EX-10.2





 Exhibit 10.2 

SUBSCRIPTION ESCROW AGREEMENT 

THIS SUBSCRIPTION ESCROW AGREEMENT, dated as of February 20, 2020 (this “Agreement”), is entered into
between Gladstone Commercial Corporation (the “Company”) and UMB Bank, National Association, a national banking association, as escrow agent (the “Escrow Agent”). 

WHEREAS, the Company intends to raise cash funds from Investors (as defined below) pursuant to a public offering (the
“Offering”) of up to 26,000,000 shares of our Series F Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, having a purchase price of $25.00 per share (for an aggregate offering amount of $650,000,000) (the “Securities”),
pursuant to the registration statement on Form S-3 of the Company (No. 333-236143) (as amended, the “Offering Document”); 

WHEREAS, the Escrow Agent is willing to accept appointment as escrow agent only for the express duties set forth herein. 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto,
intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows: 
 1. Proceeds to be Escrowed. Subject to the Escrow Agent’s prior
receipt of all required documentation necessary to comply with the Bank Secrecy Act, the Company shall establish an escrow account with the Escrow Agent to be invested in accordance with Section 7 entitled “ESCROW
ACCOUNT FOR THE BENEFIT OF INVESTORS OF SHARES OF GLADSTONE COMMERCIAL CORP.” (including such abbreviations as are required for the Escrow Agent’s systems) (the “Escrow Account”). All checks, wire transfers and other funds
received from subscribers of Securities via “Direct Registration Settlement” (as described in the Offering Document) (“Investors”) in payment for the Securities (“Investor Funds”) will be delivered to the
Escrow Agent within one business day following the day upon which such Investor Funds are received by the Company or its agents, and shall, upon receipt by the Escrow Agent, be retained in escrow by the Escrow Agent. During the term of this
Agreement, the Company or its agents shall cause all checks received by and made payable to it for payment for the Securities to be endorsed in favor of the Escrow Agent and delivered to the Escrow Agent for deposit in the Escrow Account. 

The initial escrow period shall commence upon the effectiveness of this Agreement and shall continue until the Termination Date (as defined in
Section 4). The Escrow Account shall not be an interest-bearing account. 
 The Escrow Agent shall have no duty to make any
disbursement, investment or other use of Investor Funds until and unless it has good and collected funds. If any checks deposited in the Escrow Account are returned or prove uncollectible after the funds represented thereby have been released by the
Escrow Agent, then the Company shall promptly reimburse the Escrow Agent for any and all costs incurred for such, upon request, and the Escrow Agent shall deliver the returned checks to the Company. The Escrow Agent shall be under no duty or
responsibility to enforce collection of any check delivered to it hereunder. 












 2. Investors. Investors will be instructed by the dealer manager for the Offering, Gladstone
Securities, LLC (the “Dealer Manager”) or any soliciting dealers retained by the Dealer Manager (the “Soliciting Dealers”) to remit the purchase price in the form of checks (“instruments of
payment”) payable to the order of, or funds wired in favor of, “UMB BANK, N.A., ESCROW AGENT FOR GLADSTONE COMMERCIAL CORP.” Any checks made payable to a party other than the Escrow Agent shall be sent to the Company or returned
to the Soliciting Dealer that submitted the check. 
 If any subscription agreement for the purchase of Securities solicited by a Soliciting
Dealer is rejected by the Company, then the subscription agreement and check for the purchase of Securities will be returned to the rejected subscriber within ten business days from the date of rejection. The Company shall provide any necessary
documentation to the Escrow Agent as the Escrow Agent may request, upon which it may rely, to enable the Escrow Agent to return amounts to rejected subscribers. 

All Investor Funds deposited in the Escrow Account shall not be subject to any liens or charges by the Company or the Escrow Agent, or
judgments or creditors’ claims against the Company, until and unless released to the Company as hereinafter provided. The Company understands and agrees that the Company shall not be entitled to any Investor Funds on deposit in the Escrow
Account and no such funds shall become the property of the Company, or any other entity except as released to the Company pursuant to Section 3. The Escrow Agent will not use the information provided to it by the Company
for any purpose other than to fulfill its obligations as Escrow Agent hereunder. The Escrow Agent will treat all Investor information as confidential; provided the Escrow Agent may disclose Investor information to the extent required to a
supervisory or governmental authority or a self-regulatory organization in the course of any examination, inquiry, or audit of the Escrow Agent or any of its representatives or businesses or as otherwise required by law; provided further, the Escrow
Agent shall, to the extent permitted by law, promptly notify the Company of the existence, terms and circumstances surrounding such disclosure request, so that the Company may seek an appropriate protective order or other remedy, at its sole
expense. 
 3. Disbursement of Funds. The Escrow Agent, upon receipt of Escrow Release Notice, attached hereto as Exhibit C, shall
periodically transfer any portion of the Investor Funds to the Company or such other parties as set forth in the applicable Escrow Release Notice. The Escrow Agent shall effect such transfer by the close of business on the date the Escrow Agent
receives the applicable Escrow Release Notice; provided, however, if the Escrow Agent receives the applicable Escrow Release Notice after 2pm Central Time, then the Escrow Agent shall effect such transfer by the close of business on
the next succeeding business day. If the Escrow Agent has not previously received an Escrow Release Notice by the Termination Date, the Escrow Agent shall return any Investor Funds held to the Investors. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except for a
return of Investor Funds to the applicable Investor, the Escrow Agent shall not transfer Investor Funds to any party until after it has received an executed and valid IRS Form W-9, or valid substitute thereto,
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 4. Term of Escrow. The “Termination Date” shall be the earliest of:
(a) all funds held in the Escrow Account are distributed to the Company or to Investors pursuant to Section 3 and the Company has informed the Escrow Agent in writing to close the Escrow Account; (b) the date the
Escrow Agent receives written notice from the Company that it is abandoning the sale of the Securities; and (c) the date the Escrow Agent receives written notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal or state
regulatory authority that a stop or similar order has been issued with respect to the Offering Document and has remained in effect for at least 20 days. After the Termination Date, the Company and its agents shall not deposit, and the Escrow Agent
shall not accept, any additional amounts representing payments by prospective Investors. 
 5. Duty and Liability of the Escrow Agent. The
sole duty of the Escrow Agent shall be to receive Investor Funds and subscription agreements and hold them subject to release, in accordance herewith, and the Escrow Agent shall be under no duty to determine whether the Company, the Dealer Manager
or any Soliciting Dealer is complying with requirements of this Agreement, the Offering or applicable securities or other laws in tendering the Investor Funds to the Escrow Agent. No other agreement entered into between the parties, or any of them,
shall be considered as adopted or binding, in whole or in part, upon the Escrow Agent notwithstanding that any such other agreement may be referred to herein or deposited with the Escrow Agent or the Escrow Agent may have knowledge thereof,
including specifically but without limitation the Offering Document or any other document related to the Offering (including the subscription agreement and exhibits thereto), and the Escrow Agent’s rights and responsibilities shall be governed
solely by this Agreement. The Escrow Agent shall not be responsible for or be required to enforce any of the terms or conditions of the Offering Document or any other document related to the Offering (including the subscription agreement and
exhibits thereto) or other agreement between the Company and any other party. The Escrow Agent may conclusively rely upon and shall be protected in acting upon any statement, certificate, notice, request, consent, order or other document believed by
it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties. The Escrow Agent shall have no duty or liability to verify any such statement, certificate, notice, request, consent, order or other document, and its sole
responsibility shall be to act only as expressly set forth in this Agreement. Concurrent with the execution of this Agreement, the Company shall deliver to the Escrow Agent an authorized signers form in the form of Exhibit A or Exhibit A-1 to this Agreement, as applicable. The Escrow Agent shall be under no obligation to institute or defend any action, suit or proceeding in connection with this Agreement unless first indemnified to its
satisfaction. The Escrow Agent may consult counsel of its own choice with respect to any question arising under this Agreement and the Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted in good faith upon advice of such counsel. The
Escrow Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the Escrow Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct was the primary cause of
loss. The Escrow Agent is acting solely as escrow agent hereunder and owes no duties, covenants or obligations, fiduciary or otherwise, to any other person by reason of this Agreement, except as otherwise stated herein, and no implied duties,
covenants or obligations, fiduciary or otherwise, shall be read into this Agreement against the Escrow Agent. If any disagreement between any of the parties to this Agreement, or between any of them and any other person, including any Investor,
resulting in adverse claims or demands being made in connection with the matters covered by this Agreement, or if the Escrow Agent is in doubt as to what action it should take hereunder, the Escrow Agent may, at its option, refuse to comply with any
claims or demands on it, or refuse to take any other action hereunder, so long as such disagreement continues or such doubt exists, and in any such event, the Escrow Agent shall not be or become liable in any way or to any person for its failure or
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continue so to refrain from acting until (a) the rights of all interested parties shall have been fully and finally adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction, or (b) all
differences shall have been adjudged and all doubt resolved by agreement among all of the interested persons, and the Escrow Agent shall have been notified thereof in writing signed by all such persons. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Escrow
Agent may in its discretion obey the order, judgment, decree or levy of any court, whether with or without jurisdiction and the Escrow Agent is hereby authorized in its sole discretion to comply with and obey any such orders, judgments, decrees or
levies. If any controversy should arise with respect to this Agreement the Escrow Agent shall have the right, at its option, to institute an interpleader action in any court of competent jurisdiction to determine the rights of the parties. IN NO
EVENT SHALL THE ESCROW AGENT BE LIABLE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL LOSSES OR DAMAGES OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LOST PROFITS), EVEN IF THE ESCROW AGENT HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSSES OR DAMAGES AND REGARDLESS OF THE FORM OF ACTION. The parties hereto agree that the Escrow Agent has no role in the preparation of the Offering Document (including the subscription agreement and other exhibits thereto) and
makes no representations or warranties with respect to the information contained therein or omitted therefrom. The Escrow Agent shall have no obligation, duty or liability with respect to compliance with any federal or state securities, disclosure
or tax laws concerning the Offering Document or any other document related to the Offering (including the subscription agreement and other exhibits thereto) or the issuance, offering or sale of the Securities. The Escrow Agent shall have no duty or
obligation to monitor the application and use of the Investor Funds once transferred to the Company, that being the sole obligation and responsibility of the Company. 

6. Escrow Agent’s Fee. The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to compensation for its services as stated in the fee schedule attached hereto as
Exhibit B, which compensation shall be paid by the Company. The fee agreed upon for the services rendered hereunder is intended as full compensation for the Escrow Agent’s services as contemplated by this Agreement; provided, however,
that if (a) the conditions for the disbursement of funds under this Agreement are not fulfilled, (b) the Escrow Agent renders any material service not contemplated in this Agreement, (c) there is any assignment of interest in the
subject matter of this Agreement, (d) there is any material modification hereof, (e) any material controversy arises hereunder, or (f) the Escrow Agent is made a party to any litigation pertaining to this Agreement or the subject
matter hereof, then the Escrow Agent shall be reasonably compensated for such extraordinary services and reimbursed for all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney’s fees, occasioned by any delay, controversy, litigation or event, and
the same shall be recoverable from the Company. The Company’s obligations under this Section 6 shall survive the resignation or removal of the Escrow Agent and the assignment or termination of this Agreement. 

7. Investment of Investor Funds. Investor Funds shall be deposited in the Escrow Account in accordance with Section 1
and held un-invested in the Escrow Account, which shall be non-interest bearing. 

8. Notices. All notices, requests, demands, and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been
duly given (a) on the date of service if served personally on the party to whom notice is to be given, (b) on the day of transmission if sent by facsimile/email transmission bearing an authorized signature to the


  
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facsimile number/email address given below, and written confirmation of receipt is obtained promptly after completion of transmission, (c) on the day after delivery to Federal Express or
similar overnight courier or the Express Mail service maintained by the United States Postal Service, or (d) on the fifth day after mailing, if mailed to the party to whom notice is to be given, by first class mail, registered or certified,
postage prepaid, and properly addressed, return receipt requested, to the party as follows: 
 If to the Company: 

Mike Sodo 
 Chief Financial Officer 

Gladstone Commercial Corporation 
 1521 Westbranch Drive 

McLean, VA 22102 
 If to Escrow Agent: 

UMB Bank, National Association 
 1010 Grand Blvd. 4th Floor 
 Mail Stop: 1020409 

Kansas City, Missouri 64106 
 Attention: Lara Stevens, Corporate
Trust & Escrow Services Dept. 
 Telephone: (816) 860-3017 

Fax: (816) 860-3029 

Email: lara.stevens@umb.com 
 Any party may change its address
for purposes of this Section by giving the other party written notice of the new address in the manner set forth above. 
 9. Indemnification of
Escrow Agent. The Company hereby agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Escrow Agent from and against, any and all losses, liabilities, costs, damages and expenses, including, without limitation, reasonable counsel fees and expenses,
which the Escrow Agent may suffer or incur by reason of any action, claim or proceeding brought against the Escrow Agent arising out of or relating in any way to this Agreement or any transaction to which this Agreement relates unless such loss,
liability, cost, damage or expense is finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been primarily caused by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Escrow Agent. The terms of this Section shall survive the termination of
this Agreement and the resignation or removal of the Escrow Agent. 
 10. Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, no party hereto shall assign this Agreement or any rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto and any such attempted assignment without such prior written consent shall be void and of no
force and effect. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and shall be binding upon the successors and permitted assigns of the parties hereto. Any corporation or association into which the Escrow Agent may be converted or merged, or with which
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association resulting from any such conversion, sale, merger, consolidation or transfer to which the Escrow Agent is a party, shall be and become the successor Escrow Agent under this Agreement
and shall have and succeed to the rights, powers, duties, immunities and privileges as its predecessor, without the execution or filing of any instrument or paper or the performance of any further act. 

11. Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be construed, performed, and enforced in accordance with, and governed by, the internal
laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of laws thereof. 
 12. Severability. If any provision of
this Agreement is declared by any court or other judicial or administrative body to be null, void, or unenforceable, said provision shall survive to the extent it is not so declared, and all of the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in
full force and effect. 
 13. Amendments; Waivers. This Agreement may be amended or modified, and any of the terms, covenants,
representations, warranties, or conditions hereof may be waived, only by a written instrument executed by the parties hereto, or in the case of a waiver, by the party waiving compliance. Any waiver by any party of any condition, or of the breach of
any provision, term, covenant, representation, or warranty contained in this Agreement, in any one or more instances, shall not be deemed to be nor construed as further or continuing waiver of any such condition, or of the breach of any other
provision, term, covenant, representation, or warranty of this Agreement. The Company agrees that any requested waiver, modification or amendment of this Agreement shall be consistent with the terms of the Offering. 

14. Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the escrow
contemplated hereby and supersedes and replaces all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings, oral or written, with regard to such escrow. 

15. Section Headings. The section headings in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation
of this Agreement. 
 16. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed (including by facsimile transmission) with counterpart signature pages
or in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which shall constitute the same instrument. Copies, telecopies, facsimiles, electronic files and other reproductions of original executed documents shall be deemed to be
authentic and valid counterparts of such original documents for all purposes, including the filing of any claim, action or suit in the appropriate court of law. The parties hereto agree that the transactions described herein may be conducted and
related documents may be stored by electronic means. 
 17. Resignation. The Escrow Agent may resign upon 30 days’ advance written notice
to the parties hereto. If a successor escrow agent is not appointed by the Company within the 30-day period following such notice, the Escrow Agent may petition any court of competent jurisdiction to name a
successor escrow agent, or may interplead the Investor Funds with such court, whereupon the Escrow Agent’s duties hereunder shall terminate. 

  
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 18. References to Escrow Agent. Other than the Offering Document, any of the other documents
related to the Offering (including the subscription agreement and exhibits thereto) and any amendments thereof or supplements thereto, no printed or other matter in any language (including, without limitation, notices, reports and promotional
material) which mentions the Escrow Agent’s name or the rights, powers, or duties of the Escrow Agent shall be issued by the Company or the Dealer Manager, or on the Company’s or the Dealer Manager’s behalf, unless the Escrow Agent
shall first have given its specific written consent thereto. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment or supplement to the Offering Document or any other document related to the Offering (including the subscription agreement and exhibits
thereto) that revises, alters, modifies, changes or adds to the description of the Escrow Agent or its rights, powers or duties hereunder shall not be issued by the Company or the Dealer Manager, or on the Company’s or the Dealer Manager’s
behalf, unless the Escrow Agent has first given specific written consent thereto. 
 19. Patriot Act and Bank Secrecy Act Compliance. The
Company and the Dealer Manager shall provide to the Escrow Agent upon the execution of this Agreement any documentation requested and any information reasonably requested by the Escrow Agent to comply with the USA Patriot Act of 2001, as amended
from time to time or the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended from time to time. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed the
date and year first set forth above. 
  

			
	COMPANY
		
	By:	 	/s/ David J. Gladstone
		 	Name: David J. Gladstone
		 	Title:   Chairman, CEO and President

  

			
	 UMB BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
 as
Escrow Agent

		
	By:	 	/s/ Lara L. Stevens
		 	Name: Lara L. Stevens
		 	Title:   Vice President

 Signature Page to Subscription Escrow Agreement 












 Exhibit A 

CERTIFICATE AS TO AUTHORIZED SIGNATURES 
 The
specimen signatures shown below are the specimen signatures of the individuals who have been designated as Authorized Representatives of Gladstone Commercial Corporation and are authorized to initiate and approve transactions of all types for
the above-mentioned account.  
  

			
	Name/Title	  	 Specimen Signature

		
	David Gladstone, Chairman, CEO and President	  	 
		  	Signature
		
	Mike Sodo, CFO and Assistant Treasurer	  	 
		  	Signature
		
	Michael LiCalsi, General Counsel	  	 
		  	Signature


  
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 Exhibit B 

ESCROW FEES AND EXPENSES 
  

					
	 Acceptance Fee
	  			
	 Review/draft escrow agreement, establish account
	  	$	3,000	 
	 Annual Fee
	  	$	3,000	 
	 Transactional Fees, if applicable
	  			
	 Outgoing Wire Transfer
	  	$	35 each	 
	 Overnight Delivery/Mailings
	  	$	16.50 each	 
	 IRS Tax Reporting
	  	$	10 per 1099	 
	 Subscription Document Processing
	  	$	25 each	 

 Acceptance and first year Annual Fee will be due and payable prior to execution of the Escrow Agreement. 

The Annual Fee will be billed annually in advance and Transactional Fees will be billed quarterly in arrears and at termination and due prior to final
disbursement of escrow funds. 
 Fees specified are for the regular, routine services contemplated by the Escrow Agreement, and any additional or
extraordinary services, including, but not limited to disbursements involving a dispute or arbitration, or administration while a dispute, controversy or adverse claim is in existence, will be charged based upon time required at the then standard
hourly rate. 
 All expenses related to the administration of the Escrow Agreement such as, but not limited to, travel, postage, shipping, courier,
telephone, facsimile, supplies, legal fees, accounting fees, etc., will be reimbursable. 

  
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 Exhibit C 

FORM OF ESCROW RELEASE NOTICE 

Date: 
 UMB Bank, National Association 

1010 Grand Blvd. 4th Floor 

Mail Stop: 1020409 
 Kansas City, Missouri 64106 

Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 In accordance with the terms of
Section 3 of the Subscription Escrow Agreement dated as of ___________, 20__ (as the same may be amended from time to time, the “Escrow Agreement”), among Gladstone Commercial Corporation (the “Company”)
and UMB Bank, National Association (the “Escrow Agent”), the Company hereby notifies the Escrow Agent that the ________ closing will be held on ___________ for gross proceeds of $_________. 

PLEASE DISTRIBUTE FUNDS BY WIRE TRANSFER (or as indicated) AS FOLLOWS (wire instructions attached): 

 

					
	$
	$
	
	Very truly yours,
	
	GLADSTONE COMMERCIAL CORPORATION as the Company


 
					
			
	By:	 	 	 	 
		 	Name:	 	 
		 	Title:	 	 



  
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