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of this Lease) to reflect one hundred peroeut (100%) occupancy of the Rentable Area of the Project during such period. if during all or any part of
<br />any Expense Year, including the Base Year, Landlord does not provide any particular item of benefit, work or service (the cost of which is a Variable
<br />Expense) to potions of the Project due to the fact that such item of benefit, work or service is not required or desired by thetenant of such space, or
<br />such tenant is itself obtaining and providing such item of benefit, work or service, or for any other reason, then for purposes of computing Variable
<br />Expenses for such Expense Your, Operating Expenses, as applicable, shall be increased by an amount equal to the additional Variable Expenses
<br />which would have been paid or incurred by Landlord during such period !fit had fbrnished such item of benefit, work or service to such portions of
<br />the prq(ect.
<br />2.2 Subject to the provisions of this Section 2 of this Exhibit "E' all calculations, determinations, allocations and decisions to be
<br />made hereunder with respect to Operating Expenses and Property Taxes shall be made in accordance with the good faith determination of Landlord
<br />applying sound accounting and property management principles consistently applied which are consistent with Institutional Owner Practices.
<br />Landlord shall have the right to equitably allocate some or all of Operating Expenses among particular classes or groups of tenants in the Building
<br />(for example, retail tenants) to reflect Landlord's good faith determination that measurably different amounts at, types of services, work or benefits
<br />associated with Operating Expenses, as applicable, ore being provided to or conferred upon such classes or groups. All discounts, reimbursements,
<br />rebates, refunds, or credits (collectively, "Reimbursements") attributable to Operating Expenses or Property Taxes received by Landlord in a
<br />particular year shall be deducted from Operating Expenses or Property Taxes, as applicable, in the year the same are received; provided, however, if
<br />such practice is consistent with Institutional Owner Practices, Landlord may treat Reimbursements generally (or under particular circumstances) on a
<br />different basis. Landlord shall have the right to exclude from Base Year Operating Expenses the cost of items of service, work or benefits (i) not
<br />provided following the Base Year, (if) incurred due to circumstances not applicable following the Base Year or due to market -wide labor -rate
<br />increases in Operating Expenses due to extraordinary circumstances, including, without limitation, boycotts, embargoes and strikes, and utility rate
<br />increases due to extraordinary circumstances, and (!ill amortized costs relating to capital improvements,
<br />2.3 if any Property Tax Reduction (defined below) applies with respect to any Expense Year (other than the Base Year), then for
<br />purposes of calculation of Excess Property 'faxes for such Expense Year, Property Taxes allocable to the Base Year shall be reduced by an amount
<br />equal to the corresponding Base Year Tax Reduction. A "Property Tax Reduction" means, with respect to any Expense Year (other than the Base
<br />Year) the amount (if any) by which Property Taxes are reduced as a result of oily reassessment or under or as a result of application or operation of
<br />Proposition 8 or any other similar governmental act or Law. A "Base Year Tax Reduction" means, with respect any Expense Year to which a Tax
<br />Reduction applies, and with respect to any particular Property Tax Reduction, an amount equal to the Property Tax Reduction, minas, in tine case of
<br />any Expense Year after the first year to which due applicable Tax Reduction applies, the cumulative amount by which Property Taxes have increased
<br />(following the first Expense Year to which the applicable Property Tax Reduction applied) as a result of application of the annual percentage increase
<br />(presently up to 2.00K) in Propety Taxes that is allowed under Proposition 13 (o• any substitute therefor hereafter adopted).
<br />2.4 As of the date of this Lease, Tenant pays Additional Rent under Section 4.2 of the Lease based on the Operating Expenses and
<br />Property Taxes for the Project, If the Project at any time contains more than one building (or one or more tax parcels), Landlord shall have die right,
<br />from time to time, to equitably allocate some or all of the Operating Expenses and/or Property Taxes for the buildings comprising the Project among
<br />the Building and some or all of the other buildings of the Project. In such event, Landlord shall reasonably determine a method of allocating such
<br />Operating Expenses and/or Property Taxes attributable to the Building for the tax parcel on which the Building is located) and/or such other
<br />building(s) (or such other tax parcel(s)) of the Project to the Building (or tax parcel) and/or such other buildings) (or tax parcei(s)) and 'tenant shall
<br />be responsible fo' paying its proportionate share of such Operating Expense and/or Property Taxes which are allocated to the Building (or the tax
<br />parcel on which it is located). Landlord shall also have the right, from time to time, to require Tenant to pay Tenant's Percentage Share of Operating
<br />Expenses and PropertyTaxes based solely on the Operating Expense and Property Taxes f'or the Building (and the tax parcel on which it is located).
<br />3. Payment Procedure: Estimates. During each Expense Year, Landlord may elect to give Tenant written notice of its estimate of any
<br />amounts payable under Section 4.2 of the Lease ("Section 4.2 Additional Rent") for that Expense Year. On or before tie first day of each calendar
<br />month during such Expense Year, Tenon shall pay to Landlord one -twelfth (1/12th) of such estimated amounts, provided, however, that, not more
<br />often than quarterly, Landlord may, by written notice to Tenant, revise its estimate for such Expense Year, and all subsequent payments under this
<br />Section 3 of this Exhibit "E" by Tenant for Snell Expense Year shall be based upon such revised estimate. Landlord shall endeavor to deliver to
<br />Tenant within one hundred fifty (150) days alter the close of each Expense Yeor or as soon thereafter as is practicable, a statement of that year's
<br />Property Taxes, Operating Expenses, and the amount of Section 4.2 Additional Rent for such Expense Year, as determined by Lia Mond (the
<br />"Landlord's Statement"), and such Landlord's Statement shall be binding upon Landlord and 'tenant, except as provided in Section 4 of this
<br />Exhibit "E", if the Landlord's Statement indicates that (or if it is finally determined pursuant to Section 4 of this Exhibit "E" that) the amount of
<br />Section 4.2 Additional Rent payable with respect to any Expense Year: (a) is mom than the estimated payments of Section 4.2 Additional Rent made
<br />by Tenant with respect to such Expense Year,'renanl shall pay the deficiency to Landlord upon receipt of Landlord's Statement or (b) is less than the
<br />estimated payments of Section 4.2 Additional Rent made by Tenant with respect to such Fsxpoase Yea•, such excess payments shall be credited
<br />against Rent next payable by Tarrant tinder this Lease (or, if the'rerm of this Lease has expired, shall be paid to Tenant). Amounts payable by Tenant
<br />as Section 4.2 Additional Rent with respect to any Expense Year that includes less than an entire calendar year shall be prorated on the basis thot the
<br />number of days in such Expense Year beats to 365. The expiration or early termination of this [.ease shall not affect the obligations of Landlord and
<br />'tenant pursuant to this Section 3 of this Exhibit "E" to be perlbrmed after such expiration or early termination,
<br />4. Review or Landlord's Statement. Provided that Tenant is not then in default with respect to its obligations under this Lease and provided
<br />further that Tenant strictly complies with the previsions ol'this Section 4 of this Exhibit "E", Tenant shall have the right, it Tenant's sole cost and
<br />expense, to reasonably review Landlord's supporting books and records (at Landlord's menage's corporate oftices) for any Portion ofthe Property
<br />Taxes or Operating Expenses for a particular Expense Year covered by Landlord's Statement, in accordance with die procedures set i'orth in dnis
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<br />Section 44 ofthis Exhibit"E". Tenant shall. within sixty (60) days offer anv such Landlord's Statement is delivered to Tenant, deliver a written notice
<br />(a "Dispute Nonce") to Iandlord,specifying tile. items described in. the Landlord's Statement that are. claimed to be incorrect, and Tenant shall
<br />simultaneously pay to Landlord nil amounts specified ill the ;applicable Landlord's Statement (to die extent. not previously paid)..The right of Tenant
<br />under this. Section 4 of this Exhibit "E"' may only be exercised once for each Expense Year covered by any Landlord's Statement; and it' Tenant tails
<br />to deliver a Dispute Notice within the sixty (00) day period described above or fails to meet any of [lie other above conditions of exercise of such
<br />right. lire right ofTenant to audit et particular Landlord's Statement (slid all of Tenant's rights to make anyclaim relating: thereto) tinder this Section:4
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