FIFTH AMENDMENT TO LEASE
THIS FIFTH AMENDMENT TO LEASE (this "Amendment") is entered into as of this 17th day of July, 2024 (the "Effective Date"), by and between BMR-201 INDUSTRIAL ROAD LP, a Delaware limited partnership ("Landlord"), and NATERA, INC., a Delaware corporation ("Tenant").
RECITALS
| B. | WHEREAS, Landlord and Tenant desire to extend the Term of the Existing Lease; |
and
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, Landlord and Tenant, in consideration of the mutual promises contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
BioMed Realty form dated 5/10/22
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the Base TI Allowance must be used in its entirety for Tenant Improvements and the Enhancement Work before any Additional TI Allowance may be requested). Any unused Base TI Allowance which Tenant elects to apply towards Base Rent will be credited toward Base Rent payable on the first day of the first full calendar month after Tenant's delivery of its written notice electing to use the Base Rent Credit (but in no event sooner than January 1, 2025 unless Landlord elects to apply it to Base Rent in 2024 per the following sentence) and will be applied toward Base Rent payable for each month thereafter until the Base Rent Credit is exhausted. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Landlord reserves the right, at Landlord's election and with advanced notice to Tenant, to apply all or any portion of the Base Rent Credit elected to be utilized by Tenant, if any, to 2024 Base Rent if Tenant has notified Landlord of its intent to use the Base Rent Credit before the end of 2024.
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any reason. In the event Landlord and Tenant do agree on a scope of work for the Enhancement Work (and in any case relating to the submetering work), Landlord shall be responsible for the management and construction of any Enhancement Work outside the Premises, or which could impact other tenants' use and/or access to their respective premises within the Building. For clarity, any Enhancement Work which impacts only the Premises will be performed by Tenant as part of the Tenant Improvements. Landlord will retain all contractors and enter into all required contracts relating to the completion of the Enhancement Work for which Landlord is responsible. If appropriate, based on the scope of work, Landlord will cause its consultants to prepare schematic plans and specifications for any Enhancement Work (provided that no plans will be prepared for the submetering work) ("Design Plans") and will provide such Design Plans to Tenant for Tenant's reasonable review and approval. Tenant will approve or disapprove (together with a reasonably detailed list of reasons for any disapproval and proposed changes to make such Design Plans acceptable to Tenant) within ten (10) business days after Landlord submits such Design Plans to Tenant. If Tenant disapproves the Design Plans, Landlord will revise the Design Plans to reflect those of Tenant's requested changes as are acceptable to Landlord and resubmit such Design Plans for Tenant's approval. This process will be repeated until the Design Plans are approved by both parties; provided that in the event Tenant fails to approve the Design Plans after three (3) submittals, Landlord may elect to eliminate any scope of work the parties have not agreed upon or refuse to perform any Enhancement Work. The Enhancement Work will be performed using Building standard materials and finishes, and Landlord will have discretion and decision making authority as to any details or specifications not shown on the Design Plans. Landlord will cause the Enhancement Work to be completed substantially in compliance with any approved Design Plans, but Landlord may make any changes necessary to fill in details not included in the Design Plans, comply with any field conditions or Applicable Laws or otherwise as determined to be reasonably necessary during completion of the Enhancement Work in Landlord's sole discretion. The Enhancement Work will be deemed to be complete upon issuance of a Certificate of Substantial Completion in the form of the American Institute of Architects document G704 or its substantial equivalent, executed by Landlord's general contractor; provided that the submetering work will be complete upon installation of the submeters and no certificate of substantial completion will be issued for the submetering scope of work.
All Enhancement Work shall be performed by Landlord's contractor at Tenant's sole cost and expense (subject to Landlord's obligations with respect to any portion of the Enhancement Allowance elected to be applied toward the Enhancement Work by Tenant on or before the TI Deadline). Landlord will provide Tenant with an estimated budget for all Enhancement Work other than the submetering work; provided that in the event the actual cost to complete the Enhancement Work is greater than the estimated budget, Tenant will be responsible for such overage. To the extent that the total projected cost of the Enhancement Work (as reasonably projected by Landlord, and as modified from time to time based on actual work performed) exceeds the portion of the Enhancement Allowance elected by Tenant to be applied toward the Enhancement Work (such excess, the "Excess Enhancement Work Costs"), Tenant shall pay the costs of the Enhancement Work on a pari passu basis with Landlord as such costs become due, in the proportion of Excess Enhancement Work Costs payable by Tenant to the Enhancement Allowance payable by Landlord. If properly requested by Tenant pursuant to this Amendment, Tenant may apply any unused portion of the Additional TI Allowance toward Excess Enhancement Work Costs.
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the ROFR Premises on the terms and conditions set forth in the Notice of Offer. If Tenant fails to notify Landlord of Tenant's election within such ten (10) business day period, then Tenant shall be deemed to have elected not to lease the ROFR Premises.
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Tenant's performance of the Tenant Improvements during the Term give nse to any rent abatement.
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Amendment are inserted and included solely for convenience and shall not be considered or given any effect in construing the provisions hereof. All exhibits hereto are incorporated herein by reference. Submission of this instrument for examination or signature by Tenant does not constitute a reservation of or option for a lease, and shall not be effective as a lease, lease amendment or otherwise until execution by and delivery to both Landlord and Tenant.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Landlord and Tenant have executed this Amendment as of the date and year first above written.
LANDLORD:
BMR-201 INDUSTRIAL ROAD LP,
a Delaware limited partnership
By:/s/ Dawn Saunders
Name: Dawn Saunders
Title:Vice President, Legal
TENANT:
NATERA, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
By:/s/ John Henry Ryan
Name: John Henry Ryan
Title:Chief Laboratory Officer
EXHIBIT A
TENANT WORK LETTER
This Work Letter (this "Work Letter") is made and entered into as of the [17th] day of July, 2024, by and between BMR-201 INDUSTRIAL ROAD LP, a Delaware limited partnership ("Landlord"), and NATERA, INC., a Delaware corporation ("Tenant"), and is attached to and made a part of that certain Fifth Amendment to Lease dated of even date herewith. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the Lease.
| 1. | General Requirements. |
| 1.1. | Authorized Representatives. |
may reasonably request. Landlord shall notify Tenant in writing within ten (10) business days after receipt of the Draft Schematic Plans whether Landlord approves or objects to the Draft Schematic Plans and of the manner, if any, in which the Draft Schematic Plans are unacceptable. Landlord's failure to respond within such ten (10) business day period shall be deemed approval by Landlord. If Landlord reasonably objects to the Draft Schematic Plans, then Tenant shall revise the Draft Schematic Plans and cause Landlord's objections to be remedied in the revised Draft Schematic Plans. Tenant shall then resubmit the revised Draft Schematic Plans to Landlord for approval, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. Landlord's approval of or objection to revised Draft Schematic Plans and Tenant's correction of the same shall be in accordance with this Section until Landlord has approved the Draft Schematic Plans in writing or been deemed to have approved them. The iteration of the Draft Schematic Plans that is approved or deemed approved by Landlord without objection shall be referred to herein as the "Approved Schematic Plans."
such revisions and any increases in the cost of the Tenant Improvements as a result of such Change. Change Requests shall be signed by the requesting party's Authorized Representative.
Improvements have either been discharged of record (by payment, bond, order of a court of competent jurisdiction or otherwise) or waived by the party filing such lien and (iv) no security interests relating to the Tenant Improvements are outstanding, (u) all certifications and approvals with respect to the Tenant Improvements that may be required from any Governmental Authority and any board of fire underwriters or similar body for the use and occupancy of the Premises (including a certificate of occupancy (or its substantial equivalent) for the Premises for the Permitted Use), (v) certificates of insurance required by the Lease to be purchased and maintained by Tenant, (w) an affidavit from Tenant's architect certifying that all work performed in, on or about the Premises is in accordance with the Approved Plans, (x) complete "as built" drawing print sets, project specifications and shop drawings and electronic CADD files on disc (showing the Tenant Improvements as an overlay on the Building "as built" plans (provided that Landlord provides the Building "as-built" plans provided to Tenant) of all contract documents for work performed by their architect and engineers in relation to the Tenant Improvements, (y) a commissioning report prepared by a licensed, qualified commissioning agent hired by Tenant and approved by Landlord for all new or affected mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems (which report Landlord may hire a licensed, qualified commissioning agent to peer review, and whose reasonable recommendations Tenant's commissioning agent shall perform and incorporate into a revised report) and (z) such other "close out" materials as Landlord reasonably requests at the time of Landlord's approval of the Construction Plans, consistent with Landlord's own requirements for its contractors, such as copies of manufacturers' warranties, operation and maintenance manuals and the like.
| 4. | Insurance. |
Landlord Parties for any loss or expense incurred as a result of a failure to obtain such waivers of subrogation from insurers.
| 6. | TI Allowance. |
Application for Payment (G 702) executed by the general contractor and by the architect, (c) invoices from the general contractor, the architect, and any subcontractors, material suppliers and other parties requesting payment with respect to the amount of the TI Allowance then being requested, (d) unconditional lien releases from the general contractor and each subcontractor and material supplier with respect to previous payments made by either Landlord or Tenant for the Tenant Improvements in a form acceptable to Landlord and complying with Applicable Laws and
(e) conditional lien releases from the general contractor and each subcontractor and material supplier with respect to the Tenant Improvements performed that correspond to the Fund Request each in a form acceptable to Landlord and complying with Applicable Laws, then Landlord shall, within thirty (30) days following receipt by Landlord of a Fund Request and the accompanying materials required by this Section, pay to (as elected by Landlord) the applicable contractors, subcontractors and material suppliers or Tenant (for reimbursement for payments made by Tenant to such contractors, subcontractors or material suppliers either prior to Landlord's approval of the Approved TI Budget or as a result of Tenant's decision to pay for the Tenant Improvements itself and later seek reimbursement from Landlord in the form of one lump sum payment in accordance with the Amendment and this Work Letter), the amount of Tenant Improvement costs set forth in such Fund Request or Landlord's pari passu share thereof if Excess TI Costs exist based on the Approved Budget; provided, however, that Landlord shall not be obligated to make any payments under this Section until the budget for the Tenant Improvements is approved in accordance with Section 6.2, and any Fund Request under this Section shall be submitted as of or prior to the TI Deadline and shall be subject to the payment limits set forth in Section 6.2 above and Section 7 of the Amendment. Notwithstanding anything in this Section to the contrary, Tenant shall not submit a Fund Request after the TI Deadline or more often than every thirty (30) days. Any additional Fund Requests submitted by Tenant after the TI Deadline or more often than every thirty (30) days shall be void and of no force or effect.
| 7. | Miscellaneous. |
EXHIBITB
FORM OF ADDITIONAL TI ALLOWANCE ACCEPTANCE LETTER
[TENANT LETTERHEAD]
BMR-201 INDUSTRIAL ROAD LP
4570 Executive Drive, Suite 400 San Diego, California 92121 Attn: Legal Department
[Date]
Re: Additional TI Allowance To Whom It May Concern:

This letter concerns that certain Fifth Amendment to Lease dated as of [], 2024 (the "Lease"), between BMR-201 Industrial Road LP ("Landlord") and Natera, Inc. ("Tenant"). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the Lease.
Tenant hereby notifies Landlord that it wishes to exercise its right to utilize the Additional TI Allowance pursuant to Section 5 of the Fifth Amendment to Lease.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call [_____] at ([__]) (__)-(__).
Sincerely, [Name]
[Title of Authorized Signatory]
cc:Ankit Patel
Jon Bergschneider
EXHIBIT C
ILLUSTRATIVE BASE RENT CHART