O-2020-IDA-136 Metton America, INC.

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member of LIMA, the obligations of Company and City shall be governed by the CIMA agreement, to which agreement City is a party. IV. This Agreement shall extend for a period beginning on the lst day of January, 2020, and continuing thereafter until December 31, 2031, unless extended for an additional period or periods of time upon- mutual consent of Company and City, as provided by the Municipal Annexation Act; provided, however, that in the event this Agreement is not so extended for an additional period or periods of time on or before August 31, 2031, the agreement of City not to annex property of Company within the District shall terminate. In that event, City shall have the right to commence immediate annexation proceedings as to all of Company's property covered by this Agreement, notwithstanding any of the terms and provisions of this Agreement. Company agrees that if, Texas Local Government Code Section Chapter 42.044 "Creation of Industrial District in Extraterritorial Jurisdiction", or Texas. Local Government Code Chapter 43 "Municipal Annexation", is amended, or any new legislation is thereafter enacted by the -Legislature of the State of Texas which imposes greater restrictions on the right of City to annex land belonging to Company or imposes further obligations on City in connection therewith after the annexation of such land, Company will waive the right to require City to comply with any such additional restrictions or obligations and the rights of the parties shall be then determined in accordance with the provisions of said laws as the same existed on January 1, 2019. V. This Agreement may be extended for an additional period or periods by agreement between City and Company and/or its assigns even though it is not extended by agreement between City and all of the owners of all land within the District of which it is a part. VI. A. In the event Company elects to protest the valuation for tax purposes set on its said properties by City or by the Harris County Appraisal District for any year or years during the terms hereof, nothing in this Agreement shall preclude such protest and Company shall have the right to take all legal steps desired by it to reduce the same. Notwithstanding such protest by Company, and except as otherwise provided in Article VI(B), Company agrees to pay to City on or before the date therefore hereinabove provided, at least the total of (a) the total -amount of ad valorem taxes on the annexed portions, plus (b) the total amount of the "in lieu of taxes" on 7