OFFICE BUILDING LEASE
  RECITALS
    WITNESSETH
  Addition of Second Floor Premises
 Exhibit
C-I
 (f) Building: Exhibit B Exhibit
D
 (g) Premises: Exhibit A-II st Exhibit A-III nd Exhibit B Exhibit
D
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(h) Tenants Percentage:
 Exhibit A-III
  Extension of Term
 Term:
  Expiration Date:
  Monthly Base Rent
   Per RentablePeriod
    
    Monthly Base Rent
    
    Square Foot12/1/2007 to day prior to
Second Floor Rent Commencement Date
    
    $
    23,295.90
    
    
    $
    2.85Second Floor Rent Commencement Date
to 11/30/2008 *
    
    $
    71,606.25
    
    
    $
    2.8512/1/2008 to 11/30/2009
    
    $
    73,754.44
    
    
    $
    2.9412/1/2009 to 11/30/2010
    
    $
    75,967.07
    
    
    $
    3.0212/1/2010 to 11/30/2011
    
    $
    78,246.08
    
    
    $
    3.1112/1/2011 to 11/30/2012
    
    $
    80,593.47
    
    
    $
    3.2112/1/2012 to 11/30/2013
    
    $
    83,011.27
    
    
    $
    3.3012/1/2013 to 11/30/2014
    
    $
    85,501.61
    
    
    $
    3.4012/1/2014 to 11/30/2015
    
    $
    88,066.66
    
    
    $
    3.5112/1/2015 to 11/30/2016
    
    $
    90,708.66
    
    
    $
    3.6112/1/2016 to 11/30/2017
    
    $
    93,429.91
    
    
    $
    3.7212/1/2017 to 6/30/2018
    
    $
    96,232.81
    
    
    $
    3.83
 
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    Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Second Floor Rent
Commencement Date occurs prior to July 1, 2008, the amount of the Monthly
Base Rent payable in respect of the period beginning upon the Second Floor
Rent Commencement Date and continuing through June 30, 2008 shall be
$47,451.08 per month, prorated on a daily basis for the number of days
actually included within such period. 2




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Exhibit
C-I
   Base Year; Operating Expenses
    Security Deposit
 Current Security Deposit
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Additional Security Deposit
 Triggering Event
 Letter of Credit
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Parking
  (s) Parking:
 Allocated Unreserved Parking Spaces
 Minimum Unreserved Parking Spaces
 Reserved Parking Spaces Exhibit A-
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IV
 Exhibit
H
 Exhibit A-IV
  Landlords Name and Notice Address; Tenants Notice Address
 (a) Landlord:
  (b) Landlords Address for Notices:
 
  (d) Tenants Address for Notices:
 
  Tenants Address for Invoices:
 
  Remodeling of Premises; Tenant Allowance Exhibit C-I Exhibit C-I
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Right of First Refusal on Additional Second Floor Premises
 Right of First Refusal on Additional Second Floor Premises.
 ROFR
 ROFR Term
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Minimum Term
 Base Rent
 Economic Concessions
 Right to Terminate
 Right to Terminate.
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Audit Right
 Audit by Tenant.
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Exclusive
   Exclusive Use.
 Holding Over
  Personal Property
 Personal Property.
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Removal by Tenant
 Failure to Remove.
 Utility Interruption
  Time to Cure Monetary Defaults
 Cure of Certain Defaults
 Late Payment Charge
 Assignment
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Permitted Controlled Transfer
       Signage
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Disclosure
 Options to Extend
    Exercise of Options
  Operating Expenses
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HVAC Charges
 Janitorial Service
 Brokers
 No Other Modifications
 No Deed of Trust
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LANDLORD:
    
    TENANT:PIEDMONT OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.,
a Delaware limited partnership
    
    
    
    ALLIANCE BANK,
a California banking corporationBy:
    
    
    
    
    
    By:Name:
    
    
    
    
    
    Name:Title:
    
    
    
    
    
    Title:
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Second Floor Premises Delivery Date and Condition
 Delivery Date
 Condition
 Tenants Work
 Scope of Tenants Work
 Plan Approval
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Fees
 Contractors
 Architect; Test Fit
 Bidding Tenants Work
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Manner of Performance
 Ownership
 Labor Harmony
 AS-IS Condition
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Tenant Allowance
 Amount of Allowance
 Progress Payments
 Disbursement of 10% Retention
 Outside Date
 Payments of Tenant Allowance
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Interpretation
 Deferral of Second Floor Rent Commencement Date
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