Agreement of Limited Partnership of Excel Trust, L.P.



 Exhibit 10.1 

 
  

AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 

OF 
 EXCEL TRUST,
L.P. 
 a Delaware limited partnership 

 
  

THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED 

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR 

THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE AND MAY NOT BE SOLD, 

TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH 

REGISTRATION, UNLESS IN THE OPINION OF COUNSEL SATISFACTORY TO THE 

PARTNERSHIP THE PROPOSED SALE, TRANSFER OR OTHER DISPOSITION MAY BE 

EFFECTED WITHOUT REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND UNDER 

APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES OR “BLUE SKY” LAWS. 







 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

					
	 ARTICLE 1. DEFINED TERMS
	  	1
			
	 Section 1.1.
	  	Definitions.	  	1
		
	 ARTICLE 2. ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS
	  	16
			
	 Section 2.1.
	  	Organization	  	16
	 Section 2.2.
	  	Name	  	16
	 Section 2.3.
	  	Resident Agent; Principal Office	  	17
	 Section 2.4.
	  	Power of Attorney	  	17
	 Section 2.5.
	  	Term	  	18
	 Section 2.6.
	  	Number of Partners	  	18
		
	 ARTICLE 3. PURPOSE
	  	19
			
	 Section 3.1.
	  	Purpose and Business	  	19
	 Section 3.2.
	  	Powers	  	19
	 Section 3.3.
	  	Partnership Only for Purposes Specified	  	19
	 Section 3.4.
	  	Representations, Warranties and Covenants by the Parties	  	20
	 Section 3.5.
	  	Certain ERISA Matters	  	22
		
	 ARTICLE 4. CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS
	  	23
			
	 Section 4.1.
	  	Capital Contributions of the Partners	  	23
	 Section 4.2.
	  	Loans by Third Parties	  	23
	 Section 4.3.
	  	Additional Funding and Capital Contributions	  	23
	 Section 4.4.
	  	 Stock Incentive Plan, Dividend Reinvestment Plan, Cash Option Purchase Plan,

Employee Stock Purchase Plan or Other Plan
	  	27
	 Section 4.5.
	  	Other Contribution Provisions	  	27
	 Section 4.6.
	  	No Preemptive Rights	  	27
	 Section 4.7.
	  	LTIP Units	  	27
	 Section 4.8.
	  	No Interest; No Return	  	32
	 Section 4.9.
	  	LTIP Units Characterized as Partnership Units	  	32
		
	 ARTICLE 5. DISTRIBUTIONS
	  	32
			
	 Section 5.1.
	  	Requirement and Characterization of Distributions	  	32
	 Section 5.2.
	  	Distributions in Kind	  	33
	 Section 5.3.
	  	Distributions Upon Liquidation	  	33
	 Section 5.4.
	  	Distributions to Reflect Issuance of Additional Partnership Interests	  	33
		
	 ARTICLE 6. ALLOCATIONS
	  	33
			
	 Section 6.1.
	  	Timing and Amount of Allocations of Net Income and Net Loss	  	33
	 Section 6.2.
	  	General Allocations	  	34









					
	 Section 6.3.
	  	Additional Allocation Provisions	  	35
	 Section 6.4.
	  	Tax Allocations	  	38
		
	 ARTICLE 7. MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF BUSINESS
	  	39
			
	 Section 7.1.
	  	Management	  	39
	 Section 7.2.
	  	Certificate of Limited Partnership	  	43
	 Section 7.3.
	  	Restrictions on General Partner’s Authority	  	43
	 Section 7.4.
	  	Reimbursement of the General Partner	  	46
	 Section 7.5.
	  	Outside Activities of the General Partner	  	47
	 Section 7.6.
	  	Contracts with Affiliates	  	49
	 Section 7.7.
	  	Indemnification	  	49
	 Section 7.8.
	  	Liability of the General Partner	  	52
	 Section 7.9.
	  	Other Matters Concerning the General Partner	  	52
	 Section 7.10.
	  	Title to Partnership Assets	  	53
	 Section 7.11.
	  	Reliance by Third Parties	  	54
		
	 ARTICLE 8. RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF LIMITED PARTNERS
	  	54
			
	 Section 8.1.
	  	Limitation of Liability	  	54
	 Section 8.2.
	  	Management of Business	  	54
	 Section 8.3.
	  	Outside Activities of Limited Partners	  	54
	 Section 8.4.
	  	Return of Capital	  	55
	 Section 8.5.
	  	Rights of Limited Partners Relating to the Partnership	  	55
	 Section 8.6.
	  	Limited Partner Redemption Rights	  	56
		
	 ARTICLE 9. BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS
	  	60
			
	 Section 9.1.
	  	Records and Accounting	  	60
	 Section 9.2.
	  	Fiscal Year	  	60
	 Section 9.3.
	  	Reports	  	60
	 Section 9.4.
	  	Nondisclosure of Certain Information	  	61
		
	 ARTICLE 10. TAX MATTERS
	  	61
			
	 Section 10.1.
	  	Preparation of Tax Returns	  	61
	 Section 10.2.
	  	Tax Elections	  	61
	 Section 10.3.
	  	Tax Matters Partner	  	61
	 Section 10.4.
	  	Organizational Expenses	  	63
	 Section 10.5.
	  	Withholding	  	63
		
	 ARTICLE 11. TRANSFERS AND WITHDRAWALS
	  	64
			
	 Section 11.1.
	  	Transfer	  	64
	 Section 11.2.
	  	Transfer of General Partner’s Partnership Interest	  	64
	 Section 11.3.
	  	Limited Partners’ Rights to Transfer	  	66
	 Section 11.4.
	  	Substituted Limited Partners	  	68
	 Section 11.5.
	  	Assignees	  	68









					
	 Section 11.6.
	  	General Provisions	  	69
		
	 ARTICLE 12. ADMISSION OF PARTNERS
	  	71
			
	 Section 12.1.
	  	Admission of Successor General Partner	  	71
	 Section 12.2.
	  	Admission of Additional Limited Partners	  	71
	 Section 12.3.
	  	Amendment of Agreement and Certificate of Limited Partnership	  	72
		
	 ARTICLE 13. DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION
	  	72
			
	 Section 13.1.
	  	Dissolution	  	72
	 Section 13.2.
	  	Winding Up	  	73
	 Section 13.3.
	  	Compliance with Timing Requirements of Regulations	  	75
	 Section 13.4.
	  	Deemed Distribution and Recontribution	  	75
	 Section 13.5.
	  	Rights of Limited Partners	  	76
	 Section 13.6.
	  	Notice of Dissolution	  	76
	 Section 13.7.
	  	Cancellation of Certificate of Limited Partnership	  	76
	 Section 13.8.
	  	Reasonable Time for Winding-Up	  	76
	 Section 13.9.
	  	Waiver of Partition	  	76
		
	 ARTICLE 14. AMENDMENT OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT; CONSENTS
	  	77
			
	 Section 14.1.
	  	Amendments	  	77
	 Section 14.2.
	  	Action by the Partners	  	77
	 Section 14.3.
	  	Voting Rights of LTIP Units	  	78
		
	 ARTICLE 15. GENERAL PROVISIONS
	  	79
			
	 Section 15.1.
	  	Addresses and Notice	  	79
	 Section 15.2.
	  	Titles and Captions	  	79
	 Section 15.3.
	  	Pronouns and Plurals	  	79
	 Section 15.4.
	  	Further Action	  	79
	 Section 15.5.
	  	Binding Effect	  	79
	 Section 15.6.
	  	Creditors	  	79
	 Section 15.7.
	  	Waiver	  	80
	 Section 15.8.
	  	Counterparts	  	80
	 Section 15.9.
	  	Applicable Law	  	80
	 Section 15.10.
	  	Invalidity of Provisions	  	80
	 Section 15.11.
	  	Limitation to Preserve REIT Status	  	80
	 Section 15.12.
	  	Entire Agreement	  	81
	 Section 15.13.
	  	No Rights as Stockholders	  	81

 EXHIBITS 

Exhibit A – Partners, Contributions and Partnership Interests 

Exhibit B – Notice of Redemption 
 Exhibit C
– Form of Partnership Unit Certificate 
 Exhibit D – Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer to Preserve Tax Benefit 

Exhibit E – Constructive Ownership Definition 







 AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 

OF 
 EXCEL TRUST,
L.P. 
 THIS AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF EXCEL TRUST, L.P., dated as of April 15, 2010, is entered into by and among
Excel Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), as the General Partner, and the Persons whose names are set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto, as the Limited Partners, together with any other Persons who become
Partners in the Partnership as provided herein. 
 ARTICLE 1. 

DEFINED TERMS 

WHEREAS, the Partnership was formed on December 16, 2009 by the Company as general partner; 

WHEREAS, the Company proposes to effect a public offering of its common stock and to contribute the net proceeds from the public offering
to the Partnership, to cause the Partnership to acquire direct and indirect interests in certain retail shopping properties and other assets; and 

WHEREAS, the Partnership will issue Partnership Interests to the Company and other persons in connection with the foregoing transactions;

 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that for good and adequate consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows: 
 Section 1.1. Definitions. 

The following definitions shall be for all purposes, unless otherwise clearly indicated to the contrary, applied to the terms used in this
Agreement. 
 “Act” means the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, as it may be amended from time
to time, and any successor to such statute. 
 “Additional Funds” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 4.3.A. 
 “Additional Limited Partner” means a Person admitted to the Partnership as a Limited
Partner pursuant to Section 12.2 hereof and who is shown as such on the books and records of the Partnership. 

“Adjusted Capital Account” means, with respect to any Partner, the balance, if any, in such Partner’s Capital
Account as of the end of the relevant Partnership Year or any other relevant period, after giving effect to the following adjustments: 

(i) add to such Capital Account the following items: 

(a) the amount, if any, that such Partner is obligated to contribute to the Partnership upon liquidation of such
Partner’s Interest; and 
  

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 (b) the amount that such Partner is obligated to restore or is deemed to be
obligated to restore pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c) or the penultimate sentence of each of Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g)(1) and 1.704-2(i)(5); and 

(ii) subtract from such Capital Account such Partner’s share of the items described in Regulations Sections
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6). 
 The foregoing definition of Adjusted Capital Account is intended to comply with
the provisions of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith. 

“Adjustment Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.3.E. 

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under
common control with such Person. 
 “Agreed Value” means (i) in the case of any Contributed Property set
forth in Exhibit A and as of the time of its contribution to the Partnership, the Agreed Value of such property as set forth in Exhibit A; (ii) in the case of any Contributed Property not set forth in Exhibit A and as of
the time of its contribution to the Partnership, the fair market value of such property or other consideration as determined by the General Partner, reduced by any liabilities either assumed by the Partnership upon such contribution or to which such
property is subject when contributed; and (iii) in the case of any property distributed to a Partner by the Partnership, the fair market value of such property as determined by the General Partner at the time such property is distributed,
reduced by any indebtedness either assumed by such Partner upon such distribution or to which such property is subject at the time of the distribution as determined under Section 752 of the Code and the Regulations thereunder. 

“Agreement” means this Agreement of Limited Partnership, as it may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from
time to time. 
 “Appraisal” means with respect to any assets, the opinion of an independent third party
experienced in the valuation of similar assets, selected by the General Partner in good faith; such opinion may be in the form of an opinion by such independent third party that the value for such asset as set by the General Partner is fair, from a
financial point of view, to the Partnership. 
 “Assignee” means a Person to whom one or more Partnership Units
have been transferred in a manner permitted under this Agreement, but who has not become a Substituted Limited Partner, and who has the rights set forth in Section 11.5. 

 

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 “Available Cash” means, with respect to any period for which such
calculation is being made, (i) the sum of: 
 (a) the Partnership’s Net Income or Net Loss (as the case
may be) for such period, 
 (b) Depreciation and all other noncash charges deducted in determining Net Income or
Net Loss for such period, 
 (c) the amount of any reduction in reserves of the Partnership referred to in clause
(ii)(f) below (including, without limitation, reductions resulting because the General Partner determines such amounts are no longer necessary), 

(d) the excess of the net proceeds from the sale, exchange, disposition, or refinancing of Partnership property for such
period over the gain (or loss, as the case may be) recognized from any such sale, exchange, disposition, or refinancing during such period (excluding Terminating Capital Transactions), and 

(e) all other cash received by the Partnership for such period that was not included in determining Net Income or Net Loss
for such period; 
 (ii) less the sum of: 

(a) all principal debt payments made during such period by the Partnership, 

(b) capital expenditures made by the Partnership during such period, 

(c) investments in any entity (including loans made thereto) to the extent that such investments are not otherwise
described in clauses (ii)(a) or (b), 
 (d) all other expenditures and payments not deducted in determining Net
Income or Net Loss for such period, 
 (e) any income, gains, revenues or similar amount included in determining
Net Income or Net Loss for such period that was not received by the Partnership during such period, 
 (f) the
amount of any increase in reserves established during such period which the General Partner determines are necessary or appropriate in its sole and absolute discretion, 

(g) the amount of any working capital accounts and other cash or similar balances which the General Partner determines to
be necessary or appropriate in its sole and absolute discretion, and 
 (h) any amount paid in redemption of any
Limited Partner Interests or Partnership Units, including any Cash Amount paid. 
  

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 Notwithstanding the foregoing, Available Cash shall not include any cash received or
reductions in reserves, or take into account any disbursements made or reserves established, after commencement of the dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership. 

“Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the General Partner. 

“Book-up Event” means an event described in any of clauses (ii)(a) through (e) of the definition of Gross Asset
Value. 
 “Business Day” means each day, other than a Saturday or a Sunday, which is not a day on which banking
institutions in San Diego, California, or New York, New York are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close. 

“Capital Account” means, with respect to any Partner, the Capital Account maintained for such Partner in accordance with
the following provisions: 
 (i) To each Partner’s Capital Account there shall be added (a) such
Partner’s Capital Contributions, (b) such Partner’s allocable share of Net Income and any items in the nature of income or gain that are specially allocated to such Partner pursuant to Section 6.3 or other provisions of this
Agreement, and (c) the amount of any Partnership liabilities assumed by such Partner or which are secured by any property distributed to such Partner. 

(ii) From each Partner’s Capital Account there shall be subtracted (a) the amount of (1) cash and
(2) the Gross Asset Value of any Partnership assets (other than cash) distributed to such Partner pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, (b) such Partner’s allocable share of Net Loss and any other items in the nature of
expenses or losses that are specially allocated to such Partner pursuant to Section 6.3 or other provisions of this Agreement, and (c) liabilities of such Partner assumed by the Partnership or which are secured by any property contributed
by such Partner to the Partnership. 
 (iii) In the event any Partnership Interest is transferred in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement, the transferee shall succeed to the Capital Account of the transferor to the extent it relates to the transferred Partnership Interest. 

(iv) In determining the amount of any liability for purposes of subparagraphs (i) and (ii) above, there shall be
taken into account Code Section 752(c) and any other applicable provisions of the Code and Regulations. 

(v) The foregoing provisions and the other provisions of this Agreement relating to the maintenance of Capital Accounts
are intended to comply with Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2 and shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such Regulations. In the event the General Partner shall determine that it is prudent to modify the manner in
which the Capital Accounts, or any additions or subtractions thereto, are computed in order to comply with such Regulations, the General Partner may make such modification, provided that it is not likely to have a material effect on the amounts
distributable to any Partner pursuant to Article 13 of this Agreement upon the dissolution of the Partnership. 
  

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 “Capital Contribution” means, with respect to any Partner, the total amount
of cash and the initial Gross Asset Value of any property (other than cash) contributed to the capital of the Partnership by such Partner. 

“Cash Amount” means, with respect to any Partnership Units subject to a Redemption, an amount of cash equal to the
Deemed Partnership Interest Value attributable to such Partnership Units. 
 “Certificate” means the
Certificate of Limited Partnership relating to the Partnership filed in the office of the Secretary of State of Delaware, as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and the Act. 

“Charter” means the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the General Partner filed with the Maryland State
Department of Assessments and Taxation on April 15, 2010, as amended or restated from time to time. 
 “Code”
means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any successor statute thereto, as interpreted by the applicable regulations thereunder. Any reference herein to a specific section or sections of the Code shall be deemed to
include a reference to any corresponding provision of future law. 
 “Company” shall have the meaning set forth
in the preamble to this Agreement. 
 “Consent” means the consent to, approval of, or vote on a proposed action
by a Partner given in accordance with Article 14 hereof. 
 “Consent of the Limited Partners” means the Consent
of a Majority in Interest of the Limited Partners, which Consent shall be obtained prior to the taking of any action for which it is required by this Agreement and may be given or withheld by a Majority in Interest of the Limited Partners, unless
otherwise expressly provided herein, in their sole and absolute discretion. 
 “Consent of the Partners” means
the Consent of Partners holding Percentage Interests that in the aggregate are equal to or greater than a majority of the aggregate Percentage Interests of all Partners, which Consent shall be obtained prior to the taking of any action for which it
is required by this Agreement and may be given or withheld by such Partners, in their sole and absolute discretion. 

“Constructively Own” means ownership under the constructive ownership rules described in Exhibit E. 

“Contributed Property” means each property or other asset, in such form as may be permitted by the Act, but excluding
cash, contributed or deemed contributed to the Partnership (or, to the extent provided in applicable regulations, deemed contributed by the Partnership on termination and reconstitution thereof pursuant to Section 708 of the Code). 

 

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 “Debt” means, as to any Person, as of any date of determination,
(i) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services; (ii) all amounts owed by such Person to banks or other Persons in respect of reimbursement obligations under letters of
credit, surety bonds, guarantees and other similar instruments guaranteeing payment or other performance of obligations by such Person; (iii) all indebtedness for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services secured
by any lien on any property owned by such Person, to the extent attributable to such Person’s interest in such property, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment thereof; and (iv) lease obligations of such
Person which, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, should be capitalized. 
 “Deemed Partnership
Interest Value” means, as of any date with respect to any class of Partnership Interests, the Deemed Value of the Partnership Interests of such class multiplied by the applicable Partner’s Percentage Interest of such class. 

“Deemed Value of the Partnership Interests” means, as of any date with respect to any class or series of Partnership
Interests, (i) the total number of Partnership Units of the General Partner in such class or series of Partnership Interests (as provided for in Sections 4.1 and 4.3.C) issued and outstanding as of the close of business on such date multiplied
by the Fair Market Value of a share of capital stock of the General Partner which corresponds to such class or series of Partnership Interests on such date (as adjusted in the General Partner’s reasonable discretion (a) pursuant to
Section 7.5 (in the event the General Partner acquires material assets, other than on behalf of the Partnership) and (b) for stock dividends and distributions (including part-stock/part-cash dividends and distributions), stock splits and
subdivisions, reverse stock splits and combinations, distributions of rights, warrants or options, and distributions of evidences of indebtedness or assets relating to assets not received by the General Partner pursuant to a pro rata distribution by
the Partnership); divided by (ii) the Percentage Interest of the General Partner in such class or series of Partnership Interests on such date; provided, that, if no outstanding shares of capital stock of the General Partner correspond to a
class of series of Partnership Interests, the Deemed Value of Partnership Interests with respect to such class or series shall be equal to an amount reasonably determined by the General Partner. 

“Depreciation” means, for each Partnership Year or other period, an amount equal to the depreciation, amortization or
other cost recovery deduction allowable for federal income tax purposes with respect to an asset for such Partnership Year or other period, except that if the Gross Asset Value of an asset differs from its adjusted basis for federal income tax
purposes at the beginning of such Partnership Year or other period, Depreciation shall be an amount that bears the same ratio to such beginning Gross Asset Value as the federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction
for such year or other period bears to such beginning adjusted tax basis; provided, however, that if the federal income tax depreciation, amortization or other cost recovery deduction for such year or other period is zero, Depreciation shall be
determined with reference to such beginning Gross Asset Value using any reasonable method selected by the General Partner. 

“Disregarded Entity” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any “qualified REIT subsidiary” (within the
meaning of Code Section 856(i)(2)) of such Person, (ii) any entity treated as a disregarded entity for Federal income tax purposes with respect to such Person or (iii) any grantor trust if the sole owner of the assets of such trust
for Federal income tax purposes is such Person. 
  

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 “Economic Capital Account Balance” means, with respect to an LTIP
Unitholder, its Capital Account balance, plus the amount of its share of any Partner Minimum Gain or Partnership Minimum Gain, in either case to the extent attributable to its ownership of LTIP Units, determined and expressed on a per-LTIP Unit
basis. 
 “Effective Date” means the date upon which the contributions set forth on Exhibit A shall
become effective, which shall be on or about the date of closing of the initial public offering of REIT Shares. 

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. 

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities
and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder. 
 “Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any security of
the General Partner, the average of the daily market price for the ten (10) consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date with respect to which “Fair Market Value” must be determined hereunder or, if such date is not a
Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day. The market price for each such trading day shall be: (i) if such security is listed or admitted to trading on any securities exchange, the closing price, regular way, on such day, or if no
such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on such day, (ii) if such security is not listed or admitted to trading on any securities exchange, the last reported sale price on such day or, if no sale takes
place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on such day, as reported by a reliable quotation source designated by the General Partner, or (iii) if such security is not listed or admitted to trading on any securities
exchange and no such last reported sale price or closing bid and asked prices are available, the average of the reported high bid and low asked prices on such day, as reported by a reliable quotation source designated by the General Partner, or if
there shall be no bid and asked prices on such day, the average of the high bid and low asked prices, as so reported, on the most recent day (not more than ten (10) days prior to the date in question) for which prices have been so reported;
provided, that if there are no bid and asked prices reported during the ten (10) days prior to the date in question, the Fair Market Value of such security shall be determined by the General Partner acting in good faith on the basis of such
quotations and other information as it considers, in its reasonable judgment, appropriate. In the event the REIT Shares Amount for shares of common stock includes rights that a holder of such shares would be entitled to receive, then the Fair Market
Value of such rights shall be determined by the General Partner acting in good faith on the basis of such quotations and other information as it considers, in its reasonable judgment, appropriate; provided, that in connection with determining the
Deemed Value of the Partnership Interests for purposes of determining the number of additional Partnership Units issuable upon a Capital Contribution funded by an underwritten public offering of shares of capital stock of the General Partner, the
Fair Market Value of such shares shall be the public offering price per share of such class of capital stock sold. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the General Partner in its reasonable discretion may use a different “Fair Market Value” for
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under subparagraph (ii) of the definition of “Gross Asset Value” and Section 4.3.E. in connection with the contribution of Property or cash to the Partnership by a
third-party, provided such value shall be based upon the value per REIT Share (or per Partnership Unit) agreed upon by the General Partner and such third-party for purposes of such contribution. 

“Forfeitable LTIP Units” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.7.D(1). 

“Funding Debt” means the incurrence of any Debt by or on behalf of the General Partner for the purpose of providing
funds to the Partnership. 
 “General Partner” means the Company or its successors as general partner of the
Partnership. 
 “General Partner Interest” means a Partnership Interest held by the General Partner. A General
Partner Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership Units. 
 “General Partner Loan” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 4.3.B. 
 “General Partner Payment” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 15.11. 
 “Gross Asset Value” means, with respect to any asset, the asset’s adjusted basis
for federal income tax purposes, except as follows: 
 (i) The initial Gross Asset Value of any asset contributed
by a Partner to the Partnership shall be the gross fair market value of such asset, as determined by the contributing Partner and the General Partner (as set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto, as such Exhibit may be amended from time to
time); provided, that if the contributing Partner is the General Partner then, except with respect to the General Partner’s initial Capital Contribution which shall be determined as set forth on Exhibit A, the determination of the fair
market value of the contributed asset shall be determined by (a) the price paid by the General Partner if the asset is acquired by the General Partner contemporaneously with its contribution to the Partnership, (b) by Appraisal if
otherwise acquired by the General Partner, (c) the amount of cash if the asset is cash, and (d) as reasonably determined by the General Partner if the asset is REIT Shares or other shares of capital stock of the Company. 

(ii) Immediately prior to the occurrence of any event described in subparagraphs (a) through (e) below, the
Gross Asset Values of all Partnership assets shall be adjusted to equal their respective gross fair market values, as determined by the General Partner using such reasonable method of valuation as it may adopt, provided, however, that for such
purpose, the net value of all of the Partnership assets, in the aggregate, shall be equal to the Deemed Value of the Partnership Interests of all classes of Partnership Interests then outstanding, regardless of the method of valuation adopted by the
General Partner: 
 (a) the acquisition of an additional Partnership Interest by a new or existing Partner in
exchange for more than a de minimis Capital Contribution, if the General Partner reasonably determines that such adjustment is necessary or appropriate to reflect the relative economic interests of the Partners in the Partnership; 

 

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 (b) the distribution by the Partnership to a Partner of more than a de
minimis amount of Partnership assets as consideration for Partnership Interests, if the General Partner reasonably determines that such adjustment is necessary or appropriate to reflect the relative economic interests of the Partners in the
Partnership; 
 (c) the liquidation or dissolution of the Partnership within the meaning of Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g); 
 (d) the grant of Partnership Interests (other than a de minimis interest)
as consideration for the provision of services to or for the benefit of the Partnership by an existing Partner acting in a partner capacity, or by a new Partner acting in a partner capacity or in anticipation of becoming a Partner of the Partnership
(including the grant of any LTIP Units), if the General Partner reasonably determines that such adjustment is necessary or appropriate to reflect the relative Partnership Interests of the Holders; and 

(e) at such other times as the General Partner shall reasonably determine necessary or advisable in order to comply with
Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2. 
 (iii) The Gross Asset Value of any Partnership asset distributed
to a Partner shall be the gross fair market value of such asset on the date of distribution as determined by the distributee and the General Partner; provided, that if the distributee is the General Partner, or if the distributee and the General
Partner cannot agree on such a determination, then such value shall be determined by Appraisal. 
 (iv) The Gross
Asset Values of Partnership assets shall be increased (or decreased) to reflect any adjustments to the adjusted basis of such assets pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b), but only to the extent that such adjustments are
taken into account in determining Capital Accounts pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m); provided, however, that Gross Asset Values shall not be adjusted pursuant to this subparagraph (iv) to the extent that the General
Partner reasonably determines that an adjustment pursuant to subparagraph (ii) is necessary or appropriate in connection with a transaction that would otherwise result in an adjustment pursuant to this subparagraph (iv). 

(v) If the Gross Asset Value of a Partnership asset has been determined or adjusted pursuant to subparagraph (i),
(ii) or (iv), such Gross Asset Value shall thereafter be adjusted by the Depreciation taken into account with respect to such asset for purposes of computing Net Income and Net Loss. 

“Holder” means either the Partner or Assignee owning a Partnership Unit that is treated as a partner of the Partnership
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 “Immediate Family” means, with respect to any natural Person, such natural
Person’s estate, heirs, current or former spouse, parents, parents-in-law, children (whether natural, adopted or by marriage), siblings and grandchildren and any trust or estate, all of the beneficiaries of which consist of such Person or such
Person’s spouse, former spouse, parents, parents-in-law, children, siblings or grandchildren. 

“Incapacity” or “Incapacitated” means, (i) as to any individual Partner, death, total physical
disability or entry by a court of competent jurisdiction adjudicating him or her incompetent to manage his or her Person or his or her estate; (ii) as to any corporation which is a Partner, the filing of a certificate of dissolution, or its
equivalent, for the corporation or the revocation of its charter; (iii) as to any partnership which is a Partner, the dissolution and commencement of winding up of the partnership; (iv) as to any estate which is a Partner, the distribution
by the fiduciary of the estate’s entire interest in the Partnership; (v) as to any trustee of a trust which is a Partner, the termination of the trust (but not the substitution of a new trustee); or (vi) as to any Partner, the
bankruptcy of such Partner. For purposes of this definition, bankruptcy of a Partner shall be deemed to have occurred when (a) the Partner commences a voluntary proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, (b) the Partner is adjudged as bankrupt or insolvent, or a final and nonappealable order for relief under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law now or hereafter in
effect has been entered against the Partner, (c) the Partner executes and delivers a general assignment for the benefit of the Partner’s creditors, (d) the Partner files an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the
material allegations of a petition filed against the Partner in any proceeding of the nature described in clause (b) above, (e) the Partner seeks, consents to or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver or liquidator for the
Partner or for all or any substantial part of the Partner’s properties, (f) any proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect has not been
dismissed within one hundred twenty (120) days after the commencement thereof, (g) the appointment without the Partner’s consent or acquiescence of a trustee, receiver or liquidator has not been vacated or stayed within ninety
(90) days of such appointment, or (h) an appointment referred to in clause (g) is not vacated within ninety (90) days after the expiration of any such stay. 

“Indemnitee” means (i) any Person subject to a claim or demand or made or threatened to be made a party to, or
involved or threatened to be involved in, an action, suit or proceeding by reason of his or her status as (a) the General Partner or (b) a director, officer, employee or agent of the Partnership or the General Partner, and (ii) such
other Persons (including Affiliates of the General Partner or the Partnership) as the General Partner may designate from time to time (whether before or after the event giving rise to potential liability), in its sole and absolute discretion.

 “IRS” means the United States Internal Revenue Service. 

“Limited Partner” means any Person named as a Limited Partner in Exhibit A attached hereto, as such Exhibit may
be amended from time to time, or any Substituted Limited Partner or Additional Limited Partner, in such Person’s capacity as a Limited Partner in the Partnership. 
  


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 “Limited Partnership Interest” means a Partnership Interest of a Limited
Partner representing a fractional part of the Partnership Interests of all Limited Partners and includes any and all benefits to which the Holder of such a Partnership Interest may be entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with all
obligations of such Person to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. A Limited Partnership Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership Units. 

“Liquidating Events” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.1. 

“Liquidating Gains” means any net gain realized in connection with the actual or hypothetical sale of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Partnership (including upon the occurrence of any Liquidating Event or Terminating Capital Transaction), including but not limited to net gain realized in connection with an adjustment to the Gross Asset Value
of Partnership assets under the definition of Gross Asset Value in of this Agreement. 
 “Liquidating Losses”
means any net loss realized in connection with the actual or hypothetical sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership (including upon the occurrence of any Liquidating Event or Terminating Capital Transaction), including but
not limited to net loss realized in connection with an adjustment to the Gross Asset Value of Partnership assets under the definition of Gross Asset Value in this Agreement. 

“Liquidator” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 13.2.A. 

“LTIP Equalization Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.3.B(2). 

“LTIP Forfeiture Agreement” means each Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) Unit Agreement entered into by an LTIP Unitholder
upon acceptance of a grant of LTIP Units (as such agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time). 

“LTIP Unit” means a Partnership Unit which is designated as such having the rights, powers, privileges, restrictions,
qualifications and limitations set forth herein. The allocation of LTIP Units among the Partners shall be set forth on Exhibit A, as may be amended from time to time by the General Partner as it approves the grant of additional LTIP Units.

 “LTIP Unitholder” means a Partner that holds LTIP Units. 

“Majority in Interest of the Limited Partners” means Limited Partners (other than the General Partner and any Limited
Partner 50% or more of whose equity is owned, directly or indirectly, by the General Partner) holding Percentage Interests that in the aggregate are greater than fifty percent (50%) of the aggregate Percentage Interests of all Limited Partners
(other than the General Partner and any Limited Partner 50% or more of whose equity is owned, directly or indirectly, by the General Partner). 

“Majority in Interest of Partners” means Partners holding Percentage Interests that are greater than fifty percent
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 “Net Income” or “Net Loss” means, for each Partnership
Year or other period, an amount equal to the Partnership’s taxable income or loss for such year or period determined in accordance with Code Section 703(a) (for this purpose, all items of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit required to
be stated separately pursuant to Code Section 703(a)(1) shall be included in taxable income or loss), with the following adjustments: 

(i) Any income of the Partnership that is exempt from federal income tax and not otherwise taken into account in computing
Net Income or Net Loss pursuant to this definition of Net Income and Net Loss shall increase the amount of such income and/or decrease the amount of such loss; 

(ii) Any expenditures of the Partnership described in Code Section 705(a)(2)(B) or treated as Code
Section 705(a)(2)(B) expenditures pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(i), and not otherwise taken into account in computing Net Income or Net Loss pursuant to this definition of Net Income and Net Loss, shall decrease the
amount of such income and/or increase the amount of such loss; 
 (iii) In the event the Gross Asset Value of any
Partnership asset is adjusted pursuant to subparagraph (ii) or subparagraph (iii) of the definition of Gross Asset Value, the amount of such adjustment shall be taken into account as gain or loss from the disposition of such asset for
purposes of computing Net Income or Net Loss; 
 (iv) Gain or loss resulting from any disposition of Partnership
assets where such gain or loss is recognized for federal income tax purposes shall be computed by reference to the Gross Asset Value of the Partnership assets disposed of, notwithstanding that the adjusted tax basis of such Partnership assets
differs from its Gross Asset Value; 
 (v) In lieu of the depreciation, amortization and other cost recovery
deductions taken into account in computing such income or loss, there shall be taken into account Depreciation for such Partnership Year or other period; 

(vii) To the extent an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Partnership asset pursuant to Code Section 734(b)
or Code Section 743(b) is required pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m) to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts as a result of a distribution other than in liquidation of a Partner’s Partnership
Interest, the amount of such adjustment shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset) or loss (if the adjustment decreases the basis of the asset) from the disposition of the asset and shall be taken into
account for purposes of computing Net Income and Net Loss; and 
 (viii) Notwithstanding any other provision of
this definition of Net Income and Net Loss, any items that are specially allocated pursuant to Section 6.3 hereof shall not be taken into account in computing Net Income or Net Loss. The amounts of the items of Partnership income, gain, loss or
deduction available to be specially allocated pursuant to Section 6.3 hereof shall be determined by applying rules analogous to those set forth in this definition of Net Income and Net Loss. 

 

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 “New Securities” means (i) any rights, options, warrants or
convertible or exchangeable securities having the right to subscribe for or purchase REIT Shares or other shares of capital stock of the General Partner, excluding grants under any Stock Incentive Plan, or (ii) any Debt issued by the General
Partner that provides any of the rights described in clause (i). 
 “Non-Forfeitable LTIP Units” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 4.7.D(1) hereof. 
 “Nonrecourse Deductions” has the meaning set forth in
Regulations Sections 1.704-2(b)(1) and 1.704-2(c). 
 “Nonrecourse Liability” has the meaning set forth in
Regulations Sections 1.704-2(b)(3) and 1.752-1(a)(2). 
 “Notice of Redemption” means the Notice of Redemption
substantially in the form of Exhibit B to this Agreement. 
 “Original Limited Partner” means the
Limited Partners of the Partnership, listed on Exhibit A hereto, as of April 15, 2010. 
 “Partner”
means a General Partner or a Limited Partner, and “Partners” means the General Partner and the Limited Partners. 

“Partner Minimum Gain” means an amount, with respect to each Partner Nonrecourse Debt, equal to the Partnership Minimum
Gain that would result if such Partner Nonrecourse Debt were treated as a Nonrecourse Liability, determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i). 

“Partner Nonrecourse Debt” has the meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(4). 

“Partner Nonrecourse Deductions” has the meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2). 

“Partnership” means the limited partnership formed under the Act and pursuant to this Agreement, and any successor
thereto. 
 “Partnership Interest” means, an ownership interest in the Partnership of either a Limited Partner
or the General Partner and includes any and all benefits to which the Holder of such a Partnership Interest may be entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with all obligations of such Person to comply with the terms and provisions of this
Agreement. There may be one or more classes of Partnership Interests as provided in Section 4.3. A Partnership Interest may be expressed as a number of Partnership Units. Unless otherwise expressly provided for by the General Partner at the
time of the original issuance of any Partnership Interests, all Partnership Interests (whether of a Limited Partner or a General Partner) shall be of the same class. 

 

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 “Partnership Minimum Gain” has the meaning set forth in Regulations
Sections 1.704-2(b)(2) and 1.704-2(d)(1). 
 “Partnership Record Date” means the record date established by the
General Partner for the distribution of Available Cash pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof which record date shall be the same as the record date established by the General Partner for a distribution to its stockholders of some or all of its portion
of such distribution. 
 “Partnership Unit” means, with respect to any class of Partnership Interest, a
fractional, undivided share of such class of Partnership Interest issued pursuant to Sections 4.1, 4.3 and 4.7. The ownership of Partnership Units may be evidenced by a certificate for units substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto or as
the General Partner may determine with respect to any class of Partnership Units issued from time to time under Sections 4.1, 4.3 and 4.7, including LTIP Units. 

“Partnership Unit Economic Balance” means (i) the Capital Account balance of the General Partner, plus the amount
of the General Partner’s share of any Partner Minimum Gain or Partnership Minimum Gain, in either case to the extent attributable to the General Partner’s ownership of Partnership Units and computed on a hypothetical basis after taking
into account all allocations through the date on which any allocation is made under Section 6.3.B hereof, divided by (ii) the number of the General Partner’s Partnership Units. To the extent the Partnership issues any Units to the
General Partner which are entitled to distribution rights, or rights upon liquidation, winding up and dissolution, that are superior or prior to the other outstanding Partnership Units (other than LTIP Units), such Units shall not be taken into
account in determining the Partnership Unit Economic Balance. 
 “Partnership Year” means the fiscal year of
the Partnership and the Partnership’s taxable year for federal income tax purposes, which shall be the calendar year. 

“Percentage Interest” means, as to a Partner holding a class of Partnership Interests, its interest in the Partnership
as determined by dividing the Partnership Units of such class owned by such Partner by the total number of Partnership Units of such class then outstanding as specified in Exhibit A attached hereto, as such Exhibit may be amended from time to
time. If the Partnership issues more than one class of Partnership Interest, the interest in the Partnership among the classes of Partnership Interests shall be determined as set forth in the amendment to the Partnership Agreement setting forth the
rights and privileges of such additional classes of Partnership Interest, if any, as contemplated by Section 4.3.C hereof. 

“Person” means an individual or a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated
organization, association or other entity. 
 “Plan Asset Regulation” means the regulations promulgated by the
United States Department of Labor in Title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 2510, Section 101.3, and any successor regulations thereto. 

“Properties” means such interests in real property and personal property including without limitation, fee interests,
interests in ground leases, interests in limited liability companies, partnerships or joint ventures, interests in mortgages, and Debt instruments as the Partnership may hold from time to time. 

 

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 “Qualified REIT Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the General Partner
that is a “qualified REIT subsidiary” within the meaning of Section 856(i) of the Code. 
 “Qualified
Transferee” means an “Accredited Investor” as defined in Rule 501 promulgated under the Securities Act. 

“Redemption” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.A. 

“Regulations” means the income tax regulations under the Code, whether such regulations are in proposed, temporary or
final form, as such regulations may be amended from time to time (including corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations). 

“Regulatory Allocations” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.3.C(viii) of this Agreement. 

“REIT” means a real estate investment trust under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code. 

“REIT Requirements” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1. 

“REIT Share” means a share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the General Partner. 

“REIT Shares Amount” means, as of any date, an aggregate number of REIT Shares equal to the number of Tendered Units, or
in the case of Section 11.2.B, all Units, as adjusted (i) pursuant to Section 7.5 (in the event the General Partner acquires material assets, other than on behalf of the Partnership) and (ii) for stock dividends and distributions
(including part-stock/part-cash dividends and distributions), stock splits and subdivisions, reverse stock splits and combinations, distributions of rights, warrants or options, and distributions of evidences of indebtedness or assets relating to
assets not received by the General Partner pursuant to a pro rata distribution by the Partnership; provided, however, no adjustments will be required to made with respect to any class or series of Partnership Interests to the extent that the
Partnership makes or effects any correlative distribution or payment to all of the Partners holding Partnership Interests of such class or series, or effects any correlative split or reverse split in respect of the Partnership Interests of such
class or series. 
 “Safe Harbor” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.7.B.2(i). 

“Safe Harbor Election” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.7.B.2(i). 

“Safe Harbor Partnership Interest” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.7.B.2(ii). 

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and
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 “Specified Redemption Date” means the day of receipt by the General Partner
of a Notice of Redemption. 
 “Stock Incentive Plan” means any stock incentive, stock option, stock ownership
or employee benefits plan of the General Partner. 
 “Subsidiary” means with respect to any person, any
corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other entity of which a majority of (i) voting power of the voting equity securities or (ii) the outstanding equity interests, is owned, directly or indirectly, by such
person. 
 “Subsidiary Partnership” means any partnership or limited liability company that is a Subsidiary of
the Partnership. 
 “Substituted Limited Partner” means a Person who is admitted as a Limited Partner to the
Partnership pursuant to Section 11.4. 
 “Surviving Partnership” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 11.2.C. 
 “Tenant” means any tenant from which the General Partner derives rent either directly
or indirectly through partnerships, including the Partnership. 
 “Tendered Units” shall have the meaning set
forth in Section 8.6.A. 
 “Tendering Partner” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.A.

 “Terminating Capital Transaction” means any sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
assets of the Partnership or a related series of transactions that, taken together, result in the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership. 

“Termination Transaction” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 11.2.B. 

ARTICLE 2. 

ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS 

Section 2.1. Organization 

The Partnership is a limited partnership formed pursuant to the provisions of the Act and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement. Except as expressly provided herein, the rights and obligations of the Partners and the administration and termination of the Partnership shall be governed by the Act. The Partnership Interest of each Partner shall be personal property
for all purposes. 
 Section 2.2. Name 

The name of the Partnership is Excel Trust, L.P. The Partnership’s business may be conducted under any other name or names deemed
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including the name of the General Partner or any Affiliate thereof. The words “Limited Partnership,” “L.P.,” “Ltd.” or similar words or letters shall be included in
the Partnership’s name where necessary for the purposes of complying with the laws of any jurisdiction that so requires. The General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion may change the name of the Partnership at any time and from time to
time and shall notify the Limited Partners of such change in the next regular communication to the Limited Partners. 

Section 2.3. Resident Agent; Principal Office 

The name and address of the resident agent of the Partnership in the State of Delaware is Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville
Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware 19808. The address of the principal office of the Partnership in the State of Delaware is c/o Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, Delaware 19808, at such address. The
principal office of the Partnership is located at 17140 Bernardo Center Drive, Suite 300, San Diego, California 92128, or such other place as the General Partner may from time to time designate by notice to the Limited Partners. The Partnership may
maintain offices at such other place or places within or outside the State of Delaware as the General Partner deems advisable. 

Section 2.4. Power of Attorney 

A. Each Limited Partner and each Assignee constitutes and appoints the General Partner, any Liquidator, and authorized
officers and attorneys-in-fact of each, and each of those acting singly, in each case with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in its name, place and stead to: 

 

	 	(1)	execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record in the appropriate public offices (a) all certificates, documents and other instruments (including,
without limitation, this Agreement and the Certificate and all amendments or restatements thereof) that the General Partner or the Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary to form, qualify or continue the existence or qualification of the
Partnership as a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the Limited Partners have limited liability) in the State of Delaware and in all other jurisdictions in which the Partnership may conduct business or own property; (b) all
instruments that the General Partner or any Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary to reflect any amendment, change, modification or restatement of this Agreement in accordance with its terms; (c) all conveyances and other instruments or
documents that the General Partner or any Liquidator deems appropriate or necessary to reflect the dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, a certificate of cancellation;
(d) all instruments relating to the admission, withdrawal, removal or substitution of any Partner pursuant to, or other events described in, Articles 11, 12 and 13 hereof or the Capital Contribution of any Partner; and (e) all
certificates, documents and other instruments relating to the determination of the rights, preferences and privileges of Partnership Interests; and 


 

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	 	(2)	execute, swear to, acknowledge and file all ballots, consents, approvals, waivers, certificates and other instruments appropriate or necessary, in the sole and absolute
discretion of the General Partner or any Liquidator, to make, evidence, give, confirm or ratify any vote, consent, approval, agreement or other action which is made or given by the Partners hereunder or is consistent with the terms of this Agreement
or appropriate or necessary, in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner or any Liquidator, to effectuate the terms or intent of this Agreement. 


Nothing contained herein shall be construed as authorizing the General Partner or any Liquidator to amend this Agreement except in accordance with
Article 14 hereof or as may be otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement. 
 B. The foregoing power of
attorney is hereby declared to be irrevocable and a power coupled with an interest, in recognition of the fact that each of the Partners will be relying upon the power of the General Partner and any Liquidator to act as contemplated by this
Agreement in any filing or other action by it on behalf of the Partnership, and it shall survive and not be affected by the subsequent Incapacity of any Limited Partner or Assignee and the transfer of all or any portion of such Limited
Partner’s or Assignee’s Partnership Units and shall extend to such Limited Partner’s or Assignee’s heirs, successors, assigns and personal representatives. Each such Limited Partner or Assignee hereby agrees to be bound by any
representation made by the General Partner or any Liquidator, acting in good faith pursuant to such power of attorney; and each such Limited Partner or Assignee hereby waives any and all defenses which may be available to contest, negate or
disaffirm the action of the General Partner or any Liquidator, taken in good faith under such power of attorney. Each Limited Partner or Assignee shall execute and deliver to the General Partner or any Liquidator, within fifteen (15) days after
receipt of the General Partner’s or Liquidator’s request therefor, such further designation, powers of attorney and other instruments as the General Partner or the Liquidator, as the case may be, deems necessary to effectuate this
Agreement and the purposes of the Partnership. 
 Section 2.5. Term 

The term of the Partnership commenced on December 16, 2009 and shall continue in full force and effect until December 31, 2109
or until sooner dissolved pursuant to the provisions of Article 13 or as otherwise provided by law. 
 Section 2.6.
Number of Partners 
 Without the consent of the General Partner, which may be given or withheld in its sole and absolute
discretion, the Partnership shall not at any time have more than one hundred (100) partners (including as partners those persons indirectly owning an interest in the Partnership through a partnership, limited liability company, S corporation or
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entity, a “flow through entity”), but only if substantially all of the value of such person’s interest in the flow through entity is attributable to the flow through entity’s
interest (direct or indirect) in the Partnership). 
 ARTICLE 3. 

PURPOSE 

Section 3.1. Purpose and Business 

The purpose and nature of the business to be conducted by the Partnership is (i) to conduct any business that may be lawfully
conducted by a limited partnership organized pursuant to the Act, (ii) to enter into any partnership, joint venture or other similar arrangement to engage in any of the foregoing or to own interests in any entity engaged, directly or
indirectly, in any of the foregoing and (iii) to do anything necessary or incidental to the foregoing; provided, however, that such business shall be limited to and conducted in such a manner as to permit the General Partner at all times to be
classified as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, unless the General Partner ceases to qualify as a REIT for reasons other than the conduct of the business of the Partnership. In connection with the foregoing, and without limiting the General
Partner’s right in its sole and absolute discretion to cease qualifying as a REIT, the Partners acknowledge that the General Partner’s current status as a REIT inures to the benefit of all the Partners and not solely the General Partner.

 Section 3.2. Powers 

The Partnership is empowered to do any and all acts and things necessary, appropriate, proper, advisable, incidental to or convenient for
the furtherance and accomplishment of the purposes and business described herein and for the protection and benefit of the Partnership, including, without limitation, full power and authority, directly or through its ownership interest in other
entities, to enter into, perform and carry out contracts of any kind, borrow money and issue evidences of indebtedness, whether or not secured by mortgage, deed of trust, pledge or other lien, acquire, own, improve and develop real property, and
manage, lease, sell, transfer and dispose of real property; provided, however, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Partnership shall not take, or refrain from taking, any action which, in the judgment of the General
Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, (i) could adversely affect the ability of the General Partner to continue to qualify as a REIT, (ii) absent the consent of the General Partner, which may be given or withheld in its sole and
absolute discretion, could subject the General Partner to any taxes under Section 857 or Section 4981 of the Code, or (iii) could violate any law or regulation of any governmental body or agency having jurisdiction over the General
Partner or its securities, unless any such action (or inaction) under the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) shall have been specifically consented to by the General Partner in writing. 

Section 3.3. Partnership Only for Purposes Specified 

The Partnership shall be a partnership only for the purposes specified in Section 3.1 hereof, and this Agreement shall not be deemed
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Partnership as specified in Section 3.1 hereof. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no Partner shall have any authority to act for, bind, commit or assume any obligation or
responsibility on behalf of the Partnership, its properties or any other Partner. No Partner, in its capacity as a Partner under this Agreement, shall be responsible or liable for any indebtedness or obligation of another Partner, nor shall the
Partnership be responsible or liable for any indebtedness or obligation of any Partner, incurred either before or after the execution and delivery of this Agreement by such Partner, except as to those responsibilities, liabilities, indebtedness or
obligations incurred pursuant to and as limited by the terms of this Agreement and the Act. 
 Section 3.4.
Representations, Warranties and Covenants by the Parties 
 A. Each Partner that is an individual
represents and warrants to, and covenants with, each other Partner that (i) such Partner has in the case of any Person other than an individual, the power and authority, and in the case of an individual, the legal capacity, to enter into this
Agreement and perform such Partner’s obligations hereunder; (ii) the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be performed by such Partner will not result in a breach or violation of, or a default under, any
agreement by which such Partner or any of such Partner’s property is or are bound, or any statute, regulation, order or other law to which such Partner is subject; (iii) if five percent (5%) or more (by value) of the Partnership
Interests are or will be owned by such Partner within the meaning of Code Section 7704(d)(3), such Partner does not, and for so long as it is a Partner will not, own, directly or indirectly, (a) stock of any corporation that is a tenant of
(I) the General Partner or any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner, (II) the Partnership or (III) any partnership, venture or limited liability company of which the General Partner, any Disregarded Entity with respect to the
General Partner, or the Partnership is a direct or indirect member or (b) an interest in the assets or net profits of any non-corporate tenant of (I) the General Partner or any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner, (II)
the Partnership or (III) any partnership, venture, or limited liability company of which the General Partner, any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner, or the Partnership is a direct or indirect member; (iv) such Partner is
neither a “foreign person” within the meaning of Section 1445(f) of the Code nor a “foreign partner” within the meaning of Section 1446(e) of the Code, and (v) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by
such Partner and is binding upon, and enforceable against, such Partner in accordance with its terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Partner that is an individual shall not be subject to the ownership restrictions set forth in clause (iii) of
the immediately preceding sentence to the extent such Partner obtains the written Consent of the General Partner prior to violating any such restrictions. 

B. Each Partner that is not an individual represents and warrants to, and covenants with, each other Partner that
(i) its execution and delivery of this Agreement and all transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be performed by it have been duly authorized by all necessary action, including without limitation, that of its general partner(s),
committee(s), trustee(s), beneficiaries, directors and/or stockholder(s), as the case may be, as required; (ii) the consummation of such transactions shall not result in a breach or violation of, or a default under, its certificate of limited
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partnership agreement, trust agreement, limited liability company operating agreement, charter or bylaws, as the case may be, any agreement by which such Partner or any of such Partner’s
properties or any of its partners, beneficiaries, trustees or stockholders, as the case may be, is or are bound, or any statute, regulation, order or other law to which such Partner or any of its partners, trustees, beneficiaries or stockholders, as
the case may be, is or are subject; (iii) if five percent (5%) or more (by value) of the Partnership Interests are or will be owned by such Partner within the meaning of Code Section 7704(d)(3), such Partner does not, and for so long
as it is a Partner will not, own, directly or indirectly, (a) stock of any corporation that is a tenant of (I) the General Partner or any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner, (II) the Partnership or (III) any
partnership, venture or limited liability company of which the General Partner, any General Partner, any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner, or the Partnership is a direct or indirect member or (b) an interest in the assets
or net profits of any non-corporate tenant of (I) the General Partner, or any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner, (II) the Partnership or (III) any partnership, venture or limited liability company for which the General
Partner, any General Partner, any Disregarded Entity with respect to the General Partner, or the Partnership is a direct or indirect member; (iv) such Partner is neither a “foreign person” within the meaning of Section 1445(f) of
the Code nor a “foreign partner” within the meaning of Section 1446(e) of the Code, and (v) this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such Partner and is binding upon, and enforceable against, such Partner in
accordance with its terms. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Partner that is not an individual shall not be subject to the ownership restrictions set forth in clause (iii) of the immediately preceding sentence to the extent such Partner obtains
the written Consent of the General Partner prior to violating any such restrictions. 
 C. Each Partner
represents, warrants and agrees that it has acquired and continues to hold its interest in the Partnership for its own account for investment only and not for the purpose of, or with a view toward, the resale or distribution of all or any part
thereof, nor with a view toward selling or otherwise distributing such interest or any part thereof at any particular time or under any predetermined circumstances. Each Partner further represents and warrants that it is a sophisticated investor,
able and accustomed to handling sophisticated financial matters for itself, particularly real estate investments, and that it has a sufficiently high net worth that it does not anticipate a need for the funds it has invested in the Partnership in
what it understands to be a highly speculative and illiquid investment. Each Partner represents, warrants and agrees that such Partner is an “accredited investor” (as such term is defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities
Act). 
 D. Each Partner acknowledges that (i) the Partnership Units (and any REIT Shares that might be
exchanged therefor) have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be transferred unless they are subsequently registered under the Securities Act or an exemption from such registration is available (it being understood that the
Partnership has no intention of so registering the Partnership Units), (ii) a restrictive legend in the form set forth in Exhibit C shall be placed on the certificates representing the Partnership Units, and (iii) a notation shall
be made in the appropriate records of the Partnership indicating that the Partnership Units are subject to restrictions on transfer. 
  

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 E. Each Limited Partner, other than any Limited Partner to whom the General
Partner has granted an exception in its sole and absolute discretion to this Section 3.4.E (but, with respect to any such Limited Partner, only to the extent of the exception so granted by the General Partner), further represents, warrants,
covenants and agrees as follows: 
 (i) Upon request of the General Partner, such Limited Partner will disclose
to the General Partner the amount of REIT Shares or other shares of capital stock of the General Partner that it actually owns or Constructively Owns. 

(ii) Such Limited Partner understands that if, for any reason, (a) the representations, warranties or agreements set
forth in Section 3.4.E(i) are violated or (b) the Partnership’s actual ownership or Constructive Ownership of REIT Shares or other shares of capital stock of the General Partner violates the limitations set forth in the Charter, then
(x) some or all of the redemption or exchange rights of the Limited Partners may become non-exercisable, and (y) some or all of such shares owned by the Limited Partners and/or some or all of the Partnership Units owned by the Limited
Partners may be automatically transferred to a trust for the benefit of a charitable beneficiary, as provided in the Charter and Exhibit D of this Agreement, respectively. 

F. The representations, warranties and covenants contained in Sections 3.4.A, 3.4.B, 3.4.C and 3.4.D hereof shall survive
the execution and delivery of this Agreement by each Partner and the dissolution and winding up of the Partnership. 

G. Each Partner hereby acknowledges that no representations as to potential profit, cash flows, funds from operations or
yield, if any, in respect of the Partnership or the General Partner have been made by any Partner or any employee or representative or Affiliate of any Partner, and that projections and any other information, including, without limitation, financial
and descriptive information and documentation, which may have been in any manner submitted to such Partner shall not constitute any representation or warranty of any kind or nature, express or implied. 

Section 3.5. Certain ERISA Matters 

Each Partner acknowledges that the Partnership is intended to qualify as a “real estate operating company” (as such term is
defined in the Plan Asset Regulation). The General Partner may structure the investments in, relationships with and conduct with respect to Properties and any other assets of the Partnership so that the Partnership will be a “real estate
operating company” (as such term is defined in the Plan Asset Regulation). 
  

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 ARTICLE 4. 

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS 

Section 4.1. Capital Contributions of the Partners 

At the time of their respective execution of this Agreement, the Partners shall make or shall have made Capital Contributions as set forth
in Exhibit A to this Agreement. The Partners shall own Partnership Units of the class and in the amounts set forth in Exhibit A and shall have a Percentage Interest in the Partnership as set forth in Exhibit A, which Percentage
Interest shall be adjusted in Exhibit A from time to time by the General Partner to the extent necessary to accurately reflect exchanges, redemptions, Capital Contributions, the issuance of additional Partnership Units or similar events
having an effect on a Partner’s Percentage Interest. Except as required by law or as otherwise provided in Sections 4.3, 4.4 and 10.5, no Partner shall be required or permitted to make any additional Capital Contributions or loans to the
Partnership. Unless otherwise specified by the General Partner at the time of the creation of any class of Partnership Interests, the corresponding class of capital stock for any Partnership Units issued shall be REIT Shares. 

Section 4.2. Loans by Third Parties 

Subject to Section 4.3, the Partnership may incur Debt, or enter into other similar credit, guarantee, financing or refinancing
arrangements for any purpose (including, without limitation, in connection with any further acquisition of Properties) with any Person that is not the General Partner upon such terms as the General Partner determines appropriate; provided, that the
Partnership shall not incur any Debt that is recourse to the General Partner, except to the extent otherwise agreed to by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion. 

Section 4.3. Additional Funding and Capital Contributions 

A. General. The General Partner may, at any time and from time to time, determine that the Partnership requires
additional funds (“Additional Funds”) for the acquisition of additional Properties or for such other Partnership purposes as the General Partner may determine. Additional Funds may be raised by the Partnership, at the election of the
General Partner, in any manner provided in, and in accordance with, the terms of this Section 4.3. No Person shall have any preemptive, preferential or similar right or rights to subscribe for or acquire any Partnership Interest, except as set
forth in this Section 4.3. 
 B. General Partner Loans. The General Partner may enter into a Funding
Debt, including, without limitation, a Funding Debt that is convertible into REIT Shares, and lend the Additional Funds to the Partnership (a “General Partner Loan”); provided, however, that the General Partner shall not be obligated to
lend the net proceeds of any Funding Debt to the Partnership in a manner that would be inconsistent with the General Partner’s ability to remain qualified as a REIT. If the General Partner enters into such a Funding Debt, the General Partner
Loan will consist of the net proceeds from such Funding Debt and will be on comparable terms and conditions, including interest rate, repayment schedule and costs and expenses, as shall be applicable with respect to or incurred in connection with
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 C. Issuance of Additional Partnership Interests. The General Partner
may, in its sole and absolute discretion, raise all or any portion of the Additional Funds by accepting additional Capital Contributions of cash. The General Partner may also accept additional Capital Contributions of real property or any other
non-cash assets. In connection with any such additional Capital Contributions (of cash or property), the General Partner is hereby authorized to cause the Partnership from time to time to issue to Partners (including the General Partner) or other
Persons (including, without limitation, in connection with the contribution of property to the Partnership) additional Partnership Units or other Partnership Interests in one or more classes, or one or more series of any of such classes, with such
designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, powers, and duties, including rights, powers, and duties senior to then existing Limited Partnership Interests, all as shall be determined by the General
Partner in its sole and absolute discretion subject to Delaware law, and as set forth by amendment to this Agreement, including without limitation, (i) the allocations of items of Partnership income, gain, loss, deduction, and credit to such
class or series of Partnership Interests; (ii) the right of each such class or series of Partnership Interests to share in Partnership distributions; (iii) the rights of each such class or series of Partnership Interests upon dissolution
and liquidation of the Partnership; and (iv) the right to vote, including, without limitation, the Limited Partner approval rights set forth in Section 11.2.A hereof; provided, that no such additional Partnership Units or other Partnership
Interests shall be issued to the General Partner unless either (a)(1) the additional Partnership Interests are issued in connection with the grant, award, or issuance of shares of the General Partner pursuant to Section 4.3.D below, which
shares have designations, preferences, and other rights (except voting rights) such that the economic interests attributable to such shares are substantially similar to the designations, preferences and other rights of the additional Partnership
Interests issued to the General Partner in accordance with this Section 4.3.C, and (2) the General Partner shall make a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in an amount equal to the net proceeds raised in connection with such issuance,
or (b) the additional Partnership Interests are issued to all Partners holding Partnership Interests in the same class in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests in such class. The General Partner’s determination that
consideration is adequate shall be conclusive insofar as the adequacy of consideration relates to whether the Partnership Interests are validly issued and paid. In the event that the Partnership issues additional Partnership Interests pursuant to
this Section 4.3.C, the General Partner shall make such revisions to this Agreement (including but not limited to the revisions described in Sections 5.4, 6.2.B, and 8.6) as it determines are necessary to reflect the issuance of such additional
Partnership Interests. Without limiting the foregoing, the General Partner is expressly authorized to cause the Partnership to issue Partnership Interests for no tangible value or for less than fair market value, so long as the General Partner
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 D. Issuance of REIT Shares or Other Securities by the General
Partner. The General Partner shall not issue any additional REIT Shares, other shares of capital stock of the General Partner (other than in connection with the acquisition of Partnership Interests in exchange for capital stock of the General
Partner that corresponds in ranking to the Partnership’s Partnership Interests being acquired) or New Securities (other than REIT Shares issued pursuant to Section 8.6 hereof or such shares, stock or securities pursuant to a dividend or
distribution (including any part-stock/part-cash dividend or distribution and any stock split) to all of its stockholders or all of its stockholders who hold a particular class of stock of the General Partner) unless (i) the General Partner
shall cause the Partnership to issue to the General Partner, Partnership Interests or rights, options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities of the Partnership having designations, preferences and other rights, all such that the
economic interests thereof are substantially similar to those of the REIT Shares, other shares of capital stock of the General Partner or New Securities issued by the General Partner and (ii) the General Partner shall make a Capital
Contribution of the net proceeds from the issuance of such additional REIT Shares, other shares of capital stock or New Securities, as the case may be, and from the exercise of the rights contained in such additional New Securities, as the case may
be. Without limiting the foregoing, the General Partner is expressly authorized to issue REIT Shares, other shares of capital stock of the General Partner or New Securities for no tangible value or for less than fair market value, and the General
Partner is expressly authorized to cause the Partnership to issue to the General Partner corresponding Partnership Interests, so long as (x) the General Partner concludes in good faith that such issuance of Partnership Interests is in the
interests of the Partnership; and (y) the General Partner contributes all proceeds, if any, from such issuance and exercise to the Partnership. The General Partner’s Capital Account shall be increased by the amount of cash or the value of
Properties so contributed. 
 In connection with the General Partner’s initial public offering of REIT
Shares, any other issuance of REIT Shares, other capital stock of the General Partner or New Securities, the General Partner shall contribute to the Partnership any net proceeds raised in connection with such issuance; provided, that the General
Partner may use a portion of the net proceeds from any offering to acquire Partnership Units or other assets (provided such other assets are contributed to the Partnership pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; and provided further that if the net
proceeds actually received by the General Partner are less than the gross proceeds of such issuance as a result of any underwriter’s discount or other expenses paid or incurred in connection with such issuance then, except to the extent such
net proceeds are used to acquire Partnership Units, the General Partner shall be deemed to have made a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in the amount equal to the sum of the net proceeds of such issuance plus the amount of such
underwriter’s discount and other expenses paid by the General Partner (which discount and expense shall be treated as an expense for the benefit of the Partnership for purposes of Section 7.4)). In the case of issuances of REIT Shares,
other capital stock of the General Partner or New Securities pursuant to any Stock Incentive Plan at a discount from fair market value or for no value, the amount of such discount representing compensation to the employee, as determined by the
General Partner, shall be treated as an expense for the benefit of the Partnership for purposes of Section 7.4 and, as a result, 

 

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the General Partner shall be deemed to have made a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in an amount equal to the sum of any net proceeds of such issuance plus the amount of such expense.

 E. Percentage Interest Adjustments in the Case of Capital Contributions for Partnership Units. Upon the
acceptance of additional Capital Contributions in exchange for any class or series of Partnership Units, the Percentage Interest in such class or series of Partnership Units shall be equal to a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the amount
of cash and the Agreed Value of the Property contributed as of the Business Day immediately preceding the date on which the additional Capital Contributions are made (an “Adjustment Date”) and the denominator of which is equal to the sum
of (i) the Deemed Value of the Partnership Interests of such class or series (computed as of the Business Day immediately preceding the Adjustment Date) plus (ii) the aggregate amount of cash and the Agreed Value of the Property
contributed by all Partners and/or third parties to the Partnership on such Adjustment Date in respect of such class or series of Partnership Interests. The Percentage Interest of each other Partner holding Partnership Interests of such class or
series not making a full pro rata Capital Contribution shall be adjusted to equal a fraction, the numerator of which is equal to the sum of (i) the Deemed Partnership Interest Value of such Limited Partner in respect of such class or series
(computed as of the Business Day immediately preceding the Adjustment Date) and (ii) the amount of cash and the Agreed Value of the Property contributed by such Partner to the Partnership in respect of such class or series as of such Adjustment
Date, and the denominator of which is equal to the sum of (i) the Deemed Value of the Partnership Interests of such class or series (computed as of the Business Day immediately preceding the Adjustment Date), plus (ii) the aggregate amount
of cash and the Agreed Value of the Property contributed by all Partners and/or third parties to the Partnership on such Adjustment Date in respect of such class or series. Notwithstanding the foregoing, solely for purposes of calculating a
Partner’s Percentage Interest pursuant to this Section 4.3.E, (i) in the case of cash Capital Contributions by the General Partner, such Capital Contributions will be deemed to equal the cash contributed by the General Partner plus,
in the case of cash contributions funded by an offering of REIT Shares or other shares of capital stock of the General Partner, the offering costs attributable to the cash contributed to the Partnership and (ii) in the case of the contribution
of Property (or any portion thereof) by the General Partner which were acquired by the General Partner in exchange for REIT Shares or other shares of capital stock of the General Partner immediately prior to such contribution, the General Partner
shall be issued a number of Partnership Units equal and corresponding to the number of REIT Shares issued by the General Partner in exchange for such Properties, the Partnership Units held by the other Partners shall not be adjusted and the
Partners’ Percentage Interests shall be adjusted accordingly. The General Partner shall promptly give each Partner written notice of its Percentage Interest, as adjusted. 

 

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 Section 4.4. Stock Incentive Plan, Dividend Reinvestment Plan, Cash Option Purchase
Plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan or Other Plan 
 A. If at any time or from time to time the General
Partner sells or issues REIT Shares pursuant to any Stock Incentive Plan, the General Partner shall contribute any proceeds therefrom to the Partnership as an additional Capital Contribution and shall receive an amount of additional Partnership
Units equal to the number of REIT Shares so sold or issued. The General Partner’s Capital Account shall be increased by the amount of cash so contributed. 

B. Except as may otherwise be provided in paragraph A above or this Article 4, all amounts received or deemed received by
the General Partner in respect of any dividend reinvestment plan, cash option purchase plan, employee stock purchase plan or other stock or subscription plan or agreement, either (i) shall be utilized by the General Partner to effect open
market purchases of REIT Shares or (ii) if the General Partner elects instead to issue new REIT Shares with respect to such amounts, shall be contributed by the General Partner to the Partnership as an additional Capital Contribution and shall
receive an amount of additional Partnership Units equal to the number of REIT Shares so sold or issued, in which case the General Partner’s Capital Account shall be increased by the amount of cash so contributed. 

Section 4.5. Other Contribution Provisions 

In the event that any Partner is admitted to the Partnership and is given (or is treated as having received) a Capital Account at the time
of admission in exchange for services rendered to the Partnership, such transaction shall be treated by the Partnership and the affected Partner as if the Partnership had compensated such Partner in cash, and the Partner had contributed such cash to
the capital of the Partnership. In addition, with the consent of the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, one or more Limited Partners may enter into agreements with the Partnership, in the form of a guarantee or contribution
agreement, which have the effect of providing a guarantee of certain obligations of the Partnership. 
 Section 4.6. No
Preemptive Rights 
 Except to the extent expressly granted by the Partnership pursuant to another agreement, no Person shall
have any preemptive, preferential or other similar right with respect to (i) making additional Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership or (ii) issuance or sale of any Partnership Units or other Partnership Interests. 

Section 4.7. LTIP Units 

A. Grant of LTIP Units. The General Partner may from time to time cause the Partnership to issue LTIP Units to any
Person rendering services to or for the benefit of the Partnership, and admit any such Person as a Limited Partner. Subject to the following provisions of this Section and the special provisions of Sections 4.9, 6.3.B and 14.3, LTIP Units shall be
treated as Partnership Units, with all of the rights, privileges and obligations attendant thereto. In particular, the Partnership shall maintain at all times a one-to-one correspondence between Profits Interest Units and Common Units for

  

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conversion, distribution and other purposes, as set forth in this Agreement. Except to the extent a Capital Contribution is made with respect to an LTIP Unit, each LTIP Unit is intended to
qualify as a profits interests in the Partnership within the meaning of the Code, the Regulations, and any published guidance by the IRS with respect thereto. For purposes of computing the Partners’ Percentage Interests, LTIP Units shall be
treated as Partnership Units. The General Partner may grant LTIP Units to any Person at any time, in its sole and absolute discretion. 

B. Status of LTIP Units 

(1) LTIP Units shall be subject to forfeiture as provided in this Section 4.7. The value of an LTIP Unit upon
issuance (and the Economic Capital Account Balance of an LTIP Unitholder with respect to such LTIP Units upon issuance) shall be zero, the amount of distributions such LTIP Unit would produce for an LTIP Unitholder if the Partnership’s assets
were sold for their Gross Asset Value as of such issuance date (it being agreed that apart from applicable distributions of Available Cash from operations, an LTIP Unit may only share in distributions of sale and liquidation proceeds from a
Partnership asset to the extent of income allocated to the holder thereof under Section 6.3.B that is attributable to the appreciation in value of such asset after such LTIP Unit’s grant date, all as provided in Sections 5.1 and 6.3.B).

 (2) Safe Harbor Election and Forfeiture Allocations: 

(i) The Partners agree that the General Partner is authorized and directed to make an election, on behalf of itself and
of all Partners, to have the “Safe Harbor” of Section 3.03 of IRS Notice 2005-43 (or the corresponding provision in any Revenue Procedure or regulation issued in execution of the provisions of such Notice) (the “Safe
Harbor”) apply irrevocably with respect to all LTIP Units transferred in connection with the performance of services by a Partner in a partner capacity, or in anticipation of becoming a Partner (such election, the “Safe Harbor
Election”). The Safe Harbor Election shall be effective as of the date hereof. The Partnership and each Partner agrees to comply with all requirements of the Safe Harbor with respect to all interests in the Partnership transferred in connection
with the performance of services by a Partner in a partner capacity or in anticipation of becoming a Partner, whether such Partner was admitted as a Partner or as the transferee of a previous Partner. The General Partner shall cause the Partnership
to comply with all record-keeping requirements and other administrative requirements with respect to the Safe Harbor as shall be required by proposed or final regulations relating thereto. 

(ii) In connection with the Safe Harbor Election, the Partners agree that (a) each LTIP Unit issued hereunder is a
“Safe Harbor Partnership Interest” within the meaning of section 3.02 of IRS Notice 2005-43 (or the corresponding provision in any Revenue Procedure or regulation issued in relation to the provisions of such Notice or successor
pronouncement) representing a profits interest received for services rendered or to be rendered to or for the benefit of the Partnership by the LTIP Unitholder in his or her capacity as a Partner or in anticipation of becoming a Partner, and
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LTIP Unitholder as of the date of issuance is zero, representing the liquidation value of such interest upon receipt (with such valuation being consented to and hereby approved by all Partners).

 (iii) Each Partner hereby agrees to comply with all requirements of the Safe Harbor Election with respect to
each LTIP Unitholder’s Safe Harbor Partnership Interest. 
 (iv) The General Partner shall file or cause
the Partnership to file all returns, reports and other documentation as may be required, as reasonably determined by the General Partner, to perfect and maintain the Safe Harbor Election with respect to transfers of each LTIP Unitholder’s Safe
Harbor Partnership Interest. 
 (v) The General Partner is hereby authorized, directed and empowered, without
further vote or action of the Partners, to amend this Agreement as necessary to comply with the Safe Harbor requirements in order to provide for a Safe Harbor Election and the ability to maintain the same, and shall have the authority to execute any
such amendment by and on behalf of each Partner pursuant to the power of attorney granted by this Agreement. Any undertaking by the Partners necessary to enable or preserve a Safe Harbor Election may be reflected in such amendments and, to the
extent so reflected, shall be binding on each Partner. The General Partner and the Partnership hereby (a) approve the adoption of the Excel Trust, Inc. and Excel Trust, L.P. 2010 Equity Incentive Award Plan and (b) approve the filing of
Section 83(b) elections for each employee granted LTIP Units. Each employee granted LTIP Units shall file a Section 83(b) election. 

(vi) Each Partner agrees to cooperate with the General Partner to perfect and maintain any Safe Harbor Election, and to
timely execute and deliver any documentation with respect thereto reasonably requested by the General Partner, at the expense of the General Partner. 

(vii) No Transfer of any interest in the Partnership by a Partner shall be effective unless prior to such Transfer, the
assignee or intended recipient of such interest shall have agreed in writing to be bound by the provisions of this Section 4.7.B(2), in a form reasonably satisfactory to the General Partner. 

(3) No Conversion to Partnership Units Required. Subject to the allocations required to be made to an LTIP
Unitholder pursuant to Section 6.4, an LTIP Unit automatically is treated as a Partnership Unit when the LTIP Equalization Date has occurred under Section 6.3.B, but only Non-Forfeitable LTIP Units may be the subject of a Redemption
election by an LTIP Unitholder. LTIP Units may not be sold within two (2) years of the date of grant of such LTIP Units without the prior written consent of the General Partner, which may be withheld in the General Partner’s sole and
absolute discretion. Until the LTIP Equalization Date has occurred with respect to an LTIP Unit, (i) such LTIP Unit may not be the subject of a Redemption election by the LTIP Unitholder, and (ii) such LTIP Unit will participate
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liquidation proceeds with respect to a Partnership asset to the extent of income allocated to the holder thereof under Section 6.3.B that is attributable to the appreciation in value of such
asset after the issuance date of such LTIP Unit, all as provided in Sections 5.1 and 6.3.B. 
 (4)
Adjustments to LTIP Units 
 (i) If an Adjustment Event (as defined below) occurs, then the General
Partner shall make a corresponding adjustment to the LTIP Units (to maintain a one-for-one conversion and economic equivalence ratio between Partnership Units and LTIP Units, upon the LTIP Equalization Date occurring under Section 6.3.B).

 (ii) The following shall be “Adjustment Events”: (a) the Partnership makes a distribution on
all outstanding Partnership Units in Partnership Units, (b) the Partnership subdivides the outstanding Partnership Units into a greater number of units or combines the outstanding Partnership Units into a smaller number of units, or
(c) the Partnership issues any Partnership Units in exchange for its outstanding Partnership Units by way of a reclassification or recapitalization of its Partnership Units. If more than one Adjustment Event occurs, the adjustment to the LTIP
Units need be made only once using a single formula that takes into account each and every Adjustment Event as if all Adjustment Events occurred simultaneously. 

(iii) For the avoidance of doubt, the following shall not be Adjustment Events: (a) the issuance of Partnership
Units in a financing, reorganization, acquisition or other similar business transaction, (b) the issuance of Partnership Units pursuant to any employee benefit or compensation plan or distribution reinvestment plan, or (c) the issuance of
any Partnership Units to the General Partner in respect of a capital contribution to the Partnership of proceeds from the sale of securities by the General Partner. 

(iv) If the Partnership takes an action affecting the Partnership Units other than actions specifically described above
as “Adjustment Events” and in the good faith discretion of the General Partner such action would require an adjustment to the LTIP Units to maintain the one-to-one correspondence described above, the General Partner shall make such
adjustment to the LTIP Units, to the extent permitted by law, in such manner and at such time as the General Partner, in its good faith discretion, may determine to be appropriate under the circumstances. 

C. Priority. Upon the LTIP Equalization Date occurring under Section 6.3.B, the LTIP Units shall rank pari
passu with the Partnership Units as to the payment of regular and special periodic or other distributions and distributions upon sale of assets, liquidation, dissolution or winding up. As to the payment of distributions and as to distribution of
assets upon sale, liquidation, dissolution or winding up, any class or series of Partnership Units or Partnership Interests which by its terms specifies that it shall rank junior to, on a parity with, or senior to the Partnership Units shall also
rank junior to, or pari passu with, or senior to, as the case may be, the LTIP Units. 
  

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 D. Special Provisions. LTIP Units shall be subject to the following
special provisions: 
 (1) LTIP Forfeiture Agreements and Transferability. LTIP Units may, in the sole and
absolute discretion of the General Partner, be issued subject to forfeiture and additional restrictions on transfer pursuant to the terms of an LTIP Forfeiture Agreement. The terms of an LTIP Forfeiture Agreement may be modified by the General
Partner from time to time in its sole and absolute discretion, subject to any restrictions on amendment imposed by the relevant LTIP Forfeiture Agreement, if applicable. LTIP Units that no longer are subject to forfeiture under the terms of an LTIP
Forfeiture Agreement are referred to as “Non-Forfeitable LTIP Units”; all other LTIP Units shall be treated as “Forfeitable LTIP Units.” Subject to the terms of any LTIP Forfeiture Agreement and upon the LTIP Equalization Date
occurring under Section 6.3.B, an LTIP Unitholder shall be entitled to transfer or redeem his or her Non-Forfeitable LTIP Units to the same extent, and subject to the same restrictions as holders of Partnership Units are entitled to transfer
their Partnership Units pursuant to Article 11. 
 (2) Forfeiture. Unless otherwise specified in the LTIP
Forfeiture Agreement, upon the occurrence of any event specified in an LTIP Forfeiture Agreement as resulting in either the right of the Partnership or the General Partner to repurchase LTIP Units at a specified purchase price or some other
forfeiture of any LTIP Units, then if the Partnership or the General Partner exercises such right to repurchase or forfeiture in accordance with the applicable LTIP Forfeiture Agreement, then the relevant LTIP Units shall immediately, and without
any further action, be treated as cancelled and no longer outstanding for any purpose. Unless otherwise specified in the LTIP Forfeiture Agreement, no consideration or other payment shall be due with respect to any LTIP Units that have been
forfeited, other than any distributions declared with respect to a Partnership Record Date prior to the effective date of the forfeiture in which such LTIP Units are permitted to share. 

(3) Allocations. LTIP Units shall generally be treated as Partnership Units for purposes of Article 6, but shall
also receive certain special allocations of income or gain under Sections 6.3 and 6.4. 
 (4) Redemption.
The Redemption Right provided to Limited Partners under Section 8.6 shall not apply with respect to LTIP Units unless and until the LTIP Equalization Date occurs under Section 6.3.B, and then only with respect to LTIP Units that are
Non-Forfeitable LTIP Units. 
 (5) Legend. Any certificate evidencing an LTIP Unit shall bear an
appropriate legend indicating that additional terms, conditions and restrictions on transfer, including without limitation any LTIP Forfeiture Agreement, apply to the LTIP Unit. 

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 Section 4.8. No Interest; No Return 

No Partner shall be entitled to interest on its Capital Contribution or on such Partner’s Capital Account. Except as
provided herein or by law, no Partner shall have any right to demand or receive the return of its Capital Contribution from the Partnership. 

Section 4.9. LTIP Units Characterized as Partnership Units 

A. Non-Forfeitable LTIP Units shall be treated as Partnership Units for all purposes from and after the occurrence of the
LTIP Equalization Date under Section 6.3.B, and special allocations of income or gain under Section 6.3, and tax allocations required to be made under Section 6.4, shall continue to be made to the Non-Forfeitable LTIP Units to the
extent required by this Agreement. Forfeitable LTIP Units shall remain subject to the applicable forfeitability provisions from the date hereof. 

B. Until the LTIP Equalization Date has occurred with respect to such LTIP Units, the provisions of Sections 4.7.B(1) and
(3) shall apply with respect to such LTIP Units. 
 ARTICLE 5. 

DISTRIBUTIONS 

Section 5.1. Requirement and Characterization of Distributions 

The General Partner shall cause the Partnership to distribute all, or such portion as the General Partner may in its discretion determine,
Available Cash generated by the Partnership to the Partners who are Partners on the applicable record date with respect to such distribution, (1) first, with respect to any class or series of Partnership Interests that are entitled to any
preference in distribution, in accordance with the rights of such class or series of Partnership Interests (and within such class or series, pro rata in proportion to the respective Percentage Interests on the applicable record date), and,
(2) second, with respect to any class or series of Partnership Interests that are not entitled to any preference in distribution, pro rata to each such class or series on a quarterly basis and in accordance with the terms of such class or
series to the Partners who are Partners of such class or series on the Partnership Record Date with respect to such distribution (and within each such class or series, pro rata in proportion with the respective Percentage Interests on such
Partnership Record Date). Unless otherwise expressly provided for herein or in an agreement at the time a new class or series of Partnership Interests is created in accordance with Article 4 hereof, no Partnership Interest shall be entitled to a
distribution in preference to any other Partnership Interest. The General Partner shall take such reasonable efforts, as determined by it in its sole and absolute discretion and consistent with its qualification as a REIT, to cause the Partnership
to distribute sufficient amounts to enable the General Partner, for so long as the General Partner has determined to qualify as a REIT, to pay stockholder dividends that will (a) satisfy the requirements for qualifying as a REIT under the Code
and Regulations (“REIT Requirements”), and (b) except to the extent otherwise determined by the General Partner, avoid the imposition of any federal income or excise tax liability of the General Partner. An LTIP Unitholder shall be
entitled to share in all distributions of Available Cash as if each LTIP Unit were a Partnership Unit. 
  

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 Section 5.2. Distributions in Kind 

Except as expressly provided herein, no right is given to any Partner to demand and receive property other than cash. The General Partner
may determine, in its sole and absolute discretion, to make a distribution in kind to the Partners of Partnership assets, and such assets shall be distributed in such a fashion as to ensure that the fair market value is distributed and allocated in
accordance with Articles 5, 6 and 13. 
 Section 5.3. Distributions Upon Liquidation 

Proceeds from a Terminating Capital Transaction shall be distributed to the Partners in accordance with Section 13.2. 

Section 5.4. Distributions to Reflect Issuance of Additional Partnership Interests 

In the event that the Partnership issues additional Partnership Interests to the General Partner or any Additional Limited Partner
pursuant to Section 4.3.C or 4.4 hereof, the General Partner shall make such revisions to this Article 5 as it determines are necessary to reflect the issuance of such additional Partnership Interests. In the absence of any agreement to the
contrary, an Additional Limited Partner shall be entitled to the distributions set forth in Section 5.1 (without regard to this Section 5.4) with respect to the period during which the closing of its contribution to the Partnership occurs,
multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days from and after the date of such closing through the end of the applicable period, and the denominator of which is the total number of days in such period. 

Section 5.5 Distributions to Reflect Additional Partnership Units 

In the event that the Partnership issues additional Partnership Units pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 hereof, the General Partner
is hereby authorized to make such revisions to this Article 5 and to Articles 6, 11 and 12 hereof as it determines are necessary or desirable to reflect the issuance of such additional Partnership Units, including, without limitation, making
preferential distributions to Holders of certain classes of Partnership Units. 
 ARTICLE 6. 

ALLOCATIONS 

Section 6.1. Timing and Amount of Allocations of Net Income and Net Loss 

Net Income and Net Loss of the Partnership shall be determined and allocated with respect to each Partnership Year of the Partnership as
of the end of each such year; provided that the General Partner may in its discretion allocate Net Income and Net Loss for a shorter period as of the end of such period (and, for purposes of this Article 6, references to the term “Partnership
Year” may include such shorter periods). Subject to the other provisions of this Article 6, an allocation to a Holder of a share of Net Income or Net Loss shall be treated as an allocation of the same share of each item of income, gain, loss or
deduction that is taken into account in computing Net Income or Net Loss. 
  

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 Section 6.2. General Allocations 

A. In General. Except as otherwise provided in this Article 6, Net Income and Net Loss allocable with respect to a class or series
of Partnership Interests shall be allocated to each of the Holders holding such class or series of Partnership Interests in accordance with their respective Percentage Interest of such class or series. 

B.1 Net Income. Except as provided in Section 6.3, Net Income for any Partnership Year shall be allocated in the following
manner and order of priority: 
  

	 	(a)	First, 100% to the General Partner in an amount equal to the remainder, if any, of the cumulative Net Loss allocated to the General Partner pursuant to
Section 6.2.B.2(c) for all prior Partnership Years minus the cumulative Net Income allocated to the General Partner pursuant to this Section 6.2.B.1(a) for all prior Partnership Years; 


 

	 	(b)	Second, 100% to each Holder in an amount equal to the remainder, if any, of the cumulative Net Loss allocated to each such Holder pursuant to
Section 6.2.B.2(b) for all prior Partnership Years minus the cumulative Net Income allocated to such Holder pursuant to this Section 6.2.B.1(b) for all prior Partnership Years; 


 

	 	(c)	Third, 100% to the Holders in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests. 


To the extent the allocations of Net Income set forth above in any paragraph of this Section 6.2.B.1 are not sufficient to satisfy
entirely the allocation set forth in such paragraph, such allocation shall be made in proportion to the total amount that would have been allocated pursuant to such paragraph without regard to such shortfall. 

B.2 Net Loss. Except as provided in Section 6.3, Net Loss for any Partnership Year shall be allocated in the following manner
and order of priority: 
  

	 	(a)	First, 100% to the Holders in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests (to the extent consistent with this Section 6.2.B.2(a)) until the
Adjusted Capital Account (ignoring for this purpose any amounts a Holder is obligated to contribute to the capital of the Partnership or is deemed obligated to restore pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(c)(2)) of each such Holder
is zero; 

  

	 	(b)	Second, 100% to the Holders to the extent of, and in proportion to, the positive balance (if any) in their Adjusted Capital Accounts; and


  

	 	(c)	Third, 100% to the General Partner 


C. Allocations to Reflect Issuance of Additional Partnership Interests. In the event that the Partnership issues additional
Partnership Interests to the General Partner, a Limited Partner or any Additional Limited Partner pursuant to Section 4.3, 4.4 or 5.5, the General Partner 

 

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shall make such revisions to this Section 6.2 or to Section 12.2.B as it determines are necessary to reflect the terms of the issuance of such additional Partnership Interests,
including making preferential allocations to certain classes of Partnership Interests in accordance with any method selected by the General Partner. 

Section 6.3. Additional Allocation Provisions 

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article 6: 

A. Ordering Rule for Allocations Regarding LTIP Units. To the extent any Partnership income is allocable to LTIP
Unitholders prior to the LTIP Equalization Date, any such income shall first be allocated to those LTIP Unitholders with the earliest grant date when compared to all such other LTIP Unitholders, until the LTIP Equalization Date is reached for such
earlier granted LTIP Units. 
 B. Special Allocations Regarding LTIP Units  

(1) In the event that Liquidating Gains or Liquidating Losses are allocated under this Section 6.3.B, Net Income
allocable under Section 6.2.B.1 and any Net Losses shall be recomputed without regard to the Liquidating Gains or Liquidating Losses so allocated. 

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 6.2 above, but subject to the prior allocation of income, gain,
deduction and loss to any class of Partnership Interests ranking senior to the LTIP Units with respect to return of capital or any preferential or priority return, any Liquidating Gains shall first be allocated to the Holders of LTIP Units until the
Economic Capital Account Balance of each such LTIP Unitholder, to the extent attributable to his or her ownership of LTIP Units, is equal to the Partnership Unit Economic Balance. The date on which such equality is achieved for any LTIP Unit is
referred to as the “LTIP Equalization Date” with respect to such LTIP Unit. 
 (3) Notwithstanding the
provisions of Sections 6.2.B.1 and 6.2.B.2 above, in the event that, due to distributions with respect to Partnership Units in which the LTIP Units do not participate on an equal basis per unit, the Economic Capital Account Balance of any holder of
LTIP Units, to the extent attributable to the holder’s ownership of any LTIP Unit, exceeds the Partnership Unit Economic Balance, the amount of such excess shall be re-allocated to such holder’s remaining LTIP Units to the same extent and
in the manner as reasonably determined by the General Partner. To the extent such excess may not be re-allocated, Liquidating Losses shall be allocated to such holder to the extent necessary to reduce or eliminate the disparity; provided, however,
that if Liquidating Losses are insufficient to completely eliminate all such disparities, such losses shall be allocated among the holders of LTIP Unit as reasonably determined by the General Partner. 

(4) If an LTIP Unitholder forfeits any LTIP Units to which Liquidating Gain has previously been allocated under this
Section 6.3.B, the Capital Account associated with such forfeited LTIP Units will be re-allocated to that LTIP Unitholder’s remaining LTIP Units, using a methodology reasonably determined by the

  

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General Partner, to the extent necessary to cause such LTIP Unitholder’s Economic Capital Account Balance attributable to each such Eligible Unit to equal the Partnership Unit Economic
Balance. To the extent such Liquidating Gains are not re-allocated in accordance with the forgoing, such Liquidating Gains will be forfeited and the LTIP Unitholder’s Economic Capital Account Balance will be reduced accordingly. 

C. Regulatory Allocations. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article 6, the following special
allocations shall be made in the following order of priority: 
 (i) Minimum Gain Chargeback. Except as
provided in Regulations Section 1.704-2(f), if there is a net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain during a Partnership Year, then each Holder shall be allocated items of Partnership income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, for
subsequent years) in an amount equal to such Holder’s share of the net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain, determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(g)(2). This Section 6.3.C(i) is intended to comply with the minimum
gain chargeback requirement of Regulations Section 1.704-2(f) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith. 

(ii) Partner Minimum Gain Chargeback. Except as otherwise provided in Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4), if
there is a net decrease in Partner Minimum Gain attributable to a Partner Nonrecourse Debt during any Partnership Year, each Partner who has a share of the Partner Minimum Gain attributable to such Partner Nonrecourse Debt, determined in accordance
with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(5), shall be specially allocated items of Partnership income and gain for such year (and, if necessary, subsequent years) in an amount equal to such Holder’s share of the net decrease in Partner Minimum
Gain attributable to such Partner Nonrecourse Debt, determined in a manner consistent with the provisions of Regulations Section 1.704-2(g)(2). This Section 6.3.C(ii) is intended to comply with the partner nonrecourse debt minimum gain
chargeback requirement of Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4) and shall be interpreted consistently therewith. 

(iii) Nonrecourse Deductions. Any Nonrecourse Deductions for each Partnership Year shall be allocated to the
Holders in proportion to their Percentage Interests. 
 (iv) Partner Nonrecourse Deductions. Any Partner
Nonrecourse Deductions shall be allocated each year to the Holder(s) who bears the economic risk of loss (within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.752-2) for the Partner Nonrecourse Debt to which such Partner Nonrecourse Deductions are
attributable. 
 (v) Qualified Income Offset. If any Holder unexpectedly receives an adjustment,
allocation or distribution of the type contemplated by Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) or (6), items of income and gain shall be allocated to all such Holders (in proportion to the amounts of their respective deficit
Adjusted Capital Accounts) in an amount and manner sufficient to eliminate the deficit balance in the Adjusted Capital Account deficit of such Holder as quickly as possible provided that an 

 

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allocation pursuant to this Section 6.3.C(v) shall be made if and only to the extent that such Holder would have an Adjusted Capital Account deficit after all other allocations provided in
this Article 6 have been tentatively made as if this Section 6.3.C(v) were not in this Agreement. It is intended that this Section 6.3.C(v) qualify and be construed as a “qualified income offset” within the meaning of Regulations
Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d). 
 (vi) Limitation on Allocation of Net Loss. If the allocation of Net
Loss (or items of loss or deduction) to a Holder as provided in Section 6.1 hereof would create or increase an Adjusted Capital Account deficit, there shall be allocated to such Holder only that amount of Net Loss (or items of loss or
deduction) as will not create or increase an Adjusted Capital Account deficit. The Net Loss (or items of loss or deduction) that would, absent the application of the preceding sentence, otherwise be allocated to such Holder shall be allocated to the
other Holders in accordance with their relative Percentage Interests, subject to the limitations of this Section 6.3.C(vi). 

(vii) Certain Additional Adjustments. To the extent that an adjustment to the adjusted tax basis of any Partnership
asset pursuant to Code Section 734(b) or Code Section 743(b) is required, pursuant to Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(2) or Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4), to be taken into account in determining Capital
Accounts as the result of a distribution to a Holder in complete liquidation of its Partnership Interest, the amount of such adjustment to the Capital Accounts shall be treated as an item of gain (if the adjustment increases the basis of the asset)
or loss (if the adjustment decreases such basis), and such gain or loss shall be specially allocated to the Holders in accordance with their Partnership Interests in the event that Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(2) applies, or to the
Holders to whom such distribution was made in the event that Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m)(4) applies. 

(viii) Curative Allocation. The allocations set forth in Sections 6.3.C(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v), (vi), and
(vii) (the “Regulatory Allocations”) are intended to comply with certain regulatory requirements, including the requirements of Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b) and 1.704-2(i). Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 6.1 and 6.2,
the Regulatory Allocations shall be taken into account in allocating other items of income, gain, loss and deduction among the Holders so that, to the extent possible, the net amount of such allocations of other items and the Regulatory Allocations
to each Holder shall be equal to the net amount that would have been allocated to each such Holder if the Regulatory Allocations had not occurred. 

(ix) Forfeiture Allocations. Upon a forfeiture of any Forfeitable LTIP Units by any Partner, gross items of income,
gain, loss or deduction shall be allocated to such Partner if and to the extent required by final Regulations promulgated after the Effective Date to ensure that allocations made with respect to all unvested Partnership Interests are recognized
under Code Section 704(b). 
 D. For purposes of determining a Holder’s proportional share of the
“excess nonrecourse liabilities” of the Partnership within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.752-3(a)(3), each Holder’s interest in Partnership profits shall be such Holder’s Percentage Interest. 

 

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 E. Special Allocations Upon Liquidation. Notwithstanding any provision in
this Article 6 to the contrary, in the event that the Partnership disposes of all or substantially all of its assets in a transaction that will lead to a liquidation of the Partnership pursuant to Article 13 hereof, then any Net Income or Net Loss
realized in connection with such transaction and thereafter (and, if necessary, constituent items of income, gain, loss and deduction) shall be specially allocated for such Partnership Year (and to the extent permitted by Section 761(c) of the
Code, for the immediately preceding Partnership Year) among the Holders as required so as to cause liquidating distributions pursuant to Section 13.2.A(4) hereof to be made in the same amounts and proportions as would have resulted had such
distributions instead been made pursuant to Article 5 hereof. 
 Section 6.4. Tax Allocations 

A. In General. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 6.4, for income tax purposes under the Code and
the Regulations, each Partnership item of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit shall be allocated between the Holders as its correlative item of “book” income, gain, loss, deduction or credit is allocated pursuant to this Article 6.

 B. Section 704(c) Allocations. Tax items with respect to Partnership assets that are contributed
to the Partnership with a Gross Asset Value that varies from its adjusted tax basis in the hands of the contributing Partner immediately preceding the date of contribution shall be allocated between the Partners for income tax purposes pursuant to
Regulations promulgated under Code Section 704(c) so as to take into account such variation. The Partnership shall account for such variation under the “traditional method” under Regulations Section 1.704-3(b) with respect to
Partnership property that is contributed to the Partnership in connection with the General Partner’s initial public offering. With respect to properties subsequently contributed to the Partnership, the Partnership shall account for such
variation under any reasonable method consistent with Section 704(c) of the Code and the applicable Regulations as chosen by the General Partner. If the Gross Asset Value of any Partnership asset is adjusted pursuant to the definition of
“Gross Asset Value” herein, subsequent allocations of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit with respect to such Partnership asset shall take account of any variation between the adjusted basis of such Partnership asset for federal
income tax purposes and its Gross Asset Value in a manner consistent with Code Section 704(c) and the Regulations promulgated thereunder under any method approved under Code Section 704(c) and the applicable Regulations as chosen by the
General Partner. 
 C. Other Tax Provisions. In the event that the Code or any Regulations require
allocations of items of income, gain, loss, deduction or credit different from those set forth in this Article 6, the General Partner is hereby authorized to make new allocations in reliance on the Code and such Regulations, and no such new
allocation shall give rise to any claim or cause of action by any Partner. 
  

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 ARTICLE 7. 

MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS OF BUSINESS 

Section 7.1. Management 

A. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, all management powers over the business and affairs of the
Partnership are and shall be exclusively vested in the General Partner, and no Limited Partner shall have any right to participate in or exercise control or management power over the business and affairs of the Partnership. The General Partner may
not be removed by the Limited Partners with or without cause, except with the consent of the General Partner. In addition to the powers now or hereafter granted a general partner of a limited partnership under the Act and other applicable law or
which are granted to the General Partner under any other provision of this Agreement, the General Partner, subject to the other provisions hereof including Sections 7.3 and 11.2, shall have full power and authority to do all things deemed necessary
or desirable by it to conduct the business of the Partnership (including, without limitation, all actions consistent with allowing the General Partner at all times to qualify as a REIT unless the General Partner voluntarily terminates its REIT
status), to exercise all powers set forth in Section 3.2 hereof and to effectuate the purposes set forth in Section 3.1 hereof, including, without limitation: 
  


	 	(1)	the making of any expenditures, the lending or borrowing of money (including, without limitation, making prepayments on loans and borrowing money to permit the
Partnership to make distributions to its Partners in such amounts as will permit the General Partner (for so long as the General Partner has determined to qualify as a REIT) to avoid the payment of any federal income tax (including, for this
purpose, any excise tax pursuant to Section 4981 of the Code) and to make distributions to its stockholders and payments to any taxing authority sufficient to permit the General Partner to maintain REIT status), the assumption or guarantee of,
or other contracting for, indebtedness and other liabilities, the issuance of evidences of indebtedness (including the securing of same by mortgage, deed of trust or other lien or encumbrance on all or any of the Partnership’s assets) and the
incurring of any obligations it deems necessary for the conduct of the activities of the Partnership; 

  

	 	(2)	the making of tax, regulatory and other filings, or rendering of periodic or other reports to governmental or other agencies having jurisdiction over the business or
assets of the Partnership, the registration of any class of securities of the Partnership under the Exchange Act, and the listing of any securities of the Partnership on any exchange; 


 

	 	(3)	subject to the provisions of Section 7.3.D hereof, the acquisition, disposition, mortgage, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or exchange of any assets of the
Partnership or the merger or other combination of the Partnership with or into another entity; 

  

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	 	(4)	the acquisition, disposition, mortgage, pledge, encumbrance or hypothecation of all or any assets of the Partnership, and the use of the assets of the Partnership
(including, without limitation, cash on hand) for any purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement and on any terms it sees fit, including, without limitation, the financing of the conduct or the operations of the General Partner or the
Partnership, the lending of funds to other Persons (including, without limitation, the General Partner (if necessary to permit the financing or capitalization of a subsidiary of the General Partner or the Partnership) and any Subsidiaries of the
Partnership) and the repayment of obligations of the Partnership, any of its Subsidiaries and any other Person in which it has an equity investment, and the making of capital contributions to its Subsidiaries; 


 

	 	(5)	the negotiation, execution, and performance of any contracts, leases, conveyances or other instruments that the General Partner considers useful or necessary to the
conduct of the Partnership’s operations or the implementation of the General Partner’s powers under this Agreement, including contracting with contractors, developers, consultants, accountants, legal counsel, other professional advisors
and other agents and the payment of their expenses and compensation out of the Partnership’s assets; 

  

	 	(6)	the distribution of Partnership cash or other Partnership assets in accordance with this Agreement; 


 

	 	(7)	the establishment of one or more divisions of the Partnership, the selection and dismissal of employees of the Partnership (including, without limitation, employees
having titles such as “president,” “vice president,” “secretary” and “treasurer”), and agents, outside attorneys, accountants, consultants and contractors of the Partnership, the determination of their
compensation and other terms of employment or hiring, including waivers of conflicts of interest and the payment of their expenses and compensation out of the Partnership’s assets; 


 

	 	(8)	the maintenance of such insurance for the benefit of the Partnership and the Partners and directors and officers of the Partnership or the General Partner as it deems
necessary or appropriate; 

  

	 	(9)	the formation of, or acquisition of an interest in, and the contribution of property to, any further limited or general partnerships, limited liability companies, joint
ventures, corporations or other relationships that it deems desirable (including, without limitation, the acquisition of interests in, and the contributions of property to any Subsidiary and any other Person in which it has an equity investment from
time to time); provided, that, as long as the General Partner has determined to continue to qualify as a REIT, the Partnership may not engage in any such formation, acquisition or contribution that could cause the General Partner to fail to qualify
as a REIT; 

  

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	 	(10)	the control of any matters affecting the rights and obligations of the Partnership, including the conduct of litigation and the incurring of legal expense and the
settlement of claims and litigation, and the indemnification of any Person against liabilities and contingencies to the extent permitted by law; 

  

	 	(11)	the undertaking of any action in connection with the Partnership’s direct or indirect investment in any Person (including, without limitation, contributing or
loaning Partnership funds to, incurring indebtedness on behalf of, or guarantying the obligations of any such Persons); 

  

	 	(12)	subject to the other provisions in this Agreement, the determination of the fair market value of any Partnership property distributed in kind using such reasonable
method of valuation as it may adopt, provided, that such methods are otherwise consistent with requirements of this Agreement; 

  

	 	(13)	the management, operation, leasing, landscaping, repair, alteration, demolition or improvement of any real property or improvements owned by the Partnership or any
Subsidiary of the Partnership or any Person in which the Partnership has made a direct or indirect equity investment; 

  

	 	(14)	holding, managing, investing and reinvesting cash and other assets of the Partnership; 


 

	 	(15)	the collection and receipt of revenues and income of the Partnership; 

  

	 	(16)	the exercise, directly or indirectly through any attorney-in-fact acting under a general or limited power of attorney, of any right, including the right to vote,
appurtenant to any asset or investment held by the Partnership; 

  

	 	(17)	the exercise of any of the powers of the General Partner enumerated in this Agreement on behalf of or in connection with any Subsidiary of the Partnership or any other
Person in which the Partnership has a direct or indirect interest, or jointly with any such Subsidiary or other Person; 

  

	 	(18)	the exercise of any of the powers of the General Partner enumerated in this Agreement on behalf of any Person in which the Partnership does not have an interest
pursuant to contractual or other arrangements with such Person; 

  

	 	(19)	the making, execution and delivery of any and all deeds, leases, notes, deeds to secure debt, mortgages, deeds of trust, security agreements, conveyances, contracts,
guarantees, warranties, indemnities, waivers, releases or legal instruments or other agreements in writing necessary or appropriate in the judgment of the General Partner for the accomplishment of any of the powers of the General Partner enumerated
in this Agreement; 

  

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	 	(20)	the issuance of additional Partnership Interests, as appropriate, in connection with the contribution of Additional Funds pursuant to Section 4.3;


  

	 	(21)	the distribution of cash to acquire Partnership Units held by a Limited Partner in connection with a Limited Partner’s exercise of its Redemption Right under
Section 8.6 hereof; 

  

	 	(22)	the amendment and restatement of Exhibit A hereto to reflect accurately at all times the Capital Contributions and Percentage Interests of the Partners as the
same are adjusted from time to time to the extent necessary to reflect redemptions, Capital Contributions, the issuance of Partnership Units, the admission of any Additional Limited Partner or any Substituted Limited Partner or otherwise, which
amendment and restatement, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, shall not be deemed an amendment to this Agreement, as long as the matter or event being reflected in Exhibit A hereto otherwise is authorized by this
Agreement; 

  

	 	(23)	the taking of any and all acts and things necessary or prudent to ensure that the Partnership will not be classified as a “publicly traded partnership” under
Section 7704 of the Code; and 

  

	 	(24)	the delegation to another Person of any powers now or hereafter granted to the General Partner. 


B. Each of the Limited Partners agrees that the General Partner is authorized to execute, deliver and perform the
above-mentioned agreements and transactions on behalf of the Partnership without any further act, approval or vote of the Partners, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement (except as provided in Section 7.3 or 11.2), the Act or
any applicable law, rule or regulation. The execution, delivery or performance by the General Partner or the Partnership of any agreement authorized or permitted under this Agreement shall not constitute a breach by the General Partner of any duty
that the General Partner may owe the Partnership or the Limited Partners or any other Persons under this Agreement or of any duty stated or implied by law or equity. 

C. At all times from and after the date hereof, the General Partner may cause the Partnership to obtain and maintain
(i) casualty, liability and other insurance (including, without limitation, earthquake insurance) on the properties of the Partnership and (ii) liability insurance for the Indemnities hereunder. 

D. At all times from and after the date hereof, the General Partner may cause the Partnership to establish and maintain
working capital and other reserves in such amounts as the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, deems appropriate and reasonable from time to time. 

 

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 E. In exercising its authority under this Agreement, the General Partner
may, but shall be under no obligation to, take into account the tax consequences to any Partner (including the General Partner) of any action taken (or not taken) by the General Partner. The General Partner and the Partnership shall not have
liability to a Limited Partner under this Agreement as a result of any income tax liability incurred by such Limited Partner as a result of an action (or inaction) by the General Partner pursuant to its authority under this Agreement. 

F. Except as otherwise provided herein, to the extent the duties of the General Partner require expenditures of funds to
be paid to third parties, the General Partner shall not have any obligations hereunder except to the extent that Partnership funds are reasonably available to it for the performance of such duties, and nothing herein contained shall be deemed to
authorize or require the General Partner, in its capacity as such, to expend its individual funds for payment to third parties or to undertake any individual liability or obligation on behalf of the Partnership. 

Section 7.2. Certificate of Limited Partnership 

To the extent that such action is determined by the General Partner to be reasonable and necessary or appropriate, the General Partner
shall file amendments to and restatements of the Certificate and do all the things to maintain the Partnership as a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the limited partners have limited liability) under the laws of the State of Delaware
and to maintain the Partnership’s qualification to do business as a foreign limited partnership in each other state, the District of Columbia or other jurisdiction, in which the Partnership may elect to do business or own property. Subject to
the terms of Section 8.5.A(4) hereof, the General Partner shall not be required, before or after filing, to deliver or mail a copy of the Certificate or any amendment thereto to any Limited Partner. The General Partner shall use all reasonable
efforts to cause to be filed such other certificates or documents as may be reasonable and necessary or appropriate for the formation, continuation, qualification and operation of a limited partnership (or a partnership in which the limited partners
have limited liability) in the State of Delaware, and any other state, or the District of Columbia or other jurisdiction, in which the Partnership may elect to do business or own property. 

Section 7.3. Restrictions on General Partner’s Authority 

A. The General Partner may not take any action in contravention of this Agreement, including, without limitation:

  

	 	(1)	take any action that would make it impossible to carry on the ordinary business of the Partnership, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement;


  

	 	(2)	possess Partnership property, or assign any rights in specific Partnership property, for other than a Partnership purpose except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement; 

  

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	 	(3)	admit a Person as a Partner, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement; or 


 

	 	(4)	perform any act that would subject a Limited Partner to liability as a general partner in any jurisdiction or any other liability except as provided herein or under the
Act; or 

  

	 	(5)	enter into any contract, mortgage, loan or other agreement that prohibits or restricts, or has the effect of prohibiting or restricting, the ability of a Limited
Partner to exercise its rights to a Redemption in full, except with the written consent of such Limited Partner. 


B. The General Partner shall not, without the prior Consent of the Partners (in addition to any Consent of the Limited
Partners required by any other provision hereof), undertake, on behalf of the Partnership, any of the following actions or enter into any transaction which would have the effect of such transactions: 

 

	 	(1)	except as provided in Section 7.3.E, amend, modify or terminate this Agreement other than to reflect the admission, substitution, termination or withdrawal of
partners pursuant to Article 12 hereof; 

  

	 	(2)	make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or appoint or acquiesce in the appointment of a custodian, receiver or trustee for all or any part of the assets
of the Partnership; 

  

	 	(3)	institute any proceeding for bankruptcy on behalf of the Partnership; or 

  

	 	(4)	confess a judgment against the Partnership. 


C. The General Partner shall not, without the prior Consent of the Limited Partners, undertake, on behalf of the
Partnership, any of the following actions or enter into any transaction which would have the effect of such transactions: 
  

	 	(1)	approve or acquiesce to the transfer of the Partnership Interest of the General Partner to any Person other than the Partnership; or 


 

	 	(2)	admit into the Partnership any Additional or substitute General Partners. 


in each case other than incident to a transaction pursuant to Section 11.2.B or Section 11.2.C. 

D. In each case other than incident to a transaction pursuant to Section 11.2.B or Section 11.2.C, the General
Partner shall not, without the prior Consent of the Limited Partners, undertake, on behalf of the Partnership, any actions or enter into any transaction which would have the effect of a dissolution of the Partnership, including a sale, exchange,
transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Partnership’s assets in a single transaction or a series of related transactions. 
  

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 E. Notwithstanding Sections 7.3.B, 7.3.C and 7.3.D hereof, but subject to
Section 7.3.F hereof, the General Partner shall have the power, without the Consent of the Limited Partners, to amend this Agreement as may be required to facilitate or implement any of the following purposes: 

 

	 	(1)	to add to the obligations of the General Partner or surrender any right or power granted to the General Partner or any Affiliate of the General Partner for the benefit
of the Limited Partners; 

  

	 	(2)	to reflect the issuance of additional Partnership Interests pursuant to Sections 4.3.C and 4.4 or the admission, substitution, termination, reduction in Partnership
Units or withdrawal of Partners in accordance with this Agreement (which may be effected through the replacement of Exhibit A with an amended Exhibit A); 


 

	 	(3)	to set forth or amend the designations, rights, powers, duties and preferences of the holders of any additional Partnership Interests issued pursuant to Article 4;


  

	 	(4)	to reflect a change that is of an inconsequential nature and does not adversely affect the Limited Partners in any material respect, to cure any ambiguity in, correct
or supplement any provisions in, or make other changes with respect to matters arising under, this Agreement that will not be inconsistent with law or with the provisions of this Agreement; 


 

	 	(5)	to satisfy any requirements, conditions, or guidelines contained in any order, directive, opinion, ruling or regulation of a federal or state agency or contained in
federal or state law; 

  

	 	(6)	to reflect such changes as are reasonably necessary for the General Partner to maintain its status as a REIT, including changes which may be necessitated due to a
change in applicable law (or an authoritative interpretation thereof) or a ruling of the IRS; 

  

	 	(7)	to modify, as set forth in the definition of “Capital Account,” the manner in which Capital Accounts are computed; and 


 

	 	(8)	to amend or modify any provisions of this Agreement in connection with a Termination Transaction. 


The General Partner will provide notice to the Limited Partners when any action under this Section 7.3.E is taken. 

F. Notwithstanding Sections 7.3.B, 7.3.C, 7.3.D and 7.3.E hereof, this Agreement shall not be amended with respect to any
Partner adversely affected, and no action may be taken by the General Partner, including in either case directly or indirectly through merger or sale of assets of the Partnership or otherwise, without the Consent of such Partner adversely affected
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convert a Limited Partner’s interest in the Partnership into a general partner’s interest (except as the result of the General Partner acquiring such interest), (ii) modify the
limited liability of a Limited Partner, (iii) alter rights of the Partner to receive distributions pursuant to Article 5 or Section 13.2.A(4), or the allocations specified in Article 6 (except as permitted pursuant to Sections 4.3, 5.4
6.2.C and Section 7.3.E(2) hereof), (iv) materially alter or modify the rights to a Redemption or the REIT Shares Amount as set forth in Section 8.6, and related definitions hereof, or (v) amend this Section 7.3.F. Further,
no amendment may alter the restrictions on the General Partner’s authority set forth elsewhere in this Section 7.3 without the Consent specified in such section. In addition, notwithstanding Sections 7.3.B, 7.3.C, 7.3.D and 7.3.E hereof,
Section 11.2 of this Agreement shall not be amended, and no action in contravention of Section 11.2 hereof shall be taken, without the Consent of the Limited Partners. 

Section 7.4. Reimbursement of the General Partner 

A. Except as provided in this Section 7.4 and elsewhere in this Agreement (including the provisions of Articles 5 and
6 regarding distributions, payments and allocations to which it may be entitled), the General Partner shall not be compensated for its services as general partner of the Partnership. 

B. The Partnership shall be responsible for and shall assume and pay, when due, all expenses relating to the
Partnership’s and the General Partner’s organization, the ownership of its assets and its operations. The General Partner is hereby authorized to pay compensation for accounting, administrative, legal, technical, management and other
services rendered to the Partnership. Except to the extent provided in this Agreement, the General Partner and its Affiliates shall be reimbursed on a monthly basis, or such other basis as the General Partner may determine in its sole and absolute
discretion, for all expenses that the General Partner and its Affiliates incur relating to the ownership and operation of, or for the benefit of, the Partnership (including, without limitation, administrative expenses); provided, that the amount of
any such reimbursement shall be reduced by any interest earned by the General Partner with respect to bank accounts or other instruments or accounts held by it on behalf of the Partnership. The Partners acknowledge that all such expenses of the
General Partner are deemed to be for the benefit of the Partnership. Such reimbursement shall be in addition to any reimbursement made as a result of indemnification pursuant to Section 7.7 hereof. In the event that certain expenses are
incurred for the benefit of the Partnership and other entities (including the General Partner), such expenses will be allocated to the Partnership and such other entities in such a manner as the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion
deems fair and reasonable. All payments and reimbursements hereunder shall be characterized for federal income tax purposes as expenses of the Partnership incurred on its behalf, and not as expenses of the General Partner. 

C. If the General Partner shall elect to purchase from its stockholders REIT Shares for the purpose of delivering such
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stock purchase plan adopted by the General Partner, or any similar obligation or arrangement undertaken by the General Partner in the future or for the purpose of retiring such REIT Shares, the
purchase price paid by the General Partner for such REIT Shares and any other expenses incurred by the General Partner in connection with such purchase shall be considered expenses of the Partnership and shall be advanced to the General Partner or
reimbursed to the General Partner, subject to the condition that: (i) if such REIT Shares subsequently are sold by the General Partner, the General Partner shall pay to the Partnership any proceeds received by the General Partner for such REIT
Shares (which sales proceeds shall include the amount of dividends reinvested under any dividend reinvestment or similar program; provided, that a transfer of REIT Shares for Partnership Units pursuant to Section 8.6 would not be considered a
sale for such purposes); and (ii) if such REIT Shares are not retransferred by the General Partner within thirty (30) days after the purchase thereof, or the General Partner otherwise determines not to retransfer such REIT Shares, the
General Partner shall cause the Partnership to redeem a number of Partnership Units held by the General Partner equal to the number of such REIT Shares, as adjusted (x) pursuant to Section 7.5 (in the event the General Partner acquires
material assets, other than on behalf of the Partnership) and (y) for stock dividends and distributions, stock splits and subdivisions, reverse stock splits and combinations, distributions of rights, warrants or options, and distributions of
evidences of indebtedness or assets relating to assets not received by the General Partner pursuant to a pro rata distribution by the Partnership (in which case such advancement or reimbursement of expenses shall be treated as having been made as a
distribution in redemption of such number of Partnership Units held by the General Partner). 
 D. As set forth
in Section 4.3, the General Partner shall be treated as having made a Capital Contribution in the amount of all expenses that it incurs relating to the General Partner’s offering of REIT Shares, other shares of capital stock of the General
Partner or New Securities. 
 E. If and to the extent any reimbursements to the General Partner pursuant to this
Section 7.4 constitute gross income of the General Partner (as opposed to the repayment of advances made by the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership), such amounts shall constitute guaranteed payments within the meaning of
Section 707(c) of the Code, shall be treated consistently therewith by the Partnership and all Partners, and shall not be treated as distributions for purposes of computing the Partners’ Capital Accounts. 

Section 7.5. Outside Activities of the General Partner 

A. Except in connection with a transaction authorized in Section 11.2 hereof, without the Consent of the Limited
Partners, the General Partner shall not, directly or indirectly, enter into or conduct any business, other than in connection with the ownership, acquisition and disposition of Partnership Interests as a General Partner and the management of the
business of the Partnership, its operation as a public reporting company with a class (or classes) of securities registered under the Exchange Act, its operation as a REIT and such activities as are incidental to the same. Without

  

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the Consent of the Limited Partners, the General Partner shall not, directly or indirectly, participate in or otherwise acquire any interest in any real or personal property, except its General
Partner Interest, its minority interest in any Subsidiary Partnership(s) (held directly or indirectly through a Qualified REIT Subsidiary) that the General Partner holds in order to maintain such Subsidiary Partnership’s status as a
partnership, and such bank accounts, similar instruments or other short-term investments as it deems necessary to carry out its responsibilities contemplated under this Agreement and the Charter. In the event the General Partner desires to
contribute cash to any Subsidiary Partnership to acquire or maintain an interest of 1% or less in the capital of such partnership, the General Partner may acquire or maintain an interest of 1% or less in the capital of such partnership, and the
General Partner may acquire such cash from the Partnership as a loan or in exchange for a reduction in the General Partner’s Partnership Units, in an amount equal to the amount of such cash divided by the Fair Market Value of a REIT Share on
the day such cash is received by the General Partner. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the General Partner may acquire Properties or other assets in exchange for REIT Shares or cash, to the extent such Properties or other assets are immediately
contributed by the General Partner to the Partnership, pursuant to the terms described in Section 4.3.E. Any Limited Partner Interests acquired by the General Partner, whether pursuant to exercise by a Limited Partner of its right of
Redemption, or otherwise, shall be automatically converted into a General Partner Interest comprised of an identical number of Partnership Units with the same rights, priorities and preferences as the class or series so acquired. The General Partner
may also own one hundred percent (100%) of the stock or interests of one or more Qualified REIT Subsidiaries or limited liability companies, respectively, provided that any such entity shall be subject to the limitations of this
Section 7.5.A. If, at any time, the General Partner acquires material assets (other than Partnership Interests or other assets on behalf of the Partnership) the definition of “REIT Shares Amount” and “Deemed Value of Partnership
Interests” shall be adjusted, as reasonably determined by the General Partner, to reflect the relative Fair Market Value of a share of capital stock of the General Partner relative to the Deemed Partnership Interest Value of the related
Partnership Unit. The General Partner’s General Partner Interest in the Partnership, its minority interest in any Subsidiary Partnership(s) (held directly or indirectly through a Qualified REIT Subsidiary) that the General Partner holds in
order to maintain such Subsidiary Partnership’s status as a partnership, and interests in such short-term liquid investments, bank accounts or similar instruments as the General Partner deems necessary to carry out its responsibilities
contemplated under this Agreement and the Charter are interests which the General Partner is permitted to acquire and hold for purposes of this Section 7.5.A. 

B. Except as provided in Section 7.4.C, in the event the General Partner exercises its rights under the Charter to
purchase REIT Shares, other capital stock of the General Partner or New Securities, as the case may be, then the General Partner shall cause the Partnership to purchase from it a number of Partnership Units equal to the number of REIT Shares, other
capital stock of the General Partner or New Securities, as the case may be, so purchased on the same terms that the General Partner purchased such REIT Shares, other capital stock of the General Partner or New Securities, as the case may be.

  

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 Section 7.6. Contracts with Affiliates 

A. The Partnership may lend or contribute to Persons in which it has an equity investment, and such Persons may borrow
funds from the Partnership, on terms and conditions established in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner. The foregoing authority shall not create any right or benefit in favor of any Person. 

B. Except as provided in Section 7.5.A, the Partnership may transfer assets to joint ventures, other partnerships,
corporations or other business entities in which it is or thereby becomes a participant upon such terms and subject to such conditions consistent with this Agreement and applicable law as the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion deems
advisable. 
 C. The General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion and without the approval of the Limited
Partners, may propose and adopt on behalf of the Partnership employee benefit plans funded by the Partnership for the benefit of employees of the General Partner, the Partnership, Subsidiaries of the Partnership or any Affiliate of any of them in
respect of services performed, directly or indirectly, for the benefit of the Partnership, the General Partner, or any of the Partnership’s Subsidiaries. The General Partner also is expressly authorized to cause the Partnership to issue to it
Partnership Units corresponding to REIT Shares issued by the General Partner pursuant to its Stock Incentive Plan or any similar or successor plan and to repurchase such Partnership Units from the General Partner to the extent necessary to permit
the General Partner to repurchase such REIT Shares in accordance with such plan. 
 D. Except as expressly
permitted by this Agreement, neither the General Partner nor any of its Affiliates shall sell, transfer or convey any property to, or purchase any property from, the Partnership, directly or indirectly, except pursuant to transactions that are
determined by the General Partner in good faith to be fair and reasonable. 
 E. The General Partner is expressly
authorized to enter into, in the name and on behalf of the Partnership, a right of first opportunity arrangement and other conflict avoidance agreements with various Affiliates of the Partnership and the General Partner, on such terms as the General
Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, believes are advisable. 
 Section 7.7. Indemnification 

A. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Partnership shall indemnify an Indemnitee from and against any and all
losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, settlements, and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, that relate to the operations of the Partnership as set forth in this Agreement in which any Indemnitee may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party or otherwise, unless it is established that:
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giving rise to the proceeding and either was committed in bad faith, fraud or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty; (ii) the Indemnitee actually received an improper personal
benefit in money, property or services; or (iii) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful. Without limitation, the foregoing indemnity shall extend to any
liability of any Indemnitee, pursuant to a loan guaranty or otherwise, for any indebtedness of the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the Partnership (including, without limitation, any indebtedness which the Partnership or any Subsidiary of the
Partnership has assumed or taken subject to), and the General Partner is hereby authorized and empowered, on behalf of the Partnership, to enter into one or more indemnity agreements consistent with the provisions of this Section 7.7 in favor
of any Indemnitee having or potentially having liability for any such indebtedness. The termination of any proceeding by judgment, order or settlement does not create a presumption that the Indemnitee did not meet the requisite standard of conduct
set forth in this Section 7.7.A. The termination of any proceeding by conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, or any entry of an order of probation prior to judgment, creates a rebuttable presumption that the
Indemnitee acted in a manner contrary to that specified in this Section 7.7.A. Any indemnification pursuant to this Section 7.7 shall be made only out of the assets of the Partnership, and any insurance proceeds from the liability policy
covering the General Partner and any Indemnitee, and neither the General Partner nor any Limited Partner shall have any obligation to contribute to the capital of the Partnership or otherwise provide funds to enable the Partnership to fund its
obligations under this Section 7.7, except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed to by such Partner and the Partnership. 

B. Reasonable expenses incurred by an Indemnitee who is a party to a proceeding may be paid or reimbursed by the
Partnership in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding upon receipt by the Partnership of (i) a written affirmation by the Indemnitee of the Indemnitee’s good faith belief that the standard of conduct necessary for
indemnification by the Partnership as authorized in Section 7.7.A has been met, and (ii) a written undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay the amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the standard of conduct has not
been met. 
 C. The indemnification provided by this Section 7.7 shall be in addition to any other rights to
which an Indemnitee or any other Person may be entitled under any agreement, pursuant to any vote of the Partners, as a matter of law or otherwise, and shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to serve in such capacity unless otherwise
provided in a written agreement pursuant to which such Indemnitee is indemnified. 
 D. The Partnership may, but
shall not be obligated to, purchase and maintain insurance, on behalf of the Indemnitees and such other Persons as the General Partner shall determine, against any liability that may be asserted against or expenses that may be incurred by any such
Person in connection with the Partnership’s activities, regardless of whether the Partnership would have the power to indemnify such Person against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement. 

 

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 E. For purposes of this Section 7.7, the Partnership shall be deemed to
have requested an Indemnitee to serve as fiduciary of an employee benefit plan whenever the performance by it of its duties to the Partnership also imposes duties on, or otherwise involves services by, it to the plan or participants or beneficiaries
of the plan; excise taxes assessed on an Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan pursuant to applicable law shall constitute fines within the meaning of Section 7.7; and actions taken or omitted by the Indemnitee with respect to an
employee benefit plan in the performance of its duties for a purpose reasonably believed by it to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of the plan shall be deemed to be for a purpose which is not opposed to the best interests of
the Partnership. 
 F. In no event may an Indemnitee subject the Limited Partners to personal liability by reason
of the indemnification provisions set forth in this Agreement. 
 G. An Indemnitee shall not be denied
indemnification in whole or in part under this Section 7.7 because the Indemnitee had an interest in the transaction with respect to which the indemnification applies if the transaction was otherwise permitted by the terms of this Agreement.

 H. The provisions of this Section 7.7 are for the benefit of the Indemnitees, their heirs, successors,
assigns and administrators and shall not be deemed to create any rights for the benefit of any other Persons. Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 7.7 or any provision hereof shall be prospective only and shall not in any way
affect the limitations on the Partnership’s liability to any Indemnitee under this Section 7.7 as in effect immediately prior to such amendment, modification or repeal with respect to claims arising from or relating to matters occurring,
in whole or in part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when such claims may arise or be asserted. 

I. If and to the extent any reimbursements to the General Partner pursuant to this Section 7.7 constitute gross
income of the General Partner (as opposed to the repayment of advances made by the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership) such amounts shall constitute guaranteed payments within the meaning of Section 707(c) of the Code, shall be
treated consistently therewith by the Partnership and all Partners, and shall not be treated as distributions for purposes of computing the Partners’ Capital Accounts. 

J. Any indemnification hereunder is subject to, and limited by, the provisions of Section 17-108 of the Act.

 K. In the event the Partnership is made a party to any litigation or otherwise incurs any loss or expense as a
result of or in connection with any Partner’s personal obligations or liabilities unrelated to Partnership business, such Partner shall indemnify and reimburse the Partnership for all such loss and expense incurred, including legal fees, and
the Partnership Interest of such Partner may be charged therefor. The liability of a Partner under this Section 7.7.K shall not be limited to such Partner’s Partnership Interest, but shall be enforceable against such Partner personally.

  

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 Section 7.8. Liability of the General Partner 

A. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, none of the General Partner nor any of its
officers, directors, agents or employees shall be liable or accountable in damages or otherwise to the Partnership, any Partners or any Assignees, or their successors or assigns, for losses sustained, liabilities incurred or benefits not derived as
a result of errors in judgment or mistakes of fact or law or any act or omission if the General Partner acted in good faith. 

B. The Limited Partners expressly acknowledge that the General Partner is acting for the benefit of the Partnership, the
Limited Partners and the General Partner’s stockholders collectively, that the General Partner is under no obligation to give priority to the separate interests of the Limited Partners or the General Partner’s stockholders (including,
without limitation, the tax consequences to Limited Partners or Assignees or to stockholders) in deciding whether to cause the Partnership to take (or decline to take) any actions. If there is a conflict between the interests of the stockholders of
the General Partner on one hand and the Limited Partners on the other, the General Partner shall endeavor in good faith to resolve the conflict in a manner not adverse to either the stockholders of the General Partner or the Limited Partners;
provided, however, that for so long as the General Partner owns a controlling interest in the Partnership, any such conflict that cannot be resolved in a manner not adverse to either the stockholders of the General Partner or the Limited Partners
shall be resolved in favor of the stockholders. The General Partner shall not be liable to the Partnership or to any Limited Partner for monetary damages for losses sustained, liabilities incurred, or benefits not derived by Limited Partners in
connection with such decisions, provided, that the General Partner has acted in good faith. 
 C. Subject to its
obligations and duties as General Partner set forth in Section 7.1.A hereof, the General Partner may exercise any of the powers granted to it by this Agreement and perform any of the duties imposed upon it hereunder either directly or by or
through its agents. The General Partner shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent appointed by it in good faith. 

D. Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 7.8 or any provision hereof shall be prospective only and
shall not in any way affect the limitations on the liability of the General Partner and any of its officers, directors, agents and employees to the Partnership and the Limited Partners under this Section 7.8 as in effect immediately prior to
such amendment, modification or repeal with respect to claims arising from or relating to matters occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when such claims may arise or be asserted. 

Section 7.9. Other Matters Concerning the General Partner 

A. The General Partner may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution,
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report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, debenture, or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. 

B. The General Partner may consult with legal counsel, accountants, appraisers, management consultants, investment bankers
and other consultants and advisers selected by it, and any act taken or omitted to be taken in reliance upon the opinion of such Persons as to matters which such General Partner reasonably believes to be within such Person’s professional or
expert competence shall be conclusively presumed to have been done or omitted in good faith and in accordance with such opinion. 

C. The General Partner shall have the right, in respect of any of its powers or obligations hereunder, to act through any
of its duly authorized officers and a duly appointed attorney or attorneys-in-fact. Each such attorney shall, to the extent provided by the General Partner in the power of attorney, have full power and authority to do and perform all and every act
and duty which is permitted or required to be done by the General Partner hereunder. 
 D. Notwithstanding any
other provisions of this Agreement or any non-mandatory provision of the Act, any action of the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership or any decision of the General Partner to refrain from acting on behalf of the Partnership, undertaken in
the good faith belief that such action or omission is necessary or advisable in order to protect the ability of the General Partner, for so long as the General Partner has determined to qualify as a REIT, to (i) continue to qualify as a REIT or
(ii) avoid the General Partner incurring any taxes under Section 857 or Section 4981 of the Code, is expressly authorized under this Agreement and is deemed approved by all of the Limited Partners. 

Section 7.10. Title to Partnership Assets 

Title to Partnership assets, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, shall be deemed to be owned by the
Partnership as an entity, and no Partners, individually or collectively, shall have any ownership interest in such Partnership assets or any portion thereof. Title to any or all of the Partnership assets may be held in the name of the Partnership,
the General Partner or one or more nominees, as the General Partner may determine, including Affiliates of the General Partner. The General Partner hereby declares and warrants that any Partnership assets for which legal title is held in the name of
the General Partner or any nominee or Affiliate of the General Partner shall be deemed held by the General Partner or such nominee or Affiliate for the use and benefit of the Partnership in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement; provided,
however, that the General Partner shall use its best efforts to cause beneficial and record title to such assets to be vested in the Partnership as soon as reasonably practicable. All Partnership assets shall be recorded as the property of the
Partnership in its books and records, irrespective of the name in which legal title to such Partnership assets is held. 
  

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 Section 7.11. Reliance by Third Parties 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any Person dealing with the Partnership shall be entitled to assume that the
General Partner has full power and authority to encumber, sell or otherwise use in any manner any and all assets of the Partnership and to enter into any contracts on behalf of the Partnership, and such Person shall be entitled to deal with the
General Partner as if it were the Partnership’s sole party in interest, both legally and beneficially. Each Limited Partner hereby waives any and all defenses or other remedies which may be available against such Person to contest, negate or
disaffirm any action of the General Partner in connection with any such dealing. In no event shall any Person dealing with the General Partner or its representatives be obligated to ascertain that the terms of this Agreement have been complied with
or to inquire into the necessity or expedience of any act or action of the General Partner or its representatives. Each and every certificate, document or other instrument executed on behalf of the Partnership by the General Partner or its
representatives shall be conclusive evidence in favor of any and every Person relying thereon or claiming thereunder that (i) at the time of the execution and delivery of such certificate, document or instrument, this Agreement was in full
force and effect, (ii) the Person executing and delivering such certificate, document or instrument was duly authorized and empowered to do so for and on behalf of the Partnership and (iii) such certificate, document or instrument was duly
executed and delivered in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Agreement and is binding upon the Partnership. 

ARTICLE 8. 

RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF LIMITED PARTNERS 

Section 8.1. Limitation of Liability 

The Limited Partners shall have no liability under this Agreement except as expressly provided in this Agreement or under the Act.

 Section 8.2. Management of Business 

No Limited Partner or Assignee (other than the General Partner, any of its Affiliates or any officer, director, employee, general partner,
agent or trustee of the General Partner, the Partnership or any of their Affiliates, in their capacity as such) shall take part in the operations, management or control (within the meaning of the Act) of the Partnership’s business, transact any
business in the Partnership’s name or have the power to sign documents for or otherwise bind the Partnership. The transaction of any such business by the General Partner, any of its Affiliates or any officer, director, employee, general
partner, agent or trustee of the General Partner, the Partnership or any of their Affiliates, in their capacity as such, shall not affect, impair or eliminate the limitations on the liability of the Limited Partners or Assignees under this
Agreement. 
 Section 8.3. Outside Activities of Limited Partners 

Subject to any agreements entered into by a Limited Partner or its Affiliates with the General Partner, Partnership or a Subsidiary, any
Limited Partner and any officer, director, employee, agent, trustee, Affiliate or stockholder of any Limited Partner shall be entitled to and may have business interests and engage in business activities in addition to those relating to the

  

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Partnership, including business interests and activities in direct competition with the Partnership or that are enhanced by the activities of the Partnership. Neither the Partnership nor any
Partners shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement in any business ventures of any Limited Partner or Assignee. Subject to such agreements, none of the Limited Partners nor any other Person shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement
or the partnership relationship established hereby in any business ventures of any other Person, other than the Limited Partners benefiting from the business conducted by the General Partner, and such other Person shall have no obligation pursuant
to this Agreement to offer any interest in any such business ventures to the Partnership, any Limited Partner or any such other Person, even if such opportunity is of a character which, if presented to the Partnership, any Limited Partner or such
other Person, could be taken by such other Person. 
 Section 8.4. Return of Capital 

Except pursuant to the rights of Redemption set forth in Section 8.6, no Limited Partner shall be entitled to the withdrawal or
return of his or her Capital Contribution, except to the extent of distributions made pursuant to this Agreement or upon termination of the Partnership as provided herein. No Limited Partner or Assignee shall have priority over any other Limited
Partner or Assignee either as to the return of Capital Contributions, or as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, as to profits, losses, distributions or credits. 

Section 8.5. Rights of Limited Partners Relating to the Partnership 

A. In addition to other rights provided by this Agreement or by the Act, and except as limited by Section 8.5.C
hereof, each Limited Partner shall have the right, for a purpose reasonably related to such Limited Partner’s interest as a limited partner in the Partnership, upon written demand with a statement of the purpose of such demand and at such
Limited Partner’s expense: 
  

	 	(1)	to obtain a copy of the most recent annual and quarterly reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by the General Partner pursuant to the Exchange Act,
and each communication sent to the stockholders of the General Partner; 

  

	 	(2)	to obtain a copy of the Partnership’s federal, state and local income tax returns for each Partnership Year; 


 

	 	(3)	to obtain a current list of the name and last known business, residence or mailing address of each Partner; 


 

	 	(4)	to obtain a copy of this Agreement and the Certificate and all amendments thereto, together with executed copies of all powers of attorney pursuant to which this
Agreement, the Certificate and all amendments thereto have been executed; and 

  

	 	(5)	to obtain true and full information regarding the amount of cash and a description and statement of any other property or services contributed by each Partner and which
each Partner has agreed to contribute in the future, and the date on which each became a Partner. 

  

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 B. The Partnership shall notify each Limited Partner in writing or by
electronic notice of any adjustment made in the calculation of the REIT Shares Amount within ten (10) Business Days of the date such change becomes effective. 

C. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 8.5, the General Partner may keep confidential from the
Limited Partners, for such period of time as the General Partner determines in its sole and absolute discretion to be reasonable, any information that (i) the General Partner believes to be in the nature of trade secrets or other information
the disclosure of which the General Partner in good faith believes is not in the best interests of the Partnership or (ii) the Partnership or the General Partner is required by law or by agreements with unaffiliated third parties to keep
confidential. 
 Section 8.6. Limited Partner Redemption Rights 

A. On or after (i) the first anniversary of the Effective Date, with respect to the Partnership Units acquired on or
contemporaneously with the Effective Date, (ii) the date of issuance of any other Partnership Units, or (iii) such later date as is expressly provided in an agreement entered into between the Partnership and any Limited Partner, each
Limited Partner shall have the right (subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in any other such agreement, as applicable) to require the Partnership to redeem all or a portion of the Partnership Units held by such Limited Partner
(such Partnership Units being hereafter referred to as “Tendered Units”) in exchange for the Cash Amount (a “Redemption”); provided that the terms of such Partnership Units do not provide that such Partnership Units are not
entitled to a right of Redemption. Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement or in a separate agreement entered into between the Partnership and the Holders of such Partnership Units, all Partnership Units shall be entitled to a right of
Redemption hereunder. The Tendering Partner shall have no right, with respect to any Partnership Units so redeemed, to receive any distributions paid on or after the Specified Redemption Date. Any Redemption shall be exercised pursuant to a Notice
of Redemption delivered to the General Partner by the Limited Partner who is exercising the right (the “Tendering Partner”). The Cash Amount shall be payable to the Tendering Partner within ten (10) days of the Specified Redemption
Date in accordance with the instructions set forth in the Notice of Redemption. 
 B. Notwithstanding
Section 8.6.A above, if a Limited Partner has delivered to the General Partner a Notice of Redemption then the General Partner may, in its sole and absolute discretion (subject to the limitations on ownership and transfer of REIT Shares set
forth in Article VII of the Charter), elect to acquire some or all of the Tendered Units from the Tendering Partner in exchange for the REIT Shares Amount (as of the Specified Redemption Date) and, if the General Partner so elects, the Tendering
Partner shall sell the Tendered Units to the General Partner in exchange for the REIT Shares Amount. In such event, the Tendering Partner shall have no right to cause the Partnership to redeem such Tendered Units. The General Partner shall

  

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promptly give such Tendering Partner written notice of its election, and the Tendering Partner may elect to withdraw its redemption request at any time prior to the acceptance of the Cash Amount
or REIT Shares Amount by such Tendering Partner. 
 C. The REIT Shares Amount, if applicable, shall be delivered
as duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable REIT Shares and, if applicable, free of any pledge, lien, encumbrance or restriction, other than those provided in the Charter, the Bylaws of the General Partner, the Securities Act,
relevant state securities or blue sky laws and any applicable registration rights agreement with respect to such REIT Shares entered into by the Tendering Partner. The REIT Shares Amount shall be registered in the name and otherwise delivered as set
forth in the Notice of Redemption. Notwithstanding any delay in such delivery (but subject to Section 8.6.E), the Tendering Partner shall be deemed the owner of such REIT Shares for all purposes, including without limitation, rights to vote or
consent, and receive dividends, as of the Specified Redemption Date. In addition, the REIT Shares for which the Partnership Units might be exchanged shall also bear a legend which generally provides the following: 

THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON BENEFICIAL AND CONSTRUCTIVE OWNERSHIP AND
TRANSFER FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE CORPORATION’S MAINTENANCE OF ITS STATUS AS A REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST UNDER THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”). SUBJECT TO CERTAIN FURTHER RESTRICTIONS AND EXCEPT AS
EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THE CORPORATION’S CHARTER, (I) NO PERSON MAY BENEFICIALLY OR CONSTRUCTIVELY OWN SHARES OF THE CORPORATION’S COMMON STOCK IN EXCESS OF 9.8% (IN VALUE OR NUMBER OF SHARES, WHICHEVER IS MORE RESTRICTIVE) OF THE
OUTSTANDING SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OF THE CORPORATION UNLESS SUCH PERSON IS AN EXCEPTED HOLDER (IN WHICH CASE THE EXCEPTED HOLDER LIMIT SHALL BE APPLICABLE); (II) NO PERSON MAY BENEFICIALLY OR CONSTRUCTIVELY OWN SHARES OF CAPITAL STOCK OF THE
CORPORATION IN EXCESS OF 9.8% OF THE VALUE OF THE TOTAL OUTSTANDING SHARES OF CAPITAL STOCK OF THE CORPORATION, UNLESS SUCH PERSON IS AN EXCEPTED HOLDER (IN WHICH CASE THE EXCEPTED HOLDER LIMIT SHALL BE APPLICABLE); (III) NO PERSON MAY BENEFICIALLY
OR CONSTRUCTIVELY OWN CAPITAL STOCK THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE CORPORATION BEING “CLOSELY HELD” UNDER SECTION 856(h) OF THE CODE OR OTHERWISE CAUSE THE CORPORATION TO FAIL TO QUALIFY AS A REIT; AND (IV) NO PERSON MAY TRANSFER SHARES OF
CAPITAL STOCK IF SUCH TRANSFER WOULD RESULT IN THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE CORPORATION BEING OWNED BY FEWER THAN 100 PERSONS (AS DETERMINED UNDER THE PRINCIPLES OF SECTION 856(a)(5) OF THE CODE). ANY PERSON WHO BENEFICIALLY OR CONSTRUCTIVELY OWNS OR
ATTEMPTS TO BENEFICIALLY OR CONSTRUCTIVELY OWN SHARES OF CAPITAL STOCK WHICH CAUSES OR WILL CAUSE A PERSON TO BENEFICIALLY OR CONSTRUCTIVELY OWN SHARES OF CAPITAL STOCK IN 

 

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EXCESS OR IN VIOLATION OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MUST IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY THE CORPORATION. IF ANY OF THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OR OWNERSHIP SET FORTH IN (I) THROUGH (III) ABOVE ARE
VIOLATED, THE SHARES OF CAPITAL STOCK IN EXCESS OR IN VIOLATION OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFERRED TO A TRUSTEE OF A TRUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF ONE OR MORE CHARITABLE BENEFICIARIES. IN ADDITION, THE CORPORATION MAY TAKE OTHER
ACTIONS, INCLUDING REDEEMING SHARES UPON THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SPECIFIED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, IN ITS SOLE AND ABSOLUTE DISCRETION IF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS DETERMINES THAT OWNERSHIP OR A TRANSFER OR OTHER EVENT MAY VIOLATE THE RESTRICTIONS
DESCRIBED ABOVE. FURTHERMORE, UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF CERTAIN EVENTS, ATTEMPTED TRANSFERS IN VIOLATION OF THE RESTRICTIONS DESCRIBED ABOVE MAY BE VOID AB INITIO. ALL CAPITALIZED TERMS IN THIS LEGEND HAVE THE MEANINGS DEFINED IN THE CHARTER OF THE
CORPORATION, AS THE SAME MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, A COPY OF WHICH, INCLUDING THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AND OWNERSHIP, WILL BE FURNISHED TO EACH HOLDER OF CAPITAL STOCK OF THE CORPORATION ON REQUEST AND WITHOUT CHARGE. REQUESTS FOR SUCH A
COPY MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE SECRETARY OF THE CORPORATION AT ITS PRINCIPAL OFFICE. 
 D. Each Limited Partner
covenants and agrees with the General Partner that all Tendered Units shall be delivered to the General Partner free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances whatsoever and should any such liens, claims and/or encumbrances exist or arise with
respect to such Tendered Units, the General Partner shall be under no obligation to acquire the same. Each Limited Partner further agrees that, in the event any state or local property transfer tax is payable as a result of the transfer of its
Tendered Units to the General Partner (or its designee), such Limited Partner shall assume and pay such transfer tax. 

E. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 8.6.A, 8.6.B, 8.6.C or any other provision of this Agreement, a Limited
Partner (i) shall not be entitled to effect a Redemption for cash or an exchange for REIT Shares to the extent the ownership or right to acquire REIT Shares pursuant to such exchange by such Partner on the Specified Redemption Date would cause
such Partner or any other Person, or, based on the advice of counsel selected by the General Partner, may cause such Partner or any other Person, to violate the restrictions on ownership and transfer of REIT Shares set forth in Article VII of the
Charter and (ii) shall have no rights under this Agreement to acquire REIT Shares which would otherwise be prohibited under the Charter. To the extent any attempted Redemption or exchange for REIT Shares would be in violation of this
Section 8.6.E, it shall be null and void ab initio and such Limited Partner shall not acquire any rights or economic interest in the cash otherwise payable upon such Redemption or the REIT Shares otherwise issuable upon such exchange.

  

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 F. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary (but subject to
Section 8.6.E), with respect to any Redemption or exchange for REIT Shares pursuant to this Section 8.6: 
  

	 	(1)	All Partnership Units acquired by the General Partner pursuant thereto shall automatically, and without further action required, be converted into and deemed to be
General Partner Interests comprised of the same number and class of Partnership Units. 

  

	 	(2)	Without the consent of the General Partner, each Limited Partner may not effect a Redemption for less than 1,000 Partnership Units or, if the Limited Partner holds less
than 1,000 Partnership Units, all of the Partnership Units held by such Limited Partner. 

  

	 	(3)	Without the consent of the General Partner, each Limited Partner may not effect a Redemption during the period after the Partnership Record Date with respect to a
distribution and before the record date established by the General Partner for a distribution to its common stockholders of some or all of its portion of such distribution. 


 

	 	(4)	The consummation of any Redemption or exchange for REIT Shares shall be subject to the expiration or termination of the applicable waiting period, if any, under the
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended. 

  

	 	(5)	Each Tendering Partner shall continue to own all Partnership Units subject to any Redemption or exchange for REIT Shares, and be treated as a Limited Partner with
respect to such Partnership Units for all purposes of this Agreement, until such Partnership Units are transferred to the General Partner and paid for or exchanged as of the Specified Redemption Date. Until a Specified Redemption Date, the Tendering
Partner shall have no rights as a stockholder of the General Partner with respect to such Tendering Partner’s Partnership Units. 


G. In the event that the Partnership issues additional Partnership Interests to any Additional Limited Partner pursuant to
Section 4.3.C hereof, the General Partner shall make such revisions to this Section 8.6 as it determines are necessary to reflect the issuance of such additional Partnership Interests. 

H. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the General Partner is authorized to take any action that it
determines to be necessary or appropriate to cause the Partnership to comply with any withholding requirements established under the Code or any other federal, state or local law that apply upon a Redemption or exchange of Tendered Units. Each
Tendering Partner must provide the General Partner with such documentation as is reasonably requested by the General Partner to establish the Tendering Partner’s eligibility for an exemption from or reduction in any such withholding
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Partner is required to withhold and pay over to any taxing authority any amount upon a Redemption or exchange of Tendered Units and the Cash Amount or the REIT Shares Amount, as the case may be,
equals or exceeds the amount of tax required to be withheld, the amount withheld shall be treated as an amount received by such Partner in redemption of its Tendered Units. If the Cash Amount or the REIT Shares Amount, as the case may be, is less
than the amount of tax required to be withheld, the Tendering Partner shall not receive any Cash Amount or REIT Shares Amount, and the Tendering Partner shall contribute the excess of the amount of tax required to be withheld over the Cash Amount or
REIT Shares Amount before such excess taxes are required to be paid to the taxing authority. 
 ARTICLE 9. 

BOOKS, RECORDS, ACCOUNTING AND REPORTS 

Section 9.1. Records and Accounting 

The General Partner shall keep or cause to be kept at the principal office of the Partnership appropriate books and records with respect
to the Partnership’s business, including without limitation, all books and records necessary to provide to the Limited Partners any information, lists and copies of documents required to be provided pursuant to Section 9.3 hereof. Any
records maintained by or on behalf of the Partnership in the regular course of its business may be kept on, or be in the form of, punch cards, magnetic tape, photographs, micrographics or any other information storage device, provided, that the
records so maintained are convertible into clearly legible written form within a reasonable period of time. The books of the Partnership shall be maintained, for financial and tax reporting purposes, on an accrual basis in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles. 
 Section 9.2. Fiscal Year 

The fiscal year of the Partnership shall be the calendar year. 

Section 9.3. Reports 

A. As soon as practicable, but in no event later than one hundred five (105) days after the close of each Partnership
Year, or such earlier date as they are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the General Partner shall cause to be mailed to each Limited Partner as of the close of the Partnership Year, an annual report containing financial statements
of the Partnership, or of the General Partner if such statements are prepared solely on a consolidated basis with the General Partner, for such Partnership Year, presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, such statements
to be audited by a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants selected by the General Partner. 

B. As soon as practicable, but in no event later than sixty (60) days after the close of each calendar quarter
(except the last calendar quarter of each year), or such earlier date as they are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the General Partner shall cause to be mailed to each Limited Partner as of the last day of the calendar quarter, a
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Partnership, or of the General Partner, if such statements are prepared solely on a consolidated basis with the applicable law or regulation, or as the General Partner determines to be
appropriate. 
 C. The General Partner shall have satisfied its obligations under Section 9.3.A and
Section 9.3.B by posting or making available the reports required by this Section 9.3 on the website maintained from time to time by the Partnership or the General Partner, provided, that such reports are able to be printed or downloaded
from such website. 
 Section 9.4. Nondisclosure of Certain Information 

Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 9.1 and 9.3, the General Partner may keep confidential from the Limited Partners any
information that the General Partner believes to be in the nature of trade secrets or other information the disclosure of which the General Partner in good faith believes is not in the best interests of the Partnership or which the Partnership is
required by law or by agreements with unaffiliated third parties to keep confidential. 
 ARTICLE 10. 

TAX MATTERS 

Section 10.1. Preparation of Tax Returns 

The General Partner shall arrange for the preparation and timely filing of all returns of Partnership income, gains, deductions, losses
and other items required of the Partnership for federal and applicable state income tax purposes and shall use all reasonable efforts to furnish, within ninety (90) days of the close of each taxable year, the tax information reasonably required
by Limited Partners for federal and applicable state income tax reporting purposes. Each Limited Partner shall promptly provide the General Partner with any information reasonably requested by the General Partner relating to any Contributed Property
contributed (directly or indirectly) by such Limited Partner to the Partnership. 
 Section 10.2. Tax Elections

 Except as otherwise provided herein, the General Partner shall, in its sole and absolute discretion, determine whether to make
any available election pursuant to the Code, including the election under Section 754 of the Code. The General Partner shall have the right to seek to revoke any such election (including without limitation, any election under Section 754
of the Code) upon the General Partner’s determination in its sole and absolute discretion that such revocation is the best interests of the Partners. 

Section 10.3. Tax Matters Partner 

A. The General Partner shall be the “tax matters partner” of the Partnership for federal income tax purposes.
Pursuant to Section 6223(c) of the Code, upon receipt of notice from the IRS of the beginning of an administrative proceeding with respect to the Partnership, the tax matters partner shall furnish the IRS with the name, address and profit
interest of each of the Limited Partners and Assignees; provided, however, that such information is provided to the Partnership by the Limited Partners and Assignees. 

 

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 B. The tax matters partner is authorized, but not required: 

 

	 	(1)	to enter into any settlement with the IRS with respect to any administrative or judicial proceedings for the adjustment of Partnership items required to be taken into
account by a Partner for income tax purposes (such administrative proceedings being referred to as a “tax audit” and such judicial proceedings being referred to as “judicial review”), and in the settlement agreement the tax
matters partner may expressly state that such agreement shall bind all Partners, except that such settlement agreement shall not bind any Partner (i) who (within the time prescribed pursuant to the Code and Regulations) files a statement with
the IRS providing that the tax matters partner shall not have the authority to enter into a settlement agreement on behalf of such Partner or (ii) who is a “notice partner” (as defined in Section 6231 of the Code) or a member of
a “notice group” (as defined in Section 6223(b)(2) of the Code); 

  

	 	(2)	in the event that a notice of a final administrative adjustment at the Partnership level of any item required to be taken into account by a Partner for tax purposes (a
“final adjustment”) is mailed to the tax matters partner, to seek judicial review of such final adjustment, including the filing of a petition for readjustment with the United States Tax Court or the United States Claims Court, or the
filing of a complaint for refund with the District Court of the United States for the district in which the Partnership’s principal place of business is located; 


 

	 	(3)	to intervene in any action brought by any other Partner for judicial review of a final adjustment; 


 

	 	(4)	to file a request for an administrative adjustment with the IRS at any time and, if any part of such request is not allowed by the IRS, to file an appropriate pleading
(petition or complaint) for judicial review with respect to such request; 

  

	 	(5)	to enter into an agreement with the IRS to extend the period for assessing any tax which is attributable to any item required to be taken into account by a Partner for
tax purposes, or an item affected by such item; and 

  

	 	(6)	to take any other action on behalf of the Partners of the Partnership in connection with any tax audit or judicial review proceeding to the extent permitted by
applicable law or regulations. 

 The taking of any action and the incurring of any expense by the tax matters
partner in connection with any such proceeding, except to the extent required by law, is a matter in the sole and absolute discretion of the tax matters partner and the provisions relating to indemnification of the General Partner set forth in
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 C. The tax matters partner shall receive no compensation for its services.
All third party costs and expenses incurred by the tax matters partner in performing its duties as such (including legal and accounting fees) shall be borne by the Partnership. Nothing herein shall be construed to restrict the Partnership from
engaging an accounting firm to assist the tax matters partner in discharging its duties hereunder, so long as the compensation paid by the Partnership for such services is reasonable. 

Section 10.4. Organizational Expenses 

The Partnership shall elect to deduct expenses, if any, incurred by it in organizing the Partnership ratably over a 180-month period as
provided in Section 709 of the Code. 
 Section 10.5. Withholding 

Each Limited Partner hereby authorizes the Partnership to withhold from or pay on behalf of or with respect to such Limited Partner any
amount of federal, state, local, or foreign taxes that the General Partner determines that the Partnership is required to withhold or pay with respect to any amount distributable or allocable to such Limited Partner pursuant to this Agreement,
including, without limitation, any taxes required to be withheld or paid by the Partnership pursuant to Sections 1441, 1442, 1445 or 1446 of the Code. Any amount paid on behalf of or with respect to a Limited Partner shall constitute a loan by the
Partnership to such Limited Partner, which loan shall be repaid by such Limited Partner within fifteen (15) days after notice from the General Partner that such payment must be made unless (i) the Partnership withholds such payment from a
distribution which would otherwise be made to the Limited Partner or (ii) the General Partner determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, that such payment may be satisfied out of the available funds of the Partnership which would, but for
such payment, be distributed to the Limited Partner. Any amounts withheld pursuant to the foregoing clauses (i) or (ii) shall be treated as having been distributed to such Limited Partner. Each Limited Partner hereby unconditionally and
irrevocably grants to the Partnership a security interest in such Limited Partner’s Partnership Interest to secure such Limited Partner’s obligation to pay to the Partnership any amounts required to be paid pursuant to this
Section 10.5. In the event that a Limited Partner fails to pay any amounts owed to the Partnership pursuant to this Section 10.5 when due, the General Partner may, in its sole and absolute discretion, elect to make the payment to the
Partnership on behalf of such defaulting Limited Partner, and in such event shall be deemed to have loaned such amount to such defaulting Limited Partner and shall succeed to all rights and remedies of the Partnership as against such defaulting
Limited Partner (including, without limitation, the right to receive distributions and the holding of a security interest in such Limited Partner’s Partnership Interest). Any amounts payable by a Limited Partner hereunder shall bear interest at
the base rate on corporate loans at large United States money center commercial banks, as published from time to time in the Wall Street Journal, plus two percentage points (but not higher than the maximum lawful rate) from the date such amount is
due (i.e., fifteen (15) days after demand) until such amount is paid in full. Each Limited Partner shall take such actions as the Partnership or the General Partner shall request in order to perfect or enforce the security interest created
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 ARTICLE 11. 

TRANSFERS AND WITHDRAWALS 

Section 11.1. Transfer 

A. The term “transfer,” when used in this Article 11 with respect to a Partnership Interest, shall be deemed to
refer to a transaction by which the General Partner purports to assign its General Partner Interest to another Person or by which a Limited Partner purports to assign its Limited Partnership Interest to another Person, and includes a sale,
assignment, gift (outright or in trust), pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation, mortgage, exchange or any other disposition by law or otherwise. Except to the extent otherwise specified, the term “transfer” when used in this Article 11 does
not include any Redemption or exchange for REIT Shares pursuant to Section 8.6, except as otherwise provided herein. No part of the interest of a Limited Partner shall be subject to the claims of any creditor, any spouse for alimony or support,
or to legal process, and may not be voluntarily or involuntarily alienated or encumbered, except as may be specifically provided for in this Agreement or consented to by the General Partner. 

B. No Partnership Interest shall be transferred, in whole or in part, except in accordance with the terms and conditions
set forth in this Article 11. Any transfer or purported transfer of a Partnership Interest not made in accordance with this Article 11 shall be null and void ab initio unless otherwise consented to by the General Partner in its sole and
absolute discretion. 
 Section 11.2. Transfer of General Partner’s Partnership Interest 

A. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 11.2, the General Partner shall not withdraw from the Partnership and
shall not transfer all or any portion of its interest in the Partnership (whether by sale, statutory merger or consolidation, liquidation or otherwise), other than to an Affiliate, without the Consent of the Limited Partners, which may be given or
withheld by each Limited Partner in his, her or its sole and absolute discretion, and only upon the admission of a successor General Partner pursuant to Section 12.1. Upon any transfer of a Partnership Interest in accordance with the provisions
of this Section 11.2, the transferee shall become a substitute General Partner for all purposes herein, and shall be vested with the powers and rights of the transferor General Partner, and shall be liable for all obligations and responsible
for all duties of the General Partner, once such transferee has executed such instruments as may be necessary to effectuate such admission and to confirm the agreement of such transferee to be bound by all the terms and provisions of this Agreement
with respect to the Partnership Interest so acquired. It is a condition to any transfer otherwise permitted hereunder that the transferee assumes, by operation of law or express agreement, all of the obligations of the transferor General Partner
under this Agreement with respect to such transferred Partnership Interest, and no such transfer (other than pursuant to a statutory merger or consolidation wherein all obligations and liabilities of the transferor General Partner are assumed by a
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this Agreement without the Consent of the Limited Partners, in their reasonable discretion. In the event the General Partner withdraws from the Partnership, in violation of this Agreement or
otherwise, or otherwise dissolves or terminates, or upon the Incapacity of the General Partner, a majority in interest of the remaining Partners may elect to continue the Partnership business by selecting a substitute General Partner in accordance
with the Act. 
 B. The General Partner shall not engage in any merger, consolidation or other combination with
or into another person, sale of all or substantially all of its assets or any reclassification, recapitalization or change of its outstanding equity interests (each, a “Termination Transaction”), unless the Termination Transaction has been
approved by a Consent of the Partners or, except as otherwise provided in Section 11.2.C, in connection with which all Limited Partners either will receive, or will have the right to elect to receive, for each Partnership Unit an amount of
cash, securities, or other property equal to the product of the REIT Shares Amount and the greatest amount of cash, securities or other property paid to a holder of one REIT Share in consideration for one REIT Share pursuant to the terms of the
Termination Transaction; provided, that if, in connection with the Termination Transaction, a purchase, tender or exchange offer shall have been made to and accepted by the holders of the outstanding REIT Shares, each Holder of Partnership Units
shall receive, or shall have the right to elect to receive, the greatest amount of cash, securities, or other property which such Holder would have received had it exercised its right to Redemption (as set forth in Section 8.6) and received
REIT Shares in exchange for its Partnership Units immediately prior to the expiration of such purchase, tender or exchange offer and had thereupon accepted such purchase, tender or exchange offer and then such Termination Transaction shall have been
consummated. 
 C. The General Partner may merge, or otherwise combine its assets, with another entity without
satisfying the requirements of Section 11.2.B hereof if: (i) immediately after such merger or other combination, substantially all of the assets directly or indirectly owned by the surviving entity, other than Partnership Units held by
such General Partner, are owned directly or indirectly by the Partnership or another limited partnership or limited liability company which is the survivor of a merger, consolidation or combination of assets with the Partnership (in each case, the
“Surviving Partnership”); (ii) the Limited Partners own a percentage interest of the Surviving Partnership based on the relative fair market value of the net assets of the Partnership (as determined pursuant to Section 11.2.D)
and the other net assets of the Surviving Partnership (as determined pursuant to Section 11.2.D) immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction; (iii) the rights, preferences and privileges of the Limited Partners in the
Surviving Partnership are at least as favorable as those in effect immediately prior to the consummation of such transaction and as those applicable to any other limited partners or non-managing members of the Surviving Partnership; and
(iv) such rights of the Limited Partners include the right to exchange their interests in the Surviving Partnership for at least one of: (a) the consideration available to such Limited Partners pursuant to Section 11.2.B, (b) the
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controlling person of the Surviving Partnership has publicly traded common equity securities, such common equity securities, with an exchange ratio based on the relative fair market value of such
securities (as determined pursuant to Section 11.2.D) and the REIT Shares. 
 D. In connection with any
transaction permitted by Section 11.2.B or 11.2.C, the relative fair market values and the rights, preferences and privileges of Limited Partners shall be reasonably determined by the General Partner as of the time of such transaction and, to
the extent applicable, shall be no less favorable to the Limited Partners than the relative values reflected in the terms of such transaction. 

Section 11.3. Limited Partners’ Rights to Transfer 

A. Prior to the first anniversary of the Effective Date, no Limited Partner shall transfer all or any portion of its
Partnership Interest to any transferee without the consent of the General Partner, which consent may be withheld in its sole and absolute discretion; provided, however, that any Limited Partner may, at any time (whether prior to or after such first
anniversary), without the consent of the General Partner, (i) transfer all or any portion of its Partnership Interest to the General Partner, (ii) transfer all or any portion of its Partnership Interest to an Affiliate, another Original
Limited Partner or to an Immediate Family member, subject to the provisions of Section 11.6, or in the case of an Original Limited Partner, to such Original Limited Partner’s shareholders, members, partners or beneficiaries, as the case
may be, (iii) transfer all or any portion of its Partnership Interest to a trust for the benefit of a charitable beneficiary or to a charitable foundation, subject to the provisions of Section 11.6, and (iv) subject to the provisions
of Section 11.6, pledge all or any portion of its Partnership Interest to a lending institution, which is not an Affiliate of such Limited Partner, as collateral or security for a bona fide loan or other extension of credit, and transfer such
pledged Partnership Interest to such lending institution in connection with the exercise of remedies under such loan or extension or credit. After such first anniversary date, each Limited Partner or Assignee (resulting from a transfer made pursuant
to clauses (i)-(iv) of the proviso of the preceding sentence) shall have the right to transfer all or any portion of its Partnership Interest, subject to the provisions of Section 11.6 and the satisfaction of each of the following
conditions (in addition to the right of each such Limited Partner or Assignee to continue to make any such transfer permitted by clauses (i)-(iv) of such proviso without satisfying either of the following conditions): 

 

	 	(1)	 General Partner Right of First Refusal. The transferring Partner shall give written notice of the proposed transfer to the General Partner,
which notice shall state (i) the identity of the proposed transferee, and (ii) the amount and type of consideration proposed to be received for the transferred Partnership Units. The General Partner shall have ten (10) days upon which
to give the transferring Partner notice of its election to acquire the Partnership Units on the proposed terms. If it so elects, it shall purchase the Partnership Units on such terms within ten (10) days after giving notice of such election. If
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transfer such Partnership Units to a third party, on economic terms no more favorable to the transferee than the proposed terms, subject to the other conditions of this Section 11.3.


  

	 	(2)	Qualified Transferee. Any transfer of a Partnership Interest shall be made only to Qualified Transferees. 


It is a condition to any transfer otherwise permitted hereunder that the transferee assumes by operation of law or express agreement all
of the obligations of the transferor Limited Partner under this Agreement with respect to such transferred Partnership Interest and no such transfer (other than pursuant to a statutory merger or consolidation wherein all obligations and liabilities
of the transferor Partner are assumed by a successor corporation by operation of law) shall relieve the transferor Partner of its obligations under this Agreement without the approval of the General Partner, in its reasonable discretion.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any transferee of any transferred Partnership Interest shall be subject to any and all ownership limitations contained in the Charter, which may limit or restrict such transferee’s ability to exercise its
Redemption rights, and to the representations set forth in Section 3.4. Any transferee, whether or not admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner, shall take subject to the obligations of the transferor hereunder. Unless admitted as a
Substituted Limited Partner, no transferee, whether by a voluntary transfer, by operation of law or otherwise, shall have any rights hereunder, other than the rights of an Assignee as provided in Section 11.5. 

B. If a Limited Partner is subject to Incapacity, the executor, administrator, trustee, committee, guardian, conservator,
or receiver of such Limited Partner’s estate shall have all the rights of a Limited Partner, but not more rights than those enjoyed by other Limited Partners, for the purpose of settling or managing the estate, and such power as the
Incapacitated Limited Partner possessed to transfer all or any part of his or its interest in the Partnership. The Incapacity of a Limited Partner, in and of itself, shall not dissolve or terminate the Partnership. 

C. The General Partner may prohibit any transfer otherwise permitted under Section 11.3 by a Limited Partner of his
or her Partnership Units if, based on the advice of legal counsel to the Partnership, such transfer would require the filing of a registration statement under the Securities Act by the Partnership or would otherwise violate any federal or state
securities laws or regulations applicable to the Partnership or the Partnership Unit. 
 D. No transfer of any
Partnership Units may be made to a lender to the Partnership or any Person who is related (within the meaning of Section 1.752-4(b) of the Regulations) to any lender to the Partnership whose loan constitutes a Nonrecourse Liability, without the
consent of the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion; provided, that as a condition to such consent, the lender will be required to enter into an arrangement with the Partnership and the General Partner to redeem or exchange for the
REIT Shares Amount any Partnership Units in which a security interest is held simultaneously with the time at which such lender would be deemed to be a partner in the Partnership for purposes of allocating liabilities to such lender under
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 E. No Limited Partner may withdraw from the Partnership except as a result
of transfer, Redemption or exchange of all of its Partnership Units pursuant hereto. 
 Section 11.4. Substituted
Limited Partners 
 A. No Limited Partner shall have the right to substitute a transferee as a Limited
Partner in his or her place (including any transferee permitted by Section 11.3). The General Partner shall, however, have the right to consent to the admission of a permitted transferee of the interest of a Limited Partner, other than a
transferee in a transfer permitted by Section 11.3 hereof, as a Substituted Limited Partner, pursuant to this Section 11.4, which consent may be given or withheld by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion. The General
Partner’s failure or refusal to permit a transferee of any such interests to become a Substituted Limited Partner shall not give rise to any cause of action, whether at law or in equity, against the Partnership or any Partner. 

B. A transferee who has been admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner in accordance with this Article 11 shall have all
the rights and powers and be subject to all the restrictions and liabilities of a Limited Partner under this Agreement. The admission of any transferee as a Substituted Limited Partner shall be subject to the transferee executing and delivering to
the Partnership an acceptance of all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including without limitation, the provisions of Section 2.4 and such other documents or instruments as may be required to effect the admission), each in form
and substance satisfactory to the General Partner, and the acknowledgment by such transferee that each of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.4 hereof are true and correct with respect to such transferee as of the date of
the transfer of the Partnership Interest to such transferee and will continue to be true to the extent required by such representations and warranties. 

C. Upon the admission of a Substituted Limited Partner, the General Partner shall amend Exhibit A to reflect the
name, address, number of Partnership Units, and Percentage Interest of such Substituted Limited Partner and to eliminate or adjust, if necessary, the name, address and interest of the predecessor of such Substituted Limited Partner. 

Section 11.5. Assignees 

If the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, does not consent to the admission of any permitted transferee under
Section 11.3 as a Substituted Limited Partner, as described in Section 11.4, such transferee shall be considered an Assignee for purposes of this Agreement. An Assignee shall be entitled to all the rights of an assignee of a limited
partnership interest under the Act, including the right to receive distributions from the Partnership and the share of Net Income, Net Loss, gain and loss attributable to the Partnership Units assigned to such transferee, the rights to transfer the
Partnership Units provided in this Article 11, the right of Redemption provided in Section 8.6, but shall not be deemed to be a Holder of Partnership Units for any other purpose under this Agreement, and shall not be entitled to effect a
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with respect to such Partnership Units on any matter presented to the Limited Partners for approval (such Consent remaining with the transferor Limited Partner). In the event any such transferee
desires to make a further assignment of any such Partnership Units, such transferee shall be subject to all the provisions of this Article 11 to the same extent and in the same manner as any Limited Partner desiring to make an assignment of
Partnership Units. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, as a condition to becoming an Assignee, any prospective Assignee must first execute and deliver to the Partnership an acknowledgment that each of the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.4 hereof are true and correct with respect to such prospective Assignee as of the date of the prospective assignment of the Partnership Interest to such prospective Assignee and will
continue to be true to the extent required by such representations or warranties. 
 Section 11.6. General
Provisions 
 A. No Limited Partner may withdraw from the Partnership other than as a result of (i) a
permitted transfer of all of such Limited Partner’s Partnership Units in accordance with this Article 11 and the transferee(s) of such Partnership Units being admitted to the Partnership as a Substituted Limited Partner(s) or (ii) pursuant
to the exercise of its right of Redemption of all of such Limited Partner’s Partnership Units under Section 8.6; provided that after such transfer, exchange or redemption such Limited Partner owns no Partnership Interest. 

B. Any Limited Partner who shall transfer all of such Limited Partner’s Partnership Units in a transfer permitted
pursuant to this Article 11 where such transferee was admitted as a Substituted Limited Partner or pursuant to the exercise of its rights of Redemption of all of such Limited Partner’s Partnership Units under Section 8.6 shall cease to be
a Limited Partner; provided that after such transfer, exchange or redemption such Limited Partner owns no Partnership Interest. 

C. Transfers pursuant to this Article 11 may only be made on the first day of a fiscal quarter of the Partnership, unless
the General Partner otherwise agrees. 
 D. If any Partnership Interest is transferred, assigned or redeemed
during any quarterly segment of the Partnership Year in compliance with the provisions of this Article 11 or transferred or redeemed pursuant to Section 8.6 on any day other than the first day of a Partnership Year, then Net Income, Net Loss,
each item thereof and all other items attributable to such Partnership Interest for such Partnership Year shall be divided and allocated between the transferor Partner and the transferee Partner by taking into account their varying interests during
the Partnership Year in accordance with Section 706(d) of the Code or as otherwise specified in this Agreement or as otherwise determined by the General Partner (to the extent consistent with Section 706(d) of the Code), using the interim
closing of the books method or another possible method selected by the General Partner. All distributions of Available Cash with respect to which the Partnership Record Date is before the date of such transfer, assignment or redemption shall be made
to the transferor Partner, and all distributions of Available Cash thereafter, in the case of a transfer or assignment other than a redemption, shall be made to the transferee Partner. 

 

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 E. In addition to any other restrictions on transfer herein contained,
including without limitation the provisions of this Article 11 and Section 2.6, in no event may any transfer or assignment of a Partnership Interest by any Partner (including by way of a redemption or exchange for REIT Shares by the Partnership
or the General Partner) be made (i) to any person or entity who lacks the legal right, power or capacity to own a Partnership Interest; (ii) in violation of applicable law; (iii) except with the consent of the General Partner, which
may be given or withheld in its sole and absolute discretion, of any component portion of a Partnership Interest, such as the Capital Account, or rights to distributions, separate and apart from all other components of a Partnership Interest;
(iv) except with the consent of the General Partner, which may be given or withheld in its sole and absolute discretion, if such transfer could, based on the advice of counsel to the Partnership or the General Partner, cause a termination of
the Partnership for federal or state income tax purposes (except as a result of the Redemption or exchange for REIT Shares of all Partnership Interests held by all Limited Partners or pursuant to a Termination Transaction expressly permitted under
Section 11.2); (v) if such transfer could, based on the advice of legal counsel to the Partnership, cause the Partnership to cease to be classified as a partnership for federal or state income tax purposes (except as a result of the
Redemption or exchange for REIT Shares of all Partnership Interests held by all Limited Partners); (vi) if such transfer would cause the Partnership to become, with respect to any employee benefit plan subject to Title I of ERISA, a
“party-in-interest” (as defined in Section 3(14) of ERISA) or a “disqualified person” (as defined in Section 4975(c) of the Code); (vii) if such transfer could, based on the advice of counsel to the Partnership or
the General Partner, cause any portion of the assets of the Partnership to constitute assets of any employee benefit plan pursuant to Department of Labor Regulations Section 2510.3-101; (viii) if such transfer requires the registration of
such Partnership Interest or requires the registration of the exchange of such Partnership Interests for any capital stock of the General Partner for which such General Partner Interest may be exchanged pursuant to any applicable federal or state
securities laws (other than pursuant to any applicable registration rights agreement); (ix) except with the consent of the General Partner, which may be given or withheld in its sole and absolute discretion, if such transfer (1) could be
treated as effectuated through an “established securities market” or a “secondary market” (or the substantial equivalent thereof) within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code and the Regulations promulgated thereunder,
(2) could cause the Partnership to become a “publicly traded partnership,” as such term is defined in Sections 469(k)(2) or 7704(b) of the Code, or (3) could cause the Partnership to fail one or more of the “Safe
Harbors” as defined in paragraph F below; (x) if such transfer would cause the Partnership (as opposed to the General Partner) to become a reporting company under the Exchange Act; (xi) if such transfer subjects the Partnership to be
regulated under the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Investment Advisors Act of 1940, as amended, or ERISA; (xii) if the transferee or assignee of such Partnership Interest is unable to make the representations set forth in Section 3.4;
or (xiii) if such transfer could, based on the advice of legal counsel to the Partnership or the General Partner, adversely affect the ability of either the General Partner or any General Partner Affiliate to comply with the REIT Requirements
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REIT subsidiary” (within the meaning of Section 856(i)(2) of the Code) or, except with the consent of the General Partner, which may be given or withheld in its sole and absolute
discretion, subject the General Partner to any additional taxes under Section 857 or Section 4981 of the Code. 

F. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the General Partner shall have the authority (but shall not
be required) to take any steps it determines are necessary or appropriate in its sole and absolute discretion to prevent the Partnership from being taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes. In furtherance of the foregoing, except
with the Consent of the General Partner, no Transfer by a Limited Partner of its Partnership Interests (including any Redemption, any other acquisition of Partnership Units by the General Partner or any acquisition of Partnership Units by the
Partnership) may be made to or by any Person if such Transfer could (i) result in the Partnership being treated as an association taxable as a corporation; (ii) result in a termination of the Partnership under Code Section 708;
(iii) be treated as effectuated through an “established securities market” or a “secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof)” within the meaning of Code Section 7704 and the Regulations promulgated
thereunder, (iv) result in the Partnership being unable to qualify for one or more of the “safe harbors” set forth in Regulations Section 1.7704-1 (or such other guidance subsequently published by the IRS setting forth safe
harbors under which interests will not be treated as “readily tradable on a secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof)” within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code) (the “Safe Harbors”) or (v) based on
the advice of counsel to the Partnership or the General Partner, adversely affect the ability of the General Partner to continue to qualify as a REIT or subject the General Partner to any additional taxes under Code Section 857 or Code
Section 4981. 
 ARTICLE 12. 

ADMISSION OF PARTNERS 

Section 12.1. Admission of Successor General Partner 

A successor to all of the General Partner’s General Partner Interest pursuant to Section 11.2 hereof who is proposed to be
admitted as a successor General Partner shall be admitted to the Partnership as the General Partner, effective upon such transfer. Any such transferee shall carry on the business of the Partnership without dissolution. In each case, the admission
shall be subject to the successor General Partner executing and delivering to the Partnership an acceptance of all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement and such other documents or instruments as may be required to effect the admission. In
the case of such admission on any day other than the first day of a Partnership Year, all items attributable to the General Partner Interest for such Partnership Year shall be allocated between the transferring General Partner and such successor as
provided in Article 11 hereof. 
 Section 12.2. Admission of Additional Limited Partners 

A. After the admission to the Partnership of the Original Limited Partners on the date hereof, a Person who makes a
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accordance with this Agreement shall be admitted to the Partnership as an Additional Limited Partner only upon furnishing to the General Partner (i) evidence of acceptance in form
satisfactory to the General Partner of all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the power of attorney granted in Section 2.4 hereof and (ii) such other documents or instruments as may be required in
the discretion of the General Partner in order to effect such Person’s admission as an Additional Limited Partner. 

B. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 12.2, no Person shall be admitted as an Additional
Limited Partner without the consent of the General Partner, which consent may be given or withheld in the General Partner’s sole and absolute discretion. The admission of any Person as an Additional Limited Partner shall become effective on the
date upon which the name of such Person is recorded on the books and records of the Partnership, following the receipt of the Capital Contribution in respect of such Limited Partner, the documents set forth in Paragraph A of this Section 12.2
hereof and the consent of the General Partner to such admission. If any Additional Limited Partner is admitted to the Partnership on any day other than the first day of a Partnership Year, then Net Income, Net Loss, each item thereof and all other
items allocable among Partners and Assignees for such Partnership Year shall be allocated among such Limited Partner and all other Partners and Assignees by taking into account their varying interests during the Partnership Year in accordance with
Section 706(d) of the Code, using the interim closing books method. Solely for purposes of making such allocations, each of such items for the calendar month in which an admission of an Additional Limited Partner occurs shall be allocated among
all the Partners and Assignees, including such Additional Limited Partner, in a reasonable manner determined by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion. 

Section 12.3. Amendment of Agreement and Certificate of Limited Partnership 

For the admission to the Partnership of any Partner, the General Partner shall take all steps necessary and appropriate under the Act to
amend the records of the Partnership and, if necessary, to prepare as soon as practical an amendment of this Agreement (including an amendment of Exhibit A) and, if required by law, shall prepare and file an amendment to the Certificate and
may for this purpose exercise the power of attorney granted pursuant to Section 2.4 hereof. 
 ARTICLE 13.

 DISSOLUTION AND LIQUIDATION 

Section 13.1. Dissolution 

The Partnership shall not be dissolved by the admission of Substituted Limited Partners or Additional Limited Partners or by the admission
of a successor General Partner in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Upon the withdrawal of the General Partner, any successor General Partner (selected as described in Section 13.1.B below) shall continue the business of the
Partnership. The Partnership shall dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up, upon the first to occur of any of the following (“Liquidating Events”): 

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 B. an event of withdrawal of the General Partner, as defined in the Act,
unless, within ninety (90) days after the withdrawal, all of the remaining Partners agree in writing, in their sole and absolute discretion, to continue the business of the Partnership and to the appointment, effective as of the date of
withdrawal, of a substitute General Partner; 
 C. subject to the provisions of Section 11.2 hereof, an
election to dissolve the Partnership made by the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion; 
 D.
entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the Partnership pursuant to the provisions of the Act; 
 E. the
sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership or a related series of transactions that, taken together, result in the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets and properties of the
Partnership; 
 F. the Incapacity of the General Partner, unless a majority in interest of all of the remaining
Partners in their sole and absolute discretion agree in writing to continue the business of the Partnership and to the appointment, effective as of a date prior to the date of such Incapacity, of a substitute General Partner; 

G. the Redemption or exchange for REIT Shares of all Partnership Units (other than those of the General Partner) pursuant
to this Agreement; or 
 H. a final and non-appealable judgment is entered by a court of competent jurisdiction
ruling that the General Partner is bankrupt or insolvent, or a final and non-appealable order for relief is entered by a court with appropriate jurisdiction against the General Partner, in each case under any federal or state bankruptcy or
insolvency laws as now or hereafter in effect, unless prior to the entry of such order or judgment all of the remaining Partners agree in writing to continue the business of the Partnership and to the appointment, effective as of a date prior to the
date of such order or judgment, of a substitute General Partner. 
 Section 13.2. Winding Up 

A. Upon the occurrence of a Liquidating Event, the Partnership shall continue solely for the purposes of winding up its
affairs in an orderly manner, liquidating its assets, and satisfying the claims of its creditors and Partners. No Partner shall take any action that is inconsistent with, or not necessary to or appropriate for, the winding up of the
Partnership’s business and affairs. The General Partner (or, in the event there is no remaining General Partner, any Person elected by a Majority in Interest of the Limited Partners (the “Liquidator”)) shall be responsible for
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the winding up and dissolution of the Partnership and shall take full account of the Partnership’s liabilities and assets and the Partnership property shall be liquidated as promptly as is
consistent with obtaining the fair value thereof, and the proceeds therefrom (which may, to the extent determined by the General Partner, include equity interests of the General Partner) shall be applied and distributed in the following order:

  

	 	(1)	First, to the payment and discharge of all of the Partnership’s debts and liabilities to creditors other than the Partners; 


 

	 	(2)	Second, to the payment and discharge of all of the Partnership’s debts and liabilities to the General Partner; 


 

	 	(3)	Third, to the payment and discharge of all of the Partnership’s debts and liabilities to the other Partners; and 


 

	 	(4)	The balance, if any, to the Partners in accordance with their Capital Account balances, determined after giving effect to all contributions and distributions for all
periods, and after taking into account all Capital Account adjustments for the Partnership taxable year during which the liquidation occurs (other than those made as a result of the liquidating distribution set forth in this Section 13.2.A(4)).


 The General Partner shall not receive any additional compensation for any services performed pursuant to this Article 13 other
than reimbursement of its expenses as provided in Section 7.4. 
 B. Notwithstanding the provisions of
Section 13.2.A hereof which require liquidation of the assets of the Partnership, but subject to the order of priorities set forth therein, if prior to or upon dissolution of the Partnership the Liquidator determines that an immediate sale of
part or all of the Partnership’s assets would be impractical or would cause undue loss to the Partners, the Liquidator may, in its sole and absolute discretion, defer for a reasonable time the liquidation of any assets except those necessary to
satisfy liabilities of the Partnership (including to those Partners as creditors) and/or distribute to the Partners, in lieu of cash, as tenants in common and in accordance with the provisions of Section 13.2.A hereof, undivided interests in
such Partnership assets as the Liquidator deems not suitable for liquidation. Any such distributions in kind shall be made only if, in the good faith judgment of the Liquidator, such distributions in kind are in the best interest of the Partners,
and shall be subject to such conditions relating to the disposition and management of such properties as the Liquidator deems reasonable and equitable and to any agreements governing the operation of such properties at such time. The Liquidator
shall determine the fair market value of any property distributed in kind using such reasonable method of valuation as it may adopt. 

C. The Partnership shall be terminated when any notes received in connection with any such sale or other disposition
referenced in Section 13.1.E above, or in connection with the liquidation of the Partnership have been paid and all of the cash or property available for application and distribution under this Agreement have been applied and distributed in
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 Section 13.3. Compliance with Timing Requirements of Regulations 

In the event the Partnership is “liquidated” within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g), distributions
shall be made pursuant to this Article 13 to the General Partner and Limited Partners who have positive Capital Accounts in compliance with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(b)(2). If any Partner has a deficit balance in his or her Capital
Account (after giving effect to all contributions, distributions and allocations for the taxable years, including the year during which such liquidation occurs), such Partner shall have no obligation to make any contribution to the capital of the
Partnership with respect to such deficit, and such deficit shall not be considered a debt owed to the Partnership or to any other Person for any purpose whatsoever, except to the extent otherwise agreed to by such Partner and the General Partner. In
the discretion of the Liquidator or the General Partner, a pro rata portion of the distributions that would otherwise be made to the General Partner and Limited Partners pursuant to this Article 13 may be: 

A. distributed to a trust established for the benefit of the General Partner and Limited Partners for the purposes of
liquidating Partnership assets, collecting amounts owed to the Partnership, and paying any contingent or unforeseen liabilities or obligations of the Partnership or of the General Partner arising out of or in connection with the Partnership. The
assets of any such trust shall be distributed to the General Partner and Limited Partners from time to time, in the reasonable discretion of the Liquidator or the General Partner, in the same proportions and the amount distributed to such trust by
the Partnership would otherwise have been distributed to the General Partner and Limited Partners pursuant to this Agreement; or 

B. withheld or escrowed to establish any reasonable reserves deemed necessary or appropriate for any contingent or
unforeseen liabilities or obligations of the Partnership; and to reflect the unrealized portion of any installment obligations owed to the Partnership; provided that, such withheld or escrowed amounts shall be distributed to the General Partner and
Limited Partners in the manner and priority set forth in Section 13.2.A as soon as practicable. 
 Section 13.4.
Deemed Distribution and Recontribution 
 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article 13, in the event the
Partnership is liquidated within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g) but no Liquidating Event has occurred, the Partnership’s property shall not be liquidated, the Partnership’s liabilities shall not be paid or
discharged, and the Partnership’s affairs shall not be wound up. Instead, for federal income tax purposes, the Partnership shall be deemed to have distributed the Partnership property in kind to the General Partner and Limited Partners, who
shall be deemed to have assumed and taken such property subject to all Partnership liabilities, all in accordance with their respective Capital Accounts. Immediately thereafter, the General Partner and Limited Partners shall be deemed to have
recontributed the Partnership property in kind to the Partnership, which shall be deemed to have assumed and taken such property subject to all such liabilities. 

 

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 Section 13.5. Rights of Limited Partners 

Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Limited Partner shall look solely to the assets of the Partnership for the return of
his Capital Contribution and shall have no right or power to demand or receive property from the General Partner. No Limited Partner shall have priority over any other Limited Partner as to the return of his Capital Contributions, distributions or
allocations. 
 Section 13.6. Notice of Dissolution 

In the event a Liquidating Event occurs or an event occurs that would, but for provisions of Section 13.1, result in a dissolution of
the Partnership, the General Partner shall, within thirty (30) days thereafter, provide written notice thereof to each of the Partners and to all other parties with whom the Partnership regularly conducts business (as determined in the
discretion of the General Partner) and shall publish notice thereof in a newspaper of general circulation in each place in which the Partnership regularly conducts business (as determined in the discretion of the General Partner). 

Section 13.7. Cancellation of Certificate of Limited Partnership 

Upon the completion of the liquidation of the Partnership cash and property as provided in Section 13.2 hereof, the Partnership shall
be terminated and the Certificate and all qualifications of the Partnership as a foreign limited partnership in jurisdictions other than the State of Delaware shall be cancelled and such other actions as may be necessary to terminate the Partnership
shall be taken. 
 Section 13.8. Reasonable Time for Winding-Up 

A reasonable time shall be allowed for the orderly winding-up of the business and affairs of the Partnership and the liquidation of its
assets pursuant to Section 13.2 hereof, in order to minimize any losses otherwise attendant upon such winding-up, and the provisions of this Agreement shall remain in effect between the Partners during the period of liquidation; provided,
however, reasonable efforts shall be made to complete such winding-up within twenty-four (24) months after the adoption of a plan of liquidation of the General Partner, as provided in Section 562(b)(1)(B) of the Code, if necessary, in the
sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner. 
 Section 13.9. Waiver of Partition 

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 ARTICLE 14. 

AMENDMENT OF PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT; CONSENTS 

Section 14.1. Amendments 

A. The actions requiring consent or approval of the Partners or of the Limited Partners pursuant to this Agreement,
including Section 7.3, or otherwise pursuant to applicable law, are subject to the procedures in this Article 14. 

B. Amendments to this Agreement requiring the consent or approval of Limited Partners may be proposed by the General
Partner or by Limited Partners holding twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the Partnership Interests held by Limited Partners. Following such proposal, the General Partner shall submit any proposed amendment to the Partners or to the Limited
Partners, as applicable. The General Partner shall seek the written consent or approval of the Partners or of the Limited Partners on the proposed amendment or shall call a meeting to vote thereon and to transact any other business that it may deem
appropriate. For purposes of obtaining a written consent, the General Partner may require a response within a reasonable specified time, but not less than fifteen (15) days, and failure to respond in such time period shall constitute a consent
which is consistent with the General Partner’s recommendation (if so recommended) with respect to the proposal; provided, that an action shall become effective at such time as requisite consents are received even if prior to such specified
time. 
 Section 14.2. Action by the Partners 

A. Meetings of the Partners may be called by the General Partner and shall be called upon the receipt by the General
Partner of a written request by Limited Partners holding twenty-five percent (25%) or more of the Partnership Interests held by Limited Partners. The notice shall state the nature of the business to be transacted. Notice of any such meeting
shall be given to all Partners not less than seven days nor more than thirty (30) days prior to the date of such meeting. Partners may vote in person or by proxy at such meeting. Whenever the vote of the Percentage Interests of the Partners, or
the Consent of the Partners or Consent of the Limited Partners is permitted or required under this Agreement, such vote or Consent may be given at a meeting of Partners or may be given in accordance with the procedure prescribed in Section 14.1
hereof. 
 B. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a meeting of the Partners may be taken without a
meeting if a written consent setting forth the action so taken is signed by the Percentage Interests as is expressly required by this Agreement for the action in question. Such consent may be in one instrument or in several instruments, and shall
have the same force and effect as a vote of the Percentage Interests of the Partners (expressly required by this Agreement). Such consent shall be filed with the General Partner. An action so taken shall be deemed to have been taken at a meeting
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 C. Each Limited Partner may authorize any Person or Persons to act for him
by proxy on all matters in which a Limited Partner is entitled to participate, including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or participating at a meeting. Every proxy must be signed by the Limited Partner or his attorney-in-fact. No proxy
shall be valid after the expiration of 11 months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy. Every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Limited Partner executing it. 

D. Each meeting of Partners shall be conducted by the General Partner or such other Person as the General Partner may
appoint pursuant to such rules for the conduct of the meeting as the General Partner or such other Person deems appropriate. 

E. Except as otherwise herein expressly provided, on matters on which Limited Partners are entitled to vote, each Limited
Partner shall have a vote equal to the number of Partnership Units held. 
 Section 14.3. Voting Rights of LTIP
Units 
 LTIP Unitholders shall (A) have those voting rights required from time to time by applicable
law, if any, (B) have the same voting rights as a holder of Partnership Units, with the LTIP Units voting as a single class with the Partnership Units and having one vote per LTIP Unit, and (C) have the additional voting rights that are
expressly set forth below. So long as any LTIP Units that were granted on a particular date remain outstanding, the Partnership shall not, without the affirmative vote of the LTIP Unitholders who hold at least a majority of the LTIP Units which were
granted on such specific date and are outstanding at the time, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or at a meeting (voting separately as a class), amend, alter or repeal, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, the provisions of
the Partnership Agreement applicable to LTIP Units so as to materially and adversely affect any right, privilege or voting power of the LTIP Units which were granted on such specific date or the LTIP Unitholders as such, unless such amendment,
alteration, or repeal affects equally, ratably and proportionately the rights, privileges and voting powers of the holders of Partnership Units; but subject, in any event, to the following provisions: 

A. With respect to any transaction, so long as the LTIP Units are treated in accordance with Section 4.9 hereof, the
consummation of such transaction shall not be deemed to materially and adversely affect such rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the LTIP Units or the LTIP Unitholders as such; and 

B. Any creation or issuance of any Partnership Units or of any class or series of Partnership Interest including without
limitation additional Partnership Units, LTIP Units, whether ranking senior to, junior to, or on a parity with the LTIP Units with respect to distributions and the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, shall not be
deemed to materially and adversely affect such rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the LTIP Units or the LTIP Unitholders as such. 
  

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 The foregoing special voting provisions affecting LTIP Unitholders will not
apply if, at or prior to the time when the act with respect to which such vote would otherwise be required will be effected, all outstanding LTIP Units shall have had their applicable LTIP Equalization Date occur. 

ARTICLE 15. 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

Section 15.1. Addresses and Notice 

Any notice, demand, request or report required or permitted to be given or made to a Partner or Assignee under this Agreement shall be in
writing and shall be deemed given or made when delivered in person or when sent by certified first class United States mail, nationally recognized overnight delivery service or facsimile transmission to the Partner or Assignee at the address set
forth in Exhibit A or such other address as the Partners shall notify the General Partner in writing. 

Section 15.2. Titles and Captions 

All article or section titles or captions in this Agreement are for convenience only. They shall not be deemed part of this Agreement and
in no way define, limit, extend or describe the scope or intent of any provisions hereof. Except as specifically provided otherwise, references to “Articles” and “Sections” are to Articles and Sections of this Agreement.

 Section 15.3. Pronouns and Plurals 

Whenever the context may require, any pronoun used in this Agreement shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or neuter forms,
and the singular form of nouns, pronouns and verbs shall include the plural and vice versa. 
 Section 15.4. Further
Action 
 The parties shall execute and deliver all documents, provide all information and take or refrain from taking action
as may be necessary or appropriate to achieve the purposes of this Agreement. 
 Section 15.5. Binding Effect

 This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, executors,
administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns. 
 Section 15.6. Creditors 

Other than as expressly set forth herein with respect to Indemnitees, none of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit
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 Section 15.7. Waiver 

No failure or delay by any party to insist upon the strict performance of any covenant, duty, agreement or condition of this Agreement or
to exercise any right or remedy consequent upon any breach thereof shall constitute waiver of any such breach or any other covenant, duty, agreement or condition. 

Section 15.8. Counterparts 

This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one agreement binding on all the parties hereto,
notwithstanding that all such parties are not signatories to the original or the same counterpart. Each party shall become bound by this Agreement immediately upon affixing its signature hereto. 

Section 15.9. Applicable Law 

This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to the principles
of conflicts of law. 
 Section 15.10. Invalidity of Provisions 

If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not be affected thereby. 
 Section 15.11. Limitation
to Preserve REIT Status 
 To the extent that any amount paid, credited or distributed to the General Partner or its
officers, directors, employees or agents pursuant to Sections 7.4 or 7.7 would constitute gross income to the General Partner for purposes of Sections 856(c)(2) or 856(c)(3) of the Code (a “General Partner Payment”) then, notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement, the amount of such General Partner Payments for any Partnership Year shall not exceed the lesser of: 

A. an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) 4.9% of the General Partner’s total gross income (but not
including the amount of any General Partner Payments) for the Partnership Year which is described in subsections (A) through (I) of Section 856(c)(2) of the Code over (b) the amount of gross income (within the meaning of
Section 856(c)(2) of the Code) derived by the General Partner from sources other than those described in subsections (A) through (I) of Section 856(c)(2) of the Code (but not including the amount of any General Partner Payments);
or 
 B. an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) 24% of the General Partner’s total gross income
(but not including the amount of any General Partner Payments) for the Partnership Year which is described in subsections (A) through (I) of Section 856(c)(3) of the Code over (b) the amount of gross income (within the meaning of
Section 856(c)(3) of the Code) derived by the General Partner from sources other than those described in subsections (A) through (I) of Section 856(c)(3) of the Code (but not including the amount of any General Partner Payments);

  

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 provided, however, that General Partner Payments in excess of the amounts set forth in
subparagraphs (i) and (ii) above may be made if the General Partner, as a condition precedent, obtains an opinion of tax counsel that the receipt of such excess amounts would not adversely affect the General Partner’s ability to
qualify as a REIT. To the extent General Partner Payments may not be made in a Partnership Year due to the foregoing limitations, such General Partner Payments shall carry over and be treated as arising in the following Partnership Year, provided,
however, that such amounts shall not carry over for more than three years, and if not paid within such three-year period, shall expire, and shall no longer be due and payable. The purpose of the limitations contained in this Section 15.11 is to
prevent the General Partner from failing to qualify as a REIT under the Code by reason of the General Partner’s share of items, including distributions, reimbursements, fees, expenses or indemnities, receivable directly or indirectly from the
Partnership, and this Section 15.11 shall be interpreted and applied to effectuate such purpose. 
 Section 15.12.
Entire Agreement 
 This Agreement contains the entire understanding and agreement among the Partners with respect to the
subject matter hereof and supersedes any other prior written or oral understandings or agreements among them with respect thereto. 

Section 15.13. No Rights as Stockholders 

Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed as conferring upon the Holders of Partnership Units any rights whatsoever as
stockholders of the General Partner, including without limitation any right to receive dividends or other distributions made to stockholders of the General Partner or to vote or to consent or to receive notice as stockholders in respect of any
meeting of stockholders for the election of directors of the General Partner or any other matter. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first
written above. 
  

							
	General Partner:	 		 	 EXCEL TRUST, INC.,

a Maryland corporation

				
		 		 	By:	 	 /s/ Spencer G. Plumb

		 		 	Name:	 	Spencer G. Plumb
		 		 	Title:	 	President and Chief Operating Officer

  

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 LIMITED PARTNERS 

 

	
	 Limited Partner:

Gary B. Sabin Family Trust dated May 20, 1982

	
	 /s/ Gary B. Sabin

	 By: Gary B. Sabin, Trustee
  

c/o Excel Trust, Inc.
 17140 Bernardo Center
Drive, Suite 300
 San Diego, California 92128

	
	Limited Partner:
	
	 /s/ James Y. Nakagawa

James Y. Nakagawa
  

c/o Excel Trust, Inc.
 17140 Bernardo Center
Drive, Suite 300
 San Diego, California 92128

	
	Limited Partner:
	
	 /s/ Mark T. Burton

Mark T. Burton
  

c/o Excel Trust, Inc.
 17140 Bernardo Center
Drive, Suite 300
 San Diego, California 92128

	
	Limited Partner:
	
	 /s/ S. Eric Ottesen

S. Eric Ottesen
  

c/o Excel Trust, Inc.
 17140 Bernardo Center
Drive, Suite 300
 San Diego, California 92128

	
	 Limited Partner:

Excel Centre Inc.,
 a California
corporation

	
	 /s/ Gary B. Sabin

	By:    Gary B. Sabin
	 Title: Manager
  

c/o Excel Trust, Inc.
 17140 Bernardo Center
Drive, Suite 300
 San Diego, California 92128




 

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 EXHIBIT A 

(Dated April 15, 2010) 

PARTNERS, CONTRIBUTIONS AND PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS 
  

															
	 Name and Address of Partner*
	  	Gross Asset
Value	  	Cash
Contributions	  	Agreed Value
of
Contributed
Property**	  	Total
Contributions	  	Partnership
Units	  	Percentage
Interest	  	LTIP Units
	 General Partner
	  		  		  		  		  		  		  	
	 Excel Trust, Inc.
	  		  		  		  		  		  		  	
								
	 Limited Partners
	  		  		  		  		  		  		  	
	 Gary B. Sabin Family Trust dated May 20, 1982
	  		  		  		  		  		  		  	
								
	 James Y. Nakagawa
	  		  		  		  		  		  		  	
								
	 Mark T. Burton
	  		  		  		  		  		  		  	
								
	 S. Eric Ottesen
	  		  		  		  		  		  		  	
								
	 Excel Centre Inc.
	  		  		  		  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  		  		  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  		  		  		  		  		  	
								
		  		  		  		  		  		  		  	

  

	*	Addresses included on signature page of Partnership Agreement. 


	**	Net of Debt (if any). 

  

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 EXHIBIT B 

NOTICE OF REDEMPTION 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably (i) exchanges
                     Limited Partnership Units in Excel Trust, L.P. in accordance with the terms of the Limited Partnership Agreement of Excel
Trust, L.P. and the rights of Redemption referred to therein, (ii) surrenders such Limited Partnership Units and all right, title and interest therein, and (iii) directs that the cash (or, if applicable, REIT Shares) deliverable upon
Redemption or exchange be delivered to the address specified below, and if applicable, that such REIT Shares be registered or placed in the name(s) and at the address(es) specified below. 

 

			
	Dated:	 	  

		
		 	Name of Limited Partner:

  

	
	
	  

(Signature of Limited Partner)

	
	  

(Street Address)

	
	  

(City) (State) (Zip Code)

	
	 Signature Guaranteed by:

 
  




Issue REIT Shares in the name of: 
 Please
insert social security or identifying number: 
 Address (if different than above): 

 

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 EXHIBIT C 

FORM OF PARTNERSHIP UNIT CERTIFICATE 

CERTIFICATE FOR PARTNERSHIP UNITS OF 

EXCEL TRUST, L.P. 
  

			
	 No.                
	  	                UNITS


Excel Trust, Inc., as the General Partner of Excel Trust, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”),
hereby certifies that                     is a Limited Partner of the Operating Partnership whose Partnership Interests therein, as set forth
in the Agreement of Limited Partnership of Excel Trust, L.P., dated as of             , 2010 (as it may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its
terms, the “Partnership Agreement”), under which the Operating Partnership is existing (copies of which are on file at the Operating Partnership’s principal office at 17140 Bernardo Center Drive, Suite 300, San Diego, California
92128, represent                     units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership (the “Partnership Units”).

 THE PARTNERSHIP UNITS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE OR INSTRUMENT MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED,
HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS SUCH TRANSFER, SALE, ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR OTHER DISPOSITION COMPLIES WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT (A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP). EXCEPT AS
OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT, NO TRANSFER, SALE, ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE PARTNERSHIP UNITS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE EXCEPT (A) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR (B) IF THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN FURNISHED WITH A SATISFACTORY OPINION OF COUNSEL FOR THE HOLDER OF THE PARTNERSHIP UNITS REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE
THAT SUCH TRANSFER, SALE ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR OTHER DISPOSITION IS EXEMPT FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE ACT AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS IN EFFECT THEREUNDER. 

DATED:             , 20    . 

 

											
		  	EXCEL TRUST, INC.	 	
		  	General Partner of	 	
		  	Excel Trust, L.P.	 	
			
	ATTEST:	  		 	
						
	By:	 	  
	 		  	By:	 	  
	 	

  

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 EXHIBIT D 

RESTRICTIONS ON OWNERSHIP AND TRANSFER TO PRESERVE TAX BENEFIT 

(a) Definitions. for the purposes of this Exhibit D, the following terms shall have the following meanings: 

“Charitable Beneficiary” shall mean one or more beneficiaries of a Trust, as determined pursuant to subsection
(c)(vi), each of which shall be an organization described in Sections 170(b)(1)(A), 170(c)(2) and 501(c)(3) of the Code. 

“Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 

“Constructive Ownership” shall mean ownership of Partnership Units by a Person who is or would be treated as an
owner of such Partnership Units either actually or constructively through the application of Section 318 of the Code, as modified by Section 856(d)(5) of the Code. The terms “Constructive Owner,” “Constructively Owns”
and “Constructively Owned” shall have the correlative meanings. 
 “Exempted Person” shall
mean any Person exempted from a limitation otherwise imposed by the Charter from time to time by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion. The Operating Partnership shall be considered an Exempted Person. 

“Market Price” shall mean the market price of the Partnership Units on the relevant date as determined in good
faith by the General Partner; provided, however, if the General Partner has outstanding shares of capital stock which correspond to such Partnership Units, the Market Price of each such Partnership Unit shall be equal to the Value of a share of such
capital stock, subject to adjustment if the right to exchange such Partnership Units for such stock is other than one-to-one. 

“Ownership Limit” shall mean 24.9% of the capital or profits interests of the Partnership. 

“Person” shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, estate, trust
(including a trust qualified under Section 401(a) or 501(c)(17) of the Code), a portion of a trust permanently set aside for or to be used exclusively for the purposes described in Section 642(c) of the Code, association, private
foundation within the meaning of Section 509(a) of the Code, joint stock company or other entity. 

“Purported Beneficial Transferee” shall mean, with respect to any purported Transfer (or other event) which
results in a transfer to a Trust, as provided in subsection (b)(ii), the Purported Record Transferee, unless the 
  

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Purported Record Transferee would have acquired or owned Partnership Units for another Person who is the beneficial transferee or owner of such Partnership Units, in which case the Purported
Beneficial Transferee shall be such Person. 
 “Purported Record Transferee” shall mean, with respect
to any purported Transfer (or other event) which results in a transfer to a Trust, as provided in subsection (b)(ii), the Holder of the Partnership Units as set forth or to be set forth in Exhibit A to the Partnership Agreement, and any Assignee of
such Partnership Units, if such Transfer or ownership had been valid under subsection (b)(i). 

“Restriction Termination Date” shall mean the first day after the date hereof on which the General Partner
determines, in its sole and absolute discretion, that compliance with subsection (b)(i) is no longer necessary or advisable. 

“Transfer” shall mean any sale, transfer, gift, assignment, devise or other disposition of Partnership Units,
(including (i) the granting of any option or entering into any agreement for the sale, transfer or other disposition of Partnership Units or (ii) the sale, transfer, assignment or other disposition of any securities (or rights convertible
into or exchangeable for Partnership Units), whether voluntary or involuntary, whether such transfer has occurred of record or beneficially or Constructively (including but not limited to transfers of interests in other entities which results in
changes in Constructive Ownership of Partnership Units), and whether such transfer has occurred by operation of law or otherwise. 

“Trust” shall mean each of the trusts provided for in subsection (c). 

“Trustee” shall mean any Person unaffiliated with the Partnership, or a Purported Beneficial Transferee, or a
Purported Record Transferee, that is appointed by the Partnership to serve as trustee of a Trust. 
 Capitalized terms used and not defined
herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Agreement of Limited Partnership of Excel Trust, L.P. (the “Partnership Agreement), as such agreement may be amended from time to time. All references to “Section” refer to the
Partnership Agreement. 
 (b) Restriction on Ownership and Transfers. 

(i) Prior to the Restriction Termination Date, no Person, other than an Exempted Person, shall at any time Constructively Own Partnership
Units in excess of the Ownership Limit if the representations contained in Section 3.4 are not at such time true and correct. 
  

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 (ii) If, prior to the Restriction Termination Date, any Transfer or other event occurs
that, if effective, would result in any Person Constructively Owning Partnership Units in violation of subsection (b)(i), (1) then that number of Partnership Units that otherwise would cause such Person to violate subsection (b)(i) (rounded up
to the nearest whole Partnership Unit) shall be automatically transferred (provided such Transfer is not in violation of the restrictions on transfer set forth in the Partnership Agreement, except to the extent the General Partner waives such
restrictions) to a Trust for the benefit of a Charitable Beneficiary, as described in subsection (c), effective as of the close of business on the business day prior to the date of such Transfer or other event, and such Purported Beneficial
Transferee shall thereafter have no rights in such Partnership Units or (2) if, for any reason, the transfer to the Trust described in clause (1) of this sentence is not automatically effective as provided therein to prevent any Person
from Constructively Owning Partnership Units in violation of subsection (b)(i), then the Transfer of that number of Partnership Units that otherwise would cause any Person to violate subsection (b)(i) shall be void ab initio, and the Purported
Beneficial Transferee shall have no rights in such Partnership Units. 
 (c) Transfers of Partnership Units in Trust.

 (i) Upon any purported Transfer or other event described in subsection (b)(ii), such Partnership Units shall be deemed to
have been transferred to the Trustee in his capacity as trustee of a Trust for the exclusive benefit of one or more Charitable Beneficiaries. Such transfer to the Trustee shall be deemed to be effective as of the close of business on the business
day prior to the purported Transfer or other event that results in a transfer to the Trust pursuant to subsection (b)(ii). The Trustee shall be appointed by the Partnership and shall be a Person unaffiliated with the Partnership, any Purported
Beneficial Transferee, or any Purported Record Transferee. Each Charitable Beneficiary shall be designated by the Partnership as provided in subsection (c)(vi). 

(ii) Partnership Units held by the Trustee shall be issued and outstanding Partnership Units of the Partnership. The Purported
Beneficial Transferee or Purported Record Transferee shall have no rights in the Partnership Units held by the Trustee. The Purported Beneficial Transferee or Purported Record Transferee shall not benefit economically from ownership of any
Partnership Units held in trust by the Trustee, shall have no rights to distributions or allocations with respect to Partnership Units held in the Trust and shall not possess any rights to vote or other rights attributable to the Partnership Units
held in the Trust. 
 (iii) The Trustee shall have all voting rights and rights to distributions and allocations with respect
to Partnership Units held in the Trust, which rights shall be exercised for the exclusive benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary. Any distribution paid prior to the discovery by the Partnership that Partnership Units have been transferred to the
Trustee shall be paid to the Trustee upon demand, and any distribution with respect to such Partnership Units shall be paid when due to the Trustee. Any distributions so paid over to the Trustee shall be held in trust for the Charitable Beneficiary.

 The Purported Record Transferee and Purported Beneficial Transferee shall have no voting rights with respect to the
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law, effective as of the date the Partnership Units has been transferred to the Trustee, the Trustee shall have the authority (at the Trustee’s sole discretion) (i) to rescind as void
any vote cast by a Purported Record Transferee with respect to such Partnership Units prior to the discovery by the Partnership that the Partnership Units has been transferred to the Trustee and (ii) to recast such vote in accordance with the
desires of the Trustee acting for the benefit of the Charitable Beneficiary; provided, however, that if the Partnership has already taken irreversible action, then the Trustee shall not have the authority to rescind and recast such vote.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Exhibit E to the contrary, until the Partnership has received notification that the Partnership Units have been transferred into a Trust, the Partnership shall be entitled to rely on its Partnership Unit
transfer and other unitholder records for purposes of preparing Exhibit A to the Partnership Agreement, lists of unitholders entitled to vote at meetings, and otherwise conducting votes of Partners. 

(iv) Within twenty (20) days of receiving notice from the Partnership that Partnership Units have been transferred to the Trust,
the Trustee of the Trust shall, in accordance with the terms of (and subject to the limitations contained in) the Partnership Agreement, sell the Partnership Units held in the Trust to a Person, designated by the Trustee, whose ownership of the
Partnership Units will not violate the ownership limitations set forth in subsection (b)(i). Upon such sale, the interest of the Charitable Beneficiary in the Partnership Units sold shall terminate and the Trustee shall distribute the net proceeds
of the sale to the Purported Record Transferee and to the Charitable Beneficiary as provided in this subsection (c)(iv). The Purported Record Transferee shall receive the lesser of (1) the price paid by the Purported Record Transferee for the
Partnership Units in the transaction that resulted in such transfer to the Trust (or, if the event which resulted in the transfer to the Trust did not involve a purchase of such Partnership Units at Market Price, the Market Price of such Partnership
Units on the day of the event which resulted in the transfer of such Partnership Units to the Trust) and (2) the price per Partnership Unit received by the Trustee (net of any commissions and other expenses of sale) from the sale or other
disposition of the Partnership Units held in the Trust. Any net sales proceeds in excess of the amount payable to the Purported Record Transferee shall be immediately paid to the Charitable Beneficiary together with any distributions thereon. If,
prior to the discovery by the Partnership that Partnership Units have been transferred to the Trustee, such Partnership Units are sold by a Purported Record Transferee then (i) such Partnership Units shall be deemed to have been sold on behalf
of the Trust and (ii) to the extent that the Purported Record Transferee received an amount for such Partnership Units that exceeds the amount that such Purported Record Transferee was entitled to receive pursuant to this subsection (c)(iv),
such excess shall be paid to the Trustee upon demand. The expenses described in item (2) above shall include any expenses of administering the Trust, any transfer of Partnership Units thereto or disposition of Partnership Units thereby, which
shall be allocated equitably among the Partnership Units which are transferred to the Trust. 
 (v) Partnership Units
transferred to the Trustee shall be deemed to have been offered for sale to the Partnership, or its designee, at a price per Partnership Unit equal to the lesser of (i) the price paid by the Purported Record Transferee for the Partnership Units
in the transaction that resulted in such transfer to the Trust (or, if the event which resulted in the transfer to the Trust did not involve a purchase of such Partnership Units at Market Price, the Market Price of such Partnership Units on the day
of the event which resulted in the transfer of such Partnership Units to the Trust) and (ii) the Market Price on the date the Partnership, or its 

 

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designee, accepts such offer. The Partnership shall have the right to accept such offer until the Trustee has sold the Partnership Units held in the Trust pursuant to subsection (c)(iv). Upon
such a sale to the Partnership, the interest of the Charitable Beneficiary in the Partnership Units sold shall terminate and the Trustee shall distribute the net proceeds of the sale to the Purported Record Transferee and any distributions held by
the Trustee with respect to such Partnership Units shall thereupon be paid to the Charitable Beneficiary. 
 (vi) By written
notice to the Trustee, the Partnership shall designate one or more nonprofit organizations to be the Charitable Beneficiary of the interest in the Trust such that the Partnership Units held in the Trust would not violate the restrictions set forth
in subsection (b)(i) in the hands of such Charitable Beneficiary. 
 (d) Remedies For Breach. If the General Partner
shall at any time determine in good faith that a Transfer or other event has taken place in violation of subsection (b) or that a Person intends to acquire, has attempted to acquire or may acquire beneficial ownership (determined without
reference to any rules of attribution) or Constructive Ownership of any Partnership Units of the Partnership in violation of subsection (b), the General Partner shall take such action as it deems advisable to refuse to give effect or to prevent such
Transfer, including, but not limited to, causing the Partnership to redeem Partnership Units, refusing to give effect to such Transfer on the books of the Partnership or instituting proceedings to enjoin such Transfer; provided, however, that any
Transfers (or, in the case of events other than a Transfer, ownership or Constructive Ownership) in violation of subsection (b)(i), shall automatically result in the transfer to a Trust as described in subsection (b)(ii). 

(e) Notice of Restricted Transfer. Any Person who acquires or attempts to acquire or own Partnership Units in violation of
subsection (b), or any Person who is a Purported Beneficial Transferee such that an automatic transfer to a Trust results under subsection (b)(ii), shall immediately give written notice to the Partnership of such event and shall provide to the
Partnership such other information as the Partnership may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of such Transfer or attempted Transfer on such Person’s compliance with subsection (b)(i). 

(f) Owners Required To Provide Information. Prior to the Restriction Termination Date each Person who is a beneficial owner or
Constructive Owner of Partnership Units and each Person who is holding Partnership Units for a beneficial owner or Constructive Owner shall provide to the Partnership such information that the Partnership may request, in good faith, in order to
determine the Partnership’s status as a partnership (as opposed to a corporation) or the General Partner’s status as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. 

(g) Remedies Not Limited. Nothing contained in this Exhibit E shall limit the authority of the General Partner to take such other
action as it deems necessary or advisable to protect the Partnership and the interests of its Partners by preservation of the Partnership’s status as a partnership (as opposed to a corporation) or the General Partner’s status as a REIT for
federal income tax purposes. 
 (h) Ambiguity. In the case of an ambiguity in the application of any of the provisions of
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Partner shall have the power to determine the application of the provisions of this Exhibit E with respect to any situation based on the facts known to it. In the event that a provision of this
Exhibit E requires an action by the General Partner and Exhibit E fails to provide specific guidance with respect to such action, the General Partner shall have the power to determine the action to be taken so long as such action is not contrary to
the provisions of Exhibit E. Absent a decision to the contrary by the General Partner (which the General Partner may make in its sole and absolute discretion), if a Person would have (but for the remedies set forth in subsection (b)) acquired
Constructive Ownership of Partnership Units in violation of subsection (b)(i), such remedies (as applicable) shall apply first to the Partnership Units which, but for such remedies, would have been actually owned by such Person, and second to
Partnership Units which, but for such remedies, would have been Constructively Owned (but not actually owned) by such Person, pro rata among the Persons who actually own such Partnership Units based upon the relative number of the Partnership Units
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 EXHIBIT E 

CONSTRUCTIVE OWNERSHIP DEFINITION 

The term “Constructively Owns” means ownership determined through the application of the constructive ownership rules of
Section 318(a) of the Code, as modified by Section 856(d)(5) of the Code. Generally, these rules provide the following: 

a. an individual is considered as owning the Ownership Interest that is owned, actually or constructively, by or for his spouse, his
children, his grandchildren, and his parents; 
 b. an Ownership Interest that is owned, actually or constructively, by or for a
partnership, limited liability company or estate is considered as owned proportionately by its partners, members or beneficiaries; 

c. an Ownership Interest that is owned, actually or constructively, by or for a trust is considered as owned by its beneficiaries in
proportion to the actuarial interest of such beneficiaries (provided, however, that in the case of a “grantor trust” the Ownership Interest will be considered as owned by the grantors); 

d. if ten percent (10%) or more in value of the stock in a corporation is owned, actually or constructively, by or for any person,
such person shall be considered as owning the Ownership Interest that is owned, actually or constructively, by or for such corporation in that proportion which the value of the stock which such person so owns bears to the value of all the stock in
such corporation; 
 e. an Ownership Interest that is owned, actually or constructively, by or for a partner or member which
actually or constructively owns a twenty-five percent (25%) or greater capital interest or profits interest in a partnership or limited liability company, or by or for a beneficiary of an estate or trust, shall be considered as owned by the
partnership, limited liability company, estate, or trust (or, in the case of a grantor trust, the grantors); 
 f. if ten
percent (10%) or more in value of the stock in a corporation is owned, actually or constructively, by or for any person, such corporation shall be considered as owning the Ownership Interest that is owned, actually or constructively, by or for
such person; 
 g. if any person has an option to acquire an Ownership Interest (including an option to acquire an option or any
one of a series of such options), such Ownership Interest shall be considered as owned by such person; 
 h. an Ownership
Interest that is constructively owned by a person by reason of the application of the rules described in paragraphs (a) through (g) above shall, for purposes of applying paragraphs (a) through (g), be considered as actually owned by
such person provided, however, that (i) an Ownership Interest constructively owned by an individual by reason of paragraph (a) shall not be considered as owned by him for purposes of again applying paragraph (a) in order to make
another the constructive owner of such Ownership Interest, (ii) an Ownership Interest constructively owned by a partnership, estate, trust, or corporation by reason of the application of paragraphs (e) or (f) shall not be considered
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applying paragraphs (b), (c), or (d) in order to make another the constructive owner of such Ownership Interest, (iii) if an Ownership Interest may be considered as owned by an
individual under paragraphs (a) or (g), it shall be considered as owned by him under paragraph (g) and (iv) for purposes of the above described rules, an S corporation shall be treated as a partnership and any stockholder of the S
corporation shall be treated as a partner of such partnership except that this rule shall not apply for purposes of determining whether stock in the S corporation is constructively owned by any person. 

i. For purposes of the above summary of the constructive ownership rules, the term “Ownership Interest” means the ownership of
stock with respect to a corporation and, with respect to any other type of entity, the ownership of an interest in either its assets or net profits. 
  

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