Rent Abatement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein and provided that no default by Tenant occurs hereunder beyond any applicable notice and cure period, Landlord hereby agrees that Tenant shall not be required to pay monthly Base Rent for the second (2nd) month of the initial Term through the eighth (8th) month of the initial Term (the “Abatement Period”). The total amount of monthly Base Rent abated during the Abatement Period shall not exceed Five Hundred Twenty-Six Thousand Six Hundred Eighty and 00/100 Dollars ($526,680.00) (the “Abatement Amount”); provided that the Abatement Amount shall not be increased as a result of any increase in Base Rent arising from Landlord’s disbursement of any Additional TI Allowance in accordance with Sections 4.2 and 4.4 of this Lease. During the Abatement Period, Tenant shall still be responsible for the payment of all of its other monetary obligations under this Lease, including, all Additional Rent, including Operating Expenses the Property Management Fee and costs of utilities for the Premises. In the event of a default by Tenant under the terms of this Lease that results in termination of this Lease in accordance with the provisions of this Lease, then as a part of the recovery set forth in this Lease and in addition to any other remedies to which Landlord is entitled pursuant to Section 31 hereof, Landlord shall be entitled to the immediate recovery, as of the day prior to such termination, of the unamortized Abatement Amount that was abated under the provisions of this Section 8.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein and provided that Tenant faithfully performs all of the terms and conditions of the Lease, as amended by this Third Amendment, Landlord hereby agrees to abate Tenant's obligation to pay monthly Base Rent for the first ten (10) full calendar months of the Extended Term. During such abatement periods, Tenant shall still be responsible for the payment of all of its other monetary obligations under the Lease, as amended. In the event of a default by Tenant under the terms of the Lease, as amended, that results in early termination pursuant to the provisions of Section 13.A of the Original Lease, then as a part of the recovery set forth in Section 13.B of the Original Lease, Landlord shall be entitled to the recovery of the monthly Base Rent that was abated under the provisions of this Section 5. The amount of Base Rent to be abated pursuant to this Section 5 above may be referred herein as the "Abated Rent Amount." Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to contrary contained herein, upon written notice to Tenant, Landlord shall have the option to purchase all or any portion of Tenant's Abated Rent Amount by paying such amount to Tenant, in which case the amount so paid to Tenant shall nullify an equivalent amount of abatement of Tenant's Base Rent as to the period so designated by Landlord in Landlord's written notice to Tenant.