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    Exhibit 10.1

    STANDBY EQUITY DISTRIBUTION
AGREEMENT

     

        THIS AGREEMENT
dated as of March 26, 2010 (this “Agreement”) between
YA GLOBAL MASTER SPV
LTD., a Cayman Islands company (the “Investor”), and
SUPERTEL HOSPITALITY, INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws
of the State of Virginia (the “Company”).

     

        WHEREAS, the parties desire that,
upon the terms and subject to the conditions contained herein, the Company shall
issue and sell to the Investor, from time to time as provided herein, and the
Investor shall purchase from the Company up to the amount of the Company’s
common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”) which
the Company may sell under its registration statement on Form S-3 (File No.
333-147310) but not to exceed $10,000,000 except as otherwise provided herein;
and

     

        WHEREAS, the offer and sale of the
shares of Common Stock issuable hereunder has been registered on the Company’s
registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-147310) under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder
(the “Securities
Act”).

     

        NOW, THEREFORE, the parties
hereto agree as follows:

     

    Article I. Certain
Definitions

     

    Section 1.01      “Additional Shares”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(e).

     

    Section 1.02      “Advance” shall mean
the portion of the Commitment Amount requested by the Company in the Advance
Notice.

     

    Section 1.03      “Advance Notice” shall
mean a written notice in the form of Exhibit A attached
hereto to the Investor executed by an officer of the Company and setting forth
the Advance amount that the Company requests from the Investor.

     

    Section 1.04      “Advance Notice Date”
shall mean each date the Company delivers (in accordance with Section 2.02(b) of
this Agreement) to the Investor an Advance Notice requiring the Investor to
advance funds to the Company, subject to the terms of this Agreement.  No
Advance Notice Date shall be less than 5 Trading Days after the prior Advance
Notice Date.

     

    Section 1.05      “Base Prospectus”
shall mean the Company’s prospectus accompanying the Registration
Statement.

     

    Section 1.06      “Closing” shall mean
one of the closings of a purchase and sale of Common Stock pursuant to Section
2.03.

     

    Section 1.07      “Commitment Amount”
shall mean the aggregate amount of up to $10,000,000, subject to adjustment in
accordance with Section 2.05; provided that, the Company shall not effect any
sales under this Agreement and the Investor shall not have the obligation to
purchase shares of Common Stock under this Agreement to the extent that after
giving effect to such purchase and sale the aggregate number of shares of Common
Stock issued under this Agreement would exceed 4,400,464 shares of Common Stock
(which is less than 20% of the 22,002,322 outstanding shares of Common Stock as
of the date of this  Agreement) except that such limitation shall not apply
in the event that the Company (i) obtains the approval of its stockholders as
required by the applicable rules of the Principal Market for the Common Stock
for issuances of Common Stock in excess of such amount or (ii) obtains a written
opinion from outside counsel to the Company that such approval is not required,
which opinion shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Investor.

     

    Section 1.08      “Commitment Period”
shall mean the period commencing on the Effective Date, and expiring upon the
termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 10.02.

     

    Section 1.09      “Common Stock” shall
have the meaning set forth in the recitals of the Agreement.

     

    Section 1.10      “Condition Satisfaction
Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.01.

     

    Section 1.11      “Consolidation Event”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.06.

     

    Section 1.12      “Damages” shall mean
any loss, claim, damage, liability, costs and expenses (including, without
limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees and disbursements and costs and expenses
of expert witnesses and investigation).

     

    Section 1.13      “Effective Date” shall
mean the date hereof.

     

    Section 1.14      “Environmental Laws”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.12.

     

    Section 1.15      “Exchange Act” shall
mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.

     

    Section 1.16      “Excluded Day” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(e).

     

    Section 1.17      “Initial Disclosure”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.10.

     

    Section 1.18      “Market Price” shall
mean the lowest daily VWAP of the Common Stock during the relevant Pricing
Period that is greater than or equal to the Minimum Market Price.

     

    Section 1.19      “Material Adverse
Effect” shall mean any condition, circumstance, or situation that may
result in, or reasonably be expected to result in (i) a material adverse effect
on the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated herein, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results
of operations, assets, business or condition (financial or otherwise) of the
Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (iii) a material adverse
effect on the Company’s ability to perform in any material respect on a timely
basis its obligations under this Agreement.

     

    Section 1.20      “Maximum Advance
Amount” shall be $500,000 or such other amount as may be agreed upon by
the mutual consent of the parties.

     

    Section 1.21      “Minimum Acceptable
Price” shall mean, with respect to each Advance, a price equal to the
greater of (i) a price chosen by the Company and set out in the Advance Notice,
(ii) a price equal to fifty percent (50%) of the VWAP on the Trading Day
immediately preceding the date of such Advance Notice, or (iii) a price equal to
the then current par value of the Common Stock.

     

    Section 1.22      “Minimum Market Price”
shall mean the product obtained by multiplying the Minimum Acceptable Price by
1.042.

     

    Section 1.23      “Net Advance Amount”
shall mean the final amount of an Advance (in each case as reduced, if
necessary, pursuant to Section 2.02 and as increased, if necessary, by the
purchase price paid for any Additional Shares purchased on Excluded Days
pursuant to Section 2.02(e)).

     

    Section 1.24      “Ownership Limitation”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.02(a).

     

    Section 1.25      “Person” shall mean an
individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a trust or other
entity or organization, including a government or political subdivision or an
agency or instrumentality thereof.

     

    Section 1.26      “Preferred Stock”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.05.

     

    Section 1.27      “Pricing Period” shall
mean the 5 consecutive Trading Days after the Advance Notice Date.

     

    Section 1.28      “Principal Market”
shall mean the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq
Capital Market, the NYSE Euronext, or the New York Stock Exchange, whichever is
at the time the principal trading exchange or market for the Common
Stock.

     

    Section 1.29      “Prospectus” shall
mean the Base Prospectus, as supplemented by any Prospectus
Supplement.

     

    Section 1.30      “Prospectus
Supplement” shall mean any prospectus supplement to the Base Prospectus
filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities
Act.

     

    Section 1.31      “Purchase Price” shall
be set at 96% of the Market Price during the Pricing Period.

     

    Section 1.32      “Registration
Statement” shall mean the Company’s shelf registration statement filed by
the Company with the SEC under the Securities Act on Form S-3 (Registration
Number 333-147310), with respect to Common Stock, Preferred Stock and warrants
to be offered and sold by the Company, as such Registration Statement may be
amended and supplemented from time to time and including any information deemed
to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B under the Securities Act or another
registration statement on a form promulgated by the SEC for which the Company
then qualifies and which form shall be available for the registration of the
offer and sale of the Shares to the Investor and any successor shelf
registration statement filed by the Company with the SEC under the Securities
Act on a form promulgated by the SEC for which the Company then qualifies and
which form shall be available for the registration of the sale of Shares to the
Investor.

     

    Section 1.33      “SEC” shall have the
meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.

     

    Section 1.34      “SEC Documents” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 4.07.

     

    Section 1.35      “Securities Act” shall
have the meaning set forth in the recitals of this Agreement.

     

    Section 1.36      “Settlement Document”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(a).

     

    Section 1.37      “Shares” shall mean
the shares of Common Stock to be issued from time to time hereunder pursuant to
Advances.

     

    Section 1.38      “Share Issuance Date”
shall mean the second (2nd) Trading Day after
receipt by the Company of the Settlement Document with respect to each
Advance.

     

    Section 1.39      “Trading Day” shall
mean any day during which the Principal Market shall be open for
business.

     

    Section 1.40      “VWAP” means, for any
date, the daily volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date
on the Principal Market as reported by Bloomberg L.P. (based on a Trading Day
from 9:30 a.m. (New York City time) to 4:00 p.m. (New York City
time)).

     

    Article II.
Advances

     

    Section 2.01      Advances. Subject to
the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, the
provisions of Article VII hereof), the Company, at its sole and exclusive
option, may issue and sell to the Investor, and the Investor shall purchase from
the Company, shares of the Company’s Common Stock by the delivery, in the
Company’s sole discretion, of Advance Notices.

     

    Section 2.02      Mechanics.

     

    (a)   Advance Notice. 
At any time during the Commitment Period, the Company may require the Investor
to purchase shares of Common Stock by delivering an Advance Notice to the
Investor, subject to the conditions set forth in Article VII; provided, however,
that (i) the amount for each Advance as designated by the Company in the
applicable Advance Notice shall not be more than the Maximum Advance Amount,
(ii) the aggregate amount of the Advances pursuant to this Agreement shall not
exceed the Commitment Amount, (iii) in no event shall
the number of shares of Common Stock issuable to the Investor pursuant to an
Advance cause the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned
(as calculated pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) by the Investor
and its affiliates to exceed 4.99% of the then outstanding Common Stock (the
“Ownership
Limitation”) (as of the date of this Agreement, Investor and its
affiliates held 0% of the outstanding Common Stock), and (iv) under no
circumstances shall the aggregate offering price or number of Shares, as the
case may be, exceed the aggregate offering price or number of Shares available
for issuance under the Registration Statement (the “Registration
Limitation”).  There shall be a minimum of 5 Trading Days between
each Advance Notice Date.  Notwithstanding any other provision in this
Agreement, the Company acknowledges and agrees that upon receipt of an Advance
Notice, the Investor may sell shares that it is unconditionally obligated to
purchase under such Advance Notice prior to taking possession of such
shares.

     

    (b)   Date of Delivery of Advance
Notice.  Advance Notices shall be delivered in accordance with the
instructions set forth on the bottom of Exhibit A or such other instructions
that the Investor may provide to the Company.  An Advance Notice shall be
deemed delivered on (i) the Trading Day it is received by the Investor if such
notice is received prior to 5:00 pm Eastern Time, or (ii) the immediately
succeeding Trading Day if it is received after 5:00 pm Eastern Time on a Trading
Day or at any time on a day which is not a Trading Day.  No Advance Notice
may be deemed delivered on a day that is not a Trading Day. The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Investor shall be entitled
to treat any email it receives from officers whose email addresses are
identified by the Company purporting to be an Advance Notice as a duly executed
and authorized Advance Notice from the Company.

     

    (c)   Ownership
Limitation.  In connection with each Advance Notice delivered by the
Company, any portion of an Advance that would cause the Investor to exceed the
Ownership Limitation shall automatically be withdrawn with no further action
required by the Company.

     

    (d)   Registration
Limitation.  In connection with each Advance Notice, any portion of
an Advance that would exceed the Registration Limitation shall automatically be
deemed to be withdrawn by the Company with no further action required by the
Company.

     

    (e)   Minimum Acceptable
Price.       Upon the issuance by the
Company of an Advance Notice with a Minimum Acceptable Price (i) the Company
shall automatically reduce the amount of the Advance set forth in such Advance
Notice by twenty percent (20%) for each Trading Day during the Pricing Period
that the VWAP of the Common Stock is below the Minimum Market Price (each such
day, an “Excluded
Day”), and (ii) each Excluded Day shall be excluded from the Pricing
Period for purposes of determining the Market Price.  The number of shares
of Common Stock to be delivered to the Investor at the Closing shall correspond
with the Advance Notice amount as reduced pursuant to clause (i) above, except
that the Investor shall have the right to purchase shares of Common Stock in an
amount up to twenty percent (20%) of the Advance set forth in such Advance
Notice for each such Excluded Day (the “Additional Shares”)
at a price equal to such Minimum Acceptable Price.

     

    Section 2.03      Closings.  Each
Closing shall take place on each Share Issuance Date in accordance with the
procedures set forth below.  In connection with each Closing the Company
and the Investor shall fulfill each of its obligations as set forth
below:

     

    (a)   Within 1 Trading Day after the end of the applicable
Pricing Period, the Investor shall deliver to the Company a written document
(each a “Settlement
Document”) setting forth (i) the amount of the Advance (taking into
account any adjustments pursuant to Section 2.01(c), Section 2.01(d) or Section
2.01(e), (ii) the Net Advance Amount, (iii) the Minimum Acceptable Price (if
any) for the Advance, (iv) the number of Excluded Days (if any) taken into
account in determining the Pricing Period, (v) the Purchase Price for the
Shares, (vi) the Market Price for the Advance (as supported by a report by
Bloomberg, LP indicating the VWAP for each of the Trading Days during the
Pricing Period), (vii) the number of Additional Shares, if any, to be purchased
and (viii) the amount payable to the Company, in each case, taking into account
the terms and conditions of this Agreement.  The Settlement Document shall
be substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B and shall
be delivered in accordance with the instructions set forth on the top of Exhibit
B or such other instructions that the Company may provide to the Investor in
writing.

     

    (b)   Upon receipt of the Settlement
Document with respect to each Advance, the Company shall, by signing the
Settlement Document and returning it to the Investor, confirm that it has
obtained all permits and qualifications required for the issuance and transfer
of the shares of Common Stock applicable to such Advance, or shall have the
availability of exemptions therefrom and that the sale and issuance of such
shares of Common Stock shall be legally permitted by all laws and regulations to
which the Company is subject.

     

    (c)   On each Share Issuance Date the Company will, or will
cause its transfer agent to, electronically transfer such number of shares of
Common Stock registered in the name of the Investor as shall equal (x) the
amount of the Advance specified in such Advance Notice (as may be reduced
according to the terms of this Agreement), divided by the Purchase Price and (y)
the Additional Shares, if any, by crediting the Investor’s account or its
designee’s account at the Depository Trust Company through its Deposit
Withdrawal Agent Commission System or by such other means of delivery as may be
mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto (which in all cases shall be freely
tradable, registered shares in good deliverable form) against payment by the
Investor of the Net Advance Amount in same day funds to an account designated by
the Company.  No fractional shares shall be issued, and any fractional
amounts shall be rounded to the next higher whole number of shares.  Any
certificates evidencing shares of Common Stock delivered pursuant hereto shall
be free of restrictive legends except for legends customary for REIT ownership
limitations.

     

    (d)   On or prior to each Share Issuance Date, each of the
Company and the Investor shall deliver to the other all documents, instruments
and writings required to be delivered by either of them pursuant to this
Agreement in order to implement and effect the transactions contemplated
herein.

     

    Section 2.04      Hardship.  In
the event the Investor sells shares of the Company’s Common Stock after receipt
of an Advance Notice and the Company fails to perform its obligations as
mandated in Section 2.03, the Company agrees that in addition to and in no way
limiting the rights and obligations set forth in Article V hereto and in
addition to any other remedy to which the Investor is entitled at law or in
equity, including, without limitation, specific performance, it will hold the
Investor harmless against any loss, claim, damage, or expense (including
reasonable legal fees and expenses), as incurred, arising out of or in
connection with such default by the Company and acknowledges that irreparable
damage would occur in the event of any such default.  It is accordingly
agreed that the Investor shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to
prevent such breaches of this Agreement and to specifically enforce, without the
posting of a bond or other security, the terms and provisions of this
Agreement.

     

    Section
2.05      Increase in Commitment
Amount.  At any time prior to the one year anniversary of the
Effective Date (the “Commitment Increase
Date”) the Company may notify the Investor in writing that it wishes to
increase the Commitment Amount to $20,000,000 (provided that the Company has the
ability to register the additional Commitment Amount on the Registration
Statement) effective upon the Commitment Increase Date and the Commitment Amount
shall automatically be deemed increased.

     

    Section 2.06      Promissory
Notes.  After the completion of the first Advance under this
Agreement and thereafter during the Commitment Period, the Company may at any
time and from time to time request the Investor to purchase promissory notes
(each, a “Note”) issued by the
Company with a principal amount of up to $2,000,000.  The Investor shall
consider each request in good faith and may decide in its sole discretion
whether or not to purchase such Notes.  Any such Notes purchased by the
Investor will be on terms mutually acceptable to both the Company and the
Investor and will be subject to certain conditions precedent, including without
limitation, the completion of due diligence by the Investor to its
satisfaction.

     

    Article III.
Representations and Warranties of Investor

     

    Investor hereby represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company
that the following are true and correct as of the date hereof and as of each
Share Issuance Date:

     

    Section 3.01      Organization and
Authorization.  The Investor is duly incorporated or organized and
validly existing in the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization and
has all requisite power and authority to purchase and hold the securities
issuable hereunder.  The decision to invest and the execution and delivery
of this Agreement by such Investor, the performance by such Investor of its
obligations hereunder and the consummation by such Investor of the transactions
contemplated hereby have been duly authorized and requires no other proceedings
on the part of the Investor.  The undersigned has the right, power and
authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and all other instruments on
behalf of the Investor.  This Agreement has been duly executed and
delivered by the Investor and, assuming the execution and delivery hereof and
acceptance thereof by the Company, will constitute the legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Investor, enforceable against the Investor in accordance with
its terms.

     

    Section 3.02      Evaluation of
Risks.  The Investor has such knowledge and experience in financial,
tax and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of,
and bearing the economic risks entailed by, an investment in the Company and of
protecting its interests in connection with this transaction.  It
recognizes that its investment in the Company involves a high degree of
risk.

     

    Section 3.03      No Legal Advice From the
Company.  The Investor acknowledges that it had the opportunity to
review this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with
his or its own legal counsel and investment and tax advisors.  The Investor
is relying solely on such counsel and advisors and not on any statements or
representations of the Company or any of its representatives or agents for
legal, tax or investment advice with respect to this investment, the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the securities laws of any
jurisdiction.

     

    Section 3.04      Investment Purpose.
The securities are being purchased by the Investor for its own account, and for
investment purposes.  The Investor agrees not to assign or in any way
transfer the Investor’s rights to the securities or any interest therein and
acknowledges that the Company will not recognize any purported assignment or
transfer except in accordance with applicable Federal and state securities
laws.  No other Person has or will have a direct or indirect beneficial
interest in the securities.  The Investor agrees not to sell, hypothecate
or otherwise transfer the Investor’s securities unless the securities are
registered under Federal and applicable state securities laws or unless, in the
opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Company, an exemption from such laws is
available.

     

    Section 3.05      Accredited
Investor.  The Investor is an “Accredited Investor”
as that term is defined in Rule 501(a)(3) of Regulation D of the Securities
Act.

     

    Section 3.06      Information. 
The Investor and its advisors (and its counsel), if any, have been furnished
with all materials relating to the business, finances and operations of the
Company and information it deemed material to making an informed investment
decision.  The Investor and its advisors, if any, have been afforded the
opportunity to ask questions of the Company and its management.  Neither
such inquiries nor any other due diligence investigations conducted by such
Investor or its advisors, if any, or its representatives shall modify, amend or
affect the Investor’s right to rely on the Company’s representations and
warranties contained in this Agreement.  The Investor understands that its
investment involves a high degree of risk.  The Investor is in a position
regarding the Company, which, based upon employment, family relationship or
economic bargaining power, enabled and enables such Investor to obtain
information from the Company in order to evaluate the merits and risks of this
investment.  The Investor has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice,
as it has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision with
respect to this transaction.

     

    Section 3.07      Receipt of Documents.
The Investor and its counsel have received and read in their entirety: (i) this
Agreement and the Exhibits annexed hereto; (ii) all due diligence and other
information request by them to verify the accuracy and completeness of such
representations, warranties and covenants; (iii) the Company’s Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2009; and (iv) answers to all questions the
Investor submitted to the Company regarding an investment in the Company; and
the Investor has relied on the information contained therein and has not been
furnished any other documents, literature, memorandum or
prospectus.

     

    Section 3.08      Not an
Affiliate.  The Investor is not an officer, director or a Person
that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is
controlled by, or is under common control with the Company or any “Affiliate” of the
Company (as that term is defined in Rule 405 of the Securities
Act).

     

    Section
3.09      Trading
Activities.  The Investor’s trading activities with respect to the
Company’s Common Stock shall be in compliance with all applicable federal and
state securities laws, rules and regulations and the rules and regulations of
the Principal Market on which the Common Stock is listed or traded. 
Neither the Investor nor its affiliates has an open short position in the Common
Stock, the Investor agrees that it shall not, and that it will cause its
affiliates not to, (a) engage in any short sales of the Common Stock or (b)
beneficially own or purchase during the Commitment Period any Common Stock
except for Common Stock purchased pursuant to this Agreement; provided that the
Company acknowledges and agrees that upon receipt of an Advance Notice the
Investor has the right to sell the shares to be purchased by the Investor
pursuant to the Advance Notice prior to taking possession of such
Shares.

     

    Section
3.10      Standstill
Agreement.  The Investor agrees that for a period of one year from
the expiration of the Commitment Period, it will not, provided the Company has
delivered to the Investor all Shares relating to prior Advance and has not
defaulted on any other obligations it has to the Investor and unless (x)
specifically consented to in advance in writing by the Board of Directors of the
Company or (y) required in order to fulfill its obligations to purchase and sell
the Shares as set forth in Article II of this Agreement, directly or indirectly,
in any manner:

     

    (a)   make, or in any way participate in, directly or
indirectly, alone or in concert with others, any “solicitation” of “proxies” to
vote (as such terms are used in the proxy rules promulgated pursuant to Section
14 of the Exchange Act), whether subject to or exempt from the proxy rules, or
seek to advise or influence in any manner whatsoever any person or entity with
respect to the voting of any equity securities of the Company;

     

    (b)   form, join or in any way intentionally participate in a
“group” within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act with respect
to any voting equity securities of the Company, other than a group comprised
solely of the Investor and any of its controlling persons;

     

    (c)   acquire, offer to acquire or agree to acquire, alone or
in concert with others, by purchase, exchange or otherwise, (i) any of the
assets, tangible and intangible, of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
(ii) direct or indirect rights, warrants or options to acquire any assets of the
Company or any of its subsidiaries, in each case except for such assets as are
then being offered for sale by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
otherwise are not material to the operations of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, either individually or in the aggregate;

     

    (d)   otherwise act, alone or in concert with others, to seek
to propose to the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective
shareholders any merger, business combination, restructuring, recapitalization
or other transaction involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
otherwise seek, alone or in concert with others, to control, change or influence
the management, the Board or the policies of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or nominate any person as a director who is not nominated by the
then incumbent directors, or propose any matter to be voted upon by the
shareholders of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; or

     

    (e)   publicly announce an intention to do, or enter into any
arrangement or understanding with others to do, any of the actions restricted or
prohibited under this Section 3.10.

     

    Article IV.
Representations and Warranties of the Company

     

    Except as stated below, on the disclosure schedules attached hereto or in
the SEC Documents (as defined herein), the Company hereby represents and
warrants to, and covenants with, the Investor that the following are true and
correct as of the date hereof and shall be true and correct as of each Share
Issuance Date:

     

    Section 4.01      Registration Statement and
Prospectus.

     

    (a)        The Company meets the
requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act for the offering of
the Shares, including, but not limited, to the transactions requirements for an
offering made by the issuer set forth in Instruction I.B.6 to From
S-3.

     

    (b)        The Registration Statement,
including the Base Prospectus contained therein, was prepared by the Company in
conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act and all applicable U.S.
federal securities laws rules and regulations.  Any amendment or supplement
to the Registration Statement or Prospectus required by this Agreement will be
so prepared and filed by the Company and, as applicable, the Company will use
its reasonable best efforts to cause it to become effective as soon as
reasonably practicable.  No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement has been issued, and no proceeding for that purpose has
been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by the
SEC.  Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus,
or any amendment or supplement thereto shall be deemed to refer to and include
the documents incorporated (or deemed to be incorporated) by reference therein
pursuant to Item 12 of Form S‐3 under the Securities Act, and any reference
herein to the terms “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the
Registration Statement or Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the
filing after the execution hereof of any document with the SEC deemed to be
incorporated by reference therein.

     

    (c)        The Company has not
distributed and, prior to the completion of the distribution of the Shares,
shall not distribute any offering material in connection with the offering and
sale of the Shares other than the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus as
supplemented by any Prospectus Supplement or such other materials, if any,
permitted by the Securities Act.

     

    Section 4.02      No Misstatement or
Omission.  Each part of the Registration Statement, when such part
became or becomes effective, and the Prospectus, on the date of filing thereof
with the SEC and at each Advance Notice Date and Closing Date, conformed or will
conform in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act and
the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; each part of the Registration
Statement, when such part became or becomes effective, did not or will not
contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; and the Prospectus, on the date of filing thereof with the SEC and
at each Advance Notice Date and Share Issuance Date, did not or will not include
an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading; except that the foregoing shall not apply
to statements or omissions in any such document made in reliance on information
furnished in writing to the Company by the Investor expressly stating that such
information is intended for use in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus,
or any amendment or supplement thereto.

     

    Section 4.03      Organization and
Qualification.  The Company is duly incorporated or organized and
validly existing in the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization and
has all requisite corporate power to own its properties and to carry on its
business as now being conducted.  The Company is duly qualified as a
foreign corporation to do business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction
in which the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification
necessary, except to the extent that the failure to be so qualified or be in
good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company as a
whole.

     

    Section 4.04      Authorization, Enforcement,
Compliance with Other Instruments.  (i) The Company has the
requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform this Agreement
and any related agreements, in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof,
(ii) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and any related agreements by
the Company and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby, have been duly authorized by the Company’s Board of Directors and
no further consent or authorization is required by the Company, its Board of
Directors or its stockholders, (iii) this Agreement and any related
agreements have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, (iv) this
Agreement and assuming the execution and delivery thereof and acceptance by the
Investor, any related agreements, constitute the valid and binding obligations
of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms,
except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity or
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or
similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of creditors’
rights and remedies.

     

    Section 4.05      Capitalization. 
The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 100,000,000 shares of
Common Stock and 40,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $.01 par value per share
(“Preferred
Stock”), of which 22,002,322 shares of Common Stock and 1,135,770 shares
of Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding.  All of such outstanding
shares have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable. 
Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents or on Schedule 4.05, no shares of
Common Stock are subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights or any
liens or encumbrances suffered or permitted by the Company.  Except as
disclosed in the SEC Documents, as of the date hereof, (i) there are no
outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or
commitments of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights
convertible into, any shares of capital stock of the Company, or contracts,
commitments, understandings or arrangements by which the Company is or may
become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock of the Company or
options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe to, calls or commitments of any
character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into, any
shares of capital stock of the Company, (ii) there are no outstanding debt
securities (iii) there are no outstanding registration statements other
than the Registration Statement, registration statement on Form S-3 (No.
333-153465), registration statement on Form S-3 (333-138304) or registration
statements on Form S-8, and (iv) there are no agreements or arrangements under
which the Company is obligated to register the sale of any of their securities
under the Securities Act except for shares issued in redemption of operating
units of the Company’s operating partnership or shares issuable upon exercise of
options issued to directors, officers and employees.  Except as disclosed
on Schedule 4.05, there are no securities or instruments containing
anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by this Agreement or
any related agreement or the consummation of the transactions described herein
or therein.  The Company has furnished or made available to the Investor
true and correct copies of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation, as amended
and as in effect on the date hereof (the “Articles of
Incorporation”), and the Company’s By-laws, as in effect on the date
hereof (the “By-laws”), and the
terms of all securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock and the
material rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto.

     

    Section 4.06      No Conflict. 
The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company and the
consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby will not (i)
result in a violation of the Articles of Incorporation, any certificate of
designations of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock of the Company or
By-laws or (ii) conflict with or constitute a default (or an event which with
notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others
any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, any
material agreement, indenture or instrument to which the Company is a party, or
result in a violation of any law, rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree
(including federal and state securities laws and regulations and the rules and
regulations of the Principal Market on which the Common Stock is quoted)
applicable to the Company or by which any material property or asset of the
Company is bound or affected and which would cause a Material Adverse
Effect.  Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, neither the Company nor
its subsidiaries is in violation of any term of or in default under its Articles
of Incorporation or By-laws or their organizational charter or by-laws,
respectively, or any material contract, agreement, mortgage, indebtedness,
indenture, instrument, judgment, decree or order or any statute, rule or
regulation applicable to the Company or its subsidiaries.  The business of
the Company is not being conducted in violation of any material law, ordinance,
regulation of any governmental entity.  Except as specifically contemplated
by this Agreement and as required under the Securities Act and any applicable
state securities laws, and as required by the rules of the Principle Market, the
Company is not required to obtain any consent, authorization or order of, or
make any filing or registration with, any court or governmental agency in order
for it to execute, deliver or perform any of its obligations under or
contemplated by this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof
except as such consent, authorization or order has been obtained prior to the
date hereof.  The Company is unaware of any fact or circumstance which
might give rise to any of the foregoing.

     

    Section 4.07      SEC Documents; Financial
Statements.  The Common Stock is registered pursuant to Section
12(b) of the Exchange Act and the Company has filed all reports, schedules,
forms, statements and other documents required to be filed by it with the SEC
under the Securities Exchange Act for the two years preceding the date hereof
(or such shorter period as the Company was required by law or regulation to file
such material) (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date hereof or amended
after the date hereof and all exhibits included therein and financial statements
and schedules thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being
hereinafter referred to as the “SEC Documents”) on
timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has
filed any such SEC Document prior to the expiration of any such extension. 
The Company has delivered to the Investors or their representatives, or made
available through the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov, true and complete
copies of the SEC Documents.  As of their respective dates, the SEC
Documents complied in all material respects with the requirements of the
Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder
applicable to the SEC Documents, and none of the SEC Documents, at the time they
were filed with the SEC, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or
omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in
order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading.  As of their respective dates, the
financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents complied as to
form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the
published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto.  Such
financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles, consistently applied, during the periods involved (except
(i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes
thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim statements, to the extent they
may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly
present in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the
dates thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods
then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to normal year-end
audit adjustments).  No other information provided by or on behalf of the
Company to the Investor which is not included in the SEC Documents contains any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstance under which they are or were made, not misleading.

     

    Section 4.08      No Default. 
Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, the Company is not in default in the
performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or
condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other material
instrument or agreement to which it is a party or by which it is or its property
is bound and neither the execution, nor the delivery by the Company, nor the
performance by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement or any of the
exhibits or attachments hereto will conflict with or result in the breach or
violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default or
result in the creation or imposition of any lien or charge on any assets or
properties of the Company under its Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws, any
material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other material agreement
applicable to the Company or instrument to which the Company is a party or by
which it is bound, or any statute, or any decree, judgment, order, rules or
regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over
the Company or its properties, in each case which default, lien or charge is
likely to cause a Material Adverse Effect.

     

    Section 4.09      Absence of Events of
Default.  Except for matters described in the SEC Documents and/or
this Agreement, no Event of Default, as defined in the respective agreement to
which the Company is a party, and no event which, with the giving of notice or
the passage of time or both, would become an Event of Default (as so defined),
has occurred and is continuing, which would have a Material Adverse
Effect.

     

    Section 4.10      Intellectual Property
Rights.  The Company owns or possess adequate rights or licenses to
use all material trademarks, trade names, service marks, service mark
registrations, service names, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions,
licenses, approvals, governmental authorizations, trade secrets and rights
necessary to conduct their respective businesses as now conducted.  The
Company does not have any knowledge of any infringement by the Company of
trademark, trade name rights, patents, patent rights, copyrights, inventions,
licenses, service names, service marks, service mark registrations, trade secret
or other similar rights of others, and, to the knowledge of the Company, there
is no claim, action or proceeding being made or brought against, or to the
Company’s knowledge, being threatened against, the Company regarding trademark,
trade name, patents, patent rights, invention, copyright, license, service
names, service marks, service mark registrations, trade secret or other
infringement; and the Company is unaware of any facts or circumstances which
might give rise to any of the foregoing.

     

    Section 4.11      Employee
Relations.  The Company is not involved in any labor dispute nor, to
the knowledge of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, is any such dispute
threatened.  None of the Company’s employees is a member of a union and the
Company believes that its relations with its employees are good.

     

    Section 4.12      Environmental
Laws.  The Company is (i) in compliance with any and all applicable
material foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the
protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic
substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”),
(ii) has received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of it under
applicable Environmental Laws to conduct its business and (iii) is in compliance
with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval in each
case except where such noncompliance or nonreceipt would not, individually or in
the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

     

    Section 4.13      Title.  Except
as set forth in the SEC Documents, the Company has good and marketable title to
its properties and material assets owned by it, free and clear of any pledge,
lien, security interest, encumbrance, claim or equitable interest other than
such as are not material to the business of the Company.  Any real property
and facilities held under lease by the Company held under valid, subsisting and
enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material and do not interfere
with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the
Company.

     

    Section 4.14      Insurance.  The
Company is insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against
such losses and risks and in such amounts as management of the Company believes
to be prudent and customary in the businesses in which the Company is
engaged.  The Company has not been refused any insurance coverage sought or
applied for and the Company has no reason to believe that it will not be able to
renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to
obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue
its business at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse
Effect.

     

    Section 4.15      Regulatory
Permits.  The Company possesses all material certificates,
authorizations and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state or foreign
regulatory authorities necessary to conduct its businesses and has not received
any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such
certificate, authorization or permit in each case except where such
noncompliance or nonreceipt would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a
Material Adverse Effect.

     

    Section 4.16      Internal Accounting
Controls.  The Company maintains a system of internal accounting
controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are
executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations,
(ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to
maintain asset accountability, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in
accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the
recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at
reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any
differences.

     

    Section 4.17      No Material Adverse
Breaches, etc.  Except as set forth in the SEC Documents, the
Company is not subject to any charter, corporate or other legal restriction, or
any judgment, decree, order, rule or regulation which in the judgment of the
Company’s officers has or is expected in the future to have a Material Adverse
Effect.

     

    Section 4.18      Absence of
Litigation.  Except as set forth in the SEC Documents, there is no
action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or by any court,
public board, government agency, self-regulatory organization or body pending
against or affecting the Company, or the Common Stock, wherein an unfavorable
decision, ruling or finding would have a Material Adverse Effect.

     

    Section 4.19      Subsidiaries. 
Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, the Company does not presently own or
control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other corporation,
partnership, association or other business entity.

     

    Section 4.20      Tax Status. 
Except as disclosed in the SEC Documents, the Company has made or filed all
federal and state income and all other tax returns, reports and declarations
required by any jurisdiction to which it is subject and (unless and only to the
extent that the Company has set aside on its books provisions reasonably
adequate for the payment of all unpaid and unreported taxes) has paid all taxes
and other governmental assessments and charges that are material in amount,
shown or determined to be due on such returns, reports and declarations, except
those being contested in good faith and has set aside on its books provision
reasonably adequate for the payment of all taxes for periods subsequent to the
periods to which such returns, reports or declarations apply.  There are no
unpaid taxes in any material amount claimed to be due by the taxing authority of
any jurisdiction, and the officers of the Company know of no basis for any such
claim.

     

    Section 4.21      Certain
Transactions.  Except as set forth in the SEC Documents none of the
officers, directors, or employees of the Company is presently a party to any
transaction with the Company (other than for services as employees, officers and
directors), including any contract, agreement or other arrangement providing for
the furnishing of services to or by, providing for rental of real or personal
property to or from, or otherwise requiring payments to or from any officer,
director or such employee or, to the knowledge of the Company, any corporation,
partnership, trust or other entity in which any officer, director, or any such
employee has a substantial interest or is an officer, director, trustee or
partner.

     

    Section 4.22      The Shares.  The
Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued, delivered and paid for
pursuant to this Agreement, will be validly issued and fully paid and
non-assessable, free and clear of all encumbrances and will be issued in
compliance with all applicable United States federal and state securities laws;
the capital stock of the Company, including the Common Stock, conforms in all
material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration
Statement (No. 333-147310) filed on Form S-3 and the Common Stock, including the
Shares, will conform to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus as
amended or supplemented.  Neither the stockholders of the Company, nor any
other Person have any preemptive rights or rights of first refusal with respect
to the Shares or other rights to purchase or receive any of the Shares or any
other securities or assets of the Company, and no Person has the right,
contractual or otherwise, to cause the Company to issue to it, or register
pursuant to the Securities Act, any shares of capital stock or other securities
or assets of the Company upon the issuance or sale of the Shares.  The
Company is not obligated to offer the Shares on a right of first refusal basis
or otherwise to any third parties including, but not limited to, current or
former shareholders of the Company, underwriters, brokers, agents or other third
parties.

     

    Section 4.23      Use of
Proceeds.  The Company shall use the net proceeds from this offering
as disclosed in the Prospectus.

     

    Section 4.24      Dilution.  The
Company is aware and acknowledges that issuance of shares of the Company’s
Common Stock could cause dilution to existing shareholders and could
significantly increase the outstanding number of shares of Common
Stock.

     

    Section 4.25      Acknowledgment Regarding
Investor’s Purchase of Shares. The Company acknowledges and agrees that
the Investor is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length investor with
respect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder. The
Company further acknowledges that the Investor is not acting as a financial
advisor or fiduciary of the Company (or in any similar capacity) with respect to
this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder and any advice given
by the Investor or any of its representatives or agents in connection with this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereunder is merely incidental to
the Investor’s purchase of the Common Stock hereunder.  The Company is
aware and acknowledges that it may not be able to request Advances under this
Agreement if there is not an effective Registration Statement or if any
issuances of Common Stock pursuant to any Advances would violate any rules of
the Principal Market.

     

    Article V.
 Indemnification

     

    The Investor and the Company represent to the
other the following with respect to itself:

     

    Section 5.01      Indemnification by the
Company.  The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Investor and the Investor’s affiliates, directors, officers, employees and
agents and each person who controls the Investor within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any
and all losses, claims, damages, expenses or liabilities, joint or several, to
which they or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common
law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, expenses or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the
Registration Statement for the registration of the Shares as originally filed or
in any amendment thereof, or in the Prospectus, or in any Prospectus Supplement,
or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based
upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal
or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating,
defending or settling any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or
action; provided, however, that the
Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss,
claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made
therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to
the Company by or on behalf of the Investor specifically for inclusion
therein.

     

    Section
5.02      Indemnification by the
Investor.  The Investor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the
Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs the Registration
Statement, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of
Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same
extent as the foregoing indemnity to the Investor, but only with reference to
written information relating to such Investor furnished to the Company by or on
behalf of the Investor specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to
in the foregoing indemnity.

     

    Section 5.03      Notice of
Claim.  Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
Article V of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party
will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party
under this Article V, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the
commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party
(i) will not relieve it from liability under Section 5.01 or Section 5.02
above unless and to the extent the indemnifying party did not otherwise learn of
such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party
of substantial rights and defenses and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve
the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than
the indemnification obligation provided in Section 5.01 or Section 5.02 above.
In the case of parties indemnified pursuant to Section 5.01 above, counsel to
the indemnified parties shall be selected by the Company, and, in the case of
parties indemnified pursuant to Section 5.02 above, counsel to the indemnified
parities shall be selected by the Investor.  An indemnifying party may
participate at its own expense in the defense of any such action; provided, however, that counsel
to the indemnifying party shall not (except with the consent of the indemnified
party) also be counsel to the indemnified party. In no event shall the
indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel
(in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel for all
indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or
related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general
allegations or circumstances. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior
written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to
the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim,
action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution
may be sought under this Agreement (whether or not the indemnified parties are
actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless (i) such
settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each
indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or
proceeding and (ii) such settlement, compromise or consent does not include
a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by
or on behalf of any indemnified party.

     

    Section 5.04      Contribution. 
In the event that the indemnity provided in Section 5.01 or Section 5.02 is
unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any
reason, the Company and the Investor severally agree to contribute to the
aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending the
same) (collectively “Losses”) to which the
Company and the Investor may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and by the
Investor on the other from transactions contemplated by this Agreement. If the
allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any
reason, the Company and the Investor severally shall contribute in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also
the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and of the Investor on the
other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such
Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.  Benefits
received by the Company shall be deemed to be equal to the total proceeds from
the offering (net of underwriting discounts and commissions but before deducting
expenses) received by it, and benefits received by the Investor shall be deemed
to be equal to the total discounts received by the Investor.  Relative
fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any
untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or
alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the
Company on the one hand or the Investor on the other, the intent of the parties
and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct
or prevent such untrue statement or omission.  The Company and the Investor
agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by
pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation which does not take
account of the equitable considerations referred to above.  The aggregate
amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an
indemnified party and referred to above in this Article V shall be deemed to
include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified
party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any
investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or
threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission.  Notwithstanding the provisions
of this Section 5.04, the Investor shall not be required to contribute any
amount in excess of the amount by which the Purchase Price for Shares actually
purchased pursuant to this Agreement exceeds the amount of any damages which the
Investor has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged
untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.  No person guilty of
fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the
Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not
guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Article V,
each person who controls the Investor within the meaning of Section 15 of
the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act and each director,
officer, employee and agent of the Investor shall have the same rights to
contribution as the Investor, and each person who controls the Company within
the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration
Statement and each director of the Company shall have the same rights to
contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and
conditions of this Section 5.04.

     

    Section 5.05      Remedies.  The
remedies provided for in this Article V are not exclusive and shall not limit
any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified
person at law or in equity.  The obligations of the parties to indemnify or
make contribution under this Article V shall survive termination.

     

    Article VI.

Covenants of the Company

     

    Section 6.01      Effective Registration
Statement.  During the
Commitment Period, the Company shall notify the Investor promptly if (i) the
Registration Statement shall cease
to be effective under the
Securities Act, (ii) the Common Stock shall cease to be
authorized for listing on the Principal Market, (iii) the Common Stock ceases to
be registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act or (iv) the Company fails
to file in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of it as a
reporting company under the Exchange Act.

     

    Section 6.02      Corporate
Existence.  The Company will take all steps necessary to preserve
and continue the corporate existence of the Company.

     

    Section 6.03      Notice of Certain Events
Affecting Registration; Suspension of Right to Make an Advance.  The
Company will immediately notify the Investor, and confirm in writing, upon its
becoming aware of the occurrence of any of the following events: (i) receipt of
any request for additional information by the SEC or any other Federal or state
governmental authority for amendments or supplements to the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus or for any additional information; (ii) the issuance
by the SEC or any other Federal or state governmental authority of  any
stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the
initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; (iii) receipt of any
notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption
from qualification of any of the Common Stock for sale in any jurisdiction or
the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; (iv) the
happening of any event that makes any statement made in the Registration
Statement or Prospectus of any document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that
requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement, Prospectus or
documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement, it will not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading, and that in the case of the Prospectus, it will not contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or of the
necessity to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Prospectus to
comply with the Securities Act or any other law; and (v) the Company’s
reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement would be appropriate; and the Company will promptly make available to
the Investor any such supplement or amendment to the related prospectus. 
The Company shall not deliver to the Investor any Advance Notice during the
continuation of any of the foregoing events.

     

    Section 6.04      Prospectus
Supplements.  The Company agrees that on such dates as the
Securities Act shall require, the Company will file a Prospectus Supplement or
other appropriate form as determined by counsel with the SEC under the
applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act, which Prospectus
Supplement will set forth, within the relevant period, the amount of Shares sold
to the Investor, the net proceeds to the Company and the discount paid by the
Investor with respect to such Shares.  The Company shall provide the
Investor at least 24 hours to comment on a draft of each such Prospectus
Supplement (and shall give due consideration to all such comments) and shall
deliver or make available to the Investor, without charge, an electronic copy of
each form of Prospectus Supplement, together with the Base Prospectus.  The
Company consents to the use of the Prospectus (and of any Prospectus Supplement
thereto) in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act and with the
securities or “blue sky” laws of the jurisdictions in which the Shares may be
sold by the Investor, in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares and
for such period of time thereafter as the Prospectus is required by the
Securities Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Shares.  If
during such period of time any event shall occur that in the judgment of the
Company and its counsel is required to be set forth in the Prospectus or should
be set forth therein in order to make the statements made therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is
necessary to supplement or amend the Prospectus to comply with the Securities
Act or any other applicable law or regulation, the Company shall forthwith
prepare and file with the SEC an appropriate Prospectus Supplement to the
Prospectus and shall expeditiously furnish or make available to the Investor an
electronic copy thereof.

     

    Section 6.05      Listing of
Shares.  The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to
cause the Shares to be listed on the Principal Market and to qualify the Shares
for sale under the securities laws of such jurisdictions as the Investor
designates; provided that the Company shall not be required in connection
therewith to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to
service of process in any jurisdiction.

     

    Section
6.06      Consolidation;
Merger.  If an Advance Notice has been delivered to the Investor and
the transaction contemplated in such Advance Notice has not yet been closed in
accordance with Section 2.03 hereof, then the Company shall not effect any
merger or consolidation of the Company with or into, or a transfer of all or
substantially all the assets of the Company to another entity (a “Consolidation
Event”) unless the resulting successor or
acquiring entity (if not the Company) assumes by written instrument the
obligation to deliver to the Investor such shares of stock and/or securities as
the Investor is entitled to receive pursuant to such Advance
Notice.

     

    Section 6.07      Issuance of the Company’s
Common Stock.  The sale of the shares of Common Stock shall be made
in accordance with the provisions and requirements of the Securities Act and any
applicable state securities law.

     

    Section 6.08      Expenses.  The
Company, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereunder are consummated
or this Agreement is terminated, will pay all expenses incident to the
performance of its obligations hereunder, including but not limited to
(i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and
each amendment and supplement thereto, of each Prospectus and of each amendment
and supplement thereto; (ii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of any
Shares issued pursuant to this Agreement, (iii) all fees and disbursements
of the Company’s counsel, accountants and other advisors, (iv) the
qualification of the Shares under securities laws in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement, including filing fees in connection therewith,
(v) the printing and delivery of copies of the Prospectus and any
amendments or supplements thereto, (vi) the fees and expenses incurred in
connection with the listing or qualification of the Shares for trading on the
Principal Market, or (vii) filing fees of the SEC and the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

     

    Section 6.09      Market
Activities.          The
Company will not, directly or indirectly, take any action designed to cause or
result in, or that constitutes or might reasonably be expected to constitute,
the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company
under applicable laws and regulations to facilitate the sale or resale of the
Common Stock.

     

    Section
6.10      Comfort
Letters.  At the reasonable request of the Investor the Company will
request that its independent accountants furnish to the Investor a letter, in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Investor, containing
statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’
“comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements of
the Company dated the date of and provided within a reasonable period of time
after (i) the date hereof, (ii) the date the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus shall be amended (other than (1) in connection with the filing
of a prospectus supplement that contains solely the information required
pursuant to Section 6.04 hereof, (2) in connection with the filing of any
report or other document under Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
by the Company or (3) by a prospectus supplement relating to the offering
of other securities (including, without limitation, other shares of Common
Stock)) and (iii) the date of filing or amending each Annual Report on Form
10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a period in which an Advance was
delivered pursuant to this Agreement and which are incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statement.

     

    Section 6.11      Opinion of Counsel at
Closing.  Investor shall receive an opinion letter from counsel to
the Company on the date hereof in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
C.

     

    Section 6.12      Current Report. 
Promptly after the date hereof (and prior to the Company delivering an Advance
Notice to the Investor hereunder), the Company shall file with the SEC a report
on Form 8-K or such other appropriate form as determined by counsel to the
Company, relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and prior
to the Company delivering an Advance Notice to the Investor the Company shall
file a preliminary Prospectus Supplement pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the
Securities Act disclosing all information relating to the transaction
contemplated hereby required to be disclosed therein (collectively, the “Initial Disclosure”)
and shall provide the Investor with 24 hours to review the Initial Disclosure
prior to filing.

     

    Section 6.13      Black-out
Periods.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the
Company shall not deliver an Advance Notice during the period beginning on the
last day of each fiscal quarter of the Company and ending at the close of
business 2 Trading Days after the Company files its Current Report of Form 8-K
releasing the Company’s earnings report for such fiscal quarter or during any
other period in which the Company is, or could be deemed to be, in possession of
material non-public information.

     

    Article VII.

Conditions for Advance and
Conditions to Closing

     

    Section 7.01      Conditions Precedent to the
Right of the Company to Deliver an Advance Notice.  The right of the
Company to deliver an Advance Notice is subject to the satisfaction by the
Company, on each Advance Notice Date and Advance Settlement Date (a “Condition Satisfaction
Date”), of each of the following conditions:

     

    (a)   Accuracy of the Company’s
Representations and Warranties.  The representations and warranties
of the Company shall be true and correct in all material respects (except for
representations and warranties that speak as of a specific date), as such may be
modified by any disclosure schedule delivered by the Company to the Investor on
or prior to the applicable Condition Satisfaction Date.

     

    (b)   Registration of the Common
Stock with the SEC.  The Registration Statement is effective and the
Company is not aware of any of the events set forth in Section 6.03
hereof.  The Initial Disclosure shall have been filed with the SEC, all
Prospectus Supplements shall have been filed with the SEC, as required pursuant
to Section 6.04 hereof and an electronic copy of such Prospectus Supplement
together with the Base Prospectus shall have been delivered or made available to
the Investor.  The Company shall have filed with the SEC in a timely manner
all reports, notices and other documents required of a “reporting company” under
the Exchange Act and applicable SEC regulations.

     

    (c)   Authority.  The
Company shall have obtained all permits and qualifications required by any
applicable state for the offer and sale of the shares of Common Stock, or shall
have the availability of exemptions therefrom.  The sale and issuance of
the shares of Common Stock shall be legally permitted by all laws and
regulations to which the Company is subject.

     

    (d)   No Material Notices.
None of the following events shall have occurred and be continuing:  (i)
receipt by the Company of any request for additional information from the SEC or
any other federal or state governmental, administrative or self regulatory
authority during the period of effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the
response to which would require any amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement  or Prospectus; (ii) the issuance by the SEC or any
other federal or state governmental authority of any stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings
for that purpose; (iii) receipt by the Company of any notification with respect
to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of any of
the Shares for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any
proceeding for such purpose; (iv) the occurrence of any event that makes any
statement made in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any
material respect or that requires the making of any changes in the Registration
Statement, Prospectus or documents so that, in the case of the Registration
Statement, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit
to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading, and that in the case of the Prospectus,
it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading; and (v) the Company’s reasonable determination that a post-effective
amendment to the Registration Statement would be required. There shall not exist
any fundamental changes to the information set forth in the Registration
Statement which would require the Company to file a post-effective amendment to
the Registration Statement.

     

    (e)   Performance by the
Company.  The Company shall have performed, satisfied and complied
in all material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions required
by this Agreement to be performed, satisfied or complied with by the Company at
or prior to each Condition Satisfaction Date.

     

    (f)    No Injunction. 
No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction
shall have been enacted, entered, promulgated or endorsed by any court or
governmental authority of competent jurisdiction that prohibits or directly and
adversely affects any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and no
proceeding shall have been commenced that may have a Material Adverse
Effect.

     

    (g)   No Suspension of Trading in
or Delisting of Common Stock.  The Common Stock is trading on a
Principal Market and all of the shares issuable pursuant to such Advance Notice
will be listed or quoted for trading on such Principal Market and the Company
believes, in good faith, that trading of the Common Stock on a Principal Market
will continue uninterrupted for the foreseeable future.  The issuance of
shares of Common Stock with respect to the applicable Advance Notice will not
violate the shareholder approval requirements of the Principal Market.  The
Company shall not have received any notice threatening the continued listing of
the Common Stock on the Principal Market (unless the concerns of the Principal
Market have been addressed and the Investor is reasonably satisfied that the
Principal Market no longer is considering or intends to take such
action).

     

    (h)   Maximum Advance
Amount.  The amount of an Advance requested by the Company shall not
exceed the Maximum Advance Amount.

     

    (i)    Authorized. 
There shall be a sufficient number of authorized but unissued and otherwise
unreserved shares of Common Stock for the issuance of all of the shares issuable
pursuant to such Advance Notice.

     

    (j)    Executed Advance
Notice.  The Investor shall have received the Advance Notice
executed by an officer of the Company and the representations contained in such
Advance Notice shall be true and correct as of each Condition Satisfaction
Date.

     

    Article VIII.

Non-Disclosure of Non-Public
Information

     

    Nothing herein shall require the Company to disclose non-public
information to the Investor or its advisors or representatives, provided,
however, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, during any period
from and including the delivery of an Advance Notice through and including the
occurrence of the related Share Issuance Date, the Company will immediately
notify the Investor or its advisors or representatives of any event or the
existence of any circumstance (without any obligation to disclose the specific
event or circumstance) of which it becomes aware, constituting non-public
information (whether or not requested of the Company specifically or generally
during the course of due diligence by such persons or entities), which, if not
disclosed in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement would cause
such prospectus to include a material misstatement or to omit a material fact
required to be stated therein in order to make the statements, therein, in light
of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.

     

    Article IX. 
Choice
of Law/Jurisdiction

     

    This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with
the laws of the State of New York without regard to the principles of conflict
of laws.

     

    Article X. Assignment;
Termination

     

    Section 10.01    Assignment. 
Neither this Agreement nor any rights or obligations of either party hereunder
may be assigned to any other Person.

     

    Section 10.02    Termination.

     

    (a)   Unless earlier terminated as provided hereunder, this
Agreement shall terminate automatically on the earliest of (i) the first
day of the month next following the 24-month anniversary of the date hereof, or
(ii) the date on which the Investor shall have made payment of Advances pursuant
to this Agreement in the aggregate amount of the Commitment Amount.

     

    (b)   The Company may terminate this Agreement at any time upon
prior written notice to the Investor; provided that (i) there are no Advances
outstanding, and (ii) the Company has paid all amounts owed to the Investor
pursuant to this Agreement.  This Agreement may be terminated at any time
by the mutual written consent of the parties, effective as of the date of such
mutual written consent unless otherwise provided in such written consent. 
In the event of any termination of this Agreement by the Company hereunder, so
long as the Investor owns any shares of Common Stock issued hereunder, the
Company shall not for 20 Trading Days from the date of such termination
voluntarily delist the Common Stock from the Principal Markets .

     

    (c)   The obligation of the Investor to make an Advance to the
Company pursuant to this Agreement shall terminate permanently in the event that
(i) there shall occur any stop order or suspension of the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement for an aggregate of fifty (50) Trading Days, other than
due to the acts of the Investor, during the Commitment Period, or (ii) the
Company shall at any time fail materially to comply with the requirements of
Article VI and such failure is not cured within 30 days after receipt of written
notice from the Investor, provided, however, that this
termination provision shall not apply to any period commencing upon the filing
of a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement and ending upon the
date on which such post effective amendment is declared effective by the
SEC.

     

    (d)   Nothing in this Section 10.02 shall be deemed to release
the Company or the Investor from any liability for any breach under this
Agreement, or to impair the rights of the Company and the Investor to compel
specific performance by the other party of its obligations under this
Agreement.  The indemnification provisions contained in Article V shall
survive termination hereunder.

     

    Article XI.
Notices

     

    Any notices, consents, waivers, or other communications required or
permitted to be given under the terms of this Agreement must be in writing and
will be deemed to have been delivered(i) upon receipt, when delivered
personally; (ii) upon receipt, when sent by facsimile (provided confirmation of
transmission is mechanically or electronically generated and kept on file by the
sending party); or (iii) one business day after deposit with a nationally
recognized overnight delivery service, in each case properly addressed to the
party to receive the same.  The addresses and facsimile numbers for such
communications, except for Advance Notices which shall be delivered in
accordance with Section 2.02(b) hereof, shall be:

     

    
      	
              If to the Company,
      to:

               

            	
              Supertel Hospitality,
      Inc.

               

            
	
               

               

            	
              309 North 5th
      Street

               

            
	
               

               

            	
              Norfolk, Nebraska
      68701

               

            
	
               

               

            	
              Attention:         Kelly
      Walters
President and Chief Executive Officer

               

            
	
               

               

            	
              Telephone:        (402)
      371-2520

               

            
	
               

               

            	
              Facsimile:         
      (402) 371-4229

               

            
	
               

               

            	
               

               

            
	
              With a copy to:

               

            	
              McGrath North Mullin &
      Kratz, PC LLO

               

            
	
               

               

            	
              Suite 3700 First National
      Tower

               

            
	
               

               

            	
              1601 Dodge Street
Omaha,
      Nebraska 68102

               

            
	
               

               

            	
              Attention:         
      Guy Lawson

               

            
	
               

               

            	
              Telephone:        (402)
      341-3070

               

            
	
               

               

            	
              Facsimile:         
      (402) 952-1802

               

            
	
               

               

            	
               

               

            
	
              If to the
      Investor(s):

               

            	
              YA Global Master SPV
      Ltd.

               

            
	
               

               

            	
              101 Hudson Street –Suite
      3700

               

            
	
               

               

            	
              Jersey City, NJ
      07302

               

            
	
               

               

            	
              Attention:         
      Mark Angelo

               

            
	
               

               

            	
              Portfolio
      Manager

               

            
	
               

               

            	
              Telephone:        (201)
      985-8300

               

            
	
               

               

            	
              Facsimile:         
      (201) 985-8266

               

            
	
               

               

            	
               

               

            
	
              With a Copy to:

               

            	
              David Gonzalez,
      Esq.

               

            
	
               

               

            	
              Yorkville Advisors,
      LLC

               

            
	
               

               

            	
              101 Hudson Street – Suite
      3700

               

            
	
               

               

            	
              Jersey City, NJ
      07302

               

            
	
               

               

            	
              Telephone:        (201)
      985-8300

               

            
	
               

               

            	
              Facsimile:         
      (201) 985-8266

               

            

    

     

     

    Each party shall provide written notice to the other party of any change
in address or facsimile number.

     

    Article XII.
Miscellaneous

     

    Section 12.01    Counterparts. 
This Agreement may be executed in two or more identical counterparts, all of
which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective
when counterparts have been signed by each party and delivered to the other
party.  In the event any signature page is delivered by facsimile
transmission, the party using such means of delivery shall cause 4 additional
original executed signature pages to be physically delivered to the other party
within 5 days of the execution and delivery hereof, though failure to deliver
such copies shall not affect the validity of this Agreement.

     

    Section 12.02    Reporting Entity for the
Common Stock.  The reporting entity relied upon for the
determination of the trading price or trading volume of the Common Stock on any
given Trading Day for the purposes of this Agreement shall be Bloomberg, L.P. or
any successor thereto.  The written mutual consent of the Investor and the
Company shall be required to employ any other reporting entity.

     

    Section 12.03    Fees and
Expenses.  Each of the parties shall pay its own fees and
expenses (including the fees of any attorneys, accountants, appraisers or
others engaged by such party) in connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby, except that the Company shall pay (a) a
structuring fee of $25,000 to Yorkville Advisors, LLC, of which $10,000 has been
paid and the remaining $15,000 shall be paid on the date hereof, and (b) a fee
of $15,000 to Yorkville Advisors, LLC which has been paid to cover
expenses.

     

    Section 12.04    Brokerage.  Each
of the parties hereto represents that it has had no dealings in connection with
this transaction with any finder or broker who will demand payment of any fee or
commission from the other party.  The Company on the one hand, and the
Investor, on the other hand, agree to indemnify the other against and hold the
other harmless from any and all liabilities to any Person claiming brokerage
commissions or finder’s fees on account of services purported to have been
rendered on behalf of the indemnifying party in connection with this Agreement
or the transactions contemplated hereby.

     

    Section 12.05    Integration. 
This Agreement, along with any exhibits or amendments hereto, encompasses the
entire agreement of the parties and supersedes all previous understandings and
agreements between the parties, whether oral or written.

     

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    IN WITNESS
WHEREOF, the
parties hereto have caused this Standby Equity Distribution Agreement to be
executed by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first set
forth above.

     

    
      	
               

               

            	
              COMPANY:

               

            
	
               

               

            	
              Supertel
      Hospitality, Inc.

               

            
	
               

               

            	
               

               

            
	
               

               

            	
              By:  /s/  Kelly
      A. Walters

               

            
	
               

               

            	
              Name:  Kelly A.
      Walters

               

            
	
               

               

            	
              Title:  President &
      CEO

               

            
	
               

               

            	
               

               

            
	
               

               

            	
               

               

            
	
               

               

            	
              INVESTOR:

               

            
	
               

               

            	
              YA Global Master
      SPV Ltd.

               

            
	
               

               

            	
               

               

            
	
               

               

            	
              By:       Yorkville Advisors,
      LLC

               

            
	
               

               

            	
              Its:        Investment
      Manager

               

            
	
               

               

            	
               

               

            
	
               

               

            	
              By:  /s/ Mark
      Angelo

               

            
	
               

               

            	
              Name:  Mark
      Angelo

               

            
	
               

               

            	
              Title:  Portfolio
      Manager

               

            
	
               

               

            	
               

               

            

    

     

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    EXHIBIT A - ADVANCE
NOTICE
SUPERTEL HOSPITALITY, INC.

     

    The undersigned, _______________________ hereby certifies, with respect
to the sale of shares of Common Stock of SUPERTEL HOSPITALITY, INC. (the “Company”) issuable in
connection with this Advance Notice, delivered pursuant to the Standby Equity
Distribution Agreement (the “Agreement”), as
follows:

     

    1.         The undersigned is the
duly elected ______________ of the Company.

     

    2.         There are no
fundamental changes to the information set forth in the Registration Statement
which would require the Company to file a post effective amendment to the
Registration Statement.

     

    3.         The Company has performed
in all material respects all covenants and agreements to be performed by the
Company and has complied in all material respects with all obligations and
conditions contained in this Agreement on or prior to the Advance Notice Date,
and shall continue to perform in all material respects all covenants and
agreements to be performed by the Company through the applicable Share Issuance
Date.  All conditions to the delivery of this Advance Notice are satisfied
as of the date hereof.

     

    4.         The undersigned hereby
represents, warrants and covenants that it has made all filings (“SEC Filings”)
required to be made by it pursuant to applicable securities laws (including,
without limitation, all filings required under the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, which include Forms 10-Q or 10-QSB, 10-K or 10-KSB, 8-K, etc.).  No
SEC Filings or other public disclosures made by the Company, including, without
limitation, all press releases, analysts meetings and calls, etc. (collectively,
the “Public
Disclosures”) contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to
state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading.

     

    5.         The Advance requested
is _____________________.

     

    6.         The Minimum Acceptable
Price is ________________.

     

    7.         4.99% of the
outstanding Common Stock of the Company as of the date hereof is
_____________.

     

    The undersigned has executed this Certificate this ____ day of
_________________.

     

    Supertel Hospitality,
Inc.

     

    By:          
                                               

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

    EXHIBIT
B

     

    FORM
OF SETTLEMENT DOCUMENT

     

    VIA
EMAIL

     

    Supertel Hospitality, Inc.

     

    Attn:

     

    Email:

     

    
      	
              1.

               

            	
              Below please find
      the settlement information with respect to the Advance Notice
      dated:

               

            	
               

               

            
	
              (a) Amount of
      Advance

               

            	
              $

               

            
	
              (b) Amount of
      Advance after adjusting for Ownership Limitation, Registration Limitation
      and Minimum Acceptable Price, if applicable:

               

            	
              $

               

            
	
              (c) Additional
      Aggregate Purchase Price Paid for Shares on Excluded Days pursuant to
      Section 2.01(e) at the Minimum Acceptable Price, if 6 below
      applies:

               

            	
              $

               

            
	
              (d) Net Advance
      Amount:

               

            	
              $

               

            
	
               

               

            	
               

               

            	
               

               

            
	
              2.

               

            	
              Market
      Price:

               

            	
              $

               

            
	
               

               

            	
               

               

            	
               

               

            
	
              3.

               

            	
              Purchase
      Price (Market Price X 96%) per share:

               

            	
              $

               

            
	
              4.

               

            	
              Minimum
      Acceptable Price:

               

            	
              $

               

            
	
               

               

            	
               

               

            	
               

               

            
	
              5.

               

            	
              Number of
      Shares due to Investor computed by dividing 1(b) above by 3
      above:

               

            	
               

               

            
	
              6.

               

            	
              Additional
      Shares to be Purchased Pursuant to Excluded Days pursuant to Section
      2.01(d) at the Minimum Acceptable Price:

               

            	
               

               

            
	
              7.

               

            	
              Aggregate
      Number of Shares due to Investor:

               

            	
               

               

            

    

    
Please issue the number of Shares due to the Investor to the account of
the Investor as follows:

[to come]

     

    The Investor shall disburse the total amount of the Advance as
follows:

[to come]

     

    
      	
              Approved By
      Supertel Hospitality, Inc.:
      __________________________________

               

              Name:

               

            	
              Sincerely,

               

              YA GLOBAL MASTER SPV,
      LTD.

               

            

    

     

    
      
        
        

      

      
        
        

        
          

        

      

      
        
        

      

    

     

    EXHIBIT
C

     

    FORM OF
OPINION

     

    1.         The Company is a
corporation validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Virginia, with corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its
properties and to conduct its business as described in the Company’s latest Form
10-K or 10-Q filed by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, (the “Exchange Act”) and
the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the “Public Filings”) and
to enter into and perform its obligations under the Standby Equity Distribution
Agreement.

     

    2.         The Company has the
requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its
obligations under the Standby Equity Distribution Agreement and to issue the
Common Shares in accordance with their terms.  The execution and delivery
of the Standby Equity Distribution Agreement by the Company and the consummation
by it of the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action, and no further consent or authorization of the
Company or its Board of Directors or stockholders is required.  Each of the
Standby Equity Distribution Agreement has been duly executed and delivered, and
each of the Standby Equity Distribution Agreement constitute valid and binding
obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with
their respective terms, except as my be limited by general principles of equity
or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or
similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of creditors’
rights and remedies.

     

    3.         The Common Shares are
duly authorized and, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of the Standby
Equity Distribution Agreement, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable, free of any liens, encumbrances and preemptive or similar rights
contained, to our knowledge, in any agreement filed by the Company as an exhibit
to the Company’s Public Filings.

     

    4.         The execution,
delivery and performance of the Standby Equity Distribution Agreement by the
Company (other than performance by the Company of its obligations under the
indemnification sections of such agreements, as to which no opinion need be
rendered) will not (i) result in a violation of the Company’s Articles of
Incorporation or By-Laws; (ii) conflict with, or constitute a default (or an
event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under,
or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or
cancellation of, any agreement or, indenture filed by the Company as an exhibit
to the Company’s Public Filings; or (iii) to our knowledge, result in a
violation of any federal or Virginia law, rule or regulation, order, judgment or
decree applicable to the Company.

     

    5.         To our knowledge
without independent investigation and other then as set forth in the Public
Filings, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the
Company is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company is subject
which is required to be disclosed in any Public Filings.exhibit102.htm

    
       

      
        
          

        

      

      EXHIBIT 10.2

    

    Quantitative Investment
Management LLC

     

    Commodity
Trading Advisory Agreement

     

    This
Agreement for Commodity Trading Advisory Services is made and entered into this
____ day of February 2010, by and between Quantitative Investment Management
LLC, (the “Advisor”) and RFMC Willowbridge Fund, LP , whose general partner is
Ruvane Fund Management Corporation, (the “Client”).

     

    This
Agreement is entered into based upon the following representations:

     

    The
Client represents that it has speculative capital for the principal purpose of
investing in certain commodity futures contracts and other investment
instruments as described in Exhibit A (the “Trading Interests”) pursuant to
trading policies described in the Advisor’s Disclosure Document and proprietary
trading strategy as detailed in Exhibit A, as it may be updated or amended (the
“Strategy”), and has been informed and is fully cognizant of the possible high
risks associated with such investments.

     

    It is
mutually agreed that:

     

    
      	
              1.

            	
              The
      Client shall deposit with such commodities broker as is mutually
      acceptable to the parties (the “Broker”) funds and/or securities in an
      amount of not less than reflected in section (a)(i) of Exhibit B (the
      “Account”).

            

    

     

    
      	
              2.

            	
              The
      Client hereby appoints the Advisor, and the Advisor accepts such
      appointment, as its agent and attorney-in-fact with respect to the
      management of the Account. The Advisor will trade the Trading Interests
      pursuant to the Strategy and will have the exclusive authority to issue
      all necessary instructions to the Broker, provided that Client can
      instruct Advisor to exit positions necessary for Client to satisfy
      speculative trading limits. The Advisor also agrees to manage the Account
      in accordance with the agreed upon “Nominal Account Size” as described in
      Section (a) of Exhibit B (agreed trading level irrespective of amount of
      “Actual Funds,” including non-cash, margin qualifying assets, on deposit).
      Client agrees to execute all documents necessary, including the
      questionnaire in Exhibit B, for such purpose. All such transactions shall
      be for the account and risk of the
Client.

            

    

     

    
      	
              3.

            	
              The
      Advisor will seek capital appreciation in the Account by trading
      speculatively in the Trading Interests utilizing the Strategy as described
      in Exhibit A.

            

    

     

    
      	
              4.

            	
              The
      Advisor’s services are not rendered exclusively to the Client, and the
      Advisor shall be free to render similar services to
  others.

            

    

     

    
      	
              5.

            	
              This
      Agreement shall remain in effect until terminated upon receipt of written
      notice by mail, fax or email (“Written Notice”) of either party from the
      other. The Advisor or the Client may terminate this Agreement for any
      reason upon such Written Notice. Upon termination of this Agreement, the
      Advisor will close all open positions, and all accrued but unpaid fees
      shall become immediately due and payable to the
  Advisor.

            

    

     

    
      	
              6.

            	
              The
      Client may withdraw funds from the Account at any time and may add funds
      to the Account in such amount as mutually agreed upon with the Advisor
      (however, Client acknowledges that there is no assurance that the Advisor
      will allow it to add funds); provided, however, that the Client agrees to
      notify the Advisor by Written Notice in advance of such additions and
      withdrawals. No adjustment may be made to the Nominal Account Size without
      the mutual consent of both Client and Advisor. The Client acknowledges
      that the Advisor may terminate this Agreement pursuant to the terms of
      paragraph 5 if the Client reduces or gives Written Notice to the Advisor
      that it intends to reduce the Account to a level below which the Advisor
      cannot effectively utilize the
Strategy.

            

    

     

    
      	
              7.

            	
              The
      Account shall bear all commissions and/or related expenses arising from
      the transactions exercised in the management of the Account. The Client
      shall be responsible for assuring the payment of all margins, premiums,
      commissions and other amounts due to the Broker or any futures commission
      merchant (“FCM”) executing trades on behalf of the Client as provided in
      paragraph 13 in connection with transactions effected by the Advisor. The
      Client shall also authorize and instruct the Broker or any FCM to furnish
      the Advisor with copies of any and all statements, confirmations and other
      documents and materials provided to the Client with respect to trading
      conducted by the Advisor with such Broker or FCM
  hereunder.

            

    

     

    
      	
              8.

            	
              The
      Client agrees to inform the Advisor immediately if the Client is
      dissatisfied with the Advisor’s decisions or actions, or if the Client is
      dissatisfied with the Broker’s handling of the
  Account.

            

    

     

    
      	
              9.

            	
              The
      Advisor’s recommendations and authorizations shall be for the account and
      risk of the Client. The Advisor makes no guarantee that any of its
      services will result in a profit to the Client. The Client has discussed
      the risks of futures trading with the Broker and the Advisor and
      understands those risks. The Client assumes the responsibility of losses
      that may be incurred. Client acknowledges that since it is the owner of
      the Account and the Account is not a limited liability structure, it bears
      the risk of losses in excess of the capital it has invested in the
      Account.

            

    

     

    
      	
              10.

            	
              The
      Client will not pay the Advisor any management fee. The Client will pay
      the Advisor a quarterly incentive fee equal to a percentage of any New Net
      Profit in the Client’s Account as of the end of each calendar quarter as
      set forth in Exhibit B. “New Net Profit” is defined as the excess of the
      cumulative Gain/Loss from Commodity Trading (excluding interest) less
      trading and management fees over its highest past value at any prior
      calendar quarterly period (i.e., “new” profit). The “Gain/Loss from
      Commodity Trading” is the net gain or loss from closed and completed
      commodity transactions (after brokerage commissions) plus the
      increases/decreases in the value of the open positions at the end of each
      calendar quarter (accounting for commissions that would be incurred by
      closing such open positions). In the event of subsequent losses, the
      quarterly incentive fee would not be charged until there are New Net
      Profits to offset such losses. The quarterly incentive fee shall not be
      rebated by virtue of subsequent losses. To the extent that the Nominal
      Account Size is reduced at a time when the cumulative Gain/Loss from
      Commodity Trading represents a net loss, the amount of such net loss (a
      “Carry Forward Loss”) will be reduced by multiplying the Carry Forward
      Loss by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Nominal Account Size
      immediately after such reduction and the denominator of which is the
      Nominal Account Size immediately prior to such reduction. The Client will
      pay the Advisor any such incentive fee payment in a timely manner and
      provide the Advisor with an accounting prepared by its administrator
      regarding such payment.

            

    

     

    
      	
              11.

            	
              The
      Client agrees to execute such additional forms as Broker deems necessary
      to authorize the Broker to make payments from the Account to the Advisor
      in compensation for services set forth in this
  Agreement.

            

    

     

    
      	
              12.

            	
              The
      parties agree that the specific terms of this Agreement and the advice
      provided to the Client by the Advisor are confidential and shall not be
      disclosed by either party except as is reasonably necessary in the
      ordinary course of such party’s operations or pursuant to valid legal
      process.

            

    

     

    
      	
              13.

            	
              The
      Client acknowledges that the Advisor may utilize the services of multiple
      FCMs for the execution of trades for Client’s account and that FCMs may
      include FCMs other than the Broker. Client authorizes the Advisor to use
      other FCMs for the placement and execution of trades for Client’s account
      at the Advisor’s sole discretion.

            

    

     

    
      	
              14.

            	
              The
      Advisor makes no guarantee that any of its services will result in a
      profit or will not result in a loss for the Client. The Advisor will not
      be liable to the Client or to others except by reason of acts constituting
      willful misconduct or gross negligence as to its duties herein, and
      disclaims any liability for human or machine errors in order to trade or
      not to trade any Trading Interest.

            

    

     

    
      	
              15.

            	
              The
      Client represents to the Advisor that it is a “qualified eligible person”
      (“QEP”) as defined in Rule 4.7 under the Commodity Exchange Act because it
      meets one or more of the criteria listed in Exhibit C. The General Partner
      represents to the Advisor that it is a member in good standing of the NFA,
      and that the Client is in compliance with all applicable rules and
      regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the CFTC, and the
      NFA to the extent material to the conduct of its business. The Advisor
      represents to the Client that it is a member in good standing of the NFA
      and has all required governmental and regulatory licenses to perform its
      obligations under this Agreement and the Advisor is in compliance with all
      applicable rules and regulations of the CFTC and the NFA to the extent
      material to the conduct of its business; and the performance by the
      Advisor of its obligations under this Agreement will not violate, or
      constitute a default under, the certificate of incorporation of, articles
      of incorporation, bylaws of, or any agreement, order, law or regulation
      binding upon, the Advisor.

            

    

     

    
      	
              16.

            	
              This
      Agreement shall be governed by and construed and administered in
      accordance with the internal substantive laws of the State of Virginia
      without regard to principles of conflict of laws. Any controversy or claim
      arising out of or relating to this Agreement shall be settled by binding
      arbitration in Charlottesville, Virginia in accordance with the rules then
      in effect of the National Futures Association, and judgment upon the award
      rendered by the arbitrators may be entered into any court having
      jurisdiction thereof. Client agrees to pay all expenses, including
      attorneys’ fees, incurred by Advisor to defend any unsuccessful claim
      Client brings against Advisor, and the Advisor agrees to pay all expenses,
      including attorneys’ fees, incurred by Client to defend any successful
      claim Advisor brings against
Client.

            

    

     

    
      	
              17.

            	
              The
      parties agree to comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws,
      rules and regulations with respect to this Agreement. Each party agrees
      that it will promptly notify the other party in the event that it becomes
      aware any violation or non-compliance with such laws, rules or regulations
      or the commencement of any action, suit, proceeding or investigation
      involving such party. The Advisor agrees to provide the General Partner
      with any information concerning the Advisor that the General Partner may
      reasonably request concerning the Advisor including, but not limited to,
      information regarding any change in control, personnel, trading approach
      and financial condition which the General Partner reasonably deems to be
      material to the Client, and shall notify the General Partner of any such
      matters the Advisor believes are material to the Client. The Advisor shall
      cooperate, to the extent that the General Partner may reasonably request,
      in preparing offering materials, investor information reports and
      regulatory filings relating to the Client. Nothing in this Agreement shall
      require the Advisor to disclose the proprietary details of the Strategy
      used to manage the Client’s Account. The Advisor will make itself
      reasonably available upon the reasonable request of the General Partner to
      support efforts to market or develop the Client, including without
      limitation participating in telephone calls and meetings with potential
      marketers or customers of the Client. Further, the Advisor agrees to
      cooperate with the General Partner in connection with its obligations to
      the Client.

            

    

     

    
      	
              18.

            	
              In
      the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement are invalid for any
      reason whatsoever, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement
      shall, nevertheless remain in full force and
  effect.

            

    

     

    
      	
              19.

            	
              Neither
      party may assign this Agreement without the prior consent of the other
      party.

            

    

     

    
      	
              20.

            	
              This
      Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties, and no
      modifications or amendments of this Agreement shall be binding unless in
      writing and signed by the participants
hereto.

            

    

     

    
      	
              21.

            	
              Client
      acknowledges that he has read and understands this Agreement describing
      the Strategy pursuant to which the Account will be
  managed.

            

    

     

    
      	
              22.

            	
              This
      Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which will
      be deemed an original and all of which shall constitute one
      document.

            

    

     

    
      	
              23.

            	
              By
      depositing funds with the Broker, the Client acknowledges and accepts the
      proprietary techniques of the Strategy and the Client’s suitability to
      bear the economic risk of loss in commodity
  trading.

            

    

     

    In
Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date
first written above.

     

    PURSUANT
TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION IN CONNECTION WITH
ACCOUNTS OF QUALIFIED ELIGIBLE PERSONS, THIS BROCHURE OR ACCOUNT DOCUMENT IS NOT
REQUIRED TO BE, AND HAS NOT BEEN FILED WITH THE COMMISSION. THE COMMODITY
FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION DOES NOT PASS UPON THE MERITS OF PARTICIPATING IN A
TRADING PROGRAM OR UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF COMMODITY TRADING ADVISOR
DISCLOSURE. CONSEQUENTLY, THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION HAS NOT
REVIEWED OR APPROVED THIS TRADING PROGRAM OR THIS BROCHURE OR ACCOUNT
DOCUMENT.

     

    

      
        	
                RFMC
      WILLOWBRIDGE FUND, LP

                 

              	
                QUANTITATIVE
      INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC:

              
	 
      	 
      	 
      	 
      
	
                By:

              	 
      	
                By:

              	 
      
	
                Name:

              	 
      	
                Name:

              	 
      
	
                Title:

              	 
      	
                Title:

              	 
      

      

    
      
         

      

      
        
          

        

      

       

    

    EXHIBIT
A

     

    Interests
Traded:

     

    
      	
              E-mini
      Nasdaq

            	
              10
      Year Note

            	
              Euro
      Currency

            	
              Gold

            
	
              E-mini
      S&P

            	
              US
      Bond

            	
              Japanese
      Yen

            	
              Silver

            
	
              E-mini
      Russell

            	
              2
      Year Note

            	
              British
      Pound

            	
              Copper

            
	
              Dax

            	
              5
      Year Note

            	
              Canadian
      Dollar

            	
              Natural
      Gas

            
	
              FTSE
      100

            	
              EuroDollar

            	
              Australian
      Dollar

            	
              Crude
      Oil

            
	
              DJ
      Euro Stoxx 50

            	
              Eurobund

            	
              Swiss
      Franc

            	
              Brent
      Crude

            
	
              Hang
      Seng

            	
              Euribor

            	
              Corn

            	
              Gas
      Oil

            
	
              Nikkei
      225 (OSE)

            	
              Euro-Bobl

            	
              Soybeans

            	
              Heating
      Oil

            
	
              CAC
      - 40

            	
              Euro-Schatz

            	
              Sugar

            	
              Unleaded
      Gas

            
	
              KOSPI

            	
              Long
      Gilt

            	
              Wheat

            	
              WTI
      Crude

            
	
              SGX
      Nikkei

            	
              Short
      Sterling

            	 
      	 
      
	
              TOPIX

            	
              JGB
      (TSE)

            	 
      	 
      

    

    

    Investment Strategy &
Restrictions:

     

    Quantitative Investment
Management’s Global Program uses over 5,000 quantitative trading models that
utilize pattern recognition to predict short and medium-term price movements in
global futures contracts.

     

    Currently, only exchanged
traded futures contracts will be traded in accordance with
and  pursuant to the Reference Fund (or the onshore or offshore funds
which invest in the Reference Fund).

     

    The Advisor will give the
Client prompt written notice following the commencement of trading new
interests, strategies or markets, provided that such notice shall be given no
later than 30 days after the commencement of such trading.

     

    

    
       

      
        
          

        

      

       

    

    EXHIBIT
B

     

    Conditions
for this Account:

     

    (a)           The
Nominal Account Size at which the Account will be traded is $20,000,000 (twenty
million dollars).

     

    (i)           Initial
Actual Funds: The initial actual deposit in the Account is $20,000,000 (twenty
million dollars).

     

    (ii)           Committed
Funds: Client hereby states that the Account’s marginable assets include $-0- in
funds not deposited in the actual trading account, but on deposit in a separate
account at the FCM (“Committed Funds”). Client acknowledges an additional
cross-margining agreement may be required.

     

    (iii)           Initial
Notional Funds: Client hereby acknowledges that the Account’s Nominal Account
Size includes $-0-_ in initial notional funds not deposited in the actual
trading Account.

     

    (b)           The
quarterly incentive fee rate for this account is 30% (thirty
percent).

     

    (c)           The
estimated average per trade commission rate is $11 per roundturn.

     

    

    
       

      
        
          

        

      

       

    

    EXHIBIT
C

     

    Qualified Eligible Person
(“QEP”) Status

     

    “Portfolio
Requirement”

     

    Portfolio
Requirement means that a Subscriber --

     

    (a)           owns
securities (excluding interests in issuers with which Subscriber is affiliated)
and other investments with an aggregate market value of at least $2
million.

     

    (b)           has
on deposit for its own account with a futures commission merchant, at any time
during the preceding six months, $200,000 or more in exchange-specified initial
margin and option premiums for futures and other commodity interest positions,
or

     

    (c)           has
a portfolio comprised of a proportionate combination of the investments
specified in (a) above and the margin and premium specified in (b) above --
e.g., investments of $1,000,000 and margin and option premiums of
$100,000).

     

    “Natural Persons” (i.e.,
Individuals)

     

    1.           Subscriber
meets the Portfolio Requirement AND -- either
--

     

    (a)           has
a net worth (including home, furnishings and automobiles), or joint net worth
with spouse, exceeding $1 million, OR

     

    (b)           has
had individual gross income of $200,000 or more in the past two calendar years,
or joint gross income with spouse of $300,000 in those years and, in either
case, has a reasonable expectation of his individual or joint gross spousal
income, respectively, reaching the same level in the current year.

     

    Pension and Profit-Sharing
Plans

     

    2.           Subscriber
meets the Portfolio Requirement AND is
--

     

    (a)           An
employee benefit plan under ERISA: (i) whose decision to invest in the Fund is
made by a plan fiduciary (as defined in ERISA §3(21)) that is a registered
investment adviser, bank, savings and loan association, or insurance company; or
(ii) with total assets exceeding $5 million; or (iii) that is a self-directed
plan, and the decision to invest in the Fund is made by a QEP; or

     

    (b)           A
plan established and maintained by a state, a political subdivision thereof, or
any agency or instrumentality thereof, for the benefit of its employees and with
total assets exceeding $5 million.

     

    Individual Retirement
Accounts

     

    3.           An
IRA whose owner is a QEP under 1(a) above.

     

    Partnerships, Corporations
and other Entities

     

    4.           Subscriber
meets the Portfolio Requirement AND is--

     

    (a)           A
commodity pool, trust, insurance company separate account or bank
collective  trust: (i) with total assets exceeding $5 million, (ii)
that was not formed for the purpose of investing in the Fund and (iii) whose
decision to invest in the Fund was directed by a QEP. (If the entity does not
meet these tests, it may still qualify as a QEP under (9) below.);

     

    (b)           A
corporation, a partnership or a Massachusetts or similar business trust, but
which is not a commodity pool, that: (i) has total assets exceeding $5 million
and (ii) was not formed for the specific purpose of investing in the
Fund;

     

    (c)           An
insurance company (as defined in §2(1) of the Securities Act) acting for its own
account or for the account of a QEP; an investment company registered under the
ICA, or a business development company as defined therein which was not formed
for the specific purpose of investing in the Fund; a bank (as defined in
§3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) or savings and loan or other institution (as
defined in §3(a)(5)(A) of the Securities Act) acting for its own account or that
of a QEP; or an organization described in §501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
Code with total assets exceeding $5 million; or

     

    (d)           A
governmental entity (including the U.S., any state, or a non-U.S. jurisdiction)
or political subdivision thereof, or a multinational or supranational entity, or
any instrumentality, agency or department of any of the foregoing, if authorized
by law to invest in a commodity pool.

     

    Investment Professionals and
Related Persons

     

    5.           A
CFTC-registered CPO or CTA who: (a) has been registered and active as such for
two years or (b) in the case of a CPO operates pools with aggregate assets
exceeding $5 million, or in the case of a CTA advises accounts with aggregate
assets deposited with futures commission merchants exceeding $5
million.

     

    6.           With
respect to an exempt pool, (such as the Fund):

     

    (a)           The
CPO, CTA or investment adviser of the exempt pool offered or sold, or an
affiliate of any of the foregoing;

     

    (b)           A
principal of the exempt pool or the CPO, CTA or investment adviser of the exempt
pool, or an affiliate of any of the foregoing;

     

    (c)           An
employee of the exempt pool or the CPO, CTA or investment adviser of the exempt
pool, or of an affiliate of any of the foregoing (other than an employee
performing solely clerical, secretarial or administrative functions with regard
to such person or its investments) who, in connection with his or her regular
functions or duties, participates in the investment activities of the exempt
pool, other commodity pools operated by the pool operator of the exempt pool or
other accounts advised by the trading advisor or the investment adviser of the
exempt pool, or by the affiliate; provided that such employee has been
performing such functions and duties for or on behalf of the exempt pool, CPO,
CTA, investment adviser or affiliate, or substantially similar functions or
duties for or on behalf of another person engaged in providing commodity
interest, securities or other financial services, for at least 12
months;

     

    (d)           Any
other employee of, or an agent engaged to perform legal, accounting, auditing or
other financial services for, the exempt pool or the CPO, CTA or investment
adviser of the exempt pool, or any other employee of, or agent so engaged by, an
affiliate of any of the foregoing (other than an employee or agent performing
solely clerical, secretarial or administrative functions with regard to such
person or its investments); provided, that such employee or agent:

     

    (i)           Is
an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended; and

     

    (ii)           Has
been employed or engaged by the exempt pool, commodity pool operator, commodity
trading advisor, investment adviser or affiliate, or by another person engaged
in providing commodity interest, securities or other financial services, for at
least 24 months;

     

    (e)           The
spouse, child, sibling or parent of a person who satisfies the criteria of
6(a)-(d) above; provided
that: (i) an investment in the exempt pool by any such family member is
made with the knowledge and at the direction of the person; and (ii) the family
member is not a qualified eligible person for the purposes CFTC Rule
4.7(a)(3)(xi);

     

    7.           A
CFTC-registered futures commission merchant.

     

    8.           An
SEC-registered broker or dealer.

     

    Entities That Are
Wholly-Owned by QEPs

     

    9.           An
entity in which all the owners or participants are QEPs.

     

    Non-United States
Persons

     

    10.           An
individual who is not a resident of the United States.

     

    11.           A
corporation, partnership or other entity organized principally for passive
investment (such as a commodity pool or investment company): (a) that was not
formed for the principal purpose of enabling U.S. Persons to participate in the
Fund or in other commodity pools exempt under CFTC Rule 4.7; and (b) is 90% or
more owned by Non-U.S. Persons and U.S. Persons that are QEPs.

     

    12.           A
corporation, partnership or other entity, other than a passive investment entity
as described immediately above, organized under the laws of, and with its
principal place of business in, a non-U.S. jurisdiction.

     

    13.           A
pension plan for the employees, officers or principals of an entity organized
and with its principal place of business outside the U.S.

     

    14.           An
estate or trust whose income is not subject to U.S. income tax, regardless of
source.

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