Form of 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan




 Exhibit 10.2 

WELLS CORE OFFICE INCOME REIT, INC. 

FORM OF 2010 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN 
  








 WELLS CORE OFFICE INCOME REIT, INC. 

FORM OF 2010 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN 
  

					
	ARTICLE 1 PURPOSE	  	1
			
	 1.1
	  	 General
	  	1
		
	ARTICLE 2 DEFINITIONS	  	1
			
	 2.1
	  	 Definitions
	  	1
		
	ARTICLE 3 EFFECTIVE TERM OF PLAN	  	3
			
	 3.1
	  	 Effective Date
	  	3
			
	 3.2
	  	 Term of Plan
	  	3
		
	ARTICLE 4 ADMINISTRATION	  	3
			
	 4.1
	  	 Committee
	  	3
			
	 4.2
	  	 Actions and Interpretations by the Committee
	  	3
			
	 4.3
	  	 Authority of Committee
	  	3
			
	 4.4
	  	 Award Certificates
	  	4
		
	ARTICLE 5 SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN	  	4
			
	 5.1
	  	 Number of Shares
	  	4
			
	 5.2
	  	 Share Counting
	  	4
			
	 5.3
	  	 Stock Distributed
	  	4
		
	ARTICLE 6 ELIGIBILITY	  	4
			
	 6.1
	  	 General
	  	4
		
	ARTICLE 7 STOCK OPTIONS	  	4
			
	 7.1
	  	 General
	  	4
			
	 7.2
	  	 Incentive Stock Options
	  	4
		
	ARTICLE 8 STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS	  	5
			
	 8.1
	  	 Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights
	  	5
		
	ARTICLE 9 PERFORMANCE AWARDS	  	5
			
	 9.1
	  	 Grant of Performance Awards
	  	5
			
	 9.2
	  	 Performance Goals
	  	5
			
	 9.3
	  	 Right to Payment
	  	5
			
	 9.4
	  	 Other Terms
	  	5
		
	ARTICLE 10 RESTRICTED STOCK AND RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARDS	  	5
			
	 10.1
	  	 Grant of Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units
	  	5
			
	 10.2
	  	 Issuance and Restrictions
	  	6

  

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	 10.3
	  	 Forfeiture
	  	6
			
	 10.4
	  	 Delivery of Restricted Stock
	  	6
		
	ARTICLE 11 DEFERRED STOCK UNITS	  	6
			
	 11.1
	  	 Grant of Deferred Stock Units
	  	6
		
	ARTICLE 12 DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS	  	6
			
	 12.1
	  	 Grant of Dividend Equivalents
	  	6
		
	ARTICLE 13 STOCK OR OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS	  	6
			
	 13.1
	  	 Grant of Stock or Other Stock-Based Awards
	  	6
		
	ARTICLE 14 PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO AWARDS	  	6
			
	 14.1
	  	 Stand-Alone and Tandem Awards
	  	6
			
	 14.2
	  	 Term of Awards
	  	6
			
	 14.3
	  	 Form of Payment of Awards
	  	6
			
	 14.4
	  	 Limits on Transfer
	  	7
			
	 14.5
	  	 Beneficiaries
	  	7
			
	 14.6
	  	 Stock Certificates
	  	7
			
	 14.7
	  	 Acceleration Upon Death or Disability
	  	7
			
	 14.8
	  	 Treatment upon a Change in Control
	  	7
			
	 14.9
	  	 Acceleration For Any Reason
	  	7
			
	 14.10
	  	 Termination of Employment
	  	7
			
	 14.11
	  	 Forfeiture Events
	  	8
			
	 14.12
	  	 Substitute Awards
	  	8
		
	ARTICLE 15 CHANGES IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE	  	8
			
	 15.1
	  	 Mandatory Adjustments
	  	8
			
	 15.2
	  	 Discretionary Adjustments
	  	8
			
	 15.3
	  	 General
	  	8
		
	ARTICLE 16 AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION	  	8
			
	 16.1
	  	 Amendment, Modification and Termination
	  	8
			
	 16.2
	  	 Awards Previously Granted
	  	8
		
	ARTICLE 17 GENERAL PROVISIONS	  	9
			
	 17.1
	  	 No Rights to Awards; Non-Uniform Determinations
	  	9
			
	 17.2
	  	 No Shareholder Rights
	  	9
			
	 17.3
	  	 Withholding
	  	9
			
	 17.4
	  	 No Right to Continued Service
	  	9

  

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	 17.5
	  	 Unfunded Status of Awards
	  	9
			
	 17.6
	  	 Relationship to Other Benefits
	  	9
			
	 17.7
	  	 Expenses
	  	9
			
	 17.8
	  	 Titles and Headings
	  	9
			
	 17.9
	  	 Gender and Number
	  	9
			
	 17.10
	  	 Fractional Shares
	  	9
			
	 17.11
	  	 Government and Other Regulations
	  	9
			
	 17.12
	  	 Governing Law
	  	9
			
	 17.13
	  	 Additional Provisions
	  	9
			
	 17.14
	  	 No Limitations on Rights of Company
	  	9
			
	 17.15
	  	 Indemnification
	  	10
			
	 17.16
	  	 Special Provisions Related to Section 409A of the Code
	  	10

  

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 WELLS CORE OFFICE INCOME REIT, INC. 

FORM OF 2010 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN 

ARTICLE 1 

PURPOSE 

1.1. GENERAL. The purpose of the Wells Core Office Income REIT, Inc. 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “Plan”)
is to promote the success, and enhance the value, of Wells Core Office Income REIT, Inc. (the “Company”), by linking the personal interests of employees, officers, directors and consultants of the Company or any Affiliate (as
defined below) to those of Company stockholders and by providing such persons with an incentive for outstanding performance. The Plan is further intended to provide flexibility to the Company in its ability to motivate, attract, and retain the
services of employees, officers, directors and consultants upon whose judgment, interest, and special effort the successful conduct of the Company’s operation is largely dependent. Accordingly, the Plan permits the grant of incentive awards
from time to time to selected employees, officers, directors and consultants of the Company and its Affiliates. 
 ARTICLE 2

 DEFINITIONS 

2.1. DEFINITIONS. When a word or phrase appears in this Plan with the initial letter capitalized, and the word or phrase does not
commence a sentence, the word or phrase shall generally be given the meaning ascribed to it in this Section or in Section 1.1, unless a clearly different meaning is required by the context. The following words and phrases shall have the
following meanings: 
 (a) “Affiliate” means (i) any Subsidiary or Parent, or (ii) an entity that
directly or through one or more intermediaries controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Company, as determined by the Committee. 

(b) “Award” means any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock Award, Restricted Stock Unit Award, Deferred
Stock Unit Award, Performance Award, Dividend Equivalent Award, Other Stock-Based Award, Performance-Based Cash Awards, or any other right or interest relating to Stock or cash, granted to a Participant under the Plan. 

(c) “Award Certificate” means a written document, in such form as the Committee prescribes from time to time, setting
forth the terms and conditions of an Award. Award Certificates may be in the form of individual award agreements or certificates or a program document describing the terms and provisions of an Awards or series of Awards under the Plan. 

(d) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company. 

(e) “Cause” as a reason for a Participant’s termination of employment shall have the meaning assigned such term in
the employment, severance or similar agreement, if any, between such Participant and the Company or an Affiliate, provided, however that if there is no such employment, severance or similar agreement in which such term is defined, and unless
otherwise defined in the applicable Award Certificate, “Cause” shall mean any of the following acts by the Participant, as determined by the Committee or the Board: (i) the willful and continued failure of the Participant to
perform his or her required duties as an officer or employee of the Company or any Affiliate, (ii) any action by the Participant that involves willful misfeasance or gross negligence, (iii) the requirement of or direction by a federal or
state regulatory agency that has jurisdiction over the Company or any Affiliate to terminate the employment of the Participant, (iv) the conviction of the Participant of the commission of any criminal offense that involves dishonesty or breach
of trust, or (v) any intentional breach by the Participant of a material term, condition or covenant of any agreement between the Participant and the Company or any Affiliate. 

(f) “Change in Control” means and includes the occurrence of any one of the following events but shall specifically
exclude a Public Offering: 
 (i) individuals who, on the Effective Date, constitute the Board (the
“Incumbent Directors”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of such Board, provided that any person becoming a director after the Effective Date and whose election or nomination for election was approved by a vote of
at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors then on the Board shall be an Incumbent Director; provided , however , that no individual initially elected or nominated as a director of the Company as a result of an actual or threatened
election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors ( “Election Contest” ) or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of any Person other than the Board ( “Proxy
Contest” ), including by reason of any agreement intended to avoid or settle any Election Contest or Proxy Contest, shall be deemed an Incumbent Director; or 


 (ii) any person becomes a “beneficial
owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act), directly or indirectly, of either (A) 25% or more of the then-outstanding shares of common stock of the Company ( “Company Common Stock” ) or (B) securities of the
Company representing 25% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities eligible to vote for the election of directors (the “Company Voting Securities” ); provided , however ,
that for purposes of this subsection (ii), the following acquisitions of Company Common Stock or Company Voting Securities shall not constitute a Change in Control: (w) an acquisition directly from the Company, (x) an acquisition by the
Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, (y) an acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, or (z) an acquisition pursuant to a Non-Qualifying
Transaction (as defined in subsection (iii) below); or 
 (iii) the consummation of a reorganization,
merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or similar form of corporate transaction involving the Company or a Subsidiary (a “Reorganization” ), or the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s
assets (a “Sale” ) or the acquisition of assets or stock of another corporation (an “Acquisition” ), unless immediately following such Reorganization, Sale or Acquisition: (A) all or substantially all of the
individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the outstanding Company Common Stock and outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Reorganization, Sale or Acquisition beneficially own, directly or
indirectly, more than 50% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the
corporation resulting from such Reorganization, Sale or Acquisition (including, without limitation, a corporation which as a result of such transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or stock either
directly or through one or more subsidiaries, the “Surviving Corporation” ) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Reorganization, Sale or Acquisition, of the outstanding Company Common
Stock and the outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, and (B) no person (other than (x) the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, (y) the Surviving Corporation or its ultimate parent corporation, or (z) any
employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by any of the foregoing is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 25% or more of the total common stock or 25% or more of the total voting power of the outstanding voting
securities eligible to elect directors of the Surviving Corporation, and (C) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the Surviving Corporation were Incumbent Directors at the time of the Board’s approval of the
execution of the initial agreement providing for such Reorganization, Sale or Acquisition (any Reorganization, Sale or Acquisition which satisfies all of the criteria specified in (A), (B) and (C) above shall be deemed to be a
“Non-Qualifying Transaction” ); or 
 (iv) approval by the stockholders of the Company of a
complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company. 








 (g) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time, and includes a reference to the underlying final regulations. 
 (h) “Committee” means the committee of
the Board described in Article 4. 
 (i) “Company” means Wells Core Office Income REIT, Inc., a Maryland
corporation, or any successor corporation. 
 (j) “Continuous Status as a Participant” means the absence of any
interruption or termination of service as an employee, officer, consultant or director of the Company or any Affiliate, as applicable; provided, however, that for purposes of an Incentive Stock Option, or a Stock Appreciation Right issued in tandem
with an Incentive Stock Option, “Continuous Status as a Participant” means the absence of any interruption or termination of service as an employee of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, as applicable, pursuant to applicable
tax regulations. Continuous Status as a Participant shall continue to the extent provided in a written severance or employment agreement during any period for which severance compensation payments are made to an employee, officer, consultant or
director and shall not be considered interrupted in the case of any short-term disability or leave of absence authorized in writing by the Company prior to its commencement; provided, however, that for purposes of Incentive Stock Options, no such
leave may exceed 90 days, unless reemployment upon expiration of such leave is guaranteed by statute or contract. If reemployment upon expiration of a leave of absence approved by the Company is not so guaranteed, on the 91st day of such leave any
Incentive Stock Option held by the Participant shall cease to be treated as an Incentive Stock Option and shall be treated for tax purposes as a Nonstatutory Stock Option. 

(k) “Deferred Stock Unit” means a right granted to a Participant under Article 11. 

(l) “Disability” or “Disabled” has the same meaning as provided in the long-term disability plan or
policy maintained by the Company or if applicable, most recently maintained, by the Company or if applicable, an Affiliate, for the Participant, whether or not such Participant actually receives disability benefits under such plan or policy. If no
long-term disability plan or policy was ever maintained on behalf of Participant or if the determination of Disability relates to an Incentive Stock Option, or a Stock Appreciation Right issued in tandem with an Incentive Stock Option, Disability
means Permanent and Total Disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code. In the event of a dispute, the determination whether a Participant is Disabled will be made by the Committee and may be supported by the advice of a physician
competent in the area to which such Disability relates. 
 (m) “Dividend Equivalent” means a right granted to a
Participant under Article 12. 
 (n) “Effective Date” has the meaning assigned such term in Section 3.1.

 (o) “Eligible Participant” means an employee, officer, consultant or director of the Company or any
Affiliate. 
 (p) “Fair Market Value”, on any date, means(i) if the Stock is listed on a national securities
exchange or is traded on a national market system, the closing sales price on such exchange or over such system on such date or, in the absence of reported sales on such date, the closing sales price on the immediately preceding date on which sales
were reported, or (ii) if the Stock is not listed on a national securities exchange or traded on a national market system, the mean between the bid and offered prices as quoted by NASDAQ for such date, provided that if it is determined that the
fair market value is not properly reflected by such NASDAQ quotations or bid and offered prices for the Shares are not quoted by NASDAQ, Fair Market Value will be determined by such other method as the Committee determines in good faith to be
reasonable. 
 (q) “Full Value Award” means an Award other than in the form of an Option or SAR, and which is
settled by the issuance of Stock. 
 (r) “Grant Date” of an Award means the first date on which all necessary
corporate action has been taken to approve the grant of the Award as provided in the Plan, or such later date as is determined and specified as part of that authorization process. Notice of the grant shall be provided to the grantee within a
reasonable time after the Grant Date. 
 (s) “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option that is intended to be an
incentive stock option and meets the requirements of Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision thereto. 
 (t)
“Independent Director” means a director of the Company who is not a common law employee of the Company or an Affiliate. 

(u) “Nonstatutory Stock Option” means an Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option. 

(v) “Option” means a right granted to a Participant under Article 7 of the Plan to purchase Stock at a specified price
during specified time periods. An Option may be either an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option. 
 (w)
“Other Stock-Based Award” means a right, granted to a Participant under Article 13, that relates to or is valued by reference to Stock or other Awards relating to Stock. 

(x) “Parent” means a corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity which owns or beneficially owns
a majority of the outstanding voting stock or voting power of the Company. Notwithstanding the above, with respect to an Incentive Stock Option, Parent shall have the meaning set forth in Section 424(e) of the Code. 

(y) “Participant” means a person who, as an employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Affiliate,
has been granted an Award under the Plan; provided that in the case of the death of a Participant, the term “Participant” refers to a beneficiary designated pursuant to Section 14.5 or the legal guardian or other legal
representative acting in a fiduciary capacity on behalf of the Participant under applicable state law and court supervision. 

(z) “Performance Award” means Performance Shares or Performance Units or Performance-Based Cash Awards granted pursuant
to Article 9. 
 (aa) “Performance-Based Cash Award” means a right granted to a Participant under Article 9 to
a cash award to be paid upon achievement of such performance goals as the Committee establishes with regard to such Award. 

(bb) “Performance Share” means any right granted to a Participant under Article 9 to a unit to be valued by reference to
a designated number of Shares to be paid upon achievement of such performance goals as the Committee establishes with regard to such Performance Share. 

(cc) “Performance Unit” means a right granted to a Participant under Article 9 to a unit valued by reference to a
designated amount of cash or property other than Shares to be paid to the Participant upon achievement of such performance goals as the Committee establishes with regard to such Performance Unit. 

(dd) “Person” means any individual, entity or group, within the meaning of Section 3(a)(9) of the 1934 Act and as
used in Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the 1934 Act. 
 (ee) “Plan” means the Wells Core Office Income
REIT, Inc. 2010 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time. 
 (ff) “Public Offering” shall occur
on the closing date of a firm commitment underwritten public offering of any class or series of the Company’s equity securities pursuant to a registration statement filed by the Company under the 1933 Act. 

(gg) “Restricted Stock Award” means Stock granted to a Participant under Article 10 that is subject to certain
restrictions and to risk of forfeiture. 
 (hh) “Restricted Stock Unit Award” means the right granted to a
Participant under Article 10 to receive shares of Stock (or the equivalent value in cash or other property if the Committee so provides) in the future, which right is subject to certain restrictions and to risk of forfeiture. 

(ii) “Shares” means shares of the Company’s Stock. If there has been an adjustment or substitution pursuant to
Section 15.1, the term “Shares” shall also 
  

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include any shares of stock or other securities that are substituted for Shares or into which Shares are adjusted pursuant to Section 15.1. 

(jj) “Stock” means the $.01 par value common stock of the Company and such other securities of the Company as may be
substituted for Stock pursuant to Article 15. 
 (kk) “Stock Appreciation Right” or “SAR”
means a right granted to a Participant under Article 8 to receive a payment equal to the difference between the Fair Market Value of a Share as of the date of exercise of the SAR over the grant price of the SAR, all as determined pursuant to Article
8. 
 (ll) “Subsidiary” means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other entity of which
a majority of the outstanding voting stock or voting power is beneficially owned directly or indirectly by the Company. Notwithstanding the above, with respect to an Incentive Stock Option, Subsidiary shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 424(f) of the Code. 
 (mm) “1933 Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to
time. 
 (nn) “1934 Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time. 

ARTICLE 3 

EFFECTIVE TERM OF PLAN 

3.1. EFFECTIVE DATE. The Plan shall be effective as of the date it is approved by the stockholders of the Company (the
“Effective Date”). 
 3.2. TERMINATION OF PLAN. The Plan shall terminate on the tenth anniversary of the
Effective Date unless earlier terminated as provided herein. The termination of the Plan on such date shall not affect the validity of any Award outstanding on the date of termination. 

ARTICLE 4 

ADMINISTRATION 

4.1. COMMITTEE. The Plan shall be administered by a Committee appointed by the Board (which Committee shall consist of at least
two directors) or, at the discretion of the Board from time to time, the Plan may be administered by the Board. It is intended that at least two of the directors appointed to serve on the Committee shall be “non-employee directors” (within
the meaning of Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the 1934 Act) and that any such members of the Committee who do not so qualify shall abstain from participating in any decision to make or administer Awards that are made to Eligible Participants who at
the time of consideration for such Award are persons subject to the short-swing profit rules of Section 16 of the 1934 Act. However, the mere fact that a Committee member shall fail to qualify under the foregoing requirement or shall fail to
abstain from such action shall not invalidate any Award made by the Committee which Award is otherwise validly made under the Plan. The members of the Committee shall be appointed by, and may be changed at any time and from time to time in the
discretion of, the Board. The Board may reserve to itself any or all of the authority and responsibility of the Committee under the Plan or may act as administrator of the Plan for any and all purposes. To the extent the Board has reserved any
authority and responsibility or during any time that the Board is acting as administrator of the Plan, it shall have all the powers of the Committee hereunder, and any reference herein to the Committee (other than in this Section 4.1) shall
include the Board. To the extent any action of the Board under the Plan conflicts with actions taken by the Committee, the actions of the Board shall control. 

4.2. ACTION AND INTERPRETATIONS BY THE COMMITTEE. For purposes of administering the Plan, the Committee may from time to time
adopt rules, regulations, guidelines and procedures for carrying out the provisions and purposes of the Plan and make such other determinations, not inconsistent with the Plan, as the Committee may deem appropriate. The Committee’s
interpretation of the Plan, any Awards granted under the Plan, any Award Certificate and all decisions and determinations by the Committee with respect to the Plan are final, binding, and conclusive on all parties. Each member of the Committee is
entitled to, in good faith, rely or act upon any report or other information furnished to that member by any officer or other employee of the Company or any Affiliate, the Company’s or an Affiliate’s independent certified public
accountants, Company counsel or any executive compensation consultant or other professional retained by the Company to assist in the administration of the Plan. 

4.3. AUTHORITY OF COMMITTEE. Except as provided below, the Committee has the exclusive power, authority and discretion to:

 (a) Grant Awards; 

(b) Designate Participants; 

(c) Determine the type or types of Awards to be granted to each Participant; 

(d) Determine the number of Awards to be granted and the number of Shares or dollar amount to which an Award will relate; 

(e) Determine the terms and conditions of any Award, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, granted under the Plan, including
but not limited to, the exercise price, grant price, or purchase price, any restrictions or limitations on the Award, any schedule for lapse of forfeiture restrictions or restrictions on the exercisability of an Award, and accelerations or waivers
thereof, based in each case on such considerations as the Committee in its sole discretion determines; 
 (f) Determine whether,
to what extent, and under what circumstances an Award may be settled in, or the exercise price of an Award may be paid in, cash, Stock, other Awards, or other property, or an Award may be canceled, forfeited, or surrendered; 

(g) Prescribe the form of each Award Certificate, which need not be identical for each Participant; 

(h) Decide all other matters that must be determined in connection with an Award; 

(i) Establish, adopt or revise any rules, regulations, guidelines or procedures as it may deem necessary or advisable to administer the
Plan; 
 (j) Make all other decisions and determinations that may be required under the Plan or as the Committee deems necessary
or advisable to administer the Plan; 
 (k) Amend the Plan or any Award Certificate as provided herein; and 

(l) Adopt such modifications, procedures, and subplans as may be necessary or desirable to comply with provisions of the laws of non-U.S.
jurisdictions in which the Company or any Affiliate may operate, in order to assure the viability of the benefits of Awards granted to participants located in such other jurisdictions and to meet the objectives of the Plan. 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, grants of Awards to Independent Directors hereunder shall be made only in accordance with the terms,
conditions and parameters of a plan, program or policy for the compensation of Independent Directors as in effect from time to time, and the Committee may not make discretionary grants hereunder to Independent Directors. 

 

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 Notwithstanding the above, the Board or the Committee may, by resolution, expressly delegate
to a special committee, consisting of one or more directors who are also officers of the Company, the authority, within specified parameters, to (i) designate officers, employees and/or consultants of the Company or any of its Affiliates to be
recipients of Awards under the Plan, and (ii) to determine the number of such Awards to be granted to any such Participants; provided that a limit on the total number or dollar value of Awards to be granted to any such Participants shall be
approved in advance by the Board or the Committee and provided further that such delegation of duties and responsibilities to such special committee may not be made with respect to the grant of Awards to eligible participants who are subject to
Section 16(a) of the 1934 Act at the Grant Date. The acts of such delegates shall be treated hereunder as acts of the Board and such delegates shall report regularly to the Board and the Committee regarding the delegated duties and
responsibilities and any Awards so granted. 
 4.4. AWARD CERTIFICATES. Each Award shall be evidenced by an Award
Certificate. Each Award Certificate shall include such provisions, not inconsistent with the Plan, as may be specified by the Committee. 

ARTICLE 5 

SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN 

5.1. NUMBER OF SHARES. Subject to adjustment as provided in Sections 5.2 and 15.1, the aggregate number of Shares reserved and
available for issuance pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan shall be 500,000. The maximum number of Shares that may be issued upon exercise of Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan shall be 500,000. The maximum number of Shares that
may be issued upon the exercise or grant of an Award granted under the Plan shall not exceed in the aggregate an amount equal to 10% of the outstanding Shares on the Grant Date. 

5.2. SHARE COUNTING. 

(a) To the extent that an Award is canceled, terminates, expires, is forfeited or lapses for any reason, any unissued Shares from such
Award will again be available for issuance pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan. 
 (b) Shares subject to Awards settled in
cash will again be available for issuance pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan. 
 (c) Shares withheld from an Award
to satisfy minimum tax withholding requirements will again be available for issuance pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan, but Shares delivered by a Participant (by either actual delivery or attestation) to satisfy tax withholding
requirements shall not be added back to the number of Shares available for issuance under the Plan. 
 (d) If the exercise price
of an Option is satisfied by delivering Shares to the Company (by either actual delivery or attestation), only the net number of Shares actually issued by the Company shall be considered for purposes of determining the number of Shares remaining
available for issuance pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan. 
 (e) To the extent that the full number of Shares subject to
an Award is not issued for any reason, only the number of Shares issued and delivered shall be considered for purposes of determining the number of Shares remaining available for issuance pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan. Nothing in this
subsection shall imply that any particular type of cashless exercise of an Option is permitted under the Plan, that decision being reserved to the Committee or other provisions of the Plan. 

5.3. STOCK DISTRIBUTED. Any Stock distributed pursuant to an Award may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued
Stock, treasury Stock or Stock purchased on the open market. 
 ARTICLE 6 

ELIGIBILITY 

6.1. GENERAL. Awards may be granted only to Eligible Participants; except that Incentive Stock Options may be granted to only to
Eligible Participants who are employees of the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary as defined in Section 424(e) and (f) of the Code. 

ARTICLE 7 

STOCK OPTIONS 

7.1. GENERAL. The Committee is authorized to grant Options to Participants subject to terms and conditions, not inconsistent with
the provisions of the Plan, as the Committee shall establish, including the following: 
 (a) EXERCISE PRICE. The
exercise price per Share under an Option shall be determined by the Committee; provided, however, that the exercise price of an Option shall not be less than the Fair Market Value as of the Grant Date. 


 (b) TIME AND CONDITIONS OF EXERCISE. The Committee shall
determine the time or times at which an Option may be exercised in whole or in part, subject to Section 7.1(d). The Committee shall also determine the performance or other conditions, if any, that must be satisfied before all or part of an
Option may be exercised or vested. Except under certain circumstances contemplated by Section 14.8 or 14.9 or as may be set forth in an Award Certificate with respect to death or Disability of a Participant, Options will not be exercisable
before the expiration of one year from the Grant Date. 
 (c) PAYMENT. The Committee shall determine the methods by which
the exercise price of an Option may be paid, the form of payment, including, without limitation, cash, Shares, or other property (including “cashless exercise” arrangements), and the methods by which Shares shall be delivered or deemed to
be delivered to Participants; provided, however, that if Shares are used to pay the exercise price of an Option, such Shares must have been held by the Participant for at least such period of time, if any, as necessary to avoid the recognition of an
expense under generally accepted accounting principles as a result of the exercise of the Option. 
 (d) EXERCISE TERM.
In no event may any Option be exercisable for more than ten years from the Grant Date. 
 7.2. INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS.
The terms of any Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan must comply with the following additional rules: 
 (a)
EXERCISE PRICE. The exercise price of an Incentive Stock Option shall not be less than the Fair Market Value as of the Grant Date. 

(b) LAPSE OF OPTION. Subject to any earlier termination provision contained in the Award Certificate, an Incentive Stock Option
shall lapse upon the earliest of the following circumstances: 
 (1) The expiration date set forth in the Award Certificate.

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 (3) Three months after termination of the Participant’s Continuous Status as a
Participant for any reason other than the Participant’s Disability or death. 
 (4) One year after the Participant’s
Continuous Status as a Participant by reason of the Participant’s Disability. 
 (5) Two years after the Participant’s
death if the Participant dies while employed, or during the three-month period described in paragraph (3) or during the one-year period described in paragraph (4) and before the Option otherwise lapses. 

Unless the exercisability of the Incentive Stock Option is accelerated as provided in Article 14, if a Participant exercises an Option
after termination of employment, the Option may be exercised only with respect to the Shares that were otherwise vested on the Participant’s termination of employment. Upon the Participant’s death, any exercisable Incentive Stock Options
may be exercised by the Participant’s beneficiary, determined in accordance with Section 14.5. 
 (c) INDIVIDUAL
DOLLAR LIMITATION. The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the Grant Date) of all Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are first exercisable by a Participant in any calendar year may not exceed $100,000.00. 

(d) TEN PERCENT OWNERS. No Incentive Stock Option shall be granted to any individual who, at the Grant Date, owns stock possessing
more than ten percent of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary unless the exercise price per share of such Option is at least 110% of the Fair Market Value per Share at the Grant Date and
the Option expires no later than five years after the Grant Date. 
 (e) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY TO GRANT INCENTIVE STOCK
OPTIONS. No Incentive Stock Option may be granted pursuant to the Plan after the day immediately prior to the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date of the Plan, or the termination of the Plan, if earlier. 

(f) RIGHT TO EXERCISE. During a Participant’s lifetime, an Incentive Stock Option may be exercised only by the Participant
or, in the case of the Participant’s Disability, by the Participant’s guardian or legal representative. 
 (g)
ELIGIBLE GRANTEES. The Committee may not grant an Incentive Stock Option to a person who is not at the Grant Date an employee of the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary. 

ARTICLE 8 

STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS 

8.1. GRANT OF STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS. The Committee is authorized to grant Stock Appreciation Rights to Participants on the
following terms and conditions: 
 (a) RIGHT TO PAYMENT. Upon the exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, the Participant
to whom it is granted has the right to receive the excess, if any, of: 
 (1) The Fair Market Value of one Share on the date of
exercise; over 
 (2) The base price of the Stock Appreciation Right as determined by the Committee, which shall not be less
than the Fair Market Value of one Share on the Grant Date. 
 (b) OTHER TERMS. All awards of Stock Appreciation Rights
shall be evidenced by an Award Certificate. The terms, methods of exercise, methods of settlement, form of consideration payable in settlement, and any other terms and conditions of any Stock Appreciation Right shall be determined by the Committee
at the time of the grant of the Award and shall be reflected in the Award Certificate. 
 ARTICLE 9 

PERFORMANCE AWARDS 

9.1. GRANT OF PERFORMANCE AWARDS. The Committee is authorized to grant Performance Shares, Performance Units or Performance-Based
Cash Awards to Participants on such terms and conditions as may be selected by the Committee. The Committee shall have the complete discretion to determine the number of Performance Awards granted to each Participant and to designate the provisions
of such Performance Awards as provided in Section 4.3. All Performance Awards shall be evidenced by an Award Certificate or a written program established by the Committee, pursuant to which Performance Awards are awarded under the Plan under
uniform terms, conditions and restrictions set forth in such written program. 
         9.2.
PERFORMANCE GOALS. The Committee may establish performance goals for Performance Awards which may be based on any performance criteria selected by the Committee. Such performance criteria may be described in terms of Company-wide objectives
or in terms of objectives that relate to the performance of the Participant, an Affiliate or a division, region, department or function within the Company or an Affiliate. The length of a performance period shall be determined by the Committee;
provided, however, that a performance period shall not be shorter than 12 months. 
 9.3. RIGHT TO PAYMENT. The grant of
a Performance Share to a Participant will entitle the Participant to receive at a specified later time a specified number of Shares, or the equivalent cash value, if the performance goals established by the Committee are achieved and the other terms
and conditions thereof are satisfied. The grant of a Performance Unit to a Participant will entitle the Participant to receive at a specified later time a specified dollar value, which may be settled in cash or other property, including Shares,
variable under conditions specified in the Award, if the performance goals in the Award are achieved and the other terms and conditions thereof are satisfied. The grant of a Performance-Based Cash Award to a Participant will entitle the Participant
to receive at a specified later time a specified dollar value in cash variable under conditions specified in the Award, if the performance goals in the Award are achieved and the other terms and conditions thereof are satisfied. The Committee shall
set performance goals and other terms or conditions to payment of the Performance Awards in its discretion which, depending on the extent to which they are met, will determine the value of the Performance Awards that will be paid to the Participant.

 9.4. OTHER TERMS. Performance Awards may be payable in cash, Stock or other property, and have such other terms and
conditions as determined by the Committee and reflected in the Award Certificate. For purposes of determining the number of Shares to be used in payment of a Performance Award denominated in cash but payable in whole or in part in Shares or
Restricted Stock, the number of Shares to be so paid will be determined by dividing the cash value of the Award to be so paid by the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of determination by the Committee of the amount of the payment under the
Award, or, if the Committee so directs, the date immediately preceding the date the Award is paid. 
 ARTICLE 10

 RESTRICTED STOCK AND RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARDS 

10.1. GRANT OF RESTRICTED STOCK AND RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS. The Committee is authorized to make Awards of Restricted Stock or

  

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Restricted Stock Units to Participants in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as may be selected by the Committee. An Award of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units shall
be evidenced by an Award Certificate setting forth the terms, conditions, and restrictions applicable to the Award. 
 10.2.
ISSUANCE AND RESTRICTIONS. Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units shall be subject to such restrictions on transferability and other restrictions as the Committee may impose (including, without limitation, limitations on the right to vote
Restricted Stock or the right to receive dividends on the Restricted Stock or dividend equivalents on the Restricted Stock Units) covering a period of time specified by the Committee (the “Restriction Period”). These restrictions
may lapse separately or in combination at such times, under such circumstances, in such installments, upon the satisfaction of performance goals or otherwise, as the Committee determines at the time of the grant of the Award or thereafter. Except as
otherwise provided in an Award Certificate or any special Plan document governing an Award, the Participant shall have all of the rights of a stockholder with respect to the Restricted Stock, and the Participant shall have none of the rights of a
stockholder with respect to Restricted Stock Units until such time as Shares of Stock are paid in settlement of the Restricted Stock Units. 

10.3. FORFEITURE. Except for certain limited situations (including the death or Disability of the Participant or a Change in
Control referred to in Section 14.8), Restricted Stock Awards and Restricted Stock Unit Awards subject solely to continued employment restrictions shall have a Restriction Period of not less than three years from the Grant Date (but permitting
pro-rata vesting over such time). Except as otherwise determined by the Committee at the time of the grant of the Award or thereafter, immediately after termination of Continuous Status as a Participant during the applicable restriction period or
upon failure to satisfy a performance goal during the applicable restriction period, Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units that are at that time subject to restrictions shall be forfeited. 

10.4. DELIVERY OF RESTRICTED STOCK. Shares of Restricted Stock shall be delivered to the Participant at the time of grant either
by book-entry registration or by delivering to the Participant, or a custodian or escrow agent (including, without limitation, the Company or one or more of its employees) designated by the Committee, a stock certificate or certificates registered
in the name of the Participant. If physical certificates representing shares of Restricted Stock are registered in the name of the Participant, such certificates must bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions, and restrictions
applicable to such Restricted Stock. 
 ARTICLE 11 

DEFERRED STOCK UNITS 

11.1. GRANT OF DEFERRED STOCK UNITS. The Committee is authorized to grant Deferred Stock Units to Participants subject to such
terms and conditions as may be selected by the Committee. Deferred Stock Units shall entitle the Participant to receive Shares of Stock (or the equivalent value in cash or other property if so determined by the Committee) at a future time as
determined by the Committee, or as determined by the Participant within guidelines established by the Committee in the case of voluntary deferral elections. An Award of Deferred Stock Units shall be evidenced by an Award Certificate setting forth
the terms and conditions applicable to the Award. 
 ARTICLE 12 

DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS 

12.1. GRANT OF DIVIDEND EQUIVALENTS. The Committee is authorized to grant Dividend Equivalents to Participants, in connection with
other Awards or on a freestanding basis, subject to such terms and conditions as may be selected by the Committee. Dividend Equivalents shall entitle the Participant to receive payments equal to dividends with respect to all or a portion of the
number of Shares subject to any Award, as determined by the Committee. The Committee may provide that Dividend Equivalents be paid or distributed when accrued or be deemed to have been reinvested in additional Shares or units equivalent to Shares,
or otherwise reinvested. 
 ARTICLE 13 

STOCK OR OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS 

        13.1. GRANT OF STOCK OR OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS. The Committee is authorized, subject to
limitations under applicable law, to grant to Participants such other Awards that are payable in, valued in whole or in part by reference to, or otherwise based on or related to Shares or other property, as deemed by the Committee to be consistent
with the purposes of the Plan, including without limitation Shares awarded purely as a “bonus” and not subject to any restrictions or conditions, convertible or exchangeable debt securities, other rights convertible or exchangeable into
Shares, and Awards valued by reference to book value of Shares or the value of securities of or the performance of specified Parents or Affiliates ( “Other Stock-Based Awards” ). Such Other Stock-Based Awards shall also be available
as a form of payment in the settlement of other Awards granted under the Plan. The Committee shall determine the terms and conditions of such Other Stock-Based Awards. Except for certain limited situations (including the death or Disability of the
Participant or a Change in Control referred to in Section 14.8), Other Stock-Based Awards subject solely to continued employment restrictions shall be subject to restrictions imposed by the Committee for a period of not less than three years
from the Grant Date (but permitting pro-rata vesting over such time); provided that such restrictions shall not be applicable to any substitute awards granted under Section 14.12, grants of Other Stock-Based Awards in payment of Performance
Awards pursuant to Article 9, grants of Other Stock-Based Awards granted in lieu of cash or other compensation, or grants of Other Stock-Based Awards on a deferred basis. 

ARTICLE 14 

PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO AWARDS 

14.1. STAND-ALONE AND TANDEM AWARDS. Awards granted under the Plan may, in the discretion of the Committee, be granted either
alone or in addition to, in tandem with, any other Award granted under the Plan. Subject to Section 16.2, awards granted in addition to or in tandem with other Awards may be granted either at the same time as or at a different time from the
grant of such other Awards. 
 14.2. TERM OF AWARD. The term of each Award shall be for the period as determined by the
Committee, provided that in no event shall the term of any Incentive Stock Option or a Stock Appreciation Right granted in tandem with the Incentive Stock Option exceed a period of ten years from its Grant Date (or, if Section 7.2(d) applies,
five years from its Grant Date). 
 14.3. FORM OF PAYMENT FOR AWARDS. Subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable
law or Award Certificate, payments or transfers to be made by the Company or an Affiliate on the grant or exercise of an Award may be made in such form as the Committee determines at or after the Grant Date, including without limitation, cash,
Stock, other Awards, or other property, or any combination, and may be made in a single payment or transfer or in installments, in each case 

 

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determined in accordance with rules adopted by, and at the discretion of, the Committee. 

14.4. LIMITS ON TRANSFER. No right or interest of a Participant in any unexercised or restricted Award may be pledged, encumbered,
or hypothecated to or in favor of any party other than the Company or an Affiliate, or shall be subject to any lien, obligation, or liability of such Participant to any other party other than the Company or an Affiliate. No unexercised or restricted
Award shall be assignable or transferable by a Participant other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution or, except in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, pursuant to a domestic relations order that would satisfy
Section 414(p)(1)(A) of the Code if such Section applied to an Award under the Plan; provided, however, that the Committee may (but need not) permit other transfers where the Committee concludes that such transferability (i) does not
result in accelerated taxation, (ii) does not cause any Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option to fail to be described in Code Section 422(b), and (iii) is otherwise appropriate and desirable, taking into account any factors
deemed relevant, including without limitation, state or federal tax or securities laws applicable to transferable Awards. 

14.5. BENEFICIARIES. Notwithstanding Section 14.4, a Participant may, in the manner determined by the Committee, designate a
beneficiary to exercise the rights of the Participant and to receive any distribution with respect to any Award upon the Participant’s death. A beneficiary, legal guardian, legal representative, or other person claiming any rights under the
Plan is subject to all terms and conditions of the Plan and any Award Certificate applicable to the Participant, except to the extent the Plan and Award Certificate otherwise provide, and to any additional restrictions deemed necessary or
appropriate by the Committee. If no beneficiary has been designated or survives the Participant, payment shall be made to the Participant’s estate. Subject to the foregoing, a beneficiary designation may be changed or revoked by a Participant
at any time provided the change or revocation is filed with the Company. 
 14.6. STOCK CERTIFICATES. All Stock issuable
under the Plan is subject to any stop-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Committee deems necessary or advisable to comply with federal or state securities laws, rules and regulations and the rules of any national securities exchange or
automated quotation system on which the Stock is listed, quoted, or traded. The Committee may place legends on any Stock certificate or issue instructions to the transfer agent to reference restrictions applicable to the Stock. 

14.7. ACCELERATION UPON DEATH OR DISABILITY. Except as otherwise provided in the Award Certificate or any special Plan document
governing an Award, upon the Participant’s death or Disability during his or her Continuous Status as a Participant, (i) all of such Participant’s outstanding Options, SARs, and other Awards in the nature of rights that may be
exercised shall become fully exercisable, (ii) all time-based vesting restrictions on the Participant’s outstanding Awards shall lapse, and (iii) the target payout opportunities attainable under all of such Participant’s
outstanding performance-based Awards shall be deemed to have been fully earned as of the date of termination based upon (A) an assumed achievement of all relevant performance goals at the “target” level if the date of termination
occurs during the first half of the applicable performance period, or (B) the actual level of achievement of all relevant performance goals against target, if the date of termination occurs during the second half of the applicable performance
period, and, in either such case, there shall be a prorata payout to the Participant or his or her estate within thirty (30) days following the date of termination (unless a later date is required by Section 17.16 hereof) based upon the
length of time within the performance period that has elapsed prior to the date of termination. Any Awards shall thereafter continue or lapse in accordance with the other provisions of the Plan and the Award Certificate. To the extent that this
provision causes Incentive Stock Options to exceed the dollar limitation set forth in Section 7.2(c), the excess Options shall be deemed to be Nonstatutory Stock Options. 

14.8. TREATMENT UPON A CHANGE IN CONTROL. The provisions of this Section 14.8 shall apply in the case of a Change in Control,
unless otherwise provided in the Award Certificate or any special Plan document or separate agreement with a Participant governing an Award. 

(a) Awards not Assumed or Substituted by Surviving Entity. Upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, and except with respect to
any Awards assumed by the Surviving Entity or otherwise equitably converted or substituted in connection with the Change in Control in a manner approved by the Committee or the Board: (i) outstanding Options, SARs, and other Awards in the
nature of rights that may be exercised shall become fully exercisable, (ii) time-based vesting restrictions on outstanding Awards shall lapse, and (iii) the target payout opportunities attainable under outstanding performance-based Awards
shall be deemed to have been fully earned as of the effective date of the Change in Control based upon (A) an assumed achievement of all relevant performance goals at the “target” level if the Change in Control occurs during the first
half of the applicable performance period, or (B) the actual level of achievement of all relevant performance goals against target, if the Change in Control occurs during the second half of the applicable performance period, and, in either such
case, there shall be prorata payout to Participants within thirty (30) days following the Change in Control (unless a later date is required by Section 17.16 hereof) based upon the length of time within the performance period that has
elapsed prior to the Change in Control. Any Awards shall thereafter continue or lapse in accordance with the other provisions of the Plan and the Award Certificate. To the extent that this provision causes Incentive Stock Options to exceed the
dollar limitation set forth in Section 7.2(b), the excess Options shall be deemed to be Nonstatutory Stock Options. 

        (b) Awards Assumed or Substituted by Surviving Entity. With respect to Awards assumed by the
Surviving Entity or otherwise equitably converted or substituted in connection with a Change in Control: if within two years after the effective date of the Change in Control, a Participant’s employment is terminated without Cause or the
Participant resigns for Good Reason, then (i) all of that Participant’s outstanding Options, SARs and other Awards in the nature of rights that may be exercised shall become fully exercisable, (ii) all time-based vesting restrictions
on the his or her outstanding Awards shall lapse, and (iii) the target payout opportunities attainable under all outstanding of that Participant’s performance-based Awards shall be deemed to have been fully earned as of the date of
termination based upon (A) an assumed achievement of all relevant performance goals at the “target” level if the date of termination occurs during the first half of the applicable performance period, or (B) the actual level of
achievement of all relevant performance goals against target, if the date of termination occurs during the second half of the applicable performance period, and, in either such case, there shall be prorata payout to such Participant within thirty
(30) days following the date of termination of employment (unless a later date is required by Section 17.16 hereof) based upon the length of time within the performance period that has elapsed prior to the date of termination of
employment. With regard to each Award, a Participant shall not be considered to have resigned for Good Reason unless either (i) the Award Certificate includes such provision or (ii) the Participant is party to an employment, severance or
similar agreement with the Company or an Affiliate that includes provisions in which the Participant is permitted to resign for Good Reason. Any Awards shall thereafter continue or lapse in accordance with the other provisions of the Plan and the
Award Certificate. To the extent that this provision causes Incentive Stock Options to exceed the dollar limitation set forth in Section 7.2(b), the excess Options shall be deemed to be Nonstatutory Stock Options. 

14.9. ACCELERATION FOR ANY REASON. Regardless of whether an event has occurred as described in Section 14.7 or 14.8 above,
the Committee may in its sole discretion at any time determine that all or a portion of a Participant’s Options, SARs, and other Awards in the nature of rights that may be exercised shall become fully or partially exercisable, that all or a
part of the time-based vesting restrictions on all or a portion of the outstanding Awards shall lapse, and/or that any performance-based criteria with respect to any Awards shall be deemed to be wholly or partially satisfied, in each case, as of
such date as the Committee may, in its sole discretion, declare. The Committee may discriminate among Participants and among Awards granted to a Participant in exercising its discretion pursuant to this Section 14.9. Notwithstanding anything in
the Plan, including this Section 14.9, the Committee may not accelerate the payment of any Award if such acceleration would violate Section 409A(a)(3) of the Code. 

14.10. TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT. Whether military, government or other service or other leave of absence shall constitute a
termination of employment shall be determined in each case by the Committee at its discretion, and any determination by the Committee shall be final and conclusive. A Participant’s 

 

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Continuous Status as a Participant shall not be deemed to terminate (i) in a circumstance in which a Participant transfers from the Company to an Affiliate, transfers from an Affiliate to
the Company, or transfers from one Affiliate to another Affiliate, or (ii) in the discretion of the Committee as specified at or prior to such occurrence, in the case of a spin-off, sale or disposition of the Participant’s employer from
the Company or any Affiliate. To the extent that this provision causes Incentive Stock Options to extend beyond three months from the date a Participant is deemed to be an employee of the Company, a Parent or Subsidiary for purposes of Sections
424(e) and 424(f) of the Code, the Options held by such Participant shall be deemed to be Nonstatutory Stock Options. 
 14.11.
FORFEITURE EVENTS. The Committee may specify in an Award Certificate that the Participant’s rights, payments and benefits with respect to an Award shall be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture or recoupment upon the occurrence
of certain specified events, in addition to any otherwise applicable vesting or performance conditions of an Award. Such events shall include, but shall not be limited to, termination of employment for cause, violation of material Company or
Affiliate policies, breach of non-competition, confidentiality or other restrictive covenants that may apply to the Participant, or other conduct by the Participant that is detrimental to the business or reputation of the Company or any Affiliate.

 14.12. SUBSTITUTE AWARDS. The Committee may grant Awards under the Plan in substitution for stock and stock-based
awards held by employees of another entity who become employees of the Company or an Affiliate as a result of a merger or consolidation of the former employing entity with the Company or an Affiliate or the acquisition by the Company or an Affiliate
of property or stock of the former employing corporation. The Committee may direct that the substitute awards be granted on such terms and conditions as the Committee considers appropriate in the circumstances. 

ARTICLE 15 

CHANGES IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE 

15.1. MANDATORY ADJUSTMENTS. In the event of a nonreciprocal transaction between the Company and its shareholders that causes the
per-share value of the Stock to change (including, without limitation, any stock dividend, stock split, spin-off, rights offering, or large nonrecurring cash dividend), the authorization limits under Section 5.1 shall be adjusted
proportionately, and the Committee shall make such adjustments to the Plan and Awards as it deems necessary, in its sole discretion, to prevent dilution or enlargement of rights immediately resulting from such transaction. Action by the Committee
may include: (i) adjustment of the number and kind of shares that may be delivered under the Plan; (ii) adjustment of the number and kind of shares subject to outstanding Awards; (iii) adjustment of the exercise price of outstanding
Awards or the measure to be used to determine the amount of the benefit payable on an Award; and (iv) any other adjustments that the Committee determines to be equitable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee shall not make any
adjustments to outstanding Options or SARs that would constitute a modification or substitution of the stock right under Treas. Reg. Sections 1.409A-1(b)(5)(v) that would be treated as the grant of a new stock right or change in the form of payment
for purposes of Code Section 409A. Without limiting the foregoing, in the event of a subdivision of the outstanding Stock (stock-split), a declaration of a dividend payable in Shares, or a combination or consolidation of the outstanding Stock
into a lesser number of Shares, the authorization limits under Section 5.1 shall automatically be adjusted proportionately, and the Shares then subject to each Award shall automatically, without the necessity for any additional action by the
Committee, be adjusted proportionately without any change in the aggregate purchase price therefor. 
 15.2 DISCRETIONARY
ADJUSTMENTS. Upon the occurrence or in anticipation of any corporate event or transaction involving the Company (including, without limitation, any merger, reorganization, recapitalization, combination or exchange of shares, or any transaction
described in Section 15.1), the Committee may, in its sole discretion, provide (i) that Awards will be settled in cash rather than Stock, (ii) that Awards will become immediately vested and exercisable and will expire after a
designated period of time to the extent not then exercised, (iii) that Awards will be assumed by another party to a transaction or otherwise be equitably converted or substituted in connection with such transaction, (iv) that outstanding
Awards may be settled by payment in cash or cash equivalents equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of the underlying Stock, as of a specified date associated with the transaction, over the exercise price of the Award, (v) that
performance targets and performance periods for Performance Awards will be modified or (vi) any combination of the foregoing. The Committee’s determination need not be uniform and may be different for different Participants whether or not
such Participants are similarly situated. 
 15.3 GENERAL. Any discretionary adjustments made pursuant to this Article 15
shall be subject to the provisions of Section 16.2. To the extent that any adjustments made pursuant to this Article 15 cause Incentive Stock Options to cease to qualify as Incentive Stock Options, such Options shall be deemed to be
Nonstatutory Stock Options. 
 ARTICLE 16 

AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION 

        16.1. AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION. The Board or the Committee may, at any time and
from time to time, amend, modify or terminate the Plan without stockholder approval; provided, however, that if an amendment to the Plan would, in the reasonable opinion of the Board or the Committee, either (i) materially increase the number
of Shares available under the Plan, (ii) expand the types of awards under the Plan, (iii) materially expand the class of participants eligible to participate in the Plan, (iv) materially extend the term of the Plan, or
(v) otherwise constitute a material change requiring stockholder approval under applicable laws, policies or regulations or the applicable listing or other requirements of an exchange, then such amendment shall be subject to stockholder
approval; and provided, further, that the Board or Committee may condition any other amendment or modification on the approval of stockholders of the Company for any reason, including by reason of such approval being necessary or deemed advisable to
(i) permit Awards made hereunder to be exempt from liability under Section 16(b) of the 1934 Act, (ii) to comply with the listing or other requirements of an exchange, or (iii) to satisfy any other tax, securities or other
applicable laws, policies or regulations. 
 16.2. AWARDS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED. At any time and from time to time, the
Committee may amend, modify or terminate any outstanding Award without approval of the Participant; provided, however: 
 (a)
Subject to the terms of the applicable Award Certificate, such amendment, modification or termination shall not, without the Participant’s consent, reduce or diminish the value of such Award; 

(b) The original term of an Option may not be extended without the prior approval of the stockholders of the Company; 

(c) Except as otherwise provided in Article 15, the Committee shall not be permitted to (i) lower the exercise price per Share of an
Option after it is granted, (b) cancel an Option when the exercise price per Share exceeds the Fair Market Value of the underlying Shares in exchange for another Award, or (c) take any other action with respect to an Option that may be
treated as a repricing under the rules and regulations of an exchange, without the prior approval of the stockholders of the Company; and 

(d) No termination, amendment, or modification of the Plan shall adversely affect any Award previously granted under the Plan, without
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 ARTICLE 17 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

17.1. NO RIGHTS TO AWARDS; NON-UNIFORM DETERMINATIONS. No Participant or any Eligible Participant shall have any claim to be
granted any Award under the Plan. Neither the Company, its Affiliates nor the Committee is obligated to treat Participants or Eligible Participants uniformly, and determinations made under the Plan may be made by the Committee selectively among
Eligible Participants who receive, or are eligible to receive, Awards (whether or not such Eligible Participants are similarly situated). 

17.2. NO SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS. No Award gives a Participant any of the rights of a stockholder of the Company unless and until
Shares are in fact issued to such person in connection with such Award. 
 17.3. WITHHOLDING. The Company or any
Affiliate shall have the authority and the right to deduct or withhold, or require a Participant to remit to the Company, an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, and local taxes (including the Participant’s FICA obligation) required by
law to be withheld with respect to any exercise, lapse of restriction or other taxable event arising as a result of the Plan. If Shares are surrendered to the Company to satisfy withholding obligations in excess of the minimum withholding
obligation, such Shares must have been held by the Participant as fully vested shares for such period of time, if any, as necessary to avoid the recognition of an expense under generally accepted accounting principles. The Company shall have the
authority to require a Participant to remit cash to the Company in lieu of the surrender of Shares for tax withholding obligations if the surrender of Shares in satisfaction of such withholding obligations would result in the Company’s
recognition of expense under generally accepted accounting principles. With respect to withholding required upon any taxable event under the Plan, the Committee may, at the time the Award is granted or thereafter, require or permit that any such
withholding requirement be satisfied, in whole or in part, by withholding from the Award Shares having a Fair Market Value on the date of withholding equal to the minimum amount (and not any greater amount) required to be withheld for tax purposes,
all in accordance with such procedures as the Committee establishes. 
 17.4. NO RIGHT TO CONTINUED SERVICE. Nothing in
the Plan, any Award Certificate or any other document or statement made with respect to the Plan, shall interfere with or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Affiliate to terminate any Participant’s employment or status as an
officer, director or consultant at any time, nor confer upon any Participant any right to continue as an employee, officer, director or consultant of the Company or any Affiliate, whether for the duration of a Participant’s Award or otherwise.

 17.5. UNFUNDED STATUS OF AWARDS. The Plan is intended to be an “unfunded” plan for incentive and deferred
compensation. With respect to any payments not yet made to a Participant pursuant to an Award, nothing contained in the Plan or any Award Certificate shall give the Participant any rights that are greater than those of a general creditor of the
Company or any Affiliate. This Plan is not intended to be subject to ERISA. 
 17.6. RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER BENEFITS. No
payment under the Plan shall be taken into account in determining any benefits under any pension, retirement, savings, profit sharing, group insurance, welfare or benefit plan of the Company or any Affiliate unless provided otherwise in such other
plan. 
 17.7. EXPENSES. The expenses of administering the Plan shall be borne by the Company and, if applicable, its
Affiliates. The allocation of expenses among the Company and its Affiliates shall be as agreed to by the Company and the applicable Affiliates. 

17.8. TITLES AND HEADINGS. The titles and headings of the Sections in the Plan are for convenience of reference only, and in the
event of any conflict, the text of the Plan, rather than such titles or headings, shall control. 
 17.9. GENDER AND
NUMBER. Except where otherwise indicated by the context, any masculine term used herein also shall include the feminine; the plural shall include the singular and the singular shall include the plural. 

17.10. FRACTIONAL SHARES. No fractional Shares shall be issued and the Committee shall determine, in its discretion, whether cash
shall be given in lieu of fractional Shares or whether such fractional Shares shall be eliminated by rounding up or down. 

17.11. GOVERNMENT AND OTHER REGULATIONS. 

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, no Participant who acquires Shares pursuant to the Plan may, during any period of
time that such Participant is an affiliate of the Company (within the meaning of the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the 1933 Act), sell such Shares, unless such offer and sale is made (i) pursuant to an
effective registration statement under the 1933 Act, which is current and includes the Shares to be sold, or (ii) pursuant to an appropriate exemption from the registration requirement of the 1933 Act, such as that set forth in Rule 144
promulgated under the 1933 Act. 
         (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, if at
any time the Committee shall determine that the registration, listing or qualification of the Shares covered by an Award upon any exchange or under any foreign, federal, state or local law or practice, or the consent or approval of any governmental
regulatory body, is necessary or desirable as a condition of, or in connection with, the granting of such Award or the purchase or receipt of Shares thereunder, no Shares may be purchased, delivered or received pursuant to such Award unless and
until such registration, listing, qualification, consent or approval shall have been effected or obtained free of any condition not acceptable to the Committee. Any Participant receiving or purchasing Shares pursuant to an Award shall make such
representations and agreements and furnish such information as the Committee may request to assure compliance with the foregoing or any other applicable legal requirements. The Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any certificate or
certificates for Shares under the Plan prior to the Committee’s determination that all related requirements have been fulfilled. The Company shall in no event be obligated to register any securities pursuant to the 1933 Act or applicable state
or foreign law or to take any other action in order to cause the issuance and delivery of such certificates to comply with any such law, regulation or requirement. 

17.12. GOVERNING LAW. To the extent not governed by federal law, the Plan and all Award Certificates shall be construed in
accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Maryland. 
 17.13. ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS. Each Award
Certificate may contain such other terms and conditions as the Committee may determine; provided that such other terms and conditions are not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan. 

17.14. NO LIMITATIONS ON RIGHTS OF COMPANY. The grant of any Award shall not in any way affect the right or power of the Company
to make adjustments, reclassification or changes in its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate, sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets. The Plan shall not restrict the authority of the
Company, for proper corporate purposes, to draft or assume awards, other than under the Plan, to or with respect to 

 

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any person. If the Committee so directs, the Company may issue or transfer Shares to an Affiliate, for such lawful consideration as the Committee may specify, upon the condition or understanding
that the Affiliate will transfer such Shares to a Participant in accordance with the terms of an Award granted to such Participant and specified by the Committee pursuant to the provisions of the Plan. 

17.15. INDEMNIFICATION. Each person who is or shall have been a member of the Committee, or of the Board, or an officer of the
Company to whom authority was delegated in accordance with Article 4 shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability, or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by him or her in
connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit, or proceeding to which he or she may be a party or in which he or she may be involved by reason of any action taken or failure to act under the Plan and against and from any and all amounts
paid by him or her in settlement thereof, with the Company’s approval, or paid by him or her in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit, or proceeding against him or her, provided he or she shall give the Company an opportunity,
at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before he or she undertakes to handle and defend it on his or her own behalf, unless such loss, cost, liability, or expense is a result of his or her own willful misconduct or except as expressly
provided by statute. The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such persons may be entitled under the Company’s Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, as a matter of law, or
otherwise, or any power that the Company may have to indemnify them or hold them harmless. 
 17.16. SPECIAL PROVISIONS
RELATED TO SECTION 409A OF THE CODE. 
 (a) General. It is intended that the payments and benefits provided under the Plan
and any Award shall either be exempt from the application of, or comply with, the requirements of Section 409A of the Code. The Plan and all Award Certificates shall be construed in a manner that effects such intent. Nevertheless, the tax
treatment of the benefits provided under the Plan or any Award is not warranted or guaranteed. Neither the Company, its Affiliates nor their respective directors, officers, employees or advisers shall be held liable for any taxes, interest,
penalties or other monetary amounts owed by any Participant or other taxpayer as a result of the Plan or any Award. 
 (b)
Definitional Restrictions. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or in any Award Certificate to the contrary, to the extent that any amount or benefit that would constitute non-exempt “deferred compensation” for purposes of
Section 409A of the Code would otherwise be payable or distributable, or a different form of payment (e.g., lump sum or installment) would be effected, under the Plan or any Award Certificate by reason of the occurrence of a Change in Control,
or the Participant’s Disability or separation from service, such amount or benefit will not be payable or distributable to the Participant, and/or such different form of payment will not be effected, by reason of such circumstance unless the
circumstances giving rise to such Change in Control, Disability or separation from service meet any description or definition of “change in control event”, “disability” or “separation from service”, as the case may be,
in Section 409A of the Code and applicable regulations (without giving effect to any elective provisions that may be available under such definition). This provision does not prohibit the vesting of any Award upon a Change in Control,
Disability or separation from service, however defined. If this provision prevents the payment or distribution of any amount or benefit, such payment or distribution shall be made on the next earliest payment or distribution date or event specified
in the Award Certificate that is permissible under Section 409A of the Code. If this provision prevents the application of a different form of payment of any amount or benefit, such payment shall be made in the same form as would have applied
absent such designated event or circumstance. 
 (c) Allocation among Possible Exemptions. If any one or more Awards granted
under the Plan to a Participant could qualify for any separation pay exemption described in Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-1(b)(9), but such Awards in the aggregate exceed the dollar limit permitted for the separation pay exemptions, the Company
(acting through the Committee) shall determine which Awards or portions thereof will be subject to such exemptions. 
 (d)
Six-Month Delay in Certain Circumstances. Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or in any Award Certificate to the contrary, if any amount or benefit that would constitute non-exempt “deferred compensation” for purposes of Section 409A
of the Code would otherwise be payable or distributable under this Plan or any Award Certificate by reason of a Participant’s separation from service during a period in which the Participant is a Specified Employee (as defined below), then,
subject to any permissible acceleration of payment by the Committee under Treas. Reg. Section 1.409A-3(j)(4)(ii) (domestic relations order), (j)(4)(iii) (conflicts of interest), or (j)(4)(vi) (payment of employment taxes): 

(i) the amount of such non-exempt deferred compensation that would otherwise be payable during the six-month period
immediately following the Participant’s separation from service will be accumulated through and paid or provided on the first day of the seventh month following the Participant’s separation from service (or, if the Participant dies during
such period, within 30 days after the Participant’s death) (in either case, the “Required Delay Period”), and 

(ii) the normal payment or distribution schedule for any remaining payments or distributions will resume at the end of the
Required Delay Period. 
         For purposes of this Plan, the term “Specified Employee” has
the meaning given such term in Section 409A of the Code and the final regulations thereunder, provided, however, that, as permitted in such final regulations, the Company’s Specified Employees and its application of the six-month delay
rule of 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code shall be determined in accordance with rules adopted by the Board or any committee of the Board, which shall be applied consistently with respect to all nonqualified deferred compensation arrangements of the
Company, including this Plan. 
 (e) Grants to Employees of Affiliates. Eligible Participants who are service providers to an
Affiliate may be granted Options or SARs under this Plan only if the Affiliate qualifies as an “eligible issuer of service recipient stock” within the meaning of §1.409A-1(b)(5)(iii)(E) of the final regulations under Section 409A
of the Code. 
 (f) Fair Market Value of Unlisted Stock. If the Stock is not listed on a securities exchange, the Fair Market
Value of the Stock as of any given date shall, for purposes of the Plan and any Award, be determined by such method as the Committee determines in good faith to be reasonable and in compliance with Section 409A of the Code. 

(g) Design Limits on Options and SARs. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan or any Award Certificate, no Option or SAR granted under
this Plan shall (i) provide for Dividend Equivalents or (ii) have any feature for the deferral of compensation other than the deferral of recognition of income until the exercise or disposition of the Option or SAR. 

(h) Timing of Distribution of Dividend Equivalents. Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Award Certificate, and Dividend
Equivalents granted with respect to an Award hereunder will be paid or distributed no later than the 15th day of the 3rd month following the later of (i) the calendar year in which the corresponding dividends were paid to shareholders, or
(ii) the first calendar year in which the Participant’s right to such Dividends Equivalents is no longer subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture. 
  

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 The foregoing is hereby acknowledged as being the Wells Core Office Income REIT, Inc. 2010
Long-Term Incentive Plan as adopted by the Board on                     , 2010, approved by the sole stockholder on
                    , 2010. 
  

			
	WELLS CORE OFFICE INCOME REIT, INC.
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	Douglas P. Williams
	Title:	 	Executive Vice President

  

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 WELLS CORE OFFICE INCOME REIT, INC. 

FORM OF 2010 INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS COMPENSATION PLAN 








 WELLS CORE OFFICE INCOME REIT, INC. 

FORM OF 2010 INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS COMPENSATION PLAN 

 

					
	ARTICLE 1 PURPOSE	  	1
			
	 1.1
	  	Purpose	  	1
			
	 1.2
	  	Eligibility	  	1
		
	ARTICLE 2 DEFINITIONS	  	1
			
	 2.1
	  	Definitions	  	1
		
	ARTICLE 3 ADMINISTRATION	  	1
			
	 3.1
	  	Administration	  	1
			
	 3.2
	  	Reliance	  	2
			
	 3.3
	  	Indemnification	  	2
		
	ARTICLE 4 SHARES	  	2
			
	 4.1
	  	Source of Shares for the Plan	  	2
		
	ARTICLE 5 BASE RETAINER, MEETING FEES AND EXPENSES	  	2
			
	 5.1
	  	Base Annual Retainer	  	2
			
	 5.2
	  	Meeting Fees	  	2
			
	 5.3
	  	Travel Expense Reimbursement	  	2
		
	ARTICLE 6 EQUITY COMPENSATION	  	2
			
	 6.1
	  	Terms and Conditions of Options	  	2
			
	 6.2
	  	Restrictions on Transfer	  	3
		
	ARTICLE 7 ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF PAYMENT FOR BASE RETAINER AND MEETING FEES	  	3
			
	 7.1
	  	Payment of Base Retainer	  	3
			
	 7.2
	  	Payment of Meeting Fees	  	3
			
	 7.3
	  	Timing and Manner of Payment Election	  	3
		
	ARTICLE 8 AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION	  	3
			
	 8.1
	  	Amendment, Modification and Termination	  	3
		
	ARTICLE 9 GENERAL PROVISIONS	  	3
			
	 9.1
	  	Adjustments	  	3
			
	 9.2
	  	Duration of the Plan	  	3
			
	 9.3
	  	Expenses of the Plan	  	3
			
	 9.4
	  	Status of the Plan	  	3
			
	 9.5
	  	Effective Date	  	3









 WELLS CORE OFFICE INCOME REIT, INC. 

FORM OF 2010 INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS COMPENSATION PLAN 

ARTICLE 1 

PURPOSE 

1.1. PURPOSE. The purpose of the Wells Core Office Income REIT, Inc. 2010 Independent Directors Compensation Plan is to attract,
retain and compensate highly-qualified individuals who are not employees of Wells Core Office Income REIT, Inc. or any of its Affiliates for service as members of the Board by providing them with competitive compensation and an ownership interest in
the Stock of the Company. The Company intends that the Plan will benefit the Company and its stockholders by allowing Independent Directors to have a personal financial stake in the Company through an ownership interest in the Stock and will closely
associate the interests of Independent Directors with that of the Company’s stockholders. 
 1.2. ELIGIBILITY.
Independent Directors of the Company who are Eligible Participants, as defined below, shall automatically be participants in the Plan. 

ARTICLE 2 

DEFINITIONS 

2.1. DEFINITIONS. Unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 “Affiliate” has the meaning given such term in the Equity Incentive Plan. 

“Base Retainer” means the retainer (excluding meeting fees and expenses) payable by the Company to an Independent
Director pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof for service as a director of the Company, as such amount may be changed from time to time. 

“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company. 

“Change in Control” has the meaning given such term in the Equity Incentive Plan. 

“Charter” means the articles of incorporation of the Company, as such articles of incorporation may be amended from time
to time. 
 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 

“Committee” has the meaning given such term in the Equity Incentive Plan. 

“Company” means Wells Core Office Income REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation. 

“Director Disability” means any illness or other physical or mental condition of an Independent Director that renders
him or her incapable of performing as a director of the Company, or any medically determinable illness or other physical or mental condition resulting from a bodily injury, disease or mental disorder which, in the judgment of the Board, is permanent
and continuous in nature. The Board may require such medical or other evidence as it deems necessary to judge the nature and permanency of an Independent Director’s condition. 

“Effective Date” of the Plan means the date of the approval of the Equity Incentive Plan by the Company’s
stockholders. 
 “Eligible Participant” means any person who is an Independent Director on the Effective Date
or becomes an Independent Director while this Plan is in effect; except that during any period a director is prohibited from participating in the Plan by his or her employer or otherwise waives participation in the Plan, such director shall not be
an Eligible Participant. 
 “Equity Incentive Plan” means the Wells Core Office Income REIT, Inc. 2010
Long-Term Incentive Plan, or any subsequent equity compensation plan approved by the Company’s stockholders and designated as the Equity Incentive Plan for purposes of this Plan. 

“Fair Market Value” has the meaning given such term in the Equity Incentive Plan. 

“Independent Director” means a director that meets either the independence standards promulgated by the New York Stock
Exchange or the definition of an Independent Director set forth in the Charter. 
 “Plan” means this Wells Core
Office Income REIT, Inc. 2010 Independent Directors Compensation Plan, as amended from time to time. 
 

“Plan Year” means the approximate 12-month period beginning with the annual stockholders meeting and ending at the next
annual stockholders meeting; provided that the first Plan Year shall begin on the Effective Date and extend until the next annual stockholders meeting. 

“Shares” has the meaning given such term in the Equity Incentive Plan. 

“Stock” has the meaning given such term in the Equity Incentive Plan. 

ARTICLE 3 

ADMINISTRATION 

3.1. ADMINISTRATION. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall
be authorized to interpret the Plan, to establish, amend and rescind any rules and regulations relating to the Plan, and to make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan. The Committee’s interpretation
of the Plan, and all actions taken and determinations made by the Committee pursuant to the powers vested in it hereunder, shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties concerned including the Company, its stockholders and persons granted awards
under the Plan. The Committee may appoint a plan administrator to carry out the ministerial functions of the Plan, but the administrator shall have no other authority or powers of the Committee. 








 3.2. RELIANCE. In administering the Plan, the Committee may rely upon any information
furnished by the Company, its public accountants and other experts. No individual will have personal liability by reason of anything done or omitted to be done by the Company or the Committee in connection with the Plan. This limitation of liability
shall not be exclusive of any other limitation of liability to which any such person may be entitled under the Company’s certificate of incorporation or otherwise. 

3.3. INDEMNIFICATION. Each person who is or has been a member of the Committee or who otherwise participates in the administration
or operation of this Plan shall be indemnified by the Company against, and held harmless from, any loss, cost, liability or expense that may be imposed upon or incurred by him or her in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit or
proceeding in which such person may be involved by reason of any action taken or failure to act under the Plan and shall be fully reimbursed by the Company for any and all amounts paid by such person in satisfaction of judgment against him or her in
any such action, suit or proceeding, provided he or she will give the Company an opportunity, by written notice to the Committee, to defend the same at the Company’s own expense before he or she undertakes to defend it on his or her own behalf.
This right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which any such person may be entitled under the Company’s Charter, Bylaws, contract or Maryland law. 

ARTICLE 4 

SHARES 

4.1. SOURCE OF SHARES FOR THE PLAN. The Options, Shares or other equity awards that may be issued pursuant to the Plan shall be
issued under the Equity Incentive Plan, subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Equity Incentive Plan. The terms contained in the Equity Incentive Plan are incorporated into and made a part of this Plan with respect to Options, Shares or
other equity awards granted pursuant hereto and any such awards shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the Equity Incentive Plan. In the event of any actual or alleged conflict between the provisions of the Equity Incentive Plan and
the provisions of this Plan, the provisions of the Equity Incentive Plan shall be controlling and determinative. This Plan does not constitute a separate source of shares for the grant of the equity awards described herein. 

ARTICLE 5 

BASE RETAINER, MEETING FEES AND EXPENSES 

5.1. BASE RETAINER. Each Eligible Participant shall be paid a Base Retainer for service as a director during each Plan Year,
payable in such form as shall be elected by the Eligible Participant in accordance with Section 7.1. The amount of the Base Retainer shall be established from time to time by the Committee. Until changed by the Committee, the Base Retainer for
a full Plan Year shall be $30,000. The Base Annual Retainer shall be payable in approximately equal quarterly installments in advance, beginning on the date of the annual shareholders meeting; provided, however, that for the first Plan Year, the
first installment shall begin on the Effective Date and be prorated based on the number of full months in such quarter after the Effective Date. 

Each person who first becomes an Eligible Participant on a date other than the Effective Date or an annual meeting date shall be paid a
retainer equal to the quarterly installment of the Base Annual Retainer for the first quarter of eligibility, based on the number of full months he or she serves as an Independent Director during such quarter. Payment of such prorated Base Annual
Retainer shall begin on the date that the person first becomes an Eligible Participant. 
 5.2. MEETING FEES. Each
Independent Director shall be paid a meeting fee for each meeting of the Board he or she attends, payable in such form as shall be elected by the Eligible Participant in accordance with Section 7.2. The amount of the meeting fees shall be
established from time to time by the Committee. Until changed by the Committee, the meeting fee for attending a meeting of the Board, or a committee thereof, whether telephonically or in person, shall be as follows: 

 

				
	 Meeting
Type                                         
                                         
                                      
	  	Fee
	 Regular Board Meeting
	  	$	2,500
	 Audit Committee Meeting
	  	$	2,500
	 Other Committee Meeting
	  	$	1,500
	 Special Board or Committee Meeting
	  	$	250
	 Committee Chair in addition to other meeting fee, if attended in person
	  	$	500

 Meeting fees shall be payable within
thirty (30) days following the date of the applicable meeting to which they relate. 
         5.3.
TRAVEL EXPENSE REIMBURSEMENT. All Independent Directors shall be reimbursed for reasonable travel expenses (including spouse’s expenses to attend events to which spouses are invited) in connection with attendance at meetings of the Board
and its committees, or other Company functions at which the Chair of the Board or the Chief Executive Officer requests the Independent Director to participate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company’s reimbursement obligations pursuant to
this Section 5.3 shall be limited to expenses incurred while the Independent Director serves on the Board in the capacity as an Independent Director. Such payments will be made within thirty (30) days after delivery of the Independent
Director’s written requests for payment, accompanied by such evidence of expenses incurred as the Company may reasonably require, but in no event later than the December 31 following the year in which the expense was incurred. The amount
reimbursable in any one tax year shall not affect the amount reimbursable in any other tax year. Independent Directors’ right to reimbursement pursuant to this Section 5.3 shall not be subject to liquidation or exchange for another
benefit. 
 ARTICLE 6 

EQUITY COMPENSATION 

6.1. GENERAL. As provided for in Section 4.3 of the Equity Incentive Plan, the Committee is provided all necessary authority
to grant Awards to Participants subject to terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan, as the Committee shall establish. 

6.2. TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF OPTIONS. Options granted under this Article 6 shall be evidenced by a written Award Certificate, and
shall be subject to the terms and conditions described below and of the Equity Incentive Plan. 
 (i) EXERCISE PRICE. The
exercise price per share under an Option shall be the Fair Market Value on the date of grant of the Option. 
 (ii) OPTION TERM.
Subject to earlier termination as provided herein, the Option shall expire on the tenth anniversary of the date of grant. 
  

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 (iii) VESTING. Each Option granted pursuant to this Article 6 shall, unless earlier
terminated as provided herein, vest and become exercisable as to one-third (1/3) of the shares on the Grant Date and as to one-third (1/3) of the shares on each of the first two (2) anniversaries of the date of grant. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, all Options granted under this Article 6 shall become fully vested and exercisable on the earlier occurrence of (i) the termination of the optionee’s service as a director of the Company due to his or her death, Director
Disability or termination without Cause (as defined in the Equity Incentive Plan), or (ii) a Change in Control of the Company (as defined in the Equity Incentive Plan). If the optionee’s service as a director of the Company (whether or not
in an Independent Director capacity) terminates for Cause, then the optionee shall forfeit all of his or her right, title and interest in and to any unvested Options as of the date of such termination from the Committee. 

6.3. RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER. The limitations on transfer provision of the Equity Incentive Plan shall apply with respect to
equity awards outstanding or to be granted pursuant to this Plan. 
 ARTICLE 7 

ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF PAYMENT FOR BASE RETAINER AND MEETING FEES 

7.1 PAYMENT OF BASE RETAINER. At the election of each Eligible Participant, the Base Retainer for a given Plan Year shall be
either (i) payable in cash, in equal quarterly payments payable on the date of the annual stockholders meeting (i.e., the first day of the Plan Year) and on the three, six and nine month anniversaries thereof, or (ii) subject to share
availability under the Equity Incentive Plan, payable by a grant on the day following the annual stockholders meeting (the “Annual Retainer Stock Grant Date”) of a number of Shares determined by dividing the Base Retainer by a price
determined by the Committee from time to time. Any Shares granted under the Plan as the Base Retainer under clause (ii) above will be 100% vested and nonforfeitable as of the Annual Retainer Stock Grant Date, and the Eligible Participant
receiving such Shares (or his or her custodian, if any) will have immediate rights of ownership in the Shares, including the right to vote the Shares and the right to receive dividends or other distributions thereon. 

7.2 PAYMENT OF MEETING FEES. At the election of each Eligible Participant, the Meeting Fees to be earned during a Plan Year shall
be either (i) payable in cash at each meeting date or such other date(s) on which such fees are normally paid, or (ii) subject to share availability under the Equity Incentive Plan, payable by a grant on the day following each meeting date
(the “Meeting Fee Stock Grant Date”) of that number of Shares determined by dividing the Meeting Fees otherwise payable on the meeting date by a price determined by the Committee from time to time. Any Shares granted under the Plan as
Meeting Fees under clause (ii) above will be 100% vested and nonforfeitable as of the Meeting Fee Stock Grant Date, and the Eligible Participant receiving such Shares (or his or her custodian, if any) will have immediate rights of ownership in
the Shares, including the right to vote the Shares and the right to receive dividends or other distributions thereon. 
 7.3
TIMING AND MANNER OF PAYMENT ELECTION. Each Eligible Participant shall elect the form of payment desired for his or her Base Retainer and Meeting Fees for a Plan Year by delivering a valid Election Form to the Committee or the plan
administrator prior to the beginning of such Plan Year, which will be effective as of the first day of the Plan Year beginning after the Committee or the plan administrator receives the Eligible Participant’s Election Form. The Election Form
signed by the Eligible Participant prior to the Plan Year will be irrevocable for the coming Plan Year. However, prior to the commencement of the following Plan Year, an Eligible Participant may change his or her election for future Plan Years by
executing and delivering a new Election Form indicating different choices. If an Eligible Participant fails to deliver a new Election Form prior to the commencement of the new Plan Year, his or her Election Form in effect during the previous Plan
Year shall continue in effect during the new Plan Year. If no Election Form is filed or effective, the Base Retainer and Meeting Fees will be paid in cash. 

ARTICLE 8 

AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION 

8.1. AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION. The Committee may terminate or suspend the Plan at any time, without stockholder
approval. The Committee may amend the Plan at any time and for any reason without stockholder approval; provided, however, that the Committee may condition any amendment on the approval of stockholders of the Company if such approval is necessary or
deemed advisable with respect to tax, securities or other applicable laws, policies or regulations. No termination, modification or amendment of the Plan may, without the consent of an Independent Director, adversely affect an Independent
Director’s rights under an award granted prior thereto. 
 ARTICLE 9 

GENERAL PROVISIONS 

9.1. ADJUSTMENTS. The adjustment provisions of the Equity Incentive Plan shall apply with respect to equity awards outstanding or
to be granted pursuant to this Plan. 
 9.2. DURATION OF THE PLAN. The Plan shall remain in effect until the tenth
anniversary of the Effective Date, unless terminated earlier by the Committee. 
 9.3. EXPENSES OF THE PLAN. The expenses
of administering the Plan shall be borne by the Company. 
 9.4. STATUS OF THE PLAN. The Plan is intended to be a
nonqualified, unfunded plan of deferred compensation under the Code. Plan benefits shall be paid from the general assets of the Company or as otherwise directed by the Company. A participant shall have the status of a general unsecured creditor of
the Company with respect to his or her right to receive Common Stock or other payment upon settlement of equity awards under the Plan. No right or interest in the Options shall be subject to the claims of creditors of the Independent Director or to
liability for the debts, contracts or engagements of the Independent Director, or shall be subject to disposition by transfer, alienation, anticipation, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be voluntary or
involuntary or by operation of law by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any attempted disposition thereof shall be null and void and of no effect; provided, however, that
nothing in this Plan shall prevent transfers by will or by the applicable laws of descent and distribution. To the extent that any participant acquires the right to receive payments under the Plan (from whatever source), such right shall be no
greater than that of an unsecured general creditor of the Company. Participants and their beneficiaries shall not have any preference or security interest in the assets of the Company other than as a general unsecured creditor. 

9.5. EFFECTIVE DATE. The Plan was adopted by the Board and became effective on
                    , 2010. 
  

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 The foregoing is hereby acknowledged as being the Wells Core Office Income REIT, Inc. 2010
Independent Directors Compensation Plan as adopted by the Board on                     , 2010, approved by the sole stockholder on
                    , 2010. 
  

			
	WELLS CORE OFFICE INCOME REIT, INC.
		
	By:	 	  

	Name:	 	Douglas P. Williams
	Title:	 	Executive Vice President

  

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