| (a)   | Subject to clauses (b) and (c) below, if the Optionee has a Termination of Service, then no exercise of an Option may occur after the expiration of the three-month period to follow the Termination of Service, or if earlier, the expiration of the term of the Option as provided under paragraph 5 below; provided that, if the Optionee has a Termination ofService by a Participating Company for Cause or by the Optionee for any reason other than Good Reason (as defined in the employment agreement by and between Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. and the Grantee dated December 9, 2009 (the |
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| (b)   | In the event the Optionee has a Termination of Service on account of death or Disability, or on account of Termination of Service by the Company for any reason other than for Cause or upon expiration of the Optionee's term of employment due to the non-renewal of the Employment Agreement by the Company or by the Optionee for Good Reason, any then unvestedOption shall immediately vest and become exercisable by the Successor of the Optionee or by the Optionee until the earlier of (i) one year from the date of the Termination of Service of the Optionee, or (ii) the date on which the term of the Option expires in accordance with paragraph 5 below. |
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|   | (c)   | In the event the Grantee has a Termination of Service (other than a Termination of Service by the Company for Cause) within 12 months following a Change of Control, any then unvested Option shall immediately vest and become exercisable; provided that such Option shall only be exercisable until the date on which the term of the Option expires in accordance with paragraph 5 below. |
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|   | (d)   | Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Option (or portion thereof) which had not become exercisable at or before the time of Termination of Service shall ever be or become exercisable.  No provision of this paragraph 4 is intended to or shall permit the exercise of the Option to the extent the Option was not exercisable upon Termination of Service. |
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| (a)   | THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARDTO ANY PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW WHICH COULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. The captions of this Agreement are not part of the provisions hereof and shall have no force or effect.  This Agreement maynot be amended or modified except by a written agreement executed by the parties hereto or their respective successors and legal representatives.  The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement. |
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| (b)   | All notices hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Company or the Committee, shall be delivered to the Board or mailed to its principal office, addressed to the attention of the Board; and if to the Optionee, shall be delivered personally, sent by facsimile transmission or mailed to the Optionee at the address appearing in the records of the Company.  Suchaddresses may be changed at any time by written notice to the other party given in accordance with this paragraph 6(b). |
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| (c)   | The failure of the Optionee or the Company to insist upon strict compliance with any provision of this Agreement or the Plan, or to assert any right the Optionee or the Company, respectively, may have under this Agreement or the Plan, shall not be deemed to be a waiver of such provision or right or any other provision or right of this Agreement or thePlan. |
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| (d)   | The Optionee agrees that, at the request of the Committee, the Optionee shall represent to the Company in writing that the Shares being acquired are acquired for investment only and not with a view to distribution and that such Shares will be disposed of only if registered for sale under the Act or if there is an available exemption for such disposition.  TheOptionee expressly understands and agrees that, in the event of such a request, the making of such representation shall be a condition precedent to receipt of Shares upon exercise of the Option. |
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| (e)   | 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. |
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| (f)   | Nothing in this Agreement shall confer on the Optionee any right to continue in the employ or other service of the Company or its Subsidiaries or interfere in any way with the right of the Company or its Subsidiaries and its stockholders to terminate the Optionee’s employment or other service at any time. |
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| (g)   | This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, with respect thereto. |
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