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PERSONAL SEAT LICENSE AGREEMENT (Club Seats)

This Personal Seat License Agreement (this PSL Agreement) is being entered into in conjunction with the PSL/Club Seat Confirmation provided by Jets Stadium Development, LLC (JSD or Licensor) to the person or entity identified as the Licensee therein (the Confirmation). Pursuant to the Confirmation, (i) Licensee has purchased from JSD (or from a prior PSL licensee, in the case of a PSL transfer in accordance with Section 5(c) below (an Approved Transfer)) a Personal Seat License (PSL) that relates to certain club seats in the Stadium (as defined in Section 6 below) constructed for use by the New York Jets football team (the Jets), and (ii) JSD and Licensee have entered into a Club Seat License Agreement (the Club Seat Agreement) that governs certain rights and obligations of Licensee related to the club seats. The Confirmation is fully incorporated into, and forms a part of, this PSL Agreement. 1. Grant of PSL. the transferor and transferee have completed all transfer documents and complied with all procedures that JSD may establish from time to time (collectively, Transfer Procedures, including any applicable fees), which JSD shall maintain on its website or otherwise make available to Licensee; (ii) without limiting the generality of clause (i), the transferee has assumed all obligations of the transferor under this PSL Agreement and the Club Seat Agreement and cured any payment or other defaults of the transferor under this PSL Agreement and the Club Seat Agreement, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to JSD; and (iii) the transfer has been recorded in the records of JSD. In addition, if any Installment (as defined in the Confirmation) of the PSL Fee has not been paid in full as of the date Licensee requests JSD to process a transfer, the obligation to pay the remainder of the PSL Fee shall be accelerated and shall be due and payable not later than (and as a condition to) the effectiveness of the transfer; provided, however, that such acceleration shall not apply to a transfer of the PSL without consideration to an immediate family member of Licensee (defined as a spouse, child, parent, sibling or grandchild, niece or nephew of Licensee). (d) The PSL does not entitle Licensee to: (i) admission to any Jets Home Game unless Licensee has purchased the required admissions tickets to such Jets Home Game pursuant to the Club Seat Agreement, (ii) a reduction or discount in the price of tickets to Jets Home Games, (iii) any rights with respect to Jets games played at locations other than the Stadium, or (iv) except as provided in the Club Seat Agreement, any rights with respect to events at the Stadium other than Jets Home Games. (e) PSLs do not grant or provide Licensee with any ownership, voting or other equity interest in the Stadium, the Jets, or JSD. The PSL is a right of personal privilege revocable in accordance with the terms of this PSL Agreement and does not confer upon the Licensee any interest in real property or any leasehold interest in the Stadium or the Seats. The relationship between JSD and Licensee is that of licensor and licensee. 6. Stadium. For purposes of this PSL Agreement, the term Stadium means the new stadium, in its current configuration, located in the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, New Jersey and currently known as New Meadowlands Stadium; for the sake of clarity, the term currently anticipated configuration as used herein is meant to exclude (i) any future or successor stadium at the Meadowlands Sports Complex (including at the same site as the Stadium) and (ii) any renovation of all or substantially all of the Stadium. 7. Representations of Licensee. Licensee represents, warrants and agrees as follows: (a) Licensee has read and understands the terms of this PSL Agreement; (b) Licensee is not acquiring this PSL as an investment and has no expectation of profit as the licensee of this PSL; (c) Licensee is acquiring this PSL for its own use and not with a view to the distribution or resale of this PSL or any tickets acquired pursuant to this PSL; (d) Licensee is acquiring this PSL solely for the right to purchase tickets to Jets Home Games played in the Stadium; (e) Licensee acknowledges that acquiring this PSL does not give Licensee any ownership, voting or other equity interest in the Stadium, the Jets or JSD; (f) Licensee acknowledges that this PSL may be transferred only in accordance with this PSL Agreement and the Transfer Procedures and that PSLs are subject to forfeiture under certain circumstances; (g) Licensee acknowledges that, although this PSL is transferable subject to the provisions of this PSL Agreement and the Transfer Procedures, JSD has not represented and does not guarantee that there is or ever will be a market for the resale of this PSL; and (h) in accepting this PSL Agreement and agreeing to its terms and conditions, Licensee has not relied on any representations, warranties, or other statements of any kind made by or on behalf of JSD, the Jets, or any of their respective members, owners, officers, employees, agents, representatives or affiliates, except as expressly stated in this PSL Agreement. 8. Possession and Use. (a) Licensee will have access to the Stadium and Seats to which this PSL relates only upon presentation of a ticket for admission to a Stadium event. Licensee shall be bound by and shall observe the terms and conditions upon which tickets for admission to the Stadium are issued, including, 1
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(a) For acquisition of a PSL directly from JSD: In consideration of Licensees promise to pay the PSL Fee (as defined in Section 3 below) when due in accordance with the Confirmation (including, if applicable, the Initial Deposit and other Installments identified on the Confirmation), JSD hereby grants this PSL to Licensee. (b) For acquisition of a PSL pursuant to an Approved Transfer: In consideration of Licensees promise to abide by the terms and conditions of this PSL Agreement (other than payment of the PSL Fee, if the PSL Fee of the prior PSL licensee was paid in full prior to the Approved Transfer), JSD hereby approves and accepts the transfer and assignment of this PSL to Licensee. 2. Location of Seats. This PSL relates to a certain number of seats in the Stadium, as designated in the Confirmation (subject to the acknowledgement set forth therein) (the Seats). 3. PSL Fee. The amount payable by Licensee for the PSL (the PSL Fee) shall be the amount set forth on the Confirmation, calculated as the PSL purchase price per seat multiplied by the number of seats specified in the Confirmation. If Licensee elects to pay the PSL Fee in Installments (as described in the Confirmation), the PSL Fee shall include the interest portion of each Installment. Licensee shall pay the PSL Fee in accordance with the instructions in the Confirmation. This paragraph 3 shall not apply if both (a) Licensee is acquiring this PSL pursuant to an Approved Transfer and (b) the PSL Fee of the prior PSL licensee was paid in full prior to the Approved Transfer. 4. Binding Agreement. By signing the Confirmation, Licensee affirmatively has indicated Licensees acceptance of, and agreement to, the terms and conditions of this PSL Agreement. 5. PSL Rights and Obligations. (a) Pursuant to the Club Seat Agreement (i) Licensee shall have the right and the obligation to purchase the tickets and other benefits provided for in the Club Seat Agreement for all pre-season and regular season home games of the Jets scheduled to be played at the Stadium and (ii) Licensee shall have the right, but not the obligation, to purchase the tickets and other benefits provided for in the Club Seat Agreement for all post-season home games of the Jets scheduled to be played at the Stadium (excluding the Super Bowl), in each case for as long as the Jets play home games at the Stadium (Jets preseason, regular season, and post-season home games collectively shall be referred to hereafter as Jets Home Games). If Licensee fails to purchase such tickets and other benefits for any post-season Jets Home Game in accordance with the instructions received from Licensor or the Jets, then Licensor and the Jets shall be free to sell such tickets and other benefits to others in their sole discretion and shall be entitled to retain all of the proceeds of such sale. ALL PAYMENTS UNDER THE CLUB SEAT AGREEMENT SHALL BE MADE BY LICENSEE, WITHOUT OFFSET, DEDUCTION OR COUNTERCLAIM, AS PROVIDED IN THE CLUB SEAT AGREEMENT. (b) Subject to the limitations set forth in this PSL Agreement (including, without limitation, the Transfer Procedures defined in Section 5(c) below) and the Club Seat Agreement, Licensee shall have the right to transfer its PSL by gift, bequest or otherwise; provided, however, that a PSL may not be transferred more than once each calendar year, except in the case of the death or disability of Licensee. There may be only one Licensee for a Seat at any given time and the person identified as the Licensee on the books and records of JSD shall be deemed the sole Licensee, absent manifest error. Once a Licensee transfers a PSL with respect to a specified Seat, such Licensee will no longer have any rights associated with that Seat. (c) No transfer of a PSL shall be effective without JSDs prior consent. Without limitation, no transfer of a PSL shall be effective unless and until (i)

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without limitation, any policy adopted with respect to the cancellation or postponement of games or events. In addition, Licensee shall, and shall cause its guests (defined as any person who enters any Stadium event using an admission ticket corresponding to any of the Seats) to maintain proper decorum and comply with all applicable laws, and all rules, regulations, and policies of all governmental authorities, the Jets, the National Football League (the NFL), NMSCO (as defined in Section 10(a)), JSD and any other operator of the Stadium or promoter of a Stadium event. Licensee shall not permit the use of the Seats in violation of this PSL Agreement, create any nuisance, or take any action which either diminishes insurance coverage for the Stadium or increases the premium payable for such insurance. Licensee shall be responsible for the conduct of any person to whom Licensee directly or indirectly gives or otherwise transfers tickets to the Seats. A violation of this Section 8(a) by Licensee or someone using its tickets may cause Licensees rights under this PSL Agreement and its Club Seat Agreement to be terminated pursuant to Section 9. (b) If Licensee has a disability requiring an accommodation at the Stadium, or becomes disabled such that an accommodation at the Stadium is required, then upon Licensees written request (to the Jets Box Office at the email address listed in the Confirmation), accommodations will be arranged in an accessible seating area near the Seats. Accessible seats, like all Stadium seats, are subject to availability. If Licensee thereafter transfers this PSL pursuant to Section 5 above, the transferees PSL shall relate to the Seats (or seats substantially similar thereto, if the Seats are not available), not to any other seats provided as an accommodation pursuant to this Section 8(b). 9. Default. (a) Without limiting any of JSDs rights under this PSL Agreement or the Club Seat Agreement, if Licensee fails to pay when due any amounts to be paid by Licensee pursuant to this PSL Agreement (including, without limitation, any Installment of the PSL Fee), otherwise defaults in the performance or observation of its duties and obligations under this PSL Agreement (including, without limitation, any violation of Section 8(a) above), or defaults in any of its obligations under the Club Seat Agreement (including, without limitation, the obligation to purchase tickets and other benefits under the Club Seat Agreement by deadlines JSD may establish from time to time), JSD may take one or more of the following actions without prior notice to Licensee (except for the notice required solely under clause (ii)): (i) unless and until Licensee cures the failure or default, withhold from distribution to Licensee and sell to others any tickets that Licensee otherwise would have the right to purchase under this PSL Agreement, and retain all proceeds therefrom (without refund, credit, or other obligation to Licensee), and/or (ii) terminate the rights of Licensee under this PSL Agreement and the Club Seat Agreement (A) immediately upon written notice to Licensee, if the failure or default is not capable of being cured (e.g., a breach of Section 8(a)) or if the failure or default represents a repeated failure or default, or (B) ten (10) days after giving notice to Licensee, if such failure or default is capable of being cured and Licensee fails to cure within such ten (10) day period. IN ADDITION, THIS PSL AGREEMENT SHALL TERMINATE AUTOMATICALLY UPON TERMINATION OR EXPIRATION OF THE CLUB SEAT AGREEMENT. Upon termination pursuant to this Section 9, (w) Licensee will forfeit all monies previously paid to JSD hereunder, (x) Licensee will forfeit the PSL for the current (or upcoming) NFL season and all NFL seasons that follow, (y) JSD and its affiliates will have no further liability or obligation to Licensee, and (z) Licensees obligation to pay the outstanding balance of the PSL Fee, if any, shall be accelerated, making the full outstanding balance immediately due and payable. JSD thereafter will have the right, but not the obligation, to relicense the forfeited PSL. Any amounts JSD receives from such relicensing shall not reduce Licensees obligations under this PSL Agreement or the Club Seat Agreement or entitle Licensee to reimbursement or recovery of any amounts paid under this PSL Agreement or the Club Seat Agreement. (b) The foregoing remedies shall not be to the exclusion of any other right or remedy set forth in this PSL Agreement or otherwise available to JSD in law or in equity, or restrict in any way any right or remedy of JSD for breach of the Club Seat Agreement. Licensee shall be responsible for all attorneys fees and costs incurred by JSD in the enforcement of this PSL Agreement. LICENSEE HEREBY UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS PSL AGREEMENT. (c) Any waiver of any of the provisions of this PSL Agreement shall be effective only if set forth in a writing signed by the party to be charged. No 2 waiver by JSD of any default or breach by Licensee of its obligations under this PSL Agreement shall be construed to be a waiver or release of any subsequent or other default or breach by Licensee under this PSL Agreement or of any default or breach by Licensee under the Club Seat Agreement, and no failure or delay by JSD in the exercise of any right or remedy provided for in this PSL Agreement shall be construed as a forfeiture or waiver thereof or of any other right or remedy available to JSD. 10. Disclaimer of Liability; Indemnification. (a) None of JSD, the Jets or New Meadowlands Stadium Company, LLC (NMSCO), or their respective members, officers, owners, managers, directors, employees or agents, shall be liable or responsible for any loss, damage or injury to any person or to any property of Licensee or its guests in or upon the Stadium, its parking areas or elsewhere resulting from any cause whatsoever, including, but not limited to theft and vandalism, except to the extent due to the gross negligence or the willful misconduct of JSD, the Jets or NMSCO. (b) Licensee shall indemnify and hold harmless JSD, the Jets and NMSCO, and their respective officers, owners, managers, directors, employees and agents, from and against any liability, losses, damages, claims, demands, costs and expenses, including attorneys fees and litigation expenses (including in any action between Licensee and any such indemnitee), arising out of or related to any personal injury or property damage (other than ordinary wear and tear) occurring in or upon the Stadium or elsewhere in connection with Licensees or its guests (as defined in Section 8(a)) negligent use or occupancy of the Seats or Stadium premises, or any misrepresentation under or breach of the provisions of this PSL Agreement, arising out of or related in any way to this PSL, or breach of any applicable laws, rules, regulations or orders. 11. Miscellaneous. (a) All notices or other communications under this PSL Agreement shall be in writing and shall be considered given when delivered personally or sent by e-mail (with a copy by any other means for notice permitted by this Section 11(a)), one day after being sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier, or three days after being mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the address or e-mail address for the receiving party set forth in the Confirmation (or to such other address or e-mail address as the receiving party may have specified by notice to the other). (b) Except in accordance with Section 5 of this PSL Agreement, Licensee may not sell, assign, sublicense, pledge or otherwise transfer or encumber this PSL Agreement or any of its rights hereunder without the prior written consent of JSD, which consent may be granted or withheld in JSDs sole discretion. Any attempted sale, assignment, sublicense, pledge, transfer or encumbrance in violation of the foregoing shall be void and of no effect. (c) JSD may sell, assign, pledge or otherwise transfer or encumber (each, a transfer, for purposes of this paragraph) this PSL Agreement and any or all of its rights and obligations hereunder to any other entity, including, but not limited to, any source of or guarantor or insurer of financing or any trustee, collateral agent or other entity appointed in connection with such financing (each, an Assignee), whether by security agreement, collateral assignment, transfer or otherwise; provided, however, that such transfer shall not relieve JSD of its obligations under this PSL Agreement except to the extent any such Assignee assumes in writing JSDs obligations under this PSL Agreement. Upon reasonable prior notice from JSD, Licensee shall make any payments due hereunder to such Assignee and shall execute and deliver any documents that JSD or any Assignee may reasonably request to acknowledge and confirm that upon any such transfer, this PSL Agreement will remain in full force and effect, will continue to be a legal, valid and binding obligation of Licensee enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy or insolvency laws and general principles of equity), and that neither Licensee, nor to Licensees knowledge, JSD is in material breach or violation of this PSL Agreement. (d) This PSL Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely in New Jersey. Any action to resolve any dispute arising out of or relating to this PSL Agreement (including, without limitation, actions between Licensor and Licensee concerning indemnification under Section 11(b) above) shall be resolved exclusively by arbitration under the auspices of the American Arbitration Association, which arbitration shall be held in New York County, New York or Morris County, New Jersey, before a single arbitrator. The arbitrators award in any such proceeding may be enforced in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Without limiting the jurisdiction of any other court, each of Licensee and JSD consent to the exercise of personal jurisdiction over it by such any court in New York State or
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the State of New Jersey, and irrevocably waive any defense in such an action based on a lack of personal jurisdiction or forum non conveniens. Licensee agrees to accept service of process in any arbitration proceeding or action to enforce an arbitration award pursuant to this paragraph by notice pursuant to Section 11(a) above, and agrees that delivery of such notice shall be deemed to be personal service under any applicable statute. (e) This PSL Agreement (including the Confirmation) contains the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the matters provided for herein, and supersedes any written or oral agreement, instrument, application, promotional material, brochure, website information, or other representation previously made, distributed or entered by or on behalf of them or their respective affiliates with respect to those matters. JSD HAS NOT MADE, AND LICENSEE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS NOT RELIED ON, ANY REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE TERMS OF THIS PSL AGREEMENT, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS PSL AGREEMENT. No amendment or modification to this PSL Agreement shall be effective unless the amendment or modification is in writing and signed by both JSD and Licensee. (f) This PSL Agreement, and all the terms and provisions hereof, shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives, and permitted successors and permitted assigns. (g) This PSL Agreement and the rights and interests of Licensee hereunder shall be subordinate and subject to (i) the Stadium Project Ground Lease and Development Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2006, by and between New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority and NMSCO (the Ground Lease), and (ii) the Sublease Agreement, dated of as of August 16, 2007, by and between NMSCO and JSD (the Stadium Lease), as either may be amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended or assigned from time to time, and any and all amendments thereto. Upon the expiration or termination of the Ground Lease or the Stadium Lease for any reason, this PSL Agreement shall terminate as of such date. (h) The maximum liability of JSD to Licensee under any theory of law, including contract or tort, for a breach by JSD under this PSL Agreement shall not exceed the amount of the PSL Fee paid by Licensee. If Licensee is acquiring this PSL pursuant to an Approved Transfer, the maximum liability of JSD to Licensee under any theory of law, including contract or tort, for a breach by JSD under this PSL Agreement shall not exceed the amount of the PSL Fee paid to JSD by the original licensee of the PSL. (i) Time is of the essence with respect to the performance by Licensee of its obligations under this PSL Agreement. (j) If Licensee is a partnership or other corporate entity, as opposed to a natural person, communications and/or notices from Licensee hereunder shall not be effective unless signed by the individual signing this PSL Agreement on Licensees behalf, which individual shall be Licensees expressly designated agent for such communications and for receiving all tickets and other deliveries for Licensee hereunder. Licensee may replace such agent by notice served in accordance with Section 11(a) above.

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CLUB SEAT LICENSE AGREEMENT


This Club Seat License Agreement (this Club Seat Agreement) is entered into in conjunction with the PSL/Club Seat Confirmation provided by Jets Stadium Development, LLC (JSD or Licensor) to the person or entity identified as the Licensee therein (the Confirmation). Pursuant to the Confirmation, (i) Licensee has purchased from JSD a Personal Seat License (PSL) (or from a prior PSL licensee, in the case of a PSL transfer (an Approved Transfer)) relating to certain club seats (specified in the Confirmation) in the stadium constructed for use by the New York Jets football team (the Jets) in East Rutherford, New Jersey, currently known as New Meadowlands Stadium (the Stadium), and (ii) JSD and Licensee have entered into a Personal Seat License Agreement (the PSL Agreement) governing the PSL terms. The Conformation is fully incorporated into, and forms a part of, this Club Seat Agreement. 1. Use. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Club Seat Agreement, Licensee shall have the exclusive right to purchase tickets to use the Seats (as defined in Section 2 below) for all pre-season and regular season home games of the Jets scheduled to be played at the Stadium, and the right to purchase tickets to use the Seats for all post-season home games of the Jets (excluding the Super Bowl) scheduled to be played at the Stadium (collectively, Jets Home Games) during the Term (as defined in Section 3(a) below). Licensee shall also have the right to use the Seats for certain other events for which it purchases tickets pursuant to Section 6. 2. Location of Seats. The license granted hereby relates to club seats to be located in the quantity and anticipated location of the Stadium as set forth in the Confirmation (the Seats). The specific location of the Seats shall be designated pursuant to the PSL Agreement, subject to the disclaimers contained therein. 3. Term. (a) The term of Licensees license to use the Seats and to receive the other benefits to be provided under this Club Seat Agreement (the Term) shall commence upon Licensees acquisition of the PSL and, subject to early termination as provided in this Club Seat Agreement and the automatic renewal provisions of Section 12 below, shall expire as of the end of the first complete Contract Year following payment in full of the PSL Fee under the PSL Agreement (for the avoidance of doubt, if the PSL Fee is paid in full prior to the commencement of the Term, the Term shall end as of the end of the first Contract Year; if the PSL Fee is paid in full during the first Contract Year or any subsequent Contract Year, the Term shall expire as of the end of the next succeeding Contract Year). The period beginning with the commencement of the Term and ending on March 31 of the following calendar year shall be the first Contract Year, and each subsequent twelve month period beginning on April 1 and ending on the following March 31 shall be a Contract Year. 4. Binding Agreement. By agreeing to the Confirmation, Licensee affirmatively has indicated Licensees acceptance of, and agreement to, the terms and conditions of this Club Seat Agreement. 5. Annual License Fees. (a) As consideration for the license to purchase tickets to use the Seats for Jets Home Games and the other benefits granted to Licensee hereunder (other than those requiring an additional charge, such as post-season Jets Home Games and Stadium events other than Jets Homes Games), Licensee shall pay to JSD an annual license fee in an amount (the Annual License Fee) equal to the product of (i) the per-seat Annual License Fee amount set forth in the Confirmation, subject to reasonable increases that JSD may implement for any given Contract Year by notice to Licensee and (ii) the quantity of Seats that are the subject of this Club Seat Agreement, as set forth in the Confirmation. Licensee shall pay the Annual License Fee for each Contract Year upon receipt of JSDs invoice for that years Annual License Fee. Per Section 6(a), the Annual License Fee includes the cost of tickets for pre-season and regular season games, but does not include the cost of tickets for post-season games. (b) All payments by Licensee under this Club Seat Agreement shall be made, without offset, deduction or counterclaim, by check, money order or credit card. Checks and money orders should be payable to the order of Jets Stadium Development, LLC and sent to Atlantic Health Jets Training Center, One Jets Drive, Florham Park, NJ 07932 or pursuant to such other written instructions as may be given by JSD or any Assignee designated pursuant to Section 13(c). Credit card payments should be made by contacting the Jets Box Office at the phone number listed in the Confirmation or by such other means as JSD may specify from time to time by notice to Licensee. 6. Tickets; Parking Passes. (a) As part of the consideration for the full and timely payment of the Annual License Fee, Licensee shall receive, at no additional cost, one (1) admission ticket for each Seat for each pre-season and regular season Jets Home Game at the Stadium during the Term. Licensee also shall have the right, but not the obligation, to purchase the same number of admission tickets for each post-season Jets Home Game (excluding the Super Bowl) that is held at the Stadium during the Term, at prices and in a manner established by JSD, the Jets or, if applicable, the National Football League (the NFL). Licensee also shall have the right, but not the obligation, to purchase (1) parking pass in a VIP parking lot for every two (2) Seats that are the subject of this PSL Agreement (e.g., one parking pass for two or three Seats; two parking passes for four or five Seats, etc.), at prices and in a manner established by JSD, for each Jets Home Game during the Term; provided, however, that if the Club identified on the Confirmation as relating to the Seats is the Coaches Club or the Great Hall Club, then JSD shall provide such parking passes to Licensee for no charge. (b) With respect to public events held at the Stadium during the Term that are not Jets Home Games and for which tickets are made available to JSD (but excluding home games of the New York Giants), JSD shall use reasonable efforts to provide Licensee the opportunity to purchase tickets (which may or may not be for the Seats, depending on the allocation of tickets to JSD, if any, by the operator of the Stadium or the promoter of the particular event, as the case may be) and parking passes at prevailing prices. Licensee acknowledges that JSD, its affiliates, and their respective officers, agents, managers and employees have not made any representations, warranties or guarantees with respect to the Stadium or the Seats, including, but not limited to, whether any events other than Jets Home Games will be held at the Stadium or whether tickets to any such other events will be made available to Licensee, and that except as set forth in Section 10 with respect to Jets Home Games, the performance by Licensee of this Club Seat Agreement, including, but not limited to, the payment in full of the Annual License Fees, is not dependent upon the presentation of any specified number of events at the Stadium. Licensee further acknowledges that the Seats may be used by others for New York Giants homes games and for certain other events that are not Jets Home Games, such as World Cup Soccer, NCAA bowl games, the Olympic Games, concerts and other sporting and non-sporting events. (c) The cost of any tickets and parking passes to post-season Jets Home Games and/or other events that may be acquired by Licensee shall be borne solely by Licensee and shall be in addition to the Annual License Fee. If Licensee does not purchase tickets and parking passes for post-season Jets Home Games or other Stadium events by the dates specified by the issuer of such tickets or JSD, the issuer of such tickets or JSD, as applicable, shall have the right, but not the obligation, to sell such tickets and parking passes to persons other than Licensee. (d) Use of the Seats by Licensee and its guests shall require the presentation of admission tickets for seating at the Seats. Licensee acknowledges that admission tickets to Jets Home Games and other Stadium events are revocable licenses. Licensee shall be bound by and shall observe the terms and conditions upon which tickets for admission to the Stadium are issued, including, without limitation, any policy adopted with respect to the cancellation or postponement of games or events. Except as expressly provided in Section 10, there shall be no reduction in the Annual License Fee due to the cancellation, postponement or rescheduling of any event. In addition, Licensee shall, and shall cause its guests (defined as any person who enters any Stadium event using an admission ticket corresponding to any of the Seats) to maintain proper decorum and comply with all applicable laws, and all rules and regulations of all governmental authorities, the Jets, the NFL, JSD and any other operator of the Stadium or promoter of a Stadium event. Licensee shall not permit the use of the Seats in violation of this Club Seat Agreement, create any nuisance, or take any action which either diminishes insurance coverage for the Stadium or increases the premium payable for such insurance. Licensee shall be responsible for the conduct of any person to whom Licensee directly or indirectly gives or otherwise transfers tickets acquired pursuant to this Club Seat Agreement. JSD and its affiliates may exclude or remove from the Seats and the Stadium any person not complying with the terms of this Section 6(d). A violation of this Section 6(d) by Licensee or someone using its tickets may cause Licensees rights under this Club Seat Agreement to be terminated pursuant to Section 9. 7. Additional Benefits. (a) Each admission ticket for the Seats will provide the user of that ticket with access to the lounge for the Stadium Club identified on the Confirmation during each Jets Home Game. Food and non-alcoholic beverages are available in the Coaches Club lounge and the Great Hall Club lounge for no additional charge; in all other Club lounges, food and non-alcoholic beverages may be purchased for an additional charge. Alcoholic beverages may be purchased in any Club lounge for an additional charge. (b) If the Club identified on the Confirmation is the Coaches Club and if the Jets qualify for the Super Bowl during the Term, JSD shall cause the Jets to sell to Licensee, at face value, a number of admission tickets to that Super Bowl game equal to the number of Seats that are the subject of this Club Seat Agreement, subject to the Constitution, By-Laws, rules and regulations of the NFL in effect at the time of such game (including, without limitation, rules governing the number of admission tickets made available to clubs participating in the Super Bowl game). Licensee shall be responsible for all travel, entertainment and other expenses associated with attending any such Super Bowl game. 8. Additional Obligations of Licensee. (a) Licensee shall, in addition to the other payments provided for in this Club Seat Agreement, reimburse JSD for costs incurred by JSD to repair any damage (other than normal wear and tear) caused by Licensee or Licensees guests (as defined in Section 6(d)) to the Seats or other property of JSD or NMSCO (as defined in Section 11(a) below).

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(b) Licensee shall not, and shall not permit its guests (as defined in Section 6(d)) to, bring food or beverages into the Stadium except to the extent purchased from JSD or duly authorized Stadium concessionaires. 9. Default. (a) Without limiting any of JSDs rights under this Club Seat Agreement or the PSL Agreement, if Licensee fails to pay when due any amounts to be paid by Licensee pursuant to this Club Seat Agreement (including, without limitation, the Annual License Fee), otherwise defaults in the performance or observation of any of its other duties or obligations under this Club Seat Agreement (including, without limitation, any violation of Section 6(d)), or defaults in any of its obligations under the PSL Agreement, JSD may take one or more of the following actions without prior notice to Licensee (except for the notice required solely under clause (ii)): distribution to Licensee and sell to others any tickets that Licensee would otherwise have the right to purchase under this Club Seat Agreement, and retain all proceeds therefrom (without refund or other obligation to Licensee); and/or License Fees shall not be reduced if the Seats are damaged and JSD provides Licensee with reasonably comparable seats at the Stadium. The aggregate amount of any reduction in the Annual License Fee under the preceding sentence shall be recouped by reducing the next succeeding installment(s) of the Annual License Fee. If the amount of such reduction exceeds the remaining amount of such installment(s), JSD shall pay the excess amount to Licensee. JSDs calculation of such aggregate amount shall be binding on the parties absent manifest error. The foregoing notwithstanding, if the NFL increases the number of per-season regular season Jets Home Games during the Term, then this Section 10 shall be deemed automatically amended to reflect that change (i.e., all references in this Section 10 to eight (8) games shall be deemed amended to reflect the actual number of scheduled regular season Jets Home Games, including the denominator of the fraction in clause (x) and the reference to eight (8) in clause (y)). 11. Disclaimer of Liability; Indemnification. (a) None of JSD, the Jets or New Meadowlands Stadium Company, LLC (NMSCO), or their officers, owners, managers, directors, employees or agents, shall be liable or responsible for any loss, damage or injury to any person or to any property of Licensee or its guests (as defined in Section 6(d)) in or upon the Stadium, its parking areas or elsewhere resulting from any cause, including, but not limited to theft and vandalism, except to the extent due to the gross negligence or the willful misconduct of JSD, the Jets or NMSCO, as the case may be. Licensee and its guests hereby assume all risks and dangers incidental to events at the Stadium, whenever or however they occur, including, without limitation, the danger of being injured by balls and other objects, and agree that neither JSD, the Jets, NMSCO, any other sports team or league, nor any other person or entity producing, performing or participating in Stadium events, nor their respective affiliates, agents and assignees, shall be liable for injuries from such causes. (b) Licensee shall indemnify and hold harmless JSD, the Jets and NMSCO, and their officers, directors, managers, owners, employees and agents, from and against any liabilities, losses, damages, claims, demands, costs and expenses, including attorneys fees (including in any action between Licensee and such indemnitee), costs of investigation (whether or not litigation occurs) and litigation expenses, arising out of or related to any act or omission, breach of any provision of (or otherwise arising out of or relating to) this Club Seat Agreement, or violation of any applicable law, rule, regulation or order, by Licensee or any of its guests, employees, agents or other affiliates. 12. Automatic Renewal. If Licensee is not in default under any of its obligations hereunder, upon expiration of the Term, this Club Seat Agreement shall renew automatically on an annual basis for a successive renewal term of one Contract Year (each such successive renewal term being part of the Term), unless and until either (a) the PSL Agreement is terminated, (b) this Club Seat Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9 above, or (c) Licensee opts out of the automatic renewal by written notice to JSD at least 30 days prior to expiration of the thencurrent Term. IF LICENSEE OPTS OUT OF THE AUTOMATIC RENEWAL PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (c) OF THIS SECTION 12, LICENSEE WILL HAVE NO FURTHER RIGHTS UNDER THIS CLUB SEAT AGREEMENT OR THE PSL AGREEMENT FOLLOWING EXPIRATION OF THE THEN-CURRENT TERM OF THIS CLUB SEAT AGREEMENT AND JSD WILL HAVE THE UNENCUMBERED RIGHT TO LICENSE THE SEATS AND TO SELL THE PSL FOR THE SEATS. 13. Miscellaneous. (a) All notices or other communications under this Club Seat Agreement shall be in writing and shall be considered given when delivered personally or sent by e-mail (with a copy by any other means for notice permitted by this Section 13(a)), one day after being sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier, or three days after being mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the address or e-mail address for the receiving party set forth in the Confirmation (or to such other address or e-mail address as the receiving party may have specified by notice to the other). (b) Licensee may not assign, sell sublicense, pledge or otherwise transfer or encumber this Club Seat Agreement or any of its rights hereunder except in conjunction with the transfer of its PSL in accordance with the PSL Agreement. (c) JSD may sell, assign, pledge or otherwise transfer or encumber (each, a transfer, for purposes of this paragraph) this Club Seat Agreement and any or all of its rights and obligations hereunder to any other entity, including, but not limited to, any source of or guarantor or insurer of financing or any trustee, collateral agent or other entity appointed in connection with such financing (each, an Assignee), whether by security agreement, collateral assignment, transfer or otherwise; provided, however, that such transfer shall not relieve JSD of its obligations under this Club Seat Agreement except to the extent any such Assignee assumes such obligations in writing. Upon reasonable prior notice from JSD, Licensee shall make any payments due hereunder to such Assignee and shall execute and deliver any documents that JSD or any Assignee may reasonably request to acknowledge and confirm that upon any such transfer, this Club Seat Agreement will remain in full force and effect, will continue to be a legal, valid and binding obligation of Licensee enforceable in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy or insolvency laws and general principles of equity), and that neither Licensee, nor to Licensees knowledge, JSD is in material breach or violation of this Club Seat Agreement.

(i) unless and until Licensee cures the failure or default, withhold from

(ii) terminate the rights of Licensee under this Club Seat Agreement (y) immediately upon written notice to Licensee, if the failure or default is not capable of being cured (e.g., a breach of Section 6(d)) or if the failure or default represents a repeated failure or default, or (z) ten (10) days after giving notice to Licensee, if such failure or default is capable of being cured and Licensee fails to cure within such ten (10) day period.
IN ADDITION, THIS CLUB SEAT AGREEMENT SHALL TERMINATE AUTOMATICALLY UPON TERMINATION OF THE PSL AGREEMENT. Upon termination pursuant to this Section 9, (x) Licensee will forfeit all monies previously paid to JSD hereunder, (y) Licensee will forfeit its rights to use the Seats for the current (or upcoming) NFL season and all NFL seasons that follow, and (z) JSD and its affiliates will have no further liability or obligation to Licensee. JSD thereafter will have the right, but not the obligation, to relicense the Seats. Any amounts JSD receives from such relicensing shall not reduce Licensees obligations under this Club Seat Agreement (except as specifically set forth in Section 9(b) below) or the PSL Agreement, or entitle Licensee to reimbursement or recovery of any amounts paid under this Club Seat Agreement or the PSL Agreement. (b) Upon termination of this Club Seat Agreement by JSD under Section 9(a), (i) Licensees right to use the Seats and all other rights or benefits of Licensee under this Club Seat Agreement shall end, (ii) Licensee shall remain liable for the payment of the Annual License Fees and any other amounts due from Licensee under this Club Seat Agreement as and when due, (iii) JSD and its affiliates shall have no further liability or obligation of any kind to Licensee, and (iv) JSD shall have no obligation to attempt to license the Seats to a third party unless and until JSD has licensed its full inventory of available club seats (inclusive of any PSL required for such club seats, determined in JSDs discretion) in the Stadium for all Jets Home Games. Any amounts received by JSD from any re-licensing of the Seats during the scheduled term of this Club Seat Agreement shall not reduce Licensees obligations under the preceding sentence unless and until all other club seats in the Stadium have been licensed for all Jets home games. (c) JSDs remedies in Sections 9(a) and (b) shall not limit or exclude any other right or remedy set forth in this Club Seat Agreement or the PSL Agreement, or otherwise available to JSD in law or in equity, including, but not limited to, JSDs right to receive indemnification under Section 11(b). Licensee shall be responsible for all attorneys fees and costs incurred by JSD in the enforcement of this Club Seat Agreement. LICENSEE HEREBY UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ITS RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS CLUB SEAT AGREEMENT. (d) Any waiver of any of the terms of this Club Seat Agreement shall be effective only if in a writing signed by the party to be charged. No waiver by JSD of any default or breach by Licensee of its obligations under this Club Seat Agreement shall be construed as a waiver or release of any other default or breach or subsequent default or breach by Licensee under this Club Seat Agreement, and no failure or delay by JSD in the exercise of any right or remedy provided for in this Club Seat Agreement shall be constitute a forfeiture or waiver thereof or of any other right or remedy available to JSD. 10. Unavailability of the Stadium. In the event of (i) any delay in construction of the Stadium resulting in the Stadium being available for fewer than eight (8) regular season Jets Home Games in the first Contract Year, (ii) any damage to or destruction of the Seats or the Stadium, not caused by Licensee, rendering the Seats or the Stadium unusable for one or more regular season Jets Home Games during the Term, or (iii) a work stoppage involving NFL players or any other event or circumstance that results in the cancellation of one or more regular season Jets Home Games during the Term, then, Licensees sole and exclusive remedy shall be reduction of the Annual License Fee payable hereunder for the applicable Contract Year by the product of (x) one-eighth (1/8) of the Annual License Fee for the applicable Contract Year and (y) the amount, if any, by which eight (8) exceeds the number of regular season and post-season Jets Home Games played in the Stadium in the applicable Contract Year; provided, however, that the Annual

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(d) This Club Seat Agreement and Licensees rights and interests hereunder shall be subordinate and subject to (i) the Stadium Project Ground Lease and Development Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2006, by and between New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority and NMSCO (the Ground Lease), and (ii) the Sublease Agreement, dated of as of August 16, 2007, by and between NMSCO and JSD (the Stadium Lease), as either may be amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended or assigned from time to time, and any and all amendments thereto. This Club Seat Agreement shall terminate upon the expiration or termination of the Ground Lease or the Stadium Lease for any reason, and Licensee shall be entitled, as its sole and exclusive remedy, to receive reimbursement of any Annual License Fee it may have paid with respect to regular season Jets home games scheduled to be played after the termination date in an amount equal to the amount by which the Annual License Fee would be reduced for any canceled regular season game under Section 10. (e) This Club Seat Agreement does not confer upon Licensee any right, title, estate or interest in the Stadium or the Seats, other than the limited license to use and obtain access to the Stadium and the Seats in accordance with this Club Seat Agreement. This Club Seat Agreement is a right of personal privilege revocable in accordance with its terms. The relationship created between the parties is that of licensor and licensee. (f) Licensee represents, warrants and agrees that it is acquiring its license hereunder for its own use and not as an investment or with a view to the distribution or relicense thereof or of tickets to others, and has no expectation of profit as a holder thereof. (g) This Club Seat Agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely in New Jersey. Any action to resolve any dispute arising out of or relating to this Club Seat Agreement (including, without limitation, actions between Licensor and Licensee concerning indemnification under Section 11(b) above) shall be resolved exclusively by arbitration under the auspices of the American Arbitration Association, which arbitration shall be held in New York, New York or in Morris County, New Jersey, before a single arbitrator. The arbitrators award in any such proceeding may be enforced in any court having jurisdiction thereof. Each of Licensee and JSD consent to the exercise of personal jurisdiction over it by any such court in New York State or the State of New Jersey, and irrevocably waive any defense in such an action based on a lack of personal jurisdiction or forum non conveniens. Licensee agrees to accept service of process in any arbitration proceeding or action to enforce an arbitration award pursuant to this paragraph by notice pursuant to Section 13(a) above, and agrees that delivery of such notice shall be deemed to be personal service under any applicable statute. (h) This Club Seat Agreement contains the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the matters provided for herein, and supersedes any written or oral agreement, instrument, application, promotional material, brochure, website information, or other representation previously made, distributed or entered by or on behalf of them or their respective affiliates with respect to those matters. JSD has not made, and Licensee acknowledges that it has not relied on, any representations about the terms of this Club Seat Agreement, except as expressly set forth in this Club Seat Agreement. No amendment or modification to this Club Seat Agreement shall be effective unless the amendment or modification is in writing and signed by both JSD and Licensee. (i) This Club Seat Agreement, and all the terms and provisions hereof, shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives, and permitted successors and permitted assigns. (j) The maximum liability of JSD to Licensee under any theory of law, including contract or tort, for a breach by JSD under this Club Seat Agreement shall not exceed the amount of the Annual License Fees paid by Licensee. (k) Time is of the essence with respect to the performance by Licensee of its obligations under this Club Seat Agreement. (l) If Licensee is a partnership or other corporate entity, as opposed to a natural person, communications and/or notices from Licensee hereunder shall not be effective unless signed by the individual signing this Club Seat Agreement on Licensees behalf, which individual shall be Licensees expressly designated agent for such communications and for receiving all tickets and other deliveries for Licensee hereunder. Licensee may replace such agent by notice served in accordance with Section 13(a) above.

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