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[LANDLORD]
And
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TENANCY AGREEMENT
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Between:
And
(The Landlord and the Tenant are hereinafter collectively referred to as “Parties” or
individually referred to as “Party”).
WHEREAS:
B. The Landlord is the registered proprietor of all that piece of land, which is
more particularly described in Section 3(a) of the Schedule (hereinafter
referred to as “the Land”) together with the building, which is more
particularly described in Section 3(b) of the Schedule (hereinafter referred to
as “the Building”). The Land and the Building shall hereinafter be collectively
referred to as “the Property”.
1.1 In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, the following
expressions shall have the following meanings:
“Business Day” means any day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or public
holiday in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
“Deposit” means the Rental Deposit and the Electricity Utility Deposit.
“Land” means the land, which is more particularly described in Section 3(a)
of the Schedule.
1.2 Where a word or phrase is given a particular meaning, other parts of speech
and grammatical forms of that word or phrase shall have corresponding
meanings.
1.3 References to clauses, schedules and exhibits are to clauses of, and schedules
and exhibits to, this Agreement.
1.4 Headings to clauses, schedules and exhibits are for convenience only and do
not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.
1.7 Words importing the singular shall include the plural and words importing one
gender shall include the other gender;
2. GRANT OF TENANCY
2.1 The Landlord hereby grants and the Tenant hereby accepts a tenancy of the
Demised Premises together with the use and enjoyment in common with other
persons entitled thereto of the entrances, staircases, landings, corridors,
passages, and such parts of the Property as the Tenant may reasonably require
for access and ingress to and egress from the Demised Premises for the
duration of the Term, which shall commence on the Commencement Date
with a Monthly Rental payable, in advance, on or before the 7th day of each
month within the Term.
3. TERM
3.1 The Initial Term of the tenancy shall be as stipulated in Section 7 of the
Schedule.
3.2 Tenant may terminate this Agreement and surrender the Demised Premises if
the Tenant has not commenced the Installation, Commissioning, Operation
and Maintenance of the Tenant’s Equipment by giving five (5) Business Days’
notice to the Landlord.
3.3 On the date of termination and surrender as stipulated in the said notice by the
Tenant:
(b) the Landlord shall, within seven (7) Business Days’ of such
termination, refund to the Tenant any overpayment of rent by paying
to the Tenant the amount of the Monthly Rental less such amount of
aggregated daily rent as calculated on a pro-rated basis.
3.4 A termination and surrender under clause 3.2 does not affect either Party’s
rights in relation to any cause of action accruing before the termination and
surrender.
4. OPTION OF RENEWAL
4.1 When the Initial Term or, as the case may be, a Renewal Term expires, the
Tenant may, at its option, request to renew the tenancy for the duration(s) as
indicated in Section 9 of the Schedule by giving to the Landlord a notice to
that effect (“Renewal Notice”) not less than one (1) month before the Initial
Term or such Renewal Term expires.
4.2 Upon receiving a Renewal Notice, the Landlord must grant a renewal of the
tenancy subject only to agreement between the Parties on the Monthly Rental
for the duration of the relevant Renewal Term.
4.3 The Monthly Rental for a Renewal Term may be adjusted but no upward
adjustment to the Monthly Rental shall be at a percentage exceeding the
maximum rent adjustment percentage specified in Section 8 of the Schedule
of the amount of the Monthly Rental payable for the final month of the Initial
Term or, as the case may be, the immediately preceding Renewal Term. There
shall be no such restrictions in respect of any downward adjustment of the
Monthly Rental.
5. DEPOSIT
5.1 The Tenant shall pay to the Landlord, upon the execution of this Agreement
the Rental Deposit and the Electricity Utility Deposit (the receipt of both sums
of which the Landlord hereby acknowledges), which respective sums shall be
held by the Landlord as a deposit and such deposit shall, in the absence of any
breach by the Tenant of the terms and conditions herein contained be refunded
to the Tenant free of interest upon the termination of this Agreement
PROVIDED HOWEVER that the Landlord may:
(b) set off against the Electricity Utility Deposit any amount of electricity
charges that are due and payable on the termination of the Agreement.
6.1 If requested by the Tenant, the Landlord must connect the Demised Premises,
at Tenant’s cost, to an electricity supply and to install on the Property such
earthing apparatus as is necessary for the safe continuous use of the Tenant’s
Equipment.
6.2 If requested by the Landlord, the Tenant will apply to Tenaga Nasional
Berhad (“TNB”) for direct connection to electricity supply from TNB.
Subject to clause 6.3, the electricity supply to the Demised Premises will be
separately metered so that the Tenant is directly accountable to TNB for
payment of electricity consumed by the Tenant at the Demised Premises. The
Tenant must, unless otherwise agreed, pay all costs associated with the meter.
(a) a direct connection to electricity supply from TNB is not feasible; or,
the Landlord shall allow the Tenant to use the existing electricity supply to the
Building on the following conditions:
(i) the Tenant shall install a separate sub-meter to such existing
electricity supply;
(ii) the Tenant shall lay and connect the appropriate wiring from a
suitable point in the Building to the Demised Premises;
(iii) the Tenant shall carry out readings of the sub-meter
periodically together with the Landlord; and
(iv) the cost of connection and installation shall, unless otherwise
agreed, be borne by the Tenant.
The Landlord may then issue an invoice to the Tenant for payment of the
relevant electricity charges, which invoice shall be paid by the Tenant within
thirty (30) days of Tenant’s receipt of such invoice.
6.4 If requested by the Tenant, the Landlord must allow the Tenant, at the
Tenant’s cost, to connect the Demised Premises to any services. The provision
of such services to the Demised Premises, if measured by the use of a meter,
must be separately metered. The Tenant must pay to the Appropriate
Authority for the connection and all costs associated with the meter for these
services.
7.1 The Landlord must pay all present and future rates, taxes, quit rents,
assessments, sewerage charges and outgoings associated with the Land,
including the Building and the Demised Premises.
The Tenant may use the Demised Premises only for the Permitted Use.
The Tenant has a right to quiet enjoyment and possession of the Demised
Premises at all times through the Term without any interruption by the
Landlord or any person claiming under or through the Landlord.
(a) The Tenant may use so much of the other parts of the Property as is
reasonably required to obtain access to the Demised Premises and for
the Installation, Commissioning, Operation and Maintenance of the
Tenant’s Equipment during the Term
(b) The Tenant will make good any damage to such other parts of the
Property which the Tenant causes:
(i) as soon as practicably possible; and
(ii) as near as practicably possible to its state before such use;
fair wear and tear excepted.
(a) If required for the Permitted Use, the Tenant may install, affix,
remove, dismantle, maintain, repair, replace and use above or below
ground including on the internal and external walls of the Building,
cable trays, conduits and cabling to and from the Demised Premises.
(b) In exercising its rights under this clause, the Tenant shall:
(i) use its efforts not to cause any lasting material damage to the
Property or cause any permanent material interference with the
use of the Property by the Landlord or by any other occupant
who has an interest in the Property, which interest was made
known to the Tenant prior to the date of this Agreement; and
(ii) restore the surface of the Property so used as soon as
practicably possible and as near as practicably possible to its
state before such use to the Landlord’s reasonable satisfaction,
fair wear and tear excepted.
8.5 Connections
(b) In exercising its rights under clause 8.5(a), the Tenant shall not cause
any material damage to the Land or material permanent interference
with the use of the Land by the Landlord or by any other occupant
who has an interest in the Land, which interest was made known to the
Tenant prior to the date of the Agreement.
8.6 Signs
(a) The Tenant may display signs at, on or about the Demised Premises
for operational or safety reasons or as required by law or any
Appropriate Authority.
(b) The Tenant shall ensure that such signs comply with the requirement
of any Appropriate Authority.
The Tenant shall not use the Demised Premises for any illegal, unlawful or
immoral purposes and shall not do or permit to be done any act or thing which
may become a nuisance or give reasonable cause for complaint from any of
the tenants or occupiers of the Property or any other buildings adjoining the
Property or store dangerous, noxious or inflammable substances on the
Demised Premises except only as may be reasonably required for the
Permitted Use.
9.1 In the event the Landlord shall sell or dispose of the Demised Premises or the
Property during the tenancy hereby granted, such sale or disposal shall be
subject to this tenancy and the Landlord shall notify the Tenant of the
prospective sale at least two (2) months prior to the date of the intended sale
of the Demised Premises or the Property and procure that any purchaser or
transferee of the Demised Premises or the said Property shall duly observe and
give effect to all the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
10. ACCESS
10.1 The Tenant, or any of its employees, contractors, agents or invitees may enter
the Property twenty four (24) hours a day, seven (7) days a week during the
Term, to undertake the Permitted Use and to exercise any of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement with twenty four (24) hours prior verbal or
written notice, and with or without equipment and vehicles.
10.2 If the Demised Premises can only be accessed by a right of way or other
access right which the Landlord has over the adjoining land, the Landlord
must ensure that the Tenant has the right to use and exercise such access right
and the means of gaining access including providing the appropriate keys to
the Tenant.
11.1 Installation
The Tenant will, at its cost, install the Tenant’s Equipment at the Demised
Premises in a good and professional manner and in compliance with all
Appropriate Authority consents.
11.2 Maintenance
Fair wear and tear excepted and subject to inevitable accident and inherent
structural defects, the Tenant shall keep in good repair and condition:
but nothing in this clause shall oblige the Tenant to do any work of a
structural or capital nature unless it is necessary and is due to the Tenant’s
negligent act or omission.
11.3 Alteration
The Tenant may, at its cost, install, dis-install, erect, construct, dismantle,
repair, replace, renew and maintain:
In exercising its rights under this clause 11.3, the Tenant must:
(b) not cause any permanent material interference with the use of the
Property by the Landlord or by any other occupant who has an interest
in the Property, which interest was made known to the Tenant prior to
the date of the Agreement.
(a) vacate and return the Demised Premises to the Landlord in good repair
and condition, fair wear and tear excepted;
(c) repair any damage caused by the removal of the Tenant’s Equipment.
12.1 The Landlord may inspect the Demised Premises at any reasonable time with
two (2) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Tenant.
12.2 The Landlord may require the Tenant by written notice to repair any damage
to the Site for which the Tenant is liable. If the Tenant does not carry out the
Tenant’s obligations to repair within a reasonable time, the Landlord may
carry them out on the Tenant’s behalf but only after consultation and
agreement with the Tenant on the repair cost.
(a) the Rent shall, from the date that the Tenant notifies the Landlord of
the damage or destruction, be reduced by a reasonable amount
depending on the nature of the damage; and
until the Demised Premises is fit for the Permitted Use or, as the case may be,
accessible to the Tenant for the Permitted Use.
The Landlord must notify the Tenant in writing, no later than one (1) month
after the date of the damage occurring, of its intention, either:
(a) to not repair or reinstate the Demised Premises or the Property because
the Landlord reasonably considers the repair or reinstatement of the
Demised Premises or Property as being impracticable; or
If the Demised Premises continues, for a period of thirty (30) days or more
after the date of the damage occurring, to be unfit for the Permitted Use or
inaccessible, the Tenant may terminate this Agreement and surrender the
Demised Premises without liability.
14.1 In addition to and not in derogation of any term of any other covenant,
undertaking, representation or warranty of the Landlord under this Agreement,
the Landlord hereby covenants and undertakes with, and represents and
warrants to, the Tenant as follows:
(a) to pay all present and future quit rent, rates, taxes, sewerage service
charge, water charges, assessments, maintenance and service charges
now or to be imposed on or payable in respect of the Demised
Premises;
(b) to keep the roof, main structure, walls and the main drains and pipes
and the common parts of the said Building in good and tenantable
repair and condition. The Tenant may serve upon the Landlord notice
in writing specifying any repairs or installations necessary to be done
to comply with the Tenant's covenant in the preceding sentence and
requiring the Tenant forthwith to execute such repairs or installations
and if the Tenant shall not within fourteen (14) days after the service
of such notice proceed diligently with the execution of such repairs
then it shall be lawful for the Tenant to execute such repairs and/or
installations and the costs thereof shall be a debt due from the
Landlord to the Tenant and may, at the Tenant’s option, be deducted
from the reserved rent payable to the Landlord by the Tenant .
(d) to keep the Property, including the Demised Premises, insured at all
times throughout the terms of this tenancy against loss or damage by
fire, storm, tempest and other risks and special perils normally insured
under a policy of office insurance and to make all payments necessary
for that purpose and in the event of any destruction or damage to the
Demised Premises, unless resulting from some deliberate act of default
of the Tenant, to rebuild and reinstate the Demised Premises and if the
Demised Premises shall in consequence of such destruction or damage
be unfit for occupation or use then to allow in respect of such period of
(e) that the Landlord is the sole registered proprietor and sole beneficial
owner of the Property and has the full power, right and authority to
deal with the Property, including granting to the Tenant the tenancy of
the Demised Premises in accordance with this Agreement and that the
same is not subject to any leases, tenancies (save for the tenancy
hereby granted), encumbrances, liens, restrictions or defects in title
affecting or which will affect adversely the rights granted to the
Tenant in and by this Tenancy Agreement and that there are no known
restrictions, covenants, zoning or other regulations, bye-laws or
ordinances applicable to or affecting the Demised Premises which will
prevent or restrict the Tenant from conducting its business.
(f) that the Landlord, in entering into this Agreement, will not be in
contravention of any law or in breach of any agreement, transaction,
arrangement or other contractual obligation on the Landlord's part
whatsoever;
(h) to comply with all the terms and conditions, stipulations, covenants,
obligations and agreements in any existing or subsequent security
documents if the Property is made, or charged as, a security for
whatever reason.
(i) to permit the Tenant to endorse this tenancy on the register document
of title to the Property as a tenancy exempt from registration under the
provisions of the National Land Code 1965 and the Tenant shall cause
to be cancelled such endorsement upon the expiration or termination of
this tenancy and all costs incurred in connection therewith will be
borne solely by the Tenant.
(b) the other Party shall pass a resolution for winding-up (otherwise than
for the purpose of a bona fide scheme of solvent amalgamation or
reconstruction); or
(d) the other Party shall be unable to pay its debt within the meaning of
section 218 of the Companies Act 1965; or
(f) the other Party shall enter into any voluntary arrangement with its
creditors; or
(g) the other Party shall cease or threaten to cease to carry on business.
(a) the Tenant defaults in paying the Monthly Rent and such default
continues for more than fourteen (14) Business Days from the date the
Monthly Rent becomes due and payable; or
and, in either case, the Tenant does not remedy the default or breach within
thirty (30) days of written notice from the Landlord requesting the Tenant to
remedy the said default or breach.
This Agreement may be terminated by the Tenant by seven (7) days’ written
notice to the Landlord without any further obligation or liability to the
Landlord if:
(a) the Landlord commits a material breach of this Agreement and the
Landlord does not remedy the breach within thirty (30) days of written
Notwithstanding the provisions of clauses 15.1, 15.2 and 15.3, either Party
may terminate this Agreement as follows:
(a) in the case of Tenant, by giving at least six (6) months’ prior written
notice to the Landlord; and
(b) in the case of Landlord, by giving at least six (6) months’ prior written
notice to the Tenant;
and, save in respect of any prior breaches by any of the Parties and upon the
refund of the Rental Deposit and/or the Electricity Utility Deposit in
accordance with clause 5.1, there shall be no further claim by either Party
against the other.
The Tenant may assign this Agreement to any third party with the Landlord’s
prior written consent, which will not be withheld, if the Tenant demonstrates,
to the reasonable satisfaction of the Landlord, that any proposed new tenant is
financially secure and intends to use the Demised Premises for the Permitted
Use or for another purpose as may be approved by the Landlord, acting
reasonably.
(a) Notwithstanding clause 16.1, the Tenant may assign this Agreement or
sublet or grant a licence of the Demised Premises to any related
corporation (as defined in section 6 of the Companies Act 1965) of the
Tenant without the Landlord’s consent being required.
(b) The Tenant must give the Landlord written notice of any intended
assignment or sublease or licence under this clause at least one (1)
month before the date of any such assignment or sub-lease or licence.
In the event the Tenant intends, or is required, to share in the use of the
Demised Premises or any part(s) thereof or in the use of any of the Tenant’s
Equipment on the Demised Premises with other telecommunications
operator(s) or entities appropriately licensed under the Communications and
Multimedia Act 1998 (Act 588) (hereinafter collectively, “Licensed Entities”),
including co-operating with each other to establish an infrastructure sharing
arrangement, or such Licensed Entities request to have their
telecommunications facilities and/or telecommunications infrastructure co-
located with the Tenant’s Equipment at the Demised Premises, the Tenant
shall notify the Landlord of such intention, requirement or request at least one
(1) month prior to the anticipated start date of the infrastructure sharing and/or
co-location and secure the Landlord’s consent of the same. The Landlord,
upon receiving the notification and request for consent, shall not unreasonably
withhold or delay the granting of such consent and shall, within fourteen (14)
days thereof, expressly allow and permit such Licensed Entities to share in the
use of the Demised Premises or any part(s) thereof or in the use of the
Tenant’s Equipment or in the co-location of their (Licensed Entities’)
telecommunications facilities and/or telecommunications infrastructure with
the Tenant’s Equipment at the Demised Premises.
For the avoidance of doubt, any right expressed as being granted to the Tenant
under this Agreement may be sublet or licensed on the terms of this clause 16.
17.1 The Landlord hereby warrants and undertakes to the Tenant that as at the date
of this Agreement, the Landlord has no knowledge nor has any reason to
believe that the Property or any part thereof has been acquired or is subject to
acquisition by any governmental, statutory, urban or municipal authority or
that any advertisement in the Government Gazette of such intention has been
published pursuant to either Section 4 or Section 8 of the Land Acquisition
Act, 1960 (Act 486) or any other relevant enactment.
17.2 In the event that the Landlord shall at any time during the Term receive a
notice from the Appropriate Authority issued under the Land Acquisition Act
1960 (Act 486) for the acquisition of the Property, the Landlord shall within
seven (7) days of the Landlord’s receipt of such notice, notify the Tenant
regarding the said notice and provide to the Tenant, on the Tenant’s request, a
copy of the said notice.
17.3 Notwithstanding anything in this clause 17, the Tenant may, upon receipt
from the Landlord of the land acquisition notice envisaged in clause 17.1 or
upon becoming aware of the intended acquisition of the Property, terminate
this Agreement forthwith by notice to the Landlord, with, subject to clause
15.5, no liability to the Landlord.
18. GENERAL
18.1 Notice
(a) In writing
Any notice given under this Agreement must be in writing and may be
served by:-
(i) giving to the other Party personally;
(ii) sending it to the other Party’s facsimile number; or
(iii) posting it to the other Party at the other Party’s address as
stated in this Agreement.
A Party may at any time change its address, postal address or facsimile
number by written notice to the other Party.
Head
Legal and Regulatory Affairs Department
8th Floor, One Oriental Place,
1 Jalan Hang Lekiu,
50100 Kuala Lumpur
(b) Timing
18.2 Severability
Notwithstanding that the whole or any part of any provision of this Agreement
may prove to be illegal or unenforceable the other provisions of this
Agreement and the remainder of the provision in question shall remain in full
force and effect.
18.3 Waiver
18.4 Confidentiality
Each Party shall treat as confidential all Confidential Information and shall
not divulge to any person (except to such Party’s own officers, employees,
agent and consultants who need to know the same) without the other Party’s
prior written consent provided that this clause shall not extend to information
which:
(b) is disclosed to the receiving Party by a third party who is not, to the
reasonable knowledge of the receiving Party, in breach of an
obligation of confidentiality;
18.5 Costs
(b) Any dispute which may arise between the Parties concerning this
Agreement shall be determined by the Malaysian courts and the parties
hereby submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Malaysian courts for
such purpose.
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