Landlord hereby leases to tenant and tenant hereby hired from landlord, the space as presently constituted (the premises) known as _________ on the _________ floor in the building known as _________ in _________(the building), for a term to commence on _________[year], and end at 12 o'clock noon on _________[year], or on such earlier date as this lease may terminate as herein provided, except that, if any such date falls on a Sunday or a holiday, then this lease shall end at 12 o'clock noon on the business day next preceding the aforementioned date, at the annual rental rate of $_____, payable in equal monthly instalments, in advance, on the first day of each calendar month during the term. Landlord acknowledges receipt from tenant of the sum of $_____ by check, for rent to and including _________[year].

1. Tenant shall use and occupy the premises as _________, and for no other purpose. Landlord represents that the premises may lawfully be used for such purpose.

2. Tenant shall pay rent and additional rent to landlord at landlord's address or at such other place as landlord may designate in writing, without demand and without counterclaim, deduction or setoff.

3. Tenant shall commit no act of waste and shall take good care of the premises and the fixtures and appurtenances therein, and shall, in the use and occupancy of the premises, conform to all laws, orders and regulations of the federal, state and municipal governments, or any of their departments, and regulations of the New York Board of Fire Underwriters, applicable to the premises; landlord shall make all necessary repairs to the premises, except where the repair has been made necessary by misuse or neglect by tenant or tenant's agents, servants, visitors or licensees. All improvements made by tenant to the premises which are so attached to the premises that they cannot be removed without material injury to the premises, shall become the property of landlord upon installation. Not later than the last day of the term tenant shall, at tenant's expense, remove all of tenant's personal property and those improvements made by tenant which have not become the property of landlord, including trade fixtures, cabinetwork, movable paneling, partitions and the like, repair all injury done by or in connection with the installation or removal of such property and improvements, and surrender the premises in as good condition as they were at the beginning of the term, reasonable wear, and damage by fire, the elements, casualty, or other cause not due to the misuse or neglect by tenant or tenant's agents, servants, visitors or licensees, excepted. All property of tenant remaining on the premises after the last day of the term of this lease shall conclusively be deemed abandoned and may be removed by landlord, and tenant shall reimburse landlord for the cost of such removal. Landlord may have any such property stored at tenant's risk and expense.

4. Tenant shall not, without landlord's written consent: (a) make any alterations, additions or improvements in, to or about the premises; (b) do or suffer anything to be done on the premises which will increase the rate of fire insurance on the building; (c) permit the accumulation of waste or refuse matter; (d) abandon the premises or suffer the premises to become vacant or deserted; or (e) assign, mortgage, pledge or encumber this lease, in whole or in part, or underlet the premises or any part thereof. Covenant (e) above shall be binding upon the legal representatives of tenant, and upon every person to whom tenant's interest under this lease passes by operation of law, but shall not apply to assignment or subletting to the parent or subsidiary of a corporate tenant or to consolidation or merger of such tenant.

5. Tenant shall observe and comply with the rules and regulations set forth herein, which are made part hereof, and with such further reasonable rules and regulations as landlord may prescribe, on written notice to tenant, for the safety, care and cleanliness of the building and the comfort, quiet and convenience of other occupants of the building.

6. Landlord shall furnish the following services: (a) passenger elevator service on business days, except Saturdays, from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., it being agreed that at all other times, there shall be one elevator subject to call; (b) heat when and as required by law, on business days; (c) hot and cold water for lavatory purposes without charge, but if a further supply of water is required by tenant, tenant shall, at tenant's expense, install (and shall thereafter maintain at tenant's expense) a water meter to register such consumption, and tenant shall pay as additional rent, when and as bills are rendered, for water consumed, at the cost to landlord, and for sewer rents and all other rents and charges based upon such consumption of water; (d) cleaning services customary in the building from time to time, if the premises are used exclusively as offices; (e) subject to the provisions of article 7, electricity for usual office requirements; and (f) air conditioning, during the appropriate season, on business days, except Saturdays, from 8:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

7. Tenant shall not use any electrical equipment which in landlord's reasonable opinion will overload the wiring installations or interfere with the reasonable use thereof by landlord or other tenants in the building.

8. If the building is damaged by fire or any other cause to such extent that the cost of restoration, as reasonably estimated by landlord, will equal or exceed 30% of the replacement value of the building (exclusive of foundations) just prior to the occurrence of the damage, then landlord may, no later than the 60th day following the damage, give tenant a notice of election to terminate this lease, or if the cost of restoration will equal or exceed 50% of the replacement value and if the premises shall not be reasonably usable for the purposes for which they are leased hereunder, then tenant may, no later than the 60th day following the damage, give landlord a notice of election to terminate this lease. In the event of either of such elections this lease shall be deemed to terminate on the 3rd day after the giving of such notice, and tenant shall surrender possession of the premises within a reasonable time thereafter, and the rent and additional rent shall be apportioned as of the date of surrender and any rent paid for any period beyond that date shall be repaid to tenant. If the cost of restoration as estimated by landlord shall amount to less than 30% of the placement value of the building, or if despite the cost landlord does not elect to terminate this lease, landlord shall restore the building and the premises with reasonable promptness, subject to delays beyond landlord's control and delays in the making of insurance adjustments by landlord, and tenant shall have no right to terminate this lease except as provided herein. Landlord need not restore fixtures and improvements owned by tenant.

In any case in which use of the premises is affected by any damage to the building, there shall be either an abatement or an equitable reduction in rent depending on the period for which and the extent to which the premises are not reasonably usable for the purposes for which they are leased hereunder. The words "restoration" and "restore" as used in this article shall include repairs. If the damage results from the fault of tenant, or tenant's agents, servants, visitors or licensees, tenant shall not be entitled to any abatement or reduction of rent, except to the extent, if any, that landlord receives the proceeds of rent insurance in lieu of such rent.

Notwithstanding the provisions of article 3 hereof: In any event of loss or damage to the building, the premises and/or any contents, each party shall look first to any insurance in its favor before making any claim against the other party; and to the extent possible without additional cost, each party shall obtain, for each policy of such insurance, provisions permitting waiver of any claim against the other party for loss or damage within the scope of the insurance, and each party, to such extent permitted, for itself and its insurers waives all such insured claims against the other party.

9. If the premises or any part thereof or any estate therein, or any other part of the building materially affecting tenant's use of the premises, be taken by virtue of eminent domain, this lease shall terminate on the date when title vests pursuant to such taking, the rent and additional rent shall be apportioned as of that date and any rent paid for any period beyond that date shall be repaid to tenant. Tenant shall not be entitled to any part of the award or any payment in lieu thereof; but tenant may file a claim for any taking of fixtures and improvements owned by tenant, and for moving expenses.

10. If tenant defaults in the payment or rent or additional rent or defaults in the performance of any of the covenants or conditions hereof, landlord may give to tenant notice of such default and if tenant does not cure any rent or additional rent default within 5 days, or other default within 10 days, after the giving of such notice (or, if such other default is of such nature that it cannot be completely cured within such 10 days, if tenant does not commence such curing within such 10 days and thereafter proceed with reasonable diligence and in good faith to cure such default), then landlord may terminate this lease on not less than 3 days' notice to tenant, and on the date specified in such notice the term of this lease shall terminate, and tenant shall then quit and surrender the premises to landlord, but tenant shall remain liable as herein provided. If this lease shall have been so terminated by landlord, landlord may at any time thereafter resume possession of the premises by any lawful means and remove tenant or other occupants and their effects.

In any case where landlord has recovered possession of the premises by reason of tenant's default landlord may at landlord's option occupy the premises or cause the premises to be redecorated, altered, divided, consolidated with other adjoining premises, or otherwise changed or prepared for reletting, and may relet the premises or any part thereof as agent of tenant or otherwise, for a term or terms to expire prior to, at the same time as, or subsequent to, the original expiration date of this lease, at landlord's option, and receive the rent therefor, applying the same first to the payment of such expenses as landlord may have incurred in connection with the recovery of possession, redecorating, altering, dividing, consolidating with other adjoining premises, or otherwise changing or preparing for reletting, and the reletting, including brokerage and reasonable attorneys' fees, and then to the payment of damages in amounts equal to the rent hereunder and to the cost and expense of performance of the other covenants of tenant as herein provided; and tenant agrees, whether or not landlord has relet, to pay to landlord damages equal to the rent and other sums herein agreed to be paid by tenant, less the net proceeds of the reletting, if any, as ascertained from time to time, and the same shall be payable by tenant on the several rent days above specified. In reletting the premises as aforesaid, landlord may grant rent concessions, and tenant shall not be credited therewith. No such reletting shall constitute a surrender and acceptance or be deemed evidence thereof. If landlord elects, pursuant hereto, actually to occupy and use the premises or any part thereof during any part of the balance of the term as originally fixed or since extended, there shall be allowed against tenant's obligation for rent or damages as herein defined, during the period of landlord's occupancy, the reasonable value of such occupancy, not to exceed in any event the rent herein reserved and such occupancy shall not be construed as a release of tenant's liability hereunder.

Tenant hereby waives all right of redemption to which tenant or any person claiming under tenant might be entitled by any law now or hereafter in force.

Landlord's remedies hereunder are in addition to any remedy allowed by law.

11. The failure of either party to insist on strict performance of any covenant or condition hereof, or to exercise any option herein contained, shall not be construed as a waiver of such covenant, condition or option in any other instance. This lease cannot be changed or terminated orally.

12. If (a) the premises are underlet or occupied by anybody other than tenant and tenant is in default hereunder, or (b) this lease is assigned by tenant, then, landlord may collect rent from the assignee, undertenant or occupant, and apply the net amount collected to the rent herein reserved; but no such collection shall be deemed a waiver of the covenant herein against assignment and underletting, or the acceptance of such assignee, undertenant or occupant as tenant, or a release of tenant from further performance of the covenants contained herein.

13. This lease shall be subject and subordinate to all underlying leases and to mortgages which may now or hereafter affect such leases or the real property of which the premises form a part, and also to all renewals, modifications, consolidations and replacements of such underlying leases and such mortgages. Although no instrument or act on the part of tenant shall be necessary to effectuate such subordination, tenant will, nevertheless, execute and deliver such further instruments confirming such subordination of this lease as may be desired by the holders of such mortgages or by any of the lessors under such underlying leases. Tenant hereby appoints landlord attorney-in-fact, irrevocably, to execute and deliver any such instrument for tenant. If any underlying lease to which this lease is subject terminates, tenant shall on timely request attorn to the owner of the reversion.

14. Tenant shall deposit with landlord on the signing of this lease the sum of $_____ as security for the performance of tenant's obligations under this lease, including without limitation the surrender of possession of the premises to landlord as herein provided. If landlord applies any part of the deposit to cure any default of tenant, tenant shall upon demand deposit with landlord the amount so applied so that landlord shall have the full deposit on hand at all times during the term of this lease.

15. If tenant breaches any covenant or condition of this lease, landlord may, on reasonable notice to tenant (except that no notice need be given in case of emergency), cure such breach at the expense of tenant and the reasonable amount of all expenses, including attorneys' fees, incurred by landlord in doing so (whether paid by landlord or not) shall be deemed additional rent payable on demand.

16. Tenant shall within 10 days after notice from landlord discharge any mechanic's lien for materials or labor claimed to have been furnished to the premises on tenant's behalf.

17. Any notice by either party to the other shall be in writing and shall be deemed to be duly given only if delivered personally or mailed by registered or certified mail in a postpaid envelope addressed (a) if to tenant, at the building and (b) if to landlord, at landlord's address first above set forth, or at such other addresses as tenant or landlord, respectively, may designate in writing. Notice shall be deemed to have been duly given, if delivered personally, upon delivery thereof, and if mailed, upon the 3rd day after the mailing thereof.

18. Landlord may, but shall not be obligated to, enter the premises at any reasonable time, on reasonable notice to tenant (except that no notice need be given in case of emergency) for the purposes of inspection or the making of such repairs, replacements and additions in, to, on and about the premises or the building, as landlord deems necessary or desirable. Tenant shall have no claim or cause of action against landlord by reason thereof except as provided in article 19 hereof.

19. Interruption or curtailment of any service maintained in the building if caused by strikes, mechanical difficulties, or any causes beyond landlord's control whether similar or dissimilar to those enumerated, shall not entitle tenant to any claim against landlord or to any abatement in rent, nor shall the same constitute constructive or partial eviction, unless landlord fails to take such measures as may be reasonable in the circumstances to restore the service without undue delay. If the premises are rendered untenantable in whole or in part, for a period of over 3 business days, by the making of repairs, replacements or additions, other than those made with tenant's consent or caused by misuse or neglect by tenant or tenant's agents, servants, visitors or licensees, there shall be a proportionate abatement of rent during the period of such untenantability.

20. Tenant shall not be entitled to claim a constructive eviction from the premises unless tenant shall have first notified landlord in writing of the condition or conditions giving rise thereto, and, if the complaints be justified, unless landlord shall have failed within a reasonable time after receipt of notice to remedy such conditions.

21. Landlord may show the premises to prospective purchasers and mortgagees and, during the 4 months prior to termination of this lease, to prospective tenants, during business hours upon reasonable notice to tenant.

22. Neither party has made any representations or promises, except as contained herein, or in some further writing signed by the party making such representation or promise.

23. Landlord covenants that if and so long as tenant pays the rent and additional rent and performs the covenants hereof, tenant shall peaceably and quietly have, hold and enjoy the premises for the term herein mentioned, subject to the provisions of this lease.

24. Tenant shall from time to time, upon not less than 10 days' prior written request by landlord, execute, acknowledge and deliver to landlord a written statement certifying that this lease is unmodified and in full force and effect (or that the same is in full force and effect as modified, listing the instruments of modification), the dates to which the rent and other charges have been paid, and whether or not to the best of tenant's knowledge landlord is in default hereunder (and if so, specifying the nature of the default), it being intended that any such statement delivered pursuant to this article may be relied upon by a prospective purchaser of landlord's interest or mortgagee of landlord's interest or assignee of any mortgage upon landlord's interest in the building.

25. To the extent such waiver is permitted by law the parties waive trial by jury in any action or proceeding brought in connection with this lease or the premises.

26. The provisions of this lease shall apply to, bind and enure to the benefit of landlord and tenant, and their respective successors, legal representatives and assigns; it being understood that the term "landlord" as used in this lease means only the owner, or the mortgagee in possession, or the lessee for the time being of the building, so that in the event of any sale or sales of the building or of any lease thereof or if the mortgagee shall take possession of the premises, the landlord named herein shall be and hereby is entirely freed and relieved of all covenants and obligations of landlord hereunder accruing thereafter, and it shall be deemed without further agreement that the purchaser, the lessee or the mortgagee in possession has assumed and agreed to carry out any and all covenants and obligations of landlord hereunder.