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A TRUE COPY <br />CERTIFICATION ON LAST PAGE <br />J.R. SMITH, CLERK <br />shall begin on the Fiber Acceptance Date. LICENSEE shall pay the License Fee to LICENSOR <br />for each calendar month within five days after the beginning of such calendar month. Payments <br />for partial calendar months shall be pro -rated accordingly. Any amounts due and not paid in full <br />when due shall be deemed delinquent and shall accrue interest at a rate equal to one percent (1%) <br />per month. <br />4.3 CPI Adjustment. <br />The License Fee shall be subject to an annual adjustment. The first adjustment shall occur <br />as of the January 1 that next follows a full year of the initial five-year term. Subsequent <br />adjustments shall occur as of January 1 of each subsequent calendar year during the Term. The <br />adjustment shall be determined in accordance with the percentage change in index known as the <br />"United States Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index (CPI) For All Urban Consumers" <br />(the "Index") using the most recent October to October Reports by applying the following formula: <br />(Current monthly License Fee) x (annual percentage increase (October to October) as reported in <br />the most recent Index (or if the Index no longer is published, then as reported in its successor <br />index). The adjustment for any calendar year shall not exceed five percent (5%). In no event shall <br />the License Fee for any calendar year be less than the License Fee for the immediately preceding <br />calendar year. <br />4.4 Use. <br />LICENSEE shall use the Licensor Fiber Optic Strands solely for the protection, control <br />and monitoring of LICENSEE's electric transmission and distribution system that formerly was <br />operated by LICENSOR. Nothing herein shall preclude LICENSEE from sub -licensing any excess <br />fiber or capacity to third parties in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations, provided <br />that LICENSEE submits a proposal for such sub -licensing and obtains the approval of LICENSOR <br />as more fully described in Section 14 of the Interlocal Agreement. In case of such sub -licensing, <br />LICENSEE shall remain primarily liable to LICENSOR under this License Agreement. In the <br />case of such sub -licensing, LICENSEE shall remain bound by all of its covenants and obligations <br />under this License Agreement, and shall be liable to LICENSOR for violation of its covenants and <br />obligations contained in this License Agreement and any applicable laws and regulations. If <br />LICENSEE chooses to sublicense to a third party then, in the event that LICENSOR knows of an <br />outage, LICENSOR shall notify LICENSEE in accordance with Exhibit C, and LICENSEE shall <br />be responsible for notifying all of its sub -licensees of such outage. <br />ARTICLE V <br />OWNERSHIP OF EXISTING FIBER OPTIC STRANDS <br />5.1 Ownership. <br />The Licensor Fiber Optic Strands and cable, including jacket, structure, attachments and <br />conduits and which constitute the Licensor Facilities along the designated route, shall at all times <br />remain the sole and exclusive property of, and legal title shall be held by, LICENSOR. <br />LICENSEE's license of the Licensor Fiber Optic Strands is a right of use only and neither such <br />use nor payment to LICENSOR for such use shall create or vest in LICENSEE any easement or <br />any ownership right in the Licensor Facilities or the Licensor Fiber Optic Strands. <br />-4- <br />116402757.1 <br />