Rent (a) Tenant shall pay to Landlord (or to Lender, if directed by Landlord), as minimum annual rent for the Leased Premises during the Term, basic rent (“Basic Rent”), payable in advance commencing on the first day of the first month following the month in which the Commencement Date occurs (unless the Commencement Date is the first day of a month, in which case commencing on the Commencement Date) and continuing on the first day of each calendar month thereafter during the Term (the said days being called the “Basic Rent Payment Dates”), and shall pay the same at Landlord’s address set forth below, or at such other place as Landlord from time to time may designate to Tenant in writing, in funds which at the time of such payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public or private debts in the United States of America and, if required by Landlord, by wire transfer in immediately available federal funds to such account in such bank as Landlord shall designate, from time to time. The Basic Rent due and payable during the first Lease Year shall be the Basic Rent set forth on the attached Schedule 6(a). Thereafter, Basic Rent for each subsequent Lease Year shall be an amount equal to One Hundred and One and One-Half Percent (101.5%) of the Basic Rent due and payable during the immediately preceding Lease Year. Upon request by Landlord, Tenant shall establish arrangements whereby payments of the Basic Rent and Additional Rent are transferred by Automated Clearing House Debit from an account established by Tenant at a United States bank or other financial institution to such account as Landlord may designate. If the Commencement Date shall occur on a date other than the first day of a calendar month, then, Basic Rent for the period from and including the Commencement Date through and including the last day of the month in which the Commencement Date occurs shall be paid, in advance, on the date hereof, in an amount prorated by (i) dividing the monthly installment of Basic Rent due for the month in which the Commencement Date occurs by the number of days in such month, and (ii) multiplying such sum by the numbers of days remaining in such month from and after the Commencement Date.