Exhibit 10.1

HEALTHCARE TRUST OF AMERICA, INC.
2006 INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS COMPENSATION PLAN
(Effective Date: July 8, 2015)
ARTICLE 1
PURPOSE
1.1.    PURPOSE. The purpose of the Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. 2006
Independent Directors Compensation Plan is to attract, retain and compensate
highly-qualified individuals who are not employees of Healthcare Trust of
America, Inc. or any of its Affiliates for service as members of the Board by
providing them with competitive compensation and an ownership interest in the
Stock of the Company. The Company intends that the Plan will benefit the Company
and its stockholders by allowing Independent Directors to have a personal
financial stake in the Company through an ownership interest in the Stock and
will closely associate the interests of Independent Directors with that of the
Company’s stockholders.
1.2.    ELIGIBILITY. Independent Directors of the Company who are Eligible
Participants, as defined below, shall automatically be participants in the Plan.
1.3.    EFFECTIVE DATE. This version of the Plan is effective as of the
Effective Date. For compensation awarded or earned prior to such date, see the
version of the Plan in effect on the relevant date.
ARTICLE 2
DEFINITIONS
2.1.     DEFINITIONS. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the
following terms shall have the following meanings:
“AFFILIATE” has the meaning given such term in the Equity Incentive Plan.
“BASE RETAINER” means the retainer (excluding meeting fees and expenses) payable
by the Company to an Independent Director pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof for
service as a director of the Company, as such amount may be changed from time to
time.
“BOARD” means the Board of Directors of the Company.
“CHANGE IN CONTROL” has the meaning given such term in the Equity Incentive
Plan.

“CHARTER” means the articles of incorporation of the Company, as such articles
of incorporation may be amended from time to time.
“CODE” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“COMMITTEE” has the meaning given such term in the Equity Incentive Plan.
“COMPANY” means Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., a Maryland corporation.
“DIRECTOR DISABILITY” means any illness or other physical or mental condition of
an Independent Director that renders him or her incapable of performing as a
director of the Company, or any medically determinable illness or other physical
or mental condition resulting from a bodily injury, disease or mental disorder
which, in the judgment of the Board, is permanent and continuous in nature.

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, Disability shall have the same meaning as set
forth in any regulations, revenue procedure or revenue rulings issued by the
Secretary of the United States Treasury applicable to Section 409A(d) of the
Code. The Board may require such medical or other evidence as it deems necessary
to judge the nature and permanency of an Independent Director’s condition.
“EFFECTIVE DATE” means the “Effective Date” set forth above.
“ELIGIBLE PARTICIPANT” means any person who is an Independent Director on the
Effective Date set forth above or becomes an Independent Director while this
Plan is in effect; except that during any period a director is prohibited from
participating in the Plan by his or her employer or otherwise waives
participation in the Plan, such director shall not be an Eligible Participant.
“EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN” means the Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. 2006
Incentive Plan, or any subsequent equity compensation plan approved by the
Company’s stockholders and designated as the Equity Incentive Plan for purposes
of this Plan.
“FAIR MARKET VALUE” has the meaning given such term in the Equity Incentive
Plan.

“INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR” has the meaning given such term in the Equity Incentive
Plan.
“PLAN” means this Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. 2006 Independent Directors
Compensation Plan, as amended from time to time.
“PLAN YEAR” means the approximate 12-month period beginning with the annual
stockholders meeting and ending at the next annual stockholders meeting.
“RETIREMENT” means a termination of an Independent Director’s service as a
member of the Board as a result of the Independent Director’s term as a member
of the Board expiring and the Independent Director does not stand for
re-election as a member of the Board (or the Independent Director is
re-nominated but not re-elected for a new term on the Board); provided, however,
that such a termination will not constitute a Retirement for purposes hereof
unless (a) the Independent Director has served on the Board for not less than
four (4) full years as of the date of such termination, and (b) the Independent
Director’s service on the Board continues through the day before the date of the
annual meeting of stockholders at which the Independent Director’s term as a
member of the Board is scheduled to expire.
“SHARES” has the meaning given such term in the Equity Incentive Plan.
“STOCK” has the meaning given such term in the Equity Incentive Plan.
“SUPPLEMENTAL ANNUAL RETAINER” means the annual cash retainer (excluding meeting
fees and expenses) payable by the Company to an Independent Director pursuant to
Section 5.2 hereof for service as the Lead Independent Director of the Board or
the chair of a committee of the Board, as such amount may be changed from time
to time.

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ARTICLE 3
ADMINISTRATION
3.1.    ADMINISTRATION. The Plan shall be administered by the Board. Subject to
the provisions of the Plan, the Board shall be authorized to interpret the Plan,
to establish, amend and rescind any rules and regulations relating to the Plan,
and to make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the
administration of the Plan. The Board’s interpretation of the Plan, and all
actions taken and determinations made by the Board pursuant to the powers vested
in it hereunder, shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties concerned
including the Company, its stockholders and persons granted awards under the
Plan. The Board may appoint a plan administrator to carry out the ministerial
functions of the Plan, but the administrator shall have no other authority or
powers of the Board.
3.2.    RELIANCE. In administering the Plan, the Board may rely upon any
information furnished by the Company, its public accountants and other experts.
No individual will have personal liability by reason of anything done or omitted
to be done by the Company or the Board in connection with the Plan. This
limitation of liability shall not be exclusive of any other limitation of
liability to which any such person may be entitled under the Company’s
certificate of incorporation or otherwise.
3.3.    INDEMNIFICATION. Each person who is or has been a member of the Board or
who otherwise participates in the administration or operation of this Plan shall
be indemnified by the Company against, and held harmless from, any loss, cost,
liability or expense that may be imposed upon or incurred by him or her in
connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit or proceeding in which
such person may be involved by reason of any action taken or failure to act
under the Plan and shall be fully reimbursed by the Company for any and all
amounts paid by such person in satisfaction of judgment against him or her in
any such action, suit or proceeding, provided he or she will give the Company an
opportunity, by written notice to the Board, to defend the same at the Company’s
own expense before he or she undertakes to defend it on his or her own behalf.
This right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of
indemnification to which any such person may be entitled under the Company’s
Charter, Bylaws, contract or Delaware law.
ARTICLE 4
SHARES
4.1.    SOURCE OF SHARES FOR THE PLAN. The shares of Restricted Stock or other
equity awards that may be issued pursuant to the Plan shall be issued under the
Equity Incentive Plan, subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Equity
Incentive Plan. The terms contained in the Equity Incentive Plan are
incorporated into and made a part of this Plan with respect to shares of
Restricted Stock or other equity awards granted pursuant hereto and any such
awards shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Equity
Incentive Plan. In the event of any actual or alleged conflict between the
provisions of the Equity Incentive Plan and the provisions of this Plan, the
provisions of the Equity Incentive Plan shall be controlling and determinative.
This Plan does not constitute a separate source of shares for the grant of the
equity awards described herein.

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ARTICLE 5
BASE RETAINER, MEETING FEES AND EXPENSES
5.1.    BASE RETAINER. Each Eligible Participant shall be paid a Base Retainer
for service as a director during each Plan Year. The amount of the Base Retainer
shall be established from time to time by the Board. Until changed by the Board,
the Base Retainer for a full Plan Year shall be $50,000. The Base Annual
Retainer shall be payable in approximately equal quarterly installments in
advance, beginning on the date of the annual stockholders meeting.
Each person who first becomes an Eligible Participant on a date other than the
beginning of a Plan Year shall be paid a retainer equal to the quarterly
installment of the Base Annual Retainer for the first quarter of eligibility,
prorated based on the number of full months he or she serves as an Independent
Director during such quarter. Payment of such prorated Base Annual Retainer
shall begin on the date that the person first becomes an Eligible Participant.
5.2.    SUPPLEMENTAL ANNUAL RETAINERS. An Independent Director who serves as
Lead Independent Director of the Board shall be paid a Supplemental Annual
Retainer for such service during a Plan Year, payable at the same times as
installments of the Base Retainer are paid. Until changed by the Board, the
Supplemental Annual Retainer for the Lead Independent Director shall be $35,000.
The chairperson of a committee of the Board shall be paid a Supplemental Annual
Retainer for his or her service as such chairperson during a Plan Year, payable
at the same times as installments of the Base Retainer are paid. The amount of
the Supplemental Annual Retainer for the chairperson of a committee of the Board
shall be established from time to time by the Board. Until changed by the Board,
(a) the Supplemental Annual Retainer for a full Plan Year for the chairperson of
a committee of the Board (other than the Audit Committee) shall be $12,500, and
(b) the Supplemental Annual Retainer for a full Plan Year for the chairperson of
the Audit Committee shall be $15,000. A pro rata Supplemental Annual Retainer
will be paid to any Eligible Participant who becomes the Lead Independent
Director or the chairperson of a committee of the Board on a date other than the
beginning of a Plan Year, based on the number of full months he or she serves in
such position.
5.3.    MEETING FEES. An Independent Director shall not be entitled to any
meeting fee for any of the first four meetings of the Board he or she attends in
each Plan Year or for any of the first four meetings of Board committees he or
she attends in each Plan Year. To the extent an Independent Director attends
more than four Board meetings in a Plan Year, the director will be entitled to a
meeting fee of $1,500 for each such meeting attended.
5.4.    An Independent Director shall also not be entitled any meeting fee for
any of the first four meetings of a Board committee on which a Director serves.
To the extent an Independent Director attends more than four meetings of their
respective Board committees in a Plan Year, the director will be entitled to a
meeting fee of $1,500 for each such meeting attended. (For example, if, during a
particular Plan Year, an Independent Director attended four meetings of one
Board committee and three meetings of a second Board committee, the director
would not be entitled to any meeting fees. However, if an Independent Director
attended four meetings of one Board committee and six meetings of a second Board
committee, the director would be entitled to aggregate meeting fees of $3,000
for that Plan Year.) The amount of such per- meeting fee is subject to change
from time to time by the Board. If an Independent Director attends a meeting of
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Board and a meeting of a committee (in each case, whether non- telephonic or
telephonic) on a single day, he or she shall be credited with attending both the
Board and the committee meeting for purposes of this Section 5.3.
5.5.    TRAVEL EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT. All Independent Directors shall be
reimbursed for reasonable travel expenses (including spouse’s expenses to attend
events to which spouses are invited) in connection with attendance at meetings
of the Board and its committees, or other Company functions at which the Chair
of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer requests the Independent Director to
participate.
ARTICLE 6
EQUITY COMPENSATION
6.1.    INITIAL RESTRICTED STOCK GRANT. On the first date an Independent
Director is initially elected or appointed to the Board on or following the
Effective Date (and other than in connection with an annual meeting of the
Company’s stockholders), such director shall receive an award of Restricted
Stock with respect to a number of Shares determined by multiplying (a) the
quotient obtained by dividing $100,000 by the Fair Market Value of a Share on
the date of grant of such award, by (b) a fraction, the numerator of which shall
be the number of days remaining in the 365-day period following the most recent
annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders that occurred prior to the date of
such director’s initial election or appointment, and the denominator of which
shall be 365 (but in no event shall such fraction be greater than one), such
number to be rounded to the nearest whole number of Shares. Such shares of
Restricted Stock shall be subject to the terms and restrictions described below
in this Article 6, shall be in addition to any otherwise applicable annual grant
of Restricted Stock granted to such Independent Director under Section 6.2, and
shall be subject to share availability under the Equity Incentive Plan.
6.2.    SUBSEQUENT RESTRICTED STOCK GRANT. Subject to share availability under
the Equity Incentive Plan, upon subsequent re-election of the Independent
Director to the Board at an annual meeting of the Company’s stockholders on or
following the Effective Date, such director shall receive an award of Restricted
Stock with respect to a number of Shares determined by dividing (a) $100,000 by
(b) the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant of such award, such
number to be rounded to the nearest whole number of Shares.
6.3.    TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF RESTRICTED STOCK. Shares of Restricted Stock
granted under this Article 6 shall be evidenced by a written Award Certificate,
and shall be subject to the terms and conditions described below and of the
Equity Incentive Plan.
(i)    Restrictions. The shares of Stock granted pursuant to Article 6 are
subject to each of the following restrictions. “Restricted Stock” mean those
shares that are subject to the restrictions imposed hereunder which restrictions
have not then expired or terminated. Restricted Stock may not be sold,
transferred, exchanged, assigned, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise encumbered
to or in favor of any party other than the Company, or be subjected to any lien,
obligation or liability of the grantee to any other party other than the
Company. If the grantee’s service as a director of the Company terminates prior
to the Vesting Date (as defined in Section 6.3(ii)) other than by reason of his
or her death or Disability or his or her Retirement, then the grantee shall
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her right, title and interest in and to any unvested shares of Restricted Stock
as of the date of such termination from the Board and such unvested shares of
Restricted Stock shall be reconveyed to the Company immediately following the
event of forfeiture, without further consideration or any act or action by the
grantee. The restrictions imposed under this Section 6.3(i) shall apply to all
shares of Stock or other securities issued with respect to shares of Restricted
Stock hereunder in connection with any merger, reorganization, consolidation,
recapitalization, stock dividend or other change in corporate structure
affecting the Stock.
(ii)    Vesting. The shares of Restricted Stock shall vest and become
non-forfeitable as to twenty percent (20%) of the shares on the Grant Date and
as to twenty percent (20%) on each of the first four anniversaries of the Grant
Date; provided, however, that the shares of Restricted Stock shall become fully
vested on the earlier occurrence of (i) the termination of the grantee’s service
as a director of the Company due to his or her death or Disability, (ii) the
termination of the grantee’s service as a director of the Company due to his or
her Retirement, or (iii) a Change in Control of the Company (in any such case,
the “Vesting Date”). If the grantee’s service as a director of the Company
terminates other than as described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of the foregoing
sentence, then the grantee shall forfeit all of his or her right, title and
interest in and to any unvested shares of Restricted Stock as of the date of
such termination from the Board and such Restricted Stock shall be reconveyed to
the Company without further consideration or any act or action by the grantee.
(iii)    Delivery of Shares. The shares of Restricted Stock granted under
Article 6 will be registered in the name of grantee as of the Grant Date and
will be held by the Company during the Restricted Period in certificated or
uncertificated form. If a certificate for Restricted Stock is issued during the
Restricted Period with respect to such shares, such certificate shall be
registered in the name of the grantee and shall bear a legend in substantially
the following form (in addition to any legend required under applicable state
securities laws):
“This certificate and the shares of stock represented hereby are subject to the
terms and conditions (including forfeiture and restrictions against transfer)
contained in a Restricted Stock Certificate between the registered owner of the
shares represented hereby and Healthcare Trust of America, Inc. Release from
such terms and conditions shall be made only in accordance with the provisions
of such Agreement, copies of which are on file in the offices of Healthcare
Trust of America, Inc.”
Stock certificates for the shares, without the first above legend, shall be
delivered to the Independent Director or his or her designee upon request after
the expiration of the Restricted Period, but delivery may be postponed for such
period as may be required for the Company with reasonable diligence to comply if
deemed advisable by the Company, with registration requirements under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, listing requirements under the rules of any
stock exchange, and requirements under any other law or regulation applicable to
the issuance or transfer of the shares.
(iv)    Rights as a Stockholder. An Independent Director shall have all the
rights of a stockholder of the Company with respect to the Restricted Stock,
including voting rights and the right to receive dividends and other
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or distribution is paid in shares of Stock, such shares shall be subject to the
same restrictions on transferability and risks of forfeiture during the
Restricted Period as the shares of Restricted Stock with respect to which they
were paid.
ARTICLE 7
AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION
7.1.     AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION. The Board may terminate or
suspend the Plan at any time, without stockholder approval. The Board may amend
the Plan at any time and for any reason without stockholder approval; provided,
however, that the Board may condition any amendment on the approval of
stockholders of the Company if such approval is necessary or deemed advisable
with respect to tax, securities or other applicable laws, policies or
regulations. No termination, modification or amendment of the Plan may, without
the consent of an Independent Director, adversely affect an Independent
Director’s rights under an award granted prior thereto.
ARTICLE 8
GENERAL PROVISIONS
8.1.    ADJUSTMENTS. The adjustment provisions of the Equity Incentive Plan
shall apply with respect to equity awards outstanding or to be granted pursuant
to this Plan.
8.2.    DURATION OF THE PLAN. The Plan shall remain in effect until terminated
by the Board.
8.3.    EXPENSES OF THE PLAN. The expenses of administering the Plan shall be
borne by the Company.
8.4.    STATUS OF THE PLAN. The Plan is intended to be a nonqualified, unfunded
plan of deferred compensation under the Code. Plan benefits shall be paid from
the general assets of the Company or as otherwise directed by the Company. A
participant shall have the status of a general unsecured creditor of the Company
with respect to his or her right to receive Stock or other payment under the
Plan. No right or interest in such payment shall be subject to the claims of
creditors of the Independent Director or to liability for the debts, contracts
or engagements of the Independent Director, or shall be subject to disposition
by transfer, alienation, anticipation, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any
other means whether such disposition be voluntary or involuntary or by operation
of law by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or
equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any attempted disposition
thereof shall be null and void and of no effect; provided, however, that nothing
in this Plan shall prevent transfers by will or by the applicable laws of
descent and distribution. To the extent that any participant acquires the right
to receive payments under the Plan (from whatever source), such right shall be
no greater than that of an unsecured general creditor of the Company.
Participants and their beneficiaries shall not have any preference or security
interest in the assets of the Company other than as a general unsecured
creditor.

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