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PROBLEM: 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

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PROBLEM: PHOTO RETOUCHING OUTSOURCING AGREEMENT

Between: DGT Corp. Suite 207 - 1130 Austin Avenue, Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada V3K 3P5 (hereinafter referred to as DGT)

And: Dolphin Industries Limited Room 1302 Golden Gate Commercial Bldg 136 Austin Road Tsimshatsui, Hong Kong (hereinafter referred to as Dolphin)

WHEREAS:

DGT is an internet provider of professional digital photo-editing services for photography studios and digital photo processors.

Both parties are desirous of entering into this Agreement regarding the outsourcing of photo-editing services of DGT's clients in the North American market place and elsewhere.

NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH that both parties agrees as follows: 1.DGT shall pay Dolphin USD10,000, for carrying out the beta testing of the quality of their photo-editing services and testing of the Internet bandwidth for file transmission. This amount is to be paid in two monthly installments, USD5,000 on the date of this Agreement and USD5,000, 30 days subsequent to the date of this Agreement; 2.Upon successful completion of the beta testing stage, DGT will guarantee Dolphin the greater of: (1) USD5,000 for each 30 day period of photo-editing work completed for a total of 90 days (payment to be effective 30 days from the successful completion of the beta tests); or (2) a minimum of 3,300 pictures to be edited for each 30 day period for a total of 90 days at USD1.50 per finished digital photo; 3.Dolphin agrees to complete its photo-editing services within 14 days of receiving the original digital photo files. The completed files must meet DGT pre-defined standards for finished products; 4.Dolphin shall charge DGT USD1.50 per delivered, completed photo. The price per unit shall be open to renegotiation - in response to competitive pricing pressures - upon receipt of written notice at any time by either party;     Page 1 of 5





    5.Dolphin will provide photo-editing services exclusively, at DGT option, when the number of downloaded photos to be edited by Dolphin totals 50,000 in a single year; 6.Dolphin acknowledges that it is illegal to copy or reproduce these photographs, including but not limited to electronic reproduction, without DGT expressed permission, and any violation will be subject to civil and criminal penalties.   WHEREAS BOTH PARTIES AGREE FURTHER TO THE TERMS AND CONDITONS AS FOLLOWS:   Indemnity And Limitation of Liability:    Dolphin hereby indemnifies, holds harmless and defends DGT, its Board of Directors, officers, and agents against any and all claims (including all legal fees and disbursements incurred in association therewith) arising out of the exercise of any rights under this Agreement including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, against any damages or losses, consequential or otherwise, arising from or out of the use of DGT's products under this Agreement by Dolphin or their customers or end-users howsoever the same may arise.   DGT's total liability, whether under the express or implied terms of this Agreement, in tort (including negligence), or at common law, for any loss or damage suffered by Dolphin, whether direct, indirect or special, or any other similar or like damage that may arise or does arise from any breaches of this Agreement by DGT and its Directors, Officers or agents, shall be limited to the amount of the cost of the products.   In no event shall DGT be liable for consequential or incidental damages arising from any breach or breaches of this Agreement.   No action, whether in contract or tort (including negligence), or otherwise arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, may be brought by Dolphin more than six months after the cause of action has occurred.   Right of photo   Records:   Dolphin shall maintain at its principal place of business, or such other place as may be most convenient, separate accounts and records of all services provided to DGT, such accounts and records to be in sufficient detail to enable proper returns to be made under this Agreement.   Dolphin shall deliver to DGT on the date 30 days after each and every year a detailed photo-editing report on all services provided on a unit basis (i.e. customer number, file number, cost).     Page 2 of 5





    The calculation shall be carried out in accordance with generally accepted U.S. accounting principles (GAAP), or the standards and principles adopted by the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) applied on a consistent basis.   During the term of this Agreement, and thereafter, Dolphin shall use reasonable efforts to ensure that all information provided to DGT or its representatives pursuant to this Article remains confidential and is treated as such by DGT.   Governing Law And Arbitration:   This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Nevada, USA in force therein without regard to its conflict of law rules. All parties agree that by executing this Agreement they have attorned to the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Supreme Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction over this Agreement.   In the event of any dispute arising between the parties concerning this Agreement, its enforceability or the interpretation thereof, the same shall be settled by a single arbitrator appointed pursuant to the provisions of the Commercial Arbitration Act of the State of Nevada, or any successor legislation then in force. The language to be used in the arbitration proceedings shall be English.   Notices:   All payments, reports and notices or other documents that any of the parties hereto are required or may desire to deliver to any other party hereto may be delivered only by personal delivery or by registered or certified mail, telex or fax, all postage and other charges prepaid, at the address for such party set forth below or at such other address as any party may hereinafter designate in writing to the others. Any notice personally delivered or sent by telex or fax shall be deemed to have been given or received at the time of delivery, telexing or faxing. Any notice mailed as aforesaid shall be deemed to have been received on the expiration of five days after it is posted, provided that if there shall be at the time of mailing or between the time of mailing and the actual receipt of the notice a mail strike, slow down or labour dispute which might affect the delivery of the notice by the mails, then the notice shall only be effected if actually received.   Termination:   DGT shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement if Dolphin fails to meet its requirements and material obligation hereunder and only after DGT have given Dolphin written notice of such failure and only after Dolphin has not rectified such failure within 10 days of the notice. Dolphin shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement only after DGT fails to meet a material obligation hereunder and only after Dolphin has given DGT written notice of such failure and only after the DGT has not rectified such failure within 30 days of the notice.     Page 3 of 5





    General:   1.Dolphin shall be entitled to defer any obligation hereunder in the event of force majeure, where force majeure is defined as an act of God, war, revolution, insurrection, riot, blockade or any other unlawful act against public order or authority, strike, lockout or other industrial disturbance, storm, fire, flood, explosion or lightning, the failure to obtain the approval or any government, governmental agency, commission, board or other tribunal having jurisdiction, and any other event not reasonably within the control of Dolphin;   2.Any notice, demand, payment or other communication (collectively the Correspondence) to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be delivered to the address or fax number of the party appearing herein;   3.Both parties shall do all such things and execute all such written materials as may be required to carry out the full intent and meaning of this Agreement; and   4.This is the entire Agreement between the parties in respect of the matter referred to herein and no amendment or interpretation of this Agreement will be binding on the parties unless same is in writing executed by the parties hereto.   5.Dolphin shall permit any duly authorized representative of DGT, during normal business hours and at DGT's sole risk and expense, to enter upon and into any premises of Dolphin for the purpose of inspecting the service.   6.Nothing contained herein shall be deemed or construed to create between the parties hereto a partnership or joint venture. No party shall have the authority to act on behalf of any other party, or to commit any other party in any manner or cause whatsoever or to use any other party's name in any way not specifically authorized by this Agreement. No party shall be liable for any act, omission, representation, obligation or debt of any other party, even if informed of such act, omission, representation, obligation or debt.   7.Subject to the limitations hereinbefore expressed, this Agreement shall enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns.   8.No condoning, excusing or overlooking by any party of any default, breach or non-observance by any other party at any time or times in respect of any covenants, provisos or conditions of this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of such party's rights under this Agreement in respect of any continuing or subsequent default, breach or non-observance, so as to defeat in any way the rights of such party in respect of any such continuing or subsequent default or breach, and no waiver shall be inferred from or implied by anything done or omitted by such party, save only an express waiver in writing.   9.No exercise of a specific right or remedy by any party precludes it from or prejudices it in exercising another right or pursuing another remedy or maintaining an action to which it may otherwise be entitled either at law or in equity.     Page 4 of 5





    10.Marginal headings as used in this Agreement are for the convenience of reference only and do not form a part of this Agreement and are not be used in the interpretation hereof.   11.If any Article, part, section, clause, paragraph or subparagraph of this Agreement shall be held to be indefinite, invalid, illegal or otherwise voidable or unenforceable, the entire Agreement shall not fail on account thereof, and the balance of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.   12.Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement.   13.Whenever the singular or masculine or neuter is used throughout this Agreement the same shall be construed as meaning the plural or feminine or body corporate when the context or the parties hereto may require.     IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have hereunto executed this Agreement on the 1st  day of JUNE , 2006 , but effective as of the Date of Commencement.   SIGNED FOR AND ON BEHALF of DGT CORP.   ) by its duly authorized officers: )   ) ) /s/ Norman Joe, President ) Authorized Signatory )   ) SIGNED FOR AND ON BEHALF of DOLPHIN INDUSTRIES LIMITED ) ) by its duly authorized officers: )   )   ) /s/ Chung-Keung Ho, President/Director ) Authorized Signatory )

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PROBLEM: Exhibit 10.1

TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AGREEMENT

THIS TRANSPORTATION SERVICES AGREEMENT (this Agreement) is dated as of June 11, 2015, by and between Marathon Petroleum Company LP (Shipper) and Marathon Pipe Line LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (MPL), both referred to jointly as the Parties and each individually as a Party.

WITNESSETH

WHEREAS, MPL owns and operates a common carrier pipeline system originating in Ohio, as further depicted on Exhibit A, that will provide both interstate and intrastate common carrier transportation services; and

WHEREAS, MPL also operates the assets of Ohio River Pipe Line LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (ORPL) and an affiliate of MPL. ORPL is the owner of a common carrier pipeline system originating in Ohio, as further depicted on Exhibit A, that provides common carrier transportation services; and

WHEREAS, MPL and ORPL desire to combine their systems (together referred to as the Pipeline) under a Joint Agreement (as defined below) in order to undertake certain improvements to provide expanded capacity on portions of the Pipeline and install additional infrastructure to other portions of the Pipeline pursuant to a multi-phase capital project (the Project); and

WHEREAS, MPL and ORPL conducted a joint binding open season with the understanding that MPL will file a joint tariff, commencing approximately 30 days prior to the in-service date of the Project, seeking binding commitments on the Pipeline; and

WHEREAS, Shipper responded to the binding open season and desires to commit to transport a specified volume of Product (as defined below) on the Pipeline over a multi-year period to destinations as provided in Exhibit C, subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement; and

WHEREAS, in exchange for the commitment by Shipper to transport a specific volume of Product on the Pipeline over a multi-year period, MPL will charge the rates as provided for in Exhibit B; and

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants set forth hereinafter, MPL and Shipper agree as follows:

1. Definitions

Affiliate means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries' controls, is controlled by or is under common control with, the Person in question.

Applicable Law means any applicable statute, law, regulation, ordinance, rule, determination, judgment, rule of law, order, decree, permit, approval, concession, grant, franchise, license, requirement, or any similar form of decision of, or any provision or condition of any permit, license or other operating authorization issued by any Governmental Authority having or asserting jurisdiction over the matter or matters in question, whether now or hereafter in effect. Barrel means forty-two (42) U.S. gallons measured at sixty (60) degrees Fahrenheit.

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Change in Law means the adoption, implementation or amendment of any Applicable Law by any Governmental Authority after the Effective Date that causes MPL to incur additional expenses in order to operate the Pipeline in compliance with such Applicable Law.

Change in Law Event means the occurrence of a Change in Law that necessitates the expenditure of Compliance Costs.

Compliance Costs means the expenses in excess of $1,000,000 for a Change in Law Event, related specifically to the Department of Transportation, Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration or Homeland Security, incurred by MPL to comply with a Change of Law, irrespective of whether such expenses are to be incurred as a onetime expenditure or periodically for an extended period. The definition for Compliance Costs shall in no way revise or modify the definitions of Change in Law or Change in Law Event.

Contract Year means the period beginning on the project in-service date in conjunction with the FERC tariff filing, and ending 365 days later (366 days later for any such period that includes a February 29.)

Confidential Information means any proprietary or confidential information that is competitively sensitive material or otherwise of value to a Party or its Affiliates and not generally known to the public, including trade secrets, scientific or technical information, design, invention, process, procedure, formula, improvements, product planning information, marketing strategies, financial information, information regarding operations, consumer and/or customer relationships, consumer and/or customer identities and profiles, sales estimates, business plans, and internal performance results relating to the past, present or future business activities of a Party or its Affiliates and the consumers, customers, clients and suppliers of any of the foregoing. Confidential Information includes such information as may be contained in or embodied by documents, substances, engineering and laboratory notebooks, reports, data, specifications, computer source code and object code, flow charts, databases, drawings, pilot plants or demonstration or operating facilities, diagrams, specifications, bills of material, equipment, prototypes and models, and any other tangible manifestation (including data in computer or other digital format) of the foregoing; provided, however, that Confidential Information does not include information that a receiving Party can show (a) has been published or has otherwise become available to the general public as part of the public domain without breach of this Agreement, (b) has been furnished or made known to the receiving Party without any obligation to keep it confidential by a third party under circumstances which are not known to the receiving Party to involve a breach of the third party's obligations to a Party or (c) was developed independently of information furnished or made available to the receiving Party as contemplated under this Agreement.

Construction Costs means all costs and expenses incurred by MPL in connection with the Project, including, without limitation, those costs relating to design, asset modification or enhancement and developmental costs, whether internal or external. Such costs include all expenditures that have been committed to by MPL via purchase order, contract or otherwise, even if MPL has not remitted funds for the goods or services that are the subjects thereof.

Construction Cost Reimbursement has the meaning set forth in Section 10.5.

Day means a period of twenty-four (24) consecutive hours commencing 12:00 a.m. Central Standard Time, or such other period upon which the Parties may agree.

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Deficiency Volume has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5.

Deliveries means the volume of Product delivered through the Pipeline.

Effective Date has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.

Election Deadline has the meaning set forth in Section 6.6.

Expansion Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 6.6.

Expansion Volume Commitment has the meaning set forth in Section 6.6.

Extension Period has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

FERC means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Force Majeure means acts of God, fires, floods, storms; compliance with orders of courts or Governmental Authorities; explosions, wars, terrorist acts, riots, strikes, lockouts or other industrial disturbances; accidental disruption of service; breakdown of machinery, storage tanks or pipelines and inability to obtain or unavoidable delays in obtaining material or equipment; and similar events or circumstances, so long as such events or circumstances are beyond the affected Party's reasonable control and could not have been prevented by the affected Party's due diligence; provided, however, that a Party's failure to pay any amounts due hereunder shall not constitute an event of Force Majeure.

Force Majeure Notice has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.

Force Majeure Period has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.

Governmental Authority means any federal, state, local or foreign government or any provincial, departmental or other political subdivision thereof, or any entity, body or authority exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory, administrative or other governmental functions or any court, department, commission, board, bureau, agency, instrumentality or administrative body of any of the foregoing.

Initial Term has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

Joint Agreement means the agreement between ORPL and MPL to undertake certain improvements to provide expanded capacity on portions of the ORPL systems and install additional infrastructure to portions of the MPL systems pursuant to a multi-phase capital project. This agreement will also establish a joint tariff between ORPL and MPL, which derives both entities local movements and rates. MPL will ultimately file the joint tariff.

Monthly Commitment has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6.

Person means any individual, partnership, limited partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, trust, unincorporated organization or Governmental Authority or any department or agency thereof.

Pre-Service Increase Request has the meaning set forth in Section 3.9.

Prepaid Transportation Credits has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6.

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Product means the commodities commonly associated as specialty petroleum products, specifically condensate, natural gasoline, and diluent. Product may also include liquefied petroleum gas commodities such as butane. Product, as designed in this Agreement, does not refer to finished gasoline and diesel products.

Project Capacity means the aggregate of each system's total capacity that is made available for Product movements by means of the Project, by either expanding existing pipelines or building new pipelines.

Proportionate Share means, at any given time, the percentage equal to Shipper's volume commitment divided by the total volume commitments at such time.

Quarter means the three (3) calendar month periods, or portion thereof, commencing January 1, April 1, July 1 and October 1 of each year during Term hereof.

Quarterly Volume Commitment means Shipper's commitment to ship, or otherwise pay for, each Contract Year of the fifteen (15) year term of this Agreement, at posted Pipeline Tariff Rates as set forth in Exhibit B, which equals a total annual Product volume as determined from Exhibit C. With respect to the required quarterly volume, the volume of Product is equal to: (a) volume per day multiplied by; (b) the number of Days in such Quarter. The Quarterly Volume Commitment will be reduced proportionately for any partial Quarter during the Term.

Representatives has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1.

Requested Expansion Volume Commitment has the meaning set forth in Section 6.6.

Shipper Deliveries means the volume of Product that Shipper as the shipper of record delivered through the Pipeline.

Termination Notice has the meaning set forth in 5.1.

Tariff means the intrastate and/or interstate tariffs that set forth the rules, regulations and rates for services on the Pipeline, including supplements thereto and reissues thereof, under which Product is transported through the Pipeline.

Tariff Rates means the rates set forth in the Tariffs for transportation of Product on the Pipeline.

Term has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

Unsubscribed Capacity has the meaning set forth in Section 3.9.

1.1 The following Exhibits are attached to and incorporated into this Agreement: Exhibit A - Common Carrier Pipeline, including Origins and Destinations Exhibit B - Rate and Volume Commitment Table Exhibit C - Shipper's Submitted Capacity Request Form

2. Effective Date and Term

2.1 This Agreement is effective June 11, 2015 (the Effective Date). The Agreement shall continue through the project's in-service date and for a period of fifteen (15) years after the project's in-service date (Initial Term). MPL shall provide written notice to Shipper

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confirming the project's in-service date. Shipper acknowledges that the overall Project will be completed in several phases. New infrastructure will be completed first, with additional build-out projects and expansions completed in succession. MPL will provide a thirty (30) day notice to Shipper, notifying it of the actual in-service date for the included projects.

2.2 This Agreement shall be binding upon the Parties under the same conditions and provisions for a time period commencing on the Effective Date and shall continue through the Initial Term. This Agreement will automatically renew for up to two (2) renewal terms of five (5) years each (each, an Extension Period) unless either Party provides the other Party with written notice of its intent to terminate this Agreement at least six (6) months prior to the end of the Initial Term or the then current Extension Period. The Initial Term and Extension Period, if any, shall be referred to in this Agreement as the Term.

2.3 In the event Shipper does not wish to renew after the Initial Term or Extension Period or chooses to terminate the Agreement by written notice pursuant to Section 2.2, MPL reserves the option and right to hold a subsequent open season in which interested shippers can have opportunity to contract for resulting available volume, rate, and terms.

3. Volume Commitment and Quarterly Deficiency Charges

3.1 Shipper guarantees that during each Contract Year, Shipper will meet its Quarterly Volume Commitment or, in the event it fails to do so, shall remit to MPL the Quarterly Deficiency Payment pursuant to Section 3.5. All volumes moved by Shipper on the Pipeline will be subject to the applicable Tariff Rates and proration policies, as may be amended from time to time in accordance with FERC methodologies and as provided herein.

3.2 Shipper will have the opportunity to fulfill its Quarterly Volume Commitment on a calendar quarter basis for condensate, natural gasoline, and diluent service. These three Products are interchangeable from a volume commitment standpoint and shipping a total volume of any one or combination of these Products will be applied towards the Quarterly Volume Commitment. Should MPL proceed with butane service, Shipper will also have the opportunity to fulfill its Quarterly Volume Commitment on a calendar quarter basis for butane service, separate from condensate, natural gasoline, and diluent service.

3.3 Shipper shall be deemed to have shipped its Quarterly Volume Commitment on the Pipeline if the quantity of Product that Shipper ships on the Pipeline in any Quarter equals at least the Quarterly Volume Commitment for such Quarter.

3.4 Shipper agrees to pay MPL monthly: (a) the Tariff Rates in effect for all Shipper Deliveries transported by MPL on the Pipeline during such month; and (b) any loading, handling, transfer and other charges incurred with respect to such Shipper Deliveries for such month in accordance with the provisions as set forth in the Tariffs (or any other tariffs that may be applicable to such Shipper Deliveries). If the amount owed by Shipper is the subject of a good faith dispute, Shipper shall be obligated to pay only the undisputed portion of such amount pending the resolution of such dispute in accordance with this Agreement. Late payments of undisputed amounts shall accrue interest at a rate equal to two percent (2%) per annum, until paid. Such payments will be paid by Shipper to MPL within fifteen (15) Days of the invoice date or resolution of any dispute, if applicable.

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3.5 Subject to the provisions of Section 5 of this Agreement, if the volume of each Product shipped by Shipper on the Pipeline during the Quarter is less than the applicable Quarterly Volume Commitment for that Product then, in addition to paying any amounts incurred by Shipper pursuant to Section 3.4 with respect to Shipper Deliveries for such Quarter, Shipper shall also pay MPL a deficiency payment (the Quarterly Deficiency Payment); equal to the product of:

(a) the difference between the applicable Quarterly Volume Commitment for that Product for such Quarter and the volume of Shipper Deliveries of that Product on the Pipeline for such Quarter (the Deficiency Volume); and

(b) the applicable Tariff Rate for that Product for such Quarter.

Each Product to which the Shipper is obligated to move as part of its committed volumes will be added together for one total Quarterly Deficiency Payment.

Shipper's transportation of commodities outside this Agreement's definition of Product will not satisfy the obligation to move committed Product volume. All Product barrels moved by Shipper in excess of its Quarterly Volume Commitment will be attributed to Shipper's movements on the Pipeline as a Regular Shipper, subject to the applicable Rules & Regulations of the Tariff.

3.6 The dollar amount of any Quarterly Deficiency Payment paid by Shipper shall constitute prepayment for transportation of Product by Shipper on the Pipeline and will posted as a credit (Prepaid Transportation Credits) to Shipper's account for that type of Product. If, during any Quarter of the Contract Year, Shipper deliveries on the Pipeline exceed the applicable Quarterly Volume Commitment requirements, Shipper shall be permitted to apply Prepaid Transportation Credits against any amount due from Shipper and payable to MPL with respect to the transportation of volumes on the Pipeline for such Quarter. Any Prepaid Transportation Credits that are not used by Shipper during the four (4) Quarters immediately following the Quarter for which said Prepaid Transportation Credits were posted to Shipper's account (the Credit Period) will expire. Those Prepaid Transportation Credits that are in payment dispute in accordance with Section 3.4, shall be posted as a credit on the date the payment dispute is resolved. If during any such four (4) Quarter period the nominated volume on the Pipeline for any month equals or exceeds the applicable portion in the Quarterly Volume Commitment for the Pipeline for such month (the Monthly Commitment), but Shipper is prevented from shipping volumes in excess of the Monthly Commitment because of lack of available capacity, either because (a) the Pipeline is in allocation and Shipper is specifically subject to allocation per Exhibit C, (b) the Pipeline is undergoing testing, maintenance or repair, or (c) a Force Majeure has occurred that prevents MPL from transporting Shipper volumes on the Pipeline in excess of the Monthly Commitment, then the Credit Period shall be extended by an equivalent time period for which Shipper has been prevented from shipping volumes in excess of the Monthly Commitment. For the purposes of this Section 3.6, during the Term, if the Pipeline is in allocation for any portion of the month, the Pipeline will be considered to be in allocation for the entirety of such month.

3.7 Notwithstanding anything in Section 3.5 to the contrary, upon the expiration or termination of this Agreement for any reason to the extent that Shipper, at the time of such expiration or termination, holds any unused Prepaid Transportation Credits, Shipper shall be permitted to apply such Prepaid Transportation Credits against any amounts incurred by Shipper and

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payable to MPL with respect to any Shipper deliveries on the Pipeline until the expiration of the applicable Credit Period with respect to such Prepaid Transportation Credits. This Section 3.7 shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement.

3.8 Shipper may not apply Prepaid Transportation Credits on differing types of Products; i.e, a Shipper may not use Prepaid Transportation Credits received for butane service on condensate, natural gasoline, or diluent service, or vice versa. Condensate, natural gasoline, and diluent are interchangeable from a volume commitment standpoint and shipping a total volume of any one or combination of these Products will be applied towards the Quarterly Volume Commitment. Should MPL proceed with butane service, Shipper will also have the opportunity to fulfill its Quarterly Volume Commitment on a calendar quarter basis for butane service, separate from condensate, natural gasoline, and diluent service.

3.9 If, following the binding open season and prior to the in-service date of the Tariff, MPL determines that it has available capacity not subscribed to during the binding open season, not to exceed 90% of Project Capacity (Unsubscribed Capacity), to the extent permitted by Governmental Authority; MPL will provide Shipper the right to increase its Quarterly Volume Commitment as submitted on its Capacity Request Form on Exhibit C. MPL will provide at least sixty (60) days' advance written notice, simultaneously, to all shippers (including Shipper) who have executed a transportation service agreement during the binding open season of the availability and volume of Unsubscribed Capacity for additional volume commitments (the Additional Volume Commitments). No later than thirty (30) days following the date of MPL's written notice, Shipper must provide MPL with a written binding commitment identifying the additional volumes to be added to its Quarterly Volume Commitment (Pre-Service Increase Request). In the event MPL receives Pre-Service Increase Requests that are, in aggregate, less than or equal to the Unsubscribed Capacity, each shipper's volume commitment shall be increased by the volume of its Pre-Service Increase Request. In the event MPL receives Pre-Service Increase Requests that would, in aggregate, exceed the Unsubscribed Capacity, all Shippers will be allocated their Pre-Service Increases pro rata based on their then- current volume commitments. If Shipper makes a Pre-Service Increase Request, MPL shall notify Shipper of its new Quarterly Volume Commitment within thirty (30) days following receipt of Shipper's Pre-Service Increase Request, and Exhibit C shall be deemed revised to reflect Shipper's new volume commitment, which shall equal the sum of its original Capacity Request Form volume commitment and its Pre-Service Increase Request or its allocated portion thereof pursuant to this Section 3.9. If there is still Unsubscribed Capacity after shippers (including Shipper) exercise Additional Volume Commitments as set forth above, MPL may conduct a second open season to obtain additional volume commitments for any remaining Unsubscribed Capacity.

4. Transportation Charges

4.1 Shipper shall pay MPL a transportation charge for each Barrel of Product shipped under the terms of this Agreement and Exhibit C, at the rates provided for in Exhibit B, which shall be the Tariff Rates for the volume commitment on the Day of delivery of Product.

4.2 The rates in Exhibit B will be adjusted annually in accordance with the standard FERC annual oil pipeline indexing methodology in effect at the time of the escalation. There shall be no downward adjustment of the Rates in the event the annual FERC oil pipeline index rate is negative. Rates will typically be indexed during July of each year and would be first indexed in July of the year following project completion.

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4.3 If during the term of this Agreement, MPL becomes obligated as a result of a Change in Law Event to bear Compliance Costs, MPL shall have the right to increase the Tariff Rates on the Pipeline, including Shipper's committed rate as originally executed on Exhibit B in this Agreement or to impose a surcharge on its shippers (including Shipper) to recover such Compliance Costs. If MPL determines to recover any Compliance Costs from its shippers, it will do so in a manner that is reasonable and equitable to all shippers on the Pipeline.

4.4 A Committed Priority Shipper will receive transportation service exempt from prorationing provisions under normal operating conditions for its contractually committed volumes, in exchange for a commitment to transport (or pay for) those volumes, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement executed during the open season process. The rates vary depending upon project options, but in all instances will be $0.01 per barrel above the rates for uncommitted service for the same origin and destination points. A Committed Priority Shipper will have the same rates as the Committed Non-Priority Shipper (as defined below), unless the system in under prorationing. When under prorationing, the Committed Priority Shipper's rate will be charged the premium rate of $0.01 above the posted uncommitted rate. Shipper shall not be a Committed Priority Shipper solely through this Agreement. Shipper must submit a Capacity Request Form during MPL's binding open season (Exhibit C) which confirms the Shipper has elected Committed Priority Shipper Status.

4.5 A Committed Non-Priority Shipper will receive transportation service subject to prorationing provisions for its contractually committed volumes, in exchange for a commitment to transport (or pay for) those volumes, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement executed during the open season process. Those who elect to become a Committed Non-Priority Shipper will receive the benefit of discounted rates that will not be available to the Committed Priority Shippers or the uncommitted shippers. The rates will vary depending upon project options and commitment duration. MPL will not presume Shipper to be a Committed Non-Priority Shipper solely through this Agreement, unless the Capacity Request Form submitted by Shipper during MPL's binding open season (Exhibit C) shows the Shipper has elected Committed Non-Priority Shipper Status.

5. Force Majeure

5.1 As soon as possible upon the occurrence of a Force Majeure event, the affected Party shall provide the other Party written notice of the occurrence of such Force Majeure event (a Force Majeure Notice). A Party shall identify the full particulars and the approximate length of time that the Party reasonably believes in good faith such Force Majeure event shall continue (the Force Majeure Period). If a Party advises in any Force Majeure Notice that it reasonably believes in good faith that the Force Majeure Period shall continue for more than twelve (12) consecutive months, then, subject to Section 10 below, at any time after a Party delivers such Force Majeure Notice, either Party may terminate this Agreement, but only upon delivery to the other Party of a notice (a Termination Notice) at least twelve (12) months prior to the expiration of the Force Majeure Period; provided, however, that such Termination Notice shall be deemed canceled and of no effect if the Force Majeure Period ends prior to the expiration of such twelve (12) months period. For the avoidance of doubt, neither Party may exercise its right under this Section 5.1 to terminate this Agreement as a result of a Force Majeure event with respect to any machinery, storage, tanks, lines of pipe or other equipment that has been unaffected by, or has been restored to working order since, the applicable Force Majeure event.

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5.2 Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Shipper delivers a Termination Notice to MPL and, within thirty (30) days after receiving such notice, MPL notifies Shipper that MPL reasonably believes in good faith that it shall be capable of fully performing under its obligations under this Agreement within a reasonable period of time, then the Shipper Termination Notice shall be deemed revoked and the applicable portion of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect as if such Shipper Termination Notice had never been given.

5.3 Subject to Section 6 of this Agreement, MPL's obligation to transport on the Pipeline may be temporarily suspended during occurrences of, and for the entire duration of, a Force Majeure event that prevents MPL from transporting on the Pipeline. If MPL is unable to transport due to a Force Majeure event or otherwise, then Shipper's obligation to ship the applicable Quarterly Volume Commitment and pay the applicable Quarterly Deficiency Payment shall be reduced to the extent that MPL is prevented from shipping the full applicable Quarterly Volume Commitment. At such time as MPL is capable of transporting volumes equal to the full applicable Quarterly Volume Commitment on the Pipeline, Shipper's obligation to ship the full Quarterly Volume Commitment shall be restored.

6. Capabilities of the Pipeline System

6.1 MPL shall use reasonable commercial efforts to minimize the disruption of service on the Pipeline and any portion thereof. MPL shall promptly inform Shipper of any anticipated partial or complete disruption of service on the Pipeline, including relevant information about the nature, extent, cause and expected duration of the disruption and the actions MPL is taking to resume full operations, provided that MPL shall not have any liability for any failure to notify, or delay in notifying, Shipper of any such matters except to the extent Shipper has been materially prejudiced or damaged by such failure or delay.

6.2 Subject to Force Majeure, disruptions for routine repair and maintenance consistent with pipeline industry standards and any requirements of Applicable Law, MPL shall accept for shipment on the Pipeline in accordance with pipeline industry standard Product. Further, MPL shall maintain and repair all portions of the Pipeline in accordance with pipeline industry standards and in a manner which allows the Pipeline to be capable, subject to Force Majeure or temporary shutdown for pipeline testing and maintenance, of shipping, storing and delivering volumes of Product.

6.3 If the Shipper has agreed to pay, pursuant to Exhibit B and Exhibit C, a premium rate for transportation of Product on the Pipeline, the Shipper Deliveries shall not be reduced under normal operating conditions if the capacity for Product shipments is otherwise subject to prorationing in accordance with the prorationing provisions in MPL's Rules and Regulations Tariff.

6.4 If, for any reason, including without limitation a Force Majeure event, the capacity of the Pipeline is reduced, then (a) during such period of reduced capacity, Shipper's obligation shall be reduced as described above in this Section 6; and (b) within a reasonable period of time after commencement of such reduction, MPL shall make repairs to and/or replace the affected portion of the Pipeline to restore capacity. MPL shall use commercially reasonable efforts to continue to provide transportation of Product tendered by Shipper under the Tariffs while restoration is being completed. Any work performed by MPL pursuant to this Section 6.4

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shall be performed and completed in a good and workmanlike manner consistent with applicable pipeline industry standards and in accordance with all applicable laws.

6.5 Expansion of Pipeline. MPL reserves the right, at its sole discretion, to expand the capacity of the Pipeline at any time or from time to time.

6.6 Right of Shipper to Secure Expansion Capacity. In the event that MPL decides in its sole discretion to expand the capacity of the Pipeline, then:

(a) MPL will provide each Shipper with notice of such proposed expansion not less than one hundred and eighty (180) days prior to the expected in-service date of such proposed expansion (Expansion Notice) and such Expansion Notice shall include:

(i) the amount of the proposed expansion capacity;

(ii) the expected rates and rules and regulations that will apply to such expansion capacity;

(iii) the expected in-service date of such expansion/extension.

The costs of any expansion shall not be rolled into the rates associated with any Pipeline capacity existing prior to such expansion.

(b) To the extent permitted by Governmental Authorities, MPL will provide to each Shipper a first right, on terms and conditions specified by MPL that is consistent with this first right, to submit a binding nomination to ship, or otherwise pay for, a committed volume of Product on the expansion capacity (Requested Expansion Volume Commitment). The amount of expansion capacity available for volume commitments pursuant to this Section 6.6 shall not exceed ninety percent (90%) of the total expansion capacity. No later than sixty (60) days following the date of MPL's Expansion Notice, Shipper must commit to, in a form acceptable to MPL in MPL's sole discretion, its Requested Expansion Volume Commitment (Election Deadline). In the event that, pursuant to this first right, MPL receives binding commitments for volumes that exceed the expansion capacity available for committed volumes, each Shipper that submitted a binding commitment pursuant to this first right procedure shall be allocated the lesser of: (i) its Requested Expansion Volume Commitment, or (ii) the Shipper's pro-rata share of the expansion capacity available for committed volumes, which shall be calculated by multiplying (1) the Shipper's Proportionate Share, times (2) the expansion capacity available for committed volumes (Expansion Volume Commitment). MPL shall notify Shipper of its Expansion Volume Commitment within thirty (30) days following the Election Deadline, and the Parties shall promptly execute a new and separate transportation service agreement reflecting Shipper's Expansion Volume Commitment. Any calculation of an Expansion Volume Commitment shall be without regard to and shall not affect any Volume Commitment on pre-existing capacity.

(c) In the event that any expansion capacity available for committed volumes remains after the procedure set forth in Section 6.6 is completed, MPL has the right, in its sole discretion, to offer such committed capacity pursuant to an open season in which all interested shippers will be given an opportunity to commit to transport a specified volume of Product on such remaining expansion capacity, subject to the terms and conditions specified by MPL pursuant to or in connection with such open season.

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7 Confidentiality

7.1 From and after the Effective Date, each Party shall hold, and shall cause its Affiliates and its and their respective directors, managers, officers, employees, agents, consultants, advisors, contractors, and other representatives (collectively, Representatives) to hold all Confidential Information of the other Party in strict confidence, with at least the same degree of care that applies to such Party's confidential and proprietary information and shall not use such Confidential Information except in connection with its performance or acceptance of services hereunder and shall not release or disclose such Confidential Information to any other Person, except its Representatives. Each Party shall be responsible for any breach of this Section 7 by any of its Representatives.

7.2 If a Party receives a subpoena or other demand for disclosure of Confidential Information received from any other Party or must disclose to a Governmental Authority any Confidential Information received from such other Party in order to obtain or maintain any required governmental approval, the receiving Party shall, to the extent legally permissible, provide notice to the providing Party before disclosing such Confidential Information. Upon receipt of such notice, the providing Party shall promptly either seek an appropriate protective order, waive the receiving Party's confidentiality obligations hereunder to the extent necessary to permit the receiving Party to respond to the demand, or otherwise fully satisfy the subpoena or demand or the requirements of the applicable Governmental Authority. If the receiving Party is legally compelled to disclose such Confidential Information or if the providing Party does not promptly respond as contemplated by this Section 7, the receiving Party may disclose that portion of Confidential Information covered by the notice or demand.

7.3 Each Party acknowledges that the disclosing Party would not have an adequate remedy at law for the breach by the receiving Party of any one or more of the covenants contained in this Section 7 and agrees that, in the event of such breach, the disclosing Party may, in addition to the other remedies that may be available to it, apply to a court for an injunction to prevent breaches of this Section 7 and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Section 7. Notwithstanding any other section hereof, the provisions of this Section 7 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

8. Assignment

8.1 Neither Party may assign its rights under this Agreement without prior written consent from the other Party, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided, however, that either Party may assign its rights under this Agreement to a successor in interest resulting from any merger, reorganization, consolidation or as part of a sale of all or substantially all of its assets. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Parties hereto.

9. Representations and Warranties

9.1 Each Party to this Agreement represents and warrants to the other that it is an entity duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its organization and has all requisite corporate power and corporate authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out the terms and provisions hereof.

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9.2 MPL shall take reasonable steps to obtain all necessary approvals, and authorizations of all Governmental Authorities to modify and operate the Pipeline, including approval by FERC of the rate structure and any premium service, and all other approvals and authorizations necessary, in MPL's sole opinion, desirable in connection with the provision of Product transportation, in each case, in form and substance acceptable to MPL in its sole discretion.

9.3 Shipper hereby agrees (a) to take all such actions and do all such things as MPL reasonably requests in connections with its application for, and the processing of necessary approvals and authorizations of the FERC and other governmental authorities, (b) at all times to support the rate and (c) to not, directly or indirectly, take any action that is designed to or may delay review or approval of the applications to FERC or any other Governmental Authority or indicate a lack of support for the modifications of the Pipeline or the rate.

10. Termination and Amendment

10.1 This Agreement may not be terminated, except as expressly provided herein, nor may any of its provisions be amended or waived without prior written consent of both Parties hereto.

10.2 Neither failure nor delay by MPL or Shipper to exercise any right or remedy provided herein shall operate as a waiver with respect to a future exercise thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy.

10.3 Except as otherwise provided in Section 10.5, in the event of any breach of a term or condition of this Agreement by either Party, the other Party's remedy shall be limited to the direct damages caused thereby and in no event shall a Party be liable to the other Party for any consequential, indirect, pecuniary, punitive, or economic damages, howsoever caused.

10.4 Upon termination of this Agreement for reasons other than a default by Shipper, pursuant to any provisions of this Agreement or any other termination of this Agreement initiated by Shipper pursuant to Section 5, Shipper shall have the right to require MPL to enter into a new transportation service agreement with Shipper that (a) is consistent with the terms and objectives set forth in this Agreement and (b) has commercial terms that are, in the aggregate, equal to or more favorable to Shipper than fair market value terms as would be agreed by similarly-situated parties negotiating at arm's length provided.

10.5 Shipper acknowledges that MPL will incur certain building, expansion and improvement costs associated with its performance under this Agreement prior to the commencement of transportation service on the Pipeline. Shipper also acknowledges that MPL relied on the volume commitments received from Shipper on its Capacity Request Form in Exhibit C as part of an aggregate volume commitment received from all committed shippers during the binding open season to finalize the Project's ultimate scope, including but not limited to, pipe size, routing and destinations. If MPL is in compliance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, and Shipper decides to terminate this Agreement after the Effective Date but prior to the commencement of transportation service on the Pipeline, Shipper shall notify MPL of its decision to terminate within one hundred and eighty (180) days of the Project's in-service date to allow MPL the opportunity to provide Shipper's unwanted capacity to other interested shippers as Unsubscribed Capacity as set forth in Section 3.8. If Shipper fails to notify MPL within one hundred and eighty (180) days of the Project's in-service date or if MPL is unsuccessful in obtaining additional volume commitments as provided for in Section 3.8 to

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fully replace Shipper's original volume commitment as submitted in its Capacity Request Form in Exhibit C, Shipper will reimburse MPL for Shipper's pro rata portion of actual and committed Construction Costs, plus, an administrative fee of ten (10) percent of said costs (such reimbursement is hereinafter referred to as the Construction Cost Reimbursement). The Parties agree that the Construction Cost Reimbursement shall be deemed liquidated damages and that such amount shall not be deemed a penalty, but rather represents a reasonable amount of liquidated damages in light of the anticipated or actual harm caused by Shipper's termination of this Agreement as stated, the difficulties of proof of loss, and the inconvenience or non- feasibility of otherwise obtaining an adequate remedy, and that the payment of such amount shall be MPL's sole and exclusive remedy for such termination by Shipper.

10.6 The Parties acknowledge and agree that this Agreement may be contingent on the Shipper executing a reasonably acceptable commodity supply agreement. Shipper must notify MPL if it is unable to execute a reasonably acceptable commodity supply agreement within one hundred and eighty (180) days of the Project in-service date. Furthermore, Shipper must make commercially reasonable efforts to enter into a commodity supply agreement within the one hundred and eighty (180) days. Provided, however, that Shipper acknowledges and agrees that Shipper remains responsible for the Construction Cost Reimbursement provided for in Section 10.5 of this Agreement if it is unable to reach and execute a commodity supply agreement within the required timeframe. 11. Conditions Precedent

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, this Agreement is subject to the receipt by MPL of:

11.1 All certificates, approvals and authorizations of any Governmental Authority deemed necessary or desirable by MPL in connection with this Agreement and, in each case, in form and substance acceptable to MPL in its sole discretion.

11.2 Executed Transportation Service Agreements, in form and substance acceptable to MPL in its sole discretion, as MPL shall deem sufficient in its sole discretion to support the economic viability of the costs associated with the Project.

11.3 Executed Transportation Service Agreements, in form and substance acceptable to both MPL and Shipper.

If any terms of this Agreement are required to be modified in accordance with a decision, approval or authorization from FERC or any other governmental authority, the Parties agree to reasonably cooperate with one another in amending this Agreement to align with those decisions, approvals and authorizations from FERC or any other governmental agencies. If these conditions precedent are not satisfied for MPL after exercising commercially reasonable efforts to meet such condition precedent, MPL shall have the right to terminate this Agreement by written notice to Shipper. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section 11, MPL and Shipper shall be released from any and all obligations under this Agreement.

12. Offer

12.1 The submission of an unexecuted copy of this Agreement by MPL to Shipper shall not constitute an offer.

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12.2 Shipper acknowledges that, upon closing of the open season described in the notice of open season, MPL will undertake significant alterations and improvements and will incur significant expense in connection with the Project. In consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by Shipper, Shipper agrees that the submission of an executed Agreement to MPL shall constitute an offer by Shipper. Shipper further agrees that its offer shall remain irrevocable; provided, however, that if Shipper has not received an executed copy of this Agreement from MPL within sixty (60) days after the close of the Binding Open Season, Shipper may revoke its offer thereafter by written notice to MPL, and upon such revocation, this Agreement will become null and void.

13. Notices

13.1 Any notice, statement, or invoice provided for in this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be considered as having been given if hand carried, facsimiled, emailed, or if mailed by United States mail, postage prepaid, to the following address, respectively:

Shipper : Name: Marathon Petroleum Company LP Address: 539 South Main Street Findlay, OH 45840 Attention: Optimization LP Manager Fax: (419) 421-4232

MPL : Name: Craig O. Pierson Address: 539 South Main Street Findlay, OH 45840 Attention: President Fax: (419) 421-3125

or to such other address as such Party may indicate by a notice delivered in accordance with this Section 13.

14. Governing Law

This Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Ohio, without recourse to any principles of law governing conflicts of law, which might otherwise be applicable.

15. Severability

In the event any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect by a court of competent jurisdiction, or by an empowered government agency, such findings shall not affect the remaining provisions of this Agreement, which are not found to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, unless such construction would be unreasonable.

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16. Default

16.1 Either Party hereunder shall be in default if such Party: (a) materially breaches any provision of this Agreement and such breach is not cured within fifteen (15) Days after notice thereof (which notice shall describe such breach in reasonable detail) is received by such Party; (b) becomes insolvent, enters voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; (c) fails to pay any undisputed sums due hereunder; or (d) fails to provide satisfactory financial assurance as provided for in Section 17.

16.2 If either Party is in default as described above, then the non-defaulting Party may: (a) terminate this Agreement upon notice to the defaulting Party; (b) withhold any payments due to the defaulting Party under this Agreement; and/or (c) pursue any other remedy at law or in equity if such breach is not remedied as provided for in Section 14.1.

17. Credit Requirements and Financial Assurances

17.1 Financial Information. Shipper shall provide to MPL, at any time: (i) upon MPL's request, information (Financial Information) that will allow MPL to assess (or reassess) and establish creditworthiness and Shipper's capacity to perform any financial obligations that could arise from the transportation of Shipper's Crude Petroleum on the Pipeline; and (ii) upon MPL's good faith determination (which shall be no less than industry standards) of non-creditworthiness, MPL may request, financial assurance in respect of transportation or other services (Financial Assurances). Financial Assurances shall be limited to a guarantee from the parent company of Shipper in a form and substance acceptable to MPL and sufficient in amount to cover 6-months of Shipper's obligations to MPL so long as the guarantor has sufficient creditworthiness as set forth in this Section; and if not, MPL may then request an irrevocable standby letter of credit in a form and from an issuer acceptable to MPL, and in an amount no greater than 6-months of tolls based on the Quarterly Volume Commitment, plus all applicable taxes.

17.2 As of the Project's in-service date, Shipper shall comply with the credit requirements and provide the financial assurances required in the Tariff so long as the Tariff is consistent with the terms of this Agreement. 17.3 Any failure of Shipper to comply with the provisions of this Section 17 will constitute an Event of Default under Section 16 of this Agreement.

18. Miscellaneous

18.1 Wherever possible, each provision hereof shall be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under Applicable Law, but in case any one or more of the provisions contained herein shall, for any reason, be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such provision or provisions shall be ineffective to the extent, but only to the extent, of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without invalidating the remainder of such provision or provisions or any other provisions hereof, unless such a construction would be unreasonable.

18.2 This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their successors and permitted assigns; provided, however, that the rights and obligations of any Party under this Agreement shall not be assignable by such Party without the prior written consent of the

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other Party pursuant to Section 8.1. A Party's successors and permitted assigns shall include any permitted assignee as well as the successors in interest to such permitted assignee whether by merger, liquidation (including successive mergers or liquidations) or otherwise.

18.3 No provision of this Agreement is intended to confer upon any third party any remedy, claim, liability, reimbursement or other right in excess of those existing without reference to this Agreement.

18.4 Neither Party shall, without the approval of the other Party, make any press release or other public announcement concerning the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except as and to the extent that either Party shall be so obligated by Applicable Law or the rules of any regulatory body, stock exchange or quotation system.

18.5 EACH PARTY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY PERFORMANCE OR FAILURE TO PERFORM OF ANY OBLIGATION HEREUNDER.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, MPL and Shipper have caused this Agreement to be duly executed, all as of the date set forth above.

MARATHON PIPE LINE LLC By: /s/ Craig Pierson 6/11/15 Name: Craig Pierson Title: President

MARATHON PETROLEUM COMPANY LP By: MPC Investment LLC, its General Partner By: /s/ C. M. Palmer 4/13/15 Name: C. Michael Palmer Title: Sr. Vice President, Supply Distribution & Planning

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EXHIBIT A Common Carrier Pipeline, including Origins and Destinations

Pipeline System New/Existing Pipeline Pipeline Owner Cornerstone Pipeline New MPL East Sparta to Lima Pipeline New MPL East Sparta to Heath Existing (Expansion) ORPL Heath to Findlay Existing (Expansion) ORPL RIO Existing (Reversal & Expansion) MPC Two Rivers Existing MPL Wabash Existing MPL

The MPC RIO system is an existing private pipeline owned by Marathon Petroleum Company, LP (MPC). MPL may purchase the RIO system, with the intent to reverse and repurpose the system from common carrier movements.

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EXHIBIT B

Tariff Rates

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EXHIBIT C

Include copy of Shipper's submitted Capacity Request Form (CFR) indicating desired routes and destinations.

Capacity Request Forms follow this page

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Appendix 5 - Capacity Request Form (CRF) - Ratable Volume(1) Please complete one form for each product type per delivery location

Name of Shipper: Marathon Petroleum Company LP

Term/Service [Priority, (5,10, 15 Year) Non-Priority] Priority 15 Year

Product Type [Condensate, Natural Gasoline, Diluent or Butane]: Condensate

Year Desired Volume Origination Location Delivery Location Rate 1 20,000 BPD Cadiz/Scio MPC Canton $ 2.26 2 20,000 BPD Cadiz/Scio MPC Canton $ 2.26 3 20,000 BPD Cadiz/Scio MPC Canton $ 2.26 4 20,000 BPD Cadiz/Scio MPC Canton $ 2.26 5 20,000 BPD Cadiz/Scio MPC Canton $ 2.26 6 20,000 BPD Cadiz/Scio MPC Canton $ 2.26 7 20,000 BPD Cadiz/Scio MPC Canton $ 2.26 8 20,000 BPD Cadiz/Scio MPC Canton $ 2.26 9 20,000 BPD Cadiz/Scio MPC Canton $ 2.26 10 20,000 BPD Cadiz/Scio MPC Canton $ 2.26 11 20,000 BPD Cadiz/Scio MPC Canton $ 2.26 12 20,000 BPD Cadiz/Scio MPC Canton $ 2.26 13 20,000 BPD Cadiz/Scio MPC Canton $ 2.26 14 20,000 BPD Cadiz/Scio MPC Canton $ 2.26 15 20,000 BPD Cadiz/Scio MPC Canton $ 2.26 (1) - Assumes shipper transports the same volume on a per day basis each month of the year Notes: Deliveries to Canton will begin in late 2016 and deliveries to other locations will begin in mid-2017 The tariff rate for the first year of movements can be found in Appendix 4 The tariff rate will be adjusted annually in accordance with the standard FERC annual oil pipeline indexing methodology

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Appendix 5 - Capacity Request Form (CRF) - Ratable Volume(1) Please complete one form for each product type per delivery location

Name of Shipper: Marathon Petroleum Company LP

Term/Service [Priority, (5,10, 15 Year) Non-Priority] Priority 5 Year

Product Type [Condensate, Natural Gasoline, Diluent or Butane]: Natural Gasoline

Year Desired Volume Origination Location Delivery Location Rate 1 10 MBPD Cadiz/Scio Hammond $ 6.96 2 10 MBPD Cadiz/Scio Hammond $ 6.96 3 10 MBPD Cadiz/Scio Hammond $ 6.96 4 10 MBPD Cadiz/Scio Hammond $ 6.96 5 10 MBPD Cadiz/Scio Hammond $ 6.96 6 0 MBPD Cadiz/Scio Hammond $ 6.96 7 0 MBPD Cadiz/Scio Hammond $ 6.96 8 0 MBPD Cadiz/Scio Hammond $ 6.96 9 0 MBPD Cadiz/Scio Hammond $ 6.96 10 0 MBPD Cadiz/Scio Hammond $ 6.96 11 0 MBPD Cadiz/Scio Hammond $ 6.96 12 0 MBPD Cadiz/Scio Hammond $ 6.96 13 0 MBPD Cadiz/Scio Hammond $ 6.96 14 0 MBPD Cadiz/Scio Hammond $ 6.96 15 0 MBPD Cadiz/Scio Hammond $ 6.96 (1) - Assumes shipper transports the same volume on a per day basis each month of the year Notes: Deliveries to Canton will begin in late 2016 and deliveries to other locations will begin in mid-2017 The tariff rate for the first year of movements can be found in Appendix 4 The tariff rate will be adjusted annually in accordance with the standard FERC annual oil pipeline indexing methodology

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Appendix 5 - Capacity Request Form (CRF) - Non-Ratable Volume(2) Please complete one form for each product type per delivery location

Name of Shipper: Marathon Petroleum Company LP

Term/Service [Priority, (5,10, 15 Year) Non-Priority] Priority 5 Year

Product Type [Condensate, Natural Gasoline, Diluent or Butane]: Normal Butane

(2) - Assumes shipper transports a different volume on a per day basis each month of the year Notes: Deliveries to Canton will begin in late 2016 and deliveries to other locations will begin in mid-2017 The tariff rate for the first year of movements can be found in Appendix 4 The tariff rate will be adjusted annually in accordance with the standard FERC annual oil pipeline indexing methodology

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Appendix 5 - Capacity Request Form (CRF) - Non-Ratable Volume(2) Please complete one form for each product type per delivery location

Name of Shipper: Marathon Petroleum Company LP

Term/Service [Priority, (5,10, 15 Year) Non-Priority] Priority 5 Year

Product Type [Condensate, Natural Gasoline, Diluent or Butane]: Normal Butane

(2) - Assumes shipper transports a different volume on a per day basis each month of the year

Notes: Deliveries to Canton will begin in late 2016 and deliveries to other locations will begin in mid-2017 The tariff rate for the first year of movements can be found in Appendix 4 The tariff rate will be adjusted annually in accordance with the standard FERC annual oil pipeline indexing methodology

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Appendix 5 - Capacity Request Form (CRF) - Non-Ratable Volume(2) Please complete one form for each product type per delivery location

Name of Shipper: Marathon Petroleum Company LP

Term/Service [Priority, (5,10, 15 Year) Non-Priority] Priority 5 Year

Product Type [Condensate, Natural Gasoline, Diluent or Butane]: Normal Butane

(2) - Assumes shipper transports a different volume on a per day basis each month of the year Notes: Deliveries to Canton will begin in late 2016 and deliveries to other locations will begin in mid-2017 The tariff rate for the first year of movements can be found in Appendix 4 The tariff rate will be adjusted annually in accordance with the standard FERC annual oil pipeline indexing methodology

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