Document:

EX-4.2

 Exhibit 4.2 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 

dated as of [-], 2022 

between 
 THE GLADSTONE
COMPANIES, LTD., 
 DAVID GLADSTONE 

AND 
 THE GLADSTONE
COMPANIES, INC. 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

							
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	 ARTICLE I
	  	     DEFINITIONS
	  	 	1	 
			
	 1.1
	  	 Definitions
	  	 	1	 
			
	 ARTICLE II
	  	     REGISTRATION RIGHTS
	  	 	5	 
			
	 2.1
	  	 Demand Rights.
	  	 	5	 
			
	 2.2
	  	 Piggyback Registration Rights.
	  	 	8	 
			
	 2.3
	  	 Form S-3 Registration; Shelf
Registration.
	  	 	10	 
			
	 2.4
	  	 Shelf Take-Downs.
	  	 	13	 
			
	 2.5
	  	 Selection of Underwriters
	  	 	14	 
			
	 2.6
	  	 Withdrawal Rights; Expenses.
	  	 	15	 
			
	 2.7
	  	 Registration and Qualification
	  	 	15	 
			
	 2.8
	  	 Underwriting; Due Diligence.
	  	 	19	 
			
	 2.9
	  	 Indemnification and Contribution.
	  	 	21	 
			
	 2.10
	  	 Cooperation; Information by Selling Holder.
	  	 	24	 
			
	 2.11
	  	 Rule 144
	  	 	24	 
			
	 2.12
	  	 Holdback Agreement.
	  	 	25	 
			
	 2.13
	  	 Suspension of Sales
	  	 	25	 
			
	 2.14
	  	 Third Party Registration Rights.
	  	 	25	 
			
	 2.15
	  	 Mergers
	  	 	26	 
			
	 2.16
	  	 Synthetic Secondary Offerings
	  	 	26	 
			
	 ARTICLE III
	  	     MISCELLANEOUS
	  	 	26	 
			
	 3.1
	  	 Notices
	  	 	26	 
			
	 3.2
	  	 Section Headings
	  	 	27	 
			
	 3.3
	  	 Governing Law
	  	 	28	 
			
	 3.4
	  	 Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process
	  	 	28	 
			
	 3.5
	  	 Amendments; Termination
	  	 	28	 
			
	 3.6
	  	 Specific Enforcement
	  	 	28	 
			
	 3.7
	  	 Entire Agreement
	  	 	28	 
			
	 3.8
	  	 Severability
	  	 	28	 
			
	 3.9
	  	 Counterparts
	  	 	28	 

  
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 REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT 

This Registration Rights Agreement (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this
“Agreement”), dated as of [-], 2022, is made by and among The Gladstone Companies, Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company (“TGC LTD”), David Gladstone (“David
Gladstone”) and The Gladstone Companies, Inc. (the “Company”). 
 WHEREAS, TGC LTD and
David Gladstone are the direct and indirect beneficial owners of all the equity securities of the Company, respectively; 
 WHEREAS,
the Company is currently contemplating an underwritten initial public offering (“IPO”) of shares of its Common Stock (as defined below); and 

WHEREAS, in connection with, and effective upon, the date of completion of the IPO, TGC LTD, David Gladstone and the Company wish to
set forth certain understandings between such parties. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and undertakings
contained herein and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows: 

ARTICLE I 
 
DEFINITIONS 
 1.1    Definitions. The following terms shall have
the following respective meanings:“Affiliate” means, with respect to any person, any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with, such other person; provided, however, that
portfolio companies in which any person or any of its Affiliates has an investment shall not be deemed an Affiliate of such person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms
“controlled by” and “under common control with”) when used with respect to any person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to cause the direction of management or policies of such person, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. 
 “Agreed-Upon Venues” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.4. 
 “Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble. 

“Business Day” means a day, other than Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York
are authorized or required by applicable law to close. 
 “Class B Common Stock”
means shares of the Company’s Class B common stock, $0.01 par value per share. 
 “Common Stock” means
shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, $0.01 par value per share. 

  
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 “Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble. 

“Continuance Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(c). 

“Demand” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a). 

“Demand Registration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a). 

“Disclosure Package” means (i) the preliminary prospectus, (ii) each Free Writing Prospectus and
(iii) all other information that is deemed, under Rule 159 under the Securities Act, to have been conveyed to purchasers of securities at the time of sale (including a contract of sale). 

“Equity Securities” means, with respect to any Person, any (i) membership interests or shares of capital stock,
(ii) equity, ownership, voting, profit or participation interests or (iii) similar rights or securities in such Person or any of its Subsidiaries, or any rights or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, options or other rights to
acquire from such Person or any of its Subsidiaries, or obligation on the part of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries to issue, any of the foregoing. 

“Form S-3 Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.3(b). 
 “Form S-3 Shelf Registration Statement” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b). 
 “Free Writing Prospectus” means any “free writing
prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act. 
 “Governmental Authority” means any
transnational, domestic or foreign federal, state or local governmental, regulatory or administrative authority, department, court, agency or official, including any political subdivision thereof. 

“Initiating Shelf Holder” has the meaning set forth in the Section 2.4(a). 

“IPO” has the meaning set forth in the recitals. 

“Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b). 

“New Registration Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14. 

“Non-Marketed Take-Down Share” means with respect to each Initiating Shelf
Holder and each other Notice Recipients delivering a notice with respect to and participating in such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down subject to Section 2.4(d), a number equal to the product of
(i) the total number of Registrable Securities to be included in such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down pursuant to Section 2.4(c) and (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the
total number of Registrable Securities beneficially owned by the Initiating Shelf Holder or such participating Notice Recipient, as applicable, and the denominator of which is the 

  
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total number of Registrable Securities beneficially owned by the Initiating Shelf Holder and all participating Notice Recipients delivering a notice and participating in such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down. 

“Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.4(c). 
 “Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Notice”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(d). 
 “Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf
Take-Down Piggyback Election” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(c). 
 “Notice Recipient”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(d). 
 “Other Securities” means Common Stock of the Company sought to
be included in a registration other than Registrable Securities. 
 “Parties” means the Company and the Registration
Parties that are from time to time party to this Agreement. 
 “Person” means any individual, firm, corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, trust, estate, joint venture, governmental authority or other entity. 
 “Permitted
Transferee” has the meaning set forth in the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company. 

“Piggyback Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a). 

“Registrable Securities” means shares of Common Stock owned by a Registration Party, whether now held or hereinafter
acquired, including any shares of Common Stock issuable or issued upon conversion or exchange of other securities, including the Class B Common Stock, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (“Overlying Securities”),
including upon an exchange or by way of unit or stock dividend or unit or stock split, or in connection with a combination of units or shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other reorganization, until: (i) a registration statement
covering such shares of Common Stock or applicable Overlying Securities has been declared effective by the SEC and such shares of Common Stock or applicable Overlying Securities have been disposed of pursuant to such effective registration
statement; (ii) such shares of Common Stock or applicable Overlying Securities are sold under circumstances in which all of the applicable conditions of Rule 144 (or any similar provisions then in force) under the Securities Act are met;
(iii) with respect to any Registration Party, such Registration Party and its Affiliates beneficially own less than 2% of the outstanding Common Stock and all of such shares of Common Stock may be sold without restriction under Rule 144 (or any
similar provisions then in force); or (iv) (A) the Company has delivered a new certificate or other evidence of ownership for such shares of Common Stock or applicable Overlying Securities not bearing a restrictive legend and (B) such
shares of Common Stock or applicable Overlying Securities may be resold without limitation or subsequent registration under the Securities Act. 

  
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 “Registration Expenses” means any and all expenses incident to
performance of or compliance with any registration of securities pursuant to Article II (other than underwriting discounts and commissions), including (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and accountants,
including for special audits and comfort letters; (ii) all expenses, including filing fees, in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the registration statement, any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus, any other
offering document and amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to any underwriters and dealers; (iii) the cost of printing or producing any underwriting agreements and blue sky or legal investment
memoranda and any other documents in connection with the offering, sale or delivery of the securities to be disposed of; (iv) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the securities to be disposed of for offering and sale under
state “blue sky” securities laws, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for the underwriters and the Selling Holders in connection with such qualification and in connection with any blue sky and legal
investment surveys; (v) all expenses, including filing fees, incident to securing any required review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the securities to be disposed of; (vi) transfer agents’ and registrars’ fees and expenses
and the fees and expenses of any other agent or trustee appointed in connection with such offering; (vii) all security engraving and security printing expenses; (viii) all fees and expenses payable in connection with the listing of the
securities on any securities exchange or automated interdealer quotation system or the rating of such securities; (ix) all expenses with respect to road shows that the Company is obligated to pay pursuant to Section 2.7(o); and
(x) the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for the Registration Parties participating in the registration (which counsel shall be chosen by the participating Registration Party that then holds the most Registrable Securities)
incurred in connection with any such registration and any offering of Common Stock relating to such registration, including any Shelf Take-Down. 

“Registration Party” means TGC LTD and its successors, David Gladstone, Transferees under Section 2.1(c) holding
Registrable Securities and any New Registration Party. 
 “Selling Holder” means, with respect to any registration
statement, any Registration Party whose Registrable Securities are included therein. 
 “Shelf Holder” means any
Registration Party whose Registrable Securities are included in the Form S-3 Shelf Registration Statement. 

“Shelf Registration Statement” means a registration statement providing for an offering to be made on a continuous
basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act in accordance with the plan and method of distribution set forth in the prospectus included in such registration statement. 

“Shelf Take-Down” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a). 

“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association,
joint venture or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the Person or Persons (whether directors,
managers, trustees or other Persons performing similar functions) having the power to direct or cause the 

  
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direction of the management and policies thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a
combination thereof. 
 “Transfer” means any sale, assignment, transfer, exchange, gift, bequest, pledge,
hypothecation or other disposition or encumbrance, direct or indirect, in whole or in part, by operation of law or otherwise. The terms “Transferred”, “Transferring”,
“Transferor”, “Transferee” and “Transferable” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. 

“Underwritten Shelf Take-Down” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b). 

“Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b). 

“Withdrawn Offering” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(c). 

ARTICLE II 
 
REGISTRATION RIGHTS 
 2.1    Demand Rights. 

(a)    Demand Rights. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including Section 2.1(b)),
at any time upon written notice delivered by a Registration Party (a “Demand”) at any time requesting that the Company effect the registration (a “Demand Registration”) under the Securities Act of any
or all of the Registrable Securities held by such Registration Party, which Demand shall specify the number and type of such Registrable Securities to be included in such registration and the intended method or methods of disposition of such
Registrable Securities, the Company shall, as promptly as reasonably practicable, give written notice of such Demand to all other Registration Parties and shall, as promptly as reasonably practicable, at any time after the expiration or waiver of
the lock-up agreements delivered pursuant to the underwriting agreement relating to the IPO, file the appropriate registration statement and use reasonable best efforts to effect the registration under the
Securities Act and applicable state securities laws of (i) the Registrable Securities which the Company has been so requested to register for sale by such Registration Party in the Demand, and (ii) all other Registrable Securities which
the Company has been requested to register for sale by such other Registration Parties by written request given to the Company within 15 days after the giving of such written notice by the Company (which request shall specify the intended method of
disposition of such Registrable Securities), in each case subject to Section 2.1(f), all to the extent required to permit the disposition (in accordance with such intended methods of disposition) of the Registrable Securities to be so
registered for sale. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the method of disposition is an underwritten offering, the right of any Registration Party to include Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such
Registration Party’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Registration Party’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise agreed by the Registration Parties with a majority of the Registrable
Securities participating in the registration and by the requesting Registration Party) to the extent provided in this Agreement, and all 

  
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Registration Parties proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in Section 2.7) enter into an underwriting
agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. 

(b)    Limitations on Demand Rights. Any Demand by a Registration Party shall include a number of
Registrable Securities that equals or is greater than the lesser of (i) 1.0% of the total Registrable Securities then outstanding and (ii) $20 million (such value shall be determined based on the value of such Registrable Securities on the date
immediately preceding the date upon which the Demand has been received by the Company). 

(c)    Assignment. In connection with the Transfer of Registrable Securities to any Person other than by
operation of law, a Registration Party may assign to any Transferee of such Registrable Securities (i) the right to make Demands pursuant to Section 2.1(a) and (ii) the right to participate in or effect any registration and/or Shelf
Take-Down pursuant to the terms of Section 2.1(a), Section 2.2, Section 2.3 and Section 2.4, in each case to the extent that such Transferor has such rights. In connection with the Transfer of Registrable Securities by operation
of law to any Permitted Transferee, a Transferee of such Registrable Securities shall be assigned (i) the right to make Demands pursuant to Section 2.1(a) and (ii) the right to participate in or effect any registration and/or Shelf
Take-Down pursuant to the terms of Section 2.1(a), Section 2.2, Section 2.3 and Section 2.4, in each case to the extent that such Transferor has such rights. In the event of any such assignment, references to the Registration
Parties in this Agreement shall be deemed to refer to such Transferee if such Transferee is making any Demand or otherwise exercising its registration rights hereunder. In each of the foregoing cases, as a condition to such Transfer, a Transferee
shall enter into a joinder agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A to become party to this Agreement and expressly be subject to Section 2.12 herein. If any such Transferee is an individual and married, as a condition to such Transfer,
such Transferee shall deliver to the Company a duly executed copy of a spousal consent in the form attached hereto as Annex B. In the event of any such assignment, references to the Registration Party in Section 2.12 shall be deemed to refer to
such Transferee. In addition, in each of the foregoing cases, the relevant Registration Party shall, as promptly as reasonably practicable, give written notice of any such assignment to the Company and, in the case of an assignment by a Registration
Party, the other Registration Parties in accordance with the addresses and other contact information set forth under Section 3.1. 

(d)    Company Blackout Rights. With respect to any registration statement filed, or to be filed, including
any amendment, renewal or replacement thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.1, if (i) the board of directors of the Company determines in good faith after consultation with outside counsel that such registration would cause the Company to
disclose material non-public information, which disclosure (x) would be required to be made in any registration statement so that such registration statement would not be materially misleading,
(y) would not be required to be made at such time but for the filing or effectiveness of such registration statement and (z) would be materially detrimental to the Company or would materially interfere with any material financing,
acquisition, corporate reorganization or merger or other similar transaction involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and that, as a result of such potential disclosure or interference, it is in the best interests of the Company to defer
the filing or effectiveness of such registration statement at such time or suspend the Selling Holders’ 

  
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use of any prospectus which is a part of the registration statement, and (ii) the Company furnishes to the Selling Holders a certificate signed by the chief executive officer of the Company
to that effect, then the Company shall have the right to defer such filing or effectiveness or suspend the continuance of such effectiveness for a period of not more than 120 days (in which event, in the case of a suspension, such Selling Holder
shall discontinue sales of Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration statement); provided, that the Company shall not use this right, together with any other deferral or suspension of the Company’s obligations under Section 2.1
or Section 2.3, more than once in any 12-month period. The Company shall as promptly as reasonably practicable notify the Selling Holders of the expiration of any deferral or suspension period during
which it exercised its rights under this Section 2.1(d). The Company agrees that, in the event it exercises its rights under this Section 2.1(d), it shall, as promptly as reasonably practicable following the expiration of the applicable
deferral or suspension period, file or update and use its reasonable best efforts to cause the effectiveness of, as applicable, the applicable deferred or suspended registration statement or prospectus which is a part of the registration statement.

 (e)    Fulfillment of Registration Obligations. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement,
a registration requested pursuant to this Section 2.1 shall not be deemed to have been effected: (i) if the registration statement is withdrawn without becoming effective; (ii) if after it has become effective such registration is
interfered with by any stop order, injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC or any other Governmental Authority for any reason other than a misrepresentation or an omission by a Selling Holder that is the Registration Party, or an
Affiliate of the Registration Party (other than the Company and its controlled Affiliates), that made the Demand relating to such registration and, as a result thereof, the Registrable Securities requested to be registered cannot be completely
distributed in accordance with the plan of distribution set forth in the related registration statement; (iii) if the registration does not contemplate an underwritten offering, if it does not remain effective for at least 180 days (or such
shorter period as will terminate when all securities covered by such registration statement have been sold or withdrawn); or if such registration statement contemplates an underwritten offering, if it does not remain effective for at least 180 days
plus such longer period as, in the opinion of counsel for the underwriter or underwriters, a prospectus is required by applicable law to be delivered in connection with the sale of Registrable Securities by an underwriter or dealer; or (iv) in
the event of an underwritten offering, if the conditions to closing (including any condition relating to an overallotment option) specified in the purchase agreement or underwriting agreement entered into in connection with such registration are not
satisfied or waived other than by reason of some wrongful act or omission by a Selling Holder that is the Registration Party, or an Affiliate of the Registration Party, that made the Demand relating to such registration. 

(f)    Cutbacks in Demand Registration. If the lead underwriter or managing underwriter advises the Company
in writing (with a copy to each Selling Holder) that, in such firm’s good faith view, the number of Registrable Securities and Other Securities requested to be included in a Demand Registration exceeds the number which can be sold in such
offering without being likely to have a significant adverse effect upon the price, timing or distribution of the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities and Other Securities then contemplated, the Company shall include in such registration:

  
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 (1)    first, Registrable Securities owned by the Registration
Parties that are requested to be included in such registration pursuant to Section 2.1(a) and that can be sold without having the significant adverse effect referred to above, pro rata on the basis of the relative number of such Registrable
Securities owned by the Registration Parties requesting inclusion in such registration; 
 (2)    second, shares
of Common Stock that the Company proposes to sell for its own account that can be sold without having the significant adverse effect referred to above; and 

(3)    third, the Other Securities owned by any holder thereof with a contractual right to include such Other
Securities in such registration that can be sold without having the significant adverse effect referred to above, pro rata on the basis of the relative number of such Other Securities owned by the Persons requesting inclusion in such registration.

 2.2    Piggyback Registration Rights. 

(a)    Notice and Exercise of Rights. If the Company at any time proposes or is required to register any of
its Common Stock or any other Equity Securities under the Securities Act (other than a Demand Registration pursuant to Section 2.1 or a registration pursuant to Section 2.3), whether or not for sale for its own account, in a manner that
would permit registration of Registrable Securities for sale for cash to the public under the Securities Act, subject to the last sentence of this Section 2.2(a), it shall at each such time give written notice (the “Piggyback
Notice”), as promptly as reasonably practicable, to each Registration Party of its intention to do so, which Piggyback Notice shall specify the number of shares of such Common Stock or other Equity Securities to be included in such
registration. Upon the written request of any Registration Party made within 15 days after receipt of the Piggyback Notice by such Person (which request shall specify the number of Registrable Securities intended to be disposed of), subject to the
other provisions of this Article II, the Company shall effect, in connection with the registration of such Common Stock or other Equity Securities, the registration under the Securities Act of all Registrable Securities which the Company has been so
requested to register; provided, that in no event shall the Company be required to register pursuant to this Section 2.2 any securities other than Common Stock. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.2, the
Company shall not be required to effect any registration of Registrable Securities under this Section 2.2 incidental to the registration of any of its securities on Forms S-4 or S-8 (or any similar or successor form providing for the registration of securities in connection with mergers, acquisitions, exchange offers, subscription offers, dividend reinvestment plans or stock option or other
executive or employee benefit or compensation plans) or any other form that would not be available for registration of Registrable Securities. 

(b)    Determination Not to Effect Registration. If at any time after giving such Piggyback Notice and prior
to the effective date of the registration statement filed in connection with such registration the Company shall determine for any reason not to register the securities originally intended to be included in such registration, the Company may, at its
election, give written notice of such determination to the Selling Holders and thereupon the Company shall be relieved of its obligation to register such Registrable Securities in connection 

  
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with the registration of securities originally intended to be included in such registration, without prejudice, however, to the right of a Registration Party immediately to request that such
registration be effected as a registration under Section 2.1 (including a shelf registration under Section 2.3) to the extent permitted thereunder. 

(c)    Cutbacks in Company Offering. If the registration referred to in the first sentence of
Section 2.2(a) is to be an underwritten registration on behalf of the Company, and the lead underwriter or managing underwriter advises the Company in writing (with a copy to each Selling Holder) that, in such firm’s good faith view, the
number of Other Securities and Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number which can be sold in such offering without being likely to have a significant adverse effect upon the price, timing or
distribution of the offering and sale of the Other Securities and Registrable Securities then contemplated, the Company shall include in such registration: 

(1)    first, all securities proposed to be registered on behalf the Company; 

(2)    second, Registrable Securities owned by the Registration Parties that are requested to be included in such
registration pursuant to this Section 2.2 and that can be sold without having the significant adverse effect referred to above, pro rata on the basis of the relative number of such Registrable Securities owned by the Registration Parties
requesting inclusion in such registration; and 
 (3)    third, the Other Securities that are requested to be
included in such registration pursuant to the terms of any agreement providing for registration rights to which the Company is a party that can be sold without having the significant adverse effect referred to above, pro rata on the basis of the
relative number of such Other Securities owned by the Persons requesting inclusion in such registration. 

(d)    Cutbacks in Other Offerings. If the registration referred to in the first sentence of
Section 2.2(a) is to be an underwritten registration other than on behalf of the Company, and the lead underwriter or managing underwriter advises the Selling Holders in writing (with a copy to the Company) that, in such firm’s good faith
view, the number of Registrable Securities and Other Securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number which can be sold in such offering without being likely to have a significant adverse effect upon the price, timing or
distribution of the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities and Other Securities then contemplated, the Company shall include in such registration: 

(1)    first, the Other Securities held by any holder thereof with a contractual right to include such Other
Securities in such registration prior to any other Person; 
 (2)    second, Registrable Securities owned by the
Registration Parties that are requested to be included in such registration pursuant to this Section 2.2 and that can be sold without having the significant adverse effect referred to above, pro rata on the basis of the relative number of such
Registrable Securities owned by the Registration Parties requesting inclusion in such registration; 

  
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 (3)    third, shares of Common Stock that the Company proposes
to sell for its own account that can be sold without having the significant adverse effect referred to above; and 

(4)    fourth, the Other Securities that are requested to be included in such registration pursuant to the terms
of any agreement providing for registration rights to which the Company is a party that can be sold without having the significant adverse effect referred to above, pro rata on the basis of the relative number of such Other Securities owned by the
Persons requesting inclusion in such registration. 
 (e)    Unlimited Piggyback Registration Rights. For
purposes of clarity, any Registration effected pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof shall not be counted as a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration effected under Section 2.1 hereof. 

2.3    Form S-3 Registration; Shelf
Registration. 
 (a)    Notwithstanding anything in Section 2.1 or Section 2.2 to the contrary, if
the Company receives from any Registration Party a written request or requests that the Company effect a registration on Form S-3 and any related qualification or compliance with respect to all or a part of
the Registrable Securities owned by such Registration Party, and the Company is then eligible to use Form S-3 for the resale of Registrable Securities, the Company shall: 

(1)    as promptly as reasonably practicable, give written notice of the proposed registration, and any related
qualification or compliance, to all other Registration Parties; and 
 (2)    as promptly as reasonably
practicable, file and use reasonable best efforts to effect such registration and all such qualifications and compliances as may be so requested and as would permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of all or such portion of such Registration
Party’s Registrable Securities as are specified in such request, together with all or such portion of the Registrable Securities of any other Registration Party joining in such request as are specified in a written request given within 20 days
after receipt of such written notice from the Company; provided, that the Company shall not be obligated to effect any such registration, qualification or compliance pursuant to this Section 2.3 (or, with respect to a request under
Section 2.4, any Shelf Take-Down pursuant to Section 2.4): 
 (A)    if Form S-3 is not available for such offering by the Registration Parties; 

(B)    solely with respect to filing and causing the effectiveness of a registration on Form S-3 or effecting a Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, if the Registration Parties, together with the holders of any Registrable Securities entitled to inclusion in such registration (or Marketed Underwritten
Shelf Take-Down, as applicable), propose to sell Registrable Securities at an aggregate price to the public (before any underwriters’ discounts or commissions) of less than $20 million; 

  
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 (C)    if the board of directors of the Company determines in
good faith after consultation with outside counsel that such Form S-3 registration would cause the Company to disclose material non-public information, which disclosure
(x) would be required to be made in any registration statement so that such registration statement would not be materially misleading, (y) would not be required to be made at such time but for the filing or effectiveness of such
registration statement and (z) would be materially detrimental to the Company or would materially interfere with any material financing, acquisition, corporate reorganization or merger or other similar transaction involving the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, and that, as a result of such potential disclosure or interference, it is in the best interests of the Company to defer the filing or effectiveness of such registration statement (or, with respect to a Shelf Take-Down under
Section 2.4, the sale of securities of the Company pursuant to such Form S-3 Registration Statement) at such time, then the Company shall have the right to defer such filing of the Form S-3 Registration Statement (or Shelf Take-Down) for a period of not more than 120 days after receipt of the request of the Registration Party under this Section 2.3 (or Section 2.4, as applicable);
provided, that the Company shall not use this right, together with any other deferral or suspension of the Company’s obligations under Section 2.1 or Section 2.3, more than once in any 12-month
period. The Company shall as promptly as reasonably practicable notify the Selling Holders of the expiration of any deferral period during which it exercised its rights under this Section 2.3(a)(2)(C). The Company agrees that, in the event it
exercises its rights under this Section 2.3(a)(2)(C), it shall, as promptly as reasonably practicable following the expiration of the applicable deferral period, file or update and use its reasonable best efforts to cause the effectiveness of,
as applicable, the applicable deferred registration statement (or Shelf Take-Down); 
 (D)    solely with
respect to filing and causing the effectiveness of a registration on Form S-3, subject to Section 2.3(d), if the Company has, within the 90-day period preceding the
date of such request, already effected one registration on Form S-3 for a Registration Party pursuant to this Section 2.3 (but, for the avoidance of doubt, regardless of whether any Shelf Take-Downs have
been effected during such period); provided, that any such registration shall be deemed to have been “effected” if the registration statement relating thereto (x) has become or been declared or ordered effective under
the Securities Act, and any of the Registrable Securities of the Registration Party included in such registration have actually been sold thereunder, and (y) has remained effective for a period of at least 180 days; or 

(E)    in any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to qualify to do business or to
execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such registration, qualification or compliance. 

(F)    solely with respect to effecting a Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, if the Company has effected four
such Marketed Underwritten Shelf Takedowns in the preceding 12 months. 
 (b)    Subject to the foregoing, the
Company shall file a registration statement covering the Registrable Securities so requested to be registered, as promptly as reasonably practicable, after receipt of the request or requests of the Registration Parties (the “Form S-3 Registration Statement”) and any such Registration Party may request inclusion of a plan of distribution in accordance with Section 2.7(i) and/or that such Form
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constitute a shelf offering on a delayed or continuous basis in accordance with Rule 415 under the Securities Act (a “Form S-3 Shelf
Registration Statement”), in which case the provisions of Section 2.4 shall also be applicable. 

(c)    If a Registration Party intends to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by its request under this
Section 2.3 by means of a Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down pursuant to Section 2.4(b), it shall so advise the Company as a part of its request made pursuant to this Section 2.3 and, subject to the limitations set forth in
Section 2.3(a), the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in Section 2.3(a). In such event, the right of any Registration Party to include Registrable Securities in such registration (or Underwritten
Shelf Take-Down, as applicable) shall be conditioned upon such Registration Party’s participation in such underwriting and the inclusion of such Registration Party’s Registrable Securities in the underwriting (unless otherwise agreed by
the Registration Parties with a majority of the Registrable Securities participating in the registration and by the requesting Registration Party) to the extent provided in this Agreement. All Registration Parties proposing to distribute their
securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in Section 2.7) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Section 2.3 or Section 2.4, if the lead underwriter or managing underwriter advises the Company in writing (with a copy to each Selling Holder) that, in such firm’s good faith view, the number of Registrable
Securities and Other Securities requested to be included in such offering exceeds the number which can be sold in such offering without being likely to have a significant adverse effect upon the price, timing or distribution of the offering and sale
of the Registrable Securities and Other Securities then contemplated, the Company shall include in such offering: 

(1)    first, Registrable Securities owned by the Registration Parties that are requested to be included in such
registration pursuant to Section 2.3 and Section 2.4 and that can be sold without having the significant adverse effect referred to above, pro rata on the basis of the relative number of such Registrable Securities owned by the
Registration Parties requesting inclusion in such registration; 
 (2)    second, shares of Common Stock that
the Company proposes to sell for its own account that can be sold without having the significant adverse effect referred to above; and 

(3)    third, the Other Securities owned by any holder thereof with a contractual right to include such Other
Securities in such offering that can be sold without having the significant adverse effect referred to above, pro rata on the basis of the relative number of such Other Securities owned by the Persons seeking inclusion in such offering. 

(d)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall receive from any Registration Party of Registrable
Securities then outstanding a written request or requests under Section 2.3 that the Company effect a registration statement on Form S-3 that includes only those items and that information that is
required to be included in parts I and II of such Form, and does not include any additional or extraneous items of information (e.g., a lengthy description of the Company or the Company’s business) (an “Ordinary S-3 Registration Statement”), then Section 2.3(a)(2)(D) shall not apply to such Ordinary S-3 Registration Statement request. 

  
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 (e)    Upon the written request of any Registration Party, prior
to the expiration of effectiveness of any existing Form S-3 Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with Rule 415, the Company shall file and seek the effectiveness of a new Form S-3 Shelf Registration Statement in order to permit the continued offering of the Registrable Securities included under such existing Form S-3 Shelf Registration Statement.

 2.4    Shelf Take-Downs. 

(a)    Any Selling Holder of Registrable Securities included in a Form S-3
Shelf Registration Statement (an “Initiating Shelf Holder”) may initiate an offering or sale of all or part of such Registrable Securities (a “Shelf Take-Down”), in which case the provisions of this
Section 2.4 shall apply. 
 (b)    If an Initiating Shelf Holder so elects in a written request delivered to
the Company (an “Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Notice”), a Shelf Take-Down may be in the form of an underwritten offering (an “Underwritten Shelf Take-Down”) and, subject to the limitations set forth in
the proviso to Section 2.3(a)(2) as modified by Section 2.3(d), the Company shall file and effect an amendment or supplement to its Shelf Registration Statement (including the filing of a supplemental prospectus) for such purpose as
promptly as reasonably practicable. Such Initiating Shelf Holder shall indicate in such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Notice whether it intends for such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down to involve a customary “road show”
(including an “electronic road show”) or other substantial marketing effort by the underwriters over a period of at least 48 hours (a “Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down”). Upon receipt of an
Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Notice indicating that such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down will be a Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, the Company shall as promptly as reasonably practicable (but in any event no later than three Business Days after
receipt of the notice for such Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down) give written notice of such Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down to all other Shelf Holders and shall permit the participation of all such Shelf Holders that request inclusion in
such Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down who respond in writing within three Business Days after the receipt of such notice of their election to participate. The provisions of Section 2.3(c) (other than the first sentence thereof) shall apply
with respect to the right of the Initiating Shelf Holder and any other Shelf Holder to participate in any Underwritten Shelf Take-Down. 

(c)    If the Initiating Shelf Holder desires to effect an Underwritten Shelf Take-Down that does not constitute a
Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down (a “Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down”), the Initiating Shelf Holder shall so indicate in a written request delivered to the Company no
later than three Business Days prior to the expected date of such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, which request shall include (i) the total number of Registrable Securities expected to be
offered and sold in such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, (ii) the expected plan of distribution of such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down,
(iii) the action or actions required (including the timing thereof) in connection with such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down (including the delivery of one or more stock certificates representing
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Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down) and (iv) at the option and in the sole discretion of such Initiating Shelf Holder, an election that such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down shall be subject to Section 2.4(d) (a “Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Piggyback Election”),
and, subject to the limitations set forth in the proviso to Section 2.3(a)(2) as modified by Section 2.3(d), the Company shall file and effect an amendment or supplement to its Shelf Registration Statement (including the filing of a
supplemental prospectus) for such purpose as promptly as reasonably practicable (and in any event within four Business Days). 

(d)    Upon receipt from any Registration Party of a written request pursuant to Section 2.4(c) that contains
an affirmative Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Piggyback Election, the Company shall provide written notice (a “Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf
Take-Down Notice”) of such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down promptly to all Registration Parties (other than the requesting Registration Party), which
Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Notice shall set forth (i) the total number of Registrable Securities expected to be offered and sold in such Non-Marketed
Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, (ii) the expected plan of distribution of such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, (iii) that each recipient of such
Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Notice (each, a “Notice Recipient”) shall have the right, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Section 2.4(d),
to elect to sell up to its Non-Marketed Take-Down Share and (iv) the action or actions required (including the timing thereof, which for the avoidance of doubt shall not require any delay in the expected
date of such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down or extension of the Company’s obligation to file and effect an amendment or supplement to its Shelf Registration Statement as soon as practicable
(and in any event within four Business Days) of the Initiating Shelf Holder’s Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down request pursuant to Section 2.4(c)) in connection with such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down with respect to each Notice Recipient that elects to exercise such right (including the delivery of one or more stock certificates representing shares of Registrable
Securities held by such Notice Recipient to be sold in such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down). Upon receipt of such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down
Notice, each such Notice Recipient may elect to sell up to its Non-Marketed Take-Down Share with respect to each such Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down, by
taking such action or actions referred to in clause (iv) above in a timely manner. If the Initiating Shelf Holder does not elect to sell all of its respective Non-Marketed Take-Down Share, the unelected
portion of such Non-Marketed Take-Down Share shall be allocated to the Notice Recipients, pro rata based on their respective Non-Marketed Take-Down Shares.
Notwithstanding the delivery of any Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down Notice, all determinations as to whether to complete any Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf
Take-Down and as to the timing, manner, price and other terms of any Non-Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down contemplated by Section 2.4(d) shall be at the discretion of the Initiating Shelf Holder.

 2.5    Selection of Underwriters. In the event that any registration
pursuant to this Article II (other than a registration under Section 2.2) shall involve, in whole or in part, an underwritten offering, the underwriter or underwriters shall be designated by the Registration Party (or in the case of a Shelf
Take-Down, the Initiating Shelf Holder) that requested such underwritten offering in accordance with this Article II, which underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company. 

  
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 2.6    Withdrawal Rights; Expenses.

 (a)    A Selling Holder may withdraw all or any part of its Registrable Securities from any registration
or offering (including a registration effected pursuant to Section 2.1) by giving written notice to the Company of its request to withdraw at any time. In the case of a withdrawal, any Registrable Securities so withdrawn shall be reallocated
among the remaining participants in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement. 
 (b)    Except
as provided in this Agreement, the Company shall pay all Registration Expenses with respect to a particular offering (or proposed offering). Except as provided herein, each Selling Holder and the Company shall be responsible for its own fees and
expenses of financial advisors and their internal administrative and similar costs, as well as their respective pro rata shares of underwriters’ commissions and discounts, which shall not constitute Registration Expenses. 

(c)    If the Registration Party that requested a Demand Registration or a Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down
pursuant to Section 2.1 or Section 2.4 withdraws all of its Registrable Securities from such Demand Registration or Marketed Underwritten Shelf Take-Down (a “Withdrawn Offering”), the other Registration Party(ies)
or the Company may, in any of their sole discretion, elect within three Business Days thereafter to have the Company continue such Withdrawn Offering by giving written notice of such election to the Company and/or the other Registration Parties (a
“Continuance Notice”), in which case such Withdrawn Offering shall proceed in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement as if such Withdrawn Offering had been initiated by the Party providing the Continuance
Notice (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not cause any new notice or consent period with respect to other Registration Parties to occur under this Agreement and shall not otherwise change the requirements for and timing of any notices and
consents under this Agreement as they then exist with respect to such Withdrawn Offering). 

2.7    Registration and Qualification. If and whenever the Company is
required to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities under the Securities Act as provided in this Article II, the Company shall as promptly as practicable: 

(a)    Registration Statement. (i) Prepare and (as promptly as reasonably practicable thereafter and in
any event no later than 30 days after the end of the applicable period specified in Section 2.1(a), Section 2.2(a) or Section 2.3(a)(2) within which requests for registration may be given to the Company) file a registration statement
under the Securities Act relating to the Registrable Securities to be offered and use reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective as promptly as practicable thereafter, and keep such registration statement
effective for 180 days or, if earlier, until the distribution contemplated in the registration statement has been completed; provided, that in the case of any registration of Registrable Securities on Form S-3
which are intended to be offered on a continuous or delayed basis, such 180-day period shall be extended, if necessary, to keep the registration statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended to
the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for sales of such Registrable Securities, and to ensure that it conforms with the requirements of this Agreement, the Securities Act and the policies, rules and regulations of the SEC as announced
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Registrable Securities or (B) no Registrable Securities then exist; (ii) furnish to the lead underwriter or underwriters, if any, and to the Selling Holders who have requested that
Registrable Securities be covered by such registration statement, prior to the filing thereof with the SEC, a copy of the registration statement, and each amendment thereof, and a copy of any prospectus, and each amendment or supplement thereto
(excluding amendments caused by the filing of a report under the Exchange Act); and (iii) use reasonable best efforts to reflect in each such document, when so filed with the SEC, such comments as such Persons reasonably may on a timely basis
propose; 
 (b)    Amendments; Supplements. Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements
to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection therewith as may be (i) reasonably requested by any Selling Holder (to the extent such request relates to information relating to such Selling Holder), or (ii) necessary
to keep such registration statement effective and to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of all Registrable Securities until the earlier of (A) such time as all of such Registrable Securities have
been disposed of in accordance with the intended methods of disposition set forth in such registration statement and (B) if a Form S-3 registration, the expiration of the applicable period specified in
Section 2.7(a) and, if not a Form S-3 registration, the applicable period specified in Section 2.1(e)(iii); provided, that any such required period shall be extended for such number of days
(x) during any period from and including the date any written notice contemplated by paragraph (f) below is given by the Company until the date on which the Company delivers to the Selling Holders the supplement or amendment contemplated
by paragraph (f) below or written notice that the use of the prospectus may be resumed, as the case may be, and (y) during which the offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration statement is interfered with by any stop
order, injunction or other order or requirement of the SEC or any other governmental agency or court; provided, further, that the Company shall have no obligation to a Selling Holder participating on a “piggyback” basis
pursuant to Section 2.1(a) or Section 2.2 in a registration statement that has become effective to keep such registration statement effective for a period beyond 180 days from the effective date of such registration statement. The Company
shall respond, as promptly as reasonably practicable, to any comments received from the SEC and request acceleration of effectiveness, as promptly as reasonably practicable, after it learns that the SEC will not review the registration statement or
after it has satisfied comments received from the SEC. With respect to each Free Writing Prospectus or other materials to be included in the Disclosure Package, ensure that no Registrable Securities be sold “by means of” (as
defined in Rule 159A(b) under the Securities Act) such Free Writing Prospectus or other materials without the prior written consent of the Selling Holders of the Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement, which Free Writing
Prospectuses or other materials shall be subject to the review of counsel to such Selling Holders, and make all required filings of all Free Writing Prospectuses with the SEC; 

(c)    Copies. Furnish to the Selling Holders and to any underwriter of such Registrable Securities such
number of conformed copies of such registration statement and of each such amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits), such number of copies of the prospectus included in such registration statement (including each
preliminary prospectus, summary prospectus and Free Writing Prospectus), in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, such documents incorporated by reference in such registration statement or prospectus, and such other documents, as
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underwriter may reasonably request, and upon request a copy of any and all transmittal letters or other correspondence to or received from, the SEC or any other Governmental Authority or
self-regulatory body or other body having jurisdiction (including any domestic or foreign securities exchange) relating to such offering; 

(d)    Blue Sky. Register and qualify the securities covered by such registration statement under such other
securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the Selling Holders and do any and all other acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable such Selling Holders to consummate the
disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities owned by such Selling Holder; provided, that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do business, or to file a general consent
to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions; 
 (e)    Delivery of Certain Documents.
(i) Furnish to each Selling Holder and to any underwriter of such Registrable Securities an opinion of counsel for the Company (which opinion (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriters, if any,
or, in the case of a non-underwritten offering, to the Selling Holders) addressed to each Selling Holder and any underwriter of such Registrable Securities and dated the date of the closing under the
underwriting agreement (if any) (or if such offering is not underwritten, dated the effective date of the applicable registration statement) covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in sales of securities or underwritten
offerings, (ii) in connection with an underwritten offering, furnish to each Selling Holder and any underwriter of such Registrable Securities a “cold comfort” and “bring-down” letter addressed to
each Selling Holder and any underwriter of such Registrable Securities and signed by the independent public accountants who have audited the financial statements of the Company included in such registration statement, in each such case covering
substantially the same matters with respect to such registration statement (and the prospectus included therein) as are customarily covered in accountants’ letters delivered to underwriters in underwritten public offerings of securities and
such other matters as any Selling Holder may reasonably request and, in the case of such accountants’ letter, with respect to events subsequent to the date of such financial statements and (iii) cause such authorized officers of the
Company to execute customary certificates as may be requested by any Selling Holder or any underwriter of such Registrable Securities; 

(f)    Notification of Certain Events; Corrections. Promptly notify the Selling Holders and any underwriter
of such Registrable Securities in writing (i) of the occurrence of any event as a result of which the registration statement or the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a
material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (ii) of any request by the SEC or any other
regulatory body or other body having jurisdiction for any amendment of or supplement to any registration statement or other document relating to such offering, and (iii) if for any other reason it shall be necessary to amend or supplement such
registration statement or prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act and, in any such case as promptly as reasonably practicable thereafter, prepare and file with the SEC an amendment or supplement to such registration statement or
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 (g)    Notice of Effectiveness. Notify the Selling Holders
and the lead underwriter or underwriters, if any, and (if requested) confirm such advice in writing, as promptly as reasonably practicable after notice thereof is received by the Company (i) when the applicable registration statement or any
amendment thereto has been filed or becomes effective and when the applicable prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto has been filed, (ii) of any comments by the SEC, (iii) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending
the effectiveness of such registration statement or any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary or final prospectus or the initiation or threat of any proceedings for such purposes and (iv) of the receipt by the Company of any
notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threat of any proceeding for such purpose; 

(h)    Stop Orders. Use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the entry of, and use its reasonable best
efforts to obtain as promptly as reasonably practicable the withdrawal of, any stop order with respect to the applicable registration statement or other order suspending the use of any preliminary or final prospectus; 

(i)    Plan of Distribution. Promptly incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to
the applicable registration statement such information as any Selling Holder requests (subject to the agreement of the lead underwriter or underwriters, if any) be included therein relating to the plan of distribution with respect to such
Registrable Securities, which may include disposition of Registrable Securities by all lawful means, including firm-commitment underwritten public offerings, block trades, agented transactions, sales directly into the market, purchases or sales by
brokers, derivative transactions, short sales, stock loan or stock pledge transactions and sales not involving a public offering; and make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment as promptly as reasonably
practicable after being notified of the matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment; 

(j)    Other Filings. Use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Registrable Securities covered by the
applicable registration statement to be registered with or approved by such other Governmental Authorities as may be necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or the underwriter or underwriters, if any, to consummate the disposition of such
Registrable Securities; 
 (k)    FINRA Compliance. Cooperate with each Selling Holder and each
underwriter or agent, if any, participating in the disposition of such Registrable Securities and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA; 

(l)    Listing. Use its reasonable best efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities registered pursuant
to such registration to be listed and remain on each securities exchange and automated interdealer quotation system on which identical securities issued by the Company are then listed; 

(m)    Transfer Agent; Registrar; CUSIP Number. Provide a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable
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 (n)    Compliance; Earnings Statement. Otherwise use its
reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, and make available to each Selling Holder, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least 12 months, but not more than
18 months, beginning with the first month after the effective date of the applicable registration statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act; 

(o)    Road Shows. To the extent reasonably requested by the lead or managing underwriters in connection
with an underwritten offering pursuant to Section 2.1 or a Form S-3 underwritten offering pursuant to Section 2.3 and Section 2.4(b), send appropriate officers of the Company to attend any
“road shows” scheduled in connection with any such underwritten offering, with all out of pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Company or such officers in connection with such attendance to be paid by the Company; 

(p)    Certificates. Unless the relevant securities are issued in book-entry form, furnish for delivery in
connection with the closing of any offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a registration effected pursuant to this Article II unlegended certificates representing ownership of the Registrable Securities being sold in such denominations as
shall be requested by any Selling Holder or the underwriters of such Registrable Securities (it being understood that the Selling Holders shall use reasonable best efforts to arrange for delivery to the Depository Trust Company); and 

(q)    Reasonable Best Efforts. Use reasonable best efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the
registration and offering of the Registrable Securities contemplated hereby. 

2.8    Underwriting; Due Diligence. 

(a)    If requested by the underwriters for any underwritten offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a
registration requested under this Article II, the Company shall enter into an underwriting agreement with such underwriters for such offering, which agreement will contain such representations and warranties by the Company and such other terms and
provisions as are customarily contained in underwriting agreements generally with respect to secondary distributions to the extent relevant, including indemnification and contribution provisions substantially to the effect and to the extent provided
in Section 2.9, and agreements as to the provision of opinions of counsel and accountants’ letters to the effect and to the extent provided in Section 2.7(e). The Selling Holders on whose behalf the Registrable Securities are to be
distributed by such underwriters shall be parties to any such underwriting agreement, and the representations and warranties by, and the other agreements on the part of, the Company to and for the benefit of such underwriters, shall also be made to
and for the benefit of such Selling Holders and the conditions precedent to the obligations of such underwriters under such underwriting agreement shall also be conditions precedent to the obligations of such Selling Holders to the extent
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such other terms and provisions as are customarily contained in underwriting agreements with respect to secondary distributions, when relevant. No Selling Holder shall be required in any such
underwriting agreement or related documents to make any representations or warranties to or agreements with the Company or the underwriters other than customary representations, warranties or agreements regarding such Selling Holder’s title to
Registrable Securities and any written information provided by the Selling Holder to the Company expressly for inclusion in the related registration statement, and the liability of any Selling Holder under the underwriting agreement shall be several
and not joint and in no event shall the liability of any Selling Holder under the underwriting agreement be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds received by such Selling Holder under the sale of the Registrable Securities
pursuant to such underwriting agreement (net of underwriting discounts and commissions). 
 (b)    In connection
with the preparation and filing of each registration statement registering Registrable Securities under the Securities Act pursuant to this Article II, the Company shall make available upon reasonable notice at reasonable times and for reasonable
periods for inspection by each Selling Holder, by any lead underwriter or underwriters participating in any disposition to be effected pursuant to such registration statement, and by any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any Selling
Holder or any lead underwriter, all pertinent financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company, and use its reasonable best efforts to cause all of the Company’s officers, directors and employees and the
independent public accountants who have certified the Company’s financial statements to make themselves reasonably available to discuss the business of the Company and to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Selling Holders,
lead underwriters, attorneys, accountants or agents in connection with such registration statement as shall be necessary to enable them to exercise their due diligence responsibility (subject to entry by each party referred to in this clause
(b) into customary confidentiality agreements in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company). 
 (c)    In
the case of an underwritten offering requested by the Registration Parties pursuant to Section 2.1 or Section 2.3 or an Underwritten Shelf Take-Down pursuant to Section 2.4, the price, underwriting discount and other financial terms
for the Registrable Securities of the related underwriting agreement shall be determined by the Registration Party exercising its Demand or requesting such Underwritten Shelf Take-Down. In the case of any underwritten offering of securities by the
Company pursuant to Section 2.2, such price, discount and other terms shall be determined by the Company, subject to the right of Selling Holders to withdraw their Registrable Securities from the registration pursuant to Section 2.6(a).

 (d)    Subject to Section 2.8(a), no Person may participate in an underwritten offering (including an
Underwritten Shelf Take-Down) unless such Person (i) agrees to sell such Person’s securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled to approve such arrangements and (ii) completes and
executes all customary questionnaires, powers of attorney, custody agreements, indemnities, underwriting agreement and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements. 

  
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 2.9    Indemnification and
Contribution. 
 (a)    Indemnification by the Company. In the case of each offering of Registrable
Securities made pursuant to this Article II, the Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless, to the extent permitted by applicable law, each Selling Holder, each underwriter of Registrable Securities so offered and each Person, if any, who
controls or is alleged to control (within the meaning set forth in the Securities Act) any of the foregoing Persons, the Affiliates of each of the foregoing (other than the Company and its controlled Affiliates), and the officers, directors,
partners, members, employees and agents of each of the foregoing, against any and all losses, liabilities, costs (including reasonable attorney’s fees and disbursements), claims and damages, joint or several, to which they or any of them may
become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, including any amount paid in settlement of any litigation commenced or threatened, insofar as such losses, liabilities, costs, claims and damages (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof,
whether or not such indemnified Person is a party thereto) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the registration statement (or in any preliminary, final or summary prospectus
included therein) or in the Disclosure Package, or in any offering memorandum or other offering document relating to the offering and sale of such Registrable Securities, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or in any document
incorporated by reference therein, or any 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 a prospectus or preliminary prospectus, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made) not misleading; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable to any Person in any such case to the extent that any such loss, liability, cost, claim or damage arises out of or relates to any
untrue statement, or any omission, if such statement or omission shall have been made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to such Person (which information shall be limited to the name of such Person, the address of such
Person, the number of shares of Common Stock held by such Person, the number of shares of Common Stock being offered by such Person in the offering and the nature of the beneficial ownership of the Common Stock owned by such Person) furnished in
writing to the Company by or on behalf of such Person expressly for inclusion in the registration statement (or in any preliminary, final or summary prospectus included therein), offering memorandum or other offering document, or any amendment
thereof or supplement thereto. Such indemnity shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any such Person and shall survive the transfer of such securities. 

(b)    Indemnification by Selling Holders. In the case of each offering made pursuant to this Agreement,
each Selling Holder, by exercising its registration and/or piggyback rights under this Agreement, agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company, each other Selling Holder
and each Person, if any, who controls or is alleged to control (within the meaning set forth in the Securities Act) any of the foregoing, any Affiliate of any of the foregoing, and the officers, directors, partners, members, employees and agents of
each of the foregoing, against any and all losses, liabilities, costs (including reasonable attorney’s fees and disbursements), claims and damages to which they or any of them may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, including
any amount paid in settlement of any litigation commenced or threatened, insofar as such losses, liabilities, costs, claims and damages (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof, whether or not such indemnified Person is a party thereto) arise
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made by such Selling Holder of a material fact contained in the registration statement (or in any preliminary, final or summary prospectus included therein) or in the Disclosure Package relating
to the offering and sale of such Registrable Securities prepared by the Company or at its direction, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or any omission by such Selling Holder of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein (in the case of a prospectus or preliminary prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, but in each case only to the extent that such untrue statement of a material fact occurs
in reliance upon and in conformity with, or such material fact is omitted from, information relating to such Selling Holder (which information shall be limited to the name of such Selling Holder, the address of such Selling Holder, the number of
shares of Common Stock held by such Selling Holder, the number of shares of Common Stock being offered by such Selling Holder in the offering and the nature of the beneficial ownership of the Common Stock owned by such Person) furnished in writing
to the Company by or on behalf of such Selling Holder expressly for inclusion in such registration statement (or in any preliminary, final or summary prospectus included therein) or Disclosure Package, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto.

 (c)    Indemnification Procedures. Each Party entitled to indemnification under this Section 2.9
shall give notice to the Party required to provide indemnification, as promptly as reasonably practicable, after such indemnified Party has actual knowledge that a claim is to be made against the indemnified Party as to which indemnity may be
sought, and shall permit the indemnifying Party to assume the defense of such claim or litigation resulting therefrom and any related settlement and settlement negotiations, subject to the limitations on settlement set forth below; provided, that
counsel for the indemnifying Party, who shall conduct the defense of such claim or any litigation resulting therefrom, shall be approved by the indemnified Party (whose approval shall not unreasonably be withheld, conditioned or delayed), and the
indemnified Party may participate in such defense at such Party’s expense; and provided, further, that the failure of any indemnified Party to give notice as provided in this Agreement shall not relieve the indemnifying Party of its obligations
under this Section 2.9, except to the extent the indemnifying Party is actually prejudiced by such failure to give notice. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an indemnified Party shall have the right to retain separate counsel, with the reasonable
fees and expenses of such counsel being paid by the indemnifying Party, if representation of such indemnified Party by the counsel retained by the indemnifying Party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such
indemnified Party and any other party represented by such counsel or if the indemnifying Party has failed to assume the defense of such action. No indemnified Party shall enter into any settlement of any litigation commenced or threatened with
respect to which indemnification is or may be sought without the prior written consent of the indemnifying Party (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). No indemnifying Party, in the defense of any such claim or
litigation, shall, except with the consent of each indemnified Party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement that does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified
Party of a release, reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified Party, from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation. Each indemnified Party shall furnish such information regarding itself or the claim in question as an indemnifying Party
may reasonably request in writing and as shall be reasonably required in connection with defense of such claim and litigation resulting therefrom. 

  
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 (d)    Contribution. If the indemnification provided for
in this Section 2.9 shall for any reason be unavailable (other than in accordance with its terms) to an indemnified Party in respect of any loss, liability, cost, claim or damage referred to therein, then each indemnifying Party shall, in lieu
of indemnifying such indemnified Party, contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified Party as a result of such loss, liability, cost, claim or damage in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the
indemnifying Party on the one hand and the indemnified Party on the other with respect to the statements or omissions which resulted in such loss, liability, cost, claim or damage as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative
fault shall be determined by reference to whether the untrue statement of a material fact or omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the indemnifying Party on the one hand or the indemnified Party on the other, the
intent of the Parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified Party as a result of the loss, cost, claim, damage or liability,
or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this paragraph (d) shall be deemed to include, for purposes of this paragraph (d), any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified Party in connection with investigating or
defending any such action or claim. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.9(d) to the contrary, no indemnifying Party (other than the Company) shall be required pursuant to this Section 2.9(d) to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which
the net proceeds received by such indemnifying Party from the sale of Registrable Securities in the offering to which the losses of the indemnified Parties relate exceeds the amount of any damages which such indemnifying Party has otherwise been
required to pay by reason of such untrue statement or omission. The Parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 2.9(d) were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of
allocation which does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 2.9(d). 

(e)    Indemnification/Contribution under State Law. Indemnification and contribution similar to that
specified in the preceding paragraphs of this Section 2.9 (with appropriate modifications) shall be given by the Company and the Selling Holders with respect to any required registration or other qualification of securities under any state
applicable law or with any Governmental Authority. 
 (f)    Obligations Not Exclusive. The obligations of
the Parties under this Section 2.9 shall be in addition to any liability which any Party may otherwise have to any other Person. 

(g)    Survival. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of this Section 2.9 shall survive any
termination of this Agreement. 
 (h)    Limitation of Selling Holder Liability. The liability of any
Selling Holder under this Section 2.9 shall be several and not joint and in no event shall the liability of any Selling Holder under this Section 2.9 be greater in amount than the dollar amount of the proceeds, net of underwriting
discounts and commissions, received by such Selling Holder from the sale of the Registrable Securities giving rise to such indemnification/contribution obligation. 

  
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 (i)    Third Party Beneficiary. Each of the indemnified
Persons referred to in this Section 2.9 shall be a third party beneficiary of the rights conferred to such Person in this Section 2.9. 

2.10    Cooperation; Information by Selling Holder. 

(a)    It shall be a condition of each Selling Holder’s rights under this Article II that such Selling Holder
cooperate with the Company by entering into any undertakings and taking such other action relating to the conduct of the proposed offering which the Company or the underwriters may reasonably request as being necessary to insure compliance with
federal and state securities laws and the rules or other requirements of FINRA or which are otherwise customary and which the Company or the underwriters may reasonably request to effectuate the offering. 

(b)    Each Selling Holder shall furnish to the Company such information regarding such Selling Holder and the
distribution proposed by such Selling Holder as the Company may reasonably request in writing and as shall be reasonably required in connection with any registration, qualification or compliance referred to in this Article II. The Company shall have
the right to exclude from the registration any Selling Holder that does not comply with this Section 2.10. 

(c)    At such time as an underwriting agreement with respect to a particular underwriting is entered into, the
terms of any such underwriting agreement shall govern with respect to the matters set forth therein to the extent inconsistent with this Article II; provided, that the indemnification provisions of such underwriting agreement as they relate to the
Selling Holders are customary for registrations of the type then proposed and provide for indemnification by such Selling Holders only with respect to information relating to such Selling Holder (which information shall be limited to the name of
such Selling Holder, the address of such Selling Holder, the number of shares of Common Stock held by such Selling Holder, the number of shares of Common Stock being offered by such Selling Holder in the offering and the nature of the beneficial
ownership of the Common Stock owned by such Person) furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of such Selling Holder expressly for inclusion in such registration statement (or in any preliminary, final or summary prospectus included
therein) or Disclosure Package, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto. 

2.11    Rule 144. The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to
ensure that the conditions to the availability of Rule 144 under the Securities Act set forth in paragraph (c) of Rule 144 shall be satisfied. The Company agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to file with the SEC in a timely manner all
reports and other documents required of the Company under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, at any time after it has become subject to such reporting requirements. Upon the request of any Registration Party for so long as such information is
a necessary element of such Person’s ability to avail itself of Rule 144, the Company shall deliver to such Person (i) a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements and (ii) a copy of the most recent annual
or quarterly report of the Company, and such other reports and documents so filed as such Person may reasonably request in availing itself of any rule or regulation of the SEC allowing such Person to sell any such securities without registration.
 

  
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 2.12    Holdback Agreement. 

(a)    In the case of any underwritten offering pursuant to this Agreement, each Registration Party participating
in such underwritten offering, agrees not to effect any public sale or distribution (including sales pursuant to Rule 144) of equity securities of the Company, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for such equity
securities, during any time period reasonably requested by the managing underwriter(s) of such underwritten offering, which shall not exceed 90 days. Each Registration Party subject to the restrictions of the preceding sentence shall receive the
benefit of any shorter “lock-up” period or permitted exceptions agreed to by the managing underwriter(s) for any underwritten offering pursuant to this Agreement and the terms of such lock-up agreements shall govern such Registration Party in lieu of the preceding sentence. 

(b)    In the case of any underwritten offering pursuant to this Agreement, the Company shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to cause any stockholders that beneficially own 5% or more of the Common Stock (other than the Registration Parties) and its directors and executive officers to execute any lock-up
agreements in form and substance as agreed by the Registration Parties and as reasonably requested by the managing underwriters. 

(c)    In the case of any underwritten offering pursuant to this Agreement, the Company agrees not to effect any
public offering or distribution of any equity securities of the Company, or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for equity securities of the Company for a period commencing on the date of the prospectus pursuant to which such
offering may be made and ending 90 days after the date of such prospectus, except as part of such underwritten offering. 
 
2.13    Suspension of Sales. Each Selling Holder participating in a registration agrees that, upon receipt of notice from the Company pursuant to Section 2.7(f), such Selling Holder shall discontinue
disposition of its Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration statement until receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended prospectus contemplated by Section 2.7(f), or until advised in writing by the Company that the use of
the prospectus may be resumed, as the case may be, and, if so directed by the Company, such Selling Holder shall deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Selling Holder’s
possession, of the prospectus covering such Registrable Securities which are current at the time of the receipt of the notice of the event described in Section 2.7(f). 

2.14    Third Party Registration Rights. 

(a)    Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to prevent the Company from providing registration rights to any
other Person on such terms as the board of directors of the Company deems desirable in its sole discretion; provided that the Company does not grant any shelf, demand, piggyback or incidental registration rights that are senior to or otherwise
conflict with the rights granted to the Registration Parties under this Agreement to any other Person without the prior written consent of TGC LTD and David Gladstone. 

(b)    Any Person may join this agreement as Registration Party with the prior written consent of the Company, TGC
LTD and David Gladstone (such Person, a “New Registration Party”), provided that such New Registration Party (a) enters into a joinder agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A to become party to this Agreement
and expressly be subject to Section 2.12 herein and (b) if a New Registration Party is an individual 

  
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and married, such New Registration Party shall, as a condition to becoming a Registration Party deliver to the Company a duly executed copy of a spousal consent in the form attached hereto as
Annex B. 
 2.15    Mergers. The Company shall not, directly or
indirectly, (x) enter into any merger, consolidation, recapitalization, combination of shares or other reorganization in which the Company shall not be the surviving corporation or (y) Transfer or agree to Transfer all or substantially all
the Company’s assets, unless prior to such merger, consolidation, reorganization or asset Transfer, the surviving corporation or the transferee, as applicable, shall have agreed in writing to assume the obligations of the Company under this
Agreement, and for that purpose references hereunder to “Registrable Securities”, shall be deemed to include the securities which the Registration Parties, would be entitled to receive in exchange for Registrable Securities,
pursuant to any such merger, consolidation, reorganization or asset Transfer. 

2.16    Synthetic Secondary Offerings. If a Registration Party elects to
conduct an offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Agreement, the Company may, in its sole discretion, elect to conduct a synthetic secondary offering with respect to such Registrable Securities (i.e. an offering in which the Company
sells Common Stock for its account and uses the net proceeds of such offering to acquire an equal number of Registrable Securities from the Registration Party that has elected to conduct an offering). In such case, the Common Stock sold by the
Company for its own account shall be treated the same as Registrable Securities being offered by the Registration Party for purposes of Sections 2.1(f), 2.2(c) and 2.2(d) and other related provisions of this Agreement. 

ARTICLE III 
 
MISCELLANEOUS 
 3.1    Notices. All notices, requests, demands
and other communications to any party hereunder shall be made in writing (including facsimile transmission and electronic mail (“e-mail”) transmission, so long as a receipt of such e-mail is requested and received by non-automated response) and shall be given: 

(a)    if to the Company, to: 

The Gladstone Companies, Inc. 

1521 Westbranch Drive, Suite 100 

McLean, Virginia 22102 

Attention:    [-] 

E-mail:    [-] 

With copies (which shall not constitute actual or constructive notice) to: 

Cooley LLP 
 55 Hudson Yards 

New York, NY 10001 

Attention:       Joshua A. Kaufman 

    Nicolas H.R. Dumont 

  
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E-mail:    josh.kaufman@cooley.com 

                ndumont@cooley.com 

(b)    if to TGC LTD, to: 

The Gladstone Companies, Ltd. 

1521 Westbranch Drive, Suite 100 

McLean, Virginia 22102 

Attention:    [-] 

E-mail:        [-] 

With copies (which shall not constitute actual or constructive notice) to: 

[-] 

			
	Attention:	 	[-]
	Facsimile:	 	[-]
	E-mail:	 	[-]

 (c)    if to David Gladstone, to: 

David Gladstone 
 c/o The
Gladstone Companies, Inc. 
 1521 Westbranch Drive, Suite 100 

McLean, Virginia 22102 

Attention:    [-] 

E-mail:        [-] 

With copies (which shall not constitute actual or constructive notice) to: 

[-] 

			
	Attention:	 	[-]
	Facsimile:	 	[-]
	E-mail:	 	[-]

 (d)    if to any Transferee or any New Registration Party, to the address specified
by such Person on the applicable joinder to this Agreement. 
 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any Person may, from time to
time, update any address and/or other contact information for itself by providing written notice such update to the Company and the other Registration Parties. All notices, requests and other communications shall be deemed received on the date of
receipt by the recipient thereof if received prior to 5:00 p.m. New York City time on a Business Day in the place of receipt. Otherwise, any such notice, request or communication shall be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business
Day in the place of receipt. 
 3.2    Section Headings. The article and
section headings in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. References in this Agreement to a designated “Article” or
“Section” refer to an Article or Section of this Agreement unless otherwise specifically indicated. 

  
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 3.3     Governing
Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. 
 
3.4     Consent to Jurisdiction and Service of Process. The exclusive venues for all disputes arising out of this Agreement shall be the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia and the
19th Judicial Circuit of Virginia, Fairfax County, Virginia (the “Agreed-Upon Venues”), and no other venues. The Parties stipulate that the Agreement is an arms-length transaction entered into by sophisticated parties, and
that the Agreed-Upon Venues are convenient, are not unreasonable, unfair, or unjust, and will not deprive any Party of any remedy to which it may be entitled. The Parties agree to consent to the dismissal of any action arising out of this Agreement
that may be filed in a venue other than one of the Agreed-Upon Venues; the reasonable legal fees and costs of the Party seeking dismissal for improper venue will be paid by the Party that filed suit in the improper venue. Without limiting the
foregoing, each Party agrees that service of process on such Party as provided in Section 3.1 shall be deemed effective service of process on such Party. 

3.5     Amendments; Termination. This Agreement may be amended only by an
instrument in writing executed by the Company and each Registration Party. Any such amendment will apply to all Registration Parties equally, without distinguishing between them. This Agreement will terminate as to any Registration Party when it no
longer holds any Registrable Securities. 
 3.6    Specific Enforcement.
The Parties acknowledge that the remedies at law of the other Parties for a breach or threatened breach of this Agreement would be inadequate and, in recognition of this fact, any Party to this Agreement, without posting any bond, and in addition to
all other remedies that may be available, shall be entitled to obtain equitable relief in the form of specific performance, a temporary restraining order, a temporary or permanent injunction or any other equitable remedy that may then be available.

 3.7    Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire
agreement and understanding of the Parties with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The registration rights granted under this Agreement supersede any registration, qualification or similar rights with respect to any
Registrable Securities granted under any other agreement at any time, and any of such preexisting registration rights are hereby terminated. 

3.8    Severability. The invalidity or unenforceability of any specific
provision of this Agreement shall not invalidate or render unenforceable any of its other provisions. Any provision of this Agreement held invalid or unenforceable shall be deemed reformed, if practicable, to the extent necessary to render it valid
and enforceable and to the extent permitted by law and consistent with the intent of the Parties to this Agreement. 
 
3.9    Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts, including by means of facsimile or .pdf, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute the
same instrument. 
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered
as of the date first set forth above. 
  

			
	THE GLADSTONE COMPANIES, LTD.

 
			
		
	 By:
	 	
     

 
			
	 Name:

	 Title:

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered
as of the date first set forth above. 
  

			
	THE GLADSTONE COMPANIES, INC.

 
			
		
	By:	 	
     

 
			
	 Name: [-]

	 Title: [-]

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered
as of the date first set forth above. 
  

	
	DAVID GLADSTONE
	
	      

	 David Gladstone

 Annex A 

FORM OF 
 JOINDER
AGREEMENT 
 The undersigned is executing and delivering this Joinder Agreement pursuant to that certain Registration Rights Agreement,
dated as of [-], 2022 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Registration Rights Agreement”), by and between The Gladstone Companies, Ltd., David Gladstone, and
The Gladstone Companies, Inc. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Joinder Agreement shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Registration Rights Agreement. 

By executing and delivering this Joinder Agreement to the Registration Rights Agreement, the undersigned hereby adopts and approves the
Registration Rights Agreement and agrees, effective commencing on the date hereof and as a condition to the undersigned’s becoming a [Transferee of Registrable Securities][New Registration Party], to be bound by and comply with the provisions
of, the Registration Rights Agreement, including Section 2.12 therein, in the same manner as if the undersigned were an original signatory to the Registration Rights Agreement. 

The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that Article III of the Registration Rights Agreement is incorporated herein by reference, mutatis
mutandis. 

 Accordingly, the undersigned has executed and delivered this Joinder Agreement as of the
     day of                     ,             . 

 

			
	     

	 (Signature of [Transferee][New Registration Party])

	
	     

	(Print Name of [Transferee][New Registration Party])

 
			
		
	Address:	 	      

			
	     

	
    

 
			
		
	Telephone:	 	      

			
	Facsimile:	 	      

			
	Email:	 	      

 
			
	AGREED AND ACCEPTED
as of the      day of                     ,
            .
	
	THE GLADSTONE COMPANIES, LTD.

 
			
		
	By:	 	      

			
	Name:	 	      

			
	Title:	 	      

			
	
	THE GLADSTONE COMPANIES, INC.

 
			
		
	By:	 	      

			
	Name:	 	      

			
	Title:	 	      

			
	
	DAVID GLADSTONE
	
	                                    
                                         
   

 Annex B 

FORM OF 
 SPOUSAL CONSENT

 In consideration of the execution of that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of [-], 2022 (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Registration Rights Agreement”), by and between The Gladstone Companies, Ltd., David Gladstone, the parties hereto and The Gladstone Companies,
Inc., I,                     , the spouse of
                    , who is a party to the Registration Rights Agreement, do hereby join with my spouse in executing the foregoing Registration
Rights Agreement and do hereby agree to be bound by all of the terms and provisions thereof, in consideration of [Transfer][acquisition] of Registrable Securities and all other interests I may have in the shares and securities subject thereto,
whether the interest may be pursuant to community property laws or similar laws relating to marital property in effect in the state or province of my or our residence as of the date of signing this consent. Capitalized terms used but not defined
herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Registration Rights Agreement. 
  

			
	Dated as of                      ,         	  	 (Signature of Spouse)
  

(Print Name of Spouse)EX-10.1

 Exhibit 10.1 

GLADSTONE MANAGEMENT CORPORATION 

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT 

THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”)
is made between GLADSTONE MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and David Gladstone, a resident of the Commonwealth of
Virginia (the “Executive”). 
 The Company wishes to secure the services of the Executive and the Executive wishes
to furnish such services to the Company pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter set forth. 
 Now,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual covenants and obligations hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as set forth below. 

1. Employment; Term. The Company hereby agrees to employ the Executive, and the Executive hereby agrees to enter into such employment, as Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer of the Company, for the period commencing on the date that this Agreement is executed by all parties (the “Effective Date”) and ending on the date three (3) years from the Effective Date, unless
terminated sooner pursuant to Section 5 hereof. The initial three (3)-year term shall be extended for additional successive periods of one (1) year each, on the same terms and conditions contained herein, unless three (3) months’
prior written notice is given by the Company of its intention to terminate the term of this Agreement without cause. For purposes hereof, the period of Executive’s employment hereunder is referred to as the “Term.” 

2. Duties and Extent of Services. 

(a) The Executive shall serve as Chief Executive Officer of the Company with such duties and responsibilities as are consistent with
such positions, and shall so serve faithfully and to the best of his ability, under the direction and supervision of the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). The positions of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman
are the highest offices in the Company and all other employees and officers of the Company report directly to these positions unless they have been delegated. 

(b) Subject to the Company’s procedures for selection and removing Board members, the Executive shall serve as a member of the
Board of Directors and Chairman of the Board of the Company and hold such other positions and executive offices of the Company or of any of the Company’s subsidiaries, affiliates and managed entities as may from time to time be authorized by
the Board, provided that each such position shall be commensurate with the Executive’s standing in the business community as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. The Executive shall not be entitled to any compensation other than
the compensation provided for herein for serving during the Term as a Director of the Company or in any other office or position of the Company, or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, unless the Board shall have specifically approved such
additional compensation. 

  
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 (c) The Executive shall devote the substantial majority of his business time,
attention and efforts to his duties hereunder, except when necessary to fulfill his fiduciary obligations as an employee officer and board member of Gladstone Land Corporation, Gladstone Capital Corporation, Gladstone Commercial Corporation, and
related entities, and such other entities as the Company is engaged to serve as manager or advisor in the future. The Executive shall diligently perform to the best of his ability all of the duties required of him as Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer of the Company, and in the other positions or offices of the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates required of him hereunder. The Executive shall faithfully adhere to, execute and fulfill all policies established by the Company.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, the Executive may participate in charitable, civic, political, social, trade or other non-profit organizations to the extent such participation does
not materially interfere with the performance of his duties hereunder, and may serve as a non-management director of business corporations (or in a like capacity in other
for-profit organizations) so long as it does not materially interfere with the Executive’s obligations hereunder. 

(d) The Executive shall be required to live in the greater Washington, D.C. area in order to perform his duties hereunder. The
Executive understands that he will be required to travel from time to time in order to perform his duties hereunder and agrees to undertake such travel as part of his duties to the Company under the terms of this Agreement. 

3. Compensation. 
 (a)
Base Salary. The Executive’s Base Salary shall be Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) per year, minus deductions and withholdings required by law, payable on a regular basis in accordance with the Company’s regular payroll
policies in effect from time to time, but not less frequently than monthly. On at least an annual basis, the Board will review the Executive’s performance and may make increases to such Base Salary if, in its sole discretion, any such change is
warranted. 
 (b) Incentive Bonus. The Executive will be eligible to receive a
year-end incentive bonus of up to one hundred percent (100%) of his Base Salary determined in the sole discretion of the Board or a compensation committee thereof. Subject to the provisions of
Section 3(d) hereof, such bonus payments shall be made to the Executive, if earned, as soon as practicable after the end of each calendar year during the Term. The Company intends to pay out all of its ordinary income on an annual basis as
incentive compensation to its employees, and to the extent that there is any such incentive compensation, then the Executive will be eligible to participate in any such additional payments, in amounts and on terms determined by the Board or the
Company’s Compensation Committee. 
 (c) Deferral. The Executive may elect to defer payment of all or any part of his
incentive bonus compensation amount payable in accordance with Section 3(b) hereof with respect to any calendar year during the Term, by giving the Company written notice thereof not later than June 30 of such year. Additionally, in the
event that in respect of any fiscal year of the Company any amount of Base Salary, incentive bonus compensation or any other amount payable to the Executive hereunder or otherwise, shall, either alone or in combination with other amounts payable
hereunder or otherwise, result in a payment by the Company that shall not be currently deductible by it pursuant to the provisions of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue 

  
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Code, as amended, or like or successor provisions (a “Non-Deductible Amount”), as determined by the Company’s independent
accountants, the Company may elect to defer the payment of the Non-Deductible Amount. Any amounts so deferred, either by election of the Executive or by election of the Company, shall be immediately invested
in a brokerage money market account controlled by the Company. The entire amount invested in such account shall be paid to the Executive on a date to be chosen by the Company, but in no event later than the first anniversary of the termination of
the Executive from employment with the Company. 
 4. Benefits. 

(a) Standard Benefits. During the Term, the Executive shall be entitled to participate in any and all benefit programs and
arrangements now in effect and hereinafter adopted and generally made available by the Company to its senior officers, including but not limited to, four (4) weeks of paid vacation during each year of the Term in accordance with the policies
and procedures of the Company as in effect from time to time for its senior officers, pension plans, contributory and non-contributory Company welfare and benefit plans, disability plans, and medical, death
benefit and life insurance plans for which the Executive shall be eligible, or may become eligible during the Term. 
 (b) Expense
Reimbursement. The Company agrees to reimburse, within thirty (30) days of presentation, the Executive for all reasonable and necessary travel, business entertainment and other business out-of-pocket expenses incurred or expended by him in connection with the performance of his duties hereunder upon presentation of proper expense statements or vouchers or such other supporting information as
the Company may reasonably require of the Executive. 
 (c) Other Executive Perquisites. The Company shall provide the
Executive with other executive perquisites as may be available to or deemed appropriate for the Executive by the Board or a compensation committee thereof. 

5. Termination. This Agreement and the Executive’s employment with the Company may be terminated either upon the expiration of its Term (as
set forth in Section 1), or as set forth in Sections 5(a) through 5(e) or as set forth in Section 11: 
 (a) Death. In the
event of the death of the Executive during the Term, this Agreement shall automatically terminate with the effective date of termination being the date of the Executive’s death, and the Company shall have no further obligations hereunder except
to pay all compensation due for the period up to the effective date of termination, plus an amount equal to any bonus he received during the previous year that is yet unpaid. 

(b) Disability. In the event of the “permanent disability” (as hereinafter defined) of the Executive during the
Term, the Company shall have the right, to the extent permissible under applicable law and upon written notice to the Executive, to terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder, effective upon the giving of such notice (or such later date as
shall be specified in such notice). For purposes of this Section, “permanent disability” means any disability as defined under the Company’s applicable disability insurance policy or, if no such policy is available, any
physical or mental disability or incapacity that renders the Executive 

  
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incapable of performing the services required of him in accordance with his obligations under Section 2 hereof for a period of four (4) consecutive months or for shorter periods
aggregating six (6) months during any twelve (12)-month period. In the event of such termination, and subject to the provisions of Section 5(g) below, the Company shall have no further obligations hereunder, except that the Executive shall
be entitled to be paid as severance his Base Salary then in effect under Section 3(a) hereof for a period of two (2) years from the effective date of termination, plus any bonus he received during the previous year; provided, however, that
the Company shall only be required to pay that amount of the Executive’s Base Salary which shall not be covered by long-term disability payments, if any, to the Executive. 

(c) Cause. The Company shall have the right, upon ten (10) days’ written notice to the Executive, to terminate the
Executive’s employment under this Agreement for “Cause” (as hereinafter defined), effective upon the giving of such notice (or such later date as shall be specified in such notice), and the Company shall have no further
obligations hereunder, except to pay the Executive compensation due for the period up to the effective date of termination. The Executive’s right to participate in any of the Company’s retirement, insurance and other benefit plans and
programs shall be as determined under such programs and plans. For purposes of this Agreement, “Cause” means: 

(i) fraud, embezzlement or gross insubordination on the part of the Executive or material breach by the Executive of his obligations
under Sections 6 or 7 hereof; 
 (ii) a material breach of, gross negligence with respect to, or the willful failure or refusal by
the Executive to perform and discharge, his duties, responsibilities or obligations under this Agreement (other than under Sections 6 and 7 hereof, which shall be governed by clause (i) above, and other than by reason of disability or death)
that is not corrected within ten (10) days following written notice thereof to the Executive by the Company, such notice to state with specificity the nature of the breach, failure or refusal; provided that if such breach, failure or refusal cannot
reasonably be corrected within ten (10) days of written notice thereof, correction shall be commenced by the Executive within such period and may be corrected within a reasonable period thereafter; 

(iii) conviction of, or the entry of a plea of nolo contendere by, the Executive of any felony; or 

(iv) illegal drug use, alcohol abuse or drug abuse by the Executive. 

(d) Termination by the Company Without Cause or by the Employee for Good Reason. 

(1) Termination by the Company Without Cause. The Company shall have the right, upon thirty (30) days’ written
notice given to the Executive, to terminate this Agreement for any reason whatsoever. In the event of a termination without cause, the Executive shall be entitled to receive as severance from the Company an amount equal to two (2) years of his
Base Salary at the rate then in effect, plus any bonus he received during the previous year. 

  
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 (2) Termination by the Employee for Good Reason. In the event the
Executive terminates employment for Good Reason, he shall receive the same severance as set forth in Section 5(d)(1). For purposes of the Agreement, “Good Reason” means: 

a. a material change in the Executive’s responsibilities and duties which is not agreed to by the Executive; 

b. a material breach by the Company of its compensation obligations under this Agreement which is not agreed to by the Executive; or

 c. a determination by Executive of a material difference with the Company’s Board. 

(e) By Executive. The Executive shall have the right, exercisable at any time during the Term, to terminate this
Agreement for any reason whatsoever, upon three (3) months written notice to the Company. In such event, the Company shall have no further obligations except to pay the Executive all compensation due for the period up to the effective date of
termination, except if the Executive terminates for “Good Reason” as described above. 
 (f) Severance
Pay/Release. The Company’s payment of severance pay pursuant to Section 5(b) and 5(d) is contingent on the Executive entering into a release in favor of the Company with language mutually agreeable to the Executive and the Company.
Severance payments will be made, minus the deductions and withholdings, in installments for the duration of the severance period according to the Company’s regular payroll periods commencing with the first payroll period following
the effective date of the release. 
 6. Confidentiality. The Executive acknowledges that, by reason of his employment by the Company,
he will have access to confidential information of the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, including, without limitation, information and knowledge pertaining to products, inventions, discoveries, improvements, innovations, designs, ideas,
trade secrets, proprietary information, manufacturing, packaging, advertising, distribution and sales methods, sales and profit figures, customer and client lists and relationships between the Company, any of its subsidiaries or affiliates and
dealers, distributors, sales representatives, wholesalers, customers, clients, suppliers and others who have business dealings with them (“Confidential Information”). The Executive acknowledges that such Confidential
Information is a valuable and unique asset of the Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates and covenants that, both during and after the Term, he will not disclose any Confidential Information to any person (except as his duties as an employee of
the Company may require) without the prior written authorization of the Board. The obligation of confidentiality imposed by this Section 6 shall not apply to Confidential Information that otherwise becomes generally known in the industry or to
the public through no act of the Executive in breach of this Agreement or any other party in violation of an existing confidentiality agreement with the Company or any subsidiary or affiliate or which is required to be disclosed by court order or
applicable law. 

  
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 7. Covenant Not to Compete. 

(a) Scope of Covenant. The Executive agrees that during the Term and for a period equal to the longer of (i) one (1) year
commencing upon the expiration or termination of the Executive’s employment hereunder (for any reason whatsoever) and (ii) the period during which the Executive is receiving the full and timely payments pursuant to Section 5 hereof,
the Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, for himself or on behalf of or in conjunction with any other person, persons, company, partnership, corporation or business of whatever nature, without the prior written consent of the Company: 

(i) engage, as an officer, director, shareholder, owner, partner, joint venturer, or in a managerial capacity, whether as an employee,
independent contractor, consultant or advisor, or as a sales representative, in any business selling any products or services in direct competition with the Company within the United States (the “Territory”); 

(ii) call upon any person who is at that time, or who was at any time within one (1) year prior to that time, an employee of the
Company (including the respective subsidiaries thereof) in a managerial capacity for the purpose or with the intent of enticing such employee away from or out of the employ of the Company (including the respective subsidiaries thereof), provided
that the Executive shall be permitted to call upon and hire any member of his immediate family; 
 (iii) call upon any person or
entity which is, at that time, or which has been, within one (1) year prior to that time, a customer of the Company (including the respective subsidiaries thereof) within the Territory for the purpose of soliciting or selling products or
services in direct competition with the Company (including the respective subsidiaries thereof) within the Territory; or 
 (iv) call
upon any prospective acquisition candidate, on the Executive’s own behalf or on behalf of any competitor, which candidate was either called upon by the Company (including the respective subsidiaries thereof) or for which the Company (including
the respective subsidiaries thereof) made an acquisition analysis, for the purpose of acquiring such entity; 
 provided, however, that nothing in this
Section 7(a) shall be construed to preclude the Executive from making any investments in the securities of any business enterprise, whether or not engaged in competition with the Company or any of its subsidiaries, to the extent that such
securities are actively traded on a national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market in the United States or on any foreign securities exchange; and
provided further, however, that nothing shall preclude the Executive from serving as an employee, officer or board member of Gladstone Land Corporation, Gladstone Capital Corporation, Gladstone Commercial Corporation, and related entities, and such
other entities as the Company is engaged to serve as manager or advisor in the future. 
 For purposes of this Agreement, “businesses in competition
with the Company” are any entities or persons that advise investors to make, or that themselves make senior, subordinated and mezzanine loans or make preferred and common stock investments in small and medium sized private businesses or that
buy commercial or industrial real estate. 

  
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 (b) Reasonableness. It is agreed by the parties that the foregoing
covenants in this Section 7 impose a reasonable restraint on the Executive in light of the activities and business of the Company (including the Company’s subsidiaries) on the date of the execution of this Agreement and the current plans
of the Company (including the Company’s subsidiaries); but it is also the intent of the Company and the Executive that such covenants be construed and enforced in accordance with the changing activities, business and locations of the Company
(including the Company’s other subsidiaries) throughout the term of this covenant. 
 (c) Severability. The covenants in
this Section 7 are severable and separate, and the unenforceability of any specific covenant shall not affect the provisions of any other covenant. Moreover, in the event any court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that the scope, time
or territorial restrictions set forth are unreasonable, then it is the intention of the parties that such restrictions be enforced to the fullest extent which the court deems reasonable, and this Agreement shall thereby be reformed. 

(d) Enforcement by the Company not Limited. All of the covenants in this Section 7 shall be construed as an agreement
independent of any other provision in this Agreement, and the existence of any claim or cause of action of the Executive against the Company, whether predicated in this Agreement or otherwise, shall not constitute a defense to the enforcement by the
Company of such covenants. It is specifically agreed that the period of one (1) year stated at the beginning of this Section 7, during which the agreements and covenants of the Executive made in this Section 7 shall be effective,
shall be computed by excluding from such computation any time during which the Executive is in violation of any provision of this Section 7. 

(e) Change of Relevant Law. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, if any applicable law shall reduce the time period during
which the Executive shall be prohibited from engaging in any competitive activity described in Section 7(a) hereof, the period of time for which the Executive shall be prohibited from engaging in competitive activities pursuant to
Section 7(a) hereof shall be the maximum time permitted by law. However, in the event that the time period specified by Section 7(a) shall be so reduced, then, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5 hereof, the Executive shall be
entitled to receive from the Company his Base Salary at the rate then in effect solely for the longer of (i) the time period during which the provisions of Section 7(a) shall be enforceable under the provisions of such applicable law, or
(ii) the time period during which the Executive is not engaging in any competitive activity, but in no event longer than the term provided in Section 5. 

(f) Waiver of Severance. If the Executive’s employment terminates pursuant to Section 5(d) and the Executive chooses
to waive his right to severance as provided for under those Sections, this Covenant Not to Compete shall not take effect. 
 8. Specific
Performance. The Executive acknowledges that the services to be rendered by the Executive are of a special, unique and extraordinary character and, in connection with such services, the Executive will have access to confidential information
vital to the Company’s business and the business of the Company’s subsidiaries and affiliates. By reason of this, the Executive consents and agrees that if the Executive violates any of the provisions of Section 6 or 7 hereof, the
Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates would sustain irreparable injury and that monetary damages would not provide adequate remedy to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates. Therefore, the Executive hereby agrees that the Company
and any affected subsidiary and affiliate shall be entitled to have Sections 6 or 7 hereof, specifically enforced 

  
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(including, without limitation, by injunctions and restraining orders) by any court having equity jurisdiction. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as prohibiting the Company or any of
its subsidiaries or affiliates from pursuing any other remedies available to it for such breach or threatened breach, including the recovery of damages from the Executive. 

9. Deductions and Withholding. The Executive agrees that the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates, as applicable, shall
withhold from any and all compensation paid to and required to be paid to the Executive pursuant to this Agreement, all Federal, state, local and/or other taxes which the Company determines are required to be withheld in accordance with applicable
statutes or regulation from time to time in effect and all amounts required to be deducted in respect of the Executive’s coverage under applicable employee benefit plans. 

10. No Conflicts. The Executive hereby represents and warrants to the Company that his execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and
any other agreement to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement will not (a) require the consent, approval or action of any other person or (b) violate, conflict with or result in the breach of any of the terms of, or constitute (or with
notice or lapse of time or both, constitute) a default under, any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to the Executive’s employment to which the Executive is a party or by which the Executive is bound or subject including,
without limitation, any non-competition or non-disclosure provisions in agreements to which the Executive is or was a party. The Executive hereby agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless the Company and its directors, officers, employees, agents, representatives, subsidiaries and affiliates (and each such subsidiary’s and affiliate’s directors, officers, employees, agents and representatives) from and against
any and all losses, liabilities or claims (including interest, penalties and attorneys’ fees, disbursements and related charges) based upon or arising out of the Executive’s breach of any of the foregoing representations and warranties.

 11. Change in Control. 

(a) Generally. Unless the Executive elects to terminate this Agreement pursuant to subsections (b), (c) or (d) below, the
Executive understands and acknowledges that the Company may be merged or consolidated with or into another entity and that such entity shall automatically succeed to the rights and obligations of the Company hereunder or that the Company may undergo
another type of Change in Control. In the event such a merger or consolidation or other Change in Control is initiated prior to the end of the Term or any extension or renewal thereof, then the provisions of this Section 11 shall be applicable.

 (b) Non Assumption. In the event of a Change in Control wherein the Company and the Executive have not received written
notice at least five (5) business days prior to the date of the event giving rise to the Change in Control from the successor to all or a substantial portion of the Company’s business or assets that such successor is willing as of the
closing to assume and agrees to perform the Company’s obligations under this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company is hereby required to perform, then the Executive may, at the Executive’s sole discretion,
elect to terminate the Executive’s employment on such Change in Control by providing written notice to the Company prior to the closing of the transaction giving rise to the Change in Control. In such case, the Executive shall receive the
severance compensation as set forth in Section 5(d). 

  
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 (c) Executive’s Option. In any Change in Control situation,
the Executive may, at the Executive’s sole discretion, elect to terminate the Executive’s employment upon the effective date of such Change in Control by providing written notice to the Company at least ten (10) business days prior to
the closing of the transaction (or ten (10) business days after receipt of notice of such transaction, whichever is later) giving rise to the Change in Control. In such case, the Executive shall receive the severance compensation as set forth
in Section 5(d). 
 (d) Deemed Change of Control. If, on or within one (1) year following the effective date
of a Change in Control the Company or its successor terminates the Executive’s employment other than for cause or if the Executive’s employment with the Company is terminated by the Company within three (3) months before the effective
date of a Change in Control other than for cause and it is reasonably demonstrated that such termination (i) was at the request of a third party that has taken steps reasonably calculated to effect a Change in Control, or (ii) otherwise
arose in connection with or anticipation of a Change in Control, then the Executive shall receive the severance compensation as set forth in Section 5(d). 

(e) Effective Date. Solely for purposes of applying Section 5 under the circumstances described in (b) above, the
effective date of termination will be the closing date of the transaction giving rise to the Change in Control and all compensation, reimbursements and lump-sum payments due the Executive must be paid in full
by the Company at or prior to such closing. 
 (f) Definition. A “Change in Control” shall be
deemed to have occurred if: 
 (i) any person, other than the Company or benefit plan of the Company, acquires, directly or
indirectly, the beneficial ownership (as defined in Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) of any voting security of the Company and immediately after such acquisition such person is, directly or indirectly, the
beneficial owner of voting securities representing more than fifty percent (50%) or more of the total voting power of all of the then-outstanding voting securities of the Company; or 

(ii) the date the individuals who constitute the Board as of the date of the Company’s initial public offering (the
“Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Board, provided that any individual becoming a director subsequent to the effective date of this Agreement whose election, or
nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board (other than any individual whose nomination for election to Board membership was not
endorsed by the Company’s management prior to, or at the time of, such individual’s initial nomination for election) shall be, for purposes of this Agreement, considered as though such person were a member of the Incumbent Board; or 

(iii) the stockholders of the Company shall approve a merger, consolidation, recapitalization or reorganization of the Company, a
reverse stock split of outstanding voting securities, the issuance of shares of Company stock in connection with the acquisition of the stock or assets of another entity, or consummation of any such transaction if stockholder approval is not
obtained, but a Change in Control shall include any transaction which would result in more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power represented by the voting 

  
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securities of the surviving entity outstanding immediately after such transaction being beneficially owned by more than fifty percent (50%) of the holders of outstanding voting securities of the
Company immediately prior to the transactions with the voting power of each such continuing holder relative to other such continuing holders not substantially altered in the transaction; or 

(iv) the stockholders of the Company shall approve a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or
disposition by the Company of all or a substantial portion of the Company’s assets (i.e., more than fifty percent (50%) or more of the total assets of the Company). 

(g) Tax Gross Up. The Executive shall be fully “grossed up” by the Company or its successor for any
excise taxes that the Executive incurs under Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (as well as for income tax on the “gross up” amount), as a result of any Change in Control. Such amount will be
due and payable by the Company on the date of the Change of Control. 
 12. Complete Agreement. This Agreement is not a promise of
future employment. This Agreement embodies the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the Executive’s employment, compensation, perquisites and related items and supersedes any other prior oral or written agreements, arrangements or
understandings between the Executive and the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, and any such prior agreements, arrangements or understandings are hereby terminated and of no further effect. This Agreement may not be changed or
terminated orally but only by an agreement in writing signed by the parties hereto. 
 13. Waiver. The waiver by the Company of a
breach of any provision of this Agreement by the Executive shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach by him. The waiver by the Executive of a breach of any provision of this Agreement by the Company shall not operate or
be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach by the Company. 
 14. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Assignability. 

(a) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be subject to, and governed by, the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia. 

(b) Jurisdiction. Any action to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be brought in a local or federal
court within the Eastern District of Virginia. The Parties consent to the jurisdiction of such court and to the service of process in any manner provided by Virginia law. Each party irrevocably waives any objection which it may now or hereafter have
to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such court and any claim that such suit, action or proceeding brought in such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum and agrees that service of process in
accordance with the foregoing sentences shall be deemed in every respect effective and valid personal service of process upon such party. 

(c) Assignability. This obligations of the Executive may not be delegated and, except with respect to the designation of
beneficiaries in connection with any of the benefits payable to the Executive hereunder, the Executive may not, without the Company’s written consent thereto, assign, transfer, convey, pledge, encumber, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of

  
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this Agreement or any interest herein. Any such attempted delegation or disposition shall be null and void and without effect. Subject to the express provisions of Section 11, the Company
and the Executive agree that this Agreement and all of the Company’s rights and obligations hereunder may be assigned or transferred by the Company to and shall be assumed by and be binding upon any successor to the Company. The term
“successor” means, with respect to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, any corporation or other business entity which, by merger, consolidation, purchase of the assets or otherwise acquires all or a material part of the
assets of the Company. 
 15. Severability. If any provision of this Agreement of any part thereof, including, without limitation,
Sections 6 and 7 hereof, as applied to either party or to any circumstances shall be adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be void or unenforceable, the same shall in no way affect any other provision of this Agreement or remaining part
thereof, which shall be given full effect without regard to the invalid or unenforceable part thereof, or the validity or enforceability of this Agreement. If any court construes any of the provisions of Sections 6 or 7 hereof, or any part thereof,
to be unreasonable because of the duration of such provision or the geographic scope thereof, such court may reduce the duration or restrict or redefine the geographic scope of such provision and enforce such provision so reduced, restricted or
redefined. 
 16. Notices. All notices to the Company or the Executive permitted or required hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
delivered personally, by telecopier or by courier service providing for next-day delivery or sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the following addresses: 

 

			
	                If to the Company:	  	 Gladstone Management Corporation
 1616 Anderson
Road
 McLean, Virginia 22102
 Attn.: Terry Brubaker,
President

		
	                If to the Executive:	  	 David Gladstone
 [***]

 Either party may change the address to which notices shall be sent by sending written notice of such change of address to the
other party. Any such notice shall be deemed given, if delivered personally, upon receipt; if telecopied, when telecopied; if sent by courier service providing for next-day delivery, the next business day
following deposit with such courier service; and if sent by certified or registered mail, three days after deposit (postage prepaid) with the U.S. mail service. 

17. Section Headings. The section headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the
meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. 

  
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 18. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which
shall be deemed an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. 
 [SIGNATURE
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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the
parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of April 22, 2004. 
  

			
	GLADSTONE MANAGEMENT CORPORATION
		
	By:	 	/s/ Terry L. Brubaker
		 	Terry L. Brubaker, President

  

			
	EXECUTIVE
		
		 	/s/ David Gladstone
		 	David Gladstone

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