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Environmental; Indemnity. From and after the Commencement Date and thereafter during the entire Term, Tenant in the operation of its business on the Leased Premises shall comply with all applicable Environmental Laws which relate to the manufacture, ownership, use, storage and disposal of Hazardous Materials. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Tenant shall specifically comply with all applicable Environmental Laws. Tenant shall obtain all environmental licenses, permits, approvals, authorizations, exemptions, classifications, certificates and registrations (collectively, “Permits”) and make all applicable filings required of Tenant to operate at the Leased Premises. The Permits and required filings shall be made available for inspection and copying by Landlord upon reasonable notice and during business hours. Tenant agrees to hold harmless and indemnify Landlord from any and all liabilities, losses, damages, costs, expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses), causes of action, suits, claims, demands, or judgments of any nature whatsoever arising from # the presence or discharge of Hazardous Materials on or from the Leased Premises from the transportation of disposal of Hazardous Materials to and from the Premises in each case to the extent caused by Tenant or its employees, invitees, agents, or contractors during the Term in violation of Environmental Laws (as defined below), # any liens against the Premises, or any part thereof, permitted or imposed by any Environmental Laws (as defined below), or any actual or asserted liability or obligations of Landlord or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws caused by Tenant, and # any actual or asserted liability or obligations arising from the actions of Tenant or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws. The foregoing indemnification shall survive the expiration or termination of this Lease or the termination of Tenant’s tenancy in the Leased Premises. In no way shall Tenant ever be held liable for Hazardous Materials on, upon or appurtenances thereto which were introduced prior to the Term, or by the Landlord, its employees, agents, invitees, contractors or other tenants of the Property.

Claims”) that arise during or after the Term as a result of such contamination; provided, however, that Tenant shall have no indemnification, remediation, or other obligation or responsibility under this Section 30 for any contamination or Environmental Claim if Tenant proves by a preponderance of the evidence that such contamination or Environmental Claim arises from any Hazardous Materials brought into, kept, used, stored, handled, treated, generated in or about, or released or disposed of from the Premises by Landlord, its employees or contractors, or another tenant unrelated or unaffiliated with Tenant or that existed in the Premises as of the Commencement Date and were not brought into, kept, used, stored, handled, treated, generated in or about, or released or disposed of from the Premises by Tenant, any Tenant Party, or any subtenant of Tenant or other occupant of the Premises. This indemnification of Landlord by Tenant includes, without limitation, costs incurred in connection with any investigation of site conditions or any cleanup, treatment, remedial, removal, or restoration work required by any federal, state or local Governmental Authority because of Hazardous Materials present in the air, soil or ground water above, on, or under the Premises. Without limiting the foregoing, if the presence of any Hazardous Materials on the Premises, the Building, the Project or any adjacent property caused or permitted by Tenant or any Tenant Party results in any contamination of the Premises, the Building, the Project or any adjacent property in violation of any applicable Environmental Requirements, Tenant shall promptly take all actions at its sole expense and in accordance with applicable Environmental Requirements as are necessary to return the Premises, the Building, the Project or any adjacent property to the condition existing prior to the time of such contamination, provided that Landlord’s approval of such action shall first be obtained, which approval shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed so long as such actions would not potentially have any material adverse long-term or short-term effect on the future use of the Premises, the Building, or the Project, as such uses were permitted prior to the Tenant’s occupancy under this Lease.

Any increase in the premium for necessary insurance on the Premises or the Building which arises from Tenant's use and/or storage of these Hazardous Materials shall be solely at Tenant's expense. Tenant shall procure and maintain at its sole expense such additional insurance as may be necessary to comply with any requirement of any federal, state or local government agency with jurisdiction. Tenant hereby covenants and agrees to indemnify, defend and hold Landlord harmless from any and all claims, judgments, damages, penalties, fines, costs, liabilities or losses (collectively "Losses") which Landlord may reasonably incur arising out of contamination of real estate, the Building or other property not a part of the Premises, which contamination arises as a result of: # the presence of Hazardous Material in the Premises, the presence of which is caused or permitted by Tenant, or # from a breach by Tenant of its obligations under this [Section 10.01]. This indemnification of Landlord by Tenant includes, without limitation, reasonable costs incurred in connection with any investigation of site conditions or any cleanup, remedial, removal or restoration work required by any federal, state or local governmental agency or political subdivision because of Hazardous Material present in the soil or ground water on or under the Premises caused by Tenant or its agents, employees, contractors or invitees. The indemnification and hold harmless obligations of Tenant under this [Section 10.01] shall survive any termination of this Lease. Without limiting the foregoing, if the presence of any Hazardous Material in the Building or otherwise caused or permitted by Tenant results in any contamination of the Premises, Tenant shall promptly take all actions at its sole expense as are necessary to return the Premises to a condition which complies with all Environmental Laws; provided that Landlord's approval of such actions shall first be obtained, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed so long as such actions, in Landlord's reasonable discretion, would not potentially have any materially adverse long-term or short-term effect on the Premises, and, in any event, Landlord shall not withhold its approval of any proposed actions which are required by applicable Environmental Laws.

Prohibition/Compliance/Indemnity. Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials (as hereinafter defined) to be brought upon, kept, used, stored, handled, treated, generated in or about, or released or disposed of from, the Premises or the Project in violation of applicable Environmental Requirements (as hereinafter defined) by Tenant or any Tenant Party. If Tenant breaches the obligation stated in the preceding sentence, or if the presence of Hazardous Materials in the Premises during the Term or any holding over results in contamination of the Premises, the Project and/or any adjacent property or if contamination of the Premises, the Project and/or any adjacent property by Hazardous Materials brought into, kept, used, stored, handled, treated, generated in or about, or released or disposed of from, the Premises during the Term (or any holding over) by anyone other than Landlord or a Landlord Indemnified Party, then, except for Excluded Matters (as defined below), Tenant hereby indemnifies and shall defend and hold Landlord, its officers, directors, employees, managers, agents, sub-agents, and contractors harmless from any and all actions (including, without limitation, remedial or enforcement actions of any kind, administrative or judicial proceedings, and orders or judgments arising out of or resulting therefrom), costs, claims, damages (including, without limitation, consequential damages, punitive damages and damages based upon diminution in value of the Premises or the Project (in the case of diminution in value, then only to the extent based upon, related to, or arising out of the acts or negligent omissions of Tenant or any Tenant Party), or the loss of, or restriction on, use of the Premises or any portion of the Project), expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’, consultants’ and experts’ fees, court costs and amounts paid in settlement of any claims or actions), fines, forfeitures or other civil, administrative or criminal penalties, injunctive or other relief (whether or not based upon personal injury, property damage, or contamination of, or adverse effects upon, the environment, water tables or natural resources), liabilities or losses (collectively, “Environmental Claims”) which arise during or after the Term as a result of such contamination. This indemnification of Landlord by Tenant includes, without limitation, costs incurred in connection with any investigation of site conditions or any cleanup, treatment, remedial, removal, or restoration work required by any federal, state or local Governmental Authority because of Hazardous Materials present in the air, soil or ground water above, on, or under the Premises, the Building, the Project or any other adjacent property. Without limiting the foregoing, if the presence of any Hazardous Materials in, on or under the Premises, the Building, the Project or any adjacent property caused by or permitted by Tenant or any Tenant Party results in any contamination, Tenant shall promptly notify Landlord upon discovering the same and shall take all actions at its sole expense and in accordance with applicable Environmental Requirements as are necessary to return the Premises, the Building, the Project and/or any adjacent property to the condition existing prior to the time of such contamination, provided that Landlord’s approval of such action shall first be obtained, which approval shall not unreasonably be withheld so long as such actions would not potentially have any material adverse long-term or short-term effect on the Premises, the Building or the Project. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 30(a) or otherwise, Tenant shall not be responsible for the clean-up or remediation of, and the indemnification and hold harmless obligation set forth in this paragraph shall not apply to (“Excluded

Tenant shall not cause, nor allow any of Tenant’s Parties to cause, any Hazardous Materials to be brought upon, stored, manufactured, generated, blended, handled, recycled, treated, disposed or used on, in, under or about the Premises, the Property or the Project, except in accordance with all applicable Environmental Laws. Tenant shall not install, operate or maintain any above or below grade tank, sump, pit, pond, lagoon or other storage or treatment vessel or device on the Property without Landlord’s prior written consent which may be withheld in Landlord’s sole discretion. Tenant shall neither create, nor permit any Tenant Party to create any environmental lien of any kind with respect to the Property, including without limitation, any lien imposed pursuant to Section 107(f) of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. Section 9607(1)) or any similar state statute. As defined in Environmental Laws, Tenant is and shall be deemed to be the “operator” of Tenant’s “facility” and the “owner” of all Hazardous Materials brought on the Premises by Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors or invitees, and the wastes, by-products, or residues generated, resulting, or produced therefrom. Tenant and Tenant’s Parties shall promptly notify Landlord and the respective property manager in writing of the violation of any Environmental Law or presence or suspected presence of any Hazardous Materials, in, on, under or about the Premises or the improvements or the soil or groundwater thereunder, except as set forth in the Reports. Landlord shall have the right to enter upon and inspect the Premises and to conduct tests, monitoring and investigations with respect to any contamination at the Premises at Landlord’s sole cost and expense in accordance with the terms of this Lease, provided Landlord shall use commercially reasonable efforts not to interfere with Tenant’s use and occupancy of the Premises. Within 10 business days following receipt by Tenant of a written request therefor from Landlord from time to time (which request shall not be made more often than once annually), Tenant shall provide Landlord with a list of all Hazardous Materials then being used by Tenant in the Premises where the quantity of any such applicable solid exceeds 1 kilogram and any such applicable solvent exceeds 10 liters; any such information shall be treated as confidential by Landlord and any party that receives same must first enter into a commercially reasonable non-disclosure agreement with Tenant. Tenant shall indemnify, protect, defend (by counsel reasonably acceptable to Landlord) and hold harmless the Indemnitees from and against any and all Losses in connection with # Tenant and/or any Tenant Party’s breach of this Section 15, or # the presence of Hazardous Materials on, in, under or about the Premises, the Property, the Project or other property as a result (directly or indirectly) of the acts or omissions (with respect to omissions, only to the extent in violation of this Lease or Applicable Laws) of Tenant and/or any Tenant Party. This indemnity shall include, without limitation, any Losses arising from or in connection with # the effects of any contamination or injury to person, property or the environment created by the acts or omissions (with

Tenant shall save Landlord (together with its officers, directors, stockholders, partners, beneficial owners, trustees, managers, members, employees, agents, contractors, attorneys, and mortgagees) harmless and indemnified from and against any and all Environmental Damages (hereinafter defined) which may be asserted by Tenant, any other person or entity, or government agency or which the indemnified parties may sustain or be put to on account of: # the presence or release of any Hazardous Matter upon, in or from the Premises during the Term and during any period when the Tenant, or Tenant’s Agents are occupying the Premises or any part thereof, unless proven to have been caused by Landlord or Landlord’s employees, agents or contractors; # the presence or release of any Hazardous Matter upon, in or from the Property caused by the act, omission or default of Tenant or Tenant’s Agents; # the activities or other action or inaction of Tenant or Tenant’s Agents in violation of Environmental Requirements; and # the breach of any of Tenant’s obligations under this [Section 13.23].

In the event Landlord consents to Tenant’s use or storage of Hazardous Materials on the Premises or such consent is not required, Tenant represents and warrants that it shall comply with all Environmental Laws applicable to Hazardous Materials including doing the following: # adhere to all reporting and inspection requirements imposed by Environmental Laws and provide Landlord copies of any such reports or agency inspections; # prepare, obtain and provide Landlord copies of all necessary permits, registrations, business plans, and environmental notifications that need to be given to persons entering or occupying the Premises or neighboring properties, that are required for the presence, use or handling of Hazardous Materials on the Premises; # enforce Hazardous Materials handling, management and disposal practices consistent with industry standards; # surrender the Premises free from any Hazardous Materials arising from Tenant’s generating, bringing, using, storing, creating, treating, management, releasing, or disposing of Hazardous Materials; and # properly close the facility with regard to Hazardous Materials, including as applicable, the removal of any equipment, structures or facilities involved in Tenant’s use or management of Hazardous Materials, and the decontamination of any Building equipment, utilities, structures, floors, walls, ceilings, fixtures, piping, mechanical ducting, or other materials which have come into contact with Hazardous Materials, and if required under Environmental Laws, obtaining a closure certificate from the local administering agency prior to the Expiration Date or earlier termination of this Lease. Tenant shall be permitted to use and/or store only those Hazardous Materials that are necessary for Tenant's business and to the extent disclosed in a Hazardous Materials disclosure certificate (the "HazMat Certificate") substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E and as expressly approved by Landlord in writing, which approval may be withheld in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion. Tenant covenants, represents and warrants to Landlord that the information in the HazMat Certificate, if any, is true and correct and accurately describes the nature and use(s) of Hazardous Materials which will be made and/or used on the Premises by Tenant. Tenant shall, commencing with the date which is one year from the Commencement Date and continuing every year thereafter, and at such other times as Landlord may request, deliver to Landlord an updated executed HazMat Certificate describing Tenant's then-present use of Hazardous Materials on the Premises, and any other reasonably necessary documents and information as requested by Landlord. Any usage and storage of Hazardous Materials by Tenant may only be to the extent of the quantities of Hazardous Materials as specified in the then-applicable HazMat Certificate as expressly approved by Landlord, which approval may be withheld in Landlord's reasonable discretion. In all events such usage and storage must at all times be in full compliance with any and all Environmental Laws (as interpreted by judicial and administrative decisions), decrees, directives, guidelines, permits or permit conditions, currently existing and as amended, enacted, issued or adopted in the future which are or become applicable to Tenant or all or any portion of the Premises and in compliance with the recommendations of Landlord's consultants. Tenant agrees that any changes to the type and/or quantities of Hazardous Materials specified in the most recent HazMat Certificate be implemented only with the prior written consent of Landlord, which consent may be given or withheld in Landlord's sole and absolute discretion.

Prohibition/Compliance/Indemnity. Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials (as hereinafter defined) to be brought upon, kept, used, stored, handled, treated, generated in or about, or released or disposed of from, the Premises, Building or Project in violation of applicable Environmental Requirements (as hereinafter defined) by Tenant or any Tenant Party. If Tenant breaches the obligation stated in the preceding sentence, or if the presence of Hazardous Materials in the Premises during the Term, any holding over or any other period during which Tenant occupied the Premises results in contamination of the Premises, Building or Project or any adjacent property or if contamination of the Premises, Building or Project or any adjacent property by Hazardous Materials brought into, kept, used, stored, handled, treated, generated in or about, or released or disposed of from, the Premises by anyone other than Landlord and Landlord’s employees, agents and contractors otherwise occurs during the Term, any holding over any holding over or any other period during which Tenant occupied the Premises, Tenant hereby indemnifies and shall defend and hold Landlord, its officers, directors, employees, agents and contractors harmless from any and all actions (including, without limitation, remedial or enforcement actions of any kind, administrative or judicial proceedings, and orders or judgments arising out of or resulting therefrom), costs, claims, damages (including, without limitation, punitive damages and damages based upon diminution in value of the Premises or the Project, or the loss of, or restriction on, use of the Premises or any portion of the Project), expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’, consultants’ and experts’ fees, court costs and amounts paid in settlement of any claims or actions), fines, forfeitures or other civil, administrative or criminal penalties, injunctive or other relief (whether or not based upon personal injury, property damage, or contamination of, or adverse effects upon, the environment, water tables or natural resources), liabilities or losses which arise during or after the Term as a result of such contamination or breach by Tenant of its obligations under this Section 30. This indemnification of Landlord by Tenant includes, without limitation, costs incurred in connection with any related investigation of site conditions or any cleanup, treatment, remedial, removal, or restoration work required by any federal, state or local Governmental Authority because of Hazardous Materials present in the air, soil or ground water above, on, or under the Premises. Without limiting the foregoing, if the presence of any Hazardous Materials on the Premises, the Building, Project or any adjacent property caused or permitted by Tenant or any Tenant Party results in any contamination of the Premises, Building, Project or any adjacent property, Tenant shall promptly take all actions at its sole expense and in accordance with applicable Environmental Requirements as are necessary to return the Premises, Building, Project or any adjacent property to the condition existing prior to the time of such contamination, provided that Landlord’s approval of such action shall first be obtained, which approval shall not unreasonably be withheld, conditioned or delayed so long as such actions would not potentially have any material adverse long-term or short-term effect on the Premises, Building or the Project. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 30, Tenant shall not be responsible for, and the indemnification and hold harmless obligation set forth in this paragraph shall not apply to, # contamination in the Premises which Tenant can prove to Landlord’s reasonable satisfaction existed in the Premises prior to Tenant’s occupancy of the Premises, or # the presence of any Hazardous Materials in the Premises which Tenant can prove to Landlord’s reasonable satisfaction migrated from outside of the Premises into the Premises, unless in either case, the presence of such Hazardous Materials # is the result of a breach by Tenant of any of its obligations under this Lease, or # was caused, contributed to or exacerbated by Tenant or any Tenant Party.

Tenant's Environmental Indemnity. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Tenant agrees to promptly indemnify, protect, defend and hold harmless Landlord and Landlord's members, partners, subpartners, independent contractors, officers, directors, shareholders, employees, agents, successors and assigns (collectively, "Landlord Parties") from and against any and all claims, damages, judgments, suits, causes of action, losses, liabilities, penalties, fines, expenses and costs (including, without limitation, clean-up, removal, remediation and restoration costs, sums paid in settlement of claims, attorneys' fees, consultant fees and expert fees and court costs) which arise or result from the presence of Hazardous Materials on, in, under or about the Premises, the Building or any other portion of the Project and which are caused or permitted by Tenant or any of Tenant's Parties during the

Indemnifications. Landlord agrees to indemnify, defend, protect and hold harmless the Tenant Parties from and against any liability, obligation, damage or costs, including without limitation, attorneys' fees and costs, resulting directly or indirectly from any use, presence, removal or disposal of any Hazardous Materials to the extent such liability, obligation, damage or costs: # was related to Hazardous Materials present in the Premises prior to the Delivery Date of the subject Phase of the Premises, or # was a result of actions caused or knowingly permitted by Landlord or a Landlord Party. Tenant agrees to indemnify, defend, protect and hold harmless the Landlord Parties from and against any liability, obligation, damage or costs, including without limitation, attorneys' fees and costs, resulting directly or indirectly from any use, presence, removal or disposal of any Hazardous Materials or breach of any provision of this section, to the extent such liability, obligation, damage or costs was a result of actions caused or permitted by Tenant or a Tenant Party. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the Lease, the Tenant's indemnity in this Section shall not include any Hazardous Materials that were located at the subject Phase of the Premises prior to the subject Delivery Date, nor any Hazardous Materials placed on the Premises or the Project by Landlord, its employees, agents, or contractors or any third party not under Tenant's control. In the event that: # Hazardous Materials are discovered in the Premises in violation of applicable Environmental Laws, and # such presence existed prior to the subject Delivery Date, Landlord shall, at Landlord's sole cost and expense, promptly remediate such Hazardous Materials in compliance with applicable Environmental Laws. If following delivery of any Phase of the Premises to Tenant, # Tenant discovers the presence of Hazardous Materials in the subject Phase of the Premises, and # such Hazardous Materials must be remediated by Landlord before Tenant can proceed with the Tenant's initial Improvements in such Phase, then Tenant shall be entitled to one day of free Base Rent with respect to the subject Phase of the Premises for each day of delay caused by Landlord's remediation of such Hazardous Materials in accordance with all applicable Environmental Laws.

Prohibition/Compliance/Indemnity. Tenant shall not cause or permit any Hazardous Materials (as hereinafter defined) to be brought upon, kept, used, stored, handled, treated, generated in or about, or released or disposed of from, the Premises or the Project in violation of applicable Environmental Requirements by Tenant or any Tenant Party. If Tenant breaches the obligation stated in the preceding sentence, or if the presence of Hazardous Materials in the Premises during the Term or any holding over results in contamination of the Premises, the Project or any adjacent property or if contamination of the Premises, the Project or any adjacent property by Hazardous Materials brought into, kept, used, stored, handled, treated, generated in or about, or released or disposed of from, the Premises by anyone other than Landlord and Landlord’s employees, agents and contractors otherwise occurs during the Term or any holding over, Tenant hereby indemnifies and shall defend (as applicable) and hold Landlord, its officers, directors, employees, agents and contractors harmless from any and all actions (including, without limitation, remedial or enforcement actions of any kind, administrative or judicial proceedings, and orders or judgments arising out of or resulting therefrom), costs, claims, damages (including, without limitation, punitive damages and damages based upon diminution in value of the Premises or the Project, or the loss of, or restriction on, use of the Premises or any portion of the Project), expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’, consultants’ and experts’ fees, court costs and amounts paid in settlement of any claims or actions), fines, forfeitures or other civil, administrative or criminal penalties, injunctive or other relief (whether or not based upon personal injury, property damage, or contamination of, or adverse effects upon, the environment, water tables or natural resources), liabilities or losses (collectively, “Environmental

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