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(d) Shall be levied, assessed, or imposed on or in connection with the ownership,
<br />leasing, operation, management, maintenance, repair, rebuilding, use, or occupancy of the Premises or
<br />~ the Improvements;
<br />under or by virtue of any present or future Legal Requirement, it being the intention of the parties that,
<br />insofar as the same may lawfully be done, Lessor shall be free from all such expenses and all such real
<br />estate taxes, personal property taxes, privilege taxes, excise taxes, business and occupation taxes, gross
<br />sales taxes, occupational license taxes, water charges, sewer charges, assessments, and all other
<br />governmental impositions and charges of every kind and nature whatsoever (all of such taxes, water
<br />charges, sewer charges, assessments, and other governmental impositions and charges that Lessee is
<br />obligated to pay being collectively called "Tax" or "Taxes").
<br />6.2 Nothing contained in this Lease requires Lessee to pay any franchise, estate,
<br />inheritance, succession, capital levy, or transfer tax of Lessor, or any income, excess profits, or revenue
<br />tax, or any other tax, assessment, charge, or levy on the Rent payable by Lessee under this Lease;
<br />provided, however, that if at any time during the Term the methods of taxation prevailing at the
<br />commencement of the Term are altered so that m lieu of any Tax under this section there is levied,
<br />assessed, or imposed (1) a tax, assessment, levy, imposition, or charge, wholly or partially as a capital
<br />license fee measured by the Rent payable by Lessee under this Lease, then all such taxes, assessments,
<br />levies, impositions, or charges or the part so measured or based, shall be deemed to be included within
<br />the term Tax for the purposes of this Lease, to the extent that such Tax would be payable if the Premises
<br />were the only property of Lessor subject to such Tax, and Lessee shall pay and discharge the same as
<br />provided in respect to the payment of Taxes.
<br />6.3 If by law any Tax is payable, or may at the option of the taxpayer be paid, in
<br />installments, Lessee may, whether or not mterest shall accrue on the unpaid balance, pay the same, and
<br />any accrued interest on any unpaid balance, in installments as each installment becomes due and
<br />payable, but in any event before any fine, penalty, interest, or cost may be added for nonpayment of
<br />any mstallment or mterest.
<br />6.4 Any Tax relating to a fiscal period of the taxing authority, a part of which is within
<br />the Term and a part of which is before or after the Term, whether or not such Tax shall be assessed,
<br />levied, imposed, or become a lien on the Premises or the Improvements, or shall become payable,
<br />during the Term, shall be apportioned and adjusted between Lessor and Lessee so that Lessee shall pay
<br />only the portions that correspond with the portion of such fiscal periods included within the Term.
<br />With respect to any Tax for public improvements or benefits that by law is payable, or at the option of
<br />the taxpayer may be paid, in mstallments, Lessee shall pay all such installments which become due and
<br />payable at any time during the Term.
<br />6.5 Lessee covenants to furnish to Lessor, within 30 days after the last date when any Tax
<br />must be paid by Lessee as provided in this section, official receipts, if such receipts are then available to
<br />Lessee, of the appropriate taacing authority, or other proof satisfactory to Lessor, evidencing payment.
<br />6.6 Lessee shall have the right at Lessee's expense to contest or review the amount or
<br />validity of any Tax or to seek a reduction in the assessed valuation on which any Tax is based, by
<br />appropriate legal proceedings. Lessee may defer payment of such contested Tax on condition, however,
<br />that if such contested Tax is not paid beforehand and if such legal proceedings shall not operate to
<br />prevent the enforcement of the collection of the Tax so contested and shall not prevent the sale of the
<br />Premises or the Improvements to satisfy the same, then before instituting any such proceedings Lessee
<br />shall furnish to Lessor and to any Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee (as defined below), if so required by
<br />the terms of its mortgage, a surety company bond, cash deposit, or other security reasonably satisfactory
<br />to Lessor and any such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee, as security for the payment of such Tax, in an
<br />amount sufficient to pay such Tax, together with all interest and penalties in connection with such Tax
<br />and all charges that might be assessed against the Premises or the Improvements in the legal
<br />proceedings. Upon termination of such legal proceedings or at any time when Lessor or any such
<br />Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee shall determine the security to be insufficient for the purpose, Lessee
<br />shall forthwith, on demand, deliver to Lessor or such Permitted Leasehold Mortgagee additional security
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