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EX-4.5

 Exhibit 4.5 

MULESOFT, INC. 
 2017
EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN 
 1. Purposes of the Plan. The purposes of this Plan are: 

 

	 	•	 	to attract and retain the best available personnel for positions of substantial responsibility, 

  

	 	•	 	to provide additional incentive to Employees, Directors and Consultants, and 

  

	 	•	 	to promote the success of the Company’s business. 

 The Plan permits the grant of
Incentive Stock Options, Nonstatutory Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Units and Performance Shares. 

2. Definitions. As used herein, the following definitions will apply: 

(a) “Administrator” means the Board or any of its Committees as will be administering the Plan, in accordance with
Section 4 of the Plan. 
 (b) “Applicable Laws” means the legal and regulatory requirements relating to the
administration of equity-based awards and the related issuance of Shares thereunder, including but not limited to U.S. federal and state corporate laws, U.S. federal and state securities laws, the Code, any stock exchange or quotation system on
which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and the applicable laws of any non-U.S. country or jurisdiction where Awards are, or will be, granted under the Plan. 

(c) “Award” means, individually or collectively, a grant under the Plan of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted
Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Units or Performance Shares. 
 (d) “Award Agreement” means the written or
electronic agreement setting forth the terms and provisions applicable to each Award granted under the Plan. The Award Agreement is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan. 

(e) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company. 

(f) “Change in Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events: 

(i) A change in the ownership of the Company which occurs on the date that any one person, or more than one person acting as a group
(“Person”), acquires ownership of the stock of the Company that, together with the stock held by such Person, constitutes more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of the stock of the Company;

 
provided, however, that for purposes of this subsection, the acquisition of additional stock by any one Person, who is considered to own more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting
power of the stock of the Company will not be considered a Change in Control. Further, if the stockholders of the Company immediately before such change in ownership continue to retain immediately after the change in ownership, in substantially the
same proportions as their ownership of shares of the Company’s voting stock immediately prior to the change in ownership, direct or indirect beneficial ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the total voting power of the stock of the
Company or of the ultimate parent entity of the Company, such event shall not be considered a Change in Control under this subsection (i). For this purpose, indirect beneficial ownership shall include, without limitation, an interest resulting from
ownership of the voting securities of one or more corporations or other business entities which own the Company, as the case may be, either directly or through one or more subsidiary corporations or other business entities; or 

(ii) A change in the effective control of the Company which occurs on the date that a majority of members of the Board is replaced during any
twelve (12) month period by Directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Board prior to the date of the appointment or election. For purposes of this subsection (ii), if any Person is considered to
be in effective control of the Company, the acquisition of additional control of the Company by the same Person will not be considered a Change in Control; or 

(iii) A change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the Company’s assets which occurs on the date that any Person acquires (or
has acquired during the twelve (12) month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) assets from the Company that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more than fifty percent
(50%) of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of the Company immediately prior to such acquisition or acquisitions; provided, however, that for purposes of this subsection (iii), the following will not constitute a change in
the ownership of a substantial portion of the Company’s assets: (A) a transfer to an entity that is controlled by the Company’s stockholders immediately after the transfer, or (B) a transfer of assets by the Company to:
(1) a stockholder of the Company (immediately before the asset transfer) in exchange for or with respect to the Company’s stock, (2) an entity, fifty percent (50%) or more of the total value or voting power of which is
owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company, (3) a Person, that owns, directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of the total value or voting power of all the outstanding stock of the Company, or (4) an entity, at least
fifty percent (50%) of the total value or voting power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by a Person described in this subsection (iii)(B)(3). For purposes of this subsection (iii), gross fair market value means the value of the assets
of the Company, or the value of the assets being disposed of, determined without regard to any liabilities associated with such assets. 

For purposes of this definition, persons will be considered to be acting as a group if they are owners of a corporation that enters into a
merger, consolidation, purchase or acquisition of stock, or similar business transaction with the Company. 

  
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 Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed a Change in Control unless the
transaction qualifies as a change in control event within the meaning of Code Section 409A, as it has been and may be amended from time to time, and any proposed or final Treasury Regulations and Internal Revenue Service guidance that has been
promulgated or may be promulgated thereunder from time to time. 
 Further and for the avoidance of doubt, a transaction will not
constitute a Change in Control if: (i) its sole purpose is to change the state of the Company’s incorporation, or (ii) its sole purpose is to create a holding company that will be owned in substantially the same proportions by the
persons who held the Company’s securities immediately before such transaction. 
 (g) “Code” means the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended. Reference to a specific section of the Code or regulation thereunder will include such section or regulation, any valid regulation promulgated under such section, and any comparable provision of any future legislation or
regulation amending, supplementing or superseding such section or regulation. 
 (h) “Committee” means a committee of
Directors or of other individuals satisfying Applicable Laws appointed by the Board, or a duly authorized committee of the Board, in accordance with Section 4 hereof. 

(i) “Common Stock” means the Class A common stock of the Company. 

(j) “Company” means MuleSoft, Inc., a Delaware corporation, or any successor thereto. 

(k) “Consultant” means any natural person, including an advisor, engaged by the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary to render
bona fide services to such entity, provided the services (i) are not in connection with the offer or sale of securities in a capital-raising transaction, and (ii) do not directly promote or maintain a market for the Company’s
securities, in each case, within the meaning of Form S-8 promulgated under the Securities Act, and provided, further, that a Consultant will include only those persons to whom the issuance of Shares may be registered under Form S-8 promulgated under
the Securities Act. 
 (l) “Director” means a member of the Board. 

(m) “Disability” means total and permanent disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code, provided that in
the case of Awards other than Incentive Stock Options, the Administrator in its discretion may determine whether a permanent and total disability exists in accordance with uniform and non-discriminatory standards adopted by the Administrator from
time to time. 
 (n) “Employee” means any person, including Officers and Directors, employed by the Company or any Parent or
Subsidiary of the Company. Neither service as a Director nor payment of a director’s fee by the Company will be sufficient to constitute “employment” by the Company. 

(o) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 

  
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 (p) “Exchange Program” means a program under which (i) outstanding Awards
are surrendered or cancelled in exchange for awards of the same type (which may have higher or lower exercise prices and different terms), awards of a different type, and/or cash, (ii) Participants would have the opportunity to transfer any
outstanding Awards to a financial institution or other person or entity selected by the Administrator, and/or (iii) the exercise price of an outstanding Award is increased or reduced. The Administrator will determine the terms and conditions of
any Exchange Program in its sole discretion. 
 (q) “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of Common Stock
determined as follows: 
 (i) If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system, including without
limitation the New York Stock Exchange, the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market or the NASDAQ Capital Market of The NASDAQ Stock Market, its Fair Market Value will be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if
no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange or system on the day of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable; 

(ii) If the Common Stock is regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but selling prices are not reported, the Fair Market Value of a
Share will be the mean between the high bid and low asked prices for the Common Stock on the date of determination (or, if no bids and asks were reported on that date, as applicable, on the last trading date such bids and asks were reported), as
reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable; 
 (iii) For purposes of any Awards
granted on the Registration Date, the Fair Market Value will be the initial price to the public as set forth in the final prospectus included within the registration statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the
initial public offering of the Common Stock; or 
 (iv) In the absence of an established market for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value
will be determined in good faith by the Administrator. 
 (r) “Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Company. 

(s) “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option that by its terms qualifies and is intended to qualify as an incentive stock
option within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code. 
 (t) “Inside Director” means a Director who is an Employee.

 (u) “Nonstatutory Stock Option” means an Option that by its terms does not qualify or is not intended to qualify as an
Incentive Stock Option. 
 (v) “Officer” means a person who is an officer of the Company within the meaning of
Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. 

  
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 (w) “Option” means a stock option granted pursuant to the Plan. 

(x) “Outside Director” means a Director who is not an Employee. 

(y) “Parent” means a “parent corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in
Section 424(e) of the Code. 
 (z) “Participant” means the holder of an outstanding Award. 

(aa) “Performance Share” means an Award denominated in Shares which may be earned in whole or in part upon attainment of
performance goals or other vesting criteria as the Administrator may determine pursuant to Section 10. 
 (bb) “Performance
Unit” means an Award which may be earned in whole or in part upon attainment of performance goals or other vesting criteria as the Administrator may determine and which may be settled for cash, Shares or other securities or a combination of
the foregoing pursuant to Section 10. 
 (cc) “Period of Restriction” means the period during which the transfer of
Shares of Restricted Stock are subject to restrictions and therefore, the Shares are subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture. Such restrictions may be based on the passage of time, the achievement of target levels of performance, or the
occurrence of other events as determined by the Administrator. 
 (dd) “Plan” means this 2017 Equity Incentive Plan. 

(ee) “Registration Date” means the effective date of the first registration statement that is filed by the Company and
declared effective pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act, with respect to any class of the Company’s securities. 

(ff) “Restricted Stock” means Shares issued pursuant to a Restricted Stock award under Section 8 of the Plan, or issued
pursuant to the early exercise of an Option. 
 (gg) “Restricted Stock Unit” means a bookkeeping entry representing an
amount equal to the Fair Market Value of one Share, granted pursuant to Section 9. Each Restricted Stock Unit represents an unfunded and unsecured obligation of the Company. 

(hh) “Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act or any successor to Rule 16b-3, as in effect when discretion is being
exercised with respect to the Plan. 
 (ii) “Section 16(b)” means Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act. 

(jj) “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 

(kk) “Service Provider” means an Employee, Director or Consultant. 

(ll) “Share” means a share of the Common Stock, as adjusted in accordance with Section 14 of the Plan. 

  
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 (mm) “Stock Appreciation Right” means an Award, granted alone or in connection
with an Option, that pursuant to Section 7 is designated as a Stock Appreciation Right. 
 (nn) “Subsidiary” means a
“subsidiary corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code. 
 3.
Stock Subject to the Plan. 
 (a) Stock Subject to the Plan. Subject to the provisions
of Section 14 of the Plan, the maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be issued under the Plan is 15,200,000 Shares, plus (i) the number of Shares to be added to the Plan pursuant to Section 3(b), and (ii) the sum of
(A) a number of Shares equal to the number of shares of the Company’s common stock that, as of immediately prior to the termination of the Company’s 2016 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2016 Plan”), were reserved but not
issued pursuant to any awards granted under the 2016 Plan, and are not subject to any awards granted thereunder, and (B) a number of Shares equal to the number of shares of the Company’s common stock subject to stock options, restricted
stock units or similar awards granted under the Company’s 2006 Stock Plan, as amended or the 2016 Plan (together, the “Prior Plans”) that, on or after the termination of the 2016 Plan, expire or otherwise terminate without
having been exercised in full and a number of Shares equal to the number of shares of the Company’s common stock issued pursuant to awards granted under the Prior Plans that, on or after the termination of the 2016 Plan, are forfeited to or
repurchased by the Company, with the maximum number of Shares to be added to the Plan pursuant to clause (ii) equal to 25,004,790. The Shares may be authorized, but unissued, or reacquired Common Stock. 

(b) Automatic Share Reserve Increase. Subject to the provisions of Section 14 of the Plan, the number of Shares available for
issuance under the Plan will be increased on the first day of each Fiscal Year beginning with the 2018 Fiscal Year, in an amount equal to the least of (i) 15,840,000 Shares, (ii) five percent (5%) of the outstanding shares of all
classes of the Company’s common stock on the last day of the immediately preceding Fiscal Year or (iii) such number of Shares determined by the Board; provided, however, that such determination under clause (iii) will be made no later
than the last day of the immediately preceding Fiscal Year. 
 (c) Lapsed Awards. If an Award expires or becomes unexercisable without
having been exercised in full, is surrendered pursuant to an Exchange Program, or, with respect to Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Units or Performance Shares, is forfeited to, or repurchased by, the Company due to failure to
vest, then the unpurchased Shares (or for Awards other than Options or Stock Appreciation Rights the forfeited or repurchased Shares), which were subject thereto will become available for future grant or sale under the Plan (unless the Plan has
terminated). With respect to Stock Appreciation Rights, only Shares actually issued (i.e., the net Shares issued) pursuant to a Stock Appreciation Right will cease to be available under the Plan; all remaining Shares under Stock Appreciation
Rights will remain available for future grant or sale under the Plan (unless the Plan has terminated). Shares that actually have been issued under the Plan under any Award will not be returned to the Plan and will not become available for future
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Shares issued pursuant to Awards of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares or Performance Units are repurchased by the Company or are forfeited to the Company, such Shares
will become available for future grant under the Plan. Shares used to pay the exercise price of an Award or to satisfy the tax withholding obligations related to an Award will become available for future grant or sale under the Plan. To the extent
an Award under the Plan is paid out in cash rather than Shares, such cash payment will not result in reducing the number of Shares available for issuance under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing and, subject to adjustment as provided in
Section 14, the maximum number of Shares that may be issued upon the exercise of Incentive Stock Options will equal the aggregate Share number stated in Section 3(a), plus, to the extent allowable under Section 422 of the Code, any
Shares that become available for issuance under the Plan pursuant to Sections 3(b) and 3(c). 
 (d) Share Reserve. The Company,
during the term of this Plan, will at all times reserve and keep available such number of Shares as will be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan. 

4. Administration of the Plan. 

(a) Procedure. 
 (i)
Multiple Administrative Bodies. Different Committees with respect to different groups of Service Providers may administer the Plan. 

(ii) Section 162(m). To the extent that the Administrator determines it to be desirable to qualify Awards granted hereunder as
“performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, the Plan will be administered by a Committee of two (2) or more “outside directors” within the meaning of
Section 162(m) of the Code. 
 (iii) Rule 16b-3. To the extent desirable to qualify transactions hereunder as exempt under
Rule 16b-3, the transactions contemplated hereunder will be structured to satisfy the requirements for exemption under Rule 16b-3. 
 (iv)
Other Administration. Other than as provided above, the Plan will be administered by (A) the Board or (B) a Committee, which committee will be constituted to satisfy Applicable Laws. 

(b) Powers of the Administrator. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, and in the case of a Committee, subject to the specific duties
delegated by the Board to such Committee, the Administrator will have the authority, in its discretion: 
 (i) to determine the Fair Market
Value; 
 (ii) to select the Service Providers to whom Awards may be granted hereunder; 

(iii) to determine the number of Shares to be covered by each Award granted hereunder; 

  
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 (iv) to approve forms of Award Agreements for use under the Plan; 

(v) to determine the terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, of any Award granted hereunder. Such terms and
conditions include, but are not limited to, the exercise price, the time or times when Awards may be exercised (which may be based on performance criteria), any vesting acceleration or waiver of forfeiture restrictions, and any restriction or
limitation regarding any Award or the Shares relating thereto, based in each case on such factors as the Administrator will determine; 

(vi) to institute and determine the terms and conditions of an Exchange Program; 

(vii) to construe and interpret the terms of the Plan and Awards granted pursuant to the Plan; 

(viii) to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan, including rules and regulations relating to sub-plans
established for the purpose of satisfying applicable foreign laws or for qualifying for favorable tax treatment under applicable foreign laws; 

(ix) to modify or amend each Award (subject to Section 19 of the Plan), including but not limited to the discretionary authority to
extend the post-termination exercisability period of Awards and to extend the maximum term of an Option (subject to Section 6(b) of the Plan regarding Incentive Stock Options); 

(x) to allow Participants to satisfy tax withholding obligations in such manner as prescribed in Section 15 of the Plan; 

(xi) to authorize any person to execute on behalf of the Company any instrument required to effect the grant of an Award previously granted by
the Administrator; 
 (xii) to allow a Participant to defer the receipt of the payment of cash or the delivery of Shares that otherwise
would be due to such Participant under an Award; and 
 (xiii) to make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for
administering the Plan. 
 (c) Effect of Administrator’s Decision. The Administrator’s decisions, determinations and
interpretations will be final and binding on all Participants and any other holders of Awards and will be given the maximum deference permitted by Applicable Laws. 

5. Eligibility. Nonstatutory Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares and
Performance Units may be granted to Service Providers. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees. 

  
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 6. Stock Options. 

(a) Limitations. Each Option will be designated in the Award Agreement as either an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock
Option. However, notwithstanding such designation, to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by the Participant during any calendar year (under
all plans of the Company and any Parent or Subsidiary) exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), such Options will be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options. For purposes of this Section 6(a), Incentive Stock Options will be taken
into account in the order in which they were granted. The Fair Market Value of the Shares will be determined as of the time the Option with respect to such Shares is granted. 

(b) Term of Option. The term of each Option will be stated in the Award Agreement. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the term
will be ten (10) years from the date of grant or such shorter term as may be provided in the Award Agreement. Moreover, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Participant who, at the time the Incentive Stock Option is granted,
owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, the term of the Incentive Stock Option will be five (5) years from the date of grant
or such shorter term as may be provided in the Award Agreement. 
 (c) Option Exercise Price and Consideration. 

(i) Exercise Price. The per share exercise price for the Shares to be issued pursuant to exercise of an Option will be determined by
the Administrator, subject to the following: 
 (1) In the case of an Incentive Stock Option 

(A) granted to an Employee who, at the time the Incentive Stock Option is granted, owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of
the voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, the per Share exercise price will be no less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant. 

(B) granted to any Employee other than an Employee described in paragraph (A) immediately above, the per Share exercise price will be no
less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant. 
 (2) In the case of a Nonstatutory
Stock Option, the per Share exercise price will be no less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant. 

(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing, Options may be granted with a per Share exercise price of less than one hundred percent (100%) of the
Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant pursuant to a transaction described in, and in a manner consistent with, Section 424(a) of the Code. 

  
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 (ii) Waiting Period and Exercise Dates. At the time an Option is granted, the
Administrator will fix the period within which the Option may be exercised and will determine any conditions that must be satisfied before the Option may be exercised. 

(iii) Form of Consideration. The Administrator will determine the acceptable form of consideration for exercising an Option, including
the method of payment. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the Administrator will determine the acceptable form of consideration at the time of grant. Such consideration may consist entirely of: (1) cash; (2) check;
(3) promissory note, to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws; (4) other Shares, provided that such Shares have a Fair Market Value on the date of surrender equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Shares as to which such Option will
be exercised and provided that accepting such Shares will not result in any adverse accounting consequences to the Company, as the Administrator determines in its sole discretion; (5) consideration received by the Company under a
broker-assisted (or other) cashless exercise program (whether through a broker or otherwise) implemented by the Company in connection with the Plan; (6) by net exercise; (7) such other consideration and method of payment for the
issuance of Shares to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws; or (8) any combination of the foregoing methods of payment. 
 (d)
Exercise of Option. 
 (i) Procedure for Exercise; Rights as a Stockholder. Any Option granted hereunder will be exercisable
according to the terms of the Plan and at such times and under such conditions as determined by the Administrator and set forth in the Award Agreement. An Option may not be exercised for a fraction of a Share. 

An Option will be deemed exercised when the Company receives: (i) a notice of exercise (in such form as the Administrator may specify
from time to time) from the person entitled to exercise the Option, and (ii) full payment for the Shares with respect to which the Option is exercised (together with applicable withholding taxes). Full payment may consist of any
consideration and method of payment authorized by the Administrator and permitted by the Award Agreement and the Plan. Shares issued upon exercise of an Option will be issued in the name of the Participant or, if requested by the Participant, in the
name of the Participant and his or her spouse. Until the Shares are issued (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company), no right to vote or receive dividends or any other
rights as a stockholder will exist with respect to the Shares subject to an Option, notwithstanding the exercise of the Option. The Company will issue (or cause to be issued) such Shares promptly after the Option is exercised. No adjustment
will be made for a dividend or other right for which the record date is prior to the date the Shares are issued, except as provided in Section 14 of the Plan. 

Exercising an Option in any manner will decrease the number of Shares thereafter available, both for purposes of the Plan and for sale under
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 (ii) Termination of Relationship as a Service Provider. If a Participant ceases to be a
Service Provider, other than upon the Participant’s termination as the result of the Participant’s death or Disability, the Participant may exercise his or her Option within such period of time as is specified in the Award Agreement to the
extent that the Option is vested on the date of termination (but in no event later than the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Award Agreement). In the absence of a specified time in the Award Agreement, the Option will remain
exercisable for three (3) months following the Participant’s termination. Unless otherwise provided by the Administrator, if on the date of termination the Participant is not vested as to his or her entire Option, the Shares covered by the
unvested portion of the Option will revert to the Plan. If after termination the Participant does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified by the Administrator, the Option will terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option will
revert to the Plan. 
 (iii) Disability of Participant. If a Participant ceases to be a Service Provider as a result of the
Participant’s Disability, the Participant may exercise his or her Option within such period of time as is specified in the Award Agreement to the extent the Option is vested on the date of termination (but in no event later than the expiration
of the term of such Option as set forth in the Award Agreement). In the absence of a specified time in the Award Agreement, the Option will remain exercisable for twelve (12) months following the Participant’s termination. Unless otherwise
provided by the Administrator, if on the date of termination the Participant is not vested as to his or her entire Option, the Shares covered by the unvested portion of the Option will revert to the Plan. If after termination the Participant does
not exercise his or her Option within the time specified herein, the Option will terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option will revert to the Plan. 

(iv) Death of Participant. If a Participant dies while a Service Provider, the Option may be exercised following the Participant’s
death within such period of time as is specified in the Award Agreement to the extent that the Option is vested on the date of death (but in no event may the option be exercised later than the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in
the Award Agreement), by the Participant’s designated beneficiary, provided such beneficiary has been designated prior to Participant’s death in a form acceptable to the Administrator. If no such beneficiary has been designated by the
Participant, then such Option may be exercised by the personal representative of the Participant’s estate or by the person(s) to whom the Option is transferred pursuant to the Participant’s will or in accordance with the laws of
descent and distribution. In the absence of a specified time in the Award Agreement, the Option will remain exercisable for twelve (12) months following Participant’s death. Unless otherwise provided by the Administrator, if at the time of
death Participant is not vested as to his or her entire Option, the Shares covered by the unvested portion of the Option will immediately revert to the Plan. If the Option is not so exercised within the time specified herein, the Option will
terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option will revert to the Plan. 
 7. Stock Appreciation Rights. 

(a) Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, a Stock Appreciation Right may be granted to
Service Providers at any time and from time to time as will be determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion. 
 (b) Number of
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 (c) Exercise Price and Other Terms. The per share exercise price for the Shares to be
issued pursuant to exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right will be determined by the Administrator and will be no less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant. Otherwise, the Administrator, subject
to the provisions of the Plan, will have complete discretion to determine the terms and conditions of Stock Appreciation Rights granted under the Plan. 

(d) Stock Appreciation Right Agreement. Each Stock Appreciation Right grant will be evidenced by an Award Agreement that will specify
the exercise price, the term of the Stock Appreciation Right, the conditions of exercise, and such other terms and conditions as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, will determine. 

(e) Expiration of Stock Appreciation Rights. A Stock Appreciation Right granted under the Plan will expire ten (10) years from the
date of grant or such shorter term as may be provided in the Award Agreement, as determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the rules of Section 6(d) relating to exercise also will apply to
Stock Appreciation Rights. 
 (f) Payment of Stock Appreciation Right Amount. Upon exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, a
Participant will be entitled to receive payment from the Company in an amount determined by multiplying: 
 (i) The difference between the
Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of exercise over the exercise price; times 
 (ii) The number of Shares with respect to which the
Stock Appreciation Right is exercised. 
 At the discretion of the Administrator, the payment upon Stock Appreciation Right exercise may be
in cash, in Shares of equivalent value, or in some combination thereof. 
 8. Restricted Stock. 

(a) Grant of Restricted Stock. Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, the Administrator, at any time and from time to time,
may grant Shares of Restricted Stock to Service Providers in such amounts as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, will determine. 

(b) Restricted Stock Agreement. Each Award of Restricted Stock will be evidenced by an Award Agreement that will specify the Period of
Restriction, if any, the number of Shares granted, and such other terms and conditions as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, will determine. Unless the Administrator determines otherwise, the Company as escrow agent will hold Shares of
Restricted Stock until the restrictions on such Shares have lapsed. 
 (c) Transferability. Except as provided in this Section 8
or the Award Agreement, Shares of Restricted Stock may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated until the end of the applicable Period of Restriction. 

  
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 (d) Other Restrictions. The Administrator, in its sole discretion, may impose such other
restrictions on Shares of Restricted Stock as it may deem advisable or appropriate. 
 (e) Removal of Restrictions. Except as
otherwise provided in this Section 8, Shares of Restricted Stock covered by each Restricted Stock grant made under the Plan will be released from escrow as soon as practicable after the last day of the Period of Restriction or at such other
time as the Administrator may determine. The Administrator, in its discretion, may accelerate the time at which any restrictions will lapse or be removed. 

(f) Voting Rights. During the Period of Restriction, Service Providers holding Shares of Restricted Stock granted hereunder may exercise
full voting rights with respect to those Shares, unless the Administrator determines otherwise. 
 (g) Dividends and Other
Distributions. During the Period of Restriction, Service Providers holding Shares of Restricted Stock will be entitled to receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to such Shares, unless the Administrator provides
otherwise. If any such dividends or distributions are paid in Shares, the Shares will be subject to the same restrictions on transferability and forfeitability as the Shares of Restricted Stock with respect to which they were paid. 

(h) Return of Restricted Stock to Company. On the date set forth in the Award Agreement, the Restricted Stock for which restrictions
have not lapsed will revert to the Company and again will become available for grant under the Plan. 
 9. Restricted Stock Units.

 (a) Grant. Restricted Stock Units may be granted at any time and from time to time as determined by the Administrator. After the
Administrator determines that it will grant Restricted Stock Units under the Plan, it will advise the Participant in an Award Agreement of the terms, conditions, and restrictions related to the grant, including the number of Restricted Stock Units.

 (b) Vesting Criteria and Other Terms. The Administrator will set vesting criteria in its discretion, which, depending on the extent
to which the criteria are met, will determine the number of Restricted Stock Units that will be paid out to the Participant. The Administrator may set vesting criteria based upon the achievement of Company-wide, divisional, business unit, or
individual goals (including, but not limited to, continued employment or service), applicable federal or state securities laws or any other basis determined by the Administrator in its discretion. 

(c) Earning Restricted Stock Units. Upon meeting the applicable vesting criteria, the Participant will be entitled to receive a payout
as determined by the Administrator. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time after the grant of Restricted Stock Units, the Administrator, in its sole discretion, may reduce or waive any vesting criteria that must be met to receive a payout. 

  
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 (d) Form and Timing of Payment. Payment of earned Restricted Stock Units will be made as
soon as practicable after the date(s) determined by the Administrator and set forth in the Award Agreement. The Administrator, in its sole discretion, may only settle earned Restricted Stock Units in cash, Shares, or a combination of both. 

(e) Cancellation. On the date set forth in the Award Agreement, all unearned Restricted Stock Units will be forfeited to the Company.

 10. Performance Units and Performance Shares. 

(a) Grant of Performance Units/Shares. Performance Units and Performance Shares may be granted to Service Providers at any time and from
time to time, as will be determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion. The Administrator will have complete discretion in determining the number of Performance Units and Performance Shares granted to each Participant. 

(b) Value of Performance Units/Shares. Each Performance Unit will have an initial value that is established by the Administrator on or
before the date of grant. Each Performance Share will have an initial value equal to the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant. 

(c) Performance Objectives and Other Terms. The Administrator will set performance objectives or other vesting provisions (including,
without limitation, continued status as a Service Provider) in its discretion which, depending on the extent to which they are met, will determine the number or value of Performance Units/Shares that will be paid out to the Service Providers.
The time period during which the performance objectives or other vesting provisions must be met will be called the “Performance Period.” Each Award of Performance Units/Shares will be evidenced by an Award Agreement that will
specify the Performance Period, and such other terms and conditions as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, will determine. The Administrator may set performance objectives based upon the achievement of Company-wide, divisional, business unit
or individual goals (including, but not limited to, continued employment or service), applicable federal or state securities laws, or any other basis determined by the Administrator in its discretion. 

(d) Earning of Performance Units/Shares. After the applicable Performance Period has ended, the holder of Performance Units/Shares will
be entitled to receive a payout of the number of Performance Units/Shares earned by the Participant over the Performance Period, to be determined as a function of the extent to which the corresponding performance objectives or other vesting
provisions have been achieved. After the grant of a Performance Unit/Share, the Administrator, in its sole discretion, may reduce or waive any performance objectives or other vesting provisions for such Performance Unit/Share. 

(e) Form and Timing of Payment of Performance Units/Shares. Payment of earned Performance Units/Shares will be made as soon as
practicable after the expiration of the applicable Performance Period. The Administrator, in its sole discretion, may pay earned Performance Units/Shares in the form of cash, in Shares (which have an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the value of
the earned Performance Units/Shares at the close of the applicable Performance Period) or in a combination thereof. 

  
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 (f) Cancellation of Performance Units/Shares. On the date set forth in the Award
Agreement, all unearned or unvested Performance Units/Shares will be forfeited to the Company, and again will be available for grant under the Plan. 

11. Outside Director Limitations. No Outside Director may be granted, in any Fiscal Year, Awards with a grant date fair value of
greater than $600,000, increased to $900,000 in the Fiscal Year of his or her initial service as an Outside Director, with grant date fair value calculated as follows: (a) with respect to any Option or Stock Appreciation Right, grant date fair
value will be calculated in accordance with the Black-Scholes valuation methodology on the grant date of such Option or Stock Appreciation Right, and (b) with respect to any Award other than an Option or Stock Appreciation Right, grant date
fair value will equal the product of (i) the average Fair Market Value of one Share for the market trading days that occur in the completed calendar month immediately prior to the calendar month in which the grant date of the Award occurs and
(ii) the aggregate number of Shares subject to the Award, as applicable. Any Awards granted to an individual while he or she was an Employee, or while he or she was a Consultant but not an Outside Director, will not count for purposes of the
limitations under this Section 11. 
 12. Leaves of Absence/Transfer Between Locations. Unless the Administrator provides
otherwise, vesting of Awards granted hereunder will be suspended during any unpaid leave of absence that exceeds thirty (30) calendar days. A Participant will not cease to be an Employee in the case of (i) any leave of absence approved by
the Company or (ii) transfers between locations of the Company or between the Company, its Parent, or any Subsidiary. For purposes of Incentive Stock Options, no such leave may exceed three (3) months, unless reemployment upon expiration
of such leave is guaranteed by statute or contract. If reemployment upon expiration of a leave of absence approved by the Company is not so guaranteed, then six (6) months following the first (1st) day of such leave any Incentive Stock
Option held by the Participant will cease to be treated as an Incentive Stock Option and will be treated for tax purposes as a Nonstatutory Stock Option. 

13. Transferability of Awards. Unless determined otherwise by the Administrator, an Award may not be sold, pledged, assigned,
hypothecated, transferred, or disposed of in any manner other than by will or by the laws of descent or distribution and may be exercised, during the lifetime of the Participant, only by the Participant. If the Administrator makes an Award
transferable, such Award will contain such additional terms and conditions as the Administrator deems appropriate. 
 14. Adjustments;
Dissolution or Liquidation; Merger or Change in Control. 
 (a) Adjustments. In the event that any dividend or other distribution
(whether in the form of cash, Shares, other securities, or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase, or exchange of Shares or other
securities of the Company, or other change in the corporate structure of the Company affecting the Shares occurs, the Administrator, in order to prevent diminution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available
under the Plan, will adjust the number and class of Shares that may be delivered under the Plan and/or the number, class, and price of Shares covered by each outstanding Award, and the numerical Share limit in Section 3 of the Plan. 

  
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 (b) Dissolution or Liquidation. In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of
the Company, the Administrator will notify each Participant as soon as practicable prior to the effective date of such proposed transaction. To the extent it previously has not been exercised, an Award will terminate immediately prior to the
consummation of such proposed action. 
 (c) Change in Control. In the event of a merger of the Company with or into another
corporation or other entity or a Change in Control, each outstanding Award will be treated as the Administrator determines (subject to the provisions of the following paragraph) without a Participant’s consent, including, without limitation,
that (i) Awards may be assumed, or substantially equivalent Awards will be substituted, by the acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an affiliate thereof) with appropriate adjustments as to the number and kind of shares and prices;
(ii) upon written notice to a Participant, that the Participant’s Awards will terminate upon or immediately prior to the consummation of such merger or Change in Control; (iii) outstanding Awards will vest and become exercisable,
realizable, or payable, or restrictions applicable to an Award will lapse, in whole or in part prior to or upon consummation of such merger or Change in Control, and, to the extent the Administrator determines, terminate upon or immediately prior to
the effectiveness of such merger or Change in Control; (iv) (A) the termination of an Award in exchange for an amount of cash and/or property, if any, equal to the amount that would have been attained upon the exercise of such Award or
realization of the Participant’s rights as of the date of the occurrence of the transaction (and, for the avoidance of doubt, if as of the date of the occurrence of the transaction the Administrator determines in good faith that no amount would
have been attained upon the exercise of such Award or realization of the Participant’s rights, then such Award may be terminated by the Company without payment), or (B) the replacement of such Award with other rights or property selected
by the Administrator in its sole discretion; or (v) any combination of the foregoing. In taking any of the actions permitted under this Section 14(c), the Administrator will not be required to treat all Awards, all Awards held by a
Participant, or all Awards of the same type, similarly in the transaction. 
 In the event that the successor corporation does not assume or
substitute for the Award (or portion thereof), the Participant will fully vest in and have the right to exercise all of his or her outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights, including Shares as to which such Awards would not otherwise be
vested or exercisable, all restrictions on Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units will lapse, and, with respect to Awards with performance-based vesting, all performance goals or other vesting criteria will be deemed achieved at one hundred
percent (100%) of target levels and all other terms and conditions met, in all cases, unless specifically provided otherwise under the applicable Award Agreement or other written agreement between the Participant and the Company or any Parent
or Subsidiary, as applicable. In addition, if an Option or Stock Appreciation Right is not assumed or substituted in the event of a merger or Change in Control, the Administrator will notify the Participant in writing or electronically that the
Option or Stock Appreciation Right will be exercisable for a period of time determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion, and the Option or Stock Appreciation Right will terminate upon the expiration of such period. 

  
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 For the purposes of this subsection (c) (and subsection (d) below), an Award will be
considered assumed if, following the merger or Change in Control, the Award confers the right to purchase or receive, for each Share subject to the Award immediately prior to the merger or Change in Control, the consideration (whether stock, cash,
or other securities or property) received in the merger or Change in Control by holders of Common Stock for each Share held on the effective date of the transaction (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of
consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares); provided, however, that if such consideration received in the merger or Change in Control is not solely common stock of the successor corporation or its Parent, the
Administrator may, with the consent of the successor corporation, provide for the consideration to be received upon the exercise of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right or upon the payout of a Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Unit or Performance
Share, for each Share subject to such Award, to be solely common stock of the successor corporation or its Parent equal in fair market value to the per share consideration received by holders of Common Stock in the merger or Change in Control. 

Notwithstanding anything in this Section 14(c) to the contrary, and unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, an Award that
vests, is earned or paid-out upon the satisfaction of one or more performance goals will not be considered assumed if the Company or its successor modifies any of such performance goals without the Participant’s consent; provided, however, a
modification to such performance goals only to reflect the successor corporation’s post-Change in Control corporate structure will not be deemed to invalidate an otherwise valid Award assumption. 

Notwithstanding anything in this Section 14(c) to the contrary, if a payment under an Award Agreement is subject to Code
Section 409A and if the change in control definition contained in the Award Agreement does not comply with the definition of “change of control” for purposes of a distribution under Code Section 409A, then any payment of an
amount that is otherwise accelerated under this Section will be delayed until the earliest time that such payment would be permissible under Code Section 409A without triggering any penalties applicable under Code Section 409A. 

(d) Outside Director Awards. With respect to Awards granted to an Outside Director, in the event of a Change in Control, the Participant
will fully vest in and have the right to exercise Options and/or Stock Appreciation Rights as to all of the Shares underlying such Award, including those Shares which otherwise would not be vested or exercisable, all restrictions on Restricted Stock
and Restricted Stock Units will lapse, and, with respect to Awards with performance-based vesting, all performance goals or other vesting criteria will be deemed achieved at one hundred percent (100%) of target levels and all other terms and
conditions met. 

  
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 15. Tax. 

(a) Withholding Requirements. Prior to the delivery of any Shares or cash pursuant to an Award (or exercise thereof) or such
earlier time as any tax withholding obligations are due, the Company will have the power and the right to deduct or withhold, or require a Participant to remit to the Company, an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, local, foreign or other
taxes (including the Participant’s FICA obligation) required to be withheld with respect to such Award (or exercise thereof). 

(b) Withholding Arrangements. The Administrator, in its sole discretion and pursuant to such procedures as it may specify from time to
time, may permit a Participant to satisfy such tax withholding obligation, in whole or in part by (without limitation) (a) paying cash, (b) electing to have the Company withhold otherwise deliverable cash or Shares having a fair
market value equal to the amount required to be withheld or other greater amount up to the maximum statutory rate under Applicable Laws, as applicable to the Participant, if such other greater amount would not result in adverse financial accounting
treatment, as determined by the Company (including in connection with the effectiveness of FASB Accounting Standards Update 2016-09 amending FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718, Compensation
– Stock Compensation), or (c) delivering to the Company already-owned Shares having a fair market value equal to the minimum statutory amount required to be withheld. The fair market value of the Shares to be withheld or delivered will be
determined as of the last trading date immediately prior to the date that the taxes are required to be withheld or through such other determination made by the Administrator in its sole discretion. 

(c) Compliance With Code Section 409A. Awards will be designed and operated in such a manner that they are either exempt from the
application of, or comply with, the requirements of Code Section 409A such that the grant, payment, settlement or deferral will not be subject to the additional tax or interest applicable under Code Section 409A, except as otherwise
determined in the sole discretion of the Administrator. The Plan and each Award Agreement under the Plan is intended to meet the requirements of Code Section 409A and will be construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent, except
as otherwise determined in the sole discretion of the Administrator. To the extent that an Award or payment, or the settlement or deferral thereof, is subject to Code Section 409A, the Award will be granted, paid, settled or deferred in a
manner that will meet the requirements of Code Section 409A, such that the grant, payment, settlement or deferral will not be subject to the additional tax or interest applicable under Code Section 409A. In no event will the Company have
any obligation under the terms of this Plan to reimburse a Participant for any taxes or other costs that may be imposed on Participant as a result of Section 409A. 

16. No Effect on Employment or Service. Neither the Plan nor any Award will confer upon a Participant any right with respect to
continuing the Participant’s relationship as a Service Provider with the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, as applicable, nor will they interfere in any way with the Participant’s right or the right of the Company and any Parent or
Subsidiary, as applicable, to terminate such relationship at any time, with or without cause, to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws. 

  
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 17. Date of Grant. The date of grant of an Award will be, for all purposes, the date on
which the Administrator makes the determination granting such Award, or such other later date as is determined by the Administrator. Notice of the determination will be provided to each Participant within a reasonable time after the date of such
grant. 
 18. Term of Plan. Subject to Section 22 of the Plan, the Plan will become effective upon the later to occur of
(i) its adoption by the Board or (ii) the business day immediately prior to the Registration Date. It will continue in effect for a term of ten (10) years from the date adopted by the Board, unless terminated earlier under
Section 19 of the Plan. 
 19. Amendment and Termination of the Plan. 

(a) Amendment and Termination. The Administrator may at any time amend, alter, suspend or terminate the Plan. 

(b) Stockholder Approval. The Company will obtain stockholder approval of any Plan amendment to the extent necessary and desirable to
comply with Applicable Laws. 
 (c) Effect of Amendment or Termination. No amendment, alteration, suspension or termination of the
Plan will materially impair the rights of any Participant, unless mutually agreed otherwise between the Participant and the Administrator, which agreement must be in writing and signed by the Participant and the Company. Termination of the Plan will
not affect the Administrator’s ability to exercise the powers granted to it hereunder with respect to Awards granted under the Plan prior to the date of such termination. 

20. Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares. 

(a) Legal Compliance. Shares will not be issued pursuant to the exercise of an Award unless the exercise of such Award and the issuance
and delivery of such Shares will comply with Applicable Laws and will be further subject to the approval of counsel for the Company with respect to such compliance. 

(b) Investment Representations. As a condition to the exercise of an Award, the Company may require the person exercising such Award to
represent and warrant at the time of any such exercise that the Shares are being purchased only for investment and without any present intention to sell or distribute such Shares if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, such a representation
is required. 
 21. Inability to Obtain Authority. The inability of the Company to obtain authority from any regulatory body having
jurisdiction or to complete or comply with the requirements of any registration or other qualification of the Shares under any state, federal or foreign law or under the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the stock
exchange on which Shares of the same class are then listed, or any other governmental or regulatory body, which authority, registration, qualification or rule compliance is deemed by the Company’s counsel to be necessary or advisable for the
issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder, will relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell such Shares as to which such requisite authority, registration, qualification or rule compliance will not have been
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 22. Stockholder Approval. The Plan will be subject to approval by the stockholders of the
Company within twelve (12) months after the date the Plan is adopted by the Board. Such stockholder approval will be obtained in the manner and to the degree required under Applicable Laws. 

23. Forfeiture Events. The Administrator may specify in an Award Agreement that the Participant’s rights, payments, and benefits
with respect to an Award will be subject to the reduction, cancellation, forfeiture, or recoupment upon the occurrence of certain specified events, in addition to any otherwise applicable vesting or performance conditions of an Award.
Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary under this Plan, an Award shall be subject to the Company’s clawback policy as may be established and/or amended from time to time (the “Clawback Policy”). The Administrator may
require a Participant to forfeit, return or reimburse the Company all or a portion of the Award and any amounts paid thereunder pursuant to the terms of the Clawback Policy or as necessary or appropriate to comply with Applicable Laws. 

  
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Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.

Common Stock ($0.0001 par value per share)

SALES AGREEMENT

May 1, 2018

Capital One Securities, Inc.

201 St. Charles Avenue, Suite 1830

New Orleans, Louisiana 70170

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp., a Maryland corporation (the
“Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell from time to time
to or through Capital One Securities, Inc., as sales agent and/or principal (the “Agent”), shares (the “Shares”)
of the Company’s common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”), on the terms set forth
in Section 2 of this Sales Agreement (this “Agreement”). The Company agrees that whenever it determines
to sell Shares directly to the Agent as principal, it will enter into a separate agreement (each, a “Terms Agreement”)
in substantially the form of Annex I hereto, relating to such sale in accordance with Section 2 of this
Agreement.

The Company and Retail Opportunity Investments Partnership, LP,
a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), have also entered into sales agreements (the “Alternative
Sales Agreements”) of even date herewith with each of Jefferies LLC, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Raymond James &
Associates, Inc., and Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated (the “Alternative Agents”). The aggregate gross
sales price of the Shares that may be sold pursuant to this Agreement, any Terms Agreement and any Alternative Sales Agreements
shall not exceed $250,000,000 (the “Maximum Amount”).

Section 1. Representations and Warranties. The Company
and the Operating Partnership, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the Agent that as of the date of this Agreement,
the date of any Terms Agreement, each Registration Statement Amendment Date (as defined in Section 3(i) below), each
Company Periodic Report Date (as defined in Section 3(h) below), each Company Earnings Report Date (as defined in Section 3(i)
below), each Request Date (as defined in Section 3(i) below), each Applicable Time (as defined in Section 1(a)
below) and each Settlement Date (as defined in Section 2(h) below); provided, that if such date occurs during a Suspension
Period (as defined in Section 3(r) below), the Company and the Operating Partnership shall not make the representations
and warranties of the Company and the Operating Partnership contained in this Section 1 until the next of such dates after
the end of the Suspension Period:

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(a)       Compliance with
Registration Requirements. The Company and the Operating Partnership have filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “Commission”) an “automatic shelf registration statement,” as defined under Rule 405 of
the rules and regulations (the “1933 Act Regulations”) of the Commission promulgated under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), on Form S-3ASR (Nos. 333-211521 and 333-211521-01), including the related
base prospectus, which registers certain securities of the Company (including the Shares) and of the Operating Partnership; such
registration statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, became effective upon filing with the Commission in accordance
with Rule 462(e) of the 1933 Act Regulations (the base prospectus filed as part of such registration statement, in the form
in which it has most recently been filed with the Commission on or prior to the date of this Agreement, is hereinafter called the
“Base Prospectus”; the various parts of such registration statement, excluding any Form T-1 but including all
other exhibits thereto and any prospectus supplement or prospectus relating to the Shares that is filed with the Commission and
deemed by virtue of Rule 430B of the 1933 Act Regulations to be part of such registration statement, each as amended at the
time such part of the registration statement became effective, are hereinafter collectively called the “Registration Statement”;
the prospectus supplement specifically relating to the Shares prepared and filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)
of the 1933 Act Regulations is hereinafter called the “Prospectus Supplement”; the Base Prospectus, as amended
and supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement, is hereinafter called the “Prospectus”; any reference herein
to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and
include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act; provided,
however, that no representation contained in any exhibit to any such incorporated document, other than the representations
contained herein, shall be deemed to be made to you; any reference to any amendment or supplement to the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus
Supplement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement,
any prospectus supplement or base prospectus relating to the Shares filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the
1933 Act Regulations and any documents filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”),
and incorporated therein, in each case after the date of the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus, as the
case may be; any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report
of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the 1934 Act after the effective date of the Registration Statement
that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement; and any “issuer free writing prospectus” as defined
in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations relating to the Shares is hereinafter called an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”).

The Company meets the requirements for use of the Registration
Statement as an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 under the 1933 Act. The Registration Statement became effective
under the 1933 Act upon filing with the Commission. The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement,”
as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations, and the Shares have been and remain eligible for registration by the Company
on an automatic shelf registration statement. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective
amendment thereto has been issued under the 1933 Act, no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of an automatic registration
statement has been received by the Company, no order preventing, suspending or objecting to the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus has been issued and no proceeding for any of those purposes has been instituted or, to the Company’s
knowledge, threatened by the Commission. The Company has complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for additional
information and there are no outstanding or unresolved comments from the Commission or its staff.

Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment
thereto, at the time of its effectiveness, at each deemed effective date with respect to the Agent and the Shares pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2)
of the 1933 Act Regulations and at each Settlement Date, complied, complies and will comply in all material respects with the requirements
of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations. The Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, at the time each was filed
with the Commission and at each Settlement Date, complied, complies and will comply in all material respects with the requirements
of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations.

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Neither the Registration Statement nor any amendment thereto,
at the time of its effectiveness, at any deemed effective date with respect to the Agent and the Shares pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2)
of the 1933 Act Regulations or at any Settlement Date contained, contains or will contain an untrue statement of a material fact
or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein
not misleading. Neither the Prospectus nor any amendment or supplement thereto, as of its issue date, at the time of any filing
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) or at any Settlement Date, included, includes or will include an untrue statement
of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in
the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

For the purposes of this Agreement, the “Applicable Time”
means, with respect to any Shares, the time of sale of such Shares pursuant to this Agreement or any Terms Agreement; the Prospectus
and the applicable Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es) issued at or prior to such Applicable Time, taken together (collectively,
and, with respect to any Shares, together with the public offering price of such Shares, the “General Disclosure Package”)
as of each Applicable Time and each Settlement Date, will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading; and each applicable Issuer Free Writing Prospectus will not conflict with the information contained in the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus and each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as supplemented by and taken
together with the General Disclosure Package as of such Applicable Time, will not include any untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading.

Neither the Company nor the Operating Partnership makes any representations
or warranties as to the information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus
Supplement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity
with written information furnished to the Company or the Operating Partnership by or on behalf of the Agent or any Alternative
Agent expressly for use therein.

(b)       Incorporated Documents.
The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus, at the time the Registration Statement became effective or when such documents were or hereafter are filed
with the Commission, as the case may be, when read together with the other information in the Registration Statement, the General
Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, did not, do not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading;
provided, however, that the foregoing does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement,
the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (including the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
therein) in conformity with written information furnished to the Company or the Operating Partnership by or on behalf of the Agent
or any Alternative Agent expressly for use therein.

(c)       Independent Accountants.
The accountants who certified the financial statements and supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are independent public accountants as required by the 1933 Act, the
1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the “1934 Act Regulations”),
and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

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(d)       Financial Statements.
The financial statements (other than the financial statements of the businesses or properties acquired or proposed to be acquired)
included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, together
with the related schedules and notes, present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries at the dates indicated and the statement of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and
its consolidated subsidiaries for the periods specified; said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally
accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved. The supporting
schedules, if any, present fairly in accordance with GAAP the information required to be stated therein. Any selected financial
data and the summary financial information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus present fairly, in all material respects, the information shown therein and have been compiled on a
basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement,
the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The financial statements of the businesses or properties acquired or proposed
to be acquired, if any, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and
the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein, have been prepared in conformity with
GAAP applied on a consistent basis and otherwise have been prepared, in all material respects, in accordance with the applicable
financial statement requirements of Rule 3-05 or Rule 3-14 of Regulation S-X with respect to real estate operations acquired
or to be acquired. In addition, any pro forma financial statements and the related notes thereto included or
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus present fairly the information
shown therein, have been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines with respect to pro forma
financial statements and have been properly compiled on the bases described therein, and the assumptions used in the preparation
thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect to the transactions and circumstances referred
to therein. Except as included therein, no historical or pro forma financial statements or supporting schedules
are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus
under the 1933 Act or the 1933 Act Regulations or any document required to be filed with the Commission under the 1934 Act or the
1934 Act Regulations. All disclosures contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus,
or incorporated by reference therein, regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules
and regulations of the Commission) comply with Regulation G of the 1934 Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the 1933
Act, to the extent applicable, in all material respects. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly presents the information called
for in all material respects and has been prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidelines applicable thereto.

(e)       No Material Adverse
Change. Except as otherwise stated therein, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (A) there has been no material adverse change in the condition,
financial or otherwise, or in the results of operations, business or business prospects of the Company, the Operating Partnership
and their respective subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a “Material
Adverse Effect”), (B) there have been no transactions entered into by the Company, the Operating Partnership or
any of their respective subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with respect to the
Company, the Operating Partnership and their respective subsidiaries considered as one enterprise and (C) except for regular
quarterly dividends on the Common Stock and regular quarterly distributions on the units of partnership interest in the Operating
Partnership (“Units”), in each case in amounts per share or unit, as applicable, that are consistent with past
practice, there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital
stock or any distribution by the Operating Partnership with respect to any of its Units.

(f)       Good Standing
of the Company. The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws
of the State of Maryland and has corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business
as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and to enter into and perform its
obligations under this Agreement and any Terms Agreement; and the Company is duly qualified as a foreign corporation to transact
business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership
or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not result
in a Material Adverse Effect.

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(g)       Good Standing
of the Operating Partnership. The Operating Partnership has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited partnership
in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the partnership power and authority under the Operating Partnership
Agreement (as defined below) and the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act to own, lease and operate its properties
and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to
enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement and any Terms Agreement. The Operating Partnership is duly qualified
as a foreign partnership to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is
required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to
qualify or to be in good standing would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. A wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the
“General Partner”) is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership. The Second Amended and Restated
Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership, dated as of September 27, 2013, as amended (the “Operating
Partnership Agreement”), has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto and is a
valid and binding agreement, enforceable against the Company and the General Partner in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability may be subject to (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or transfer or similar
laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability
is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and except as rights to indemnity thereunder may be limited by applicable law.

(h)       Good Standing
of Subsidiaries. Each subsidiary listed on Schedule 1 hereto is considered a “significant subsidiary” of
the Company or the Operating Partnership (each, a “Subsidiary” and, collectively, the “Subsidiaries”),
and has been duly organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or
organization, has corporate or similar power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business
as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and is duly qualified to transact
business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership
or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not result
in a Material Adverse Effect; except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of, or other ownership interest in, each such Subsidiary has been duly
authorized and validly issued, is fully paid and non-assessable and is owned by the Company or the Operating Partnership, as applicable,
directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity;
none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of, or other ownership interest in, any Subsidiary was issued in violation of the
preemptive or similar rights of any securityholder of such Subsidiary. Except for subsidiaries formed since the end of the most
recent fiscal year, the only subsidiaries of the Company and the Operating Partnership are (a) the subsidiaries listed on Exhibit 21.1
to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the most recently ended fiscal year and (b) certain other subsidiaries
which, considered in the aggregate as a single subsidiary, do not constitute a “significant subsidiary” as defined
in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X.

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(i)       Capitalization.
The issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable;
none of the outstanding shares of capital stock were issued in violation of the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder
of the Company and the authorized, issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the Registration Statement,
the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to this Agreement, any Terms
Agreement or any Alternative Sales Agreement, pursuant to the Company’s Amended and Restated 2009 Equity Incentive Plan or
exercises of options issued thereunder, pursuant to reservations, agreements or employee benefit plans or pursuant to the exercise
of warrants, convertible securities or options referred to in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the
Prospectus). The Common Stock has been registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the 1934 Act and is authorized for trading
on the Nasdaq Stock Market or listed on another national securities exchange, as such term is used in Section 3 of the 1934 Act
(the Nasdaq Stock Market or such other national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed being referred to
herein as the “Principal Market”), and the Company has taken no action designed to terminate, or likely to have
the effect of terminating, the registration of the Common Stock from the Principal Market, nor has the Company received any notification
that the Commission or the Principal Market is contemplating terminating such registration or listing.

(j)       Authorization
of Agreement. This Agreement and any Terms Agreement have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Company
and the Operating Partnership.

(k)       Authorization
and Description of Shares. The Shares have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement
or any Terms Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement or any Terms Agreement against
payment of the consideration therefor, will be validly issued and fully paid and non-assessable; the issuance of the Shares is
not subject to the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Company; the Common Stock conforms to all statements
relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and such description
conforms to the rights set forth in the instruments defining the same; and no holder of Shares will be subject to personal liability
solely by reason of being such a holder.

(l)       Authorization
of Units. All issued and outstanding Units have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable,
have been offered and sold or exchanged by the Operating Partnership in compliance with applicable laws and, except as otherwise
disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, are owned by the Company either directly
or through wholly-owned subsidiaries, or limited partners of the Operating Partnership. All Units owned by the Company are owned
free and clear of any perfected security interest or any other security interests, claims, liens or encumbrances.

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(m)       Absence of Defaults
and Conflicts. None of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries is (A) in violation of
its charter, bylaws, certificate of limited partnership, partnership agreement or other organizational document, (B) in default
in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture, mortgage,
deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which the Company, the Operating Partnership
or any of their respective subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them may be bound, or to which any of the properties
or assets of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any such subsidiary is subject (collectively, “Agreements and Instruments”),
except, for such defaults that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect or as set forth in or contemplated in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (C) to the knowledge of the Company or the Operating Partnership,
in violation of any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality
or court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries
or any of their assets, properties or other operations (each, a “Governmental Entity”), except, in the case
of this clause (C), for such violations that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect or as set forth in or contemplated in
the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and of any Terms Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein or in any Terms Agreement and
in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and compliance by the Company and the Operating
Partnership with their respective obligations hereunder and under any Terms Agreement: (i) do not and will not, whether with or
without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event
(as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any properties or assets
of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries pursuant to the Agreements and Instruments (except,
in the case of this clause (i), for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or Repayment Events or liens, charges or encumbrances that
would not result in a Material Adverse Effect or as set forth in or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus), (ii) will not result in any violation of the provisions of the charter, bylaws, certificate of limited
partnership, partnership agreement or other organizational documents of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their
respective subsidiaries or (iii) will not result in a violation of any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order,
writ or decree of any Governmental Entity (except, for such violations that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect or as
set forth in or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus). As used herein,
a “Repayment Event” means any event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence
of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment
of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries.

(n)       Absence of Labor
Dispute. No labor dispute with the employees of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries
exists or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Operating Partnership, is imminent, which would result in a Material Adverse
Effect.

(o)       Absence of Proceedings.
Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no action, suit,
proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any Governmental Entity now pending or, to the knowledge of the Company
or the Operating Partnership, threatened, against or affecting the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective
subsidiaries, which is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus
(other than as disclosed therein).

(p)       Accuracy of Exhibits.
There are no contracts or documents which are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package
or the Prospectus or the documents incorporated by reference therein or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement which
have not been so described and filed or incorporated by reference as required.

(q)       Absence of Further
Requirements. No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of,
any Governmental Entity is necessary or required for the performance by the Company or the Operating Partnership of their respective
obligations hereunder or under any Terms Agreement, in connection with the offering, issuance or sale of the Shares hereunder or
the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any Terms Agreement, except such as have been already obtained
or as may be required under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act, the 1934 Act Regulations or state securities
laws or the rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”).

(r)       Absence of Manipulation.
None of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any affiliate of the Company or the Operating Partnership has taken, nor will
the Company, the Operating Partnership or any such affiliate take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed to or which
has constituted or which would be expected to cause or result in a violation of Regulation M under the 1934 Act or the stabilization
or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company or the Operating Partnership to facilitate the sale or resale of the
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(s)       Possession of
Licenses and Permits. Except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
the Company, the Operating Partnership and their respective subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and
other authorizations (collectively, “Governmental Licenses”) issued by the appropriate Governmental Entities
necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, except where the failure so to possess would not, singly or in the aggregate,
result in a Material Adverse Effect; the Company, the Operating Partnership and their respective subsidiaries are in compliance
with the terms and conditions of all Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate,
result in a Material Adverse Effect; all of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except when the invalidity
of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not, singly or
in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect; and none of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective
subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Governmental Licenses which,
singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(t)       Title to Property.
(A) The Company, the Operating Partnership, their respective subsidiaries and any joint venture in which the Company, the Operating
Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries owns an interest (each, a “Related Entity”), as the case
may be, have good and marketable fee title or leasehold interest to the portfolio properties (the “Portfolio Properties”)
described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as being owned or held as a lessee,
as the case may be, by them, and good title to all other properties owned by them, in each case, free and clear of all mortgages,
pledges, liens, security interests, claims, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind, except (1) as otherwise disclosed in
the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (2) those which would not have a Material Adverse
Effect, (B) each of the leases governing the Portfolio Properties is in full force and effect, with such exceptions as would not
result in a Material Adverse Effect, and none of the Company, the Operating Partnership, any of their respective subsidiaries or
any Related Entity or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Operating Partnership, any lessee of any of the Portfolio Properties
is in default under any of such leases and none of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries
knows of any event which, whether with or without the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default
under any of such leases, except such defaults that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect and (C) neither the Company nor
the Operating Partnership has knowledge of any pending or threatened condemnation, zoning change or other proceeding or action
that will in any manner affect the size of, use of, improvements on, construction on, or access to the Portfolio Properties, except
in any case where such action or proceeding would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(u)       Title Insurance.
Title insurance in favor of the Company, the Operating Partnership, their respective subsidiaries or any Related Entity has been
obtained with respect to each Portfolio Property owned by any such entity in an amount at least equal to (A) the cost of acquisition
of such Portfolio Property or (B) the cost of construction of such Portfolio Property (measured at the time of such construction),
except where the failure to maintain such title insurance would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(v)       Mortgages and
Deeds of Trust. The mortgages and deeds of trust encumbering the Portfolio Properties and other assets described in the Registration
Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (A) are not convertible (in the absence of foreclosure) into
an equity interest in the property or asset described therein or in the Company, the Operating Partnership, any of their respective
subsidiaries or any Related Entity, (B) except as set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, are not cross-defaulted to any indebtedness other than indebtedness of the Company, the Operating Partnership, any
of their respective subsidiaries or any Related Entity and (C) are not cross-collateralized to any property not owned by the
Company, the Operating Partnership, any of the Subsidiaries or any Related Entity.

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(w)       REIT Qualification.
Commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 2010, the Company has been, and upon the sale of the Shares from time
to time as contemplated by this Agreement or any Terms Agreement, the Company will continue to be, organized and operated in conformity
with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a real estate investment trust (a “REIT”) under the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the Company’s present and proposed method
of operation as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will enable it to continue
to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code.

(x)       Tax Treatment
of Operating Partnership. Each of the Operating Partnership and any other Subsidiary that is a partnership or a limited liability
company has been properly classified either as a partnership or as an entity disregarded as separate from its owner for federal
income tax purposes from its formation or has made an election together with the Company to be treated as a taxable REIT subsidiary
of the Company.

(y)       Investment Company
Act. Neither the Company nor the Operating Partnership is required, or upon the issuance and sale of the Shares as herein contemplated
and the application of the Net Proceeds (as defined in Section 2(d)) therefrom as described in the Registration Statement,
the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus will be required, to register as an “investment company” within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(z)       Environmental
Laws. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or as would not,
singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) none of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any
of their respective subsidiaries is in violation of any federal, state, local or foreign statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance,
code, policy or rule of common law or any judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any judicial or administrative
order, consent, decree or judgment, relating to pollution or protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation,
ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, laws and
regulations relating to the release or threatened release of chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, toxic substances, hazardous
substances, petroleum or petroleum products, asbestos-containing materials or mold (collectively, “Hazardous Materials”)
or to the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport or handling of Hazardous Materials
(collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (B) the Company, the Operating Partnership and their respective subsidiaries
have all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with
their requirements, (C) there are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Operating Partnership, threatened
administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation,
investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law against the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective
subsidiaries and (D) there are no events or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order
for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or Governmental Entity, against or affecting
the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries relating to Hazardous Materials on, in, under or
originating from any Portfolio Property or any Environmental Laws.

(aa)Registration Rights. There are no persons with
registration rights or other similar rights to have any securities registered for sale pursuant to the Registration Statement or
otherwise registered for sale or sold by the Company under the 1933 Act pursuant to this Agreement or any Terms Agreement, other
than those rights that have been disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and
have been waived.

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(bb)Accounting Controls and Disclosure Controls. The
Company, the Operating Partnership and their respective subsidiaries maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient
to provide reasonable assurances that: (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific
authorization; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with
GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets; (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s
general or specific authorization; (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable
intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences; and (E) the interactive data in eXtensible Business
Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus fairly
presents the information called for in all material respects and is prepared in accordance with the Commission’s rules and
guidelines applicable thereto. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus,
since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (1) no material weakness in the Company’s
internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (2) no change in the Company’s internal control
over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal
control over financial reporting.

The Company, the Operating Partnership and their respective subsidiaries
maintain an effective system of disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15 and Rule 15d-15 of the 1934 Act Regulations)
that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under
the 1934 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules
and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer or
officers and principal financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.

(cc)Well-Known Seasoned Issuer. (A) At the original
effectiveness of the Registration Statement, (B) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying
with Section 10(a)(3) of the 1933 Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act or form of prospectus), (C) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within
the meaning, for this clause (C) only, of Rule 163(c) of the 1933 Act Regulations) made any offer relating to the Shares in reliance
on the exemption of Rule 163 of the 1933 Act Regulations and (D) as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement and any Terms
Agreement, the Company is a “well-known seasoned issuer,” as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations.

(dd)Ineligible Issuer. (A) At the original effectiveness
of the Registration Statement, (B) at the earliest time after the original effectiveness of the Registration Statement that the
Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of
the 1933 Act Regulations) of the Shares and (C) as of the execution and delivery of this Agreement (with such time of execution
and delivery being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (C)), the Company neither was nor is an “ineligible
issuer,” as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations.

(ee)No Commissions. None of the Company, the Operating
Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other
than as contemplated by this Agreement or the Alternative Sales Agreements) that would give rise to a valid claim against the Company,
the Operating Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries or the Agent or any of the Alternative Agents for a brokerage
commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares.

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(ff)Actively-Traded Security. Except under circumstances
where the Company has provided the Agent with the notice required pursuant to Section 2(g) of this Agreement, the Common
Stock is an “actively-traded security” exempted from the requirements of Rule 101 of Regulation M under the
1934 Act by subsection (c)(1) of such rule.

(gg)Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. There is
and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as
such, to comply in all material respects with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated
in connection therewith, including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.

(hh)Payment of Taxes. Each of the Company, the Operating
Partnership and their respective subsidiaries has filed all federal, state and local income and franchise tax returns required
to be filed through the date hereof, except in any case in which the failure to so file would not have a Material Adverse Effect,
and has paid all material taxes due thereon or otherwise due and payable, except for any tax that is currently being contested
in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been provided, and no tax deficiency has been determined or threatened in writing
to be determined adversely to any of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any such subsidiary which has had a Material Adverse
Effect.

(ii)       Insurance.
The Company, the Operating Partnership and their respective subsidiaries carry or are entitled to the benefits of insurance, with
financially sound and reputable insurers, in such amounts and covering such risks as is generally maintained by companies of established
repute engaged in the same or similar business, and, to the knowledge of the Company and the Operating Partnership, all such insurance
is in full force and effect. The Company and the Operating Partnership have no reason to believe that they or any of their respective
subsidiaries will not be able (A) to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (B) to
obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct their respective businesses
as now conducted and at a cost that would not result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company, the Operating Partnership
or any of their respective subsidiaries has been denied any insurance coverage which it has sought or for which it has applied.

(jj)Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. None of the Company,
the Operating Partnership, their respective subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Operating Partnership, any
director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any
of their respective subsidiaries is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in (A) a violation
by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “FCPA”),
including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance
of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or
authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or
any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA, (B)
a violation by such persons of the Bribery Act 2010 of the United Kingdom (the “Bribery Act”), (C) the use by
such persons of any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political
activity, (D) the direct or indirect unlawful payment by such persons to any foreign or domestic government official or employee
from corporate funds or (E) the making by such persons of a bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful
payment. The Company and the Operating Partnership and, to their knowledge, their respective affiliates have conducted their businesses
in compliance with the FCPA and the Bribery Act and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and
which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

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(kk)Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company,
the Operating Partnership and their respective subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable
financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended,
the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations
or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Entity (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”)
and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any Governmental Entity involving the Company, the Operating Partnership or any
of their respective subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or the
Operating Partnership, threatened.

(ll)Sanctions Laws. None of the Company, the Operating
Partnership or any of their respective subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Operating Partnership, any director,
officer, agent, employee, affiliate or person acting on behalf of the Company and the Operating Partnership is currently subject
to any sanctions administered by the U.S. Government, including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the
U.S. Treasury Department, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury or other relevant
sanctions authority (collectively, “Sanctions”). Neither the Company nor the Operating Partnership will directly
or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering and sale of the Shares, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds
to any of their respective subsidiaries, joint venture partner or other person or entity, (A) for the purpose of financing the
activities with any person, or in any country or territory, that, at the time of such funding, is the subject of Sanctions or (B)
in any other manner that will result in a violation by any person (including any person participating in the transaction, whether
as underwriter, advisor, investor or otherwise) of Sanctions.

Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or an authorized
representative of the Operating Partnership and delivered to the Agent or to counsel for the Agent shall be deemed a representation
and warranty by such entity or person, as the case may be, to the Agent as to the matters covered thereby.

Section 2. Sale and Delivery of Shares.

(a)       Subject to the terms
and conditions set forth herein, the Company agrees to issue and sell through the Agent acting as sales agent or directly to the
Agent acting as principal from time to time, and the Agent agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to sell as sales agent
for the Company, the Shares. Sales of the Shares, if any, through the Agent acting as sales agent or directly to the Agent acting
as principal will be made by means of ordinary brokers’ transactions on the Principal Market or otherwise at market prices
prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices.

(b)       The Shares are to
be sold on a daily basis or otherwise as shall be agreed to by the Company and the Agent on any trading day (other than a day on
which the Principal Market is scheduled to close prior to its regular weekday closing time, each, a “Trading Day”)
that the Company has satisfied its obligations under Section 6 of this Agreement and that the Company has instructed
the Agent to make such sales. On any Trading Day, the Company may instruct the Agent by telephone (confirmed promptly by email,
which confirmation will be promptly acknowledged by the Agent) as to the maximum number of Shares to be sold by the Agent on such
day and the minimum price per Share at which such Shares may be sold (subject, in each case, to the limitations specified in Sections
2(c) and (f)). Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Agent shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to
sell as sales agent all of the Shares so designated by the Company. The Company and the Agent each acknowledge and agree that (A) there
can be no assurance that the Agent will be successful in selling the Shares, (B) the Agent will incur no liability or obligation
to the Company or any other person or entity if it does not sell Shares for any reason other than a failure by the Agent to use
its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales practices and applicable law and regulations to
sell such Shares as required by this Agreement and (C) the Agent shall be under no obligation to purchase Shares on a principal
basis except as otherwise specifically agreed by the Agent and the Company pursuant to a Terms Agreement. In the event of a conflict
between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of a Terms Agreement, the terms of such Terms Agreement will control.

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(c)       Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Company shall not authorize the issuance and sale of, and the Agent as sales agent shall not be obligated to use
its commercially reasonable efforts to sell, any Shares (i) at a price lower than the minimum price therefor authorized from
time to time or (ii) in a number or with an aggregate gross sales price, together with all sales of Shares under this Agreement
and the Alternative Sales Agreements, in excess of the Maximum Amount or the number or gross sales price, as the case may be, of
Shares authorized from time to time to be issued and sold under this Agreement, any Terms Agreement and any Alternative Sales Agreements,
in each case, by the Company’s board of directors, or a duly authorized committee thereof, or in a number in excess of the
number of Shares approved for listing on the Principal Market, and in each case notified to the Agent in writing. In addition,
the Company or the Agent may, upon notice to the other party hereto by telephone (confirmed promptly by email, which confirmation
will be promptly acknowledged), suspend the offering of the Shares with respect to which the Agent is acting as sales agent for
any reason and at any time; provided, however, that such suspension or termination shall not affect or impair the
parties’ respective obligations with respect to the Shares sold hereunder prior to the giving of such notice. Further, on
any Trading Day, the Company shall sell Shares through only the Agent or one of the Alternative Agents. The requirement that the
Company sell Shares through only the Agent or one of the Alternative Agents on any Trading Day shall not apply to sales solely
to employees or security holders of the Company or its subsidiaries, or to a trustee or other person acquiring such securities
for the accounts of such persons.

(d)       The gross sales price
of any Shares sold pursuant to this Agreement by the Agent acting as sales agent of the Company shall be the market price prevailing
at the time of sale for shares of the Common Stock sold by the Agent on the Principal Market or otherwise, at prices relating to
prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices. The compensation payable to the Agent for sales of Shares with respect to which
the Agent acts as sales agent shall be up to 2.0% of the gross sales price of the Shares sold pursuant to this Agreement. The Company
may sell Shares to the Agent as principal at a price agreed upon at the relevant Applicable Time and pursuant to a separate Terms
Agreement. The remaining proceeds, after further deduction for any transaction fees, transfer taxes or similar taxes or fees imposed
by any Governmental Entity in respect of such sales, shall constitute the net proceeds to the Company for such Shares (the “Net
Proceeds”). The Agent shall notify the Company as promptly as practicable if any deduction referenced in the preceding
sentence will be required with an itemization of such deductions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Company engages
the Agent for a sale of Shares that would constitute a “distribution” within the meaning of Rule 100 of Regulation M
under the 1934 Act, the Company and the Agent will agree to compensation that is customary for the Agent with respect to such transactions.

(e)       If acting as sales
agent hereunder, the Agent shall provide written confirmation to the Company following the close of trading on the Principal Market
each day in which Shares are sold under this Agreement setting forth the number of Shares sold on such day, the aggregate gross
sales proceeds of the Shares, the aggregate Net Proceeds to the Company and the aggregate compensation payable by the Company to
the Agent with respect to such sales.

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(f)       Under no circumstances
shall the number or aggregate gross sales price, as the case may be, of Shares sold pursuant to this Agreement, any Terms Agreement
and any Alternative Sales Agreement exceed the Maximum Amount or the number or aggregate gross sales price, as the case may be,
of Shares of Common Stock (i) available for issuance under the Prospectus and the then-currently effective Registration Statement
or (ii) authorized from time to time to be issued and sold under this Agreement, any Terms Agreement or any Alternative Sales
Agreement by the Company’s board of directors, or a duly authorized committee thereof or approved for listing on the Principal
Market, and in each case referred to in this clause (ii), and notified to the Agent in writing. In addition, under no circumstances
shall any Shares with respect to which the Agent acts as sales agent be sold at a price lower than the minimum price therefor authorized
from time to time by the Company’s board of directors, or a duly authorized committee thereof, and notified to the Agent
in writing.

(g)       If either party believes
that the exemptive provisions set forth in Rule 101(c)(1) of Regulation M under the 1934 Act (applicable to securities
with an average daily trading volume of $1,000,000 that are issued by an issuer whose common equity securities have a public float
value of at least $150,000,000) are not satisfied with respect to the Company or the Shares, it shall promptly notify the other
party and sales of Shares under this Agreement and any Terms Agreement shall be suspended until that or other exemptive provisions
have been satisfied in the judgment of each party.

(h)       Settlement for sales
of Shares pursuant to this Section 2 will occur on the second business day that is also a Trading Day following the
trade date on which such sales are made, unless another date shall be agreed to by the Company and the Agent (each such day, a
“Settlement Date”). On each Settlement Date, the Shares sold through the Agent for settlement on such date shall
be delivered by the Company to the Agent against payment of the Net Proceeds from the sale of such Shares. Settlement for all Shares
shall be effected by book-entry delivery of Shares to the Agent’s account at The Depository Trust Company against payments
by the Agent of the Net Proceeds from the sale of such Shares in same-day funds delivered to an account designated by the Company.
If the Company shall default on its obligation to deliver Shares on any Settlement Date, the Company shall (i) indemnify and
hold the Agent harmless against any loss, claim or damage arising from or as a result of such default by the Company and (ii) pay
the Agent any commission to which it would otherwise be entitled absent such default. If the Agent breaches this Agreement by failing
to deliver the applicable Net Proceeds on any Settlement Date for Shares delivered by the Company, the Agent will pay the Company
interest based on the effective overnight federal funds rate until such proceeds, together with such interest, have been fully
paid.

(i)       Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Agreement, the Company shall not offer, sell or deliver, or request the offer or sale of any Shares and,
by notice to the Agent given by telephone (confirmed by email), shall cancel any instructions for the offer or sale of any Shares,
and the Agent shall not be obligated to offer or sell any Shares, (i) during any period in which the Agent believes that the
Company is, or could be deemed to be, in possession of material non-public information or (ii) except as provided in Section 2(j)
below, at any time from and including the date (each, an “Announcement Date”) on which the Company shall issue
a press release containing, or shall otherwise publicly announce, its earnings, revenues or other results of operations (each,
an “Earnings Announcement”) through and including the time that is 24 hours after the time that the Company
files (a “Filing Time”) a Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or an Annual Report on Form 10-K that includes
consolidated financial statements as of and for the same period or periods, as the case may be, covered by such Earnings Announcement.

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(j)       If the Company wishes
to offer, sell or deliver Shares at any time during the period from and including an Announcement Date through and including the
time that is 24 hours after the corresponding Filing Time, the Company shall (i) prepare and deliver to the Agent (with a
copy to counsel to the Agent) a Current Report on Form 8-K which shall include substantially the same financial and related
information as was set forth in the relevant Earnings Announcement (other than any earnings projections, similar forward-looking
data and officers’ quotations) (each, an “Earnings 8-K”), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Agent, (ii) provide the Agent with the officers’ certificate, accountants’ letters and opinions and letters
of counsel called for by Sections 3(i), (j) and (k) hereof, respectively, (iii) afford the Agent
the opportunity to conduct a due diligence review in accordance with Section 3(n) hereof and (iv) file such Earnings
8-K with the Commission, then the provisions of clause (ii) of Section 2(i) shall not be applicable for the period
from and after the time at which the foregoing conditions shall have been satisfied (or, if later, the time that is 24 hours after
the time that the relevant Earnings Announcement was first publicly released) through and including the time that is 24 hours after
the Filing Time of the relevant Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or Annual Report on Form 10-K, as the case may be. For
purposes of clarity, the parties hereto agree that (A) the delivery of any officers’ certificate, accountants’
letters and opinions and letters of counsel pursuant to this Section 2(j) shall not relieve the Company from any of
its obligations under this Agreement with respect to any Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or Annual Report on Form 10-K,
as the case may be, including, without limitation, the obligation to deliver officers’ certificates, accountants’ letters
and legal opinions and letters as provided in Section 3 hereof and (B) this Section 2(j) shall in
no way affect or limit the operation of the provisions of clause (i) of Section 2(i), which shall have independent
application.

(k)       At each Applicable
Time, Settlement Date, Registration Statement Amendment Date, Company Periodic Report Date, Company Earnings Report Date and Request
Date, each of the Company and the Operating Partnership shall be deemed to have affirmed each representation and warranty contained
in this Agreement; provided, that if such date occurs during a Suspension Period, the Company and the Operating Partnership
shall not be deemed to have affirmed such representations and warranties until the next of such dates after the end of the Suspension
Period. Any obligation of the Agent to use its commercially reasonable efforts to sell the Shares on behalf of the Company as sales
agent shall be subject to the continuing accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Operating Partnership
herein, to the performance by the Company and the Operating Partnership of their respective obligations hereunder and to the continuing
satisfaction of the additional conditions specified in Section 6 of this Agreement.

Section 3. Covenants. The Company and the Operating
Partnership, jointly and severally, agree with the Agent:

(a)       During any period
when the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of Shares (whether physically or through
compliance with Rule 153 or 172, or in lieu thereof, a notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the 1933 Act Regulations),
(i) to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus prior to any Settlement
Date without first providing the Agent a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such amendment or supplement, and to advise
the Agent, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed
or becomes effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus has been filed, (ii) to file promptly all other material
required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the 1933 Act Regulations, (iii) to
file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the 1934 Act, (iv) to advise the Agent, promptly after it receives notice
thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus
or other prospectus in respect of the Shares, of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the form of the Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations, of the suspension of
the qualification of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for
any such purpose, or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the form of the Registration Statement
or the Prospectus or for additional information and (v) in the event of the issuance of any such stop order or of any such
order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus in respect of the Shares or suspending any such qualification, to promptly
use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order; and in the event of any such order or issuance
of a notice of objection, promptly to take such reasonable steps as may be necessary to permit offers and sales of the Shares by
the Agent, which may include, without limitation, amending the Registration Statement or filing a new registration statement, at
the Company’s expense (references herein to the Registration Statement shall include any such amendment or new registration
statement). The Company shall pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Shares within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1)
of the 1933 Act Regulations without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) of the
1933 Act Regulations (including, if applicable, by updating the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in accordance
with Rule 456(b)(1)(ii) either in a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or on the cover page of a prospectus
filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)).

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(b)       Promptly from time
to time to take such action as the Agent may reasonably request to qualify the Shares for offering and sale under the securities
laws of such United States jurisdictions as the Agent may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance
of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the sale of the Shares, provided
that, in connection therewith neither the Company nor the Operating Partnership shall be required to qualify as a foreign entity,
subject itself to taxation or to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction; and to promptly advise the Agent
of the receipt by the Company or the Operating Partnership of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification
of the Shares for offer or sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose.

(c)       During any period
when the delivery of a prospectus is required (whether physically or through compliance with Rule 153 or 172, or in lieu thereof,
a notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the 1933 Act Regulations) in connection with the offering or sale of Shares, the Company
will make available to the Agent, as soon as practicable after the execution of this Agreement, and thereafter from time to time
furnish to the Agent, copies of the most recent Prospectus in such quantities and at such locations as the Agent may reasonably
request for the purposes contemplated by the 1933 Act. During any period when the delivery of a prospectus is required (whether
physically or through compliance with Rules 153 or 172, or in lieu thereof, a notice referred to in Rule 173(a) of the 1933
Act Regulations) in connection with the offering or sale of Shares, and if at such time any event shall have occurred as a result
of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any
material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when
such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary during such same period to amend
or supplement the Prospectus or to file under the 1934 Act any document incorporated by reference in the Prospectus in order to
comply with the 1933 Act or the 1934 Act, to notify the Agent and to file such document and to prepare and furnish without charge
to the Agent as many written and electronic copies as the Agent may from time to time reasonably request of an amended Prospectus
or a supplement to the Prospectus which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.

(d)       To make generally
available to its securityholders as soon as practicable, but in any event not later than sixteen months after the effective date
of the Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) of the 1933 Act Regulations), an earnings statement of the Company
and its subsidiaries (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations
of the Commission thereunder (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158).

(e)       To use the Net Proceeds
received by it from the sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement and any Terms Agreement in the manner specified in the General
Disclosure Package.

(f)       In connection with
the offering and sale of the Shares, the Company will file with the Principal Market all documents and notices, and make all certifications,
required by the Principal Market of companies that have securities that are listed on such Principal Market and will maintain such
listing or shall be approved for listing on another national securities exchange.

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(g)       To not take, directly
or indirectly, any action designed to cause or result in, or that has constituted or might reasonably be expected to constitute,
under the 1934 Act or otherwise, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company or the Operating
Partnership to facilitate the sale or resale of the Shares.

(h)       At each Applicable
Time, each Settlement Date, each Registration Statement Amendment Date, each Company Earnings Report Date, each Request Date, each
Company Periodic Report Date and each date on which Shares are delivered to the Agent pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the Company
and the Operating Partnership shall be deemed to have affirmed each representation, warranty, covenant and other agreement contained
in this Agreement or any Terms Agreement; provided, that if such date occurs during a Suspension Period, the Company and
the Operating Partnership shall not be deemed to have affirmed such representations and warranties until the next of such dates
after the end of the Suspension Period. In each Annual Report on Form 10-K or Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by
the Company in respect of any quarter in which sales of Shares were made by or through the Agent under this Agreement or any Terms
Agreement or by or through an Alternative Agent under an Alternative Sales Agreement (each date on which any such document is filed,
and any date on which an amendment to any such document is filed, a “Company Periodic Report Date”), or, to
the extent required by applicable law and Commission interpretations thereof, in prospectus supplements to be filed by the Company
from time to time, the Company shall set forth with regard to such quarter or such shorter period determined by the Company, as
the case may be, the number or aggregate gross sales price, as the case may be, of Shares sold through the Agent under this Agreement
or any Terms Agreement or by or through an Alternative Agent under an Alternative Sales Agreement, the Net Proceeds received by
the Company and the compensation paid by the Company to the Agent or Alternative Agent with respect to sales of Shares pursuant
to this Agreement, any Terms Agreement or an Alternative Sales Agreement.

(i)       On or prior to the
date that the Shares are first offered pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and each time Shares are delivered to the Agent
as principal on a Settlement Date and promptly, and in no more than five (5) Trading Days, after (i) each date the Registration
Statement or the Prospectus shall be amended or supplemented (other than (1) by an amendment or supplement providing solely
for the determination of the terms of the Shares, (2) in connection with the filing of a prospectus supplement that contains
solely the information set forth in Section 3(h), (3) in connection with the filing of any Current Reports on
Form 8-K (other than an Earnings 8-K and any other Current Reports on Form 8-K which contain capsule financial information,
financial statements, supporting schedules or other financial data, including any Current Report on Form 8-K under Item 2.02
of such form that is considered “filed” under the 1934 Act, unless, in any case, the Company has provided advance notice
to the Agent of the filing of such Form 8-K and the Agent has waived the requirements of this Section 3(i) and Sections
3(j) and (k)) or (4) by a prospectus supplement relating to the offering of other securities (including, without
limitation, other shares of Common Stock)) (each such date, a “Registration Statement Amendment Date”), (ii) each
date on which an Earnings 8-K shall be filed with the Commission as contemplated by Section 2(j) hereof (a “Company
Earnings Report Date”), (iii) each Company Periodic Report Date and (iv) promptly after each reasonable request
by the Agent (each date of any such request by the Agent, a “Request Date”) (each of the date that the Shares
are first offered pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, each such Settlement Date where the Agent is acting as principal and
each Registration Statement Amendment Date, Company Earnings Report Date, Company Periodic Report Date and Request Date is hereinafter
called a “Representation Date”), the Company and the Operating Partnership will furnish or cause to be furnished
to the Agent (with a copy to counsel to the Agent) a certificate dated the date of delivery thereof to the Agent (or, in the case
of an amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (including, without limitation, by the filing of
any document under the 1934 Act that is incorporated by reference therein), the date of the effectiveness of such amendment to
the Registration Statement or the date of filing with the Commission of such supplement or incorporated document, as the case may
be), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel, to the effect that the statements contained in
the certificate referred to in Section 6(f) of this Agreement which was last furnished to the Agent are true and correct
as of the date of such certificate as though made at and as of the date of such certificate (except that such statements shall
be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented
to the date of such certificate) or, in lieu of such certificate, a certificate of the same tenor as the certificate referred to
in Section 6(f), but modified as necessary to relate to the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the date of such certificate; provided, however, that the delivery
requirements of this Section 3(i) shall not be in effect during a Suspension Period. As used in this paragraph, to
the extent there shall be an Applicable Time on or following the applicable Representation Date, “promptly” shall be
deemed to be on or prior to the next succeeding Applicable Time.

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(j)       On or prior to the
date that the Shares are first offered pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and each time Shares are delivered to the Agent
as principal on a Settlement Date and promptly, and in no more than five (5) Trading Days, after each other Representation Date,
the Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Agent (with a copy to counsel to the Agent) the written opinion and letter
of each counsel to the Company (who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Agent), dated the date of delivery thereof to the Agent
(or, in the case of an amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (including, without limitation,
by the filing of any document under the 1934 Act that is incorporated by reference therein), the date of the effectiveness of such
amendment to the Registration Statement or the date of filing with the Commission of such supplement or incorporated document,
as the case may be), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel, of the same tenor as the opinions
and letters referred to in Sections 6(c) and (d) of this Agreement, but modified as necessary to relate to the
Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the date of such opinion
and letter or, in lieu of any such opinion and letter, counsel last furnishing such opinion and letter to the Agent shall furnish
the Agent (with a copy to counsel for the Agent) with a letter substantially to the effect that the Agent may rely on such counsel’s
last opinion and letter to the same extent as though each were dated the date of such letter authorizing reliance (except that
statements in such last opinion and letter shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the date of such letter authorizing reliance); provided, however,
that the delivery requirements of this Section 3(j) shall not be in effect during a Suspension Period. As used in this
paragraph, to the extent there shall be an Applicable Time on or following the applicable Representation Date, “promptly”
shall be deemed to be on or prior to the next succeeding Applicable Time.

(k)       On or prior to the
date that the Shares are first offered pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and each time Shares are delivered to the Agent
as principal on a Settlement Date and promptly, and in no more than five (5) Trading Days, after each other Representation Date,
the Company will cause each of Ernst & Young LLP and PKF O’Connor Davies, LLP, or other independent accountants reasonably
satisfactory to the Agent, to furnish to the Agent a letter, dated the date of effectiveness of such amendment or the date of filing
of such supplement or other document with the Commission, as the case may be, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and
its counsel, of the same tenor as the letter(s) referred to in Section 6(e) hereof, but modified as necessary to relate
to the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, as amended and supplemented, or to the document
incorporated by reference into the Prospectus, to the date of such letter; provided, however, that the delivery requirements
of this Section 3(k) shall not be in effect during a Suspension Period. As used in this paragraph, to the extent there shall
be an Applicable Time on or following the applicable Representation Date, “promptly” shall be deemed to be on or prior
to the next succeeding Applicable Time.

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(l)       The Company consents
to the Agent trading in the Common Stock for the Agent’s own account and for the account of its clients at the same time
as sales of Shares occur pursuant to this Agreement or any Terms Agreement.

(m)       If, to the knowledge
of the Company, all filings required by Rule 424 in connection with this offering shall not have been made or the representations
contained in Section 1(a) shall not be true and correct on the applicable Settlement Date, the Company will offer to
any person who has agreed to purchase Shares from the Company as the result of an offer to purchase solicited by the Agent the
right to refuse to purchase and pay for such Shares.

(n)       The Company and the
Operating Partnership will cooperate timely with any reasonable due diligence review conducted by the Agent or its counsel from
time to time in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or in any Terms Agreement, including, without limitation,
and upon reasonable notice providing information and making available documents and appropriate officers, during regular business
hours and at the Company’s principal offices, as the Agent may reasonably request.

(o)       Other than during
a Suspension Period, neither the Company nor the Operating Partnership will, without (i) giving the Agent at least one business
days’ prior written notice specifying the nature of the proposed sale and the date of such proposed sale and (ii) the
Agent suspending activity under this program for such period of time as requested by the Company or as deemed appropriate by the
Agent in light of the proposed sale, (A) offer, pledge, announce the intention to sell, sell, contract to sell, sell any option
or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant for the sale of, lend or otherwise
transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable
for or repayable with Common Stock, or file any registration statement under the 1933 Act with respect to any of the foregoing
(other than a shelf registration statement under Rule 415 of the 1933 Act Regulations, a registration statement on Form S-8
or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement) or (B) enter into any swap or other agreement or any transaction
that transfers in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, any of the economic consequence of ownership of the Common Stock, or
any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for or repayable with Common Stock, whether any such swap or transaction
described in clause (A) or (B) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or
otherwise. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to (i) the Shares to be offered and sold through the Agent pursuant to this Agreement
or any Terms Agreement or to any Alternative Agent under any Alternative Sales Agreement, (ii) Common Stock issued pursuant to
the Company’s dividend reinvestment plan, stock purchase plans or employee compensation plans, as the same may be amended
or replaced from time to time, (iii) equity incentive awards approved by the board of directors of the Company or the compensation
committee thereof or the issuance of Common Stock upon exercise thereof, (iv) warrants offered or issued in exchange for outstanding
warrants or Common Stock offered or issued upon exercise or exchange of any such warrants or (v) sales or offers of shares of Common
Stock or securities exchangeable for or convertible into shares of Common Stock in private placement transactions to sellers relating
to acquisition of real property or interests therein, including mortgage or leasehold interests, or in conjunction with any joint
venture transaction, made to any seller of such real property or such joint venture interest (and the filing of any prospectus
supplement related to the resale of such shares of Common Stock as may be required by such seller).

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(p)       If immediately prior
to the third anniversary (the “Renewal Deadline”) of the initial effective date of the Registration Statement,
any of the Shares remain unsold, the Company will, prior to the Renewal Deadline file, if it has not already done so and is eligible
to do so, a new automatic shelf registration statement relating to the Shares, in a form satisfactory to the Agent. If the Company
is no longer eligible to file an automatic shelf registration statement, the Company will, prior to the Renewal Deadline, if it
has not already done so, file a new shelf registration statement relating to the Shares, in a form satisfactory to the Agent, and
will use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective within 60 days after the Renewal Deadline.
The Company will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the issuance and sale of the Shares to continue as contemplated
in the expired registration statement relating to the Shares. References herein to the Registration Statement shall include such
new automatic shelf registration statement or such new shelf registration statement, as the case may be.

(q)       The Company will
use its best efforts to continue to meet the requirements for qualification as a REIT under the Code for each of its taxable years
for so long as its board of directors deems it in the best interests of the Company to remain so qualified.

(r)       The Company may notify
the Agent by telephone (confirmed promptly by e-mail), or by such other method as the Company and the Agent shall mutually agree
in writing, at any time until 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second business day preceding any Representation Date
that it does not intend to sell Shares under this Agreement for the period commencing on such Representation Date and continuing
until the second Trading Day after the earlier of (i) the date the Company instructs the Agent to sell Shares under this Agreement
and (ii) the date the Company notifies the Agent that it is revoking its prior notice to the Agent that it does not intend to sell
Shares under this Agreement (a “Suspension Period”). If the Company shall have provided such notice, the requirements
to provide certificates pursuant to Section 3(i) hereunder, legal opinions pursuant to Section 3(j) hereunder,
and letters from independent accountants pursuant to Section 3(k) hereunder shall be waived during such Suspension
Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, during a Suspension Period or subsequent to the completion of a Suspension Period, as applicable,
the Agent shall not be obligated to sell any Shares pursuant to the Company’s instruction until all documents required by
each such applicable section of this Agreement shall have been provided to the Agent and the Company shall have provided the Agent
with customary due diligence update.

Section 4. Free Writing Prospectus.

(a)       (i) The Company represents
and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Agent, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Shares that
would constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations; and (ii) the
Agent represents and agrees that, without the prior consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating
to the Shares that would constitute a free writing prospectus required to be filed with the Commission.

(b)       The Company has complied
and will comply with the requirements of Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus
(including any free writing prospectus identified in Section 4(a) hereof), including timely filing with the Commission
or retention where required and legending.

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Section 5. Payment of Expenses. The Company and the
Operating Partnership, jointly and severally, covenant and agree with the Agent that they will pay or cause to be paid the following: 
(i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and accountants in connection with the registration
of the Shares under the 1933 Act and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration
Statement, the Base Prospectus, Prospectus Supplement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and amendments and
supplements thereto and the mailing and delivery of copies thereof to the Agent; (ii) the cost of printing or producing this
Agreement and any Terms Agreement, any blue sky and legal investment memoranda, closing documents (including any compilations thereof)
and any other documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Shares; (iii) all expenses in
connection with the qualification of the Shares for offering and sale under state securities laws as provided in Section 3(b)
hereof, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Agent in connection with such qualification and in connection
with any blue sky and legal investment memoranda; (iv) any filing fees incident to, and the reasonable fees and disbursements
of counsel for the Agent in connection with, any required review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Shares; (v) all
fees and expenses in connection with listing the Shares on the Principal Market; (vi) the cost of preparing the Shares; (vii) the
costs and charges of any transfer agent or registrar or any dividend distribution agent; and (viii) all other costs and expenses
incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section 5;
and (ix) if Shares having an aggregate offering price of $25,000,000 or more have not been offered and sold under this Agreement
and/or the Alternative Sales Agreements by May 1, 2020 (or such earlier date at which the Company terminates this Agreement) (the
“Determination Date”), the Company shall reimburse the Agent and the Alternative Agents for all reasonable out-of-pocket
expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel incurred by the Agent and the Alternative Agents in connection
with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each of the Alternative Sales Agreements (the “Expenses”);
provided, however, that the Expenses shall not exceed an aggregate under this Agreement and each of the Alternative
Sales Agreements of $150,000.  Any Expenses shall be due and payable by the Company within five (5) business days of the Determination
Date.  It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section 5, and Section 7 hereof,
the Agent will pay all of its own costs and expenses, including the fees of its counsel, transfer taxes on resale of any of the
Shares by it, and any advertising expenses connected with any offers it may make. The Agents shall be solely responsible for allocating
any reimbursement received pursuant to this Section 5 among themselves.

Section 6. Conditions of Agent’s Obligation.
The obligations of the Agent hereunder shall be subject, in its discretion, to the condition that all representations and warranties
and other statements of the Company and the Operating Partnership herein or in certificates of any officer of the Company or authorized
representative of the Operating Partnership delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof are true and correct as of the time of
the execution of this Agreement, the date of any executed Terms Agreement and as of each Representation Date, Applicable Time and
Settlement Date, to the condition that the Company and the Operating Partnership shall have performed all of their respective obligations
hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:

(a)       The Prospectus
Supplement shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the 1933 Act Regulations on or prior to
May 2, 2018 and in accordance with Section 3(a) hereof, any other material required to be filed by the Company
pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the 1933 Act Regulations shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time
periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceeding for that purpose shall have been initiated or
threatened by the Commission and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the form of the Registration
Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations shall have been
received; no stop order suspending or preventing the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have
been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and all requests for additional information on the part of the Commission
shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Agent.

(b)       On every date specified
in Section 3(j) hereof (including, without limitation, on every Request Date), Sidley Austin LLP, counsel for the Agent,
shall have furnished to the Agent such written opinion or opinions, dated as of such date, with respect to such matters as the
Agent may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such papers and information as they may reasonably request to
enable them to pass upon such matters. In giving its opinion, Sidley Austin LLP may
rely as to matters involving the laws of the State of Maryland upon the opinion of Venable LLP or such other counsel reasonably
satisfactory to the Agent.

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(c)       On every date specified
in Section 3(j) hereof (including, without limitation, on every Request Date), Clifford Chance US LLP, counsel for the Company,
shall have furnished to the Agent written opinion(s) and letter(s), dated as of such date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Agent.

(d)       On every date specified
in Section 3(j) hereof (including, without limitation, on every Request Date), Venable LLP, as Maryland counsel for the
Company, shall have furnished to the Agent written opinion or opinions, dated as of such date, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Agent.

(e)       At the dates specified
in Section 3(k) hereof (including, without limitation, on every Request Date), each of the independent accountants
who have certified the financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus shall have furnished to the Agent a letter or letters dated as of the date of delivery thereof and addressed
to the Agent in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and its counsel, containing statements and information
of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial
statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(f)       (i) On or prior to
the date that the Shares are first offered pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and on such other dates as reasonably requested
by the Agent, the Company will furnish or cause to be furnished promptly to the Agent a certificate of an executive officer in
a form satisfactory to the Agent stating the minimum gross sales price per share for the sale of such Shares pursuant to this Agreement
and the maximum number of Shares that may be issued and sold pursuant to this Agreement or, alternatively, the maximum gross proceeds
from such sales, as authorized from time to time by the Company’s board of directors or a duly authorized committee thereof,
and the number of Shares that have been approved for listing on the Principal Market or, in connection with any amendment, revision
or modification of such minimum price or maximum Share number or amount, a new certificate with respect thereto and (ii) on
each date specified in Section 3(i) (including, without limitation, on every Request Date), the Agent shall have received
a certificate of executive officers of the Company and the Operating Partnership, one of whom shall be the Chief Executive Officer,
Executive Chairman, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer, or Executive Vice President in the area of capital
markets and investments, dated as of the date thereof, to the effect that (A) there has been no Material Adverse Effect since
the date as of which information is given in the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented, (B) the representations and warranties
of the Company and the Operating Partnership contained herein are true and correct as of such date and (C) the Company and
the Operating Partnership have complied with all of the agreements entered into in connection with the transactions contemplated
herein and in any Terms Agreement and satisfied all conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied.

(g)       Since the date of
the latest audited financial statements then included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus, no Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred.

(h)       The Company shall
have complied with the provisions of Section 3(c) hereof with respect to the timely furnishing of prospectuses.

(i)       On such dates as
reasonably requested by the Agent, the Company shall have conducted due diligence sessions, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the Agent.

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(j)       All filings with
the Commission required by Rule 424 of the 1933 Act Regulations to have been filed by each Applicable Time or related Settlement
Date shall have been made within the applicable time period prescribed for such filing by Rule 424 (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)).
The Company shall have paid the required Commission filing fees relating to the Shares within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1)
of the 1933 Act Regulations without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) of the
1933 Act Regulations (including, if applicable, by updating the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in accordance
with Rule 456(b)(1)(ii) either in a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or on the cover page of a prospectus
filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)).

(k)       The Shares shall
have received approval for listing on the Principal Market prior to the first Settlement Date.

(l)       Counsel for the Agent
shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may reasonably require in order to evidence the accuracy of
any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, contained herein or in any applicable Terms
Agreement; and all proceedings taken by the Company in connection with the issuance and sale of the Shares as contemplated herein
or in any applicable Terms Agreement and in connection with the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any such Terms
Agreement shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Agent and counsel for the Agent.

Section 7. Indemnification.

(a)       The Company and the
Operating Partnership, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Agent against any losses, claims, damages
or liabilities, joint or several, to which the Agent may become subject, under the 1933 Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus
or any amendment or supplement thereto, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or any “issuer information” filed or required
to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the 1933 Act Regulations, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged
omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case
of the Base Prospectus, Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus in light of the circumstances under which they are made), not misleading,
and will reimburse the Agent for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Agent in connection with investigating
or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that neither the Company
nor the Operating Partnership shall be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises
out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration
Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto or any Issuer
Free Writing Prospectus, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company or the Operating
Partnership by or on behalf of the Agent expressly for use therein.

(b)       The Agent agrees
to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Operating Partnership against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to
which they may become subject, under the 1933 Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions
in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement
thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein
a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the Base Prospectus,
the Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus in light of the circumstances under which they are made), not misleading, in each case
to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was
made in the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus, or any such amendment or
supplement thereto, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished
to the Company by the Agent expressly for use therein; and will reimburse the Company and the Operating Partnership for any legal
or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses
are incurred.

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(c)       Promptly after receipt
by an indemnified party under Section 7(a) or Section 7(b) above of notice of the commencement of
any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such
subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying
party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection except
and then only to the extent such indemnifying party is materially prejudiced thereby. In case any such action shall be brought
against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall
be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified,
to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent
of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified
party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under
this Section 7 for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by
such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable out-of-pocket costs of investigation. No indemnifying
party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), effect the settlement
or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect
of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential
party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the
indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an
admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

(d)       If the indemnification
provided for in this Section 7 is unavailable to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 7(a)
or Section 7(b) in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred
to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of
such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the
relative benefits received by the Company and the Operating Partnership, on the one hand, and the Agent, on the other hand, from
the offering of the Shares to which such loss, claim, damage or liability (or action in respect thereof) relates. If, however,
the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law, then each indemnifying party
shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only
such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company and the Operating Partnership, on the one hand, and the Agent,
on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities
(or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the
Company and the Operating Partnership, on the one hand, and the Agent, on the other hand, shall be deemed to be in the same proportion
as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the total commissions received
by the Agent. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue
statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the
Company and the Operating Partnership, on the one hand, or the Agent, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent,
knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company, the Operating Partnership
and the Agent agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined
by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations
referred to above in this Section 7(d). The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this Section 7(d) shall be deemed
to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending
any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7(d), the Agent shall not be required to contribute
any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Shares sold by it to the public were offered to the public
exceeds the amount of any damages which the Agent has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue
statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f)
of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

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(e)       The obligations of
the Company and the Operating Partnership under this Section 7 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company
and the Operating Partnership may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to the directors and officers
of the Agent and to each person, if any, who controls the Agent within the meaning of the 1933 Act and each broker-dealer affiliate
of the Agent; and the obligations of the Agent under this Section 7 shall be in addition to any liability which the
Agent may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company and
to each person, if any, who controls the Company or the Operating Partnership within the meaning of the 1933 Act.

Section 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements
to Survive Delivery. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company,
the Operating Partnership and the Agent, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant
to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof)
made by or on behalf of the Agent or any controlling person of the Agent, or the Company or the Operating Partnership, or any officer
or director of the Company or controlling person of the Company or the Operating Partnership, and shall survive delivery of and
payment for the Shares.

Section 9. No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship.
The Company and the Operating Partnership each acknowledge and agree that (i) the Agent is acting solely in the capacity of
an arm’s-length contractual counterparty to the Company and the Operating Partnership with respect to the offering of Shares
contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of such offering), (ii) the Agent has not assumed
an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Company or the Operating Partnership with respect to the offering contemplated
hereby or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether the Agent has advised or is currently advising the Company or the
Operating Partnership on other matters) or any other obligation to the Company or the Operating Partnership except the obligations
expressly set forth in this Agreement and (iii) the Company and the Operating Partnership have consulted their own legal and
financial advisors to the extent they deemed appropriate. Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership agrees that it will
not claim that the Agent has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Company
or the Operating Partnership, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.

Section 10. Termination.

(a)       The Company shall
have the right, by giving written notice as hereinafter specified, to terminate this Agreement in its sole discretion at any time.
Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party, except that (i) with respect to any pending
sale through the Agent for the Company or with respect to any pending sale to the Agent pursuant to a Term Agreement or any offering
or resale of any Shares purchased or to be purchased by the Agent pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the obligations of the Company,
including in respect of compensation of the Agent, shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination and (ii) the
provisions of Section 1, Section 5, Section 7 and Section 8 of this Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination.

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(b)       The Agent shall have
the right, by giving written notice as hereinafter specified, to terminate this Agreement in its sole discretion at any time. Any
such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except that the provisions of Section 1,
Section 5, Section 7 and Section 8 of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect
notwithstanding such termination.

(c)       This Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect until and unless terminated pursuant to Section 10(a) or (b) above or otherwise
by mutual agreement of the parties; provided that any such termination by mutual agreement or pursuant to this Section 10(c)
shall in all cases be deemed to provide that Section 1, Section 5, Section 7 and Section 8
of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

(d)       Any termination of
this Agreement shall be effective on the date specified in such notice of termination; provided that such termination shall
not be effective until the close of business on the date of receipt of such notice by the Agent or the Company, as the case may
be. If such termination shall occur prior to the Settlement Date for any sale of Shares, such sale shall settle in accordance with
the provisions of Section 2(h) hereof.

(e)       In the case of any
purchase by the Agent pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the Agent may terminate this Agreement at any time at or prior to the Settlement
Date (i) if there has been, in the judgment of the Agent, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective
dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, any material
adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company,
the Operating Partnership and their respective subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary
course of business, or (ii) if there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States
or the international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or other calamity or crisis or any change
or development involving a prospective change in national or international political, financial or economic conditions, in each
case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Agent, impracticable or inadvisable to market the Shares
or to enforce contracts for the sale of Shares, or (iii) if trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended or
materially limited by the Commission or the Principal Market, or if trading generally on the New York Stock Exchange, the NYSE
Amex Equities or the Nasdaq Stock Market has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have
been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by any of said exchanges or by such system or by order of the Commission,
FINRA or any other Governmental Entity, or (iv) a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement
or clearance services in the United States or (v) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either federal or New York
authorities.

Section 11. Notices. All statements, requests, notices
and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Agent shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex, facsimile transmission
or electronic mail to:

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Capital One Securities, Inc.

201 St. Charles Avenue, Suite 1830

New Orleans, Louisiana 70170

Facsimile: (212) 916-2556

Attention: Gabrielle Halprin

and if to the Company or the Operating Partnership to:

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.

11250 El Camino Real, Suite 200

San Diego, California 92130

Facsimile: (858) 408-3668

Attention: Stuart A. Tanz and Michael B. Haines

Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take
effect upon receipt thereof.

Section 12. Parties. This Agreement shall be binding
upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Agent, the Company and the Operating Partnership and, to the extent provided in Sections 7
and 8 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and the Agent and each person who controls the Company, the Operating
Partnership or the Agent, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall
acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. No purchaser of Shares through the Agent shall be deemed a successor
or assign by reason merely of such purchase.

Section 13. Time of the Essence. Time shall be of
the essence of this Agreement. As used herein, the term “business day” shall mean any day when the Commission’s
office in Washington, D.C. is open for business.

Section 14. Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury
Trial. No proceeding related to this Agreement or any Terms Agreement or any transactions contemplated hereby or thereby may
be commenced, prosecuted or continued in any court other than the courts of the State of New York located in the City and County
of New York or in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, which courts shall have jurisdiction
over the adjudication of such matters, and each of the Company and the Operating Partnership consents to the jurisdiction of such
courts and personal service with respect thereto. Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership waives all right to trial by
jury in any proceeding (whether based upon contract, tort or otherwise) in any way arising out of or relating to this Agreement
or any Terms Agreement. Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership agrees that a final judgment in any such proceeding brought
in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon it and may be enforced in any other courts to whose jurisdiction it is or
may be subject, by suit upon such judgment.

Section 15. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE
GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO ITS PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS
OF LAW.

Section 16. Counterparts. This Agreement and any Terms
Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto and thereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall
be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. This Agreement
and any Terms Agreement may be delivered by any party by facsimile or other electronic transmission.

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Section 17. Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability
of any section, paragraph or provision of this Agreement or any Terms Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability
of any other section, paragraph or provision hereof or thereof, as the case may be. If any section, paragraph or provision of this
Agreement or any Terms Agreement is for any reason determined to be invalid or unenforceable, there shall be deemed to be made
such minor changes (and only such minor changes) as are necessary to make it valid and enforceable.

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to the Company and the Operating Partnership a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument,
along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the Agent, the Company and the Operating Partnership in accordance
with its terms.

[Signature page follows]

 

 

 

 

 

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		RETAIL OPPORTUNITY INVESTMENTS CORP.
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Michael B. Haines
	 		Name: Michael B. Haines
	 	 	Title: Chief Financial Officer
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	RETAIL OPPORTUNITY INVESTMENTS PARTNERSHIP, LP
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:	Retail Opportunity Investments GP, LLC,
	 	 	its general partner
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Michael B. Haines
	 		Name: Michael B. Haines
	 		Title: Chief Financial Officer

[Signature Page to Sales Agreement]

     

     

    

 

	Accepted as of the date hereof:
	 	 	 
	Capital One Securities, Inc.
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	By:	/s/ Greg K. Steele	 
	 	Name: Greg K. Steele	 
	 	Title: Managing Director	 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Schedule 1

SIGNIFICANT SUBSIDIARIES

Retail Opportunity Investments Partnership, LP

Retail Opportunity Investments GP, LLC

ROIC Washington, LLC

ROIC Oregon, LLC

ROIC California, LLC

ROIC Crossroads GP, LLC

ROIC Crossroads LP, LLC

Terranomics Crossroads Associates, LP

 

 

 

 

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Annex I

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.

Common Stock

($0.0001 par value per share)

TERMS AGREEMENT

Capital One Securities, Inc.

201 St. Charles Avenue, Suite 1830

New Orleans, Louisiana 70170

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp., a Maryland corporation (the
“Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein and in the Sales Agreement, dated May
1, 2018 (the “Sales Agreement”), among the Company, Retail Opportunity Investments Partnership, LP (the “Operating
Partnership”) and Capital One Securities, Inc. (the “Agent”), to issue and sell to the Agent the securities
specified in the Schedule hereto (the “Purchased Securities”). Capitalized terms used herein and not defined
have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Sales Agreement.

Each of the provisions of the Sales Agreement not specifically
related to the solicitation by the Agent, as agent of the Company, of offers to purchase securities is incorporated herein by reference
in its entirety, and shall be deemed to be part of this Terms Agreement to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth
in full herein. Each of the representations and warranties set forth therein shall be deemed to have been made at and as of the
date of this Terms Agreement and the Applicable Time, except that each representation and warranty in Section 1 of the Sales
Agreement which makes reference to the Prospectus (as therein defined) shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty as of
the date of the Sales Agreement in relation to the Prospectus, and also a representation and warranty as of the date of this Terms
Agreement and the Settlement Date in relation to the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to relate to the Purchased Securities.

An amendment to the Registration Statement (as defined in the
Sales Agreement), or a supplement to the Prospectus, as the case may be, relating to the Purchased Securities, in the form heretofore
delivered to the Agent is now proposed to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the
Sales Agreement which are incorporated herein by reference, the Company agrees to issue and sell to the Agent and the latter agrees
to purchase from the Company the number of shares of the Purchased Securities at the time and place and at the purchase price set
forth in the Schedule hereto.

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, please sign and return to the Company and the Operating Partnership a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument,
along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the Agent, the Company and the Operating Partnership in accordance
with its terms.

THIS TERMS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

    	 	Annex I – 1	 

     

    

 

 

	 	 	RETAIL OPPORTUNITY INVESTMENTS CORP.
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	 
	 	 	 	Name:
	 	 	 	Title:
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	RETAIL OPPORTUNITY INVESTMENTS PARTNERSHIP, LP
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	Retail Opportunity Investments GP, LLC,
	 	 	 	its general partner
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	By:	 	 
	 	 	 	Name:
	 	 	 	Title:
	 	 	 	 
	Accepted as of the date hereof: 	 	 
	 	 	 
	Capital One Securities, Inc.	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	By:	____________________________	 	 
		Name: 	 	 
	 	Title: 	 	 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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