Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contain herein, so long as Tenant is not in Default under this Lease, for the period commencing on the Commencement Date through the last day of the 30th full month after the Commencement Date (the “Partial Abatement Period”), Tenant shall only be required to pay Base Rent with respect to 11,000 rentable square feet of the Premises. Commencing on the first day of the 31st full month after the Commencement Date, Tenant shall commence paying Base Rent with respect to the entire Premises.

Lessor reserves and shall at all times have the right to re-enter the Real Property to inspect the same, to supply any service to be provided by Lessor to Lessee hereunder, and to show the Real Property to prospective purchasers, mortgagees, or lessees, to post notices of non- responsibility, without abatement of rent, provided entrance to the Real Property shall not be denied Lessee.

In addition to Base Rent, Tenant shall pay to Landlord as additional rent (“Additional Rent”), commencing on the Term Commencement Date (or the Expense Trigger Date (as defined below) with respect to Operating Expenses) and at times hereinafter specified in this Lease, notwithstanding any abatement of Base Rent provided in [Section 8] below, # Tenant’s Adjusted Share (as defined below) of Operating Expenses (as defined below), # the Property Management Fee (as defined below) and # any other amounts that Tenant assumes or agrees to pay under the provisions of this Lease that are owed to Landlord, including any and all other sums that may become due by reason of any default of Tenant or failure on Tenant’s part to comply with the agreements, terms, covenants and conditions of this Lease to be performed by Tenant, after notice and the lapse of any applicable cure periods.

Subject to the provisions of this Paragraph 3, Tenant shall pay during the Term as rent for the Premises the sums specified in the Basic Lease Information (as increased from time to time as provided in the Basic Lease Information or as may otherwise be provided in this Lease) (the “Base Rent”). Base Rent shall be payable in consecutive monthly installments, in advance, without prior notice, demand, deduction or offset, commencing on the Term Commencement Date and continuing on the first day of each calendar month thereafter, except that the first full monthly installment of Base Rent shall be payable upon Tenant’s execution of this Lease. If the Term Commencement Date is not the first day of a calendar month, then the Base Rent for the Partial Lease Month shall be prorated based on the actual number of days of that month, and shall be payable on the first day of the calendar month following the Term Commencement Date. Any and all payments which are due, or may become due and owing at any time in the future under the Lease, including but not limited to Rent, Additional Rent, CAM, Expense, Security Deposit, reimbursements, and fines shall be paid only in lawful currency of the United States of America (e.g. USD).

Base Rent Adjustments. Base Rent shall be increased on each annual anniversary of the first day of the first full month during the Term of this Lease (each an “Adjustment Date”) by multiplying the Base Rent payable immediately before such Adjustment Date by the Rent Adjustment Percentage and adding the resulting amount to the Base Rent payable immediately before such Adjustment Date. Base Rent, as so adjusted, shall thereafter be due as provided herein. Base Rent adjustments for any fractional calendar month shall be prorated.

Late Payment Rent. Late payment by Tenant to Landlord of Rent and other sums due will cause Landlord to incur costs not contemplated by this Lease, the exact amount of which will be extremely difficult and impracticable to ascertain. Such costs include, but are not limited to, processing and accounting charges and late charges which may be imposed on Landlord under any Mortgage covering the Premises. Therefore, if any installment of Rent due from Tenant is not received by Landlord within 5 days after the date such payment is due, Tenant shall pay to Landlord an additional sum equal to 6% of the overdue Rent as a late charge. The parties agree that this late charge represents a fair and reasonable estimate of the costs Landlord will incur by reason of late payment by Tenant. In addition to the late charge, Rent not paid when due shall bear interest at the Default Rate from the 5th day after the date due until paid.

Determination of Option Rent. In the event Tenant timely and appropriately exercises an option to extend the Lease Term, Landlord shall notify Tenant of Landlord's determination of the Option Rent within thirty (30) days thereafter. If Tenant, on or before the date which is ten (10) business days following the date upon which Tenant receives Landlord's determination of the Option Rent, in good faith objects to Landlord's determination of the Option Rent, then Landlord and Tenant shall attempt to agree upon the Option Rent using their best good-faith efforts. If Landlord and Tenant fail to reach agreement within ten (10) business days following Tenant's objection to the Option Rent (the "Outside Agreement Date XE "Outside Agreement Date" "), then Tenant shall have the right to withdraw its exercise of the option by delivering written notice thereof to Landlord within five (5) days thereafter, in which event Tenant's right to extend the Lease pursuant to this [Section 2.2] shall be of no further force or effect. If Tenant does not withdraw its exercise of the extension option, each party shall make a separate determination of the Option Rent, as the case may be, within ten (10) days after the Outside Agreement Date, and such determinations shall be submitted to arbitration in accordance with [Sections 2.2.3.1 through 2.2.3.7], below. If Tenant fails to accept Landlord's determination of the Option Rent within the time period set forth herein, then Tenant shall be deemed to have objected to Landlord's determination of Option Rent.

Direct Expenses; Additional Rent. In addition to paying the Base Rent specified in [Article 3] of this Lease, Tenant shall pay " XE "Tenant's Share" Tenant's Share" of the annual "Direct Expenses XE "Direct Expenses" ," as those terms are defined in [Sections 4.2.6 and 4.2.22]2]] of this Lease, respectively. Such payments by Tenant, together with any and all other amounts payable by Tenant to Landlord pursuant to the terms of this Lease,

Rent Payment Before Resolution. Until the matter is resolved by agreement between the parties or a decision is rendered in any arbitration commenced pursuant to this Paragraph 3.3, Tenant’s monthly payments of Base Rent shall be in an amount equal to the average of Landlord’s Determination and Tenant’s Determination. Within ten (10) Business Days following the resolution of such dispute by the parties or the decision of the arbitrators, as applicable, Tenant shall pay to Landlord, or Landlord shall pay to Tenant, the amount of any deficiency or excess, as the case may be, in the Base Rent previously paid.

Reduction Following Rent Payments. Notwithstanding any provision of this Lease to the contrary, the Letter of Credit Amount shall be reduced in accordance with the following schedule, provided that Tenant delivers to Landlord a replacement or amended Letter of Credit satisfying each and all of the requirements set forth in this Paragraph 20 and provided, however, that in no event shall any such reduction be permitted hereunder if a monetary Event of Default shall have occurred during the twelve (12) month period preceding any LC Reduction Date (the “Performance LC Reduction Condition”):