In this task, you're given a passage that represents a legal contract or clause between multiple parties, followed by a question that needs to be answered. Based on the paragraph, you must write unambiguous answers to the questions and your answer must refer a specific phrase from the paragraph. If multiple answers seem to exist, write the answer that is the most plausible.

Q: Exhibit 10.38

IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITEM 601(b) OF REGULATION S-K, CERTAIN IDENTIFIED INFORMATION (THE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION) HAS BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THIS EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT IS BOTH (I) NOT MATERIAL AND (II) WOULD LIKELY CAUSE COMPETITIVE HARM IF PUBLICLY DISCLOSED. THE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION IS DENOTED HEREIN BY [*****].

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC. NONEXCLUSIVE VALUE ADDED DISTRIBUTOR AGREEMENT

This Nonexclusive Value Added Distributor Agreement (Agreement), between ScanSource, Inc., a South Carolina corporation, with its principal place of business at 6 Logue Court, Greenville, South Carolina, 29615 (Distributor), and Cisco Systems, Inc., a California corporation with its principal place of business at 170 West Tasman Drive, San Jose, California 95134 - 1706, (Cisco) is entered into as of the date last written below (the Effective Date).

This Agreement consists of this signature page and the following attachments, each of which is incorporated into this Agreement by reference:

1. Nonexclusive Value Added Distributor Agreement Terms and Conditions 2. EXHIBIT A: Territory 3. EXHIBIT B: Value Added Distributor Support Exhibit 3.1 Appendix 1: Cisco Problem Prioritization and Escalation Guideline 4. EXHIBIT C: Software License Agreement 5. EXHIBIT D: Distributor Freight Policy 6. EXHIBIT E: Affiliate List 7. EXHIBIT F: Software Transfer and Relicensing Policy 8. EXHIBIT G: End of Life Policy

This Agreement is the complete agreement between the parties hereto concerning the subject matter of this Agreement and replaces any prior or contemporaneous oral or written communications between the parties. In the event of conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of an Exhibit hereto, the terms of the Exhibit shall govern. There are no conditions, understandings, agreements, representations or warranties, express or implied, which are not specified herein. This Agreement may only be modified by a written document executed by the parties hereto.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed. Each party warrants and represents that its respective signatories whose signatures appear below have been and are on the date of signature duly authorized to execute this Agreement.

ScanSource,Inc. (Distributor) Cisco Systems, Inc. (Cisco) By: /s/ Jeffrey E. Yelton By: /s/ Frank A. Calderon Name: Jeffrey E. Yelton Name: Frank A . Calderon Title: VP Merchandising Title: VP, WW Sales Finance

Date: 1/19/07 Date: January 22, 2007

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NONEXCLUSIVE VALUE ADDED DISTRIBUTOR AGREEMENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS

1.0 DEFINITIONS.

Affiliate(s) are the entities listed on Exhibit E to this Agreement that are either business units of Distributor (and therefore wholly-owned and a part of Distributor) or are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Distributor, but in either case, only for so long as ownership remains as defined in this provision.

Cisco Quarter shall mean Cisco's fiscal quarters (August 1-October 31; November 1-January 31; February 1-April 30; and May 1-July 31).

Documentation shall mean user manuals, training materials, Product descriptions and specifications, technical manuals, license agreements, supporting materials and other printed information relating to any Product, whether distributed in print, in electronic form, or in CD-ROM or video format.

End User is the final purchaser or licensee who has acquired Products for its own internal use and not for resale, remarketing or redistribution. An entity that performs stocking, sparing or warehousing activities for third parties or procures Cisco Products, Services or Software for delivery to third parties is not an End User.

Global Price List means a complete listing of those Cisco products, services, including products and services which Cisco may make available to Distributor at its sole discretion, and associated prices.

Hardware is the tangible product made available to Distributor.

Major Release or New Release means a release of Software which is designated by Cisco as a change in the ones digit in the Software version number [(x).x.x].

Non-Genuine Products are any and all products: (i) to which a Mark or other Cisco trademark or service mark has been affixed without Cisco's consent; (ii) that have not been manufactured by Cisco or Cisco Technologies, Inc. (CTI) or by a licensed manufacturer of either Cisco or CTI in accordance with the applicable license; or (iii) are produced with the intent to counterfeit or imitate a genuine Cisco Product

Obsolete Product shall mean any Product that is removed from the then-current Value Added Distributor Price List.

Purchase Order is a written or electronic order from Distributor to Cisco for Hardware, Software or Services to be purchased, licensed or provided under this Agreement.

Product means, individually or collectively as appropriate, Hardware, licensed Software, Documentation, developed products, supplies, accessories, and goods to the foregoing, listed on the then-current published Global Price List.

Reseller means an authorized reseller of Distributor that meets Cisco's then-current requirements for resellers, including, without limitation, the requirements set out in Section 26.0 of this Agreement. In the event Cisco enters into authorization agreements whereby Cisco authorizes particular resellers to purchase Products or Services from Distributor and to resell Products or Services to End User, then Reseller shall mean a reseller that is a party to such an authorization agreement.

Services means Cisco's SmartNet family of packaged service offerings, as well as such other service offerings as Cisco makes available for purchase by Distributor on Cisco's Wholesale or Global Price List.

Software is the machine readable (object code) version of the computer programs listed from time to time on the Wholesale or Global Price List and made available by Cisco for license by Distributor, and any copies or Updates thereof. Cisco reserves the right, during the term of this Agreement, to license and distribute items of Software from time to time. Such items of Software may be licensed under additional or different policies and license terms, which will be made available to Distributor. Notwithstanding the use of the term purchase to refer to any item of Software comprising or included within a Product, Cisco and Distributor agree that all Software provided by Cisco to Distributor under this Agreement is licensed by Cisco to Distributor rather than purchased by Distributor from Cisco.

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Territory is comprised of those regions or countries listed in Exhibit A.

Unauthorized Cisco Product means any genuine Cisco Product or Cisco Service that Distributor purchases or acquires from any party other than Cisco and/or an Approved Source. Unauthorized Cisco Products do not include Non-Genuine Products.

Update means a bug fix, error correction, patch or workaround for the Software which is provided by Cisco to Distributor in response to Distributor's request, or at Cisco's option, which Cisco chooses to provide to Distributor.

Value Added Distributor Price List shall mean a portion of the Global Price List containing Products which Cisco makes available to Distributor for stocking and the prices at which Cisco will sell such Products to Distributor.

2.0 SCOPE. This Agreement and the attached Exhibits set forth the terms and conditions for Distributor's purchase of Hardware and license of Software, and redistribution of Products, during the term of this Agreement.

Affiliates of Distributor listed on Exhibit E may purchase Products, solely for redistribution, from Cisco under this Agreement. Distributor hereby guarantees the performance by such Affiliates of the financial and other contractual obligations set forth in this Agreement and represents and warrants that it is empowered to enter into this Agreement on behalf of such Affiliates, and to bind (and does so bind) such Affiliates to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

Cisco may require certain of the listed Affiliates to execute an agreement with Cisco or an affiliate of Cisco such that the legal relationship shall be between Cisco or Cisco's affiliate and Distributor's Affiliate.

Any breach by Distributor or by an Affiliate of (i) this Agreement, or (ii) any other agreement between Cisco and Distributor or an Affiliate of either party, shall entitle Cisco to terminate this Agreement and/or any such agreement with Affiliate and/or any other Affiliate pursuant to Section 18.

The limit of liability set forth in this Agreement shall be deemed an aggregate limit of liability, not per Affiliate, regardless of whether an Affiliate or Affiliates has executed a separate agreement with Cisco or a Cisco Affiliate permitting such Affiliate to purchase under the terms of this Agreement.

In addition, any reporting requirements hereunder shall be performed solely by Distributor. All reporting information related to Distributor or any Affiliate(s) shall be aggregated and submitted as part of a single report, as required herein.

3.0 APPOINTMENT OF DISTRIBUTOR. 3.1 By this Agreement, Cisco makes, and Distributor accepts, the appointment of Distributor as an authorized, non-exclusive distributor of Products and Services to Resellers located in the Territory. Distributor agrees to use its best efforts to distribute Product solely to Resellers located in the Territory. Those Resellers may resell Product only to End Users who intend to use the Product in the Territory. All Resellers to which Distributor distributes Product must meet Cisco's then-current guidelines for Resellers, as amended from time to time.

3.2 Distributor is authorized to resell only those Products and Services which are listed on the Value Added Distributor Price List. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cisco may, in its discretion, make available for purchase and resale by Distributor, but not for stocking by Distributor, certain other products and/or services which are listed on the Global Price List. Upon such products or services being made available to Distributor, such products and services will be deemed to be Products and Services as defined herein.

3.3 Products Requirements. For new Products or Services added to the Global or Value Added Distributor Price List, including products or services which become available to Cisco as a result of an acquisition by Cisco of another entity, Cisco may impose certification, installation, or training requirements on Distributor prior to allowing Distributor to purchase, resell, or provide support for such Products or Services.

3.4 Distributor agrees not to solicit orders for Products or Services, or to engage salespeople or establish warehouses or other distribution centers for the redistribution of Products or Services, outside the Territory, except to the extent advertising is placed in a particular advertising medium (except catalogs) which is distributed both inside and outside of the Territory.

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3.5 Unauthorized Cisco Products. Distributor acknowledges that the purchase and Resale of Non-Genuine or Unauthorized Cisco Products are not within the scope of this Agreement and Integrator is not entitled to the rights granted herein with respect to the resale of such Non-Genuine or Unauthorized Cisco Products. For all Unauthorized Cisco Products, Cisco reserves the right to withhold any warranty or Cisco Support on such products, unless such products pass a Cisco equipment inspection and Cisco receives payment for the applicable equipment inspection and/or software license fees, as required in the then​ current Software Transfer and Licensing Policy. A printed copy of the Software Transfe and Licensing Policy, in effect on the Effective Date of this Agreement and available at http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/csc/refurb_equipment/swpolicy.html, shall accompany this agreement. This policy is subject to change without notice. If Cisco determines that Reseller has Resold and/or redistributed Unauthorized Cisco Products purchased from Unauthorized Sources, then Cisco may, at Cisco's sole discretion: (a) audit Reseller's purchase and resale records of Cisco Product and relevant records pursuant to Section 17.0 (Reports and Records) and/or (b) invoice Reseller for all reasonable costs incurred by Cisco in its performance of the Audit and/or (c) suspend all Product shipments to Reseller.

4.0 ORDERS. 4.1 Upon and subject to credit approval by Cisco at the time of Cisco's receipt of any Purchase Order, Distributor shall purchase or license Products or Services by issuing a Purchase Order, signed, if requested by Cisco, or (in the case of electronic transmission) sent by its authorized representative, indicating specific Products and Services, Cisco Product numbers, quantity, unit price, total purchase price, shipping instructions, requested shipping dates, bill-to and ship-to addresses, tax exempt certifications, if applicable and contract reference, if any. No contingency contained on any Purchase Order shall be binding upon Cisco. The terms of this Agreement shall apply, regardless of any additional or conflicting terms on any Purchase Order or other correspondence or documentation submitted by Distributor to Cisco, and any such additional or conflicting terms are deemed rejected by Cisco.

4.2 Cisco shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide order acknowledgement information within [*****] business days for all Purchase Orders placed on Cisco.com or within [*****] business days of Purchase Orders faxed or hand delivered to Cisco. Cisco Customer Service will review and accept or decline all Purchase Orders for the Cisco entity that will supply the Products or Services, and no other person is authorized to accept Purchase Orders on behalf of Cisco. Cisco Customer Service may accept a Purchase Order even if some of the information required by Section 4.1 above is missing or incomplete. In relation to Services, Cisco will confirm acceptance of a Purchase Order for Services by issuing a list of Products covered by such Services (the Equipment List).

4.3 Distributor may defer Product shipment for up to [*****] from the original shipping date scheduled by Cisco, provided written or electronic notice (issued, in either case, by an authorized representative of Distributor) is received by Cisco at least [*****] days before the originally scheduled shipping date. Cancelled Purchase Orders, rescheduled shipments or Product configuration changes requested by Distributor less than [*****] days before the original scheduled shipping date shall be subject to (a) acceptance by Cisco, and (b) a charge of [*****] of the total invoice amount relating to the affected Products. Cisco reserves the right to reschedule shipment in cases of configuration changes requested by Distributor within [*****] days of scheduled shipment. No cancellation shall be accepted by Cisco where Products are purchased with implementation Services, including design, customization or installation Services, except as may be set forth in the agreement or Statement of Work under which the Services are to be rendered.

5.0 SHIPPING AND DELIVERY 5.1 Scheduled shipping dates will be assigned by Cisco as close as practicable to the Distributor's requested date based on Cisco's then-current lead times for the Products. Cisco will communicate scheduled shipping dates in the order acknowledgement or on Cisco.com. Cisco will ship Product in compliance with Distributor Freight Policy set forth in Exhibit D. If no guidance is contained on Exhibit D for any particular shipment, Cisco shall select the carrier.

5.2 For shipments to the United States, shipping terms are [*****], which shall appear on Cisco's order acknowledgement or be accessible via Cisco.com. Title and risk of loss shall pass from Cisco to Distributor [*****]. For orders placed and/or shipments to destinations outside of the United States but within the Territory (International Orders), Distributor may need to contract with, and/or order from, a Cisco affiliate. Different shipping terms may apply to International Orders, as Cisco shall specify at the time and as shall be recorded in Distributor's agreement with such Cisco affiliate or otherwise set out on Cisco.com.

5.3 CISCO SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR LOSS, DAMAGE OR PENALTY FOR DELAY IN DELIVERY OR FOR FAILURE TO GIVE NOTICE OF ANY DELAY. EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPLICABLE DELIVERY TERMS SET FORTH IN THIS AGREEMENT, CISCO SHALL NOT HAVE ANY

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LIABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH SHIPMENT, NOR SHALL THE CARRIER BE DEEMED TO BE AN AGENT OF CISCO.

6.0 PAYMENT. 6.1 Prices for Products shall be those specified in Cisco's then-current Global or Value Added Distributor Price List. [*****] As provided in sub- section 3.2, in its discretion, Cisco may choose to make products or services which are on the Global Price List but not on the Value Added Distributor Price List available to Distributor. The prices for such products or services will be provided by Cisco to Distributor at the time Cisco makes such products available.

6.2 Upon and subject to credit approval by Cisco, payment terms shall be [*****] days from shipping date. All payments shall be made in the currency in which the Price List is quoted for the applicable Purchase Order [*****].

6.3 The purchase price does not include any federal, state or local taxes, or sales, use, excise, ad valorem, value-add, withholding or other taxes or duties that may be applicable to the purchase of Products. When Cisco has the legal obligation to collect such taxes, the appropriate amount shall be added to Distributor's invoice and paid by Distributor, unless Distributor provides Cisco with a valid tax exemption certificate prior to issuance of a purchase order. Such certificate must be in a form authorized by the appropriate taxing authority.

6.4 Distributor is free to determine its minimum resale prices unilaterally. Distributor understands that neither Cisco nor any employee or representative of Cisco may give any special treatment (favorable or unfavorable) to Distributor as a result of Distributor's selection of minimum resale prices. No employee or representative of Cisco or anyone else has any authority to determine what Distributor's minimum resale prices for the Products must be, or to limit Distributor's pricing discretion with respect to the Products and Services.

6.5 In the event any provisions of this Agreement or any other agreement between Distributor and Cisco require that Cisco grant credits to Distributor's account, Cisco will grant such credit to Distributor's account. [*****]. Cisco will only consider debit memos initially received from Distributor during the time period associated with such request, as set forth herein.

All debit memos Distributor submits to Cisco will be submitted using any method identified in 25.8, or as otherwise agreed between the parties.

6.6 Except as stated in Sections 7 (Price Protection), 12 (Inventory Balance), 13 (Return of Obsolete Product), 18 (Term and Termination) or as otherwise stated herein, for all price adjustment related credits requested by the Distributor to be granted by Cisco, the

6.7 Distributor must make the initial credit request to Cisco, in writing, within [*****] of the underlying point of sale transaction. Any initial credit requests submitted by the Distributor to Cisco greater than [*****] after the underlying point of sale transaction will not be honored by Cisco and Cisco will not grant such credit to Distributor.

7.0 PRICE PROTECTION. 7.1 Definition: For purposes of this Section 7.0, Products In-Transit shall be defined as all Products with a particular Cisco part number shipped by Cisco to Distributor in the [*****] day period prior to the date on which Cisco announces a general price decrease for Products with such part number, excluding those Products which Distributor has received into its inventory during such [*****] day period.

7.2 In the event Cisco puts into effect a general price decrease for any Product from the Value Added Distributor Price List, Cisco will provide to Distributor a price credit on any such Product on order, In Transit or in Distributor's inventory as of the effective date of the price decrease, provided that the price credit for such Product in inventory or In Transit shall not exceed the dollar value of shipments of that Product (measured by the appropriate Cisco product number) to Distributor over the preceding [*****]. Cisco will credit Distributor's account with an amount equal to the number of units of such Product in Distributor's inventory and In Transit on the effective date of a price decrease multiplied by the difference between the net price paid and the new net price. Distributor will have [*****] from the effective date of the price change to exercise protection under this program by issuing a request for credit memo with supporting documentation to Cisco. Claims for price protection submitted more than [*****] from the effective date of a price decrease will be rejected. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Product on order will receive an automatic retroactive price credit. The only inventoried Product covered under this price protection clause is Product which has been identified by Distributor to Cisco in the daily inventory reports required in sub-sub-section 17.2.2, excluding any Third-Party

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Sourced Product. Cisco will use commercially reasonable efforts to notify Distributor within [*****] of all such pricing changes.

8.0 RESERVED

9.0 PROPRIETARY RIGHTS AND SOFTWARE LICENSING. 9.1 Distributor's use of Software is governed by the terms contained in Exhibit C (End User License Agreement (EULA)). For purposes of this Agreement, all references to Customer or You therein shall refer to Distributor.

9.2 Distributor shall notify Cisco promptly of any breach or suspected breach of the EULA and further agrees that it will, at Cisco's request, assist Cisco in efforts to preserve Cisco's intellectual property rights including pursuing an action against any breaching third parties.

10. WARRANTY. 10.1 C i s c o  P r o d u c t s  a r e  p r o v i d e d  w i t h  w r i t t e n  l i m i t e d  w a r r a n t i e s ,  a s  s e t  f o r t h  a t  t h e  f o l l o w i n g  U R L : http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/cc/serv/mkt/sup/tsssv/wnty/. Distributor will pass through to Resellers all written limited warranties provided by Cisco with Products purchased by Distributor and Distributor shall contractually require (in whatever manner Distributor deems appropriate) each such Reseller to provide such warranty and other terms to any End User to which the Reseller redistributes the Product.

10.2 In addition to the written limited warranty provided by Cisco with its Products, such warranty statement shall apply to Distributor during the period between when it receives a Product and when it resells or redistributes such Product,

10.3 Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, Cisco's sole and exclusive warranty and obligation with respect to the Products sold hereunder are set forth in Cisco's Limited Warranty Statement delivered with the Product. Distributor SHALL NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTY COMMITMENT, WHETHER WRITTEN OR ORAL, ON CISCO'S BEHALF. Distributor shall indemnify Cisco against any warranties made in addition to Cisco's standard warranty and for any misrepresentation of Cisco's reputation or Cisco's Products.

10.4 DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY. EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION 10.0, CISCO HEREBY DISCLAIMS AND DISTRIBUTOR WAIVES ALL REPRESENTATIONS, CONDITIONS AND WARRANTIES (WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY), INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY WARRANTY OR CONDITION (A) OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NONINFRINGEMENT, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, QUIET ENJOYMENT, ACCURACY, OR SYSTEM INTEGRATION, OR (B) ARISING FROM ANY COURSE OF DEALING, COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, OR USAGE IN THE INDUSTRY. TO THE EXTENT AN IMPLIED WARRANTY CANNOT BE DISCLAIMED, SUCH WARRANTY IS LIMITED IN DURATION TO THE APPLICABLE EXPRESS WARRANTY PERIOD.

NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN THIS SECTION 10, CISCO MAKES NO REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY AS TO OWNERSHIP OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY OR OF PROPRIETARY RIGHTS, OR AS TO INFRINGEMENT OR MISAPPROPRIATION THEREOF. DISTRIBUTOR'S SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REMEDIES IN THE EVENT OF ANY SUCH INFRINGEMENT, MISAPPROPRIATION OR ANY CLAIM THEREOF SHALL BE AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 15 OF THIS AGREEMENT (PATENT AND COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT).

11.0 TRADEMARKS. 11.1 Cisco grants to Distributor the right to use the name, logo, trademarks, and other marks of Cisco (collectively, the Marks) for all proper purposes in the sale of Cisco Products and Services to End Users and the performance of Distributor's duties hereunder only so long as this Agreement is in effect. Distributor's use of such Marks shall be in accordance with Cisco's policies including, but not limited to trademark usage and advertising policies, and be subject to Cisco's written approval. Distributor further agrees not to affix any Marks to products other than genuine Products. Distributor shall have no claim or right in the Marks, including but not limited to trademarks, service marks, or trade names owned, used or claimed now or which Cisco has authority to grant Distributor the right to use in the future. Distributor agrees that upon notice from Cisco it will immediately terminate its use of a particular Mark.

11.2 Distributor shall not acquire, use, promote or Resell Non-Genuine Products. Additionally, Distributor shall

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notify Cisco promptly of the existence, or suspected existence, of Non​ Genuine Products in possession of or promoted by third parties, and further agrees that it will, at Cisco's request, assist Cisco to diligently pursue any action against any third party in possession of or promoting Non- Genuine Products.

11.3 If Distributor acquires, uses, promotes or Resells Non-Genuine Products, Cisco may take one or more of the following actions, at Cisco's discretion: (i) invoice Distributor, and the latter further agrees to pay within [*****] of receipt of the invoice, for all reasonable costs associated with any Audit and/or any investigation carried out by Cisco or its independent accountants or investigators, that disclosed a material breach by Distributor of this Section, and/or (ii) require Distributor, [*****] of Cisco's request, to recall and destroy all Non-Genuine Products that Distributor has sold to Resellers and replace such products with legitimate, equivalent Products at Distributor's expense, (iii) require Distributor, within [*****] of receiving Cisco's written request, to provide Cisco with all details related to Distributor's acquisition of all Non-Genuine Products, including without limitation, its suppliers, shipping details and all buyers to whom Distributor resold Non-Genuine Products, and (iv) terminate this Agreement by notice with immediate effect.

12.0 INVENTORY BALANCE. For a [*****] period, beginning on the effective date of this agreement, Distributor has the option to return to Cisco, for credit, up to [*****] of the dollar value of Product listed on the Value Added Distributor Price List and shipped to Distributor in the preceding Cisco Quarter, net of credits issued by Cisco to Distributor. [*****] Cisco shall credit Distributor's account in the amount of the price paid by Distributor for returned Products, less any price protection credits issued to Distributor related to the Product returned (the Return Credit). Each of the following requirements must be met by Distributor:

12.1 [*****]

12.2 Distributor may submit the inventory balance claim between the first and [*****] calendar days of the following months: February, May, August, and November.

12.3 [*****]

12.4 Distributor shall bear all shipping and handling charges to the Cisco designated United States site for Product returned for credit;

12.5 Distributor shall obtain an RMA number prior to returning any Product to Cisco. Distributor shall follow Cisco's then-current RMA process; and

12.6 Distributor reports must be provided to Cisco in accordance with the requirements of sub- section 17.2.

[*****]

13.0 RETURN OF OBSOLETE PRODUCT 13.1 Cisco will use commercially reasonable efforts to notify Distributor, including by electronic posting, when a Product becomes an Obsolete Product.

13.2 Provided Distributor provides required reports to Cisco in accordance with Section 17.0 of this Agreement, Distributor shall have the right to return Obsolete Product for full credit under Cisco's then-current RMA Process. [*****]

13.3 Distributor must notify Cisco of the quantity of Obsolete Product to be returned to Cisco within [*****] of notification of obsolescence by Cisco. Such right to return is contingent upon return by Distributor of Obsolete Product within [*****] of such notification by Cisco. Such Product must be in new and unused condition and in factory sealed boxes.

13.4 [*****]

14.0 RESERVED

15.0 PATENT AND COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. 15.1 Cisco will have the obligation and right to defend any claim, action, suit or proceeding (IPR Claim) brought

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against Distributor, its officers, directors, employees and agents (Named Parties) so far as it is based on a claim that any Product supplied under this Agreement infringes Third Party IPR (as defined below). Cisco will indemnify Named Parties and hold harmless against any final judgment entered in respect of such an IPR Claim by a court of competent jurisdiction and against any settlements arising out of such an IPR Claim. Cisco's obligations to defend the IPR Claim and indemnify Distributor are conditional upon:

15.1.1 Distributor notifying Cisco promptly in writing of the IPR Claim or threat thereof; Distributor granting Cisco full and exclusive authority for the conduct of the defense and settlement of the 15.1.2 IPR Claim and any subsequent appeal; and 15.1.3 Distributor providing Cisco all information and assistance reasonably requested by Cisco in connection with the conduct of the defense and settlement of the IPR Claim and any subsequent appeal.

15.2 For the purposes of this Agreement, Third Party IPR means a United States copyright existing as at the Effective Date, a United States patent issued as at the Effective Date, a trademark registered in the United States as at the Effective Date, trade dress existing in the United States as at the Effective Date, or a claim that a Product is manufactured by means of misappropriation of a third party's trade secrets.

15.3 If an IPR Claim has been made, or in Cisco's opinion is likely to be made, Distributor agrees to permit Cisco, at its option and expense, either to: (a) procure for Distributor the right to continue using the Product; (b) replace or modify the Product so that it becomes non-infringing; or (c) immediately terminate both parties' respective rights and obligations under this Agreement with regard to the Product, in which case Distributor will return the Product to Cisco and Cisco will refund to Distributor the price originally paid by Distributor to Cisco for the Product, [*****].

15.4 Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cisco has no liability for, and Distributor will defend and indemnify Cisco against, any IPR Claim arising from:

15.4.1 the combination, operation, or use of a Product supplied under this Agreement with any product, device, or software not supplied by Cisco; 15.4.2 the amount or duration of use which Distributor, a Reseller or an End User makes of the Product, revenue earned by Distributor, a Reseller or an End User from services it provides that use the Product, or services offered by Distributor, a Reseller or an End User to external or internal customers; 15.4.3 the alteration or modification of any Product supplied under this Agreement; 15.4.4 Cisco's compliance with Distributor's designs, specifications, or instructions; or 15.4.5 Distributor's use of the Product after Cisco has informed Distributor of modifications or changes in the Product required to avoid such an IPR Claim if the alleged infringement would have been avoided by implementation of Cisco's recommended modifications or changes.

15.5 This Section states the entire obligation of Cisco and its suppliers, and the exclusive remedy of Distributor, in respect of any infringement or alleged infringement of any intellectual property rights or proprietary rights. THIS INDEMNITY OBLIGATION AND REMEDY ARE GIVEN TO Distributor SOLELY FOR ITS BENEFIT AND IN LIEU OF, AND CISCO DISCLAIMS, ALL WARRANTIES, CONDITIONS AND OTHER TERMS OF NON-INFRINGEMENT OR TITLE WITH RESPECT TO ANY PRODUCT.

15.6 [*****].

16.0 SUPPORT. Support shall be provided in accordance with Exhibit B. Distributor acknowledges that Cisco will not be responsible for warranty service and support except as specifically provided in Exhibit B or a Cisco support program (e.g., SmartNet).

17.0 REPORTS AND RECORDS. 17.1 With regard to both Distributor and Affiliates' activity, Distributor shall keep full, true, and accurate records and accounts, in accordance with generally-accepted accounting principles, of each Product or Service purchased and deployed, Resold, or distributed by serial number, including information regarding compliance with Cisco marketing and sales programs, Software usage, and export or transfer. Distributor shall make these records available for audit by Cisco upon [*****] prior written notice, during regular business hours, at Distributor's principal place of business or such other of Distributor's locations where Distributor may maintain relevant records. [*****].

All reporting and related obligations in this Section 17 apply to not only data regarding Distributor's activities, but also

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the activities of the Affiliates. All such information shall be compiled into one report unless otherwise directed herein. The report(s) shall identify the specific Distributor entity involved in the subject transaction.

17.2 Reporting. [*****]

17.3 Distributor agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts, commensurate with the manner in which Distributor treats any of its other leading vendors, in order to facilitate Cisco's ability to obtain daily sales information from Distributor via EDI.

17.4 ECCN Numbers. Upon request by Distributor, Cisco agrees to make available to Distributor the Export Control Classification Number (ECCN) for each of Cisco's Product and information as to whether or not any of such Products are classified under the U.S. Munitions license.

17.5 Unauthorized Cisco Product. Distributor will not purchase Products for resale to any Reseller from any person or entity other than Cisco, provided that Distributor may accept returned Product from Resellers if Distributor initially sold the Product to be returned to such Reseller. [*****]

18.0 TERM AND TERMINATION. 18.1 This Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date and continue thereafter for a period of two (2) years, unless extended by written agreement of both parties or sooner terminated as set forth below. Without prejudice to either party's right to terminate this Agreement as set forth in sub​ sections 18.2 to 18.5 below, Cisco may, by written notice to Distributor, given at least thirty (30) days prior to the end of the then-current term of the Agreement, extend the term of the Agreement for the period set forth in such notice, up to a maximum of one (1) year beyond the then- current expiration date. Any extension shall be on the same terms and conditions then in force, except as may be mutually agreed in writing by the parties. In the event the Agreement expires and Cisco intends to not renew the Agreement, Cisco will provide written notice of same to Distributor. Notwithstanding Cisco's right to extend the term of this Agreement, each party acknowledges that this Agreement shall always be interpreted as being limited in duration to a definite term and that the other party has made no commitments whatsoever regarding the duration or renewal of this Agreement beyond those expressly stated herein.

18.2 Termination for Convenience. Either party may terminate this Agreement, without cause, by giving the other party [*****] days prior written notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cisco may terminate this Agreement immediately upon written notice in the event of breach by Distributor of Section 9.0 (Proprietary Rights and Software Licensing), Section 11.0 (Trademarks), Section 19.0 (Confidentiality) or Section 20.0 (Export Restrictions) of this Agreement.

18.3 A party may terminate this Agreement immediately through written notice if (i) the other party ceases to carry on business as a going concern; or (ii) the other party becomes or may become the object of the institution of voluntary or involuntary proceedings in bankruptcy or liquidation; or (iii) a receiver or similar officer is appointed with respect to the whole or a substantial part of the other party's assets; or (iv) an event similar to any of the foregoing occurs under applicable law.

18.4 Cisco may terminate this Agreement upon [*****] days' written notice, in the event it becomes known that (i) Distributor or an Affiliate or Distributor's direct or indirect parent has acquired or intends to acquire a controlling interest in a third party that is a competitor of Cisco, or (ii) Distributor or its direct or indirect parent is to be acquired by a third party, or (iii) a controlling interest in Distributor or its direct or indirect parent is to be transferred to a third party.

18.5 Upon termination or expiration of this Agreement, (a) Cisco reserves the right to cease all further delivery of Product or Services due against any existing Purchase Orders unless Distributor agrees to pay for such deliveries in advance by certified or cashier's check, (b) all outstanding invoices immediately become due and payable by certified or cashier's check, and (c) all rights and licenses of Distributor hereunder shall terminate, subject to the terms of the following sentence. Except for a termination of this Agreement resulting from Distributor's breach of Section 9.0 (Proprietary Rights and Software Licensing) or Section 19.0(Confidential Information), upon termination or expiration of this Agreement, Distributor may continue to use, in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Products shipped to it by Cisco prior to the date of termination or expiration.

18.6 Upon termination or expiration of this Agreement, Distributor shall immediately return to Cisco all Confidential Information (including all copies thereof) then in Distributor's possession, custody or control; provided, that except for a termination resulting from Distributor's breach of Section 9.0 (Proprietary Rights and Software Licensing) or Section 19.0 (Confidential Information), Distributor may retain a sufficient amount of such Confidential Information and material

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to support its installed base of Products.

18.7 [*****].

18.8 In the event of termination by Cisco for convenience, termination by Distributor for Cisco's material breach, or expiration of this Agreement where Cisco has provided Distributor with written notice from an authorized representative of its intention not to renew the Agreement, Cisco agrees to repurchase all Product in Distributor's inventory within [*****] days following the effective date of termination or expiration. Within [*****] days following the effective date of termination or expiration, Distributor shall return to Cisco all Product held in inventory as of the effective date of termination. Distributor shall receive credit for any Product so returned in an amount equal to the original purchase price thereof, less any credits or discounts which have been previously paid or applied to Distributor. Such credits shall be first applied to any uncontested amounts due Cisco. Any remaining balance shall be payable to Distributor as soon as commercially practicable. Cisco shall have the option to select the method of return and shall bear all freight costs associated with returns of Product by Distributor under this Section 18.8.

18.9 In the event of termination by Cisco for Distributor's material breach, or termination by Distributor for convenience, Cisco may, at its option, allow Distributor to return unsold Product, but Cisco is in no way obligated to do so. In the case of authorized return of Product by Cisco under Section 18.9, Distributor will bear all freight costs associated with return of Product to Cisco.

18.10 [*****]

Distributor shall obtain an RMA number prior to returning any Product to Cisco. Distributor shall follow Cisco's then-current RMA process.

18.11 DISTRIBUTOR AGREES THAT, IN THE EVENT OF ANY TERMINATION OF THIS AGREEMENT, IT SHALL HAVE NO RIGHTS TO DAMAGES OR INDEMNIFICATION OF ANY NATURE, SPECIFICALLY INCLUDING COMMERCIAL SEVERANCE PAY, WHETHER BY WAY OF LOSS OF FUTURE PROFITS, EXPENDITURES FOR PROMOTION OF ANY PRODUCT, OR OTHER COMMITMENTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE BUSINESS AND GOOD WILL OF DISTRIBUTOR. DISTRIBUTOR EXPRESSLY WAIVES AND RENOUNCES ANY CLAIM TO COMPENSATION OR INDEMNITIES FOR ANY TERMINATION OF A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN, THIS SECTION SHALL IN NO WAY BE INTERPRETED TO RELEASE EITHER CISCO OR DISTRIBUTOR FROM ANY PAYMENTS OR FINANCIAL OBLIGATION MADE PRIOR TO TERMINATION.

19.0 CONFIDENTIALITY. Distributor acknowledges that, in the course of selling Products and Services and performing its duties under this Agreement, Distributor, its Resellers, and End Users to which Distributor provides access to Cisco technical data (including without limitation Products, Services, and technical data made available on Cisco Connection Online pursuant to Exhibit C), may obtain information relating to Products, Services, or to Cisco, which is of a confidential and proprietary nature (Proprietary Information). Such Proprietary Information includes, but is not limited to, trade secrets, know-how, inventions, techniques, processes, programs, schematics, software source documents, data, Customer lists, financial information and sales and marketing plans.

Cisco owns and intends to maintain its ownership of all such Proprietary Information. [*****] Distributor shall appropriately bind each of its employees to whom such disclosure is made, to hold the Proprietary Information in strict confidence and not to disclose such information to any person other than as is necessary in the course of its employment by Distributor and will indemnify Cisco for all damages suffered by Cisco in the event of wrongful disclosure of such Proprietary Information. Neither party shall disclose, advertise, or publish either the existence, the subject matter, any discussions relating to, or any of the terms and conditions, of this Agreement (or any summary of any of the forgoing) to any third party without the prior written consent of the other party. Any press release, publication, advertisement or public disclosure regarding this Agreement is subject to both the prior review and the written approval of both parties.

Cisco acknowledges that, under this Agreement, Distributor may provide Point of Sale (POS) reports, financial information, sales and marketing plans, Distributor network design information and Distributor lists, of a proprietary and confidential nature (Distributor Confidential Information). Such Distributor information, excluding POS reports and Distributor lists, shall be used by Cisco only in connection with this Agreement. [*****] Cisco further agrees to immediately return to Distributor, at Distributor's request, all Distributor Confidential Information in Cisco's possession, custody, or control upon termination of this Agreement at any time and for any reason, except for POS reports or Distributor

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lists that Cisco may use for internal business or end user support purposes or government-related purposes.

20.0 EXPORT RESTRICTIONS. Certain of the Products supplied by Cisco under the Agreement are subject to export controls under the laws and regulations of the United States (U.S.) and elsewhere. Distributor shall comply with such laws and regulations governing use, export, re-export, and transfer of Products and will obtain all required U.S. and local authorizations, permits, or licenses.

21.0 COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS. 21.1 Distributor shall obtain all licenses, permits and approvals required by any government, including any recycling or take-back programs applicable to packaging or Products, and shall comply with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, policies and procedures and any requirements applicable to the importation, exportation, use, sale, loan, purchase, and distribution of Products under telecommunications, consumer rights related, environmental, labor, tax, and any other laws and regulations, of any government or other competent authority where the Products are to be sold, used or deployed (collectively Applicable Laws).

21.2 Distributor will indemnify and hold harmless Cisco for any claim arising from or relating to Distributor's violation or alleged violation of any Applicable Laws.

21.3 Distributor hereby represents and warrants that: (a) it shall comply with all Applicable Laws; (b) this Agreement and each of its terms are in full conformance and in compliance with such laws; and (c) it shall not take any action or permit or authorize any action which will render Cisco liable for a violation of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, which prohibits the offering, giving or promising to offer or give, directly or indirectly, money or anything of value to any official of a government, political party or instrumentality thereof in order to assist it or Cisco in obtaining or retaining business and (i) it will not violate or cause Cisco to violate such Act in connection with the sale or distribution of Cisco Products or Services; and (ii) if Distributor is a non-governmental entity, it will notify Cisco in writing if any of its owners, partners, principals, officers, and employees are or become during the term of this Agreement officials, officers or representatives of any government, political party or candidate for political office outside the United States and are responsible for a decision regarding obtaining or retaining business for Cisco Products by such government. Cisco strives to maintain the highest standards of business integrity and, accordingly, if Distributor has any cause for concern regarding any business practices these should be reported to Cisco at [EMAIL ADDRESS] or by Fax to [FAX NUMBER].

21.4 Distributor shall use its best efforts to regularly and continuously inform Cisco of any requirements under any Applicable Laws that directly or indirectly affect this Agreement, the sale, use and distribution of Products, or Cisco's trade name, trademarks or other commercial, industrial or intellectual property interests, including, but not limited to, certification or type approval of the Products from the proper authorities in the Territory.

22.0 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS AGREEMENT TO THE CONTRARY, AND EXCEPT FOR LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF DISTRIBUTOR'S BREACH OF SECTION 9 (PROPRIETARY RIGHTS AND SOFTWARE LICENSING) OR EXHIBIT C (SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT), OR AMOUNTS DUE FOR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES PURCHASED WITH RESPECT TO THE PAYMENT OF WHICH NO BONA FIDE DISPUTE EXISTS, ALL LIABILITY OF EACH PARTY, INCLUDING EACH PARTY'S AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS AND SUPPLIERS COLLECTIVELY, FOR CLAIMS ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR OTHERWISE HOWSOEVER ARISING SHALL BE LIMITED SEPARATELY FOR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES PURCHASES TO THE GREATER OF I) [*****] OR (ll)THE MONEY PAID TO CISCO FOR PRODUCTS OR FOR SERVICES, SEPARATELY AND AS APPLICABLE, UNDER THIS AGREEMENT DURING THE [*****] PERIOD PRECEDING THE EVENT OR CIRCUMSTANCES FIRST GIVING RISE TO SUCH LIABILITY. THESE LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY FOR PRODUCT AND SERVICES ARE CUMULATIVE AND NOT PER-INCIDENT (I.E., THE EXISTENCE OF TWO OR MORE CLAIMS WILL NOT ENLARGE THIS LIMIT).

23.0 CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WAIVER. EXCEPT FOR LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH DISTRIBUTOR'S BREACH OF SECTION 9 (PROPRIETARY RIGHTS AND SOFTWARE LICENSING) OR EXHIBIT C (SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT), IN NO EVENT SHALL EITHER PARTY, ITS RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL,

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INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, OR LOST REVENUE, LOST PROFITS, OR LOST OR DAMAGED DATA, WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INFORMED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF.

24.0 GENERAL INDEMNIFICATION Each party shall defend, indemnify and hold harmless the other, and their respective officers, directors, employees, and agents from and against any and all claims, losses, liabilities, damages, and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees), including without limitation, those based on contract or tort, arising out of or in connection with a claim, suit or proceeding brought by a third party based upon bodily injury (including death) or damage to tangible personal property (not including lost or damaged data) arising from the negligent or intentional acts or omissions of the indemnifying party or its subcontractors, or the officers, directors, employees, agents, successors and assigns of any of them. In the event that the indemnified party's or a third party's negligent or intentional acts or omissions contributed to cause the injury or damage for which a claim of indemnity is being asserted against the indemnifying party hereunder, the damages and expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys' fees) shall be allocated or reallocated, as the case may be, between the indemnified party, the indemnifying party and any other party bearing responsibility in such proportion as appropriately reflects the relative fault of such parties, or their subcontractors, or the officers, directors, employees, agents, successors and assigns of any of them, and the liability of the indemnifying party shall be proportionately reduced.

The foregoing indemnification obligations are conditioned upon the indemnified party promptly notifying the indemnifying party in writing of the claim, suit or proceeding for which the indemnifying party is obligated under this Section 24, cooperating with, assisting and providing information to, the indemnifying party as reasonably required, and granting the indemnifying party the exclusive right to defend or settle such claim, suit or proceeding.

25.0 INSURANCE (a) Each party shall be responsible for maintaining Worker's Compensation insurance in the statutory amounts required by the applicable state laws.

(b) Each party shall maintain Commercial General Liability insurance with bodily injury and property damage limits of $[*****] per occurrence and $[*****] aggregate. Such insurance shall (a) provide for contractual liability coverage, (b) provide for cross liability coverage, and (c) name the other party and its subcontractors, as well as the directors, officers, employees, agents, successors and assigns of all of them, as additional insureds, but only to the extent of liabilities falling within the indemnity obligations of the other party pursuant to the terms of Section 24 in this Agreement.

26.0 REQUIREMENTS FOR RESELLERS 26.1 [*****]

26.2 [*****]

27.0 GENERAL PROVISIONS. 27.1 Choice of Law. The validity, interpretation, and performance of this Agreement shall be controlled by and construed under the laws of the State of New York, United States of America, as if performed wholly within the state and without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of law, and the state and federal courts of California shall have jurisdiction over any claim arising under this Agreement. The parties specifically disclaim the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party may seek interim injunctive relief in any court of appropriate jurisdiction with respect to any alleged breach of such party's intellectual property or proprietary rights.

27.2 Force Majeure. Except for the obligation to pay monies due and owing, neither party shall be liable for any delay or failure in performance due to events outside the defaulting party's reasonable control, including without limitation acts of God, earthquakes, labor disputes, industry wide shortages of supplies, actions of governmental entities, riots, war, acts of terrorism, fire, epidemics, or delays of common carriers or other circumstances beyond its reasonable control. The obligations and rights of the defaulting party shall be extended for a period equal to the period during which such event prevented such party's performance.

27.3 No Waiver. The waiver by either party of any right provided under this Agreement shall

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not constitute a subsequent or continuing waiver of such right or of any other right under this Agreement.

27.4 Assignment. Distributor may not assign or delegate its rights or obligations under this Agreement (other than (i) the right to receive any amount due, which shall be freely assignable, or (ii) to Distributor's parent or majority-owned subsidiary company of sufficient net worth to meet any potential liability under this Agreement) without the prior written consent of Cisco, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, provided that any such assignment shall not relieve Distributor of any obligation to pay monies that were owed Cisco prior to the date of the assignment.

27.5 Severability. In the event that one or more terms of this Agreement becomes or is declared to be illegal or otherwise unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, each such term shall be null and void and shall be deemed deleted from this Agreement. All remaining terms of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if this paragraph is invoked and, as a result, the value of this Agreement is materially impaired for either party, as determined by such party in its sole discretion, then the affected party may terminate this Agreement by written notice with immediate effect to the other.

27.6 Attorneys' Fees. In any suit or proceeding relating to this Agreement the prevailing party will have the right to recover from the other its costs and reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys incurred in connection with the suit or proceeding, including costs, fees and expenses upon appeal, separately from and in addition to any other amount included in such judgment. This provision is intended to be severable from the other provisions of this Agreement, and shall survive expiration or termination and shall not be merged into any such judgment

27.7 No Agency. This Agreement does not create any agency, partnership, joint venture, or franchise relationship. No employee of either party shall be or become, or shall be deemed to be or become, an employee of the other party by virtue of the existence or implementation of this Agreement. Each party hereto is an independent contractor. Neither party has the right or authority to, and shall not, assume or create any obligation of any nature whatsoever on behalf of the other party or bind the other party in any respect whatsoever.

27.8 Notices. All notices required or permitted under this Agreement will be in writing and will be deemed given one (1) day after deposit with a commercial express courier specifying next day delivery (or two (2) days for international courier packages specifying 2-day delivery), with written verification of receipt. All communications will be sent to the addresses set forth on the cover sheet of this Agreement or such other address as may be designated by a party by giving written notice to the other party pursuant to this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, notices regarding general changes in product status, pricing, policies, financial transactions or programs may also be made by posting on Cisco.com or delivery by e-mail or fax, as applicable. Cisco shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide Distributor [*****] notice when introducing new Programs or Product or modifying Product pricing. Any notice regarding discontinuation of Product shall be pursuant to Cisco's then-current End of Life Policy, as found at http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products end-of-life policy.html. A current copy of this policy, as of the Effective Date of this Agreement, is attached hereto as Exhibit G. [*****].

27.9 Non-exclusive Market and Purchase Rights. It is expressly understood and agreed that this Agreement does not grant to Cisco or Distributor an exclusive right to purchase or sell Products and shall not prevent either party from developing or acquiring or selling competing Products of other vendors or customers.

27.10 Survival. Sections 6.0 (Payment), 10.0 (Limited Warranty), 19.0 (Confidential Information), 15.0 (Patent and Copyright Infringement), 18 (Term and Termination), 17.0 (Reports and Records), 20.0 (Export Restrictions), 22.0 (Limitation of Liability), 23.0 (Consequential Damages Waiver), 27.0 (General) and the license to use the Software set out in Exhibit C (Software License Agreement) (subject to the termination provisions set forth in Section 18.0) shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

27.11 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and together which shall constitute one and the same instrument. A validly executed counterpart that is delivered by

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one party to the other via electronic transmission (a Counterpart Image) shall be valid and binding to the same extent as one delivered physically, provided that the valid signature is clearly visible in the Counterpart Image. In the event that a party delivers a Counterpart Image in place of an originally-executed counterpart, such party shall retain the originally-executed counterpart in its files for at least the duration of the Term hereof.

27.12 Headings. Headings of sections have been added solely for convenience of reference and shall not be deemed part of this Agreement.

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EXHIBIT A TERRITORY

Territory: The United States, excluding its territories.

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EXHIBIT B VALUE ADDED DISTRIBUTOR SUPPORT EXHIBIT

1.0 DEFINITIONS. Capitalized terms used in this Exhibit B have the meanings assigned to those terms in Section 1.0 of the Nonexclusive Value Added Distributor Agreement Terms and Conditions. Additional capitalized terms and the definitions assigned to those terms in this Exhibit B follow:

CCO means Cisco Connection Online, Cisco's online information web server.

Customer means End Users and Resellers.

Standard Business Hours means 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM Pacific Standard Time Monday through Friday, excluding Cisco-observed holidays, in the U.S. and Canada and outside the U.S. and Canada, means 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM Australia's Eastern Standard Time and Central European Time, Monday through Friday, excluding local Cisco-observed holidays.

TAC means Cisco's Technical Assistance Center.

2.0 CISCO RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. For Products purchased under the Agreement, Cisco provides the services described below. [*****]

2.1 CCO Access. Cisco will provide DISTRIBUTOR with partner-level access to CCO.

2.2 Technical Support. [*****].

2.3 Updates. [*****].

2.4 Hardware Support. 2.4.1 Return for Replacement. During the Cisco warranty period, DISTRIBUTOR may return failed Product to Cisco for replacement. Cisco will use commercially reasonable efforts to ship a replacement within [*****] days after receipt of the failed Product from DISTRIBUTOR. After the end of the warranty period, parts will be charged at Cisco's then-current rates.

2.4.2 DISTRIBUTOR may request advance replacement delivery of replacement parts (Cisco will send the part upon DISTRIBUTOR's receipt of an RMA number) at Cisco's then-current Advance Replacement charge.

2.4.3 Product used for replacement may be new or equivalent to new, at Cisco's discretion.

2.5 Cisco Brand Services Option. Cisco will make available for purchase by DISTRIBUTOR, all appropriate Cisco Brand support Products for Distributor's internal use and for resale to Resellers. This option to resell Cisco brand services whereby services are delivered directly by Cisco to the End User is available in accordance with Cisco's then-current packaged service resale program. Availability of Cisco brand services is subject to geographic limitations. Information on w h e r e  s u c h  s e r v i c e s  a r e  a v a i l a b l e  f o r  r e s a l e ,  a s  w e l l  a s  t h e  p r o c e s s  f o r  r e s e l l i n g  C i s c o  b r a n d  s e r v i c e s  i s  l o c a t e d  a t http://www.cisco.com/warp/cproreg/45/index.html.

3.0 DISTRIBUTOR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. 3.1 Prioritization and Escalation Guideline. DISTRIBUTOR will escalate problems to Cisco pursuant to the Escalation and Prioritization Guideline (Appendix A).

3.2 Spare Parts. DISTRIBUTOR shall maintain sufficient spare parts inventory to support its Customer base for a one-month period under normal circumstances. DISTRIBUTOR shall maintain adequate manpower and facilities to assure prompt handling of inquiries, orders and shipments for Products.

3.3 Warranty Service. DISTRIBUTOR shall provide to its Resellers, [*****] all warranty service for a minimum

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of the warranty period set forth in the published Product warranty provided with the original Product. Such warranty shall commence upon shipment to the End User. Warranty service will consist of Software and Hardware replacement service as follows:

3.3.1 Software Service. DISTRIBUTOR will use reasonable efforts to provide work​ around solutions or implement a Cisco-provided patch. DISTRIBUTOR will use reasonable effort to make latest release of all Cisco Software available to its resellers.

3.3.2 Hardware Advance Replacement. DISTRIBUTOR will ship replacement parts and/or Product to its Resellers in accordance with Cisco's then- current published Product warranty applicable to the particular Product.

3.4 Returns Coordination. DISTRIBUTOR will comply with the following: 3.4.1 DISTRIBUTOR shall coordinate the return of all failed parts and/or Product, freight and insurance prepaid, to the Cisco repair center specified by Cisco.

3.4.2 DISTRIBUTOR shall comply with the following RMA procedure: 3.4.2.1 DISTRIBUTOR will ensure all Products are properly packaged prior to being shipped, and will include a written description of the failure and specification of any changes or alterations made to the Product. Product returned to Cisco will conform in quantity and serial number to the RMA request.

3.4.2.2 DISTRIBUTOR shall tag each Product returned with the RMA transaction number and a brief description of the problem.

3.4.2.3 Cisco will not accept any Product returned which is not accompanied by an RMA number.

3.4.3 Title and risk of loss to failed Product and parts transfers to Cisco upon delivery to the Cisco repair center specified by Cisco.

3.5 Reseller Support. DISTRIBUTOR will ensure Reseller has all appropriate support as follows: 3.5.1 DISTRIBUTOR shall provide competent technical support staff to support the Product so as to ensure that the Reseller is able to provide the necessary support to the End User Reseller.

3.5.2 Reseller Frontline Support. DISTRIBUTOR will use best efforts to ensure that its Resellers provide high quality front-line support.

3.5.3 [*****] Cisco is not responsible for any claims arising from failure by Distributor's Resellers to provide this support.

3.5.4 Resale of Cisco Brand Services. Where available, DISTRIBUTOR will offer for purchase by its Resellers, all appropriate Cisco brand support products through its normal products availability process.

4.0 SERVICES NOT COVERED UNDER THIS EXHIBIT. 4.1 New Releases or Major Releases for Software.

4.2 Customization of existing Software for non-standard applications.

4.3 Support or replacement of Product that is altered, modified, mishandled, destroyed or damaged by natural causes or damaged during unauthorized use.

4.4 Software problems resulting from third party equipment or causes beyond Cisco's control.

4.5 Any hardware upgrade of Product required to accept Updates.

5.0 TERMINATION. Upon expiration or termination of the Agreement, (a) all rights and licenses of DISTRIBUTOR under this Support Exhibit shall terminate, (b) DISTRIBUTOR shall immediately discontinue all representations that DISTRIBUTOR

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provides maintenance services for Cisco Product, and (c) DISTRIBUTOR access to CCO shall terminate.

6.0 SOFTWARE LICENSE. DISTRIBUTOR acknowledges that it may receive Software as a result of services provided under this Agreement. DISTRIBUTOR agrees that it is licensed to distribute such Software only on Product covered under the services and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the Software license granted with the original acquisition. Except as otherwise specified in this Exhibit, DISTRIBUTOR shall not copy, in whole or in part, Software or documentation; modify the Software, reverse compile or reverse assemble all or any portion of the Software; or rent, lease, distribute, sell, or create derivative works of the Software.

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APPENDIX 1 CISCO PROBLEM PRIORITIZATION AND ESCALATION GUIDELINE To ensure that all problems are reported in a standard format, Cisco has established the following problem priority definitions. These definitions will assist Cisco in allocating the appropriate resources to resolve problems. Distributor must assign a priority to all problems submitted to Cisco. [*****]

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EXHIBIT D SCANSOURCE FREIGHT POLICY

TO: All SUPPLIERS SUBJECT: ROUTING INSTRUCTIONS In order to mm1m1ze inbound transportation cost, and to maximize control over transit time, tracing, and expediting, this routing guide has been issued. These instructions supercede all previous shipping instructions and are to be retained for ready reference.

For shipments of Catalyst Telecom and Paracon products: Contact:

Melinda Hamilton, Receiving Supervisor Phone: (800) 854-9570 ext. 8187 Fax: (901) 369-7876 Email: melinda.hamilton@partnerservicesinc.com

Ship to address: ScanSource, Inc. 4020 Quest Way, Ste. 114 Memphis, TN. 38115 Receiving hours: 7:00 am - 2:00 pm

For shipments of ScanSource and ScanSource Security products: Contact:

Deborah Lucas, Receiving Manager

Phone: (800) 854-9570 ext. 8111 Fax: (901) 367-0666 Email: deborah.lucas@partnerservicesinc.com

Ship to address: ScanSource, Inc. 4100 Quest Way Memphis, TN. 38115 Receiving hours 7:00 am - 12:00 pm (noon)

Note: A packing slip/manifest must be included with each shipment. It should include: a) A listing of products and quantities shipped b) Purchase order number (this must also show on the bill of lading) c) Date shipped d) Name of carrier e) Tracking or pro number

Please comply with the following instructions when transportation is our responsibility: 1. All freight charges assigned to ScanSource must be shipped freight collect. For UPS shipments ship bill recipient. Please consolidate all of one day's shipments on one bill of lading. Exceptions will be charged back. Cisco may accomplish this by leveraging an order grouping process and setting up internal tools accordingly. OG will only be available for LTL or TL carriers. In order to support OG, ScanSource must include a LTL and TL carriers in their routing config in SRC tool. If combined shipments do not meet the minimum requirement to ship LTL or TL (i.e. number pieces, min weight) then no grouping will be done. 2. Do not insure shipments or declare value for carriage. 3. Each bill of lading must display the total number of cartons in the shipment, i.e. 24 cartons on 1 pallet. Bill of lading must be filled out completely. Please accurately describe products with the appropriate NMFC code. If you do not have the NMFC information available, ask the carrier to identify it for you.

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4. Indicate our purchase order number and number of boxes on all containers and shipping documents. 5. All pallets must be standard 40 wide X 48 long four way pallets. Primary fork entry from the 40 end. 6. Banding must be plastic, no metal. 7. Stack height on pallets is 48 maximum.

All freight bills are audited, and any premium transportation charges incurred because these instructions have not been followed will be charged to Cisco. The charges will be based on the actual premium paid. ScanSource agrees to provide Cisco with advance notice in the event such a charge becomes necessary. Cisco will have the opportunity to validate any such charge prior to actually incurring same.

If pickup service, via the carrier shown below, is not available in your area or if you have any other questions concerning this guide, please contact the ScanSource Traffic Department at (901) 362-0421, Bob Balsano. Your cooperation in following this program is appreciated.

STANDARD SURFACE TRANSPORTATION

I. Shipments, not individual cartons, weighing less than 250 lbs. and meeting the weight and size restrictions, must be shipped by United Parcel Service. II. Approved motor carriers for all LTL shipments from the States shown below are listed.

CARRIER SERVICING

FedEx Freight East Toll free number for pickups (800) 874-4723 -Alabama -Arkansas -Georgia -Illinois -Indiana -Kentucky -Louisiana -Minnesota -Mississippi -Missouri -New Jersey -North Carolina -Oklahoma -South Carolina -Tennessee -Texas -Virginia -West Virginia -Wisconsin

Con-way: Arizona California Colorado Oregon Washington

ALL REMAINING STATES Yellow Freight Toll free (800) 610-6500

PREMIUM ROUTINGS

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ScanSource Purchasing or Traffic Department must authorize use of premium freight (air, special truck, truckload) in advance. All premium shipments must state the total number of cartons in the shipment and the correct dimension of each carton.

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EXHIBIT E

AFFILIATE LIST

The following entities are either business units of Distributor or are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Distributor. For the purposes of this Agreement, and as set forth in Section 1 (Definitions), all such entities listed below shall be referred to herein as Affiliate(s).

1. ScanSource, Inc. 2. ScanSource, Inc. d/b/a Catalyst Telecom 3. ScanSource, Inc. d/b/a Paracon 4. ScanSource Security Distribution, Inc. 5. T2 Supply, Inc.

Source: SCANSOURCE, INC., 10-K, 8/22/2019





Exhibit 10.38

EXHIBIT F

Software Transfer and Relicensing Policy September 15, 2000 This document sets forth Cisco's policy with respect to the transferability of any Cisco software (Software). A transfer occurs when: (1) the original or authorized subsequent licensee tries to convey or reassign its right to use the Software to another entity, or (2) the original lessor of Cisco used hardware (including bundled Software) (Hardware) tries to reassign the original lessee's right to use the Software to another lessee, or the lessor tries to convey or reassign its right to lease the Hardware and Software bundle to another lessor. A rental would be treated the same as the lease situation as described in item 2 above.

This policy applies to all Software whether Standalone or Embedded. Standalone Software is Software which is not required to operate the Hardware upon which it resides (i.e., ICSG software such as call center, unified messaging, network management software). Embedded Software is Software which is incorporated into the Hardware and is required for its operation (i.e., operating system software, certain features of IOS).

Policy:

Cisco's policy is that Software, whether Standalone or Embedded, is not transferable, except where a listed exception below applies, and except, of course, where Cisco's contract expressly allows it. Any other transfers will require the payment of a new license fee (see Global Price List). For products where there is no separate line item for the Software (i.e. the prices for both the Hardware and Software are bundled), and therefore, a fee cannot be determined, an exception will be made to allow for the transfer without the customer being required to obtain a new license (the customer may be required to pay an inspection fee), if (A) Software to be transferred (i) will be under a support contract provided by either Cisco or a Cisco​‐ authorized support partner or (ii) is still supported by Cisco; or (B) approval from the theatre Sales Controller has been obtained.

Use of the Software will be governed by either the original license terms and conditions in place between Cisco and the original Software licensee or by the new license between Cisco and the new user. Cisco may withhold its consent to any transfer not conforming to this policy.

License Fee:

The License Fee is generally the same amount as the fee charged for a new license or a portion of the fee of a new license, unless otherwise noted on the Global Price List.

It is the obligation of the transferor to obtain Cisco's consent and/or a new license before the transfer occurs.

Exceptions:

Provided the conditions of transfer are met as set forth below, the follow exceptions apply to the prohibition against transfer without written approval and payment of the applicable fee. These exceptions may be overridden by express terms in an applicable licensing agreement governing the transferability of Special License Software (Special License Software is the term now used in our templates to refer to ICSG Product)

Affiliate: An entity may transfer its right to use a certain piece of Software to its Affiliate. An Affiliate is another entity where at least 50.1% of its voting power is owned or controlled by the transferring entity or where as least 50.1% of the transferring entity's voting power is owned or controlled by the transferee.

Merger or Acquisition: An entity may transfer its right to use a certain piece of Software to the purchaser of all or substantially all of the capital stock of the transferor or all or substantially all of the assets of that portion of the transferor's business to which those licenses pertain. Lease: In a leasing situation where the original lessee/customer would like to buy out the equipment from the leasing company during or at the end of the lease term, the original lessee/customer may retain the license without paying a new License Fee, provided leasing company gives Cisco prior written notice. Also, if the original lessee/customer defaults under the lease and the leasing company takes the equipment back before the end of the lease term, the leasing company may transfer the license to the another lessee for the remainder of the original lease term, without paying Cisco a License Fee, upon 30 days' prior written notice to Cisco, or as soon as practicable if the equipment is re-leased before such 30- day period. If the new lease term is in

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excess of the original lease term, the leasing company is expected to pay Cisco a new License Fee on or before the expiration date of the original lease term. [NOTE: In the situation where a leasing company leases Cisco equipment to Customer A for a specified term and at the end of the lease term, the leasing company desires to lease the same equipment to Customer B, leasing company may not transfer the license without obtaining a new license from Cisco.)].

Outsource: Customer desires to outsource the operation, support and maintenance of its network to a third party (e.g. EDS) (Third-Party Service Provider), for the benefit of that customer. As part of the outsourcing, customer transfers all of its rights, title and interest to the assets, including certain Cisco products and software licenses, to the Third-Party Service Provider. Customer may transfer the license to the Third-Party Service Provider solely for the purposes of providing services to Customer upon 30 days' prior written notice to Cisco.

All notices should be sent to sw-license@cisco.com or as indicated in the agreement between Cisco and the customer or transferor, if any.

Conditions of Transfer:

Transfers, in any event, shall only be allowed under the following conditions:

◦ The parties involved in the transfer are not in breach of the agreement governing the use of the Software or any other agreement with Cisco;

◦ Any additional services or charges incurred by Cisco as the result of any transfer shall be borne by the transferor and transferee; and

◦ The parties involved in the transfer shall provide written prior notice of a permitted transfer to Cisco and the transferee shall, in a writing to Cisco, (i) assume all of the obligations of the transferor, and (ii) agree that transferee's use of the Software shall be governed by the terms of the then-current license agreement between Cisco and transferor or, at Cisco's sole discretion, by the terms of Cisco's then-current standard license agreement.

Questions?

Any questions or comments regarding this policy should be sent to sw-license@cisco.com.

Source: SCANSOURCE, INC., 10-K, 8/22/2019





Exhibit 10.38

EXHIBIT G

Cisco End of Life Policy

Products reach the end of their Product Life Cycle for a number of reasons. These reasons may be due to market demands, technology innovation and development driving changes in the product, or the products simply mature over time and are replaced by functionally richer technology. While this is an established part of the overall product life cycle, Cisco Systems recognizes that end-of-life milestones often prompt companies to review the way in which such end-of-sale and end-of-life milestones impact the Cisco products in their networks. With that in mind, we have set out below Cisco's end-of-life policy to help customers better manage their end-of-life transition and to understand the role that Cisco can play in helping to migrate to alternative Cisco platforms and technology.

The End of Life Policy only applies to End of Life and End of Sale announcements made in all Theaters on or after November 30, 2002 for all Cisco product lines. The Policy does not apply to product that is already subject to an End of Life and/or End of Sale announcement. The general policy guidelines are:

1. As a general rule, Cisco will provide 6 months' notice of the affected product's end-of-sale date and/or the last day when the affected product can be ordered. This notice will appear on Cisco.com site (http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/prod_end_of_life.html) and we encourage you to visit this site regularly as it contains useful information regarding Cisco's end-of-life program. Sign up to receive notification here: http://www.cisco.com/pcgi-bin/Support/FieldNoticeTool/field-notice

2. Access to Cisco's Technical Assistance Center (TAC) will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week for a period of 5 years from the end-of-sale date for hardware and operating system software issues and for a period of 3 years from the end-of-sale date for application software issues.

3. Spares or replacement parts for hardware will be available for a period of 5 years from the end-of​ sale date. We will provide spares and replacement parts in accordance with our Return Materials Authorization (RMA) process.

4. Software support will be as follows

a. For the first year following the end-of-sale date, we will provide bug fixes, maintenance releases, workarounds, or patches for critical bugs reported via the TAC or Cisco.com Web site.

b. After the first year and for Operating System SW -where available- we will provide bug fixes, maintenance releases, workarounds or patches for a period of 4 years for operating system software. Bear in mind that it may be necessary to use software upgrade release to correct a reported problem.

c. After the first year and for Application SW -where available - we will provide bug fixes, maintenance releases, workarounds or patches for a period of 2 years for application software. Bear in mind that it may be necessary to use software upgrade release to correct a reported problem.

5. You will need to ensure that you have a current and fully paid support contract with Cisco. Please contact your Support Account Manager regarding fees payable during the end-of-life period so that we can support you right through the end-of-life transition period.

6. Below are guidelines that should be followed to ensure that you receive effective support for the affected products within your network:

a. For hardware or software that is not covered under a service contract, customers may add the product(s) to a current contract or purchase a new contract until 12 months after the end-of-sale date.

b. Service contracts that have not been renewed or have lapsed after 12 months of end-of​ sale date are not re-newable.

c. Renewal of your service contract will generally be available until the last year of support, but will not extend

Source: SCANSOURCE, INC., 10-K, 8/22/2019





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beyond the last date of support.

The end-of-life milestones and Cisco commitments are presented in Table 1.

Table 1. Standard Guideline for End-of-Life Milestones Milestone - 6 mos Day 0 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 year 5 Year

End-of-sale date

End-of-Sale Notice Period

Operating System Software Maintenance Support See 4(a) See 4(b) above

Add or attach new service contracts

Renew service contracts - for HW & Operating System SW

Hardware Repair or Replacement

Customer Service and Support of HW & Operating System SW (TAC access & support)

Application Software maintenance support See 4(a) See 4(c) above

Renew service contracts - for Application SW

Here is an explanation of some of the terms that we have used in this notice: End of Product Life Cycle: A process that guides the final business operations associated with the product life cycle. The end-of-life process consists of a series of technical and business milestones and activities that, once completed, make a product obsolete. Once obsolete, the product is not sold, manufactured, improved, repaired, maintained, or supported.

End-of-sale date: The last date to order the product through Cisco point-of-sale mechanisms. The product is no longer for sale.

Hardware: The physical product and its physical components.

Operating System Software: Cisco operating system software that runs on Cisco hardware Application software: Cisco software that requires the presence of some non-Cisco operating system software.

Software Maintenance support: The time period that Cisco may release any software maintenance releases or bug fixes to the software product. After this date, Cisco Engineering will no longer develop, repair, maintain, or test the product software.

Source: SCANSOURCE, INC., 10-K, 8/22/2019 
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Q: EXHIBIT 4.1 CONSULTING AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT is dated for reference the 1st day of February, 2020 (the Effective Date). BETWEEN: CORAL GOLD RESOURCES LTD., a company duly incorporated pursuant to the laws of the Province of British Columbia and having its head office at Suite 900 - 570 Granville Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3Pl (the Company) AND: INTERMARK CAPITAL CORP., a company duly incorporated pursuant to the laws of the Province of British Columbia and having an office at Suite 900 - 570 Granville Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3PI (the Consultant) WHEREAS: A. The Company is a mining and exploration company, whose common shares are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange and OTCQX;

B. The Consultant provides management and financial consulting services to exploration and development companies, and the principal shareholder of the Consultant, David Wolfin (the Principal), has been the President and Chief Executive Officer and a director of the Company; and

C. The Company wishes to engage the management and financial services of the Consultant, and the Consultant wishes to be engaged by the Company, to perform the functions of a management consultant to the Company as set forth herein below. NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants and agreements of the parties hereto as hereinafter set forth, and for other good and reliable consideration, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged by the parties, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows: 1. ENGAGEMENT OF CONSULTANT

1.1 The Company hereby appoints and engages the Consultant as a consultant with respect to the Services (as defined below) and the Consultant hereby accepts such appointment and engagement by the Company, all upon and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

2. SERVICES OF CONSULTANT

2.1 During the Term (as defined below), the Consultant shall provide to the Company advisory and consulting services as more particularly set forth in Schedule A or as the Company may request from time to time (collectively, the Services).

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2.2 The Consultant shall at all times and in all respects do its utmost to enhance and develop the business interests and welfareof the Company.

2.3 The Consultant shall be subject to such supervision as may be imposed by the Company in its sole discretion, and the Consultant shall furnish regular reports and any other data and information relating to the Services as may, from time to time, be requested by the Company.

2.4 The Consultant shall provide its services to the Company.

3. FEES

3.1 The Company will pay the Consultant basic remuneration for its services in the sum of $10,000 per month (the Consulting Fee) commencing on the 1st day of February, 2020, and payable on the last day of each month thereafter up to and including the 31st day of January, 2025, together with any such increments thereto as the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company may from time to time determine. In addition, the Company will pay to the Consultant all reasonable expenses of the Consultant as agreed to from time to time which are incurred by the Consultant in delivery of the Services, based on monthly invoices submitted to the Company, including copies of all paid receipts; plus harmonized sales taxes or goods and services taxes, as the case may be, in addition to the Consulting Fees, which taxes will be remitted by the Consultant to the Canada Revenue Agency.

4. TERM AND RENEWAL

4.1 During the term of this Agreement, the Consultant shall provide its Services to the Company through its Principal, and the Consultant shall ensure that the Principal will be available to provide such Services to the Company in a timely manner.

4.2 The term of this Agreement is for a period of five (5) years (the Term) commencing on the Effective Date and, unless terminated earlier in accordance with the termination provisions of this Agreement, ending on January 31, 2025.

5. TERMINATION

5.1 This Agreement can be terminated at any time prior to the expiry of the Term, as follows: (a) by the Consultant electing to give the Company not less than 3 months prior notice of such termination;

(b) by the Company electing to give the Consultant 3 months prior notice of such termination along with a termination payment equal to the annual Consulting Fee;

(c) by the Consultant electing to give the Company notice, in the event that there occurs a Change of Control (as defined below) within six (6) months of the effective date of such Change of Control, and if the Consultant so elects to terminate this Agreement, then the Consultant will be immediately entitled to a termination payment equal to CDN$750,000; and

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(d) For the purpose of this clause, a Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred when: (i) any person, entity or group becomes the beneficial owner of 20% or more of the combined voting power of the Company's then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, and such person, entity or group uses such effective voting control to change a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company, either all at once or through any series of elections and appointments when considered together; or

(ii) completion of the sale or other disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company's assets or a reorganization or merger or consolidation of the Company with any other entity or corporation, other than: (A) a reorganization or merger or consolidation that would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent, either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of another entity, more than 50.1 % of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company or such other entity outstanding immediately after such reorganization or merger or consolidation; or

(B) a reorganization or merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization or reincorporation of the Company (or similar transaction) that does not result in a material change in beneficial ownership of the voting securities of the Company or its successor. 5.2 On any termination of this Agreement under Section 5.l (a), (b), or (c) all outstanding stock options granted to the Consultant shall be exercisable in accordance with the terms of the option agreements covering such grants. If there is any inconsistency between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of any stock option agreement governing the grant of any stock options to the Consultant or the Principal, then the terms of such stock option agreement shall prevail.

5.3 This Agreement and the Term shall terminate automatically, without any prior notice or any payment to the Consultant, inthe event that: a. the five year Term expires on January 31, 2025;

b. the Consultant should no longer be able to provide the Services through the Principal for any reason;

c. upon the death or permanent incapacity of the Principal; or

d. The Consultant commits any material breach of this Agreement which breach is not remedied within 30 days after notice to the Consultant of such breach. 6. CONFIDENTIALITY

6.1 The Consultant acknowledges and agrees that in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, it may obtain knowledge of Confidential Information (as defined below) relating to the business or affairs of the Company or its affiliated companies (the Affiliated Companies).

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The Consultant and the Principal shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company, either during the Term or at any time thereafter: (a) use or disclose any Confidential Information outside of the Company or the Affiliated Companies;

(b) except in undertaking the Services, remove or aid in the removal from the premises of the Company or any of the Affiliated Companies any Confidential Information or any property or material relating thereto; or

(c) use the Confidential Information for any purpose other than in performing the Services. 6.2 The Consultant shall exercise a reasonable degree of care in safeguarding the aforementioned Confidential Information against loss, theft, or other inadvertent disclosure, and further agrees to take all reasonable steps necessary to ensure the maintenance of confidentiality.

6.3 Upon the termination of this Agreement, or upon the Company's earlier request, the Consultant and the Principal shall promptly deliver to the Company all of the Confidential Information that the Consultant and the Principal may have in their possession or control.

6.4 In this Agreement, Confidential Information shall mean any information or knowledge including, without limitation, any document, materials, know how, discovery, strategy, method, idea, client list, marketing strategy or employee compensation, or copies or adaptations thereof, that relates to the business or affairs of the Company and I or the Affiliated Companies; and is private or confidential in that it is not generally known or available to the public. Without limiting the generality of the forgoing Confidential Information will include: (a) information regarding the Company and the Affiliated Companies' business operations, methods and practices, including marketing strategies, product pricing, margins and hourly rates for staff, costs and all information regarding the financial affairs of the Company and the Affiliated Companies;

(b) all information related to the mineral exploration interests of the Company and the Affiliated Companies including maps, data, records, reports, technical studies, drill hole logs, calculations, opinions, charts, drawings, sketches, plans, documents, summaries, memoranda, analysis and all geological or technical information;

(c) all information related to the properties, projects, facilities, equipment and other assets used in the business of the Company and the Affiliated Companies, and all information related to the exploration or development of (or potential exploration or development of) the Company and the Affiliated Companies' properties or projects, including without limitation any properties or projects in respect of which the Company has made any application or is in any negotiations for the acquisition of an ownership, leasehold or other interest in;

(d) terms of the Company and the Affiliated Companies' relationship with, its investors, (if not otherwise publically available), partners, clients, suppliers of products or services, and the Company and the Affiliated Companies' referral sources;

(e) all information concerning exploration, financing or other business opportunities of the Company and the Affiliated Companies, including all projects, ventures or joint ventures considered by the Company and the Affiliated Companies, whether or not pursued; and

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(f) all trade secrets or other confidential or proprietary information of the Company and the Affiliated Companies including, business plans, concepts, techniques, processes, designs, data, software programs, formula, development or experimental work, work in process or other know-how.

(g) Confidential Information shall specifically not include anything that:

(h) is in or enters lawfully into the public domain other than as a result of a disclosure by the Consultant or the Principal;

(i) becomes available to the Consultant on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Company or the affiliated Companies, or any of its representatives, and that source was not under any obligation of confidentiality; or

(j) the Consultant is required to disclose pursuant to an order of a court of competent jurisdiction or by the operation of law; provided that, the Consultant provides prompt prior written notice to the Company of such required disclosure and of the action which is proposed to be taken in response. In such an event, and only after the Consultant shall have made a reasonable effort to obtain a protective order or other reliable assurance affording such information confidential treatment, the Consultant shall furnish only that portion of the Confidential Information which it is required to disclose. 7. NON-SOLICITATION

7.1 The Consultant covenants, undertakes and agrees with the Company that during the Term and for a period of one year from the date of expiration or termination of this Agreement for any reason whatsoever, it shall not, on its own behalf or on behalf of any person, whether directly or indirectly, in any capacity whatsoever, offer employment to or solicit the employment of or otherwise entice away from the employment of the Company or any of the Affiliated Companies, any individual who is employed or engaged by the Company or any of the Affiliated Companies at the date of expiration or termination of this Agreement or who was employed or engaged by the Company or any of the Affiliated Companies, within the one year period immediately preceding the date of expiration or termination of this Agreement, as applicable.

7.2 The Consultant acknowledges and agrees that the above restriction on non-solicitation is reasonable and necessary for the proper protection of the businesses, property and goodwill of the Company and the Affiliated Companies.

8. DISCLOSURE AND ASSIGNMENT OF PROJECTS AND WORKS

8.1 The Consultant agrees that all discoveries, maps, technical studies, plans, spreadsheets, documents, inventions, copyright, software, improvements, know-how or other intellectual property, whether or not patentable or copyrightable, created by the Consultant during the Term of this Agreement pertaining to any service, matter, thing, process or method related to this Agreement (the Works) will be the sole and absolute property of the Company. The Consultant will keep and maintain adequate and current written records of all Works made, which records will be available at all times to the Company and will remain the sole property of the Company.

8.2 The Consultant will assist the Company in obtaining and enforcing, for the Company's own benefit, patents, copyrights and any other protections in any and all countries for any and all Works made by the Consultant (in whole or in part) the rights to which belong to or have been assigned to the Company. The Consultant agrees, upon request, to execute all applications, assignments, instruments and papers and perform all acts that the Company or its counsel may deem necessary or desirable to obtain any and all patents, copyrights or other protection in such Works and otherwise to protect the interests of the Company therein.

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9. COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS

9.1 The Services undertaken by the Consultant under this Agreement shall be in full compliance with all applicable laws andconsistent with a high degree of business ethics.

10. INDEMNIFICATION

10.1 The Consultant shall indemnify and save harmless the Company for any demonstrated losses, damages, costs or other amounts, including without limitation reasonable legal fees, suffered or incurred by the Company arising out of third party claims relating to the presence or activities of the Consultant or its representatives in performing the Services to the extent that such losses, damages, costs or other amounts are caused by: (a) any breach of the Consultant's obligation in Section 9 herein; and

(b) any negligence, willful misconduct or fraud on the part of the Consultant in performing the Services. 10.2 Subject to the Consultant's obligation to indemnify the Company under this Section 10, and provided that the Consultant has not breached Section 9, the Company shall indemnify and save harmless the Consultant for any demonstrated losses, damages, costs or other amounts, including without limitation reasonable legal fees, suffered or incurred by the Consultant arising out of third party claims relating to the presence or activities of the Consultant and/or its representatives in performing the Services to the extent that such losses, damages, costs or other amounts are caused by the negligence, willful misconduct or fraud on the part of the Company.

10.3 Neither the Company nor the Consultant shall be liable for any consequential loss, including but not limited to, claims for loss of profit, revenue or capital, loss of use of utilities, equipment or facilities, down-time cost, service interruption, cost of money, injury or damage of any character whatsoever.

11. REMEDIES

11.1 The Consultant acknowledges and agrees that any breach of this Agreement by it could cause irreparable damage to the Company and I or the Affiliated Companies and that in the event of a breach by the Consultant, the Company shall have in addition to any and all other remedies at law or in equity, the right to an injunction, specific performance or other equitable relief to prevent any violation by the Consultant of any of the provisions of this Agreement. In the event of any such dispute, the Consultant agrees that the Company shall be entitled, without showing actual damages, to a temporary or permanent injunction restraining conduct of the Consultant pending a determination of such dispute and that no bond or other security shall be required from the Company in connection therewith. The Consultant acknowledges and agrees that the remedies of the Company specified in this Agreement are in addition to and not in substitution for any other rights and remedies of the Company at law or in equity and that all such rights and remedies are cumulative and not alternative or exclusive of any other rights or remedies and that the Company may have recourse to any one or more of its available rights and remedies as it shall see fit.

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12. RELATIONSHIP

12.1 The Company and Consultant each acknowledge and agree that the only relationship of the Consultant to the Company created by this Agreement shall for all purposes be that of a contractor, and all persons employed or engaged by the Consultant, including David Wolfin in connection herewith shall for all purposes be considered to be employed or engaged, as applicable, by the Consultant and not by the Company. The Company shall have no obligation whatsoever to pay or compensate the Consultant and/or any representative of the Consultant including David Wolfin, for taxes of any kind whatsoever that arise out of or with respect to any Consulting Fee, or any other fee, remuneration or compensation provided to the Consultant under this Agreement.

12.2 The Consultant shall fully indemnify and hold harmless the Company from and against all assessments, claims, liabilities, costs, expenses and damages that the Company and I or any of the Affiliated Companies may suffer or incur with respect to any such taxes or benefits. For greater clarity, the Consultant is solely responsible for the deduction and remissions of income tax, pension and employment insurance in respect of any employees retained by the Consultant to perform the services under this Agreement. Furthermore, if these amounts are not remitted, the Consultant will, in addition to any other provision under this Agreement, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its subsidiaries, affiliates and their respective directors and officers from and against any claim for taxes, penalties and for withholding of funds by the applicable tax, worker's compensation, employment standards and insurance agencies or any other government agency with respect to any amount found to be payable by the Company to such agency or commission in respect of the Consultant's provision of services under this Agreement, including any legal fees incurred by the Company in defending such claims.

13. SURVIVAL OF TERMS

13.l Sections 6 through 12, inclusive, and this Section 13, shall survive and remain in force notwithstanding the expiration or other termination of this Agreement for any reason whatsoever. Any expiration or termination of this Agreement shall be without prejudice to any rights and obligations of the parties hereto arising or existing up to the effective date of such expiration or termination, or any remedies of the parties with respect thereto.

14. LIMITED AUTHORITY AS AGENT

14.1 Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the parties, the Consultant may not act as an agent of the Company; however, this does not and is not intended to restrict the powers of the Principal to act as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company in any way. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Consultant shall not commit or be entitled to commit the Company to any obligation whatsoever nor shall the Consultant incur or be entitled to incur any debt or liability whatsoever on behalf of the Company, except as otherwise agreed to by the Company.

15. NO ASSIGNMENT

15.1 Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights of any of the parties under this Agreement shall be assigned without thewritten consent of all the parties.

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16. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS

16.1 The Agreement shall enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties and their respective heirs, executors,administrators, successors and permitted assigns, as the case may be.

17. WAIVER

17.1 Any waiver of any breach or default under this Agreement shall only be effective if in writing signed by the party against whom the waiver is sought to be enforced, and no waiver shall be implied by indulgence, delay or other act, omission or conduct. Any waiver shall only apply to the specific matter waived and only in the specific instance i n which it is waived.

18. GOVERNING LAWS

18.1 Unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the parties, the Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of British Columbia and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, and the parties hereto submit and attorn to the jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of British Columbia.

19. FURTHER ASSURANCES

19.1 Each of the parties shall, on request by the other party, execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered all such further documents and instruments and do all such further acts and things as the other party may reasonably require to evidence, carry out and give full effect to the terms, conditions, intent and meaning of this Agreement and to ensure the completion of the transactions contemplated hereby.

20. NOTICES

20.1 All notices required or permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be given by delivering such notice or mailing such notice by pre-paid registered mail, by facsimile transmission or electronic mail to the addresses provided under the names of each party on the first page to this Agreement. Any such notice or other communication shall, if delivered, be deemed to have been given or made and received on the date delivered (or the next business day if the day of delivery is not a business day), and if mailed, shall be deemed to have been given or made and received on the fifth business day following the day on which it was so mailed and if faxed (with confirmation received) shall be deemed to have been given or made and received on the day on which it was so faxed (or the next business day if the day of sending is not a business day). The parties may give from time to time written notice of change of address in the manner aforesaid.

21. CONSTRUCTION

21.1 In this Agreement, unless otherwise indicated: (a) Agreement means this Consulting Agreement;

(b) the words include, including or in particular, when following any general term or statement, shall not be construed as limiting the general term or statement to the specific items or matters set forth or to similar items or matters, but rather as permitting the general term or statement to refer to all other items or matters that could reasonably fall within the broadest possible scope of the general term or statement;

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(c) herein, hereby, hereunder, hereof', hereto and words of similar import, refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section of this Agreement;

(d) a reference to a statute means that statute, as amended and in effect as of the date hereof, and includes each and every regulation and rule made thereunder and in effect as of the date hereof, and includes all amendments thereof given effect from time to time;

(e) a reference to a Section means, unless the context otherwise requires, that specific Section in Agreement;

(f) a reference to a consent, notice or agreement means a consent, notice or agreement, as the case may be, by an authorized representative of the party or parties thereto;

(g) where a word, term or phrase is defined herein, its derivatives or other grammatical forms have a corresponding meaning;

(h) all words, other than defined terms, used in this Agreement, regardless of the number and gender in which they are used, shall be deemed and construed to include the singular or the plural and the masculine, feminine or body corporate, as the context may require;

(i) time is of the essence;

(j) in the event that any date on which any action is required to be taken hereunder by any of the parties hereto is not a business day, such action shall be required to be taken on the next succeeding day which is a business day;

(k) references to a party or parties are references to a party or parties to this Agreement;

(l) the headings in this Agreement form no part of this Agreement and shall be deemed to have been inserted for convenience only;

(m) unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the parties, all dollar amount referred to herein are expressed in Canadian dollars; and

(n) the Effective Date of this Agreement shall be February 1, 2020, despite the actual date of execution of this Agreement. 22. SEVERABILITY

22.1 If any provision of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then tothe fullest extent permitted by law: (a) all other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect in such jurisdiction and shall be liberally construed in order to carry out the intentions of the parties as nearly as may be possible; and

(b) such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction. 23. COUNTERPARTS AND FACSIMILE

23.l This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and delivered by facsimile, each of which when so executed shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

24. INDEPENDENT LEGAL ADVICE

24.1 The Company has recommended to the Consultant that it obtain independent legal advice prior to signing this Agreement. The Consultant acknowledges that it has received independent legal advice or have waived the opportunity to do so and have elected to proceed without benefit of same.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF this Agreement has been executed as of the Effective Date. CORAL GOLD RESOURCES LTD. Per: Ronald Andrews Authorized Signatory INTERMARK CAPITAL CORP. Per: David Wolfin Authorized Signatory

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THIS IS SCHEDULE A TO THE CONSULTING AGREEMENT BETWEEN CORAL GOLD RESOURCES LTD. AND lNTERMARK CAPlTAL CORP. Description of Consulting Services: The Consultant shall provide management and financial consulting services, including the supervision of the senior management, all staff, and all field personnel of the Company, whether employees or consultants, strategic planning and property acquisitions, strategic financial planning and annual budget reviews, as well as the implementation and monitoring of the Company's compliance with continuous reporting requirements, internal controls over accounting systems and financial reporting to the Company. Duties and Responsibilities: The Executive shall serve the Company as an executive officer in the position of President and Chief Executive Officer. The Executive shall report to the Board and shall undertake and perform the following duties and responsibilities: · actively engage with the Board to ensure that the initiatives of the management team are aligned with the strategic direction and objectives for the Company that have been established by the Board;

· provide overall direction for the Company in order for it to implement agreed strategies in order to meet Company goals and objectives;

· provide shareholder and investor communication and manage key investment banking and institutional relationships;

· make decisions in line with organizational goals, leading to desired results, and will be responsible and accountable for results;

· create and sustain the organizational culture and environment needed to achieve objectives and results and recruit and retain a high-performance operating team;

· oversee the implementation and monitoring of internal controls, reporting compliance obligations, sign off on CEO Certificates for the interim and annual financial statements and setting environmental protection policies; and

· such other duties and responsibilities as may be assigned or vested in him by the Board from time to time and which are consistent with the duties and responsibilities of a President and Chief Executive Officer. The Executive agrees, during the continuance of his employment, to devote sufficient working time, services, skill and ability to such employment and to serve at all times with loyalty and honesty in the best interests of the Company. The Executive acknowledges that the position of President and CEO will involve significant travel for business development and for investor relations.

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Question: Highlight the parts (if any) of this contract related to Liquidated Damages that should be reviewed by a lawyer. Details: Does the contract contain a clause that would award either party liquidated damages for breach or a fee upon the termination of a contract (termination fee)?

A: (b) by the Company electing to give the Consultant 3 months prior notice of such termination along with a termination payment equal to the annual Consulting Fee;

(c) by the Consultant electing to give the Company notice, in the event that there occurs a Change of Control (as defined below) within six (6) months of the effective date of such Change of Control, and if the Consultant so elects to terminate this Agreement, then the Consultant will be immediately entitled to a termination payment equal to CDN$750,000;
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Q: Exhibit 1.1   400,000 Shares   BLUEROCK RESIDENTIAL GROWTH REIT, INC.   8.250% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock   AGENCY AGREEMENT   May 25, 2016   Compass Point Research & Trading, LLC 1055 Thomas Jefferson Street N.W. Suite 303 Washington, DC 20007   As Sales Agent   Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:   Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the Company), together with Bluerock Residential Holdings, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership for which the Company is the sole general partner (the Operating Partnership and together with the Company, the Transaction Entities) and BRG Manager, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Manager), agrees that it may issue and sell through Compass Point Research & Trading, LLC, acting as agent (the Agent), up to a total of 400,000 shares (the Offered Shares) of its 8.250% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the Series A Preferred Stock) as set forth below. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the parties hereto agree that compliance with the limitation set forth in this paragraph on the number of Offered Shares issued and sold under this Agreement shall be the sole responsibility of the Company, and the Agent shall have no obligation in connection with such compliance.   Pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership (the OP Agreement), as amended by that First Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership, as further amended by that Second Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership, as further amended by that Third Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership and as further amended by the Fourth Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership, upon receipt of the net proceeds of the sale of the Offered Shares on the Settlement Date (as defined below), the Company, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Bluerock REIT Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Holdings LLC), will contribute such net proceeds to the Operating Partnership in exchange for a number of 8.250% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Units of partnership interest in the Operating Partnership (the Series A Preferred OP Units) that is equivalent to the number of Offered Shares to be sold (the Company Preferred OP Units).









  1. Representations and Warranties of the Transaction Entities.   (a) Representations and Warranties. The Transaction Entities, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to, and agree with, the Agent that:   (i) Filing and Effectiveness of Registration Statement; Certain Defined Terms. The Company has filed with the Commission a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-208956) covering the registration of the Offered Shares under the Act, including a base prospectus (the Base Prospectus). Such registration statement, as amended, including the financial statements, exhibits and schedules thereto, in the form in which it became effective under the Act, including all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein and any information deemed to be a part thereof at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430B under the Act, shall be referred to as the Registration Statement. Any registration statement filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act in connection with the offer and sale of the Offered Shares is called the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, and from and after the date and time of filing of any such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement the term Registration Statement shall include the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. As used herein, the term Prospectus shall mean the final prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus dated the date hereof that describes the Offered Shares and the offering thereof (the Final Prospectus Supplement), together with the Base Prospectus, in the form first used by the Agent to meet requests of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Act. References herein to the Prospectus shall refer to both the prospectus supplement and the Base Prospectus components of such prospectus, including all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein.   The Registration Statement has been declared effective under the Act. The Offered Shares all have been duly registered under the Act pursuant to the Registration Statement. The Company has complied, to the Commission's satisfaction, with all requests of the Commission for additional or supplemental information, if any. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of or use of the Registration Statement has been issued under the Act, and no order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any such purposes have been instituted and are pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, are contemplated by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information from the Company in connection with the Registration Statement has been complied with. The Company meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Act. The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package (as defined below) and the Prospectus, at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, or became effective under the Exchange Act, as the case may be, complied and will comply (as applicable) in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act.

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  For purposes of this Agreement:   430B Information, with respect to any registration statement, means information included in a prospectus and retroactively deemed to be a part of such registration statement pursuant to Rule 430B(b).   Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.   Applicable Time means of the time of the sale of the Offered Shares pursuant to this Agreement.   Settlement Date has the meaning defined in Section 3 hereof.   Commission means the Securities and Exchange Commission.   Effective Time with respect to the Registration Statement, means the date and time as of which such Registration Statement was declared effective by the Commission.   Environmental Law means any federal, state or local law, statute, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, decree, judgment, injunction, permit, license, authorization or other binding requirement, or common law, relating to health, safety or the protection, cleanup or restoration of the environment or natural resources, including those relating to the distribution, processing, generation, treatment, storage, disposal, transportation, other handling or release or threatened release of Hazardous Materials.   Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.   General Disclosure Package means the Prospectus, together with the information and free writing prospectuses, if any, identified in  Schedule A hereto. General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors (other than a bona fide electronic road show, defined in Rule 433 (the Bona Fide Electronic Road Show)), as evidenced by its being so specified in Schedule A to this Agreement.   Hazardous Materials  means any material (including, without limitation, pollutants, contaminants, hazardous or toxic substances or wastes), the presence of which in the environment is prohibited, regulated or serves as the basis of liability as defined, listed or regulated by any Environmental Law.

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  Issuer Free Writing Prospectus means any issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433, relating to the Offered Shares, including, without limitation, any free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405) relating to the Offered Shares that is (i) required to be filed with the Commission by the Company, (ii) a road show that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission, or (iii) exempt from filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Offered Shares or of the offering of the Offered Shares that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company's records pursuant to Rule 433(g).   Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not a General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.   A Registration Statement without reference to a time means such Registration Statement as of its Effective Time. For purposes of the foregoing definitions, 430B Information with respect to a Registration Statement shall be considered to be included in such Registration Statement as of the time specified in Rule 430B.   LTIP Units means the special units of partnership interest of the Operating Partnership having the rights, preferences and other privileges designated in Section 4.04 and elsewhere in the OP Agreement.   Rules and Regulations means the rules and regulations of the Commission.   Securities Laws means, collectively, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Sarbanes-Oxley), the Act, the Exchange Act, the Rules and Regulations, the auditing principles, rules, standards and practices applicable to auditors of issuers (as defined in Sarbanes-Oxley) promulgated or approved by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and, as applicable, the rules of the NYSE MKT, LLC (the NYSE MKT) (Exchange Rules).   Statutory Prospectus means the Base Prospectus, as amended and supplemented immediately prior to the Applicable Time, including any document incorporated by reference therein and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof. For purposes of this definition, Rule 430B Information contained in a form of prospectus that is deemed retroactively to be a part of the Registration Statement shall be considered to be included in the Statutory Prospectus as of the actual time that such form of prospectus is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act.

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  Subsidiary or Subsidiaries means each of the entities listed on Schedule A, which i) comprise all of the subsidiaries of the Transaction Entities, including the entities in which the Operating Partnership owns, directly or indirectly, all of the membership interests; ii) hold assets and iii) such omitted entities are considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, would not constitute a significant subsidiary within the meaning of Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X.   Unless otherwise specified, a reference to a rule or Rule is to the indicated rule under the Act.   (ii) Compliance with Securities Act Requirements. (A) (1) At the Effective Time, (2) on the date of this Agreement and (3) on the Settlement Date, the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto complied and will comply in all respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations thereunder, and did not, does not and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and (B) the Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto, as of their respective issue dates, complied and will comply in all material respects with the Act and the Rules and Regulations thereunder, and neither the Prospectus nor any amendment or supplement thereto (including any prospectus wrapper), as of its issue date, at the time of any filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and at the Settlement Date, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The representations and warranties contained herein do not apply to statements in or omissions from any document discussed herein based upon written information furnished to the Company by the Agent specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that such information is only that described as such in Section 8(b) hereof (collectively, the Agent Information).   (iii) General Disclosure Package. As of the Applicable Time and on the Settlement Date, none of (A) the General Disclosure Package, (B) any individual Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package and/or (C) each road show, if any, when considered together with, and as may be corrected by, the General Disclosure Package, included, includes or will include any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Statutory Prospectus, Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or road show made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Agent Information.

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  (iv) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and, to the extent not superseded or modified, at all subsequent times through the completion of the offer and sale of the Offered Shares did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information then contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conformed, conforms or will conform in all respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations thereunder. The Company has not made any offer relating to the Offered Shares that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus without the prior written consent of the Agent; provided that such consent is deemed to have been given with respect to each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus identified on Schedule A to this Agreement. The Company (A) has filed or will file each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Act and the Rules and Regulations thereunder in accordance therewith and/or (B) has retained or will retain in accordance with the Act and the Rules and Regulations thereunder all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses that were not required to be filed pursuant to the Act and the Rules and Regulations thereunder. The Company has made any Bona Fide Electronic Road Show in compliance with Rule 433(d)(8)(i) such that no filing of any road show (as defined in Rule 433(h)) is required in connection with the offering of the Series A Preferred Stock.   (v) Ineligible Issuer Status. As of the determination date referenced in Rule 164(h) under the Act, the Company was not, is not or will not be (as applicable) an ineligible issuer in connection with the offering of the Offered Shares pursuant to Rules 164, 405 and 433, including (x) the Company or its subsidiaries in the preceding three years not having been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor or having been made the subject of a judicial or administrative decree or order as described in Rule 405 and (y) the Company or its subsidiaries in the preceding three years not having been the subject of a bankruptcy petition or insolvency or similar proceeding, not having had a registration statement be the subject of a proceeding or examination under Section 8 of the Act and not being the subject of a pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Act in connection with an offering, all as described in Rule 405.   (vi) Good Standing of the Transaction Entities. The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation under the laws of the State of Maryland and is in good standing with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland, with the full corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement to which it is a party; and the Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, earnings, business, properties or prospects of the Transaction Entities and each of their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (a Material Adverse Effect). The Operating Partnership has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited partnership in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement to which it is a party; and the Operating Partnership is duly qualified to do business as a foreign organization in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.

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  (vii) Subsidiaries. Each Subsidiary (including, without limitation, Holdings LLC) has been duly incorporated or organized and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, with power and authority (corporate or other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and each Subsidiary is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or organization in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; all of the issued and outstanding capital stock, partnership interests or membership interests of each Subsidiary, including the outstanding LTIP Units of the Operating Partnership, has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable (except with respect to future contributions as provided in the operating agreement or limited partnership agreement (or similar organizational document) of the applicable Subsidiary made subsequent to the date hereof); and the capital stock, membership interest, limited partnership interest or other equity interest of each Subsidiary held by the Transaction Entities or a Subsidiary, as applicable, is held as set forth on Schedule C hereto. The Transaction Entities, directly or indirectly through their respective Subsidiaries, hold good and marketable title to their equity interests in their respective Subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or security interest, except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, subject only to restrictions on transfer imposed under applicable U.S. federal and state securities laws and the limited liability company agreement, limited partnership agreement or other organizational document of each Subsidiary; and have not conveyed, transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated any of their respective equity interests in their Subsidiaries, in whole or in part, or granted any rights, options or rights of first refusal or first offer to purchase any of such interests or any portion thereof.

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  (viii) Subsidiaries of Transaction Entities. The Transaction Entities do not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than (i) the subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 to the Registration Statement, (ii) the subsidiaries not listed on Exhibit 21 but listed on Schedule A hereto, and (ii) such other entities omitted from Exhibit 21 which, when such omitted entities are considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, would not constitute a significant subsidiary within the meaning of Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X.   (ix) Authorization of the Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Transaction Entities and is enforceable against each Transaction Entity in accordance with the applicable terms contained herein.   (x) Shares. The Offered Shares and all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized; the authorized equity capitalization of the Company is as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption Capitalization, all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are, and when the Offered Shares have been delivered and paid for in accordance with this Agreement on the Settlement Date as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, such Offered Shares will be, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, will conform to the information in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to the description of such Offered Shares contained therein; the stockholders of the Company have no preemptive rights with respect to the Offered Shares; none of the outstanding shares of capital stock have been issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights of any security holder; any forms of certificates used to represent the Offered Shares comply in all material respects with all applicable statutory requirements and with any applicable requirements of the Organizational Documents of the Company, and with any requirements of the NYSE MKT. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding (a) securities of the Company reserved for any purpose (other than certain outstanding common units of partnership interest in the Operating Partnership (the OP Units) and LTIP Units disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus), (b) securities or obligations of the Company convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company (the Common Stock), Series A Preferred Stock or shares of Series B Redeemable Preferred Stock outstanding, par value $0.01 per share (the Series B Preferred Stock), (c) warrants, rights or options to subscribe for or purchase from the Company any such shares of Common Stock, Series A Preferred Stock or Series B Preferred Stock or any such convertible or exchangeable securities or obligations or (d) obligations of the Company to issue or sell any shares of Common Stock, Series A Preferred Stock or Series B Preferred Stock, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or obligations, or any such warrants, rights or options. At the Settlement Date, should the maximum number of Offered Shares be sold, there will be 19,565,106 shares of Common Stock outstanding, 5,721,460 shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding, 1,169,881 LTIP Units outstanding, 5,721,460 Series A Preferred OP Units outstanding, warrants to purchase approximately 25,720 shares of Common Stock outstanding, approximately 1,286 shares of Series B Preferred Stock, approximately 1,286 Series B Preferred Units of partnership interest in the Operating Partnership (the Series B Preferred OP Units) and 19,870,674 OP Units outstanding, and each such class of securities conforms to the description set out in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

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  (xi) No Equity Awards. Except for grants (including those subject to issuance under the Management Agreement) disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company has not granted, to any person or entity a stock option or other equity-based award of or to purchase Common Stock, Series A Preferred Stock or Series B Preferred Stock pursuant to an equity-based compensation plan or otherwise.   (xii) OP Units and Preferred OP Units.   (1) OP Units. All outstanding OP Units have been duly authorized; all outstanding OP Units are validly issued and will conform to the information in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to the description of such OP Units contained therein; the holders of the outstanding OP Units have no preemptive rights with respect to the outstanding OP Units; none of the outstanding OP Units have been issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights of any security holder; all outstanding OP Units have been issued and sold in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding (a) securities of the Operating Partnership reserved for any purpose, (b) securities or obligations of the Operating Partnership convertible into or exchangeable or redeemable for any partnership interests of the Operating Partnership, (c) warrants, rights or options to subscribe for or purchase from the Operating Partnership any such partnership interests or any such convertible or exchangeable securities or obligations or (d) obligations of the Operating Partnership to issue or sell any partnership interests, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or obligations, or any such warrants, rights or options. There are 19,870,674 OP Units outstanding, of which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, 19,565,106 OP Units.

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  (2) Series A Preferred OP Units. All outstanding Series A Preferred OP Units have been duly authorized; all outstanding Series A Preferred OP Units are validly issued and will conform to the information in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to the description of such Series A Preferred OP Units contained therein; the holders of the outstanding OP Units have no preemptive rights with respect to the outstanding Series A Preferred OP Units; none of the outstanding Series A Preferred OP Units have been issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights of any security holder; all outstanding Series A Preferred OP Units have been issued and sold in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws. The Company Preferred OP Units have been duly authorized; when the Company Preferred OP Units have been delivered and paid for in accordance with the OP Agreement, the Company Preferred OP Units will be validly issued and will conform to the information in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to the description of such Company Preferred OP Units contained therein; there are no outstanding preemptive rights with respect to the Company Preferred OP Units; none of the outstanding  Company Preferred OP Units have been issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights of any security holder; all Company Preferred OP Units have been and will be, issued and sold in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws. There are 5,321,460 Series A Preferred OP Units outstanding, and at the Settlement Date, should all Offered Shares be sold pursuant to this Agreement, there will be 5,721,460 Series A Preferred OP Units outstanding, of which the Company will own, directly or indirectly, 100% of such Series A Preferred OP Units.    (3) Series B Preferred OP Units. All outstanding Series B Preferred OP Units have been duly authorized; all outstanding Series B Preferred OP Units are validly issued and will conform to the information in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to the description of such Series B Preferred OP Units contained therein; the holders of the outstanding OP Units have no preemptive rights with respect to the outstanding Series B Preferred OP Units; none of the outstanding Series B Preferred OP Units have been issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights of any security holder; all outstanding Series B Preferred OP Units have been issued and sold in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no outstanding (a) securities of the Operating Partnership reserved for any purpose, (b) securities or obligations of the Operating Partnership convertible into or exchangeable or redeemable for any partnership interests of the Operating Partnership, (c) warrants, rights or options to subscribe for or purchase from the Operating Partnership any such partnership interests or any such convertible or exchangeable securities or obligations or (d) obligations of the Operating Partnership to issue or sell any partnership interests, any such convertible or exchangeable securities or obligations, or any such warrants, rights or options. As of the Settlement Date there are approximately 1,286 Series B Preferred OP Units outstanding, of which the Company owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of Series B Preferred OP Units.

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  (xiii) No Finder's Fee. Except for the Agent's discounts and commissions payable by the Company to the Agent in connection with the Offered Shares contemplated herein or as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company or the Agent for a brokerage commission, finder's fee or other like payment in connection with this offering.   (xiv) Registration Rights. Except as described in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings by either of the Transaction Entities or their respective Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any person, on the other hand, granting such person the right to require either of the Transaction Entities or such Subsidiaries to file a registration statement under the Act with respect to any securities of either of the Transaction Entities or their respective Subsidiaries owned or to be owned by such person or to require either of the Transaction Entities or such Subsidiaries to include such securities in the securities registered pursuant to a Registration Statement or in any securities being registered pursuant to any other registration statement filed by either of the Transaction Entities or such Subsidiaries under the Act (collectively, Registration Rights).   (xv) Articles Supplementary. The articles supplementary of the Company designating the rights and preferences of the Offered Shares (the Articles Supplementary), comply with all applicable requirements under the Maryland General Corporation Law (the MGCL).

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  (xvi) Listing. The Offered Shares are registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, which registration will be maintained pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act as of the Settlement Date; and the Company has applied for approval for the listing of the Offered Shares on the NYSE MKT and will receive such approval prior to the Settlement Date.   (xvii) Absence of Further Requirements. No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing or registration with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the OP Agreement or any other agreements in connection with the offering, issuance and sale of the Offered Shares by the Company or the issuance and sale of the Company Preferred OP Units by the Operating Partnership or the performance of obligations hereunder or pursuant to the terms of the Offered Shares, except the filing of the Prospectus under the Act and a Form 8-K under the Exchange Act and except such as have been already obtained or as may be required under state securities laws, FINRA or the NYSE MKT.   (xviii) Title to Property. (1) The Transaction Entities hold, directly or indirectly through their respective Subsidiaries, good and marketable fee simple title to all of the real property described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and the improvements (exclusive of improvements owned by tenants, if applicable) located thereon (individually, a Property and collectively, the Properties), in each case, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims, security interests, restrictions and defects, except such as are disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or do not materially affect the value of such Properties as a whole and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such Properties as a whole by the Company; (2) except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, none of the Transaction Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries owns any real property other than the Properties; (3) except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the mortgages or deeds of trust that encumber certain of the Properties are not convertible into debt or equity securities of the Transaction Entities and their respective Subsidiaries and such mortgages and deeds of trust are not cross-defaulted with any loan not made to, or cross-collateralized to any property not owned directly or indirectly by, the Transaction Entities or their respective Subsidiaries; (4) each of the Properties complies with all applicable codes, laws and regulations (including without limitation, building and zoning codes, laws and regulations and laws relating to access to the Properties), except as would not individually or in the aggregate materially affect the value of the Properties or interfere in any material respect with the use made and proposed to be made of the Properties by the Transaction Entities; (5) except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither of the Transaction Entities nor their respective Subsidiaries has received from any governmental authority any written notice of any condemnation of or zoning change affecting the Properties or any part thereof which if consummated would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Transaction Entities and their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and none of the Transaction Entities and their respective Subsidiaries know of any such condemnation or zoning change which is threatened and, in each case, which if consummated would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Transaction Entities and their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business; (6) no third party has an option or a right of first refusal to purchase any Property or any portion thereof or direct interest therein, except as such is set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and (7) each of the Transaction Entities or one of its respective Subsidiaries has obtained an owner's title insurance policy, from a title insurance company licensed to issue such policy, on each Property that insures the Transaction Entities', the respective Subsidiary's fee interest in such Property.

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  (xix) Leases. (1) Each of the Transaction Entities or one of its Subsidiaries holds the lessor's interest under the applicable leases with any tenants occupying each Property (collectively, the Leases); (2) other than the Leases, none of the Transaction Entities or their respective Subsidiaries has entered into any agreements that would materially affect the value of the Properties as a whole or would materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such Properties as a whole by the Transaction Entities; (3) none of the Transaction Entities, their respective Subsidiaries, or, to the Transaction Entities' knowledge, any other party to any Lease, is or, upon consummation of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement, will be in breach or default of any such Lease, except as to any such breach or default as would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Transaction Entities and their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (4) no event has occurred or, to the Transaction Entities' knowledge, has been threatened in writing, which with or without the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would, individually or together with all such other events, constitute a default under any Lease, or would, permit termination, modification or acceleration under such Lease, except as to any such default as would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Transaction Entities and their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (5) each of the Leases is valid and binding and in full force and effect, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other similar laws relating to creditors' rights and general principles of equity, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Transaction Entities or their respective Subsidiaries; and (6) none of the Transaction Entities, their respective Subsidiaries, or, to the Transaction Entities' knowledge, any other party to any Lease, is a party to any ground lease, sublease or operating sublease relating to any of their Properties.

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  (xx) Utilities. To the knowledge of the Transaction Entities and their respective Subsidiaries, water, stormwater, sanitary sewer, electricity and telephone service are all available at the property lines of each Property over duly dedicated streets or perpetual easements of record benefiting the applicable Property.   (xxi) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts Resulting from Transaction. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, and the issuance and sale of the Offered Shares by the Company (including the issuance of the Conversion Shares (as defined below)) and the issuance and sale of the Company Preferred OP Units by the Operating Partnership, and the use of net proceeds therefrom as contemplated by the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default or, to the extent applicable, a Debt Repayment Triggering Event (as defined below) under or result in the imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Transaction Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries pursuant to (A) the Organizational Documents (as defined below) of the Transaction Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (B) any statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Transaction Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any of their Properties, or (C) any agreement, lease, contract, indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the Transaction Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Transaction Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the Properties of the Transaction Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries is subject, and except in case of clause (B) only, for such defaults, violations, liens, charges or encumbrances that would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.   A Debt Repayment Triggering Event means any event or condition that gives, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would give, the holder of any guarantee, note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder's behalf) the right to require the satisfaction, repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Transaction Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries.   The term Organizational Documents as used herein means (a) in the case of a trust, its declaration of trust and bylaws; (b) in the case of a corporation, its charter and bylaws; (c) in the case of a limited or general partnership, its partnership certificate, certificate of formation or similar organizational documents and its partnership agreement; (d) in the case of a limited liability company, its articles of organization, certificate of formation or similar organizational documents and its operating agreement, limited liability company agreement, membership agreement or other similar agreement; and (e) in the case of any other entity, the organizational and governing documents of such entity.

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  (xxii) Absence of Existing Defaults and Conflicts. Neither of the Transaction Entities nor any of their respective Subsidiaries is (A) in violation of its respective Organizational Documents; (B) in default (or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would be in default) under any existing obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, loan, contract, note, agreement, mortgage, lease or other agreement or instrument to which any of them is a party or by which any of them is bound or to which any of the properties of any of them is subject; or (C) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except in the case of clauses (B) and (C) above, for any such default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.   (xxiii) Absence of Dividend Restriction. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (i) neither of the Transaction Entities nor any of their respective Subsidiaries is currently prohibited, restricted or limited in its respective ability to pay, directly or indirectly, distributions or dividends to its equity holders, limited partners, general partners or members, as applicable, (ii) no Subsidiary is prohibited, directly or indirectly, from repaying to the Transaction Entities any loans or advances to such Subsidiary from the Transaction Entities or from transferring any of such Subsidiary's property or assets to the Transaction Entities or any other Subsidiary and (iii) the Operating Partnership is not prohibited, directly or indirectly, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to the Operating Partnership from the Company or from transferring any of the Operating Partnership's property or assets to the Company.   (xxiv) Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Transaction Entities and each of their respective Subsidiaries possess, and are in compliance with the terms of, all adequate certificates, authorizations, franchises, licenses and permits (Licenses) necessary or material to the conduct of the business now conducted or proposed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus to be conducted by them and have not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Licenses that, if determined adversely to the Transaction Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries, would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

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  (xxv) Absence of Labor Dispute. No labor dispute with the employees of the Transaction Entities or their respective Subsidiaries exists, except as described in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package or Prospectus, or, to the knowledge of the Transaction Entities, is imminent, which, in any such case, would, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.   (xxvi) Possession of Intellectual Property. The Transaction Entities and their respective Subsidiaries have access to, adequate patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names or other intellectual property necessary to conduct the business now operated by them; and neither the Transaction Entities nor their respective Subsidiaries have received any notice of infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any of the foregoing which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Transaction Entities and their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.   (xxvii) Environmental Laws. Except as described in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and except as would not reasonably be expected to result, singly or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, neither of the Transaction Entities nor any of their respective Subsidiaries (and, to the knowledge of the Transaction Entities, no tenant or subtenant of any Property or portion thereof owned or leased by the Transaction Entities or their respective Subsidiaries) is in violation of any Environmental Law, including relating to the release of Hazardous Materials, and there are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Transaction Entities, threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance, investigations or proceedings relating to any such violation or alleged violation. There are no past or present events, conditions, circumstances, activities, practices, actions, omissions or plans that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any costs or liabilities to the Transaction Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries under, or to interfere with or prevent compliance by the Transaction Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries with, Environmental Laws, except as such would not have a Material Adverse Effect and would not have a material adverse effect on a Property or a prospective acquisition property described in the Prospectus, or any of their respective operations, financial results or value. There are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean-up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties) that would, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

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  (xxviii) Accurate Disclosure. The statements in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the captions Prospectus Supplement Summary, Additional Material Federal Income Tax Considerations, Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc., Description of the Securities We May Offer, Description of Capital Stock, Description of Depositary Shares, Description of Debt Securities, Description of Warrants, Description of Units, Book Entry Procedures and Settlement, Important Provisions of Maryland Corporate Law and Our Charter and Bylaws, Material Federal Income Tax Considerations, and Plan of Distribution, insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings and present the information required to be shown.   (xxix) Absence of Manipulation. None of the Transaction Entities, any of their respective Subsidiaries or any affiliates of the Transaction Entities, has taken, directly or indirectly, any action that is designed to or that has constituted or that would cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Shares.   (xxx) Statistical and Market-Related Data. Any third-party statistical and market-related data included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Transaction Entities believe to be reliable and accurate and, to the extent required, they have obtained written consent to use such data from such sources.   (xxxi) Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Company's directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any applicable provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.   (xxxii) Internal Controls. The Transaction Entities and each of their respective subsidiaries maintain (A) effective internal controls over financial reporting (as defined under Rule 13a-15 and Rule 15d-15 under the Exchange Act) and (B) a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management's general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, since the end of the Company's most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (i) no material weakness in the Company's internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (ii) no change in the Company's internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Other than as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, since the date of the most recent balance sheet of the Company reviewed or audited by the Company's accountants, (i) the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company (the Board) has not been advised of (A) any significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls that could adversely affect the ability of the Company to record, process, summarize and report financial data, or any material weaknesses in internal controls and (B) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the internal controls of the Company, and (ii) there have been no significant changes in internal controls over financial reporting that has materially affected the Company's internal controls over financial reporting, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

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  (xxxiii) Disclosure Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain an effective system of disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and Rule 15d-15 under the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and that has been designed to provide reasonable assurances that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission's rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company's management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure, and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective in all material respects to perform the functions for which they were established.   (xxxiv) XBRL. The interactive data in extensible Business Reporting Language included in the Registration Statement fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission's rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

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  (xxxv) Litigation. Other than as described in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package and Prospectus, there are no pending actions, suits or proceedings (including any inquiries or investigations by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign) against or affecting the Transaction Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries or Properties that, if determined adversely to the Transaction Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries or Properties, would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Transaction Entities to perform their respective obligations under this Agreement, or which are otherwise material in the context of the sale of the Offered Shares; and no such actions, suits or proceedings (including any inquiries or investigations by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign) are threatened or, to the Transaction Entities' knowledge, contemplated against their respective Subsidiaries or the Properties.   (xxxvi) Financial Statements; Non-GAAP Financial Measures. The financial statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together with the related schedules and notes, present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated, and the balance sheet, statements of operations, changes in members' equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved and comply with the Commission's rules and guidelines with respect thereto. The supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus relating to the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries present fairly in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein. The combined statements of revenue and certain expenses included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together with the related notes, comply with Rule 8-06 of Regulation S-X and present fairly in all material respects the revenue and certain expenses of the applicable Property for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved and comply with the Commission's rules and guidelines with respect thereto. The selected financial data and the summary financial information included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited, or unaudited as applicable, financial statements of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries included therein and comply with the Commission's rules and guidelines with respect thereto. The pro forma financial statements, if any, and the related notes thereto included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the information shown therein, comply with the Commission's rules and guidelines with respect to pro forma financial statements and have been properly compiled on the bases described therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein. Except as included therein, no historical or pro forma financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus under the Act or Rules and Regulations thereunder. All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus regarding non- GAAP financial measures (as such term is defined by the Rules and Regulations ) comply with Regulation G of the Exchange Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the Act to the extent applicable.

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  (xxxvii) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, since the end of the period covered by the latest audited financial statements included therein (A) there has been no change, nor any development or event involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, earnings, properties or prospects of the Transaction Entities and their respective subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that is material and adverse, (B) there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Transaction Entities and the Subsidiaries, on any class of the capital stock, membership interest or other equity interest, as applicable, except as would not have been required to be disclosed pursuant to the Exchange Act or the Exchange Act Regulations, (C) there has been no material change in the capital shares of stock, short-term indebtedness, long-term indebtedness, net current assets or net assets of the Transaction Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (D) there has not been any material transaction entered into or any material transaction that is probable of being entered into by the Transaction Entities and their respective Subsidiaries, other than transactions in the ordinary course of business and changes and transactions disclosed or described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, (E) there has not been any obligation, direct or contingent, which is material to the Transaction Entities and their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, incurred by the Transaction Entities and their respective Subsidiaries, except obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and changes and transactions disclosed or described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and (F) none of the Transaction Entities or any of their subsidiaries has sustained any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority that would, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

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  (xxxviii) Investment Company Act. Neither of the Transaction Entities are, nor after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Offered Shares and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, will be required to register as an investment company as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the Investment Company Act).   (xxxix) Indebtedness. Neither the Transaction Entities nor any of their respective Subsidiaries has any indebtedness as of the date of this Agreement, and neither the Transaction Entities nor any of their respective Subsidiaries will have any indebtedness immediately prior to the sale of the Offered Shares on the Settlement Date, in each case except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.   (xl) Insurance. The Transaction Entities and each of their respective Subsidiaries are insured by insurers with appropriately rated claims paying abilities against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary for the businesses in which they are engaged; all policies of insurance and fidelity or surety bonds insuring the Transaction Entities, their respective Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect; neither of the Transaction Entities nor any of their respective Subsidiaries has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; neither of the Transaction Entities nor any of their respective Subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a similar cost as currently paid, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and the Company has obtained or will obtain directors' and officers' insurance in such amounts as is customary for companies engaged in the type of business conducted by the Company.   (xli) Tax Law Compliance. Each of the Transaction Entities and the Subsidiaries has timely filed all federal, state and local tax returns that are required to be filed or has timely requested extensions thereof (Returns), except for any failures to file that, individually or collectively, would not result in a Material Adverse Effect, and has paid all taxes required to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such assessments, fines or penalties that are currently being contested in good faith or that, individually or collectively, would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. No audits or other administrative proceedings or court proceedings are presently pending against any of the Transaction Entities or the Subsidiaries with regard to any Returns, and no taxing authority has notified any of the Transaction Entities or the Subsidiaries that it intends to investigate its tax affairs, except for any such audits or investigations that, individually or collectively, would not result in the assessment of material taxes.

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  (xlii) Real Estate Investment Trust. The Company has been organized and has operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a real estate investment trust (a REIT) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), for its taxable years ended December 31, 2010 through December 31, 2015, and the Company's organization and method of operation (as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus) will enable the Company to continue to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code for its taxable year ending December 31, 2016 and thereafter. All statements regarding the Company's qualification and taxation as a REIT set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are correct in all material respects.   (xliii) Accuracy of Exhibits. There are no contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or filed as required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K or otherwise under the Rules and Regulations.   (xliv) No Restriction on Subsidiaries. No Subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such Subsidiary's capital stock or membership interest, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such Subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such Subsidiary's properties or assets to the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.   (xlv) No Unlawful Payments. None of the Transaction Entities, any of their respective Subsidiaries, any director or officer or, to the knowledge of the Transaction Entities, any agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Transaction Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries, has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder; or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.

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  (xlvi) Compliance with Anti-Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Transaction Entities and their respective Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the applicable anti-money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions in which the Transaction Entities and their respective Subsidiaries conduct business or whose Anti-Money Laundering Laws (as defined below) apply to the Transaction Entities, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the Anti-Money Laundering Laws) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Transaction Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Transaction Entities, threatened.   (xlvii) Compliance with OFAC. None of the Transaction Entities, any of their respective subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of either of the Transaction Entities, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate thereof is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (OFAC); and the Company will not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the offering of the Series A Preferred Stock hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered or enforced by OFAC.   (xlviii) Prior Sales of Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock, Series A Preferred OP Units, Series B Preferred OP Units, Series A OP Units or LTIP Units. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company has not sold, issued or distributed any Series A Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Stock, and the Operating Partnership has not issued, sold or distributed any  Series A Preferred OP Units, Series B Preferred OP Units, Series A OP Units or LTIP Units during the six-month period preceding the date hereof.   (xlix) Fourth Amendment to the OP Agreement. The terms of the Fourth Amendment to the OP Agreement provide for a sufficient number of Series A Preferred OP Units, the terms of which are substantially similar to the terms of the Series A Preferred Stock.

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  (l) Compliance with Laws. Each of the OP Agreement, the First Amendment to the OP Agreement, the Second Amendment to the OP Agreement, the Third Amendment and the Fourth Amendment to the OP Agreement comply with all applicable laws and each of the aforementioned amendments to the OP Agreement have been adopted in accordance with the OP Agreement.   (li) Independent Accountants. BDO USA, LLP and Plante & Moran, PLLC, who have certified the financial statements and supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are independent public accountants as required by the Act, the Rules and Regulations and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.   (lii) ERISA Matters. The Transaction Entities and each of their Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with all presently applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (ERISA); no reportable event (as defined in ERISA) has occurred with respect to any pension plan (as defined in ERISA) for which the Transaction Entities and each Subsidiary would have any liability; the Transaction Entities and each Subsidiary has not incurred and does not expect to incur liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any pension plan or (ii) Sections 412, 403, 431, 432 or 4971 of the Code; and each pension plan for which the Transaction Entities or any Subsidiary would have any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified in all material respects and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.   (liii) Enforceability of Management Agreement. The Management Agreement by and among the Transaction Entities and the Manager (the Management Agreement), has been duly authorized by the Transaction Entities and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Transaction Entities enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity and, with respect to equitable relief, the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity).   (liv) Subsidiary Partnership Tax Classification. Each of the Operating Partnership and each Subsidiary that is a partnership or a limited liability company under state law has been at all relevant times properly classified as a partnership or a disregarded entity, and not as a corporation or an association taxable as a corporation, for federal income tax purposes.

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  (lv) Related-Party Transactions. There are no relationships, whether direct or indirect, or related-party transactions involving the Transaction Entities or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any other person required to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus that have not been described as required by the Act.   (b) Certificates of Officers. Any certificate signed by any officer of either Transaction Entity, as applicable, and delivered to the Agent or its counsel in connection with the offering of the Offered Shares shall be deemed a representation and warranty by each Transaction Entity, as applicable, as to matters covered thereby, to the Agent.   2. Representations and Warranties Regarding the Manager.   (a) Representations and Warranties. The Manager represents and warrants to the Agent and agrees with the Agent that:   (i) Good Standing of the Manager. The Manager has been duly organized and is validly existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has full power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement; and the Manager and each of its subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign entity to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.   (ii) Authorization of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Manager.   (iii) Absence of Further Requirements. No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing or registration with, any court or governmental authority or agency is necessary or required for the performance by the Manager of its obligations under this Agreement and the Management Agreement, except such as have been already obtained or as may be required under the Act, Exchange Act Regulations, state securities laws, FINRA or the NYSE MKT.   (iv) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts. The Manager is not in violation of its organizational documents or in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Manager is a party or will be a party in connection with this Agreement (including the Management Agreement) or by which it may be bound, or to which any of the property or assets of the Manager is subject (collectively, Manager's Agreements and Instruments), except for such violations or defaults that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect; and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement do not and will not, and in the case of the performance of the Management Agreement, will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or repayment event under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Manager pursuant to, the Manager's Agreements and Instruments (except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or repayment events or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect), nor will such action result in any violation of (A) the provisions of the Organizational Documents of the Manager or (B) any statute, law, rule, regulation, or order of any government agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Manager or any of its assets, properties or operations, except in the case of clause (B) only, for any such violation that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

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  (v) Possession of Licenses and Permits. The Manager possesses, and is in compliance with the terms of, all Licenses necessary or material to the conduct of the business of the Manager now conducted or proposed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus to be conducted by the Manager, except where the failure to possess such Licenses would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, and has not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Licenses that, if determined adversely to the Manager would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.   (vi) Employment; Noncompetition; Nondisclosure. The Manager has not been notified that any of its executive officers or key employees named in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (each, a Company-Focused Professional) plans to terminate his or her employment with the Manager. Neither the Manager nor, to the knowledge of the Manager, any Company-Focused Professional is subject to any noncompete, nondisclosure, confidentiality, employment, consulting or similar agreement that would be violated by the present or proposed business activities of the Company or the Manager as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.   (vii) Accurate Disclosure. The statements regarding the Manager in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the captions Prospectus Supplement Summary, Risk Factors, Description of Capital Stock—Distributions and Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc., are true and correct in all material respects.

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  (viii) Absence of Manipulation. The Manager has not taken, and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action that is designed to or that has constituted or that would be expected to cause or result in stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Shares.   (ix) Absence of Proceedings. There are no actions, suits or proceedings (including any inquiries or investigations by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign) now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Manager, threatened against or affecting the Manager that, if determined adversely to the Manager, would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.   (x) Investment Advisers Act. The Manager is not prohibited by the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, or the rules and regulations thereunder, from performing its obligations under the Management Agreement as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.   (xi) Enforceability of Management Agreement. The Management Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary action and constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Manager enforceable in accordance with its terms, except to the extent limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors' rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity and, with respect to equitable relief, the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity).   (xii) Internal Controls. The Manager operates under the Company's system of internal accounting controls in order to provide reasonable assurances that (A) transactions effectuated by it on behalf of the Company pursuant to its duties set forth in the Management Agreement are executed in accordance with management's general or specific authorization; and (B) access to the Company's assets is permitted only in accordance with management's general or specific authorization.   (xiii) Resources. The Manager has the financial and other resources available to it necessary for the performance of its services and obligations as contemplated hereby and in the Management Agreement, the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

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  (b) Certificates of Officers. Any certificate signed by any officer of the Manager and delivered to the Agent or its counsel shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Manager as to matters covered thereby, to the Agent.   3. Sale and Delivery of Offered Shares.   On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Agent will use commercially reasonable efforts on behalf of the Company in connection with the Agent's services hereunder. No offers or sales of the Offered Shares shall be made to any person without the prior approval of such person by the Company, such approval to be at the reasonable discretion of the Company. The Agent's aggregate fee for its services hereunder will be an amount equal to 3.15% of the gross proceeds from the sale of the Offered Shares sold to Purchasers that are not affiliates of the Agent (such fee payable by the Company at and subject to the consummation of Settlement). The Company, upon consultation with the Agent, may establish in the Company's sole discretion an aggregate amount of Shares to be sold in the offering contemplated hereby, which aggregate amount shall be reflected in the Prospectus.   The Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) there can be no assurance that the Agent will be successful in selling the Offered Shares, and (ii) the Agent will incur no liability or obligation to the Company or any other person or entity if it does not sell the Offered Shares for any reason other than a failure by the Agent to use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices to sell such Offered Shares as required herein.   The Company will deliver the Offered Shares to or as directed by the Agent in a form reasonably acceptable to the Agent at or before 11:30 A.M., New York time, on May 26, 2016, or at such other time not later than seven (7) full business days thereafter as the Agent and the Company mutually determine, in the sole discretion of each, such time being herein referred to as the Settlement Date. Immediately and only upon receipt of funds equal to the gross offering price of the Offered Shares, the Agent will then facilitate payment of the proceeds net of the Agent's fees specified herein, to the Company in Federal (same day) funds by wire transfer to an account at a bank acceptable to the Agent drawn to the order of the Company at the office of Bass, Berry & Sims PLC (BBS), no later than 5:30 P.M., New York time, on May 26, 2016. If, as of 5 P.M., New York time, on the Settlement Date, the settlement of the Offered Shares has not been fully consummated, including without limitation, receipt of the net offering proceeds by the Company, then Agent shall use its best efforts to promptly deliver any of the Offered Shares that have been transferred by the Company to the credit of the Agent's or its designee's account to the Company's designated account through coordination with the Company and its transfer agent. For purposes of Rule 15c6-1 under the Exchange Act, the Settlement Date (if later than the otherwise applicable settlement date) shall be the settlement date for payment of funds and delivery of securities for all the Offered Shares sold pursuant to the offering. The Offered Shares so to be delivered or evidence of their issuance will be made available for review at the above office of BBS at least 24 hours prior to the Settlement Date.

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  4. Reserved.   5. Certain Agreements of the Transaction Entities and the Manager.   (a) The Transaction Entities agree with the Agent that:   (i) Additional Filings. Unless filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) as part of the Rule 462(b) Registration Statement in accordance with the last sentence, the Company will file the Prospectus, in a form approved by the Agent, with the Commission pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424(b) and Rule 430B and during the time period specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430B. The Company will advise the Agent promptly of any such filing pursuant to Rule 424(b) and provide satisfactory evidence to the Agent of such timely filing.   (ii) Filing of Amendments; Response to Commission Requests. The Company, subject to Section 5(a)(iii) hereof, will comply with the requirements of Rule 430B and will promptly advise the Agent of any proposal to amend or supplement at any time the Registration Statement or any Statutory Prospectus and will not affect such amendment or supplementation without the Agent's consent; and the Company will also advise the Agent promptly of (A) any amendment or supplementation of a Registration Statement or any Statutory Prospectus, (B) any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment to any Registration Statement, for any supplement to any Statutory Prospectus or for any additional information, (C) the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings in respect of a Registration Statement or, to the Company's knowledge, the threatening of any proceeding for that purpose, and (D) the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Offered Shares in any jurisdiction or the institution or, to the Company's knowledge, the threatening of any proceedings for such purpose. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the suspension of any such qualification and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.   (iii) Reserved.

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  (iv) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws. To comply with the Act and the Rules and Regulations thereunder so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Offered Shares as contemplated in this Agreement and in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. If, during such period after the first date of the placement of the Offered Shares as in the opinion of counsel for the Agent the Prospectus (or in lieu thereof the notice referred to in Rule 173(a)) is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172, would be) required by law to be delivered in connection with sales by an Agent or dealer, any event shall occur or condition exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Agent or for the Company, to (i) amend the Registration Statement in order that the Registration Statement will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus in order that the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser or (iii) amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, in order to comply with the requirements of the Act or the Rules and Regulations thereunder, the Company will promptly (A) notify the Agent of such event, (B) prepare any amendment or supplement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus comply with such requirements and, a reasonable amount of time prior to any proposed filing or use, furnish the Agent with copies of any such amendment or supplement and (C) file with the Commission any such amendment or supplement; provided, that the Company shall not file or use any such amendment or supplement to which the Agent or its counsel shall reasonably object. The Company will give the Agent notice of its intention to make any filings pursuant to the Exchange Act or Rules and Regulations thereunder from the date of this Agreement to the Settlement Date and will furnish the Agent with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Agent or its counsel shall reasonably object, other than such filings as are required to be made pursuant to the Exchange Act or the Rules and Regulations thereunder.   (v) Rule 158. The Company will timely file such reports pursuant to the Exchange Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to its stockholders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide to the Agent the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the Act.   (vi) Furnishing of Registration Statements and Prospectuses. The Company will furnish to the Agent signed copies of each Registration Statement (including all exhibits thereto), each related Statutory Prospectus, and, so long as a prospectus relating to the Offered Shares is (or but for the exemption in Rule 172 would be) required to be delivered under the Act, the Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case in such quantities as the Agent requests. The Prospectus shall be so furnished on or prior to 9:00 A.M., New York time, on the business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement, or at such time as otherwise agreed to by the Agent. All other documents shall be so furnished as soon as available. The Company will pay the expenses of printing and distributing to the Agent all such documents.

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  (vii) Blue Sky Qualifications. The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Offered Shares for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Agent designate and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution but in no event longer than one year.   (viii) Reporting Requirements. The Company, during the period when a prospectus relating to the Offered Shares is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172, would be) required to be delivered under the Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act within the time periods required by the Exchange Act and Rules and Regulations related thereto.   (ix) Payment of Expenses. The Transaction Entities will pay all expenses incident to the performance of their obligations under this Agreement and all the costs and expenses in connection with the offering of the Offered Shares including but not limited to (A) any filing fees and other expenses incurred in connection with qualification of the Offered Shares for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Agent designate and the preparation and printing of blue sky surveys or legal investment surveys relating thereto, (B) costs and expenses related to the review by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) of the Offered Shares (including filing fees and the fees and expenses of counsel for the Agent relating to such review), (C) costs and expenses of legal counsel for the Agent incurred in connection with this Agreement and the offering of the Offered Shares not to exceed $35,000, (D) costs and expenses of the Company relating to investor presentations and any road show in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Shares, if any, including, without limitation, (1) any travel expenses of the Company's officers and employees and (2) any other expenses of the Company, including all actually and reasonably incurred costs and expenses of the Agent advanced on behalf of the Company relating to the investor presentations and any roadshow in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Shares, (E) the fees and expenses incident to listing the Offered Shares and Conversion Shares on the NYSE MKT, (F) expenses incurred in distributing the Prospectus (including any amendments and supplements thereto) to the Agent, (G) expenses incurred for preparing, printing and distributing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses to investors or prospective investors, (H) stamp duties, similar taxes or duties or other similar fees or charges, if any, incurred by the Agent in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Shares;  provided,  however that the Transaction Entities shall have no obligation to pay any costs and expenses of the Agent relating to the investor presentations and any roadshow in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Shares, other than costs and expenses advanced on behalf of the Company in accordance with (D) above.

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  (x) Use of Proceeds. The Company will use the net proceeds received in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Shares and will cause the Operating Partnership to use the net proceeds received in connection with the issuance and sale of the Company Preferred OP Units in the manner described in the Use of Proceeds section of the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Company does not intend to use any of the proceeds from the sale of the Offered Shares hereunder to repay any outstanding debt owed to any affiliate of the Agent.   (xi) Absence of Manipulation. The Transaction Entities will not, and will cause each of its subsidiaries and controlled affiliates not to, take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might cause or result in, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Shares.   (xii) Listing. The Company will maintain the registration of the Offered Shares pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act as of the Settlement Date; and the Company will cause the Offered Shares to be listed on the NYSE MKT on or prior to the Settlement Date.   (xiii) Maryland Law. The Company will use its best efforts to comply with all applicable requirements under the MGCL with respect to the Offered Shares.   (xiv) Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.   (xv) Reserved.   (xvi) Qualification and Taxation as a REIT. The Company will use its best efforts to qualify for taxation as a REIT under the Code for its taxable year ending December 31, 2016 and thereafter, unless the Board determines that it is no longer in the best interests of the Company to continue to qualify as REIT.   (xvii) Market Value. The aggregate market value of the Company's outstanding voting and nonvoting common equity computed pursuant to General Instruction I.B.1 of Form S-3 equaled or exceeded $75 million as of a date within 60 days prior to the date of filing of the Registration Statement.   (xviii) Conversion Shares. (i) Following issuance and delivery of the  Series A Preferred Stock in accordance with this Agreement, the Series A Preferred Stock will be redeemable at the option of holders of the  Series A Preferred Stock beginning October 21, 2022 as provided in Articles Supplementary, and any such redemption by a holder may be settled at the option of the Company in cash, shares of Common Stock (the Conversion Shares), or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock in accordance with the Articles Supplementary; upon approval of the issuance of the Conversion Shares by the Board, the Conversion Shares will be duly authorized and reserved for issuance upon such conversion by all necessary corporate action and such Conversion Shares, when issued upon such redemption in accordance with the Articles Supplementary, will be validly issued and will be fully paid and non-assessable, and will conform to the description of the Common Stock contained in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; (ii) no holder of the Conversion Shares will be subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder; (iii) the issuance of such Conversion Shares upon such redemption will not be subject to the preemptive or other similar rights of any security holder of the Company; (iv) the Board will make any and all determinations concerning the future issuance of the Conversion Shares; (v) the Company will not issue Conversion Shares unless the issuance thereof will comply with all applicable laws and rules and regulations of the NYSE MKT or any exchange on which the Common Stock or Series A Preferred Stock of the Company is listed; (vi) the Company will not issue Conversion Shares, unless upon such issuance the Conversion Shares will be free of transfer restrictions under applicable law and freely tradable by non-affiliates; and (vii) the Conversion Shares will be listed, pursuant to a supplemental listing application or otherwise, on the market or exchange where the Common Stock is then registered.

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  (xix) Amendment of Company Organizational Documents. To the extent necessary for the holders of Series A Preferred Stock to exercise their voting rights as described in the Articles Supplementary, the Company will make all necessary amendments to its Bylaws in order to effectuate such voting rights.   (xx) Investment Company. The Company will not, and the Operating Partnership will not, be or become, at any time prior to the expiration of three years after the date of this Agreement, an investment company, as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act; provided, however, that this provision shall not be applicable and shall have no legal force or effect in the event that the Company becomes deemed an investment company solely as a result of the Commission amending, revising, rescinding or otherwise modifying the Investment Company Act, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder or the Commission's interpretations and guidance relating thereto after the Settlement Date.   (b) The Manager agrees with the Agent that:   (i) Reporting of Material Events. The Manager agrees that, during the period when the Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Act or the Exchange Act, it shall notify the Agent and the Transaction Entities of the occurrence of any material events respecting its activities or condition, financial or otherwise, and the Manager will forthwith supply such information to the Transaction Entities as shall be necessary in the opinion of counsel to the Transaction Entities and the Agent for the Transaction Entities to prepare any necessary amendment or supplement to the Prospectus so that, as so amended or supplemented, the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading.

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  (ii) No Stabilization or Manipulation. Not to take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Shares.   (iii) Investment Adviser. The Manager will not be or become, at any time prior to the expiration of three years after the date of this Agreement, an investment adviser, as such term is defined in the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the Investment Advisers Act).   6. Free Writing Prospectuses. The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Agent, and the Agent represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Offered Shares that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or that would otherwise constitute a free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission; provided, that such consent is deemed to have been given with respect to each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus identified on Schedule A hereto and any road show that is a written communication within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i) that has been reviewed and approved by the Agent. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Company and the Agent is hereinafter referred to as a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus. The Company represents that it has treated and agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an issuer free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely Commission filing where required, legending and record keeping. The Company represents that it has satisfied and agrees that it will satisfy the conditions in Rule 433 to avoid a requirement to file with the Commission any Bona Fide Electronic Road Show. If at any time following the issuance of a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Company will promptly notify the Agent and will promptly amend or supplement, at its own expense, such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission

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  7. Conditions of the Obligations of the Agent. The obligations of the Agent with respect to the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Transaction Entities and the Manager herein (as though made on the Settlement Date), to the accuracy of the statements of the Transaction Entities and the Manager made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Transaction Entities and the Manager of their obligations hereunder, to all contingencies and conditions described in this Agreement having been met and to the following additional conditions precedent:   (a) Accountants' Comfort Letters and CAO Certificates.   (i) The Agent shall have received letters, dated, respectively, the date hereof and the Settlement Date, of BDO USA, LLP in a form approved by the Agent and/or Bass, Berry & Sims PLC, confirming that they are a registered public accounting firm and independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Laws and in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants' comfort letters with respect to financial statements and certain financial information of the Company contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (except that, in any letter dated the Settlement Date, the specified date referred to in the letter shall be a date no more than three (3) days prior to the Settlement Date).   (ii) Should the Agent deem appropriate, the Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the date hereof, of Christopher J. Vohs, in his capacity as the Chief Accounting Officer and Principal Financial Officer of the Company, substantially in the form of Annex I-A hereto.   (b) Effectiveness of Registration Statement. If the Effective Time of an additional Registration Statement (if any) is not prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, such Effective Time shall have occurred not later than 5:00 P.M., New York time, on the date of this Agreement or, if earlier, the time the Prospectus is finalized and distributed to the Agent, or shall have occurred at such later time as shall have been consented to by the Agent. The Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 424(b) under the Act and Section 5(a) hereof. Prior to the Settlement Date, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, Statutory Prospectus or the Prospectus shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Agent, shall be contemplated by the Commission.

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  (c) No Material Adverse Change. Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development or event involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, earnings, properties or prospects of the Transaction Entities and their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that, in the sole judgment of the Agent, is material and adverse and makes it impractical or inadvisable to market the Offered Shares; (ii) any change in either U.S. or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Agent, impractical to market or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Offered Shares, whether in the primary market or in respect of dealings in the secondary market; (iii) any suspension or material limitation of trading in securities generally on the NYSE MKT, or any setting of minimum or maximum prices for trading on such exchange; (iv) or any suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market; (v) any banking moratorium declared by any U.S. federal or New York authorities; (vi) any major disruption of settlements of securities, payment, or clearance services in the United States or any other country where such securities are listed; or (vii) any attack on, outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act of terrorism involving the United States, any declaration of war by Congress or any other national or international calamity or emergency if, in the judgment of the Agent, the effect of any such attack, outbreak, escalation, act, declaration, calamity or emergency is such as to make it impractical or inadvisable to market the Offered Shares or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Offered Shares.   (d) Opinion of Counsel for the Transaction Entities. The Agent shall have received an opinion, dated the Settlement Date, of Kaplan, Voekler, Cunningham & Frank, PLC, counsel for the Transaction Entities, substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex III-A and a letter substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex III-B.   (e) Opinion of Maryland Counsel for Company. The Agent shall have received an opinion, dated the Settlement Date, of Venable LLP, Maryland counsel for the Company, substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex IV.   (f) Tax Opinion. The Agent shall have received a tax opinion, dated the Settlement Date, of Vinson & Elkins, LLP, counsel for the Company, substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex V.   (g) Opinion of Counsel for Agent. The Agent shall have received from Bass, Berry & Sims PLC, counsel for the Agent, such opinion or opinions, dated the Settlement Date, with respect to such matters as the Agent may require. In rendering such opinion, Bass, Berry & Sims PLC, may (i) rely as to matters of fact (but not as to legal conclusions), to the extent they deem proper, on certificates of responsible officers of the Transaction Entities, their respective Subsidiaries, the Manager and of public officials and (ii) rely as to matters involving the application of the laws of the state of Maryland upon the opinion of Venable LLP.

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  (h) Company Officers' Certificate. The Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Settlement Date, of the Chief Executive Officer of the Company and the Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, in his capacity as the Principal Financial Officer of the Company, in which such officers shall state that: the representations and warranties of the Transaction Entities in this Agreement are true and correct as of such date; each of the Transaction Entities has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Settlement Date; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the best of their knowledge and after reasonable investigation, are contemplated by the Commission; the 462(b) Registration Statement (if any) satisfying the requirements of subparagraphs (1) and (3) of Rule 462(b) was timely filed pursuant to Rule 462(b), including payment of the applicable filing fee in accordance with the applicable Rules and Regulations; and, subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there has been no change, nor any development or event involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, earnings, business, properties or prospects of the Transaction Entities and their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that is material and adverse, except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or as described in such certificate.   (i) Manager Officer's Certificate. The Agent shall have received a certificate, dated the Settlement Date, of the Chief Executive Officer of the Manager in which such officer shall state that: the representations and warranties of the Manager in this Agreement are true and correct as of such date and that the Manager has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Settlement Date.   (j) Reserved.   (k) Rule 462(b) Registration Statement. In the event that a Rule 462(b) Registration Statement is filed in connection with the offering contemplated by this Agreement, such Rule 462(b) Registration Statement shall have been filed with the Commission and shall have become effective automatically upon such filing.   (l) Company Good Standing. The Agent shall have received a certificate of good standing of the Company certified by the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation as of a date within five (5) business days of the Settlement Date.   (m) Operating Partnership Good Standing. The Agent shall have received a certificate of good standing of the Operating Partnership certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as of a date within five (5) business days of the Settlement Date.

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  (n) Manager Good Standing. The Agent shall have received a certificate of good standing of the Manager certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware as of a date within five (5) business days of the Settlement Date.   (o) Subsidiary Good Standings. The Agent shall have received a certificate of good standing certified by the Secretary of State (or equivalent governmental authority) of the state of incorporation or formation as of a date no earlier than April 15, 2016, for each entity listed on Schedule B hereto.   (p) Secretary's Certificate of the Company. The Agent shall have received a certificate of the secretary of the Company certifying resolutions of the board of directors of the Company approving the Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby.   (q) Secretary's Certificate of the Manager. The Agent shall have received a certificate of the secretary of the Manager certifying resolutions of the Manager's managing member approving the Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby.   (r) General Partner Certificate of the Operating Partnership. The Agent shall have received a certificate of the general partner of the Operating Partnership certifying resolutions of the Operating Partnership approving the Agreement and the transactions contemplated thereby.   (s) FINRA Approval. The Agent shall have received any required clearance letter from the Corporate Finance Department of FINRA with respect to the offering.   (t) Listing. An application for the listing of the Offered Shares shall have been approved for listing to the NYSE MKT prior to the Settlement Date.   (u) Amendment to OP Agreement. The Fourth Amendment to the OP Agreement shall be in full force and effect as of the Settlement Date.   The Transaction Entities will furnish the Agent with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Agent reasonably request. The Agent may in its sole discretion waive compliance with any conditions to the obligations of the Agent hereunder.

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  8. Indemnification and Contribution.   (a) Indemnification of Agent by the Transaction Entities. Each of the Transaction Entities will, jointly and severally, indemnify and hold harmless the Agent, its partners, members, directors, officers, employees, agents, affiliates and each person, if any, who controls the Agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each, an Indemnified Party), against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Act, the Exchange Act, other Federal or state statutory law or regulation or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part of any Registration Statement at any time, any Statutory Prospectus as of any time, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and will reimburse each Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending against any loss, claim, damage, liability, action, litigation, investigation or proceeding whatsoever (whether or not such Indemnified Party is a party thereto), whether threatened or commenced, and in connection with the enforcement of this provision with respect to any of the above as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that neither of the Transaction Entities will be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by the Agent specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that such information furnished by the Agent consists only of the information described as such in  Section 8(b) below.   (b) Indemnification of Company, Directors and Officers. The Agent will indemnify and hold harmless each of the Transaction Entities, their directors and each of their officers who signs a Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls either of the Transaction Entities within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each, an Agent Indemnified Party), against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such Agent Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Act, the Exchange Act, other Federal or state statutory law or regulation or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part of any Registration Statement at any time, any Statutory Prospectus as of any time, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to either of the Transaction Entities by the Agent specifically for use therein, and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Agent Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending against any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action, litigation, investigation or proceeding whatsoever (whether or not such Agent Indemnified Party is a party thereto), whether threatened or commenced, based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission as such expenses are incurred, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by the Agent consists of the following information in the Prospectus furnished on behalf of the Agent: the thirteenth full paragraph under the caption Plan of Distribution in the Final Prospectus Supplement and under the caption Other Relationships, in each case, only to the extent that such statements relate only to the Agent.

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  (c) Actions against Parties; Notification. Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party of notice of the commencement of any action against such indemnified party, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under subsections (a), (b) or (c) above, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under subsections (a), (b) or (c) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under subsections (a), (b) or (c) above. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 8(c) for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. In any such proceeding, any indemnified party shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party unless (i) the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the indemnifying party has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party; (iii) the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the indemnifying party; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnifying party and the indemnified party and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interest between them. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action and (ii) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of an indemnified party.   (d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsections (a), (b) or (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in subsections (a), (b) or (c) above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Transaction Entities on the one hand and by the Agent on the other hand from the offering of the Offered Shares or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Agent, on the other, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Transaction Entities on the one hand and by the Agent on the other hand shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Agent. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Agent and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this Section 8(d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this Section 8(d). Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 8(d), the Agent shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the  Series A Preferred Stock sold pursuant to this Agreement exceeds the amount of any damages which the Agent has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

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  9. Termination of Agency. If the Offered Shares are not sold by May 26, 2016, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of the Company and the Agent, except as provided in Section 10 hereof. As used in this Agreement, the term Agent includes any person substituted for the Agent under this Section 9.   10. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Transaction Entities, the Manager or their respective officers and of the Agent set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of the Agent, the Transaction Entities, the Manager or any of their respective representatives, officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Offered Shares. If the settlement of the Offered Shares by the Agent is not consummated for any reason other than solely because of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9 hereof, the Company will reimburse the Agent for all out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them in connection with the placement of the Offered Shares, and the respective obligations of the Transaction Entities and the Manager, on the one hand, and the Agent, on the other hand, pursuant to Section 8 hereof shall remain in effect. In addition, if the Offered Shares have been settled pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, the representations and warranties in Sections 2 through 3 and all obligations under Section 5 shall also remain in effect.

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  11. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to the Agent, will be mailed or delivered and confirmed to the Agent, with a copy to Bass, Berry & Sims PLC, 150 Third Avenue South, Suite 2800, Nashville, TN 37201, Attention: Lori B. Morgan, or, if sent to the Transaction Entities or the Manager, will be mailed or delivered and confirmed to it at c/o Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc., 712 Fifth Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, NY 10019, Attention: Michael L. Konig, with a copy to Kaplan, Voekler, Cunningham & Frank, PLC, 1401 East Cary Street, Richmond, Virginia 23239, Attention: Richard P. Cunningham, Jr.   12. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers, directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 9, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.   13. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.   14. Headings. The headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.   15. Entire Agreement. This Agreement represents the entire agreement between the Transaction Entities and the Manager, on the one hand, and the Agent, on the other, with respect to the preparation of any Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, the conduct of the offering, and the placement and sale of the Offered Shares.   16. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. The Transaction Entities and the Manager each acknowledge and agree that:   (a) No Other Relationship. The Agent has been retained solely to act as a placement agent in connection with the sale of Offered Shares and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Transaction Entities and the Manager on the one hand, and the Agent on the other has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Prospectus, irrespective of whether the Agent has advised or is advising either of the Transaction Entities or the Manager on other matters;   (b) Arms' Length Negotiations. The price of the Offered Shares set forth in this Agreement was established by the Company following discussions and arms' length negotiations with the Agent, and the Transaction Entities and Manager are capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

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  (c) Absence of Obligation to Disclose. The Transaction Entities and the Manager have been advised that the Agent and its affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the Transaction Entities and the Manager, and that the Agent has no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to Transaction Entities and the Manager by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and   (d) Waiver. Each of the Transaction Entities and the Manager waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims they may have against the Agent for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty and agree that the Agent shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to either of the Transaction Entities or the Manager in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Transaction Entities or the Manager, including stockholders, holders of membership interests, employees or creditors of the Transaction Entities or the Manager.   17. Trial by Jury. Each of the Transaction Entities and the Manager (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders and affiliates) and the Agent hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.   18. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.   19. Jurisdiction. Each of the Transaction Entities and the Manager hereby submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. Each of the Transaction Entities and the Manager irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York and irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit or proceeding in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.   20. Termination. Until the Settlement Date, this Agreement may be terminated by the Agent by giving notice (in the manner prescribed by Section 9 hereof) to the Company, if (i) the Company shall have failed, refused or been unable, at or prior to the Settlement Date, to perform any agreement on its part to be performed hereunder unless the failure to perform any agreement is due to the default or omission by the Agent; (ii) any other condition of the obligations of the Agent hereunder is not fulfilled; (iii) trading in securities generally on the NYSE, NYSE MKT, or Nasdaq shall have been suspended or minimum or maximum prices shall have been established on either of such exchanges or such market by the Commission or by such exchange or other regulatory body or governmental authority having jurisdiction; (iv) trading or quotation in any of the Company's securities shall have been suspended or materially limited by the Commission or by the NYSE MKT, NYSE or Nasdaq or other regulatory body of governmental authority having jurisdiction; (v) a general banking moratorium has been declared by Federal or New York authorities; (vi) a material disruption in securities settlement, payment or clearance services in the United States shall have occurred; (vii) there shall have been any material adverse change in general economic, political or financial conditions in the United States or in international conditions on the financial markets in the United States, in each case, the effect of which is such as to make it, in the Agent's reasonable judgment, inadvisable to proceed with the delivery of the Securities; or (viii) any attack on, outbreak or escalation of hostilities, declaration of war or act of terrorism involving the United States or any other national or international calamity or emergency has occurred if, in the Agent's reasonable judgment, the effect of any such attack, outbreak, escalation, declaration, act, calamity or emergency makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the completion of the placement or the delivery of the Securities. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 21 shall be without liability on the part of the Company or the Agent, except as otherwise provided in Sections 5(a), 7, 8 and 9 hereof.

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  If the foregoing is in accordance with the Agent's understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company one of the counterparts hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement among the Transaction Entities, the Manager and the Agent in accordance with its terms.     [Signature Page Follows]

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    Very truly yours,             BLUEROCK RESIDENTIAL GROWTH REIT, INC.                   By: /s/ R. Ramin Kamfar       Name: R. Ramin Kamfar       Title: Chief Executive Officer                     BLUEROCK RESIDENTIAL HOLDINGS, L.P.                   By: Bluerock Residential Growth REIT, Inc.     Its: General Partner                     By: /s/ R. Ramin Kamfar       Name: R. Ramin Kamfar       Title: Chief Executive Officer                     BRG MANAGER, LLC           By: Bluerock Real Estate, L.L.C.     Its: Sole Member                     By: /s/ R. Ramin Kamfar       Name: R. Ramin Kamfar       Title: Chief Executive Officer       [Signature Page to Agreement]

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  The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.   Acting on behalf of itself as the Agent     COMPASS POINT RESEARCH & TRADING, LLC               By: /s/ Christopher A. Nealon       Name: Christopher A. NealonTitle: President and Chief Operating Officer     [Signature Page to Agreement]

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  SCHEDULE A   None 
Question: Highlight the parts (if any) of this contract related to Insurance that should be reviewed by a lawyer. Details: Is there a requirement for insurance that must be maintained by one party for the benefit of the counterparty?

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The Transaction Entities and each of their respective Subsidiaries are insured by insurers with appropriately rated claims paying abilities against such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary for the businesses in which they are engaged; all policies of insurance and fidelity or surety bonds insuring the Transaction Entities, their respective Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect; neither of the Transaction Entities nor any of their respective Subsidiaries has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for; neither of the Transaction Entities nor any of their respective Subsidiaries has any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business at a similar cost as currently paid, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; and the Company has obtained or will obtain directors' and officers' insurance in such amounts as is customary for companies engaged in the type of business conducted by the Company.
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