## Q41 key (Tenant's Five-Day Fuse)

1. Excluding March 1, the five calendar days are March 2 through March 6. Lantern Row must cure the monetary default by March 6. Missed: the lease reaches termination posture while the tenant debates an unripe offset.
2. February does not qualify because Hartwell was not closed for the entire month, so the $40,000 February withholding is not supported. March may qualify only if final sales are below 70 percent of March last year. Missed: a clear February default is treated as disputed.
3. The March trigger cannot be decided from a 66-to-74 percent estimate. Obtain and certify the final March gross-sales comparison, then deliver the statement by April 10 and claim any next-rent credit. Missed: relief is assumed or forfeited without the required data.
4. Pay the full $160,000 by March 6 under an express written protest preserving March and other offset rights. Force majeure may excuse the temporary closure but not money. Missed: Lantern Row risks the lease and guaranty over an amount it can recover by credit if proved.
5. Bind replacement insurance immediately and document that the refrigeration closure was cured before notice and resulted from defined force majeure. In any event, complete or begin all nonmonetary cure by March 16. Missed: a curable technical default supplies an independent termination ground.
6. If termination validly occurs March 20, surrender by March 23. Remaining after that date removes the six-month guaranty cap and exposes the parent to all post-termination obligations. Missed: a controlled guaranty becomes open-ended.
7. The landlord cannot lock out or seize inventory without valid termination and a possession order, but that is not a reason to hold over. Missed: self-help limits are confused with a right to remain.
8. Sequence: wire under protest, cure insurance, confirm operating cure, reserve co-tenancy rights, finalize March sales, submit by April 10, negotiate prospective adjustment, and prepare orderly surrender only if termination survives cure. Missed: the tenant chooses maximal withholding over preservation of its business location.