Operating Expenses may include, without limitation, all costs, expenses and disbursements incurred or made in connection with the following:
(i) Wages and salaries of all employees, whether employed by Landlord or the Project’s management company, to the extent engaged in the operation and maintenance of the Project, and all costs related to or associated with such employees or the carrying out of their duties, including uniforms and their cleaning, taxes, auto allowances, training and insurance and benefits (including, without limitation, contributions to pension and/or profit sharing plans and vacation or other paid absences);
(ii) The costs of equipping and maintaining a management office, including, but not limited to, rent, accounting and legal fees, supplies and other administrative costs;
(iii) All supplies, tools, equipment and materials, including Common Area janitorial and lighting supplies, used directly in the operation and maintenance of the Project, including any lease payments therefor;
(iv) All utilities, including, without limitation, electricity, water, sewer and gas, for the Building and Common Area, except for charges for submetered electricity and gas and other Project utilities reasonably allocated to Tenant based on such submetered usage, for which Tenant pays Landlord in accordance with Section 16.4;
(v) All maintenance, operation and service agreements for the Phase II Buildings and the Common Area, and any equipment related thereto, including, without limitation, service and/or maintenance agreements for the Parking Facilities, the Shuttle Service (as defined in Section 16.6), energy management, HVAC, plumbing and electrical systems, exterior window repair, replacement and maintenance, and window cleaning, elevator maintenance, janitorial service for the Common Area, groundskeeping, interior and exterior landscaping and plant maintenance, and maintenance of existing utility connections located outside the Building and connected to the exterior of the Building;
(vi) Premiums and deductibles paid for insurance relating to the Project including, without limitation, fire and extended coverage, boiler, earthquake, windstorm, rental loss, and commercial general liability insurance;
(vii) All repairs to the Project, including interior, exterior, structural or nonstructural repairs and replacements, and regardless of whether foreseen or unforeseen; provided, however, any repairs and replacements which under generally accepted accounting principles should be classified as capital improvements shall be subject to inclusion pursuant to the terms of Section 6.1(ix) and otherwise excluded pursuant to Section 6.2(v) below;
(viii) All maintenance of the Project, including, without limitation, repainting Common Areas, replacing Common Area wall coverings, window coverings and carpet, ice and snow removal, window washing, landscaping, groundskeeping, trash removal and the patching, painting, resealing and complete resurfacing of roads, driveways and parking lots;
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