This document has been reproduced by reference to a typical Laurel Manor lease. It is not intended to be, nor should it be used as, a substitute for the actual lease of the flat concerned in any particular transaction or in respect of which legal advice is required.
DATED 1975
A & R. A SEARLE LIMITED
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LAUREL MANOR MANAGEMENT (NO. ) LIMITED
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and
L E A S E
of premises known as Flat and Garage No:
Laurel Manor, 18 Devonshire Road Sutton, Surrey
Commencement of Term : 25th March 1974
For years : 99
Ouvry Goodman & Co., 12 High Street, Sutton, Surrey.
H.M.LAND REGISTRY
Administrative Area: Greater London
Title Number. SGL 155017
Property: 18-30 (even numbers), Devonshire Road, Sutton.
in the London Borough of Sutton
THIS LEASE is made the day of 1975
BETWEEN A & R.A. SEARLE LIMITED whose registered office is at Stayton House 93 Stayton Road Sutton in the County of Greater London (hereinafter called "the Lessor") which expression shall where the context so admits include the persons for the time being entitled to the reversion immediately expectant on the determination of the term hereby created of the first part and and his wife both of (thereinafter called "the Tenant") which expression shall where the context so admits include his successors in title of the second part LAUREL MANOR MANAGEMENT (NO.1) LIMITED whose registered office is at 12 High Street Sutton aforesaid (hereinafter called "the Managers") of the third part and LAUREL MANOR MANAGEMENT (NO.2) LIMITED whose registered office is at 12 High Street, Sutton aforesaid (hereinafter called "the Second Management Company") of the fourth part
W H E R E A S the Lessor recently erected or is in course of erecting a block of flats known as Flats 41 - 68 Laurel Manor, 18 Devonshire Road, Sutton in the London Borough of Sutton and garages together with access ways and garden grounds on the land edged blue on the plan attached hereto (hereinafter called "the Development")
N O W THIS DEED W I T N E S S E T H as follows:-
1A IN consideration of the sum of £ paid by the Tenant to the Lessor (the receipt whereof the Lessor hereby acknowledges) and in consideration of the rents covenants stipulations and conditions hereinafter reserved and contained and on the part of the Tenant to be paid observed and performed the Lessor HEREBY DEMISES unto the Tenant
ALL THAT Flat Number being on the ground floor of the said block shown edged red on the plan annexed hereto which demise shall include the internal faces of the external walls the windows window frames ceilings and floors of the said flat and one half part in depth of the structure between the ceiling of the said flat and the floors of the flat above it
ALL THAT Flat Number being on the first/second floor of the said block shown edged red on the plan annexed hereto which demise shall include the internal faces of the external walls the windows window frames ceilings and floors of the said flat and one half part in depth of the structure between the floors of the said flat and the ceilings of the flat below it and one half part of the structures between the ceilings of the said flat and the floors of the flat above it.
ALL THAT Flat Number being on the second/third floor of the said block shown edged red on the plan annexed hereto which demise shall include the internal faces of the external walls the windows window frames ceilings and floors of the said flat and one half part in depth of the structure between the floors of the said flat and the ceilings of the flat below it
And all cisterns tanks sewers drains pipes wires ducts and conduits (hereinafter called "service conduits") used solely for the purposes of the said flat but shall not be deemed to include the main structural parts of the said building nor the roof foundations or external parts thereof except as aforesaid
TOGETHER WITH the garage (hereinafter called "the Garage") edged red and numbered on the said plan
TOGETHER WITH
(a)  such easements and benefits in the nature of support and protection from the elements for the premises hereby demised over and from the other portions of the said building and every or any part thereof as are now enjoyed by the demised premises or as are necessary to ensure its reasonable user by the Tenant or the occupiers for the time being of the same.
(b) the full and free running and passage of water soil electricity gas (if any) and fumes from and to the demised premises through the service conduits which are now or may hereafter within 80 years from the 25th March 1974 be in the Development and the adjoining development shown on the said plan
(c) the right in common with others to place refuse in any refuse bins provided for the purpose
(d) the right at all reasonable times with or without workmen and others to enter upon the other parts or flats of the Development for the purpose of cleaning and executing repairs and alterations to the demised premises or the service conduits or inspecting and adjusting the service conduits meters and controls (if any) subject to making good all damage occasioned thereby
(e) the benefit of the respective covenants with the Lessor on the part of the Tenants of the other flats in the Development (entered into either before or after the date of these presents) so far as the proper performance of such covenants are of benefit to the occupation of the demised premises and without prejudice to the right of the Lessor to enforce the same
(f) the right in common with the Lessor and all persons now or hereafter authorised by it and the Managers and the Tenants and occupiers of the other flats in the said building and all other persons now or hereafter having the like right to use for the purpose of access to and egress from the demised premises only the entrances staircases and landings of the said building and the like right in common as aforesaid for all reasonable purposes connected with the enjoyment of the demised premises for private residential use (and of the Garage and the dustbin area) to use the garden garden paths and driveways of the Development shown coloured yellow on the said plan and the driveway and dustbin area coloured brown on the said plan
(g) the right to use as far as concerns the demised premises any installation for the purpose of providing a common television aerial or aerials
EXCEPT AND RESERVING unto the Lessor and the tenants owners and occupiers for the time being of the other flats and garages included in the Development and the Managers and all other persons (if any) now or hereafter entitled to the like right
(i) such easements and rights of support and protection from the elements over and from the demised premises as are at present enjoyed by the said building and other flats therein or are necessary to ensure their reasonable user by the owners and occupiers for the time being of the same
(ii) the full and free running and passage of water soil electricity gas (if any) and fumes through and along such parts of the service conduits including those for any common aerial system which are now or may hereafter within 80 years from the 25th March 1974 be in or under the demised premises as lead to or from or serve any other property included in the Development and the adjoining development shown on the said plan
(iii) the right at all reasonable times and with or without workmen and others to enter upon the demised premises for the purpose of cleansing and executing repairs and alterations to the said building and other flats comprised in the Development or the service conduits thereof or inspecting and adjusting the service conduits meters and controls thereof (if any) the person exercising such rights making good all damage occasioned thereby
EXCEPT AND RESERVING unto the Lessor
(a) the right to build and erect new buildings of any nature or rebuild or alter any existing building on any adjacent or neighbouring land in any manner whatsoever and to let the same for any purpose or otherwise deal therewith notwithstanding the light or air to the demised premises is in any such case thereby diminished or any other liberty easement right or advantage belonging to the Tenant is thereby diminished or prejudicially affected
(b) the right to grant rights of way with or without motor vehicles over the driveways and forecourts of the land coloured yellow and brown on the said plan in favour of lessees or occupiers of any garages shown on the said plan which are not included in the leases of any flat comprised in the Development or in favour of any lessees or occupiers of any such adjoining or neighbouring land or any part thereof for the purpose only of gaining access thereto and the right to grant the full and free running and passage of water soil electricity gas (if any) and fumes through and along such parts of the service conduits which are now or may hereafter within 80 years from the 25th March 174 be in or under the Development in favour of any lessees or occupiers of any such adjoining or neighbouring land or any part thereof and the right to install for this purpose any extra service conduits in or under the Development and to connect the same to any existing conduits in or thereunder in all cases subject to the provisions of Clause 3 (d) hereof
TO HOLD the same unto the Tenant from the 25th March 1974 for the Term of NINETY NINE YEARS YIELDING AND PAYING therefor the yearly rent of TWENTY EIGHT POUNDS for the first thirty three years of the said term FORTY POUNDS for the next thirty three years of the said term and FIFTY THREE POUNDS for the remainder of the said term such rent to be paid clear of all deductions by equal half yearly payments in arrear on the 29th September and the 25th March in each year the first of such payments or a proportionate part thereof to be paid on the first of such days next following the date of this Deed and also paying by way of further or additional rent from time to time a sum or sums of money equal to the proportion applicable to the demised premises as assessed by the insurance company of the amount which the Lessor may expend in effecting or maintaining the insurance of the Development against loss or damage by fire and other risks contained in a normal comprehensive policy for such a development and any increased premium payable by virtue of the Tenants' Mortgagees' requirements such last mentioned rent to be paid without deduction on the day for the payment of rent next ensuring after the expenditure thereof except that the first of such payments shall be made on the signing hereof and shall cover the period from the date thereof to the next renewal date of such policy
1B IN consideration of the covenants by the Managers thereinafter contained the Lessor hereby grants (or where such rights have already been given confirms) unto the Managers full licence and liberty to enter into and upon the common parts of the Development for the purpose of and subject to their performing their duties hereunder
2. THE Tenant HEREBY COVENANTS with the Lessor and with the Managers as a separate covenant as follows:-
(1) To pay the rents hereby reserved on the days and in the manner aforesaid without any deduction whatsoever
(2) To pay and discharge all rates taxes charges assessments impositions and outgoings whatsoever whether parliamentary parochial county local or otherwise now charged or assessed or hereafter to be charged or assessed on or in respect of the demised premises or any part thereof or upon the Lessor Tenants or Managers or occupier in respect thereof
(3) To do and execute or cause to be done or executed all such works as under or by virtue of any Act or Acts of Parliament for the time being in force or any regulation or byelaw of any Local or any other Authority Board or Body are or shall be directed or necessary to be done or executed (in abating a nuisance or otherwise) upon or in respect of the demised premises or any part thereof and at all times to keep the Lessor indemnified against all claims demands and liabilities in respect thereof but so that the Tenant's obligations under this or the next following covenants shall not extend to any matter covenanted to be done by the Managers hereunder
(4) At all times during the said term to keep the demised premises and the fixtures and fittings therein and all additions thereto in good and tenantable repair decoration and condition and the windows clean
(5) All internal walls separating the demised premises from any other part of the said building including garage walls shall be deemed to be party walls and shall be repaired and maintained as such
(6) In the year 1981 and in every succeeding seventh year of the said term to paint with two coats of good quality paint and in a workmanlike manner all the wood iron and other parts of the demised premises which ought to be painted and in addition to grain varnish distemper wash stop whiten and colour all such parts as are usually or as ought to be so treated and to repaper the parts (if any) now papered with suitable paper of a good quality as that now in use
(7) Not without the licence in writing of the Lessor to make or suffer to be made any addition to or alteration in the demised premises or cut maim alter or injure any of the timbers or walls thereof and not to attach any wires or cables to the outside thereof
(8) Not to do or omit or suffer to be done or omitted any act matter or thing in on or respecting the demised premises or the development required to be omitted or done (as the case may be) by the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 or any Acts for the time being in force or amending or replacing the same or which shall contravene the provisions of the said Acts or any of them and at all times hereafter to indemnity and keep indemnified the Lessor from and against all actions proceedings costs expenses claims and demands in respect of any such act matter or thing done or omitted by or on behalf of the Tenant which shall contravene the said provisions of the said Acts or any of them as aforesaid
(9) Not at any time during the said term to carry on or permit to be carried on any trade manufacture or business of any description on the demised premises or permit the same to be occupied or used in any other manner than as a self-contained flat for private residential purposes only with (where applicable) garage for the garaging of a private car only
(10) Not to do or permit any waste spoil or destruction to or upon the demised premises or any part of the Development nor to do or permit any act or thing which shall or may become a nuisance damage annoyance or inconvenience to the Lessor or the Tenants or occupiers of the other flats and garages comprised in the Development or in the adjoining development shown on the said plan and in particular not to leave any chattel or rubbish washing vehicle or livestock in nor in any way to obstruct the common stairs entrances hallways garden paths or driveways nor to remove or damage the mat in the well at the entrance of the flat or the said building and not to place in the refuse bins anything likely to block or obstruct the same or to cause offence
(11) Not to erect or show any signs of advertisement or hang any washing or other things outside the demised premises or use the same for any illegal or immoral purposes or sale by auction or the keeping of chickens pigeons or livestock (other than dogs cats or domestic pets)
(12) Not to do or permit or suffer to be done anything whereby the insurance of the said building effected by the Lessor in accordance with its covenants hereunder may become void or voidable or whereby the rate of premium for any such insurance may be increased and to repay to the Lessor all sums paid by way of increased premiums and all expenses incurred by the Lessor as a result of a breach of this covenant and all such payments shall be added to the rent hereinbefore reserved and shall be recoverable as rent upon due demand being made
(13) To permit the Lessor and the Managers and their respective surveyors and agents with or without workmen or others from time to time during the said term at all reasonable times to enter into and upon the demised premises and every part thereof for the purpose of taking a schedule of the fixtures and things belonging thereto and also to view and examine the state and condition of the same and of all defects decays and wants of reparation maintenance or decoration there found for which the Tenant shall be liable to give notice by leaving the same at or upon the demised premises to or for the Tenant
(14) Within two months next after every such notice as aforesaid well and substantially to repair and make good all such defects decays and wants of reparation maintenance or decoration to the demised premises at the cost of the Tenant provided always that if the Tenant shall not within twenty eight days after service of such notice commence and proceed diligently with the execution of the repair and works mentioned in such notice it shall be lawful (but not obligatory) and without prejudice to the right of re-entry under the clause hereinafter contained for the Lessor or the Managers or other persons authorised by them to enter upon the demised premises and to execute such repairs and works and the cost thereof and all costs and expenses incurred by the Lessor or the Managers in connection therewith shall be a debt due from the Tenant to the Lessor or the Managers as the case may be and shall be forthwith recoverable by action or by distress
(15) To permit the Lessor and the Managers and the Tenants of the other flats in the said building and their respective agents and workmen and all those authorised by them with all necessary workmen and appliances at all reasonable times to enter upon the demised premises to execute repairs or alterations to any adjoining flats or any part of the said building all damage thereby occasioned being made good by the person doing such works
(16) To pay all expenses including Solicitor's costs and Surveyor's fees incurred by the Lessor incidental to the preparation and service of a notice under Section 146 of the Law of Property Act 1925 notwithstanding that forfeiture is avoided otherwise than by relief granted by the Court
(17) Not to assign or underlet any part (as distinct from the whole) of the demised premises and not to assign or underlet for a term exceeding one year the whole of the demised premises without first obtaining from the intended assignee or underlessee the execution of a Deed containing a direct covenant with the Lessor and the Managers to observe and perform all the covenants on behalf of the Tenant in this Lease contained other than in the case of any intended underlessee the covenant to pay rent and not to underlet the demised premises at rentals less than those hereinbefore reserved such Deed to be prepared by the Lessor's Solicitors whose costs and disbursements shall be discharged by the Tenant
(18) Within one month after any assignment or underlease or after any devolution by will or otherwise or mortgage affecting the demised premises to give written notice to the Solicitors for the time being of the Lessor and the Managers of the Deed or instrument affecting the same and to pay them a fee of £4. each for the registration thereof
(19) At the end or sooner determination of the said term peacefully and quietly to surrender and yield up unto the Lessor the demised premises clean and repaired decorated and maintained as aforesaid together with all fixtures and additions and improvements thereto in accordance with the Tenant's covenants hereinbefore contained
(20) To pay to the Managers towards the cost of the services and other things hereinafter covenanted to be performed by them and their administrative expenses (a) half yearly payments on account in advance (hereinafter called "the Service Payments") of TWENTY FIVE POUNDS each or such other sum as shall be decided by the members of the Managers from time to time in general meeting by Special Resolution on the 29 September and the 25 March in each year the first of such payments to be made on the signing hereof and to consist of a proportionate part of such payment of Twenty Five Pounds calculated from the date of these presents to the next due date and (b) such proportion of the excess (if any) of the said cost and expenses incurred in the year preceding each 29 September or to be incurred shortly thereafter over the total of the net Service Payments received by the Managers from Tenants of the said building during that year and the accumulated moneys (if any) then in hand from previous years as shall bring the total payment to be made in each year by the Tenant up to /717 of the total cost and expenses incurred by the Managers for that year or to be incurred shortly thereafter In the computation of the cost of such services and other things and the amount of such excess or accumulation and the amount payable by the Tenant the certificate of the auditor to the Managers shall be final and binding on all parties PROVIDED ALWAYS that the tenant may at his own expense and upon payment of such auditor's fees therefor have facilities for the inspection by his own accountants of the accounts and vouchers from which the said certificate has been prepared PROVIDED FURTHER that in no case shall the Managers operate at a profit but shall collect only such sums as are required for liabilities already incurred or shortly to be incurred
IT BEING HEREBY AGREED AND DECLARED that the Managers shall be at liberty to incur such expense as is reasonably required to enable them to carry out their duties hereunder to obtain the services of any agent contractor accountant solicitor or any person or body
(21) To comply with and observe such reasonable regulations as the Managers shall make from time to time for the use of the Development in the interest of all the Tenants thereof
(22) Not to assign the demised premises or effect any underlease thereof for a term exceeding one year without effecting a transfer of the shares held by the Tenant in the Managers to the assignee or Underlessee with a covenant in the case of an underlease for the retransfer by the Underlessee to the Tenant of the said shares upon the determination of the term of the Underlease and to procure that the said retransfer is effected and not to nominate the said share in favour of anyone other than the person becoming beneficially entitled to the demised premises on the Tenant's death
3. THE Lessor HEREBY COVENANTS with the Tenant and with the Managers as a separate covenant:
(c) vThat the Tenant paying the rent hereby reserved and performing and observing the several covenants on his part and the conditions hereinbefore contained shall peaceably hold and enjoy the demised premises during the said term without any interruption by the Lessor or any person rightfully claiming under or in trust for the Lessor
(d) At all times during the term hereby granted to insure and keep insured the Development in the full rebuilding value thereof against loss or damage by fire and other risks normally incorporated in a comprehensive policy for such a development in some insurance office of repute and to pay all premiums necessary for that purpose And in case the demised premises or any part thereof shall at any time during the said term be destroyed or damaged by fire or any of the other risks covered by the policy then and as often as the same shall happen with all convenient speed to lay out all moneys received in respect of such insurance in rebuilding repairing or otherwise reinstating the demised premises in a good and substantial manner
(e) At the request of the Managers to serve such notices and to take such proceedings for forfeiture of the Leases of the flats and garages comprised in the Development as they may reasonably require upon the breach by any of the Tenants of the covenants on their behalf therein contained and to obtain contributions for the upkeep of the common driveways from any other person from whom it can lawfully claim the same (if any) provided that the Managers shall indemnify the Lessor against all costs and expenses in respect of any such action taken by the Lessor and give such security for costs and expenses as the Lessor may reasonably require
(f) In the event of the Lessor granting rights of way over the land coloured yellow in favour of lessees or occupiers of garages which are not included in the leases of any flat comprised in the Development and in the event of the Lessor building or erecting new buildings of any nature or rebuilding or altering any existing buildings on any adjacent or neighbouring land in any manner whatsoever and in the event of the Lessor granting any rights to the lessees and occupiers thereof over the Development in common with others entitled thereto to procure from the Management Company of such adjoining development or other the person or company responsible for the maintenance thereof or from any person granted such rights a covenant to pay a proper proportion of the cost of the repair and maintenance of such parts of the Development as shall be so used in common the Lessor's decision to be final and binding as to the amount of such contribution
4. WITHOUT prejudice to the scope of the covenants on the part of the Lessor and the Tenant hereinbefore contained the Managers HEREBY COVENANT with the Lessor and with the Tenant as a separate covenant as follows:-
(a) To keep in good repair and condition the structure roof gutters drain pipes and exterior (excluding the window frames) and the common entrance halls staircases landings and passages boundary walls and fences of the building comprised in the Development and the boundary walls fences and hedges of the land comprised therein on the said plan and all service conduits the use of which is common to the demised and other premises
(b) In the year 1977 and in every third year thereafter to paint with two coats of good paint all the outside wood and metal work of the building comprised in the Development and in the year 1979 and in every fifth year to paint as aforesaid or distemper all parts of the common entrance halls staircases landings and passages of the said building usually painted or distempered
(c) To keep the said entrance halls staircases landings and passageways including all glazing clean tidy and adequately lighted and the garden paths and driveways clean tidy and in reasonable condition for normal use with the grass in the garden properly cut and the flower beds properly cultivated
(d) To keep the mat in the well at each entrance clean and in good repair and condition and to replace the same as often as it reasonably necessary
(e) To pay all existing and future rates taxes assessments and outgoings (if any) payable in respect of the common parts of the said building or grounds
(f) To keep in a clean tidy and sanitary condition the common refuse bin areas to pay 28/68th parts of all rental or other charges (if any) due to the Local Authority in respect of the refuse containers and of the cost of renewing these when necessary if not supplied by the Local Authority
(g) To pay hire and other charges in connection with any installations contained in the Development for the purpose of providing a common television aerial or aerials and to maintain the same in good repair and condition
(h) To pay and discharge all standing or other charges and all accounts for electric current used in connection with any lighting installations for halls staircases passageways and other parts of the Development used in common by the lessees
(i) To contribute 28/68th parts of the cost of the repair and maintenance of the driveway and dustbin area coloured brown on the said plan such sum to be paid on demand to the Second Management Company or as they shall direct
(j) To keep proper books of account and vouchers relating to all costs charges and expenses incurred by them
(k) Generally to do all other things reasonably desirable to maintain the Development as a respectable block of private residential flats and garages
5. THE Second Management Company hereby covenants with the Lessor and with the Managers as a separate covenant to repair and maintain the driveway and dustbin area coloured brown on the said plan and to supply all necessary details estimates and accounts to enable the contribution of the Managers mentioned in Clause 4(i) hereof to be calculated and agreed. In the event of disagreement as to the contribution payable by the Managers the matter shall be referred to the Lessor whose decision shall be final and binding on all parties
6. PROVIDED ALWAYS AND IT IS HEREBY AGREED AND DECLARED
(a) If the rent hereby reserved or any part thereof shall be unpaid for twenty one days after becoming payable (whether formally demanded or not) or if any covenant on the part of the Tenant herein contained (including any covenant with the Managers) shall not be performed or observed then it shall be lawful for the Lessor at any time thereafter to re-enter the demised premises or any part thereof in the name of the whole and thereupon this demise shall absolutely determine but without prejudice to the right of action of the Lessor and the Managers in respect of any prior breach of the Tenant's covenants
(b) If at any time the Managers shall fail to perform and observe any of the covenants on their behalf in this Lease contained and such default shall continue for two months after the Lessor shall have given them notice specifying the same then the Lessor may by notice in writing to the Managers determine their rights hereunder and thenceforth this Lease shall be read as if for the future the Lessor has assumed the rights and obligations of the Managers hereunder and has become entitled to the service and other payments therefore but without prejudice to all rights of action of any party against the Managers in respect of any antecedent breach of their covenants
(c) In the event of the flat being destroyed or so damaged by any insured risk as to be rendered partially or wholly unfit for occupation and use and provided that the insurance effected by the Lessor shall not have been vitiated or payment of the insurance money refused in whole or in part in consequence of some act or default on the part of the tenant his family servants or agents then the rent hereby reserved or a proportionate part thereof according to the nature and extent of the injury sustained shall forthwith cease to be payable until the flat shall have been reinstated and in case any dispute shall arise as to the amount of such proportionate part of the period during which such cesser or abatement of rent should be allowed the matter shall be referred to the Lessor's surveyor as a single arbitrator in accordance with the provisions of the Arbitration Act 1950 or any statutory modification or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force
7. AND IT IS HEREBY AGREED that any notice hereby required or authorised to be given to the Lessor or Tenant or the Managers respectively shall be in writing and may be given in any of the modes provided by Section 196 of the Law of Property Act 1925 with respect to notices to be given to Lessor or tenant (as the case may be) under that Act as amended by any subsequent legislation
8. THE Lessor and the Tenant hereby apply to the Chief Land Registrar to enter the following restriction against the title to be allotted to the land comprised in this Lease:
Except under an Order of the Registrar no transfer or underlease capable of registration or assent by the proprietor of the leasehold land comprised in this title or his personal representatives is to be registered unless a certificate signed by the solicitor of the Lessor has been furnished that the provisions of clause 2(17) of the Lease under which the land is held have been complied with
9. IN THIS DEED where the context so admits
(i) words importing the masculine gender include the feminine gender
(ii) words importing the singular number include the plural number
(iii) where there are two or more persons included in the expression "the Tenant" the covenants expressed to be made by the Tenant shall be deemed to be made by such persons jointly and severally
10. IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that the transaction hereby effected does not form part of a larger transaction or series of transactions in respect of which the amount or value or aggregate amount or value of the consideration other than rent exceeds the sum of £15,000.
IN WITNESS whereof the Tenant has hereunto set his hand and seal and the Lessor the Managers and the Second Management Company have caused their respective Common Seals to be hereunto affixed the day and year first before written.
THE COMMON SEAL of the LESSOR was hereunto affixed
in the presence of :-
Director
Secretary
THE COMMON SEAL of the MANAGERS was hereunto affixed
in the presence of :-
Director
Secretary
THE COMMON SEAL of the SECOND MANAGEMENT COMPANY was hereunto
affixed in the presence of :-
Director
Secretary