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• Utility Charges Tenant shall pay or cause to be paid all charges for electricity, power, gas, oil, water and other utilities used in connection with the Leased Property.

• Common Area Charges In addition to the rental and other charges herein provided to be paid by Lessee to Lessor, Lessee shall pay to Lessor, as additional rent and as Lessee’s share of the cost of maintaining, operating, repairing and managing the Project, Lessee’s proportionate share (as defined in Section 12) of the Total Common Area Charges (as hereinafter defined) for any calendar year during the Term (the “CAM Amount”). Lessee shall pay Lessor in advance its monthly estimated proportionate share (as described in Section 12) of the CAM Amount, together with all applicable rental taxes due thereon, within ten (10) days after receipt of an invoice from Lessor setting forth Lessor’s estimate of such amount. Within ninety (90) days following the end of each calendar year during the Term or as soon thereafter as is Please Initial: Lessor ¨ Lessee ¨ reasonably possible, Lessor shall furnish Lessee with a statement of all Total Common Area Charges for the Project for the previous calendar year indicating the computation of Lessee’s proportionate share of the CAM Amount for such calendar year and the payments made by Lessee during such calendar year. If Lessee’s aggregate estimated monthly payments actually paid to Lessor for the calendar year are greater than Lessee’s proportionate share of the CAM Amount for such calendar year, Lessor shall promptly pay the excess to Lessee or shall apply the excess to any past due amounts owing from Lessee to Lessor; if the payments made are less than Lessee’s proportionate share, Lessee shall pay the difference to Lessor within ten (10) days of its receipt of such statement. Total Common Area Charges shall consist of all costs and expenses of every type associated with the management, repair, maintenance, and insuring of the Common Areas including, without limitation, costs and expenses for the following: gardening and landscaping; utilities, water and sewer charges; premiums for liability, property damage and casualty insurance and xxxxxxx’x compensation insurance; all personal property taxes levied on or attributable to personal property used in connection with the Common Areas; straight line depreciation on personal property owned by Lessor which is consumed in the operation or maintenance of the Common Areas; rental or lease payments paid by Lessor for rented or leased personal property used in the operation or maintenance of Common Areas; fees for required licenses and permits; refuse disposal charges; repairing, resurfacing, repaving, maintaining, painting, lighting, cleaning, refuse removal, security and similar items; repair and maintenance of exterior roofs and reserves for roof replacement and exterior painting of the Project and other appropriate reserves; and fees paid to property managers. Said Total Common Area Charges shall further include all charges for semi-annual preventive maintenance service of mechanical equipment including, without limitation, heating, ventilating and air conditioning equipment, which is attributable to the Project, and the cost of lighting, maintenance and repair of the Project identification signs.

• Utilities Lessee shall pay for all water, gas, heat, light, power, telephone, trash disposal and other utilities and services supplied to the Premises, together with any taxes thereon. If any such services are not separately metered to Lessee, Lessee shall pay a reasonable proportion, to be determined by Lessor, of all charges jointly metered.

• Operating Costs Tenant shall pay to Landlord the Tenant’s Percentage of Operating Costs (as hereinafter defined) incurred by Landlord in any calendar year. Tenant shall remit to Landlord, on the first day of each calendar month, estimated payments on account of Operating Costs, such monthly amounts to be sufficient to provide Landlord, by the end of the calendar year, a sum equal to the Operating Costs, as reasonably estimated by Landlord from time to time. The initial monthly estimated payments shall be in an amount equal to 1/12th of the Initial Estimate of Tenant’s Percentage of Operating Costs for the Calendar Year. If, at the expiration of the year in respect of which monthly installments of Operating Costs shall have been made as aforesaid, the total of such monthly remittances is greater than the actual Operating Costs for such year, Landlord shall promptly pay to Tenant, or credit against the next accruing payments to be made by Tenant pursuant to this subsection 4.2.3, the difference; if the total of such remittances is less than the Operating Costs for such year, Tenant shall pay the difference to Landlord within twenty (20) days from the date Landlord shall furnish to Tenant an itemized statement of the Operating Costs, prepared, allocated and computed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Any reimbursement for Operating Costs due and payable by Tenant with respect to periods of less than twelve (12) months shall be equitably prorated.

• Common Area Maintenance Subject to Articles Eleven and Twelve, Landlord shall maintain the Common Areas in good order, condition, and repair. Common Area Maintenance expenses (“CAM Expenses”) are all costs and expenses associated with the operation and maintenance of the Common Areas and the repair and maintenance of the heating, ventilation, air conditioning, plumbing, electrical, utility and safety systems (to the extent not performed by Tenant), including, but not limited to, the following: gardening and landscaping; snow removal; utility, water, sewage and property drainage services for the Common Area; maintenance of signs (other than tenants’ signs); worker’s compensation insurance; personal property taxes; rentals or lease payments paid by Landlord for rented or leased personal property used in the operation or maintenance of the Common Areas; fees for required licenses and permits routine maintenance and repair of roof membrane, flashings, gutters, downspouts, roof drains, skylights and waterproofing; maintenance of paving, (including sweeping, striping, repairing, resurfacing and repaving); general maintenance; painting; lighting; cleaning; refuse removal; security and similar items; reserves for roof replacement, exterior painting and other appropriate reserves; and a property management fee not to exceed five percent (5%) of building revenues. Landlord may cause any or all of such services to be provided by third parties and the cost of such services shall be included in CAM Expenses. With respect to any CAM Expenses which are included for the benefit of the Property and other property. Landlord shall make a reasonable allocation of such cost between the Property and such other property. CAM Expenses shall not include the cost of capital repairs and replacements; provided, however, that (a) the annual depreciation (based on the useful life of the item under generally accepted accounting principles) of any such capital repair or replacement to the Common Areas or the heating, ventilating, air-conditioning, plumbing, electrical, utility and safety systems serving the Property, shall be included in the CAM Expenses each year during the Lease Term; and (b) the cost of capital improvements undertaken to reduce CAM Expenses or made in order to comply with legal requirements shall be included in CAM Expenses each year during the term of this Lease.

• Common Area Operating Expenses Lessee shall pay to Lessor during the term hereof, in addition to the Base Rent, Lessee's Share (as specified in Paragraph 1.6(b)) of all Common Area Operating Expenses, as hereinafter defined, during each calendar year of the term of this Lease, in accordance with the following provisions:

• Operating Expenses During the term of this Lease Tenant shall pay to Landlord as additional rent all ad valorem taxes and operating expenses and other charges of every kind and nature (“Operating Expenses”) incurred or paid by Landlord in connection with the maintenance, repair, operation, management, or ownership of the Premises. If requested, Tenant agrees to pay Landlord on the first day of each calendar month, together with the payment of rent, such amount as Landlord estimates from time to time as necessary to pay such expenses. Landlord shall xxxx Tenant annually after the end of each year for such expenses. In the event the aggregate of Tenant’s installments during the year shall be less than the amount of Operating Expenses due from Tenant, such deficiency shall be paid to Landlord within ten (10) days after demand therefore. In the event the aggregate of Tenant’s installments during the year shall be more than the amount of Operating Expenses due from Tenant, such overpayment shall be applied to Tenant’s next monthly installment of Operating Expenses and Rent. As used herein, the term “Operating Expenses” shall include the cost of maintaining casualty and public liability insurance covering the Premises, real estate ad valorem taxes and all costs of managing, operating and maintaining the Premises, including but not limited to: costs of constructing, maintaining and repairing on site and off-site traffic controls; decorating, painting, lighting, sanitary control, and removal of trash, garbage and other refuse; maintenance, repair and replacement of utility systems serving any common areas, including water, sanitary sewer and storm water lines and other utility lines, pipes and conduits; costs of utilities, including water, sewer, electricity, and gas; janitorial, sweeping and cleaning services, trash bin rentals, trash pickup fees, licenses, permits and inspection fees; parking lot painting and restriping; planting, irrigating, gardening and landscaping; signs and markers; parking control and security guards and fire protection or detection service; all general maintenance and repair; other general operation and maintenance costs and expenses; all labor and supplies required by the foregoing; and administrative costs directly attributable thereto.

• Common Area Expenses In the event the demised premises are situated in a shopping center or in a commercial building in which there are common areas, Lessee agrees to pay his pro-rata share of maintenance, taxes, and insurance for the common area.

• Construction Costs Tenant shall pay for all construction costs, including, but not limited to permits, costs of materials and labor, sales tax, construction management fees and the like except to the extent of the Tenant Improvement Allowance which shall be paid by Landlord. The term “Tenant Improvement Allowance” shall mean the sum of $316,020.00 (or $15.00 per square foot of rentable area times 21,068 square feet of rentable area) which Landlord agrees to pay towards the construction costs. Landlord agrees to pay architectural fees and design services up to $1.25 per rentable square foot. Any services performed by the architect above the $1.25 per rentable square foot shall be the responsibility of the Tenant and may be paid out of the Tenant Improvement Allowance to the extent funds are available. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, provided there is any unused portion of the Tenant Improvement Allowance, up to 20% of the allowance can be used by the Tenant as a moving allowance or for communications costs for cabling and data. Tenant must submit invoices for such allowances for Landlord to pay. Xxxxxx Development will act as General Contractor for the construction of tenant improvements, competitively bidding each trade to at least three subcontractors, the typical five percent (5%) construction management fee will not be charged to Tenant or deducted from the Tenant Improvement Allowance. Landlord shall obtain bids based on the Approved Pricing Plans and construct the Work as described in the Approved Pricing Plans. If after finalizing the Approved Working Drawings, it is determined that the construction costs will exceed the amount of the Tenant Improvement Allowance (an “Excess”), then Tenant shall pay to Landlord the amount of such Excess within ten (10) days of written request from Landlord. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, if Tenant fails to pay any Excess timely, Landlord shall not be obligated to commence construction of the Work and such delay shall constitute a Tenant Delay for each day beyond the ten (10) day period until the Excess is paid to Landlord. If Tenant elects not to use Xxxxxx Development as the General Contractor, Tenant understands that Landlord, or its designated agent, shall serve as construction manager for all of Tenant’s refurbishment and renovations in the refurbishment and renovations in the Premises and the fee for such service is 5% of the total cost of all work performed in connection with such refurbishment and renovations. Tenant agrees to cooperate with Landlord in completing any such improvements on a timely basis and Tenant has approved the preliminary space plan and pricing documentation. Additional space on the 3rd floor which Tenant elects to lease pursuant [****] = CERTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS DOCUMENT, MARKED BY BRACKETS, HAS BEEN OMITTED AND FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION PURSUANT TO RULE 406 OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED. to a right hereunder shall be finished out by Landlord pursuant to mutually agreed upon plans and Tenant shall receive an allowance of $15.00 per square foot of rentable area provided, however, Tenant acknowledges that Landlord is improving the entire third (3rd) floor prior to commencement of the Lease and Tenant shall not be entitled to any additional tenant finish when Tenant leases the remainder of the third floor.

• Tenant’s Costs Tenant agrees to reimburse or pay Landlord within twenty (20) Business Days after invoice from Landlord for (a) any cleaning expenses incurred by Landlord, including carpet cleaning, garbage and trash removal expenses, over and above the normal cleaning provided by Landlord in the Park, if any, or due to the presence of a lunchroom or kitchen or food or beverage dispensing machines within the Premises, (b) any expense incurred by Landlord for usage in the Premises of heating, ventilating and air conditioning services, elevator services, electricity, water, janitorial services, or any other services or utilities over and above the normal usage for the Premises based upon general usage in the Park, (c) any expense incurred by Landlord relating to or arising out of the usage by Tenant or Tenant’s Agents of the public or common areas of the Building or Land, or any of the equipment contained therein, which usage is over and above the normal usage for such public or common areas or equipment, and (d) any other direct expense incurred by Landlord on Tenant’s behalf. Landlord reserves the right to install and activate separate metering of electricity, water or other utilities to the Premises at Landlord’s cost, in which case the Operating Costs Base Amount Allocable to the Premises and Operating Costs shall be adjusted accordingly. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Landlord installs separate metering of electricity, water or other utilities to the Premises due to Tenant’s usage thereof which is above normal usage for the Premises based upon general usage in the Park, Tenant agrees to reimburse or pay Landlord within twenty (20) Business Days after invoice from Landlord for all costs of such separate metering.