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4 <br /> midnight (local time) on February 28, 2025 unless sooner terminated as hereinafter provided. In the event <br /> Tenant shall fail, for any reason,to deliver such written notice to Landlord on or before October 31, 2023 as <br /> hereinabove provided,the term of this Lease shall end at midnight(local time) on February 29,2024 unless <br /> sooner terminated as hereinafter provided. <br /> When and as used in this Lease, "Lease Year" shall mean a twelve (12) month period beginning <br /> on March 1 of each calendar year during the Term. When and as used in this Lease, "Term" shall mean <br /> the initial term of this Lease and the period of any extension of the initial term as provided above. <br /> 3. RENT. Tenant shall pay to Landlord or Landlord's designated agent, without demand, <br /> deduction or set off, initial annual rent for the Premises in the amount of $45,600.00, payable in equal <br /> monthly installments in the amount of$3,800.00 each, in advance, commencing on March 16, 2020 (pro- <br /> rated for March, 2020), and continuing on the first day of each successive month thereafter during the <br /> Term. The amount of rent due for any period during the Term which is less than one (1) full calendar <br /> month (a "Partial Month") shall be determined by multiplying the amount of rent due for one (1) full <br /> calendar month (based upon the then prevailing monthly installment of annual rent) by a fraction which <br /> shall have as the numerator the actual number of days in such Partial Month and as the denominator the <br /> actual number of days in the calendar month during which such Partial Month occurs. On each Lease <br /> Year Anniversary, the annual rental payable hereunder (and each corresponding monthly installment of <br /> annual rent) shall be increased, if at all, as follows(if checked): <br /> (_) CPI. To reflect any increase in the Consumer Price Index, Urban Wage Earners and <br /> Clerical Workers, All Cities (CPI-W, 1982-1984=100) (the "Index"), by multiplying the annual <br /> rent then in effect by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the value of the Index for the <br /> month which is two (2)months prior to the next Lease Year Anniversary, and the denominator of <br /> which shall be the value of the Index for the month which is two (2) months prior to the previous <br /> Lease Year Anniversary. For the purpose of determining the adjustment on the first Lease Year <br /> Anniversary, the denominator of such fraction shall be value of the Index for the month which is <br /> two (2) months prior to the first full month of the Term. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no <br /> event shall annual rent be reduced at any time during the Term by reason of any decrease in the <br /> value of the Index. In the event the Index ceases to be published,there shall be substituted for the <br /> Index a measure published by the US Department of Labor which most nearly approximates the <br /> Index. <br /> (X)Other. Commencing on March 1,2021, Tenant shall pay to Landlord or Landlord's <br /> designated agent, without demand, deduction or set off, annual rent for the Premises in the <br /> amount of$46,968.00, payable in equal monthly installments in the amount of$3,914.00 each, in <br /> advance, commencing on March 1,2021 and continuing on the first day of each successive month <br /> thereafter. Commencing on March 1, 2022, Tenant shall pay to Landlord or Landlord's <br /> designated agent, without demand, deduction or set off, annual rent for the Premises in the <br /> amount of$48,377.04,payable in equal monthly installments in the amount of$4,031.42 each, in <br /> advance, commencing on March 1,2022 and continuing on the first day of each successive month <br /> thereafter. Commencing on March 1, 2023, Tenant shall pay to Landlord or Landlord's <br /> designated agent, without demand, deduction or set off, annual rent for the Premises in the <br /> amount of$49,828.32,payable in equal monthly installments in the amount of$4,152.36 each, in <br /> advance, commencing on March 1,2023 and continuing on the first day of each successive month <br /> thereafter. Commencing on March 1, 2024, Tenant shall pay to Landlord or Landlord's <br /> designated agent, without demand, deduction or set off, annual rent for the Premises in the <br /> amount of$51,323.16, payable in equal monthly installments in the amount of$4,276.93 each, in <br /> advance, commencing on March 1,2024 and continuing on the first day of each successive month <br /> thereafter for the remainder of the Term. <br /> 2 <br />