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Utilities. (A) From and after the 5,003 Expansion Premises Commencement Date, [[Tenant:Organization]] will furnish and pay for all utilities to the entire Demised Premises (including both the Original Premises and the 5,003 Expansion Premises) in accordance with Paragraph 44(a) of the Original Lease; provided, however, that water, sprinkler supervisory and sewer service for the entire Demised Premises (including both the Original Premises and the 5,003 Expansion Premises) shall be provided and paid for in accordance with Paragraph 44(b) of the Original Lease.

UTILITIES. LESSOR shall provide equipment per LESSOR’S building standards to heat the premises in season and to cool all office areas between May 1 and November 1. LESSEE shall pay all charges for utilities used on the premises, including electricity, telecommunications, gas, oil, water, and sewer, and shall use whichever utility service provider LESSOR designates. LESSEE shall also pay LESSOR a proportionate share of any other fees and charges relating in any way to utility use at the building, including charges for routine maintenance of any on-site septic system. LESSEE shall pay the utility provider or LESSOR, as applicable, for all such charges as determined by separate meters serving the premises and/or as a proportionate share if not separately metered.

Utilities. [[Purchaser:Organization]] shall take all steps necessary to effectuate the transfer of all utilities to its name as of the Closing Date, and where necessary, post deposits with the utility companies. [[Seller:Organization]] shall ensure that all utility meters are read as of the Closing Date. [[Seller:Organization]] shall be entitled to recover any and all deposits held by any utility company as of the Closing Date.

Utilities, Services. Landlord shall provide to the Common Areas and the Premises, subject to the terms of this Section 11, water, electricity, heat, light, power, sewer, and other utilities (including gas and fire sprinklers to the extent the Project is plumbed for such services), and, with respect to the Common Areas and the Shared Suite Area only, refuse and trash collection and janitorial services (collectively, “Utilities”). Landlord shall pay, as Operating Expenses or subject to Tenant’s reimbursement obligation, for all Utilities used on the Premises, all maintenance charges for Utilities, and any storm sewer charges or other similar charges for Utilities imposed by any Governmental Authority or Utility provider, and any taxes, penalties, surcharges or similar charges thereon. Landlord may cause, at Landlord’s expense, any Utilities to be separately metered or charged directly to Tenant by the provider. Tenant shall pay directly to the Utility provider, prior to delinquency, any separately metered Utilities and services which may be furnished to Tenant or the Premises during the Term. Tenant shall pay, as part of Operating Expenses, its share of all charges for jointly metered Utilities based upon consumption, as reasonably determined by Landlord. No interruption or failure of Utilities, from any cause whatsoever other than Landlord’s willful misconduct, shall result in eviction or constructive eviction of Tenant, termination of this Lease or the abatement of Rent. Unless Tenant delivers Landlord written notice that it has elected to retain a third party to provide janitorial services to the Premises pursuant to the immediately following sentence, Landlord shall provide janitorial services to the Premises and Landlord shall charge Tenant directly for such janitorial services. Upon written notice to Landlord, Tenant may elect, at any time during the Term, to retain a third party reasonably acceptable to Landlord to provide janitorial services to the Premises, in which case Tenant shall pay such third party directly for such janitorial services. Tenant agrees to limit use of water and sewer with respect to Common Areas to normal restroom use.

Evidence of Utilities. [[Borrower:Organization]] shall cause to be delivered to [[Lender:Organization]] letters from those local utility companies whose services are necessary to complete the Improvements in accordance with the Plans and Specifications and to operate the Improvements thereafter or the appropriate local Governmental Authority stating that sufficient electric, steam, gas, storm and sanitary sewer, telephone, cable and water facilities will be available to the Property upon the Completion of the Improvements.

Promptly to pay all Outgoings at any time charged or assessed on or in respect of the Premises and in the absence of any direct assessment to pay to the Landlord on demand a fair proportion of them;

From and after the date upon which Landlord delivers possession of the Premises to Tenant for the purpose of commencing the Tenant Improvements, Tenant shall pay for all water (including the cost to service, repair and replace reverse osmosis, de-ionized and other treated water), gas, heat, light, power, telephone, internet service, cable television, other telecommunications and other utilities supplied to the Premises, together with any fees, surcharges and taxes thereon. If any such utility is not separately metered to Tenant, Tenant shall pay Tenant’s Adjusted Share of all charges of such utility jointly metered with other premises as Additional Rent or, in the alternative, Landlord may, at its option, monitor the usage of such utilities by Tenant and charge Tenant with the cost of purchasing, installing and monitoring such metering equipment, which cost shall be paid by Tenant as Additional Rent. Landlord may base its bills for utilities on reasonable estimates; provided that Landlord adjusts such billings as part of the next Landlord’s Statement (or more frequently, as determined by Landlord) to reflect the actual cost of providing utilities to the Premises. To the extent that Tenant uses more than Tenant’s Pro Rata Share of any utilities, then Tenant shall pay Landlord for Tenant’s Adjusted Share of such utilities to reflect such excess. In the event that the Building or Project is less than fully occupied during a calendar year, Tenant acknowledges that Landlord may extrapolate utility usage that varies depending on the occupancy of the Building or Project (as applicable) to equal Landlord’s reasonable estimate of what such utility usage would have been had the Building or Project, as applicable, been ninety-five percent (95%) occupied during such calendar year; provided, however, that Landlord shall not recover more than one hundred percent (100%) of the cost of such utilities. Tenant shall not be liable for the cost of utilities supplied to the Premises prior to the date upon which Landlord delivers possession of the Premises to Tenant for the purpose of commencing the Tenant Improvements.

Service and Utilities. Subject to Tenant’s performance of its obligations specified in this Lease which are necessary for Landlord to perform its obligations under this [Section 14.1], from and after the Lease Commencement Date and, prior to such time to the extent reasonably necessary for Tenant’s installation of furniture, fixtures and equipment and other preparations for its occupancy of the Premises, Landlord will make available to the following services and utilities in accordance with applicable Law and such standards set forth herein or, if not specified, being maintained by similar first-class office buildings in Boston’s Seaport District: # Air-conditioning and heating during Building Hours based on the conditions set forth and substantially in accordance with the attached Exhibit J, # janitorial service after 5:30 p.m. on Monday through Friday (or, at Landlord’s option, Sunday through Thursday) only (excluding Holidays) in accordance with the standards equal or superior to those set forth in [Exhibit I] (such janitorial specifications being subject to adjustment from time to time if, in Landlord’s good faith judgment, modifications thereto would improve the delivery of such services to the Commercial/Garage Unit, but in no event shall such janitorial specifications be inconsistent with janitorial services typically provided to comparable first class office buildings in the Seaport District), # electric power from the utility provider to the point of connection to Tenant’s meters sufficient for customary lighting purposes, and normal office use up to 6 watts per usable square foot of the Premises at all times during the Lease Term exclusive of the electrical loads associated with the Building’s and the Premises’ HVAC systems and any other “house load” electrical usage, and access to 480 volt service to be used in connection with Corporate Experience Center at Tenant’s sole expense, # standard hot and cold water for in Building standard bathrooms, and chilled water in Building standard drinking fountain, if any; (any additional domestic water for Tenant usage in kitchenettes or additional Premises bathrooms will be available to Tenant for Tenant tap-in at core locations, at Tenant’s expense); # passenger elevator service (with at least two (2) elevator cabs in operation at all times, except in the event of an emergency), # freight elevator service; # landscaping and snow removal during the seasons they are required, # exterior window cleaning service; # twenty-four hour manned security personnel and security services and equipment consistent with such services provided by landlords of comparable first class office buildings in the Seaport District; and # distributed antenna system core area distribution cables, fibers, and ‘head end system’ allowing Tenant to connect with Tenant Premises distribution and antennas to allow use of the system. Tenant, by sixty (60) days’ prior written notice to Landlord shall have the right to assume janitorial services for the Premises, in which event Landlord shall have no further obligations under [clause (b) above], and the Operating Charges shall be appropriately adjusted to exclude previously included charges applicable to such janitorial services associated with the Premises (but, for avoidance of doubt, Operating Charges shall continue to include janitorial service for the Property Common Areas). If Tenant requires air conditioning or heat beyond the Building Hours, then Landlord will furnish the same, provided Tenant gives Landlord advance notice of such requirement (by 2:00 p.m. of the same day for extra service needed Monday through Friday, and by 2:00 p.m. on Friday for extra service needed on Saturday or Sunday) Tenant shall pay for such extra service in accordance with Landlord’s then current schedule of costs and charges, which shall reflect Landlord’s cost of providing such service (including, without limitation, a reasonable activation fee) but without a profit increment. Other than air conditioning, all services provided by Landlord to Tenant are based upon an assumed maximum premises population (other than functions, events and the like of reasonable duration) of one person per one hundred twenty five (125) square feet of useable area, which limit Tenant shall in no event exceed without Landlord’s prior approval, such approval to be granted or withheld in Landlord’s sole discretion. Notwithstanding anything above to the contrary, Tenant shall have access to the Building twenty four (24) hours per day each day of the year (except in the event of an emergency and subject to Landlord’s reasonable security requirements promulgated by written notice to Tenant from time to time). Landlord shall provide a card key (or similar type of) access system to provide access to the Building and the Parking Facility (defined in [Section 24.1]) at times other than Building Hours. One # access card per each 125 square feet of rentable area in the Premises) shall be provided to Tenant at no cost to Tenant (except that Landlord may charge Tenant its standard fee for additional or replacement cards). Such access cards shall be issued by Landlord to Tenant the specific individuals that are designated by Tenant. All persons entering or exiting the Building at times other than the normal hours of operation of the Building shall, at Landlord’s discretion, be required to sign in and out.

Utilities and Public Access. The Property has rights of access to public ways and is served by water, sewer, sanitary sewer and storm drain facilities adequate to service the Property for its intended uses. All public utilities necessary or convenient to the full use and enjoyment of the Property are located either in the public right-of-way abutting the Property (which are connected so as to serve the Property without passing over other property) or in recorded easements serving the Property and such easements are set forth in and insured by the Title Insurance Policy. All roads necessary for the use of the Property for its current purpose have been completed and dedicated to public use and accepted by all Governmental Authorities.

TEXAS UTILITIES COMPANY, INC.

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