2004 Independent Director Incentive Stock Plan



 EXHIBIT 10.3 
  
  
  
 PALADIN REALTY INCOME PROPERTIES, INC. 
  
 2004 INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN 
  
  
  
  
  







 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

							
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	 § 1. BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
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	 § 2 DEFINITIONS
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	 	 	2.1	  	 Affiliate
	  	1
	 	 	2.2	  	 Board
	  	1
	 	 	2.3	  	 Change Effective Date
	  	1
	 	 	2.4	  	 Change in Control
	  	1
	 	 	2.5	  	 Code
	  	2
	 	 	2.6	  	 Committee
	  	2
	 	 	2.7	  	 Company
	  	2
	 	 	2.8	  	 Fair Market Value
	  	2
	 	 	2.9	  	 Independent Director
	  	2
	 	 	2.10	  	 1933 Act
	  	2
	 	 	2.11	  	 1934 Act
	  	2
	 	 	2.12	  	 Option
	  	2
	 	 	2.13	  	 Option Certificate
	  	2
	 	 	2.14	  	 Option Price
	  	2
	 	 	2.15	  	 Parent
	  	2
	 	 	2.16	  	 Plan
	  	2
	 	 	2.17	  	 Rule 16b-3
	  	2
	 	 	2.18	  	 SAR Value
	  	2
	 	 	2.19	  	 Stock
	  	3
	 	 	2.20	  	 Stock Appreciation Right
	  	3
	 	 	2.21	  	 Stock Appreciation Right Certificate
	  	3
	 	 	2.22	  	 Stock Grant
	  	3
	 	 	2.23	  	 Stock Grant Certificate
	  	3
	 	 	2.24	  	 Stock Unit Grant
	  	3
	 	 	2.25	  	 Subsidiary
	  	3
		
	 § 3 SHARES AND GRANT LIMITS
	  	3
				
	 	 	3.1	  	 Shares Reserved
	  	3
	 	 	3.2	  	 Source of Shares
	  	3
	 	 	3.3	  	 Use of Proceeds
	  	3
		
	 § 4 EFFECTIVE DATE
	  	3
		
	 § 5 COMMITTEE
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	 § 6 ELIGIBILITY
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	 § 7 OPTIONS
	  	4
				
	 	 	7.1	  	 Committee Action
	  	4
	 	 	7.2	  	 Option Price
	  	4
	 	 	7.3	  	 Payment
	  	4
	 	 	7.4	  	 Exercise
	  	4
	 	 	7.5	  	 Terms and Conditions
	  	4
		
	 § 8 STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS
	  	5
				
	 	 	8.1	  	 Committee Action
	  	5
	 	 	8.2	  	 Terms and Conditions
	  	5
	 	 	8.3	  	 Exercise
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	 § 9. STOCK GRANTS AND STOCK UNIT GRANTS
	  	6
				
	 	 	9.1	  	 Committee Action
	  	6
	 	 	9.2	  	 Conditions
	  	6
	 	 	9.3	  	 Dividends, Voting Rights and Creditor Status
	  	6
	 	 	9.4	  	 Satisfaction of Forfeiture Conditions.
	  	7
		
	 § 10 NON-TRANSFERABILITY
	  	7
		
	 § 11 SECURITIES REGISTRATION
	  	7
		
	 § 12 LIFE OF PLAN
	  	8
		
	 § 13 ADJUSTMENT
	  	8
				
	 	 	13.1	  	 Capital Structure
	  	8
	 	 	13.2	  	 Available Shares
	  	8
	 	 	13.3	  	 Transactions Described in § 424 of the Code
	  	8
	 	 	13.4	  	 Fractional Shares
	  	9
		
	 § 14 CHANGE IN CONTROL
	  	9
		
	 § 15 AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION
	  	9
		
	 § 16 MISCELLANEOUS
	  	9
				
	 	 	16.1	  	 Shareholder Rights
	  	9
	 	 	16.2	  	 No Contract of Employment
	  	9
	 	 	16.3	  	 Withholding
	  	10
	 	 	16.4	  	 Construction
	  	10
	 	 	16.5	  	 Other Conditions
	  	10
	 	 	16.6	  	 Rule 16b-3
	  	10
	 	 	16.7	  	 Coordination with Employment Agreements and Other Agreements
	  	10

  

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 § 1. 
  

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 
  
 The purpose of this Plan is to promote the interest of the Company by authorizing the Committee to grant Options and Stock Appreciation Rights and to make
Stock Grants and Stock Unit Grants to Independent Directors in order (1) to attract and retain Independent Directors, (2) to provide an additional incentive to each Independent Director to work to increase the value of Stock and (3) to provide each
Independent Director with a stake in the future of the Company which corresponds to the stake of each of the Company’s shareholders. 
  
 § 2 
  
 DEFINITIONS 
  
 2.1 Affiliate—means any organization (other than a Subsidiary) that would be treated as under common control with the Company under § 414(c) of the Code if “50 percent” were substituted for
“80 percent” in the income tax regulations under § 414(c) of the Code. 
  
 2.2 Board—means the Board of Directors of the Company. 
  
 2.3 Change Effective Date—means either the date which includes the “closing” of the transaction which makes a Change in Control
effective if the Change in Control is made effective through a transaction which has a “closing” or the date a Change in Control is reported in accordance with applicable law as effective to the Securities and Exchange Commission if the
Change in Control is made effective other than through a transaction which has a “closing.” 
  
 2.4 Change in Control—means a change in control of the Company of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of
Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A promulgated under the 1934 Act as in effect at the time of such “change in control,” provided that such a change in control shall be deemed to have occurred at such time as 
  
 (a) any “person” (as that term is used in Sections
13(d) and 14(d)(2) of the 1934 Act), is or becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the 1934 Act) directly or indirectly, of securities representing 20% or more of the combined voting power for election of directors of the then
outstanding securities of the Company or any successor to the Company; 
  
 (b) during any period of two consecutive years or less, individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Board cease, for any reason, to constitute at least a majority of the Board, unless the election
or nomination for election of each new director was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who were directors at the beginning of the period; 
  
 (c) the shareholders of the Company approve any reorganization, merger, consolidation or share exchange as a
result of which the common stock of the Company shall be changed, converted or exchanged into or for securities of another corporation (other than a merger with a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company) or any dissolution or liquidation of the
Company or any sale or the disposition of 50% or more of the assets or business of the Company; or 
  
 (d) shareholders of the Company approve any reorganization, merger, consolidation or share exchange unless (A) the persons who were the
beneficial owners of the outstanding shares of the common stock of the Company immediately before the consummation of such transaction beneficially own more than 60% of the outstanding shares of the common stock of the successor or survivor
corporation in such transaction immediately following the consummation of such transaction and (B) the number of shares of the common stock of such successor or survivor corporation beneficially owned by the persons described in § 2.4(d)(A)
immediately following the consummation of such transaction is beneficially owned by each such person in 

  

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substantially the same proportion that each such person had beneficially owned shares of the Company common stock immediately before the consummation of such
transaction, provided (C) the percentage described in § 2.4(d)(A) of the beneficially owned shares of the successor or survivor corporation and the number described in § 2.4 (d)(B) of the beneficially owned shares of the successor or
survivor corporation shall be determined exclusively by reference to the shares of the successor or survivor corporation which result from the beneficial ownership of shares of common stock of the Company by the persons described in § 2.4(d)(A)
immediately before the consummation of such transaction. 
  
 2.5
Code—means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. 
  
 2.6 Committee—means either the Board or a committee of the Board which shall have at least 2 members, each of whom shall be appointed by and shall serve at the pleasure of the Board and shall come within the definition of a
“non-employee director” under Rule 16b-3. 
  
 2.7
Company—means Paladin Realty Income Properties, Inc. and any successor to Paladin Realty Income Properties, Inc. 
  
 2.8 Fair Market Value—means (a) the closing price on any date for a share of Stock if the Stock is traded on any national stock exchange, (b)
the average of the high bid and low ask prices of a share of Stock as reflected on National Market of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. Automated Quotation (“NASDAQ”) System on the date of determination if the Stock is
not listed on any national stock exchange but is quoted on NASDAQ, (c) the per share sales price of the Stock if the Stock is not traded or listed and if there is a current public offering of the Stock, or (d) the price which the Committee acting in
good faith determines through any reasonable valuation method that a share of Stock might change hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller, neither being under any compulsion to buy or to sell and both having reasonable knowledge of the
relevant facts. 
  
 2.9 Independent Director—means any
member of the Board who is not an employee of the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary or affiliate (as such term is defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act) of the Company. 
  
 2.10 1933 Act—means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 
  
 2.11 1934 Act—means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. 
  
 2.12 Option—means an Option granted under
this Plan to purchase Stock which is intended to fail to satisfy the requirements of §422 of the Code. 
  
 2.13 Option Certificate—means the certificate (whether in electronic or written form) which sets forth the terms and conditions of an Option
granted under this Plan. 
  
 2.14 Option Price—means
the price which shall be paid to purchase one share of Stock upon the exercise of an Option granted under this Plan. 
  
 2.15 Parent—means any corporation which is a parent corporation (within the meaning of § 424(e) of the Code) of the Company. 

 
 2.16 Plan—means this Paladin Realty Income Properties, Inc.
2004 Independent Director Incentive Stock Plan as amended from time to time thereafter. 
  
 2.17 Rule 16b-3—means the exemption under Rule 16b-3 to Section 16(b) of the 1934 Act or any successor to such rule. 
  

2.18 SAR Value—means the value assigned by the Committee to a share of Stock in connection with the grant of a Stock Appreciation Right
under § 8. 
  

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 2.19 Stock—means the $0.01 par value common stock of the Company. 
  
 2.20 Stock Appreciation Right—means a right which is granted
under §8 to receive the appreciation in a share of Stock. 
  
 2.21 Stock Appreciation Right Certificate—means the certificate (whether in electronic or written form) which sets forth the terms and conditions of a Stock Appreciation Right which is not granted as part of an Option.

  
 2.22 Stock Grant—means a grant under § 9
which is designed to result in the issuance of the number of shares of Stock described in such grant rather than a payment in cash based on the Fair Market Value of such shares of Stock. 
  
 2.23 Stock Grant Certificate—means the certificate (whether in electronic or written form) which sets forth the
terms and conditions of a Stock Grant or a Stock Unit Grant. 
  
 2.24 Stock Unit Grant—means a grant under § 9 which is designed to result in the payment of cash based on the Fair Market Value of the number of shares of Stock described in such grant rather than the issuance of the number
of shares of Stock described in such grant. 
  
 2.25
Subsidiary—means a corporation which is a subsidiary corporation (within the meaning of § 424(f) of the Code) of the Company. 
  
 § 3 
  
 SHARES AND GRANT LIMITS 
  
 3.1 Shares Reserved. There shall (subject to § 13) be reserved for issuance under this Plan 60,000 shares of Stock. 
  

3.2 Source of Shares. The shares of Stock described in § 3.1 shall be reserved to the extent that the Company deems appropriate from
authorized but unissued shares of Stock and from shares of Stock which have been reacquired by the Company. All shares of Stock described in § 3.1 shall remain available for issuance under this Plan until issued pursuant to the exercise of an
Option or a Stock Appreciation Right or issued pursuant to a Stock Grant, and any such shares of stock which are issued pursuant to an Option, a Stock Appreciation Right or a Stock Grant which are forfeited thereafter shall again become available
for issuance under this Plan. Finally, if the Option Price under an Option is paid in whole or in part in shares of Stock or if shares of Stock are tendered to the Company in satisfaction of any condition to a Stock Grant, such shares thereafter
shall become available for issuance under this Plan and shall be treated the same as any other shares available for issuance under this Plan.  
  
 3.3 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds which the Company receives from the sale of any shares of Stock under this Plan shall be used for general
corporate purposes and shall be added to the general funds of the Company. 
  
 § 4 
  
 EFFECTIVE DATE 
  
 The effective date of
this Plan shall be                     , 2004. 
  

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 § 5 
  

COMMITTEE 
  
 This Plan shall be administered by the Committee. The Committee acting in its absolute discretion shall exercise such powers and take such action as
expressly called for under this Plan and, further, the Committee shall have the power to interpret this Plan and (subject to § 14 and § 15 and Rule 16b-3) to take such other action in the administration and operation of this Plan as the
Committee deems equitable under the circumstances, which action shall be binding on the Company, on each affected Independent Director and on each other person directly or indirectly affected by such action. 
  
 § 6 
  
 ELIGIBILITY 
  
 Independent Directors shall be eligible for the grant of Options and Stock Appreciation Rights and for Stock Grants and Stock Unit Grants under this Plan.

  
 § 7 
  
 OPTIONS 
  
 7.1 Committee Action. The Committee acting in its absolute discretion
shall have the right to grant Options to Independent Directors under this Plan from time to time to purchase shares of Stock, but the Committee shall not, absent the approval of the Company’s shareholders, take any action, whether through
amendment, cancellation, replacement grants, or any other means, to reduce the Option Price of any outstanding Options. 
  
 7.2 Option Price. The Option Price for each share of Stock subject to an Option shall be no less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on
the date the Option is granted. 
  
 7.3 Payment. The Option
Price shall be payable in full upon the exercise of any Option and, at the discretion of the Committee, an Option Certificate can provide for the payment of the Option Price either in cash, by check or in Stock which has been held for at least 6
months and which is acceptable to the Committee, or through any cashless exercise procedure which is effected by an unrelated broker through a sale of Stock in the open market and which is acceptable to the Committee, or in any combination of such
forms of payment. Any payment made in Stock shall be treated as equal to the Fair Market Value of such Stock on the date the certificate for such Stock (or proper evidence of such certificate) is presented to the Committee or its delegate in such
form as acceptable to the Committee. 
  
 7.4 Exercise.

  
 (a) Exercise Period. Each Option granted under this
Plan shall be exercisable in whole or in part at such time or times as set forth in the related Option Certificate, but no Option Certificate shall make an Option exercisable on or after the date which is the tenth anniversary of the date the Option
is granted. 
  
 (b) Termination of Status as Independent
Director. Subject to § 7.5(a), an Option Certificate may provide for the exercise of an Option after an Independent Director’s status as such has terminated for any reason whatsoever, including death or disability. 
  
 7.5 Terms and Conditions. 
  
 (a) Option Certificate. Each grant of an Option to an Independent
Director shall be evidenced by an Option Certificate and shall set forth such other terms and conditions of such grant as the Committee acting in its absolute discretion deems consistent with the terms of this Plan. 
  

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 (b) Minimum Period of Service. If the only condition to exercise of the Option is the completion
of a period of service, such period of service shall be no less than the one (1) year period which starts on the date as of which the Option is granted unless the Committee determines that a shorter period of service (or no period of service) better
serves the Company’s interest. 
  
 § 8 

 
 STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS 
  
 8.1 Committee Action. The Committee acting in its absolute discretion
shall have the right to grant Stock Appreciation Rights to Independent Directors under this Plan from time to time, and each Stock Appreciation Right grant shall be evidenced by a Stock Appreciation Right Certificate or, if such Stock Appreciation
Right is granted as part of an Option, shall be evidenced by the Option Certificate for the related Option. 
  
 8.2 Terms and Conditions. 
  
 (a) Stock Appreciation Right Certificate. If a Stock Appreciation Right is granted independent of an Option, such Stock Appreciation Right shall be
evidenced by a Stock Appreciation Right Certificate, and such certificate shall set forth the number of shares of Stock on which the Independent Director’s right to appreciation shall be based and the SAR Value of each share of Stock. Such SAR
Value shall be no less than the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date that the Stock Appreciation Right is granted. The Stock Appreciation Right Certificate shall set forth such other terms and conditions for the exercise of the Stock
Appreciation Right as the Committee deems appropriate under the circumstances, but no Stock Appreciation Right Certificate shall make a Stock Appreciation Right exercisable on or after the date which is the tenth anniversary of the date such Stock
Appreciation Right is granted. 
  
 (b) Option Certificate.
If a Stock Appreciation Right is granted together with an Option, such Stock Appreciation Right shall be evidenced by an Option Certificate, the number of shares of Stock on which the Independent Director’s right to appreciation shall be based
shall be the same as the number of shares of Stock subject to the related Option, and the SAR Value for each such share of Stock shall be no less than the Option Price under the related Option. Each such Option Certificate shall provide that the
exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right with respect to any share of Stock shall cancel the Independent Director’s right to exercise his or her Option with respect to such share and, conversely, that the exercise of the Option with respect to
any share of Stock shall cancel the Independent Director’s right to exercise his or her Stock Appreciation Right with respect to such share. A Stock Appreciation Right which is granted as part of an Option shall be exercisable only while the
related Option is exercisable. The Option Certificate shall set forth such other terms and conditions for the exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right as the Committee deems appropriate under the circumstances. 
  
 (c) Minimum Period of Service. If the only condition to exercise of a
Stock Appreciation Right is the completion of a period of service, such period of service shall be no less than the one (1) year period which starts on the date as of which the Stock Appreciation Right is granted unless the Committee determines that
a shorter period of service (or no period of service) better serves the Company’s interest. 
  
 8.3 Exercise. A Stock Appreciation Right shall be exercisable only when the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on which the right to
appreciation is based exceeds the SAR Value for such share, and the payment due on exercise shall be based on such excess with respect to the number of shares of Stock to which the exercise relates. An Independent Director upon the exercise of his
or her Stock Appreciation Right shall receive a payment from the Company in cash or in Stock issued under this Plan, or in a combination of cash and Stock, and the number of shares of Stock issued shall be based on the Fair Market Value of a share
of Stock on the date the Stock Appreciation Right is exercised. The Committee acting in its absolute discretion shall have the right to determine the form and time of any payment under this § 8.3. 
  

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 § 9. 
  

STOCK GRANTS AND STOCK UNIT GRANTS 
  
 9.1 Committee Action. The Committee acting in its absolute discretion shall have the right to make Stock Grants and Stock Unit Grants to
Independent Directors. Each Stock Grant and each Stock Unit Grant shall be evidenced by a Stock Grant Certificate, and each Stock Grant Certificate shall set forth the conditions, if any, under which Stock will be issued under the Stock Grant or
cash will be paid under the Stock Unit Grant and the conditions under which the Independent Director’s interest in any Stock which has been issued will become non-forfeitable. 
  
 9.2 Conditions. 
  
 (a) Conditions to Issuance of Stock. The Committee acting in its absolute discretion may make the issuance of Stock under a Stock Grant subject to
the satisfaction of one, or more than one, condition which the Committee deems appropriate under the circumstances for Independent Directors generally or for an Independent Director in particular, and the related Stock Grant Certificate shall set
forth each such condition and the deadline for satisfying each such condition. Stock subject to a Stock Grant shall be issued in the name of an Independent Director only after each such condition, if any, has been timely satisfied, and any Stock
which is so issued shall be held by the Company pending the satisfaction of the forfeiture conditions, if any, under § 9.2(b) for the related Stock Grant. 
  

(b) Conditions on Forfeiture of Stock or Cash Payment. The Committee acting in its absolute discretion may make any cash payment due under a
Stock Unit Grant or Stock issued in the name of an Independent Director under a Stock Grant non-forfeitable subject to the satisfaction of one, or more than one, objective employment, performance or other condition that the Committee acting in its
absolute discretion deems appropriate under the circumstances for Independent Directors generally or for an Independent Director in particular, and the related Stock Grant Certificate shall set forth each such condition, if any, and the deadline, if
any, for satisfying each such condition. An Independent Director’s non-forfeitable interest in the shares of Stock underlying a Stock Grant or the cash payable under a Stock Unit Grant shall depend on the extent to which he or she timely
satisfies each such condition. Each share of Stock underlying a Stock Grant shall not be available under § 3 after such grant is effective until such time, if any, as such share thereafter is forfeited as a result of a failure to timely satisfy
a forfeiture condition, in which event such share of Stock shall again become available under § 3 as of the date of such forfeiture. Finally, the Company shall have the right to require an Independent Director to sign an irrevocable stock power
in favor of the Company with respect to forfeitable shares of Stock issued under this § 9.2(b) in order for the Company to effect a forfeiture in accordance with this § 9.2(b). 
  
 (c) Minimum Period of Service. If the only condition to the forfeiture of a Stock Grant or a Stock Unit Grant is the
completion of a period of service, such period of service shall be no less than the three (1) year period which starts on the date as of which the Stock Grant or Stock Unit Grant is made unless the Committee determines that a shorter period of
service (or no period of service) better serves the Company’s interest. 
  
 9.3 Dividends, Voting Rights and Creditor Status. 
  
 (a) Cash Dividends. Except as otherwise set forth in a Stock Grant, if a dividend is paid in cash on a share of Stock after such Stock has been issued under a Stock Grant but before the first date that an
Independent Director’s interest in such Stock (1) is forfeited completely or (2) becomes completely non-forfeitable, the Company shall pay such cash dividend directly to such Independent Director. 
  
 (b) Stock Dividends. If a dividend is paid on a share of Stock in
Stock after such Stock has been issued under a Stock Grant but before the first date that an Independent Director’s interest in such Stock (1) is forfeited completely or (2) becomes completely non-forfeitable, the Company shall hold such
dividend Stock subject to the same conditions under § 9.2(b) as the related Stock Grant. 
  

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 (c) Other. If a dividend (other than a dividend described in § 9.3(a) or § 9.3(b)) is
paid with respect to a share of Stock after such Stock has been issued under a Stock Grant but before the first date that an Independent a Director’s interest in such Stock (1) is forfeited completely or (2) becomes completely non-forfeitable,
the Company shall distribute or hold such dividend in accordance with such rules as the Committee shall adopt with respect to each such dividend. 
  
 (d) Voting. Except as otherwise set forth in a Stock Grant, an Independent Director shall have the right to vote the Stock issued under his or her
Stock Grant during the period which comes after such Stock has been issued under a Stock Grant but before the first date that an Independent Director’s interest in such Stock (1) is forfeited completely or (2) becomes completely
non-forfeitable. 
  
 (e) General Creditor Status. An
Independent Director to whom a Stock Unit Grant is made shall be no more than a general and unsecured creditor of the Company with respect to any cash payable under such Stock Unit Grant. 
  
 9.4 Satisfaction of Forfeiture Conditions. A share of Stock shall cease to be subject to a Stock Grant at such time
as an Independent Director’s interest in such Stock becomes non-forfeitable under this Plan, and the certificate or other evidence of ownership representing such share shall be transferred to the Independent Director as soon as practicable
thereafter. 
  
 § 10 
  
 NON-TRANSFERABILITY 
  
 No Option, Stock Grant, Stock Unit Grant or Stock Appreciation Right shall
(absent the Committee’s consent) be transferable by an Independent Director other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and any Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall (absent the Committee’s consent) be exercisable
during an Independent Director’s lifetime only by the Independent Director. The person or persons to whom an Option or Stock Grant or Stock Unit Grant or Stock Appreciation Right is transferred by will or by the laws of descent and distribution
(or with the Committee’s consent) thereafter shall be treated as the Independent Director. 
  
 § 11 
  
 SECURITIES REGISTRATION 
  
 As a condition
to the receipt of shares of Stock under this Plan, the Independent Director shall, if so requested by the Company, agree to hold such shares of Stock for investment and not with a view of resale or distribution to the public and, if so requested by
the Company, shall deliver to the Company a written statement satisfactory to the Company to that effect. Furthermore, if so requested by the Company, the Independent Director shall make a written representation to the Company that he or she will
not sell or offer for sale any of such Stock unless a registration statement shall be in effect with respect to such Stock under the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities law or he or she shall have furnished to the Company an opinion in form
and substance satisfactory to the Company of legal counsel satisfactory to the Company that such registration is not required. Certificates or other evidence of ownership representing the Stock transferred upon the exercise of an Option or Stock
Appreciation Right or upon the lapse of the forfeiture conditions, if any, on any Stock Grant may at the discretion of the Company bear a legend to the effect that such Stock has not been registered under the 1933 Act or any applicable state
securities law and that such Stock cannot be sold or offered for sale in the absence of an effective registration statement as to such Stock under the 1933 Act and any applicable state securities law or an opinion in form and substance satisfactory
to the Company of legal counsel satisfactory to the Company that such registration is not required. 
  

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 § 12 
  

LIFE OF PLAN 
  
 No Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall be granted or Stock Grant or Stock Unit Grant made under this Plan on or after the earlier of: 
  
 (1) the tenth anniversary of the effective date of this Plan
(as determined under § 4), in which event this Plan otherwise thereafter shall continue in effect until all outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights have been exercised in full or no longer are exercisable, all Stock issued under any
Stock Grants under this Plan have been forfeited or have become non-forfeitable and all cash payments payable under a Stock Unit Grant have been forfeited or paid, or 
  
 (2) the date on which all of the Stock reserved under § 3 has (as a result of the exercise of Options
or Stock Appreciation Rights granted under this Plan or the satisfaction of the forfeiture conditions, if any, on Stock Grants) been issued or no longer is available for use under this Plan, in which event this Plan also shall terminate on such
date. 
  
 § 13 
  
 ADJUSTMENT 
  
 13.1 Capital Structure. The number, kind or class (or any combination
thereof) of shares of Stock subject to Options and Stock Appreciation Rights granted under this Plan and the Option Price of such Options and the SAR Value of such Stock Appreciation Rights as well as the number, kind or class (or any combination
thereof) of shares of Stock subject to Stock Grants and Stock Unit Grants made under this Plan shall be adjusted by the Committee in a reasonable and equitable manner to preserve immediately after 
  
 (a) any equity restructuring or change in the capitalization
of the Company, including, but not limited to, spin offs, stock dividends, large non-recurring dividends, rights offerings or stock splits, or 
  
 (b) any transaction described in § 424(a) of the Code which does not constitute a Change in Control of the Company 
  
 the aggregate intrinsic value of each such Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Stock Grant and
Stock Unit Grant immediately before such restructuring or recapitalization or transaction. 
  
 13.2 Available Shares. If any adjustment is made with respect to any outstanding Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Stock Grant or Stock Unit Grant under § 13.1, then the number, kind or class (or any
combination thereof) of shares of Stock reserved under § 3 automatically shall be adjusted so that there is a sufficient number, kind and class of shares of Stock available for issuance pursuant to each such Option, Stock Appreciation Right,
Stock Grant and Stock Unit Grant as adjusted under § 13.1. Furthermore, the Committee shall have the absolute discretion to further adjust such number, kind or class (or any combination thereof) of shares of Stock reserved under § 3
in light of any of the events described in § 13.1(a) and § 13.1(b) to the extent the Committee acting in good faith determinates that a further adjustment would be appropriate and proper under the circumstances and in keeping with the
purposes of this Plan. 
  
 13.3 Transactions Described in
§ 424 of the Code. The Committee as part of any corporate transaction described in § 424(a) of the Code which does not constitute a Change in Control of the Company shall have the right (without regard to any limitations set forth
under this Plan) to make any Stock Grants, Stock Unit Grants and Option and Stock Appreciation Right grants to effect the assumption of, or the substitution for, stock grants, stock unit grants and option and stock appreciation right grants
previously made by any other corporation to the extent that such corporate transaction calls for such substitution or assumption of such stock grants, stock unit grants and stock option and stock appreciation right grants, and any shares of Stock
issued pursuant to such Stock Grants and Option and Stock Appreciation Right grants shall be treated as additional shares of Stock available under § 3 if the stockholders of the Company approve such corporate transaction.  
  

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 13.4 Fractional Shares. If any adjustment under this § 13 would create a fractional share of
Stock or a right to acquire a fractional share of Stock under any Option, Stock Appreciation Right or Stock Grant, such fractional share shall be disregarded and the number of shares of Stock reserved under this Plan and the number subject to any
Options or Stock Appreciation Right grants and Stock Grants shall be the next lower number of shares of Stock, rounding all fractions downward. An adjustment made under this § 13 by the Committee shall be conclusive and binding on all affected
persons. 
  
 § 14 
  
 CHANGE IN CONTROL 
  
 If there is a Change in Control of the Company, then as of the Change
Effective Date for such Change in Control any and all conditions to the exercise of all outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights on such date and any and all outstanding issuance and forfeiture conditions on any Stock Grants and Stock Unit
Grants on such date automatically shall be deemed 100% satisfied as of such Change Effective Date, and the Board shall have the right (to the extent expressly required as part of such transaction) to cancel such Options, Stock Appreciation Rights,
Stock Grants and Stock Unit Grants after providing each Independent Director a reasonable period to exercise his or her Options and Stock Appreciation Rights and to take such other action as necessary or appropriate to receive the Stock subject to
any Stock Grants and the cash payable under any Stock Unit Grants. 
  
 § 15 
  
 AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION

  
 This Plan may be amended by the Board from time to
time to the extent that the Board deems necessary or appropriate; provided, however, (a) no amendment shall be made absent the approval of the shareholders of the Company to the extent such approval is required under applicable law or the rules of
any national securities exchange or Nasdaq Stock Market on which shares of Stock are then-listed and (b) no amendment shall be made to § 14 on or after the date of any Change in Control which might adversely affect any rights which otherwise
would vest on the related Change Effective Date. The Board also may suspend granting Options or Stock Appreciation Rights or making Stock Grants or Stock Unit Grants under this Plan at any time and may terminate this Plan at any time; provided,
however, the Board shall not have the right unilaterally to modify, amend or cancel any Option or Stock Appreciation Right granted or Stock Grant made before such suspension or termination unless (1) the Independent Director consents in writing to
such modification, amendment or cancellation or (2) there is a dissolution or liquidation of the Company or a transaction described in § 13.2 or § 14. 
  
 § 16 
  
 MISCELLANEOUS 
  
 16.1 Shareholder Rights. No Independent Director shall have any rights as a shareholder of the Company as a result of the grant of an Option or a
Stock Appreciation Right pending the actual delivery of the Stock subject to such Option or Stock Appreciation Right to such Independent Director. Subject to § 9.3, an Independent Director’s rights as a shareholder in the shares of Stock
underlying a Stock Grant which is effective shall be set forth in the related Stock Grant Certificate. 
  
 16.2 No Contract of Employment. The grant of an Option or a Stock Appreciation Right or a Stock Grant or Stock Unit Grant to an Independent
Director under this Plan shall not constitute a right to continue to serve on the Board and shall not confer on an Independent Director any rights upon his or her termination of service in addition to those rights, if any, expressly set forth in
this Plan or the related Option Certificate, Stock Appreciation Right Certificate, or Stock Grant Certificate. 
  

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 16.3 Withholding. Each Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Stock Grant and Stock Unit Grant shall be
made subject to the condition that the Independent Director consents to whatever action the Committee directs to satisfy the minimum statutory federal and state tax withholding requirements, if any, which the Company determines are applicable to the
exercise of such Option or Stock Appreciation Right or to the satisfaction of any forfeiture conditions with respect to Stock subject to a Stock Grant or Stock Unit Grant issued in the name of the Independent Director. No withholding shall be
effected under this Plan which exceeds the minimum statutory federal and state withholding requirements. 
  
 16.4 Construction. All references to sections (§) are to sections (§) of this Plan unless otherwise indicated. This Plan shall be
construed under the laws of the State of California. Each term set forth in § 2 shall, unless otherwise stated, have the meaning set forth opposite such term for purposes of this Plan and, for purposes of such definitions, the singular shall
include the plural and the plural shall include the singular. Finally, if there is any conflict between the terms of this Plan and the terms of any Option Certificate, Stock Appreciation Right Certificate or Stock Grant Certificate, the terms of
this Plan shall control. 
  
 16.5 Other Conditions. Each
Option Certificate, Stock Appreciation Right Certificate or Stock Grant Certificate may require that an Independent Director (as a condition to the exercise of an Option or a Stock Appreciation Right or the issuance of Stock subject to a Stock
Grant) enter into any agreement or make such representations prepared by the Company, including (without limitation) any agreement which restricts the transfer of Stock acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Option or a Stock Appreciation Right or
a Stock Grant or provides for the repurchase of such Stock by the Company. 
  
 16.6 Rule 16b-3. The Committee shall have the right to amend any Option, Stock Grant or Stock Appreciation Right to withhold or otherwise restrict the transfer of any Stock or cash under this Plan to an
Independent Director as the Committee deems appropriate in order to satisfy any condition or requirement under Rule 16b-3 to the extent Rule 16 of the 1934 Act might be applicable to such grant or transfer. 
  
 16.7 Coordination with Other Agreements. If the Company enters into
agreement with an Independent Director which expressly provides for the acceleration in vesting of an outstanding Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Stock Grant or Stock Unit Grant or for the extension of the deadline to exercise any rights under an
outstanding Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Stock Grant or Stock Unit Grant, any such acceleration or extension shall be deemed effected pursuant to, and in accordance with, the terms of such outstanding Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Stock
Grant or Stock Unit Grant and this Plan even if such agreement is first effective after the date the outstanding Option or Stock Appreciation Right was granted or the Stock Grant or Stock Unit Grant was made. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused its duly authorized officer to execute this Plan to evidence
its adoption of this Plan. 
  

			
	 Paladin Realty Income Properties, Inc.

		
	 By:
	 	  


		
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