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EX-10.3

 EXHIBIT 10.3 

LEASE AGREEMENT 
 THIS LEASE
AGREEMENT (this “Lease”) made as of the date and year set forth below, by Hudson View Building #3 LLC (“Landlord”), having an address at 485 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, Connecticut, 06830 and ContraFect Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (“Tenant”), having an address at 28 Wells Avenue, 3rd Floor, Yonkers, New York 10701. 

WITNESSETH: 
  

	1.	BASIC LEASE PROVISIONS AND ENUMERATION OF EXHIBITS 

  

	 	1.1	Basic Lease Provisions. 

  

	 	a.	ADDRESS OF LANDLORD: 485 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830. 

  

	 	b.	COMMON AREA: That area more particularly described on Exhibit A-1 attached hereto. 

  

	 	c.	BUILDING: The improvements at 28 Wells Avenue, Yonkers, New York known as i.park Hudson, Building #3 and more particularly described on Exhibit A-1. 

 

	 	d.	DATE OF LEASE: January 1, 2012. 

  

	 	e.	EFFECTIVE DATE: The date on which this Lease is fully executed and delivered by Landlord and Tenant, and when Tenant delivered to Landlord, simultaneously with Tenant’s delivery of the Tenant-executed lease.

  

	 	f.	EXPIRATION DATE: December 31, 2027. 

  

	 	g.	I.PARK: That parcel of land and the improvements thereon known as i.park Hudson, Yonkers, NY and shown on Exhibit A-1 attached hereto. 

 

	 	h.	Intentionally omitted. 

  

	 	i.	 LEASED PREMISES WORK AND LANDLORD ALLOWANCES: Certain interior leasehold improvements will be performed by Tenant at the Tenant’s sole cost and
expense (collectively, the “Fourth Floor Space Work”) to the Fourth Floor Premises (as hereinafter defined). Provided Tenant is not in default under any of the terms and conditions of this Lease beyond applicable notice and cure periods,
Landlord shall pay to or on behalf of Tenant, a construction allowance (“Landlord Allowance”) in the 

  
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amount of Thirty-Five and 00/100 Dollars ($35.00) per square foot for the Fourth Floor Space Work related to (A) the 4th Floor Office
Space, (B) the 4th Floor Open Office Space and (C) the 4 Floor Laboratory Space in order to construct said portions of the Leased Premises (i.e., at 22,560 square feet, the
Landlord Allowance for the Fourth Floor Space Work associated with the Lease Premises totals $789,600.00 (i.e., 22,560 square feet x $ 35.00 per square foot)). Landlord’s allowance will be paid by Landlord either directly to
Tenant or to the applicable contractor(s) on Tenant’s behalf and at Tenant’s direction. Landlord shall distribute the applicable portion of Landlord’s Allowance once every four weeks for work performed based on the AIA Construction
Requisition attached hereto as Exhibit D within fifteen (15) calendar days of Landlord’s receipt of each such AIA Construction Requisition for the Fourth Floor Space Work. Landlord shall have its own representative approve such work.
In the event that the Fourth Floor Space Work costs Tenant less than the Landlord Allowance then any unused portion of the Landlord Allowance shall be paid directly to Tenant by Landlord. 

 

	 	j.	Intentionally omitted. 

  

	 	k.	LEASE COMMENCEMENT DATE: January 1, 2012. Furthermore, this is the date that Tenant shall start to first pay rent, except as expressly set forth herein. 

 

	 	l.	LEASED PREMISES: Approximately 22,560 rentable square feet, comprised of (i) approximately 8,155 rentable square feet of office space located on the 4th Floor of
the Building and identified on Exhibit B-1 attached hereto as “Office Space” (the “4th Floor Office Space”), (ii) approximately 7,000 rentable square feet of open
office space located on the 4th Floor of the Building and identified on Exhibit B-1 attached hereto as “Open Office Space” (the
“4th Floor Open Office Space”) and (iii) approximately 7,405 rentable square feet of laboratory space located on the 4th Floor
of the Building and identified on Exhibit B-1 attached hereto as “Laboratory Space” (the “4th Floor Laboratory Space”; and, together with the 4th Floor Office Space and the 4th Floor Open Office Space, the “Fourth Floor Premises” and/or the “Leased Premises”).

  

	 	m.	MINIMUM ANNUAL RENT. See Exhibit C attached hereto. Exact square footage of each portion of the Leased Premises to be confirmed and/or adjusted prior to July 1, 2012. 

 

	 	n.	PARKING SPACES. Tenant shall have the right to use up to sixty (60) parking spaces, as needed pursuant to a written notice from Tenant to Landlord, in a portion of the Common Area within reasonable proximity to the
Building. 

  
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	 	o.	PERMITTED USE. Subject to the provisions of this Lease, the provisions of all applicable permits and licenses and the provisions of all applicable local, state and federal law, Tenant shall use and occupy the Leased
Premises as follows, and for no other purpose whatsoever: for general office use and for purposes incidental thereto and as a medical research and/or process development laboratory. In the event Tenant assigns this interest in the Lease or sublets
the Leased Premises pursuant to the provisions of Article 11 hereof, the Leased Premises may be used for another lawful use, subject to the Landlord’s consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Tenant will not use
or occupy or permit the use or occupancy of the Leased Premises for any purpose which is forbidden by law, ordinance or governmental or municipal regulation or order; or permit the maintenance of any public or private nuisance; or do or permit any
other thing which may disturb the quiet enjoyment of any other tenant of the Building; or keep any substance or carry on or permit any operation which might emit offensive odors or conditions into other portions of the Building or use any apparatus
which might make undue noise or create vibrations in the Building; or permit anything to be done which would increase the fire and extended coverage insurance rate on the Building or contents, provided that if there is any increase in such rate by
reason of acts of Tenant, then Tenant agrees to pay such increase promptly upon demand therefor by Landlord. Payment by Tenant of any such rate increase shall not be a waiver of Tenant’s duty to comply herewith. However, Landlord represents
that its insurance rate coverage premiums already take into consideration a Tenant that will operate a biotechnology laboratory in the Leased Premises and expects no increase in premiums based on Tenant’s ordinary use of the Leased Premises.
Landlord represents that the Building is located in a building zone that allows Tenant’s permitted uses of the Leased Premises. 

  

	 	p.	PROPERTY: The Building together with the land upon which it is situated. 

  

	 	q.	REGULAR BUSINESS HOURS: 24 hours a day – everyday. 

  

	 	r.	RENEWAL TERMS: Those two five (5) year terms commencing on the Expiration Date and the Expiration Date of the First Renewal Term respectively. 

 

	 	s.	RENT: The Minimum Annual Rent, together with all additional rent (if any) for which shall be due and payable hereunder. 

  
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	 	t.	RENT COMMENCEMENT DATE: The Rent Commencement Date for the Leased Premises shall be the Lease Commencement Date subject to the following terms: 

 

	 	i)	Tenant shall take possession of the 4th Floor Office Space as of January 1, 2012, but shall not commence paying Minimum Annual Rent until July 1, 2012.

  

	 	ii)	Tenant shall take possession of the 4th Floor Laboratory Space as of January 1, 2012, but shall not commence paying Minimum Annual Rent until July 1, 2013.

  

	 	iii)	Tenant shall take possession of the 4th Floor Open Office Space as of January 1, 2012, and shall commence paying Minimum Annual Rent on January 1, 2014.

  

	 	u.	TENANT’S SHARE OF BUILDING FOR THIS LEASE: 15.04%. 

  

	 	v.	TERM: The term of the Lease shall run from the date hereof to the Expiration Date unless such term is extended pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.4 of this Lease. 

 

	 	w.	UNAVOIDABLE DELAYS: Delays resulting from acts of God, governmental restrictions or guidelines (not including those imposed by the City of Yonkers Building Department), strikes, disturbances, national shortages of
materials and supplies and from any other causes or events whatsoever beyond Landlord’s reasonable control. 

  

	 	1.2	Significance of a Basic Lease Provision. Each reference in this Lease to any of the Basic Lease Provisions contained in Section 1.1 shall be deemed and construed to incorporate all of the terms
provided under each of such Basic Lease Provisions and such provisions shall be read in conjunction with all other provisions of this Lease applicable thereto. References to other sections appearing in Section 1.1 of this Lease are
intended to designate some of the other places in this Lease where additional provisions applicable to the particular Lease provision appear. These references are for convenience only and shall not be deemed exhaustive. 

 

	 	1.3	Enumeration of Exhibits. The Exhibits enumerated in this section and attached to this Lease are incorporated herein by this reference and are to be construed as part of this Lease. 

 

	 	Exhibit A-1.	Site Plan showing the layout of i.park, the Building and Common Area. 

  

	 	Exhibit B-1.	Plan of the Leased Premises. 

  

	 	Exhibit B-2.	Plan of the 3rd Floor ROFR Space. 

  

	 	Exhibit B-3.	Plan of the 4th Floor ROFR Space. 

  

	 	Exhibit C.	Minimum Annual Rent Schedule. 

  

	 	Exhibit D.	Form of AIA Requisition. 

  
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	2.	LEASED PREMISES AND TERM 

  

	 	2.1	Grant of Lease. Landlord hereby leases and demises to Tenant, and Tenant hereby leases from Landlord, subject to and with the benefit of the terms of this Lease, the Leased Premises. 

 

	 	2.2	Property. Landlord reserves the right to change the Common Areas, and the tenancies in the Common Areas. However, the new name and Tenant’s parking spaces around the Building shall not be changed without
Tenant’s consent. The Leased Premises as now configured is shown on the Plan attached as Exhibit B-1 to this Lease. Landlord agrees that the Building name and address will be 28 Wells Avenue, Yonkers, New York and not i.Park Hudson.
Landlord, at its sole cost and expense, shall remove all i.Park Hudson signage from the subject Building prior to the Lease Commencement Date and replace it with new high-end signage reflecting the building name as 28 Wells Avenue that is mutually
agreeable between Landlord and Tenant. Additionally, if Tenant occupies and is paying Rent for fifty thousand (50,000) or more square feet within the Building, Landlord shall, at its cost and expense, install signage provided and paid
for by Tenant, and approved by Landlord in its reasonable discretion, to be affixed to the exterior of the Building in a location mutually agreeable by the Landlord and Tenant. Tenant shall obtain, at its sole cost and expense, all necessary
permits, licenses and approvals for such signage. 

  

	 	2.3	Square Footage of Building. The rentable area of the Building may at any time during the Term be measured by authorized representatives of Landlord or Tenant. If that measurement discloses a different rentable or
usable area for the Building than is shown in subparagraph 1.1(c) above, then “Minimum Annual Rent” and “Tenant’s Share,” both defined in Section 1.1, shall be adjusted accordingly. 

 

	 	2.4	Term of Lease. 

  

	 	a.	Initial Term. Subject to any provisions herein to the contrary, the term of this Lease and all obligations of Tenant hereunder (other than the obligation to Minimum Annual Rent herein) shall commence on the Lease
Commencement Date and shall expire on the Expiration Date, or extended as provided in this Lease. The obligation to pay Minimum Annual Rent shall commence on the Lease Commencement Date and continue throughout the Term and the Renewal Term, if
applicable. 

  

	 	b.	Renewal Term: 

  

	 	i)	Provided that no event of default has occurred or is occurring under this Lease, and further provided that Tenant delivers written notice to Landlord that it wishes to extend the term of this Lease at least six (6)
months prior to the Expiration Date, the Tenant shall have the option to renew this Lease with respect to all of the Leased Premises throughout the Renewal Term. 

  
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 During the Renewal Term, the Minimum Annual Rent shall be in the amount set forth in
Section 1.1 above and all other terms and conditions set forth in this Lease shall remain in full force and effect. 
 Tenant
may only extend the term of this Lease pursuant to this Section 2.4(b) if Tenant shall extend the term of that certain Lease Agreement dated December 2010 between Landlord and Tenant for certain premises located on the third floor
of the Building and totaling approximately 15,040 rentable square feet (the “Other Lease”). 
  

	 	2.5	Quiet Enjoyment. Landlord covenants that Tenant, on paying the rents, the Tenant’s contribution and performing all of Tenant’s obligations pursuant to this Lease, shall peacefully and quietly have, hold
and enjoy the Leased Premises throughout the Term without hindrance or molestation by anyone claiming by or through Landlord, subject, however, to the exceptions, reservations and conditions of this Lease. 

 

	3.	TENANT’S WORK 

  

	 	3.1	Tenant Approvals. Tenant is performing all of the Fourth Floor Space Work. Therefore, Landlord shall cooperate with Tenant in all reasonable respects to obtain all necessary permits, licenses and approvals to
complete the Fourth Floor Space Work and operate the Leased Premises in the manner described hereunder. Tenant promptly shall provide, upon receipt of any such permits, licenses and approvals, Landlord with a copy of the same. 

 

	 	3.2	Fixtures. All readily movable furnishings, fixtures and equipment (including but not limited to lab casework, lab equipment and vivarium) owned and used by Tenant, exclusive of readily movable furnishings,
fixtures and equipment owned by Landlord (if any), in title Leased Premises shall at all times during the Term be and remain the property of Tenant without regard to the means by which they are installed in or attached to the Leased Premises. Upon
expiration of this Lease and provided that Tenant is not in default hereunder, Tenant, on its own or at Landlord’s request, shall remove any or all its furnishings, fixtures and equipment as it wants to or that Landlord shall require (excluding
Landlord’s furnishings, fixtures and equipment) and restore the Leased Premises and any furnishings, fixtures and equipment not removed by Tenant as provided above shall become the property of Landlord upon the expiration of the Term or
termination of Tenant’s right to possession of the Leased Premises. Landlord may charge as additional rent hereunder any costs expended in the removal of fixtures, equipment and furnishings which despite Landlord’s request are not removed
upon the expiration or sooner termination of the Term. Tenant shall be required to remit payment for such costs within fifteen (15) days of Landlord’s demand for same. The provisions of this section shall survive the termination of this
Lease. 

  
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	4.	RENT 

  

	 	4.1	Minimum Annual Rent. Effective as of the Lease Commencement Date, Tenant agrees to pay to Landlord, Minimum Annual Rent, in the amounts provided in Section 1.1(k) hereof, payable in advance in equal
successive monthly installments on the first day of each and every calendar month during the Term and the Renewal Term, if any; provided, however, Minimum Annual Rent shall be prorated for the applicable portion of the first and last month in which
the same is due and payable. 

  

	 	4.2	Payment of Rent. Rent shall be payable without demand, notice, offset or deduction. All Rent due under this Lease shall be paid by checks payable to the order of “Hudson View Building #3 LLC”
which checks shall be mailed or delivered to 485 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830, or in such other manner or at such other place as Landlord may from time to time designate to Tenant. Rent will be prorated for partial months or years within
the Term and for partial months for which Rent is payable. Tenant’s covenant to pay Rent shall be independent of every other covenant in this Lease. 

  

	 	4.3	Late Payment. If Tenant shall fail to pay, within fifteen (15) days of when the same is due and payable, any Rent required to be paid by Tenant under this Lease, such paid amounts shall bear interest from
the due date thereof to the date of payment at the rate of nine (9%) percent per annum, but in no event at a rate which is higher than the legal limit. If any installment of Rent is delinquent by more than fifteen (15) days, Tenant shall
also pay to Landlord a late charge in an amount equal to two (2%) percent of the amount of such delinquent installment, which late charge shall be immediately due and payable without notice or demand from Landlord and which itself shall bear
interest at the rate provided above from the date due until paid. 

  

	5.	TAXES. Tenant shall pay to Owner as additional rent, 15.04% of all increases in real estate taxes and assessments and also any occupancy tax and “tax on rents” and other governmental levies against the
Property (all of which are herein called “Taxes”) over and above those Taxes levied and assessed against the Building for 2012/2013 (hereinafter referred to as the “Base Year”). The phrase “tax on rents” shall mean any
tax levied, assessed, or imposed in connection with the receipt of rent older this lease for the use and occupancy of the Building, in lieu of, in whole or in part, any real estate tax upon the Building. Prior to the commencement of each year during
the term of this Lease, Owner shall furnish Tenant with a written estimate of the Tenant’s pro rata share of the Taxes for said year. Said amount shall be payable in monthly installments equal to 1112th of the annual amount. Said payments will
be subject to adjustment upon Landlord’s receipt of actual tax bills. Tenant reserves any and all rights which Tenant may have (whether at law, equity, or otherwise) to commence or participate in any action relating to reduction or refund of
Taxes. 

  
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	6.	INTENTIONALLY OMITTED. 

  

	7.	COMMON AREAS. For purposes of this Lease, the term “Common Areas”, as such areas and facilities are herein collectively referred to, shall mean those areas of i.park which are used in common with the Landlord,
or other tenants of i.park and their respective employees, agents, guests, invitees, contractors, vendors and customers including only, sidewalks and walkways; all entrances and exits to the foregoing; retaining walls; delivery passages; paved
surfaces; driveways; parking areas; dumpsters; storage areas; identification signs; water, sanitary sewer, storm sewer, plumbing, gas, electric and other utility lines and services (which serve areas other than the Leased Premises); boilers,
generators, truck service-ways; loading docks; sanitary and sump facilities; and those other facilities and service areas for common use within i.park which are used by the other tenants of i.park. Tenant is not responsible for any expenses, fees,
CAM charges and/or other costs associated with the Common Areas. 

  

	8.	LANDLORD SERVICES. 

  

	 	8.1	Utilities and Services Furnished by Landlord. Provided there exists no event of default by Tenant hereunder, and subject to the conditions and in accordance with the standards set forth in this
Section 8, Landlord agrees: 

  

	 	a.	To operate, repair and maintain the Common Areas. 

  

	 	b.	To furnish hot and cold water for normal lavatory, laboratory, drinking and office cleaning purposes. If Tenant requires, uses or consumes water for any other purpose, Tenant agrees that Landlord may install, at
Tenant’s expense, a meter or meters or other means to measure Tenant’s water consumption and that Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for the cost of all water consumed as measured by said meter or meters or as otherwise measured.

  

	 	c.	To provide electricity. Electricity usage charges will be paid for by Tenant. All electricity usage at the Leased Premises shall be measured by sub-meter or if not available by an independent utility consultant selected
by the Landlord for the purpose of establishing the cost and amount of Tenant’s electricity usage. All costs associated with the usage and determination of Tenant’s electricity consumption including the fees of such independent utility
consultant shall be paid by the Tenant to Landlord as additional rent on the first day of each month or within ten (10) days of receipt of a statement from Landlord regarding the same. The findings of such utility consultant shall be
conclusively binding upon Landlord and Tenant. Notwithstanding the foregoing in the event that, following the Lease Commencement Date, Landlord shall, in its sole discretion, arrange to have Tenant’s electricity usage measured by a direct meter
or meters, then upon the installation and operation of such meters, Tenant shall pay all the costs of electricity associated with the Leased Premises directly to the utility company supplier. 

  
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	 	d.	To provide steam heat as follows: 

 Landlord or, if applicable, a utility company will furnish
steam when the outside temperature falls below 55 degrees Fahrenheit during Regular Business Hours on business days during the period from October 1 to May 1. Landlord or, if applicable, a utility company will also furnish steam during the
period October 1 to May 1 at other than the times and days specified in the preceding sentence when the outside temperature falls below 32 degrees Fahrenheit. 
  

	 	i)	It is understood that the Tenant from time to time may request from the Landlord the amount that the Landlord would charge the Tenant for furnishing steam for heating purposes to the Leased Premises on non-business days
or on business days other than during Regular Business Hours. The Landlord thereafter will so advise the Tenant of the amount it would charge for steam during said time periods, such amounts to be based upon the Landlord’s costs for furnishing
steam to the Leased Premises. The Tenant will not be obligated to accept, and the Landlord will not be obligated to provide steam during the time periods referred to in this Section unless the Tenant and the Landlord agree in writing to all the
terms and conditions upon which such steam is to be provided, including the cost thereof. 

  

	 	e.	If any federal, state, municipal or other governmental body, authority or agency, or any public utility, assesses, levies, imposes, makes or increases any charge, fee, rent or assessment on the Landlord, for any
service, system or utility now or in the future supplied to the Leased Premises or to any tenant, lessee, occupancy or user thereof, or to the structures or buildings which, or a portion or portions of which, are included in the Leased Premises,
(including but not limited to any sewer rent or other charge for the use of a sewer system or systems), the Tenant shall, at the option of the Landlord exercised at any time and from time to time by notice to the Tenant, pay, in accordance with such
notice, such charge, fee, rent or assessment or such increase thereof (or the portion thereof allocated by the Landlord to the Leased Premises or to the operations of the Tenant under this Agreement) either directly to the governmental body,
authority or agency, or to the public utility, or directly to the Landlord, as such notice may direct. All payment to be made by the Tenant hereunder shall constitute items of additional rent. 

 

	 	f.	The Landlord shall be under no obligation to supply any service or services if and to the extent and during any period that the supplying of any such service or services or the use of any component necessary therefor
shall be prohibited or rationed by any federal, state or municipal law, rule, regulation, requirement, order or direction. 

  
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	 	g.	The Landlord shall have no obligation or responsibility with respect to the performance of any services or providing, supplying or furnishing to the Tenant of any utilities or services whatsoever except as expressly
provided in this Lease. 

  

	 	h.	Landlord shall not be responsible for the cleaning of Tenant’s premises. 

  

	 	i.	Landlord represents that any heating, air conditioning and ventilation system, plumbing, mechanical and/or other systems shall be in working order on the Lease Commencement Date. 

 

	 	8.2	Cooperation; Payment of Charges; Approval of Special Equipment Usage. Tenant agrees to cooperate fully at all times with Landlord and to abide by all regulations and requirements which Landlord from time to time
reasonably may prescribe for the use of the above utilities and services. Tenant agrees to pay any charge imposed by Landlord pursuant to Section 8 and any failure to pay any excess costs as described above shall constitute a breach of
the obligation to pay Rent under this Lease and shall entitle Landlord to the rights herein granted for such breach. Tenant’s use of electricity and/or steam shall at no time exceed the capacity of the service to the Leased Premises.

  

	 	8.3	Failure, Stoppage or Interruption of Service; No Release from Obligations. Landlord shall not be liable for, and Tenant shall not be entitled to any abatement or reduction of Rent by reason of, Landlord’s
failure to furnish any of the foregoing services when such failure is caused by repairs, riots, strikes, lockouts or other major disturbance or dispute of any character, governmental regulation, moratorium or other governmental action, inability by
exercise of reasonable diligence to obtain electricity, water or fuel, or by any other cause beyond Landlord’s immediate control or for stoppages or interruptions of any such services for the purpose of making necessary repairs or improvements.
Failure, stoppage or interruption of any such service shall not be construed as an actual or constructive eviction or as a partial eviction against Tenant, or release Tenant from the prompt and punctual performance by Tenant of the covenants
contained herein. Notwithstanding anything hereinabove to the contrary, Landlord reserves the right from time to time to make reasonable modifications to the provision of utilities and services. Landlord shall use reasonable efforts to cure the
failure, stoppage or interruption of any such service. 

  

	 	8.4	Limitation and Unavailability of Service. Anything hereinabove to the contrary notwithstanding, Landlord and Tenant agree that Landlord’s obligation to furnish electricity, water and steam to the Building
shall be subject to and limited by all laws, rules, and regulations of any governmental authority affecting the supply, distribution, availability, conservation or consumption of energy, including, but not limited to, electricity, gas, oil and/or
water. Landlord shall abide by all such governmental laws, rules, and regulations and, in so doing, Landlord shall not be in default in any manner whatsoever under the terms of this Lease, and Landlord’s compliance therewith shall not affect in
any manner whatsoever Tenant’s obligation to pay the full Rent set forth in this Lease. 

  
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	 	8.5	Load Bearing Capacity. Tenant shall not overload any floor, roof, land surface, bulkhead, pavement, landing, pier or wharf at i.park and shall repair, replace or rebuild any damage caused by overloads. Landlord
reserves the right to prescribe from time to time in a reasonable manner the weight and the method of transporting such load to the designated location and position of all heavy installations which Tenant wishes to place in the Leased Premises so as
to properly distribute the weight thereof. Any reasonable cost of structural analysis shall be borne by Tenant. 

  

	 	8.6	Unreasonable Noise or Vibration. Tenant shall take all reasonable measures not to cause unreasonable noise or vibration that may be transmitted to the structure of the Building or to any part of i.park to such a
degree as to be objectionable to Landlord, its employees or to any other tenants in i.park. Vibration eliminators or other devices sufficient to eliminate such unreasonable noise or vibration shall be placed and maintained by Tenant, at
Tenant’s expense if Landlord deems such measures to be required. 

  

	 	8.7	Interference. Tenant shall not do or permit to be done anything which may interfere with the effectiveness or accessibility of any utility, mechanical, electrical and other systems installed or located anywhere
at i.park, including without limitation the installation of any Tenant Improvements. 

  

	9.	REPAIRS. 

  

	 	9.1	Repairs by Landlord. Landlord shall, subject to Unavoidable Delays, make all necessary repairs and replacements to the foundation, roof and exterior walls of the Building, as well as to the Common Areas,
including any repairs or replacements required in order to comply with any laws, ordinances or regulations, unless any such work is required because of damage caused by any act or wrongful omission of Tenant, any subtenant, customer or
concessionaire of Tenant or their respective employees, agents, invitees, licensees or contractors in which case such work shall be performed by Tenant at Tenant’s sole cost and expense within 15 days of the occurrence of such act or wrongful
omission. 

 Landlord shall not be required to commence any such repair until 15 days after written notice from Tenant that the
same is necessary. The provision of this Section 9.1 shall not apply in the case of damage or destruction by fire or other casualty or a taking under the power of eminent domain, in which events the obligations of Landlord shall be
controlled by Section 14. 
  

	 	9.2	Repairs by Tenant. Except as provided in Section 9.1, all repairs and replacements to the Leased Premises, including, without limitation, repairs and replacements to the doors, door frames, windows,
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(including any heating, air conditioning and ventilation system, plumbing, mechanical or other systems) interior walls and columns, shall be performed by Tenant, at its expense. If Tenant refuses
or neglects to repair or replace any portion of the Leased Premises to the reasonable satisfaction of Landlord after fifteen (15) days notice from Landlord, or immediately (and without notice) in case of emergency, Landlord may, but shall not
be obligated to make such repairs or replacements without liability to Tenant for any loss or damage which may come to Tenant, its merchandise, fixtures or other property or to its business, by reason thereof, and upon completion thereof, Tenant
shall promptly pay Landlord in accordance with Section 16.7 hereof. 

  

	10.	SUBORDINATION 

  

	 	10.1	This Lease, and all rights of Tenant hereunder, are and shall be (a) subject and subordinate in all respects to all present and future mortgages, which may now or hereafter affect i.park and/or the Leased Premises.
The foregoing shall extend to each and every advance made or hereafter to be made under such mortgages, and to all renewals, modifications, replacements and extensions of such mortgages. This Section shall be self-operative and no further investment
of subordination shall be required. In confirmation of such subordination, Tenant shall promptly execute and deliver any investment, in recordable form if required, that Landlord, or the holder of any superior mortgage or any of their respective
successors in interest may request to evidence such subordination. If Tenant fails to execute any investment required to be executed by Tenant under this Section 10 within ten (10) days after request, Tenant irrevocably appoints
Landlord as its attorney-in-fact, in Tenant’s name, to execute such instrument. 

  

	11.	ASSIGNMENT AND SUBLETTING 

  

	 	11.1	Prohibitions. Tenant for itself, its successors and assigns, expressly covenants that it shall not by operation of law or otherwise assign, sublet, hypothecate, encumber or mortgage this Lease, or any part
thereof, or permit the Leased Premises, to be used by others (pursuant to any employment, management, franchise, license or concessionaire agreement, or otherwise) without the prior written consent of Landlord in each instance which consent shall
not be unreasonably denied by Landlord. For purposes of this Section 11, “assignment” shall not include any change in the control of Tenant, merger or sale of stock in the Tenant Corporation or sale of the Tenant’s assets
which may be freely done by Tenant and will not constitute an assignment of this Lease. Without Landlord’s prior written consent, any attempt by Tenant to assign, sublet, encumber or mortgage this Lease shall be null and void. The consent by
Landlord to any assignment, mortgage, hypothecation, encumbrance, subletting or use of the Leased Premises by others, shall not constitute a waiver of Landlord’s right to withhold its consent to any other or further assignment, subletting,
mortgage, encumbrance or use of the Leased Premises by others. Without the prior written consent of Landlord, this Lease and the interest therein of any assignee of Tenant herein, shall not pass by operation of law, merger, consolidation,
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or otherwise, and shall not be subject to garnishment or sale under execution in any suit or proceeding which may be brought against or by Tenant or any assignee of Tenant. The absolute and
unconditional prohibitions contained in this Section 11 and Tenant’s agreement thereto are material inducements to Landlord to enter into this Lease with Tenant and any breach thereof shall constitute a material default hereunder
permitting Landlord to exercise all remedies provided for herein or by law or in equity on a default of Tenant. 

  

	 	11.2	No Release. In no event shall any assignment or subletting to which Landlord may consent, release or relieve Tenant from its obligations to fully observe or perform all of the terms, covenants and conditions of
this Lease on its part to be observed or performed. 

  

	 	11.3	Costs. Tenant shall pay Landlord’s reasonable costs, charges and expenses, including attorney’s fees, incurred in connection with its review of any proposed assignment or proposed sublease, whether or
not Landlord approves such transfer of interest, which costs, charges and expenses shall not exceed $1,500.00 in any one instance. 

  

	12.	TENANT’S INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS 

  

	 	12.1	Coverage. Ten ant hereby agrees to maintain m responsible companies approved by Landlord (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld), at Tenant’s sole expense, comprehensive public liability and
personal property damage insurance, including, without limitation, fire, legal liability and contractual liability insurance coverages, insuring Landlord, any property manager of Landlord, Landlord’s mortgagee and Tenant, their beneficiaries
and agents, as their interests may appear, against all, claims, demands, or actions for injury, death or damage to property and protecting Landlord, any property manager of Landlord, and Tenant from all causes, including their own negligence, in an
amount of not less than Three Million ($3,000,000) Dollars arising out of any one occurrence, made by or on behalf of any person, firm or corporation, arising from, related to, or connected with the conduct and operation of Tenant’s business in
the Leased Premises, and anywhere upon the Leased Premises and, in addition, and in like amounts, covering Tenant’s contractual liability under all indemnification clauses included in this Lease (specifically including, without limitation, the
hold harmless clause set forth in Section 13.1(b) below). Tenant shall maintain business interruption insurance respecting its operation of its business in the Leased Premises in an amount equal to all of Tenant’s fixed expenses,
including, without limitation, all Rent due under the Lease. Tenant shall maintain plate glass insurance covering all exterior plate glass in the Leased Premises, and fire, extended coverage, vandalism, smoke, flood, earthquake, windstorm, tornado
and malicious mischief insurance and such other insurance as Landlord may from time to time reasonably require. All of said insurance shall be in form and in responsible companies reasonably satisfactory to Landlord and shall provide that it will
not be subject to cancellation, termination or change except after at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to Landlord and to any mortgagee named in an endorsement thereto. Such insurance may be provided under a blanket policy,
provided that an endorsement naming Landlord (any property manager of Landlord or Landlord’s mortgagees) as additional insureds as required herein is attached thereto. 

  
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	 	12.2	Binders. The policies or duly executed binders of the same (which binders shall evidence the insurance waiver of subrogation required at Section 20.1 hereof) together with satisfactory evidence of the
payment of the premium thereon, shall be deposited with Landlord on the Lease Commencement Date, and upon renewals of such policies, not less than thirty (30) days prior to the expiration of the term of such coverage. If Tenant fails to comply
with such requirements, Landlord may, but shall not be obligated to, obtain such insurance and keep the same in effect and Tenant shall pay Landlord the premium cost thereof with Interest upon demand. Each such payment shall constitute additional
rent payable by Tenant under this Lease, and Landlord shall not be limited in the proof of any damages which Landlord may claim against Tenant arising out of or by reason of Tenant’s failure to provide and keep in force insurance as aforesaid,
to the amount of insurance premium or premiums not paid or incurred by Tenant and which would have been payable upon such insurance, but Landlord, in addition to any and all other rights and remedies provided Landlord under the terms of this Lease,
shall also be entitled to recover as damages for such breach the uninsured amounts of any loss, to the extent of any deficiency in the insurance required by provisions of this Lease. 

 

	 	12.3	Minimum Amount. Tenant acknowledges and agrees that, notwithstanding any provision of this Lease to the contrary, the insurance coverage requirements set forth this Section 12, in terms of both forms
of insurance and amounts of coverage, represent the minimum protection required by Landlord and shall not constitute a representation or warranty by Landlord as to the adequacy and sufficiency of such forms of insurance and amounts of coverage.
Tenant agrees to make and rely upon an independent determination regarding which additional forms of insurance or higher levels of coverage, if any, may be necessary or desirable in order to furnish Landlord and Tenant adequate protection.

  

	13.	TENANT’S ADDITIONAL COVENANTS 

  

	 	13.1	Affirmative Covenants. Except as already provided for in this Lease, Tenant covenants at its expense at all times during the Term and such further time as Tenant occupies the Leased Premises or any part thereof:

  

	 	a.	 To pay promptly when due the entire cost of any work in the Leased Premises undertaken by Tenant so that the Leased Premises and the Property shall at
all times be free of liens for Labor and materials; to procure all necessary permits before undertaking such work; to do all of such work in a good and workmanlike manner, employing materials of good quality; to perform such work only with
contractors and plans previously approved in writing by Landlord, if required by this Lease 

  
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(which approval will not be unreasonably withheld); to comply with all governmental requirements; and to defend and save Landlord and Landlord’s employees, beneficiaries and agents harmless
and indemnified from all injury, loss, claims or damage to any person or property (including the cost for defending against the foregoing) occasioned by or growing out of such work. 

 

	 	b.	Tenant shall in all cases indemnify, defend and save Landlord, Landlord’s property manager, Landlord’s beneficiaries, employees, members and agents and their respective successors and assigns harmless and
indemnified from all injury, loss, claims or damage to any person or property while on the Leased Premises or any other part of the Leased Premises from anyone claiming by, through or under Tenant. 

 

	 	c.	To permit Landlord, Landlord’s property manager, Landlord’s mortgagees and their agents to enter the Leased Premises at reasonable times for the purpose of inspecting the same, of making repairs, additions or
alterations thereto or to the Common Areas in which the same are located and of showing the Leased Premises to prospective purchasers, lenders and tenants. 

  

	 	d.	To promptly comply with all present and future laws, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations and requirements of all federal, state, municipal and local governments, departments, commissions, boards and officers, and all
orders, rules and regulations of the National Board of Fire Underwriters, the local Board of Fire Underwriters, or any other body or bodies exercising similar functions, foreseen or unforeseen, ordinary as well as extraordinary, which may be
applicable to the Leased Premises and to all or any part thereof and/or any and all facilities used in connection therewith and the sidewalks, areaways, passageways curbs and vaults, if any, adjoining the Leased Premises, which are not part of the
Common Areas or to the use or manner of use of the Leased Premises, or the owners, tenants or occupants thereof, whether or not any such law, ordinance, order, rule, regulation or requirement shall interfere with the use and enjoyment of the Leased
Premises. 

  

	 	e.	To pay all costs, expenses, claims, fines, penalties and damages that may in any manner arise out of or be imposed because of the failure of Tenant to comply with the provisions of this Section 13, and in
any event to defend and indemnify Landlord against all liability arising out of such failure. Tenant shall promptly give notice to Landlord of any notice of violation received by Tenant. Without diminishing the obligation of Tenant, if Tenant shall
at any time after five (5) days notice by Landlord fail or neglect to comply, or to commence to comply as expeditiously as is reasonably feasible, with any of said laws, rules, requirements, orders, directions, ordinances or regulations
concerning or affecting the Leased Premises, or the use and occupancy thereof, as hereinbefore provided, and, if a stay is necessary, shall have failed to obtain a stay or continuance thereof, Landlord shall be at liberty to comply therewith, and
all expenses consequent thereon shall be borne and paid by Tenant in accordance with Section 16.7 hereof. 

  
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	 	f.	To execute and deliver at any time and from time to time at reasonable intervals, within ten (10) days after written request by Landlord, to Landlord, Landlord’s mortgagee or others designated by Landlord, a
certificate in a form as may from time to time be provided, ratifying this Lease and certifying: (i) that Tenant has entered into occupancy of the Leased Premises and the date of such entry, if such is the case; (ii) that this Lease is in
full force and effect, and has not been assigned, modified, supplemented or amended in any way (or if there has been any assignment, modification, supplement or amendment, identifying the same); (iii) that this Lease represents the entire
agreement between Landlord and Tenant as to the subject matter hereof; (iv) the Lease Commencement Date and the Expiration Date of the Term; (v) that all conditions under this Lease to be performed by Landlord have been satisfied (and if
not, what conditions remain unperformed); (vi) that, to the best of Tenant’s knowledge, no default by either party exists in the performance or observance of any covenant or condition in this Lease and there are no defenses or offsets
against the enforcement of this Lease by Landlord or specifying each default, defense or offset of which Tenant may have knowledge; (vii) the amount of Minimum Annual Rent or other rental, if any, that has been paid in advance and the amount of
any security deposit that has been deposited with Landlord; and (viii) the date to which Minimum Annual Rent and all other rentals and charges have been paid under this Lease. Tenant hereby irrevocably appoints Landlord its attorney-in-fact to
execute such a certificate in the event Tenant shall fail to do so within ten (10) days of receipt of Landlord’s request. 

  

	 	g.	To keep and maintain the Leased Premises in a neat, safe and orderly condition. Tenant’s maintenance of the Leased Premises shall include, without limitation, the following: (i) cleaning the Leased Premises
nightly either prior to or after closing (i.e., vacuuming all carpeted areas, collecting and dumping all refuse in accordance with the provisions hereof, mopping all hard-surfaced floors); (ii) periodically upgrading and replacing fixtures and
other personal property. In the event Tenant fails to maintain the Leased Premises in a first-class manner as is required hereunder, and does not cure such failure within fifteen (15) days after notice from Landlord, then Landlord may, but
shall not be obligated to, perform whatever maintenance Tenant fails to do at Tenant’s expense without liability to Tenant for any loss or damage which may accrue to Tenant, its merchandise, fixtures or other property or its business. If
Landlord undertakes such maintenance, Tenant shall promptly pay Landlord for the cost of such maintenance as additional rent in accordance with Section 16.7 hereof. 

  
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	 	h.	To protect the Leased Premises from theft and vandalism and to take all necessary security measures at the closing of Tenant’s business (including securing all doors and windows) to protect against unauthorized
entry into the Leased Premises and the Common Areas. 

  

	14.	DAMAGE OR TAKING AND RESTORATION 

  

	 	14.1	Fire, Explosion or Other Casualty. If the Leased Premises, or any part thereof, shall be damaged by fire or other cause, this Lease shall continue in full force and effect unless Landlord or Tenant elects within
sixty (60) days of such casualty to terminate this Lease. Unless Landlord or Tenant elects to terminate this Lease Landlord shall, subject to compliance with the provisions of any applicable mortgage a, repair the damage and restore and rebuild
the Leased Premises) with reasonable diligence subject to Unavoidable Delays. If because of the casualty, repairing, or rebuilding the Building is rendered untenantable, in whole or in part, the Rent and additional rent shall be abated. Unless
tenant elected to terminate this Lease, Tenant shall promptly reopen for business after Landlord’s repairs are completed. 

  

	 	14.2	Eminent Domain. In the event that the whole or substantially all of the Leased Premises shall be condemned or taken in any manner (including agreement between Landlord and any governmental authority authorized to
exercise such right) for any public or quasi-public use, this Lease shall forthwith cease and terminate as of the date of vesting of title and the Rent due from Tenant hereunder shall be apportioned and paid to such date of vesting. In the event
that only a part of the Leased Premises consisting of less than substantially all thereof shall be so condemned or taken, then effective as of the date of vesting of title, the Rent reserved hereunder for such part shall be equitably abated and this
Lease shall continue as to such part not so taken. 

 If a substantial part or the whole of the Leased Premises is taken for a
term of less than twelve (12) months, the Lease shall remain in full force and effect, except that Rent shall abate during the term of such temporary taking as to the portion of the Leased Premises so taken. 

In the event of any condemnation or taking, Landlord shall be entitled to receive the entire award in the condemnation proceeding, including
any award made for the value of the estate vested by this Lease in Tenant, and Tenant hereby expressly assigns to Landlord any and all right, title and interest of Tenant now or hereafter arising in or to any such award or any part thereof, and
Tenant shall be entitled to receive no part of such award. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Tenant shall have the right to a separate award for its trade fixtures, equipment and relocation costs. 

 

	15.	INTENTIONALLY DELETED 

  
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	16.	DEFAULTS BY TENANT AND REMEDIES 

  

	 	16.1	Defaults. It shall be an event of default: (a) if Tenant does not pay in full any and all installments of Minimum Annual Rent, additional rent, Tenant’s Construction Deposit or any other charges or
payments due under this Lease when the same are due hereunder and such non-payment continues for ten (10) days after the due date for such payment; or (b) if Tenant violates or fails to perform or otherwise breaches any agreement, term,
covenant or condition herein contained and such violation, failure or breach continues for thirty (30) days after notice from Landlord; provided that such thirty (30) day period shall be extended for up to an additional ninety
(90) days if such violation, failure or breach is reasonably susceptible of cure but cannot reasonably be cured within such thirty (30) day period, and Tenant is diligently proceeding with such cure; or (c) if Tenant vacates or
abandons the Leased Premises, or fails to carry on its business at the Leased Premises for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days unless due to casualty, or strike; or (d) if Tenant removes or attempts to remove Tenant’s furniture,
fixtures or equipment from the Leased Premises without replacing them; or (e) if Tenant becomes insolvent or bankrupt or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors or offers a composition or settlement to creditors, under any federal or
state law, or if a petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization or for an arrangement with creditors under any federal or state law is filed by or against Tenant, or Tenant is adjudicated insolvent pursuant to the provisions of any present or future
insolvency law of any state having jurisdiction, or a bill in equity or other proceeding for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator, custodian, conservator or similar official for any of Tenant’s assets is commenced, under any
federal or state law by reason of Tenant’s inability to pay its debts as they become due or otherwise, or if Tenant’s estate by this Lease or any real or personal property of Tenant shall be levied or executed upon by any sheriff or
marshal; or by other process of law; provided, however, that any proceeding brought by anyone other than the parties to this Lease under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, readjustment, receivership or similar law shall not
constitute an event of default until such proceeding, decree, judgment or order has continued unstayed for more than thirty (30) consecutive days; or (f) if Tenant defaults under the Other Lease. 

 

	 	16.2	Bankruptcy. If this Lease is assigned to any person or entity pursuant to the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, or any similar provisions of any future federal bankruptcy law (the “Bankruptcy Code”),
any and all monies or other considerations payable or otherwise to be delivered in connection with such assignment shall be paid or delivered to Landlord, shall be and remain the exclusive property of Landlord and shall not constitute property of
Tenant or of the estate of Tenant within the meaning of the Bankruptcy Code. Any and all monies or other considerations constituting Landlord’s property under the preceding sentence not paid or delivered to Landlord shall be held in trust for
the benefit of Landlord and be promptly paid to or turned over to Landlord. 

  
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	 	16.3	Remedies. Upon the occurrence of an event of default, Landlord shall have the following rights: (a) To accelerate the whole or any part of the Rent and all other amounts due and payable under this Lease for
the entire unexpired balance of the Term, and any Rent if so accelerated shall, in addition to any and all installments of Rent already due and payable and in arrears, be deemed due and payable as if, by the terms and provisions of this Lease, such
accelerated Rent was on that date payable in advance. (For such purposes, all items of Rent due hereunder, which are not then capable of precise determination, shall be estimated by Landlord, in Landlord’s reasonable judgment, for the balance
of the then current Term); (b) To enter the Leased Premises by summary process or by any suitable action or proceeding at law or by force or otherwise, without being liable for prosecution or damages therefor, and without further demand or
notice proceed to sale of the goods, chattels and personal property there found, to levy the Rent, and Tenant shall pay all costs and commissions which are permitted by law, including wages and sums chargeable to Landlord, and further including
commission(s) to the officer or other person making the levy, and in such case all costs, commissions and other charges shall immediately attach and become part of the claim of Landlord for Rent, and any tender of Rent without said costs,
commissions and charges made after the issuance of a warrant of distress, shall not be sufficient to satisfy the claim of Landlord; or (c) To terminate the Lease and remove all persons and all or any property therefrom, either by summary
process or by any suitable action or proceeding at law or by force or otherwise, without being liable for prosecution or damages therefor, and repossess and enjoy the Leased Premises. 

Upon recovering possession of the Leased Premises by reason of or based upon or arising out of an event of default on the part of Tenant,
Landlord may, at Landlord’s option, make such alterations and repairs as may be necessary in order to relet the Leased Premises and thereafter relet the Leased Premises or any part or parts thereof, either in Landlord’s name or otherwise,
for a term or terms which may, at Landlord’s option, be less than or exceed the period which would otherwise have constituted the balance of the Term and at such rent or rents and upon such other terms and conditions as in Landlord’s sole
discretion it may deem advisable and to such person or persons as may in Landlord’s discretion deems best. Upon each such reletting all rents received by Landlord from such reletting shall be applied: first, to the payment of any cost and
expenses of such reletting, including brokerage fees and attorneys’ fees and all costs of such alterations and repairs; second, to the payment of any indebtedness other than Rent due hereunder from Tenant to Landlord; third, to the payment of
Rent due and unpaid hereunder; and the residue, if any, shall be held by Landlord and applied in payment of future Rent as it may become due and payable hereunder. If such rentals received from such reletting during any month shall be less than that
to be paid during that month by Tenant, Tenant shall pay any such deficiency to Landlord. Such deficiency shall be calculated and paid monthly. Notwithstanding anything set forth herein to the contrary, in no event shall Tenant be entitled to any
surplus rents obtained by Landlord in connection with a reletting. 

  
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 No such re-entry or taking possession of the Premises or the making of alterations or
improvements thereto or the reletting thereof shall be construed as an election on the part of Landlord to terminate this Lease unless written notice of such intention be given to Tenant. Landlord shall in no event be liable in any way whatsoever
for failure to relet the Leased Premises or, in the event that the Premises or any part or parts thereof are relet, for failure to collect the Rent thereof under such reletting. 

Tenant, for Tenant and Tenant’s successors and assigns, hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints Landlord, Tenant’s and their
agent to collect the rents due and to become due under all subleases of the Leased Premises or any parts thereof without in any way affecting Tenant’s obligation to pay any unpaid balance of Rent due or to become due hereunder. 

Notwithstanding any expiration or termination prior to the Expiration Date or the last day of the Renewal Term, as applicable, Tenant’s
obligation to pay any and all Rent and additional rent under this Lease shall continue to cover all periods up to the Expiration Date or the last day of the Renewal Term, as applicable, and Landlord shall be entitled to recover, in addition to any
and all sums and damage for violation of Tenant’s obligations hereunder in existence at the time of such termination, damages for Tenant’s default in an amount equal to the amount of the Rent reserved for the balance of the Term or the
Renewal Term, as applicable, plus the cost of making standard improvements and a standard commission for releasing the Leased Premises, all, of which amount shall be immediately due and payable from Tenant to Landlord. 

 

	 	16.4	Non-Waiver. No waiver by Landlord of any breach by Tenant or any of Tenant’s obligations, agreements or covenants herein shall be a waiver of any subsequent breach or of any obligation, agreement or
covenant, nor shall any forbearance by Landlord to seek a remedy for any breach by Tenant be a waiver by Landlord of any rights and remedies with respect to such or any subsequent breach. 

 

	 	16.5	Rights and Remedies Cumulative. No right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to Landlord is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy provided herein or by law but each shall be cumulative and
in addition to every other right or remedy given herein or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute and may be pursued successively or collectively as Landlord may elect. The exercise of any remedy by Landlord shall not be deemed
an election of remedies or preclude Landlord from exercising any other remedies in the future. 

  

	 	16.6	Intentionally Omitted. 

  

	 	16.7	Curing Tenant’s Defaults. If Tenant shall be in default in the performance of any of its obligations hereunder, Landlord, without any obligation to do so, in addition to any other rights it may have in law
or equity, may elect (but shall not be obligated) to cure such default on behalf of Tenant after fifteen (15) days prior written notice (except in the case of emergency or in connection with insurance 

  
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obligations, in which case no notice shall be required) to Tenant. Tenant shall reimburse Landlord upon demand with Interest thereon from the respective dates of Landlord’s making the
payments and incurring such costs, at the rate set forth in Section 1.1(g), which sums and costs together with interest thereon shall be deemed additional rent payable promptly upon being billed therefor. 

 

	 	16.8	Attorneys’ Fees. Tenant shall pay to Landlord all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys, fees, incurred by Landlord in enforcing this Lease or incurred by Landlord as a result of any litigation
to which Landlord becomes a party as a result of this Lease. Conversely, Landlord shall pay to Tenant all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys, fees, incurred by Tenant in enforcing this Lease or incurred by Tenant as a result of any
litigation to which Tenant becomes a party as a result of Landlord’s actions. Tenant’s and Landlord’s obligations under this Section 16.8 shall expressly survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease.

  

	 	16.9	WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. TENANT HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM BROUGHT OR ANY MATTERS WHATSOEVER ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH
THIS LEASE, THE RELATIONSHIP OF LANDLORD AND TENANT, TENANT’S USE OR OCCUPANCY OF THE LEASED PREMISES AND/OR ANY CLAIM OF INJURY OR DAMAGE. 

  

	 	16.11	COMMERCIAL WAIVER. THE TENANT (1) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS IS A COMMERCIAL TRANSACTION AND (2) TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY ANY STATE OR FEDERAL LAW WAIVES THE RIGHT TO PRIOR NOTICE OF AND A HEARING ON
THE RIGHT OF TENANT TO ANY REMEDY OR COMBINATION OF REMEDIES THAT ENABLES THE LANDLORD BY WAY OF ATTACHMENT, FOREIGN ATTACHMENT, GARNISHMENT OR REPLEVIN TO DEPRIVE TENANT OF ANY OF ITS PROPERTY AT ANY TIME, PRIOR TO FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY LITIGATION
INSTITUTED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS LEASE. 

  

	 	16.12	Surrender/Holdover by Tenant. Upon the expiration or other termination of the Term of this Lease, Tenant shall quit and surrender the Leased Premises in good order and condition, ordinary wear and tear and damage
by fire or other casualty, the elements and any cause beyond Tenant’s control excepted. Tenant acknowledges that possession of the Leased Premises must be surrendered upon the expiration or sooner termination of this Lease, TIME BEING OF THE
ESSENCE. Tenant shall reimburse, indemnify and hold Landlord harmless from any loss, cost or expense, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, resulting from Tenant’s failure or refusal to vacate the Leased Premises in a timely fashion. In
addition, Tenant agrees to pay for use and occupancy of the Leased Premises after the expiration or sooner termination of this lease at a rate equal to 150% of the Minimum Annual Rent, additional rent and adjustments to rent payable immediately
prior to such termination or expiration. No such payment shall, however, serve to renew or extend the Term of this Lease. The obligations set forth in this section shall survive the termination of this Lease. 

  
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	17.	SECURITY DEPOSIT 

 Tenant shall deposit with Landlord, on or prior to the date hereof, the sum
of $78,238.00 equal to two (2) months of rent payments, in lawful United States currency, for the faithful performance and observance by Tenant of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Lease. It is agreed that in the event Tenant
defaults in respect of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Lease, including, but not limited to, the payment of Rent, Landlord may draw on such security deposit to the extent required for the payment of Rent or any other sum as to
which Tenant is in default, or any sum which Landlord may expend or may be required to expend by reason of Tenant’s default in respect of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of this lease, including but not limited to, any damages or
deficiency in the reletting of the Leased Premises, regardless of whether such damages or deficiency occurred before or after summary process or other re-entry by Landlord. In the event that Landlord does draw on the security deposit, Tenant shall
within ten (10) days of receiving written notice from Landlord, replenish the security deposit by the amount Landlord withdrew therefrom and failure to do so within such ten (10) day period shall constitute a default under this Lease. In
the event of a sale of the Leased Premises or any portion thereof, Landlord shall have the right to transfer said security deposit to the new landlord upon such transfer and Landlord shall have no further liability for the security deposit. 

 

	18.	NOTICES 

 All notices and other communications hereunder (hereinafter collectively referred to
as “notices”) required to be given or which may be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be sent by (a) certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or (b) national prepaid overnight delivery
service or (c) telecopy or other facsimile transmissions (followed with “hard” copy sent by national prepaid overnight delivery service), or (d) personal delivery with receipt acknowledged in writing, directed as follows: 

Landlord:      Hudson View Building #3 LLC 

  485 West Putnam Avenue 

  Greenwich, Connecticut 06830 

Tenant:         ContraFect Corporation 

  28 Wells Avenue, 3rd Floor 

  Yonkers, New York 10701 

Any notice so sent by certified or registered mail shall be deemed given on the date of receipt or refusal as indicated on the return receipt.
Any notice sent by telecopy or other facsimile transmission shall be deemed given when the “hard” copy sent by national prepaid overnight delivery service is received or refused. All other notices shall be

  
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deemed given when actually received or refused by the party to whom the same is directed. A notice may be given either by a party or by such party’s attorney or other authorized agent.
Either party may designate by notice given to the other in accordance with the terms of this Section 18, additional or substitute parties or addresses to whom notices should be sent hereunder. 

 

	19.	ENVIRONMENTAL PROVISIONS 

  

	 	19.1	Hazardous Substances. The term “Hazardous Substances”, as used in this Section 19, shall include, without limitation, flammables, explosives, radioactive materials, asbestos, polychlorinated
biphanyls (PCBs), chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity, pollutants, contaminants, hazardous wastes, toxic substances or related materials, petroleum and petroleum products, and substances declared to be hazardous or toxic under
any law or regulation now or hereafter enacted or promulgated by any governmental authority. 

  

	 	19.2	Environmental Prohibitions. Tenant shall not cause or permit to occur: 

  

	 	a.	Any violation of any federal, state, or local law, ordinance, or regulation now or hereafter enacted, related to environmental conditions on, under, or about the Leased Premises, or arising from Tenant’s use or
occupancy of the Leased Premises, including, but not limited to, soil and ground water conditions; or 

  

	 	b.	The use, generation, release, manufacture, refining, production, processing storage, or disposal of any Hazardous Substances on, under, or about the Leased Premises, or the transportation to or from the Leased Premises
of any Hazardous Substances in violation of law. 

  

	 	19.3	Environmental Compliance. 

  

	 	a.	Tenant shall, at Tenant’s expense, comply with all laws regulating the use, generation, storage, transportation, or disposal of Hazardous Substances relating to the operation of the Leased Premises (the
“Laws”). 

  

	 	b.	Tenant shall, at Tenant’s sole cost and expense, make all submissions to, provide all information required by, and comply with all requirements of all governmental authorities (the “Authorities”) under
the Laws in connection with the operation of the Leased Premises. 

  

	 	c.	If any Authority or any third party demands that a clean-up plan be prepared and that a clean-up be undertaken because of any deposit, spill, discharge, or other release of Hazardous Substances that occurs during the
Term, at or from the Leased Premises, or which arises at any time from Tenant’s use or occupancy of the Leased Premises, then Tenant shall, at Tenant’s expense, prepare and submit the required plans and all related bonds and other
financial assurances; and Tenant shall carry out all work required by such clean-up plans. 

  
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	 	d.	Tenant shall promptly provide all information regarding the use, generation, storage, transportation or disposal of Hazardous Substances that is reasonably requested by Landlord. Tenant shall promptly notify Landlord of
any and all violations of the Laws; and, except in the case of an emergency, and subject to the next succeeding sentence, Tenant shall first make diligent efforts to obtain Landlord’s approval for any remedial action required in accordance with
this Section 19 as a result of any violations of the Laws. Landlord may, at its sole discretion, take any and all such remedial action required under this Section 19 at Tenant’s sole cost and expense; and in such case,
Tenant shall cooperate with Landlord in order to prepare all documents Landlord reasonably deems necessary or appropriate to determine the applicability of the Laws to the Leased Premises and Tenant’s use thereof, and for compliance therewith,
and Tenant shall execute all such documents promptly upon Landlord’s request. No such action by Landlord and no attempt made by Landlord to mitigate damages under any Law shall constitute a waiver of any of Tenant’s obligations under this
Section 19.3. 

  

	 	e.	Tenant’s obligations and liabilities under this Section 19.3 shall survive the expiration or termination of this Lease. 

 

	 	19.4	Environmental Indemnity. Tenant shall indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Landlord and its employees, agents, members, managers, successors and assigns from all fines, suits, procedures, claims and actions of
every kind and all costs, associated therewith (including reasonable attorneys’ and consultant’s fees) arising out of or in any way connected with any deposit, spill, discharge, release of Hazardous Substances or other violation of Law
that occurs during the Term at or from the Leased Premises to the extent caused by Tenant or its employees, agents, contractors, Visitors, sublessors, assignees, invitees, guests or representatives, or which arises at any time, from Tenant’s
failure to provide all information, make all submissions, and take all actions required by all Authorities under the Laws. Tenant’s obligations and liabilities under this Section 19.4 shall survive the expiration or termination of
this Lease. 

  

	20.	MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 

  

	 	20.1	Intentionally omitted. 

  

	 	20.2	Passageways, etc. No permanent or temporary revocations or modifications of any license, permit or privilege to occupy or use or maintain any passageway, or structure in, over or under any street or sidewalk, nor
any permanent or temporary deprivation of any existing right, privilege or easement appurtenant to the Leased Premises, including rights to use any part of the Common Area, shall operate as or be deemed an eviction of Tenant or in any way terminate,
modify, diminish or abate the obligation of Tenant to pay all Rent and to perform each and every covenant required under this Lease provided that Tenant shall have reasonable access to the Leased Premises. 

  
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	 	20.3	Tenant’s Conflicts. Tenant hereby covenants, warrants and represents that by executing this Lease and by the operation of the Leased Premises under this Lease, it is not violating, has not violated and will
not be violating any restrictive covenant or agreement contained in any other lease or contract affecting Tenant or any subsidiary, affiliate, associate or any other person or entity with whom or with which Tenant is related or connected financially
or otherwise. Tenant hereby covenants and agrees to defend, indemnify and save harmless Landlord, any future owner of the Leased Premises or any part thereof, and any mortgagee thereof against and from all liabilities, obligations, damages,
penalties, claims, costs and expenses, including attorneys’ fees, paid, suffered or incurred by them or any of them an a result of any breach of the foregoing covenant. Tenant’s liability under this covenant extends to the acts and
omissions of any subtenant, and any agent, servant, employee or licensee of Tenant or any subtenant of Tenant. 

  

	 	20.4	Relationship of the Parties. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or construed, by the parties hereto, nor by any third party, as creating the relationship of principal and agent, of partnership or of joint
venture between the parties hereto, it being understood and agreed that neither the method of computation of rent nor any other provision contained herein, nor any acts of the parties hereto, shall be deemed to create any other relationship than
that of Landlord and Tenant. 

  

	 	20.5	Binding Effect. This Lease shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Landlord and Landlord’s successors and assigns. This Lease shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Tenant and
Tenant’s successors and permitted assigns. 

  

	 	20.6	Exhibits. All Exhibits attached to this Lease are made a part of this Lease and incorporated by this reference into this Lease. 

 

	 	20.7	Entire Agreement. This Lease and the Exhibits attached to this Lease set forth all the covenants, promises, assurances, agreements, representations, conditions, warranties, statements and understandings (the
“Representations” collectively) between Landlord and Tenant concerning the Leased Premises and the Building, and there are no representations, either oral or written, between them other than those in this Lease. This Lease supersedes and
revokes all previous negotiations, arrangements, letters of intent, offers to lease, reservations of space, lease proposals, brochures, representations and information conveyed as to the Leased Premises, whether oral or in writing, between the
parties or their respective representatives or any other person purporting to represent Landlord or Tenant. Tenant acknowledges that it has not been induced to enter into this Lease by any representations not set forth in this Lease, it has not
relied on any such representations, no such representations shall be used in the interpretation or construction of this Lease and Landlord shall have no liability for any consequences arising as a result of any such representations. No subsequent
alteration, amendment, change or addition to this Lease shall be binding upon Landlord or Tenant unless in writing signed by both parties. 

  
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	 	20.8	Signing. The signing of this Lease by Tenant and delivery of this Lease to Landlord or its property manager does not constitute a reservation of or option for the Leased Premises or an agreement to enter into a
Lease and this Lease shall become effective only if and when Landlord signs and delivers same to Tenant. Tenant shall deliver to Landlord concurrently with the delivery to Landlord of a signed Lease, certified resolutions of Tenant’s Board of
Directors authorizing the signing and delivery of this Lease and the performance by Tenant of its obligations under this Lease. 

  

	 	20.9	No Accord. No payment by Tenant or receipt by Landlord of a lesser amount than any installment or payment of Rent due shall be deemed to be other than on account of the amount due, and no endorsement or statement
on any check or any letter accompanying any check or payment of Rent shall be considered an accord and satisfaction. Landlord may accept such check or payment without prejudice to Landlord’s right to recover the balance of such installment or
payment of Rent or pursue any other remedies available to Landlord. No receipt of money by Landlord from Tenant after the termination of this Lease or Tenant’s right to possession of the Leased Premises shall reinstate, continue or extend the
Term. Landlord may allocate payments received from Tenant to outstanding account balances of Tenant under this Lease in the manner determined by Landlord and Landlord shall not be bound by any allocations of such payments made by Tenant by notation
or endorsement on checks or otherwise. 

  

	 	20.10	Broker. Tenant represents to Landlord that Tenant has not dealt with any real estate broker, salesperson, or finder in connection with this Lease, and no such person initiated or participated in the negotiation
of this Lease, or showed the Leased Premises to Tenant. Tenant agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Landlord, and its agents, property manager, contractors and employees, from and against any and all claims, demands, liabilities, actions,
damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) for brokerage commissions or fees arising out of a breach of such representation. 

  

	 	20.11	Force Majeure. Landlord shall not be considered in default of any of the terms, covenants and conditions of this Lease on Landlord’s part to be performed, if Landlord fails to timely perform same and such
failure is due in whole or in part to any strike, lockout, union labor trouble (whether legal or illegal), civil disorder, inability to procure materials, failure of power, restrictive governmental laws and regulations, riots, insurrections, war,
fuel shortages, accidents, casualties, Acts of God, acts caused directly or indirectly by Tenant (or Tenant’s agents, employees or invitees) or any other cause beyond the reasonable control of Landlord. 

 

	 	20.12	No Waiver. The receipt by Landlord of any Rent with knowledge of the breach of any covenant of this Lease by Tenant shall not be deemed a waiver of such breach or any subsequent breach of this Lease by Tenant and
no provision of this Lease and no breach of any provision of this Lease shall be deemed to have been waived by Landlord unless such waiver be in writing signed by Landlord. Notwithstanding any cancellation or termination of this Lease, nothing
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shall be construed to release Tenant from any liability or responsibility (whether then or thereafter occurring) with respect to any acts, omissions or obligations of Tenant occurring prior to
such cancellation or termination, all of which shall survive such cancellation or termination. 

  

	 	20.13	Captions. Section and Section captions in this Lease are inserted only as a matter of convenience and in no way define, limit, construe or describe the scope or intent of such Section and Section captions.

  

	 	20.14	Applicable Law. This Lease shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. 

  

	 	20.15	Notice of Lease. Tenant agrees not to record this Lease but each party hereto agrees, at the request of the other, to execute a Notice of Lease in recordable form complying with applicable law and reasonably
satisfactory to Landlord’s attorneys. In no event shall such documents set forth the Rent or other charges paid by Tenant hereunder. Notwithstanding any provisions of this Section 20.15, Tenant may submit a copy of this Lease to
Tenant’s insurer with respect to the Leased Premises. 

  

	 	20.16	Severability. If any clause, phrase, provision or portion of this Lease or the application of same to any person or circumstance shall be invalid or unenforceable under applicable law. Such event shall not
affect, impair or render invalid or unenforceable the remainder of this Lease, nor any other clause phrase, provision or portion of this Lease, nor shall it affect the application of any clause, phrase, provision or portion of this Lease to other
persons or circumstances. 

  

	 	20.17	No Construction Against Preparer of Lease. This Lease has been prepared by Landlord and its professional advisors and reviewed by Tenant and its professional advisors. Landlord, Tenant and their separate advisors
believe that this Lease is the product of all of their efforts, that it expresses their agreement and that it should not be interpreted in favor of either Landlord or Tenant or against either Landlord or Tenant merely because of their efforts in
preparing it. 

  

	 	20.18	Intentionally omitted. 

  

	 	20.19	Usury. It is the intent of Landlord and Tenant to comply at all times with applicable usury laws. If at any time such laws would render usurious any amounts called for under this Lease, then it is Landlord’s
and Tenant’s express intention that such excess amount be immediately credited toward Rent and the provisions hereof and thereof be immediately deemed to be reformed and the amounts thereafter collectible hereunder reduced to comply with the
then applicable laws, without the necessity of the execution of any further documents. 

  

	 	20.20	Definition of Landlord: Landlord’s Liability. The word “Landlord” is used herein to include Landlord named above as well as its successors and assigns, each of whom shall have the same rights,
remedies, powers, authorities and privileges as it would have had if it originally signed this Lease as Landlord. Any 

  
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such person, whether or not named herein, shall have no liability hereunder after it ceases to hold title to the Leased Premises. Neither Landlord nor any principal of Landlord nor the owner of
the Leased Premises, whether disclosed or undisclosed, shall have any personal liability with respect to any of the provisions of this Lease or the Leased Premises. 

 

	 	20.21	Intentionally omitted. 

  

	21.	RIGHT OF FIRST REFUSAL 

  

	 	21.1	Landlord shall not lease (i) that eastern portion of the 3rd Floor of the Building, comprised of approximately 15,040 rentable square feet, as more particularly
shown on Exhibit B-2 attached hereto (the “3rd Floor ROFR Space”) or (ii) that portion of the 4th Floor of the Building,
comprised of approximately 7,520 rentable square feet, as more particularly shown on Exhibit B-3 attached hereto (the “4th Floor ROFR Space”) (each such applicable
space, a “Potential Offering Space”) without giving Tenant the right to first lease each such Potential Offering Space. At any time that Landlord determines to lease or extend any existing lease covering all or part of the Potential
Offering Space, Landlord shall notify Tenant of the rent for which Landlord is willing to lease the subject portion of the Potential Offering Space. If Tenant, within ten (10) business days after receipt of Landlord’s written notice,
indicates in writing its agreement to lease the such portion of the Potential Offering Space at the rent and on the terms Landlord for which Landlord is willing to lease such Potential Offering Space, said potion of the Potential Offering Space
shall be included within the Leased Premises and leased to Tenant pursuant to the provisions of this Lease. However, the rent payable under this Lease shall be increased by the amount of rent attributable to the new portion of title Leased Premises.
The parties shall immediately execute an amendment to this Lease addressing the addition of the portion of the Potential Offering Space and the terms thereof. If Tenant fails to respond to Landlord’s notice within ten (10) business days of
Tenant’s receipt of same or if Tenant declines Landlord’s terms, Landlord may freely lease to any person or entity the portion of the Potential Offering Space that was the subject of Landlord’s notice and Tenant’s right of first
refusal with respect to that particular space shall be terminated in all respects. 

  

	22.	LANDLORDS ADDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS 

  

	 	22.1	Landlord Demolition and Renovations. Landlord at its sole cost and expense shall: (i) renovate by July 1, 2012 the cross-hatched area on Exhibit B-1 attached hereto (the “Fourth Floor Common
Area”), including but not limited to the bathrooms, hallway and lobby located in the Fourth Floor Common Area to similarly match the renovations performed in the cross-hatched area on Exhibit B-2
attached hereto (the “Third Floor Common Area”) in connection with the Other Lease; (ii) demolish the Leased Premises within thirty (30) calendar days after Landlord receives from the City of Yonkers the building permit in
connection with the approved written demolition plan for the Leased Premises, but, in any event, not prior to January 15, 2012; and (iii) pour gypcrete floors in the Fourth Floor Open Office Space by February 28, 2012.

  
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	 	22.2	Landlord Systems Warranty. Landlord represents that the present HVAC, electrical and plumbing located in the Leased Premises are in good working and order. Landlord, at its sole cost and expense shall be
responsible for keeping, maintaining, repairing and/or replacing said systems through December 31, 2020. After December 31, 2020, Tenant, at its sole cost and expense shall be responsible for keeping, maintaining, repairing and/or
replacing said systems. 

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	 LANDLORD:
  

HUDSON VIEW BUILDING #3 LLC

		
	By: 	 	/s/ Joseph Cotter
	Name: Joseph Cotter
	Title: Managing Member and/or Authorized Agent
	
	 TENANT:
  

CONTRAFECT CORPORATION

		
	By: 	 	/s/ Robert Nowinski
	Name: Robert Nowinski
	Title: CEO

  
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 Exhibit A-1 

Site Plan showing the layout of i.park, the Building and Common Area 

  
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 Exhibit B-1 

Plan of the Leased Premises. 

  
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 Exhibit B-2 

Plan of the 3rd Floor ROFR Space 

 
 

 

  
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 Exhibit B-3 

Plan of the 4th Floor ROFR Space. 

 
 

 

  
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 Exhibit C 

Minimum Annual Rent Schedule 
  

 

  
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 Exhibit D 

Form of AIA Requisition 
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attached) 

  
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 Exhibit 10.5 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 

by and between CONTRAFECT 

CORPORATION and 
 DAVID
HUANG, M.D. 
 THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is entered into on the latest date set forth on the signature pages
hereto, by and between ContraFect Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Employer”) and David Huang, M.D., a resident of New York City (“Employee”). 

WHEREAS, Employer is a biotech company engaged in the business of developing products for approval and sale; 

WHEREAS, Employee is a research scientist with knowledge and experience in the area of developing products in the biotech field for approval
and sale; 
 WHEREAS, Employer believes that the future services of Employee will be of substantial benefit to Employer and desires to
assure itself of the continued availability of such services; and 
 WHEREAS, Employee desires to accept employment with Employer on the
terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter stated. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises above and the mutual
promises contained herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 

1. Employment and Duties of Employee. 
 (a)
Employer hereby employs Employee to serve Employer in the capacity of Chief Medical Officer reporting to Employer’s Chief Executive Officer Employer shall have the power to determine the precise duties of Employee as they may change over time
and as Employer’s needs shall warrant. Employee agrees to devote Employee’s full working time, attention, ability, skill and energies to the performance of 

 
Employee’s duties hereunder. Employee shall provide professional services on behalf of Employer in a manner and to an extent consistent with that established by Employer. Employee shall work
at all locations/offices of Employer as requested by Employer, and upon Employer’s request shall travel as needed to carry out his duties. Employee shall not provide like services for any other entity or person, whether for compensation or not,
except as an employee of Employer. 
 (b) Employee shall comply with all bylaws, policies, procedures, standards and regulations of Employer
now or hereafter promulgated. Employee shall participate in such continuing education as may be required under applicable ethical or licensing standards, laws, rules and regulations applying to Employee’s profession or as may otherwise be
required by Employer. Employee shall obtain and maintain all required licenses, credentials, approvals or other certifications to perform Employee’s duties and services hereunder. 

(c) Employee shall disclose in writing to Employer on the date hereof all financial interests or compensation arrangements of Employee (other
than this Employment Agreement) in any Biotech Venture (Biotech Venture shall mean and include without limitation, any entity or person that develops or sells, researches, or licenses scientific information or products for the therapy of human
diseases)(such financial interests and compensation arrangements hereinafter collectively referred to as “Arrangements”). 

Employee shall not enter into any Arrangements with any Biotech Venture without the prior written consent of Employer. 

2. Hours and Place of Employment. Employee is expected to maintain a regular work week as assigned by the Employer for employees at his level
performing such duties. Employee shall be assigned to work at Employer’s headquarters location in Yonkers, New York. 
 3. Term of Employment.
The initial term of employment (the “Initial Term”) of Employee’s employment by Employer under this Agreement shall commence on September 1, 2011 (the “Commencement Date”) and shall end four (4) years thereafter,
unless earlier terminated as hereinafter provided. Unless either party elects to terminate this Agreement at the end of the Initial Term or any renewal term by giving the other party notice of such election at least ninety (90) days before the
expiration of the Initial Term, this Agreement shall be deemed to have been renewed for an additional term of one (1) year commencing on the day after the expiration of the then current term and so on from year to year. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, either party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time for any reason or no reason upon thirty (30) days’ 

  
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prior written notice. In the event that Employer or Employee gives notice to terminate pursuant to the foregoing sentence, Employer may elect to have Employee cease working immediately so long as
Employer continues to pay Employee his base salary in accordance with the provisions of Section (4)(a) hereof for the entire thirty (30) day notice period. In the event Employer elects to have Employee immediately cease working during the
thirty (30) days notice period as provided in the foregoing sentence and Employee finds alternative employment that is not in violation of any provision herein, Employee may accept and engage in the alternative employment and upon
Employee’s first date of employment with the alternative employer, Employer shall terminate the payment of Employee’s base salary during the thirty (30) day notice period as provided in subsection 4(a). In the event that Employee is
terminated by Employer without cause then in such event Employee shall be given a severance payment in the amount that is equal to twelve (12) months of his then base salary provided that Employee first signs a Severance and Release Agreement
in a form prescribed by Employer. The aforesaid severance payment shall be paid over twelve (12) months and shall be subject to mitigation by Employee. 

4. Compensation of Employee. 
 (a) As
compensation for all services to be performed by Employee from and after the Commencement Date, Employer agrees to pay to Employee a base salary of Three Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($350,000.00) per annum. All such payments shall be prorated for
any partial month or year and shall be payable in accordance with Employer’s customary payroll practices for Employees. Federal income taxes, social security taxes and other customary employee payroll deductions shall be deducted from all
amounts paid to Employee as compensation under this Employment Agreement. Employer will review Employee’s performance annually at which time Employee’s base salary may subsequently be changed. 

(b) Effective as of the Commencement Date Employer shall give Employee stock options for Two Hundred Thousand (200,000) shares of common
stock under its stock option plan which will provide, among other things, for vesting in annual increments, at a $1.29 per share strike price, over three years (66,666 shares at the end of the first year, 66,666 shares at the end of the second year,
and 66,668 shares at the end of the third year. Such options shall have a duration of 10 years. The stock option plan provides, inter alia, that unvested options shall be forfeited in the event that Employee is no longer an employee as of the
vesting date. 
 (c) The Employee will also qualify for an annual bonus based on the criteria to be determined by Employer in the first
thirty (30) days of each employment year. The bonus shall be in the amount of 25% of the then base salary and shall be paid 

  
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50% in cash and 50% as options derived from Employer’s stock option plan. Such options shall have a duration of 10 years and vest over a period of 3 years as described in 4(b) with an
exercise price at the fair market value on the date of approval by the Board of Directors. Employer shall review Employee’s performance annually with a view towards setting criteria for possible additional bonus arrangements. 

(d) Employee shall be entitled to participate in such fringe benefit programs as Employer may offer to its senior employees generally. The
Employer’s current health insurance plan is with Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield and also includes optical and dental coverage. Employer reserves the right, subject to decisions of its Board of Directors, to amend, decrease or discontinue any
benefit program at any time without advance notice to or consent of the Employee, consistent with the manner in which Employer changes the benefit programs for other similarly situated employees of Employer. 

(e) Within thirty (30) days of commencing employment Employer will give Employee a signing bonus in the form of fully vested stock
options for Fifty Eight Thousand One Hundred Forty (58,140) shares of common stock under its stock option plan which will provide, among other things, for the options to be forfeited in the event that Employee should voluntarily terminate his
employment with Employer within the first year of his employment. Such options shall have a duration of 10 years and shall have the same criteria as that listed in Section 4(b). The stock option plan provides, inter alia, that unvested
options shall be forfeited in the event that Employee is no longer an employee as of the vesting date. 
 (f) Within thirty (30) days
of commencing employment Employer will give Pace Law School an educational stipend of Ten Thousand ($10,000.00) Dollars for Employee to use in pursuit of educational endeavors. 

5. Absences and Vacation. In each calendar year of Employee’s employment Employee shall have off as paid vacation the Christmas/New Years break
starting with December 23 as the first day off and ending on January 1 of the following year. In addition, in each calendar year of Employee’s employment Employee shall be entitled to take fourteen (14) days off as paid vacation
during the summer. Employee shall be entitled to five (5) paid sick days and two personal days in each year of Employee’s employment. Except as to sick days, vacation time off shall be taken at a time reasonably convenient to Employer. In
the event Employee’s employment terminates prior to the end of the term hereof, such entitlement shall be prorated. Any unused time off at the end of any annual term of this Agreement shall not entitle Employee to payment therefor and may not
be carried forward into any subsequent period of employment. All vacation and sick time shall be prorated if Employee’s employment shall start or end during a calendar year. 

  
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 6. Expenses. 
 (a)
In addition to the compensation payable to Employee under Section 4, Employer agrees to reimburse Employee for approved expenses reasonably incurred during the course of Employee’s employment. Such reimbursement shall be made upon
presentation of receipts satisfactory to Employer for expenses actually incurred in connection with the foregoing. 
 7. Termination Other Than For
Cause. 
 (a) In the event of Employee’s death, Employee’s employment shall terminate immediately and Employee’s estate
shall be paid Employee’s base salary and accrued bonus, if any, through the date on which such death occurred. 
 (b) If Employee after
working for six (6) months for Employer becomes unable to perform the essential functions of Employee’s duties (with reasonable accommodation, if requested) due to partial or total disability or incapacity resulting from a mental or
physical illness or injury or any similar cause, Employer will continue the payment of Employee’s base salary pursuant to Section 4(a) for a period of three (3) months, or until the Employee is able to return to work, whichever is
shorter. The first days of said salary continuation shall be charged against any of Employee’s accrued and unused vacation time, sick time and personal days. Thereafter, Employer shall have no obligation for the payment of Employee’s base
salary pursuant to Section 4(a) to Employee during the continuance of such disability or incapacity. Any disability payments that are paid to Employee from Employer provided disability insurance shall be applied as an offset against
Employer’s salary continuation under this subsection 7(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Employee shall not be entitled to receive base salary pursuant to this subsection 7(b) for more than three (3) months in any
consecutive twelve (12) month period. At such time as the Family and Medical Leave Act shall apply to Employer, if ever, Employee shall have such rights as are provided for thereunder. 

8. Termination For Cause. 
 (a) Employee’s
employment under this Agreement shall be deemed to be terminated upon the occurrence of any of the following, at Employer’s election, immediately upon Employer giving written notice of such termination to Employee: 

(i) Employee’s conviction of any felony or a crime involving moral turpitude. 

  
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 (ii) Employee’s failure or refusal to follow, in any material respect, the instructions of
Employer or the bylaws, policies, standards or regulations of Employer, which from time to time may be established or changed, and such failure or refusal is not cured within fifteen (15) days of receiving written notice of such violation from
Employer. 
 (iii) Employee’s continued failure or refusal to faithfully and diligently perform, in any material respect, the usual
and customary duties of Employee’s employment hereunder, and such failure or refusal is not cured within fifteen (15) days of receiving written notice of such violation from Employer. 

(iv) Employee’s conduct is unprofessional, unethical, immoral or fraudulent and such conduct is not cured within fifteen (15) days
of receiving written notice to cure such conduct from Employer. 
 (v) Employee’s conduct is detrimental to the reputation, character
or standing of Employer. 
 (vi) Unlawful use by Employee of narcotics or other controlled substances, or use of alcohol or other drugs in
a manner Employer reasonably determines interferes with the performance of the essential functions of Employee’s duties hereunder. 

(vii) Employee’s failure or refusal to behave in a reasonably courteous, respectful and helpful manner toward third parties or
co-workers and such behavior is not cured within ten (10) days of receiving notice to cure such behavior from Employer. 
 (viii) Any
written notice under this Section 9(a) shall specify the alleged violations in sufficient detail as to apprise Employee of the default or failure. 

(b) In the event that Employer fails to pay Employee any installment of the base salary owed to Employee under Section 4(a) or
(b) when it is due and such non-payment is not cured within fifteen (15) days after Employee shall have notified Employer in writing of such non-payment, then Employee, provided that. Employee is not in default with respect to any of
Employee’s obligations under this Agreement, shall have the option to terminate Employee’s employment under this Agreement immediately upon Employee giving written notice of such termination to Employer. 

  
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 9. Proprietary and Confidential Information. 

a. Confidential Information. Employee acknowledges that, during the course of his service with Employer, he will have access to Confidential
Information and materials not generally known outside Employer. For all purposes of this Agreement, “Confidential Information” means all information and materials (whether conceived or developed by Employee or others), marketing and other
business plans, customers and customer information, data strategies, research, reports, copyrights and patents related to Employer. During the Term of this Agreement, Employee shall not, without the prior consent of Employer, communicate or divulge
any Confidential Information or materials to anyone other than Employer and its partners, affiliates, employees, consultants and those designated by it except in the course of carrying out his duties or as required by law. Employee acknowledges that
Confidential Information is and shall remain the property of Employer. The confidentiality obligations hereunder shall not apply to Confidential Information which: (i) is, or later becomes, public knowledge other than by breach of this
Agreement; or (ii) is in the possession of Employee with the full right to disclose same prior to his receipt of it from Employer; or (iii) is independently received by Employee from a third party, with no restrictions of disclosure.
Furthermore, Employee agrees not to use Confidential Information for any purposes other than to perform duties for Employer hereunder. Employee shall also execute Employer’s standard Confidentiality Agreement. 

b. Ownership of Patents and Intellectual Property. Employee agrees that any work prepared for Employer from the date of this Agreement until
the expiration of his employment with Employer, which is eligible for copyright and patent protection under the laws of the United States or any other country and any proprietary know-how developed by Employee while rendering services for Employer,
will vest in Employer. Employee hereby grants, transfers and assigns all right, title and interest in such work and all copyrights and patents in such work and all renewals and extensions thereof to Employer, and agrees to provide all assistance
reasonably requested by Employer in the establishment, preservation and enforcement of Employer’s copyright and patents in such work, such assistance to be provided at Employer’s expense but without any additional compensation to Employee
if Employee is employed by Employer and for reasonable compensation and subject to his reasonable availability if he is not. If Employer cannot, after reasonable effort, secure Employee’s signature on any documents needed do apply for or
prosecute any patent, copyright or other right or protection relating to an invention, whether because of his physical or mental incapacity or for any other reason whatsoever, Employee hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Employer and its duly
authorized officers and agents as his agent and attorney-in-fact, to act for and on his behalf and in his name and stead for the purpose of executing and filing any such application or 

  
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applications and taking all other lawfully permitted actions to further the prosecution and issuance of patents, copyrights, or similar protections thereon, with the same legal force and effect
as if executed by him. 
 c. Litigation. Employee agrees to render assistance and cooperation to Employer at its request regarding any
matter, dispute or controversy with which Employer may become involved and of which Employee has useful knowledge, information or expertise. Such services will be without additional compensation if Employee is then employed by Employer and for
reasonable compensation and subject to his reasonable availability if he is not. Following his employment, Employee shall not be required to cooperate other than as a fact witness. Employer agrees to pay all expenses reasonably incurred or to be
incurred by Employee in connection with his cooperation. 
 10. Covenants not to Compete. 

a. Non-competition. Employee acknowledges that his duties hereunder and the services he will provide to Employer are of a special, unique,
unusual and extraordinary character, which gives this Agreement particular value to Employer, and that the knowledge he will learn while working for Employer is such that it will necessarily be valuable to a competitor and almost impossible to keep
confidential if Employee were to work for a competitor. Therefore, during the Term and for a period of one year after termination of his service to Employer, Employee will not, directly or indirectly, enter into, organize, control, engage in, be
employed by, serve as a consultant to, be an officer or director of, or have any direct investment of more than 5% of the outstanding shares in, any business, person, partnership, association, firm, corporation, or other entity engaged in any
business activity (including, but not limited to, research, development, manufacturing, selling, leasing, licensing or providing services; excluding, but not limited to, clinical patient care) which is competitive with the business of Employer. For
purposes of this Agreement, a business activity is competitive with the business of the Company if it is being done on behalf of, any business, person, partnership, association, firm, corporation, or other entity that owns, develops, sells,
researches, or licenses scientific information, or products involving antibodies, lysins and other bacterial products, but does not include any other anti-microbial agents for the treatment of human pathogens. 

b. Non-diversion. During the Term, and for a period of one year after the date of termination of Employee’s employment with Employer,
Employee will not divert or attempt to divert or take advantage of or attempt to take advantage of any actual or potential business or opportunities of Employer. 

  
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 c. Non-recruitment. Employee agrees that Employer has or will invest substantial time and effort
in assembling its workforce. Accordingly, Employee agrees that during the Term and for a period of one year after the date of termination of Employee’s employment with Employer Employee will not directly or indirectly (a) hire away any
individuals who were employed by, or providing independent contractor services to, Employer during the one-year period prior to the date of termination of Employee’s service with Employer, or (b) directly or indirectly, entice, solicit or
seek to induce or influence any such employees, or independent contractors, to leave or curtail their service with Employer or to provide services to others. In addition, Employee agrees that for a period of one year after the date of termination of
Employee’s employment with Employer Employee will not directly or indirectly solicit any customer of Employer for the benefit of Employee or any other business venture 

11. Remedies. 
 a. Employee acknowledges that
the restrictions contained in Sections 9 and 10, in view of the nature of the business of Employer, are reasonable and necessary in order to protect the legitimate interests of Employer. Employee acknowledges that any violation of such restrictions
would likely result in irreparable injuries to Employer, and Employee therefore acknowledges that, in the event of Employee’s violation of any of these restrictions, Employer shall be entitled to seek from any court of competent jurisdiction
preliminary and permanent injunctive relief without proving actual damage or immediate or irreparable harm and without posting any bond. In addition, Employer shall be entitled to seek damages and an equitable accounting of all earnings, profits and
other benefits arising from such violation, which rights shall be cumulative and in addition to any other rights or remedies to which Employer may be entitled. 

b. If the time, geographic, or other limitations specified in Sections 9 and 10 above should be adjudged to exceed limitations permitted by
applicable law in any proceeding, then the affected provisions shall be deemed reformed in such jurisdiction to the maximum time, geographic, product or service or other limitations permitted by applicable law. If Employee violates any of the
restrictions contained in the foregoing Sections 9 and 10, the restrictive period shall be tolled, and shall not run, during the time of any said breach. 

c. In view of the difficulty of determining the amount of damages that may result to the parties hereto from the breach of the provision of
Section 9 or 10, it is the intent of the parties hereto that, in addition to monetary damages, any non-breaching party shall have the right to prevent any such breach in equity or otherwise, including without limitation prevention by means of
injunctive relief. The prevailing party in any such action shall be entitled to an award of its reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. 

  
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 12. Non-disparagement. Employee and Employer mutually agree that, during the Term and for a period of five years
thereafter, neither will directly or indirectly disparage the other. 
 13. Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
and understanding between Employer and Employee relating to the subject matter hereof, and shall not be amended or changed except by written instrument signed by each of the undersigned parties. There are no prior or contemporaneous oral or written
understandings or agreements between the parties regarding Employee’s employment by Employer or any other matter. 
 14. No Waiver. Neither
Employee nor Employer shall by any act, delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any default in or breach of any of the terms and conditions hereof. No failure to
exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of Employee or Employer, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other
or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. 
 15. Waiver of jury trial. The parties hereto waive any and all rights
to a trial by jury with respect to any action arising hereunder. 
 16. Governing Law, Venue, Interpretation of Language. The parties agree that this
Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York and that venue for an action between the parties that arises out of this Agreement shall be in New York county, State of New York. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or
interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.

 17. Resignation as Officer and Director. In the event that Employee’s employment with Employer is terminated for any reason whatsoever,
Employee agrees to immediately resign from any position Employee may hold as an officer or director of, or on behalf of, Employer. 
 18. Limitation on
Authority. Without the express written consent of Employer, the Employee shall have no apparent or implied authority to: 
 (a) pledge
the credit of Employer or any of its employees; 

  
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 (b) bind the Employer under any contract, agreement, note, mortgage or otherwise; or 

(c) sell, mortgage, transfer or otherwise dispose of any assets of Employer. 

19. Notices. Any notices under this Agreement shall be given in writing in person or by registered or certified U.S. mail, postage prepaid, return
receipt requested, or by facsimile with confirmation, to the parties at their respective addresses set forth below, and such notices shall be deemed given when received or three (3) days after placed in the mail in the manner provided above.
Either party may change such party’s address for notice by giving notice as provided herein. 
  

							
	(a)	  	If to Employer:	  	With a copy to:	  	
		  	Robert Nowinski, Ph.D.	  		  	
		  	28 Wells Avenue	  		  	
		  	Yonkers, NY 10701	  		  	
				
	(b)	  	If to Employee:	  		  	
		  	David Huang, M.D.	  		  	
		  	320 E 46th Street #23C	  		  	
		  	New York, NY 10017	  		  	

 20. Prior Agreements. Employee represents to Employer that (a) there are no restrictions, agreements or
understandings to which Employee is a party that would prevent or make unlawful Employee’s execution of this Agreement or Employee’s employment hereunder, (b) Employee’s execution of this Agreement and Employee’s employment
hereunder shall not constitute a breach of any contract, agreement or understanding, oral or written, to which Employee is a party or by which Employee is bound, (c) Employee is free and able to execute this Agreement and to enter into
employment by Employer, and (d) Employee shall not divulge to Employer any trade secrets or proprietary information that belongs to any other person or entity. 

21. No Assignment. This Agreement and the rights and obligations of both parties hereunder are personal in nature, and shall not be assignable by
either party hereto, except by operation of law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Employer may assign some or all of its rights hereunder to a successor in interest. 

22. Headings. Headings used in this Agreement are solely for the convenience of the parties and shall be given no effect in the construction or
interpretation of this Agreement. 

  
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 23 Miscellaneous. 

(a) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original as against any
party whose signature appears thereon, and all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement shall become binding when one or more counterparts hereof, individually or taken together, shall bear the signatures of all
of the parties reflected hereon as the signatories. 
 (b) Provisions Separable. The provisions of this Agreement are independent of and
separable from each other, and no provision shall be affected or rendered invalid or unenforceable by virtue of the fact that for any reason any other or others of them may be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part. 

(c) Survival. Any provisions of this Agreement which, by their terms, are intended to survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement,
including but not limited to the restrictive covenant and the provisions relating to non-solicitation, confidentiality, and both parties agree to forever waive any claim or defense, at law or in equity, asserting that such provision(s) terminated or
otherwise became unenforceable as a result of the expiration or termination of this Agreement. 
 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto
have caused this Agreement to be signed and delivered as of the day and year set forth below. 
  

			
	CONTRAFECT CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	 

		 	Robert Nowinski, CEO
	Dated:	 	June 27, 2011
		
		 	 

		 	David Huang, M.D.
	Dated:	 	June 30, 2011

  
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