EX-10.1



 Exhibit 10.1 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 
 EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) dated as of October 9, 2015, by and between DCT Industrial Trust Inc. with its principal place of business at 518 17th Street, Suite 800, Denver, Colorado
80202 (the “Company”), and Philip L. Hawkins, residing at the address set forth on the signature page hereof (the “Executive”). 

WHEREAS, the Company and the Executive were parties to an employment agreement made and entered into on October 9, 2012 (the “Prior
Employment Agreement”), that expired by its terms; and 
 WHEREAS, the Company wishes to continue to employ the Executive, and the
Executive wishes to accept such offer, on the terms set forth below. 
 Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows: 

1. Term. The Company hereby employs the Executive, and the Executive hereby accepts such employment, for a three-year term commencing
on October 10, 2015 and continuing through October 9, 2018, unless sooner terminated in accordance with the provisions of Section 4 or Section 5 (the period during which the Executive is employed hereunder being hereinafter
referred to as the “Term”). 
 2. Duties. During the Term, the Executive shall be employed by the Company as Chief
Executive Officer of the Company, and, as such, the Executive shall faithfully perform for the Company the duties of such office and shall perform such other duties of an executive, managerial or administrative nature, which are consistent with such
office, as shall be specified and designated from time to time by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”). The Executive shall devote substantially all of his business time and effort to the performance of his duties hereunder;
provided, however, that the Executive may engage in civic or charitable activities, provided that such activities do not interfere with the Executive’s performance of his duties hereunder or violate this Agreement. The Executive shall be based
in the Denver, Colorado metropolitan area. 
 3. Compensation. 

3.1 Salary. The Company shall pay the Executive during the Term an initial salary at the rate of $750,000 per annum (the “Annual
Salary”), in accordance with the customary payroll practices of the Company applicable to senior executives (but, in no event, less frequently than monthly). The Board, or committee thereof, may provide for such increases in the Annual Salary
as it may in its discretion deem appropriate; provided that in no event shall the Annual Salary be decreased. 
 3.2 Bonus. During
the Term, in addition to the Annual Salary, for each fiscal year of the Company ending during the Term, the Executive shall be eligible to receive an annual cash bonus. The target annual cash bonus for each fiscal year of the Company ending during
the Term shall be at least equal to 100% of the Executive’s Annual Salary for such fiscal year; provided that the amount of the actual cash bonus paid (which may be more or less than the 







 
target amount) shall be determined by the Company, in its sole discretion, based on such factors relating to the performance of the Executive or the Company as it deems relevant. Each cash bonus
payment under this Section 3.2 shall be made in a single lump sum within two and one-half (2 1/2) months following the end of the fiscal year of the Company in which such bonus is earned. By way of illustration (but not limitation) of the
manner in which the preceding sentence operates, if the Executive earns a bonus for fiscal year 2015, then the cash bonus payment must be paid in a single lump sum between January 1, 2016 and March 15, 2016. 

3.3 Long-Term Incentive Awards. During the Term, in addition to the Annual Salary and cash bonus, the Executive shall be eligible to
receive annual equity awards under the Company’s Second Amended and Restated 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended and supplemented from time to time, the “LTIP”) or other equity-based plan as in effect from time to time that is
materially comparable in the aggregate to the LTIP. The target value of the annual equity awards for each fiscal year of the Company ending during the Term shall be at least equal to $1,900,000; provided that the value of the actual equity awards
granted (which may be more or less than the target value) shall be determined by the Company, in its sole discretion, based on such factors relating to the performance of the Executive or the Company as it deems relevant. Grants of annual equity
awards under this Section 3.3 shall be made within two and one-half (2 1/2) months following the end of the fiscal year of the Company to which such awards relate. Annual equity awards granted shall vest in equal annual installments over no
more than five years and the vesting period for any grant made during the Term will begin on January 1 of the year in which such grant is made. Any grants which are financially equivalent to restricted stock (e.g. restricted stock units or
phantom units), other than those that remain subject to performance-based vesting hurdles, shall be accompanied by the grant of dividend equivalent rights. The Executive shall also be eligible to participate in any multi-year equity award programs
established by the Company for senior executives. The Company will have the right to determine, in its sole discretion, the terms of any such programs or the Executive’s award thereunder. 

3.4 Benefits - In General. Except with respect to benefits of a type otherwise provided for under Section 3.5, the Executive shall
be entitled during the Term to participate in any group life, hospitalization or disability insurance plans, health programs, retirement plans, fringe benefit programs and similar benefits that are available to other senior executives of the Company
generally, on the same terms as such other executives, in each case to the extent that the Executive is eligible under the terms of such plans or programs. 

3.5 Specific Benefits. Without limiting the generality of Section 3.4, the Company shall make available to the Executive vacation
of four weeks per year, which vacation days may accrue subject to the Company policy regarding vacation accruals. 
 3.6 Expenses.
The Company shall pay or reimburse the Executive for all ordinary and reasonable out-of-pocket expenses actually incurred (and, in the case of reimbursement, paid) by the Executive during the Term in the performance of the Executive’s services
under this Agreement (including, without limitation, with respect to use of a mobile phone, use of a blackberry, and entertainment costs); provided that the Executive submits reasonable proof of such expenses within the period provided by the
Company for expense reimbursements to its senior executives generally, with the properly completed forms as 

  
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prescribed from time to time by the Company. In addition, the Executive shall be entitled to reasonable reimbursement for travel, according to the Company’s policy (which provides for coach
class airfare and reimbursement for upgrades). 
 3.7 Indemnification and Directors and Officers Liability Insurance. The Executive
shall be indemnified, and shall have his legal expenses in connection with regulatory or other legal proceedings advanced to him, by the Company in connection with his performance of services hereunder, if and as applicable, on terms and conditions
no less favorable to the Executive than those that apply to any other senior executives of the Company. The Company shall cause the Executive to be covered by directors and officers liability insurance with such coverage to be no less favorable to
him than the coverage then being provided to any other senior executive of the Company. 
 3.8 Limitations on Severance Payments.

 (a) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that the amount of any compensation, payment or distribution
by the Company to or for the benefit of Executive, whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or otherwise (the “Severance Payments”), calculated in a manner consistent with
Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and the applicable regulations thereunder (or any successor provision) would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code (or any
successor provision), then the Severance Payments shall be reduced (but not below zero) so that the sum of all Severance Payments shall be $1.00 less than the amount at which Executive becomes subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999
of the Code (or any successor provision); provided that such reduction shall only occur if it would result in Executive receiving a higher After Tax Amount (as defined below) than Executive would receive if the Severance Payments were not subject to
such reduction. In the event the Severance Payments are reduced pursuant to this Section 3.8(a), they shall be reduced in the following order: (1) cash payments not subject to Section 409A of the Code; (2) cash payments subject
to Section 409A of the Code; (3) equity-based payments and acceleration; and (4) non-cash forms of benefits; provided that in the case of all the foregoing Severance Payments all amounts or payments that are not subject to calculation
under Treas. Reg. §1.280G-1, Q&A-24(b) or (c) shall be reduced before any amounts that are subject to calculation under Treas. Reg. §1.280G-1, Q&A-24(b) or (c). To the extent any payment is to be made over time (e.g., in
installments, etc.), then the payments shall be reduced in reverse chronological order. 
 (b) For purposes of Section 3.8(a), the
“After Tax Amount” means the amount of the Severance Payments less all federal, state, and local income, excise and employment taxes imposed on Executive as a result of Executive’s receipt of the Severance Payments. For purposes of
determining the After Tax Amount, Executive shall be deemed to pay federal income taxes at the highest marginal rate of federal income taxation applicable to individuals for the calendar year in which the determination is to be made, and state and
local income taxes at the highest marginal rates of individual taxation in each applicable state and locality, net of the maximum reduction in federal income taxes which could be obtained from deduction of such state and local taxes. 

(c) The determination as to whether a reduction in the Severance Payments shall be made pursuant to Section 3.8(a) shall be made by a
nationally recognized accounting firm selected by the Company (the “Accounting Firm”), which shall provide detailed supporting calculations both to the Company and Executive within 15 business days of the date of termination, if
applicable, or at such earlier time as is reasonably requested by the Company or Executive. Any determination by the Accounting Firm shall be binding upon the Company and Executive. 

  
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 3.9 Timing of Expense Reimbursement. All in-kind benefits provided and expenses eligible
for reimbursement under this Agreement must be provided by the Company or incurred by the Executive during the time periods set forth in the Agreement. All reimbursements shall be paid as soon as administratively practicable, but in no event shall
any reimbursement be paid after the last day of the taxable year following the taxable year in which the expense was incurred. The amount of in-kind benefits provided or reimbursable expenses incurred in one taxable year shall not affect the in-kind
benefits to be provided or the expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year. Such right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits is not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit. 

4. Termination upon Death or Disability. If the Executive dies during the Term, the Term shall terminate as of the date of death, and
the obligations of the Company under this Agreement to or with respect to the Executive shall terminate in their entirety upon such date except as otherwise provided under this Section 4. If the Executive becomes disabled by virtue of ill
health or other disability and is unable to perform substantially and continuously the duties assigned to him for more than 180 consecutive or non-consecutive days out of any consecutive 12-month period in the reasonable opinion of a qualified
physician chosen by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Executive (the foregoing circumstance being referred to below as a “Disability”), the Company shall have the right, to the extent permitted by law, to terminate the
employment of the Executive upon notice in writing to the Executive. Upon termination of employment due to death or Disability during the Term, (i) the Executive (or the Executive’s estate or beneficiaries in the case of the death of the
Executive) shall be entitled to receive any Annual Salary, bonus and other benefits earned and accrued under this Agreement prior to the date of termination (and reimbursement under this Agreement for expenses incurred prior to the date of
termination), (ii) the Executive (or the Executive’s estate or beneficiaries in the case of the death of the Executive) shall be entitled to receive (A) a cash payment equal to (I) the target bonus for the year of termination (or
the prior year if a target bonus had not been set for such year as of the date of the termination) multiplied by (II) a fraction (x) the numerator of which is the number of days in the year up to the termination and (y) the denominator of
which is 365, and (B) elimination of any exclusively time-based vesting conditions (but not performance conditions, which shall remain in effect subject to the terms thereof) on any restricted stock, LTIP Units in DCT Industrial Operating
Partnership LP (“LTIP Units”), stock options and other equity awards; provided that, in the event of termination of employment due to Disability, the Executive will only be entitled to receive the payment and accelerated vesting set forth
in this clause (ii) if the Executive resigns as a member of the Board and executes and delivers to the Company a general release in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company, which does not require the release of any payment rights under this
Section 4 or under Section 3.7, within twenty-one (21) days following such termination and such release becomes irrevocable at the earliest possible time under applicable law following such execution and delivery,


  
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(iii) Section 3.7 shall apply in accordance with its terms and (iv) the Executive (or, in the case of his death, his estate and beneficiaries) shall have no further rights to any
other compensation or benefits hereunder on or after the termination of employment, or any other rights hereunder. By way of illustration (but not limitation) of the manner in which clause (ii)(B) of the preceding sentence operates, if the Executive
were to hold an equity award with a five-year performance-based vesting condition, where the Executive would also need to remain employed during such period, and the Executive’s employment were to terminate in the fourth year of the vesting
period due to his death or Disability, then, so long as the performance measures are met at the end of the five-year performance period, the Executive or his estate would be entitled to payments as though he had remained employed (and, if the
performance measures are not met at the end of the five-year performance period, the award is thereupon forfeited). Any equity awards that, by their terms, would terminate or be forfeited as a result of a termination of employment shall remain in
effect until the earlier of the date: (A) they vest as provided herein; (B) it is determined that they will not vest; or (C) they terminate based on their terms (excluding termination for lack of continued employment at Company);
provided that no additional vesting, except as provided herein, shall occur solely as a result of the operation of this sentence. 
 Any
payments that the Executive is entitled to receive pursuant to clause (i) of the third sentence of this Section 4 shall be made by the Company in a single lump sum no later than five (5) days after termination or on such earlier date
as may be required by applicable law. Any payment or acceleration of vesting that the Executive is entitled to receive pursuant to clause (ii) of the third sentence of this Section 4 shall be made by the Company in a single lump sum or
occur, respectively, upon the 45th day after termination of employment due to death or Disability. 

5. Certain Terminations of Employment. 

5.1 Termination by the Company for Cause; Termination by the Executive without Good Reason. 

(a) For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean the Executive’s: 

 

	 	(i)	conviction of a felony (other than a traffic violation), a crime of moral turpitude, or any financial crime involving the Company; a willful act of dishonesty, breach of trust or unethical business conduct in connection
with the business of the Company that has a material detrimental impact on the Company; 

  

	 	(ii)	commission of fraud, misappropriation or embezzlement against the Company; any act or omission in the performance of his duties hereunder that constitutes willful misconduct, willful neglect or gross neglect, in any
such case if such action or omission is either material or repeated; 

  

	 	(iii)	repeated failure to use reasonable efforts in all material respects to adhere to the directions of the Board, or the Company’s policies and practices, after his being informed that he is not so adhering;



  
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	 	(iv)	willful failure to substantially perform his duties properly assigned to him (other than any such failure resulting from his Disability); 


 

	 	(v)	breach of any of the provisions of Section 6; or 

  

	 	(vi)	breach in any material respect of the terms and provisions of this Agreement and failure to cure such breach within ten days following written notice from the Company specifying such breach; 


provided that the Company shall not be permitted to terminate the Executive for Cause except on written notice given to the Executive at any
time following the occurrence of any of the events described in clause (i), (ii) or (v) above and on written notice given to the Executive at any time not more than 30 days following the occurrence of any of the events described in clause
(iii), (iv) or (vi) above (or, if later, the Company’s knowledge thereof). 
 (b) The Company may terminate the
Executive’s employment hereunder for Cause, and the Executive may terminate his employment hereunder for any or no reason on at least 30 days’ and not more than 60 days’ written notice given to the Company. If the Company terminates
the Executive for Cause during the Term, or if the Executive terminates his employment during the Term and the termination by the Executive is not covered by Section 5.2, then (i) the Executive shall be entitled to receive any Annual
Salary and other benefits earned and accrued under this Agreement prior to the date of termination of employment (and reimbursement under this Agreement for expenses incurred prior to the date of termination of employment);
(ii) Section 3.7 shall apply in accordance with its terms; and (iii) the Executive shall have no further rights to any other compensation or benefits hereunder on or after the termination of employment, or any other rights hereunder.

 5.2 Termination by the Company without Cause; Termination by the Executive for Good Reason. 

(a) For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean, unless otherwise consented to in writing by the Executive, 

 

	 	(i)	the material reduction of the Executive’s authority, duties and responsibilities, or the assignment to the Executive of duties materially inconsistent with the Executive’s position or positions with the
Company, as specified in Section 2 or the change in the Executive’s title to any position other than Chief Executive Officer (or President and Chief Executive Officer); provided that it will be considered a material reduction in duties and
responsibilities if after the date hereof there is a reorganization of the Company and a new holding company or parent is established thereover, which controls the Company, the Executive is not Chief Executive Officer (or President and Chief
Executive Officer) of the new holding company or parent or his role with respect to the affiliated group as a whole is materially adversely affected; 


  
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	 	(ii)	a reduction in the Annual Salary of the Executive, or a reduction in the target bonus or target value of annual equity awards applicable to the Executive (except for a material reduction in target bonus or target value
of annual equity awards that is part of a Company program to reduce “general and administrative” expenses due to business conditions which reduction is applied to other senior officers generally; provided that such reduction is before the
occurrence of a Change in Control (as defined below)); 

  

	 	(iii)	the relocation of the Executive’s office to more than 30 miles from Denver, Colorado; 

  

	 	(iv)	failure to continue to elect the Executive as a member of the Board; or 

  

	 	(v)	any material breach by the Company of any provision of this Agreement. 

 Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(i) Good Reason (A) shall not be deemed to exist unless the Executive gives to the Company a written notice identifying the event or condition purportedly giving rise to Good Reason expressly referencing this Section 5.2(a) within 45
days after the time at which the event or condition first occurs or arises (or, if later, was discovered or should have been discovered by the Executive) and (B) shall not be deemed to exist at any time at which there exists an event or
condition which could serve as the basis of a termination of the Executive’s employment for Cause; and (ii) if there exists (without regard to the following clause (ii)(A)) an event or condition that constitutes Good Reason, (A) the
Company shall have 45 days from the date notice of Good Reason is given to cure such event or condition and, if the Company does so, such event or condition shall not constitute Good Reason hereunder; and (B) if the Company does not cure such
event or condition within such 45-day period, the Executive shall have one business day thereafter to give the Company notice of termination of employment on account thereof (specifying a termination date no later than 10 days from the date of such
notice of termination). If the 45 days noted in clause (ii)(A) above extends beyond the Term, then the Term for purposes of Section 5.2(b) shall be extended until the earlier of (i) the date on which the Company cures such event or
condition or (ii) the first business day following the end of such 45-day period. 
 (b) The Company may terminate the Executive’s
employment at any time for any reason or no reason upon notice to the Executive and the Executive may terminate the Executive’s employment with the Company for Good Reason upon notice to the Company. If the Company terminates the
Executive’s employment and the termination is not covered by Section 4 or 5.1, or the Executive terminates his employment for Good Reason, and such termination occurs either during the Term or within 18 months after a Change in Control (as
defined in Section 5.3) that occurs at any time during or after the Term, (i) the Company shall pay to the Executive Annual Salary, bonus and other benefits earned and accrued under this 

  
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Agreement prior to the termination of employment (and reimbursement under this Agreement for expenses incurred prior to the termination of employment); (ii) the Company shall pay or provide
to the Executive (A) two times (or, in the event of a termination within 18 months after a Change in Control, three times) Annual Salary, (B) two times (or, in the event of a termination within 18 months after a Change in Control, three
times) the greater of (x) the target bonus for the year of termination (or the prior year if a target bonus had not been set for such year as of the date of the termination) and (y) the average of the actual bonuses for the two years (with
respect to which bonuses are determined) prior to the year of termination, (C) a cash payment equal to (I) the target bonus for the year of termination multiplied by (II) a fraction (x) the numerator of which is the number of days in
the year up to the termination and (y) the denominator of which is 365 and (D) for a period of two years after termination of employment, such continuing coverage under the group health plans that the Executive would have received under
this Agreement (and at such costs to the Executive as would have applied) in the absence of such termination (but not taking into account any post-termination increases in Annual Salary that may otherwise have occurred without regard to such
termination and that may have favorably affected such benefits); (iii) the Executive shall be entitled to elimination of any exclusively time-based vesting conditions (but not performance conditions, which shall remain in effect subject to the
terms thereof) on any grant under the LTIP or any other grant of restricted stock, LTIP Units, stock options or other equity awards; (iv) Section 3.7 shall apply in accordance with its terms; and (v) the Executive shall have no
further rights to any other compensation or benefits hereunder on or after the termination of employment, or any other rights hereunder; provided that the Executive will only be entitled to receive the payments, benefits and accelerated vesting set
forth in clauses (ii) and (iii) if the Executive resigns as a member of the Board and executes and delivers to the Company a general release in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company, which does not require the release of any payment
rights under this Section 5.2(b) or under Section 3.7, within twenty-one (21) days following such termination and such release becomes irrevocable at the earliest possible time under applicable law following such execution and
delivery. The payments under clause (i) of the second sentence of this Section 5.2(b) shall be made in a single lump sum no later than five business days after termination or on such earlier date as may be required by applicable law. Any
payment or acceleration of vesting that the Executive is entitled to receive pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) of the second sentence of this Section 5.2(b) shall be made by the Company in a single lump sum or occur, respectively, upon
the 45th day after termination. Additionally, any equity awards that, by their terms, would terminate or be forfeited as a result of a termination of employment shall remain in effect until the
earlier of the date: (A) they vest as provided herein; (B) it is determined that they will not vest; or (C) they terminate based on their terms (excluding termination for lack of continued employment at Company); provided that no
additional vesting, except as provided herein, shall occur solely as a result of the operation of this sentence. 
 (c) Notwithstanding
clause (ii)(D) of the second sentence of Section 5.2(b), (i) nothing herein shall restrict the ability of the Company to amend or terminate the plans and programs referred to in such clause (ii)(D) from time to time in its sole discretion,
and (ii) the Company shall in no event be required to provide any benefits otherwise required by such clause (ii)(D) after such time as the Executive becomes entitled to receive benefits of the same type from another employer or recipient of
the Executive’s services (such entitlement being determined without regard to any individual waivers or other similar arrangements). 

  
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 5.3 Change in Control. Without duplication of the foregoing, upon a Change in Control (as
defined below) at any time during or after the Term while the Executive is employed, then, without limiting the payments and benefits to which the Executive may be entitled under Section 5.2 in accordance with its terms (but without duplication
thereof), all outstanding unvested grants under the LTIP or any other grant of restricted stock, LTIP Units, stock options or other equity awards subject to time-based vesting conditions (but not performance-based conditions, which shall remain in
effect subject to the terms thereof) shall fully vest and shall become immediately exercisable, as applicable. For purposes of this Agreement, “Change in Control” shall mean the happening of any of the following: 

 

	 	(i)	any “person,” including a “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), but excluding the Company, any entity
controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Company, any trustee, fiduciary or other person or entity holding securities under any employee benefit plan or trust of the Company or any such entity, and the Executive and any
“group” (as such term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) of which the Executive is a member), is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13(d)(3) under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly,
of securities of the Company representing 30% or more of either (A) the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities or (B) the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (in either such case other
than as a result of an acquisition of securities directly from the Company); or 

  

	 	(ii)	any consolidation or merger of the Company resulting in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to the consolidation or merger representing (either by remaining outstanding or by being
converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or its parent) less than 50% of the combined voting power of the securities of the surviving entity or its parent outstanding immediately after such consolidation or merger; or


  

	 	(iii)	there shall occur (A) any sale, lease, exchange or other transfer (in one transaction or a series of transactions contemplated or arranged by any party as a single plan) of all or substantially all of the assets of
the Company, other than a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to an entity, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by “persons” (as
defined above) in substantially the same proportion as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such sale or (B) the approval by shareholders of the Company of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company;
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	 	(iv)	the members of the Board at the beginning of any consecutive 24-calendar-month period (the “Incumbent Directors”) cease for any reason other than due to death to constitute at least a majority of the members
of the Board; provided that any director whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved or ratified by a vote of at least a majority of the Incumbent Directors shall be deemed to be an Incumbent Director.



  
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 5.4 Retirement. 

(a) For purposes of this Agreement, “Qualified Retirement” shall mean the Executive’s retirement effective as of the end of the
Term or such later date as elected by Executive (the “Retirement Date”); provided that (i) the Executive provides written notice of such retirement (a “Retirement Notice”) to the Company at least 180 days prior to such
Retirement Date, which notice constitutes the Executive’s voluntary termination of his employment with the Company (and, unless otherwise agreed by the Company and the Executive, resignation as a member of the Board) as of the Retirement Date,
(ii) the Executive remains continuously employed by the Company through the Retirement Date, (iii) the Executive executes and delivers to the Company a general release in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company, which does not require
the release of any rights under this Section 5.4 or under Section 3.7, within twenty-one (21) days following such termination and such release becomes irrevocable at the earliest possible time under applicable law following such
execution and delivery and (iv) pursuant to the general release or otherwise, the Executive agrees with the Company to (A) promptly notify the Company if the Executive is actually employed or intends to be employed (or actually provides or
intends to provide consulting services, other than services as a non-employee and non-executive member of the board of directors or trustees of a company or charitable organization) for more than 30 hours in any week from the Retirement Date through
the second anniversary of the Retirement Date and (B) be subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 6.1(a) from the Retirement Date through the second anniversary of the Retirement Date notwithstanding anything to the contrary set
forth in Section 6.1(a). If the Executive provides a Retirement Notice to the Company, but his employment with the Company is terminated prior to the Retirement Date, then such termination will not constitute a Qualified Retirement and will be
treated in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement other than Section 5.4. 
 (b) In the event of a Qualified
Retirement, all equity awards (other than those equity awards, if any, that will only vest if performance conditions (other than just continued employment) are met as of a date after the Retirement Date (“Future Performance Equity
Awards”)) granted on or prior to the Retirement Date to the Executive by the Company, the Partnership or any of their subsidiaries that have not vested on or prior to the Retirement Date (the “Unvested Equity Awards”) shall vest as
follows: (i) all Unvested Equity Awards originally scheduled to vest within 45 days after the Retirement Date subject to continued employment with the Company through such date will vest on the
45th day after the Retirement Date, (ii) all Unvested Equity Awards originally scheduled to vest more than 45 days but less than two years after the Retirement Date subject to continued
employment with the Company through such date will vest on the dates they were originally scheduled to vest and (iii) all Unvested Equity Awards 

  
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originally scheduled to vest two years or more after the Retirement Date subject to continued employment with the Company through such date will vest on the second anniversary of the Retirement
Date; provided that if the Executive either (x) is actually employed or actually provides consulting services, other than services as a non-employee and non-executive member of the board of directors or trustees of a company or charitable
organization, for more than 30 hours during any week from the Retirement Date through the second anniversary of the Retirement Date or (y) breaches his agreement to remain subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 6.1(a) from the
Retirement Date through the second anniversary of the Retirement Date, then, as of the last day of such week or the date of such breach, as applicable (the “Retirement Benefit Termination Date”), the Executive will forfeit all Unvested
Equity Awards that had not vested on or before the Retirement Benefit Termination Date and none of the Unvested Equity Awards will vest on or after the Retirement Benefit Termination Date. In the event of a Qualified Retirement, the provisions of
Section 5.3, which relate to acceleration of vesting upon a Change in Control, will continue to apply to all outstanding Unvested Equity Awards notwithstanding the termination of the Executive’s employment such that, for example, if a
Change in Control occurs prior to the vesting of outstanding Unvested Equity Awards pursuant to this Section 5.4, then such outstanding Unvested Equity Awards will vest upon the Change in Control to the same extent as they would have pursuant
to Section 5.3 if the Executive was still employed by the Company upon the date of such Change in Control. Additionally, any Unvested Equity Awards that, by their terms, would terminate or be forfeited as a result of a termination of employment
shall remain in effect until the earlier of the date: (A) they vest as provided herein; (B) it is determined that they will not vest; or (C) they terminate based on their terms (excluding termination for lack of continued employment
at Company); provided that no additional vesting, except as provided herein, shall occur solely as a result of the operation of this sentence. To the extent the Company, the Partnership or any of their subsidiaries reasonably determines that it is
required to make tax withholding payments with respect to any of the Unvested Equity Awards as a result of the operation of this Section 5.4 in connection with the Executive’s retirement, such entity will satisfy the required minimum tax
withholding obligation by withholding a portion of such Unvested Equity Awards with a Fair Market Value equal to such minimum tax withholding obligation as determined pursuant to Section 11 of the LTIP. In the event of a Qualified Retirement,
any Future Performance Equity Awards granted to the Executive that are outstanding as of the Retirement Date will be treated in accordance with their terms or the terms of any future agreement governing such awards entered into by the Company and
the Executive. 
 (c) In the event of a Qualified Retirement, the Executive shall also be entitled to receive a prorated annual cash bonus
for the year in which the Retirement Date occurs (and the prior year to the extent the Executive’s annual cash bonus for such year had not been paid as of the Retirement Date) equal for each such year to (i) the amount of the annual cash
bonus that the Executive would have been entitled to receive for such year if his employment had not terminated multiplied by (ii) a fraction (x) the numerator of which is the number of days in the year up to the Retirement Date (or, with
respect to the year prior to the year in which the Retirement Date occurs, 365) and (y) the denominator of which is 365. Such prorated annual cash bonus shall be paid on the same date(s) it would have been paid if the Executive remained
employed by the Company; provided that the Company will not be required to pay such prorated annual cash bonus if the Retirement Benefit Termination Date occurs prior to the scheduled payment date of such prorated bonus. 

  
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 5.5 Section 409A. 

(a) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if at the time of the Executive’s separation from service within the
meaning of Section 409A of the Code, the Company determines that the Executive is a “specified employee” within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, then to the extent any payment or benefit that the Executive
becomes entitled to under this Agreement on account of the Executive’s separation from service would be considered deferred compensation subject to the 20 percent additional tax imposed pursuant to Section 409A(a) of the Code as a result
of the application of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, such payment shall not be payable and such benefit shall not be provided until the date that is the earlier of (A) six months and one day after the Executive’s separation
from service, or (B) the Executive’s death. If any such delayed cash payment is otherwise payable on an installment basis, the first payment shall include a catch-up payment covering amounts that would otherwise have been paid during the
six-month period but for the application of this provision, and the balance of the installments shall be payable in accordance with their original schedule. Any payments delayed pursuant to this Section 5.5(a) shall bear interest during the
period of such delay at a rate of interest equal to the short-term applicable federal rate for annually compounding obligations for purposes of Section 1274(d) of the Code, or any successor provision, for the month in which such payment
otherwise would have been paid. 
 (b) The parties intend that this Agreement will be administered in accordance with Section 409A of
the Code. To the extent that any provision of this Agreement is ambiguous as to its compliance with Section 409A of the Code, the provision shall be read in such a manner so that all payments hereunder comply with Section 409A of the Code.
The parties agree that this Agreement may be amended, as reasonably requested by either party, and as may be necessary to fully comply with Section 409A of the Code and all related rules and regulations in order to preserve the payments and
benefits provided hereunder without additional cost to either party. 
 (c) To the extent that any payment or benefit described in this
Agreement constitutes “non-qualified deferred compensation” under Section 409A of the Code, and to the extent that such payment or benefit is payable upon the Executive’s termination of employment, then such payments or benefits
shall be payable only upon the Executive’s “separation from service.” The determination of whether and when a separation from service has occurred shall be made in accordance with the presumptions set forth in Treasury Regulation
Section 1.409A 1(h). 
 (d) The Company makes no representation or warranty and shall have no liability to the Executive or any other
person if any provisions of this Agreement are determined to constitute deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code but do not satisfy an exemption from, or the conditions of, such Section. 

6. Covenants of the Executive. 

6.1 Covenant Against Competition; Other Covenants. The Executive acknowledges that (i) the principal business of the Company
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assigns), is any commercial activity comprising any one or more of the ownership, acquisition, development or management of industrial real estate (the “Business”); (ii) the
Company is one of the limited number of persons who have developed such a business; (iii) the Company’s Business is currently national in scope within the United States; (iv) the Executive’s work for the Company will give him
access to the confidential affairs and proprietary information of the Company; (v) the covenants and agreements of the Executive contained in this Section 6 are essential to the business and goodwill of the Company; and (vi) the
Company would not have entered into this Agreement but for the covenants and agreements set forth in this Section 6. Accordingly, the Executive covenants and agrees that: 

(a) By and in consideration of the salary and benefits to be provided by the Company hereunder, including the severance arrangements set forth
herein, and further in consideration of the Executive’s exposure to the proprietary information of the Company, the Executive covenants and agrees that, during the period commencing on the date hereof and (except as provided below) ending one
year following the date upon which the Executive shall cease to be an employee of the Company and its Controlled Affiliates (as defined below), he shall not in the United States, or, if and to the extent that the Business is Actively Conducted (as
defined below) outside of the United States, in the applicable non-U.S. locations, directly or indirectly, (i) engage in any element of the Business (other than for the Company or its Controlled Affiliates), (ii) render any services to any
person, corporation, partnership or other entity (other than the Company or its Controlled Affiliates) engaged in any element of the Business, or (iii) become interested in any such person, corporation, partnership or other entity (other than
the Company or its Controlled Affiliates) as a partner, member, manager, shareholder, principal, agent, employee, trustee, consultant or any person engaged in the Business, or in any other relationship or capacity; provided, however, that,
notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive may own or acquire or otherwise invest in, directly or indirectly, securities of any entity, solely for investment purposes and without participating in the business thereof, if (A) such securities
are traded on any national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market, (B) the Executive is not a controlling person of, or a member of a group which controls, such entity and (C) the Executive does not, directly or indirectly,
own 5% or more of any class of securities of such entity; and provided that the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.1(a) shall not prevent the Executive from rendering services to any person, corporation, partnership or other entity engaged
in any element of the Business (a “Permitted Party”), or from otherwise becoming interested in a Permitted Party if (x) the Permitted Party and its affiliates, taken together, are not a significant competitor of the Company and no
element of the Business is a Material (as defined below) part of the business of the Permitted Party and its affiliates, taken together, and (y) the Executive has no services-related or investment-related role or interest in or otherwise with
regard to any portion of the business of the Permitted Party and its affiliates that competes with the Company. “Material” for purposes of the immediately preceding sentence means that the total assets of the Permitted Party and its
affiliates that comprise the Business constitute 20% or more of the total assets of the Permitted Party and its affiliates. “Actively Conducted” shall mean that the Company actually owns or manages industrial real estate in the specified
location, or has entered into a binding agreement, or a letter of intent, a term sheet, an agreement in principle, or any similar non-binding agreement (which non-binding agreement has not been terminated or expired of its own terms), to purchase or
manage industrial real estate in the specified location. “Controlled Affiliates” shall mean any and all entities that the Company directly or indirectly controls; provided that, if after the date hereof there is a reorganization of


  
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the Company and a new holding company is established thereover, which controls the Company, then “Controlled Affiliates” shall also include such holding company and any affiliates that
are controlled by the new parent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if either (i) employment terminates upon or after the scheduled expiration of the Term (without any early termination under Section 4 or 5), other than in connection with a
Qualified Retirement or (ii) employment terminates following a Change in Control and Section 5.2(b) applies, then the restrictions of this Section 6.1(a) shall not extend beyond the date of termination of employment. 

(b) During and after the Term, subject to the provisions of Section 7.14, the Executive shall keep secret and retain in strictest
confidence, and shall not use for his benefit or the benefit of others, except in connection with the business and affairs of the Company and its Controlled Affiliates, all confidential matters relating to the Company’s Business and the
business of any of its Controlled Affiliates and to the Company and any of its Controlled Affiliates, learned by the Executive heretofore or hereafter directly or indirectly from the Company or any of its Controlled Affiliates, including, without
limitation, information with respect to (i) sources and non-public methods of raising capital, (ii) non-public information related to joint ventures, institutional funds and the partners or other investors therein, and (iii) any other
material, non-public information (the “Confidential Company Information”); and shall not disclose such Confidential Company Information to anyone outside of the Company except (w) with the Company’s express written consent,
(x) Confidential Company Information which is at the time of receipt or thereafter becomes publicly known through no wrongful act of the Executive or is received from a third party not under an obligation to keep such information confidential
and without breach of this Agreement, (y) as required by law or legal process (provided that the Executive shall give the Company reasonable prior written notice of disclosure under this clause (y)), and (z) for disclosures to counsel in
the context of seeking legal advice where counsel agrees, for the benefit of the Company, to be bound by the restrictions of this sentence. 

(c) From the date hereof through the end of the one-year period commencing with the Executive’s termination of employment, the Executive
shall not, without the Company’s prior written consent, directly or indirectly, (i) solicit or encourage to leave the employment or other service of the Company, or any of its Controlled Affiliates, any employee, or independent contractor
of the Company where the independent contractor performs (or in the prior year has performed) a substantial portion of his services for the Company, or (ii) hire (on behalf of the Executive or any other person or entity) any employee or
independent contractor of the Company, where the independent contractor performs (or in the last year of service to the Company has performed) a substantial portion of his services for the Company, who has left the employment or other service of the
Company or any of its Controlled Affiliates within the one-year period which follows the termination of such employee’s or independent contractor’s employment or other service with the Company and its Controlled Affiliates. From the date
hereof through the end of the one-year period commencing with the Executive’s termination of employment with the Company, the Executive will not, whether for his own account or for the account of any other person, firm, corporation or other
business organization, intentionally interfere with the Company’s or any of its Controlled Affiliates’ relationship with, or endeavor to entice away from the Company or any of its Controlled Affiliates, any person who during the Term is or
was a tenant, co-investor, co-developer, joint venturer or other customer of the Company or any of its Controlled Affiliates. While the Executive’s non-compete obligations 

  
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under Section 6.1(a) are in effect (or would have been in effect if not for clause (ii) of the last sentence of Section 6.1(a)), subject to the provisions of Section 7.14, the
Executive shall not publish any statement or make any statement under circumstances reasonably likely to become public that is critical of the Company or any of its Controlled Affiliates, or in any way adversely affecting or otherwise maligning the
Business or reputation of the Company or any of its Controlled Affiliates (provided that nothing in this sentence is intended to prevent the Executive from including in his pleadings or from his testimony any truthful matter to the extent necessary
to defend against any claim by the Company or a third party against the Executive, or to prosecute any claim against the Company for a breach of this Agreement). 

(d) All memoranda, notes, lists, records, property and any other tangible product and documents (and all copies thereof), whether visually
perceptible, machine-readable or otherwise, made, produced or compiled by the Executive or made available to the Executive concerning the business of the Company or its Controlled Affiliates, (i) shall at all times be the property of the
Company (and, as applicable, any Controlled Affiliates) and shall be delivered to the Company at any time upon its request, and (ii) upon the Executive’s termination of employment, shall be immediately returned to the Company. 

(e) During and after the Executive’s employment, the Executive shall cooperate reasonably with the Company in the defense or assertion of
any claims or actions now in existence or which may be brought in the future against or on behalf of the Company which relate to events or occurrences that transpired while the Executive was employed by the Company, other than any such claims or
actions which may be brought in the future against the Company by the Executive. The Executive’s cooperation in connection with such claims or actions shall include, but not be limited to, being available to meet with counsel to prepare for
discovery or trial and to act as a witness on behalf of the Company at mutually convenient times. During and after the Executive’s employment, the Executive also shall cooperate reasonably with the Company in connection with any investigation
or review of any federal, state or local regulatory authority as any such investigation or review relates to events or occurrences that transpired while the Executive was employed by the Company. The Company shall not utilize this
Section 6.1(e) to require the Executive to make himself available to an extent that would unreasonably interfere with full-time employment responsibilities that the Executive may have. The Company shall reimburse the Executive for any
pre-approved reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred in connection with the Executive’s performance of obligations pursuant to this Section 6.1(e) within ten business days after receipt of appropriate documentation consistent with the
Company’s business expense reimbursement policy. In addition, for all time that the Executive reasonably expends at the request of the Company in cooperating with the Company or any of its affiliates pursuant to this Section 6.1(e) where
the Executive is no longer employed by the Company, the Company shall compensate the Executive at a per hour rate equal to the sum of (A) Annual Salary in the Executive’s last fiscal year of employment during the Term plus (B) the
Executive’s actual annual cash bonus for the last fiscal year of employment during the Term for which such a bonus was determined, divided by 2,000; provided that the Executive’s right to such compensation shall not apply to time spent in
activities that could have been compelled pursuant to a subpoena, including testimony and related attendance at depositions, hearings or trials. All such compensation will be paid on a monthly, or, at the option of the Company, more frequent basis,
within ten business days after receipt of a detailed invoice, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company, documenting the time spent by the Executive cooperating with the Company. 

  
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 6.2 Rights and Remedies upon Breach. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that any breach
by him of any of the provisions of Section 6.1 (the “Restrictive Covenants”) would result in irreparable injury and damage for which money damages would not provide an adequate remedy. Therefore, if the Executive breaches, or
threatens to commit a breach of, any of the provisions of Section 6.1, the Company and its Controlled Affiliates shall have, in addition to, and not in lieu of, any other rights and remedies available to the Company and its Controlled
Affiliates under law or in equity (including, without limitation, the recovery of damages), the right and remedy to have the Restrictive Covenants specifically enforced (without posting bond and without the need to prove damages) by any court having
equity jurisdiction, including, without limitation, the right to an entry against the Executive of restraining orders and injunctions (preliminary, mandatory, temporary and permanent) against violations, threatened or actual, and whether or not then
continuing, of such covenants. 
 6.3 Certain Colorado Matters. The Executive acknowledges the following provisions of Colorado law,
set forth in Colorado Revised Statutes Section 8-2-113(2): 
 Any covenant not to compete which restricts the right of any person to receive
compensation for performance of skilled or unskilled labor for any employer shall be void, but this subsection (2) shall not apply to: 

(a) Any contract for the purchase and sale of a business or the assets of a business; 

(b) Any contract for the protection of trade secrets; 

(c) Any contract provision providing for the recovery of the expense of educating and training an employee who has served an employer for a
period of less than two years; 
 (d) Executive and management personnel and officers and employees who constitute professional staff to
executive and management personnel. 
 The Executive acknowledges that this Agreement is executed for the protection of trade secrets under
Section 8-2-113(2)(b), and is intended to protect the confidential information and trade secrets of the Company. The Executive also acknowledges that he is “executive [or] management personnel” within the meaning of
Section 8-2-113(2)(d). 
 7. Other Provisions. 

7.1 Severability. The Executive acknowledges and agrees that (i) he has had an opportunity to seek advice of counsel in connection
with this Agreement and (ii) the Restrictive Covenants are reasonable in geographical and temporal scope and in all other respects. If it is determined that any of the provisions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, any of the
Restrictive Covenants, or any part thereof, is invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of the provisions of this Agreement shall not thereby be affected and shall be given full effect, without regard to the invalid portions. 

  
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 7.2 Duration and Scope of Covenants. If any court or other decision-maker of competent
jurisdiction determines that any of the Executive’s covenants contained in this Agreement, including, without limitation, any of the Restrictive Covenants, or any part thereof, is unenforceable because of the duration or geographical scope of
such provision, then, after such determination has become final and unappealable, the duration or scope of such provision, as the case may be, shall be reduced so that such provision becomes enforceable and, in its reduced form, such provision shall
then be enforceable and shall be enforced. 
 7.3 Enforceability; Jurisdiction; Arbitration. 

(a) The Company and the Executive intend to and hereby confer jurisdiction to enforce the Restrictive Covenants set forth in Section 6
upon the courts of any jurisdiction within the geographical scope of the Restrictive Covenants. 
 (b) Any controversy or claim arising out
of or relating to this Agreement or the breach of this Agreement (other than a controversy or claim arising under Section 6, to the extent necessary for the Company (or its Controlled Affiliates, where applicable) to avail itself of the rights
and remedies referred to in Section 6.2) that is not resolved by the Executive and the Company (or its Controlled Affiliates, where applicable) shall be submitted to arbitration in Denver, Colorado in accordance with Colorado law and the
procedures of the American Arbitration Association before a single arbitrator. The determination of the arbitrator shall be conclusive and binding on the Company (or its Controlled Affiliates, where applicable) and the Executive and judgment may be
entered on the arbitrator’s award in any court having jurisdiction. The Company shall bear one-half of the costs of any arbitration and the Executive, as the other party to the arbitration, shall bear the other half; each party will bear its
own attorney’s fees and costs, except as prohibited by law. To the extent any of the foregoing cost-splitting or other provisions are found not to comply with then-applicable law, the arbitrator shall reform this Agreement such that it is
enforceable and consistent with then-applicable decisional or statutory law. 
 7.4 Notices. Any notice or other communication
required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally, telegraphed, telexed, sent by facsimile transmission or sent by certified, registered or express mail, postage prepaid. Any such notice shall be deemed given when
so delivered personally, telegraphed, telexed or sent by facsimile transmission or, if mailed, five days after the date of deposit in the United States mails as follows: 
  

			
	If to the Company, to:	  	DCT Industrial Trust Inc.
		  	518 17th Street, Suite 800
		  	Denver, Colorado 80202
		  	Attention: Chairman
		  	Facsimile: (303) 228-2201
		
	with a copy to:	  	Goodwin Procter LLP
		  	53 State Street
		  	Boston, MA 02109
		  	Attention: Daniel P. Adams
		  	Facsimile: (617) 523-1231
		
	If to the Executive, to:	  	Philip L. Hawkins
		  	at the address set forth on the signature page hereof


  
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 Any such person may by notice given in accordance with this Section 7.4 to the other parties hereto
designate another address or person for receipt by such person of notices hereunder. 
 7.5 Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains
the entire agreement of the parties regarding the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings and negotiations regarding the same. For the avoidance of doubt, the Prior Employment Agreement is hereby superseded
including, but not limited to, Section 7.12 thereto. 
 7.6 Waivers and Amendments. This Agreement may be amended, superseded,
canceled, renewed or extended, and the terms hereof may be waived, only by a written instrument signed by the parties or, in the case of a waiver, by the party waiving compliance. No delay on the part of any party in exercising any right, power or
privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any waiver on the part of any party of any such right, power or privilege nor any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or privilege, preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other such right, power or privilege. 
 7.7 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF COLORADO WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW WHICH COULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF COLORADO. 

7.8 Assignment. This Agreement, and the Executive’s rights and obligations hereunder, may not be assigned by the Executive; any
purported assignment by the Executive in violation hereof shall be null and void. This Agreement, and the Company’s rights and obligations hereunder, may not be assigned by the Company; any purported assignment by the Company in violation
hereof shall be null and void. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) in the event of any sale, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or business, whether by merger, consolidation or otherwise, the
Company may assign this Agreement and its rights hereunder, and (ii) the Company may assign the Agreement to its Controlled Affiliates so long as the Executive’s title is not reduced and the Executive’s role in respect of the
affiliated group taken as a whole is not materially adversely affected. 
 7.9 Withholding. The Company shall be entitled to withhold
from any payments or deemed payments any amount of tax withholding it determines to be required by law. 
 7.10 Binding Effect. This
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 7.11 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by the parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original but all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Each counterpart may consist of two copies hereof each signed by one of the parties
hereto. 
 7.12 Survival. Anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the provisions of Sections 4, 5, 6,
7.3, and 7.9, and the other provisions of this Section 7 (to the extent necessary to effectuate the survival of Sections 4, 5, 6, 7.3, and 7.9), shall survive termination of this Agreement and any termination of the Executive’s employment
hereunder. 
 7.13 Existing Agreements. The Executive represents to the Company that he is not subject or a party to any employment
or consulting agreement, non-competition covenant or other agreement, covenant or understanding which might prohibit him from executing this Agreement or limit his ability to fulfill his responsibilities hereunder. 

7.14 Compliance with Whistleblower Rules. Nothing in this Agreement shall be interpreted or applied to prohibit the Executive from
making any good faith report to any governmental agency or other governmental entity concerning any acts or omissions that the Executive may believe to constitute a possible violation of federal or state law or making other disclosures that are
protected under the whistleblower provisions of applicable federal or state law or regulation. 
 7.15 Headings. The headings in this
Agreement are for reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have signed their names as of the day and year first above
written. 
  

			
	COMPANY:
	
	DCT INDUSTRIAL TRUST INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ John G. Spiegleman

	Name:	 	John G. Spiegleman
	Title:	 	Executive Vice President and General Counsel
	
	EXECUTIVE:
	
	 /s/ Philip L. Hawkins

	Philip L. Hawkins