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DESCRIPTION OF THE REGISTRANT’S SECURITIES
REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
References to “we,” “us,” “our,” or “the company” mean, unless the context indicates otherwise, American Assets Trust, Inc., not including any of the entities/subsidiaries owned or controlled by American Assets Trust, Inc. When we refer to the company’s “Charter,” we mean the company’s articles of incorporation, as amended, supplemented and restated from time to time.  When we refer to our “operating partnership” we mean American Assets Trust, L.P.
Description of Capital Stock
The following is a summary of the general terms of the company’s common stock. This description is not complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the Maryland General Corporation Law (or “MGCL”) and our Charter and Bylaws, copies of which are exhibits to this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
General
As of December 31, 2019, the total number of shares of stock of all classes which the company has authority to issue is 500,000,000 shares, consisting of 490,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share.  Our Charter authorizes the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”), with the approval of a majority of the entire Board of Directors and without any action by our stockholders, to amend our Charter to increase or decrease the aggregate number of authorized shares of stock or the number of authorized shares of any class or series of our stock that we have the authority to issue.
Under Maryland law, stockholders generally are not personally liable for our debts or obligations solely as a result of their status as stockholders.
Common Stock
Dividends
Subject to the preferential rights of holders of any other class or series of our stock and to the provisions of our Charter regarding the restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock, holders of shares of our common stock are entitled to receive dividends and other distributions on such shares if, as and when authorized by the Board of Directors out of assets legally available therefor and declared by us and to share ratably in the assets of our company legally available for distribution to our stockholders in the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up after payment or establishment of reserves for all known debts and liabilities of our company..
Voting Rights
Subject to the provisions of our charter regarding the restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock and except as may otherwise be specified in the terms of any class or series of our stock, each outstanding share of our common stock entitles the holder to one vote on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders, including the election of directors, and the holders of shares of our common stock will possess the exclusive voting power. There is no cumulative voting in the election of our directors. Directors are elected by a plurality of all of the votes cast in the election of directors. 
Other Rights
Holders of shares of our common stock have no preference, conversion, exchange, sinking fund or redemption rights and have no preemptive rights to subscribe for any securities of our company. Our Charter provides that our stockholders generally have no appraisal rights unless the Board of Directors determines prospectively that appraisal rights will apply to one or more transactions in which holders of our common stock would otherwise be entitled to exercise appraisal rights. Subject to the provisions of our Charter regarding the restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock, holders of our common stock will have equal dividend, liquidation and other rights.

Liquidation Rights
Under the MGCL, a Maryland corporation generally cannot dissolve, amend its charter, merge, convert, consolidate, sell all or substantially all of its assets or engage in a statutory share exchange unless declared advisable by its board of directors and approved by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast at least two-thirds of all of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter unless a lesser percentage (but not less than a majority of all of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter) is set forth in the corporation’s charter. Our Charter provides for approval of any of these matters by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on such matters, except that the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast at least two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast generally in the election of directors is required to remove a director and the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast at least two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast on such matter is required to amend the provisions of our Charter relating to the removal of directors, specifying that our stockholders may act without a meeting only by unanimous consent, or specifying the vote required to amend such provisions. Maryland law also permits a Maryland corporation to transfer all or substantially all of its assets without the approval of its stockholders to an entity if all of the equity interests of the entity are owned, directly or indirectly, by the corporation. Because our operating assets may be held by our operating partnership or its subsidiaries, these subsidiaries may be able to merge or transfer all or substantially all of their assets without the approval of our stockholders.
Undesignated Stock
Our Charter authorizes the Board of Directors to reclassify any unissued shares of our common stock into other classes or series of stock, to establish the designation and number of shares of each such class or series and to set, subject to the provisions of our Charter relating to the restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock, the preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications or terms or conditions for redemption of each such class or series.
Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer
In order for us to qualify as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, our stock must be beneficially owned by 100 or more persons during at least 335 days of a taxable year of 12 months (other than the first year for which an election to be a REIT has been made) or during a proportionate part of a shorter taxable year. Also, not more than 50% of the value of the outstanding shares of stock (after taking into account options to acquire shares of stock) may be owned, directly, indirectly or through application of certain attribution rules by five or fewer individuals (as defined in the Code to include certain entities such as private foundations) at any time during the last half of a taxable year (other than the first year for which an election to be a REIT has been made).
Our Charter contains restrictions on the ownership and transfer of our stock that are intended to assist us in complying with these requirements and continuing to qualify as a REIT. The relevant sections of our Charter provide that, subject to the exceptions described below, no person or entity may actually or beneficially own, or be deemed to own by virtue of the applicable constructive ownership provisions of the Code, more than 7.275% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the aggregate of the outstanding shares of our common stock, or 7.275% in value of the aggregate of the outstanding shares of all classes and series of our stock, in each case excluding any shares of our common stock that are not treated as outstanding for federal income tax purposes. We refer to each of these restrictions as an “ownership limit” and collectively as the “ownership limits.” A person or entity that would have acquired actual, beneficial or constructive ownership of our stock but for the application of the ownership limits or any of the other restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock discussed below is referred to as a “prohibited owner.”
The constructive ownership rules under the Code are complex and may cause stock owned actually or constructively by a group of related individuals and/or entities to be owned constructively by one individual or entity. As a result, the acquisition of less than 7.275% of our common stock (or the acquisition of an interest in an entity that owns, actually or constructively, our common stock) by an individual or entity, could, nevertheless cause that individual or entity, or another individual or entity, to own constructively in excess of 7.275% of our outstanding common stock and thereby violate the applicable ownership limit.

The Board of Directors, in its sole and absolute discretion, prospectively or retroactively, may exempt a person from either or both of the ownership limits if doing so would not result in us being “closely held” within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code (without regard to whether the ownership interest is held during the last half of a taxable year) or otherwise failing to qualify as a REIT and our Board of Directors reasonably determines that such waiver will not cause or allow:
		
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	five or fewer individuals to actually or beneficially own more than 49% in value of the aggregate of the outstanding shares of all classes and series of our stock; and

		
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	subject to certain exceptions, us to own, actually or constructively, more than a 9.9% interest (as set forth in Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code) in a tenant of ours (or a tenant of an entity owned in whole or in part by us).

As a condition of the exception, our Board of Directors may require an opinion of counsel or Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, ruling, in either case in form and substance satisfactory to the Board of Directors, in its sole and absolute discretion, in order to determine or ensure our status as a REIT and such representations, covenants and undertakings from the person requesting the exception as are reasonably necessary or prudent to make the determinations above. The Board of Directors may impose such conditions or restrictions as it deems appropriate in connection with such an exception.
In connection with past offerings of our common stock, the Board of Directors has granted to Mr. Rady (and certain of his affiliates) an exemption from the ownership limits that will allow him to own, in the aggregate, up to 19.9% in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive, of our outstanding common stock, subject to various conditions and limitations.
In connection with a waiver of an ownership limit or at any other time, the Board of Directors may, in its sole and absolute discretion, increase or decrease one or both of the ownership limits for one or more persons, except that a decreased ownership limit will not be effective for any person whose actual, beneficial or constructive ownership of our stock exceeds the decreased ownership limit at the time of the decrease until the person’s actual, beneficial or constructive ownership of our stock equals or falls below the decreased ownership limit, although any further acquisition of our stock will violate the decreased ownership limit. The Board of Directors may not increase or decrease any ownership limit if, among other limitations, the new ownership limit would allow five or fewer persons to actually or beneficially own more than 49% in value of our outstanding stock or could otherwise cause us to fail to qualify as a REIT.
Our Charter provisions further prohibit:
		
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	any person from actually, beneficially or constructively owning shares of our stock that could result in us being “closely held” under Section 856(h) of the Code (without regard to whether the ownership interest is held during the last half of a taxable year) or otherwise cause us to fail to qualify as a REIT (including, but not limited to, actual, beneficial or constructive ownership of shares of our stock that could result in (i) us owning (actually or constructively) an interest in a tenant that is described in Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code, or (ii) any manager of a “qualified lodging facility,” within the meaning of Section 856(d)(9)(D) of the Code, leased by us to one of our taxable REIT subsidiaries failing to qualify as an “eligible independent contractor” within the meaning of Section 856(d)(9)(A) of the Code, in each case if the income we derive from such tenant or such taxable REIT subsidiary, taking into account our other income that would not qualify under the gross income requirements of Section 856(c) of the Code, would cause us to fail to satisfy any of the gross income requirements imposed on REITs); and

		
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	any person from transferring shares of our stock if such transfer would result in shares of our stock being beneficially owned by fewer than 100 persons (determined without reference to any rules of attribution).

Any person who acquires or attempts or intends to acquire actual, beneficial or constructive ownership of shares of our stock that will or may violate the ownership limits or any of the other restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock described above must give written notice immediately to us or, in the case of a proposed or attempted transaction, provide us at least 15 days’ prior written notice, and provide us with such other information as we may request in order to determine the effect of such transfer on our status as a REIT.

The ownership limits and other restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock described above will not apply if our Board of Directors determines that it is no longer in our best interest to attempt to qualify, or to continue to qualify, as a REIT or that compliance is no longer required in order for us to qualify as a REIT.
Pursuant to our Charter, if any purported transfer of our stock or any other event would otherwise result in any person violating the ownership limits or such other limit established by our Board of Directors, or could result in us being “closely held” within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code (without regard to whether the ownership interest is held during the last half of a taxable year) or otherwise failing to qualify as a REIT, then that number of shares causing the violation (rounded up to the nearest whole share) will be automatically transferred to, and held by, a trust for the exclusive benefit of one or more charitable organizations selected by us. The prohibited owner will have no rights in shares of our stock held by the trustee. The automatic transfer will be effective as of the close of business on the business day prior to the date of the violative transfer or other event that results in the transfer to the trust. Any dividend or other distribution paid to the prohibited owner prior to our discovery that the shares had been automatically transferred to a trust as described above, must be repaid to the trustee upon demand. If the transfer to the trust as described above is not automatically effective, for any reason, to prevent violation of the applicable restriction on ownership and transfer of our stock, then that transfer of the number of shares that otherwise would cause any person to violate the above restrictions will be void. If any transfer of our stock would result in shares of our stock being beneficially owned by fewer than 100 persons (determined without reference to any rules of attribution), then any such purported transfer will be void and of no force or effect and the intended transferee will acquire no rights in the shares.
Shares of our stock transferred to the trustee are deemed offered for sale to us, or our designee, at a price per share equal to the lesser of (1) the price per share paid in the transaction that resulted in the transfer of the shares to the trust (or, in the event of a gift, devise or other such transaction, the last reported sale price on the NYSE on the day of the transfer or other event that resulted in the transfer of such shares to the trust) and (2) the last reported sale price on the NYSE on the date we accept, or our designee accepts, such offer. We must reduce the amount payable to the prohibited owner by the amount of dividends and other distributions paid to the prohibited owner and owed by the prohibited owner to the trustee and pay the amount of such reduction to the trustee for the benefit of the charitable beneficiary. We have the right to accept such offer until the trustee has sold the shares of our stock held in the trust. Upon a sale to us, the interest of the charitable beneficiary in the shares sold terminates and the trustee must distribute the net proceeds of the sale to the prohibited owner, and any dividends or other distributions held by the trustee with respect to such stock will be paid to the charitable beneficiary.
If we do not buy the shares, the trustee must, within 20 days of receiving notice from us of the transfer of shares to the trust, sell the shares to a person or persons designated by the trustee who could own the shares without violating the ownership limits or other restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock. Upon such sale, the trustee must distribute to the prohibited owner an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the price paid by the prohibited owner for the shares (or, if the prohibited owner did not give value in connection with the transfer or other event that resulted in the transfer to the trust (e.g., a gift, devise or other such transaction), the last reported sale price on the NYSE on the day of the transfer or other event that resulted in the transfer of such shares to the trust) and (2) the sales proceeds (net of commissions and other expenses of sale) received by the trustee for the shares. The trustee will reduce the amount payable to the prohibited owner by the amount of dividends and other distributions paid to the prohibited owner and owed by the prohibited owner to the trustee. Any net sales proceeds in excess of the amount payable to the prohibited owner will be immediately paid to the charitable beneficiary, together with any dividends or other distributions thereon. In addition, if prior to discovery by us that shares of our stock have been transferred to the trustee, such shares of stock are sold by a prohibited owner, then such shares shall be deemed to have been sold on behalf of the trust and, to the extent that the prohibited owner received an amount for or in respect of such shares that exceeds the amount that such prohibited owner was entitled to receive, such excess amount shall be paid to the trustee upon demand.
The trustee will be designated by us and will be unaffiliated with us and with any prohibited owner. Prior to the sale of any shares by the trust, the trustee will receive, in trust for the charitable beneficiary, all dividends and other distributions paid by us with respect to such shares, and may exercise all voting rights with respect to such shares for the exclusive benefit of the charitable beneficiary.

Subject to Maryland law, effective as of the date that the shares have been transferred to the trust, the trustee may, at the trustee’s sole discretion:
		
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	rescind as void any vote cast by a prohibited owner prior to our discovery that the shares have been transferred to the trust; and

		
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	recast the vote in accordance with the desires of the trustee acting for the benefit of the beneficiary of the trust.

However, if we have already taken irreversible corporate action, then the trustee may not rescind and recast the vote.
If our Board of Directors determines in good faith that a proposed transfer or other event has taken place that violates the restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock set forth in our Charter, our Board of Directors may take such action as it deems advisable in its sole discretion to refuse to give effect to or to prevent such transfer, including, but not limited to, causing us to redeem shares of stock, refusing to give effect to the transfer on our books or instituting proceedings to enjoin the transfer.
Every owner of 5% or more (or such lower percentage as required by the Code or the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder) of the outstanding shares of our stock, within 30 days after the end of each taxable year, must give written notice to us stating the name and address of such owner, the number of shares of each class and series of our stock that the owner beneficially owns and a description of the manner in which the shares are held. Each such owner also must provide us with any additional information that we request in order to determine the effect, if any, of the person’s actual or beneficial ownership on our status as a REIT and to ensure compliance with the ownership limits. In addition, any person that is an actual owner, beneficial owner or constructive owner of shares of our stock and any person (including the stockholder of record) who is holding shares of our stock for an actual owner, beneficial owner or constructive owner must, on request, disclose to us such information as we may request in good faith in order to determine our status as a REIT and comply with requirements of any taxing authority or governmental authority or to determine such compliance.
Any certificates representing shares of our stock will bear a legend referring to the restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock described above.
These restrictions on ownership and transfer could delay, defer or prevent a transaction or a change of control of our company that might involve a premium price for our common stock that our stockholders believe to be in their best interest.
Listing 
The common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “AAT.” 
Transfer Agent and Registrar
The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC.
Our Board of Directors
Our Charter and Bylaws provide that the number of directors of our company may be established, increased or decreased only by a majority of our entire Board of Directors but may not be fewer than the minimum number required under the MGCL nor, unless our Bylaws are amended, more than 15.
We have elected by a provision of our Charter to be subject to a provision of Maryland law requiring that, except as otherwise provided in the terms of any class or series of our stock, vacancies on our Board of Directors may be filled only by the remaining directors and that any individual elected to fill a vacancy will serve for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors in which the vacancy occurred and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualifies.
Removal of Directors
Our Charter provides that, subject to the rights of holders of one or more classes or series of preferred stock to elect or remove one or more directors, a director may be removed only for cause (as defined in our Charter) and only by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast generally in the election of 

directors. This provision, when coupled with the exclusive power of our Board of Directors to fill vacant directorships, may preclude stockholders from removing incumbent directors except for cause and by a substantial affirmative vote and filling the vacancies created by such removal with their own nominees.
Business Combinations
Under the MGCL, certain “business combinations” (including a merger, consolidation, share exchange or, in certain circumstances specified under the statute, an asset transfer or issuance or reclassification of equity securities) between a Maryland corporation and any interested stockholder, or an affiliate of such an interested stockholder, are prohibited for five years after the most recent date on which the interested stockholder becomes an interested stockholder. Maryland law defines an interested stockholder as:
		
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	any person who beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the voting power of the corporation’s outstanding voting stock; or

		
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	an affiliate or associate of the corporation who, at any time within the two-year period prior to the date in question, was the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of 10% or more of the voting power of the then outstanding voting stock of the corporation.

A person is not an interested stockholder under the statute if the board of directors approved in advance the transaction by which the person otherwise would have become an interested stockholder. In approving a transaction, however, a board of directors may provide that its approval is subject to compliance, at or after the time of the approval, with any terms and conditions determined by it.
After such five-year period, any such business combination must be recommended by the Board of Directors of the corporation and approved by the affirmative vote of at least:
		
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	80% of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of outstanding shares of voting stock of the corporation; and

		
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	two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of voting stock of the corporation other than shares held by the interested stockholder with whom (or with whose affiliate) the business combination is to be effected or held by an affiliate or associate of the interested stockholder.

These supermajority approval requirements do not apply if, among other conditions, the corporation’s common stockholders receive a minimum price (as defined in the MGCL) for their shares and the consideration is received in cash or in the same form as previously paid by the interested stockholder for its shares.
These provisions of the MGCL do not apply, however, to business combinations that are approved or exempted by a corporation’s board of directors prior to the time that the interested stockholder becomes an interested stockholder. Our Board of Directors has, by board resolution, elected to opt out of the business combination provisions of the MGCL. However, our Board of Directors could opt to be subject to such business combination provisions in the future. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an alteration or repeal of this resolution will not have any effect on any business combinations that have been consummated or upon any agreements existing at the time of such modification or repeal.
Control Share Acquisitions
The MGCL provides that holders of “control shares” of a Maryland corporation acquired in a “control share acquisition” have no voting rights with respect to any control shares except to the extent approved by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast in the election of directors, generally, excluding shares of stock in a corporation in respect of which any of the following persons is entitled to exercise or direct the exercise of the voting power of such shares in the election of directors: (1) the person who made or proposes to make a control share acquisition, (2) an officer of the corporation or (3) an employee of the corporation who is also a director of the corporation. “Control shares” are voting shares of stock that, if aggregated with all other such shares of stock previously acquired by the acquirer or in respect of which the acquirer is able to exercise or direct the exercise of voting power (except solely by virtue of a revocable proxy), would entitle the acquirer to exercise voting power in electing directors within one of the following ranges of voting power:
		
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	one-tenth or more but less than one-third;

		
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	one-third or more but less than a majority; or

		
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	a majority or more of all voting power.

Control shares do not include shares that the acquiring person is then entitled to vote as a result of having previously obtained stockholder approval or shares acquired directly from the corporation. A “control share acquisition” means the acquisition, directly or indirectly, of ownership of, or the power to direct the exercise of voting power with respect to, issued and outstanding control shares, subject to certain exceptions.
A person who has made or proposes to make a control share acquisition, upon satisfaction of certain conditions (including an undertaking to pay expenses and making an “acquiring person statement” as described in the MGCL), may compel the corporation to call a special meeting of stockholders to be held within 50 days of demand to consider the voting rights of the control shares. If no request for a special meeting is made, the corporation may itself present the question at any stockholders meeting.
If voting rights of control shares are not approved at the meeting or if the acquiring person does not deliver an “acquiring person statement” as required by the statute, then, subject to certain conditions and limitations, the corporation may redeem any or all of the control shares (except those for which voting rights have previously been approved) for fair value determined, without regard to the absence of voting rights for the control shares, as of the date of any meeting of stockholders at which the voting rights of such shares are considered and not approved or, if no such meeting is held, as of the date of the last control share acquisition by the acquirer. If voting rights for control shares are approved at a stockholders meeting and the acquirer becomes entitled to vote a majority of the shares entitled to vote, all other stockholders may exercise appraisal rights. The fair value of the shares as determined for purposes of such appraisal rights may not be less than the highest price per share paid by the acquirer in the control share acquisition.
The control share acquisition statute does not apply to: (1) shares acquired in a merger, consolidation or share exchange if the corporation is a party to the transaction or (2) acquisitions approved or exempted by the charter or bylaws of the corporation.
Our Bylaws contain a provision exempting from the control share acquisition statute any and all acquisitions by any person of shares of our stock. 
Subtitle 8
Subtitle 8 of Title 3 of the MGCL permits a Maryland corporation with a class of equity securities registered under the Exchange Act and at least three independent directors to elect to be subject, by provision in its charter or bylaws or a resolution of its board of directors and notwithstanding any contrary provision in the charter or bylaws, to any or all of the following five provisions:
		
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	a classified board,

		
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	a two-thirds vote requirement to remove a director,

		
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	a requirement that the number of directors be fixed only by the vote of the directors,

		
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	a requirement that a vacancy on the board be filled only by the remaining directors and for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors in which the vacancy occurred, or

		
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	a majority requirement for the calling of a stockholder-requested special meeting of stockholders.

We have elected by a provision in our Charter to be subject to the provisions of Subtitle 8 relating to the filling of vacancies on our Board of Directors. Through provisions in our Charter and Bylaws unrelated to Subtitle 8, we already (1) require a two-thirds vote for the removal of any director from the board, which removal will be allowed only for cause, (2) vest in the board the exclusive power to fix the number of directorships, subject to limitations set forth in our Charter and Bylaws, and (3) require, unless called by the chairman of our Board of Directors, our president, our chief executive officer or our Board of Directors, the request of stockholders entitled to cast not less than a majority of all votes entitled to be cast on a matter at such meeting to call a special meeting to consider and vote on any matter that may properly be considered at a meeting of stockholders. We have not elected to create a classified board. In the future, our Board of Directors may elect, without stockholder approval, to create a classified board or elect to be subject to one or more of the other provisions of Subtitle 8.
Amendments to Our Charter and Bylaws
Other than amendments to certain provisions of our charter described below and amendments permitted to be made without stockholder approval under Maryland law or by a specific provision in the charter, our Charter may 

be amended only if such amendment is declared advisable by our Board of Directors and approved by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. The provisions of our Charter relating to the removal of directors or specifying that our stockholders may act without a meeting only by unanimous consent, or the provision specifying the vote required to amend such provisions, may be amended only if such amendment is declared advisable by our Board of Directors and approved by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast not less than two-thirds of all of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. Our Board of Directors has the exclusive power to adopt, alter or repeal any provision of our Bylaws or to make new bylaws.
Transactions Outside the Ordinary Course of Business
We generally may not merge with or into, convert into or consolidate with another company, sell all or substantially all of our assets or engage in a statutory share exchange unless such transaction is declared advisable by our Board of Directors and approved by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. In addition, to the extent that such a merger, conversion, consolidation, sale of assets of statutory share exchange would require the approval of our stockholders, such transaction may also require the approval of the limited partners of our operating partnership. 
Dissolution of Our Company
The dissolution of our company must be declared advisable by a majority of our entire Board of Directors and approved by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter.
Meetings of Stockholders
Under our Bylaws, annual meetings of stockholders must be held each year at a date, time and place determined by our Board of Directors. Special meetings of stockholders may be called by the chairman of our Board of Directors, our chief executive officer, our president and our Board of Directors. Additionally, subject to the provisions of our Bylaws, a special meeting of stockholders to act on any matter that may properly be considered at a meeting of stockholders must be called by our secretary upon the written request of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter at such meeting who have requested the special meeting in accordance with the procedures specified in our Bylaws and provided the information and certifications required by our Bylaws.  Only matters set forth in the notice of a special meeting of stockholders may be considered and acted upon at such a meeting.
Advance Notice of Director Nominations and New Business
Our Bylaws provide that, with respect to an annual meeting of stockholders, nominations of individuals for election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of business to be considered by stockholders at the annual meeting may be made only:
		
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	pursuant to our notice of the meeting;

		
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	by or at the direction of our Board of Directors; or

		
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	by a stockholder who was a stockholder of record both at the time of giving of the notice required by our Bylaws and at the time of the annual meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting in the election of each individual so nominated or on such other business and who has provided the information and certifications required by the advance notice procedures set forth in our Bylaws.

Our Bylaws provide that, with respect to special meetings of stockholders, only the business specified in our notice of meeting may be brought before the meeting of stockholders, and nominations of individuals for election to our Board of Directors may be made only:
		
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	by or at the direction of our Board of Directors; or

		
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	provided that the meeting has been called for the purpose of electing directors, by a stockholder who is a stockholder of record both at the time of giving of the notice required by our Bylaws and at the time of the meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting in the election of each individual so nominated and who has provided the information and certifications required by the advance notice procedures set forth in our Bylaws.

The purpose of requiring stockholders to give advance notice of nominations and other proposals is to afford our Board of Directors the opportunity to consider the qualifications of the proposed nominees or the advisability of the other proposals and, to the extent considered necessary by our Board of Directors, to inform stockholders and make recommendations regarding the nominations or other proposals. The advance notice procedures also permit a more orderly procedure for conducting our stockholder meetings.
Anti-takeover Effect of Certain Provisions of Our Charter and Bylaws
The restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock, the provisions of our Charter regarding the removal of directors, the exclusive power of our Board of Directors to fill vacancies on the board and the advance notice provisions of our Bylaws could delay, defer or prevent a transaction or a change of control of our company that might involve a premium price for holders of our common stock or otherwise be in their best interests.
Indemnification and Limitation of Directors’ and Officers’ Liability
Maryland law permits a Maryland corporation to include in its charter a provision eliminating the liability of its directors and officers to the corporation and its stockholders for money damages except for liability resulting from actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or active and deliberate dishonesty that is established by a final judgment and is material to the cause of action. Our Charter contains a provision that eliminates such liability to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law.
Our Charter and Bylaws also permit us, with the approval of our Board of Directors, to indemnify and advance expenses to any person who served a predecessor of ours as a director or officer and to any employee or agent of our company or a predecessor of our company.
We have entered into indemnification agreements with each of our executive officers and directors whereby we have agreed to indemnify such executive officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by Maryland law against all expenses and liabilities, subject to limited exceptions. These indemnification agreements also provide that, upon an application for indemnity by an executive officer or director to a court of appropriate jurisdiction, such court may order us to indemnify such executive officer or director.
The partnership agreement also provides that we, as general partner, and our directors, officers, employees, agents and designees are indemnified to the extent provided therein. 
Insofar as the foregoing provisions permit indemnification of directors, officers or persons controlling us for liability arising under the Securities Act, we have been informed that in the opinion of the SEC, this indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
REIT Qualification
Our Charter provides that our Board of Directors may revoke or otherwise terminate our REIT election, without approval of our stockholders, if it determines that it is no longer in our best interests to continue to be qualified as a REIT.Exhibit

Executive Version (12-19)

AMERICAN ASSETS TRUST, INC.

2011 EQUITY INCENTIVE AWARD PLAN

RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD GRANT NOTICE AND
RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT

American Assets Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to its 2011 Equity Incentive Award Plan (the “Plan”), hereby grants to the individual listed below (“Participant”) the number of shares of the Company’s Stock (the “Shares”) set forth below.  This Restricted Stock award (the “Award”) is subject to all of the terms and conditions as set forth herein and in the Restricted Stock Award Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Restricted Stock Agreement”) and the Plan, which are incorporated herein by reference. Unless otherwise defined herein, the terms defined in the Plan shall have the same defined meanings in this Grant Notice and the Restricted Stock Agreement.

	
		
	Participant:
	[__________]

	Grant Date:
	[__________]

	Grant Number:
	[__________]                  

	Maximum Number of Shares of Restricted Stock (“Maximum Shares”):
	

[__________]                     

	Target Number of Shares of Restricted Stock (“Target Shares”):
	

[__________]                     

	Vesting Schedule:
	This Award shall vest in accordance with the vesting schedule set forth on Exhibit C attached hereto.

By his or her signature, Participant agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of the Plan, the Restricted Stock Agreement and this Grant Notice. Participant has reviewed the Restricted Stock Agreement, the Plan and this Grant Notice in their entirety, has had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing this Grant Notice and fully understands all provisions of this Grant Notice, the Restricted Stock Agreement and the Plan.  Participant hereby agrees to accept as binding, conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the Administrator of the Plan upon any questions arising under the Plan, this Grant Notice or the Restricted Stock Agreement.
	
							
	AMERICAN ASSETS TRUST, INC.
	 
	PARTICIPANT

	By:
	 
	 
	By:
	 

	 
	Ernest Rady, Chairman/President/CEO
11455 El Camino Real, #200
San Diego, CA 92130
	 
	 
	

11455 El Camino Real, #200
San Diego, CA 92130

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EXHIBIT A

TO RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD GRANT NOTICE
RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT
Pursuant to the Restricted Stock Award Grant Notice (“Grant Notice”) to which this Restricted Stock Award Agreement (this “Agreement”) is attached, American Assets Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), has granted to Participant the right to purchase the number of shares of Restricted Stock under the Company’s 2011 Equity Incentive Award Plan (the “Plan”) indicated in the Grant Notice. The Shares are subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan which are incorporated herein by reference.  Capitalized terms not specifically defined herein shall have the meanings specified in the Plan and the Grant Notice.

ARTICLE I
ISSUANCE OF SHARES

1.1    Issuance of Shares.  Pursuant to the Plan and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, effective on the Grant Date, the Company irrevocably grants to Participant the number of shares of Stock set forth in the Grant Notice (the “Shares”), in consideration of Participant’s employment with or service to the Company, the Partnership or one of their Subsidiaries on or before the Grant Date, for which the Administrator has determined Participant has not been fully compensated, and the Administrator has determined that the benefit received by the Company as a result of such employment or service has a value that exceeds the aggregate par value of the Shares, which Shares, when issued in accordance with the terms hereof, shall be fully paid and nonassessable. 
1.2    Issuance Mechanics.  On the Grant Date, the Company shall issue the Shares to Participant and shall (a) cause a stock certificate or certificates representing the Shares to be registered in the name of Participant, or (b) cause such Shares to be held in book entry form.  If a stock certificate is issued, it shall be delivered to and held in custody by the Company and shall bear the restrictive legends required by Section 4.1 below.  If the Shares are held in book entry form, then such entry will reflect that the Shares are subject to the restrictions of this Agreement.  Participant’s execution of a stock assignment in the form attached as Exhibit B to the Grant Notice (the “Stock Assignment”) shall be a condition to the issuance of the Shares.
ARTICLE II
FORFEITURE AND TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS
2.1    Forfeiture Restriction.  Subject to the provisions of Section 2.2 below, in the event of Participant’s cessation of Service for any reason, including as a result of Participant’s death or Disability, all of the Unreleased Shares (as defined below) shall thereupon be forfeited immediately and without any further action by the Company (the “Forfeiture Restriction”).  Upon the occurrence of such a forfeiture, the Company shall become the legal and beneficial owner of the Unreleased Shares and all rights and interests therein or relating thereto, and the Company shall have the right to retain and transfer to its own name the number of Unreleased Shares being forfeited by Participant.  The Unreleased Shares and Participant’s executed stock assignment in the form attached as Exhibit B to the Grant Notice shall be held by the Company in accordance with Section 2.4 until the Shares are forfeited as provided in this Section 2.1, until such Unreleased Shares are fully released from the Forfeiture Restriction, or until such time as this Agreement no longer is in effect.  Participant hereby authorizes and directs the Secretary of the Company, or such other person designated by the Administrator, to transfer the Unreleased Shares which have been forfeited pursuant to this Section 2.1 from Participant to the Company.  

2.2    Release of Shares from Forfeiture Restriction.  The Shares shall be released from the Forfeiture Restriction in accordance with the vesting schedule set forth in Exhibit C attached to the Grant Notice.  Any of the Shares which, from time to time, have not yet been released from the Forfeiture Restriction are referred to herein as “Unreleased Shares.”  As soon as administratively practicable following the release of any Shares from the Forfeiture Restriction, the Company shall, as applicable, either deliver to Participant the certificate or certificates representing such Shares in the Company’s possession belonging to Participant, or, if the Shares are held in book entry form, then 

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the Company shall remove the notations on the book form.  Participant (or the beneficiary or personal representative of Participant in the event of Participant’s death or incapacity, as the case may be) shall deliver to the Company any representations or other documents or assurances as the Company or its representatives deem necessary or advisable in connection with any such delivery.

2.3    Transfer Restriction.  No Unreleased Shares or any interest or right therein or part thereof shall be liable for the debts, contracts or engagements of the Participant or his or her successors in interest or shall be subject to disposition by transfer, alienation, anticipation, pledge, encumbrance, assignment or any other means whether such disposition be voluntary or involuntary or by operation of law by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or any other legal or equitable proceedings (including bankruptcy), and any attempted disposition thereof shall be null and void and of no effect.

2.4    Escrow.  The Unreleased Shares and Participant’s executed Stock Assignment shall be held by the Company until the Shares are forfeited as provided in Section 2.1, until such Unreleased Shares are fully released from the Forfeiture Restriction, or until such time as this Agreement no longer is in effect.  In such event, Participant shall not retain physical custody of any certificates representing Unreleased Shares issued to Participant.  Participant, by acceptance of this Award, shall be deemed to appoint, and does so appoint, the Company and each of its authorized representatives as Participant’s attorney(s)-in-fact to effect any transfer of forfeited Unreleased Shares to the Company as may be required pursuant to the Plan or this Agreement, and to execute such representations or other documents or assurances as the Company or such representatives deem necessary or advisable in connection with any such transfer.  The Company, or its designee, shall not be liable for any act it may do or omit to do with respect to holding the Shares in escrow and while acting in good faith and in the exercise of its judgment.

2.5    Rights as Stockholder.  Except as otherwise provided herein, upon issuance of the Shares by the Company, Participant shall have all the rights of a stockholder with respect to said Shares, subject to the restrictions herein, including the right to vote the Shares and to receive all dividends or other distributions paid or made with respect to the Shares.

2.6    Ownership Limit and REIT Status.  The Forfeiture Restriction on the Shares shall not lapse if the lapsing of such restrictions would likely result in any of the following:    
(a)    a violation of the restrictions or limitations on ownership provided for from time to time under the terms of the organizational documents of the Company; or

(b)    income to the Company that could impair the Company’s status as a real estate investment trust, within the meaning of Section 856 through 860 of the Code.    
ARTICLE III
TAXATION REPRESENTATIONS

3.1    Tax Representation.  Participant represents to the Company that Participant has reviewed with his or her own tax advisors the federal, state, local and foreign tax consequences of this investment and the transactions contemplated by this Agree-ment.  Participant is relying solely on such advisors and not on any state-ments or represen-tations of the Company or any of its agents.  Participant understands that Participant (and not the Company) shall be responsible for his or her own tax liability that may arise as a result of this investment or the transactions contem-plated by this Agreement.  
3.2    No 83(b) Election Without Administrator Consent.  Participant covenants that he or she will not make an election under Section 83(b) of the Code with respect to the receipt of any of the Shares without the consent of the Administrator, which the Administrator may grant or withhold in its sole discretion.
3.3    Tax Withholding.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company, the Partnership and their Subsidiaries shall be entitled to require payment of any sums required by federal, state and local income and employment or payroll tax law to be withheld with respect to the issuance, lapsing of restrictions on or 

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sale of the Shares.  The Company, the Partnership and their Subsidiaries may withhold or the Participant may make such payment in one or more of the forms specified below:
(a)     by cash or check made payable to the Company; 

(b)     by the deduction of such amount from other compensation payable to Participant; 

(c)     with respect to any withholding taxes arising in connection with the vesting of the Shares, and with the consent of the Administrator, through the delivery of a notice that Participant has placed a market sell order with a broker acceptable to the Company with respect to those Shares that are then becoming vested and that the broker has been directed to pay a sufficient portion of the net proceeds of the sale to the Company, the Partnership or any Subsidiary with respect to which the withholding obligation arises in satisfaction of such withholding taxes; provided that payment of such proceeds is then made to the Company, the Partnership or the applicable Subsidiary at such time as may be required by the Administrator, but in any event not later the settlement of such;

(d)    with respect to any withholding taxes arising in connection with the vesting of the Shares, and with the consent of the Administrator, by requesting that the Company withhold a net number of vested Shares otherwise deliverable pursuant to this Agreement having a then current Fair Market Value not exceeding the amount necessary to satisfy the withholding obligation of the Company, the Partnership and their Subsidiaries based on the minimum applicable statutory withholding rates for federal, state and local income tax and payroll tax purposes;

(e)     with respect to any withholding taxes arising in connection with the vesting of the Shares, and with the consent of the Administrator, by tendering vested shares of Stock owned by Participant having a then current Fair Market Value not exceeding the amount necessary to satisfy the withholding obligation of the Company, the Partnership and their Subsidiaries based on the minimum applicable statutory withholding rates for federal, state and local income tax and payroll tax purposes; or 

(f)     in any combination of the foregoing. 

In the event Participant either (i) fails to provide timely payment of all sums required pursuant to this Section 3.3 or (ii) fails to inform the Company as to his or her intentions as to the method of payment of all sums required pursuant to this Section 3.3 at least five (5) days prior to the date on with any tax withholding obligation arises, the Company shall have the right and option, but not the obligation, to treat either of such failures as an election by Participant to satisfy all or any portion of Participant’s required payment obligation pursuant to clauses (c) or (d) above, at the Company’s option.  The Company shall not be obligated to deliver any stock certificate representing vested Shares to Participant or Participant’s legal representative, or, if the Shares are held in book entry form, to remove the notations on the book form, unless and until Participant or Participant’s legal representative shall have paid or otherwise satisfied in full the amount of all federal, state and local taxes applicable to the taxable income of Participant resulting from the issuance, lapsing of restrictions on or sale of the Shares.

In the event any tax withholding obligation arising in connection with the Shares will be satisfied under clause (c) above, then the Company may elect to instruct any brokerage firm determined acceptable to the Company for such purpose to sell on Participant’s behalf a whole number of shares of Stock from those Shares that are then becoming vested as the Company determines to be appropriate to generate cash proceeds sufficient to satisfy the tax withholding obligation and to remit the proceeds of such sale to the Company, the Partnership or any Subsidiary with respect to which the withholding obligation arises.  Participant’s acceptance of this Award constitutes Participant’s instruction and authorization to the Company and such brokerage firm to complete the transactions described in this paragraph, including the transactions described in the previous sentence, as applicable.  The Company may refuse to deliver any certificate representing the Shares to Participant or his or her legal representative until the foregoing tax withholding obligations are satisfied.  In the event of any broker-assisted sale of shares of Stock in connection with the payment of withholding taxes as provided in this Section 3.3: (i) any shares of Stock to be sold through a broker-assisted sale will be sold on the day the tax withholding obligation arises or as soon thereafter as practicable; (ii) such shares of Stock may be sold as part of a block trade with other participants in the Plan in which all participants receive an average price; (iii) Participant will be responsible for all broker’s fees and other costs of sale, and Participant agrees 

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to indemnify and hold the Company harmless from any losses, costs, damages, or expenses relating to any such sale; (iv) to the extent the proceeds of such sale exceed the applicable tax withholding obligation, the Company agrees to pay such excess in cash to Participant as soon as reasonably practicable; (v) Participant acknowledges that the Company or its designee is under no obligation to arrange for such sale at any particular price, and that the proceeds of any such sale may not be sufficient to satisfy the applicable tax withholding obligation; and (vi) in the event the proceeds of such sale are insufficient to satisfy the applicable tax withholding obligation, Participant agrees to pay immediately upon demand to the Company, the Partnership or any Subsidiary with respect to which the withholding obligation arises an amount in cash sufficient to satisfy any remaining portion of the Company’s, the Partnership's or the applicable Subsidiary’s withholding obligation.

ARTICLE IV
RESTRICTIVE LEGENDS AND STOP-TRANSFER ORDERS
4.1    Legends.  The certificate or certificates representing the Shares, if any, shall bear the following legend (as well as any legends required by the Company’s charter and applicable state and federal corporate and securities laws):
THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO FORFEITURE IN FAVOR OF THE COMPANY AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF A RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE STOCKHOLDER, A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY.
4.2    Refusal to Transfer; Stop-Transfer Notices.  The Company shall not be required (a) to transfer on its books any Shares that have been sold or otherwise transferred in violation of any of the provisions of this Agreement or (b) to treat as owner of such Shares or to accord the right to vote or pay dividends to any purchaser or other transferee to whom such Shares shall have been so transferred.  Participant agrees that, in order to ensure compliance with the restrictions referred to herein, the Company may issue appropriate “stop transfer” instructions to its transfer agent, if any, and that, if the Company transfers its own securities, it may make appropriate notations to the same effect in its own records.
4.3    Removal of Legend.  After such time as the Forfeiture Restriction shall have lapsed with respect to the Shares, and upon Participant’s request, a new certificate or certificates representing such Shares shall be issued without the legend referred to in Section 4.1, and delivered to Participant.  If the Shares are held in book entry form, the Company shall cause any restrictions noted on the book form to be removed.
ARTICLE V
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1    Governing Law.  This Agreement and all acts and transactions pursuant hereto and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be governed, construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of California, without giving effect to principles of conflicts of law.
5.2    Entire Agreement; Enforcement of Rights.   This Agreement and the Plan set forth the entire agreement and understanding of the parties relating to the subject matter herein and merge all prior discussions between them.  No modification of or amendment to this Agreement, nor any waiver of any rights under this Agreement, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the parties to this Agreement.  
5.3    Severability.  If one or more provisions of this Agreement are held to be unenforceable under applicable law, the parties agree to renegotiate such provision in good faith.  In the event that the parties cannot reach a mutually agreeable and enforceable replacement for such provision, then (a) such provision shall be excluded from this Agreement, (b) the balance of the Agreement shall be interpreted as if such provision were so excluded and (c) the balance of the Agreement shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms.

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5.4    Notices.  Any notice required or permitted by this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed sufficient when delivered personally or sent by electronic mail (with return receipt requested and received) or fax or forty-eight (48) hours after being deposited in the U.S. mail, as certified or registered mail, with postage prepaid, and addressed to the party to be notified, if to the Company, at its principal offices, and if to Participant, at Participant’s address, electronic mail address or fax number in the Company’s employee records or as subsequently modified by written notice.
5.5    Counterparts.  This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which together shall constitute one instrument.
5.6    Successors and Assigns.  The rights and benefits of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be enforceable by the Company’s successors and assigns.  The Company may assign its rights under this Agreement to any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the Company without the prior written consent of Participant. The rights and obligations of Participant under this Agreement may only be assigned with the prior written consent of the Company.
5.7    Conformity to Securities Laws.  Participant acknowledges that the Plan is intended to conform to the extent necessary with all provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and any and all regulations and rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, and state securities laws and regulations.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Plan shall be administered, and the Shares are to be issued, only in such a manner as to conform to such laws, rules and regulations.  To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Plan and this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such laws, rules and regulations.

5.8    Electronic Signature.   Company and Participant consent to the use of electronic signatures on this Agreement and all documents relating to this Agreement. Company and Participant agree that any electronic signatures appearing on this Agreement are the same as handwritten signatures for the purposes of validity, enforceability and admissibility, and shall, for all purposes of this Amendment and applicable law, be  deemed to be “written” or “in writing,” to have been executed, and to constitute an original written record when printed, and shall be fully admissible in any legal proceeding. For purposes hereof, “electronic signature” shall have the meaning set forth in the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, as the same may be amended from time to time.
5.9    No Right to Continued Service.  THE PARTICIPANT ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THE LAPSING OF THE FORFEITURE RESTRICTION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.1 HEREOF IS EARNED ONLY BY CONTINUING SERVICE TO THE COMPANY, THE PARTNERSHIP OR ONE OF THEIR SUBSIDIARIES AS AN “AT WILL” EMPLOYEE OR CONSULTANT OF THE COMPANY, THE PARTNERSHIP OR ONE OF THEIR SUBSIDIARIES OR AN INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY (AND NOT THROUGH THE ACT OF BEING HIRED OR ACQUIRING SHARES HEREUNDER).   THE PARTICIPANT FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THIS AGREEMENT, THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREUNDER AND THE FORFEITURE RESTRICTION SCHEDULE SET FORTH HEREIN DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN EXPRESS OR IMPLIED PROMISE OF CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT AS AN EMPLOYEE, CONSULTANT OR INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR FOR SUCH PERIOD, FOR ANY PERIOD, OR AT ALL, AND SHALL NOT INTERFERE WITH THE COMPANY’S, THE PARTNERSHIP’S OR ANY OF THEIR SUBSIDIARIES’ RIGHT TO TERMINATE THE PARTICIPANT’S EMPLOYMENT OR SERVICE TO THE COMPANY AT ANY TIME, WITH OR WITHOUT CAUSE.

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EXHIBIT B
TO RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD GRANT NOTICE
STOCK ASSIGNMENT

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, _________, hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto AMERICAN ASSETS TRUST, INC., a Maryland corporation, __________ shares of the Common Stock of AMERICAN ASSETS TRUST, INC., a Maryland corporation, standing in its name of the books of said corporation represented by Certificate No. __________ herewith and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint ___________________ to transfer the said stock on the books of the within named corporation with full power of substitution in the premises.
This Stock Assignment may be used only in accordance with the Restricted Stock Award Grant Notice and Restricted Stock Award Agreement between AMERICAN ASSETS TRUST, INC. and the undersigned dated December __, 2019.

Dated: _______________, ________            ______________________________
__________    

INSTRUCTIONS:  Please do not fill in the blanks other than the signature line.  The purpose of this assignment is to enable the Company to enforce the Forfeiture Restriction as set forth in the Restricted Stock Award Grant Notice and Restricted Stock Award Agreement, without requiring additional signatures on the part of the stockholder.

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EXHIBIT C
TO RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD GRANT NOTICE
VESTING SCHEDULE
Capitalized terms used in this Exhibit C and not defined in Section 3 below shall have the meanings given them in the Agreement to which this Exhibit C is attached.
1.Performance Vesting.  Subject to clauses (b), (c) and (d) and Section 2 below, the Shares shall vest based on the Company’s Relative TSR Performance (as defined below) for the Performance Periods.  Subject to clauses (c) and (d) below, with respect to each Performance Period, Participant must continue to be an Employee, Independent Director or Consultant on the applicable Measurement Date in order to be eligible to vest in the Shares pursuant to this Section 1.  

(a)Performance Vesting.   For each of the Performance Periods, such number of Shares shall vest on the applicable Determination Date based on the Company's Relative TSR Performance for such Performance Period as is determined by multiplying (i) the Target Shares set forth in the Grant Notice, by (ii) one-third (1/3), by (iii) the TSR Performance Multiplier (as determined below) for such Performance Period (rounded to the nearest whole Share).  The “TSR Performance Multiplier” means, for each Performance Period, the performance multiplier determined pursuant to the chart below based on the Company’s Relative TSR Performance relative to the Index for such Performance Period.  If the Company achieves a Relative TSR Performance that falls between the foregoing levels, the TSR Performance Multiplier will be determined by linear interpolation between the applicable levels.
	
		
	Relative TSR Performance Relative to the Index for the Performance Period
	TSR Performance Multiplier

	+500 bps and above 
	150%

	+400 bps 
	140%

	+300 bps 
	130%

	+200 bps 
	120%

	+100 bps 
	110%

	0 bps 
	100%

	-100 bps 
	90%

	-200 bps 
	80%

	-300 bps 
	70%

	-400 bps 
	60%

	-499 bps 
	50%

	-500 bps and below
	Up to 50% as determined by the Administrator in its reasonable discretion based on the Administrator's qualitative assessment of overall Company and Participant performance during the Performance Period

The Administrator retains the discretion to adjust the TSR Performance Multiplier to address events or circumstances that are extraordinary or unusual in nature or infrequent in occurrence or that otherwise have an unintended effect on the calculation of the TSR Performance Multiplier.

(b)    Effect of a Change in Control Prior to Final Measurement Date.  In the event of a Change in Control prior to the Final Measurement Date, the number of Shares in which Participant shall be eligible to vest pursuant to this Award following the date of such Change in Control (the “Vesting Eligible Shares”) shall be equal to (i) the Maximum Shares set forth in the Grant Notice, multiplied by (ii) one-third (1/3), multiplied by (iii) the number of Performance Periods that have not yet been completed prior to the date of such Change in Control.  The Vesting Eligible 

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Shares will continue to vest in equal installments on each Measurement Date occurring following the Change in Control, subject to Participant's continued status as an Employee, Independent Director or Consultant on the applicable Measurement Date; provided, however, that in the event of Participant’s Qualifying Termination (as defined below) or termination as a result of death or Disability (as defined below) following the date of a Change in Control, all of the Vesting Eligible Shares shall vest as of the date of termination.  In addition, if a Change in Control occurs following the occurrence of a Measurement Date but prior to the corresponding Determination Date, Participant shall vest on the date of such Change in Control in such number of Shares as is determined pursuant to this Section 1 for such completed Performance Period.
(c)    Effect of Termination Due to Death or Disability Prior to Final Measurement Date and Prior to a Change in Control.  In the event of Participant’s termination of Service as a result of his or her death or Disability prior to the Final Measurement Date and prior to a Change in Control, on the date of Participant's termination of Service, Participant shall vest in such number of Shares as is equal to (i) the Maximum Shares set forth in the Grant Notice, multiplied by (ii) one-third (1/3), multiplied by (iii) the number of Performance Periods that have not yet been completed prior to the date of such termination of Service.  In addition, if Participant’s termination of Service as a result of his or her death or Disability occurs following the occurrence of any Measurement Date but prior to the corresponding Determination Date, Participant shall also remain eligible to vest on such Determination Date in such number of Shares as is determined pursuant to this Section 1 for such completed Performance Period.  
(d)    Effect of a Qualifying Termination Prior to Final Measurement Date and Prior to a Change in Control.  In the event of Participant’s Qualifying Termination prior to the Final Measurement Date and prior to a Change in Control, on the date of Participant's termination of Service, Participant shall vest in such number of Shares as is equal to (i) the Maximum Shares set forth in the Grant Notice, multiplied by (ii) one-third (1/3), multiplied by (iii) the number of Performance Periods that have not yet been completed prior to the date of such termination of Service.  In addition, if Participant’s Qualifying Termination occurs following the occurrence of any Measurement Date but prior to the corresponding Determination Date, Participant shall also remain eligible to vest on such Determination Date in such number of Shares as is determined pursuant to this Section 1 for such completed Performance Period.

(e)    Maximum Shares.  In no event shall a number of Shares greater than the Maximum Shares set forth in the Grant Notice vest pursuant to this Exhibit C.

2.    Forfeiture.  Any Unreleased Shares which do not vest pursuant to Section 1 above (or which are no longer eligible to vest pursuant to this Exhibit C for any future Performance Period after the completion of a Performance Period as a result of the TSR Performance Multiplier for such Performance Period being less than 150%) shall automatically and without further action be cancelled and forfeited by Participant, and Participant shall have no further right or interest in or with respect to such Unreleased Shares.  In addition, in the event that Participant’s employment is terminated for any reason (other than as a result of his or her Qualifying Termination, Disability or death) prior to the Measurement Date for a Performance Period, then the remaining Unreleased Shares as of the date of such termination that would have been eligible to vest with respect to such Performance Period that has not yet been completed shall automatically and without further action be cancelled and forfeited by Participant, and Participant shall have no further right or interest in or with respect to such remaining Unreleased Shares. 

3.    Interaction with Employment Agreement.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Employment Agreement (as defined below), the accelerated vesting of the Shares in the event of a Change in Control or Participant’s termination of Service by reason of death, Disability or a Qualifying Termination shall be governed by the terms of this Agreement and not the provisions of the Employment Agreement.
4.    Definitions.  For purposes of this Exhibit C, the following terms shall have the meanings given below:
(a)“Beginning Market Value” means, for each Performance Period, the Market Value on the first day of such Performance Period.

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(b)“Index” means the Bloomberg Shopping Center REIT Index, or, in the event such index is discontinued, such index’s methodology is significantly changed or such index no longer presents as a proper comparison to the Company, a comparable index selected by the Administrator in good faith.

(c)“Index TSR” means the compounded annual total shareholder return for the Index for a Performance Period (and, for the avoidance of doubt, assuming the reinvestment of all dividends).

(d)“Company TSR” means the Company’s compounded annual total shareholder return for a Performance Period calculated in accordance with the total shareholder return calculation methodology used in the Index (and, for the avoidance of doubt, assuming the reinvestment of all dividends paid on a share of Stock); provided, however, that for purposes of calculating the Company’s TSR for a Performance Period, the share price on the first day of the Performance Period shall be equal to the Beginning Market Value and the share price on the last day of the Performance Period shall be the Ending Market Value.

(e)“Determination Date” means, for each Performance Period, the date on which the Administrator certifies in writing the TSR Performance Multiplier for such Performance Period.  The Determination Date will occur within ten (10) days following the applicable Measurement Date; provided that if a Change in Control occurs following a Measurement Date but prior to the occurrence of the Determination Date for the completed Performance Period, the Determination Date for such completed Performance Period shall occur in no event later than the date of such Change in Control.  

(f)“Disability” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Employment Agreement.

(g)“Employment Agreement” means that certain Amended and Restated Employment Agreement between the Company and Participant effective as of March 25, 2014.

(h)“Ending Market Value” means, for each Performance Period, the Market Value on the Measurement Date for such Performance Period.

		
	(i)
	“Final Measurement Date” means November 30, 2022. 

(j)“First Performance Period” means the period beginning on December 1, 2019 and ending on the Measurement Date occurring on November 30, 2020.

(k)“Market Value” means the closing price per share of Stock for the date of determination as reported by the NYSE or such other authoritative source as the Administrator may determine.

(l)“Measurement Date” means each of November 30, 2020, 2021 and 2022, or, if any such date is not a trading day, the immediately preceding trading day. 

(m)“Performance Periods” means each of the First Performance Period, the Second Performance Period and the Third Performance Period.

(n)“Qualifying Termination” means (i) a termination of Participant's employment by the Company without Cause (as defined in the Employment Agreement) (and other than by reason of Participant’s death or Disability), or (ii) a termination of Participant's employment by Participant for Good Reason (as defined in the Employment Agreement).

(o)“Relative TSR Performance” means the Company TSR less the Index TSR, in each case for the applicable Performance Period, expressed in basis points.  

(p)“Second Performance Period” means the period beginning on December 1, 2019 and ending on the Measurement Date occurring on November 30, 2021.

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(q)“Third Performance Period” means the period beginning on December 1, 2019 and ending on the Measurement Date occurring on November 30, 2022.

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