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THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN
AND WILL NOT BE REGISTERED WITH THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR THE SECURITIES COMMISSION OF ANY STATE
PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY SECTION 3(b) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND THE RULES AND
REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER (THE "1933 ACT)

 

US $55;000.00

 

ALKAME HOLDINGS, INC.

8% CONVERTIBLE REDEEMABLE NOTE

DUE OCTOBER 29, 2015

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, Alkame
Holdings, Inc., (the "Company") promises to pay to the order of UNION CAPITAL, LLC and its authorized successors and
permitted assigns ("Holder"), the aggregate principal face amount of Fifty Five Thousand Dollars exactly (U.S. $55,000.00)
on October 29, 2015 ("Maturity Note") and to pay interest on the principal amount outstanding hereunder at the rate of
8% per annum commencing on October 29. 201 4. This Note contains a 10% OID such that the purchase price shall be $50,000.00. The
interest will be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note is registered on the records of the Company regarding registration
and transfers of this Note. The principal of and interest on this Note are payable at 338 Crown Street, Brooklyn, NY 11225 initially,
and if changed, last appearing on the records of the Company as designated in writing by the Holder hereof from time to time. The
Company will pay each interest payment and the outstanding principal due upon this Note before or on the Maturity Date less any
amounts required by law to be deducted or withheld to the Holder of this Note by check or wire transfer addressed to such Holder
at the last address appearing on the records of this Company. The forwarding of such check or wire transfer shall constitute a
payment of outstanding principal hereunder and shall satisfy and discharge the liability for principal on this Note to the extent
of the sum represented by such check or wire transfer. Interest shall be payable in Common Stock (as defined below) pursuant to
paragraph 4(b) herein.

 

This Note is subject to
the following additional provisions:

 

1.                  
This Note is exchangeable for an equal aggregate principal amount of Notes of different authorized
denominations, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. No service charge will be made for such registration or transfer
or exchange except that Holder shall pay any tax or other governmental charges payable in connection therewith.

 

2.                  
The Company shall be entitled to withhold from all payments any amount required to be withheld
under applicable laws.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

3.                  
This Note may be transferred or exchanged only in compliance with the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended ("Act") and applicable state securities laws. Any attempted transfer to a non-qualifying party shall be treated
by the Company as void. Prior to due presentment for transfer of this Note, the Company and any agent of the Company may treat
the person in whose name this Note is duly registered on the Company's records as the owner hereof for all other purposes, whether
or not this Note be overdue, and neither the Company nor any such agent shall be affected or bound by notice to the contrary. Any
Holder of this Note electing to exercise the right of conversion set forth in Section 4(a) hereof, in addition to the requirements
set forth in Section 4(a), and any prospective transferee of this Note, also is required to give the Company written confirmation
that this Note is being converted (“Note of Conversion”) in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit A. The date of receipt
(including receipt of telecopy) of such Notice of Conversion shall be the Conversion Date.

 

4.                  
(a) The Holder of this Note is entitled at its option at any time after 180 days, and after
full cash payment for the shares convertible hereunder, to convert all or any amount of the principal face amount of this Note
then outstanding into shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”) without restrictive legend of
any nature at a price (“Conversion Price”) for each share of Common Stock equal to the lower of (i) 60% of the lowest
trading price of the Common Stock as reported on the National Quotations Bureau OTCQB exchange which the Company’s shares
are traded or any exchange upon which the Common Stock may be traded in the future (“Exchange”), for the twenty five
prior trading days including the day upon which a Notice of Conversion is received by the Company (provided such Notice of Conversion
is delivered by fax or other electronic method of communication to the Company after 4 P.M. Easter Standard or Daylight Savings
Time if the Holder wishes to include the same day closing price or (ii) $0.10 per share. If the shares have not be delivered within
3 days the Notice of Conversion may be rescinded. Such conversion shall be effectuated by the Company delivering the shares of
Common Stock to the Holder within 3 business days of receipt by the Company of the Notice of Conversion. Once the Holder has received
such shares of Common Stock the Holder shall surrender this Note to the Company, executed by the Holder evidencing such Holder’s
intention to convert this Note or a specified portion hereof and accompanied by proper assignment hereof in blank. Accrued but
upon interest shall be subject to conversion. No fractional shares or scrip representing fractions of shares will be issued on
conversion but the number of shares issuable shall be rounded to the nearest whole share. In the event the Company experience a
DTC “Chill” on its shares, the conversion price shall be decreased to 50% instead of 60% while that “Chill”
is in effect. In no event shall the Holder be allowed to effect a conversion if such conversion, along with all other shares of
Company Common Stock beneficially owned by the Holder and its affiliates would exceed 9.9% of the outstanding shares of the Common
Stock of the Company.

 

(b) Interest on any unpaid
principal balance of this Note shall be paid at the rate of 8% per annum. Interest shall be paid by the Company in Common Stock
("Interest Shares"). The dollar amount converted into Interest Shares shall be all or a portion of the accrued interest
calculated on the unpaid principal balance of this Note to the date of such notice.

 

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(c) During the first 90
days after the Note has been issued, it may be prepaid at 115% of the face amount plus any accrued interest This Note may not be
prepaid after the 91stth day. The redemption must be closed and paid for within 3 business days of the Company sending the redemption
demand or the redemption will be invalid and the Company may not redeem this Note.

 

(d) Upon (i) a transfer
of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any person in a single transaction or series of related transactions,
(ii) a reclassification, capital reorganization or other change or exchange or outstanding shares of the Common Stock, (iii) any
consolidation or merger of the Company with or into another person or entity in which the Company is not the surviving entity (other
than a merger which is effected solely to change the jurisdiction of incorporation of the Company and results in a reclassification,
conversion or ex-change of outstanding shares of Common Stock solely into shares of Common Stock) (each of items (i), (ii) and
(iii) being referred to as a “Sale Event”)., then, in each case, the Company shall, upon request of the Holder, redeem
this Note in cash for 150% of the principal amount, plus accrued but unpaid interest through the date of redemption, or at the
election of the Holder, such Holder may convert the unpaid principal amount of the Note (together with the amount of accrued but
unpaid interest) into shares of Common Stock immediately prior to such Sale Event at the Conversion Price.

 

(e) In case of any Sale
Event in connection with which this Note is not re-deemed or converted, the Company shall cause effective provision to be made
so that the Holder of this Note shall have the right thereafter, by converting this Note, to purchase or convert this Note into
the kind and number of shares of stock or other securities or property (including cash) receivable upon such reclassification,
capital reorganization or other change, consolidation or merger by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock that could
have been purchased upon exercise of the Note and at the same Conversion Price, as defined in this Note, immediately prior to such
Sale Event. The foregoing provisions shall similarly apply to successive Sale Events. If the consideration received by the holders
of Common Stock is other than cash, the value shall be as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company or successor person
or entity acting in good faith.

 

5.                  
No Provision of this Note shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay the principal of, and interest on, this Note at the time, place, and rate, and the form, herein prescribed.

 

6.                  
The Company hereby expressly waives demand and presentment for payment, notice of non-payment,
protest , notice of protest, notice of dishonor, notice of acceleration or intent to accelerate, and diligence in taking any action
to collect amounts called for hereunder and shall be directly and primarily liable for the payment of all sums owing and to be
owing hereto.

 

7.                  
The Company agrees to pay all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys' fees and
expenses, which may be incurred by the Holder in collecting any amount due.

 

8.                  
If one or more of the following described "Events of Default" shall occur:

 

(a)             
The Company shall default in the payment of principal or interest on this Note or any other
note issued to the Holder by the Company; or

 

(b)             
Any of the representations or warranties made by the Company herein or in any certificate
or financial or other written statements heretofore or hereafter furnished by or on behalf of the Company in connection with the
execution and delivery of this Note, or the Securities Purchase Agreement under which this note was issued shall be false or misleading
in any respect; or

 

(c)             
The Company shall fail to perform or observe, in any respect, any covenant, term, provision
, condition, agreement or obligation of the Company under this Note or any other note issued to the Holder, and not cure such failure
within 10 days of such event; or

 

(d)             
The Company shall (1) become insolvent; (2) admit in writing its inability to pay its debts
generally as they mature; (3) make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or commence proceedings for its dissolution; (4)
apply for or consent to the appointment of a trustee, liquidator or receiver for its or for a substantial part of its property
or business; (5) file a petition for bankruptcy relief, consent to the filing of such petition or have filed against it an involuntary
petition for bankruptcy relief all under federal or state laws as applicable: or

 

(e)              A
trustee, liquidator or receiver shall be appointed for the Company or for property or business without its consent shall not
be discharged within good faith

 

(f)              
Any governmental agency or any court of competent jurisdiction at the instance of any governmental
agency shall assume custody of control of the whole or substantial portion of the properties or assets of the Company; or 

 

(g)             
One or more money judgments writs or warrants of attachment or similar process, in excess
of fifty thousand dollars (450,000) in the aggregate, shall be entered or filed against the Company or any of its properties or
other assets and shall remain unpaid, unvacated, unbonded or unstayed for a period of fifteen (15) days or in any event later than
five (5) days prior to the date of any proposed sale thereunder; or 

 

(h)             
Defaulted on or breached any term of any other note of similar debt instrument into which
the Company has entered and tailed to cure such default w1thm the appropriate grace period ; or

 

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(i)               
The Company shall have its Common Stock delisted from an exchange (in- eluding the OTCBB exchange)
or, if the Common Stock trades on an exchange, then trading in the

 

(j)              
Intentionally Deleted

 

(k)             
The Company shall not deliver to the Holder the Common Stock pursuant to paragraph 4 herein
without restrictive legend within 3 business days of its receipt of a Notice of Conversion; or

 

(l)               
The Company shall not replenish the reserve set forth in Section 12, within 3 business days
of the request of the Holder.

 

(m)           
The Company shall not be "current" in its filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission; or

 

(n)             
The Company shall lose the "bid" price for its stock in a market (including the
OTCQB marketplace or other exchange).

 

Then, or at any time thereafter, unless cured,
and in each and every such case, unless such Event of Default shall have been waived in writing by the Holder (which waiver shall
not be deemed to be a waiver of any subsequent default) at the option of the Holder and in the Holder's sole discretion, the Holder
may consider this Note immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or (further) notice of any kind (other
than notice of acceleration), all of which are hereby expressly waived, anything herein or in any note or other instruments contained
to the contrary notwithstanding , and the Holder may immediately , and without expiration of any period of grace, enforce any and
all of the Holder's rights and remedies provided herein or any other rights or remedies afforded by law. Upon an Event of Default,
interest shall accrue at a default interest rate of 24% per annum or, if such rate is usurious or not permitted by current law,
then at the highest rate of interest permitted by law. In the event of a breach of Section 8(k) the penalty shall be $250 per day
the shares are not issued beginning on the 4th day after the conversion notice was delivered to the Company. This penalty shall
increase to $500 per day beginning on the 10th day. The penalty for a breach of Section 8(n) shall be an increase of the outstanding
principal amounts by 20%. In case of a breach of Section 8(i), the outstanding principal due under this Note shall increase by
50%. If this Note is not paid at maturity, the outstanding principal due under this Note shall increase by 10%.

 

If the Holder shall commence an action or proceeding
to enforce any provisions of this Note, including, without limitation, engaging an attorney, then if the Holder prevails in such
action, the Holder shall be reimbursed by the Company for its attorneys' fees and other costs and expenses incurred in the investigation,
preparation and prosecution of such action or proceeding.

 

9.                  
In case any provision of this Note is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be excessive
in scope or otherwise invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be adjusted rather than voided, if possible, so that it is
enforceable to the maximum extent possible, and the validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Note will not
in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

10.               
Neither this Note nor any term hereof may be amended, waived, discharged or terminated other
than by a written instrument signed by the Company and the Holder.

 

11.               
The Company represents that it is not a "shell" issuer and has never been a "shell"
issuer or that if it previously has been a "shell" issuer that at least 12 months have passed since the Company has reported
form 10 type information indicating it is no longer a "shell issuer. Further. The Company will instruct its counsel to either
(i) write a 144- 3(a)(9) opinion to allow for salability of the conversion shares or (ii) accept such opinion from Holder 's counsel.

 

12.               
The Company shall issue irrevocable transfer agent instructions reserving 2,745,000 shares
of its Common Stock for conversions under this Note (the "Share Reserve "). The reserve shall be replenished as needed
to allow for conversions of this Note. Upon full conversion of this Note, any shares remaining in the Share Reserve shall be cancelled.
The Company shall pay all costs associated with issuing and delivering the shares. The company should at all times reserve a minimum
of four times the amount of shares required if the note would be fully converted. The Holder may reasonably request increases from
time to time to reserve such amounts.

 

13.               
The Company will give the Holder direct notice of any corporate actions including but not
limited to name changes, stock splits, recapitalizations etc. This notice shall be given to the Holder as soon as possible under
law.

 

14.               
This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of New York applicable
to contracts made and wholly to be performed within the State of New York and shall be binding upon the successors and assigns
of each party hereto. The Holder and the Company hereby mutually waive trial by jury and consent to exclusive jurisdiction and
venue in the courts of the State of New York. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, and the facsimile transmission of
an executed counterpart to this Agreement shall be effective as an original.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
Company has caused this Note to be duly executed by an officer thereunto duly authorized.

 

Dated: 10/29/14

 

ALKAME HOLDINGS, INC.

 

By: /s/ Robert Eakle

Title: CEO

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EXHIBIT A

 

NOTICE OF CONVERSION

 

(To be Executed by the Registered Holder in
order to Convert the Note)

 

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to
convert $ ______ of the above Note into ______ Shares of Common Stock of Alkame Holdings, Inc, ("Shares") according to
the conditions set forth in such Note, as of the date written below.

 

If Shares are to be issued in the name of a
person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer and other taxes and charges payable with respect thereto.

 

Date of Conversion:

Applicable Conversion Price:

Signature:

[Print Name of Holder and Title of Signer]

 

Address:

 

SSN or EIN:

Shares are to be registered in the following
name:

 

Name:

Address:

Tel:

Fax:

SSN or EIN:

Shares are to be sent or delivered to the following
account:

 

Account Name:

Address:

 

    	5Exhibit 10.1 Form of IndemnificationAgreement

Exhibit 10.1
INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

THIS INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made and entered into as of the ________ day of ____________, 20__, by and between Signature Office REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), and _______________ (“Indemnitee”).
WHEREAS, at the request of the Company, Indemnitee currently serves as a director or officer of the Company and may, therefore, be subjected to claims, suits or proceedings arising as a result of such service; and
WHEREAS, as an inducement to Indemnitee to continue to serve in such capacity, the Company has agreed to indemnify Indemnitee and to advance expenses and costs incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any such claims, suits or proceedings, to the maximum extent permitted by law; and
WHEREAS, the parties by this Agreement desire to set forth their agreement regarding indemnification and advance of expenses;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants contained herein, the Company and Indemnitee do hereby covenant and agree as follows:
Section 1.Definitions.  For purposes of this Agreement:
(a)    “Change in Control” means a change in control of the Company occurring after the Effective Date of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A (or in response to any similar item on any similar schedule or form) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), whether or not the Company is then subject to such reporting requirement; provided, however, that, without limitation, such a Change in Control shall be deemed to have occurred if, after the Effective Date (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 15% or more of the combined voting power of all of the Company’s then-outstanding securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors without the prior approval of at least two-thirds of the members of the Board of Directors in office immediately prior to such person’s attaining such percentage interest; (ii) the Company is a party to a merger, consolidation, sale of assets, plan of liquidation or other reorganization not approved by at least two-thirds of the members of the Board of Directors then in office, as a consequence of which members of the Board of Directors in office immediately prior to such transaction or event constitute less than a majority of the Board of Directors thereafter; or (iii) at any time, a majority of the members of the Board of Directors are not individuals (A) who were directors as of the Effective Date or (B) whose election by the Board of Directors or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by the affirmative vote of at least two-

thirds of the directors then in office who were directors as of the Effective Date or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved.
(b)    “Corporate Status” means the status of a person as a present or former director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or as a director, trustee, officer, partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise that such person is or was serving in such capacity at the request of the Company.  As a clarification and without limiting the circumstances in which Indemnitee may be serving at the request of the Company, service by Indemnitee shall be deemed to be at the request of the Company:  (i) if Indemnitee serves or served as a director, trustee, officer, partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise (1) of which a majority of the voting power or equity interest is or was owned directly or indirectly by the Company or (2) the management of which is controlled directly or indirectly by the Company; and (ii) if, as a result of Indemnitee’s service to the Company or any of its affiliated entities, Indemnitee is subject to duties by, or required to perform services for, an employee benefit plan or its participants or beneficiaries, including as a deemed fiduciary thereof.
(c)    “Disinterested Director” means a director of the Company who is not and was not a party to the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification and/or advance of Expenses is sought by Indemnitee.
(d)    “Effective Date” means the date set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
(e)    “Expenses” means any and all reasonable and out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees and costs, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, federal, state, local or foreign taxes imposed on Indemnitee as a result of the actual or deemed receipt of any payments under this Agreement, ERISA excise taxes and penalties and any other disbursements or expenses incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a witness in or otherwise participating in a Proceeding.  Expenses shall also include Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any Proceeding including, without limitation, the premium for, security for and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersedeas bond or other appeal bond or its equivalent.  
(f)    “Independent Counsel” means a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that is experienced in matters of corporation law and neither is, nor in the past five years has been, retained to represent:  (i) the Company or Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party (other than with respect to matters concerning Indemnitee under this Agreement or of other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements); or (ii) any other party to or participant or witness in the Proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification or advance of Expenses hereunder.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Independent Counsel” shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement.  

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(g)    “Proceeding” means any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or any other actual, threatened or completed proceeding, whether brought by or in the right of the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil (including intentional or unintentional tort claims), criminal, administrative or investigative (formal or informal) nature, including any appeal therefrom, except one pending or completed on or before the Effective Date, unless otherwise specifically agreed in writing by the Company and Indemnitee.  If Indemnitee reasonably believes that a given situation may lead to or culminate in the institution of a Proceeding, such situation shall also be considered a Proceeding.
Section 2.    Services by Indemnitee.  Indemnitee will serve as a director or officer of the Company.  However, this Agreement shall not impose any independent obligation on Indemnitee or the Company to continue Indemnitee’s service to the Company.  This Agreement shall not be deemed an employment contract between the Company (or any other entity) and Indemnitee.
Section 3.    General.  The Company shall indemnify, and advance Expenses to, Indemnitee (a) as provided in this Agreement and (b) otherwise to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law in effect on the Effective Date and as amended from time to time; provided, however, that no change in Maryland law shall have the effect of reducing the benefits available to Indemnitee hereunder based on Maryland law as in effect on the Effective Date.  The rights of Indemnitee provided in this Section 3 shall include, without limitation, the rights set forth in the other sections of this Agreement, including any additional indemnification permitted by the Maryland General Corporation Law (the “MGCL”), including, without limitation, Section 2-418 of the MGCL.
Section 4.    Standard for Indemnification.  If, by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be, made a party to any Proceeding, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all judgments, damages, liabilities, losses, penalties, excise taxes, fines and amounts paid in settlement and all Expenses incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with any such Proceeding unless it is established that (a) the act or omission of Indemnitee was material to the matter giving rise to the Proceeding and (i) was committed in bad faith or (ii) was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty, (b) Indemnitee actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services or (c) in the case of any criminal Proceeding, Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.
Section 5.    Certain Limits on Indemnification.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement (other than Section 6) and except to the extent otherwise permitted by Maryland law, Indemnitee shall not be entitled to:
(a)    indemnification hereunder if the Proceeding was one by or in the right of the Company and Indemnitee is adjudged, in a final adjudication of the Proceeding not subject to further appeal, to be liable to the Company;
(b)    indemnification hereunder if Indemnitee is adjudged, in a final adjudication of the Proceeding not subject to further appeal, to be liable on the basis that personal benefit was 

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improperly received in any Proceeding charging improper personal benefit to Indemnitee, whether or not involving action in Indemnitee’s Corporate Status; or
(c)    indemnification or advance of Expenses hereunder if the Proceeding was brought by Indemnitee, unless:  (i) the Proceeding was brought to enforce indemnification under this Agreement, and then only to the extent in accordance with and as authorized by Section 12 of this Agreement, or (ii) the Company’s charter or Bylaws, a resolution of the stockholders entitled to vote generally in the election of directors or of the Board of Directors or an agreement approved by the Board of Directors to which the Company is a party expressly provide otherwise.
Section 6.    Court-Ordered Indemnification.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, a court of appropriate jurisdiction, upon application of Indemnitee and such notice as the court shall require, may order indemnification of Indemnitee by the Company in the following circumstances:
(a)    if such court determines that Indemnitee is entitled to reimbursement under Section 2-418(d)(1) of the MGCL, the court shall order indemnification, in which case Indemnitee shall be entitled to recover the Expenses of securing such reimbursement; or
(b)    if such court determines that Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification in view of all the relevant circumstances, whether or not Indemnitee (i) has met the standards of conduct set forth in Section 2-418(b) of the MGCL or (ii) has been adjudged liable for receipt of an improper personal benefit under Section 2-418(c) of the MGCL, the court may order such indemnification as the court shall deem proper without regard to any limitation on such court-ordered indemnification contemplated by Section 2-418(d)(2)(ii) of the MGCL.
Section 7.    Indemnification for Expenses of an Indemnitee Who is Wholly or Partially Successful.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, and without limiting any such provision, to the extent that Indemnitee was or is, by reason of his or her Corporate Status, made a party to (or otherwise becomes a participant in) any Proceeding and is successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of such Proceeding, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee for all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection therewith.  Without limiting any other rights of Indemnitee in this Agreement, if Indemnitee is not wholly successful in such Proceeding but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more but less than all claims, issues or matters in such Proceeding, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee for all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with each such claim, issue or matter.  For purposes of this Agreement, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.
Section 8.    Advance of Expenses for Indemnitee.  If, by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be, made a party to any Proceeding, the Company shall, without requiring a preliminary determination of Indemnitee’s ultimate entitlement to indemnification hereunder, advance all Expenses incurred by or on behalf of Indemnitee in connection with such Proceeding.  The Company shall make such advance within ten days after the receipt by the Company of a statement or statements requesting such advance from time to time, 

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whether prior to or after final disposition of such Proceeding and may be in the form of, in the reasonable discretion of Indemnitee (but without duplication), (a) payment of such Expenses directly to third parties on behalf of Indemnitee, (b) advance of funds to Indemnitee in an amount sufficient to pay such Expenses or (c) reimbursement to Indemnitee for Indemnitee’s payment of such Expenses.  Such statement or statements shall reasonably evidence the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee and shall include or be preceded or accompanied by a written affirmation by Indemnitee and a written undertaking by or on behalf of Indemnitee, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A or in such form as may be required under applicable law as in effect at the time of the execution thereof.  To the extent that Expenses advanced to Indemnitee do not relate to a specific claim, issue or matter in the Proceeding, such Expenses shall be allocated on a reasonable and proportionate basis.  The undertaking required by this Section 8 shall be an unlimited general obligation by or on behalf of Indemnitee and shall be accepted without reference to Indemnitee’s financial ability to repay such advanced Expenses and without any requirement to post security therefor. 
Section 9.    Indemnification and Advance of Expenses as a Witness or Other Participant.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, to the extent that Indemnitee is or may be, by reason of Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, made a witness or otherwise asked to participate in any Proceeding, whether instituted by the Company or any other person, and to which Indemnitee is not a party, Indemnitee shall be advanced and indemnified against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection therewith within ten days after the receipt by the Company of a statement or statements requesting any such advance or indemnification from time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of such Proceeding.  Such statement or statements shall reasonably evidence the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee.  In connection with any such advance of Expenses, the Company may require Indemnitee to provide an affirmation and undertaking substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
Section 10.    Procedure for Determination of Entitlement to Indemnification.
(a)    To obtain indemnification under this Agreement, Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written request, including therein or therewith such documentation and information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, except that Indemnitee shall not be required to disclose information that is subject to attorney-client privilege.  Indemnitee may submit one or more such requests from time to time and at such time(s) as Indemnitee deems appropriate in Indemnitee’s sole discretion.  The officer of the Company receiving any such request from Indemnitee shall, promptly upon receipt of such a request for indemnification, advise the Board of Directors in writing that Indemnitee has requested indemnification.
(b)    Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to Section 10(a) above, a determination, if required by applicable law, with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement thereto shall promptly be made in the specific case:  (i) if a Change in Control has occurred, by Independent Counsel, in a written opinion to the Board of Directors, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee, which Independent Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee and approved by the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 2-418(e)(2)(ii) of the MGCL, which approval 

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shall not be unreasonably withheld; or (ii) if a Change in Control has not occurred, (A) by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors or by the majority vote of a group of Disinterested Directors designated by the Disinterested Directors to make the determination, (B) if Independent Counsel has been selected by the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 2-418(e)(2)(ii) of the MGCL and approved by Indemnitee, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, by Independent Counsel, in a written opinion to the Board of Directors, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee or (C) if so directed by the Board of Directors, by the stockholders of the Company, other than directors or officers who are parties to the Proceeding.  If it is so determined that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall make payment to Indemnitee within ten days after such determination.  Indemnitee shall cooperate with the person, persons or entity making such determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such person, persons or entity upon reasonable advance request any documentation or information which is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary or appropriate to such determination in the discretion of the Board of Directors or Independent Counsel if retained pursuant to clause (ii)(B) of this Section 10(b).  Any Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the person, persons or entity making such determination shall be borne by the Company (irrespective of the determination as to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification) and the Company shall indemnify and hold Indemnitee harmless therefrom.
(c)    The Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of Independent Counsel, if one is appointed.
Section 11.    Presumptions and Effect of Certain Proceedings.
(a)    In making any determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification hereunder, the person or persons or entity making such determination shall presume that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement if Indemnitee has submitted a request for indemnification in accordance with Section 10(a) of this Agreement, and the Company shall have the burden of overcoming that presumption in connection with the making of any determination contrary to that presumption.  
(b)    The termination of any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or matter therein, by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, or entry of an order of probation prior to judgment, does not create a presumption that Indemnitee did not meet the requisite standard of conduct described herein for indemnification.
(c)    The knowledge and/or actions, or failure to act, of any other director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or any other director, trustee, officer, partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall not be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining any other right to indemnification under this Agreement.

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Section 12.    Remedies of Indemnitee.
(a)    If (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 10(b) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) advance of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 8 or 9 of this Agreement, (iii) no determination of entitlement to indemnification shall have been made pursuant to Section 10(b) of this Agreement within 60 days after receipt by the Company of the request for indemnification, (iv) payment of indemnification is not made pursuant to Section 7 or 9 of this Agreement within ten days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor, or (v) payment of indemnification pursuant to any other section of this Agreement or the charter or Bylaws of the Company is not made within ten days after a determination has been made that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication in an appropriate court located in the State of Maryland, or in any other court of competent jurisdiction, or in an arbitration conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association, of Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification or advance of Expenses.  Except as set forth herein, the provisions of Maryland law (without regard to its conflicts of laws rules) shall apply to any such arbitration.  The Company shall not oppose Indemnitee’s right to seek any such adjudication or award in arbitration.
(b)    In any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 12 or otherwise arising out of or relating to this Agreement, Indemnitee shall be presumed to be entitled to indemnification or advance of Expenses, as the case may be, under this Agreement and the Company shall have the burden of proving that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification or advance of Expenses, as the case may be.  If Indemnitee commences a judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to this Section 12, Indemnitee shall not be required to reimburse the Company for any advances pursuant to Section 8 of this Agreement until a final determination is made with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification (as to which all rights of appeal have been exhausted or lapsed).  The Company shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 12 that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator that the Company is bound by all of the provisions of this Agreement.
(c)    If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 10(b) of this Agreement that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 12, absent a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s statement not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification that was not disclosed in connection with the determination.
(d)    In the event that Indemnitee is successful in seeking, pursuant to this Section 12, a judicial adjudication of or an award in arbitration to enforce Indemnitee’s rights under, or to recover damages for breach of, this Agreement, Indemnitee shall be entitled to recover from the Company, and shall be indemnified by the Company for, any and all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with investigating, preparing for litigating, 

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defending or settling any such judicial adjudication or arbitration.  If it shall be determined in such judicial adjudication or arbitration that Indemnitee is entitled to receive part but not all of the indemnification or advance of Expenses sought, the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with such judicial adjudication or arbitration shall be appropriately prorated.  
(e)    The Company shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, be precluded from asserting in any Proceeding, including, without limitation, any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 12, that the provisions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement.
(f)    The failure of the Company (including its Board of Directors or any committee thereof, independent legal counsel, or shareholders) to make a determination concerning the permissibility of indemnification or the advancement of Expenses under this Agreement shall not be a defense in any action brought under Section 12(a) above or otherwise, and shall not create a presumption that such payment or advancement is not permissible.
(g)    Interest shall be paid by the Company to Indemnitee at the maximum rate allowed to be charged for judgments under the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland for amounts which the Company pays or is obligated to pay for the period (i) commencing with either the tenth day after the date on which the Company was requested to advance Expenses in accordance with Section 8 or 9 of this Agreement or the 60th day after the date on which the Company was requested to make the determination of entitlement to indemnification under Section 10(b) of this Agreement, as applicable, and (ii) ending on the date such payment is made to Indemnitee by the Company.
Section 13.    Non-Exclusivity; Survival of Rights; Subrogation.
(a)    The rights of indemnification and advance of Expenses as provided by this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, the charter or Bylaws of the Company, any agreement or a resolution of the stockholders entitled to vote generally in the election of directors or of the Board of Directors, or otherwise.  Unless consented to in writing by Indemnitee, no amendment, alteration or repeal of the charter or Bylaws of the Company, this Agreement or of any provision hereof shall limit or restrict any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in his or her Corporate Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal, regardless of whether a claim with respect to such action or inaction is raised prior or subsequent to such amendment, alteration or repeal.  No right or remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every other right or remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right or remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise.  The assertion of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prohibit the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy.
(b)    In the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and take all action necessary (at the Company’s expense) to secure such 

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rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights.
Section 14.    Representations and Warranties of the Company.  The Company hereby represents and warrants to Indemnitee as follows:
(a) Authority.  The Company has all necessary trust power and authority to enter into, and be bound by the terms of, this Agreement, and the execution, delivery and performance of the undertakings contemplated by this Agreement have been duly authorized by the Company.

(b) Enforceability.  This Agreement, when executed and delivered by the Company in accordance with the provisions hereof, shall be a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or general equitable principles, and to the extent limited by applicable federal or state securities laws.

Section 15.    Insurance.  
(a)    The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to acquire directors and officers liability insurance, on terms and conditions deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors, with the advice of counsel, covering Indemnitee or any claim made against Indemnitee by reason of his or her Corporate Status and covering the Company for any indemnification or advance of Expenses made by the Company to Indemnitee for any claims made against Indemnitee by reason of his or her Corporate Status.  In the event of a Change in Control, the Company shall purchase a tail on any and all directors and officers liability insurance policies that were maintained by the Company immediately prior to the Change in Control, with a term of six years, with the insurance carrier or carriers and through the insurance broker in place at the time of the Change in Control, with the same terms or better than the coverage in place at that time with regard to the insured officers and directors.  If a carrier will not offer the same or better policy terms, or the tail is more than a net 250% of the current policy premium (after application of any available refund credit on remaining time on the current policy), then, a policy substantially comparable in scope and amount with regard to the individual directors and officers shall be obtained and maintained for a period of six years following the Change in Control event.  If any replacement insurance carrier is necessary to obtain a policy substantially comparable in such scope and amount, such insurance carrier shall have an AM Best rating that is the same or better than the AM Best rating of the existing insurance carrier.  In the event that 250% of the annual premium paid by the Company for such existing directors and officers liability insurance is insufficient for such coverage, the Company shall spend up to that amount to purchase such lesser coverage as may be obtained with such amount.
(b)    Without in any way limiting any other obligation under this Agreement, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee for any payment by Indemnitee which would otherwise be indemnifiable hereunder arising out of the amount of any deductible or retention and the amount 

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of any excess of the aggregate of all judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with a Proceeding over the coverage of any insurance referred to in Section 15(a).  The purchase, establishment and maintenance of any such insurance shall not in any way limit or affect the rights or obligations of the Company or Indemnitee under this Agreement except as expressly provided herein, and the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and Indemnitee shall not in any way limit or affect the rights or obligations of the Company under any such insurance policies.  If, at the time the Company receives notice from any source of a Proceeding to which Indemnitee is a party or a participant (as a witness or otherwise), the Company has director and officer liability insurance in effect, the Company shall give prompt notice of such Proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the respective policies.  In the event that the Company receives notice of cancellation, threatened or future cancellation or nonrenewal of any policy providing such directors and officers liability insurance, it shall promptly give notice of such cancellation, threatened or future cancellation or nonrenewal to Indemnitee.
(c)    Indemnitee shall cooperate with the Company or any insurance carrier of the Company with respect to any Proceeding.
Section 16.    Coordination of Payments.  The Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment of amounts otherwise indemnifiable or payable or reimbursable as Expenses hereunder if and to the extent that Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such payment under any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise.
Section 17.    Contribution.  If the indemnification provided in this Agreement is unavailable in whole or in part and may not be paid to Indemnitee for any reason, other than for failure to satisfy the standard of conduct set forth in Section 4 or due to the provisions of Section 5, then, with respect to any Proceeding in which the Company is jointly liable with Indemnitee (or would be if joined in such Proceeding), to the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying and holding harmless Indemnitee, shall pay, in the first instance, the entire amount incurred by Indemnitee, whether for Expenses, judgments, damages, liabilities, losses, penalties, excise taxes, fines and/or amounts paid or to be paid in settlement, in connection with any Proceeding without requiring Indemnitee to contribute to such payment, and the Company hereby waives and relinquishes any right of contribution it may have at any time against Indemnitee.
Section 18.    Reports to Stockholders.  To the extent required by the MGCL, the Company shall report in writing to its stockholders the payment of any amounts for indemnification of, or advance of Expenses to, Indemnitee under this Agreement arising out of a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company with the notice of the meeting of stockholders of the Company next following the date of the payment of any such indemnification or advance of Expenses or prior to such meeting.
Section 19.    Duration of Agreement; Binding Effect.
(a)    This Agreement shall continue until and terminate on the later of (i) the date that Indemnitee shall have ceased to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or as a director, trustee, officer, partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other foreign or domestic corporation, real estate investment trust, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise that such 

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person is or was serving in such capacity at the request of the Company and (ii) the date that Indemnitee is no longer subject to any actual or possible Proceeding (including any rights of appeal thereto and any Proceeding commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 12 of this Agreement).
(b)    The indemnification and advance of Expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Agreement shall be binding upon and be enforceable by the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns (including any direct or indirect successor by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company), shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or a director, trustee, officer, partner, manager, managing member, fiduciary, employee or agent of any other foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise that such person is or was serving in such capacity at the request of the Company, and shall inure to the benefit of Indemnitee and Indemnitee’s spouse, assigns, heirs, devisees, executors and administrators and other legal representatives.
(c)    The Company shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all, substantially all or a substantial part, of the business and/or assets of the Company, by written agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.
(d)    The Company and Indemnitee agree that a monetary remedy for breach of this Agreement, at some later date, may be inadequate, impracticable and difficult of proof, and further agree that such breach may cause Indemnitee irreparable harm.  Accordingly, the parties hereto agree that Indemnitee may enforce this Agreement by seeking injunctive relief and/or specific performance hereof, without any necessity of showing actual damage or irreparable harm and that by seeking injunctive relief and/or specific performance, Indemnitee shall not be precluded from seeking or obtaining any other relief to which Indemnitee may be entitled.  Indemnitee shall further be entitled to such specific performance and injunctive relief, including temporary restraining orders, preliminary injunctions and permanent injunctions, without the necessity of posting bonds or other undertakings in connection therewith.  The Company acknowledges that, in the absence of a waiver, a bond or undertaking may be required of Indemnitee by a court, and the Company hereby waives any such requirement of such a bond or undertaking.
Section 20.    Primacy of Indemnification.  The Company hereby acknowledges that Indemnitee may have certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses or liability insurance from entities other than Company or its affiliates (collectively, “Other Indemnitors”).  The Company hereby agrees that (i) it is the indemnitor of first resort, i.e., its obligations to Indemnitee under this Agreement and any indemnity provisions set forth in its Charter, Bylaws, other agreements, or elsewhere (collectively, “Indemnity Arrangements”) are primary, and any obligation of the Other Indemnitors to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by Indemnitee is secondary and excess, (ii) it shall advance the full amount of expenses incurred by Indemnitee and shall be liable for the full amount of all expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement by or on behalf of Indemnitee, to the 

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extent legally permitted and as required by any Indemnity Arrangement, without regard to any rights Indemnitee may have against the Other Indemnitors, and (iii) it irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Other Indemnitors from any claims against the Other Indemnitors for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind arising out of or relating to any Indemnity Arrangement.  The Company further agrees that no advancement or indemnification payment by any Other Indemnitor on behalf of Indemnitee shall affect the foregoing, and the Other Indemnitors shall be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee against the Company.  The Company and Indemnitee agree that the Other Indemnitors are express third party beneficiaries of the terms of this Section.  The Company waives subrogation rights against Indemnitee and Other Indemnitors. 
Section 21.    Information Sharing.  If Indemnitee is the subject of or is implicated in any investigation, whether formal or informal, by a government or regulatory entity or agency, the Company shall voluntarily provide to Indemnitee any factual written information provided to the investigating entity concerning the investigation; provided, that by executing this Agreement, Indemnitee agrees to use such information solely in connection with the defense of such investigation and, if Indemnitee is not then serving the Company as an officer or director, shall execute a confidentiality agreement.  This Section shall not apply if a majority vote of the body set forth in Section 10(b) or, if a Change in Control then Independent Counsel, shall conclude that it is materially detrimental to the Company’s interests in that investigation or any related actual or threatened Proceeding for the Company to share such information. This section shall not limit Indemnitee’s rights to obtain such information by any other means or on such other terms (if any) under which he is entitled to obtain and use such information.
Section 22.    Broadest Interpretation.  The Company hereby agrees to indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by law, notwithstanding that such indemnification is not specifically authorized by the other provisions of this Agreement, the Company’s Charter or Bylaws as now or hereafter in effect, or by statute.  In the event of any change after the date of this Agreement in any applicable law, statute or rule which expands the right of a Maryland corporation to indemnify a member of its Board of Directors or an officer, employee, agent or fiduciary, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits afforded by such change.  In the event of any change in any applicable law, statute or rule which narrows the right of a Maryland corporation to indemnify a member of its Board of Directors or an officer, employee, agent or fiduciary, such change, to the extent not otherwise required by such law, statute or rule to be applied to this Agreement, shall have no effect on this Agreement or the parties’ rights and obligations hereunder.
Section 23.    Severability.  If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, void, illegal or otherwise unenforceable for any reason whatsoever:  (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any Section, paragraph or sentence of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law; (b) such provision or provisions shall be deemed reformed to the extent necessary to conform to applicable law and to give the maximum effect to the intent 

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of the parties hereto; and (c) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any Section, paragraph or sentence of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested thereby.
Section 24.    Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (delivery of which may be by facsimile or via e-mail as a portable document format (.pdf) or other electronic format), each of which will be deemed to be an original, and it will not be necessary in making proof of this Agreement or the terms of this Agreement to produce or account for more than one such counterpart.  One such counterpart signed by the party against whom enforceability is sought shall be sufficient to evidence the existence of this Agreement.
Section 25.    Headings.  The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction thereof.
Section 26.    Modification and Waiver.  No supplement, modification or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by both of the parties hereto.  No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not similar) nor, unless otherwise expressly stated, shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver.
Section 27.    Notices.  All notices, requests, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if (i) delivered by hand and receipted for by the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed, on the day of such delivery, or (ii) mailed by certified or registered mail with postage prepaid, on the third business day after the date on which it is so mailed:
(a)    If to Indemnitee, to the address set forth on the signature page hereto.
(b)    If to the Company, to:
Signature Office REIT, Inc.
6200 The Corners Parkway, Suite 250
Norcross, Georgia 30092
Attn:  General Counsel

or to such other address as may have been furnished in writing to Indemnitee by the Company or to the Company by Indemnitee, as the case may be.

Section 28.    Governing Law.  This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Maryland, without regard to its conflicts of laws rules.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
SIGNATURE OFFICE REIT, INC.

By:  ________________________________
        Name:
        Title:

INDEMNITEE

____________________________________
Name:  
Address:

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EXHIBIT A
AFFIRMATION AND UNDERTAKING TO REPAY EXPENSES ADVANCED
To:  The Board of Directors of Signature Office REIT, Inc. 

Re:  Affirmation and Undertaking

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This Affirmation and Undertaking is being provided pursuant to that certain Indemnification Agreement, dated the ______ day of ____________, 20__, by and between Signature Office REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), and the undersigned Indemnitee (the “Indemnification Agreement”), pursuant to which I am entitled to advance of Expenses in connection with [Description of Proceeding] (the “Proceeding”).
Terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings specified in the Indemnification Agreement.
I am subject to the Proceeding by reason of my Corporate Status or by reason of alleged actions or omissions by me in such capacity.  I hereby affirm my good faith belief that at all times, insofar as I was involved as a director or officer of the Company, in any of the facts or events giving rise to the Proceeding, I (1) did not act with bad faith or active or deliberate dishonesty, (2) did not receive any improper personal benefit in money, property or services and (3) in the case of any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that any act or omission by me was unlawful.
In consideration of the advance by the Company for Expenses incurred by me in connection with the Proceeding (the “Advanced Expenses”), I hereby agree that if, in connection with the Proceeding, it is ultimately determined that (1) an act or omission by me was material to the matter giving rise to the Proceeding and (a) was committed in bad faith or (b) was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty or (2) I actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services or (3) in the case of any criminal proceeding, I had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful, then I shall promptly reimburse the portion of the Advanced Expenses relating to the claims, issues or matters in the Proceeding as to which the foregoing findings have been ultimately determined.  
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Affirmation and Undertaking on this _____ day of _______________, 20____.

_____________________________
Name:

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