Document:

Exhibit 10.11

 

FINAL FORM

 

	
 
    

 

JBG SMITH Properties

 

2017 Omnibus Share Plan

 

(As approved by shareholders on ·, 2017)

	
 
    

 

 

Table of Contents

 

	
1.
    	
Purpose
    	
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2.
    	
Shares   Available for Awards
    	
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3.
    	
Administration
    	
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4.
    	
Eligibility
    	
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5.
    	
Awards
    	
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6.
    	
Stock   Options
    	
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7.
    	
Stock   Appreciation Rights
    	
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8.
    	
Performance   Shares
    	
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Restricted   Stock
    	
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10.
    	
Other   Stock-Based Awards
    	
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11.
    	
Operating   Partnership Units
    	
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12.
    	
Award   Agreements
    	
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13.
    	
Withholding
    	
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14.
    	
Nontransferability
    	
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15.
    	
No   Right to Employment
    	
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16.
    	
Adjustment   of and Changes in Shares
    	
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17.
    	
Amendment
    	
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18.
    	
Section 409A
    	
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19.
    	
Effective   Date
    	
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1.                                      Purpose

 

The purpose of the 2017 Omnibus Share Plan of JBG SMITH Properties, as amended from time to time (the “Plan”), is to promote the financial interests of JBG SMITH Properties (the “Trust”), including its growth and performance, by encouraging employees of the Trust and its subsidiaries, including officers (together, the “Employees”), its non-employee trustees of the Trust and non-employee directors of its subsidiaries (together, the “Non-Employee Trustees”), and certain non-employee advisors and consultants that provide bona fide services to the Trust or its subsidiaries (together, the “Consultants”) to acquire an ownership position in the Trust, enhancing the ability of the Trust and its subsidiaries to attract and retain Employees, Non-Employee Trustees and Consultants of outstanding ability, and providing Employees, Non-Employee Trustees and Consultants with a way to acquire or increase their proprietary interest in the Trust’s success and to further align the interests of the Employees, Non-Employee Trustees and Consultants with shareholders of the Trust.

 

2.                                      Shares Available for Awards

 

Subject to the provisions of this Section 2 or any adjustment as provided in Section 18, awards may be granted under the Plan with respect to · Share Equivalents (as defined below), which, in accordance with the share counting provisions of this Section 2, would result in the issuance of up to a maximum of · common shares, par value $.01, of beneficial interest in the Trust (the “Shares”) if all awards granted under the Plan were Full Value Awards (as defined below) and · Shares if all awards granted under the Plan were not Full Value Awards.  No Participant (as defined in Section 3) who is an Employee shall be granted during any period of 12 consecutive months stock options, stock appreciation rights or any award intended to be “performance-based compensation” (as that term is used in Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)) with respect to more than · Shares (subject to adjustment as provided in Section 18).  The Shares issued under the Plan may be authorized and unissued Shares or treasury Shares, as the Trust may from time to time determine.  Any Shares that are subject to awards that are not Full Value Awards shall be counted against the number of Share Equivalents available for the grant of awards under the Plan, as set forth in the first sentence of this Section 2, as one Share Equivalent for every Share granted pursuant to an award; any Shares that are subject to awards that are Full Value Awards shall be counted as one Share Equivalent for every Share granted pursuant to an award.  “Full Value Award” means an award under the Plan other than a stock option, stock appreciation right or other award that does not deliver to a Participant on the grant date of such award the full value of the underlying Shares or underlying OP Units (as defined in Section 11).  “Share Equivalent” shall be the measuring unit for purposes of the Plan to determine the number of Shares that may be subject to awards hereunder, which number of Shares shall not in any event exceed ·, subject to the provisions of this Section 2 or any adjustment as provided in Section 18.

 

The Committee (as defined in Section 3) may, without affecting the number of Share Equivalents available pursuant to this Section 2, authorize the issuance or assumption of benefits under the Plan in connection with any merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, reorganization or similar transaction upon such terms and conditions as it may deem appropriate, subject to compliance with Section 409A (as defined in Section 18) and any other applicable provisions of the Code.

 

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Shares subject to an award granted under the Plan that expires unexercised, that is forfeited, terminated or cancelled, in whole or in part, or is paid in cash in lieu of Shares, shall thereafter again be available for grant under the Plan; provided, however, that the number of Share Equivalents that shall again be available for the grant under the Plan shall be increased by one Share Equivalent for each Share that is subject to a Full Value Award at the time such Full Value Award expires or is forfeited, terminated or cancelled and by one Share Equivalent for each Share that is subject to an award that is not a Full Value Award at the time such award expires or is forfeited, terminated or cancelled.  Awards that use Shares as a reference but that are paid or settled in whole or in part in cash shall not affect the number of Share Equivalents available under the Plan pursuant to this Section 2 to the extent paid or settled in cash.  The number of Share Equivalents available for the purpose of awards under the Plan shall be reduced by (i) one of the gross number of Shares for which stock options or stock appreciation rights are exercised, regardless of whether any of the Shares underlying such awards are not actually issued to the Participant as the result of a net settlement and (ii) one of any Shares withheld to satisfy any tax withholding obligation with respect to any award that is not a Full Value Award and one Share for each Share withheld to satisfy any tax withholding obligation with respect to any Full Value Award, as described further in Section 15.

 

The maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be issued under the Plan pursuant to the exercise of incentive stock options within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code shall not exceed · Shares (as adjusted pursuant to the provisions of Section 18).

 

3.                                      Administration

 

The Plan shall be administered by the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board of Trustees of the Trust.  A majority of the Committee shall constitute a quorum, and the acts of a majority shall be the acts of the Committee.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Board of Trustees may, in its sole discretion, at any time and from time to time, grant awards or administer the Plan.  In any such case, the Board of Trustees will have all of the authority and responsibility granted to the Committee herein.

 

Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall select the Employees, Non-Employee Trustees and Consultants who will be participants in the Plan (together, the “Participants”).  The Committee shall (i) determine the type of awards to be made to Participants, determine the Shares or share units subject to awards, and (ii) have the authority to interpret the Plan, to establish, amend, and rescind any rules and regulations relating to the Plan, to determine the terms and provisions of any agreements entered into hereunder, and to make all other determinations necessary or advisable for the administration of the Plan, based on, among other things, information made available to the Committee by the management of the Trust.  The Committee may correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any award in the manner and to the extent it shall deem desirable to carry it into effect.  The determinations of the Committee in its administration of the Plan, as described herein, shall be final and conclusive.

 

4.                                      Eligibility

 

All Employees who have demonstrated significant management potential or who have the capacity for contributing in a substantial measure to the successful performance

 

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of the Trust, as determined by the Committee, and Non-Employee Trustees and Consultants, as determined by the Committee, are eligible to be Participants in the Plan.

 

5.                                      Awards

 

Awards under the Plan may consist of the following:  stock options (either incentive stock options within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code or non-qualified stock options), stock appreciation rights, performance shares, grants of restricted stock and other-stock based awards, including OP Units (as defined in Section 11).  Awards of performance shares, restricted stock or share units and other-stock based awards may provide the Participant with dividends or dividend equivalents and voting rights prior to vesting (whether based on a period of time or based on attainment of specified performance conditions).  Unless the Committee otherwise specifies in the award agreement, if dividends or dividend equivalent rights are granted, dividends and dividend equivalents shall be paid to the Participant at the same time as the Trust pays dividends to common shareholders (even if the Shares subject to the underlying award are held by the Trust) but not less than annually and not later than the fifteenth day of the third month following the end of the calendar year in which the dividends or dividend equivalents are credited (or, if later, the fifteenth day of the third month following the end of the calendar year in which the dividends or dividend equivalents are no longer subject to a “substantial risk of forfeiture” within the meaning of Section 409A (as defined in Section 18)); provided, however, that dividend and dividend equivalent payments in the case of an award that is subject to performance vesting conditions shall be treated as unvested so long as such award remains unvested, and any such dividend and dividend equivalent payments that would otherwise have been paid during the vesting period shall instead be accumulated (and, if paid in cash, reinvested in additional Shares based on the Surrender Value (as defined in Section 6) of the Shares on the date of reinvestment) and paid within 30 days following the date on which such award is determined by the Committee to have satisfied such performance vesting conditions.  Any dividends or dividend equivalents that are accumulated and paid after the date specified in the preceding sentence may be treated separately from the right to other amounts under the award.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, Full Value Awards (a) that vest on the basis of the Participant’s continued employment or service shall be subject to a minimum vesting schedule of at least three years (with no more than one-third of the Shares subject thereto vesting earlier than a date 60 days prior to the first anniversary of the date on which such award is granted and on each of the next two anniversaries of such initial vesting date) and (b) that vest on the basis of the attainment of performance goals shall provide for a performance period that ends no earlier than 60 days prior to the first anniversary of the commencement of the period over which performance is evaluated; provided, however, that the foregoing limitations shall not preclude the acceleration of vesting of any such award upon the involuntary termination, death, disability or retirement of the Participant or upon an actual change in control (and not, for example, the commencement of a tender offer for the Trust’s shares or shareholder approval of a transaction that, if consummated, would result in an actual change in control).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) Full Value Awards with respect to 5% of the maximum aggregate number of Share Equivalents available for the purpose of awards under the Plan pursuant to Section 2 may be granted under the Plan to any one or more Participants without respect to such minimum vesting provisions and (ii) Full Value Awards granted in connection with the Spinoff (as defined in Section 21) shall not be

 

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subject to the provisions of this paragraph and shall not be counted against the 5% exception in clause (i).

 

6.                                      Stock Options

 

The Committee shall establish the option price at the time each stock option is granted, which price shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value (as defined below) of the Shares on that date.  Stock options shall be exercisable for such period as specified by the Committee but in no event may options be exercisable more than ten years after their date of grant.  The option price of each Share as to which a stock option is exercised shall be paid in full at the time of such exercise.  Such payment shall be made (i) in cash, (ii) by tender of Shares owned by the Participant valued at Surrender Value as of the date of exercise, (iii) to the extent approved by the Committee in its sole discretion, by surrender of all or part of the Shares issuable upon exercise of the option by the largest whole number of Shares with a Surrender Value that does not exceed the aggregate exercise price; provided, however, that the Trust shall accept a cash or other payment from the Participant to the extent of any remaining balance of the aggregate exercise price not satisfied by such reduction in the number of whole Shares to be issued, (iv) in such other consideration as the Committee deems appropriate, or (v) by a combination of cash, Shares and such other consideration.

 

For purposes of the Plan, (i) “Fair Market Value” means, with respect to a Share, the average of the high and the low prices reported for the Shares on the applicable date as reported on the New York Stock Exchange or, if not so reported, as determined in accordance with a valuation methodology approved by the Committee in a manner consistent with Section 409A, unless determined as otherwise specified herein; provided that the “Fair Market Value” for purposes of any award granted in connection with the Spinoff pursuant to a legally binding right that existed prior to the Spinoff may be determined based on the volume-weighted average trading price of the Shares for up to 20 trading days following (but not including) the date of the Spinoff, and (ii) “Surrender Value” means, with respect to a Share, the closing price reported for the Shares on the applicable date as reported on the New York Stock Exchange or, if not so reported, as determined in accordance with a valuation methodology approved by the Committee in a manner consistent with Section 409A, unless determined as otherwise specified herein.  For purposes of the grant of any award, the applicable date will be the trading day on which the award is granted or, if the date the award is granted is not a trading day, the trading day immediately prior to the date the award is granted.  For purposes of the exercise of any award, the applicable date is the date a notice of exercise is received by the Trust or, if such date is not a trading day, the trading day immediately following the date a notice of exercise is received by the Trust.

 

7.                                      Stock Appreciation Rights

 

Stock appreciation rights may be granted in tandem with a stock option, in addition to a stock option, or may be freestanding and unrelated to a stock option.  Stock appreciation rights granted in tandem with or in addition to a stock option may be granted either at the same time as the stock option or at a later time.  The Committee shall establish the grant price of each stock appreciation right granted at the time each such stock appreciation right is granted, which price shall not be less than 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to such award on that date.  A stock appreciation right shall entitle the Participant to receive from the Trust an amount equal to the increase of

 

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the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the exercise of the stock appreciation right over the grant price.  The Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine whether the stock appreciation right shall be settled in cash, Shares or a combination of cash and Shares.

 

8.                                      Performance Shares

 

Performance shares may be granted in the form of actual Shares or share units having a value equal to an identical number of Shares.  In the event that a certificate is issued in respect of Shares subject to a grant of performance shares, such certificate shall be registered in the name of the Participant but shall be held by the Trust until the time the Shares subject to the grant of performance shares are earned.  The performance conditions and the length of the performance period shall be determined by the Committee.  The Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine whether performance shares granted in the form of share units shall be paid in cash, Shares, or a combination of cash and Shares.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, performance shares granted under this Section 8 may, at the discretion of the Committee, be granted in a manner which is intended to be deductible by the Trust under Section 162(m) of the Code.  In such event, the Committee shall follow procedures substantially equivalent to those set forth in Section 10 for Performance-Based Awards (as defined in Section 10).

 

9.                                      Restricted Stock

 

Restricted stock may be granted in the form of actual Shares or share units having a value equal to an identical number of Shares.  In the event that a certificate is issued in respect of Shares subject to a grant of restricted stock, such certificate shall be registered in the name of the Participant but shall be held by the Trust until the end of the restricted period.  The employment conditions and the length of the period for vesting of restricted stock shall be established by the Committee at time of grant.  The Committee, in its sole discretion, shall determine whether restricted stock granted in the form of share units shall be paid in cash, Shares, or a combination of cash and Shares.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, restricted stock granted under this Section 9 may, at the discretion of the Committee, be granted in a manner which is intended to be deductible by the Trust under Section 162(m) of the Code.  In such event, the Committee shall follow procedures substantially equivalent to those set forth in Section 10 for Performance-Based Awards.

 

10.                               Other Stock-Based Awards

 

Other types of equity-based or equity-related awards (including the grant or offer for sale of unrestricted Shares and performance stock and performance units settled in shares or cash) may be granted under such terms and conditions as may be determined by the Committee in its sole discretion.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any other stock-based awards may, at the discretion of the Committee, be granted in a manner that is intended to be deductible by the Trust under Section 162(m) of the Code (a “Performance-Based Award”).  In such event, the Committee shall follow the following procedures:

 

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A Participant’s Performance-Based Award shall be determined based on the attainment of written objective performance goals approved by the Committee for a performance period generally of one year established by the Committee (i) while the outcome for that performance period is substantially uncertain and (ii) no more than 90 days after the commencement of the performance period to which the performance goal relates or, if less, the number of days which is equal to 25% of the relevant performance period.  At the same time as the performance goals are established, the Committee will prescribe a formula to determine the amount of the Performance-Based Award that may be payable based upon the level of attainment of the performance goal during the performance period.

 

The performance goals shall be based on one or more of the following business criteria (either separately or in combination) with regard to the Trust (or a subsidiary, division, other operational unit or administrative department of the Trust):  (i) pre-tax income, (ii) after-tax income, (iii) net income (meaning net income as reflected in the Trust’s financial reports for the applicable period, on an aggregate, diluted and/or per share basis), (iv) operating income, (v) cash flow, (vi) earnings per share, (vii) return on equity, (viii) return on invested capital or assets, (ix) cash and/or funds available for distribution, (x) appreciation in the Fair Market Value of Shares, (xi) return on investment, (xii) total return to shareholders, (xiii) net earnings growth, (xiv) stock appreciation (meaning an increase in the price or value of the Shares after the date of grant of an award and during the applicable period), (xv) related return ratios, (xvi) increase in revenues, (xvii) net earnings, (xviii) changes (or the absence of changes) in the per share or aggregate market price of the Shares, (xix) number of securities sold, (xx) earnings before any one or more of the following items:  interest, taxes, depreciation or amortization for the applicable period, as reflected in the Trust’s financial reports for the applicable period, (xxi) total revenue growth (meaning the increase in total revenues after the date of grant of an award and during the applicable period, as reflected in the Trust’s financial reports for the applicable period), (xxii) total shareholder return, (xxiii) funds from operations, as determined and reported by the Trust in its financial reports and (xxiv) increase in net asset value per Share.

 

Performance criteria may be absolute amounts or percentages of amounts or may be relative to the performance of a peer group of real estate investment trusts or other corporations or indices.

 

Except as otherwise expressly provided, all financial terms are used as defined under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) and all determinations shall be made in accordance with GAAP, as applied by the Trust in the preparation of its periodic reports to shareholders.

 

In addition, the performance goals may be based upon the attainment of specified levels of Trust (or subsidiary, division, other operational unit or administrative department of the Trust) performance under one or more of the measures described above relative to the performance of other real estate investment trusts or the historic performance of the Trust.  To the extent permitted by Section 162(m) of the Code, unless the Committee provides otherwise at the time of establishing the performance goals, for each fiscal year of the Trust, the Committee may (i) designate additional business criteria on which the performance goals may be based or (ii) provide for objectively determinable adjustments, modifications or amendments, as determined in accordance with GAAP, to any of the performance criteria described above for one or more of the items of gain, loss, profit or

 

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expense:  (A) determined to be extraordinary or unusual in nature or infrequent in occurrence, (B) related to the disposal of a segment of a business, (C) related to a change in accounting principle under GAAP, (D) related to discontinued operations that do not qualify as a segment of business under GAAP, and (E) attributable to the business operations of any entity acquired by the Trust during the fiscal year.

 

Following the completion of each performance period, the Committee shall have the sole discretion to determine, based on information made available to the Committee by the management of the Trust, whether the applicable performance goals have been met with respect to a given Participant and, if they have, shall so certify and ascertain the amount of the applicable Performance-Based Award.  No Performance-Based Awards will be paid for such performance period until such certification is made by the Committee.  The amount of the Performance-Based Award actually paid to a given Participant may be less (but not more) than the amount determined by the applicable performance goal formula, at the discretion of the Committee.  The amount of the Performance-Based Award determined by the Committee for a performance period shall be paid to the Participant at such time as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, after the end of such performance period and after the Committee’s certification described above.

 

11.                               Operating Partnership Units

 

Awards may be granted under the Plan in the form of undivided fractional limited partnership interests in JBG SMITH Properties LP (together with any successor entity, the “Operating Partnership”), a Delaware limited partnership, the entity through which the Trust conducts its business and an entity that has elected to be treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes, of one or more classes (“OP Units”) established pursuant to the Operating Partnership’s agreement of limited partnership, as amended from time to time.  Awards of OP Units shall be valued by reference to, or otherwise determined by reference to or based on, Shares.  OP Units awarded under the Plan may be (1) convertible, exchangeable or redeemable for other limited partnership interests in the Operating Partnership (including OP Units of a different class or series) or Shares, or (2) valued by reference to the book value, fair value or performance of the Operating Partnership.  Awards of OP Units are intended to qualify as “profits interests” within the meaning of IRS Revenue Procedure 93-27, as clarified by IRS Revenue Procedure 2001-43, with respect to a Participant in the Plan who is rendering services to or for the benefit of the Operating Partnership, including its subsidiaries.

 

For purposes of calculating the number of Shares underlying an award of OP Units relative to the total number of Share Equivalents available for issuance under the Plan, the Committee shall establish in good faith the maximum number of Shares to which a Participant receiving such award of OP Units may be entitled upon fulfillment of all applicable conditions set forth in the relevant award documentation, including vesting conditions, partnership capital account allocations, value accretion factors, conversion ratios, exchange ratios and other similar criteria.  If and when any such conditions are no longer capable of being met, in whole or in part, the number of Shares underlying such awards of OP Units shall be reduced accordingly by the Committee, and the number of Share Equivalents shall be increased by one Share Equivalent for each Share so reduced.  Awards of OP Units may be granted either alone or in addition to other awards granted under the Plan.  The Committee shall determine the eligible Participants to whom, and the time or times at which, awards of OP Units shall be made; the number of OP Units to be awarded; the price, if any, to be paid by the Participant for the acquisition of such OP

 

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Units; and the restrictions and conditions applicable to such award of OP Units.  Conditions may be based on continuing employment (or other service relationship), computation of financial metrics (including with reference to the book value of the Operating Partnership or the value of shares of common stock of the Trust) and/or achievement of pre-established performance goals and objectives, with related length of the service period for vesting, minimum or maximum performance thresholds, measurement procedures and length of the performance period to be established by the Committee at the time of grant, in its sole discretion.  The Committee may allow awards of OP Units to be held through a limited partnership, or similar “look-through” entity, and the Committee may require such limited partnership or similar entity to impose restrictions on its partners or other beneficial owners that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Section 11.  The provisions of the grant of OP Units need not be the same with respect to each Participant.

 

Notwithstanding Section 5 of the Plan, the award agreement or other award documentation in respect of an award of OP Units may provide that the recipient of an award under this Section 11 shall be entitled to receive, currently or on a deferred or contingent basis, dividends or dividend equivalents with respect to the number of Shares underlying the award or other distributions from the Operating Partnership prior to vesting (whether based on a period of time or based on attainment of specified performance conditions), as determined at the time of grant by the Committee, in its sole discretion, and the Committee may provide that such amounts (if any) shall be deemed to have been reinvested in additional Shares or OP Units.

 

OP Units awarded under this Section 11 may be issued for no cash consideration.

 

12.                               Award Agreements

 

Each award under the Plan shall be evidenced by an agreement setting forth the terms and conditions, as determined by the Committee, which shall apply to such award, in addition to the terms and conditions specified in the Plan.

 

13.                               Change in Control

 

In the event of a Change in Control, a Participant’s award will be treated as set forth in the applicable award agreement, or, in the case of OP Units, shall also be governed by the applicable agreement of the limited partnership of the Operating Partnership and any exhibits thereto.  In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a Change in Control, to the extent determined by the Committee to be permitted under Section 409A, the Committee may take one or more of the following actions with respect to outstanding awards, in its sole discretion: (i) settle such awards for an amount (as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee) of cash or securities, where in the case of stock options and stock appreciation rights, the value of such amount, if any, will be equal to the in-the-money spread value (if any) of such awards; (ii) provide for the assumption of or the issuance of substitute awards that will substantially preserve the otherwise applicable terms of any affected Awards previously granted under the Plan, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion; (iii) modify the terms of such awards to add events, conditions or circumstances (including termination of employment within a specified period after a Change in Control) upon which the vesting of such Awards or lapse of restrictions thereon will accelerate; (iv) deem any performance conditions satisfied at target, maximum or actual performance through closing or provide for the performance

 

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conditions to continue (as is or as adjusted by the Committee) after closing or (v) provide that for a period of at least 20 days prior to the Change in Control, any stock options or stock appreciation rights that would not otherwise become exercisable prior to the Change in Control will be exercisable as to all Shares subject thereto (but any such exercise will be contingent upon and subject to the occurrence of the Change in Control and if the Change in Control does not take place within a specified period after giving such notice for any reason whatsoever, the exercise will be null and void) and that any stock options or stock appreciation rights not exercised prior to the consummation of the Change in Control will terminate and be of no further force and effect as of the consummation of the Change in Control.  For the avoidance of doubt, in the event of a Change in Control where all stock options and stock appreciation rights are settled for an amount (as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee) of cash or securities, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, terminate any stock option or stock appreciation right for which the exercise price is equal to or exceeds the per share value of the consideration to be paid in the Change in Control transaction without payment of consideration therefor.

 

Unless otherwise set forth in an award agreement, a “Change in Control” of the Trust means the occurrence of one of the following events:

 

(i)                                     Any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) (a “Person”) becomes the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 30% or more of either (1) the then-outstanding Common Shares (the “Outstanding Trust Common Stock”) or (2) the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Trust entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Trust Voting Securities”); provided, however, that, for purposes of this Section 13(i), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change of Control:  (a) any acquisition directly from the Trust, (b) any acquisition by the Trust, (c) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Trust or any of its affiliates or (d) any acquisition by any entity pursuant to a transaction that complies with Sections 13(iii)(1), (2) and (3);

 

(ii)                                  Any time at which individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board of Directors of the Trust (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors of the Trust (the “Board”); provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election, or nomination for election by the Trust’s stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board;

 

(iii)                               Consummation of a reorganization, merger, statutory share exchange or consolidation or similar transaction involving the Trust or any of its subsidiaries, a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Trust, or the acquisition of assets or stock of another entity by the Trust or any of its subsidiaries (each, a “Business Combination”), in each case unless, following such

 

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Business Combination, (1) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities that were the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Trust Common Stock and the Outstanding Trust Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the then-outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the entity resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, an entity that, as a result of such transaction, owns the Trust or all or substantially all of the Trust’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately prior to such Business Combination of the Outstanding Trust Common Stock and the Outstanding Trust Voting Securities, as the case may be, (2) no Person (excluding any entity resulting from such Business Combination or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Trust or such entity resulting from such Business Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 30% or more of, respectively, the then-outstanding shares of common stock of the entity resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of such entity, except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination, and (3) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the entity resulting from such Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement or of the action of the Board providing for such Business Combination; or

 

(iv)                              Approval by the stockholders of the Trust of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Trust.

 

14.                               Clawback/Forfeiture

 

Awards granted under the Plan will be subject to the requirement that the awards be repaid to the Trust after they have been distributed to the Participant (x) to the extent set forth in this Plan or an award agreement or (y) to the extent the Participant is, or in the future becomes, subject to (1) any Trust clawback or recapture policy, including any such policy that is adopted to comply with the requirements of any applicable laws, or (2) any applicable laws which impose mandatory recoupment, under circumstances set forth in such applicable laws.

 

15.                               Withholding

 

The Trust shall have the right to deduct from any payment to be made pursuant to the Plan, or to require prior to the issuance or delivery of any Shares or the payment of cash under the Plan, any taxes required by law to be withheld therefrom.  The Committee, in its sole discretion, may permit a Participant who is an employee of the Trust or its subsidiaries to elect to satisfy such withholding obligation by having the Trust retain the number of Shares whose Fair Market Value equals the minimum statutory amount of taxes required by applicable law to be withheld.  Any fraction of a Share required to satisfy such obligation shall be disregarded, and the amount due shall instead be paid in cash to or by the Participant, as the case may be.

 

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16.                               Nontransferability

 

No award under the Plan shall be assignable or transferable except by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and no right or interest of any Participant shall be subject to any lien, obligation or liability of the Participant.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee may determine, at the time of grant or thereafter, that an award (other than stock options intended to be incentive stock options within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code) is transferable by the Participant to such Participant’s immediate family members (or trusts, partnerships, or limited liability companies established for such immediate family members).  For this purpose, immediate family member means, except as otherwise defined by the Committee, the Participant’s children, stepchildren, grandchildren, parents, stepparents, grandparents, spouse, siblings (including half brothers and sisters), in-laws and persons related by reason of legal adoption.  Such transferees may transfer an award only by will or the laws of descent or distribution.  An award transferred pursuant to this Section 16 shall remain subject to the provisions of the Plan, and shall be subject to such other rules as the Committee shall determine.  Upon transfer of a stock option, any related stock appreciation right shall be canceled.  Except in the case of a holder’s incapacity, an award shall be exercisable only by the holder thereof.

 

17.                               No Right to Employment

 

No person shall have any claim or right to be granted an award, and the grant of an award shall not be construed as giving a Participant any right to continue his or her service to the Trust or its subsidiaries as an Employee, Non-Employee Trustee or Consultant.  Further, the Trust and its subsidiaries expressly reserve the right at any time to dismiss a Participant free from any liability, or any claim under the Plan, except as provided herein or in any agreement entered into hereunder.

 

18.                               Adjustment of and Changes in Shares

 

In the event of any change in the outstanding Shares by reason of any share dividend or split, reverse split, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, spinoff, combination or exchange of Shares or other corporate change, or any distributions to common shareholders other than regular cash dividends, the Committee shall make such substitution or adjustment, if any, as it deems to be equitable, as to (i) the number of Share Equivalents for which awards may be granted under the Plan, (ii) the number or kind of Shares or other securities issued or reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding awards, (iii) the individual Participant limitation set forth in Section 2, and (iv) the number of Shares set forth in Section 2 that can be issued through incentive stock options within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code; provided, however, that no such substitution or adjustment shall be required if the Committee determines that such action could cause an award to fail to satisfy the conditions of an applicable exception from the requirements of Section 409A of the Code (“Section 409A”) or otherwise could subject a Participant to the additional tax imposed under Section 409A in respect of an outstanding award; and further provided that no Participant shall have the right to require the Committee to make any adjustment or substitution under this Section 18 or have any claim or right whatsoever against the Trust or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or any of their respective trustees, directors, officer or employees in respect of any action taken or not taken under this Section 18.

 

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19.                               Amendment

 

The Committee may amend or terminate the Plan or any portion thereof from time to time, provided that no amendment shall be made without shareholder approval if such amendment (i) would increase the maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be issued under the Plan (other than pursuant to Section 18), (ii) would materially modify the requirements for participation in the Plan, (iii) would result in a material increase in the benefits accrued to Participants under the Plan, (iv) would reduce the exercise price of outstanding stock options or stock appreciation rights or cancel outstanding stock options or stock appreciation rights in exchange for cash, other awards or stock options or stock appreciation rights with an exercise price that is less than the exercise price of the original stock options or stock appreciation rights (other than pursuant to Section 18) or (v) requires shareholder approval to comply with any applicable laws, regulations or rules, including the rules of a securities exchange or self-regulatory agency.  Notwithstanding anything contrary in this Plan, if there is a change in applicable tax law such that OP Units become taxable to the holder of such OP Units as ordinary income, the Operating Partnership, at any time at the election of the general partner of the Operating Partnership, may cause the OP Units to be restructured and/or substituted for other awards in a way that permits a tax deduction to the Operating Partnership or the Trust while preserving substantially similar pre-tax economics to the holder of such OP Units.

 

20.                               Section 409A

 

It is the Trust’s intent that awards under the Plan be exempt from, or comply with, the requirements of Section 409A, and that the Plan be administered and interpreted accordingly.  If and to the extent that any award made under the Plan is determined by the Trust to constitute “non-qualified deferred compensation” subject to Section 409A and is payable to a Participant by reason of the Participant’s termination of employment, then (a) such payment or benefit shall be made or provided to the Participant only upon a “separation from service” as defined for purposes of Section 409A under applicable regulations and (b) if the Participant is a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 409A and as determined by the Trust), such payment or benefit shall not be made or provided before the date that is six months after the date of the Participant’s separation from service (or the Participant’s earlier death).

 

21.                               Effective Date

 

The Plan was adopted on ·, 2017 by the Compensation Committee of the Board of Trustees of Vornado Realty Trust, subject to the approval of Vornado Realty L.P. (as the sole shareholder of the Trust), and shall be effective as of the date the Trust is separated (the “Spinoff”) from Vornado Realty Trust (the “Effective Date”).  Subject to earlier termination pursuant to Section 19, the Plan shall have a term of ten years from the Effective Date; provided, however, that all awards made under the Plan before its termination, and the Committee’s authority to administer the terms of such awards, will remain in effect until such awards have been satisfied or terminated in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Plan and the applicable award agreements.

 

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FINAL FORM

 

FORM OF JBG SMITH PROPERTIES

 

UNIT ISSUANCE AGREEMENT

 

UNIT ISSUANCE AGREEMENT (the “Agreement” or “Unit Issuance Agreement”) made as of [·], 2017 between JBG SMITH Properties, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “Company”), its subsidiary JBG SMITH Properties LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), and [·] (the “Unit Holder”).

 

RECITALS

 

A.            Vornado Realty Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust and Vornado Realty L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Vornado Parties”), and JBG Properties Inc. (“JBG Properties”), a Maryland corporation and JBG/Operating Partners, L.P. (“JBG LP”), a Delaware limited partnership, together with certain affiliated entities (the “JBG Parties”), and the Company and the Partnership, have entered into that certain Master Transaction Agreement (the “Transaction Agreement”), pursuant to which the Vornado Parties and the JBG Parties will effectuate a series of transactions resulting in the acquisition, transfer and contribution of certain assets and interests to the Company and the Partnership.

 

B.                                    In furtherance of the foregoing and pursuant to the limited partnership agreement of the Partnership, as it will be amended as of the “Closing Date” (as defined in the Transaction Agreement) pursuant to the “Partnership Agreement Amendment and Restatement” (as defined in the Transaction Agreement) and as it may be further amended from time to time (the “Partnership Agreement”), the parties hereto desire to enter into this Agreement in order to effect the issuance of “Common Partnership Units” of the Partnership (as defined in the Partnership Agreement), having the rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption and conversion set forth herein and in the Partnership Agreement, to the Unit Holder in connection with the merger of JBG LP with and into a wholly owned limited liability subsidiary of the Partnership (the “Partnership Merger”) pursuant to the “JBG Partnership Merger Agreement” (as defined in the Transaction Agreement) [and the contribution (the “JBG Properties Contribution”) by JBG Properties to the Partnership, pursuant to the “JBG Properties Contribution Agreement” (as defined in the Transaction Agreement) of all of its assets and the subsequent receipt of Common Partnership Units having the rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption and conversion set forth herein and in the Partnership Agreement, by the Unit Holder](1).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company, the Partnership and the Unit Holder hereby agree as follows:

 

AGREEMENT

 

1.                                      Issuance and Vesting of Common Partnership Units. In connection with (and conditioned on the occurrence of) (i) the Partnership Merger pursuant to the Partnership Merger Agreement[, (ii) the JBG Properties Contribution pursuant to the JBG Properties Contribution Agreement] and [(ii)] [(iii)] the execution and delivery to the

 

(1)  Note: This section to be filled out as necessary based on the transactions in which the Unit Holder is receiving Common Partnership Units.

 

 

Partnership by the Unit Holder of a counterpart to the Partnership Agreement, and on the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Partnership hereby agrees to issue to the Unit Holder · Common Partnership Units as of the date hereof (the “Issuance Date”), 50% of which shall be fully vested and non-forfeitable upon issuance and 50% of which shall be unvested, forfeitable pursuant to Section 2, and will vest in a number equal to 1/30 of the total unvested Common Partnership Units issued starting on the first day of the 31st month following the Issuance Date and on the first day of each subsequent month until the first day of the 60th month following the Issuance Date, at which time such Common Partnership Units shall be fully vested and non-forfeitable. Vested Common Partnership Units (whether vested at or subsequent to issuance) will be subject to the restrictions on transfer and redemption as set forth in Section 3. Except as permitted under Section 12 and subject to the terms of the Partnership Agreement, unvested Common Partnership Units may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of or encumbered (whether voluntary or involuntary or by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or other legal or equitable proceeding).

 

The Unit Holder shall have the right to vote both vested and unvested Common Partnership Units if and when voting is allowed under the Partnership Agreement.

 

2.                                      Forfeiture of Unvested Common Partnership Units. If the employment of the Unit Holder by the Company or an affiliate terminates for any reason other than as described in the succeeding sentence, any unvested Common Partnership Units as of the date of such termination shall be forfeited and returned to the Company for delivery to the Partnership and cancellation. Upon termination of employment of the Unit Holder with the Company or its affiliates (a) upon the Unit Holder’s death or Disability, (b) by the Company (or its successor) without Cause, or (c) by the Unit Holder for Good Reason, or upon the occurrence of a Change in Control or on employment termination upon non-renewal of the Unit Holder’s employment agreement (if any) by the Company, then any unvested Common Partnership Units shall become immediately fully vested and non-forfeitable. Each of the terms in the preceding sentence shall be as defined in the Unit Holder’s employment agreement with the Company, or if there is no employment agreement, as defined below:

 

A “Change in Control” of the Company means the occurrence of one of the following events:

 

(i)                                     Any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) (a “Person”) becomes the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 30% or more of either (1) the then-outstanding shares of common stock of the Company (the “Outstanding Company Common Stock”) or (2) the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “Outstanding Company Voting Securities”); provided, however, that, for purposes of this Section 2(i), the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change of Control:  (a) any acquisition directly from the Company, (b) any acquisition by the Company, (c) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any of its affiliates or (d) any acquisition by any corporation pursuant to a transaction that complies with Sections 2(iii)(1), 2(iii)(2) and 2(iii)(3);

 

(ii)                                  Any time at which individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any

 

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reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”); provided, however, that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the date hereof whose election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of a Person other than the Board;

 

(iii)                               Consummation of a reorganization, merger, statutory share exchange or consolidation or similar transaction involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries, a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or the acquisition of assets or stock of another entity by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (each, a “Business Combination”), in each case unless, following such Business Combination, (1) all or substantially all of the individuals and entities that were the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Business Combination beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the then-outstanding shares of common stock and the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case may be, of the corporation or other entity resulting from such Business Combination (including, without limitation, a corporation or other entity that, as a result of such transaction, owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company’s assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries) in substantially the same proportions as their ownership immediately prior to such Business Combination of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and the Outstanding Company Voting Securities, as the case may be, (2) no Person (excluding any corporation or other entity resulting from such Business Combination or any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company or such corporation or other entity resulting from such Business Combination) beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 30% or more of, respectively, the then-outstanding shares of common stock of the corporation or other entity resulting from such Business Combination or the combined voting power of the then-outstanding voting securities of such corporation or other entity, except to the extent that such ownership existed prior to the Business Combination, and (3) at least a majority of the members of the board of directors or similar governing body of the corporation or other entity resulting from such Business Combination were members of the Incumbent Board at the time of the execution of the initial agreement or of the action of the Board providing for such Business Combination; or

 

(iv)                              Approval by the shareholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

 

“Cause” means the Unit Holder’s: (a) conviction of, or plea of guilty or nolo contendere to, a felony, (b) willful and continued failure to use reasonable efforts to perform in all material respects his employment duties (other than such failure resulting from the Unit Holder’s incapacity due to physical or mental illness) that the Unit Holder fails to remedy within 30 days after written notice is delivered by the Company to the Unit Holder that specifically identifies  in reasonable detail the manner in which the Company believes the Unit Holder has not used reasonable efforts to perform in all material respects his duties hereunder, or (c) willful misconduct (including, but not limited to, a willful

 

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breach of the provisions of Section 4) that is materially economically injurious to the Company.  For purposes of this paragraph, no act, or failure to act, by the Unit Holder will be considered “willful” unless committed in bad faith and without a reasonable belief that the act or omission was in the best interests of the Company.

 

“Disability” means a termination of employment by the Company or an affiliate as a result of the Unit Holder having been substantially unable to perform his duties for a continuous period of 180 days due to incapacity caused by physical or mental illness and within 30 days after receiving written Notice of such termination of employment after such 180-day period, the Unit Holder shall not have returned to the substantial performance of his duties on a full-time basis.

 

“Good Reason” means (a) a material reduction by the Company in the Unit Holder’s base salary, (b) a material diminution in the Unit Holder’s position, authority, duties or responsibilities, (c) a relocation of the Unit Holder’s location of employment to a location outside of the Washington D.C. metropolitan area, or (d) a material breach of the Agreement.

 

3.                                Restrictions on Transfer and Redemption.

 

(i)                                     Notwithstanding any provision of the Partnership Agreement to the contrary, during the applicable Retention Period (as defined below) the Unit Holder will not (i) offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, grant any option to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise dispose of any Retained Units (as defined below), or any options or warrants to purchase any Retained Units, or any securities convertible into, exchangeable for or that represent the right to receive Retained Units, whether now owned or hereinafter acquired, owned directly by the Unit Holder (including holding as a custodian) or with respect to which the Unit Holder has beneficial ownership within the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or (ii) exercise the “Redemption Right” (as defined in, and pursuant to, Section 8.6 of the Partnership Agreement) with respect to the Retained Units.  “Initial Retained Units” means 80% of the Common Partnership Units received pursuant to this Agreement that will be fully vested and non-forfeitable upon issuance. “Subsequent Retained Units” means 100% of the Common Partnership Units received pursuant to this Agreement that will be unvested and forfeitable at the time of issuance (together with the Initial Retained Units, the “Retained Units”).  “Retention Period” means (i) with respect to the Initial Retained Units, the period commencing from the Closing and ending on [·], 2020,(2) and (ii) with respect to the Subsequent Retained Units, the period commencing from the Closing and ending on [·], 2022(3); provided, however, that the applicable Retention Period shall terminate immediately upon (i) the termination of employment of the Unit Holder with the Company or its affiliates (a) by the Company (or its successor) without Cause, (b) by the Unit Holder for Good Reason or (c) upon the Unit Holder’s death or Disability, or (ii) the occurrence of a Change in Control.

 

(ii)                                  The restrictions set forth in this Section 3 are expressly agreed to preclude the Unit Holder, during the applicable Retention Period, from engaging in any hedging, swap, or other arrangement or transaction which is designed to or

 

(2)  Note: To be the day that is three years after the Closing.

 

(3)  Note: To be the day that is five years after the Closing.

 

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which reasonably could be expected to lead to or result in, in whole or in part, a sale or disposition of the Retained Units (even if such Retained Units would be disposed of by someone other than the Unit Holder) or in the transfer to another of any of the economic consequences of ownership of any of the Retained Units, whether such transaction is to be settled by delivery of the Retained Units, in cash or otherwise.  Such prohibited hedging or other transactions would include without limitation any short sale or sale or grant of any right (including without limitation any put or call option) with respect to any of the Retained Units or with respect to any security that includes, relates to, or derives any significant part of its value from such Retained Units.

 

(iii)                               Notwithstanding any provision of the Partnership Agreement to the contrary, the Unit Holder expressly agrees and consents to the refusal of the Company and the Partnership (unless they so elect to the contrary) to redeem any of the Retained Units pursuant to any attempted exercise by the Unit Holder of the Redemption Right during the applicable Redemption Period.

 

(iv)                              The parties acknowledge and agree that any restrictions on transfer of the Common Partnership Units are in addition to, and not in lieu of, the transfer restrictions applicable to Common Partnership Units set forth in the Partnership Agreement.

 

4.                                Non-Competition; Non-Solicitation.

 

(i)                                     Protection of Business. Except as set forth in an employment agreement with the Unit Holder and the Company or its affiliate, or as provided herein below, until the later of (i) the first day of the 31st month after the Closing Date and (ii) the first day of the seventh month after the date of termination of the Unit Holder’s employment with the Company or an affiliate for any reason the Unit Holder will not (x) engage in any Competing Business (as defined below) or pursue or attempt to develop any project known to the Unit Holder and which the Company is pursuing, developing or attempting to develop as of the date of termination of employment (a “Project”), directly or indirectly, alone, in association with or as a shareholder, principal, agent, partner, officer, director, employee or consultant of any other organization or (y) divert to any entity which is engaged in any business conducted by the Company any Project, corporate opportunity or any customer of the Company. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the Unit Holder shall not be prohibited from owning less than 1% percent of any publicly-traded corporation, whether or not such corporation is in competition with the Company or from owning any passive investment in a hedge fund, private equity fund or similar instrument that, at the time of the Unit Holder’s acquisition, did not to Unit Holder’s knowledge (after reasonable inquiry) hold any investment in any Competing Business (as defined below); provided, that, the Unit Holder shall be permitted to invest in mutual funds or ETFs so long as such funds or ETFs are not invested primarily in real estate investment trusts. “Competing Business” means any business the primary business of which is being engaged in by the Company in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area as a principal business as of the date of termination of the Unit Holder’s employment with the Company or an affiliate (including, without limitation, the development, owning and operating of commercial real estate and the acquisition and disposition of commercial real estate for the purpose of development, owning and operating such real estate).

 

(ii)                                  Non-Solicitation. Except as set forth in an employment agreement with

 

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the Unit Holder and the Company or its affiliate, or as provided herein below, until the later of (i) the first day of the 31st month after the Closing Date and (ii) the first anniversary of the date of termination of the Unit Holder’s employment with the Company or an affiliate for any reason the Unit Holder will not solicit any officer, employee (other than secretarial staff) or exclusive or primary consultant of the Company to leave the employ of the Company.

 

(iii)                               Injunctive Relief and Enforcement. In addition to any other remedy available to the Company under applicable law, in the event of a breach or threatened breach of this Section 4, the Unit Holder agrees that the Company shall be entitled to seek injunctive relief in a court of appropriate jurisdiction to remedy any such breach or threatened breach, the Unit Holder acknowledging that damages would be inadequate and insufficient. If, at any time, the provisions of Sections 4(i) or (ii) shall be determined to be invalid or unenforceable, by reason of being vague or unreasonable as to duration or scope of activity, Sections 4(i) or (ii), as applicable, shall be considered divisible and shall become and be immediately amended to only such duration and scope of activity as shall be determined to be reasonable and enforceable by the court or other body having jurisdiction over the matter; and the Unit Holder agrees that Sections 4(i) and/or (ii) as so amended shall be valid and binding as though any invalid or unenforceable provision had not been included herein.

 

(iv)                              Forfeiture of Unvested Common Partnership Units.  In the event that the Unit Holder breaches Sections 4(i) or (ii), the Unit Holder will forfeit all unvested Common Partnership Units including his rights to payment or benefits or under any shares to be issued in respect thereof.

 

5.                                      Clawback Policy. If the Company determines that grounds exist such that the Unit Holder’s employment could be terminated by the Company pursuant to clauses (a) or (c) of the “Cause” definition in Section 2 (or the analogous provisions to clauses (a) or (c) of an applicable employment agreement definition) and the event giving rise to such determination in either case (i) arises at any time within the three-year period immediately prior to the termination of the Unit Holder’s employment with the Company for any reason and (ii) causes material economic harm to the Company, then any Common Partnership Units that vested after the Issuance Date are subject to clawback and/or forfeiture as determined by the Company in its sole discretion (including the repayment to the Company by the Unit Holder of any realized gain on any disposition of such Common Partnership Units or shares issued in respect thereof).  The Company shall not take any action to claw back or forfeit any Common Partnership Units of a Unit Holder for Cause unless the Company has delivered to the Unit Holder a copy of a resolution duly adopted by a majority of the members of the Board, the Compensation Committee or Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee thereof (excluding, if applicable, the Unit Holder for purposes of determining such majority) at a meeting of the Board or such committee called and held for such purpose (after reasonable advance notice to the Unit Holder and an opportunity for the Unit Holder, together with his counsel, to be heard before the Board or such committee), finding that in the good faith opinion of the Board (or a committee thereof), the Unit Holder engaged in the conduct as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, and specifying in sufficient detail the events or circumstances alleged to constitute Cause; provided, that if any such resolution was adopted by a committee of the Board, the determination of whether “Cause” exists shall be ratified by the Board.  In the event that the Company adopts a general clawback policy or has a clawback policy in any other agreement applicable to the Unit Holder, it shall be superseded by the clawback provision contained in this Section 5 for purposes of applicability to the Common

 

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Partnership units provided hereunder.  For the avoidance of doubt, and notwithstanding any policy of the Company to the contrary (any such provision to be superseded by this provision unless otherwise required by applicable law), (a) those Common Partnership Units which were immediately vested on the Issuance Date are not subject to clawback under this Section 5 (nor shall any realized gain on any disposition of such Common Partnership Units or shares issued in respect thereof be subject to clawback) and (b) no Common Partnership Units shall be subject to clawback following the eighth anniversary of the Issuance Date.

 

6.                                      Certificates. Each certificate, if any, issued in respect of the Common Partnership Units issued under this Unit Issuance Agreement shall be registered in the Unit Holder’s name and with respect to any unvested Common Partnership Units, held by the Company until such Common Partnership Units vest. If certificates representing the Common Partnership Units are issued by the Partnership, on each date that Common Partnership Units vest, the Company shall deliver to the Unit Holder (or, if applicable, to the Unit Holder’s legal representatives, beneficiaries or heirs) certificates representing the number of such Common Partnership Units. The Unit Holder agrees that any resale of vested Common Partnership Units (or shares received upon redemption of or in exchange for Common Partnership) shall not occur during the “blackout periods” forbidding sales of Company securities, as set forth in the then-applicable Company employee manual or insider trading policy. In addition, any resale shall be made in compliance with the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or an applicable exemption therefrom, including, without limitation, the exemption provided by Rule 144 promulgated thereunder (or any successor rule).

 

7.                                      Certain Adjustments. Common Partnership Units shall be subject to adjustment as provided in the Partnership Agreement.

 

8.                                      No Right to Employment. Nothing herein contained shall affect the right of the Company or any affiliate to terminate the Unit Holder’s services, responsibilities and duties at any time for any reason whatsoever.

 

9.                                      Notice. Any notice to be given to the Company shall be addressed to the General Counsel, JBG SMITH Properties, 4445 Willard Avenue, Suite 400, Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815, and any notice to be given the Unit Holder shall be addressed to the Unit Holder at the Unit Holder’s address as it appears on the records of the Partnership, or at such other address as the Company or the Unit Holder may hereafter designate in writing to the other.

 

10.                               Governing Law. This Unit Issuance Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without references to principles of conflict of laws.

 

11.                               Successors and Assigns. This Unit Issuance Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and any successors to the Company and any successors to the Unit Holder by will or the laws of descent and distribution, but this Unit Issuance Agreement shall not otherwise be assignable or otherwise subject to hypothecation by the Unit Holder.

 

12.                               Transfer; Redemption. None of the Common Partnership Units shall be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of or encumbered (whether voluntarily or involuntarily or by judgment, levy, attachment, garnishment or other legal or equitable proceeding) (each such action, a “Transfer”), or redeemed in accordance with the

 

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Partnership Agreement (a) prior to vesting and (b) unless such Transfer is in compliance with all applicable securities laws (including, without limitation, the Securities Act), and such Transfer is in accordance with the applicable terms and conditions of the Partnership Agreement. Any attempted Transfer of Common Partnership Units not in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Section 12 shall be null and void, and the Partnership shall not reflect on its records any change in record ownership of any Common Partnership Units as a result of any such Transfer, and shall otherwise refuse to recognize any such Transfer.

 

13.                               Severability. If, for any reason, any provision of this Unit Issuance Agreement is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect any other provision of this Unit Issuance Agreement not so held invalid, and each such other provision shall to the full extent consistent with law continue in full force and effect. If any provision of this Unit Issuance Agreement shall be held invalid in part, such invalidity shall in no way affect the rest of such provision not held so invalid, and the rest of such provision, together with all other provisions of this Unit Issuance Agreement, shall to the full extent consistent with law continue in full force and effect.

 

14.                               Headings. The headings of paragraphs hereof are included solely for convenience of reference and shall not control the meaning or interpretation of any of the provisions of this Unit Issuance Agreement.

 

15.                               Counterparts. This Unit Issuance Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts with the same effect as if each of the signing parties had signed the same document. All counterparts shall be construed together and constitute the same instrument.

 

16.                               Miscellaneous. This Unit Issuance Agreement may not be amended except in writing signed by the Company and the Unit Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Unit Issuance Agreement may be amended in writing signed only by the Company to: (a) correct any errors or ambiguities in this Unit Issuance Agreement; and/or (b) to make such changes that do not materially adversely affect the Unit Holder’s rights hereunder. In the event of a conflict between this Unit Issuance Agreement and the Partnership Agreement, the Partnership Agreement shall govern; provided that, in the event that the Partnership Agreement is amended following the date hereof in a manner that disproportionately and adversely affects the Unit Holder’s rights as a holder of Common Partnership Units, then, solely with respect to such affected rights, the terms of this Agreement shall control.

 

17.                               Status as a Partner. As of the Issuance Date, the Unit Holder shall be admitted as a partner of the Partnership with beneficial ownership of the number of Common Partnership Units issued to the Unit Holder as of such date pursuant to this Unit Issuance Agreement by: (A) signing and delivering to the Partnership a copy of this Agreement; and (B) signing, as a Limited Partner, and delivering to the Partnership a counterpart signature page to the Partnership Agreement (attached hereto as Exhibit A).

 

18.                               Status of Common Partnership Units. The Common Partnership Units are issued as equity securities of the Partnership. The Company will have the right at its option, as set forth in the Partnership Agreement, to issue shares of Company common stock in exchange for Common Partnership Units with respect to which the Unit Holder has exercised its Redemption Right pursuant to Section 8.6 of the Partnership Agreement, subject to certain limitations set forth in the Partnership Agreement. The Unit Holder must be eligible to receive the Common Partnership Units in compliance with

 

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applicable federal and state securities laws and to that effect is required to complete, execute and deliver certain covenants, representations and warranties (attached as Exhibit B). The Unit Holder acknowledges that the Unit Holder will have no right to approve or disapprove such determination by the Company.

 

19.                               Investment Representations; Registration. The Unit Holder hereby makes the covenants, representations and warranties as set forth on Exhibit B attached hereto. All of such covenants, warranties and representations shall survive the execution and delivery of this Unit Issuance Agreement by the Unit Holder. The Partnership will have no obligation to register under the Securities Act any Common Partnership Units or any other securities issued pursuant to this Unit Issuance Agreement or upon conversion or exchange of Common Partnership Units.

 

20.                               Section 83(b) Election. In connection with this Unit Issuance Agreement, the Unit Holder hereby agrees to make an election to include in gross income in the year of transfer the applicable Common Partnership Units pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C and to supply the necessary information in accordance with the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

21.                               Acknowledgement.  The Unit Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that this Unit Issuance Agreement and the Common Partnership Units issued hereunder shall constitute satisfaction in full of all obligations of the Company and the Partnership, if any, to issue to the Unit Holder Common Partnership Units pursuant to the terms of any written agreement or letter or written offer with the Company and/or the Partnership executed prior to or coincident with the date hereof, including without limitation the Transaction Agreement, the JBG Managing Member Contribution Agreement, the JBG Properties Contribution Agreement and the Partnership Merger Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Unit Issuance Agreement has been executed by the parties hereto as of the date and year first above written.

 

	
 
    	
JBG SMITH PROPERTIES,   a Maryland real estate investment trust
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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JBG SMITH PROPERTIES LP,   a Delaware

limited partnership
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By: JBG SMITH   Properties GP LLC, a

Delaware limited   liability company, its

general partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By: Vornado Realty   L.P., a

Delaware limited   partnership, its

manager
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By: Vornado Realty

Trust, a Maryland real   estate

investment trust, its   general

partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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Name:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
UNIT HOLDER
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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