Global Net Lease, Inc. (Form: 8-K, Received: 08/08/2016 06:39:04)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 8, 2016

Global Net Lease, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Maryland

001-37390

45-2771978

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

405 Park Avenue, 14 ^th Floor

New York, New York 10022

(Address, including zip code, of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 415-6500

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

x Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Merger Agreement

On August 8, 2016, Global Net Lease, Inc. (the “Company”) and its operating partnership, Global Net Lease Operating Partnership, L.P. (the “Company OP”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with American Realty Capital Global Trust II, Inc., (the “Target”), American Realty Capital Global II Operating Partnership, L.P. (the “Target OP”) and Mayflower Acquisition LLC, a Maryland limited liability company and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”). The Merger Agreement provides for (i) the merger of the Target with and into Merger Sub (the “REIT Merger”), with Merger Sub surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company and (ii) the merger of the Target OP with and into the Company OP (the “Partnership Merger”, and together with the REIT Merger, the “Mergers”). A special committee of the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) recommended, and the Board unanimously approved, the Merger Agreement, the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

Pursuant to the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Mergers (the “Effective Time”), each outstanding share of common stock, including restricted shares of common stock, of the Target, $0.01 par value per share (“Target Common Stock”) other than shares owned by the Company, any subsidiary of the Company or any wholly owned subsidiary of the Target, will be converted into the right to receive 2.27 shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (“Company Common Stock”) (such consideration, the “Merger Consideration”), and at the effective time of the Partnership Merger (the “Partnership Merger Effective Time”), each outstanding unit of limited partnership interest and Class B interest of the Target OP issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Partnership Merger Effective Time will be converted into the right to receive 2.27 shares of Company Common Stock (the “Partnership Merger Consideration”).

The Merger Agreement further provides that immediately prior to the Effective Time, any outstanding restricted stock of the Target will become fully vested and will have the right to receive the Merger Consideration.

The completion of the Mergers is subject to various conditions, including, among other things, the approval of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement by the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes of the Company’s common stockholders cast at a meeting of the Company’s common stockholders, a quorum being present, and the approval of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement by the Target’s common stockholders holding a majority of the outstanding shares of Target Common Stock. Moreover, each party’s obligation to consummate the Mergers is subject to certain other conditions, including the accuracy of the other party’s representations and warranties (subject to customary qualifications) and the other party’s material compliance with its covenants and agreements contained in the Merger Agreement, including, among other things, the Company’s obligation to prepare and file a registration statement on Form S-4 to register the offer and sale of shares of Company Common Stock to be issued pursuant to the Merger Agreement.

The Company and the Target have made certain customary representations and warranties and covenants for transactions of this type, including with respect to the conduct of business by each of the Company and the Target prior to the closing. Notably, under the terms of the Merger Agreement, the Target and the Target OP and their representatives may initiate, solicit, provide information and enter into discussions concerning proposals relating to alternative business combination transactions until September 22, 2016 (the “Go Shop Period”), and thereafter, until the receipt of the approval of the Merger and the Merger Agreement by the Target stockholders, the Target and the Target OP and their representatives may continue to participate in such discussions with any third party who submitted a bona fide proposal prior to the end of the Go Shop Period that has not been withdrawn and where the special committee of the Target’s board of directors has determined in good faith that such proposal has resulted in, or would be reasonably expected to lead to, a Superior Proposal (as defined in the Merger Agreement). Following the Go Shop Period, certain covenants prohibit the Target and the Target OP and their representatives from initiating, soliciting, providing information or entering into discussions concerning proposals relating to alternative business combination transactions, subject to certain limited exceptions.

The Merger Agreement provides that, in connection with the termination of the Merger Agreement under specified circumstances, including following a breach by the non-terminating party or a change in recommendation of the non-terminating party, one party may be required to pay to the other a termination fee of $6,000,000 plus reasonable out-of-pocket transaction expenses (up to a maximum of $5,000,000 in expenses). However, if the Merger Agreement is terminated in connection with the Target entering into or recommending a qualified Superior Proposal with a bidder on or before the date that is 15 days following the end of the Go Shop Period, the termination fee payable by the Target to the Company would be $1.2 million plus the Company’s reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (up to a maximum of $5,000,000 in expenses).

The Company and the Target each are sponsored, directly or indirectly, by AR Global Investments, LLC (“AR Global”). AR Global and its affiliates provide investment and advisory services to the Company and the Target pursuant to written advisory agreements. In connection with, and subject to the terms and conditions of, the Merger Agreement, certain equity interests in the Target OP held by AR Global and its affiliates that are subject to forfeiture will, consistent with the terms of the Target OP partnership agreement, no longer be subject to forfeiture and will be exchanged for Company Common Stock in the Partnership Merger.

A copy of the Merger Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1 and is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing summary description of the material terms of the Merger Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Merger Agreement. The representations and warranties in the Merger Agreement were made as of a specified date, may be subject to a contractual standard of materiality different from what might be viewed as material to stockholders, or may have been used for the purpose of allocating risk between the parties. Accordingly, the representations and warranties in the Merger Agreement are not necessarily characterizations of the actual state of facts about the Company or the Target at the time they were made or otherwise and should only be read in conjunction with the other information that the Company makes publicly available in reports, statements and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

The Company prepared an investor presentation with respect to the contemplated Mergers. Directors, officers and other representatives of the Company and the Target will present some or all of such investor presentation to various conferences and meetings in the coming months. A copy of the investor presentation is furnished as Exhibit 99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Such investor presentation shall not be deemed “filed” for any purpose, including for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section. The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.2, shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.

Press Release

On August 8, 2016, the Company issued a press release announcing the execution of the Merger Agreement and related information, a copy of which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On August 8, 2016, in connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Company OP entered into a bridge loan commitment letter, pursuant to which UBS Securities LLC and UBS AG, Stamford Branch agreed to provide a $150,000,000 senior secured bridge loan facility.

Additional Information about the Proposed Transaction and Where to Find It

This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval. In connection with the proposed transaction, the Target expects to prepare and file with the SEC a joint proxy statement and the Company expects to prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-4 containing the joint proxy statement, a prospectus and other documents with respect to the Company’s proposed acquisition of the Target. INVESTORS ARE URGED TO READ THE JOINT PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS (INCLUDING ALL AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC IF AND WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION.

Investors may obtain free copies of the registration statement, the joint proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant documents filed by the Company and the Target with the SEC (if and when they become available) through the website maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov. Copies of the documents filed by the Company with the SEC are also available free of charge on the Company’s website at http://www.globalnetlease.com, and copies of the documents filed by the Target with the SEC are available free of charge on the Target’s website at http://arcglobaltrust2.com.

The Company and the Target and their respective directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the Target’s stockholders in respect of the proposed transaction. Information regarding the Company’s directors and executive officers can be found in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on April 29, 2016. Information regarding the Target’s directors and executive officers can be found in the Target’s definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on April 29, 2016. Additional information regarding the interests of such potential participants will be included in the joint proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant documents filed with the SEC in connection with the proposed transaction if and when they become available. These documents are available free of charge on the SEC’s website and from the Company or the Target, as applicable, using the sources indicated above.

Forward-Looking Statements

Information set forth in this Current Report on Form 8-K (including information included or incorporated by reference herein) contains “forward-looking statements” (as defined in Section 21E of the Exchange Act), which reflect the Company’s and the Target’s expectations regarding future events. The forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, whether and when the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement will be consummated, the new combined company’s plans, market and other expectations, objectives, intentions, as well as any expectations or projections with respect to the combined company, including regarding future dividends and market valuations, and other statements that are not historical facts.

The following additional factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements: the ability to obtain regulatory approvals for the transaction and the approval by the Target’s stockholders of the Merger; market volatility; unexpected costs or unexpected liabilities that may arise from the transaction, whether or not consummated; the inability to retain key personnel; continuation or deterioration of current market conditions; future regulatory or legislative actions that could adversely affect the companies; and the business plans of the tenants of the respective parties. Additional factors that may affect future results are contained in the Company’s and the Target’s filings with the SEC, which are available at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The Company and the Target disclaim any obligation to update and revise statements contained in these materials based on new information or otherwise.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.		Description
2.1		Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 8, 2016, among Global Net Lease, Inc., American Realty Capital Global Trust II, Inc., Mayflower Acquisition, LLC, Global Net Lease Operating Partnership, L.P. and American Realty Capital Global Trust II Operating Partnership, L.P. ^*
99.1		Press Release of Global Net Lease, Inc., dated as of August 8, 2016
99.2		Investor Presentation, dated as of August 8, 2016

* Schedules omitted pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K. The Company agrees to furnish a supplemental copy of any omitted schedule to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	Global Net Lease, Inc.

Date: August 8, 2016	By:	/s/ Scott J. Bowman
		Scott J. Bowman Chief Executive Officer and President

Exhibit 2.1

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

By and Among

GLOBAL NET LEASE, INC.,

GLOBAL NET LEASE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.,

MAYFLOWER ACQUISITION LLC,

AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL GLOBAL TRUST II, INC.

and

AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL GLOBAL II OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.

Dated as of August 8, 2016

TABLE OF CONTENTS

		Page

Article I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1	Definitions	3

Article II

THE MERGERS

Section 2.1	The Mergers	15
Section 2.2	Closing	16
Section 2.3	Effective Time	16
Section 2.4	Organizational Documents	17
Section 2.5	Tax Consequences	17
Section 2.6	Subsequent Actions	17

Article III

EFFECT OF THE MERGERS

Section 3.1	Effect of the Mergers	18
Section 3.2	Exchange Fund; Exchange Agent	20
Section 3.3	Share Transfer Books	20
Section 3.4	Dividends with Respect to Parent Common Stock	20
Section 3.5	Termination of Exchange Fund	21
Section 3.6	No Liability	21
Section 3.7	Company Restricted Stock	21
Section 3.8	Withholding Rights	21
Section 3.9	Lost Certificates	22
Section 3.10	Dissenters’ Rights	22
Section 3.11	Fractional Shares	22

Article IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

Section 4.1	Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries	23
Section 4.2	Organizational Documents	24
Section 4.3	Capital Structure	25
Section 4.4	Authority	26
Section 4.5	No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents	27
Section 4.6	Permits; Compliance with Law	28

Section 4.7	SEC Filings; Financial Statements	29
Section 4.8	Disclosure Documents	31
Section 4.9	Absence of Certain Changes or Events	32
Section 4.10	Employee Benefit Plans and Service Providers	32
Section 4.11	Labor and Employment Matters	33
Section 4.12	Material Contracts	33
Section 4.13	Litigation	35
Section 4.14	Environmental Matters	35
Section 4.15	Intellectual Property	36
Section 4.16	Properties	37
Section 4.17	Taxes	41
Section 4.18	Insurance	44
Section 4.19	Opinion of Financial Advisor	44
Section 4.20	Takeover Statutes	44
Section 4.21	Vote Required	45
Section 4.22	Brokers	45
Section 4.23	Investment Company Act	45
Section 4.24	Affiliate Transactions	45
Section 4.25	Fees Contemplated by the Mergers	45
Section 4.26	No Other Representations or Warranties	45

Article V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB

Section 5.1	Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries	46
Section 5.2	Organizational Documents	47
Section 5.3	Capital Structure	48
Section 5.4	Authority	49
Section 5.5	No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents	50
Section 5.6	Permits; Compliance with Law	51
Section 5.7	SEC Filings; Financial Statements	52
Section 5.8	Disclosure Documents	54
Section 5.9	Absence of Certain Changes or Events	54
Section 5.10	Employee Benefit Plans and Service Providers	55
Section 5.11	Labor and Employment Matters	55
Section 5.12	Material Contracts	56
Section 5.13	Litigation	57
Section 5.14	Environmental Matters	58
Section 5.15	Intellectual Property	59
Section 5.16	Properties	59
Section 5.17	Taxes	62
Section 5.18	Insurance	66
Section 5.19	Vote Required	66
Section 5.20	Brokers	66
Section 5.21	Investment Company Act	66

Section 5.22	Ownership of Merger Sub; No Prior Activities	67
Section 5.23	Takeover Statutes	67
Section 5.24	Affiliate Transactions	67
Section 5.25	Fees Contemplated by the Mergers	67
Section 5.26	Opinion of Financial Advisor	67
Section 5.27	No Other Representations or Warranties	67

Article VI

COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS

Section 6.1	Conduct of Business by the Company	68
Section 6.2	Conduct of Business by Parent and Merger Sub	73
Section 6.3	Preparation of Form S-4 and Joint Proxy Statement; Stockholder Meetings	76
Section 6.4	Access to Information; Confidentiality	78
Section 6.5	Company Acquisition Proposals.	79
Section 6.6	Parent Change in Recommendation	84
Section 6.7	Appropriate Action; Consents; Filings	84
Section 6.8	Notification of Certain Matters; Transaction Litigation	86
Section 6.9	Public Announcements	87
Section 6.10	Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification and Insurance	87
Section 6.11	Certain Tax Matters	89
Section 6.12	Dividends	89
Section 6.13	Merger Sub	90
Section 6.14	Section 16 Matters	90
Section 6.15	Stock Exchange Listing	90
Section 6.16	Voting of Shares	90
Section 6.17	Termination of Plans	90
Section 6.18	FIRPTA	91
Section 6.19	Board of Directors of Parent	91

Article VII

CONDITIONS

Section 7.1	Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party	91
Section 7.2	Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub	92
Section 7.3	Conditions to the Obligations of the Company	93

Article VIII

TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER

Section 8.1	Termination	94
Section 8.2	Notice of Termination; Effect of Termination	96
Section 8.3	Termination Fee	97

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Section 8.4	Amendment	100
Section 8.5	Waiver	100
Section 8.6	Fees and Expenses	100
Section 8.7	Transfer Taxes	100

Article IX

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 9.1	Non-Survival of Representations and Warranties	101
Section 9.2	Notices	101
Section 9.3	Interpretation; Certain Definitions	102
Section 9.4	Severability	103
Section 9.5	Assignment; Delegation	103
Section 9.6	Entire Agreement	103
Section 9.7	No Third-Party Beneficiaries	103
Section 9.8	Specific Performance; Non-Recourse	104
Section 9.9	Counterparts	104
Section 9.10	Governing Law	104
Section 9.11	Consent to Jurisdiction	105
Section 9.12	WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL	106

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of August 8, 2016 (this “ Agreement ”), is made by and among GLOBAL NET LEASE, INC., a Maryland corporation (“ Parent ”), GLOBAL NET LEASE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and the operating partnership of Parent (the “ Parent Operating Partnership ”), MAYFLOWER ACQUISITION LLC, a Maryland limited liability company and direct wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“ Merger Sub ”), AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL GLOBAL TRUST II, INC., a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”) and AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL GLOBAL II OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and the operating partnership of the Company (the “ Company Operating Partnership ”).

WITNESSETH :

WHEREAS, the Company is a Maryland corporation operating as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes that holds interests in properties through the Company Operating Partnership and is the sole general partner of the Company Operating Partnership;

WHEREAS, Parent is a Maryland corporation operating as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes that holds interests in properties through the Parent Operating Partnership and is the sole general partner of the Parent Operating Partnership;

WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to effect a business combination transaction in which (i) the Company will be merged with and into Merger Sub, with Merger Sub being the surviving entity (the “ Merger ”), and each outstanding share of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company (the “ Company Common Stock ”), will be converted into the right to receive the Merger Consideration, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and in accordance with the MGCL and the MLLCA, and (ii) the Company Operating Partnership will be merged with and into the Parent Operating Partnership, with the Parent Operating Partnership being the surviving entity (the “ Partnership Merger ” and together with the Merger, the “ Mergers ”), and each outstanding Company Partnership Unit will be converted into the right to receive the Partnership Merger Consideration, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and in accordance with the DRULPA;

WHEREAS, the Company Board (based on the unanimous recommendation of the Company Special Committee) and the Parent Board (based on the unanimous recommendation of the Parent Special Committee) have each separately approved this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and declared that this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement are advisable on substantially the terms and conditions set forth herein;

WHEREAS, the Company, as the sole general partner of the Company Operating Partnership, and Parent, as the sole general partner of the Parent Operating Partnership, have each separately approved this Agreement, the Partnership Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and declared that this Agreement, the Partnership Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement are advisable;

WHEREAS, Parent, as the sole general partner of the Parent Operating Partnership, has approved this Agreement, the Partnership Merger, and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

WHEREAS, the Company Board has directed that the Merger and, to the extent stockholder approval is required, the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement be submitted for consideration at a meeting of the Company’s stockholders and has resolved to recommend that the Company’s stockholders vote to approve the Merger and, to the extent stockholder approval is required, the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

WHEREAS, the Parent Board has directed that the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock in connection with the Merger be submitted for consideration at a meeting of Parent’s stockholders and has resolved to recommend that Parent’s stockholders vote to approve such issuance;

WHEREAS, Parent, in its capacity as the sole member of Merger Sub, has taken all actions required for the execution of this Agreement by Merger Sub and to adopt and approve this Agreement and to approve the consummation by Merger Sub of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement the Company, the Company Operating Partnership, the Company Advisor, and certain other parties entered into a Termination Agreement pursuant to which the parties thereto agreed to terminate, among other things, the Advisory Agreement concurrently with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

WHEREAS, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, it is intended that the Merger shall qualify as a “reorganization” under, and within the meaning of, Section 368(a) of the Code, and this Agreement is intended to be and is adopted as a “plan of reorganization” for the Merger for purposes of Sections 354 and 361 of the Code;

WHEREAS, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, it is intended that the Partnership Merger shall qualify as and constitute an “asset-over” form of merger under Treasury Regulations Section 1.708-1(c)(3)(i) with the Surviving Partnership as the continuation of the Parent Operating Partnership and the termination of the Company Operating Partnership; and

WHEREAS, each of the parties hereto desire to make certain representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in connection with the Mergers, and also to prescribe various conditions to the Mergers.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual representations, warranties and covenants and subject to the conditions herein contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

Article I

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.1 Definitions .

(a) For purposes of this Agreement:

“ Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement ” shall mean a confidentiality agreement with such terms at least as favorable in the aggregate to the Company Parties as the Confidentiality Agreement; provided that such confidentiality agreement shall permit compliance with Section 6.5 or any other provision of this Agreement and need not contain any standstill or similar provision restricting or prohibiting the making or modification of any Acquisition Proposal.

“ Action ” shall mean any claim, action, suit, proceeding, arbitration, mediation or other investigation.

“ Advisory Agreement ” shall mean the Advisory Agreement, dated as of August 26, 2014, between the Company, the Company Operating Partnership and the Advisor, as amended by the First Amendment to Advisory Agreement dated March 22, 2016, and as further amended, modified or supplemented through the date hereof.

“ Affiliate ” of a specified Person shall mean a Person who, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person.

“ Benefit Plan ” shall mean (a) any “employee benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA), or (b) any employment, consulting, termination, severance, change in control, separation, retention stock option, restricted stock, profits interest unit, outperformance, stock purchase, deferred compensation, bonus, incentive compensation, fringe benefit, health, medical, dental, disability, accident, life insurance, welfare benefit, cafeteria, vacation, paid time off, perquisite, retirement, pension, or savings or any other compensation or employee benefit plan, agreement, program, policy or other arrangement, whether or not subject to either (i) ERISA or (ii) in respect to the Company Subsidiaries (and, in respect thereto, excluding any mandatory governmental pension or welfare schemes, plans, or arrangements pursuant to the domestic laws of that jurisdiction, where applicable), any law, regulation, rule, program, or policy in any relevant jurisdiction of the European Union.

“ Business Day ” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which all banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or obligated by Law or executive order to close (provided that, with respect to filings made with the SEC, a day on which a filing is to be made is a Business Day only if the SEC is open to accept filings).

“ Code ” shall mean the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

“ Company Advisor ” shall mean American Realty Capital Global II Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

“ Company Class B Unit ” shall mean a Company Partnership Unit designated by the Company Operating Partnership as a Class B Unit under the Company Partnership Agreement.

“ Company Distribution Rate ” shall mean $0.0048497270.

“ Company GP Unit ” shall mean a Company Partnership Unit designated by the Company Operating Partnership as a GP Unit under the Company Partnership Agreement.

“ Company Intervening Event ” shall mean a material event, circumstance, change or development that was not known to the Company Board prior to the execution of this Agreement (or if known, the consequences of which were not known or reasonably foreseeable), which event or circumstance, or any material consequence thereof, becomes known to the Company Board prior to the Effective Time; provided , however , that in no event shall the receipt, existence or terms of an Acquisition Proposal or any matter relating thereto or consequence thereof constitute a Company Intervening Event.

“ Company LP Unit ” shall mean a Company Partnership Unit held by any Person other than the Company.

“ Company Material Adverse Effect ” shall mean any event, circumstance, change or effect (a) that is material and adverse to the business, assets, properties, liabilities, financial condition or results of operations of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (b) that will, or would reasonably be expected to, prevent or materially impair the ability of the Company to consummate the Mergers before the Outside Date; provided , however , that for purposes of clause (a) “Company Material Adverse Effect” shall not include any event, circumstance, change or effect to the extent arising out of or resulting from (i) any failure of the Company to meet any projections or forecasts or any decrease in the net asset value of the Company Common Stock (it being understood and agreed that any event, circumstance, change or effect giving rise to such failure or decrease shall be taken into account in determining whether there has been a Company Material Adverse Effect), (ii) any events, circumstances, changes or effects that affect the commercial real estate REIT industry generally, (iii) any changes in the United States or global economy or capital, financial or securities markets generally, including changes in interest or exchange rates, (iv) any changes in the legal or regulatory conditions, (v) the commencement, escalation or worsening of a war or armed hostilities or the occurrence of acts of terrorism or sabotage, (vi) the negotiation, execution or announcement of this Agreement, or the consummation or anticipation of the Mergers or other transactions contemplated hereby, (vii) the taking of any action expressly required by, or the failure to take any action expressly prohibited by, this Agreement, or the taking of any action at the written request or with the prior written consent of the Parent Special Committee, (viii) earthquakes, hurricanes or other natural disasters, (ix) any damage or destruction of any Company Property that is substantially covered by insurance, or (x) changes in Law or GAAP, which in the case of each of clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (x) do not disproportionately affect the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other similarly situated participants in the commercial real estate REIT industry in the United States, and in the case of clause (viii) do not disproportionately affect the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other participants in the commercial real estate REIT industry in the geographic regions in which the Company and the Company Subsidiaries operate or own or lease properties.

“ Company OP Unit ” shall mean a Company Partnership Unit designated by the Company Operating Partnership as an OP Unit under the Company Partnership Agreement.

“ Company Parties ” means the Company and the Company Operating Partnership.

“ Company Partnership Agreement ” shall mean the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Company Operating Partnership, dated August 10, 2015, as amended by the First Amendment, dated March 22, 2016, as further amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

“ Company Partnership Unit ” shall have the same meaning as Partnership Unit as set forth in the Company Partnership Agreement.

“ Company Related Party ” shall mean the Company and each of its affiliates and their and their respective affiliates’ stockholders, partners, members, officers, directors, employees, controlling persons, agents and representatives.

“ Company Restricted Stock ” shall mean any shares of Company Common Stock granted pursuant to the Company Restricted Stock Plan which are subject to restrictions on transfer or forfeiture.

“ Company Restricted Stock Plan ” shall mean the Company’s employee and director incentive restricted share plan.

“ Company Special Committee ” shall mean the special committee of the independent directors of the Company.

“ Company Stockholder Meeting ” shall mean the meeting of the holders of shares of Company Common Stock for the purpose of seeking the Company Stockholder Approval, including any postponement or adjournment thereof.

“ Company Subsidiary ” shall mean (a) any corporation of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting securities is, directly or indirectly, owned by the Company, and (b) any partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other entity of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the total equity interest is, directly or indirectly, owned by the Company or of which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a general partner, manager, managing member or the equivalent, including the Company Operating Partnership.

“ Confidentiality Agreement ” shall mean the Mutual Nondisclosure Agreement, dated February 4, 2016, as amended from time to time, between the Company and Parent.

“ control ” (including the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”) shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, as trustee or executor, by contract or otherwise.

“ Debt Financing ” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the definition of “Financing Sources”.

“ Delaware Secretary ” shall mean the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

“ DRULPA ” shall mean the Delaware Revised Uniform Partnership Act, as amended.

“ Environmental Law ” shall mean any Law (including common law) relating to the pollution or protection of the environment (including air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface land), or human health or safety (as such matters relate to Hazardous Substances), including Laws relating to the use, handling, presence, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal, release or discharge of Hazardous Substances.

“ Environmental Permit ” shall mean any permit, approval, license or other authorization required under any applicable Environmental Law.

“ ERISA ” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

“ ERISA Affiliate ” shall mean any entity, trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with any other entity, trade or business (whether or not incorporated), is required to be treated as a single employer under Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.

“ Exchange Act ” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

“ Exchange Ratio ” shall mean 2.27.

“ Expenses ” shall mean all expenses (including all fees and expenses of counsel, accountants, investment bankers, experts and consultants to a party hereto and its affiliates) incurred by a party or on its behalf in connection with or related to the authorization, preparation, negotiation, execution and performance of this Agreement, the preparation, printing, and filing of the Form S-4, the preparation, printing, filing and mailing of the Joint Proxy Statement and all SEC and other regulatory filing fees incurred in connection with the Form S-4 and the Joint Proxy Statement, the solicitation of stockholder approvals, engaging the services of the Exchange Agent, obtaining third party consents, any other filings with the SEC and all other matters related to the closing of the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

“ Financing Sources ” shall mean the agents, arrangers, lenders and other entities that have committed to provide or arrange or otherwise entered into agreements in connection with all or any part of the debt financing (“Debt Financing”) contemplated to be obtained by Parent, including the parties to any joinder agreements, indentures or credit agreements entered into in connection therewith, together with their respective affiliates and their and their respective affiliates’ officers, directors, employees, partners, trustees, shareholders controlling persons, agents and representatives and their respective successors and assigns.

“ GAAP ” shall mean the United States generally accepted accounting principles.

“ Governmental Authority ” shall mean any United States (federal, state or local) or foreign government, arbitration panel, or any governmental or quasi-governmental, regulatory, judicial or administrative authority, board, bureau, agency, commission or self-regulatory organization.

“ Hazardous Substances ” shall mean (i) those substances listed in, defined in or regulated under any Environmental Law, including the following federal statutes and their state counterparts, as each may be amended from time to time, and all regulations thereunder: the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, the Atomic Energy Act and the Clean Air Act; (ii) petroleum and petroleum products, including crude oil and any fractions thereof; and (iii) polychlorinated biphenyls, mold, methane, asbestos, and radon.

“ Indebtedness ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, (i) all indebtedness, notes payable, accrued interest payable or other obligations for borrowed money, whether secured or unsecured, (ii) all obligations under conditional sale or other title retention agreements, or incurred as financing, in either case with respect to property acquired by such Person, (iii) all obligations issued, undertaken or assumed as the deferred purchase price for any property or assets, (iv) all obligations under capital leases, (v) all obligations in respect of bankers acceptances or letters of credit, (vi) all obligations under interest rate cap, swap, collar or similar transaction or currency hedging transactions, and (vii) any guarantee (other than customary non-recourse carve-out or “badboy” guarantees) of any of the foregoing, whether or not evidenced by a note, mortgage, bond, indenture or similar instrument.

“ Indemnitee ” shall mean any individual who, on or prior to the Effective Time, was an officer, director, partner, member, trustee or agent of the Company or served on behalf of the Company as an officer, director, partner, member or trustee of any of the Company Subsidiaries.

“ Intellectual Property ” shall mean all United States and foreign (i) patents, patent applications, invention disclosures, and all related continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, reissues, re-examinations, substitutions and extensions thereof, (ii) trademarks, service marks, trade dress, logos, trade names, corporate names, Internet domain names, design rights and other source identifiers, together with the goodwill symbolized by any of the foregoing, (iii) copyrightable works and copyrights, (iv) confidential and proprietary information, including trade secrets, know-how, ideas, formulae, models and methodologies, (v) all rights in the foregoing and in other similar intangible assets, and (vi) all applications and registrations for the foregoing.

“ Investment Company Act ” shall mean the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

“ IRS ” shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Service or any successor agency.

“ knowledge ” shall mean the actual knowledge of the following officers and employees of the Company and Parent, as applicable, after inquiry reasonable under the circumstances: (i) for the Company, each person identified as an executive officer of the Company in the Company’s 2016 Proxy Statement; and (ii) for Parent, each person identified as an executive officer of Parent on Parent’s 2016 Proxy Statement.

“ Law ” shall mean any and all domestic (federal, state or local) or foreign laws, rules, regulations, orders, judgments or decrees promulgated by any Governmental Authority.

“ Lien ” shall mean with respect to any asset (including any security), any mortgage, deed of trust, claim, condition, covenant, lien, pledge, charge, security interest, preferential arrangement, option or other third party right (including right of first refusal or first offer), restriction, right of way, easement, or title defect or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, including any restriction on the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income or other exercise of any attributes of ownership.

“ LTIP Unit ” shall mean a Parent Partnership Unit issued under the Parent OPP Agreement designated by the Parent Operating Partnership as an LTIP Unit under the Partnership Agreement.

“ MGCL ” shall mean the Maryland General Corporation Law.

“ MLLCA ” shall mean the Maryland Limited Liability Company Act, as amended.

“ NYSE ” shall mean the New York Stock Exchange.

“ Order ” shall mean a judgment, order or decree of a Governmental Authority.

“ Parent Advisor ” shall mean the Global Net Lease Advisors, LLC.

“ Parent Advisory Agreement ” shall mean the Fourth Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement by and among Parent, the Parent Operating Partnership, and the Parent Advisor.

“ Parent Class B Unit ” shall mean a Parent Partnership Unit designated by the Parent Operating Partnership as a Class B Unit under the Parent Partnership Agreement.

“ Parent Intervening Event ” shall mean a material event, circumstance, change or development that was not known to the Parent Board prior to the execution of this Agreement (or if known, the consequences of which were not known or reasonably foreseeable), which event or circumstance, or any material consequence thereof, becomes known to the Parent Board prior to the Effective Time.

“ Parent Lease ” shall mean each lease and sublease that was in effect as of June 1, 2016 and to which Parent, Merger Sub or the other Parent Subsidiaries are parties as lessors or sublessors with respect to each of the applicable Parent Properties.

“ Parent Material Adverse Effect ” shall mean any event, circumstance, change or effect (a) that is material and adverse to the business, assets, properties, liabilities, financial condition or results of operations of Parent, Merger Sub and the other Parent Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (b) that will, or would reasonably be expected to, prevent or materially impair the ability of Parent or Merger Sub to consummate the Mergers before the Outside Date; provided , however , that for purposes of clause (a) “Parent Material Adverse Effect” shall not include any event, circumstance, change or effect to the extent arising out of or resulting from (i) any failure of Parent to meet any projections or forecasts or any decrease in the market price of the Parent Common Stock (it being understood and agreed that any event, circumstance, change or effect giving rise to such failure or decrease shall be taken into account in determining whether there has been a Parent Material Adverse Effect), (ii) any events, circumstances, changes or effects that affect the commercial real estate REIT industry generally, (iii) any changes in the United States or global economy or capital, financial or securities markets generally, including changes in interest or exchange rates, (iv) any changes in the legal or regulatory conditions, (v) the commencement, escalation or worsening of a war or armed hostilities or the occurrence of acts of terrorism or sabotage, (vi) the negotiation, execution or announcement of this Agreement, or the consummation or anticipation of the Mergers or other transactions contemplated hereby, (vii) the taking of any action expressly required by, or the failure to take any action expressly prohibited by, this Agreement, or the taking of any action at the written request or with the prior written consent of an executive officer of the Company, (viii) earthquakes, hurricanes or other natural disasters, (ix) any damage or destruction of any Parent Property that is substantially covered by insurance, or (x) changes in Law or GAAP, which in the case of each of clauses (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (x) do not disproportionately affect Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other similarly situated participants in the commercial real estate REIT industry in the United States, and in the case of clause (viii) do not disproportionately affect Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, relative to other participants in the commercial real estate REIT industry in the geographic regions in which Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries operate or own or lease properties.

“ Parent OP Unit ” shall mean a Parent Partnership Unit designated by the Parent Operating Partnership as an OP Unit under the Parent Partnership Agreement.

“ Parent OPP Agreement ” shall mean the Second Amended and Restated 2015 Advisor Multi-Year Outperformance Agreement, effective as of February 25, 2016, among Parent, Parent Operating Partnership, and Parent Advisor.

“ Parent Option Plan ” shall mean the American Realty Capital Global Daily Net Asset Value Trust, Inc. 2012 Stock Option Plan.

“ Parent Parties ” means Parent, Merger Sub and the Parent Operating Partnership.

“ Parent Partnership Agreement ” shall mean the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Parent Operating Partnership, dated as of June 2, 2015, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

“ Parent Partnership Unit ” shall have the same meaning as Partnership Unit as set forth in the Parent Partnership Agreement.

“ Parent Restricted Stock ” shall mean any shares of Parent Common Stock granted pursuant to the Parent Restricted Stock Plan which are subject to restrictions on transfer or forfeiture.

“ Parent Restricted Stock Plan ” shall mean the Amended and Restated Incentive Restricted Share Plan of American Realty Capital Global Trust, Inc.

“ Parent Special Committee ” shall mean the special committee of the independent directors of Parent.

“ Parent Stockholder Meeting ” shall mean the meeting of the holders of shares of Parent Common Stock for the purpose of seeking the Parent Stockholder Approval, including any postponement or adjournment thereof.

“ Parent Subsidiary ” shall mean (a) any corporation of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding voting securities is, directly or indirectly, owned by Parent, and (b) any partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which more than fifty percent (50%) of the total equity interest is, directly or indirectly, owned by Parent or of which Parent or any Parent Subsidiary is a general partner, manager, managing member or the equivalent, including the Parent Operating Partnership.

“ Parent Title Insurance Policy ” shall mean each policy of title insurance insuring Parent’s or the applicable Parent Subsidiary’s (or the applicable predecessor’s) title to or leasehold interest in Parent Properties, subject to the matters and printed exceptions set forth in the Parent Title Insurance Policies.

“ Person ” shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, person (including a “person” as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), trust, association or other entity or a Governmental Authority or a political subdivision, agency or instrumentality of a Governmental Authority.

“ Representative ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, such Person’s directors, officers, employees, consultants, advisors (including attorneys, accountants, consultants, investment bankers, and financial advisors), agents and other representatives.

“ Sarbanes-Oxley Act ” shall mean the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended.

“ SEC ” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (including the staff thereof).

“ Securities Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

“ Service Provider ” shall mean Moor Park Capital Partners LLP.

“ Special Limited Partner ” shall mean American Realty Capital Global II Special Limited Partner, LLC.

“ Special Limited Partner Interest ” shall mean a Special Limited Partner Interest designated by the Company Operating Partnership as a Special Limited Partner Interest under the Company Partnership Agreement.

“ Tax ” or “ Taxes ” shall mean any and all federal, state, local or foreign or other taxes of any kind, together with any interest, penalties and additions to tax, imposed by any Governmental Authority, including taxes on or with respect to income, franchises, gross receipts, gross income, property, sales, use, transfer, capital stock, payroll, employment, unemployment, alternative or add on minimum, estimated and net worth, and taxes in the nature of excise, withholding, backup withholding and value added taxes, whether disputed or not and including any obligation to indemnify or otherwise assume or succeed to the tax liability of any other Person.

“ Tax Return ” shall mean any return, report or similar statement, together with any attached schedule, that is required to be provided to a Governmental Authority with respect to Taxes, including information returns, refunds claims, amended returns and declarations of estimated Tax.

“ Third Party ” shall mean any Person or group of Persons other than Parent, Merger Sub, the Company and their respective Affiliates.

(b) The following terms shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Section set forth below opposite such term:

Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement	Section 1.1(a)
Acquisition Proposal	Section 6.5(h)(i)
Action	Section 1.1(a)
Advisory Agreement	Section 1.1(a)
Affiliate	Section 1.1(a)
Agreement	Preamble
Articles of Merger	Section 2.3(a)(i)
Benefit Plan	Section 1.1(a)
Book-Entry Share	Section 3.1(a)(ii)
Business Day	Section 1.1(a)
Certificate	Section 3.1(a)(ii)
Certificate of Merger	Section 2.3(a)(ii)
Closing	Section 2.2
Closing Date	Section 2.2
Code	Section 1.1(a)
Company	Preamble
Company Advisor	Section 1.1(a)
Company Board	Section 4.4(a)
Company Bylaws	Section 4.2(a)
Company Change in Recommendation	Section 6.5(b)(v)
Company Change Notice	Section 6.5(e)(ii)(C)
Company Charter	Section 4.2(a)
Company Class B Unit	Section 1.1(a)
Company Common Stock	Recitals
Company Disclosure Letter	Article IV
Company Distribution Rate	Section 1.1(a)
Company GP Unit	Section 1.1(a)

Company Insurance Policies	Section 4.18
Company Intervening Event	Section 1.1(a)
Company Leases	Section 4.16(i)
Company LP Unit	Section 1.1(a)
Company Material Adverse Effect	Section 1.1(a)
Company Material Contract	Section 4.12(a)
Company OP Unit	Section 1.1(a)
Company Operating Partnership	Preamble
Company Parties	Section 1.1(a)
Company Partnership Agreement	Section 1.1(a)
Company Partnership Unit	Section 1.1(a)
Company Permits	Section 4.6(a)
Company Permitted Liens	Section 4.16(b)
Company Preferred Stock	Section 4.3(a)
Company Properties	Section 4.16(a)
Company Property	Section 4.16(a)
Company Recommendation	Section 4.4(a)
Company REIT Representation Letter	Section 6.1(b)
Company Reorganization Representation Letter	Section 6.1(b)
Company Restricted Stock	Section 1.1(a)
Company Restricted Stock Plan	Section 1.1(a)
Company SEC Filings	Section 4.7(a)
Company Special Committee	Section 1.1(a)
Company Stockholder Approval	Section 4.21
Company Stockholder Meeting	Section 1.1(a)
Company Subsidiary	Section 1.1(a)
Company Subsidiary Partnership	Section 4.17(h)
Company Tax Protection Agreements	Section 4.17(h)
Company Title Insurance Policy	Section 4.16(o)
Confidentiality Agreement	Section 1.1(a)
control	Section 1.1(a)
D&O Insurance	Section 6.09(c)
Debt Commitment Letter	Section 9.10
Delaware Secretary	Section 1.1(a)
DRULPA	Section 1.1(a)
Effective Time	Section 2.3(a)
Environmental Law	Section 1.1(a)
Environmental Permit	Section 1.1(a)
ERISA	Section 1.1(a)
ERISA Affiliate	Section 1.1(a)
Exchange Act	Section 1.1(a)
Exchange Agent	Section 3.2(a)
Exchange Fund	Section 3.2(a)
Exchange Ratio	Section 1.1(a)
Expenses	Section 1.1(a)
Fee Recipient	Section 8.3(f)

Form S-4	Section 4.5(b)
GAAP	Section 1.1(a)
Governmental Authority	Section 1.1(a)
Go Shop Bidder	Section 6.5(a)
Go Shop Period End Time	Section 6.5(a)
Go Shop Termination Fee	Section 8.3(d)(i)
Hazardous Substances	Section 1.1(a)
Indebtedness	Section 1.1(a)
Indemnitee	Section 1.1(a)
Intellectual Property	Section 1.1(a)
Interim Period	Section 6.1(a)
Investment Company Act	Section 1.1(a)
IRS	Section 1.1(a)
Joint Proxy Statement	Section 4.5(b)
Knowledge	Section 1.1(a)
Law	Section 1.1(a)
Lien	Section 1.1(a)
LTIP Unit	Section 1.1(a)
Material Company Leases	Section 4.16(i)
Material Parent Leases	Section 5.16(h)
Merger	Recitals
Merger Consideration	Section 3.1(a)(ii)
Mergers	Recitals
Merger Sub	Preamble
Merger Sub Interests	Section 3.1(c)
MGCL	Section 1.1(a)
MLLCA	Section 1.1(a)
NYSE	Section 1.1(a)
Order	Section 1.1(a)
Other Company Subsidiary	Section 4.1(c)
Other Parent Subsidiary	Section 5.1(d)
Outside Date	Section 8.1(b)(i)
Parent	Preamble
Parent Advisor	Section 1.1(a)
Parent Advisory Agreement	Section 1.1(a)
Parent Board	Section 5.4(a)
Parent Bylaws	Section 5.2(a)
Parent Change in Recommendation	Section 6.6(a)
Parent Charge Notice	Section 6.6(b)
Parent Charter	Section 5.2(a)
Parent Class B Unit	Section 1.1(a)
Parent Common Stock	Section 3.1(a)(ii)
Parent Disclosure Letter	Article V
Parent Insurance Policies	Section 5.18
Parent Intervening Event	Section 1.1.(a)
Parent Lease	Section 1.1(a)

Parent Material Adverse Effect	Section 1.1(a)
Parent Material Contract	Section 5.12(a)
Parent Operating Partnership	Preamble
Parent OP Unit	Section 1.1(a)
Parent OPP Agreement	Section 1.1(a)
Parent Option Plan	Section 1.1(a)
Parent Parties	Section 1.1(a)
Parent Partnership Agreement	Section 1.1(a)
Parent Partnership Unit	Section 1.1(a)
Parent Permits	Section 5.6(a)
Parent Permitted Liens	Section 5.16(a)
Parent Preferred Stock	Section 5.3(a)
Parent Properties	Section 5.16(a)
Parent Property	Section 5.16(a)
Parent Recommendation	Section 5.4(a)
Parent REIT Representation Letter	Section 6.2(b)
Parent Reorganization Representation Letter	Section 6.2(b)
Parent Restricted Stock	Section 1.1(a)
Parent Restricted Stock Plan	Section 1.1(a)
Parent Recommendation	Section 5.4(a)
Parent SEC Filings	Section 5.7(a)
Parent Special Committee	Section 1.1(a)
Parent Stockholder Approval	Section 5.19
Parent Stockholder Meeting	Section 1.1(a)
Parent Subsidiary	Section 1.1(a)
Parent Subsidiary Partnership	Section 5.17(h)
Parent Tax Protection Agreements	Section 5.17(h)
Parent Title Insurance Policy	Section 1.1(a)
Partnership Certificate of Merger	Section 2.3(b)
Partnership Merger	Recitals
Partnership Merger Consideration	Section 3.1(b)
Partnership Merger Effective Time	Section 2.3(b)
Paying Party	Section 8.3(f)
Person	Section 1.1(a)
Qualified REIT Subsidiary	Section 4.1(c)
Qualifying Income	Section 8.3(f)
REIT	Section 4.17(b)
Relevant Company Partnership Interest	Section 4.17(h)
Relevant Parent Partnership Interest	Section 5.17(h)
Representative	Section 1.1(a)
Sarbanes-Oxley Act	Section 1.1(a)
SDAT	Section 2.3(a)
SEC	Section 1.1(a)
Securities Act	Section 1.1(a)
Service Provider	Section 1.1(a)
Special Limited Partner	Section 1.1(a)

Special Limited Partner Interest	Section 1.1(a)
Superior Proposal	Section 6.5(h)(ii)
Surviving Entity	Section 2.1(a)
Surviving Partnership	Section 2.1(b)
Tax	Section 1.1(a)
Tax Return	Section 1.1(a)
Taxable REIT Subsidiary	Section 4.1(c)
Taxes	Section 1.1(a)
Termination Date	Section 8.1
Termination Fee	Section 8.3(d)(ii)
Third Party	Section 1.1(a)
Transfer Taxes	Section 8.7

Article II

THE MERGERS

Section 2.1 The Mergers .

(a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, and in accordance with the MGCL and the MLLCA, at the Effective Time, the Company shall be merged with and into Merger Sub, whereupon the separate existence of the Company shall cease, and Merger Sub shall continue under the name “Mayflower Acquisition LLC” as the surviving entity in the Merger (the “ Surviving Entity ”) and shall be governed by the laws of the State of Maryland. The Merger shall have the effects set forth in the applicable provisions of the MGCL, the MLLCA and this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, from and after the Effective Time, the Surviving Entity shall possess all properties, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub, and all of the claims, obligations, liabilities, debts and duties of the Company and Merger Sub shall become the claims, obligations, liabilities, debts and duties of the Surviving Entity.

(b) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, and in accordance with the DRULPA, at the Partnership Merger Effective Time, the Company Operating Partnership shall be merged with and into the Parent Operating Partnership, whereupon the separate existence of the Company Operating Partnership shall cease, and the Parent Operating Partnership shall continue under the name “Global Net Lease Operating Partnership, L.P.” as the surviving entity in the Partnership Merger (the “ Surviving Partnership ”) and shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware. The Partnership Merger shall have the effects set forth in the applicable provisions of the DRULPA and this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, from and after the Partnership Merger Effective Time, the Surviving Partnership shall possess all properties, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company Operating Partnership and the Parent Operating Partnership, and all of the claims, obligations, liabilities, debts and duties of the Company Operating Partnership and the Parent Operating Partnership shall become the claims, obligations, liabilities, debts and duties of the Surviving Partnership (including the obligations of the Company Operating Partnership under the Company Partnership Agreement).

Section 2.2 Closing . The closing of the Mergers (the “ Closing ”) shall occur at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern time), on the third (3 ^rd ) Business Day after all of the conditions set forth in Article VII (other than those conditions that by their terms are required to be satisfied or waived at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of such conditions) shall have been satisfied or waived by the party entitled to the benefit of the same or at such other time and date as shall be agreed upon by the parties hereto. The date on which the Closing occurs is referred to in this Agreement as the “ Closing Date ”. The Closing shall take place at the offices of Proskauer Rose LLP, Eleven Times Square, New York, New York 10036-8299, or at such other place as agreed to by the parties hereto.

Section 2.3 Effective Time .

(a) Prior to the Closing, Parent shall prepare and, on the Closing Date, the Company, Parent and Merger Sub shall (i) cause articles of merger with respect to the Merger (the “ Articles of Merger ”) to be duly executed and filed with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (the “ SDAT ”) as provided under the MGCL, and (ii) make any other filings, recordings or publications required to be made by the Company or Merger Sub under the MGCL or MLLCA in connection with the Merger. The Merger shall become effective at the later of the time the Articles of Merger are accepted for record by the SDAT on the Closing Date or on such other date and time (not to exceed 30 days from the date the Articles of Merger are accepted for record by the SDAT) as shall be agreed to by the Company and Parent and specified in the Articles of Merger (such date and time the Merger becomes effective being the “ Effective Time ”), it being understood and agreed that the parties hereto shall cause the Effective Time to occur on the Closing Date and prior to the Partnership Merger Effective Time.

(b) Prior to the Closing, Parent shall prepare and, on the Closing Date, the Company Operating Partnership and the Parent Operating Partnership shall (i) cause a certificate of merger with respect to the Partnership Merger (the “ Partnership Certificate of Merger ”) to be duly executed and filed with the Delaware Secretary as provided under the DRULPA and (ii) make any other filings, recordings or publications required to be made by the Company Operating Partnership or the Parent Operating Partnership under the DRULPA in connection with the Partnership Merger. The Partnership Merger shall become effective at such time as the Partnership Certificate of Merger shall have been duly filed with the Delaware Secretary on the Closing Date or on such other date and time (not to exceed 30 days from the date the Partnership Certificate of Merger is duly filed with the Delaware Secretary) as shall be agreed to by the Company Operating Partnership and the Parent Operating Partnership and specified in the Partnership Certificate of Merger (such date and time the Partnership Merger becomes effective being “ Partnership Merger Effective Time ”), it being understood and agreed that the parties hereto shall cause the Partnership Merger Effective Time to occur on the Closing Date after the Effective Time.

(c) If the consummation of the Merger prior to the consummation of the Partnership Merger (and, therefore, the Effective Time occurring prior to the Partnership Merger Effective Time), as is contemplated by this Agreement, would cause any of the parties to incur a materially greater amount of Transfer Taxes than would be incurred if the Merger were consummated following the consummation of the Partnership Merger (and, therefore, if the Effective Time were to occur following the Partnership Merger Effective Time), then, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, and with the written consent of Parent and the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), the timing of the consummation of the Merger and Partnership Merger shall be re-ordered so that the Merger shall occur and be consummated following the consummation of the Partnership Merger (and, therefore, the Effective Time will occur following the Partnership Merger Effective Time).

Section 2.4 Organizational Documents . Subject to Section 6.10 , at the Effective Time, the articles of organization and limited liability company agreement of Merger Sub, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time, shall be the articles of organization and limited liability company agreement of the Surviving Entity, until thereafter amended in accordance with applicable Law and the applicable provisions of such articles of organization and limited liability company agreement. At the Partnership Merger Effective Time, the certificate of limited partnership of the Parent Operating Partnership and the Parent Partnership Agreement, each as in effect immediately prior to the Partnership Merger Effective Time shall be the certificate of limited partnership and limited partnership agreement of the Surviving Partnership, until thereafter amended in accordance with applicable Law and the applicable provisions of such certificate of limited partnership and partnership agreement.

Section 2.5 Tax Consequences . It is intended that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Merger shall qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, and that this Agreement be, and is hereby adopted as, a plan of reorganization purposes of Sections 354 and 361 of the Code. It is further intended for U.S. federal income tax purposes that (i) the Partnership Merger shall qualify as and constitute an “asset-over” form of merger under Treasury Regulations Section 1.708-1(c)(3)(i) with the Surviving Partnership as the continuation of the Parent Operating Partnership and the termination of the Company Operating Partnership and (ii) the issuance of Parent Common Stock pursuant to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to each Person identified on Section 2.5 of the Company Disclosure Letter be treated as the direct purchase by Parent Operating Partnership, immediately prior to the Partnership Merger, of each Person’s Company LP Units in exchange for the shares of Parent Common Stock set forth on Section 2.5 of the Company Disclosure Letter; provided, that each such Person consent to such treatment at or prior to the Partnership Merger Effective Time and Parent Operating Partnership agrees to report such issuance of Parent Common Stock consistent with this clause (ii) of Section 2.5 , all pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 1.708-1(c)(4).

Section 2.6 Subsequent Actions .

(a) If at any time after the Effective Time the Surviving Entity shall determine, in its sole and absolute discretion, that any actions are necessary or desirable to vest, perfect or confirm of record or otherwise in the Surviving Entity its right, title or interest in, to or under any of the rights or properties of the Company acquired or to be acquired by the Surviving Entity as a result of, or in connection with, the Merger or otherwise to carry out this Agreement, then the members, officers and managers of the Surviving Entity shall be authorized to take all such actions as may be necessary or desirable to vest all right, title or interest in, to or under such rights or properties in the Surviving Entity or otherwise to carry out this Agreement.

(b) If at any time after the Partnership Merger Effective Time the Surviving Partnership shall determine, in its sole and absolute discretion, that any actions are necessary or desirable to vest, perfect or confirm of record or otherwise in the Surviving Partnership its right, title or interest in, to or under any of the rights or properties of the Company Operating Partnership acquired or to be acquired by the Surviving Partnership as a result of, or in connection with, the Partnership Merger or otherwise to carry out this Agreement, then the general partner(s) of the Surviving Partnership shall be authorized to take all such actions as may be necessary or desirable to vest all right, title or interest in, to or under such rights or properties in the Surviving Partnership or otherwise to carry out this Agreement.

Article III

EFFECT OF THE MERGERS

Section 3.1 Effect of the Mergers .

(a) The Merger . At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of the parties hereto or any holder of any capital stock of the Company:

(i) Each share of Company Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time that is held by any wholly owned Company Subsidiary, Parent or any Parent Subsidiary shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and retired and shall cease to exist, and no payment shall be made with respect thereto.

(ii) Subject to Section 3.1(d) , Section 3.7 and Section 3.8 each share of Company Common Stock (including each share of Company Restricted Stock) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than shares cancelled pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(i) ) shall be cancelled and automatically converted into the right to receive that number of validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Parent (“ Parent Common Stock ”) equal to the Exchange Ratio (the “ Merger Consideration ”). All shares of Company Common Stock (including all shares of Company Restricted Stock), when so converted pursuant to this Section 3.1(a)(ii) , shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and retired and shall cease to exist, and each holder of a certificate (a “ Certificate ”) or book-entry share registered in the transfer books of the Company (a “ Book-Entry Share ”) that immediately prior to the Effective Time represented shares of Company Common Stock shall cease to have any rights with respect to such Company Common Stock other than the right to receive the Merger Consideration in accordance with Section 3.2 , including the right, if any, to receive, pursuant to Section 3.11 , cash in lieu of fractional shares of Parent Common Stock into which such shares of Company Common Stock have been converted pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii) , together with the amounts, if any, payable pursuant to Section 3.4 .

(b) The Partnership Merger . Immediately prior to the Partnership Merger Effective Time, the Parent shall contribute to the Parent Operating Partnership a number of issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Parent Common Stock equal to the number of issued and outstanding Company LP Units times the Exchange Ratio. At the Partnership Merger Effective Time, by virtue of the Partnership Merger and without any action on the part of the parties hereto or any holder of any equity interests of the Company Operating Partnership, (i) each Company LP Unit issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Partnership Merger Effective Time shall automatically be exchanged for a number of validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Parent Common Stock equal to the Exchange Ratio and (ii) each Company Partnership Unit other than the Company LP Units shall automatically be converted into a number of Parent OP Units equal to the Exchange Ratio (collectively, the “ Partnership Merger Consideration ”). The general partnership interest of the Parent Operating Partnership shall remain outstanding and constitute the only general partnership interest in the Surviving Partnership, and the Parent OP Units issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Partnership Merger Effective Time shall remain outstanding. All Company Partnership Units, when so exchanged or converted pursuant to this Section 3.1(b) , shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be cancelled and retired and shall cease to exist, and each former holder of Company Partnership Units shall cease to have any rights with respect to such Company Partnership Unit other than the right to receive the Partnership Merger Consideration in accordance with Section 3.2 .

(c) Treatment of Merger Sub Membership Interests . All membership interests of Merger Sub (the “ Merger Sub Interests ”), issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall remain as the only membership interests of the Surviving Entity.

(d) Adjustments . Without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement and subject to Section 6.1(c)(ii) and Section 6.1(c)(iii) , if at any time during the period between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time, the Company or the Company Operating Partnership should split, combine or otherwise reclassify the Company Common Stock or Company Partnership Units, or make a dividend or other distribution in shares of Company Common Stock or Company Partnership Units (including any dividend or other distribution of securities convertible into Company Common Stock or Company Partnership Units), or engage in a reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or exchange or other like change, then (without limiting any other rights of the Parent Parties hereunder), the Merger Consideration or Partnership Merger Consideration, as applicable, shall be ratably adjusted to reflect fully the effect of any such change. Without limiting the other provisions of this Agreement and subject to Section 6.2(c)(ii) and Section 6.2(c)(iii) , if at any time during the period between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time, Parent or the Parent Operating Partnership should split, combine or otherwise reclassify the Parent Common Stock or Parent Partnership Units, or make a distribution in shares of Parent Common Stock or Parent Partnership Units (including any dividend or other distribution of securities convertible into Parent Common Stock or Parent Partnership Units), or engage in a reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization or exchange or other like change, then the Merger Consideration or Partnership Merger Consideration, as applicable, shall be ratably adjusted to reflect any such change.

Section 3.2 Exchange Fund; Exchange Agent; Payment Procedures .

(a) Prior to the Effective Time, Parent shall appoint a bank or trust company reasonably satisfactory to the Company to act as exchange agent (the “ Exchange Agent ”) for the payment and delivery of the Merger Consideration and Partnership Merger Consideration. On or before the Effective Time, Parent shall deposit, or cause to be deposited, with the Exchange Agent (i) evidence of Parent Common Stock in book-entry form issuable pursuant to Section 3.1(a)(ii) equal to the Merger Consideration and (ii) cash in immediately available funds in an amount equal to any cash payable in lieu of the fractional shares pursuant to Section 3.11 (collectively, the “ Exchange Fund ”). Any interest or other income earned on cash deposited in the Exchange Fund shall be the sole and exclusive property of Parent and the Surviving Entity and shall be paid to Parent or the Surviving Entity.

(b) As soon as reasonably practicable after the Effective Time and in any event not later than the fifth Business Day following the Effective Time, the Exchange Agent shall mail to each holder of record of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share immediately prior to the Effective Time a form of letter of transmittal (which shall specify that delivery shall be effected, and risk of loss and title to the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares shall pass, only upon delivery of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares to the Exchange Agent) and instructions for use in effecting the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares in exchange for the Merger Consideration. Upon proper surrender of a Certificate or Book-Entry Share for exchange and cancellation to the Exchange Agent, together with a letter of transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto, and such other documents as may be required pursuant to such instructions, the holder of such Certificate or Book-Entry Share shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Merger Consideration in respect of the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented by such Certificate or Book-Entry Share. No interest will be paid or accrued for the benefit of holders of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares on the Merger Consideration payable upon the surrender of the Certificates or Book-Entry Shares.

Section 3.3 Share Transfer Books . At the Effective Time, the share transfer books of the Company shall be closed, and thereafter there shall be no further registration of transfers of shares of Company Common Stock. From and after the Effective Time, Persons who held shares of Company Common Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time shall cease to have rights with respect to such shares, except as otherwise provided for herein. On or after the Effective Time, any Certificates or Book-Entry Shares presented to the Exchange Agent or the Surviving Entity for any reason shall be cancelled and exchanged for the Merger Consideration with respect to the shares of Company Common Stock formerly represented thereby.

Section 3.4 Dividends with Respect to Parent Common Stock . No dividends or other distributions with respect to Parent Common Stock with a record date after the Effective Time shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered Certificate or Book-Entry Shares with respect to the shares of Parent Common Stock issuable hereunder, and all such dividends and other distributions shall be paid by Parent to the Exchange Agent and shall be included in the Exchange Fund, in each case until the surrender of such Certificate (or affidavit of loss in lieu thereof) or Book-Entry Shares in accordance with this Agreement. Subject to applicable Laws, following surrender of any such Certificate (or affidavit of loss in lieu thereof) or Book-Entry Shares there shall be paid to the holder thereof, without interest, (i) the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time theretofore paid with respect to such shares of Parent Common Stock to which such holder is entitled pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) at the appropriate payment date, the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time but prior to such surrender and with a payment date subsequent to such surrender payable with respect to such shares of Parent Common Stock.

Section 3.5 Termination of Exchange Fund . Any portion of the Exchange Fund (including any interest and other income received with respect thereto) which remains undistributed to the former holders of shares of Company Common Stock on the first anniversary of the Effective Time shall be delivered to Parent, upon demand, and any former holders of shares of Company Common Stock who have not theretofore received any Merger Consideration (including any cash in lieu of fractional shares and any applicable dividends or other distributions with respect to Parent Common Stock) to which they are entitled under this Agreement shall thereafter look only to Parent and the Surviving Entity for payment of their claims with respect thereto.

Section 3.6 No Liability . None of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company, the Parent Operating Partnership, the Company Operating Partnership, the Surviving Entity, the Surviving Partnership or the Exchange Agent, or any employee, officer, director, agent or Affiliate of any of them, shall be liable to any holder of shares of Company Common Stock in respect of any cash that would have otherwise been payable in respect of any Certificate or Book-Entry Share from the Exchange Fund delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law. Any amounts remaining unclaimed by holders of any such shares immediately prior to the time at which such amounts would otherwise escheat to, or become property of, any Governmental Authority shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of the Surviving Entity, free and clear of any claims or interest of any such holders or their successors, assigns or personal representatives previously entitled thereto.

Section 3.7 Company Restricted Stock . Immediately prior to the Effective Time, any then-outstanding shares of Company Restricted Stock shall become fully vested and the Company shall be entitled to deduct and withhold such number of shares of Company Common Stock otherwise deliverable upon such acceleration to satisfy any applicable income and employment withholding Taxes (assuming a fair market value of a share of Company Common Stock equal to the Exchange Ratio multiplied by the per share closing price of the Parent Common Stock on the last completed trading day immediately prior to the Closing on the NYSE, as reported in The Wall Street Journal). All shares of Company Common Stock then-outstanding as a result of the full vesting of the shares of Company Restricted Stock and the satisfaction of any applicable income and employment withholding Taxes shall have the right to receive the Merger Consideration in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall take all actions necessary to effectuate the provisions of this Section 3.7 .

Section 3.8 Withholding Rights . Each and any Parent Party, Company Party, the Surviving Entity, the Surviving Partnership or the Exchange Agent, as applicable, shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the Merger Consideration, the Partnership Merger Consideration and/or, otherwise, any other amounts or property otherwise payable or distributable to any Person pursuant to this Agreement such amounts or property (or portions thereof) as such Parent Party, Company Party, the Surviving Entity, the Surviving Partnership or the Exchange Agent is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment or distribution under the Code, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any provision of applicable Tax Law. To the extent that amounts are so deducted or withheld and paid over to the appropriate Governmental Authority by a Parent Party, a Company Party, the Surviving Entity, the Surviving Partnership or the Exchange Agent, as applicable, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made by the Parent Party, the Company Party, the Surviving Entity, the Surviving Partnership or the Exchange Agent, as applicable.

Section 3.9 Lost Certificates . If any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, then upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed and, if required by the Surviving Entity, the posting by such Person of a bond in such reasonable and customary amount as the Surviving Entity may direct, as indemnity against any claim that may be made against it with respect to such Certificate, the Exchange Agent will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate, the Merger Consideration to which the holder thereof is entitled pursuant to this Article III .

Section 3.10 Dissenters’ Rights . No dissenters’ or appraisal rights (or rights of an objecting stockholder) shall be available with respect to the Mergers or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Section 3.11 Fractional Shares . No certificate or scrip representing fractional shares of Parent Common Stock shall be issued upon the surrender for exchange of Certificates or with respect to Book-Entry Shares, and such fractional share interests shall not entitle the owner thereof to vote or to any other rights of a stockholder of Parent. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, each holder of shares of Company Common Stock or Company Partnership Units exchanged or converted pursuant to the Merger who would otherwise have been entitled to receive a fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock shall receive (aggregating for this purpose all the shares of Parent Common Stock such holder is entitled to receive hereunder), in lieu thereof, cash, without interest, in an amount equal to the product of (a) such fractional part of a share of Parent Common Stock, multiplied by (b) the per share closing price of Parent Common Stock on the Closing Date on the NYSE, as reported in The Wall Street Journal.

Article IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF THE COMPANY

Except (a) as set forth in the disclosure letter that has been prepared by the Company Parties and delivered by the Company Parties to the Parent Parties in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement (the “ Company Disclosure Letter ”) (it being agreed that disclosure of any item in any Section of the Company Disclosure Letter with respect to any Section or subsection of Article IV of this Agreement shall be deemed disclosed with respect to any other Section or subsection of Article IV of this Agreement to the extent such relationship is reasonably apparent, provided that nothing in the Company Disclosure Letter is intended to broaden the scope of any representation or warranty of the Company made herein), or (b) as disclosed in publicly available Company SEC Filings, filed with, or furnished to, as applicable, the SEC on or after June 6, 2014 and prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any risk factor disclosures contained in such documents under the heading “Risk Factors” and any disclosure of risks or other matters included in any “forward-looking statements” disclaimer or other statements that are cautionary, predictive or forward-looking in nature), the Company Parties, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to the Parent Parties that:

Section 4.1 Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries.

(a) The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland and has the requisite organizational power and authority and any necessary governmental authorization to own, lease and, to the extent applicable, operate its properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted. The Company is duly qualified or licensed to do business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where the character of the properties owned, operated or leased by it or the nature of its business makes such qualification, licensing or good standing necessary, except for such failures to be so qualified, licensed or in good standing that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Each Company Subsidiary is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, as the case may be, and has the requisite organizational power and authority and any necessary governmental authorization to own, lease and, to the extent applicable, operate its properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, except, with respect only to each Company Subsidiary that would not constitute a “significant subsidiary” (as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X), for such failures to be so organized, in good standing or have certain power and authority that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Each Company Subsidiary is duly qualified or licensed to do business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where the character of the properties owned, operated or leased by it or the nature of its business makes such qualification, licensing or good standing necessary, except for such failures to be so qualified, licensed or in good standing that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(c) Section 4.1(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a true and complete list of the Company Subsidiaries and each other corporate or non-corporate subsidiary in which the Company owns any direct or indirect voting, capital, profits or other beneficial interest (“ Other Company Subsidiary ”), including a list of each Company Subsidiary or Other Company Subsidiary that is a “qualified REIT subsidiary” within the meaning of Section 856(i)(2) of the Code (“ Qualified REIT Subsidiary ”) or a “taxable REIT subsidiary” within the meaning of Section 856(l) of the Code (“ Taxable REIT Subsidiary ”), together with (i) the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, as the case may be, of each Company Subsidiary and each Other Company Subsidiary, (ii) the type of and percentage of voting, equity, profits, capital and other beneficial, as well as any debt (whether as a creditor or borrower), interest held (including capital account balances for any entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes), directly or indirectly, by the Company in and to each Company Subsidiary and each Other Company Subsidiary, (iii) the names of and the type of and percentage of voting, equity, profits, capital and other beneficial, as well as any debt (whether as a creditor or borrower), interest held (including capital account balances for any entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) by any Person other than the Company or a Company Subsidiary in each Company Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Company, each Other Company Subsidiary, and (iv) the classification for U.S. federal income tax purposes of each Company Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Company, each Other Company Subsidiary.

(d) Except as set forth in Section 4.1(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, owns any interest or investment (whether equity or debt) in any Person (other than equity interests in the Company Subsidiaries or Other Company Subsidiaries, loans to any Taxable REIT Subsidiary of the Company and investments in bank time deposits and money market accounts).

Section 4.2 Organizational Documents . The Company has made available to Parent complete and correct copies of (a) the Company’s charter (the “ Company Charter ”) and the Company’s bylaws, as amended to date (the “ Company Bylaws ”), (b) the organizational documents of each Company Subsidiary, including the certificate of limited partnership of the Company Operating Partnership and the Company Partnership Agreement, each as in effect on the date hereof, and (c) any and all Company Tax Protection Agreements.

Section 4.3 Capital Structure .

(a) As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 300,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock and 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “ Company Preferred Stock ”). At the close of business on July 31, 2016, (i) 12,481,339.06 shares of Company Common Stock were issued and outstanding, including 6,931 unvested shares of Company Restricted Stock and 8,888 shares of Common Stock that are held by the special limited partner of the Company Operating Partnership, (ii) no shares of Company Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding, (iii) 623,676 shares of Company Common Stock were reserved for issuance pursuant to the terms of outstanding awards granted pursuant to the Company Restricted Stock Plan, (iv) 613,012 shares of Company Common Stock were available for grant under the Company Restricted Stock Plan, and (v) 12,614,441 Company Partnership Units were issued and outstanding consisting of 12,480,533 Company OP Units, 8,888 Company GP Units and 125,020 Company Class B Units. All issued and outstanding shares of the capital stock of the Company are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and no class of capital stock of the Company is entitled to preemptive rights. There are no outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of the Company having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matter on which holders of shares of Company Common Stock may vote. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no Company options outstanding. Section 4.3(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth for each holder of Company Restricted Stock outstanding as of the date of this Agreement (A) the name with respect to the holder of Company Restricted Stock, (B) the number of shares of outstanding Company Restricted Stock, (C) the date of grant of such Company Restricted Stock, and (D) the vesting schedule for such Company Restricted Stock. There are no other rights, options, stock or unit appreciation rights, phantom stock or units, restricted stock units, dividend equivalents or similar rights with respect to the Company Common Stock or Company Partnership Units other than the Company Restricted Stock and Company Partnership Units disclosed on Section 4.3(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter. Each Company Restricted Stock grant was made in accordance in all material respects with the terms of the Company Restricted Stock Plan and applicable Law. Immediately prior to the Closing, the Company will provide to Parent a complete and correct list that contains the information required to be provided in Section 4.3(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter, that is correct and complete as of the Closing Date; provided, however, delivery of such updated schedule shall not cure any breach of this Section 4.3 for purposes of determining whether the applicable closing condition has been satisfied.

(b) All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Company Subsidiaries that is a corporation are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, and (except in respect to Company Subsidiaries formed under Luxembourg law) nonassessable. All equity interests in each of the Company Subsidiaries that is a partnership or limited liability company are duly authorized and validly issued. All shares of capital stock of (or other ownership interests in) each of the Company Subsidiaries that may be issued upon exercise of outstanding options or exchange rights are duly authorized and, upon issuance will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Except as set forth in Section 4.1(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company owns, directly or indirectly, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock and other ownership interests of each of the Company Subsidiaries, free and clear of all encumbrances other than statutory or other liens for Taxes or assessments which are not yet due or delinquent or the validity of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves are being maintained, and there are no existing options, warrants, calls, subscriptions, convertible securities or other securities, agreements, commitments or obligations of any character relating to the outstanding capital stock or other securities of any Company Subsidiary or which would require any Company Subsidiary to issue or sell any shares of its capital stock, ownership interests or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of its capital stock or ownership interests.

(c) Except as set forth in this Section 4.3 or in Section 4.3(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter or with respect to the Company Restricted Stock Plan, as of the date of this Agreement, there are no securities, options, warrants, calls, rights, commitments, agreements, rights of first refusal, arrangements or undertakings of any kind to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or by which any of them is bound, obligating the Company or any Company Subsidiary to issue, deliver or sell or create, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold or created, additional shares of Company Common Stock, shares of Company Preferred Stock, Company Partnership Units or other equity securities or phantom stock or other contractual rights the value of which is determined in whole or in part by the value of any equity security of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or obligating the Company or any Company Subsidiary to issue, grant, extend or enter into any such security, option, warrant, call, right, commitment, agreement, right of first refusal, arrangement or undertaking. Except as set forth in Section 4.3(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter, as of the date of this Agreement, there are no outstanding contractual obligations of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of Company Common Stock, shares of Company Preferred Stock or other equity securities of the Company or any Company Subsidiary (other than in satisfaction of withholding Tax obligations pursuant to certain awards outstanding under the Company Restricted Stock Plan in the event the grantees fail to satisfy withholding Tax obligations). Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is a party to or bound by any agreements or understandings concerning the voting (including voting trusts and proxies) of any capital stock of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries.

(d) All dividends or other distributions on the shares of Company Common Stock and Company Preferred Stock and any material dividends or other distributions on any securities of any Company Subsidiary which have been authorized or declared prior to the date hereof have been paid in full (except to the extent such dividends have been publicly announced and are not yet due and payable).

Section 4.4 Authority .

(a) Each of the Company and the Company Operating Partnership has the requisite corporate or limited partnership power and authority, as applicable, to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and, subject to receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of the Company and the Company Operating Partnership and the consummation by the Company and the Company Operating Partnership of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate and limited partnership action, and no other corporate or limited partnership proceedings on the part of the Company or the Company Operating Partnership, as applicable, are necessary to authorize this Agreement or the Mergers or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, subject, (i) with respect to the Merger, to receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval, the filing of the Articles of Merger with and acceptance for record of the Articles of Merger by the SDAT and (ii) with respect to the Partnership Merger, the due filing of the Partnership Certificate of Merger with the Delaware Secretary. The Company’s board of directors (the “ Company Board ”), at a duly held meeting, has, upon the recommendation of the Company Special Committee, by unanimous vote of all of the Company Board members voting, (x) duly and validly authorized the execution and delivery of this Agreement and declared advisable the Merger, the Partnership Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby, (y) directed that the Merger and, to the extent stockholder approval is required, the other transactions contemplated hereby be submitted for consideration at the Company Stockholder Meeting, and (z) resolved to recommend that the stockholders of the Company vote in favor of the approval of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby (the “ Company Recommendation ”) and to include such recommendation in the Joint Proxy Statement, subject to Section 6.5 .

(b) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of the Company and the Company Operating Partnership and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Parent Operating Partnership, constitutes a legally valid and binding obligation of each of the Company and the Company Operating Partnership, enforceable against the Company and the Company Operating Partnership in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at Law).

(c) The Company Special Committee, at a meeting duly called and held, has by unanimous vote of all its members recommended that the Company Board approve and adopt this Agreement and determined that the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Mergers, are advisable and in the best interests of, the Company and the stockholders of the Company. The Company Board, based on the unanimous recommendation of the Company Special Committee, has (i) determined that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are advisable on substantially the terms and conditions set forth herein, and (ii) approved and adopted this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Mergers, and directed that this Agreement and the Merger be submitted to a vote by the Company’s stockholders. The Company Board has not subsequently rescinded or modified, in any way, its determinations and approvals discussed above.

Section 4.5 No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents .

(a) Except as set forth in Section 4.5(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of the Company and the Company Operating Partnership does not, and the performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated hereby by each of the Company and the Company Operating Partnership will not, (i) assuming receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval, conflict with or violate any provision of (A) the Company Charter, the Company Bylaws, the certificate of limited partnership of the Company Operating Partnership or the Company Partnership Agreement or (B) any equivalent organizational or governing documents of any Company Subsidiary, (ii) assuming that all consents, approvals, authorizations and permits described in Section 4.5(b) have been obtained, all filings and notifications described in Section 4.5(b) have been made and any waiting periods thereunder have terminated or expired, conflict with or violate any Law applicable to the Company, the Company Operating Partnership or any other Company Subsidiary or by which any property or asset of the Company, the Company Operating Partnership or any other Company Subsidiary is bound, or (iii) require any consent or approval (except as contemplated by Section 4.5(b) ) under, result in any breach of or any loss of any benefit or material increase in any cost or obligation of the Company, the Company Operating Partnership or any other Company Subsidiary under, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any right of termination, acceleration, cancellation or payment (including disposition or similar fees) (with or without notice or the lapse of time or both) of, or give rise to any right of purchase, first offer or forced sale under or result in the creation of a Lien on any property or asset of the Company, the Company Operating Partnership or any other Company Subsidiary pursuant to, any note, bond, debt instrument, indenture, contract, agreement, ground lease, license, permit or other legally binding obligation to which the Company, the Company Operating Partnership or any other Company Subsidiary is a party, except, as to clauses (i)(B), (ii) and (iii), respectively, for any such conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults or other occurrences which, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of the Company and the Company Operating Partnership does not, and the performance of this Agreement by each of the Company and the Company Operating Partnership will not, require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing with or notification to, any Governmental Authority, except (i) the filing with the SEC of (A) joint proxy materials in preliminary and definitive form relating to the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting (together with any amendments or supplements thereto, the “ Joint Proxy Statement ”) and of a registration statement on Form S-4 pursuant to which the offer and sale of shares of Parent Common Stock in the Merger will be registered pursuant to the Securities Act and in which the Joint Proxy Statement will be included as a prospectus (together with any amendments or supplements thereto, the “ Form S-4 ”), and declaration of effectiveness of the Form S-4, and (B) such reports under, and other compliance with, the Exchange Act (and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) and the Securities Act (and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) as may be required in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) as may be required under the rules and regulations of the NYSE, (iii) the filing of the Articles of Merger with and the acceptance for record of the Articles of Merger by the SDAT pursuant to the MGCL, (iv) the due filing of the Partnership Certificate of Merger with the Delaware Secretary, (v) such filings and approvals as may be required by any applicable state securities or “blue sky” Laws, (vi) such filings as may be required in connection with state and local transfer Taxes, and (vii) where failure to obtain such consents, approvals, authorizations or permits, or to make such filings or notifications, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.6 Permits; Compliance with Law .

(a) Except for the authorizations, licenses, permits, certificates, approvals, variances, exemptions, orders, franchises, certifications and clearances that are the subject of Section 4.14 or Section 4.16 , which are addressed solely in those Sections, the Company and each Company Subsidiary is in possession of all authorizations, licenses, permits, certificates, approvals, variances, exemptions, orders, franchises, certifications and clearances of any Governmental Authority and accreditation and certification agencies, bodies or other organizations, including building permits and certificates of occupancy, necessary for the Company and each Company Subsidiary to own, lease and, to the extent applicable, operate its properties or to carry on its respective business substantially as it is being conducted as of the date hereof (the “ Company Permits ”), and all such Company Permits are valid and in full force and effect, except where the failure to be in possession of, or the failure to be valid or in full force and effect of, any of the Company Permits, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. All applications required to have been filed for the renewal of the Company Permits have been duly filed on a timely basis with the appropriate Governmental Authority, and all other filings required to have been made with respect to such Company Permits have been duly made on a timely basis with the appropriate Governmental Authority, except in each case for failures to file which, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received any claim or notice nor has any knowledge indicating that the Company or any Company Subsidiary is currently not in compliance with the terms of any such Company Permits, except where the failure to be in compliance with the terms of any such Company Permits, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is or has been in conflict with, or in default or violation of (i) any Law applicable to the Company or any Company Subsidiary or by which any property or asset of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is bound (except for Laws addressed in Section 4.7 , Section 4.10 , Section 4.14 , Section 4.16 or Section 4.17 ), or (ii) any Company Permits (except for the Company Permits addressed in Section 4.14 or Section 4.16 ), except in each case for any such conflicts, defaults or violations that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.7 SEC Filings; Financial Statements .

(a) The Company has filed with, or furnished (on a publicly available basis) to, the SEC all forms, reports, schedules, statements and documents required to be filed or furnished by it under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as the case may be, including any amendments or supplements thereto, from and after June 6, 2014 (collectively, the “ Company SEC Filings ”). Except as set forth in Section 4.7(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter, each Company SEC Filing, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, (i) as of its date, or, if amended or supplemented, as of the date of the most recent amendment or supplement thereto, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, and (ii) did not, at the time it was filed (or became effective in the case of registration statements), or, if amended or supplemented, as of the date of the most recent amendment or supplement thereto, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. As of the date of this Agreement, no Company Subsidiary is separately subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act.

(b) Each of the consolidated financial statements contained or incorporated by reference in the Company SEC Filings (as amended, supplemented or restated, if applicable), including the related notes and schedules, was prepared (except as indicated in the notes thereto) in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods indicated, and each such consolidated financial statement presented fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position, results of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the respective dates thereof and for the respective periods indicated therein (subject, in the case of unaudited quarterly financial statements, to normal year-end adjustments).

(c) The records, systems, controls, data and information of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries that are used in the system of internal accounting controls described in the following sentence are recorded, stored, maintained and operated under means that are under the exclusive ownership and direct control of the Company or the Company Subsidiaries or accountants, except for any non-exclusive ownership and non-direct control that would not reasonably be expected to have a materially adverse effect on the system of internal accounting controls. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have devised and maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP, including that: (1) transactions are executed only in accordance with management’s authorization; (2) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of the financial statements of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries and to maintain accountability for the assets of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries; (3) access to such assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s authorization; (4) the reporting of such assets is compared with existing assets at regular intervals; and (5) accounts, notes and other receivables and inventory are recorded accurately, and proper and adequate procedures are implemented to effect the collection thereof on a current and timely basis. The Company’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer have disclosed to the Company’s auditors and the audit committee of the Company Board (i) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting that are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data, and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls, and the Company has made available to Parent copies of any material written materials relating to the foregoing. The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 promulgated under the Exchange Act) designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company required to be included in reports filed under the Exchange Act, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to the Company’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer by others within those entities, particularly during the periods in which the periodic reports required under the Exchange Act are being prepared, and, to the knowledge of the Company, such disclosure controls and procedures are effective in timely alerting the Company’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer to material information required to be included in the Company’s periodic reports required under the Exchange Act. Since the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, none of the Company or any Company Subsidiary has made any prohibited loans to any director or executive officer of the Company (as defined in Rule 3b-7 promulgated under the Exchange Act).

(d) Except as and to the extent disclosed or reserved against on the Company’s most recent balance sheet (or, in the notes thereto) included in the Company SEC Filings, none of the Company or its consolidated subsidiaries has any liabilities or obligations of any nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise), except for liabilities or obligations (i) expressly contemplated by or under this Agreement, (ii) incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice since the most recent balance sheet set forth in the Company SEC Filings made through and including the date of this Agreement, (iii) described in any section of the Company Disclosure Letter or (iv) that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.7(e) of the Company Disclosure Letter, to the knowledge of the Company, none of the Company SEC Filings is the subject of ongoing SEC review and the Company has not received any comments from the SEC with respect to any of the Company SEC Filings since June 6, 2014 which remain unresolved, nor has it received any inquiry or information request from the SEC as to any matters affecting the Company which has not been adequately addressed. The Company has made available to Parent true and complete copies of all written comment letters from the staff of the SEC received since June 6, 2014 through the date of this Agreement relating to the Company SEC Filings and all written responses of the Company thereto through the date of this Agreement. None of the Company SEC Filings is the subject of any confidential treatment request by the Company.

Section 4.8 Disclosure Documents .

(a) None of the information supplied or to be supplied in writing by or on behalf of the Company or any Company Subsidiary for inclusion or incorporation by reference in (i) the Form S-4 will, at the time such document is filed with the SEC, at any time such document is amended or supplemented or at the time such document is declared effective by the SEC, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or (ii) the Joint Proxy Statement will, at the date it is first mailed to the stockholders of the Company and of Parent, at the time of the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting, at the time the Form S-4 is declared effective by the SEC or at the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. All documents that the Company is responsible for filing with the SEC in connection with the transactions contemplated herein, to the extent relating to the Company or any Company Subsidiary or other information supplied by or on behalf of the Company or any Company Subsidiary for inclusion therein, will comply as to form, in all material respects, with the provisions of the Securities Act or Exchange Act, as applicable, and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder and each such document required to be filed with any Governmental Authority (other than the SEC) will comply in all material respects with the provisions of any applicable Law as to the information required to be contained therein.

(b) The representations and warranties contained in this Section 4.8 will not apply to statements or omissions included in the Form S-4 or the Joint Proxy Statement to the extent based upon information supplied to the Company by or on behalf of Parent, Parent Operating Partnership or Merger Sub.

Section 4.9 Absence of Certain Changes or Events . Between and including January 1, 2016 and the date hereof, except as contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth in Section 4.9 of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company and each Company Subsidiary has conducted its business in all material respects in the ordinary course. Between and including January 1, 2016 and the date hereof, there has not been any Company Material Adverse Effect or any effect, event, development or circumstance that, individually or in the aggregate with all other effects, events, developments and changes, would reasonably be expected to result in a Company Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.10 Employee Benefit Plans and Service Providers .

(a) Other than the Restricted Stock Plan and as set forth in Section 4.10 of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company and the Company Subsidiaries do not and are not required to, and have not and have never been required to, maintain, sponsor or contribute to any Benefit Plans. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has any contract, plan or commitment, whether or not legally binding, to create any Benefit Plan.

(b) Except as individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, none of the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has incurred any obligation or liability with respect to or under any employee benefit plan, program or arrangement (including any agreement, program, policy or other arrangement under which any current or former employee, director or consultant has any present or future right to benefits) which has created or will create any obligation with respect to, or has resulted in or will result in any liability to Parent, Merger Sub or any of their respective subsidiaries.

(c) The Company Restricted Stock Plan was established and has been administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and in material compliance with all applicable Laws, including the Code.

(d) None of the Company, any Company Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has ever maintained, contributed to, or participated in, or otherwise has any obligation or liability in connection with: (i) a “pension plan” under Section 3(2) of ERISA that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code, (ii) a “multiemployer plan” (as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA), (iii) a “multiple employer welfare arrangement” (as defined in Section 3(40) of ERISA), (iv) a “multiple employer plan” (as defined in Section 413(c) of the Code), or (v) in respect to the Company Subsidiaries (and, in respect thereto, the laws of any relevant jurisdiction of the European Union), any equivalent pension or similar plan, scheme, or arrangement (excluding any mandatory governmental pension schemes, plans, or arrangements pursuant to the domestic laws of that jurisdiction, where applicable).

(e) Except as set forth in Section 4.10(e) of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither the execution of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will, individually or together with the occurrence of any other event: (i) result in any payment becoming due to any service provider of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (ii) increase or otherwise enhance any benefits otherwise payable by the Company or any Company Subsidiary or the amount of compensation due to any service provider of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or (iii) result in the acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any such benefits or the funding of any such compensation or benefits.

(f) No amount that could be received (whether in cash or property or the vesting of property or otherwise) as a result of the Mergers or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby (alone or in combination with any other event) by any Person who would reasonably be expected to be a “disqualified individual” (as such term is defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.280G-1) under any compensation arrangement or otherwise would be characterized as an “excess parachute payment” (as such term is defined in Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code).

(g) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is a party to or has any obligation under any Contract, any Benefit Plan, or otherwise to compensate any Person for excise taxes payable pursuant to Section 4999 of the Code or for additional taxes payable pursuant to Section 409A of the Code.

Section 4.11 Labor and Employment Matters . Except as set forth in Section 4.11 of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has, or has ever had, any employees or consultants.

Section 4.12 Material Contracts .

(a) Except for contracts listed in Section 4.12 of the Company Disclosure Letter or filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Filings, as of the date of this Agreement, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is a party to or bound by any contract that, as of the date hereof:

(i) is required to be filed as an exhibit to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K pursuant to Item 601(b)(2), (4), (9) or (10) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC;

(ii) obligates the Company or any Company Subsidiary to make non-contingent aggregate annual expenditures (other than principal and/or interest payments or the deposit of other reserves with respect to debt obligations) in excess of $1,000,000 and is not cancelable within ninety (90) days without material penalty to the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except for any Company Lease or any ground lease affecting any Company Property;

(iii) contains any non-compete or exclusivity provisions with respect to any line of business or geographic area that restricts the business of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or that otherwise restricts the lines of business conducted by the Company or any Company Subsidiary or the geographic area in which the Company or any Company Subsidiary may conduct business, other than, with respect to the Company Subsidiaries, radius and/or use restrictions contained in any Company Lease or pursuant to applicable Laws;

(iv) is an agreement which obligates the Company or any Company Subsidiary to indemnify any past or present directors, officers, trustees, employees and agents of the Company or any Company Subsidiary pursuant to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is the indemnitor, other than any operating agreements or property management agreements or any similar agreement pursuant to which a Company Subsidiary that is not wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company provides such an indemnification to any such directors, officers, trustees, employees or agents in connection with the indemnification by such non-wholly owned Company Subsidiary of the Company or another Company Subsidiary thereunder;

(v) constitutes an Indebtedness obligation of the Company or any Company Subsidiary with a principal amount as of the date hereof greater than $1,000,000;

(vi) would prohibit or materially delay the consummation of the Mergers as contemplated by this Agreement;

(vii) requires the Company or any Company Subsidiary to dispose of or acquire assets or properties (other than in connection with the expiration or termination of a Company Lease or a ground lease affecting a Company Property) with a fair market value in excess of $200,000, or involves any pending or contemplated merger, consolidation or similar business combination transaction, except for any Company Lease or any ground lease affecting any Company Property;

(viii) sets forth the operational terms of a joint venture, partnership, limited liability company with a Third Party member or strategic alliance of the Company or any Company Subsidiary; or

(ix) constitutes a loan to any Person (other than a wholly owned Company Subsidiary) by the Company or any Company Subsidiary (other than advances made pursuant to and expressly disclosed in the Company Leases or pursuant to any disbursement agreement, development agreement, or development addendum entered into in connection with a Company Lease with respect to the development, construction, or equipping of Company Properties or the funding of improvements to Company Properties) in an amount in excess of $1,000,000.

Each contract listed on Section 4.12 of the Company Disclosure Letter to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party or by which it is bound as of the date hereof is referred to herein as a “ Company Material Contract. ”

(b) Except as, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, each Company Material Contract is legal, valid, binding and enforceable on the Company and each Company Subsidiary that is a party thereto and, to the knowledge of the Company, each other party thereto, and is in full force and effect, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at Law). Except as, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, the Company and each Company Subsidiary has performed all obligations required to be performed by it prior to the date hereof under each Company Material Contract and, to the knowledge of the Company, each other party thereto has performed all obligations required to be performed by it under such Company Material Contract prior to the date hereof. None of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto, is in material breach or violation of, or default under, any Company Material Contract, and no event has occurred that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a violation, breach or default under any Company Material Contract, except where in each case such breach, violation or default is not reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received notice of any violation or default under any Company Material Contract, except for violations or defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

Section 4.13 Litigation . Except as individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, as of the date of this Agreement, (a) there is no Action pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by or before any Governmental Authority, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, is there any investigation pending or threatened by any Governmental Authority, in each case, against the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and (b) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary, nor any of the Company’s or any Company Subsidiary’s respective property, is subject to any outstanding judgment, order, writ, injunction or decree of any Governmental Authority.

Section 4.14 Environmental Matters .

(a) Except as individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect or in any Phase I or Phase II report made available to Parent prior to the date hereof:

(i) The Company and each Company Subsidiary are in compliance with all Environmental Laws.

(ii) The Company and each Company Subsidiary have all Environmental Permits necessary to conduct their current operations and are in compliance with their respective Environmental Permits, and all such Environmental Permits are in good standing.

(iii) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received any written notice, demand, letter or claim alleging that the Company or any such Company Subsidiary is in violation of, or liable under, any Environmental Law or that any judicial, administrative or compliance order has been issued against the Company or any Company Subsidiary which remains unresolved. There is no litigation, investigation, request for information or other proceeding pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company and any Company Subsidiary under any Environmental Law.

(iv) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has entered into or agreed to any consent decree or order or is subject to any judgment, decree or judicial, administrative or compliance order relating to compliance with Environmental Laws, Environmental Permits or the investigation, sampling, monitoring, treatment, remediation, removal or cleanup of Hazardous Substances and no investigation, litigation or other proceeding is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any Company Subsidiary under any Environmental Law.

(v) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has assumed, by contract or, to the knowledge of the Company, by operation of Law, any liability under any Environmental Law or relating to any Hazardous Substances, or is an indemnitor in connection with any threatened or asserted claim by any third-party indemnitee for any liability under any Environmental Law or relating to any Hazardous Substances, other than environmental guaranties provided on non-recourse debt.

(vi) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has caused, and to the knowledge of the Company, no Third Party has caused any release of a Hazardous Substance that would be required to be investigated or remediated by the Company or any Company Subsidiary under any Environmental Law.

(vii) There is no site to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary has transported or arranged for the transport of Hazardous Substances which, to the knowledge of the Company, is or may become the subject of any Action under Environmental Law.

(b) This Section 4.14 contains the exclusive representations and warranties of the Company with respect to environmental matters.

Section 4.15 Intellectual Property .

(a) Section 4.15(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a correct and complete list of all material Intellectual Property registrations and applications for registration owned by the Company and all material Intellectual Property that is licensed by the Company.

(b) Except as, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Company and the Company Subsidiaries own or are licensed or otherwise possess valid rights to use all Intellectual Property necessary to conduct the business of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as it is currently conducted, (ii) the conduct of the business of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries as it is currently conducted does not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate the Intellectual Property rights of any Third Party, (iii) there are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened claims with respect to any of the Intellectual Property rights owned or licensed by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and (iv) to the knowledge of the Company, no Third Party is currently infringing or misappropriating Intellectual Property owned by the Company or any Company Subsidiary. The Company and the Company Subsidiaries are taking all actions that are reasonably necessary to maintain and protect each material item of Intellectual Property that they own.

(c) This Section 4.15 contains the exclusive representations and warranties of the Company with respect to Intellectual Property matters.

Section 4.16 Properties .

(a) Section 4.16(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of the address of each real property owned, leased (as lessee or sublessee), including ground leased, by the Company or any Company Subsidiary as of the date of this Agreement (all such real property interests, together with all buildings, structures and other improvements and fixtures located on or under such real property and all easements, rights and other appurtenances to such real property, are individually referred to herein as a “ Company Property ” and collectively referred to herein as the “ Company Properties ”).

(b) The Company or a Company Subsidiary owns good and marketable fee simple title or leasehold title (as applicable) to each of the Company Properties, in each case, free and clear of Liens, except for Company Permitted Liens that have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. For the purposes of this Agreement, “ Company Permitted Liens ” shall mean any (i) Liens relating to any Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (ii) Liens that result from any statutory or other Liens for Taxes or assessments that are not yet subject to penalty or the validity of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which there are adequate reserves on the financial statements of the Company (if such reserves are required pursuant to GAAP), (iii) any Company Material Contracts or other service contracts, management agreements, leasing commission agreements, agreements or obligations set forth in Section 4.16(l) of the Company Disclosure Letter, or Company Leases or ground leases or air rights affecting any Company Property, (iv) Liens imposed or promulgated by Law or any Governmental Authority, including zoning regulations, permits and licenses, (v) Liens that are disclosed on the existing Company Title Insurance Policies made available by or on behalf of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to Parent prior to the date hereof and, with respect to leasehold interests, Liens on the underlying fee or leasehold interest of the applicable ground lessor, lessor or sublessor, (vi) any cashiers’, landlords’, workers’, mechanics’, carriers’, workmen’s, repairmen’s and materialmen’s liens and other similar Liens imposed by Law and incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice that are not yet subject to penalty or the validity of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and (vii) any other Liens that do not materially impair the value of the applicable Company Property or the continued use and operation of the applicable Company Property as currently used and operated.

(c) The Company Properties (x) are supplied with utilities and other services reasonably required for their continued operation as they are now being operated, (y) are, to the knowledge of the Company, in working order sufficient for their normal operation in the manner currently being operated and without any material structural defects other than as may be disclosed in any physical condition reports that have been made available to Parent, and (z) are, to the knowledge of the Company, adequate and suitable for the purposes for which they are presently being used.

(d) To the knowledge of the Company, each of the Company Properties has sufficient access to and from publicly dedicated streets for its current use and operation, without any constraints that interfere with the normal use, occupancy and operation thereof.

(e) Neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has received (i) written notice that any certificate, permit or license from any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over any of the Company Properties or any agreement or easement that is necessary to permit the lawful use and operation of the buildings and improvements on any of the Company Properties or that is necessary to permit the lawful use and operation of all utilities, parking areas, retention ponds, driveways, roads and other means of egress and ingress to and from any of the Company Properties is not in full force and effect as of the date of this Agreement, except for such failures to be in full force and effect that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, or of any pending written threat of modification or cancellation of any of same, that would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) written notice of any uncured violation of any Laws affecting any of the Company Properties which, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(f) No certificate, variance, permit or license from any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over any of the Company Properties or any agreement, easement or other right that is necessary to permit the current use of the buildings and improvements on any of the Company Properties or that is necessary to permit the current use of all parking areas, driveways, roads and other means of egress and ingress to and from any of the Company Properties has failed to be obtained or is not in full force and effect, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received written notice of any outstanding threat of modification or cancellation of any such certificate, variance, permit or license, except for any of the foregoing as, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(g) Except as, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, no condemnation, eminent domain or similar proceeding has occurred or is pending with respect to any owned Company Property or, to the knowledge of the Company, any Company Property leased by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received any written notice to the effect that (i) any condemnation or rezoning proceedings are threatened with respect to any of the Company Properties, or (ii) any zoning regulation or ordinance (including with respect to parking), Board of Fire Underwriters rules, building, fire, health or other Law has been violated (and remains in violation) for any Company Property.

(h) Except for discrepancies, errors or omissions that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, the rent rolls for each of the Company Properties, as of June 1, 2016, which rent rolls have previously been made available by or on behalf of the Company or any Company Subsidiary to Parent, and the schedules with respect to the Company Properties subject to triple-net leases, which schedules have previously been made available to Parent, correctly reference each lease or sublease that was in effect as of June 1, 2016 and to which the Company or the Company Subsidiaries are parties as lessors or sublessors with respect to each of the applicable Company Properties (all leases or subleases (including any triple-net leases), together with all amendments, modifications, supplements, renewals, exercise of options and extensions related thereto, the “ Company Leases ”). Section 4.16(h) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth the current rent annualized and security deposit amounts currently held for each Company Lease (which security deposits are in the amounts required by the applicable Company Lease).

(i) True and complete in all material respects copies of (i) all ground leases affecting the interest of the Company or any Company Subsidiary in the Company Properties and (ii) all Company Leases (collectively, the “ Material Company Leases ”), in each case in effect as of the date hereof, together with all amendments, modifications, supplements, renewals and extensions through the date hereof related thereto, have been made available to Parent. Except as set forth on Section 4.16(i) of the Company Disclosure Letter or as individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (1) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is and, to the knowledge of the Company, no other party is in breach or violation of, or default under, any Material Company Lease, (2) no event has occurred which would result in a breach or violation of, or a default under, any Material Company Lease by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, or, to the knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto (in each case, with or without notice or lapse of time or both) and no tenant under a Material Company Lease is in monetary default under such Material Company Lease, (3) no tenant under a Company Lease is the beneficiary or has the right to become a beneficiary of a loan or forbearance from the Company or any Company Subsidiary in excess of $250,000 in the aggregate, (4) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is in receipt of any rent under any Company Lease paid more than 30 days before such rent is due and payable, and (5) to the Knowledge of the Company, each Material Company Lease is valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms and is in full force and effect with respect to the Company or a Company Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Company, with respect to the other parties thereto, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at Law).

(j) Except as set forth on Section 4.16(j) of the Company Disclosure Letter, there are no Tax abatements or exemptions specifically affecting the Company Properties, and the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not received any written notice of (and the Company and the Company Subsidiaries do not have any knowledge of) any proposed increase in the assessed valuation of any of the Company Properties or of any proposed public improvement assessments that will result in the Taxes or assessments payable in the next tax period increasing except, in each case, for any such Taxes or assessments that have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(k) As of the date of this Agreement, no purchase option has been exercised under any Company Lease for which the purchase has not closed prior to the date of this Agreement.

(l) Except for (1) Company Permitted Liens, (2) as set forth in Section 4.16(l) of the Company Disclosure Letter, or (3) as set forth in any Company Lease, and as set forth in contracts provided to Parent prior to the date hereof, (i) there are no unexpired option to purchase agreements, rights of first refusal or first offer or any other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire any Company Property or any portion thereof that would materially adversely affect the Company’s, or the Company Subsidiary’s, ownership, ground lease or right to use a Company Property subject to a Material Company Lease, and (ii) there are no other outstanding rights or agreements to enter into any contract for sale, ground lease or letter of intent to sell or ground lease any Company Property or any portion thereof that is owned by any Company Subsidiary, which, in each case, is in favor of any party other than the Company or a Company Subsidiary.

(m) Except as set forth in Section 4.16(m) of the Company Disclosure Letter or pursuant to a Company Lease or any ground lease affecting any Company Property, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is a party to any agreement pursuant to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary manages or manages the development of any real property for any Third Party.

(n) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is party to any oral Company Lease.

(o) The Company and each Company Subsidiary, as applicable, is in possession of title insurance policies or valid marked-up title commitments evidencing title insurance with respect to each Company Property (each, a “ Company Title Insurance Policy ”). A copy of each Company Title Insurance Policy in the possession of the Company has been made available to Parent. No written claim has been made against any Company Title Insurance Policy, which, individually or in the aggregate, would be material to any Company Property.

(p) To the knowledge of the Company, Section 4.16(p) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists each Company Property which is (i) under development as of the date hereof, and describes the status of such development as of the date hereof, and (ii) which is subject to a binding agreement for development or commencement of construction by the Company or a Company Subsidiary, in each case other than those pertaining to minor capital repairs, replacements and other similar correction of deferred maintenance items in the ordinary course of business or alterations or expansions being performed by any tenant under a Company Lease.

(q) The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have good and valid title to, or a valid and enforceable leasehold interest in, or other right to use, all personal property owned, used or held for use by them as of the date of this Agreement (other than property owned by tenants and used or held in connection with the applicable tenancy), except as, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company’s or any of the Company Subsidiaries’ ownership of or leasehold interest in any such personal property is subject to any Liens, except for Company Permitted Liens and Liens that have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Section 4.16(q) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth all leased personal property of the Company or any Company Subsidiary with monthly lease obligations in excess of $250,000 and that are not terminable upon 30 days’ notice.

(r) Section 4.16(r) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists the parties currently providing third-party property management services to the Company or a Company Subsidiary and the number of facilities currently managed by each such party.

Section 4.17 Taxes .

(a) The Company and, if applicable, each Company Subsidiary has (i) duly and timely filed (or there have been filed on their behalf) with the appropriate Governmental Authority all U.S. federal and all other material Tax Returns required to be filed by them, taking into account any extensions of time within which to file such Tax Returns, and all such Tax Returns were and are true, correct and complete in all material respects, and (ii) duly and timely paid in full (or there has been duly and timely paid in full on their behalf), or made adequate provision for, all material amounts of Taxes required to be paid by them, whether or not shown (or required to be shown) on any Tax Return. True and materially complete copies of all U.S. Federal income Tax Returns that have been filed with the IRS by the Company and each Company Subsidiary with respect to the taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2014 have been provided or made available to representatives of Parent.

(b) The Company (i) for all taxable years commencing with the Company’s taxable year ended December 31, 2015 (and, for purposes of Section 7.2(a), including through December 31, 2016, if the Closing Date occurs in the taxable year ending December 31, 2017), has satisfied all requirements to qualify as a real estate investment trust within the meaning of Section 856 of the Code (a “REIT”), and, upon the making of an election to be treated as a REIT on the federal income Tax Return for the Company’s taxable year ended December 31, 2015, will so qualify for U.S. federal Tax purposes for such taxable years; (ii) has operated since January 1, 2016 (and, for purposes of Section 7.2(a), January 1, 2017, if the Closing Date occurs in the taxable year ending December 31, 2017) to the date hereof in a manner consistent with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT; (iii) intends to continue to operate (including with regard to the REIT distribution requirements in the taxable year that includes and/or that ends on the Closing Date) through to the Merger (and the consummation thereof) in such a manner so as to qualify as a REIT for its taxable year that will end with the Merger (and consummation thereof); and (iv) has not taken or omitted to take any action that could reasonably be expected to result in a challenge by the IRS or any other Governmental Authority to its status as a REIT, and no such challenge is pending or threatened in writing.

(c) Each Company Subsidiary and Other Company Subsidiary has been since the later of its acquisition or formation and continues to be treated for U.S. federal and state income Tax purposes as (i) a partnership (or a disregarded entity) and not as a corporation or an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation, (ii) a Qualified REIT Subsidiary, or (iii) a Taxable REIT Subsidiary.

(d) (i) There are no disputes, audits, examination, investigations or proceedings pending (or threatened in writing), or claims asserted, for and/or in respect of any material Taxes or material Tax Returns of the Company or any Company Subsidiary and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is a party to any litigation or administrative proceeding relating to Taxes; (ii) no deficiency for Taxes of the Company or any Company Subsidiary has been claimed, proposed or assessed in writing or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, by any Governmental Authority, which deficiency has not yet been settled, except for such deficiencies which are being contested in good faith or with respect to which the failure to pay, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect; (iii) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has extended or waived (nor granted any extension or waiver of) the limitation period for the assessment or collection of any Tax that has not since expired; (iv) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary currently is the beneficiary of any extension of time within which to file any material Tax Return that remains unfiled; (v) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received a written claim by any Governmental Authority in any jurisdiction where any of them does not file Tax Returns or pay any Taxes that it is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction and (vi) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has entered into any “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign income Tax Law).

(e) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary holds any asset the disposition of which would be subject to (or to rules similar to) Section 1374 of the Code.

(f) Since its inception, (i) the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have not incurred any material liability for Taxes under Sections 857(b)(1), 857(b)(6)(A), 860(c) or 4981 of the Code which have not been previously paid, and (ii) neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has incurred any material liability for Taxes other than (x) in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice, or (y) transfer or similar Taxes arising in connection with sales of property. No event has occurred, and no condition or circumstance exists, which presents a material risk that any material Tax described in the preceding sentence will be imposed upon the Company or the Company Subsidiaries.

(g) The Company and the Company Subsidiaries have complied, in all material respects, with all applicable Laws, rules and regulations relating to the payment and withholding of Taxes (including withholding of Taxes pursuant to Sections 1441, 1442, 1445, 1446 and 3402 of the Code or similar provisions under any state and foreign Laws) and have duly and timely withheld and, in each case, have paid over to the appropriate taxing authorities all material amounts required to be so withheld and paid over on or prior to the due date thereof under all applicable Laws.

(h) There are no Company Tax Protection Agreements currently in force, and no Person has raised, or to the knowledge of the Company threatened to raise, a material claim against the Company or any Company Subsidiary for any breach of any Company Tax Protection Agreement and none of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will give rise to any liability or obligation to make any payment under any Company Tax Protection Agreement. As used herein, “ Company Tax Protection Agreements ” means any agreement to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party and pursuant to which (i) any liability to any direct or indirect holder of partnership units of the Company Operating Partnership or any other partnership interest in any Company Subsidiary Partnership (“ Relevant Company Partnership Interest ”) relating to Taxes may arise, whether or not as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) in connection with the deferral of income Taxes of a direct or indirect holder of a Relevant Company Partnership Interest, a party to such agreement has agreed to (A) maintain a minimum level of debt or continue a particular debt, (B) retain or not dispose of assets for a period of time that has not since expired, (C) make or refrain from making Tax elections, (D) operate (or refrain from operating) in a particular manner, (E) use (or refrain from using) a specified method of taking into account book-tax disparities under Section 704(c) of the Code with respect to one or more assets of such party or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries, (F) use (or refrain from using) a particular method for allocating one or more liabilities of such party or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries under Section 752 of the Code and/or (G) only dispose of assets in a particular manner; (iii) any Person has been or is required to be given the opportunity to guaranty, indemnify or assume debt of such Company Subsidiary Partnership or any direct or indirect subsidiary of such Company Subsidiary Partnership or are so guarantying or indemnifying, or have so assumed, such debt; and/or (iv) any other agreement that would require any Company Subsidiary Partnership or the general partner, manager, managing member or other similarly-situated Person of such Company Subsidiary Partnership or any direct or indirect subsidiary of such Company Subsidiary Partnership to consider separately the interests of the limited partners, members or other beneficial owners of such Company Subsidiary Partnership or the holder of interests in such Company Subsidiary Partnership in connection with any transaction or other action. As used herein, “ Company Subsidiary Partnership ” means a Company Subsidiary or Other Company Subsidiary that is a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

(i) There are no Tax Liens upon any property or assets of the Company or any Company Subsidiary except Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP.

(j) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has requested, has received or is subject to any written ruling of a Governmental Authority or has entered into any written agreement with a Governmental Authority with respect to any Taxes.

(k) There are no Tax allocation or sharing agreements or similar arrangements with respect to or involving the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and after the Closing Date neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary shall be bound by any such Tax allocation agreements or similar arrangements or have any liability thereunder for amounts due in respect of periods prior to the Closing Date, in each case, other than customary provisions of commercial or credit agreements and Company Tax Protection Agreements.

(l) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary (A) has been a member of an affiliated group filing a consolidated federal income Tax Return or (B) has any liability for the Taxes of any Person (other than the Company or any Company Subsidiary) under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local, or foreign law), as a transferee or successor, by contract, or otherwise.

(m) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has participated in any “listed transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2).

(n) Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary (other than Taxable REIT Subsidiaries) has or has had any earnings and profits attributable to such entity or any other corporation in any non-REIT year within the meaning of Section 857 of the Code.

(o) The Company is not aware of any fact or circumstance that could reasonably be expected to prevent the Merger from qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.

(p) Neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries has constituted either a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” (within the meaning of Section 355(a)(1)(A) of the Code) in a distribution of stock qualifying for tax-free treatment under Section 355 of the Code (A) in the two (2) years prior to the date of this Agreement or (B) in a distribution which could otherwise constitute part of a “plan” or “series of related transactions” (within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code) in conjunction with transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(q) No written power of attorney that has been granted by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries (other than to the Company or a Company Subsidiary) currently is in force with respect to any matter relating to Taxes.

Section 4.18 Insurance . The Company has made available to Parent copies of all material insurance policies (including title insurance policies) and all material fidelity bonds or other material insurance service contracts in the Company’s possession providing coverage for all Company Properties (the “ Company Insurance Policies ”). The Company Insurance Policies are of the type and in the amounts customarily carried by Persons conducting a business similar to Company and any Company Subsidiary and are sufficient for compliance with all applicable Laws to which Company or any Company Subsidiary are bound. The Company Insurance Policies include all material insurance policies and all material fidelity bonds or other material insurance service contracts required by any Material Company Lease. Except as individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, there is no claim for coverage by the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending under any of the Company Insurance Policies that has been denied or disputed by the insurer. Except as individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, all premiums payable under all Company Insurance Policies have been paid, and the Company and the Company Subsidiaries have otherwise complied in all material respects with the terms and conditions of all the Company Insurance Policies. To the knowledge of the Company, such Company Insurance Policies are valid and enforceable in accordance with their terms and are in full force and effect. No written notice of cancellation or termination has been received by the Company or any Company Subsidiary with respect to any such policy which has not been replaced on substantially similar terms prior to the date of such cancellation.

Section 4.19 Opinion of Financial Advisor . The Company Special Committee and the Company’s Board of Directors have received the opinion of BMO Capital Markets Corporation to the effect that, as of the date of such opinion and based on and subject to the assumptions, qualifications, limitations and other matters set forth in such opinion, the Exchange Ratio is fair, from a financial point of view, to the holders of Company Common Stock.

Section 4.20 Takeover Statutes . The restrictions on business combinations contained in Subtitle 6 of Title 3 of the MGCL are not applicable to the Mergers. The restrictions on control share acquisitions contained in Subtitle 7 of Title 3 of the MGCL are not applicable to the Mergers. No “business combination,” “control share acquisition,” “fair price,” “moratorium” or other takeover or anti-takeover statute are applicable to this Agreement, the Mergers or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Section 4.21 Vote Required . The affirmative vote of the holders of not less than a majority of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock entitled to vote thereon (the “ Company Stockholder Approval ”) is the only vote of the holders of any class or series of shares of stock of the Company necessary to adopt this Agreement and approve the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby. The consent of the Company as the sole general partner of the Company Operating Partnership, is the only vote of the partners of the Company Operating Partnership necessary to adopt this Agreement and approve the Partnership Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby.

Section 4.22 Brokers . No broker, finder, or investment banker (other than BMO Capital Markets Corporation) is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s, or other fee or commission in connection with the Mergers based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Company or any Company Subsidiary.

Section 4.23 Investment Company Act . Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is required to be registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.

Section 4.24 Affiliate Transactions . Except as set forth in Section 4.24 of the Company Disclosure Letter or in the Company SEC Filings made through and including the date of this Agreement or as permitted by this Agreement, from June 6, 2014 through the date of this Agreement there have been no transactions, agreements, arrangements or understandings between the Company or any Company Subsidiary, on the one hand, and any Affiliates (other than Company Subsidiaries) of the Company or the Service Provider, on the other hand, that would be required to be disclosed under Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC.

Section 4.25 Fees Contemplated by the Mergers . Except as set forth in Section 4.25 of the Company Disclosure Letter, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is required to pay any termination or other fee as a result of entering into this Agreement or carrying out the purposes of this Agreement under the Advisory Agreement or Section 5.1(d) of the Company Partnership Agreement. Additionally, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is required to pay any lease surrender charges under any Company Lease or to pay any severance payments to any Person as a result of entering into this Agreement or carrying out the purposes of this Agreement.

Section 4.26 No Other Representations or Warranties . Except for the representations and warranties contained in Article V , the Company acknowledges that neither Parent nor any other Person on behalf of Parent has made, and the Company has not relied upon, any representation or warranty, whether express or implied, with respect to Parent or any of the Parent Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, affairs, assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations, future operating or financial results, estimates, projections, forecasts, plans or prospects (including the reasonableness of the assumptions underlying such estimates, projections, forecasts, plans or prospects) or with respect to the accuracy or completeness of any other information provided or made available to the Company by or on behalf of Parent.

Article V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB

Except (a) as set forth in the disclosure letter that has been prepared by the Parent Parties and delivered by the Parent Parties to the Company Parties in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement (the “ Parent Disclosure Letter ”) (it being agreed that disclosure of any item in any Section of the Parent Disclosure Letter with respect to any Section or subsection of Article V of this Agreement shall be deemed disclosed with respect to any other Section or subsection of Article V of this Agreement to the extent such relationship is reasonably apparent, provided that nothing in the Parent Disclosure Letter is intended to broaden the scope of any representation or warranty of Parent or Merger Sub made herein), or (b) as disclosed in publicly available Parent SEC Filings, filed with, or furnished to, as applicable, the SEC on or after October 27, 2011 and prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding any risk factor disclosures contained in such documents under the heading “Risk Factors” and any disclosure of risks or other matters included in any “forward-looking statements” disclaimer or other statements that are cautionary, predictive or forward-looking in nature), the Parent Parties hereby jointly and severally represent and warrant to the Company Parties that:

Section 5.1 Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries .

(a) Parent is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland and has the requisite organizational power and authority and any necessary governmental authorization to own, lease and, to the extent applicable, operate its properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted. Parent is duly qualified or licensed to do business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where the character of the properties owned, operated or leased by it or the nature of its business makes such qualification, licensing or good standing necessary, except for such failures to be so qualified, licensed or in good standing that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Merger Sub is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland and has the requisite organizational power and authority and any necessary governmental authorization to own, lease and, to the extent applicable, operate its properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted. Merger Sub is duly qualified or licensed to do business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where the character of the properties owned, operated or leased by it or the nature of its business makes such qualification, licensing or good standing necessary, except for such failures to be so qualified, licensed or in good standing that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

(c) Each Parent Subsidiary (other than Merger Sub) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, as the case may be, and has the requisite organizational power and authority and any necessary governmental authorization to own, lease and, to the extent applicable, operate its properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, except, with respect only to each Parent Subsidiary that would not constitute a “significant subsidiary” (as defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X), for such failures to be so organized, in good standing or have certain power and authority that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. Each Parent Subsidiary is duly qualified or licensed to do business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction where the character of the properties owned, operated or leased by it or the nature of its business makes such qualification, licensing or good standing necessary, except for such failures to be so qualified, licensed or in good standing that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

(d) Section 5.1(d) of the Parent Disclosure Letter sets forth a true and complete list of the Parent Subsidiaries and each other corporate or non-corporate subsidiary in which Parent owns any direct or indirect voting, capital, profits or other beneficial interest (“ Other Parent Subsidiary ”), including a list of each Parent Subsidiary or Other Parent Subsidiary that is a Qualified REIT Subsidiary or a Taxable REIT Subsidiary, together with (i) the jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, as the case may be, of each Parent Subsidiary and each Other Parent Subsidiary, (ii) the type of and percentage of voting, equity, profits, capital and other beneficial, as well as any debt (whether as a creditor or borrower), interest held (including capital account balances for any entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes), directly or indirectly, by Parent in and to each Parent Subsidiary and each Other Parent Subsidiary, (iii) the names of and the type of and percentage of voting, equity, profits, capital and other beneficial, as well as any debt (whether as a creditor or borrower), interest held (including capital account balances for any entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) by any Person other than Parent or a Parent Subsidiary in each Parent Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of Parent, each Other Parent Subsidiary, and (iv) the classification for U.S. federal income tax purposes of each Parent Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of Parent, each Other Parent Subsidiary.

(e) Except as set forth in Section 5.1(e) of the Parent Disclosure Letter, neither Parent nor any Parent Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, owns any interest or investment (whether equity or debt) in any Person (other than equity interests in the Parent Subsidiaries or Other Parent Subsidiaries, loans to any Taxable REIT Subsidiary of Parent and investments in bank time deposits and money market accounts).

Section 5.2 Organizational Documents

. Parent has made available to the Company complete and correct copies of (a) Parent’s charter (the “ Parent Charter ”), and bylaws, as amended to date (the “ Parent Bylaws ”), (b) the organizational documents of each Parent Subsidiary, each as in effect on the date hereof, including Merger Sub’s articles of organization and limited liability company agreement and the certificate of limited partnership of the Parent Operating Partnership and the Parent Partnership Agreement, and (c) any and all Parent Tax Protection Agreements.

Section 5.3 Capital Structure .

(a) As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of Parent consists of 300,000,000 shares of Parent Common Stock and 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share (the “ Parent Preferred Stock ”). At the close of business on July 31, 2016, (i) 169,124,629 shares of Parent Common Stock were issued and outstanding, including 146,664 unvested shares of Parent Restricted Stock, (ii) no shares of Parent Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding, (iii) 7,500,000 shares of Parent Common Stock were reserved for issuance pursuant to the terms of outstanding awards granted pursuant to the Parent Restricted Stock Plan, (iv) 7,353,336 shares of Parent Common Stock were available for grant under the Parent Restricted Stock Plan, (v) 9,041,801 LTIP Units were issued and outstanding under the Parent OPP Agreement and (vi) 179,976,108 Parent Partnership Units were issued and outstanding consisting of 170,934,307 Parent OP Units (of which 170,912,085 are held as limited partner interests in Parent Partnership and 22,222 are held by Parent as its general partner interest in Parent Partnership), 9,041,801 LTIP Units, and zero Parent Class B Units. There are no other rights, options, stock or unit appreciation rights, phantom stock or units, restricted stock units, dividend equivalents or similar rights with respect to the Parent Common Stock or the Parent Preferred Stock, including pursuant to the Parent Option Plan. All issued and outstanding shares of the capital stock of Parent are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and all shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued as the Merger Consideration, when so issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. All Parent Partnership Units to be issued as the Partnership Merger Consideration, when so issued in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued. No class of capital stock is entitled to preemptive rights. Except as disclosed in Section 5.3(a) of the Parent Disclosure Letter, there are no outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of Parent having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matter on which holders of shares of Parent Common Stock may vote.

(b) All of the Merger Sub Interests are owned by Parent. All of the Merger Sub Interests are duly authorized, validly issued fully paid and nonassessable, and are not entitled to preemptive rights. There are no outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of Merger Sub having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matter on which holders of Merger Sub Interests may vote.

(c) All of the outstanding shares of capital stock of each of the Parent Subsidiaries that is a corporation are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and (except in respect to Parent Subsidiary formed under Luxembourg law) nonassessable. All equity interests in each of the Parent Subsidiaries that is a partnership or limited liability company are duly authorized and validly issued. All shares of capital stock of (or other ownership interests in) each of the Parent Subsidiaries that may be issued upon exercise of outstanding options or exchange rights are duly authorized and, upon issuance will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Except as set forth in Section 5.3(c) of the Parent Disclosure Letter, Parent owns, directly or indirectly, all of the issued and outstanding capital stock and other ownership interests of each of the Parent Subsidiaries, free and clear of all encumbrances other than statutory or other liens for Taxes or assessments which are not yet due or delinquent or the validity of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves are being maintained, and there are no existing options, warrants, calls, subscriptions, convertible securities or other securities, agreements, commitments or obligations of any character relating to the outstanding capital stock or other securities of any Parent Subsidiary or which would require any Parent Subsidiary to issue or sell any shares of its capital stock, ownership interests or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of its capital stock or ownership interests.

(d) Except as set forth in this Section 5.3 or with respect to the Parent Restricted Stock Plan, as of the date of this Agreement, there are no securities, options, warrants, calls, rights, commitments, agreements, rights of first refusal, arrangements or undertakings of any kind to which Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary is a party or by which any of them is bound, obligating Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary to issue, deliver or sell or create, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold or created, additional shares of Parent Common Stock, shares of Parent Preferred Stock, Merger Sub Interests or other equity securities, rights, options, stock or unit appreciation rights, phantom stock or units, dividend equivalents or similar rights or other contractual rights the value of which is determined in whole or in part by the value of any equity security of Parent, Merger Sub or any of the other Parent Subsidiaries or obligating Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary to issue, grant, extend or enter into any such security, option, warrant, call, right, commitment, agreement, right of first refusal, arrangement or undertaking. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no outstanding contractual obligations of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of Parent Common Stock, Parent Preferred Stock, or other equity securities or interests of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary (other than in satisfaction of withholding Tax obligations pursuant to certain awards outstanding under the Parent Restricted Stock Plan in the event the grantees fail to satisfy withholding Tax obligations). Neither Parent, Merger Sub nor any other Parent Subsidiary is a party to or bound by any agreements or understandings concerning the voting (including voting trusts and proxies) of any Merger Sub Interests or capital stock of Parent, or equity interests in any of the other Parent Subsidiaries.

(e) All dividends or other distributions on the shares of Parent Common Stock and Parent Preferred Stock and any material dividends or other distributions on any securities of any Parent Subsidiary which have been authorized or declared prior to the date hereof have been paid in full (except to the extent such dividends have been publicly announced and are not yet due and payable).

Section 5.4 Authority .

(a) Each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Parent Operating Partnership has the requisite corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership power and authority, as applicable, to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and, subject to receipt of the Parent Stockholder Approval, to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Parent Operating Partnership and the consummation by each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Parent Operating Partnership of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company and limited partnership action, and no other corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership proceedings on the part of Parent, Merger Sub or the Parent Operating Partnership, as applicable, are necessary to authorize this Agreement or the Mergers or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, subject, with respect to the issuance of Parent Common Stock in connection with the Merger, to receipt of the Parent Stockholder Approval and, (i) with respect to the Merger, the filing of the Articles of Merger with and acceptance for record of the Articles of Merger by the SDAT and (ii) with respect to the Partnership Merger, the due filing of the Partnership Certificate of Merger with the Delaware Secretary. Parent’s board of directors (the “ Parent Board ”), at a duly held meeting, has, upon the recommendation of the Parent Special Committee, with William M. Kahane having recused himself from voting, by unanimous vote of all of the independent directors serving on the Parent Board voting, (i) duly and validly authorized and approved the execution and delivery of this Agreement and declared advisable the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) directed that the Merger be submitted for consideration at the Parent Stockholder Meeting, and (iii) resolved to recommend that the stockholders of Parent vote in favor of the approval of the Merger (the “ Parent Recommendation ”) and to include such recommendation in the Joint Proxy Statement, subject to Section 6.5 .

(b) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Parent Operating Partnership and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company, constitutes a legally valid and binding obligation of each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Parent Operating Partnership, enforceable against Parent, Merger Sub and the Parent Operating Partnership in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at Law).

(c) The Parent Special Committee, at a meeting duly called and held, has by unanimous vote of all its members recommended that the Parent Board approve and adopt this Agreement and determined that the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Mergers, are advisable and in the best interests of, Parent and the stockholders of Parent. The Parent Board, with the independent directors serving on the Board voting unanimously and William M. Kahane recusing himself, based on the unanimous recommendation of the Parent Special Committee, has (i) determined that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are advisable, and in the best interests of Parent and the stockholders of the Parent, and (ii) subject to Parent Stockholder Approval, approved and adopted this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Mergers. The Parent Board has not subsequently rescinded or modified, in any way, its determinations and approvals discussed above.

Section 5.5 No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents .

(a) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Parent Operating Partnership does not, and the performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated hereby by each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Parent Operating Partnership will not, (i) assuming receipt of the Parent Stockholder Approval, conflict with or violate any provision of (A) the Parent Charter or the Parent Bylaws, Merger Sub’s articles of organization or limited liability company agreement, the certificate of limited partnership of the Parent Operating Partnership or the Parent Partnership Agreement or (B) any equivalent organizational or governing documents of any other Parent Subsidiary, (ii) assuming that all consents, approvals, authorizations and permits described in Section 5.5(b) have been obtained, all filings and notifications described in Section 5.5(b) have been made and any waiting periods thereunder have terminated or expired, conflict with or violate any Law applicable to Parent, Merger Sub, the Parent Operating Partnership or any other Parent Subsidiary or by which any property or asset of Parent, Merger Sub, the Parent Operating Partnership or any other Parent Subsidiary is bound, or (iii) require any consent or approval under, result in any breach of or any loss of any benefit or material increase in any cost or obligation of Parent, the Parent Operating Partnership or any other Parent Subsidiary under, or constitute a default (or an event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or give to others any right of termination, acceleration, cancellation or payment (including disposition or similar fees) (with or without notice or the lapse of time or both) of, or give rise to any right of purchase, first offer or forced sale under or result in the creation of a Lien on any property or asset of Parent, Merger Sub, the Parent Operating Partnership or any other Parent Subsidiary pursuant to, any note, bond, debt instrument, indenture, contract, agreement, ground lease, license, permit or other legally binding obligation to which Parent, Merger Sub, the Parent Operating Partnership or any other Parent Subsidiary is a party, except, as to clauses (i)(B), (ii) and (iii), respectively, for any such conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults or other occurrences which, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Parent Operating Partnership does not, and the performance of this Agreement by each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Parent Operating Partnership will not, require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing with or notification to, any Governmental Authority, except (i) the filing with the SEC of (A) the Joint Proxy Statement and the Form S-4 and the declaration of effectiveness of the Form S-4, and (B) such reports under, and other compliance with, the Exchange Act (and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) and the Securities Act (and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder) as may be required in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) as may be required under the rules and regulations of the NYSE, (iii) the filing of the Articles of Merger with and the acceptance for record of the Articles of Merger by the SDAT pursuant to the MGCL, (iv) the due filing of the Partnership Certificate of Merger with the Delaware Secretary, (v) such filings and approvals as may be required by any applicable state securities or “blue sky” Laws, (vi) such filings as may be required in connection with state and local transfer Taxes, and (vii) where failure to obtain such consents, approvals, authorizations or permits, or to make such filings or notifications, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.6 Permits; Compliance with Law .

(a) Except for the authorizations, licenses, permits, certificates, approvals, variances, exemptions, orders, franchises, certifications and clearances that are the subject of Section 5.14 or Section 5.16 , which are addressed solely in those Sections, Parent, Merger Sub and each other Parent Subsidiary is in possession of all authorizations, licenses, permits, certificates, approvals, variances, exemptions, orders, franchises, certifications and clearances of any Governmental Authority and accreditation and certification agencies, bodies or other organizations, including building permits and certificates of occupancy, necessary for Parent, Merger Sub and each other Parent Subsidiary to own, lease and, to the extent applicable, operate its properties or to carry on its respective business substantially as it is being conducted as of the date hereof (the “ Parent Permits ”), and all such Parent Permits are valid and in full force and effect, except where the failure to be in possession of, or the failure to be valid or in full force and effect of, any of the Parent Permits, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. All applications required to have been filed for the renewal of Parent Permits have been duly filed on a timely basis with the appropriate Governmental Authority, and all other filings required to have been made with respect to such Parent Permits have been duly made on a timely basis with the appropriate Governmental Authority, except in each case for failures to file which, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. Neither Parent nor any Parent Subsidiary has received any claim or notice nor has any knowledge indicating that Parent or any Parent Subsidiary is currently not in compliance with the terms of any such Parent Permits, except where the failure to be in compliance with the terms of any such Parent Permits, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

(b) None of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary is or has been in conflict with, or in default or violation of (i) any Law applicable to Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary or by which any property or asset of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary is bound (except for Laws addressed in Section 5.7 , Section 5.10 , Section 5.14 , Section 5.16 or Section 5.17 ), or (ii) any Parent Permits (except for Parent Permits addressed in Section 5.16 ), except in each case for any such conflicts, defaults or violations that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.7 SEC Filings; Financial Statements .

(a) Parent has filed with, or furnished (on a publicly available basis) to, the SEC all forms, reports, schedules, statements and documents required to be filed or furnished by it under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as the case may be, including any amendments or supplements thereto, from and after October 27, 2011 (collectively, the “ Parent SEC Filings ”). Each Parent SEC Filing, as amended or supplemented, if applicable, (i) as of its date, or, if amended or supplemented, as of the date of the most recent amendment or supplement thereto, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, as the case may be, and the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder, and (ii) did not, at the time it was filed (or became effective in the case of registration statements), or, if amended or supplemented, as of the date of the most recent amendment or supplement thereto, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. As of the date of this Agreement, neither Merger Sub nor any other Parent Subsidiary is separately subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act.

(b) Each of the consolidated financial statements contained or incorporated by reference in the Parent SEC Filings (as amended, supplemented or restated, if applicable), including the related notes and schedules, was prepared (except as indicated in the notes thereto) in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods indicated, and each such consolidated financial statement presented fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position, results of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Parent and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the respective dates thereof and for the respective periods indicated therein (subject, in the case of unaudited quarterly financial statements, to normal year-end adjustments).

(c) The records, systems, controls, data and information of Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries that are used in the system of internal accounting controls described in the following sentence are recorded, stored, maintained and operated under means that are under the exclusive ownership and direct control of Parent or the Parent Subsidiaries or accountants, except for any non-exclusive ownership and non-direct control that would not reasonably be expected to have a materially adverse effect on the system of internal accounting controls. Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries have devised and maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP, including that: (1) transactions are executed only in accordance with management’s authorization; (2) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of the financial statements of Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries and to maintain accountability for the assets of Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries; (3) access to such assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s authorization; (4) the reporting of such assets is compared with existing assets at regular intervals; and (5) accounts, notes and other receivables and inventory are recorded accurately, and proper and adequate procedures are implemented to effect the collection thereof on a current and timely basis. Parent’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer have disclosed to Parent’s auditors and the audit committee of the Parent Board (i) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal controls over financial reporting that are reasonably likely to adversely affect Parent’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data, and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in Parent’s internal controls, and Parent has made available to the Company copies of any material written materials relating to the foregoing. Parent has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 promulgated under the Exchange Act) designed to ensure that material information relating to Parent required to be included in reports filed under the Exchange Act, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to Parent’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer by others within those entities, particularly during the periods in which the periodic reports required under the Exchange Act are being prepared, and, to the knowledge of Parent, such disclosure controls and procedures are effective in timely alerting Parent’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer to material information required to be included in Parent’s periodic reports required under the Exchange Act. Since the enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, none of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary has made any prohibited loans to any director or executive officer of Parent (as defined in Rule 3b-7 promulgated under the Exchange Act).

(d) Except as and to the extent disclosed or reserved against on Parent’s most recent balance sheet (or, in the notes thereto) included in the Parent SEC Filings, none of Parent or its consolidated subsidiaries has any liabilities or obligations of any nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise), except for liabilities or obligations (i) expressly contemplated by or under this Agreement, (ii) incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice since the most recent balance sheet set forth in the Parent SEC Filings made through and including the date of this Agreement, (iii) described in any section of the Parent Disclosure Letter or (iv) that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

(e) To the knowledge of Parent, none of the Parent SEC Filings is the subject of ongoing SEC review and Parent has not received any comments from the SEC with respect to any of the Parent SEC Filings since October 27, 2011 which remains unresolved, nor has it received any inquiry or information request from the SEC as to any matters affecting Parent which has not been adequately addressed. Parent has made available to the Company true and complete copies of all written comment letters from the staff of the SEC received since October 27, 2011 through the date of this Agreement relating to the Parent SEC Filings and all written responses of Parent thereto through the date of this Agreement. None of the Parent SEC Filings is the subject of any confidential treatment request by Parent.

Section 5.8 Disclosure Documents .

(a) None of the information supplied or to be supplied in writing by or on behalf of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary for inclusion or incorporation by reference in (i) the Form S-4 will, at the time such document is filed with the SEC, at any time such document is amended or supplemented or at the time such document is declared effective by the SEC, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or (ii) the Joint Proxy Statement will, at the date it is first mailed to the stockholders of the Company and Parent, at the time of the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting, at the time the Form S-4 is declared effective by the SEC or at the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. All documents that Parent is responsible for filing with the SEC in connection with the transactions contemplated herein, to the extent relating to Parent or any Parent Subsidiary or other information supplied by or on behalf of Parent or any Parent Subsidiary for inclusion therein, will comply as to form, in all material respects, with the provisions of the Securities Act or Exchange Act, as applicable and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder and each such document required to be filed with any Governmental Authority (other than the SEC) will comply in all material respects with the provisions of any applicable Law as to the information required to be contained therein.

(b) The representations and warranties contained in this Section 5.8 will not apply to statements or omissions included in the Form S-4 or the Joint Proxy Statement to the extent based upon information supplied to Parent by or on behalf of the Company.

Section 5.9 Absence of Certain Changes or Events . Between and including January 1, 2016 and the date hereof, except as contemplated by this Agreement or as set forth on Section 5.9 of the Parent Disclosure Letter, Parent, Merger Sub and each other Parent Subsidiary has conducted its business in all material respects in the ordinary course. Between and including January 1, 2016 and the date hereof, there has not been any Parent Material Adverse Effect or any effect, event, development or circumstance that, individually or in the aggregate with all other effects, events, developments and changes, would reasonably be expected to result in a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.10 Employee Benefit Plans and Service Providers .

(a) Other than the Parent Restricted Stock Plan, the Parent OPP Agreement, and the Parent Option Plan, the Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries do not and are not required to, and have not and have never been required to, maintain, sponsor or contribute to any Benefit Plans. Neither the Parent nor any Parent Subsidiary has any contract, plan or commitment, whether or not legally binding, to create any Benefit Plan.

(b) Except as individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, none of Parent, any Parent Subsidiary or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has incurred any obligation or liability with respect to or under any employee benefit plan, program or arrangement (including any agreement, program, policy or other arrangement under which any current or former employee, director or consultant has any present or future right to benefits) which has created or will create any obligation with respect to, or has resulted in or will result in any liability to the Parent or any Parent Subsidiary.

(c) Each of the Parent Restricted Stock Plan, the Parent OPP Agreement, and the Parent Option Plan has been established and administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and in material compliance with all applicable Laws, including the Code.

(d) None of Parent, Merger Sub, any Parent Subsidiary or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates has ever maintained, contributed to, or participated in, or otherwise has any obligation or liability in connection with: (i) a “pension plan” under Section 3(2) of ERISA that is subject to Title IV or Section 302 of ERISA or Section 412 or 4971 of the Code, (ii) a “multiemployer plan” (as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA), (iii) a “multiple employer welfare arrangement” (as defined in Section 3(40) of ERISA), or (iv) a “multiple employer plan” (as defined in Section 413(c) of the Code).

(e) Except as set forth in Section 5.10(e) of the Parent Disclosure Letter, neither the execution of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will, individually or together with the occurrence of any other event: (i) result in any payment becoming due to any service provider of Parent, Merger Sub or any Parent Subsidiary, (ii) increase or otherwise enhance any benefits otherwise payable by Parent, Merger Sub or any Parent Subsidiary or the amount of compensation due to any service provider of Parent, Merger Sub or any Parent Subsidiary or (iii) result in the acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any such benefits or the funding of any such compensation or benefits.

(f) None of Parent, Merger Sub or any Parent Subsidiary is a party to or has any obligation under any Contract, any Benefit Plan or otherwise to compensate any Person for excise taxes payable pursuant to Section 4999 of the Code or for additional taxes payable pursuant to Section 409A of the Code.

Section 5.11 Labor and Employment Matters . Neither Parent nor any Parent Subsidiary has, or has ever had, any employees.

Section 5.12 Material Contracts .

(a) Except for contracts listed in Section 5.12 of the Parent Disclosure Letter or filed as exhibits to the Parent SEC Filings, as of the date of this Agreement, neither Parent nor any Parent Subsidiary is a party to or bound by any contract that, as of the date hereof:

(i) is required to be filed as an exhibit to Parent’s Annual Report on Form 10-K pursuant to Item 601(b)(2), (4), (9) or (10) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC;

(ii) obligates Parent or any Parent Subsidiary to make non-contingent aggregate annual expenditures (other than principal and/or interest payments or the deposit of other reserves with respect to debt obligations) in excess of $1,000,000 and is not cancelable within 90 days without material penalty to Parent or any Parent Subsidiary, except for any Parent Lease or any ground lease affecting any Parent Property;

(iii) contains any non-compete or exclusivity provisions with respect to any line of business or geographic area that restricts the business of Parent or any Parent Subsidiary, or that otherwise restricts the lines of business conducted by Parent or any Parent Subsidiary or the geographic area in which Parent or any Parent Subsidiary may conduct business, other than, with respect to the Parent Subsidiaries, radius or use restriction contained in any Parent Lease or pursuant to applicable Laws;

(iv) is an agreement which obligates Parent or any Parent Subsidiary to indemnify any past or present directors, officers, trustees, employees and agents of Parent or any Parent Subsidiary pursuant to which Parent or any Parent Subsidiary is the indemnitor, other than any operating agreements or property management agreements or any similar agreement pursuant to which a Parent Subsidiary that is not wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by Parent provides such an indemnification to any such directors, officers, trustees, employees or agents in connection with the indemnification by such non-wholly owned Parent Subsidiary of Parent or another Parent Subsidiary thereunder;

(v) constitutes an Indebtedness obligation of Parent or any Parent Subsidiary with a principal amount as of the date hereof greater than $2,000,000 (except any intercompany loans or between Parent and any Parent Subsidiary or as between Parent Subsidiaries);

(vi) would prohibit or materially delay the consummation of the Mergers as contemplated by this Agreement;

(vii) requires Parent or any Parent Subsidiary to dispose of or acquire assets or properties (other than in connection with the expiration or termination of a Parent Lease or a ground lease affecting a Parent Property) with a fair market value in excess of $500,000, or involves any pending or contemplated merger, consolidation or similar business combination transaction, except for any Parent Lease or any ground lease affecting any Parent Property;

(viii) sets forth the operational terms of a joint venture, partnership, limited liability company with a Third Party member or strategic alliance of Parent or any Parent Subsidiary; or

(ix) constitutes a loan to any Person (other than a wholly owned Parent Subsidiary) by Parent or any Parent Subsidiary (other than advances made pursuant to and expressly disclosed in the Parent Leases or pursuant to any disbursement agreement, development agreement, or development addendum entered into in connection with a Parent Lease with respect to the development, construction, or equipping of Parent Properties or the funding of improvements to Parent Properties) in an amount in excess of $2,000,000.

Each contract listed on Section 5.12 of the Parent Disclosure Letter to which Parent or any Parent Subsidiary is a party or by which it is bound as of the date hereof is referred to herein as a “ Parent Material Contract ”.

(b) Except as, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, each Parent Material Contract is legal, valid, binding and enforceable on Parent and each Parent Subsidiary that is a party thereto and, to the knowledge of Parent, each other party thereto, and is in full force and effect, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at Law). Except as, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, Parent and each Parent Subsidiary has performed all obligations required to be performed by it prior to the date hereof under each Parent Material Contract and, to the knowledge of Parent, each other party thereto has performed all obligations required to be performed by it under such Parent Material Contract prior to the date hereof. None of Parent or any Parent Subsidiary, nor, to the knowledge of Parent, any other party thereto, is in material breach or violation of, or default under, any Parent Material Contract, and no event has occurred that with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a violation, breach or default under any Parent Material Contract, except where in each case such breach, violation or default is not reasonably likely to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect. Neither Parent nor any Parent Subsidiary has received notice of any violation or default under any Parent Material Contract, except for violations or defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.13 Litigation . Except as, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, as of the date of this Agreement, (a) there is no Action pending or, to the knowledge of Parent, threatened by or before any Governmental Authority, nor, to the knowledge of Parent, is there any investigation pending or threatened by any Governmental Authority, in each case, against Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary, and (b) none of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary, nor any of Parent or any Parent Subsidiary’s respective property, is subject to any outstanding judgment, order, writ, injunction or decree of any Governmental Authority.

Section 5.14 Environmental Matters .

(a) Except as, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect:

(i) Parent and each Parent Subsidiary are in compliance with all Environmental Laws.

(ii) Parent and each Parent Subsidiary have all Environmental Permits necessary to conduct their current operations and are in compliance with their respective Environmental Permits, and all such Environmental Permits are in good standing.

(iii) Neither Parent nor any Parent Subsidiary has received any written notice, demand, letter or claim alleging that Parent or any such Parent Subsidiary is in violation of, or liable under, any Environmental Law or that any judicial, administrative or compliance order has been issued against Parent or any Parent Subsidiary which remains unresolved. There is no litigation, investigation, request for information or other proceeding pending, or, to the knowledge of Parent, threatened against Parent or any Parent Subsidiary under any Environmental Law.

(iv) Neither Parent nor any Parent Subsidiary has entered into or agreed to any consent decree or order or is subject to any judgment, decree or judicial, administrative or compliance order relating to compliance with Environmental Laws, Environmental Permits or the investigation, sampling, monitoring, treatment, remediation, removal or cleanup of Hazardous Substances and no investigation, litigation or other proceeding is pending or, to the knowledge of Parent, threatened against Parent or any Parent Subsidiary under any Environmental Law.

(v) Neither Parent nor any Parent Subsidiary has assumed, by contract or, to the knowledge of Parent, by operation of Law, any liability under any Environmental Law or relating to any Hazardous Substances, or is an indemnitor in connection with any threatened or asserted claim by any third-party indemnitee for any liability under any Environmental Law or relating to any Hazardous Substances, other than environmental guaranties provided on non-recourse debt.

(vi) Neither Parent nor any Parent Subsidiary has caused, and to the knowledge of Parent, no Third Party has caused any release of a Hazardous Substance that would be required to be investigated or remediated by Parent or any Parent Subsidiary under any Environmental Law.

(vii) There is no site to which Parent or any Parent Subsidiary has transported or arranged for the transport of Hazardous Substances which, to the knowledge of Parent, is or may become the subject of any Action under Environmental Law.

(b) This Section 5.14 contains the exclusive representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub with respect to environmental matters.

Section 5.15 Intellectual Property .

(a) Section 5.15(a) of the Parent Disclosure Letter sets forth a correct and complete list of all material Intellectual Property registrations and applications for registration owned by Parent and all material Intellectual Property that is licensed by Parent.

(b) Except as, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, (i) Parent, Merger Sub and the other Parent Subsidiaries own or are licensed or otherwise possess valid rights to use all Intellectual Property necessary to conduct the business of Parent, Merger Sub and the other Parent Subsidiaries as it is currently conducted, (ii) the conduct of the business of Parent, Merger Sub and the other Parent Subsidiaries as it is currently conducted does not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate the Intellectual Property rights of any Third Party, (iii) there are no pending or, to the knowledge of Parent, threatened claims with respect to any of the Intellectual Property rights owned by Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary, and (iv) to the knowledge of Parent, no Third Party is currently infringing or misappropriating Intellectual Property owned by Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary. Parent, Merger Sub and the other Parent Subsidiaries are taking all actions that are reasonably necessary to maintain and protect each material item of Intellectual Property that they own.

(c) This Section 5.15 contains the exclusive representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub with respect to Intellectual Property matters.

Section 5.16 Properties .

(a) Parent or a Parent Subsidiary owns good and valid fee simple title or leasehold title (as applicable) to each of the real properties reflected as an asset on the most recent balance sheet of Parent included in the Parent SEC Documents and to each of the real properties acquired by Parent or any Parent Subsidiary subsequent to the date of such balance sheet (each a “ Parent Property ” and collectively the “ Parent Properties ”), in each case, free and clear of Liens, except for Parent Permitted Liens that have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect. For the purposes of this Agreement, “ Parent Permitted Liens ” shall mean any (i) Liens relating to any Indebtedness incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (ii) Liens that result from any statutory or other Liens for Taxes or assessments that are not yet subject to penalty or the validity of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which there are adequate reserves on the financial statements of the Parent (if such reserves are required pursuant to GAAP), (iii) any Parent Material Contracts or other service contracts, management agreements, leasing commission agreements, agreements or obligations set forth in Section 5.16(j) of the Parent Disclosure Letter, Parent Leases or ground leases or air rights affecting any Parent Property, (iv) Liens imposed or promulgated by Law or any Governmental Authority, including zoning regulations, permits and licenses, (v) Liens that are disclosed on existing title policies made available by or on behalf of the Parent or any Parent Subsidiary to Company prior to the date hereof and, with respect to leasehold interests, Liens on the underlying fee or leasehold interest of the applicable ground lessor, lessor, or sublessor, (vi) any cashiers’, landlords’, workers’, mechanics’, carriers’, workmen’s, repairmen’s and materialmen’s liens and other similar Liens imposed by Law and incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice that are not yet subject to penalty or the validity of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and (vii) any other Liens, limitations, restrictions or title defects that do not materially impair the value of the applicable Parent Property or the continued use and operation of the applicable Parent Property as currently used and operated.

(b) The Parent Properties (x) are supplied with utilities and other services as necessary to permit their continued operation as they are now being operated, (y) are, to the knowledge of Parent, in working order sufficient for their normal operation in the manner currently being operated and without any material structural defects other than as may be disclosed in any physical condition reports that have been made available to the Company, and (z) are, to the knowledge of Parent, adequate and suitable for the purposes for which they are presently being used.

(c) To the knowledge of Parent, each of the Parent Properties has sufficient access to and from publicly dedicated streets for its current use and operation, without any constraints that interfere with the normal use, occupancy and operation thereof.

(d) None of Parent, Merger Sub or any of the other Parent Subsidiaries has received (i) written notice that any certificate, permit or license from any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over any of the Parent Properties or any agreement or easement that is necessary to permit the lawful use and operation of the buildings and improvements on any of the Parent Properties or that is necessary to permit the lawful use and operation of all utilities, parking areas, retention ponds, driveways, roads and other means of egress and ingress to and from any of the Parent Properties is not in full force and effect as of the date of this Agreement, except for such failures to be in full force and effect that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, or of any pending written threat of modification or cancellation of any of same, that would reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) written notice of any uncured violation of any Laws affecting any of the Parent Properties which, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

(e) No certificate, variance, permit or license from any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over any of the Parent Properties or any agreement, easement or other right that is necessary to permit the current use of the buildings and improvements on any of the Parent Properties or that is necessary to permit the current use of all parking areas, driveways, roads and other means of egress and ingress to and from any of the Parent Properties has failed to be obtained or is not in full force and effect, and none of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary has received written notice of any outstanding threat of modification or cancellation of any such certificate, variance, permit or license, except for any of the foregoing as, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

(f) Except as set forth in Section 5.16(f) of the Parent Disclosure Letter or as, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, (i) no condemnation, eminent domain or similar proceeding has occurred or is pending with respect to any Parent Property and (ii) none of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary has received any written notice to the effect that (A) any condemnation or rezoning proceedings are threatened with respect to any of the Parent Properties, or (B) any zoning regulation or ordinance (including with respect to parking), Board of Fire Underwriters rules, building, fire, health or other Law has been violated (and remains in violation) for any Parent Property.

(g) Except for discrepancies, errors, or omissions that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, the rent rolls for each of the Parent Properties, as of June 1, 2016, which rent rolls have previously been made available by or on behalf of the Parent or any Parent Subsidiary to Company, and the schedules with respect to the Parent Properties subject to triple-net leases, which schedules have previously been made available to Company, correctly reference each Parent Lease.

(h) True and complete in all material respects copies of all ground leases affecting the interest of Parent or any Parent Subsidiary in the Parent Properties and all leases and subleases to which Parent or the other Parent Subsidiaries are parties that are required to be filed as exhibits to the Parent SEC Filings pursuant to Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC (the “ Material Parent Leases ”) in effect as of the date hereof, together with all amendments, modifications, supplements, renewals and extensions related thereto, have been made available to the Company. Except as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, (1) none of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary is and, to the knowledge of Parent, no other party is in breach or violation of, or default under, any Material Parent Lease, (2) no event has occurred which would result in a breach or violation of, or a default under, any Material Parent Lease by Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary, or, to the knowledge of Parent, any other party thereto (in each case, with or without notice or lapse of time or both) and no tenant under a Material Parent Lease is in monetary default under such Material Parent Lease, (3) no tenant under a Material Parent Lease is the beneficiary or has the right to become a beneficiary of a loan or forbearance from Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary in excess of $500,000 in the aggregate, (4) none of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary is in receipt of any rent under any Parent Lease paid more than thirty (30) days before such rent is due and payable, and (5) to the knowledge of Parent, each Material Parent Lease is valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with its terms and is in full force and effect with respect to Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary and with respect to the other parties thereto, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at Law).

(i) Except as set forth on Section 5.16(i) of the Parent Disclosure Letter, there are no Tax abatements or exemptions specifically affecting Parent Properties, and Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries have not received any written notice of (and Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries do not have any knowledge of) any proposed increase in the assessed valuation of any of the Parent Properties or of any proposed public improvement assessments that will result in the Taxes or assessments payable in the next tax period increasing, except in each case for any such Taxes or assessment that have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

(j) Except as set forth in Section 5.16(j) of the Parent Disclosure Letter or as has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect, as of the date of this Agreement, no purchase option has been exercised under any Parent Lease for which the purchase has not closed prior to the date of this Agreement.

(k) Except for (1) Parent Permitted Liens, (2) as set forth in Section 5.16(k) of the Parent Disclosure Letter, or (3) as set forth in any Parent Lease, or as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect, (i) there are no unexpired option to purchase agreements, rights of first refusal or any other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire any Parent Property or any portion thereof that would materially adversely affect Parent’s, or any Parent Subsidiary’s, ownership, ground lease or right to use a Parent Property subject to a Material Parent Lease, and (ii) there are no other outstanding rights or agreements to enter into any contract for sale, ground lease or letter of intent to sell or ground lease any Parent Property or any portion thereof that is owned by any Parent Subsidiary, which, in each case, is in favor of any party other than Parent or a Parent Subsidiary.

(l) Neither the Parent nor any Parent Subsidiary is party to any oral Parent Lease.

(m) The Parent and each Parent Subsidiary, as applicable, is in possession of Parent Title Insurance Policies evidencing title insurance with respect to each Parent Property. A copy of each Parent Title Insurance Policy in the possession of the Parent or any Parent Subsidiary has been made available to Company. No written claim has been made against any Parent Title Insurance Policy, which, individually or in the aggregate, would be material to any Parent Property.

(n) Parent, Merger Sub and the other Parent Subsidiaries have good and valid title to, or a valid and enforceable leasehold interest in, or other right to use, all personal property owned, used or held for use by them as of the date of this Agreement (other than property owned by tenants and used or held in connection with the applicable tenancy), except as, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect. None of Parent’s, Merger Sub’s or any other Parent Subsidiaries’ ownership of or leasehold interest in any such personal property is subject to any Liens, except for Parent Permitted Liens and Liens that have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.17 Taxes .

(a) Parent, Merger Sub and, if applicable, each other Parent Subsidiary has (i) duly and timely filed (or there have been filed on their behalf) with the appropriate Governmental Authority all U.S. federal and all other material Tax Returns required to be filed by them, taking into account any extensions of time within which to file such Tax Returns, and all such Tax Returns were and are true, correct and complete in all material respects, and (ii) duly and timely paid in full (or there has been duly and timely paid in full on their behalf), or made adequate provision for, all material amounts of Taxes required to be paid by them, whether or not shown (or required to be shown) on any Tax Return. True and materially complete copies of all U.S. Federal Income Tax Returns that have been filed with the IRS by Parent and, if applicable, each Parent Subsidiary, with respect to the taxable years ending on or after December 31, 2014 have been provided or made available to representatives of Company.

(b) Parent (i) for all taxable years commencing with Parent’s taxable year ended December 31, 2013 (and, for purposes of Section 7.3(a) , including through December 31, 2016, if the Closing Date occurs in the taxable year ending December 31, 2017), has been subject to taxation as a REIT and has satisfied all requirements to qualify as a REIT, and has so qualified, for U.S. federal Tax purposes for such taxable years; (ii) has operated since January 1, 2016 (and, for purposes of Section 7.3(a) , January 1, 2017, if the Closing Date occurs in the taxable year ending December 31, 2017) to the date hereof in a manner consistent with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT; (iii) intends to continue to operate in such a manner so as to qualify as a REIT for its taxable year ending December 31, 2016 (and, for purposes of Section 7.3(a) , December 31, 2017, if the Closing Date occurs in the taxable year ending December 31, 2017); and (iv) has not taken or omitted to take any action that could reasonably be expected to result in a challenge by the IRS or any other Governmental Authority to its status as a REIT, and no such challenge is pending or threatened in writing.

(c) Each Parent Subsidiary and Other Parent Subsidiary has been since the later of its acquisition or formation and continues to be treated for U.S. federal and state income Tax purposes as (i) a partnership (or a disregarded entity) and not as a corporation or an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation, (ii) a Qualified REIT Subsidiary, or (iii) a Taxable REIT Subsidiary.

(d) (i) There are no disputes, audits, examination, investigations or proceedings pending (or threatened in writing), or claims asserted, for and/or in respect of any material Taxes or material Tax Returns of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary and none of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary is a party to any litigation or administrative proceeding relating to Taxes; (ii) no deficiency for Taxes of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary has been claimed, proposed or assessed in writing or, to the knowledge of the Parent, threatened, by any Governmental Authority, which deficiency has not yet been settled, except for such deficiencies which are being contested in good faith or with respect to which the failure to pay, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect; (iii) none of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary has extended or waived (nor granted any extension or waiver of) the limitation period for the assessment or collection of any Tax that has not since expired; (iv) none of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary currently is the beneficiary of any extension of time within which to file any material Tax Return that remains unfiled; (v) none of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary has received a written claim by any Governmental Authority in any jurisdiction where any of them does not file Tax Returns or pay any Taxes that it is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction and (vi) none of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary has entered into any “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any corresponding or similar provision of state, local or foreign income Tax Law).

(e) None of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary holds any asset the disposition of which would be subject to (or to rules similar to) Section 1374 of the Code.

(f) Since its inception, (i) Parent, Merger Sub and the other Parent Subsidiaries have not incurred any material liability for Taxes under Sections 857(b)(1), 857(b)(6)(A), 860(c) or 4981 of the Code which have not been previously paid, and (ii) none of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary has incurred any material liability for Taxes other than (x) in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice, or (y) transfer or similar Taxes arising in connection with sales of property. No event has occurred, and no condition or circumstance exists, which presents a material risk that any material Tax described in the preceding sentence will be imposed upon Parent, Merger Sub or the other Parent Subsidiaries.

(g) Parent, Merger Sub and the other Parent Subsidiaries have complied, in all material respects, with all applicable Laws, rules and regulations relating to the payment and withholding of Taxes (including withholding of Taxes pursuant to Sections 1441, 1442, 1445, 1446 and 3402 of the Code or similar provisions under any state and foreign Laws) and have duly and timely withheld and, in each case, have paid over to the appropriate taxing authorities all material amounts required to be so withheld and paid over on or prior to the due date thereof under all applicable Laws.

(h) There are no Parent Tax Protection Agreements currently in force, and no Person has raised, or to the knowledge of Parent threatened to raise, a material claim against Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary for any breach of any Parent Tax Protection Agreement and none of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will give rise to any liability or obligation to make any payment under any Parent Tax Protection Agreement. As used herein, “ Parent Tax Protection Agreements ” means any agreement to which Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary is a party and pursuant to which (i) any liability to any direct or indirect holder of partnership units of the Parent Operating Partnership or any other partnership interest in any Parent Subsidiary Partnership (“ Relevant Parent Partnership Interest ”) relating to Taxes may arise, whether or not as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; (ii) in connection with the deferral of income Taxes of a direct or indirect holder of a Relevant Parent Partnership Interest, a party to such agreement has agreed to (A) maintain a minimum level of debt or continue a particular debt, (B) retain or not dispose of assets for a period of time that has not since expired, (C) make or refrain from making Tax elections, (D) operate (or refrain from operating) in a particular manner, (E) use (or refrain from using) a specified method of taking into account book-tax disparities under Section 704(c) of the Code with respect to one or more assets of such party or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries, (F) use (or refrain from using) a particular method for allocating one or more liabilities of such party or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries under Section 752 of the Code and/or (G) only dispose of assets in a particular manner; (iii) any Person has been or is required to be given the opportunity to guaranty, indemnify or assume debt of such Parent Subsidiary Partnership or any direct or indirect subsidiary of such Parent Subsidiary Partnership or are so guarantying or indemnifying, or have so assumed, such debt; and/or (iv) any other agreement that would require any Parent Subsidiary Partnership or the general partner, manager, managing member or other similarly-situated Person of such Parent Subsidiary Partnership or any direct or indirect subsidiary of such Parent Subsidiary Partnership to consider separately the interests of the limited partners, members or other beneficial owners of such Parent Subsidiary Partnership or the holder of interests in such Parent Subsidiary Partnership in connection with any transaction or other action. As used herein, “ Parent Subsidiary Partnership ” means a Parent Subsidiary or Other Parent Subsidiary that is a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

(i) There are no Tax Liens upon any property or assets of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary except Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP.

(j) Neither Parent nor any Parent Subsidiary has requested, has received or is subject to any written ruling of a Governmental Authority or has entered into any written agreement with a Governmental Authority with respect to any Taxes.

(k) There are no Tax allocation or sharing agreements or similar arrangements with respect to or involving Parent or any Parent Subsidiary, and after the Closing Date neither Parent nor any Parent Subsidiary shall be bound by any such Tax allocation agreements or similar arrangements or have any liability thereunder for amounts due in respect of periods prior to the Closing Date, in each case, other than customary provisions of commercial or credit agreements and Parent Tax Protection Agreements.

(l) Neither Parent nor any Parent Subsidiary (A) has been a member of an affiliated group filing a consolidated federal income Tax Return or (B) has any liability for the Taxes of any Person (other than Parent or any Parent Subsidiary) under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local, or foreign law), as a transferee or successor, by contract, or otherwise.

(m) Neither Parent nor any Parent Subsidiary has participated in any “listed transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2).

(n) Neither Parent nor any of the Parent Subsidiaries (other than Taxable REIT Subsidiaries) has or has had any earnings and profits attributable to such entity or any other corporation in any non-REIT year within the meaning of Section 857 of the Code.

(o) Parent is not aware of any fact or circumstance that could reasonably be expected to prevent the Merger from qualifying as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.

(p) Neither Parent nor any of the Parent Subsidiaries has constituted either a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” (within the meaning of Section 355(a)(1)(A) of the Code) in a distribution of stock qualifying for tax-free treatment under Section 355 of the Code (A) in the two (2) years prior to the date of this Agreement or (B) in a distribution which could otherwise constitute part of a “plan” or “series of related transactions” (within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code) in conjunction with transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(q) No written power of attorney that has been granted by Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary (other than to Parent or a Parent Subsidiary) currently is in force with respect to any matter relating to Taxes.

Section 5.18 Insurance . Except for those matters that have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, there is no claim for coverage by Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary pending under the material insurance policies (including title insurance policies) and the material fidelity bonds or other insurance service contracts in Parent’s possession providing coverage for all material Parent Properties (the “ Parent Insurance Policies ”) that has been denied or disputed by the insurer. The Parent Insurance Policies are of the type and in the amounts customarily carried by Persons conducting a business similar to Parent and any Parent Subsidiary and are sufficient for compliance with all applicable Laws to which Parent or any Parent Subsidiary are bound. Except as individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, there is no claim for coverage by Parent or any Parent Subsidiary pending under any of the Parent Insurance Policies that has been denied or disputed by the insurer. Except for those matters that have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Parent Material Adverse Effect, all premiums payable under all Parent Insurance Policies have been paid, and Parent, Merger Sub and the other Parent Subsidiaries have otherwise complied in all material respects with the terms and conditions of all the Parent Insurance Policies. To the knowledge of Parent, such Parent Insurance Policies are valid and enforceable in accordance with their terms and are in full force and effect and no written notice of cancellation or termination has been received by Parent or any Parent Subsidiary with respect to any such policy which has not been replaced on substantially similar terms prior to the date of such cancellation.

Section 5.19 Vote Required . The approval of the Parent Board and, by virtue of the Resolutions adopted by the Parent Board, the affirmative vote of not less than a majority of the votes cast by the holders of Parent Common Stock at the Parent Stockholder Meeting to approve the issuance of Parent Common Stock in connection with the Merger (the “ Parent Stockholder Approval ”) are the only votes necessary to adopt this Agreement on behalf of Parent and approve the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby, including the issuance of Parent Common Stock in connection with the Merger. The consent of Parent, as the sole general partner of the Parent Operating Partnership, is the only vote of the partners of the Parent Operating Partnership necessary to adopt this Agreement and approve the Partnership Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby.

Section 5.20 Brokers . No broker, finder or investment banker (other than UBS Securities LLC) is entitled to any brokerage, finder’s or other fee or commission in connection with the Mergers based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary.

Section 5.21 Investment Company Act . None of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary is required to be registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act.

Section 5.22 Ownership of Merger Sub; No Prior Activities .

(a) Merger Sub was formed solely for the purpose of engaging in the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. All of the interests of Merger Sub are owned, directly by Parent.

(b) Except for the obligations or liabilities incurred in connection with its organization and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, Merger Sub has not, and will not have prior to the Effective Time, incurred, directly or indirectly through any subsidiary or Affiliate, any obligations or liabilities or engaged in any business activities of any type or kind whatsoever or entered into any agreements or arrangements with any Person.

Section 5.23 Takeover Statutes . The restrictions on control share acquisitions contained in Subtitle 7 of Title 3 of the MGCL are not applicable to Parent Common Stock to be issued as Merger Consideration in the Mergers. No “business combination,” “control share acquisition,” “fair price,” “moratorium” or other takeover or anti-takeover statute or similar federal or state Law are applicable to this Agreement, the Mergers or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Section 5.24 Affiliate Transactions . Except as set forth in the Parent SEC Filings made through and including the date of this Agreement or as permitted by this Agreement, from October 27, 2011 through the date of this Agreement there have been no transactions, agreements, arrangements or understandings between Parent or any Parent Subsidiary, on the one hand, and any Affiliates (other than Parent Subsidiaries) of Parent or Service Provider, on the other hand, that would be required to be disclosed under Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC.

Section 5.25 Fees Contemplated by the Mergers . Except as set forth in Section 5.25 of the Parent Disclosure Letter, neither Parent nor any Parent Subsidiary is required to pay any fee as a result of entering into this Agreement or carrying out the purposes of this Agreement, including under the Parent Advisory Agreement or Section 5.1(d) of the Parent Partnership Agreement. Additionally, neither Parent nor any Parent Subsidiary is required to pay any incentive compensation to any employee or the Parent Advisor as a result of entering into this Agreement or carrying out the purposes of this Agreement.

Section 5.26 Opinion of Financial Advisor . The Parent Special Committee has received the opinion of UBS Securities LLC, to the effect that, as of the date of such opinion and based on and subject to the assumptions, qualifications, limitations and other matters set forth in such opinion, the Exchange Ratio is fair, from a financial point of view, to Parent.

Section 5.27 No Other Representations or Warranties . Except for the representations and warranties contained in Article IV , each of Parent and Merger Sub acknowledge that neither the Company nor any other Person on behalf of the Company has made, and neither Parent nor Merger Sub has relied upon, any representation or warranty, whether express or implied, with respect to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or their respective businesses, affairs, assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations, future operating or financial results, estimates, projections, forecasts, plans or prospects (including the reasonableness of the assumptions underlying such estimates, projections, forecasts, plans or prospects) or with respect to the accuracy or completeness of any other information provided or made available to Parent or Merger Sub by or on behalf of the Company.

Article VI

COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS

Section 6.1 Conduct of Business by the Company .

(a) Each Company Party covenants and agrees that, between the date of this Agreement and the earlier to occur of the Effective Time and the date, if any, on which this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.1 (the “ Interim Period ”), except to the extent required by Law, as may be agreed in writing by Parent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), as may be expressly required or permitted pursuant to this Agreement, or as set forth in Section 6.1(a) or Section 6.1(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter, each of the Company Parties shall, and shall cause each of the Company Subsidiaries to, (i) conduct its business in all material respects in the ordinary course and in a manner consistent with past practice, and (ii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain its material assets and properties in their current condition (normal wear and tear and damage caused by casualty or by any reason outside of the Company’s or the Company Subsidiaries’ control excepted), preserve intact in all material respects its current business organization, goodwill, ongoing businesses and relationships with third parties, keep available the services of its present officers and key employees, maintain all Company Insurance Policies, and maintain the status of the Company as a REIT. For the avoidance of doubt, during the Interim Period, the Company shall file all Tax Returns required to be filed by it prior to the Effective Time and all such returns shall be filed consistent with the Company’s status as a REIT.

(b) The Company Parties shall (i) use their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the opinions of counsel referred to in Section 7.2(e) and Section 7.1(e) , (ii) deliver to Proskauer Rose LLP an officer’s certificate, dated as of the effective date of the Form S-4 and the Closing Date, respectively, and signed by an officer of the Company and the Company Operating Partnership with the knowledge necessary to make the representations contained therein, containing representations of the Company and the Company Operating Partnership as shall be reasonably necessary or appropriate to enable Proskauer Rose LLP to render the opinion described in Section 7.2(e) on the effective date of the Form S-4, satisfying the requirements of Item 601 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, and on the Closing Date (a “ Company REIT Representation Letter ”), and (iii) deliver to Proskauer Rose LLP an officer’s certificate, dated as of the effective date of the Form S-4 and the Closing Date, respectively, and signed by an officer of the Company with the knowledge necessary to make the representations contained therein, containing representations of the Company as shall be reasonably necessary or appropriate to enable Proskauer Rose LLP to render the opinion described in Section 7.1(e) on the effective date of the Form S-4, satisfying the requirements of Item 601 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, and on the Closing Date (a “ Company Reorganization Representation Letter ”).

(c) Without limiting the foregoing, each Company Party covenants and agrees that, during the Interim Period, except to the extent required by Law, as may be agreed in writing by Parent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), as may be expressly required or permitted pursuant to this Agreement, or as set forth in Section 6.1(a) or Section 6.1(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the Company Parties shall not, and shall not cause or permit any Company Subsidiary to, do any of the following:

(i) amend or propose to amend the Company Charter or Company Bylaws (or such equivalent organizational or governing documents of any Company Subsidiary) or waive the stock ownership limit under the Company Charter;

(ii) split, combine, reclassify or subdivide any shares of stock or other equity securities or ownership interests of the Company or any Company Subsidiary;

(iii) declare, set aside or pay any dividend on or make any other distributions (whether in cash, stock, property or otherwise) with respect to shares of capital stock of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or other equity securities or ownership interests in the Company or any Company Subsidiary, except for (A) the declaration and payment by the Company of regular monthly dividends, in accordance with past practice and not for any interim period prior to the Effective Time, at an annual rate not to exceed $1.775 per share of Company Common Stock, (B) the declaration and payment of dividends or other distributions to the Company by any directly or indirectly wholly owned Company Subsidiary, and (C) distributions by any Company Subsidiary that is not wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company, in accordance with the requirements of the organizational documents of such Company Subsidiary; provided , however , that, notwithstanding the restriction on dividends and other distributions in this Section 6.1(c)(iii) , the Company and any Company Subsidiary shall be permitted to make distributions, including under Sections 857, 858 or 860 of the Code, reasonably necessary for the Company to maintain its status as a REIT under the Code and avoid or reduce the imposition of any entity level income or excise Tax under the Code;

(iv) redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any shares of its capital stock or other equity interests of the Company or a Company Subsidiary, other than the withholding of shares of Company Common Stock to satisfy withholding Tax obligations with respect to awards granted pursuant to the Company Restricted Stock Plan, including the vesting of Company Restricted Stock in accordance with Section 3.7 ;

(v) except (A) for issuances by a wholly owned Company Subsidiary to the Company or another wholly owned Company Subsidiary, (B) in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (C) for issuances by the Company Operating Partnership of the Company Class B Units, in accordance with the Company Partnership Agreement, or (D) as otherwise contemplated in Section 6.1(c)(vi) , issue, sell, pledge, dispose, encumber or grant any shares of the Company’s or any of the Company Subsidiaries’ capital stock, or any options, warrants, convertible securities or other rights of any kind to acquire any shares of the Company’s or any of the Company Subsidiaries’ capital stock or other equity interests, provided , however , that the Company may issue shares of Company Common Stock upon the vesting of any Company Restricted Stock outstanding as of the date of this Agreement or as may be granted after the date of this Agreement under Section 6.1(c)(vi) ;

(vi) except as set forth on Section 6.1(c)(vi) of the Company Disclosure Letter, grant, confer, award, or modify the terms of any Company Restricted Stock, convertible securities, or other rights to acquire, or denominated in, any of the Company’s or any of the Company Subsidiaries’ capital stock or other equity securities or take any action not set forth on Section 6.1(c)(vi) of the Company Disclosure Letter;

(vii) acquire or agree to acquire (including by merger, consolidation or acquisition of stock or assets) any real property, personal property (other than personal property at a total cost of less than $250,000 in the aggregate), corporation, partnership, limited liability company, other business organization or any division or material amount of assets thereof, except acquisitions by the Company or any wholly owned Company Subsidiary of or from an existing wholly owned Company Subsidiary;

(viii) sell, pledge, lease, assign, transfer, dispose of or encumber, or effect a deed in lieu of foreclosure with respect to, any property or assets, except (A) pursuant to an obligation arising under any agreement referenced in Section 4.16(l) of the Company Disclosure Letter, (B) in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and that would not be material to any Company Property or any assets of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and (C) pledges or encumbrances of property or assets or direct or indirect equity interests in entities from time to time under the Company’s existing mezzanine loan agreement;

(ix) incur, create, assume, refinance, replace or prepay any Indebtedness for borrowed money or issue or amend the terms of any debt securities or assume, guarantee or endorse, or otherwise become responsible (whether directly, contingently or otherwise) for the Indebtedness of any other Person (other than a wholly owned Company Subsidiary), except Indebtedness incurred under the Company’s existing mezzanine loan agreement;

(x) make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person (including to any of its officers, directors, employees, Affiliates, agents or consultants), make any change in its existing borrowing or lending arrangements for or on behalf of such Persons, or enter into any “keep well” or similar agreement to maintain the financial condition of another entity, other than by the Company or a wholly owned Company Subsidiary to the Company or a wholly owned Company Subsidiary;

(xi) enter into, renew, modify, amend or terminate, or waive, release, compromise or assign any rights or claims under, any Company Material Contract (or any Contract that, if existing as of the date hereof, would be a Company Material Contract), other than (A) any termination or renewal in accordance with the terms of any existing Company Material Contract that occur automatically without any action by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (B) the entry into any modification or amendment of, or waiver or consent under, any mortgage or related agreement to which the Company or any Company Subsidiary is as required or necessitated by this Agreement or transactions contemplated hereby; provided that any such modification, amendment, waiver or consent does not increase the principal amount thereunder or otherwise adversely affect the Company, any Company Subsidiary or Parent, (C) the entry into any modification or amendment to the Advisory Agreement (which may not alter any provision regarding compensation payable thereunder to the Advisor) to provide, among other things, for termination thereof upon the effectiveness of the Mergers, and to provide for the Advisor to enter into a transition services or similar agreement upon commercially reasonable terms, if and to the extent reasonably requested by Parent, or (D) as may be reasonably necessary to comply with the terms of this Agreement;

(xii) enter into, renew, modify, amend or terminate, or waive, release, compromise or assign any rights or claims under, any Company Lease (or any lease for real property that, if existing as of the date hereof, would be a Company Lease), except for (A) entering into any new lease or renewing any Company Lease in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or (B) terminating any Company Lease as a result of a default by the counterparty to such Company Lease (in accordance with the terms of such Company Lease and subject to any applicable cure period therein);

(xiii) waive, release, assign any material rights or claims or make any payment, direct or indirect, of any liability of the Company or any Company Subsidiary before the same comes due in accordance with its terms, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

(xiv) settle or compromise (A) any legal action, suit or arbitration proceeding, in each case made or pending against the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, including relating to Taxes, and (B) any legal action, suit or proceeding involving any present, former or purported holder or group of holders of the Company Common Stock other than in accordance with Section 6.8 , in each case, in an amount in excess of $1,000,000 individually;

(xv) (A) hire or terminate any officer, director or employee of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or promote or appoint any Person to a position of officer or director of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (B) increase in any manner the amount, rate or terms of compensation or benefits of any of its directors or officers, (C) pay or agree to pay any pension, retirement allowance or other compensation or benefit to any director, officer or consultant of the Company or any Company Subsidiary, whether past or present, (D) enter into, adopt, amend or terminate any employment, bonus, severance or retirement contract or other compensation or employee benefits arrangement, (E) accelerate the vesting or payment of any compensation or benefits under the Company Restricted Stock Plan, (F) grant any awards under the Company Restricted Stock Plan, bonus, incentive, performance or other compensation plan or arrangement, or (G) take any action to fund or in any other way secure the payment of compensation or benefits under the Company Restricted Stock Plan, in each case, other than as required by Law;

(xvi) fail to maintain all financial books and records in all material respects in accordance with GAAP (or any interpretation thereof) or make any material change to its methods of accounting in effect at December 31, 2015, except as required by a change in GAAP (or any interpretation thereof) or in applicable Law, or make any change, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, with respect to accounting policies, unless required by GAAP or the SEC;

(xvii) enter into any new line of business;

(xviii) fail to duly and timely file all material reports and other material documents required to be filed with any Governmental Authority, subject to extensions permitted by Law or applicable rules and regulations;

(xix) take any action that could, or fail to take any action, the failure of which could, reasonably be expected to cause (A) the Company to fail to qualify as a REIT or (B) any Company Subsidiary or Other Company Subsidiary to cease to be treated as any of (1) a partnership or disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes or (2) a Qualified REIT Subsidiary or a Taxable REIT Subsidiary under the applicable provisions of Section 856 of the Code, as the case may be;

(xx) adopt a plan of merger, complete or partial liquidation or resolutions providing for or authorizing such merger, liquidation or a dissolution, consolidation, recapitalization or bankruptcy reorganization, except by a Company Subsidiary in connection with any acquisitions permitted pursuant to Section 6.1(c)(vii) in a manner that would not reasonably be expected to be adverse to the Company or to prevent or impair the ability of the Company to consummate the Mergers;

(xxi) initiate or consent to any zoning reclassification of any real property or any other material change to any approved site plan, special use permit, planned development approval or other land use entitlement affecting any Company Property, other than in connection with any eminent domain or condemnation proceedings regarding which the Company has provided prompt notice to Parent;

(xxii) form any new funds or joint ventures;

(xxiii) except pursuant to the Company’s budget set forth on Section 6.1(c)(xiii) of the Company Disclosure Letter, make or commit to make any capital expenditures in excess of $1,000,000 individually or $2,000,000 in the aggregate;

(xxiv) amend or modify the compensation terms or any other obligations of the Company contained in the engagement letter with BMO Capital Markets Corporation in a manner adverse to the Company, any Company Subsidiary or Parent or engage other financial advisers in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

(xxv) authorize, or enter into any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement to do any of the foregoing; or

(xxvi) pay or cause to be paid, any fees or other amount previously due, that has been waived by Company Advisor, the Company’s property manager, or the Company’s service providers, including but not limited to, the $34,000 in property management and leasing fees waived for the year ended December 31, 2015.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the Company from taking any action, at any time or from time to time, that in the reasonable judgment of the Company Board, upon advice of counsel to the Company, is reasonably necessary for the Company to avoid incurring entity level income or excise Taxes under the Code or to maintain its qualification as a REIT under the Code for any period or portion thereof ending on or prior to the Effective Time, including making dividend or other distribution payments to stockholders of the Company in accordance with this Agreement or otherwise.

(e) The Company shall reasonably cooperate with Parent in Parent’s pre-Closing effort to obtain Debt Financing from Financing Sources.

Section 6.2 Conduct of Business by Parent and Merger Sub .

(a) Each Parent Party covenants and agrees that, during the Interim Period, except to the extent required by Law, as may be agreed in writing by the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), as may be expressly required or permitted pursuant to this Agreement, or as set forth in Section 6.2(a) or Section 6.2(c) of the Parent Disclosure Letter, the Parent Parties shall, and shall cause each of the Parent Subsidiaries to, (i) conduct its business in all material respects in the ordinary course and in a manner consistent with past practice, and (ii) use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain its material assets and properties in their current condition (normal wear and tear and damage caused by casualty or by any reason outside of Parent’s or the Parent Subsidiaries’ control excepted), preserve intact in all material respects its current business organization, goodwill, ongoing businesses and relationships with third parties, keep available the services of its present officers and key employees, maintain all Parent Insurance Policies, and maintain the status of Parent as a REIT.

(b) The Parent Parties shall (i) use their commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the opinions of counsel referred to in Section 7.3(e) and Section 7.1(e) , (ii) deliver to Proskauer Rose LLP an officer’s certificate, dated as of the effective date of the Form S-4 and the Closing Date, respectively, and signed by an officer of Parent and the Parent Operating Partnership with the knowledge necessary to make the representations contained therein, containing representations of Parent and the Parent Operating Partnership as shall be reasonably necessary or appropriate to enable Proskauer Rose LLP to render the opinion described in Section 7.3(e) on the effective date of the Form S-4, satisfying the requirements of Item 601 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, and on the Closing Date (a “ Parent REIT Representation Letter ”), and (iii) deliver to Proskauer Rose LLP an officer’s certificate, dated as of the effective date of the Form S-4 and the Closing Date, respectively, and signed by an officer of Parent with knowledge necessary to make the representations contained therein, containing representations of Parent as shall be reasonably necessary or appropriate to enable Proskauer Rose LLP to render the opinion described in Section 7.1(e) on the effective date of the Form S-4, satisfying the requirements of Item 601 of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act, and on the Closing Date (a “ Parent Reorganization Representation Letter ”).

(c) Without limiting the foregoing, each Parent Party covenants and agrees that, during the Interim Period, except to the extent required by Law, as may be agreed in writing by the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), as may be expressly required or permitted pursuant to this Agreement, or as set forth in Section 6.2(a) or Section 6.2(c) of the Parent Disclosure Letter, the Parent Parties shall not, and shall not cause or permit any of the Parent Subsidiaries to, do any of the following:

(i) amend or propose to amend the Parent Charter or Parent Bylaws (or such equivalent organizational or governing documents of any Parent Subsidiary material to Parent and the Parent Subsidiaries, considered as a whole, if such amendment would be adverse to Parent or the Company) or waive the ownership limit in the Parent Charter;

(ii) split, combine, reclassify or subdivide any shares of stock or other equity securities or ownership interests of Parent, Merger Sub or any other Parent Subsidiary, except as provided in the Parent OPP Agreement, the Parent Option Plan, and the Parent Restricted Stock Plan;

(iii) declare, set aside or pay any dividend on or make any other distributions (whether in cash, stock, property or otherwise) with respect to shares of capital stock of Parent or any Parent Subsidiary or other equity securities or ownership interests in Parent or any Parent Subsidiary, except for (A) the declaration and payment by Parent of regular monthly dividends, for full monthly periods in accordance with past practice and not for any interim period prior to the Effective Time, at an annual rate not to exceed $0.71 per share of Parent Common Stock, (B) the declaration and payment of dividends or other distributions to Parent by any directly or indirectly wholly owned Parent Subsidiary, and (C) distributions by any Parent Subsidiary that is not wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by Parent, in accordance with the requirements of the organizational documents of such Parent Subsidiary except as provided in the Parent OPP Agreement, the Parent Option Plan, and the Parent Restricted Stock Plan; provided, however, that, notwithstanding the restriction on dividends and other distributions in this Section 6.2(c)(iii) , Parent and any Parent Subsidiary shall be permitted to make distributions, including under Sections 857, 858 or 860 of the Code, reasonably necessary for Parent to maintain its status as a REIT under the Code and avoid or reduce the imposition of any entity level income or excise Tax under the Code;

(iv) acquire or agree to acquire (including by merger, consolidation or acquisition of stock or assets) any real property, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, other business organization or any division or material amount of assets thereof, if such transaction would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay the consummation of the Mergers or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

(v) take any action that could, or fail to take any action, the failure of which could, reasonably be expected to cause (A) Parent to fail to qualify as a REIT or (B) any Parent Subsidiary or Other Parent Subsidiary to cease to be treated as any of (1) a partnership or disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes or (2) a Qualified REIT Subsidiary or a Taxable REIT Subsidiary under the applicable provisions of Section 856 of the Code, as the case may be;

(vi) fail to maintain all financial books and records in all material respects in accordance with GAAP (or any interpretation thereof) or make any material change to its methods of accounting in effect as of the date hereof, except as required by a change in GAAP (or any interpretation thereof) or in applicable Law, or make any change, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, with respect to accounting policies, unless required by GAAP or the SEC;

(vii) adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation or resolutions providing for or authorizing such liquidation or a dissolution, consolidation, recapitalization or bankruptcy reorganization;

(viii) reduce the monthly dividend payable to holders of Parent Common Stock below $0.059166667 per share or make a public announcement of a future intent to do the same; or

(ix) authorize, or enter into any contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement to do any of the foregoing.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit (i) Parent from taking any action, at any time or from time to time, that in the reasonable judgment of the Parent Board, upon advice of counsel to Parent, is reasonably necessary for Parent to continue to avoid incurring entity level income or excise Taxes under the Code or to maintain its qualification as a REIT under the Code, including making dividend or other distribution payments to stockholders of Parent in accordance with this Agreement or otherwise.

Section 6.3 Preparation of Form S-4 and Joint Proxy Statement; Stockholder Meetings .

(a) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, (i) the Company and Parent shall jointly prepare and cause to be filed with the SEC the Joint Proxy Statement in preliminary form (and, in doing so, shall offer Parent reasonable opportunity to comment upon drafts), and (ii) Parent shall prepare and cause to be filed with the SEC, the Form S-4, which will include the Joint Proxy Statement as a prospectus. Each of the Company and Parent shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (x) have the Form S-4 declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing, (y) ensure that the Form S-4 complies in all material respects with the applicable provisions of the Exchange Act and the Securities Act, and (z) keep the Form S-4 effective for so long as necessary to complete the Merger. Each of the Company and Parent shall furnish all information concerning itself, its Affiliates and the holders of its capital stock to the other and provide such other assistance as may be reasonably requested in connection with the preparation, filing and distribution of the Form S-4 and Joint Proxy Statement. The Form S-4 and Joint Proxy Statement shall include all information reasonably requested by such other party to be included therein. Each of the Company and Parent shall promptly notify the other upon the receipt of any comments from the SEC or any request from the SEC for amendments or supplements to the Form S-4 or Joint Proxy Statement, and shall, as promptly as practicable after receipt thereof, provide the other with copies of all correspondence between it and its Representatives, on the one hand, and the SEC, on the other hand, and all written comments with respect to the Joint Proxy Statement or the Form S-4 received from the SEC and advise the other party of any oral comments with respect to the Joint Proxy Statement or the Form S-4 received from the SEC. Each of the Company and Parent shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to respond as promptly as practicable to any comments from the SEC with respect to the Joint Proxy Statement, and Parent shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to respond as promptly as practicable to any comments from the SEC with respect to the Form S-4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to filing the Form S-4 (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or mailing the Joint Proxy Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or responding to any comments from the SEC with respect thereto, each of the Company and Parent shall cooperate and provide the other a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such document or response (including the proposed final version of such document or response). Parent shall advise the Company, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time of effectiveness of the Form S-4, the issuance of any stop order relating thereto or the suspension of the qualification of the Parent Common Stock issuable in connection with the Merger for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, and Parent and the Company shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to have any such stop order or suspension lifted, reversed or otherwise terminated. Parent shall also take any other action required to be taken under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, any applicable foreign or state securities or “blue sky” Laws and the rules and regulations thereunder in connection with the issuance of the Parent Common Stock in the Merger, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and the holders of the Company Common Stock as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such actions.

(b) If, at any time prior to the receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval or Parent Stockholder Approval, any information relating to the Company or Parent, or any of their respective Affiliates, should be discovered by the Company or Parent which, in the reasonable judgment of the Company or Parent, should be set forth in an amendment of, or a supplement to, any of the Form S-4 or the Joint Proxy Statement, so that any of such documents would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties hereto, and the Company and Parent shall cooperate in the prompt filing with the SEC of any necessary amendment of, or supplement to, the Joint Proxy Statement or the Form S-4 and, to the extent required by Law, in disseminating the information contained in such amendment or supplement to stockholders of the Company and the stockholders of Parent. Nothing in this Section 6.3(b) shall limit the obligations of any party under Section 6.3(a) . For purposes of Section 4.8 , Section 5.8 and this Section 6.3 , any information concerning or related to the Company, its Affiliates or the Company Stockholder Meeting will be deemed to have been provided by the Company, and (unless such information was materially modified by the Company) any information concerning or related to Parent or its Affiliates or the Parent Stockholder Meeting will be deemed to have been provided by Parent.

(c) As promptly as practicable following the date of this Agreement, the Company shall, in accordance with applicable Law and the Company Charter and Company Bylaws, establish a record date for, duly call, give notice of, convene and hold the Company Stockholder Meeting. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Joint Proxy Statement to be mailed to the stockholders of the Company entitled to vote at the Company Stockholder Meeting and to hold the Company Stockholder Meeting as soon as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. The Company shall, through the Company Board, recommend to its stockholders that they give the Company Stockholder Approval, include such recommendation in the Joint Proxy Statement and solicit and use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the Company Stockholder Approval, except to the extent that the Company Board shall have made a Company Change in Recommendation as permitted by Section 6.5(b) ; provided, however, the Company’s obligation to duly call, give notice of, convene and hold the Company Stockholder Meeting shall not be affected by any Company Change in Recommendation Change. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.3(c) , if, on a date for which the Company Stockholder Meeting is scheduled, the Company has not received proxies representing a sufficient number of shares of Company Common Stock to obtain the Company Stockholder Approval, whether or not a quorum is present, the Company shall have the right to make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Company Stockholder Meeting; provided that the Company Stockholder Meeting is not postponed or adjourned to a date that is more than one hundred twenty (120) days after the record date for the Company Stockholder Meeting.

(d) As promptly as practicable following the date of this Agreement, Parent shall, in accordance with applicable Law and the Parent Charter and Parent Bylaws, establish a record date for, duly call, give notice of, convene and hold the Parent Stockholder Meeting. Parent shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Joint Proxy Statement to be mailed to the stockholders of Parent entitled to vote at the Parent Stockholder Meeting and to hold the Parent Stockholder Meeting as soon as practicable after the Form S-4 is declared effective under the Securities Act. Parent shall, through the Parent Board, recommend to its stockholders that they give the Parent Stockholder Approval, include such recommendation in the Joint Proxy Statement, and solicit and use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the Parent Stockholder Approval. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.3(d) , if, on a date for which the Parent Stockholder Meeting is scheduled, Parent has not received proxies representing a sufficient number of shares of Parent Common Stock to obtain the Parent Stockholder Approval, whether or not a quorum is present, Parent shall have the right to make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Parent Stockholder Meeting; provided that the Parent Stockholder Meeting is not postponed or adjourned to a date that is more than (i) 30 days after the date for which the Parent Stockholder Meeting was originally scheduled (excluding any adjournments or postponements required by applicable Law) or (ii) 120 days after the record date for the Parent Stockholder Meeting. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to relieve Parent of its obligation to submit the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock in connection with the Merger to its stockholders for a vote on the approval thereof.

(e) The Company and Parent will use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to hold the Company Stockholder Meeting and the Parent Stockholder Meeting on the same date and as soon as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement.

Section 6.4 Access to Information; Confidentiality .

(a) During the Interim Period, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, each of the Company Parties, on the one hand, and Parent Parties, on the other hand, shall, and the Company Parties and the Parent Parties shall cause each of the Parent Subsidiaries and the Company Subsidiaries, respectively, to, afford to the other parties and to their respective Representatives reasonable access during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice to all of their respective properties, offices, books, contracts, commitments, personnel and records and, during such period, each of the Company Parties and the Parent Parties shall, and the Company Parties and the Parent Parties shall cause each of the Company Subsidiaries and the Parent Subsidiaries, respectively, to, furnish reasonably promptly to the other parties (i) a copy of each report, schedule, registration statement and other document filed by it during such period pursuant to the requirements of federal or state securities Laws, and (ii) all other information (financial or otherwise) concerning its business, properties and personnel as such other parties may reasonably request. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company Parties nor the Parent Parties shall be required by this Section 6.4 to provide the other party or the Representatives of such other party with access to or to disclose information (w) relating to the consideration, negotiation and performance of this Agreement and related agreements, (x) that is subject to the terms of a confidentiality agreement with a third party entered into prior to the date of this Agreement ( provided , however , that the withholding party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the required consent of such third party to such access or disclosure), (y) the disclosure of which would violate any Law or duty, fiduciary or otherwise ( provided , however , that the withholding party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to make appropriate substitute arrangements to permit reasonable disclosure not in violation of any Law or duty, fiduciary or otherwise) or (z) that is subject to any attorney-client, attorney work product or other legal privilege ( provided , however , that the withholding party shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to allow for such access or disclosure to the maximum extent that does not result in a loss of any such attorney-client, attorney work product or other legal privilege). Each of the parties hereto will use its commercially reasonable efforts to minimize any disruption to the businesses of the other parties that may result from the requests for access, data and information hereunder.

(b) Each of the parties hereto will hold, and will cause its Representatives and Affiliates to hold, any nonpublic information, including any information exchanged pursuant to this Section 6.4 , in confidence to the extent required by and in accordance with, and will otherwise comply with, the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement.

Section 6.5 Company Acquisition Proposals.

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement but subject to Section 6.5(e) and Section 6.5(g) , during the period beginning on the date of this Agreement and continuing until 11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on September 22, 2016 (the “ Go Shop Period End Time ”), the Company Parties and their respective Representatives may and shall have the right to, directly or indirectly: (i) initiate, solicit, encourage or facilitate any inquiries or the making of any proposal, offer or other action that constitutes, or may reasonably be expected to lead to, any Acquisition Proposal, including by way of (A) contacting third parties, (B) broadly disseminating public disclosure or (C) providing access to the properties, offices, assets, books, records and personnel of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries and furnishing non-public information pursuant to (but only pursuant to) one or more Acceptable Confidentiality Agreements; provided , however , that the Company has previously or concurrently furnished, made available or provided access to such non-public information to the Parent Parties; (ii) enter into, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations with any Person relating to, or in furtherance of such inquiries, proposals, offers or other actions or to obtain, an Acquisition Proposal; (iii) release any Person from, or refrain from enforcing, any standstill agreement or similar obligation to the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries; and (iv) disclose to the stockholders of the Company any information required to be disclosed under applicable Law; provided , however , that in the case of this clause (iv) such disclosure shall be deemed to be a Company Change in Recommendation if not accompanied by an express public re-affirmation of the Company Recommendation. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “ Go Shop Bidder ” shall mean any Person (including its controlled Affiliates and Representatives) that submits a proposal or offer regarding an Acquisition Proposal not later than the Go Shop Period End Time that has not been withdrawn and that the Company Special Committee determines prior to the Go Shop Period End Time (or in the case of any Acquisition Proposal received less than two Business Days before the date of the Go Shop Period End Time, not later than two Business Days after the Go Shop Period End Time), has resulted in, or would be reasonably expected to result in, a Superior Proposal. No later than two Business Days after the Go Shop Period End Time, the Company shall notify Parent in writing of the identity of each Go Shop Bidder and provide to Parent (x) a copy of any related Acquisition Proposal made in writing and any other written material terms or proposals provided (including, to the extent not included therein, a copy of the acquisition agreement and any related transaction documents and financing commitments, if any) to the Company or any Company Subsidiary and (y) a written summary of the material terms of any related Acquisition Proposal not made in writing (including any material terms proposed orally or supplementally).

(b) Except as permitted by, and subject to, Section 6.5(d) , Section 6.5(e) and Section 6.5(g) , and except with respect to a Go Shop Bidder, from and after the Go Shop Period End Time, the Company shall not, and shall cause each of the Company Subsidiaries not to, and shall not authorize or permit any of its Representatives to, (i) initiate, solicit, knowingly encourage or facilitate any inquiries or the making of any proposal, offer or other action that constitutes, or may reasonably be expected to lead to, any Acquisition Proposal, (ii) enter into, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations with any Person, or furnish to any Person other than Parent any non-public information, in furtherance of such inquiries or to obtain an Acquisition Proposal, (iii) release any Person from or fail to enforce any standstill agreement or similar obligation to the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (iv) withdraw, modify or amend the Company Recommendation in any manner adverse to the Parent Parties or fail to make the Company Recommendation or fail to include the Company Recommendation in the Joint Proxy Statement, (v) approve, endorse or recommend any Acquisition Proposal (any event described in clause (iv) or this clause (v), whether taken by the Company Board or a committee thereof, a “ Company Change in Recommendation ”), (vi) enter into any agreement in principle, arrangement, understanding, contract or agreement (whether binding or not) contemplating or otherwise relating to an Acquisition Proposal, or (vii) take any action to exempt any Person from any takeover statute or similar restrictive provision of the Company Charter or Company Bylaws. For the avoidance of doubt, after the Go Shop Period End Time until the receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval, the Company, Company Subsidiaries and each of their respective Representatives may continue to take any of the actions described in Section 6.5(a) with respect to any proposals or offers regarding any Acquisition Proposal submitted by a Go Shop Bidder on or before the Go Shop Period End Time or with respect to any amended or modified proposal or offer with respect to any such Acquisition Proposal submitted by a Go Shop Bidder after the Go Shop Period End Time if the Company Special Committee has determined in good faith following consultation with its legal and financial advisors that such Acquisition Proposal (as may be amended or modified) is or is reasonably expected to lead to a Superior Proposal; provided that a Go Shop Bidder shall cease to be a Go Shop Bidder if the negotiations between the Company and such Go Shop Bidder with respect to the Acquisition Proposal that resulted in such Go Shop Bidder becoming a Go Shop Bidder shall have been terminated. The Company agrees that in the event any Representative of the Company or any Company Subsidiary takes any action that, if taken by the Company, would constitute a material violation of this Section 6.5(b) , then the Company shall be deemed to be in violation of this Section 6.5(b) for all purposes of this Agreement.

(c) Except as permitted by, and subject to, Section 6.5(b) , Section 6.5(d) , Section 6.5(e) and Section 6.5(g) , after the Go Shop Period End Time, the Company shall, and shall cause each Company Subsidiary and each of their respective Representatives to, immediately cease any discussions, negotiations or communications with any Person (other than Go Shop Bidders and the Parent Parties) with respect to any Acquisition Proposal or potential Acquisition Proposal and immediately terminate all physical and electronic data room access previously granted to any such Person (other than Go Shop Bidders and the Parent Parties).

(d) If, from and after the Go Shop Period End Time and prior to receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval, the Company or any Company Subsidiary or their respective Representatives receives a bona fide written Acquisition Proposal which has not been initiated, solicited, encouraged or facilitated in violation of Section 6.5(b) , and which the Company Special Committee has determined in good faith following consultation with its legal and financial advisors is or is reasonably expected to lead to a Superior Proposal, the Company and Company Subsidiaries or any of their respective Representatives thereafter may take the following actions (but only if and to the extent that the Company Special Committee determines in good faith following consultation with its legal advisors that the failure to do so would be inconsistent with its duties to the stockholders of the Company under applicable Law: (i) furnish, make available or provide access to non-public information with respect to the Company and Company Subsidiaries to the Person who made such Acquisition Proposal and such Person’s Representatives (provided that the Company (A) concurrently or has previously furnished, made available or provided access to such non-public information to the Parent Parties and (B) furnishes, makes available or provides access to such non-public information pursuant to an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement), (ii) participate in negotiations regarding such Acquisition Proposal, and (iii) disclose to the stockholders of the Company any information required to be disclosed under applicable Law; provided , however , that in the case of this clause (iii) such disclosure shall be deemed to be a Company Change in Recommendation if not accompanied by an express public re-affirmation of the Company Recommendation. From and after the Go Shop Period End Time, in the event the Company, any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective Representatives receives from a Person (including a Go Shop Bidder) or group of related Persons (x) an Acquisition Proposal or an amended or modified proposal or offer with respect to any such Acquisition Proposal, (y) any request for information relating to the Company or Company Subsidiaries from a Person who informs the Company or any Company Subsidiary that it is considering making or has made an Acquisition Proposal or (z) any inquiry or request for discussions or negotiations regarding any Acquisition Proposal, the Company shall promptly notify Parent of (but in no event more than 48 hours following) such receipt. Such notification shall include, to the extent then known, the identity of the parties and a copy of such Acquisition Proposal, inquiry or request or, if not made in writing, a written description of the material terms thereof. The Company shall keep Parent apprised on a current basis of (and in any event no later than 24 hours after) any material developments, discussions and negotiations concerning, any such Acquisition Proposal, inquiry or request, including by furnishing copies of any documentation and written correspondence that supplements or amends any such Acquisition Proposal, inquiry or request. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, but subject to the preceding three sentences, nothing herein shall prohibit the Company, Company Subsidiaries and their respective Representatives from contacting in writing any Person submitting an Acquisition Proposal (that was not the result of a violation of this Section 6.5 ) solely to clarify the terms of the Acquisition Proposal for the sole purpose of the Company Board (or the Company Special Committee) informing itself about such Acquisition Proposal. Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary shall, after the date of this Agreement, enter into any confidentiality agreement that would prohibit it from providing such information to Parent.

(e) At any time prior to receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval, the Company Board may, if the Company Board determines in good faith after consultation with its legal advisor (and based on the recommendation of the Company Special Committee) that the failure to do so would reasonably be likely to be inconsistent with its duties to the stockholders of the Company under applicable Law, (i) upon receipt by the Company of an Acquisition Proposal that constitutes a Superior Proposal (whether or not from a Go Shop Bidder), make a Company Change in Recommendation (and the Company may so terminate this Agreement in accordance with Section 8.1(c)(ii) of this Agreement and enter into an agreement relating to, or for the implementation of, such Superior Proposal); or (ii) otherwise make a Company Change in Recommendation in response to a Company Intervening Event; provided that

(A) in the case of a Company Change in Recommendation under clause (i) of this Section 6.5(e) , (1) such Acquisition Proposal did not result from the Company’s breach of its obligations under this Section 6.5 , and (2) the Company Board has determined in good faith, after consultation with its legal and financial advisors (and based on the recommendation of the Company Special Committee), that such Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal and, after consultation with its legal advisor, that the failure of the Company to terminate this Agreement in accordance with Section 8.1(c)(ii) or make a Company Change in Recommendation, as the case may be, would be inconsistent with its duties to the stockholders of the Company under applicable Law, taking into account all adjustments to the terms of this Agreement that may be offered by the Parent Parties pursuant to Section 6.5(e)(D) ;

(B) in the case of a Company Change in Recommendation under clause (ii) of this Section 6.5(e) , the Company Board has determined in good faith, after consultation with its legal advisor (and based on the recommendation of the Company Special Committee), that failure of the Company to make a Company Change in Recommendation would be inconsistent with its duties to the stockholders of the Company under applicable Law, taking into account all adjustments to the terms of this Agreement that may be offered by the Parent Parties pursuant to Section 6.5(e)(D) ;

(C) the Company has notified Parent in writing that the Company Board intends to make a Company Change in Recommendation or enter into an agreement related to the Superior Proposal, attaching the most current version of such agreement (including any amendments, supplements or modifications) to such notice (a “ Company Change Notice ”); and

(D) during the five Business Day period following Parent’s receipt of a Company Change Notice, the Company shall have offered to negotiate with (and, if accepted, negotiated in good faith with), and shall have caused its respective financial and legal advisors to offer to negotiate with (and, if accepted, negotiate in good faith with), Parent in making adjustments to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (1) such that in circumstances involving or relating to an Acquisition Proposal, the Superior Proposal ceases to be a Superior Proposal; provided that any amendment, supplement or modification to any Acquisition Proposal shall be deemed a new Acquisition Proposal and the Company may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.1(c)(ii) or make a Company Change in Recommendation pursuant to clause (i) of this Section 6.5(e) unless the Company has complied with the requirements of this Section 6.5(e) with respect to each such new Acquisition Proposal including sending a Company Change Notice with respect to each such new Acquisition Proposal (except that the new negotiation period under this Section 6.5(e)(D) shall be three Business Days instead of five Business Days), and (2) in circumstances not involving an Acquisition Proposal, as may be proposed by Parent

(f) Notwithstanding any Company Change in Recommendation, unless such Company Change in Recommendation is with respect to a Superior Proposal and the Company terminates this Agreement in accordance with Section 8.1(c)(ii) of this Agreement, the Company shall cause the approval of the Merger, and the other transactions contemplated hereby to be submitted to a vote of the Company’s stockholders at the Company Stockholder Meeting.

(g) Nothing in this Section 6.5 or elsewhere in this Agreement shall prevent the Company Board or the Company, directly or indirectly, from (i) taking and disclosing to the stockholders of the Company a position contemplated by Rule 14d-9 or Rule 14e-2(a) promulgated under the Exchange Act with respect to an Acquisition Proposal, making any required disclosure to the stockholders of the Company under applicable Law, including Rule 14d-9 promulgated under the Exchange Act or Item 1012(a) of Regulation M-A or (ii) making any disclosure to the stockholders of the Company if the Company Board determines in good faith after consultation with its legal advisors (and based on the recommendation of the Company Special Committee) that the failure to do so would be inconsistent with its duties to the stockholders of the Company under applicable Law; provided , however , that to the extent any such disclosure addresses the approval, recommendation or declaration of advisability by the Company Board with respect to this Agreement or an Acquisition Proposal, such disclosure shall be deemed to be a Company Change in Recommendation if not accompanied by an express public re-affirmation of the Company Recommendation.

(h) For purposes of this Agreement:

(i) “ Acquisition Proposal ” means any proposal or offer, whether in one transaction or a series of related transactions, relating to any (a) merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination or similar transaction involving the Company or any Company Subsidiary, (b) sale or other disposition, by merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination or any similar transaction, of any assets of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries representing 20% or more of the consolidated assets of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (c) issue, sale or other disposition by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries (including by way of merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination or any similar transaction) securities (or options, rights or warrants to purchase, or securities convertible into, such securities) representing 20% or more of the votes associated with the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock, (d) tender offer or exchange offer in which any Person or “group” (as such term is defined under the Exchange Act) shall acquire beneficial ownership (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), or the right to acquire beneficial ownership, of 20% or more of the votes associated with the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock, (e) recapitalization, restructuring, liquidation, dissolution or other similar type of transaction with respect to the Company in which a third party shall acquire beneficial ownership of 20% or more of the outstanding shares of Company Common Stock, or (f) transaction that is similar in form, substance or purpose to any of the foregoing transactions; provided , however , that the term “Acquisition Proposal” shall not include (i) the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (ii) any merger, consolidation, business combination, reorganization, recapitalization or similar transaction solely among the Company and one or more of the Company Subsidiaries or solely among the Company Subsidiaries.

(ii) “ Superior Proposal ” means a written Acquisition Proposal made by a third party (except for purposes of this definition, the references in the definition of “Acquisition Proposal” to “20%” shall be replaced with “50%”) which the Company Board (based on the recommendation of the Company Special Committee) determines in its good faith judgment (after consultation with its legal and financial advisors and after taking into account (a) all of the terms and conditions of the Acquisition Proposal and this Agreement (as it may be proposed to be amended by the Parent Parties) and (b) the feasibility and certainty of consummation of such Acquisition Proposal on the terms proposed (taking into account all legal, financial, regulatory and other aspects of such Acquisition Proposal and conditions to consummation thereof)) to be more favorable from a financial point of view to the Company’s stockholders (in their capacities as stockholders) than the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement (as it may be proposed to be amended by the Parent Parties)).

Section 6.6 Parent Change in Recommendation .

(a) Except as permitted by, and subject to, Section 6.6(b) , from and after the date of this Agreement, Parent shall not withdraw, modify or amend the Parent Recommendation in any manner adverse to the Company or fail to make the Parent Recommendation or fail to include the Parent Recommendation in the Joint Proxy Statement (such event, whether taken by the Parent Board or a committee thereof, a “ Parent Change in Recommendation ”).

(b) At any time prior to receipt of the Parent Stockholder Approval, the Parent Board may, if the Parent Board determines in good faith after consultation with its legal and financial advisors that the failure to do so would be inconsistent with its duties to the stockholders of Parent under applicable Law, make a Parent Change in Recommendation in response to a Parent Intervening Event; provided that

(i) the Parent Board has determined in good faith, after consultation with its legal and financial advisors, that failure of Parent to make a Parent Change in Recommendation would be inconsistent with its duties to the stockholders of Parent under applicable Law, taking into account all adjustments to the terms of this Agreement that may be offered by the Company pursuant to Section 6.5 ;

(ii) Parent has notified the Company in writing that the Parent Board intends to make a Parent Change in Recommendation (a “ Parent Change Notice ”); and

(iii) During the five Business Day period following the Company’s receipt of a Parent Change Notice, Parent shall have offered to negotiate with (and, if accepted, negotiated in good faith with), and shall have caused its respective financial and legal advisors to offer to negotiate with (and, if accepted, negotiate in good faith with), the Company in making adjustments to the terms and conditions of this Agreement as may be proposed by the Company.

Section 6.7 Appropriate Action; Consents; Filings .

(a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the Company Parties and each of the Parent Parties shall and shall cause the Company Subsidiaries and the Parent Subsidiaries, respectively, to use its commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other party in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable Law or pursuant to any contract or agreement to consummate and make effective, as promptly as practicable, the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including (i) the taking of all actions necessary to cause the conditions to Closing set forth in Article VII to be satisfied, (ii) the obtaining of all necessary actions or nonactions, waivers, consents and approvals from Governmental Authorities or other Persons necessary in connection with the consummation of the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the making of all necessary registrations and filings (including filings with Governmental Authorities, if any) and the taking of all reasonable steps as may be necessary to obtain an approval or waiver from, or to avoid an action or proceeding by, any Governmental Authority or other Persons necessary in connection with the consummation of the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (iii) the defending of any lawsuits or other legal proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or the consummation of the Mergers or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Authority vacated or reversed, the avoidance of each and every impediment under any antitrust, merger control, competition or trade regulation Law that may be asserted by any Governmental Authority with respect to the Mergers so as to enable the Closing to occur as soon as reasonably possible, and (iv) the execution and delivery of any additional instruments necessary to consummate the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and to fully carry out the purposes of this Agreement.

(b) In connection with and without limiting the foregoing, each of the Parent Parties and the Company Parties shall give (or shall cause the Parent Subsidiaries or the Company Subsidiaries, respectively, to give) any notices to Third Parties, and each of the Parent Parties and the Company Parties shall use, and cause each of their respective Affiliates to use, its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any Third Party consents not covered by Section 6.6(a) that are necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the Mergers. Each of the parties hereto will furnish to the other such necessary information and reasonable assistance as the other may request in connection with the preparation of any required governmental filings or submissions and will cooperate in responding to any inquiry from a Governmental Authority, including promptly informing the other parties of such inquiry, consulting in advance before making any presentations or submissions to a Governmental Authority, and supplying each other with copies of all material correspondence, filings or communications between either party and any Governmental Authority with respect to this Agreement. To the extent reasonably practicable, the parties or their Representatives shall have the right to review in advance and each of the parties will consult the others on, all the information relating to the other and each of their Affiliates that appears in any filing made with, or written materials submitted to, any Governmental Authority in connection with the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except that confidential competitively sensitive business information may be redacted from such exchanges. To the extent reasonably practicable, none of the parties hereto shall, nor shall they permit their respective Representatives to, participate independently in any meeting or engage in any substantive conversation with any Governmental Authority in respect of any filing, investigation or other inquiry without giving the other party prior notice of such meeting or conversation and, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, without giving the other parties the opportunity to attend or participate (whether by telephone or in person) in any such meeting with such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding the foregoing, obtaining any approval or consent from any third party pursuant to this Section 6.7(b) shall not be a condition to the obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the Mergers.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, in connection with obtaining any approval or consent from any Person (other than any Governmental Authority) with respect to the Mergers, none of the parties hereto, any of the Company Subsidiaries, any of the Parent Subsidiaries or any of the their respective Representatives, shall be obligated to pay or commit to pay to such Person whose approval or consent is being solicited any cash or other consideration, make any accommodation or commitment or incur any liability or other obligation to such Person (unless expressly required by a written agreement that was entered into prior to the date hereof with such Person). The parties shall cooperate with respect to accommodations that may be requested or appropriate to obtain such consents.

Section 6.8 Notification of Certain Matters; Transaction Litigation .

(a) The Company Parties shall give prompt notice to the Parent Parties, and the Parent Parties shall give prompt notice to the Company Parties, of any notice or other communication received by such party from any Governmental Authority in connection with this Agreement, the Mergers or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or from any Person alleging that the consent of such Person is or may be required in connection with the Mergers or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(b) The Company Parties shall give prompt notice to the Parent Parties, and the Parent Parties shall give prompt notice to the Company Parties, if (i) any representation or warranty made by it contained in this Agreement becomes untrue or inaccurate such that the applicable closing conditions would reasonably expected to be incapable of being satisfied by the Outside Date or (ii) it fails to comply with or satisfy in any material respect any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by it under this Agreement; provided , however , that no such notification shall affect the representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the parties or the conditions to the obligations of the parties under this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company Parties shall give prompt notice to the Parent Parties, and the Parent Parties shall give prompt notice to the Company Parties, if, to the knowledge of such party, the occurrence of any state of facts, change, development, event or condition would cause, or reasonably be expected to cause, any of the conditions to Closing set forth herein not to be satisfied or satisfaction to be materially delayed. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the failure by the Company Parties or the Parent Parties to provide such prompt notice under this Section 6.8(b) shall not constitute a breach of covenant for purposes of Section 7.2(b) ‎ or Section 7.3(b) .

(c) The Company Parties shall give prompt notice to the Parent Parties, and the Parent Parties shall give prompt notice to the Company Parties, of any Action commenced or, to such party’s knowledge, threatened against, relating to or involving such party or any of the Company Subsidiaries or the Parent Subsidiaries, respectively, which relate to this Agreement, the Mergers or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement. The Company Parties shall give the Parent Parties the opportunity to reasonably participate in the defense and settlement of any stockholder litigation against the Company Parties and/or their directors relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, and no such settlement shall be agreed to without Parent’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). The Parent Parties shall give the Company Parties the opportunity to reasonably participate in the defense and settlement of any stockholder litigation against the Parent Parties and/or their directors relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, and no such settlement shall be agreed to without the Company’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

Section 6.9 Public Announcements . The parties hereto shall, to the extent reasonably practicable, consult with each other before issuing any press release or otherwise making any public statements or filings with respect to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, and none of the parties shall issue any such press release or make any such public statement or filing prior to obtaining the other parties’ consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); provided , however , that a party may, without obtaining the other parties’ consent, issue such press release or make such public statement or filing as may be required by Law, Order or the applicable rules of any stock exchange or the applicable provisions of any listing agreement of any party hereto. If for any reason it is not practicable to consult with the other party before making any public statement with respect to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, then the party making such statement shall not make a statement that is inconsistent with public statements or filings to which the other party had previously consented; provided , further , that such consultation and consent shall not be required with respect to any release, communication or announcement specifically permitted by Section 6.5 .

Section 6.10 Directors’ and Officers’ Indemnification and Insurance .

(a) From and after the Effective Time, the Surviving Entity shall provide exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses for each Indemnitee, which is at least as favorable in scope and amount to such Indemnitee as the exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses provided to such Indemnitee by the Company and the Company Subsidiaries immediately prior to the Effective Time in the Company Charter, the Company Bylaws, each of the Company Subsidiaries’ respective articles or certificates of incorporation or bylaws (or comparable organizational or governing documents), or written agreement, as in effect on the date of this Agreement; provided that such exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses covers actions at or prior to the Effective Time, including all transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(b) Without limiting or being limited by the provisions of Section 6.10(a) , during the period commencing as of the Effective Time and ending on the sixth (6 ^th ) anniversary of the Effective Time, Parent and the Surviving Entity shall (and Parent shall cause the Surviving Entity to): (i) indemnify, defend and hold harmless each Indemnitee against and from any costs or expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages, liabilities and amounts paid in settlement in connection with any Action, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, to the extent such Action arises out of or pertains to (x) any action or omission or alleged action or omission in such Indemnitee’s capacity as a director, officer, partner, member, trustee, employee or agent of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries, or (y) this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Mergers; and (ii) pay in advance of the final disposition of any such Action the expenses (including attorneys’ fees and any expenses incurred by any Indemnitee in connection with enforcing any rights with respect to indemnification) of any Indemnitee upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such Indemnitee to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that such Indemnitee has not met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification under Maryland law. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, Parent or the Surviving Entity (i) shall not be liable for any settlement effected without their prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) and (ii) shall not have any obligation hereunder to any Indemnitee to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine in a final and non-appealable order that such indemnification is prohibited by applicable Law, in which case the Indemnitee shall promptly refund to Parent or the Surviving Entity the amount of all such expenses theretofore advanced pursuant hereto.

(c) Prior to the Effective Time, the Company shall or, if the Company is unable to, Parent shall cause the Surviving Entity as of the Effective Time to, obtain and fully pay the premium for the non-cancellable extension of the coverage afforded by the Company’s existing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies and the Company’s existing fiduciary liability insurance policies (collectively, the “ D&O Insurance ”), in each case, for a claims reporting or discovery period of at least six years from and after the Effective Time with respect to any claim related to any period of time at or prior to the Effective Time from one or more insurance carriers with the same or better credit rating as the Company’s current insurance carrier with respect to D&O Insurance with terms, conditions and retentions that are no less favorable in the aggregate than the coverage provided under the Company’s existing policies and with limits of liability that are no lower than the limits on the Company’s existing policies as long as the annual premium in the aggregate does not exceed three hundred percent (300%) of the annual aggregate premium(s) under the Company’s existing policies. If the Company or the Surviving Entity for any reason fails to obtain such “tail” insurance policies as of the Effective Time, (i) the Surviving Entity shall continue to maintain in effect, for a period of at least six (6) years from and after the Effective Time, the D&O Insurance in place as of the date hereof with the Company’s current insurance carrier or with an insurance carrier with the same or better credit rating as the Company’s current insurance carrier with respect to D&O Insurance with terms, conditions, retentions and limits of liability that are no less favorable in the aggregate than the coverage provided under the Company’s existing policies as of the date hereof, or (ii) Parent shall provide, or shall cause the Surviving Entity to provide, for a period of not less than six (6) years after the Effective Time, the Indemnitees who are insured under the Company’s D&O Insurance with comparable D&O Insurance that provides coverage for events occurring at or prior to the Effective Time from an insurance carrier with the same or better credit rating as the Company’s current insurance carrier, that is no less favorable in the aggregate than the existing policy of the Company (which may be provided under Parent’s D&O Insurance policy) or, if substantially equivalent insurance coverage is unavailable, the best available coverage; provided , however , that Parent and the Surviving Entity shall not be required to pay an annual premium for the D&O Insurance in excess of three hundred percent (300%) of the annual premium currently paid by the Company for such insurance; and provided , further , that if the annual premiums of such insurance coverage exceed such amount, Parent or the Surviving Entity shall be obligated to obtain a policy with the greatest coverage available, with respect to matters occurring prior to the Effective Time, for a cost not exceeding such amount.

(d) The Indemnitees to whom this Section 6.10 applies are intended to be third-party beneficiaries of this Section 6.10 . The provisions of this Section 6.10 are intended to be for the benefit of each Indemnitee and his or her successors, heirs, executors, trustees, fiduciaries, administrators or representatives. Parent shall pay all reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees, that may be incurred by any Indemnitee in successfully enforcing the indemnity and other obligations provided in this Section 6.10 .

(e) The rights of each Indemnitee under this Section 6.10 shall be in addition to any rights such Person or any employee of the Company or any Company Subsidiary may have under the Company Charter, the Company Bylaws or the certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or equivalent organizational or governing documents) of any of the Company Subsidiaries, or the Surviving Entity or any of its subsidiaries, or under any applicable Law or under any agreement of any Indemnitee. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to, shall be construed to or shall release, waive or impair any rights to directors’ and officers’ insurance claims under any policy that is or has been in existence with respect to the Company or its officers, directors and employees, it being understood and agreed that the indemnification provided for in this Section 6.10 is not prior to, or in substitution for, any such claims under any such policies.

(f) Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 9.1 or Section 9.7 to the contrary, this Section 6.9 shall survive the consummation of the Mergers indefinitely and shall be binding, jointly and severally, on all successors and assigns of Parent, the Surviving Entity and its subsidiaries, and shall be enforceable by the Indemnitees and their successors, heirs or representatives. In the event that Parent or the Surviving Entity or any of its successors or assigns consolidates with or merges into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger, or transfers or conveys all or a majority of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Parent or the Surviving Entity, as applicable, shall succeed to the obligations set forth in this Section 6.10 . The parties acknowledge and agree that Parent guarantees the payment and performance of the Surviving Entity’s obligations pursuant to this Section 6.10 .

Section 6.11 Certain Tax Matters . Each of Parent and the Company shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Merger to qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code, including by executing and delivering the Parent Reorganization Representation Letter and Company Reorganization Representation Letter, respectively, and reporting consistently for all federal, state, and local income Tax or other purposes. None of Parent or the Company shall take any action, or fail to take any action, that could reasonably be expected to cause the Merger to fail to qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.

Section 6.12 Dividends . In the event that a distribution with respect to the shares of Company Common Stock or the Company OP Units permitted under the terms of this Agreement has (i) a record date prior to the Effective Time and (ii) has not been paid as of the Effective Time, the holders of shares of Company Common Stock or Company OP Units, as applicable, shall be entitled to receive such distribution from the Company immediately prior to the time such shares are exchanged pursuant to Article III of this Agreement. In the event that the Effective Time shall occur after the dividend record date for Parent Common Stock in the then-current calendar month, the holders of shares of Company Common Stock or Company OP Units, as applicable, shall be entitled to receive a distribution from the Company immediately prior to the time such shares are exchanged pursuant to Article III of this Agreement equivalent to (i) the Company Distribution Rate multiplied by (ii) the calendar days in the month prior to and including the dividend record date for the Parent Common Stock.

Section 6.13 Merger Sub; Operating Partnerships . Parent shall take all actions necessary to (a) cause the other Parent Parties to perform their obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the Mergers on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, and (b) ensure that, prior to the Effective Time, Merger Sub shall not conduct any business or make any investments or incur or guarantee any Indebtedness other than as specifically contemplated by this Agreement. The Company shall take all actions necessary to cause the other Company Parties to perform their obligations under this Agreement and to consummate the Mergers on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

Section 6.14 Section 16 Matters . Assuming that the Company delivers to Parent, in a timely fashion prior to the Effective Time, all requisite information necessary for Parent and Merger Sub to take the actions contemplated by this Section 6.14 , the Company, Parent and Merger Sub each shall take all such steps as may be necessary or appropriate to ensure that (a) any dispositions of Company Common Stock (including derivative securities related to such stock) resulting from the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement by each individual who is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act with respect to the Company immediately prior to the Effective Time are exempt under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act, and (b) any acquisitions of Parent Common Stock (including derivative securities related to such stock) resulting from the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement by each individual who may become subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act with respect to Parent are exempt under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.

Section 6.15 Stock Exchange Listing . Parent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Parent Common Stock to be issued in the Merger to be approved for listing on the NYSE, subject to official notice of issuance, prior to the Effective Time.

Section 6.16 Voting of Shares . Parent shall vote all shares of Company Common Stock beneficially owned by it or any of the Parent Subsidiaries as of the record date for the Company Stockholder Meeting, if any, in favor of approval of the Merger. The Company shall vote all shares of Parent Common Stock beneficially owned by it or any of the Company Subsidiaries as of the record date for the Parent Stockholder Meeting, if any, in favor of the issuance of shares of Parent Common Stock in connection with the Merger.

Section 6.17 Termination of Plans . Unless otherwise notified by Parent in writing, prior to the Effective Time,

(a) the Company shall take or cause to be taken any and all actions necessary or appropriate to terminate the Company Restricted Stock Plan effective no later than immediately prior to the Effective Time;

(b) the Company shall take or cause to be taken any and all actions necessary or appropriate to terminate the Company Distribution Reinvestment Plan effective no later than immediately prior to the Effective Time;

(c) Parent shall take or cause to be taken any and all actions necessary or appropriate to terminate the Parent Dividend Reinvestment Plan effective no later than immediately prior to the Effective Time.

Section 6.18 FIRPTA . The Company shall provide to Parent an affidavit of non-foreign status that complies with the Treasury Regulations under Section 1445 of the Code. The Company Operating Partnership shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and deliver to Parent and the Parent Operating Partnership at or prior to Closing an affidavit of non-foreign status that complies with the Treasury Regulations under Section 1445 of the Code from each Person that constitutes and is treated as a partner (and is not a “disregarded entity”) for United States federal income tax purposes of the Company Operating Partnership (other than the Company or a Company Subsidiary). The Parent Operating Partnership shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and deliver to the Company at or prior to Closing an affidavit of non-foreign status that complies with the Treasury Regulations under Section 1445 of the Code from each Person that constitutes and is treated as a partner (and is not a “disregarded entity”) for United States federal income tax purposes of the Parent Operating Partnership (other than Parent or a Parent Subsidiary).

Section 6.19 Board of Directors of Parent . The Parent shall take all corporate action necessary to increase the size of the Parent Board by one additional director and the Parent Board shall elect one director designated by the Company to fill the resulting vacancy, such expansion and election to be effective as of the Effective Time.

Article VII

CONDITIONS

Section 7.1 Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party . The respective obligations of each party to effect the Mergers and to consummate the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be subject to the satisfaction or (to the extent permitted by Law) waiver by each of the parties, at or prior to the Effective Time, of the following conditions:

(a) Company Stockholder Approval . The Company Stockholder Approval shall have been obtained.

(b) No Restraints . No Law, Order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) or other legal restraint or prohibition entered, enacted, promulgated, enforced or issued by any Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction shall be in effect which prohibits, makes illegal, enjoins, or otherwise restricts, prevents or prohibits the consummation of the Mergers or otherwise restrains, enjoins, prevents, prohibits or makes illegal the Mergers.

(c) Form S-4 . The Form S-4 shall have been declared effective by the SEC under the Securities Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Form S-4 shall have been issued by the SEC and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been initiated or threatened by the SEC that have not been withdrawn.

(d) Listing . The shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued in the Merger shall have been authorized for listing on the NYSE, subject to official notice of issuance.

(e) Section 368 Opinion . Parent and the Company each shall have received a written opinion of Proskauer Rose LLP dated as of the Closing Date and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent and the Company, to the effect that, on the basis of facts, representations and assumptions set forth in such opinion, the Merger will qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. In rendering such opinion, Proskauer Rose LLP may rely upon the Company Reorganization Representation Letter and Parent Reorganization Representation Letter. The opinion condition set forth in this Section 7.1(e) shall not be waivable after receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval or the Parent Stockholder Approval, unless further stockholder approval is obtained with appropriate disclosure.

Section 7.2 Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub . The respective obligations of the Parent Parties to effect the Mergers and to consummate the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the satisfaction or (to the extent permitted by Law) waiver by Parent, at or prior to the Effective Time, of the following additional conditions:

(a) Representations and Warranties . (i) The representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.1(a) (Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries), Section 4.3(a) (Capital Structure) (except for the first two sentences), Section 4.4 (Authority), Section 4.17(b) (Tax-REIT), Section 4.19 (Opinion of Financial Advisor), Section 4.20 (Takeover Statutes), Section 4.21 (Vote Required), Section 4.22 (Brokers) and Section 4.23 (Investment Company Act) shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Effective Time, as though made as of the Effective Time, (ii) the representations and warranties set forth in the first two sentences of Section 4.3(a) (Capital Structure) shall be true and correct in all but de minimis respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Effective Time, as though made as of the Effective Time, and (iii) each of the other representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Effective Time, as though made as of the Effective Time, except (x) in each case, representations and warranties that are made as of a specific date shall be true and correct only on and as of such date, and (y) in the case of clause (iii) where the failure of such representations or warranties to be true and correct (without giving effect to any materiality or “Company Material Adverse Effect” qualifications set forth therein) does not have, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Agreements and Covenants . The Company shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the Closing Date.

(c) Officer’s Certificate . The Company shall have delivered to Parent a certificate, dated the date of the Closing and signed by its chief executive officer or another senior officer on behalf of the Company, certifying to the effect that the conditions set forth in Section 7.2(a) and Section 7.2(b) have been satisfied.

(d) Absence of Material Adverse Effect . Since the date of this Agreement, there shall not have been any event, change or occurrence that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

(e) REIT Opinion . The Company shall have received a written opinion of Proskauer Rose LLP on which Parent shall be entitled to rely, dated as of the Closing Date and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Parent, to the effect that, commencing with the Company’s taxable year that ended on December 31, 2015, the Company has been organized and operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code and its actual method of operation has enabled the Company to meet, through the Effective Time, the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code, which opinion will be subject to customary exceptions, assumptions and qualifications and based upon a Company REIT Representation Letter.

Section 7.3 Conditions to the Obligations of the Company . The respective obligations of the Company Parties to effect the Mergers and to consummate the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement are subject to the satisfaction or (to the extent permitted by Law) waiver by the Company, at or prior to the Effective Time, of the following additional conditions:

(a) Representations and Warranties . (i) The representations and warranties set forth in Section 5.1(a) and (b) (Organization and Qualification; Subsidiaries), Section 5.3(a) (Capital Structure) (except the first two sentences), Section 5.4 (Authority), Section 5.17(b) (Tax-REIT) Section 5.19 (Vote Required), Section 5.20 (Brokers), Section 5.21 (Investment Company Act) and Section 5.23 (Takeover Statutes) shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Effective Time, as though made as of the Effective Time, (ii) the representations and warranties set forth in the first two sentences of Section 5.3(a) (Capital Structure) shall be true and correct in all but de minimis respects as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Effective Time, as though made as of the Effective Time, and (iii) each of the other representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Effective Time, as though made as of the Effective Time, except (x) in each case, representations and warranties that are made as of a specific date shall be true and correct only on and as of such date, and (y) in the case of clause (iii) where the failure of such representations or warranties to be true and correct (without giving effect to any materiality or “Parent Material Adverse Effect” qualifications set forth therein) does not have, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Agreements and Covenants . Parent and Merger Sub shall have performed or complied in all material respects with all agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by them on or prior to the Closing Date.

(c) Officer’s Certificate . Parent shall have delivered to the Company a certificate, dated the date of the Closing and signed by its chief executive officer or another senior officer on behalf of Parent, certifying to the effect that the conditions set forth in Section 7.3(a) and Section 7.3(b) have been satisfied.

(e) REIT Opinion . Parent shall have received a written opinion of Proskauer Rose LLP, or other counsel reasonably acceptable to the Company, on which the Company shall be entitled to rely, dated as of the Closing Date and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to the effect that, commencing with Parent’s taxable year that ended on December 31, 2013, Parent has been organized and has operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code, and its proposed method of operation will enable Parent to continue to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code, which opinion will be subject to customary exceptions, assumptions and qualifications and based upon a Parent REIT Representation Letter.

Article VIII

TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER

Section 8.1 Termination . This Agreement may be terminated at any time (the “Termination Date”) prior to the Effective Time, whether before or after receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval or the Parent Stockholder Approval (except as otherwise expressly noted), as follows:

(a) by mutual written agreement of each of Parent and the Company; or

(b) by either Parent or the Company, if:

(i) the Effective Time shall not have occurred on or before March 23, 2017 (the “ Outside Date ”); provided , however , that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.1(b)(i) shall not be available to any party if the failure of such party (and (A) in the case of Parent, including the failure of the other Parent Parties and (B) in the case of the Company, including the failure of the other Company Parties) to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement has been a principal cause of, or resulted in, the failure of the Mergers to be consummated on or before such date; or

(ii) any Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction shall have issued an Order permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and such Order or other action shall have become final and non-appealable; provided , however , that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 8.1(b)(ii) shall not be available to a party if the issuance of such final, non-appealable Order was primarily due to the failure of such party (and (A) in the case of Parent, including the failure of the other Parent Parties and (B) in the case of the Company, including the failure of the other Company Parties) to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement, including pursuant to Section 6.8 ; or

(iii) the Company Stockholder Approval shall not have been obtained at a duly held Company Stockholder Meeting (including any adjournment or postponement thereof) at which the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby have been voted upon, provided that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 8.1(b)(iii) shall not be available to the Company if the failure to obtain such Company Stockholder Approval was primarily due to the Company’s failure to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement; or

(iv) the Parent Stockholder Approval shall not have been obtained at a duly held Parent Stockholder Meeting (including any adjournment or postponement thereof) at which the issuance of Parent Common Stock in connection with the Merger has been voted upon, provided that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 8.1(b)(iv) shall not be available to Parent if the failure to obtain such Parent Stockholder Approval was primarily due to the Parent’s failure to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement.

(i) if any Parent Party shall have breached or failed to perform in any material respect any of its representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements set forth in this Agreement, which breach or failure to perform (x) would, or would reasonably be expected to, result in a failure of a condition set forth in Section 7.3(a) or Section 7.3(b) and (y) cannot be cured on or before the Outside Date or, if curable, is not cured by the Parent Parties within twenty (20) days of receipt by Parent of written notice of such breach or failure; provided that the Company shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.1(c)(i) if any Company Party is then in breach of any of its respective representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement such that the conditions set forth in either Section 7.2(a) or Section 7.2(b) would not be satisfied; or

(ii) if, prior to obtaining the Company Stockholder Approval, the Company Board (based on the recommendation of the Company Special Committee) approves and authorizes the Company to enter into a definitive agreement providing for the implementation of a Superior Proposal in a manner permitted under Section 6.5(e) ; provided , however , that this Agreement may not be so terminated unless concurrently with the occurrence of such termination the payment required by Section 8.3(a)(ii) is made in full to Parent and the definitive agreement relating to the Superior Proposal is entered into, and in the event that such definitive agreement is not concurrently entered into and such payment is not concurrently made, such termination shall be null and void.

(iii) if, at any time prior to the Parent Stockholder Approval, Parent, the Parent Board or the Parent Special Committee, for any reason, shall have effected a Parent Change in Recommendation.

(d) by Parent, if:

(i) any Company Party shall have breached or failed to perform in any material respect any of its representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements set forth in this Agreement, which breach or failure to perform (x) would, or would reasonably be expected to, result in a failure of a condition set forth in Section 7.2(a) or Section 7.2(b) and (y) cannot be cured on or before the Outside Date or, if curable, is not cured by the Company Parties within twenty (20) days of receipt by the Company of written notice of such breach or failure; provided that Parent shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.1(d)(i) if any Parent Party is then in breach of any of their respective representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement such that the conditions set forth in either Section 7.3(a) or Section 7.3(b) would not be satisfied;

(ii) if, at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Approval, the Company, the Company Board or the Company Special Committee, for any reason, shall have effected a Company Change in Recommendation; or

(iii) if, at any time prior to the Company Stockholder Approval, (A) the Company Board or any committee thereof shall have approved, adopted or publicly endorsed or recommended any Acquisition Proposal, (B) the Company enters into a contract or agreement relating to an Acquisition Proposal (other than a confidentiality agreement entered into in compliance with Section 6.5(d) ), (C) a tender offer or exchange offer for any shares of Company Common Stock that constitutes an Acquisition Proposal (other than by Parent or any of its Affiliates) is commenced and the Company Board fails to recommend against acceptance of such tender offer or exchange offer by the stockholders of the Company and to publicly reaffirm the Company Recommendation within 10 Business Days of being requested to do so by Parent, (D) the Company Board or any committee thereof fails to include the Company Recommendation in the Joint Proxy Statement, or (E) the Company shall have materially violated any of its obligations under Section 6.5 (or shall be deemed pursuant to the last sentence of Section 6.5(b) to have materially violated) any of its obligations under Section 6.5 (other than any immaterial or inadvertent violations thereof that did not result in an alternative Acquisition Proposal).

Section 8.2 Notice of Termination; Effect of Termination . A terminating party shall provide written notice of termination to the other parties specifying with reasonable particularity the basis of such termination. If more than one provision in Section 8.1 is available to a terminating party in connection with a termination, a terminating party may rely on any and all such available provisions for any such termination. In the event of termination of this Agreement as provided herein, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and have no effect, without any liability or obligation on the part of any party hereto (or any Representatives thereof), except that the provisions of this Section 8.2 , Section 8.3 , Section 8.6 and ARTICLE IX and the definitions of all defined terms appearing in such section shall survive any such termination; provided , however , that, nothing herein shall relieve any party hereto from liability for fraud or any willful and material breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement prior to such termination, in which case the non-breaching party shall be entitled to all rights and remedies available at law or in equity. If this Agreement is terminated as provided herein, all filings, applications, and other submissions made pursuant to this Agreement, to the extent practicable, shall be withdrawn from the Governmental Authority or other Person to which they were made.

Section 8.3 Termination Fee.

(a) The Company agrees that if this Agreement shall be terminated :

(i) by Parent pursuant to Section 8.1(d)(ii) or Section 8.1(d)(iii );

(ii) by the Company pursuant to Section 8.1(c)(ii) ; or

(iii) by Parent or the Company pursuant to Section 8.1(b)(iii) (failure to obtain Company Stockholder Approval) or by Parent pursuant to Section 8.1(d)(i) (Company breach giving rise to termination), and at any time after the date of this Agreement and prior to the failure to obtain Company Stockholder Approval or prior to the breach giving rise to such termination, as applicable, (A) (x) in the case of a termination pursuant to Section 8.1(b)(iii) , an Acquisition Proposal (whether or not conditional) or an intention to make an Acquisition Proposal (whether or not conditional) shall have been made to the Company Board, the Company Special Committee or directly to the Company’s stockholders which proposal has been publicly announced or otherwise disclosed the Company’s stockholders and not publicly withdrawn prior to the Company Stockholder Meeting, or (y) in the case of a termination pursuant to Section 8.1(d)(i) , an Acquisition Proposal (whether or not conditional) or an intention to make an Acquisition Proposal (whether or not conditional) shall have been made to the Company Board or the Company Special Committee or directly to the Company’s stockholders or is otherwise publicly announced prior to the Termination Date, and (B) concurrently with such termination or within 12 months following the Termination Date, the Company consummates an Acquisition Proposal (in each case whether or not such Acquisition Proposal was the same Acquisition Proposal referred to in the foregoing clause (A), and for purposes of this Section 8.3(a)(iii) , “50%” shall be substituted for “20%” in the definition of Acquisition Proposal);

then, in each such case, the Company shall pay to Parent the Termination Fee or, solely with respect to a termination by the Company pursuant to Section 8.1(c)(ii) or by Parent pursuant to Section 8.1(d)(ii) or Section 8.1(d)(iii) , in each case in connection with the Company entering into or recommending a Superior Proposal with a Go Shop Bidder on or before the date that is fifteen (15) days following the Go Shop Period End Time, the Go Shop Termination Fee, as applicable, in immediately available funds to an account directed by Parent, which payment shall be made (x) within three (3) Business Days of the Termination Date, in the case of a Termination Fee or Go Shop Termination Fee, as applicable, payable pursuant to Section 8.3(a)(i) ; (y) concurrently with, and as a condition to the effectiveness of, termination, in the case of a Termination Fee or Go Shop Termination Fee, as applicable, payable pursuant to Section 8.3(a)(ii) ; and (z) at the time of consummation of any transaction contemplated by an Acquisition Proposal, in the case of a Termination Fee payable pursuant to Section 8.3(a)(iii) . In the event that this Agreement shall be terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 8.1(c)(i) or Section 8.1(c)(iii) , Parent shall pay the Company the Termination Fee within three (3) Business Days of the Termination Date.

(b) The Company agrees that if this Agreement shall be terminated (i) by the Company pursuant to Section 8.1(c)(ii) , (ii) by Parent pursuant to Section 8.1(d)(i) or Section 8.1(d)(ii) , or (iii) Section 8.1(d)(iii) in connection with the Company entering into or recommending a Superior Proposal, then, in addition to payment of the Go Shop Termination Fee or Termination Fee, as the case may be, the Company shall pay, within three (3) Business Days of the Termination Date, to Parent the Parent’s Expenses in immediately available funds to an account directed by Parent, up to an aggregate maximum of $5,000,000.

(c) Parent agrees that if this Agreement shall be terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 8.1(c)(i) or Section 8.1(c)(iii) , then Parent shall pay, within three (3) Business Days of the Termination Date, to the Company the Company’s Expenses in immediately available funds to an account directed by the Company, up to an aggregate maximum of $5,000,000.

(d) For purposes of this Agreement:

(i) “Go Shop Termination Fee” means $1,200,000.

(ii) “Termination Fee” means $6,000,000.

(e) Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that the agreements contained in this Section 8.3 are an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and that without these agreements, the other parties would not enter into this Agreement. In the event that the Company shall fail to pay the Go Shop Termination Fee, the Termination Fee or Parent’s Expenses or Parent shall fail to pay the Company’s Expenses, as the case may be, when due, the Company or Parent, as the case may be, shall reimburse Parent or the Company, as the case may be, for all reasonable costs and expenses actually incurred or accrued by Parent or the Company, as the case may be (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) in connection with the collection under and enforcement of this Section 8.3 . Further, if the Company or Parent, as the case may be, fails to timely pay any amount due pursuant to this Section 8.3 , and, in order to obtain the payment, Parent or the Company, as the case may be, commences a suit which results in a judgment against the Company or Parent, as the case may be, for the payment set forth in this Section 8.3 , the Company shall pay to Parent, or Parent shall pay to the Company, as the case may be, its reasonable and documented costs and expenses (including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees) in connection with such suit. If payable, none of the Go Shop Termination Fee, the Termination Fee or the Parent Expenses shall be payable more than once pursuant to this Agreement.

(f) In the event that the Company or Parent, as the case may be (the “ Paying Party ”), is obligated to pay the Termination Fee or the Go Shop Termination Fee, as the case may be, to the other (the “ Fee Recipient ”), the Paying Party shall pay the Termination Fee or the Go Shop Termination Fee, as the case may be, into escrow, in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Termination Fee or the Go Shop Termination Fee, as the case may be, and (ii) the sum of (1) the maximum amount that can be paid to the Fee Recipient without causing the Fee Recipient to fail to meet the requirements of Sections 856(c)(2) and (3) of the Code determined as if the payment of such amount did not constitute income described in Sections 856(c)(2)(A)(H) or 856(c)(3)(A)(I) of the Code (“ Qualifying Income ”), as determined by the Fee Recipient’s independent certified public accountants, plus (2) in the event the Fee Recipient receives either (A) a letter from the its counsel indicating that the Fee Recipient has received a ruling from the IRS described in Section 8.3(g) or (B) an opinion from the Fee Recipient’s outside counsel as described in Section 8.3(g) , an amount equal to the Termination Fee or the Go Shop Termination Fee, as the case may be, less the amount payable under clause (1) above. To secure the Paying Party’s obligation to pay these amounts, it shall deposit into escrow an amount in cash equal to the Termination Fee or the Go Shop Termination Fee, as the case may be, with an escrow agent selected by the Fee Recipient and on such terms (subject to Section 8.3(g) ) as shall be mutually agreed upon by the Fee Recipient and the escrow agent. The payment or deposit into escrow by the Paying Party shall be made by wire transfer at the time the Paying Party is obligated to pay the Fee Recipient such amount.

(g) The escrow agreement shall provide that the Termination Fee or the Go Shop Termination Fee, as the case may be, in escrow or any portion thereof shall not be released to the Fee Recipient unless the escrow agent receives any one or combination of the following: (i) a letter from the Fee Recipient’s independent certified public accountants indicating the maximum amount that can be paid by the escrow agent to it without causing it to fail to meet the requirements of Sections 856(c)(2) and (3) of the Code determined as if the payment of such amount did not constitute Qualifying Income or a subsequent letter from the Fee Recipient’s accountants revising that amount, in which case the escrow agent shall release such amount to the Fee Recipient, or (ii) a letter from the Fee Recipient’s counsel indicating that the Fee Recipient received a ruling from the IRS holding that the receipt by it of the Termination Fee or the Go Shop Termination Fee, as the case may be, would either constitute Qualifying Income or would be excluded from gross income within the meaning of Sections 856(c)(2) and (3) of the Code (or alternatively, the Fee Recipient’s outside counsel has rendered a legal opinion to the effect that the receipt by the Fee Recipient of the Termination Fee or the Go Shop Termination Fee, as the case may be, would constitute Qualifying Income, would be excluded from gross income within the meaning of Sections 856(c)(2) and (3) of the Code or would not otherwise disqualify the Fee Recipient as a REIT), in which case the escrow agent shall release the remainder of the Termination Fee or the Go Shop Termination Fee, as the case may be, to the Fee Recipient. The parties hereto agree to amend this Section 8.3(g) and Section 8.3(f) at the request of the Fee Recipient in order to (x) maximize the portion of the Termination Fee or the Go Shop Termination Fee, as the case may be, that may be distributed to the Fee Recipient hereunder without causing the Fee Recipient to fail to meet the requirements of Sections 856(c)(2) and (3) of the Code, (y) improve the Fee Recipient’s chances of securing a favorable ruling described in this Section 8.3(g) or (z) assist the Fee Recipient in obtaining a favorable legal opinion from its outside counsel as described in this Section 8.3(g) . The escrow agreement shall also provide that any portion of the Termination Fee or the Go Shop Termination Fee, as the case may be, remaining in escrow on the date that is five years after the date the Termination Fee or the Go Shop Termination Fee, as the case may be, was deposited into escrow shall be released by the escrow agent to the Fee Recipient. Any costs and expenses of the escrow agent shall be borne solely by the Fee Recipient.

(h) For the avoidance of doubt, no Termination Fee or expense reimbursement shall be due to either party in the event of a termination pursuant to Section 8.1(b)(iii) or Section 8.1(b)(iv) .

Section 8.4 Amendment . Subject to compliance with applicable Law, this Agreement may be amended by mutual agreement of the parties hereto by action taken or authorized by their respective boards of directors (or similar governing body or entity) at any time before or after receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval or the Parent Stockholder Approval and prior to the Effective Time; provided , however , that after the Company Stockholder Approval or the Parent Stockholder Approval has been obtained, there shall not be (a) any amendment of this Agreement that changes the amount or the form of the consideration to be delivered under this Agreement to the holders of Company Common Stock, or which by applicable Law or in accordance with the rules of any stock exchange requires the further approval of the stockholders of the Company or the approval of the stockholders of Parent without such approval of such stockholders, or (b) any amendment or change not permitted under applicable Law. This Agreement may not be amended except by an instrument in writing signed by each of the parties hereto.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, Sections 9.7 , 9.8 , 9.10 , 9.11 and 9.12 (and any other provision of this Agreement to the extent an amendment, supplement, waiver or other modification of such provision would modify the substance of such Sections) may not be amended, supplement, waived or otherwise modified without the prior written consent of the Financing Sources.

Section 8.5 Waiver . At any time prior to the Effective Time, subject to applicable Law, any party hereto may (a) extend the time for the performance of any obligation or other act of any other party hereto, (b) waive any inaccuracy in the representations and warranties of the other party contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto, and (c) subject to the proviso of Section 8.4 , waive compliance with any agreement or condition contained herein. Any agreement on the part of a party hereto to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the party or parties to be bound thereby. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no failure or delay by the Company, Parent or Merger Sub in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any other right hereunder.

Section 8.6 Fees and Expenses . Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all Expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be paid by the party incurring such Expenses, whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated; provided , however , that the Company and Parent shall share equally all Expenses related to the printing and filing of the Form S-4 and the printing, filing and distribution of the Joint Proxy Statement, other than attorneys’ and accountants’ fees.

Section 8.7 Transfer Taxes . Parent and the Company shall cooperate in the preparation, execution and filing of all returns, questionnaires, applications or other documents regarding any real property transfer or gains, sales, use, transfer, value added, stock transfer or stamp taxes, any transfer, recording, registration and other fees and any similar taxes that become payable in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (together with any related interests, penalties or additions to Tax, “ Transfer Taxes ”), and shall cooperate in attempting to minimize the amount of Transfer Taxes. From and after the Effective Time, the Surviving Entity and the Surviving Partnership shall pay or cause to be paid, without deduction or withholding from any consideration or amounts payable to holders of the Company Common Stock, all Transfer Taxes.

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Article IX

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 9.1 Non-Survival of Representations and Warranties . None of the representations or warranties in this Agreement or any certificate or other writing delivered pursuant to this Agreement, including any rights arising out of any breach of such representations or warranties, shall survive the earlier of (a) the Effective Time or (b) the termination of this Agreement (except, in the case of termination, as set forth in Section 8.2 ), and after such time there shall be no liability in respect thereof (except, in the case of termination, as set forth in Section 8.2 ), whether such liability has accrued prior to or after such expiration of the representations and warranties. This Section 9.1 does not limit any covenant or agreement of the parties which by its terms contemplates performance after the Effective Time or the termination of this Agreement. The Confidentiality Agreement will survive termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms.

Section 9.2 Notices . Any notice, request, claim, demand and other communication hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given or made as follows: (a) if personally delivered to an authorized representative of the recipient, when actually delivered to such authorized representative; (b) if sent by facsimile transmission (providing confirmation of transmission) or e-mail of a pdf attachment, when transmitted ( provided that any notice received by facsimile or e-mail transmission or otherwise at the addressee’s location on any Business Day after 5:00 p.m. (in the time zone of the recipient) or any day other than a Business Day shall be deemed to have been received at 9:00 a.m. on the next Business Day); (c) if sent by reliable overnight delivery service (such as DHL or Federal Express) with proof of service, upon receipt of proof of delivery; and (d) if sent by certified or registered mail (return receipt requested and first-class postage prepaid), upon receipt; provided, in each case, such notice, request, claim, demand or other communication is addressed as follows (or at such other address for a party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 9.2 ):

if to Parent, Merger Sub or the Parent Operating Partnership:

Global Net Lease, Inc.

405 Park Ave., 14 ^th Floor

New York, New York 10022

Phone: (212) 415-6500

Attention: General Counsel

Mayflower Acquisition LLC

405 Park Ave., 14 ^th Floor

New York, New York 10022

Phone: (212) 415-6500

Attention: General Counsel

Global Net Lease Operating Partnership, L.P.

405 Park Ave., 14 ^th Floor

New York, New York 10022

Phone: (212) 415-6500

Attention: General Counsel

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with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler, P.A.
250 West Pratt Street, Suite 2000

Baltimore, Maryland 21201
Phone: (410) 385-4205

Fax: (410) 539-7611

Attention: William E. Carlson, Esq.

if to the Company or the Company Operating Partnership prior to the Closing:

American Realty Capital Global Trust II, Inc.

405 Park Ave., 14 ^th Floor

New York, New York 10022

Phone: (212) 415-6500

Attention: Legal Department

American Realty Capital Global II Operating Partnership, L.P.

405 Park Ave., 14 ^th Floor

New York, New York 10022

Phone: (212) 415-6500

Attention: Legal Department

with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
100 Light Street

Baltimore, Maryland 21202-1387
Phone: (410) 727-6464

Fax: (410) 385-3700

Attention: J. W. Thompson Webb, Esq.

Section 9.3 Interpretation; Certain Definitions . The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement. Consequently, in the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provision of this Agreement. References to “this Agreement” shall include the Company Disclosure Letter and the Parent Disclosure Letter. When a reference is made in this Agreement to an Article, Section, Schedule, or Exhibit, such reference shall be to an Article or Section of, or a Schedule or Exhibit to, this Agreement, unless otherwise indicated. The table of contents and headings for this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Whenever the words “include,” “includes” or “including” are used in this Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. All terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other instrument made or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein. The definitions contained in this Agreement are applicable to the singular as well as the plural forms of such terms and to the masculine as well as to the feminine and neuter genders of such term. Any Law defined or referred to herein or in any agreement or instrument that is referred to herein means such Law as from time to time amended, modified or supplemented, including (in the case of statutes) by succession of comparable successor Laws. References to a Person are also to its successors and permitted assigns. All references to “dollars” or “$” refer to currency of the United States of America.

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Section 9.4 Severability . If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced under any present or future Law, or public policy, (a) such term or other provision shall be fully separable, (b) this Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part hereof, and (c) all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable term or other provision or by its severance herefrom so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect promptly the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that transactions contemplated by this Agreement be consummated as originally contemplated to the fullest extent possible.

Section 9.5 Assignment; Delegation . Other than to the Surviving Entity and the Surviving Partnership, neither this Agreement nor any rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be assigned or delegated, in whole or in part, by any of the parties hereto (whether by operation of Law or otherwise) without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto.

Section 9.6 Entire Agreement . This Agreement (including the exhibits and schedules hereto) constitutes, together with the Confidentiality Agreement, the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the parties, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

Section 9.7 No Third-Party Beneficiaries . This Agreement is not intended to and shall not confer any rights or remedies upon any Person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, except for the provisions of Section 6.10 (from and after the Effective Time), which shall be to the benefit of the parties referred to in such section, and except that the Financing Sources shall be express third party beneficiaries of Sections 9.7 , 9.8 , 9.10 , 9.11 and 9.12 (and, in respect to the foregoing Sections, Section 8.4 ), each of such Sections shall expressly inure to the benefit of the Financing Sources and the Financing Sources shall be entitled to rely on and enforce the provisions of such Sections. The representations and warranties in this Agreement are the product of negotiations among the parties hereto and are for the sole benefit of the parties hereto. Any inaccuracies in such representations and warranties are subject to waiver by the parties hereto in accordance with Section 8.5 without notice or liability to any other Person. The representations and warranties in this Agreement may represent an allocation among the parties hereto of risks associated with particular matters regardless of the knowledge of any of the parties hereto. Accordingly, Persons other than the parties hereto may not rely upon the representations and warranties in this Agreement as characterizations of actual facts or circumstances as of the date of this Agreement or as of any other date.

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Section 9.8 Specific Performance; Non-Recourse . The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage, for which monetary damages (even if available) would not be an adequate remedy, would occur in the event that the parties hereto do not perform the provisions of this Agreement (including failing to take such actions as are required of it hereunder to consummate the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement) in accordance with its specified terms or otherwise breach such provisions. Accordingly, the parties acknowledge and agree that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at Law or in equity. Each of the parties agrees that it will not oppose the granting of an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief on the basis that any other party has an adequate remedy at Law or that any award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at Law or in equity. Any party seeking an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall not be required to provide any bond or other security in connection with any such order or injunction.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Company Related Party (other than Parent and the Parent Operating Partnership) shall have any rights or claims against any Financing Source in connection with this Agreement, the Merger, the Debt Financing or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, and no Financing Source shall have any rights or claims against any Company Related Party (other than Parent and the Parent Operating Partnership) in connection with this Agreement, the Merger, the Debt Financing or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, whether at law or equity, in contract, in tort or otherwise; provided that, following consummation of the Merger, the foregoing will not limit the rights of the parties to the Debt Financing under any commitment letter related thereto. In addition, in no event will any Financial Source be liable for consequential, special, exemplary, punitive or indirect damages (including any loss of profits, business or anticipated savings) or damages of a tortuous nature, in each case, in any way related to this Agreement, the Merger, or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Section 9.9 Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, and by the different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission or by e-mail of a pdf attachment shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

Section 9.10 Governing Law . This Agreement and all Actions (whether based on contract, tort or otherwise), directly or indirectly, arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the actions of the parties hereto in the negotiation, administration, performance and enforcement thereof, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of Maryland, without giving effect to any choice or conflict of Laws provision or rule (whether of the State of Maryland or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the Laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Maryland.

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Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the parties hereto and the Company Related Parties agree that any claim, controversy or dispute any kind or nature (whether based upon contract, tort or otherwise) against a Debt Financing Source that is in any way related to this Agreement, the Merger or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including but not limited to any dispute arising out of or relating in any way to the Debt Financing shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without regard to conflict of law principles (other than sections 5 1401 and 5-1402 of the New York General Obligations Law); provided that the interpretations of (a) a Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined on Exhibit B to the Commitment Letter, dated as of the date hereof (the “ Debt Commitment Letter ”), by and among the Parent Operating Partnership and the Financing Sources party thereto), (b) the accuracy of any Purchase Agreement Representation (as defined in the Debt Commitment Letter) and whether as a result of a breach thereof Parent, the Parent Operating Partnership (or any of their respective affiliates) has the right to terminate Parent’s, the Parent Operating Partnership’s or their respective affiliates’ obligations under this Agreement and (c) whether the Merger has been consummated in accordance with this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of Maryland.

Section 9.11 Consent to Jurisdiction .

(a) Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Maryland and to the jurisdiction of the United States District Court for the State of Maryland, for the purpose of any Action (whether based on contract, tort or otherwise), directly or indirectly, arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the actions of the parties hereto in the negotiation, administration, performance and enforcement thereof, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably agrees that all claims in respect to such Action may be heard and determined exclusively in any Maryland state or federal court.

(b) Each of the parties hereto (i) irrevocably consents to the service of the summons and complaint and any other process in any other Action relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, on behalf of itself or its property, in the manner provided by Section 9.2 , and nothing in this Section 9.11 shall affect the right of any party to serve legal process in any other manner permitted by Law, (ii) consents to submit itself to the personal jurisdiction of any United States federal court located in the State of Maryland or any Maryland state court in the event any dispute arises out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (iii) agrees that it will not attempt to deny or defeat such personal jurisdiction by motion or other request for leave from any such court and (iv) agrees that it will not bring any Action relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in any court other than any United States federal court located in the State of Maryland or any Maryland state court. Each party hereto agrees that a final judgment in any Action shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by Law.

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(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each Company Related Party and each of the other parties hereto (a) agrees that it will not bring or support any action, cause of action, claim, cross-claim or third-party claim of any kind or description, whether in law or in equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against the Financing Sources in any way relating to this Agreement, the Merger or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including but not limited to any dispute arising out of or relating in any way to the Debt Financing or the performance thereof or the transactions contemplated thereby, in any forum other than exclusively in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, or, if under applicable law exclusive jurisdiction is vested in the federal courts, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (and appellate courts thereof), (b) submits for itself and its property with respect to any such action to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts, (c) agrees that service of process, summons, notice or document by registered mail addressed to it at its address provided in Section 9 shall be effective service of process against it for any such action brought in any such court, (d) waives and hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of, and the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of, any such action in any such court and (e) agrees that a final judgment in any such action shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.

Section 9.12 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND THEREFORE EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE), DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE DEBT FINANCING OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY, INCLUDING IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM AGAINST ANY FINANCING SOURCE, OR THE ACTIONS OF THE PARTIES HERETO IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE AND ENFORCEMENT THEREOF. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (B) EACH SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (C) EACH SUCH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY, AND (D) EACH SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.12 .

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement and Plan of Merger to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.

	GLOBAL NET LEASE, INC.

	By:	/s/ Scott Bowman
		Name: Scott Bowman
		Title: CEO

	MAYFLOWER ACQUISITION LLC

	By:	Global Net Lease, Inc., its sole member

	By:	/s/ Scott Bowman
		Name: Scott Bowman
		Title: CEO

	GLOBAL NET LEASE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.

	By:	Global Net Lease, Inc., its general partner

	By:	/s/ Scott Bowman
		Name: Scott Bowman
		Title: CEO

	AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL GLOBAL TRUST II, INC.

	By:	/s/ Jesse C. Galloway
		Name: Jesse C. Galloway
		Title: Authorized Signatory

	AMERICAN REALTY CAPITAL GLOBAL II OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, L.P.

	By:	American Realty Capital Global Trust II, Inc., its general partner

	By:	/s/ Jesse C. Galloway
		Name: Jesse C. Galloway
		Title: Authorized Signatory

Exhibit 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Global Net Lease, Inc. to Acquire American Realty Capital Global Trust II, Inc. in Accretive Transaction to Create a Premier Global Net Lease REIT with Enterprise Value of $3.3 Billion

New York, New York, August 8, 2016 – Global Net Lease, Inc. ("GNL") (NYSE: GNL) announced today that the independent directors serving upon the Board of Directors unanimously approved a definitive merger agreement to acquire all of the outstanding common stock of American Realty Capital Global Trust II, Inc. (“Global II”) for approximately $247.0 million, payable in GNL common shares plus the assumption of certain debt. This transaction creates a premier global net lease real estate investment trust, with an expected enterprise value of approximately $3.3 billion. The transaction joins two highly complementary European and U.S. net lease portfolios with a combined asset base of 345 properties in 7 countries with 99 tenants comprising 23.0 million square feet.

The Special Committee of GNL's Board of Directors, which consists of the independent members of the Board of Directors, was formed to evaluate the proposed transaction, and has approved the transaction.

"We are excited about GNL's combination with Global II, which represents another positive step in the evolution of our company and reinforces our efforts to grow accretively creating shareholder value. This transaction represents the realization of our targeted acquisition plan for 2016 and 2017, accelerating our growth" said Scott Bowman, Chief Executive Officer and President of GNL.

Strategic and Financial Benefits of the Merger

Enhanced Size and Scale: The combined company will become a premier global net lease real estate investment trust, with an expected enterprise value of approximately $3.3 billion. Increased scale enhances potential for additional index inclusion and potential for securing investment grade ratings.

Improved Portfolio Metrics: GNL will benefit from improved portfolio metrics as overall rent per square foot and embedded contractual rent growth are expected to increase while maintaining consistent contractual cash flow from long-term leases (pro forma average lease maturity of 10.6 years with no near-term maturities) with approximately 70% investment grade or implied investment grade tenants supporting the stability of cash flows. Contractual rent escalation combined with real estate acquisitions will provide revenue growth for GNL going forward.

Tenant Diversification with Newly Acquired Strategic High Quality Buildings: The addition of Global II's portfolio will further balance GNL's European and US portfolio exposure and decrease GNL's top 10 concentration to approximately 35% while further diversifying the industry types of GNL's tenants.

Same Manager Allows for Value Enhancing Merger and Eliminates Conflicts of Interest: GNL's seasoned and proven management team will continue to run the combined company and is already familiar with the acquired portfolio. In addition, the combination eliminates perceived conflicts for management between GNL and Global II. No social issues due to shared management team.

Significantly Reduced Fees and Meaningful Synergies: Expected $5.7 million of ongoing annual savings, including $1.6 million in contractual asset management fee savings and $4.1 million in G&A savings. Enhanced board oversight and fee control under the current GNL advisory agreement will further benefit shareholders at both companies.

Alignment of Advisors: Reduction in total fees and expense reimbursements to the advisors of the two companies by $3.6 million will be beneficial to shareholders of both GNL and Global II.

Terms of the Transaction and Timing

Under the terms of the agreement, Global II shareholders will receive 2.27 shares of GNL for each share of Global II common stock they own, which implies $19.59 per each share of Global II share based on GNL's closing price as of August 5, 2016. Upon closing, Global II shareholders will own approximately 14% of the combined company. The stock-for-stock transaction is expected to be tax-free to shareholders.

The merger agreement also provides Global II with a go-shop period, during which Global II will actively solicit alternative proposals from third parties for the next 45 days. The merger agreement provides for Global II to pay a termination fee of $1.2 million to GNL if Global II terminates the merger agreement in connection with a superior proposal that arises during the go-shop period.

GNL will add one director to be appointed by Global ll, bringing to 4 the total number of independent directors.

Completion of the transaction is subject to the approval of GNL and Global II shareholders as well as satisfaction of customary closing conditions. The transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2016.

Financial Advisors

UBS Investment Bank is serving as exclusive financial advisor to the Special Committee of GNL. Shapiro Sher Guinot & Sandler is serving as legal counsel to the Special Committee of GNL. Proskauer Rose LLP is serving as legal counsel to GNL.

BMO Capital Markets is serving as exclusive financial advisor to the Special Committee of Global II. Miles and Stockbridge P.C. is serving as legal counsel to the Special Committee of Global II.

Conference Call

GNL will host a conference call on August 8, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. ET to review second quarter performance and to discuss the transaction.

Dial-in instructions for the conference call and the replay are outlined below. This conference call will also be broadcast live over the Internet and can be accessed by all interested parties through the GNL website, www.globalnetlease.com, in the "Investor Relations" section.

To listen to the live call, please go to GNL's "Investor Relations" section of the website at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the call to register and download any necessary audio software. For those who are not able to listen to the live broadcast, a replay will be available shortly after the call on the GNL website at www.globalnetlease.com.

Conference Call Details

Live Call

Dial-In (Toll Free): 1-888-317-6003

International Dial In (Toll Free): 1-412-317-6061

Canada Dial In (Toll Free): 1-866-284-3684

Participant Elite Entry Number: 2056873

Conference Replay*

Domestic Dial In (Toll Free): 1-877-344-7529

International Dial In (Toll Free): 1-412-317-0088

Canada Dial In (Toll Free): 1-855-669-9658

Conference Number: 10091077

*Available one hour after the end of the conference call through November 8, 2016.

(Participants will be required to state their name and company upon entering call.)

About Global Net Lease, Inc.

Global Net Lease, Inc. (NYSE: GNL) is a publicly traded real estate investment trust listed on the NYSE focused on acquiring a diversified global portfolio of commercial properties, with an emphasis on sale-leaseback transactions involving single tenant, mission critical income producing net-leased assets across the United States, Western and Northern Europe. Additional information about GNL can be found on its website at www.globalnetlease.com.

About American Realty Capital Global Trust II, Inc.

American Realty Capital Global Trust II, Inc. is a publicly registered non-traded real estate investment trust focused on acquiring a diversified portfolio of commercial properties, with an emphasis on sale-leaseback transactions involving single tenant net leased commercial properties across the United States and Europe. Additional information about Global II can be found on its website at www.arcglobaltrust2.com.

Important Notice

The statements in this press release that are not historical facts may be forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or events to be materially different. Forward-looking statements may include, but are not limited to, statements regarding stockholder liquidity and investment value and returns. The words "anticipates," "believes," "expects," "estimates," "projects," "plans," "intends," "may," "will," "would" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain these identifying words. Actual results may differ materially from those contemplated by such forward-looking statements, including those set forth in the Risk Factors section of GNL's most recent annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 29, 2016, and in future filings with the SEC. Further, forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and GNL undertakes no obligation to update or reverse any forward-looking statement to reflect changed assumptions, the occurrence of unanticipated events on changes to future operating results, unless required to do so by law.

The discussion regarding 2016 AFFO per share guidance includes estimated projections of future operating results. These projections were not prepared in accordance with published guidelines of the SEC or the guidelines established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for preparation and presentation of financial projections. This information is not fact and should not be relied upon as being necessarily indicative of future results; the projections were prepared in good faith by management and are based on numerous assumptions that may prove to be wrong. Important factors that may affect actual results and cause the projections to not be achieved include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties relating to the company and other factors described under "Risk Factors" section of the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and any subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K and "Forward-Looking Statements." The projections also reflect assumptions as to certain business decisions that are subject to change. As a result, actual results may differ materially from those contained in the estimates. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the estimates will be realized.

Contacts

Media Inquiries: Investor Inquiries:

Tim Cifelli

President

DDCworks

tcifelli@ddcworks.com

(484-342-3600)

Matthew Furbish

Director

Investor & Public Relations

mfurbish@globalnetlease.com

(212-415-6500)

Scott J. Bowman

Chief Executive Officer

Global Net Lease, Inc.

sbowman@globalnetlease.com

(212-415-6500)

Exhibit 99.2

August 2016 Acquisition of American Realty Capital Global Trust II

Additional Information About the Proposed Transaction and Where to Find It This communication does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities or a solicitation of any vote or approval . In connection with the proposed transaction, Global Net Lease, Inc . (“GNL”) and American Realty Capital Global Trust II, Inc . (“Global II”) intend to file relevant materials with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC"), including a joint proxy statement/prospectus on Form S - 4 . BOTH GNL AND GLOBAL II STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS (INCLUDING ALL AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTS THERETO) AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC IF AND WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION . Investors may obtain free copies of the proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant documents filed by GNL and Global II with the SEC (if and when they become available) through the website maintained by the SEC at www . sec . gov . Copies of the documents filed by GNL and Global II with the SEC are also available free of charge on GNL’s website at www . globalnetlease . com and copies of the documents filed by Global II with the SEC are available free of charge on Global II’s website at www . arcglobal 2 . com . GNL and Global II and their respective directors and executive officers may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from both companies’ stockholders in respect of the proposed transaction . Information regarding GNL’s directors and executive officers can be found in GNL’s definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on April 29 , 2016 . Information regarding Global II's directors and executive officers can be found in the Global II's definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on April 29 , 2016 . Additional information regarding the interests of such potential participants will be included in the joint proxy statement and other relevant documents filed with the SEC in connection with the proposed transaction if and when they become available . These documents are available free of charge on the SEC’s website and from GNL and Global II, as applicable using the sources indicated above . 2

GNL Acquires ARC Global Trust II 3 x GNL acquires a $620 million (1) high - quality net lease portfolio, creating a pro forma Company with $3.3 billion of enterprise value (2) x Scale Benefits: Enhances size, scale and portfolio diversification by the merger of two strategically aligned portfolios x Accretive Transaction: Transaction expected to be accretive to AFFO in the first year post - acquisition x Future Growth : Expected to enhance diversification and increase access to capital markets due to strong balance sheet, positioning GNL well for future growth x Cost Savings and Synergies: Immediately realizable management fee cost savings and G&A synergies of $5.7 million x Enhanced Portfolio Mix: Increases portfolio size by 16 properties and 4.2 million square feet, for a combined total of 345 properties and 23.0 million square feet, bringing U.S. / European portfolio mix to parity The merger of Global Net Lease, Inc. (NYSE: GNL, or the "Company ") and American Realty Capital Global Trust II, Inc. ("Global II ") enhances our standing as a premier, global single - tenant net lease REIT Sagemcom - Rueil Malmaison , FR Deutsche Bank – Kirchberg , LUX Harper Collins – Glasgow, UK __________________________ 1. Based on contract purchase price at the exchange rate at the date of purchase, excluding acquisition related costs. 2. Pro forma enterprise value prior to asset sales contemplated by the Company, calculated based on GNL closing price of $8.63 on 8/5/2016.

Transaction Overview 4 Deal Summary Board Composition & Leadership "Go - Shop" / Breakup Fee ▪ GNL has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Global II, subject to stockholder approval by the stockholders of each of GNL and Global II , which will advance our commitment to becoming the premier single - tenant, global net lease REIT ▪ 100% stock transaction , resulting in a $ 3.3 billion combined pro forma enterprise value through the acquisition of a $ 620 million (1) net lease portfolio ▪ Fixed exchange ratio , with each common share of Global II, and each of Global II's operating partnership units, receiving 2.270x shares of GNL at closing • Implied value per Global II share of $19.59 based on GNL closing price of $8.63 on August 5, 2016 ▪ Pro Forma Ownership : 86% GNL / 14% Global II ▪ 45 - day go - shop period for Global II • $1.2 million break - up fee payable to GNL plus expenses not to exceed $5.0 million ▪ Post go - shop period break - up fee increases to $6.0 million payable to GNL ▪ Global II to appoint one director to GNL's board, increasing to 4 the total number of independent directors ▪ No social or integration issues arising from the combination of companies Expected Closing ▪ Transaction expected to close in Q4 2016, subject to certain closing conditions, including stockholder approval by the stockholders of GNL and Global II __________________________ 1. Based on contract purchase price at the exchange rate at the date of purchase, excluding acquisition related costs .

Transaction Benefits x Larger size improves potential for index inclusion and securing investment grade ratings x Company would be better positioned to pursue larger transactions x Proposed asset recycling plan enhances capital efficiency through targeted dispositions and selective reinvestment 5 Increased Scale Alignment of Advisor Realized Synergies Immediate Returns Best - in - Class Portfolio Metrics x Creates broader diversification x Maintains best - in - class investment grade tenancy, with a long average remaining lease term x Attractive embedded rent growth from acquisition, with 4.8% (1) in contractual rent increases at Global II assets over the first 2 years, resulting in a $0.01/share increase to AFFO of the combined entity x Expected $5.7 million of annual savings, comprised of $1.6 million in contractual management fee savings and $4.1 million in G&A savings (2) x Reduces total fees and expense reimbursements to advisor currently paid by the two companies by $3.6 million x Eliminates perceived conflicts for management between GNL and Global II The acquisition of Global II advances GNL’s strategy to become the premier global single - tenant net lease REIT x Expected to be accretive to shareholders in first year post - acquisition x Improves dividend coverage for GNL and Global II shareholders x Achieves objective of a balanced European and U.S. portfolio exposure __________________________ 1. Embedded rent growth not adjusted for free rent; calculated based on Q3 2016 annualized rental income and LTM Q3 2018E rental in come. 2. Included in G&A savings is $2.0 million of expense reimbursements to the Advisor.

ARC Global II Overview 6 Company Overview Portfolio Overview Pole Emploi Location: Marseille, FR Sq. Ft.: 41,452 Auchan Location: Bordeaux, FR Sq. Ft.: 152,235 Veolia Water Location: Vandalia, US Sq. Ft.: 70,000 Sagemcom Location: Rueil Malmaison, FR Sq. Ft.: 265,309 NCR Financial Solutions Group Location: Dundee, UK Sq. Ft.: 132,182 FedEx Freight Location: Greensboro, US Sq. Ft.: 68,960 Deutsche Bank Luxembourg Sarl Location: Kirchberg, LUX Sq. Ft.: 156,098 Grupo Antolin North America, Inc. Location: Auburn Hills, US Sq. Ft.: 111,798 ING Bank Location: Amsterdam, NETH Sq. Ft.: 509,369 Atos Worldline Location: Blois, FR Sq. Ft.: 111,338 Foster Wheeler Location: Reading, UK Sq. Ft.: 365,832 ID Logistics Group SA Location: Weilbach, GER Sq. Ft.: 308,579 ID Logistics Group SA Location: Landersheim, FR Sq. Ft.: 398,423 ID Logistics Group SA Location: Moreuil, FR Sq. Ft.: 566,246 Harper Collins Location: Glasgow, UK Sq. Ft.: 873,119 DCNS Location: Brest, FR Sq. Ft.: 96,955 __________________________ 1. Capital structure shown in USD as of 3/31/2016. 2. Includes r estricted cash. 3. Weighted by annualized NOI as of 3/31/2016. Capital Structure ($ million) (1) Properties Purchase Price 620 Debt 424 Cash (2) 23 Portfolio Information Properties 16 Total Sq. Ft. 4.2 million Countries 6 U.S. Concentration (3) 4% Tenants 14 Occupancy 99.9%

High Quality, Global Net Lease Portfolio 7 GNL's top 10 tenant concentration improves from 37% to 35% post merger (2) GNL Top 10 Tenants ARC Global II Top 10 Tenants GNL Pro Forma Top 10 Tenants __________________________ 1. Investment grade tenant concentration and geographic distribution weighted by annualized NOI as of 3/31/2016; Weighted averag e r emaining lease term based on square footage and as of 3/31/2016; Investment grade tenant concentration includes investment grade tenants, implied investment grade tenants, and companies whose parent companies are investment grade; Tenant credit ratings as of 8/1/2016. 2. Weighted by annualized NOI as of 3/31/2016. 3. Based on the tenant rating, implied tenants rating, or ratings of the parent company or lease guarantor as of 8/1/2016. Improves best - in - class net lease portfolio, building on portfolio's strengths and global balance GNL (1) ARC Global II (1) GNL Pro Forma (1) Size Tenants Lease Term Occupancy ▪ 329 properties ▪ 18.7 million square feet ▪ 16 properties ▪ 4.2 million square feet ▪ 345 properties ▪ 23.0 million square feet Size Tenants Lease Term Occupancy Size Tenants Lease Term Occupancy ▪ 70.1% Investment Grade ▪ 71.7% Investment Grade ▪ 70.4% Investment Grade ▪ 11.0 Years ▪ 8.8 Years ▪ 10.6 Years ▪ 100% ▪ 99.9% ▪ 100% Geographies Geographies Geographies ▪ U.S.: 60% / Europe: 40% ▪ U.S.: 4% / Europe: 96% ▪ U.S.: 49% / Europe: 51% Tenant % Rating (3) Tenant % Rating (3) Tenant % Rating (3) 5.3% Baa3 24.5% Ba2 4.8% Ba2 5.0% Baa2 16.4% A1 4.3% Baa2 4.4% Aaa 15.0% Baa2 4.3% Baa3 4.4% Aaa 11.4% Baa2 3.6% Aaa 4.4% Ba3 9.9% Baa1 3.5% Aaa 3.1% Baa2 6.4% Baa2 3.5% Ba3 2.9% Aa3 3.2% Aa2 3.2% A1 2.8% A2 2.8% Baa1 2.9% Baa2 2.5% Aa3 2.2% Ba3 2.5% Baa2 2.3% A3 2.0% Aa1 2.3% Aa3 Top 10 Tenants 37.1% Top 10 Tenants 93.8% Top 10 Tenants 35.0%

Geographically diverse, well - positioned portfolio of high - quality and mission critical assets in the U.S. and Europe (1) Diversifies Tenant Mix and Geographic Exposure 8 __________________________ 1. Weighted by annualized NOI as of 3/31/2016. Pro Forma Geographic Exposure Pro Forma Asset Type Pro Forma Tenant Industry Diversification GNL 100% GII 100% GII 100% UK – 23% Luxembourg – 2% Germany – 8% France – 5% Netherlands – 7% Finland – 6% U.S. – 49% Contribution GNL Global II GNL 98% GII 2% Office 58% Industrial 30% Retail 12% Financial Services 14% Discount Retail 7% Technology 7% Aerospace 6% Telecommunications 6% Energy 5% Utilities 5% Automotive 5% Healthcare 5% Engineering 5% Other 35% GNL 65% GII 35% GNL 94% GII 6% GNL 53% GII 47%

12.7 11.3 11.0 10.6 10.6 10.4 10.0 9.0 7.4 0.0 4.0 8.0 12.0 16.0 LXP NNN GNL GNL PF SRC SIR O WPC GPT 19.53 13.46 11.85 10.97 10.81 9.71 8.53 7.69 7.34 0.0 4.0 8.0 12.0 16.0 20.0 NNN O SRC GNL PF GNL LXP SIR WPC GPT Premier Portfolio of Global Net Leased Assets 9 Rent per Sq. Ft. ($) Average Remaining Lease Term (Years) ( 1) % Investment Grade (3)(4) Top 10 Tenant Concentration (2) __________________________ Source: Company filings as of 3/31/2016. 1. GNL and Global II based on square footage as of 3/31/2016; Peer group uses either revenue - based or square - footage based methods to calculate remaining lease term as disclosed in each company’s financial statements. 2. Weighted by annualized NOI as of 3/31/2016; by ABR for O, NNN, WPC, GPT, and SIR; by GAAP Rent for LXP; by normalized revenue for SRC. 3. When including investment grade tenants, implied investment grade tenants, and companies whose parent companies are investmen t g rade, metrics represent 70.1% and 70.4%, respectively, for GNL and GNL Pro Forma. 4. By ABR for WPC, SIR and O; for GPT, by number of tenants; for LXP, by GAAP Rent for Q1 2016; for NNN and SRC, as of 12/31/2015; GNL and GNL Pro Forma weighted by annualized NOI as of 3/31/2016. PF for the transaction, GNL will maintain strong implied investment grade tenant quality 37.7% 37.1% 36.7% 35.0% 32.6% 30.6% 28.6% 28.2% 26.1% 0.0% 5.0% 10.0% 15.0% 20.0% 25.0% 30.0% 35.0% 40.0% O GNL NNN GNL PF WPC SIR LXP GPT SRC 43.0% 39.1% 39.0% 37.0% 36.6% 35.5% 32.8% 21.4% 21.0% 0.0% 20.0% 40.0% 60.0% 80.0% GPT SIR SRC O GNL GNL PF LXP WPC NNN 70.1% 70.4%

At Closing - 9/30/2016E PF Acquisition and PF Post-Asset Sales ($ millions, unless noted) GNL Global II Asset Sales Adjustments Capitalization Market Capitalization 1,475.2 247.0 1,704.9 Unsecured Line of Credit 689.8 - (29.3) 660.5 Mortgage Debt 510.5 410.2 (212.9) 707.8 Total Debt 1,200.4 410.2 (242.2) 1,368.3 Cash 35.0 36.5 71.5 Enterprise Value 2,640.5 620.7 3,001.8 Leverage Statistics Net Debt / Total Enterprise Value 44.1% 43.2% Net Debt / 2016E EBITDA 6.9x 6.8x Pro Forma Combined Capitalization 10 Execution of announced asset sale plan will delever GNL, and maintain its deep access to liquidity to fuel growth __________________________ 1. Estimated values for 9/30/2016. There can be no assurance that these estimated values will be achieved. 2. Shown at implied offer price of $19.59 based on 2.27x exchange ratio and GNL closing share price of $8.63 as of 8/5/2016. 3. Represents GNL Pro Forma for the transaction and contemplated asset recycling program; expected $278 million of asset sales ($266 million net of fees) assumed at a 6.8% cap rate and leverage at 31% LTV; proceeds deployed towards delevering the balance sheet. (1) (3) (2)

Pro Forma Leverage Profile  Plan for disciplined growth and continued delevering  Manageable near - term debt maturities and ample near - term liquidity  "Dry powder" to fuel growth GNL's balance sheet and credit metrics pro forma for the transaction position the Company well for continued growth Fixed Charge Coverage (1) Net Debt + Preferred / 2016E EBITDA (1) 11 __________________________ Source: Company filings as of 3/31/2016. 1. Represents GNL Pro Forma for the transaction and contemplated asset recycling program; $ 278 million of asset sales ($ 266 million net of fees) assumed at a 6.8% cap rate and leverage at 31% LTV; proceeds deployed towards delevering the balance sheet. 6.9x 6.8x 6.4x 6.1x 6.1x 6.0x 5.4x 5.2x 0.0x 1.0x 2.0x 3.0x 4.0x 5.0x 6.0x 7.0x 8.0x SIR GNL PF LXP SRC WPC GPT NNN O Average: 6.1x 4.9x 4.3x 4.0x 3.7x 3.7x 3.5x 3.4x 2.9x 0.0x 1.0x 2.0x 3.0x 4.0x 5.0x 6.0x GNL PF SIR WPC GPT LXP O NNN SRC Average: 3.8x

Alignment of Interests Between Advisor and Company with Reduced Fees to Advisor 12 Favorable advisory agreement resulting in pro forma cost synergies and improved oversight by the Board of Directors ARC Global II GNL GNL Pro Forma Asset Management Fee ▪ 0.75% of lesser of asset cost and fair value Equity Raising Fees (% of equity raised) Incentive Fee Acquisition Fees (% of purchase price) Disposition Fees (% of selling price) Financing Fees (% of financing amount ) ▪ Fixed minimum, with increases based on equity raised (2) ▪ Fixed minimum, with increases based on equity raised (2 ) ▪ Conservative relative to peers ▪ None ▪ None ▪ None ▪ None ▪ 1.25% ( 3) ▪ Manager incentivized to increase value of shareholders' equity ▪ 1.50% ▪ 2.00% ▪ 0.75% ▪ Eliminated ▪ Eliminated ▪ Eliminated ▪ 15% over a 6% hurdle ▪ 15% over 7% hurdle ▪ 25% over 9% hurdle ▪ Capped at 1.25% of AUM ▪ 15% over 7% hurdle ▪ 25% over 9% hurdle ▪ Capped at 1.25% of AUM ▪ 1.25% (3) Alignment of Advisor Expense Efficiencies ▪ Combination results in total cost savings of $5.7 million (1) ▪ Elimination of Global II acquisition, disposition, and financing fees Alignment of Management ▪ Reduction of total fees to advisor by $ 3.6 million ▪ Incentive fees based upon escalating AFFO per share target ▪ Independent Directors determine annual increase in AFFO per share target for incentive fee (between 1 - 3 %) ▪ Combination eliminates perceived conflicts for management between GNL and Global ll ▪ Global II to appoint one of its current Independent Directors to GNL's board, increasing to 4 the total number of independent directors ▪ Board controls through annual operating objectives and right to replace underperforming members of management ▪ Best - in - class shareholder protection through termination rights __________________________ 1. $5.7 million in total cost savings is comprised of $1.6 million in contractual management fee savings and $4.1 million in G&A sa vings (G&A savings include $2.0 million in expense reimbursements to the Advisor). 2. Subject to AUM – driven cap and peer set G&A load. 3. Represents the increase to the base asset management fee paid to the Advisor as a result of raising additional equity. Term of Advisory Agreement ▪ 20 years ▪ 1 year ▪ 20 years

Roadmap Post - Global II Acquisition 13 Execute on Transaction Synergies and G&A Cost Savings Continue Asset Recycling Program Enhance Case for Analyst Coverage by Year - End & Opportunity to Achieve Investment Grade Rating Achieves Targeted Growth Enhance Debt Structure, Improve Balance Sheet and Achieve Strategic Flexibility  Realize identified savings in corporate overhead and management fees estimated at $5.7 million  Pro forma GNL is expected to pay $1.6 million less in management fees and $4.1 million less in G&A than the two standalone companies (total reduction of fees to advisor of $3.6 million) (1)  Complete target of $ 278 million in identified asset sales within 6 months post - closing of transaction  Use proceeds from asset sales to lower leverage through paying down the Global II mezzanine debt, mortgage debt and reducing the GNL credit facility balance  Add unsecured debt and ladder out maturities  Once leverage targets are achieved, the balance of proceeds can be used for share buybacks  By acquiring Global II, GNL achieves its planned asset acquisitions through 2017 in a single transaction __________________________ 1. Total reduction in G&A and total fees to the Advisor include $2.0 million in expense reimbursements to the Advisor.

Forward Looking Statements Certain statements made in this presentation are “forward - looking statements” (as defined in Section 21 E of the Exchange Act), which reflect the expectations of Global Net Lease, Inc . (“GNL”) and American Realty Capital Global Trust II, Inc . (“Global II”) regarding future events . The forward - looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward - looking statements . Such forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, whether and when the transactions contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) between GNL and Global II, among others, will be consummated, the new combined company’s plans, market and other expectations, objectives, intentions, as well as any expectations or projections with respect to the combined company, including regarding future dividends and market valuations, and other statements that are not historical facts . The following additional factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ from those set forth in the forward - looking statements : the approval by GNL's and Global II’s stockholders of the transactions contemplated in the Merger Agreement ; market volatility ; unexpected costs or unexpected liabilities that may arise from the transaction, whether or not consummated ; continuation or deterioration of current market conditions ; future regulatory or legislative actions that could adversely affect the companies ; and the business plans of the tenants of the respective parties . Additional factors that may affect future results are contained in the Company’s and Global II’s filings with the SEC, including ( i ) the Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended December 31 , 2015 filed on February 29 , 2016 , the Quarterly Reports on Form 10 - Q for the quarter ended March 31 , 2016 , filed on May 6 , 2016 and in future periodic reports filed by the Company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 , as amended, which are available at the SEC’s website at www . sec . gov . The Company and Global II disclaim any obligation to update and revise statements contained in these materials based on new information or otherwise . 14

Risk Factors  All of our executive officers are also officers, managers and/or holders of a direct or indirect controlling interest in our Adv isor and other entities affiliated with AR Global Investments, LLC. As a result, our executive officers, our Advisor and its affiliates face conflict s o f interest, including significant conflicts created by our Advisor's compensation arrangements with us and other investment programs advised by AR Global Inves tme nts, LLC’s affiliates and conflicts in allocating time among these investment programs and us. These conflicts could result in unanticip ate d actions.  Because investment opportunities that are suitable for us may also be suitable for other AR Global Investments, LLC advised i nve stment programs, our Advisor and its affiliates face conflicts of interest relating to the purchase of properties and other investments and such c onf licts may not be resolved in our favor, which could reduce the investment return to our stockholders.  We may be unable to pay or maintain cash dividends or increase dividends over time.  We are obligated to pay fees which may be substantial to our Advisor and its affiliates.  We depend on tenants for our rental revenue and, accordingly, our rental revenue is dependent upon the success and economic v iab ility of our tenants.  Increases in interest rates could increase the amount of our debt payments and limit our ability to pay dividends to our stoc kho lders.  We may be unable to raise additional debt or equity financing on attractive terms or at all.  Adverse changes in exchange rates may reduce the value of our properties located outside of the United States.  We may not generate cash flows sufficient to pay dividends to our stockholders, as such, we may be forced to borrow at unfavo rab le rates or depend on our Advisor to waive reimbursement of certain expense and fees to fund our operations. There is no assurance that our Advi sor will waive reimbursement of expenses or fees.  Any of these dividends may reduce the amount of capital we ultimately invest in properties and other permitted investments an d n egatively impact the value of our common stock.  We are subject to risks associated with our international investments, including risks associated with compliance with and ch ang es in foreign laws, fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates and inflation.  We are subject to risks associated with any dislocations or liquidity disruptions that may exist or occur in the credit marke ts of the United States of America and Europe from time to time.  We may fail to continue to qualify, as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes, which would resul t i n higher taxes, may adversely affect operations, adversely affect our ability to pay dividends and reduce the market price of our common stock .  We may be deemed to be an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and thus subject to regula tio n under the Investment Company Act.  We may be exposed to risks due to a lack of tenant diversity, investment types and geographic diversity.  The revenue derived from, and the market value of, properties located in the United Kingdom and continental Europe may declin e a s a result  of the non binding referendum on June 23, 2016 in which a majority of voters voted to exit the European Union (the “ Brexit ” vote).  Our ability to refinance or sell properties located in the United Kingdom and continental Europe may be impacted by the econo mic and  political uncertainty following the Brexit vote.  We may be exposed to changes in general economic, business and political conditions, including the possibility of intensified in ternational hostilities, acts of terrorism, and changes in conditions of United States of America or international lending, capital and financing mark ets , including as a result of the Brexit vote. The following are some of the risks and uncertainties, although not all risks and uncertainties, that could cause our actual res ults to differ materially from those presented in our forward - looking statements. See the section entitled “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Repo rt on Form 10 - K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on February 29, 2016 and the section entitled “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in the Company’s Quarterly Report on form 10 - Q filed with the SEC on May 6, 2016 for a discussion of the risks which should be considered in connection with your investment. 15

Projections This presentation includes estimated projections of future operating results . These projections were not prepared in accordance with published guidelines of the SEC or the guidelines established by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants for preparation and presentation of financial projections . This information is not fact and should not be relied upon as being necessarily indicative of future results ; the projections were prepared in good faith by management and are based on numerous assumptions that may prove to be wrong . Important factors that may affect actual results and cause the projections to not be achieved include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties relating to the company and other factors described in the “Risk Factors” section of GNL's Annual Report on Form 10 - K filed with the SEC on February 29 , 2016 , GNL's Quarterly Report on Form 10 - Q filed for the quarter ended March 31 , 2016 filed on May 6 , 2016 , in the “Risk Factors” section of Global II's Annual Report on Form 10 - K filed with the SEC on March 22 , 2016 , Global II's Quarterly Report on Form 10 - Q filed for the quarter ended March 31 , 2016 filed on May 16 , 2016 in GNL's and Global II's future filings with the SEC . The projections also reflect assumptions as to certain business decisions that are subject to change . As a result, actual results may differ materially from those contained in the estimates . Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the estimates will be realized . This presentation also contains estimates and information concerning our industry, including market position, market size, and growth rates of the markets in which we participate, that are based on industry publications and reports . This information involves a number of assumptions and limitations, and you are cautioned not to give undue weight to these estimates . We have not independently verified the accuracy or completeness of the data contained in these industry publications and reports . The industry in which we operate is subject to a high degree of uncertainty and risk due to variety of factors, including those described in the “ Risk Factors” section of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10 - K filed with the SEC on February 29 , 2016 , the Quarterly Reports on Form 10 - Q filed for the quarters ended March 31 , 2016 filed on May 6 , 2016 , and in future filings with the SEC . These and other factors could cause results to differ materially from those expressed in these publications and reports . 16

Definitions Funds from operations (“FFO”) Due to certain unique operating characteristics of real estate companies, as discussed below, the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT"), an industry trade group, has promulgated a measure known as funds from operations ("FFO"), which we believe to be an appropriate supplemental measure to reflect the operating performance of a REIT . The use of FFO is recommended by the REIT industry as a supplemental performance measure . FFO is not equivalent to net income or loss as determined under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("GAAP") . We define FFO, a non - GAAP measure, consistent with the standards established by the White Paper on FFO approved by the Board of Governors of NAREIT, as revised in February 2004 (the "White Paper") . The White Paper defines FFO as net income or loss computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding gains or losses from sales of property but including asset impairment writedowns, plus depreciation and amortization, and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures . Adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures are calculated to reflect FFO . Our FFO calculation complies with NAREIT's definition . The historical accounting convention used for real estate assets requires straight - line depreciation of buildings and improvements, and straight - line amortization of intangibles, which implies that the value of a real estate asset diminishes predictably over time, especially if not adequately maintained or repaired and renovated as required by relevant circumstances or as requested or required by lessees for operational purposes in order to maintain the value disclosed . We believe that, because real estate values historically rise and fall with market conditions, including inflation, interest rates, the business cycle, unemployment and consumer spending, presentations of operating results for a REIT using historical accounting for depreciation and certain other items may be less informative . Historical accounting for real estate involves the use of GAAP . Any other method of accounting for real estate such as the fair value method cannot be construed to be any more accurate or relevant than the comparable methodologies of real estate valuation found in GAAP . Nevertheless, we believe that the use of FFO, which excludes the impact of real estate related depreciation and amortization, among other things, provides a more complete understanding of our performance to investors and to management, and when compared year over year, reflects the impact on our operations from trends in occupancy rates, rental rates, operating costs, general and administrative expenses, and interest costs, which may not be immediately apparent from net income . However, FFO, core funds from operations ("Core FFO") and adjusted funds from operations (“AFFO”), as described below, should not be construed to be more relevant or accurate than the current GAAP methodology in calculating net income or in its applicability in evaluating our operating performance . The method utilized to evaluate the value and performance of real estate under GAAP should be construed as a more relevant measure of operational performance and considered more prominently than the non - GAAP FFO, Core FFO and AFFO measures and the adjustments to GAAP in calculating FFO, Core FFO and AFFO . Other REITs may not define FFO in accordance with the current NAREIT definition (as we do) or may interpret the current NAREIT definition differently than we do and/or calculate Core FFO and/or AFFO differently than we do . Consequently, our presentation of FFO, Core FFO and AFFO may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures presented by other REITs . 17

Definitions (cont’d) Funds from operations (“FFO”) (Cont’d) We consider FFO, Core FFO and AFFO useful indicators of our performance . Because FFO calculations exclude such factors as depreciation and amortization of real estate assets and gains or losses from sales of operating real estate assets (which can vary among owners of identical assets in similar conditions based on historical cost accounting and useful - life estimates), FFO facilitates comparisons of operating performance between periods and between other REITs in our peer group . Changes in the accounting and reporting promulgations under GAAP (for acquisition fees and expenses from a capitalization/depreciation model to an expensed - as - incurred model) that were put into effect in 2009 and other changes to GAAP accounting for real estate subsequent to the establishment of NAREIT's definition of FFO have prompted an increase in cash - settled expenses, specifically acquisition fees and expenses for all industries as items that are expensed under GAAP, that are typically accounted for as operating expenses . 18

Definitions (cont’d) Adjusted funds from operations (“AFFO”) We exclude certain income or expense items from AFFO that we consider more reflective of investing activities, other non - cash income and expense items and the income and expense effects of other activities that are not a fundamental attribute of our business plan . These items include unrealized gains and losses, which may not ultimately be realized, such as gains or losses on derivative instruments, gains and losses on foreign currency transactions, gains or losses on contingent valuation rights, gains and losses on investments and early extinguishment of debt . In addition, by excluding non - cash income and expense items such as amortization of above - market and below - market leases intangibles, amortization of deferred financing costs, straight - line rent and equity - based compensation from AFFO, we believe we provide useful information regarding income and expense items which have no cash impact and do not provide liquidity to the company or require capital resources of the company . By providing AFFO, we believe we are presenting useful information that assists investors and analysts to better assess the sustainability of our ongoing operating performance without the impacts of transactions that are not related to the ongoing profitability of our portfolio of properties . We also believe that AFFO is a recognized measure of sustainable operating performance by the REIT industry . Further, we believe AFFO is useful in comparing the sustainability of our operating performance with the sustainability of the operating performance of other real estate companies that are not making a significant number of acquisitions . Investors are cautioned that AFFO should only be used to assess the sustainability of our operating performance excluding these activities, as it excludes certain costs that have a negative effect on our operating performance during the periods in which these costs are incurred . In calculating AFFO, we exclude certain expenses, which under GAAP are characterized as operating expenses in determining operating net income . These expenses are paid in cash by us, and therefore such funds will not be available to distribute to investors . All paid and accrued merger, acquisition and transaction related fees and certain other expenses negatively impact our operating performance during the period in which expenses are incurred or properties are acquired will also have negative effects on returns to investors, the ability to fund dividends or distributions in the future, and cash flows generated by us, unless earnings from operations or net sales proceeds from the disposition of other properties are generated to cover the purchase price of the property and certain other expenses . AFFO that excludes such costs and expenses would only be comparable to companies that did not have such activities . Further, under GAAP, certain contemplated non - cash fair value and other non - cash adjustments are considered operating non - cash adjustments to net income in determining cash flow from operating activities . In addition, we view fair value adjustments as items which are unrealized and may not ultimately be realized . We view both gains and losses from fair value adjustments as items which are not reflective of ongoing operations and are therefore typically adjusted for when assessing operating performance . Excluding income and expense items detailed above from our calculation of AFFO provides information consistent with management's analysis of the operating performance of the properties . Additionally, fair value adjustments, which are based on the impact of current market fluctuations and underlying assessments of general market conditions, but can also result from operational factors such as rental and occupancy rates, may not be directly related or attributable to our current operating performance . By excluding such changes that may reflect anticipated and unrealized gains or losses, we believe AFFO provides useful supplemental information . As a result, we believe that the use of FFO, Core FFO and AFFO, together with the required GAAP presentations, provide a more complete understanding of our performance relative to our peers and a more informed and appropriate basis on which to make decisions involving operating, financing, and investing activities . . 19

Definitions (cont’d) Adjusted Earnings before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization, Net Operating Income, Cash Net Operating Income and Adjusted Cash Net Operating Income . We believe that earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization adjusted for acquisition and transaction - related expenses, other non - cash items and including our pro - rata share from unconsolidated joint ventures ("Adjusted EBITDA") is an appropriate measure of our ability to incur and service debt . Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to cash flows from operating activities, as a measure of our liquidity or as an alternative to net income as an indicator of our operating activities . Other REITs may calculate Adjusted EBITDA differently and our calculation should not be compared to that of other REITs . Net operating income ("NOI") is a non - GAAP financial measure equal to net income (loss), the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, less discontinued operations, interest, other income and income from preferred equity investments and investment securities, plus corporate general and administrative expense, acquisition and transaction - related expenses, depreciation and amortization, other non - cash expenses and interest expense . NOI is adjusted to include our pro rata share of NOI from unconsolidated joint ventures . We use NOI internally as a performance measure and believe NOI provides useful information to investors regarding our financial condition and results of operations because it reflects only those income and expense items that are incurred at the property level . Therefore, we believe NOI is a useful measure for evaluating the operating performance of our real estate assets and to make decisions about resource allocations . Further, we believe NOI is useful to investors as a performance measure because, when compared across periods, NOI reflects the impact on operations from trends in occupancy rates, rental rates, operating costs and acquisition activity on an unlevered basis, providing perspective not immediately apparent from net income . NOI excludes certain components from net income in order to provide results that are more closely related to a property's results of operations . For example, interest expense is not necessarily linked to the operating performance of a real estate asset and is often incurred at the corporate level as opposed to the property level . In addition, depreciation and amortization, because of historical cost accounting and useful life estimates, may distort operating performance at the property level . NOI presented by us may not be comparable to NOI reported by other REITs that define NOI differently . We believe that in order to facilitate a clear understanding of our operating results, NOI should be examined in conjunction with net income (loss) as presented in our consolidated financial statements . NOI should not be considered as an alternative to net income (loss) as an indication of our performance or to cash flows as a measure of our liquidity . Cash NOI is NOI presented on a cash basis, which is NOI after eliminating the effects of straight - lining of rent and the amortization of above and below market leases . 20