and the Preliminary Cost Estimate to incorporate Tenant's suggested
revisions in a mutually satisfactory manner. Subject to the express
provisions of Article II.A below regarding the application of up to
One Dollar ($1.00) per rentable square foot of the Landlord's
Contribution towards the cost of "Non-Standard Improvements" (as
hereinafter defined), it is understood and agreed that the Preliminary
Plan submitted by Landlord's architect is intended to include all
improvements desired by Tenant using Landlord's "Standards" (as
hereinafter defined), whether or not the full amount of Landlord's
Contribution would be required to complete construction of the
improvements as shown in the Preliminary Plan. In all events, however,
Tenant shall approve in all respects a Preliminary Plan and
Preliminary Cost Estimate not later than July 6, 2000 ("Plan Approval
Date").
B. On or before the Plan Approval Date, Tenant shall provide in writing
to Landlord or Landlord's architect all specifications and information
requested by Landlord for the preparation of final construction
documents and costing, including without limitation Tenant's final
selection of wall and floor finishes, complete specifications and
locations (including load and HVAC requirements) of Tenant's
equipment, and details of all "Non-Standard Improvements" (as defined
below) to be installed in the Premises (collectively, "Programming
Information"). Tenant understands that final construction documents
for the Tenant Improvements shall be predicated on the Programming
Information, and accordingly that such information must be accurate
and complete.
C. The Tenant Improvements shall incorporate Landlord's building standard
materials and specifications ("Standards"). No deviations from the
Standards may be required by Tenant with respect to doors and frames,
finish hardware, entry graphics, the ceiling system, light fixtures
and switches, mechanical systems, life and safety systems, and/or
window coverings; provided that Landlord may, in its sole discretion,
authorize in writing one or more of such deviations. In the event that
Landlord shall so authorize any such deviations from the Standards,
Landlord shall advise Tenant at the time such deviation(s) are
authorized whether: (i) such deviation(s) shall remain in the Premises
at the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease, or (ii) such
deviation(s) shall be replaced with the applicable Standard item(s)
(in which event Tenant shall pay to Landlord, prior to the
commencement of construction and in addition to sums otherwise due
hereunder from Tenant, an amount equal to the cost, as reasonably
estimated by Landlord, of replacing the deviating item(s) with the
applicable Standard item(s) upon the expiration or termination of this
Lease). All other non-standard items ("Non-Standard Improvements")
shall be subject to the reasonable prior approval of Landlord.
Landlord shall in no event be required to approve any Non-Standard
Improvement if Landlord determines that such improvement (i) is of a
lesser quality than the corresponding Standard, (ii) fails to conform
to applicable governmental requirements, (iii) requires building
services beyond the level normally provided to other tenants, or (iv)
would have an adverse aesthetic impact from the exterior of the
Premises.
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D. Upon Tenant's approval of the Preliminary Plan and Preliminary Cost
Estimate and delivery of the complete Programming Information,
Landlord's architect and engineers shall prepare and deliver to Tenant
working drawings and specifications ("Working Drawings and
Specifications"). Upon completion of the competitive bid process
described below, the "Bid Amount" (as defined below) together with
Landlord's final cost estimate of the Completion Cost of the Tenant
Improvements work (the "Final Cost Estimate") shall be delivered to
Tenant. Tenant shall have five (5) working days from the receipt
thereof to approve or disapprove the Working Drawings and
Specifications and the Final Cost Estimate. Tenant shall not
unreasonably withhold or delay its approval, and any disapproval or
requested modification shall be limited to items not contained in the
approved Preliminary Plan or Preliminary Cost Estimate. Should Tenant
disapprove the Working Drawings and Specifications and the Final Cost
Estimate, such disapproval shall be accompanied by a detailed list of
revisions. Any revision requested by Tenant and accepted by Landlord
shall be incorporated into a revised set of Working Drawings and
Specifications and Final Cost Estimate, and Tenant shall approve same
in writing within five (5) business days of receipt without further
revision.
E. In the event that Tenant requests in writing a revision in the
approved Working Drawings and Specifications ("Change"), Landlord
shall advise Tenant by written change order as soon as is practical of
any increase in the Completion Cost such Change would cause. Tenant
shall approve or disapprove such change order in writing within two
(2) working days following its receipt from Landlord. Tenant's
approval of a Change shall be accompanied by Tenant's payment of any
resulting increase in the Completion Cost. Landlord shall have the
right to decline Tenant's request for a Change for any of the reasons
set forth in Article 1.C above for Landlord's disapproval of a Non-
Standard Improvement. It is understood that Landlord shall have no
obligation to interrupt or modify the Tenant Improvement work pending
Tenant's approval of a change order.
F. Landlord shall submit the Working Drawings and Specifications to a
competitive bidding process involving at least three (3) licensed and
reputable general contractors. If requested by Tenant, Landlord shall
provide copies of the bid responses to Tenant. After adjustments for
any inconsistent assumptions to reflect an "apples to apples"
comparison, Landlord shall select the lowest qualified bidder and that
bid so selected shall be referred to as the "Bid Amount". In the event
Landlord selects other than the lowest bidder, it shall do so based on
commercially reasonable factors which it shall demonstrate to Tenant.
Upon selection of the bidder, Landlord shall enter into a "lump sum"
or "fixed price" construction contract with the chosen contractor (the
"TI Contractor") for construction of the Tenant Improvements in
accordance with the approved and final Working Drawings and
Specifications for the Bid Amount (the "TI Contract").
G. Tenant hereby designates Terry Kirschner, Telephone No.(949) 453-7l53
as its representative, agent and attorney-in-fact for the purpose of
receiving notices, approving submittals and issuing requests for
Changes, and Landlord shall be entitled to rely upon authorizations
and directives of such person(s) as if given directly by Tenant.
Tenant may amend the designation of its construction representative(s)
at any time upon delivery of written notice to Landlord.
II. COST OF TENANT IMPROVEMENTS
A. Landlord shall complete, or cause to be completed, the Tenant
Improvements, at the construction cost shown in the approved Final
Cost Estimate (subject to the provisions of this Work Letter), in
accordance with final Working Drawings and Specifications approved by
both Landlord and Tenant. Landlord shall pay towards the final
construction costs ("Completion Cost") as incurred a maximum of Four
Hundred Thirty Four Thousand Nine Hundred Ninety-Six Dollars
($434,996.00)) ("Landlord's Contribution"), based on $8.50 per square
foot of the Premises, and Tenant shall be fully responsible for the
remainder ("Tenant's Contribution"). Up to, but not exceeding, One
Dollar ($1.00) per rentable square foot of the Landlord's
Contribution may be applied towards the cost of "Non-Standard
Improvements" approved by Landlord pursuant to Article 1.C above and
incorporated into the approved Working Drawings and Specifications. If
the actual cost of completion of the Tenant Improvements is less than
the maximum amount provided for the Landlord's Contribution, such
savings shall inure to the benefit of Landlord and Tenant shall not be
entitled to any credit or payment.
B. The Completion Cost shall include all direct costs of Landlord in
completing the Tenant Improvements, including but not limited to the
following: (i) the Bid Amount, (ii) payments made to architects,
engineers, contractors, subcontractors and other third party
consultants in the performance of the work, (iii) permit fees and
other sums paid to
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governmental agencies, (iv) costs of all materials incorporated into
the work or used in connection with the work, and (v) keying and
signage costs. The Completion Cost shall also include an
administrative/supervision fee to be paid to Landlord in the amount
of five percent (5%) of all such direct costs.
C. Prior to start of construction of the Tenant Improvements, Tenant
shall pay to Landlord in full the amount of the Tenant's Contribution
set forth in the Final Cost Estimate. If the actual Completion Cost of
the Tenant Improvements is less than the Final Cost Estimate, any
portion of the Tenant's Contribution paid by Tenant but not expended
towards the Completion Cost shall be credited to rent next due under
this Lease. If the actual Completion Cost is greater than the Final
Cost Estimate because of modifications or extras not reflected on the
approved working drawings, then Tenant shall pay to Landlord, within
ten (10) days following submission of an invoice therefor, all such
additional costs, including any additional architectural fee. If
Tenant defaults in the payment of any sums due under this Work Letter,
Landlord shall (in addition to all other remedies) have the rights as
in the case of Tenant's failure to pay rent under the Lease.
D. Landlord's obligation to fund the Landlord's Contribution shall only
apply such Tenant Improvement work for which contracts are let not
later than January 15, 2001. Any portion of the Landlord's
Contribution not utilized by such date shall be considered forfeited
by Tenant.
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