Real Estate Taxes For each Tax Year falling within the Term, Tenant shall pay to Landlord, as Additional Rent, the Landlord's Tax Expenses Allocable to the Premises for such corresponding Tax Year, and for each fraction of a Tax Year falling within the Term at the beginning or end thereof, Tenant shall pay to Landlord, as Additional Rent, the product of (i) such Applicable fraction of a Tax Year and (ii) the Landlord's Tax Expenses Allocable to the Premises for the Tax Year in which said fraction occurs. Not later than ninety (90) days after Landlord's Tax Expenses Allocable to the Premises are determined for the first such Tax Year or fraction thereof and for each succeeding Tax Year or fraction thereof during the Term, Landlord shall render Tenant a statement in reasonable detail certified by a representative of Landlord showing for the preceding year or fraction thereof, as the case may be, real estate taxes on the Buildings and the Site and abatements and refunds of any taxes and assessments. Expenditures for legal fees and for other expenses incurred in seeking the tax refund or abatement may be charged against the tax refund or abatement before the adjustments are made for the Tax Year. Said statement to be rendered to Tenant shall also show for the preceding Tax Year or fraction thereof as the case may be the amounts of real estate taxes already paid by Tenant as Additional Rent, and the amount of real estate taxes remaining due from, or overpaid by, Tenant for the year or other period covered by the statement. Within thirty (30) days after the date of delivery of the foregoing statement, Tenant shall pay to Landlord the balance of the amounts, if any, required to be paid pursuant to the above provisions of this Section 2.7 with respect to the preceding Tax Year or fraction thereof, or Landlord shall credit any amounts due from it to Tenant pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.7 against (x) monthly installments of fixed rent next thereafter coming due or (y) any sums then due from Tenant to Landlord under this Lease (or refund such portion of the over-payment as aforesaid if the Term has ended and Tenant has no further obligation to Landlord). In the event Landlord succeeds in obtaining a reduction of such real estate taxes, rates or assessments with respect to a real estate tax fiscal year as to which Tenant contributed Tenant's share of Landlord's Tax Expenses, then, Tenant shall be entitled to receive its proportionate share of the net amount of any refund received or reduction obtained by Landlord to the extent allocable to the Term of this Lease. Tenant's entitlement to such refund amount shall survive the expiration of the Term. Landlord will, upon the written request of Tenant, who together with other tenants lease at least fifty (50%) of the Total Rentable Floor Area of the Complex, at Landlord's election either (i) apply for an abatement of real estate taxes or (ii) allow such tenants to apply for abatements in their own name, or in Landlord's name, at their own cost (subject to such tenants' right to recover such costs on a first dollar basis from the abatement proceeds, if any). If such tenants apply for an abatement of real estate taxes, then Landlord shall have the right to be involved in each step of the abatement process, including, without limitation, Landlord's right to approve all filings in connection with such abatement proceedings (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) and the right to attend all meetings between Tenant and its representatives and the representatives of the Town of Bedford. In addition, payments by Tenant on account of Landlord's Tax Expenses Allocable to the Premises anticipated for the then current year shall be made monthly at the time and in the fashion herein provided for the payment of fixed rent. The amount so to be paid to Landlord shall be an amount reasonably estimated by Landlord to be sufficient to provide Landlord, in the aggregate, a sum equal to Landlord's Tax Expenses Allocable to the Premises, at least ten (10) days before the day on which such payments by Landlord would become delinquent. To the extent that real estate taxes shall be payable to the taxing authority in installments with respect to periods less than a Tax Year, the foregoing statement shall be rendered and payments made on account of such installments. Terms used herein are defined as follows:
Real Property Taxes Tenant shall pay Landlord, as Additional Rent in the manner described below, an amount equal to Tenant’s Pro Rata Share of Real Property Taxes payable by Landlord for the Office Unit in any full or partial calendar year. “Real Property Taxes” shall mean real and personal property taxes, assessments, including omit tax, and other governmental impositions and charges of every kind and nature, now or hereafter imposed, including surcharges with respect thereto and interest thereon, if Landlord, at its sole option, elects to amortize assessments over a period exceeding one year, which may during the Term of this Lease be levied, assessed, imposed, or otherwise become due and payable with respect to the Office Unit, including the tenant improvements, and the Office Unit and all improvements, fixtures, and equipment thereon, or the use, occupancy or possession thereof; taxes on property of Tenant which have not been paid by Tenant directly to the taxing authority; any taxes levied or assessed upon or measured by the Condominium, the Premises, or the Office Unit, or any amounts received by Landlord in connection therewith or hereunder, but not including any federal or state net income, estate, or inheritance tax imposed upon the Landlord, all determined with respect to the period for which such taxes are (or would have been if timely levied) due and payable; and any taxes levied or assessed in lieu of, or as a substitute for, the foregoing in whole or part. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Real Property Taxes shall not include: (a) any inheritance, estate, succession, transfer, gift, franchise, or capital stock tax; (b) any gross or net income taxes; (c) any excise taxes imposed upon Landlord based upon gross or net rentals or other income received by it; or (d) Real Property Taxes assessed against the Property for periods of time prior to the Commencement Date. Landlord shall provide a copy of the tax xxxx to Tenant upon request. All special assessments shall be deemed paid by Landlord over the maximum payment period allowed by applicable law and Tenant shall be liable for its pro rata share of the minimum annual payment thereon. If, after Tenant shall have made a payment of real estate taxes, Landlord shall have received a refund of any portion of the real estate taxes, Landlord shall credit to Tenant an amount equal to Tenant’s proportionate share of the net refund, after deducting Tenant’s proportionate share of all reasonable expenses incurred in obtaining such refund. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Office Unit is sold within three years of the Commencement Date, and such sale causes an increase in real estate taxes, then real estate tax increases shall be capped at five percent (5) annually for the two years following such sale.