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Form of Advisory Agreement

 Exhibit 10.1 
  
 FORM OF ADVISORY AGREEMENT 
  
 THIS ADVISORY AGREEMENT, dated as of             , 2003, is between WELLS REAL ESTATE
INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), and WELLS CAPITAL, INC., a Georgia corporation (the “Advisor”). 
  
 W I T N E S S E T H 
  
 WHEREAS, the Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Registration Statement
(            ) on Form S-11 covering its common stock, par value $0.01 (the “Shares”), to be offered to the public, and the Company may subsequently issue securities other
than such Shares (“Securities”) or otherwise raise additional capital; 
  
 WHEREAS, the Company intends to qualify as a REIT (as defined below), and to invest its funds in investments permitted by the terms of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation and Sections 856 through 860 of the
Code (as defined below); 
  
 WHEREAS, the Company desires to avail
itself of the experience, sources of information, advice, assistance and certain facilities available to the Advisor and to have the Advisor undertake the duties and responsibilities hereinafter set forth, on behalf of, and subject to the
supervision of, the Board of Directors of the Company all as provided herein; and 
  
 WHEREAS, the Advisor is willing to undertake to render such services, subject to the supervision of the Board of Directors, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth. 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual covenants
and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
  
 1. Definitions. As used in this Advisory Agreement (the “Agreement”), the following terms have the definitions hereinafter indicated: 
  
 Acquisition Expenses. Any and all expenses incurred by the Company, the Advisor, or any Affiliate of either in
connection with the selection, acquisition or development of any Property, whether or not acquired, including, without limitation, legal fees and expenses, travel and communications expenses, costs of appraisals, nonrefundable option payments on
property not acquired, accounting fees and expenses, and title insurance premiums. 
  
 Acquisition Fees. Any and all fees and commissions, exclusive of Acquisition Expenses, paid by any person or entity to any other person or entity (including any fees or commissions paid by or to any Affiliate
of the Company or the Advisor) in connection with purchase, development or construction of any Property, including, without limitation, real estate commissions, acquisition fees, finder’s fees, selection fees, nonrecurring management fees,
consulting fees, loan fees, points, or any other fees or commissions of a similar nature. 
  

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 Advisor. Wells Capital, Inc., a Georgia corporation, any successor advisor to the Company, or any
person(s) or entity(ies) to which Wells Capital, Inc. or any successor advisor subcontracts substantially all of its functions. 
  
 Affiliate or Affiliated. As to any individual, corporation, partnership, trust or other association (other than the Excess Shares Trust), (i) any
Person or entity directly or indirectly; through one or more intermediaries controlling, controlled by, or under common control with another person or entity; (ii) any Person or entity, directly or indirectly owning or controlling ten percent (10%)
or more of the outstanding voting securities of another Person or entity; (iii) any officer, director, partner, manager, or trustee of such Person or entity; (iv) any Person ten percent (10%) or more of whose outstanding voting securities are
directly or indirectly owned, controlled, or held, with power to vote, by such other Person; and (v) if such other Person or entity is an officer, director, partner, or trustee of a Person or entity, the Person or entity for which such Person or
entity acts in any such capacity. 
  
 Appraised Value.
Value according to an appraisal made by an Independent Appraiser. 
  
 Articles of Incorporation. The Articles of Incorporation of the Company under Title 2 of the Corporations and Associations Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, as amended from time to time. 
  
 Average Invested Assets. For a specified period, the average of the
aggregate book value of the assets of the Company invested, directly or indirectly, in Properties and Loans secured by real estate before reserves for depreciation or bad debts or other similar non-cash reserves, computed by taking the average of
such values at the end of each month during such period. 
  
 Board of Directors or Board. The persons holding such office, as of any particular time, under the Articles of Incorporation of the Company, whether they be the Directors named therein or additional or successor Directors.

  
 Bylaws. The bylaws of the Company, as the same are in
effect from time to time. 
  
 Cash from Financings. Net
cash proceeds realized by the Company from the financing of Company Property or from the refinancing of any Company indebtedness. 
  
 Cash from Sales. Net cash proceeds realized by the Company from the sale, exchange or other disposition of any of its assets after deduction of all
expenses incurred in connection therewith. Cash from Sales shall not include Cash from Financings. 
  
 Cash from Sales and Financings. The total sum of Cash from Sales and Cash from Financings. 
  
 Cause. With respect to the termination of this Agreement, fraud,
criminal conduct, willful misconduct or willful or negligent breach of fiduciary duty by the Advisor, breach of this Agreement, a default by the Sponsor under the guarantee by the Sponsor to the Company or the bankruptcy of the Sponsor. 

 

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 Code. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, or any successor statute
thereto. Reference to any provision of the Code shall mean such provision as in effect from time to time, as the same may be amended, and any successor provision thereto, as interpreted by any applicable regulations as in effect from time to time.

  
 Company. Wells Real Estate Investment Trust III, Inc.,
a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Maryland. 
  
 Company Property. Any and all property, real, personal or otherwise, tangible or intangible, which is transferred or conveyed to the Company or the Partnership (including all rents, income, profits and gains therefrom), and which is
owned or held by, or for the account of, the Company or the Partnership. 
  
 Competitive Real Estate Commission. A real estate or brokerage commission for the purchase or sale of property which is reasonable, customary, and competitive in light of the size, type, and location of the
property. 
  
 Contract Sales Price. The total consideration
received by the Company for the sale of a Company Property. 
  
 Cumulative Return. For the period for which the calculation is being made, the percentage resulting from dividing (A) the total Distributions paid on each Distribution date during such period (without regard to Distributions paid out
of Cash from Sales and Financings), by (B) the product of (i) the average Invested Capital for such period (calculated on a daily basis), and (ii) the number of days elapsed during such period. 
  
 Director. A member of the Board of Directors of the Company.

  
 Distributions. Any distributions of money or other
property by the Company to owners of Shares, including distributions that may constitute a return of capital for federal income tax purposes. 
  
 Equity Shares. Transferable shares of beneficial interest of the Company of any class or series, including common shares or preferred shares.

  
 Gross Proceeds. The aggregate purchase price of all
Shares sold for the account of the Company through an Offering, without deduction for selling commissions, volume discounts, the marketing support fee and due diligence expense reimbursement or Organization and Offering Expenses. For the purpose of
computing Gross Proceeds, the purchase price of any Share for which reduced selling commissions are paid to the Managing Dealer or a Soliciting Dealer (where net proceeds to the Company are not reduced) shall be deemed to be $10.00. 
  
 Independent Appraiser. A person or entity with no material current or
prior business or personal relationship with the Advisor or the Directors, who is engaged to a substantial extent in the business of rendering opinions regarding the value of assets of the type held by the Company, and who is a qualified appraiser
of real estate as determined by the Board. Membership in a nationally recognized appraisal society such as the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers 
  

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 (“M.A.I.”) or the Society of Real Estate Appraisers (“S.R.E.A.”) shall be conclusive evidence of such
qualification. 
  
 Independent Director. A Director who is
not and within the last two years has not been directly or indirectly associated with the Advisor by virtue of (i) ownership of an interest in the Advisor or its Affiliates, (ii) employment by the Advisor or its Affiliates, (iii) service as an
officer or director of the Advisor or its Affiliates, (iv) performance of services, other than as a Director, for the Company, (v) service as a director or trustee of more than three real estate investment trusts advised by the Advisor, or (vi)
maintenance of a material business or professional relationship with the Advisor or any of its Affiliates. A business or professional relationship is considered material if the gross revenue derived by the Director from the Advisor and Affiliates
exceeds 5.0% of either the Director’s annual gross revenue during either of the last two years or the Director’s net worth on a fair market value basis. An indirect relationship shall include circumstances in which a Director’s
spouse, parents, children, siblings, mothers- or fathers-in-law, sons- or daughters-in-law, or brothers- or sisters-in-law is or has been associated with the Advisor, any of its Affiliates, or the Company. 
  
 Invested Capital. The amount calculated by multiplying the total
number of Shares purchased by stockholders by the issue price, reduced by the portion of any Distribution that is attributable to Net Sales Proceeds and by any amounts paid by the Company to repurchase Shares pursuant to the Company’s plan for
redemption of Shares. 
  
 Joint Ventures. The joint venture
or general partnership arrangements in which the Company or the Partnership is a co-venturer or general partner which are established to acquire Properties. 
  
 Listing. The listing of the Shares of the Company on a national securities exchange or over-the-counter market. 
  
 Managing Dealer. Wells Investment Securities, Inc., an Affiliate of
the Advisor, or such entity selected by the Board of Directors to act as the managing dealer for an Offering. Wells Investment Securities, Inc. is a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. 
  
 Net Income. For any period, the total revenues applicable to such
period, less the total expenses applicable to such period excluding additions to reserves for depreciation, bad debts or other similar non-cash reserves; provided, however, Net Income for purposes of calculating total allowable Operating Expenses
(as defined herein) shall exclude the gain from the sale of the Company’s assets. 
  
 Net Sales Proceeds. In the case of a transaction described in clause (i) (A) of the definition of Sale, the proceeds of any such transaction less the amount of all real estate commissions and closing costs paid
by the Company. In the case of a transaction described in clause (i) (B) of such definition, Net Sales Proceeds means the proceeds of any such transaction less the amount of any legal and other selling expenses incurred in connection with such
transaction. In the case of a transaction described in clause (i) (C) of such definition, Net Sales Proceeds means the proceeds of any such transaction actually distributed to the Company from the Joint Venture. In the case of a transaction or
series of transactions described in clause (i) (D) 
  

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 of the definition of Sale, Net Sales Proceeds means the proceeds of any such transaction less the amount of all
commissions and closing costs paid by the Company. In the case of a transaction described in clause (ii) of the definition of Sale, Net Sales Proceeds means the proceeds of such transaction or series of transactions less all amounts generated
thereby and reinvested in one or more Properties within 180 days thereafter and less the amount of any real estate commissions, closing costs, and legal and other selling expenses incurred by or allocated to the Company in connection with such
transaction or series of transactions. Net Sales Proceeds shall also include, in the case of any Property consisting of a building only, any amounts that the Company determines, in its discretion, to be economically equivalent to proceeds of a Sale.
Net Sales Proceeds shall not include any reserves established by the Company in its sole discretion. 
  
 Offering. Any public offering of Shares pursuant to a Prospectus which is registered with the SEC. 
  
 Operating Expenses. All costs and expenses incurred by the Company, as
determined under generally accepted accounting principles, which in any way are related to the operation of the Company or to Company business, including (a) advisory fees and (b) the Subordinated Incentive Fee, but excluding (i) the expenses of
raising capital such as Organizational and Offering Expenses, legal, audit, accounting, underwriting, brokerage, listing, registration, and other fees, printing and other such expenses and tax incurred in connection with the issuance, distribution,
transfer, registration and Listing of the Shares, (ii) interest payments, (iii) taxes, (iv) non-cash expenditures such as depreciation, amortization and bad loan reserves, and (v) Acquisition Fees, Acquisition Expenses, real estate commissions on
resale of property, and other expenses connected with the acquisition, disposition, and ownership of real estate interests, mortgage loans or other property (such as the costs of foreclosure, insurance premiums, legal services, maintenance, repair
and improvement of property). 
  
 Organizational and Offering
Expenses. Any and all costs and expenses, other than selling commissions, the dealer manager fee and reimbursement of bona fide due diligence expenses incurred by the Company, the Advisor, or any Affiliate of either, in connection with the
formation, qualification and registration of the Company and the marketing and distribution of its Shares, including, without limitation, the following: legal, accounting and escrow fees; printing, amending, supplementing, mailing and distributing
costs; filing, registration and qualification fees and taxes; telegraph and telephone costs; and all advertising and marketing expenses, including the costs related to investor and broker-dealer sales meetings. 
  
 Partnership. Wells Operating Partnership III, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership formed to own and operate properties on behalf of the Company. 
  
 Person. An individual, corporation, partnership, estate, trust (including a trust qualified under Section 401(a) or 501(c) (17) of the Code), a portion of a trust permanently set aside for or to be used
exclusively for the purposes described in Section 642(c) of the Code, association, private foundation within the meaning of Section 509(a) of the Code, joint stock company or other entity, or any government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof, and also includes a group as that term is used for purposes of Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, but does not include (i) an underwriter that participates in a public offering of Equity Shares for a period
of 60 days following the initial purchase by such underwriter of such 
  

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 Equity Shares in such public offering, or (ii) Wells Capital, Inc., during the period ending December 31, 200_, provided
that the foregoing exclusions shall apply only if the ownership of such Equity Shares by an underwriter or Wells Capital, Inc. would not cause the Company to fail to qualify as a REIT by reason of being “closely held” within the meaning of
Section 856(a) of the Code or otherwise cause the Company to fail to qualify as a REIT. 
  
 Property or Properties. (i) The real properties, including the buildings located thereon, or (ii) the real properties only, or (iii) the buildings only, which are acquired by the Company, either directly or
through joint venture arrangements or other partnerships. 
  
 Prospectus. “Prospectus” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(10) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), including a preliminary Prospectus, an offering circular as described in
Rule 256 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Act or, in the case of an intrastate offering, any document by whatever name known, utilized for the purpose of offering and selling securities to the public. 
  
 Registration Statement. The most currently filed Registration
Statement on Form S-11 or S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission, of which the Prospectus is a part. 
  
 REIT. A “real estate investment trust” under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code. 
  
 Sale or Sales. (i) Any transaction or series of transactions whereby:
(A) the Company or the Partnership sells, grants, transfers, conveys, or relinquishes its ownership of any Property or portion thereof, including the lease of any Property consisting of the building only, and including any event with respect to any
Property which gives rise to a significant amount of insurance proceeds or condemnation awards; (B) the Company or the Partnership sells, grants, transfers, conveys, or relinquishes its ownership of all or substantially all of the interest of the
Company or the Partnership in any Joint Venture in which it is a co-venturer or partner; or (C) any Joint Venture in which the Company or the Partnership as a co-venturer or partner sells, grants, transfers, conveys, or relinquishes its ownership of
any Property or portion thereof, including any event with respect to any Property which gives rise to insurance claims or condemnation awards, but (ii) not including any transaction or series of transactions specified in clause (i) (A), (i) (B), or
(i) (C) above in which the proceeds of such transaction or series of transactions are reinvested in one or more Properties within 180 days thereafter. 
  
 Securities. Any Equity Shares, Excess Shares, as such term is defined in the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, any other stock, shares or
other evidences of equity or beneficial or other interests, voting trust certificates, bonds, debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly
known as “securities” or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in, temporary or interim certificates for, receipts for, guarantees of, or warrants, options or rights to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the
foregoing. 
  
 Shares. Any shares of the Company’s
common stock, par value $.01 per share, sold in an Offering pursuant to an effective registration statement. 
  
 Soliciting Dealers. Broker-dealers who are members of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., or that are exempt from broker-dealer
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 case, have executed participating broker or other agreements with the Managing Dealer to sell Shares. 
  
 Sponsor. Any Person directly or indirectly instrumental in organizing,
wholly or in part, the Company or any Person who will control, manage or participate in the management of the Company, and any Affiliate of such Person. Not included is any Person whose only relationship with the Company is that of an independent
property manager of Company assets, and whose only compensation is as such. Sponsor does not include wholly independent third parties such as attorneys, accountants, and underwriters whose only compensation is for professional services. 

 
 Stockholders. The registered holders of the Company’s Shares.

  
 Stockholders’ 8% Return. As of each date, an
aggregate amount equal to a 8% Cumulative Return.  
  
 Subordinated Disposition Fee. The Subordinated Disposition Fee as defined in Paragraph 9(b). 
  
 Subordinated Incentive Fee. The fee payable to the Advisor under certain circumstances if the Shares are listed on a national securities exchange
or over-the-counter market as defined in Paragraph 9(d). 
  
 Subordinated Share of Net Sale Proceeds. The Subordinated Share of Net Sales Proceeds as defined in Paragraph 9(c). 
  
 Termination Date. The date of termination of the Agreement. 
  
 2%/25% Guidelines. The requirement pursuant to the guidelines of the North American Securities Administrators
Association, Inc. that, in any 12 month period, total Operating Expenses not exceed the greater of 2% of the Company’s Average Invested Assets during such 12 month period or 25% of the Company’s Net Income over the same 12 month period.

  
 2. Appointment. The Company hereby appoints the
Advisor to serve as its advisor on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, and the Advisor hereby accepts such appointment. 
  
 3. Duties of the Advisor. The Advisor undertakes to use its best efforts to present to the Company potential investment opportunities and to
provide a continuing and suitable investment program consistent with the investment objectives and policies of the Company as determined and adopted from time to time by the Board. In performance of this undertaking, subject to the supervision of
the Board and consistent with the provisions of the Prospectus, Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company, the Advisor shall, either directly or by engaging an Affiliate: 
  

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	 	(a)	 	serve as the Company’s investment and financial advisor and provide research and economic and statistical data in connection with the Company’s assets and investment
policies; 

  

	 	(b)	 	provide the daily management of the Company and perform and supervise the various administrative functions reasonably necessary for the management of the Company;

  

	 	(c)	 	maintain and preserve the books and records of the Company, including stock books and records reflecting a record of the Stockholders and their ownership of the Company’s
uncertificated Shares and acting as transfer agent for the Company’s uncertificated Shares; 

  

	 	(d)	 	investigate, select, and, on behalf of the Company, engage and conduct business with such Persons as the Advisor deems necessary to the proper performance of its obligations
hereunder, including but not limited to consultants, accountants, correspondents, lenders, technical advisors, attorneys, brokers, underwriters, corporate fiduciaries, escrow agents, depositaries, custodians, agents for collection, insurers,
insurance agents, banks, builders, developers, property owners, mortgagors, and any and all agents for any of the foregoing, including Affiliates of the Advisor, and Persons acting in any other capacity deemed by the Advisor necessary or desirable
for the performance of any of the foregoing services, including but not’ limited to entering into contracts in the name of the Company with any of the foregoing; 

  

	 	(e)	 	consult with the officers and the Board of the Company and assist the Board in the formulation and implementation of the Company’s financial policies, and, as necessary,
furnish the Board with advice and recommendations with respect to the making of investments consistent with the investment objectives and policies of the Company and in connection with any borrowings proposed to be undertaken by the Company;

  

	 	(f)	 	subject to the provisions of Paragraphs 3(g) and 4 hereof, (i) locate, analyze and select potential investments in Properties, (ii) structure and negotiate the terms and conditions
of transactions pursuant to which investment in Properties will be made; (iii) make investments in Properties on behalf of the Company or the Partnership in compliance with the investment objectives and policies of the Company; (iv) arrange for
financing and refinancing and make other changes in the asset or capital structure of, and dispose of, reinvest the proceeds from the sale of, or otherwise deal with the investments in, Property; and (v) enter into leases and service contracts for
Company Property and, to the extent necessary, perform all other operational functions for the maintenance and administration of such Company Property; 

  

	 	(g)	 	provide the Board with periodic reports regarding prospective investments in Properties; 

  

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	 	(h)	 	obtain the prior approval of the Board (including a majority of all Independent Directors) for any and all investments in Properties; 

  

	 	(i)	 	negotiate on behalf of the Company with banks or lenders for loans to be made to the Company, and negotiate on behalf of the Company with investment banking firms and broker-dealers
or negotiate private sales of Shares and Securities or obtain loans for the Company, but in no event in such a way so that the Advisor shall be acting as broker-dealer or underwriter; and provided, further, that any fees and costs payable to third
parties incurred by the Advisor in connection with the foregoing shall be the responsibility of the Company; 

  

	 	(j)	 	obtain reports (which may be prepared by the Advisor or its Affiliates), where appropriate, concerning the value of investments or contemplated investments of the Company in
Properties; 

  

	 	(k)	 	from time to time, or at any time reasonably requested by the Board, provide information or make reports to the Board related to its performance of services to the Company under
this Agreement; 

  

	 	(l)	 	from time to time, or at any time reasonably requested by the Board, make reports to the Board of the investment opportunities it has presented to other Wells-sponsored programs or
that it has pursued directly or through an Affiliate; 

  

	 	(m)	 	provide the Company with all necessary cash management services; 

  

	 	(m)	 	do all things necessary to assure its ability to render the services described in this Agreement; 

  

	 	(n)	 	deliver to or maintain on behalf of the Company copies of all appraisals obtained in connection with the investments in Properties; and 

	 	

	 	(o)	 	notify the Board of all proposed material transactions before they are completed. 

  
 4. Authority of Advisor. 
  
 (a) Pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (including the restrictions included in this Paragraph 4 and in Paragraph 7),
and subject to the continuing and exclusive authority of the Board over the management of the Company, the Company hereby delegates to the Advisor the authority to (1) locate, analyze and select investment opportunities, (2) structure the terms and
conditions of transactions pursuant to which investments will be made or acquired for the Company or the Partnership, (3) acquire Properties in compliance with the investment objectives and policies of the Company, (4) arrange for financing or
refinancing of Properties, (5) enter into leases and service contracts for the Company’s Properties, including oversight of Affiliated companies that perform property management services for the Company, (6) oversee non-affiliated property
managers and other non-affiliated Persons who perform services for the Company; and (7) undertake accounting and other record-keeping functions at the Property level. 
  

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 (b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any investment in Properties, including any acquisition of Property by
the Company or the Partnership (as well as any financing acquired by the Company or the Partnership in connection with such acquisition), will require the prior approval of the Board (including a majority of the Independent Directors). 

 
 (c) If a transaction requires approval by the Independent Directors, the
Advisor will deliver to the Independent Directors all documents required by them to properly evaluate the proposed investment in the Property. 
  
 The prior approval of a majority of the Independent Directors and a majority of the Board not otherwise interested in the transaction will be required for
each transaction with the Advisor or its Affiliates. 
  
 The Board
may, at any time upon the giving of notice to the Advisor, modify or revoke the authority set forth in this Paragraph 4. If and to the extent the Board so modifies or revokes the authority contained herein, the Advisor shall henceforth submit to the
Board for prior approval such proposed transactions involving investments in Property as thereafter require prior approval, provided however, that such modification or revocation shall be effective upon receipt by the Advisor and shall not be
applicable to investment transactions to which the Advisor has committed the Company prior to the date of receipt by the Advisor of such notification. 
  
 5. Bank Accounts. The Advisor may establish and maintain one or more bank accounts in its own name for the account of the Company or in the
name of the Company and may collect and deposit into any such account or accounts, and disburse from any such account or accounts, any money on behalf of the Company, under such terms and conditions as the Board may approve, provided that no funds
shall be commingled with the funds of the Advisor; and the Advisor shall from time to time render appropriate accountings of such collections and payments to the Board and to the auditors of the Company. 
  
 6. Records; Access. The Advisor shall maintain appropriate
records of all its activities hereunder and make such records available for inspection by the Board and by counsel, auditors and authorized agents of the Company, at any time or from time to time during normal business hours. The Advisor shall at
all reasonable times have access to the books and records of the Company. 
  
 7. Limitations on Activities. Anything else in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, the Advisor shall refrain from taking any action which, in its sole judgment made in good faith, would (a)
adversely affect the status of the Company as a REIT, (b) subject the Company to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or (c) violate any law, rule, regulation or statement of policy of any governmental body or agency
having jurisdiction over the Company, its Shares or its Securities, or otherwise not be permitted by the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company, except if such action shall be ordered by the Board, in which case the Advisor shall notify
promptly the Board of the Advisor’s judgment of the potential impact of such action and shall refrain from taking such action until it receives further clarification or instructions from the Board. In such event the Advisor shall have no
liability for acting in accordance with the specific instructions of the Board so given. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Advisor, its directors, officers, employees and stockholders, 
  

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 and stockholders, directors and officers of the Advisor’s Affiliates shall not be liable to the Company or to the
Board or stockholders for any act or omission by the Advisor, its directors, officers or employees, or stockholders, directors or officers of the Advisor’s Affiliates except as provided in Paragraphs 20 and 21 of this Agreement. 
  
 8. Relationship with Directors. Directors, officers and
employees of the Advisor or an Affiliate of the Advisor or any corporate parents of an Affiliate, or directors, officers or stockholders of any director, officer or corporate parent of an Affiliate may serve as a Director and as officers of the
Company, except that no director, officer or employee of the Advisor or its Affiliates who also is a Director or officer of the Company shall receive any compensation from the Company for serving as a Director or officer other than reasonable
reimbursement for travel and related expenses incurred in attending meetings of the Board. 
  
 9. Fees. 
  
 (a)
Acquisition Fees. The Advisor may receive, as compensation for services rendered in connection with the investigation, selection and acquisition (by purchase, investment or exchange) of Properties, Acquisition Fees in an amount equal to 3.5% of
Gross Proceeds, payable by the Company upon the Company’s receipt of Gross Proceeds. 
  
 (b) Subordinated Disposition Fee. If the Advisor or an Affiliate provides a substantial amount of the services (as determined by a majority of the Independent Directors) in connection with the Sale of one or
more Properties, the Advisor or an Affiliate shall receive a Subordinated Disposition Fee equal to the lesser of (i) one-half of a Competitive Real Estate Commission or (ii) 3.0% of the sales price of such Property or Properties. The Subordinated
Disposition Fee will be paid only if Stockholders have received total Distributions in an amount equal to the sum of their aggregate Invested Capital and their aggregate Stockholders’ 8% Return. To the extent that Subordinated Disposition Fees
are not paid by the Company on a current basis due to the foregoing limitation, the unpaid fees will be accrued and paid at such time as the subordination conditions have been satisfied. The Subordinated Disposition Fee may be paid in addition to
real estate commissions paid to non-Affiliates, provided that the total real estate commissions paid to all Persons by the Company shall not exceed an amount equal to the lesser of (i) 6.0% of the Contract Sales Price of a Property or (ii) the
Competitive Real Estate Commission. In the event this Agreement is terminated prior to such time as the Stockholders have received total Distributions in an amount equal to 100% of Invested Capital plus an amount sufficient to pay the
Stockholders’ 8% Return through the Termination Date, an appraisal of the Properties then owned by the Company shall be made and the Subordinated Disposition Fee on Properties previously sold will be deemed earned if the Appraised Value of the
Properties then owned by the Company plus total Distributions received prior to the Termination Date equals 100% of Invested Capital plus an amount sufficient to pay the Stockholders’ 8% Return through the Termination Date. Upon Listing, if the
Advisor has accrued but not been paid such Subordinated Disposition Fee, then for purposes of determining whether the subordination conditions have been satisfied, Stockholders will be deemed to have received Distributions in the amount equal to the
product of the total number of Shares outstanding and the average closing price of the Shares over a period, beginning 180 days after Listing, of 30 days during which the Shares are traded. 
  

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 (c) Subordinated Share of Net Sales Proceeds. The Subordinated Share of Net Sales Proceeds shall
be payable to the Advisor in an amount equal to 10% of Net Sales Proceeds remaining after the Stockholders have received Distributions equal to the sum of the Stockholders’ 8% Return and 100% of Invested Capital. Following Listing, no
Subordinated Share of Net Sales Proceeds will be paid to the Advisor. 
  
 (d) Subordinated Incentive Fee. Upon Listing, the Advisor shall be entitled to the Subordinated Incentive Fee in an amount equal to 10.0% of the amount by which (i) the market value of the outstanding stock of the Company, measured
by taking the average closing price or average of bid and asked price, as the case may be, over a period of 30 days during which the Shares are traded, with such period beginning 180 days after Listing (the “Market Value”), plus the total
of all Distributions paid to Stockholders from the Company’s inception until the date of Listing, exceeds (ii) the sum of (A) 100% of Invested Capital and (B) the total Distributions required to be paid to the Stockholders in order to pay the
Stockholders’ 8% Return from inception through the date of Listing. The Company shall have the option to pay such fee in the form of cash, Shares, a promissory note or any combination of the foregoing. The Subordinated Incentive Fee will be
reduced by the amount of any prior payment to the Advisor of a Subordinated Share of Net Sales Proceeds. In the event the Subordinated Incentive Fee is paid to the Advisor following Listing, no other performance fee will be paid to the Advisor.

  
 (e) Loans from Affiliates. If any loans are made to the
Company by an Affiliate of the Advisor, the maximum amount of interest that may be charged by such Affiliate shall be the lesser of (i) 1.0% above the prime rate of interest charged from time to time by The Bank of New York and (ii) the rate that
would be charged to the Company by unrelated lending institutions on comparable loans for the same purpose. The terms of any such loans shall be no less favorable than the terms available between non-Affiliated Persons for similar commercial loans.

  
 (f) Changes to Fee Structure. In the event of Listing,
the Company and the Advisor shall negotiate in good faith to establish a fee structure appropriate for a perpetual-life entity. A majority of the Independent Directors must approve the new fee structure negotiated with the Advisor. In negotiating a
new fee structure, the Independent Directors shall consider all of the factors they deem relevant, including, but not limited to: (i) the amount of the advisory fee in relation to the asset value, composition and profitability of the Company’s
portfolio; (ii) the success of the Advisor in generating opportunities that meet the investment objectives of the Company; (iii) the rates charged to other REITs and to investors other than REITs by advisors performing the same or similar services;
(iv) additional revenues realized by the Advisor and its Affiliates through their relationship with the Company, including loan administration, underwriting or broker commissions, servicing, engineering, inspection and other fees, whether paid by
the Company or by others with whom the Company does business; (v) the quality and extent of service and advice furnished by the Advisor; (vi) the performance of the investment portfolio of the Company, including income, conversion or appreciation of
capital, and number and frequency of problem investments; and (vii) the quality of the Property portfolio of the Company in relationship to the investments generated by the Advisor for its own account. The new fee structure can be no more favorable
to the Advisor than the current fee structure. 
  

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 10. Expenses. 
  
 (a) In addition to the compensation paid to the Advisor pursuant to Paragraph 9 hereof, the Company shall pay directly or
reimburse the Advisor for all of the expenses paid or incurred by the Advisor in connection with the services it provides to the Company pursuant to this Agreement, including, but not limited to: 
  

	 	(i)	 	the Company’s Organizational and Offering Expenses; provided, however, that within 60 days after the end of the month in which an Offering terminates, the Advisor shall
reimburse the Company for any Organizational and Offering Expenses reimbursement received by the Advisor pursuant to this Paragraph 10, to the extent that such reimbursement exceeds 2.0% of the Gross Proceeds. The Advisor shall be responsible for
the payment of all the Company’s Organizational and Offering Expenses in excess of 2.0% of the Gross Proceeds; 

  

	 	(ii)	 	Acquisition Expenses payable to unaffiliated Persons incurred in connection with the selection and acquisition of Properties; 

  

	 	(iii)	 	the actual cost of goods and services used by the Company and obtained from entities not affiliated with the Advisor, other than Acquisition Expenses, including brokerage fees paid
in connection with the purchase and sale of securities; 

  

	 	(iv)	 	interest and other costs for borrowed money, including discounts, points and other similar fees; 

  

	 	(v)	 	taxes and assessments on income or Property and taxes as an expense of doing business; 

  

	 	(vi)	 	costs associated with insurance required in connection with the business of the Company or by the Board; 

  

	 	(vii)	 	expenses of managing and operating Properties owned by the Company, whether payable to an Affiliate of the Company or a non-affiliated Person. 

  

	 	(viii)	 	all expenses in connection with payments to the Board and meetings of the Board and Stockholders; 

  

	 	(ix)	 	expenses associated with Listing or with the issuance and distribution of Shares and Securities, such as selling commissions and fees, advertising expenses, taxes, legal and
accounting fees, Listing and registration fees, and other Organization and Offering Expenses; 

  

	 	(x)	 	expenses connected with payments of Distributions in cash or otherwise made or caused to be made by the Company to the Stockholders; 

  

	 	(xi)	 	expenses of organizing, revising, amending, converting, modifying, or terminating the Company or the Articles of Incorporation; 

  
  

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	 	(xii)	 	expenses of maintaining communications with Stockholders, including the cost of preparation, printing, and mailing annual reports and other Stockholder reports, proxy statements and
other reports required by governmental entities; 

  

	 	(xiii)	 	administrative service expenses (including personnel costs; provided, however, that no reimbursement shall be made for costs of personnel to the extent that such personnel perform
services in transactions for which the Advisor receives a separate fee); and 

  

	 	(xiv)	 	audit, accounting and legal fees. 

  
 (b) Expenses incurred by the Advisor on behalf of the Company and payable pursuant to this Paragraph 10 shall be reimbursed no less than monthly to the
Advisor. The Advisor shall prepare a statement documenting the expenses of the Company during each quarter, and shall deliver such statement to the Company within 45 days after the end of each quarter. 
  
 (c) Notwithstanding anything else in this Section 10 to the contrary, the
expenses enumerated in Section 10(a)(i), (ix), and (xi) shall not become reimbursable to the Advisor unless and until a Listing of the Shares has been completed. 
  
 11. Other Services. Should the Board request that the Advisor or any director, officer or employee thereof
render services for the Company other than set forth in Paragraph 3, such services shall be separately compensated at such rates and in such amounts as are agreed by the Advisor and the Independent Directors of the Company, subject to the
limitations contained in the Articles of Incorporation, and shall not be deemed to be services pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. 
  
 12. Fidelity Bond. The Advisor shall maintain a fidelity bond for the benefit of the Company which bond shall insure the Company from losses
of up to $10,000,000 per occurrence and shall be of the type customarily purchased by entities performing services similar to those provided to the Company by the Advisor. 
  
 13. Reimbursement to the Advisor. The Company shall not reimburse the Advisor at the end of any fiscal quarter
Operating Expenses that, in the four consecutive fiscal quarters then ended (the “Expense Year”) exceed (the “Excess Amount”) the greater of 2% of Average Invested Assets or 25% of Net Income (the “2%/25% Guidelines”)
for such year. Any Excess Amount paid to the Advisor during a fiscal quarter shall be repaid to the Company. If there is an Excess Amount in any Expense Year and the Independent Directors determine that such excess was justified, based on unusual
and nonrecurring factors which they deem sufficient, the Excess Amount may be carried over and included in Operating Expenses in subsequent Expense Years, and reimbursed to the Advisor in one or more of such years, provided that Operating Expenses
in any Expense Year, including any Excess Amount to be paid to the Advisor, shall not exceed the 2%/25% Guidelines. Within 60 days after the end of any fiscal quarter of the Company for which total Operating Expenses for the Expense Year exceed the
2%/25% Guidelines, there shall be sent to the stockholders a written disclosure of such fact, together with an explanation of the factors the Independent Directors considered in determining that such excess expenses were justified. Such
determination shall be reflected in the minutes of the meetings of the Board of 
  

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 Directors. The Company will not reimburse the Advisor or its Affiliates for services for which the Advisor or its
Affiliates are entitled to compensation in the form of a separate fee. All figures used in the foregoing computation shall be determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis. 
  
 14. Other Activities of the Advisor. Nothing herein contained
shall prevent the Advisor from engaging in other activities, including, without limitation, the rendering of advice to other Persons (including other REITs) and the management of other programs advised, sponsored or organized by the Advisor or its
Affiliates; nor shall this Agreement limit or restrict the right of any director, officer, employee, or stockholder of the Advisor or its Affiliates to engage in any other business or to render services of any kind to any other partnership,
corporation, firm, individual, trust or association. The Advisor may, with respect to any investment in which the Company is a participant, also render advice and service to each and every other participant therein. The Advisor shall report to the
Board the existence of any condition or circumstance, existing or anticipated, of which it has knowledge, which creates or could create a conflict of interest between the Advisor’s obligations to the Company and its obligations to or its
interest in any other partnership, corporation, firm, individual, trust or association. The Advisor or its Affiliates shall promptly disclose to the Board knowledge of such condition or circumstance. If the Sponsor, Advisor, Director or Affiliates
thereof have sponsored other investment programs with similar investment objectives which have investment funds available at the same time as the Company, it shall be the duty of the Board (including the Independent Directors) to adopt the method
set forth in the Registration Statement or another reasonable method by which properties are to be allocated to the competing investment entities and to use their best efforts to apply such method fairly to the Company. 
  
 The Advisor shall be required to use its best efforts to present a continuing
and suitable investment program to the Company which is consistent with the investment policies and objectives of the Company, but neither the Advisor nor any Affiliate of the Advisor shall be obligated generally to present any particular investment
opportunity to the Company even if the opportunity is of character which, if presented to the Company, could be taken by the Company. The Advisor or its Affiliates may make such an investment in a property only after (i) such investment has been
offered to the Company and all public partnerships and other investment entities affiliated with the Company with funds available for such investment and (ii) such investment is found to be unsuitable for investment by the Company, such partnerships
and investment entities. 
  
 In the event that the Advisor or its
Affiliates is presented with a potential investment which might be made by the Company and by another investment entity which the Advisor or its Affiliates advises or manages, the Advisor shall consider the investment portfolio of each entity, cash
flow of each entity, the effect of the acquisition on the diversification of each entity’s portfolio, rental payments during any renewal period, the estimated income tax effects of the purchase on each entity, the policies of each entity
relating to leverage, the funds of each entity available for investment and the length of time such funds have been available for investment. In the event that an investment opportunity becomes available which is suitable for both the Company and a
public or private entity which the Advisor or its Affiliates are Affiliated, then the entity which has had the longest period of time elapse since it was offered an investment opportunity will first be offered the investment opportunity. The Advisor
may consider the 
  

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 property for private placement only if such property is deemed inappropriate for any investment entity which is advised
or managed by the Advisor, including the Company. 
  
 15.
Relationship of Advisor and Company. The Company and the Advisor are not partners or joint venturers with each other, and nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to make them such partners or joint venturers or impose any
liability as such on either of them. 
  
 16. Term;
Termination of Agreement. This Agreement shall continue in force until the first anniversary of the date hereof, subject to an unlimited number of successive one-year renewals upon mutual consent of the parties. It is the duty of the Board
to evaluate the performance of the Advisor or annually before renewing the Agreement, and each such renewal shall be for a term of no more than one year. 
  
 17. Termination by Either Party. This Agreement may be terminated upon 60 days written notice without Cause or penalty, by either party (by
majority of the Independent Directors of the Company or a majority of the Board of Directors of the Advisor, as the case may be). 
  
 18. Assignment to an Affiliate. This Agreement may be assigned by the Advisor to an Affiliate with the approval of a majority of the Board
(including a majority of the Independent Directors). The Advisor may assign any rights to receive fees or other payments under this Agreement without obtaining the approval of the Board. This Agreement shall not be assigned by the Company without
the consent of the Advisor, except in the case of an assignment by the Company to a corporation or other organization which is a successor to all of the assets, rights and obligations of the Company, in which case such successor organization shall
be bound hereunder and by the terms of said assignment in the same manner as the Company is bound by this Agreement. 
  
 19. Payments to and Duties of Advisor upon Termination. Payments to the Advisor pursuant to this Section 19 shall be subject to the 2%/25%
Guidelines to the extent applicable. 
  
 (a) After the Termination
Date, the Advisor shall not be entitled to compensation for further services hereunder except it shall be entitled to receive from the Company within 30 days after the effective date of such termination all unpaid reimbursements of expenses and all
earned but unpaid fees payable to the Advisor prior to termination of this Agreement. 
  
 (b) The Advisor shall promptly upon termination: 
  

	 	(i)	 	pay over to the Company all money collected and held for the account of the Company pursuant to this Agreement, after deducting any accrued compensation and reimbursement for its
expenses to which it is then entitled; 

  

	 	(ii)	 	deliver to the Board a full accounting, including a statement showing all payments collected by it and a statement of all money held by it, covering the period following the date of
the last accounting furnished to the Board; 

  
  

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	 	(iii)	 	deliver to the Board all assets, including Properties, and documents of the Company then in the custody of the Advisor; and 

  

	 	(iv)	 	cooperate with the Company to provide an orderly management transition. 

  
 20. Indemnification by the Company. The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless the Advisor and its Affiliates, including their respective
officers, directors, partners and employees, from all liability, claims, damages or losses arising in the performance of their duties hereunder, and related expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, to the extent such liability, claims,
damages or losses and related expenses are not fully reimbursed by insurance, subject to any limitations imposed by the laws of the State of Maryland or the Articles of Incorporation of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Advisor shall
not be entitled to indemnification or be held harmless pursuant to this Paragraph 20 for any activity which the Advisor shall be required to indemnify or hold harmless the Company pursuant to Paragraph 21. Any indemnification of the Advisor may be
made only out of the net assets of the Company and not from Stockholders. 
  
 21. Indemnification by Advisor. The Advisor shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company from contract or other liability, claims, damages, taxes or losses and related expenses including attorneys’
fees, to the extent that such liability, claims, damages, taxes or losses and related expenses are not fully reimbursed by insurance and are incurred by reason of the Advisor’s bad faith, fraud, willful misfeasance, misconduct, negligence or
reckless disregard of its duties, but the Advisor shall not be held responsible for any action of the Board of Directors in following or declining to follow any advice or recommendation given by the Advisor. 
  
 22. Notices. Any notice, report or other communication required
or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing unless some other method of giving such notice, report or other communication is required by the Articles of Incorporation, the Bylaws, or accepted by the party to whom it is given, and shall be
given by being delivered by hand or by overnight mail or other overnight delivery service to the addresses set forth herein: 
  

	 To the Board and to the Company:
	  	 Wells Real Estate Investment Trust III, Inc.
 6200 The Corners Parkway, Suite 250
 Norcross, Georgia 30092
  

	 To the Advisor:
	  	 Wells Capital, Inc.
 6200 The Corners
Parkway, Suite 250
 Norcross, Georgia 30092

  
 Either party may at
any time give notice in writing to the other party of a change in its address for the purposes of this Paragraph 22. 
  
 23. Modification. This Agreement shall not be changed, modified, terminated, or discharged, in whole or in part, except by an instrument in
writing signed by both parties hereto, or their respective successors or assignees. 
  

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 24. Severability. The provisions of this Agreement are independent of and severable from
each other, and no provision shall be affected or rendered invalid or unenforceable by virtue of the fact that for any reason any other or others of them may be invalid or unenforceable in whole or in part. 
  
 25. Construction. The provisions of this Agreement shall be
construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Georgia. 
  
 26. Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement and understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior and contemporaneous
agreements, understandings, inducements and conditions, express or implied, oral or written, of any nature whatsoever with respect to the subject matter hereof. The express terms hereof control and supersede any course of performance and/or usage of
the trade inconsistent with any of the terms hereof. This Agreement may not be modified or amended other than by an agreement in writing. 
  
 27. Indulgences, Not Waivers. Neither the failure nor any delay on the part of a party to exercise any right, remedy, power or privilege
under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise of the same or of any other right, remedy, power or privilege, nor shall
any waiver of any right, remedy, power or privilege with respect to any occurrence be construed as a waiver of such right, remedy, power or privilege with respect to any other occurrence. No waiver shall be effective unless it is in writing and is
signed by the party asserted to have granted such waiver. 
  
 28.
Gender. Words used herein regardless of the number and gender specifically used, shall be deemed and construed to include any other number, singular or plural, and any other gender, masculine, feminine or neuter, as the context
requires. 
  
 29. Titles Not to Affect
Interpretation. The titles of paragraphs and subparagraphs contained in this Agreement are for convenience only, and they neither form a part of this Agreement nor are they to be used in the construction or interpretation hereof. 

 
 30. Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be
executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original as against any party whose signature appears thereon, and all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement shall become binding
when one or more counterparts hereof, individually or taken together, shall bear the signatures of all of the parties reflected hereon as the signatories. 
  
 31. Name. Wells Capital, Inc. has a proprietary interest in the name “Wells.” Accordingly, and in recognition of this right, if at
any time the Company ceases to retain Wells Capital, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof to perform the services of Advisor, the Company will, promptly after receipt of written request from Wells Capital, Inc., cease to conduct business under or use the
name “Wells” or any diminutive thereof and the Company shall use its best efforts to change the name of the Company to a name that does not contain the name “Wells” or any other word or words that might, in the sole discretion of
the Advisor, be susceptible of indication of some form of relationship between the Company and the Advisor or any Affiliate 
  

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 thereof. Consistent with the foregoing, it is specifically recognized that the Advisor or one or more of its Affiliates
has in the past and may in the future organize, sponsor or otherwise permit to exist other investment vehicles (including vehicles for investment in real estate) and financial and service organizations having “Wells” as a part of their
name, all without the need for any consent (and without the right to object thereto) by the Company or its Board. 
  
 [Signatures appear on next page.] 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Advisory Agreement as of the date and year
first above written. 
  

		
	 	  	 WELLS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
  
 By:                 

 Name:    Douglas P. Williams
 Title:      Executive Vice President

  

		
	 	  	 WELLS CAPITAL, INC.
  
 By:                 

 Name:    Leo F. Wells III
 Title:      President

  

 20Form of Agreement of Limited Partnership

 Exhibit 10.2 
  
 FORM OF 
 AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 
 OF 
 WELLS OPERATING PARTNERSHIP III, L.P. 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
  

	 ARTICLE I DEFINED TERMS
	  	1
		
	 ARTICLE II PARTNERSHIP FORMATION AND IDENTIFICATION
	  	8
	 2.01
	  	 Formation.
	  	8
	 2.02
	  	 Name, Office and Registered Agent.
	  	8
	 2.03
	  	 Partners
	  	8
	 2.04
	  	 Term and Dissolution
	  	9
	 2.05
	  	 Filing of Certificate and Perfection of Limited Partnership
	  	9
	 2.06
	  	 Certificates Describing Partnership Units
	  	10
		
	 ARTICLE III BUSINESS OF THE PARTNERSHIP
	  	10
		
	 ARTICLE IV CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOUNTS
	  	10
	 4.01
	  	 Capital Contributions
	  	10
	 4.02
	  	 Additional Capital Contributions and Issuance of Additional Partnership Interests
	  	10
	 4.03
	  	 Additional Funding
	  	13
	 4.04
	  	 Capital Accounts
	  	13
	 4.05
	  	 Percentage Interests
	  	13
	 4.06
	  	 No Interest on Contributions
	  	14
	 4.07
	  	 Return of Capital Contributions
	  	14
	 4.08
	  	 No Third Party Beneficiary
	  	14
		
	 ARTICLE V PROFITS AND LOSSES; DISTRIBUTIONS
	  	14
	 5.01
	  	 Allocation of Profit and Loss
	  	14
	 5.02
	  	 Distribution of Cash
	  	17
	 5.03
	  	 REIT Distribution Requirements
	  	18
	 5.04
	  	 No Right to Distributions In Kind
	  	18
	 5.05
	  	 Limitations on Return of Capital Contributions
	  	18
	 5.06
	  	 Distributions Upon Liquidation
	  	18
	 5.07
	  	 Substantial Economic Effect
	  	19
		
	 ARTICLE VI RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS AND POWERS OF THE GENERAL PARTNER
	  	19
	 6.01
	  	 Management of the Partnership
	  	19
	 6.02
	  	 Delegation of Authority
	  	22
	 6.03
	  	 Indemnification and Exculpation of Indemnitees
	  	22
	 6.04
	  	 Liability of the General Partner
	  	23
	 6.05
	  	 Reimbursement of General Partner
	  	24
	 6.06
	  	 Outside Activities
	  	24
	 6.07
	  	 Employment or Retention of Affiliates
	  	25
	 6.08
	  	 General Partner Participation
	  	25
	 6.09
	  	 Title to Partnership Assets
	  	25
	 6.10
	  	 Miscellaneous
	  	26

  

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	 ARTICLE VII CHANGES IN GENERAL PARTNER
	  	26
	 7.01
	  	 Transfer of the General Partner’s Partnership Interest
	  	26
	 7.02
	  	 Admission of a Substitute or Additional General Partner
	  	28
	 7.03
	  	 Effect of Bankruptcy, Withdrawal, Death or Dissolution of a General Partner
	  	28
	 7.04
	  	 Removal of a General Partner
	  	29
		
	 ARTICLE VIII RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE LIMITED PARTNERS
	  	30
	 8.01
	  	 Management of the Partnership
	  	30
	 8.02
	  	 Power of Attorney
	  	30
	 8.03
	  	 Limitation on Liability of Limited Partners
	  	30
	 8.04
	  	 Ownership by Limited Partner of Corporate General Partner or Affiliate
	  	30
	 8.05
	  	 Exchange Right
	  	31
	 8.06
	  	 Registration
	  	32
		
	 ARTICLE IX TRANSFERS OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS
	  	34
	 9.01
	  	 Purchase for Investment
	  	34
	 9.02
	  	 Restrictions on Transfer of Limited Partnership Interests
	  	34
	 9.03
	  	 Admission of Substitute Limited Partner
	  	35
	 9.04
	  	 Rights of Assignees of Partnership Interests
	  	36
	 9.05
	  	 Effect of Bankruptcy, Death, Incompetence or Termination of a Limited Partner
	  	37
	 9.06
	  	 Joint Ownership of Interests
	  	37
		
	 ARTICLE X BOOKS AND RECORDS; ACCOUNTING; TAX MATTERS
	  	37
	 10.01
	  	 Books and Records
	  	37
	 10.02
	  	 Custody of Partnership Funds, Bank Accounts
	  	38
	 10.03
	  	 Fiscal and Taxable Year
	  	38
	 10.04
	  	 Annual Tax Information and Report
	  	38
	 10.05
	  	 Tax Matters Partner, Tax Elections, Special Basis Adjustments
	  	38
	 10.06
	  	 Reports to Limited Partners
	  	39
		
	 ARTICLE XI AMENDMENT OF AGREEMENT; MERGER
	  	39
		
	 ARTICLE XII GENERAL PROVISIONS
	  	40
	 12.01
	  	 Notices
	  	40
	 12.02
	  	 Survival of Rights
	  	40
	 12.03
	  	 Additional Documents
	  	40
	 12.04
	  	 Severability
	  	40
	 12.05
	  	 Entire Agreement
	  	40
	 12.06
	  	 Pronouns and Plurals
	  	40
	 12.07
	  	 Headings
	  	41
	 12.08
	  	 Counterparts
	  	41
	 12.09
	  	 Governing Law
	  	41
		
	 EXHIBIT A
	  	43
		
	 EXHIBIT B
	  	44

  
  

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 AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 
 OF 
 WELLS OPERATING PARTNERSHIP III, L.P. 
  
 RECITALS 
  
 Wells Operating Partnership III, L.P. (the “Partnership”) was formed as a limited partnership under the laws of
the State of Delaware, pursuant to a Certificate of Limited Partnership filed with the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware effective as of July 17, 2003. This Agreement of Limited Partnership is entered into this
         day of                     , 2003 between Wells Real Estate Investment Trust III,
Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “General Partner”) and the Limited Partner(s) set forth on Exhibit A hereto (the “Agreement”). 
  
 AGREEMENT 
  
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, of mutual covenants between the parties hereto, and of other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 
  
 ARTICLE I 
 DEFINED TERMS 
  
 The following defined terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings specified below: 
  
 “Act” means the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited
Partnership Act, as it may be amended from time to time. 
  
 “Additional Funds” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.03 hereof. 
  
 “Additional Securities” means any additional REIT Shares (other than REIT Shares issued in connection with an exchange pursuant to Section 8.05 hereof) or rights, options, warrants or convertible or
exchangeable securities containing the right to subscribe for or purchase REIT Shares, as set forth in Section 4.02(a)(ii). 
  
 “Administrative Expenses” means (i) all administrative and operating costs and expenses incurred by the Partnership, (ii) those
administrative costs and expenses of the General Partner, including any salaries or other payments to directors, officers or employees of the General Partner, and any accounting and legal expenses of the General Partner, which expenses, the Partners
have agreed, are expenses of the Partnership and not the General Partner, and (iii) to the extent not included in clause (ii) above, REIT Expenses; provided, however, that Administrative Expenses shall not include any administrative costs and
expenses incurred by the General Partner that are attributable to Properties or partnership interests in a Subsidiary Partnership that are owned by the General Partner directly. 

 “Affiliate” means, (i) any Person that, directly or indirectly, controls or is
controlled by or is under common control with such Person, (ii) any other Person that owns, beneficially, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the outstanding capital stock, shares or equity interests of such Person, or (iii) any officer,
director, employee, partner or trustee of such Person or any Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person (excluding trustees and persons serving in similar capacities who are not otherwise an Affiliate of such Person).
For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including the correlative meanings of the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly
or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, through the ownership of voting securities or partnership interests or otherwise. 
  
 “Agreed Value” means the fair market value of a
Partner’s non-cash Capital Contribution as of the date of contribution as agreed to by such Partner and the General Partner. The names and addresses of the Partners, number of Partnership Units issued to each Partner, and the Agreed Value of
non-cash Capital Contributions as of the date of contribution is set forth on Exhibit A. 
  
 “Agreement” means this Agreement of Limited Partnership. 
  
 “Articles Of Incorporation” means the Articles of Incorporation of the General Partner filed with the
Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation, as amended or restated from time to time. 
  
 “Capital Account” has the meaning provided in Section 4.04 hereof. 
  
 “Capital Contribution” means the total amount of cash, cash equivalents, and the Agreed Value of any
Property or other asset contributed or agreed to be contributed, as the context requires, to the Partnership by each Partner pursuant to the terms of the Agreement. Any reference to the Capital Contribution of a Partner shall include the Capital
Contribution made by a predecessor holder of the Partnership Interest of such Partner. 
  
 “Cash Amount” means an amount of cash per Partnership Unit equal to the Value of the REIT Shares Amount on the date of receipt by the General Partner of a Notice of Exchange. 
  
 “Certificate” means any instrument or document that is
required under the laws of the State of Delaware, or any other jurisdiction in which the Partnership conducts business, to be signed and sworn to by the Partners of the Partnership (either by themselves or pursuant to the power-of-attorney granted
to the General Partner in Section 8.02 hereof) and filed for recording in the appropriate public offices within the State of Delaware or such other jurisdiction to perfect or maintain the Partnership as a limited partnership, to effect the
admission, withdrawal, or substitution of any Partner of the Partnership, or to protect the limited liability of the Limited Partners as limited partners under the laws of the State of Delaware or such other jurisdiction. 
  

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 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and as hereafter amended
from time to time. Reference to any particular provision of the Code shall mean that provision in the Code at the date hereof and any successor provision of the Code. 
  
 “Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 
  
 “Common Units” means any Partnership Units that are not
Preferred Partnership Units. 
  
 “Common Unit Liquidation
Amount” means ten and no/100 dollars ($10.00) multiplied by the Conversion Factor. 
  
 “Conversion Factor” means 1.0, provided that in the event that the General Partner (i) declares or pays a dividend on its outstanding REIT Shares in REIT Shares or makes a distribution to all holders
of its outstanding REIT Shares in REIT Shares, (ii) subdivides its outstanding REIT Shares, or (iii) combines its outstanding REIT Shares into a smaller number of REIT Shares, the Conversion Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion
Factor by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of REIT Shares issued and outstanding on the record date for such dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination (assuming for such purposes that such dividend, distribution,
subdivision or combination has occurred as of such time), and the denominator of which shall be the actual number of REIT Shares (determined without the above assumption) issued and outstanding on such date and, provided further, that in the event
that an entity other than an Affiliate of the General Partner shall become General Partner pursuant to any merger, consolidation or combination of the General Partner with or into another entity (the “Successor Entity”), the Conversion
Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Factor by the number of shares of the Successor Entity into which one REIT Share is converted pursuant to such merger, consolidation or combination, determined as of the date of such merger,
consolidation or combination. Any adjustment to the Conversion Factor shall become effective immediately after the effective date of such event retroactive to the record date, if any, for such event; provided, however, that if the General Partner
receives a Notice of Exchange after the record date, but prior to the effective date of such dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination, the Conversion Factor shall be determined as if the General Partner had received the Notice of Exchange
immediately prior to the record date for such dividend, distribution, subdivision or combination. 
  
 “Event of Bankruptcy” as to any Person means the filing of a petition for relief as to such Person as debtor or bankrupt under the
Bankruptcy Code of 1978 or similar provision of law of any jurisdiction (except if such petition is contested by such Person and has been dismissed within 90 days); insolvency or bankruptcy of such Person as finally determined by a court proceeding;
filing by such Person of a petition or application to accomplish the same or for the appointment of a receiver or a trustee for such Person or a substantial part of his assets; commencement of any proceedings relating to such Person as a debt or
under any other reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, adjustment of debt or liquidation law of any jurisdiction, whether now in existence or hereinafter in effect, either by such Person or by another, provided that if such proceeding is commenced
by another, such Person indicates his approval of such proceeding, consents thereto or acquiesces therein, or such proceeding is contested by such Person and has not been finally dismissed within 90 days. 
  

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 “Exchange Amount” means either the Cash Amount or the REIT Shares Amount, as selected by
the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion pursuant to Section 8.05(b) hereof. 
  
 “Exchange Right” has the meaning provided in Section 8.05(a) hereof. 
  
 “Exchanging Partner” has the meaning provided in Section 8.05(a) hereof. 
  
 “General Partner” means Wells Real Estate Investment Trust III, Inc. a Maryland corporation, and any Person
who becomes a substitute or additional General Partner as provided herein, and any of their successors as General Partner. 
  
 “General Partnership Interest” means a Partnership Interest held by the General Partner that is a general partnership interest.

  
 “Indemnitee” means (i) any Person made a
party to a proceeding by reason of its status as the General Partner, or a director, officer or employee of the General Partner or the Partnership, and (ii) such other Persons (including Affiliates of the General Partner or the Partnership) as the
General Partner may designate from time to time, in its sole and absolute discretion. 
  
 “Independent Director” means a director of the General Partner who is not an officer or employee of the General Partner, any Affiliate of an officer or employee or any Affiliate of (i) any lessee of
any property of the General Partner or any Subsidiary of the General Partner, (ii) any Subsidiary of the General Partner, or (iii) any partnership that is an Affiliate of the General Partner. 
  
 “Limited Partner” means any Person named as a Limited
Partner on Exhibit A attached hereto, and any Person who becomes a Substitute or Additional Limited Partner, in such Person’s capacity as a Limited Partner in the Partnership. 
  
 “Limited Partnership Interest” means the ownership interest of a Limited Partner in the Partnership at any
particular time, including the right of such Limited Partner to any and all benefits to which such Limited Partner may be entitled as provided in this Agreement and in the Act, together with the obligations of such Limited Partner to comply with all
the provisions of this Agreement and of such Act. 
  
 “Loss” has the meaning provided in Section 5.01(f) hereof. 
  
 “Minimum Limited Partnership Interest” means the lesser of (i) 1% or (ii) if the total Capital Contributions to the Partnership exceeds $50 million, 1% divided by the ratio of the total Capital
Contributions to the Partnership to $50 million; provided, however, that the Minimum Limited Partnership Interest shall not be less than 0.2% at any time. 
  
 “Notice of Exchange” means the Notice of Exercise of Exchange Right substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto.

  

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 “NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange. 
  
 “Offer” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.01(c) hereof.

  
 “Offering” means the initial offer and sale
by the General Partner and the purchase by the Dealer Manager (as defined in the Prospectus) of REIT Shares for sale to the public. 
  
 “Original Limited Partner” means the Limited Partner designated as “Original Limited Partner” on Exhibit A hereto.

  
 “Partner” means any General Partner or
Limited Partner. 
  
 “Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum
Gain” has the meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(i). A Partner’s share of Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain shall be determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(5). 
  
 “Partnership” means Wells Operating Partnership III, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership. 
  
 “Partnership
Interest” means an ownership interest in the Partnership held by either a Limited Partner or the General Partner and includes any and all benefits to which the holder of such a Partnership Interest may be entitled as provided in this
Agreement, together with all obligations of such Person to comply with the terms and provisions of this Agreement. 
  
 “Partnership Minimum Gain” has the meaning set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(d). In accordance with Regulations Section
1.704-2(d), the amount of Partnership Minimum Gain is determined by first computing, for each Partnership nonrecourse liability, any gain the Partnership would realize if it disposed of the property subject to that liability for no consideration
other than full satisfaction of the liability, and then aggregating the separately computed gains. A Partner’s share of Partnership Minimum Gain shall be determined in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(g)(1). 
  
 “Partnership Record Date” means the record date established
by the General Partner for the distribution of cash pursuant to Section 5.02 hereof, which record date shall be the same as the record date established by the General Partner for a distribution to its shareholders of some or all of its portion of
such distribution. 
  
 “Partnership Unit” means a
fractional, undivided share of the Partnership Interests of all Partners issued hereunder. The allocation of Partnership Units among the Partners shall be as set forth on Exhibit A, as may be amended from time to time. 
  
 “Percentage Interest” means the percentage ownership
interest in the Partnership of each Partner, as determined by dividing the Partnership Units owned by a Partner by the total number of Partnership Units then outstanding. The Percentage Interest of each Partner shall be as set forth on Exhibit
A, as may be amended from time to time. 
  

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 “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, joint venture, trust or other
entity. 
  
 “Preferred Partnership Unit” means
the Series A Preferred Units and any Partnership Unit issued from time to time pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof that is designated by the General Partner at the time of its issuance as a Preferred Partnership Unit. 
  
 “Profit” has the meaning provided in Section 5.01(f) hereof.

  
 “Property” means any office or industrial
property or other investment in which the Partnership holds an ownership interest. 
  
 “Prospectus” means the final prospectus delivered to purchasers of REIT Shares in the Offering. 
  
 “Regulations” means the Federal Income Tax Regulations issued under the Code, as amended and as hereafter amended from time to time.
Reference to any particular provision of the Regulations shall mean that provision of the Regulations on the date hereof and any successor provision of the Regulations. 
  
 “REIT” means a real estate investment trust under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code. 
  
 “REIT Expenses” means (i) costs and expenses relating to the
formation and continuity of existence and operation of the General Partner and any Subsidiaries thereof (which Subsidiaries shall, for purposes hereof, be included within the definition of General Partner), including taxes, fees and assessments
associated therewith, any and all costs, expenses or fees payable to any director, officer, or employee of the General Partner, (ii) costs and expenses relating to any public offering and registration of securities by the General Partner and all
statements, reports, fees and expenses incidental thereto, including, without limitation, underwriting discounts and selling commissions applicable to any such offering of securities, and any costs and expenses associated with any claims made by any
holders of such securities or any underwriters or placement agents thereof, (iii) costs and expenses associated with any repurchase of any securities by the General Partner, (iv) costs and expenses associated with the preparation and filing of any
periodic or other reports and communications by the General Partner under federal, state or local laws or regulations, including filings with the Commission, (v) costs and expenses associated with compliance by the General Partner with laws, rules
and regulations promulgated by any regulatory body, including the Commission and any securities exchange, (vi) costs and expenses associated with any 401(k) plan, incentive plan, bonus plan or other plan providing for compensation for the employees
of the General Partner, (vii) costs and expenses incurred by the General Partner relating to any issuing or redemption of Partnership Interests, and (viii) all other operating or administrative costs of the General Partner incurred in the ordinary
course of its business on behalf of or in connection with the Partnership. 
  
 “REIT Share” means a common share of beneficial interest in the General Partner (or successor Entity, as the case may be); provided that in the case of an Exchanging Partner holding 
  

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Preferred Units, “REIT Share” means a preferred share of beneficial interest in the General Partner (or successor Entity, as the case may be) where
such preferred share of beneficial interest is of a class or series that is economically equivalent (or as close as practical thereto) to the Preferred Units held by such Exchanging Partner. 
  
 “REIT Shares Amount” means a number of REIT Shares equal to
the product of the number of Partnership Units offered for exchange by an Exchanging Partner, multiplied by the Conversion Factor as adjusted to and including the Specified Exchange Date; provided that in the event the General Partner issues to all
holders of REIT Shares rights, options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities entitling the shareholders to subscribe for or purchase REIT Shares, or any other securities or property (collectively, the “rights”), and the
rights have not expired at the Specified Exchange Date, then the REIT Shares Amount shall also include the rights issuable to a holder of the REIT Shares Amount of REIT Shares on the record date fixed for purposes of determining the holders of REIT
Shares entitled to rights. 
  
 “Securities Act”
means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 
  
 “Series
A Preferred Units” means those Partnership Units held by Partners designated as holding Series A Preferred Units on Exhibit A hereto. 
  
 “Series A Preferred Unit Preference Amount” means ten and no/100 dollars ($10.00) multiplied by the Conversion Factor. 
  
 “Service” means the Internal Revenue Service. 
  
 “Specified Exchange Date” means the first business day of
the month that is at least 60 business days after the receipt by the General Partner of the Notice of Exchange. 
  
 “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation or other entity of which a majority of (i) the voting power of the voting
equity securities or (ii) the outstanding equity interests is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person. 
  
 “Subsidiary Partnership” means any partnership of which the partnership interests therein are owned by the General Partner or a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the General Partner. 
  
 “Substitute Limited Partner” means any Person admitted to the Partnership as a Limited Partner pursuant to Section 9.03 hereof. 
  
 “Successor Entity” has the meaning provided in the definition of “Conversion Factor” contained herein. 
  
 “Surviving General Partner” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.01(d) hereof. 
  
 “Transaction” has the
meaning set forth in Section 7.01(c) hereof. 
  
 “Transfer” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.02(a) hereof. 
  

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 “Transfer Restriction Date” means         
            . 
  
 “Value” means, with respect to any security, the average of the daily market price of such security for the ten consecutive trading days immediately preceding the date of such valuation. The market
price for each such trading day shall be: (i) if security is listed or admitted to trading on any securities exchange or the NYSE, the sale price, regular way, on such day, or if no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid
and asked prices, regular way, on such day, (ii) if security is not listed or admitted to trading on any securities exchange or the NYSE, the last reported sale price on such day or, if no sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid
and asked prices on such day, as reported by a reliable quotation source designated by the General Partner, or (iii) if security is not listed or admitted to trading on any securities exchange or the NYSE and no such last reported sale price or
closing bid and asked prices are available, the average of the reported high bid and low asked prices on such day, as reported by a reliable quotation source designated by the General Partner, or if there shall be no bid and asked prices on such
day, the average of the high bid and low asked prices, as so reported, on the most recent day (not more than ten days prior to the date in question)for which prices have been so reported; provided that if there are no bid and asked prices reported
during the ten days prior to the date in question, the value of the security shall be determined by the General Partner acting in good faith on the basis of such quotations and other information as it considers, in its reasonable judgment,
appropriate. In the event the security includes any additional rights, then the value of such rights shall be determined by the General Partner acting in good faith on the basis of such quotations and other information as it considers, in its
reasonable judgment, appropriate. 
  
 ARTICLE II 

PARTNERSHIP FORMATION AND IDENTIFICATION 
  
 2.01 Formation. The Partners hereby agree to form the Partnership pursuant to the Act and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement. 
  
 2.02 Name, Office and Registered Agent. The
name of the Partnership is Wells Operating Partnership III, L.P. The specified office and place of business of the Partnership shall be 6200 The Corners Parkway, Suite 250, Norcross, Georgia 30092. The General Partner may at any time change the
location of such office, provided the General Partner gives notice to the Partners of any such change. The name and address of the Partnership’s registered agent is The Corporation Trust Company, Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street,
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19801. The sole duty of the registered agent as such is to forward to the Partnership any notice that is served on him as registered agent. 
  
 2.03 Partners. 
  
 (a) The General Partner of the Partnership is Wells Real Estate Investment Trust III, Inc., a Maryland corporation. Its principal place of business is the
same as that of the Partnership. 
  

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 (b) The Limited Partners are those Persons identified as Limited Partners on Exhibit A hereto, as
amended from time to time. 
  
 2.04 Term and Dissolution.

  
 (a) The term of the Partnership shall continue in full force
and effect until December 31, 2053, except that the Partnership shall be dissolved upon the first to occur of any of the following events: 
  
 (i) The occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy as to a General Partner or the dissolution, death, removal or withdrawal of a General Partner
unless the business of the Partnership is continued pursuant to Section 7.03(b) hereof; provided that if a General Partner is on the date of such occurrence a partnership, the dissolution of such General Partner as a result of the dissolution,
death, withdrawal, removal or Event of Bankruptcy of a partner in such partnership shall not be an event of dissolution of the Partnership if the business of such General Partner is continued by the remaining partner or partners, either alone or
with additional partners, and such General Partner and such partners comply with any other applicable requirements of this Agreement; 
  
 (ii) The passage of 90 days after the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership (provided
that if the Partnership receives an installment obligation as consideration for such sale or other disposition, the Partnership shall continue, unless sooner dissolved under the provisions of this Agreement, until such time as such note or notes are
paid in full); 
  
 (iii) The exchange of all
Limited Partnership Interests (other than any of such interests held by the General Partner or Affiliates of the General Partner); or 
  
 (iv) The election by the General Partner that the Partnership should be dissolved. 
  
 (b) Upon dissolution of the Partnership (unless the business of the
Partnership is continued pursuant to Section 7.03(b) hereof), the General Partner (or its trustee, receiver, successor or legal representative) shall amend or cancel the Certificate and liquidate the Partnership’s assets and apply and
distribute the proceeds thereof in accordance with Section 5.06 hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the liquidating General Partner may either (i) defer liquidation of, or withhold from distribution for a reasonable time, any assets of the
Partnership (including those necessary to satisfy the Partnership’s debts and obligations), or (ii) distribute the assets to the Partners in kind. 
  
 2.05 Filing of Certificate and Perfection of Limited Partnership. The General Partner shall execute, acknowledge, record and file at the expense of
the Partnership, the Certificate and any and all amendments thereto and all requisite fictitious name statements and notices in such places and jurisdictions as may be necessary to cause the Partnership to be treated as a limited 
  

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partnership under, and otherwise to comply with, the laws of each state or other jurisdiction in which the Partnership conducts business. 
  
 2.06 Certificates Describing Partnership Units. At the request of a
Limited Partner, the General Partner, at its option, may issue a certificate summarizing the terms of such Limited Partner’s interest in the Partnership, including the number of Partnership Units owned and the Percentage Interest represented by
such Partnership Units as of the date of such certificate. Any such certificate (i) shall be in form and substance as approved by the General Partner, (ii) shall not be negotiable and (iii) shall bear a legend to the following effect: 
  
 This certificate is not negotiable. The Partnership Units represented by
this certificate are governed by and transferable only in accordance with the provisions of the Agreement of Limited Partnership of Wells Operating Partnership III, L.P., as amended from time to time. 
  
 ARTICLE III 
 BUSINESS OF THE PARTNERSHIP 
  
 The purpose and nature of the business to be conducted by the Partnership is (i) to conduct any business that may be lawfully conducted by a limited partnership organized pursuant to the Act, provided, however, that
such business shall be limited to and conducted in such a manner as to permit the General Partner at all times to qualify as a REIT, unless the General Partner otherwise ceases to qualify as a REIT, (ii) to enter into any partnership, joint venture
or other similar arrangement to engage in any of the foregoing or the ownership of interests in any entity engaged in any of the foregoing and (iii) to do anything necessary or incidental to the foregoing. In connection with the foregoing, and
without limiting the General Partner’s right in its sole and absolute discretion to cease qualifying as a REIT, the Partners acknowledge that the General Partner’s current status as a REIT and the avoidance of income and excise taxes on
the General Partner inures to the benefit of all the Partners and not solely to the General Partner. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Limited Partners agree that the General Partner may terminate its status as a REIT under the Code at any time to
the full extent permitted under the Articles of Incorporation. The General Partner shall also be empowered to do any and all acts and things necessary or prudent to ensure that the Partnership will not be classified as a “publicly traded
partnership” for purposes of Section 7704 of the Code. 
  
 ARTICLE IV 
 CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCOUNTS 
  
 4.01 Capital Contributions. The General Partner and the Limited Partner have made capital contributions to the
Partnership in exchange for the Partnership Interests set forth opposite their names on Exhibit A, as amended from time to time. 
  
 4.02 Additional Capital Contributions and Issuance of Additional Partnership Interests. Except as provided in this Section 4.02 or in Section 4.03,
the Partners shall have no right or obligation to make any additional Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership. The General Partner may contribute additional capital to the Partnership, from time to time, and receive 
  

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additional Partnership Interests in respect thereof, in the manner contemplated in this Section 4.02. 
  
 (a) Issuances of Additional Partnership Interests. 
  
 (i) General. The General Partner is hereby authorized
to cause the Partnership to issue such additional Partnership Interests in the form of Partnership Units for any Partnership purpose at any time or from time to time, to the Partners (including the General Partner) or to other Persons for such
consideration and on such terms and conditions as shall be established by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion, all without the approval of any Limited Partners. Any additional Partnership Interests issued thereby may be issued in
one or more classes, or one or more series of any of such classes, with such designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights, powers and duties, including rights, powers and duties senior to Limited
Partnership Interests, all as shall be determined by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion and without the approval of any Limited Partner, subject to Delaware law, including, without limitation, (i) the allocations of items of
Partnership income, gain, loss, deduction and credit to each such class or series of Partnership Interests; (ii) the right of each such class or series of Partnership Interests to share in Partnership distributions; and (iii) the rights of each such
class or series of Partnership Interests upon dissolution and liquidation of the Partnership; provided, however, that no additional Partnership Interests shall be issued to the General Partner unless: 
  
 (1) (A) the additional Partnership Interests are issued in connection with
an issuance of REIT Shares of or other interests in the General Partner, which shares or interests have designations, preferences and other rights, all such that the economic interests are substantially similar to the designations, preferences and
other rights of the additional Partnership Interests issued to the General Partner by the Partnership in accordance with this Section 4.02 and (B) the General Partner shall make a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in an amount equal to the
proceeds raised in connection with the issuance of such shares of stock of or other interests in the General Partner; 
  
 (2) the additional Partnership Interests are issued in exchange for property owned by the General Partner with a fair market value, as determined by the
General Partner, in good faith, equal to the value of the Partnership Interests; or 
  
 (3) the additional Partnership Interests are issued to all Partners in proportion to their respective Percentage Interests. 
  
 In addition, the General Partner may acquire Partnership Interests from other Partners pursuant to this Agreement. In the event that the Partnership
issues Partnership Interests pursuant to this Section 4.02(a), the General Partner shall make such revisions to this Agreement (without any requirement of receiving approval of the Limited Partners) as it deems necessary to 
  

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reflect the issuance of such additional Partnership Interests and any special rights, powers, and duties associated therewith. 
  
 Without limiting the foregoing, the General Partner is expressly authorized
to cause the Partnership to issue Partnership Units for less than fair market value, so long as the General Partner concludes in good faith that such issuance is in the best interests of the General Partner and the Partnership. 
  
 (ii) Upon Issuance of Additional Securities. The
General Partner shall not issue any additional REIT Shares (other than REIT Shares issued in connection with an exchange pursuant to Section 8.05 hereof) or rights, options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities containing the right to
subscribe for or purchase REIT Shares (collectively, “Additional Securities”) other than to all holders of REIT Shares, unless (a) the General Partner shall cause the Partnership to issue to the General Partner, as the General Partner may
designate, Partnership Interests or rights, options, warrants or convertible or exchangeable securities of the Partnership having designations, preferences and other rights, all such that the economic interests are substantially similar to those of
the Additional Securities, and (B) the General Partner contributes the proceeds from the issuance of such Additional Securities and from any exercise of rights contained in such Additional Securities, directly and through the General Partner, to the
Partnership; provided, however, that the General Partner is allowed to issue Additional Securities in connection with an acquisition of a property to be held directly by the General Partner, but if and only if, such direct acquisition and issuance
of Additional Securities have been approved and determined to be in the best interests of the General Partner and the Partnership by a majority of the Independent Directors (as defined in the General Partner’s Amended and Restated Articles of
Incorporation). Without limiting the foregoing, the General Partner is expressly authorized to issue Additional Securities for less than fair market value, and to cause the Partnership to issue to the General Partner corresponding Partnership
Interests, so long as (x) the General Partner concludes in good faith that such issuance is in the best interests of the General Partner and the Partnership, including without limitation, the issuance of REIT Shares and corresponding Partnership
Units pursuant to an employee share purchase plan providing for employee purchases of REIT Shares at a discount from fair market value or employee stock options that have an exercise price that is less than the fair market value of the REIT Shares,
either at the time of issuance or at the time of exercise, and (y) the General Partner contributes all proceeds from such issuance to the Partnership. For example, in the event the General Partner issues REIT Shares for a cash purchase price and
contributes all of the proceeds of such issuance to the Partnership as required hereunder, the General Partner shall be issued a number of additional Partnership Units equal to the product of (a) the number of such REIT Shares issued by the General
Partner, the proceeds of which were so contributed, multiplied by (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is 100%, and the denominator of which is the Conversion Factor in effect on the date of such contribution. 
  
 (b) Certain Deemed Contributions of Proceeds of Issuance
of REIT Shares. In connection with any and all issuances of REIT Shares, the General Partner shall make Capital Contributions to the Partnership of the proceeds therefrom, provided that if the 
  

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proceeds actually received and contributed by the General Partner are less than the gross proceeds of such issuance as a result of any underwriter’s
discount or other expenses paid or incurred in connection with such issuance, then the General Partner shall be deemed to have made Capital Contributions to the Partnership in the aggregate amount of the gross proceeds of such issuance and the
Partnership shall be deemed simultaneously to have paid such offering expenses in accordance with Section 6.05 hereof and in connection with the required issuance of additional Partnership Units to the General Partner for such Capital Contributions
pursuant to Section 4.02(a) hereof. 
  
 (c)
Minimum Limited Partnership Interest. In the event that either an exchange pursuant to Section 8.05 hereof or additional Capital Contributions by the General Partner would result in the Limited Partners, in the aggregate, owning less than the
Minimum Limited Partnership Interest, the General Partner and the Limited Partners shall form another partnership and contribute sufficient Limited Partnership Interests together with such other Limited Partners so that the limited partners of such
partnership own at least the Minimum Limited Partnership Interest. 
  
 4.03 Additional Funding. If the General Partner determines that it is in the best interests of the Partnership to provide for additional Partnership funds (“Additional Funds”) for any Partnership purpose, the General
Partner may (i) cause the Partnership to obtain such funds from outside borrowings, or (ii) elect to have the General Partner or any of its Affiliates provide such Additional Funds to the Partnership through loans or otherwise. 
  
 4.04 Capital Accounts. A separate capital account (a “Capital
Account”) shall be established and maintained for each Partner in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv). If (i) a new or existing Partner acquires an additional Partnership Interest in exchange for more than a de minimis Capital
Contribution, (ii) the Partnership distributes to a Partner more than a de minimis amount of Partnership property as consideration for a Partnership Interest, or (iii) the Partnership is liquidated within the meaning of Regulation Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g), the General Partner shall revalue the property of the Partnership to its fair market value (as determined by the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, and taking into account Section 7701(g) of the Code) in
accordance with Regulations Section 1.704- 1(b)(2)(iv)(f). When the Partnership’s property is revalued by the General Partner, the Capital Accounts of the Partners shall be adjusted in accordance with Regulations Sections 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f)
and (g), which generally require such Capital Accounts to be adjusted to reflect the manner in which the unrealized gain or loss inherent in such property (that has not been reflected in the Capital Accounts previously) would be allocated among the
Partners pursuant to Section 5.01 if there were a taxable disposition of such property for its fair market value (as determined by the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, and taking into account Section 7701(g) of the Code) on the
date of the revaluation. 
  
 4.05 Percentage Interests. If
the number of outstanding Partnership Units increases or decreases during a taxable year, each Partner’s Percentage Interest shall be adjusted by the General Partner effective as of the effective date of each such increase or decrease to a
percentage equal to the number of Partnership Units held by such Partner divided by the aggregate number of Partnership Units outstanding after giving effect to such increase or 
  

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decrease. If the Partners’ Percentage Interests are adjusted pursuant to this Section 4.05, the Profits and Losses for the taxable year in which the
adjustment occurs shall be allocated between the part of the year ending on the day when the Partnership’s property is revalued by the General Partner and the part of the year beginning on the following day either (i) as if the taxable year had
ended on the date of the adjustment or (ii) based on the number of days in each part. The General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall determine which method shall be used to allocate Profits and Losses for the taxable year in which
the adjustment occurs. The allocation of Profits and Losses for the earlier part of the year shall be based on the Percentage Interests before adjustment, and the allocation of Profits and Losses for the later part shall be based on the adjusted
Percentage Interests. 
  
 4.06 No Interest on
Contributions. No Partner shall be entitled to interest on its Capital Contribution. 
  
 4.07 Return of Capital Contributions. No Partner shall be entitled to withdraw any part of its Capital Contribution or its Capital Account or to receive any distribution from the Partnership, except as
specifically provided in this Agreement. Except as otherwise provided herein, there shall be no obligation to return to any Partner or withdrawn Partner any part of such Partner’s Capital Contribution for so long as the Partnership continues in
existence. 
  
 4.08 No Third Party Beneficiary. No creditor
or other third party having dealings with the Partnership shall have the right to enforce the right or obligation of any Partner to make Capital Contributions or loans or to pursue any other right or remedy hereunder or at law or in equity, it being
understood and agreed that the provisions of this Agreement shall be solely for the benefit of, and may be enforced solely by, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. None of the rights or obligations of the Partners herein
set forth to make Capital Contributions or loans to the Partnership shall be deemed an asset of the Partnership for any purpose by any creditor or other third party, nor may such rights or obligations be sold, transferred or assigned by the
Partnership or pledged or encumbered by the Partnership to secure any debt or other obligation of the Partnership or of any of the Partners. In addition, it is the intent of the parties hereto that no distribution to any Limited Partner shall be
deemed a return of money or other property in violation of the Act. However, if any court of competent jurisdiction holds that, notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement, any Limited Partner is obligated to return such money or property, such
obligation shall be the obligation of such Limited Partner and not of the General Partner. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a deficit Capital Account of a Partner shall not be deemed to be a liability of such Partner nor an asset or
property of the Partnership. 
  
 ARTICLE V 
 PROFITS AND LOSSES; DISTRIBUTIONS 
  
 5.01 Allocation of Profit and Loss. 
  
 (a) General. Profits (and items thereof) and Losses (and items thereof) for each fiscal year shall be allocated among the Partners such that the
ending Capital Account of each Partner, immediately after giving effect to such allocations and giving effect to any distributions to which 
  

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such Partner is entitled to pursuant to 5.02(a), is, as nearly as possible, equal to the amount of the distributions that would be made to such Partner
pursuant to Section 5.06 if (i) the Partnership were dissolved and terminated at the end of the fiscal year, (ii) its affairs were wound up and each asset on hand at the end of the fiscal year were sold for cash equal to its fair market value (as
determined by the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, and taking into account Section 7701(g) of the Code) in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), (iii) all liabilities of the Partnership were satisfied
(limited with respect to each nonrecourse liability to the fair market value of the assets securing such liability); and (iv) the net assets of the Partnership were distributed to the Partners in accordance with Section 5.06. For purposes of the
preceding allocations only, a Partner holding more than one class or series of Partnership Interests shall be deemed to be a separate Partner with respect to each such class or series. 
  
 (b) Minimum Gain Chargeback. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, (i) any expense of the Partnership that
is a “nonrecourse deduction” within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-2(b)(1) shall be allocated in accordance with the Partners’ respective Percentage Interests, (ii) any expense of the Partnership that is a “partner
nonrecourse deduction” within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(2) shall be allocated to the Partner that bears the “economic risk of loss” of such deduction in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(1), (iii) if
there is a net decrease in Partnership Minimum Gain within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-2(f)(1) for any Partnership taxable year, then, subject to the exceptions set forth in Regulations Section 1.704-2(f)(2),(3), (4) and (5), items of
gain and income shall be allocated among the Partners in accordance with Regulations Section 1.704-2(f) and the ordering rules contained in Regulations Section 1.704-2(j), and (iv) if there is a net decrease in Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain
within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4) for any Partnership taxable year, then, subject to the exceptions set forth in Regulations Section 1.704(2)(g), items of gain and income shall be allocated among the Partners in accordance with
Regulations Section 1.704-2(i)(4) and the ordering rules contained in Regulations Section 1.704-2(j). A Partner’s “interest in partnership profits” for purposes of determining its share of the nonrecourse liabilities of the
Partnership within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.752-3(a)(3) shall be such Partner’s Percentage Interest. 
  
 (c) Qualified Income Offset. If a Partner receives in any taxable year an adjustment, allocation, or distribution described in subparagraphs (4),
(5), or (6) of Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d) that causes or increases a deficit balance in such Partner’s Capital Account that exceeds the sum of such Partner’s shares of Partnership Minimum Gain and Partner Nonrecourse Debt
Minimum Gain, as determined in accordance with Regulations Sections 1.704-2(g) and 1.704-2(i), such Partner shall be allocated specially for such taxable year (and, if necessary, later taxable years) items of income and gain in an amount and manner
sufficient to eliminate such deficit Capital Account balance as quickly as possible as provided in Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d). After the occurrence of an allocation of income or gain to a Partner in accordance with this Section
5.01(c), to the extent permitted by Regulations Section 1.704-1(b), items of expense or loss shall be allocated to such Partner in an amount necessary to offset the income or gain previously allocated to such Partner under this Section 5.01(c).

  
 (d) Capital Account Deficits. Loss shall not be
allocated to a Limited Partner to the extent that such allocation would cause a deficit in such Partner’s Capital Account (after 
  

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reduction to reflect the items described in Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6)) to exceed the sum of such Partner’s shares of
Partnership Minimum Gain and Partner Nonrecourse Debt Minimum Gain. Any Loss in excess of that limitation shall be allocated to the General Partner. After the occurrence of an allocation of Loss to the General Partner in accordance with this Section
5.01(d), to the extent permitted by Regulations Section 1.704-1(b), Profit shall be allocated to such Partner in an amount necessary to offset the Loss previously allocated to each Partner under this Section 5.01(d). 
  
 (e) Allocations Between Transferor and Transferee. If a Partner
transfers any part or all of its Partnership Interest, the distributive shares of the various items of Profit and Loss allocable among the Partners during such fiscal year of the Partnership shall be allocated between the transferor and the
transferee Partner either (i) as if the Partnership’s fiscal year had ended on the date of the transfer, or (ii) based on the number of days of such fiscal year that each was a Partner without regard to the results of Partnership activities in
the respective portions of such fiscal year in which the transferor and the transferee were Partners. The General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, shall determine which method shall be used to allocate the distributive shares of the
various items of Profit and Loss between the transferor and the transferee Partner. 
  
 (f) Definition of Profit and Loss. “Profit” and “Loss” and any items of income, gain, expense, or loss referred to in this Agreement shall be determined in accordance with federal income tax
accounting principles, as modified by Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv), except that Profit and Loss shall not include items of income, gain and expense that are specially allocated pursuant to Sections 5.01(b), 5.01(c), or 5.01(d). All
allocations of income, Profit, gain, Loss, and expense (and all items contained therein) for federal income tax purposes shall be identical to all allocations of such items set forth in this Section 5.01, except as otherwise required by Section
704(c) of the Code and Regulations Section 1.704-1(b)(4). The General Partner shall have the authority to elect the method to be used by the Partnership for allocating items of income, gain, and expense as required by Section 704(c) of the Code
including a method that may result in a Partner receiving a disproportionately larger share of the Partnership tax depreciation deductions, and such election shall be binding on all Partners. 
  

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 5.02 Distribution of Cash. 
  
 (a) The Partnership shall distribute cash on a quarterly (or, at the election of the General Partner, more frequent) basis,
in an amount determined by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion, to the Partners who are Partners on the Partnership Record Date with respect to such quarter (or other distribution period) in accordance with their respective
Percentage Interests on the Partnership Record Date; provided, however, that if a new or existing Partner acquires an additional Partnership Interest in exchange for a Capital Contribution on any date other than the next day after a Partnership
Record Date, the cash distribution attributable to such additional Partnership Interest relating to the Partnership Record Date next following the issuance of such additional Partnership Interest (or relating to the Partnership Record Date if such
Partnership Interest was acquired on a Partnership Record Date) shall be reduced in the proportion to (i) the number of days that such additional Partnership Interest is held by such Partner bears to (ii) the number of days between such Partnership
Record Date (including such Partnership Record Date) and the immediately preceding Partnership Record Date. 
  
 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the General Partner is authorized to take any action that it determines to be necessary or
appropriate to cause the Partnership to comply with any withholding requirements established under the Code or any other federal, state or local law including, without limitation, pursuant to Sections 1441, 1442, 1445 and 1446 of the Code. To the
extent that the Partnership is required to withhold and pay over to any taxing authority any amount resulting from the allocation or distribution of income to the Partner or assignee (including by reason of Section 1446 of the Code), either (i) if
the actual amount to be distributed to the Partner equals or exceeds the amount required to be withheld by the Partnership, the amount withheld shall be treated as a distribution of cash in the amount of such withholding to such Partner, or (ii) if
the actual amount to be distributed to the Partner is less than the amount required to be withheld by the Partnership, the amount required to be withheld shall be treated as a loan (a “Partnership Loan”) from the Partnership to the Partner
on the day the Partnership pays over such amount to a taxing authority. A Partnership Loan shall be repaid through withholding by the Partnership with respect to subsequent distributions to the applicable Partner or assignee. In the event that a
Limited Partner (a “Defaulting Limited Partner”) fails to pay any amount owed to the Partnership with respect to the Partnership Loan within 15 days after demand for payment thereof is made by the Partnership on the Limited Partner, the
General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, may elect to make the payment to the Partnership on behalf of such Defaulting Limited Partner. In such event, on the date of payment, the General Partner shall be deemed to have extended a loan
(a “General Partner Loan”) to the Defaulting Limited Partner in the amount of the payment made by the General Partner and shall succeed to all rights and remedies of the Partnership against the Defaulting Limited Partner as to that amount.
Without limitation, the General Partner shall have the right to receive any distributions that otherwise would be made by the Partnership to the Defaulting Limited Partner until such time as the General Partner Loan has been paid in full, and any
such distributions so received by the General Partner shall be treated as having been received by the Defaulting Limited Partner and immediately paid to the General Partner. 
  
 Any amounts treated as a Partnership Loan or a General Partner Loan pursuant to this Section 5.02(b) shall bear interest at
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United States money center commercial banks, as published from time to time in The Wall Street Journal, or (ii) the maximum lawful rate of interest on such
obligation, such interest to accrue from the date the Partnership or the General Partner, as applicable, is deemed to extend the loan until such loan is repaid in full. 
  
 (c) In no event may a Partner receive a distribution of cash with respect to a Partnership Unit if such Partner is entitled
to receive a cash dividend as the holder of record of a REIT Share for which all or part of such Partnership Unit has been or will be exchanged. 
  
 5.03 REIT Distribution Requirements. The General Partner shall use its reasonable efforts to cause the Partnership to distribute amounts sufficient
to enable the General Partner to pay shareholder dividends that will allow the General Partner to (i) meet its distribution requirement for qualification as a REIT as set forth in Section 857 of the Code and (ii) avoid any federal income or excise
tax liability imposed by the Code. 
  
 5.04 No Right to
Distributions In Kind. No Partner shall be entitled to demand property other than cash in connection with any distributions by the Partnership. 
  
 5.05 Limitations of Return of Capital Contributions. Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Article V, no Partner shall have the right to
receive, and the General Partner shall not have the right to make, a distribution that includes a return of all or part of a Partner’s Capital Contributions, unless after giving effect to the return of a Capital Contribution, the sum of all
Partnership liabilities, other than the liabilities to a Partner for the return of his Capital Contribution, does not exceed the fair market value of the Partnership’s assets. 
  
 5.06 Distributions Upon Liquidation. Upon liquidation of the Partnership, after payment of, or adequate provision
for, debts and obligations of the Partnership, including any Partner loans, any remaining assets of the Partnership shall be distributed to all Partners in the following order and priority: 
  
 (a) First, to the Partners holding Series A Preferred Units, pro rata based
on the number of Series A Preferred Units held by each Partner, until each such Partner has received a distribution equal to the Series A Preferred Unit Preference Amount; 
  
 (b) Second, to the Partners holding Common Units, pro rata based on the number of Common Units held by each Partner, until
each such Partner has received a distribution equal to the Common Unit Liquidation Amount; 
  
 (c) All remaining distributions shall be made to all Partners in accordance with their respective Percentage Interests. 
  
 To the extent deemed advisable by the General Partner, appropriate arrangements (including the use of a liquidating trust) may be made to assure that
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 5.07 Substantial Economic Effect. It is the intent of the Partners that the allocations of Profit
and Loss under the Agreement have substantial economic effect (or be consistent with the Partners’ interests in the Partnership in the case of the allocation of losses attributable to nonrecourse debt) within the meaning of Section 704(b) of
the Code as interpreted by the Regulations promulgated pursuant thereto. Article V and other relevant provisions of this Agreement shall be interpreted in a manner consistent with such intent. 
  
 ARTICLE VI 
 RIGHTS, OBLIGATIONS AND POWERS OF THE GENERAL PARTNER 
  
 6.01 Management of the Partnership 
  
 (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, the General Partner shall have full, complete and exclusive discretion to manage and control
the business of the Partnership for the purposes herein stated, and shall make all decisions affecting the business and assets of the Partnership. Subject to the restrictions specifically contained in this Agreement, the powers of the General
Partner shall include, without limitation, the authority to take the following actions on behalf of the Partnership: 
  
 (i) to acquire, purchase, own, operate, lease and dispose of any real property and any other property or assets including, but not limited
to notes and mortgages, that the General Partner determines are necessary or appropriate or in the best interests of the business of the Partnership; 
  
 (ii) to construct buildings and make other improvements on the properties owned or leased by the Partnership; 
  
 (iii) to authorize, issue, sell, redeem or otherwise
purchase any Partnership Interests or any securities (including secured and unsecured debt obligations of the Partnership, debt obligations of the Partnership convertible into any class or series of Partnership Interests, or options, rights,
warrants or appreciation rights relating to any Partnership Interests) of the Partnership; 
  
 (iv) to borrow or lend money for the Partnership, issue or receive evidences of indebtedness in connection therewith, refinance, increase
the amount of, modify, amend or change the terms of, or extend the time for the payment of, any such indebtedness, and secure such indebtedness by mortgage, deed of trust, pledge or other lien on the Partnership’s assets; 
  
 (v) to pay, either directly or by reimbursement, for all
operating costs and general administrative expenses of the Partnership to third parties or to the General Partner or its Affiliates as set forth in this Agreement; 
  
 (vi) to guarantee or become a comaker of indebtedness of the General Partner or any Subsidiary thereof,
refinance, increase the amount of, modify, amend or change the terms of, or extend the time for the payment of, any such guarantee or indebtedness, 
  

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and secure such guarantee or indebtedness by mortgage, deed of trust, pledge or other lien on the Partnership’s assets; 
  
 (vii) to use assets of the Partnership (including, without
limitation, cash on hand) for any purpose consistent with this Agreement, including, without limitation, payment, either directly or by reimbursement, of all operating costs and general administrative expenses of the General Partner, the Partnership
or any Subsidiary of either, to third parties or to the General Partner as set forth in this Agreement; 
  
 (viii) to lease all or any portion of any of the Partnership’s assets, whether or not the terms of such leases extend beyond the
termination date of the Partnership and whether or not any portion of the Partnership’s assets so leased are to be occupied by the lessee, or, in turn, subleased in whole or in part to others, for such consideration and on such terms as the
General Partner may determine; 
  
 (ix) to
prosecute, defend, arbitrate, or compromise any and all claims or liabilities in favor of or against the Partnership, on such terms and in such manner as the General Partner may reasonably determine, and similarly to prosecute, settle or defend
litigation with respect to the Partners, the Partnership, or the Partnership’s assets; provided, however, that the General Partner may not, without the consent of all of the Partners, confess a judgment against the Partnership that is in excess
of $20,000 or is not covered by insurance; 
  
 (x) to file applications, communicate, and otherwise deal with any and all governmental agencies having jurisdiction over, or in any way affecting, the Partnership’s assets or any other aspect of the Partnership business; 

 
 (xi) to make or revoke any election permitted or required
of the Partnership by any taxing authority; 
  
 (xii) to maintain such insurance coverage for public liability, fire and casualty, and any and all other insurance for the protection of the Partnership, for the conservation of Partnership assets, or for any other purpose convenient or
beneficial to the Partnership, in such amounts and such types, as it shall determine from time to time; 
  
 (xiii) to determine whether or not to apply any insurance proceeds for any property to the restoration of such property or to distribute
the same; 
  
 (xiv) to establish one or more
divisions of the Partnership, to hire and dismiss employees of the Partnership or any division of the Partnership, and to retain legal counsel, accountants, consultants, real estate brokers, and such other persons, as the General Partner may deem
necessary or appropriate in connection with the Partnership business and to pay therefore such reasonable remuneration as the General Partner may deem reasonable and proper; 
  

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 (xv) to retain other services of any kind or nature in connection with the Partnership
business, and to pay therefore such remuneration as the General Partner may deem reasonable and proper; 
  
 (xvi) to negotiate and conclude agreements on behalf of the Partnership with respect to any of the rights, powers and authority conferred
upon the General Partner; 
  
 (xvii) to maintain
accurate accounting records and to file promptly all federal, state and local income tax returns on behalf of the Partnership; 
  
 (xviii) to distribute Partnership cash or other Partnership assets in accordance with this Agreement; 
  
 (xix) to form or acquire an interest in, and contribute
property to, any further limited or general partnerships, joint ventures or other relationships that it deems desirable (including, without limitation, the acquisition of interests in, and the contributions of property to, its Subsidiaries and any
other Person in which it has an equity interest from time to time); 
  
 (xx) to establish Partnership reserves for working capital, capital expenditures, contingent liabilities, or any other valid Partnership purpose; and 
  
 (xxi) to merge, consolidate or combine the Partnership with or into another person; 
  
 (xxii) to do any and all acts and things necessary or
prudent to ensure that the Partnership will not be classified as a “publicly traded partnership” for purposes of Section 7704 of the Code; and 
  
 (xxiii) to take such other action, execute, acknowledge, swear to or deliver such other documents and instruments, and perform any and all
other acts that the General Partner deems necessary or appropriate for the formation, continuation and conduct of the business and affairs of the Partnership (including, without limitation, all actions consistent with allowing the General Partner at
all times to qualify as a REIT unless the General Partner voluntarily terminates its REIT status) and to possess and enjoy all of the rights and powers of a general partner as provided by the Act. 
  
 (b) Except as otherwise provided herein, to the extent the duties of the
General Partner require expenditures of funds to be paid to third parties, the General Partner shall not have any obligations hereunder except to the extent that partnership funds are reasonably available to it for the performance of such duties,
and nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize or require the General Partner, in its capacity as such, to expend its individual funds for payment to third parties or to undertake any individual liability or obligation on behalf of the
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 6.02 Delegation of Authority. The General Partner may delegate any or all of its powers, rights
and obligations hereunder, and may appoint, employ, contract or otherwise deal with any Person for the transaction of the business of the Partnership, which Person may, under supervision of the General Partner, perform any acts or services for the
Partnership as the General Partner may approve. 
  
 6.03
Indemnification and Exculpation of Indemnitees. 
  
 (a)
The Partnership shall indemnify an Indemnitee from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, settlements, and other amounts arising from
any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, that relate to the operations of the Partnership as set forth in this Agreement in which any Indemnitee may be involved, or is threatened
to be involved, as a party or otherwise, unless it is established that: (i) the act or omission of the Indemnitee was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and either was committed in bad faith or was the result of active and
deliberate dishonesty; (ii) the Indemnitee actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; or (iii) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was
unlawful. The termination of any proceeding by judgment, order or settlement does not create a presumption that the Indemnitee did not meet the requisite standard of conduct set forth in this Section 6.03(a). The termination of any proceeding by
conviction or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, or an entry of an order of probation prior to judgment, creates a rebuttable presumption that the Indemnitee acted in a manner contrary to that specified in this Section 6.03(a). Any
indemnification pursuant to this Section 6.03 shall be made only out of the assets of the Partnership. 
  
 (b) The Partnership shall reimburse an Indemnitee for reasonable expenses incurred by an Indemnitee who is a party to a proceeding in advance of the final
disposition of the proceeding upon receipt by the Partnership of (i) a written affirmation by the Indemnitee of the Indemnitee’s good faith belief that the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the Partnership as authorized in
this Section 6.03 has been met, and (ii) a written undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay the amount if it shall ultimately be determined that the standard of conduct has not been met. 
  
 (c) The indemnification provided by this Section 6.03 shall be in addition to
any other rights to which an Indemnitee or any other Person may be entitled under any agreement, pursuant to any vote of the Partners, as a matter of law or otherwise, and shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to serve in such capacity.

  
 (d) The Partnership may purchase and maintain insurance, on
behalf of the Indemnitees and such other Persons as the General Partner shall determine, against any liability that may be asserted against or expenses that may be incurred by such Person in connection with the Partnership’s activities,
regardless of whether the Partnership would have the power to indemnify such Person against such liability under the provisions of this Agreement. 
  

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 (e) For purposes of this Section 6.03, the Partnership shall be deemed to have requested an Indemnitee to
serve as fiduciary of an employee benefit plan whenever the performance by it of its duties to the Partnership also imposes duties on, or otherwise involves services by, it to the plan or participants or beneficiaries of the plan; excise taxes
assessed on an Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan pursuant to applicable law shall constitute fines within the meaning of this Section 6.03; and actions taken or omitted by the Indemnitee with respect to an employee benefit plan in
the performance of its duties for a purpose reasonably believed by it to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of the plan shall be deemed to be for a purpose which is not opposed to the best interests of the Partnership.

  
 (f) In no event may an Indemnitee subject the Limited Partners
to personal liability by reason of the indemnification provisions set forth in this Agreement. 
  
 (g) An Indemnitee shall not be denied indemnification in whole or in part under this Section 6.03 because the Indemnitee had an interest in the transaction with respect to which the indemnification applies if the
transaction was otherwise permitted by the terms of this Agreement. 
  
 (h) The provisions of this Section 6.03 are for the benefit of the Indemnitees, their heirs, successors, assigns and administrators and shall not be deemed to create any rights for the benefit of any other Persons. 
  
 6.04 Liability of the General Partner. 
  
 (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement,
the General Partner shall not be liable for monetary damages to the Partnership or any Partners for losses sustained or liabilities incurred as a result of errors in judgment or of any act or omission if the General Partner acted in good faith. The
General Partner shall not be in breach of any duty that the General Partner may owe to the Limited Partners or the Partnership or any other Persons under this Agreement or of any duty stated or implied by law or equity provided the General Partner,
acting in good faith, abides by the terms of this Agreement. 
  
 (b) The Limited Partners expressly acknowledge that the General Partner is acting on behalf of the Partnership, itself and its shareholders collectively, that the General Partner is under no obligation to consider the separate interests of
the Limited Partners (including, without limitation, the tax consequences to Limited Partners or the tax consequences of same, but not all, of the Limited Partners) in deciding whether to cause the Partnership to take (or decline to take) any
actions. In the event of a conflict between the interests of its shareholders on one hand and the Limited Partners on the other, the General Partner shall endeavor in good faith to resolve the conflict in a manner not adverse to either its
shareholders or the Limited Partners; provided, however, that for so long as the General Partner directly owns a controlling interest in the Partnership, any such conflict that the General Partner, in its sole and absolute discretion, determines
cannot be resolved in a manner not adverse to either its shareholders or the Limited Partner shall be resolved in favor of the shareholders. The General Partner shall not be liable for monetary damages for losses sustained, liabilities incurred, or
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Partners in connection with such decisions, provided that the General Partner has acted in good faith. 
  
 (c) Subject to its obligations and duties as General Partner set forth in
Section 6.01 hereof, the General Partner may exercise any of the powers granted to it under this Agreement and perform any of the duties imposed upon it hereunder either directly or by or through its agents. The General Partner shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent appointed by it in good faith. 
  
 (d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement or the Act, any action of the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership or any decision of
the General Partner to refrain from acting on behalf of the Partnership, undertaken in the good faith belief that such action or omission is necessary or advisable in order (i) to protect the ability of the General Partner to continue to qualify as
a REIT or (ii) to prevent the General Partner from incurring any taxes under Section 857, Section 4981, or any other provision of the Code, is expressly authorized under this Agreement and is deemed approved by all of the Limited Partners.

  
 (e) Any amendment, modification or repeal of this Section 6.04
or any provision hereof shall be prospective only and shall not in any way affect the limitations on the General Partner’s liability to the Partnership and the Limited Partners under this Section 6.04 as in effect immediately prior to such
amendment, modification or repeal with respect to matters occurring, in whole or in part, prior to such amendment, modification or repeal, regardless of when claims relating to such matters may arise or be asserted. 
  
 6.05 Reimbursement of General Partner. 
  
 (a) Except as provided in this Section 6.05 and elsewhere in this Agreement
(including the provisions of Articles 5 and 6 regarding distributions, payments, and allocations to which it may be entitled), the General Partner shall not be compensated for its services as general partner of the Partnership. 
  
 (b) The General Partner shall be reimbursed on a monthly basis, or such other
basis as the General Partner may determine in its sole and absolute discretion, for all REIT Expenses and Administrative Expenses. 
  
 6.06 Outside Activities. Subject to Section 6.08 hereof, the Articles of Incorporation and any agreements entered into by the General Partner or
its Affiliates with the Partnership or a Subsidiary, any officer, director, employee, agent, trustee, Affiliate or shareholder of the General Partner shall be entitled to and may have business interests and engage in business activities in addition
to those relating to the Partnership, including business interests and activities substantially similar or identical to those of the Partnership. Neither the Partnership nor any of the Limited Partners shall have any rights by virtue of this
Agreement in any such business ventures, interest or activities. None of the Limited Partners nor any other Person shall have any rights by virtue of this Agreement or the partnership relationship established hereby in any such business ventures,
interests or activities, and the General Partner shall have no obligation pursuant to this Agreement to offer any interest in any such business ventures, interests and 
  

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activities to the Partnership or any Limited Partner, even if such opportunity is of a character which, if presented to the Partnership or any Limited
Partner, could be taken by such Person. 
  
 6.07 Employment or
Retention of Affiliates. 
  
 (a) Any Affiliate of the
General Partner may be employed or retained by the Partnership and may otherwise deal with the Partnership (whether as a buyer, lessor, lessee, manager, furnisher of goods or services, broker, agent, lender or otherwise) and may receive from the
Partnership any compensation, price, or other payment therefore which the General Partner determines to be fair and reasonable. 
  
 (b) The Partnership may lend or contribute to its Subsidiaries or other Persons in which it has an equity investment, and such Persons may borrow funds
from the Partnership, on terms and conditions established in the sole and absolute discretion of the General Partner. The foregoing authority shall not create any right or benefit in favor of any Subsidiary or any other Person. 
  
 (c) The Partnership may transfer assets to joint ventures, other
partnerships, corporations or other business entities in which it is or thereby becomes a participant upon such terms and subject to such conditions as the General Partner deems are consistent with this Agreement and applicable law. 
  
 (d) Except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, neither the General
Partner nor any of its Affiliates shall sell, transfer or convey any property to, or purchase any property from, the Partnership, directly or indirectly, except pursuant to transactions that are on terms that are fair and reasonable to the
Partnership. 
  
 6.08 General Partner Participation. The
General Partner agrees that all business activities of the General Partner, including activities pertaining to the acquisition, development or ownership of office or industrial property or other property, shall be conducted through the Partnership
or one or more Subsidiary Partnerships; provided, however, that the General Partner is allowed to make a direct acquisition, but if and only if, such acquisition is made in connection with the issuance of Additional Securities, which direct
acquisition and issuance have been approved and determined to be in the best interests of the General Partner and the Partnership by a majority of the Independent Directors. 
  
 6.09 Title to Partnership Assets. Title to Partnership assets, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible
or intangible, shall be deemed to be owned by the Partnership as an entity, and no Partner, individually or collectively, shall have any ownership interest in such Partnership assets or any portion thereof. Title to any or all of the Partnership
assets may be held in the name of the Partnership, the General Partner or one or more nominees, as the General Partner may determine, including Affiliates of the General Partner. The General Partner hereby declares and warrants that any Partnership
assets for which legal title is held in the name of the General Partner or any nominee or Affiliate of the General Partner shall be held by the General Partner for the use and benefit of the Partnership in accordance with the provisions of this
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beneficial and record title to such assets to be vested in the Partnership as soon as reasonably practicable. All Partnership assets shall be recorded as the
property of the Partnership in its books and records, irrespective of the name in which legal title to such Partnership assets is held. 
  
 6.10 Miscellaneous. In the event the General Partner redeems any REIT Shares, then the General Partner shall cause the Partnership to purchase from
the General Partner a number of Partnership Units as determined based on the application of the Conversion Factor on the same terms that the General Partner exchanged such REIT Shares. Moreover, if the General Partner makes a cash tender offer or
other offer to acquire REIT Shares, then the General Partner shall cause the Partnership to make a corresponding offer to the General Partner to acquire an equal number of Partnership Units held by the General Partner. In the event any REIT Shares
are exchanged by the General Partner pursuant to such offer, the Partnership shall redeem an equivalent number of the General Partner’s Partnership Units for an equivalent purchase price based on the application of the Conversion Factor.

  
 ARTICLE VII 
 CHANGES IN GENERAL PARTNER 
  
 7.01 Transfer of the General Partner’s Partnership Interest. 
  
 (a) The General Partner shall not transfer all or any portion of its General Partnership Interest or withdraw as General
Partner except as provided in or in connection with a transaction contemplated by Section 7.01(c), (d) or (e). 
  
 (b) The General Partner agree that the Percentage Interest for it will at all times be in the aggregate at least 1%. 
  
 (c) Except as otherwise provided in Section 6.04(b) or Section 7.01(d) or (e)
hereof, the General Partner shall not engage in any merger, consolidation or other combination with or into another Person or sale of all or substantially all of its assets, (other than in connection with a change in the General Partner’s state
of incorporation or organizational form) in each case which results in a change of control of the General Partner (a “Transaction”), unless: 
  
 (i) the consent of Limited Partners holding more than 50% of the Percentage Interests of the Limited Partners is obtained; 
  
 (ii) as a result of such Transaction all Limited Partners
will receive for each Partnership Unit an amount of cash, securities, or other property equal to the product of the Conversion Factor and the greatest amount of cash, securities or other property paid in the Transaction to a holder of one REIT Share
in consideration of one REIT Share, provided that if, in connection with the Transaction, a purchase, tender or exchange offer (“Offer”) shall have been made to and accepted by the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding REIT Shares,
each holder of Partnership Units shall be given the option to exchange its Partnership Units for the greatest amount of cash, securities, or other property which a Limited Partner would have received had it (a) exercised its Exchange Right and (B)
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received upon exercise of the Exchange Right immediately prior to the expiration of the Offer; or 
  
 (iii) the General Partner is the surviving entity in the
Transaction and either (a) the holders of REIT Shares do not receive cash, securities, or other property in the Transaction or (B) all Limited Partners (other than the General Partner or any Subsidiary) receive an amount of cash, securities, or
other property (expressed as an amount per REIT Share) that is no less than the product of the Conversion Factor and the greatest amount of cash, securities, or other property (expressed as an amount per REIT Share) received in the Transaction by
any holder of REIT Shares. 
  
 (d) Notwithstanding Section
7.01(c), the General Partner may merge with or into or consolidate with another entity if immediately after such merger or consolidation (i) substantially all of the assets of the successor or surviving entity (the “Survivor”), other than
Partnership Units held by the General Partner, are contributed, directly or indirectly, to the Partnership as a Capital Contribution in exchange for Partnership Units with a fair market value equal to the value of the assets so contributed as
determined by the Survivor in good faith and (ii) the Survivor expressly agrees to assume all obligations of the General Partner, as appropriate, hereunder. Upon such contribution and assumption, the Survivor shall have the right and duty to amend
this Agreement as set forth in this Section 7.01(d). The Survivor shall in good faith arrive at a new method for the calculation of the Cash Amount, the REIT Shares Amount and Conversion Factor for a Partnership Unit after any such merger or
consolidation so as to approximate the existing method for such calculation as closely as reasonably possible. Such calculation shall take into account, among other things, the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property that was
receivable upon such merger or consolidation by a holder of REIT Shares or options, warrants or other rights relating thereto, and to which a holder of Partnership Units could have acquired had such Partnership Units been exchanged immediately prior
to such merger or consolidation. Such amendment to this Agreement shall provide for adjustment to such method of calculation, which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for with respect to the Conversion
Factor. The Survivor also shall in good faith modify the definition of REIT Shares and make such amendments to Section 8.05 hereof so as to approximate the existing rights and obligations set forth in Section 8.05 as closely as reasonably possible.
The above provisions of this Section 7.01(d) shall similarly apply to successive mergers or consolidations permitted hereunder. 
  
 In respect of any transaction described in the preceding Paragraph, the General Partner is required to use its commercially reasonable efforts to
structure such transaction to avoid causing the Limited Partners to recognize a gain for federal income tax purposes by virtue of the occurrence of or their participation in such transaction, provided such efforts are consistent with the exercise of
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 (e) Notwithstanding Section 7.01(c), 
  
 (i) a General Partner may transfer all or any portion of its General Partnership Interest to (a) a
wholly-owned Subsidiary of such General Partner or (B) the owner of all of the ownership interests of such General Partner, and following a transfer of all of its General Partnership Interest, may withdraw as General Partner; and 
  
 (ii) the General Partner may engage in a transaction not
required by law or by the rules of any national securities exchange on which the REIT Shares are listed to be submitted to the vote of the holders of the REIT Shares. 
  
 7.02 Admission of a Substitute or Additional General Partner. A Person shall be admitted as a substitute or
additional General Partner of the Partnership only if the following terms and conditions are satisfied: 
  
 (a) the Person to be admitted as a substitute or additional General Partner shall have accepted and agreed to be bound by all the terms and provisions of
this Agreement by executing a counterpart thereof and such other documents or instruments as may be required or appropriate in order to effect the admission of such Person as a General Partner, and a certificate evidencing the admission of such
Person as a General Partner shall have been filed for recordation and all other actions required by Section 2.05 hereof in connection with such admission shall have been performed; 
  
 (b) if the Person to be admitted as a substitute or additional General Partner is a corporation or a partnership it shall
have provided the Partnership with evidence satisfactory to counsel for the Partnership of such Person’s authority to become a General Partner and to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement; and 
  
 (c) counsel for the Partnership shall have rendered an opinion (relying on
such opinions from other counsel and the state or any other jurisdiction as may be necessary) that the admission of the person to be admitted as a substitute or additional General Partner is in conformity with the Act, that none of the actions taken
in connection with the admission of such Person as a substitute or additional General Partner will cause (i) the Partnership to be classified other than as a partnership for federal income tax purposes, or (ii) the loss of any Limited Partner’s
limited liability. 
  
 7.03 Effect of Bankruptcy, Withdrawal,
Death or Dissolution of a General Partner. 
  
 (a) Upon the
occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy as to a General Partner (and its removal pursuant to Section 7.04(a) hereof) or the death, withdrawal, removal or dissolution of a General Partner (except that, if a General Partner is on the date of such
occurrence a partnership, the withdrawal, death, dissolution, Event of Bankruptcy as to, or removal of a partner in, such partnership shall be deemed not to be a dissolution of such General Partner if the business of such General Partner is
continued by the remaining partner or partners), the Partnership shall be dissolved and terminated unless the Partnership is continued pursuant to Section 7.03(b) hereof. The merger of the General Partner with or into any entity that is admitted as
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successor General Partner pursuant to Section 7.02 hereof shall not be deemed to be the withdrawal, dissolution or removal of the General Partner.

  
 (b) Following the occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy as to a
General Partner (and its removal pursuant to Section 7.04(a) hereof) or the death, withdrawal, removal or dissolution of a General Partner (except that, if a General Partner is on the date of such occurrence a partnership, the withdrawal, death,
dissolution, Event of Bankruptcy as to, or removal of a partner in, such partnership shall be deemed not to be a dissolution of such General Partner if the business of such General Partner is continued by the remaining partner or partners), the
Limited Partners, within 90 days after such occurrence, may elect to continue the business of the Partnership for the balance of the term specified in Section 2.04 hereof by selecting, subject to Section 7.02 hereof and any other provisions of this
Agreement, a substitute General Partner by consent of a majority in interest of the Limited Partners. If the Limited Partners elect to continue the business of the Partnership and admit a substitute General Partner, the relationship with the
Partners and of any Person who has acquired an interest of a Partner in the Partnership shall be governed by this Agreement. 
  
 7.04 Removal of a General Partner. 
  
 (a) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy as to, or the dissolution of, a General Partner, such General Partner shall be deemed to be removed
automatically; provided, however, that if a General Partner is on the date of such occurrence a partnership, the withdrawal, death, dissolution, Event of Bankruptcy as to or removal of a partner in such partnership shall be deemed not to be a
dissolution of the General Partner if the business of such General Partner is continued by the remaining partner or partners. The Limited Partners may not remove the General Partner, with or without cause. 
  
 (b) If a General Partner has been removed pursuant to this Section 7.04 and
the Partnership is continued pursuant to Section 7.03 hereof, such General Partner shall promptly transfer and assign its General Partnership Interest in the Partnership to the substitute General Partner approved by a majority in interest of the
Limited Partners in accordance with Section 7.03(b) hereof and otherwise admitted to the Partnership in accordance with Section 7.02 hereof. At the time of assignment, the removed General Partner shall be entitled to receive from the substitute
General Partner the fair market value of the General Partnership Interest of such removed General Partner as reduced by any damages caused to the Partnership by such General Partner. Such fair market value shall be determined by an appraiser
mutually agreed upon by the General Partner and a majority in interest of the Limited Partners within 10 days following the removal of the General Partner. In the event that the parties are unable to agree upon an appraiser, the removed General
Partner and a majority in interest of the Limited Partners each shall select an appraiser. Each such appraiser shall complete an appraisal of the fair market value of the removed General Partner’s General Partnership Interest within 30 days of
the General Partner’s removal, and the fair market value of the removed General Partner’s General Partnership Interest shall be the average of the two appraisals; provided, however, that if the higher appraisal exceeds the lower appraisal
by more than 20% of the amount of the lower appraisal, the two appraisers, no later than 40 days after the removal of the General Partner, shall select a third appraiser who shall complete an appraisal of the fair market value of the removed

  

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General Partner’s General Partnership Interest no later than 60 days after the removal of the General Partner. In such case, the fair market value of
the removed General Partner’s General Partnership Interest shall be the average of the two appraisals closest in value. 
  
 (c) The General Partnership Interest of a removed General Partner, during the time after default until transfer under Section 7.04(b), shall be converted
to that of a special Limited Partner; provided, however, such removed General Partner shall not have any rights to participate in the management and affairs of the Partnership, and shall not be entitled to any portion of the income, expense, profit,
gain or loss allocations or cash distributions allocable or payable, as the case may be, to the Limited Partners. Instead, such removed General Partner shall receive and be entitled only to retain distributions or allocations of such items that it
would have been entitled to receive in its capacity as General Partner, until the transfer is effective pursuant to Section 7.04(b). 
  
 (d) All Partners shall have given and hereby do give such consents, shall take such actions and shall execute such documents as shall be legally necessary
and sufficient to effect all the foregoing provisions of this Section. 
  
 ARTICLE VIII 
 RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE LIMITED PARTNERS 
  
 8.01 Management of the Partnership. The Limited Partners shall not
participate in the management or control of Partnership business nor shall they transact any business for the Partnership, nor shall they have the power to sign for or bind the Partnership, such powers being vested solely and exclusively in the
General Partner. 
  
 8.02 Power of Attorney. Each Limited
Partner hereby irrevocably appoints the General Partner its true and lawful attorney-in-fact, who may act for each Limited Partner and in its name, place and stead, and for its use and benefit, to sign, acknowledge, swear to, deliver, file or
record, at the appropriate public offices, any and all documents, certificates, and instruments as may be deemed necessary or desirable by the General Partner to carry out fully the provisions of this Agreement and the Act in accordance with their
terms, which power of attorney is coupled with an interest and shall survive the death, dissolution or legal incapacity of the Limited Partner, or the transfer by the Limited Partner of any part or all of its Partnership Interest. 
  
 8.03 Limitation on Liability of Limited Partners. No Limited Partner
shall be liable for any debts, liabilities, contracts or obligations of the Partnership. A Limited Partner shall be liable to the Partnership only to make payments of its Capital Contribution, if any, as and when due hereunder. After its Capital
Contribution is fully paid, no Limited Partner shall, except as otherwise required by the Act, be required to make any further Capital Contributions or other payments or lend any funds to the Partnership. 
  
 8.04 Ownership by Limited Partner of Corporate General Partner or
Affiliate. No Limited Partner shall at any time, either directly or indirectly, own any stock or other interest in the General Partner or in any Affiliate thereof, if such ownership by itself or in conjunction with 
  

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other stock or other interests owned by other Limited Partners would, in the opinion of counsel for the Partnership, jeopardize the classification of the
Partnership as a partnership for federal income tax purposes. The General Partner shall be entitled to make such reasonable inquiry of the Limited Partners as is required to establish compliance by the Limited Partners with the provisions of this
Section. 
  
 8.05 Exchange Right. 
  
 (a) Subject to Sections 8.05(b), 8.05(c), 8.05(d), and 8.05(e) and the
provisions of any agreements between the Partnership and one or more Limited Partners with respect to Partnership Units held by them, each Limited Partner, other than the General Partner, shall have the right (the “Exchange Right”) to
require the Partnership to redeem on a Specified Exchange Date all or a portion of the Partnership Units held by such Limited Partner at an exchange price equal to and in the form of the Cash Amount to be paid by the Partnership, provided that such
Partnership Units shall have been outstanding for at least one year. The Exchange Right shall be exercised pursuant to a Notice of Exchange delivered to the Partnership (with a copy to the General Partner) by the Limited Partner who is exercising
the Exchange Right (the “Exchanging Partner”); provided, however, that the Partnership shall not be obligated to satisfy such Exchange Right if the General Partner elects to purchase the Partnership Units subject to the Notice of Exchange
pursuant to Section 8.05(b); and provided, further, that no Limited Partner may deliver more than two Notices of Exchange during each calendar year. A Limited Partner may not exercise the Exchange Right for less than 1,000 Partnership Units or, if
such Limited Partner holds less than 1,000 Partnership Units, all of the Partnership Units held by such Partner. The Exchanging Partner shall have no right, with respect to any Partnership Units so exchanged, to receive any distribution paid with
respect to Partnership Units if the record date for such distribution is on or after the Specified Exchange Date. 
  
 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8.05(a), a Limited Partner that exercises the Exchange Right shall be deemed to have offered to sell the
Partnership Units described in the Notice of Exchange to the General Partner, and the General Partner may, in its sole and absolute discretion, elect to purchase directly and acquire such Partnership Units by paying to the Exchanging Partner either
the Cash Amount or the REIT Shares Amount, as elected by the General Partner (in its sole and absolute discretion), on the Specified Exchange Date, whereupon the General Partner shall acquire the Partnership Units offered for exchange by the
Exchanging Partner and shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as the owner of such Partnership Units. If the General Partner shall elect to exercise its right to purchase Partnership Units under this Section 8.05(b) with respect to a
Notice of Exchange, it shall so notify the Exchanging Partner within five Business Days after the receipt by the General Partner of such Notice of Exchange. Unless the General Partner (in its sole and absolute discretion) shall exercise its right to
purchase Partnership Units from the Exchanging Partner pursuant to this Section 8.05(b), the General Partner shall not have any obligation to the Exchanging Partner or the Partnership with respect to the Exchanging Partner’s exercise of the
Exchange Right. In the event the General Partner shall exercise its right to purchase Partnership Units with respect to the exercise of a Exchange Right in the manner described in the first sentence of this Section 8.05(b), the Partnership shall
have no obligation to pay any amount to the Exchanging Partner with respect to such Exchanging Partner’s exercise of such Exchange Right, and each of the 
  

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Exchanging Partner, the Partnership, and the General Partner, as the case may be, shall treat the transaction between the General Partner, as the case may
be, and the Exchanging Partner for federal income tax purposes as a sale of the Exchanging Partner’s Partnership Units to the General Partner, as the case may be. Each Exchanging Partner agrees to execute such documents as the General Partner
may reasonably require in connection with the issuance of REIT Shares upon exercise of the Exchange Right. 
  
 (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 8.05(a) and 8.05(b), a Limited Partner shall not be entitled to exercise the Exchange Right if the delivery
of REIT Shares to such Partner on the Specified Exchange Date by the General Partner pursuant to Section 8.05(b) (regardless of whether or not the General Partner would in fact exercise its rights under Section 8.05(b)) would (i) result in such
Partner or any other person owning, directly or indirectly, REIT Shares in excess of the Ownership Limitation (as defined in the Articles of Incorporation) and calculated in accordance therewith, except as provided in the Articles of Incorporation,
(ii) result in REIT Shares being owned by fewer than 100 persons (determined without reference to any rules of attribution), except as provided in the Articles of Incorporation, (iii) result in the General Partner being “closely held”
within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code, (iv) cause the General Partner to own, directly or constructively, 10% or more of the ownership interests in a tenant of the General Partner’s, the Partnership’s, or a Subsidiary
Partnership’s, real property, within the meaning of Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code, or (v) cause the acquisition of REIT Shares by such Partner to be “integrated” with any other distribution of REIT Shares for purposes of complying
with the registration provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The General Partner, in their sole and absolute discretion, may waive the restriction on exchange set forth in this Section 8.05(c);
provided, however, that in the event such restriction is waived, the Exchanging Partner shall be paid the Cash Amount. 
  
 (d) Any Cash Amount to be paid to an Exchanging Partner pursuant to this Section 8.05 shall be paid on the Specified Exchange Date; provided, however,
that the General Partner may elect to cause the Specified Exchange Date to be delayed for up to an additional 180 days to the extent required for the General Partner to cause additional REIT Shares to be issued to provide financing to be used to
make such payment of the Cash Amount. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the General Partner agrees to use its best efforts to cause the closing of the acquisition of exchanged Partnership Units hereunder to occur as quickly as reasonably possible.

  
 (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the
General Partner shall place appropriate restrictions on the ability of the Limited Partners to exercise their Exchange Rights as and if deemed necessary to ensure that the Partnership does not constitute a “publicly traded partnership”
under section 7704 of the Code. If and when the General Partner determines that imposing such restrictions is necessary, the General Partner shall give prompt written notice thereof (a “Restriction Notice”) to each of the Limited Partners,
which notice shall be accompanied by a copy of an opinion of counsel to the Partnership which states that, in the opinion of such counsel, restrictions are necessary in order to avoid the Partnership being treated as a “publicly traded
partnership” under section 7704 of the Code. 
  
 8.06
Registration. Subject to the terms of any agreement between the General Partner and one or more Limited Partners with respect to Partnership Units held by them: 
  

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 (a) Shelf Registration of the Common Stock. Within two weeks prior or subsequent to the first date
upon which the Partnership Units owned by any Limited Partner may be exchanged (or such later date as may be required under applicable provisions of the Securities Act), the General Partner agrees to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “Commission”), a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (if the General Partner is eligible to use such form) under Rule 415 of the Securities Act (a “Registration Statement”), or any similar rule that may be adopted by
the Commission, with respect to all of the shares of Common Stock that may be issued upon exchange of such Partnership Units pursuant to Section 8.05 hereof (“Exchange Shares”). The General Partner will use its best efforts to have the
Registration Statement declared effective under the Securities Act. The General Partner need not file a separate Registration Statement, but may file one Registration Statement covering Exchange Shares issuable to more than one Limited Partner. The
General Partner further agrees to supplement or make amendments to each Registration Statement, if required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form utilized by the General Partner or by the Securities Act or
rules and regulations thereunder for such Registration Statement. 
  
 (b) If a Registration Statement under subsection (a) above is not available under the securities laws or the rules of the Commission, or if required to permit the resale of Exchange Shares by “Affiliates” (as defined in the
Securities Act), upon the written request of any Limited Partner holding at least 20,000 Partnership Units, the General Partner agrees to file with the Commission a Registration Statement covering the resale of Exchange Shares by Affiliates or
others whose Exchange Shares are not covered by a Registration Statement filed pursuant to subsection (a) above. The General Partner will use its best efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective under the Securities Act. The
General Partner need not file a separate Registration Statement, but may file one Registration Statement covering Exchange Shares issuable to more than one Limited Partner. The General Partner further agrees to supplement or make amendments to each
Registration Statement, if required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form utilized by the General Partner or by the Securities Act or rules and regulations thereunder for such Registration Statement.

  
 (c) Listing on Securities Exchange. If the General
Partner shall list or maintain the listing of any shares of Common Stock on any securities exchange or national market system, it will at its expense and as necessary to permit the registration and sale of the Exchange Shares hereunder, list
thereon, maintain and, when necessary, increase such listing to include such Exchange Shares. 
  
 (d) Registration Not Required. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the General Partner shall not be required to file or maintain the effectiveness of a registration statement relating to Exchange Shares after the
first date upon which, in the opinion of counsel to the General Partner, all of the Exchange Shares covered thereby could be sold by the holders thereof in any period of three months pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or any successor
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 ARTICLE IX 
 TRANSFERS AND REDEMPTIONS OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP INTERESTS 
  
 9.01 Purchase for Investment. 
  
 (a) Each Limited Partner hereby represents and warrants to the General Partner and to the Partnership that the acquisition of his Partnership Interests is
made as a principal for his account for investment purposes only and not with a view to the resale or distribution of such Partnership Interest. 
  
 (b) Each Limited Partner agrees that he will not sell, assign or otherwise transfer his Partnership Interest or any fraction thereof, whether voluntarily
or by operation of law or at judicial sale or otherwise, to any Person who does not make the representations and warranties to the General Partner set forth in Section 9.01(a) above and similarly agree not to sell, assign or transfer such
Partnership Interest or fraction thereof to any Person who does not similarly represent, warrant and agree. 
  
 9.02 Restrictions on Transfer of Limited Partnership Interests. 
  
 (a) Subject to the provisions of 9.02(b), (c) and (d), no Limited Partner may offer, sell, assign, hypothecate, pledge or
otherwise transfer all or any portion of his Limited Partnership Interest, or any of such Limited Partner’s economic rights as a Limited Partner, whether voluntarily or by operation of law or at judicial sale or otherwise (collectively, a
“Transfer”) without the consent of the General Partner, which consent may be granted or withheld in its sole and absolute discretion. Any such purported transfer undertaken without such consent shall be considered to be null and void ab
initio and shall not be given effect. Each Original Limited Partner acknowledges that the General Partner has agreed not to grant any such consent prior to the Transfer Restriction Date. The General Partner may require, as a condition of any
Transfer to which it consents, that the transferor assume all costs incurred by the Partnership in connection therewith. 
  
 (b) No Limited Partner may withdraw from the Partnership other than as a result of a permitted Transfer (i.e., a Transfer consented to as contemplated by
clause (a) above or clause (c) below or a Transfer pursuant to 9.05 below) of all of his Partnership Units pursuant to this Article IX or pursuant to an exchange of all of his Partnership Units pursuant to 8.05. Upon the permitted Transfer or
redemption of all of a Limited Partner’s Partnership Units, such Limited Partner shall cease to be a Limited Partner. 
  
 (c) Subject to 9.02(d), (e) and (f) below, a Limited Partner may Transfer, with the consent of the General Partner, all or a portion of his Partnership
Units to (i) a parent or parent’s spouse, natural or adopted descendant or descendants, spouse of such descendant, or brother or sister, or a trust created by such Limited Partner for the benefit of such Limited Partner and/or any such
person(s), of which trust such Limited Partner or any such person(s) is a trustee, (ii) a corporation controlled by a Person or Persons named in (i) above, or (iii) if the Limited Partner is an entity, its beneficial owners. 
  

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 (d) No Limited Partner may effect a Transfer of its Limited Partnership Interest, in whole or in part,
if, in the opinion of legal counsel for the Partnership, such proposed Transfer would require the registration of the Limited Partnership Interest under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or would otherwise violate any applicable federal or
state securities or blue sky law (including investment suitability standards). 
  
 (e) No Transfer by a Limited Partner of its Partnership Units, in whole or in part, may be made to any Person if (i) in the opinion of legal counsel for the Partnership, the transfer would result in the
Partnership’s being treated as an association taxable as a corporation (other than a qualified REIT subsidiary within the meaning of Section 856(i) of the Code), (ii) in the opinion of legal counsel for the Partnership, it would adversely
affect the ability of the General Partner to continue to qualify as a REIT or subject the General Partner to any additional taxes under Section 857 or Section 4981 of the Code, or (iii) such transfer is effectuated through an “established
securities market” or a “secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof)” within the meaning of Section 7704 of the Code. 
  
 (f) No transfer of any Partnership Units may be made to a lender to the Partnership or any Person who is related (within the meaning of Regulations
Section 1.752-4(b)) to any lender to the Partnership whose loan constitutes a nonrecourse liability (within the meaning of Regulations Section 1.752-1(a)(2)), without the consent of the General Partner, which may be withheld in its sole and absolute
discretion, provided that as a condition to such consent the lender will be required to enter into an arrangement with the Partnership and the General Partner to exchange or redeem for the Cash Amount any Partnership Units in which a security
interest is held simultaneously with the time at which such lender would be deemed to be a partner in the Partnership for purposes of allocating liabilities to such lender under Section 752 of the Code. 
  
 (g) Any Transfer in contravention of any of the provisions of this Article IX
shall be void and ineffectual and shall not be binding upon, or recognized by, the Partnership. 
  
 (h) Prior to the consummation of any Transfer under this Article IX, the transferor and/or the transferee shall deliver to the General Partner such
opinions, certificates and other documents as the General Partner shall request in connection with such Transfer. 
  
 9.03 Admission of Substitute Limited Partner. 
  
 (a) Subject to the other provisions of this Article IX, an assignee of the Limited Partnership Interest of a Limited Partner (which shall be understood to
include any purchaser, transferee, donee, or other recipient of any disposition of such Limited Partnership Interest) shall be deemed admitted as a Limited Partner of the Partnership only with the consent of the General Partner and upon the
satisfactory completion of the following: 
  
 (i)
The assignee shall have accepted and agreed to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement by executing a counterpart or an amendment thereof, including a revised Exhibit A, and such other documents or instruments as the General
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 (ii) To the extent required, an amended Certificate evidencing the admission of such
Person as a Limited Partner shall have been signed, acknowledged and filed for record in accordance with the Act. 
  
 (iii) The assignee shall have delivered a letter containing the representation set forth in Section 9.01(a) hereof and the agreement set
forth in Section 9.01(b) hereof. 
  
 (iv) If the
assignee is a corporation, partnership or trust, the assignee shall have provided the General Partner with evidence satisfactory to counsel for the Partnership of the assignee’s authority to become a Limited Partner under the terms and
provisions of this Agreement. 
  
 (v) The
assignee shall have executed a power of attorney containing the terms and provisions set forth in Section 8.02 hereof. 
  
 (vi) The assignee shall have paid all legal fees and other expenses of the Partnership and the General Partner and filing and publication
costs in connection with its substitution as a Limited Partner. 
  
 (vii) The assignee has obtained the prior written consent of the General Partner to its admission as a Substitute Limited Partner, which consent may be given or denied in the exercise of the General Partner’s
sole and absolute discretion. 
  
 (b) For the purpose of
allocating Profits and Losses and distributing cash received by the Partnership, a Substitute Limited Partner shall be treated as having become, and appearing in the records of the Partnership as, a Partner upon the filing of the Certificate
described in Section 9.03(a)(ii) hereof or, if no such filing is required, the later of the date specified in the transfer documents or the date on which the General Partner has received all necessary instruments of transfer and substitution.

  
 (c) The General Partner shall cooperate with the Person
seeking to become a Substitute Limited Partner by preparing the documentation required by this Section and making all official filings and publications. The Partnership shall take all such action as promptly as practicable after the satisfaction of
the conditions in this Article IX to the admission of such Person as a Limited Partner of the Partnership. 
  
 9.04 Rights of Assignees of Partnership Interests. 
  
 (a) Subject to the provisions of Sections 9.01 and 9.02 hereof, except as required by operation of law, the Partnership shall not be obligated for any
purposes whatsoever to recognize the assignment by any Limited Partner of its Partnership Interest until the Partnership has received notice thereof. 
  
 (b) Any Person who is the assignee of all or any portion of a Limited Partner’s Limited Partnership Interest, but does not become a Substitute
Limited Partner and desires to make a further assignment of such Limited Partnership Interest, shall be subject to all the 
  

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provisions of this Article IX to the same extent and in the same manner as any Limited Partner desiring to make an assignment of its Limited Partnership
Interest. 
  
 9.05 Effect of Bankruptcy, Death, Incompetence or
Termination of a Limited Partner. The occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy as to a Limited Partner, the death of a Limited Partner or a final adjudication that a Limited Partner is incompetent (which term shall include, but not be limited to,
insanity) shall not cause the termination or dissolution of the Partnership, and the business of the Partnership shall continue if an order for relief in a bankruptcy proceeding is entered against a Limited Partner, the trustee or receiver of his
estate or, if he dies, his executor, administrator or trustee, or, if he is finally adjudicated incompetent, his committee, guardian or conservator, shall have the rights of such Limited Partner for the purpose of settling or managing his estate
property and such power as the bankrupt, deceased or incompetent Limited Partner possessed to assign all or any part of his Partnership Interest and to join with the assignee in satisfying conditions precedent to the admission of the assignee as a
Substitute Limited Partner. 
  
 9.06 Joint Ownership of
Interests. A Partnership Interest may be acquired by two individuals as joint tenants with right of survivorship, provided that such individuals either are married or are related and share the same home as tenants in common. The written consent
or vote of both owners of any such jointly held Partnership Interest shall be required to constitute the action of the owners of such Partnership Interest; provided, however, that the written consent of only one joint owner will be required if the
Partnership has been provided with evidence satisfactory to the counsel for the Partnership that the actions of a single joint owner can bind both owners under the applicable laws of the state of residence of such joint owners. Upon the death of one
owner of a Partnership Interest held in a joint tenancy with a right of survivorship, the Partnership Interest shall become owned solely by the survivor as a Limited Partner and not as an assignee. The Partnership need not recognize the death of one
of the owners of a jointly-held Partnership Interest until it shall have received notice of such death. Upon notice to the General Partner from either owner, the General Partner shall cause the Partnership Interest to be divided into two equal
Partnership Interests, which shall thereafter be owned separately by each of the former owners. 
  
 9.07 Redemption of Partnership Units. The General Partner will cause the Partnership to redeem Partnership Units, to the extent it shall have
legally available funds therefor, at any time the General Partner redeems shares of beneficial interest in itself. The number and class or series of Partnership Units redeemed and the redemption price shall equal the number (multiplied by the
Conversion Factor) of shares of beneficial interest the General Partner redeems and the redemption price at which the General Partner redeems such shares, respectively. 
  
 ARTICLE X 
 BOOKS AND RECORDS; ACCOUNTING; TAX MATTERS 
  
 10.01 Books and Records. At all times during the continuance of the Partnership, the Partners shall keep or cause to be kept at the Partnership’s specified office true and complete books of account in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles, including: (a) a current list of the full name and last known business address of each Partner, (b) a copy of the Certificate of Limited Partnership and all certificates of amendment thereto, (c) copies of the

  

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Partnership’s federal, state and local income tax returns and reports, (d) copies of the Agreement and any financial statements of the Partnership for
the three most recent years and (e) all documents and information required under the Act. Any Partner or its duly authorized representative, upon paying the costs of collection, duplication and mailing, shall be entitled to inspect or copy such
records during ordinary business hours. 
  
 10.02 Custody of
Partnership Funds, Bank Accounts. 
  
 (a) All funds of the
Partnership not otherwise invested shall be deposited in one or more accounts maintained in such banking or brokerage institutions as the General Partner shall determine, and withdrawals shall be made only on such signature or signatures as the
General Partner may, from time to time, determine. 
  
 (b) All
deposits and other funds not needed in the operation of the business of the Partnership may be invested by the General Partner in investment grade instruments (or investment companies whose portfolio consists primarily thereof), government
obligations, certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances and municipal notes and bonds. The funds of the Partnership shall not be commingled with the funds of any other Person except for such commingling as may necessarily result from an
investment in those investment companies permitted by this Section 10.02(b). 
  
 10.03 Fiscal and Taxable Year. The fiscal and taxable year of the Partnership shall be the calendar year. 
  
 10.04 Annual Tax Information and Report. Within 75 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Partnership, the General Partner shall furnish to
each person who was a Limited Partner at any time during such year the tax information necessary to file such Limited Partner’s individual tax returns as shall be reasonably required by law. 
  
 10.05 Tax Matters Partner, Tax Elections, Special Basis Adjustments.

  
 (a) The General Partner shall be the Tax Matters Partner of
the Partnership within the meaning of Section 6231(a)(7) of the Code. As Tax Matters Partner, the General Partner shall have the right and obligation to take all actions authorized and required, respectively, by the Code for the Tax Matters Partner.
The General Partner shall have the right to retain professional assistance in respect of any audit of the Partnership by the Service and all out-of-pocket expenses and fees incurred by the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership as Tax Matters
Partner shall constitute Partnership expenses. In the event the General Partner receives notice of a final Partnership adjustment under Section 6223(a)(2) of the Code, the General Partner shall either (i) file a court petition for judicial review of
such final adjustment within the period provided under Section 6226(a) of the Code, a copy of which petition shall be mailed to all Limited Partners on the date such petition is filed, or (ii) mail a written notice to all Limited Partners, within
such period, that describes the General Partner’s reasons for determining not to file such a petition. 
  

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 (b) All elections required or permitted to be made by the Partnership under the Code or any applicable
state or local tax law shall be made by the General Partner in its sole and absolute discretion. 
  
 (c) In the event of a transfer of all or any part of the Partnership Interest of any Partner, the Partnership, at the option of the General Partner, may
elect pursuant to Section 754 of the Code to adjust the basis of the Properties. Notwithstanding anything contained in Article V of this Agreement, any adjustments made pursuant to Section 754 shall affect only the successor in interest to the
transferring Partner and in no event shall be taken into account in establishing, maintaining or computing Capital Accounts for the other Partners for any purpose under this Agreement. Each Partner will furnish the Partnership with all information
necessary to give effect to such election. 
  
 10.06 Reports to
Limited Partners. 
  
 (a) As soon as practicable after the
close of each fiscal quarter (other than the last quarter of the fiscal year), the General Partner shall cause to be mailed to each Limited Partner a quarterly report containing financial statements of the Partnership, or of the General Partner if
such statements are prepared solely on a consolidated basis with the General Partner, for such fiscal quarter, presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. As soon as practicable after the close of each fiscal year, the
General Partner shall cause to be mailed to each Limited Partner an annual report containing financial statements of the Partnership, or of the General Partner if such statements are prepared solely on a consolidated basis with the General Partner,
for such fiscal year, presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The annual financial statements shall be audited by accountants selected by the General Partner. 
  
 (b) Any Partner shall further have the right to a private audit of the books
and records of the Partnership, provided such audit is made for Partnership purposes, at the expense of the Partner desiring it and is made during normal business hours. 
  
 ARTICLE XI 
 AMENDMENT OF AGREEMENT; MERGER 
  
 The General
Partner’s consent shall be required for any amendment to this Agreement. The General Partner, without the consent of the Limited Partner, may amend this Agreement in any respect or merge or consolidate the Partnership with or into any other
partnership or business entity (as defined in Section 17-211 of the Act) in a transaction pursuant to Section 7.01(c), (d) or (e) hereof; provided, however, that the following amendments and any other merger or consolidation of the Partnership shall
require the consent of Limited Partners holding more than 50% of the Percentage Interests of the Limited Partner: 
  
 (a) any amendment affecting the operation of the Conversion Factor or the Exchange Right (except as provided in Section 8.05(d) or 7.01(d) hereof) in a
manner adverse to the Limited Partner; 
  

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 (b) any amendment that would adversely affect the rights of the Limited Partner to receive the
distributions payable to them hereunder, other than with respect to the issuance of additional Partnership Units pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof; 
  
 (c) any amendment that would alter the Partnership’s allocations of Profit and Loss to the Limited Partner, other than with respect to the issuance
of additional Partnership Units pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof; or 
  
 (d) any amendment that would impose on the Limited Partner any obligation to make additional Capital Contributions to the Partnership. 
  
 ARTICLE XII 
 GENERAL PROVISIONS

  
 12.01 Notices. All communications required or
permitted under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered personally or upon deposit in the United States mail, registered, postage prepaid return receipt requested, to the Partners at the addresses set
forth in Exhibit A attached hereto; provided, however, that any Partner may specify a different address by notifying the General Partner in writing of such different address. Notices to the Partnership shall be delivered at or mailed to its
specified office. 
  
 12.02 Survival of Rights. Subject to
the provisions hereof limiting transfers, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Partners and the Partnership and their respective legal representatives, successors, transferees and assigns. 
  
 12.03 Additional Documents. Each Partner agrees to perform all further
acts and execute, swear to, acknowledge and deliver all further documents which may be reasonable, necessary, appropriate or desirable to carry out the provisions of this Agreement or the Act. 
  
 12.04 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be
declared illegal, invalid, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then such provision shall be deemed to be severable from this Agreement (to the extent permitted by law) and in any event such illegality, invalidity or unenforceability shall not
affect the remainder hereof. 
  
 12.05 Entire Agreement.
This Agreement and exhibits attached hereto constitute the entire Agreement of the Partners and supersede all prior written agreements and prior and contemporaneous oral agreements, understandings and negotiations with respect to the subject matter
hereof. 
  
 12.06 Pronouns and Plurals. When the context in
which words are used in the Agreement indicates that such is the intent, words in the singular number shall include the plural and the masculine gender shall include the neuter or female gender as the context may require. 
  

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 12.07 Headings. The Article headings or sections in this Agreement are for convenience only and
shall not be used in construing the scope of this Agreement or any particular Article. 
  
 12.08 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original copy and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument binding on
all parties hereto, notwithstanding that all parties shall not have signed the same counterpart. 
  
 12.09 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware. 
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have hereunder affixed their signatures to this Agreement of
Limited Partnership, all as of the      day of             , 2003. 
  

	WELLS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST III, INC.
		
	 	 	 
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	  

	 Title:
	 	  

	
	 WELLS CAPITAL, INC.

		
	 By:
	 	  

	 Name:
	 	  

	 Title:
	 	  

  

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 EXHIBIT A 
  

	 Partner

	  	Cash
Contribution

	  	 Agreed Value
 Of
Capital
Contribution

	  	Partnership
Units

	  	Percentage
Interest

	 GENERAL PARTNER:
 Wells Real Estate
 Investment Trust III, Inc.
 6200 The Corners
 Parkway, Suite 250,
 Norcross, Georgia 30092
	  	$	 	  	$	 	  	$	 	  	 
					
	 Partner

	  	Cash
Contribution

	  	 Agreed Value
 Of
Capital
Contribution

	  	Partnership
Units

	  	Percentage
Interest

	 ORIGINAL LIMITED PARTNER
 Wells Capital, Inc.
 6200 The Corners
 Parkway, Suite 250,
 Norcross, Georgia 30092
	  	 	 	  	 	 	  	 	 	  	 

  

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 EXHIBIT B 
  
 NOTICE OF EXERCISE OF EXCHANGE RIGHT 
  
 In accordance with Section 8.05 of the Agreement of Limited Partnership (the “Agreement”) of Wells Operating
Partnership III, L.P., the undersigned hereby irrevocably (i) presents for exchange              Partnership Units in Wells Operating Partnership III, L.P. in accordance with the
terms of the Agreement and the Exchange Right referred to in Section 8.05 thereof, (ii) surrenders such Partnership Units and all right, title and interest therein, and (iii) directs that the Cash Amount or REIT Shares Amount (as defined in the
Agreement) as determined by the General Partner deliverable upon exercise of the Exchange Right be delivered to the address specified below, and if REIT Shares (as defined in the Agreement) are to be delivered, such REIT Shares be registered or
placed in the name(s) and at the address(es) specified below. 
  

	 Dated:              ,
        
	  	 
		
	 Name of Limited Partner:
	  	 
		
	
	  	 
	 (Signature of Limited Partner)
	  	 
		
	
	  	 
	 (Mailing Address)
	  	 
		
	
	  	 
	 (City) (State)(Zip Code)
	  	 
		
	
	  	 
	 Signature Guaranteed by:
	  	 
		
	
	  	 

  
 If
REIT Shares are to be issued, issue to: 
  
 Please insert social security or identifying number: 
  
 Name: 
  

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