Sotherly Hotels Inc. (Form: 8-K, Received: 02/12/2018 12:10:23)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): February 12, 2018 (February 8, 2018)

SOTHERLY HOTELS INC.

SOTHERLY HOTELS LP

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


Maryland (Sotherly Hotels Inc.)	001-32379 (Sotherly Hotels Inc.)	20-1531029 (Sotherly Hotels Inc.)
Delaware (Sotherly Hotels LP)	001-36091 (Sotherly Hotels LP)	20-1965427 (Sotherly Hotels LP)
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

410 W. Francis Street

Williamsburg, Virginia 23185

(757) 229-5648

(Address, including Zip Code and Telephone Number, including Area Code, of Principal Executive Offices)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2 of this chapter).


Sotherly Hotels Inc. ☐		Sotherly Hotels LP ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.


Sotherly Hotels Inc. ☐		Sotherly Hotels LP ☐

Item 1.01.

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Underwriting Agreement

On February 8, 2018, Sotherly Hotels Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), and Sotherly Hotels LP, a Delaware limited partnership of which the Company is the sole general partner (the “Operating Partnership”), entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. (the “Representative”) as representative of the several underwriters listed therein (collectively, the “Underwriters”), relating to the issuance and sale (the “Offering”) of $25 million aggregate principal amount of the Operating Partnership’s 7.25% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2021 (the “Notes”). The Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Company. The issuance and sale of the Notes was completed on February 12, 2018.

The Company estimates that the net proceeds from the Offering, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses, will be approximately $23.3 million, or $26.9 million if the underwriters’ option to purchase additional notes is exercised in full. The Operating Partnership intends to use the net proceeds from this Offering, together with existing cash on hand and approximately $58 million of first and second lien asset-level mortgage indebtedness, to finance the acquisition of the Hyatt Centric Arlington hotel and for general corporate purposes, including acquisition of additional hotels, the repayment of other outstanding indebtedness, capital expenditures, the improvement of hotels in our portfolio, working capital and other general purposes.

The Operating Partnership and the Company made certain customary representations, warranties and covenants concerning the Operating Partnership, the Company and the Registration Statement (as defined below) in the Underwriting Agreement and also agreed to indemnify the Underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), or to contribute to payments the Underwriters may be required to make in respect of those liabilities.

The Indenture and the Notes

The Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of February 12, 2018 (the “Base Indenture”), as amended and supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture, dated February 12, 2018 (the “First Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), among the Operating Partnership, the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”). The Notes will bear interest at a rate equal to 7.25%. Interest is payable quarterly in arrears on February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing May 15, 2018.

The Notes will mature on February 15, 2021. The Notes will be redeemable in whole or in part at any time or from time to time on and after February 15, 2019, at a redemption price equal to 101% of the principal amount redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the redemption date.

The Notes are not convertible into or exchangeable for the Operating Partnership’s partnership interests or for shares of the Company’s common stock. The Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Company.

The Notes have been registered under the Act, pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-220369 and 333-220369-01) previously filed by the Company and the Operating Partnership with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Act, as supplemented by a preliminary prospectus supplement and a prospectus supplement, each previously filed by the Company and the Operating Partnership pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the Act.

The foregoing summary descriptions of the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture and the Notes, including the material terms thereof, do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement, which is filed herewith and incorporated by reference hereto as Exhibit 1.1, the Base Indenture, which is filed herewith and incorporated by reference hereto as Exhibit 4.1, and the First Supplemental Indenture (and the Form of 7.25% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2021 and Notation of Guarantee included as an exhibit therein), which is filed herewith and incorporated by reference hereto as Exhibit 4.2.

Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The disclosure required by this item is included in Item 1.01 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 8.01.

Other Events.

On February 12, 2018, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the Offering, which press release is attached to the Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits



1.1		Underwriting Agreement by and among Sotherly Hotels Inc., Sotherly Hotels LP and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. as representative of the Underwriters named therein, dated February 8, 2018.

4.1		Indenture by and among Sotherly Hotels Inc., Sotherly Hotels LP and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, dated February 12, 2018.

4.2		First Supplemental Indenture by and among Sotherly Hotels Inc., Sotherly Hotels LP and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, dated February 12, 2018.

4.3		Form of 7.25% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2021 and Notation of Guarantee (included as Exhibit A to the First Supplemental Indenture by and among Sotherly Hotels Inc., Sotherly Hotels LP and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, dated February 12, 2018).

5.1		Opinion of Baker & McKenzie LLP with respect to the legality of the Notes.

8.1		Opinion of Baker & McKenzie LLP with respect to tax matters.

23.1		Consent of Baker & McKenzie LLP with respect to the legality of the Notes (included in Exhibit 5.1).

23.2		Consent of Baker & McKenzie LLP with respect to tax matters (included in Exhibit 8.1).

99.1		Press Release of Sotherly Hotels Inc., dated February 12, 2018.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: February 12, 2018


SOTHERLY HOTELS INC.

By:		/s/ David R. Folsom
		David R. Folsom
		Chief Operating Officer

SOTHERLY HOTELS LP

		by its General Partner,
		SOTHERLY HOTELS INC.

By:		/s/ David R. Folsom
		David R. Folsom
		Chief Operating Officer

Exhibit 1.1

EXECUTION VERSION

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

SOTHERLY HOTELS LP

(a Delaware limited partnership)

$25,000,000 7.25% Senior Notes Due 2021

Fully and Unconditionally Guaranteed by

SOTHERLY HOTELS INC.

(a Maryland corporation)

February 8, 2018

Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P.

as Representative of the several Underwriters

named in Schedule I hereto

1251 Avenue of the Americas, 6 ^th Floor

New York, New York 10020

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Sotherly Hotels Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”), and Sotherly Hotels LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Operating Partnership ” and together with the Company, the “ Transaction Entities ”), confirm their respective agreements with the underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (collectively, the “ Underwriters ,” which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P. is acting as representative (in such capacity, the “ Representative ”), with respect to the sale by the Operating Partnership and the purchase by the Underwriters of an aggregate of $25,000,000 principal amount of the 7.25% Senior Notes due 2021 (the “ Notes ”) of the Operating Partnership and (ii) with respect to the grant by the Operating Partnership to the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of an option described in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase up to an additional $3,750,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes. The Notes will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to the payment of the principal thereof, and premium, if any, and interest thereon (the “ Guarantee ”) by the Company. The aforesaid Notes and the Guarantee (collectively, the “ Initial Securities ”) to be purchased by the Underwriters and all or any part of the Notes and the Guarantee subject to the option described in Section 2(b) hereof (the “ Option Securities ”) are hereinafter called, collectively, the “ Securities .” The Securities are to be issued under the Indenture, to be dated as of February 12, 2018 (the “ Base Indenture ”), among the Operating Partnership, as issuer, the Company, as guarantor, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), as amended and supplemented by a supplemental indenture, to be dated as of February 12, 2018 (together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), among the Operating Partnership, the Company and the Trustee, establishing the terms of the Securities.

The Transaction Entities understand that the Underwriters propose to make a public offering of the Securities as soon as the Representative deems advisable after this Agreement has been executed and delivered.

The Company and the Operating Partnership have jointly prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) a registration statement on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-220369 and 333-220369-01), including the related base prospectus, covering the registration of the offer and sale of, among other securities, debt securities of the Operating Partnership (including the Notes) guaranteed by the Company (including the Guarantee) from time to time in accordance with Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ 1933 Act ”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission under the 1933 Act (the “ 1933 Act Regulations ”). Such registration statement was declared effective by the Commission on September 20, 2017. Promptly after execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Operating Partnership will prepare and file a prospectus supplement relating to the Securities in accordance with the provisions of Rule 430B (“ Rule 430B ”) of the 1933 Act Regulations and Rule 424(b) (“ Rule 424(b) ”) of the 1933 Act Regulations. The information included in such prospectus supplement that was omitted

from such registration statement at the time it became effective but that is deemed to be part of such registration statement at the time it became effective pursuant to Rule 430B is hereinafter called the “ Rule 430B Information .” The base prospectus contained in the Registration Statement (as defined below), including the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, and each preliminary prospectus supplement filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) used in connection with the offering of the Securities, are referred to herein collectively as a “ preliminary prospectus .” Such registration statement, at any given time, including any amendments thereto at such time, the exhibits and any schedules thereto at such time, the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the 1933 Act at such time and the documents otherwise deemed to be a part thereof or included therein by the 1933 Act Regulations (including, without limitation, any Rule 430B Information), but excluding the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-1 of the Trustee (as defined below), is hereinafter called the “ Registration Statement ”; provided, however, that “Registration Statement” without reference to a time means the Registration Statement as of the time of the first contract of sale for the Securities, which time shall be considered the “new effective date” of the Registration Statement with respect to the Underwriters and the Securities (within the meaning of Rule 430B(f)(2)). The final prospectus supplement and the base prospectus, in the form first furnished or made available to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of the Securities, including the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, are hereinafter called the “ Prospectus .” For purposes of this Agreement, all references to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to any of the foregoing shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (“ EDGAR ”).

The Securities will be issued to Cede & Co. as nominee of the Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) pursuant to a blanket letter of representations, dated as of November 17, 2014 (the “ DTC Agreement ”), between the Operating Partnership and DTC.

As used in this Agreement:

“ Applicable Time ” means 4:00 P.M., New York City time, on February 8, 2018 or such other time as agreed by the Transaction Entities and the Representative.

“ General Disclosure Package ” means any Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectuses (as defined below) issued prior to the Applicable Time, the most recent preliminary prospectus furnished to the Underwriters for general distribution to investors prior to the Applicable Time and the information included on Schedule III hereto, all considered together.

“ Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“ Rule 433 ”), including, without limitation, any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“ Rule 405 ”)) relating to the Securities that is (i) required to be filed with the Commission by the Transaction Entities, (ii) a “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i), whether or not required to be filed with the Commission, or (iii) exempt from filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433(d)(5)(i) because it contains a description of the Securities or of the offering of the Securities that does not reflect the final terms, in each case in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Transaction Entities’ records pursuant to Rule 433(g).

“ Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus ” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors (other than a “ bona fide electronic road show,” as defined in Rule 433 (the “ Bona Fide Electronic Road Show ”)), as specified in Schedule III hereto.

“ Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus ” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not an Issuer General Use Free Writing Prospectus.

All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is “disclosed,” “contained,” “included,” “made,” “stated” or “referred to” (or other references of like import) in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to include all such financial

statements and schedules and other information incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement; and all references in this Agreement to amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to include the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ 1934 Act ”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (the “ 1934 Act Regulations ”), incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, such preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, at or after the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

SECTION 1. Representations and Warranties .

(a) Representations and Warranties by the Transaction Entities . Each of the Transaction Entities, jointly and severally, represents and warrants to each Underwriter as of the date hereof, as of the Applicable Time, as of the Closing Time and as of each Date of Delivery (as defined in Section 2 hereof), if any, and agrees with each Underwriter, as follows:

(i) Compliance with Registration Requirements . The Company, in accordance with General Instruction I.B.1 of Form S-3, and the Operating Partnership, in accordance with the General Instruction I.C.3 of Form S-3, meet all conditions and requirements for the use of Form S-3 to register the offer and sale of the Securities. Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto has been prepared by the Transaction Entities in conformity with the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has been issued under the 1933 Act, no notice or objection to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the 1933 Act Regulations has been received by the Transaction Entities, no order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Transaction Entities, contemplated. The Transaction Entities have complied with each request (if any) from the Commission for additional information.

Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at the time it became effective and at each deemed effective date with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) under the 1933 Act Regulations complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “ Trust Indenture Act ”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the “ Trust Indenture Rules ”) at the Applicable Time, at the Closing Time and at each Date of Delivery, if any. The preliminary prospectus that is included in the General Disclosure Package, at the time it was filed, complied, and the Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto, as of their respective issue dates, complied and will comply, in all material respects with the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the Trust Indenture Act and the Trust Indenture Rules. Each preliminary prospectus and the Prospectus delivered to the Underwriters for use in connection with the offering of the Securities were or will be substantially identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T. The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, when they became effective or at the time they were or hereafter are filed with the Commission, complied and will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations.

(ii) Accurate Disclosure. Neither the Registration Statement nor any post-effective amendment thereto, at the respective times it became effective, at the Closing Time or at any Date of Delivery, contained, contains or will contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. At the Applicable Time, at the Closing Time and at each Date of Delivery, if any, neither (A) the General Disclosure Package nor (B) any individual Issuer Limited Use Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Neither the Prospectus nor any amendment or supplement thereto (including any prospectus wrapper), as of its issue date, at the time of any filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), at the Closing Time or at any Date of Delivery, included, includes or will include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted, omits or will omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

The documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package, when they were filed with the Commission, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations, and none of such documents contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package, when such documents are filed with the Commission, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Transaction Entities filed the Registration Statement with the Commission before using any free writing prospectus, and each free writing prospectus was preceded or accompanied by the Prospectus satisfying the requirements of Section 10 under the 1933 Act.

The representations and warranties in this Section 1(a)(ii) shall not apply to (i) that part of the Registration Statement which constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-1 of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (ii) statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Transaction Entities by any Underwriter through the Representative expressly for use therein. For purposes of this Agreement, the only information so furnished are (i) the concession and reallowance figures appearing in the Prospectus in the section entitled “Underwriting” and (ii) the seventh and eighth paragraphs appearing in the Prospectus in the section entitled “Underwriting” relating to stabilization transactions, over-allotment transactions, syndicate covering transactions and, if applicable, penalty bids in which the Underwriters may engage (collectively, the “ Underwriter Information ”).

(iii) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses. No Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein, or any preliminary or other prospectus deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conformed or will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1933 Act Regulations on the date of first use, and the Operating Partnership has complied with any filing requirements applicable to such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to the 1933 Act Regulations. Neither of the Transaction Entities has made any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus without the prior written consent of the Representative; provided, that such consent is deemed to have been given with respect to each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus identified on Schedule III. Each of the Transaction Entities has retained in accordance with the 1933 Act Regulations all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses that were not required to be filed pursuant to the 1933 Act Regulations.

The first sentence of this Section 1(a)(iii) shall not apply to the Underwriter Information.

(iv) Due Registration of the Securities . The sale of the Securities has been duly registered under the 1933 Act pursuant to the Registration Statement. The Registration Statement has become effective under the 1933 Act.

(v) Not Ineligible Issuer. (A) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (B) at the earliest time thereafter that the Transaction Entities or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the 1933 Act Regulations) of the Securities, (C) at the date of this Agreement and (D) at the Applicable Time, neither of the Transaction Entities was or is an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405, without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that either of the Transaction Entities be considered an ineligible issuer.

(vi) Independent Accountants. The accountants who certified the financial statements and supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are, or were at the time of any such certification, independent public accountants with respect to each of the Transaction Entities as required by the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act, the 1934 Act Regulations and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

(vii) Financial Statements; Non-GAAP Financial Measures. The financial statements together with the related schedules and notes thereto of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, including the Operating Partnership, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the 1933 Act and the 1934 Act, as applicable, and present fairly the financial position of the entities purported to be shown thereby (including the Company and the Operating Partnership and their consolidated subsidiaries) as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles as applied in the U.S. (“ GAAP ”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, and the supporting schedules included in the Registration Statement present fairly the information required to be stated therein; and the selected financial data and the summary financial information included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus have been derived from the accounting records of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, including the Operating Partnership, and present fairly the information shown therein and have been compiled on a basis consistent with that of the audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement. Except as included or incorporated by reference therein, no historical or pro forma financial statements or supporting schedules are required to be included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations or the 1934 Act. All disclosures contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus regarding “non-GAAP financial measures” (as such term is defined by the rules and regulations of the Commission) comply in all material respects with Regulation G of the 1934 Act and Item 10 of Regulation S-K of the 1933 Act Regulations, to the extent applicable. The ratio of earnings to fixed charges (actual and, if any, pro forma) included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the caption “Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges” have been calculated in compliance with Item 503(d) of Regulation S-K of the 1933 Act Regulations.

(viii) No Material Adverse Change in Business. Except as otherwise stated in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, (A) there has been no material adverse change in or affecting the properties or assets described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus owned by the Transaction Entities or their subsidiaries (collectively, the “ Properties ”) considered as a whole or in the business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, stockholders’ or partners’ equity, as applicable, earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Transaction Entities and their respective direct and indirect subsidiaries (each a “ Subsidiary ” and collectively the “ Subsidiaries ”) as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a “ Material Adverse Effect ”), (B) there have been no transactions entered into by the Transaction Entities or the Subsidiaries, other than those in the ordinary course of business, which are material with respect to the Transaction Entities and the Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, (C) there has been no liability or obligation, direct or contingent (including off-balance sheet obligations), which is material to the Transaction Entities and the Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, incurred by the Transaction Entities or any of the Subsidiaries, except obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and (D) there has been no distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Transaction Entities on any class of capital stock, units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership (“ OP Units ”) or other form of ownership interests in the Transaction Entities.

(ix) Good Standing of the Operating Partnership. The Operating Partnership has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited partnership in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, has all limited partnership power and limited partnership authority to own, lease and operate its properties, conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the DTC Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities, and is duly qualified as a foreign limited partnership to transact business and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure so to qualify or to be in good standing would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership. The Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership, as amended and in effect on the date hereof (the “ Operating Partnership Agreement ”), filed or incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, is in full force and effect.

(x) Good Standing of the Company. The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland and has all corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its Properties and to conduct its business as described in each of the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture and the Guarantee; and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing (where such concept is recognized) under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which such qualification is required whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except where the failure to so qualify or be in good standing does not have, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

(xi) Good Standing of the Subsidiaries. Except as set forth on Schedule 1(a)(xi), none of the Subsidiaries meets the definition of a “significant subsidiary” (as such term is defined in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X). The only Subsidiaries are the subsidiaries listed on either Schedule 1(a)(xi) or Exhibit 21.1 to the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K or both. Each of the significant subsidiaries set forth on Schedule 1(a)(xi) (the “ Significant Subsidiaries ”) has been duly organized and is validly existing in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as described in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns, leases or operates properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification, except where the failure to so qualify or be in good standing does not have, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; all of the issued shares of capital stock or other ownership interests of each Significant Subsidiary have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned, directly or through other Subsidiaries of the Company, by the Company, free and clear of any pledge, lien, encumbrance, or claim.

(xii) Capitalization. The Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus accurately describe the aggregate percentage interests in the Operating Partnership held by the Company and any limited partners. The outstanding OP Units of the Operating Partnership have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; none of the outstanding OP Units of the Operating Partnership was issued in violation of the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Operating Partnership. The Company owns all of its outstanding partnership interests in the Operating Partnership free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equity, except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(xiii) Authorization and Description of Notes. The Notes have been duly authorized for issuance and sale by the Operating Partnership through the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement and, when duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered against payment therefor as provided herein and in the Indenture, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding, and shall constitute a valid and binding obligation of the Operating Partnership, as applicable, entitled to the benefits provided in the Indenture, and enforceable against the Operating Partnership, as applicable, in accordance with its terms. The Operating Partnership has the requisite partnership power and authority to enter into this Agreement, to issue the Notes, and to enter into the Indenture and to perform its obligations contemplated hereby and thereby. The issuance of the Notes is not subject to the preemptive or other similar rights of any securityholder of the Operating Partnership. The Notes conform in all material respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and such descriptions, including, without limitation, the statements set forth in the General Disclosure Package under the captions “Description of Debt Securities and Related Guarantees” and “Description of the Notes and Guarantee” are accurate, complete and conform in all material respects to the rights set forth in the instruments defining the same. No holder of Notes will be subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder. Any certificates to be used to evidence the Notes will, at the Closing Time, be in due and proper form and will comply in all material respects with all applicable legal requirements, and the requirements of the Operating Partnership Agreement and the requirements of the NASDAQ Global Market (“ NASDAQ ”).

(xiv) Authorization and Description of Guarantee . The Guarantee has been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by each of the parties thereto, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and general equitable principles relating to the availability of remedies. The Guarantee conforms in all material respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and such descriptions, including, without limitation, the statements set forth in the General Disclosure Package under the caption “Description of the Notes and Guarantee” are accurate, complete and conform in all material respects to the rights set forth in the instruments defining the same.

(xv) Authorization and Description of Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the Transaction Entities and, when duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by the other parties thereto, constitutes, as the case may be, a valid and binding agreement of each of the Transaction Entities, enforceable against each of the Transaction Entities in accordance with its terms. This Agreement conforms in all material respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and such description conforms in all material respects to the terms set forth in this Agreement.

(xvi) Authorization and Description of Indenture. The Indenture has been duly authorized by each of the Transaction Entities and, at the Closing Time, will be duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and, when duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by each of the parties thereto, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of each of the Transaction Entities, enforceable against each of the Transaction Entities in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and general equitable principles relating to the availability of remedies. The Indenture conforms, in all material respects, to the statements and descriptions relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and such description conforms in all material respects to the terms set forth in the Indenture.

(xvii) Authorization of Partnership Agreements. The Operating Partnership Agreement and the partnership agreement, limited liability company operating agreement, and each other similar organizational document of each of the Subsidiaries have been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto and are valid and binding agreements of the parties thereto, enforceable against such parties in accordance with their terms. The Operating Partnership Agreement conforms in all material respects to all statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and such description conforms in all material respects to the terms set forth in the Operating Partnership Agreement.

(xviii) Authorization of DTC Agreement. The DTC Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Operating Partnership and is a valid and binding obligation of the Operating Partnership, enforceable against the Operating Partnership in accordance with its terms, except as the enforcement thereof may be subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws relating to enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and general equitable principles relating to the availability of remedies.

(xix) Registration Rights. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and other than pursuant to the terms of the Operating Partnership Agreement, no person has the right to require either of the Transaction Entities or any of the Subsidiaries to register any securities of either of the Transaction Entities for sale under the 1933 Act by reason of the filing of the Registration Statement with the Commission or the issuance and sale of the Securities.

(xx) Absence of Violations, Defaults and Conflicts. None of the Transaction Entities or any of the Subsidiaries are (A) in violation of its articles of incorporation or charter (including with respect to the Company, any Articles Supplementary), as applicable, bylaws, certificate of limited partnership, certificate of formation, agreement of limited partnership (including with respect to the Operating Partnership, the Operating Partnership Agreement) or other organizational document, as applicable, (B) in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contract,

indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan or credit agreement, note, lease, hotel management agreement, franchise agreement or other agreement or instrument to which either of the Transaction Entities or any of the Subsidiaries are a party or by which it or any of them may be bound or to which any of the Properties or any other properties or assets of the Transaction Entities or any of the Subsidiaries is subject (collectively, “ Agreements and Instruments ”), except for such defaults that would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (C) in violation of any law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any arbitrator, court, governmental body, regulatory body, administrative agency or other authority, body or agency having jurisdiction over the Transaction Entities or any of the Subsidiaries or the Properties or any of their respective other properties, assets or operations (each, a “ Governmental Entity ”), except for such violations that would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxi) Issuance and Execution. The issuance and sale of the Securities, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Transaction Entities, the execution, delivery and performance of the Indenture by the Transaction Entities, the execution, delivery and performance of the DTC Agreement by the Operating Partnership, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (including, without limitation, the application of the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described under the heading “Use of Proceeds” as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus) and compliance by each of the Transaction Entities, as applicable, with its obligations hereunder and thereunder have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or limited partnership action, as applicable, and, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default or Repayment Event (as defined below) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon the Properties or any of their respective subsidiaries pursuant to, the Agreements and Instruments (except for such conflicts, breaches, defaults or Repayment Events or liens, charges or encumbrances that would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect), nor will such action result in any violation of (i) the provisions of the articles of incorporation, charter, bylaws, certificate of limited partnership, agreement of limited partnership or other organizational document, as applicable, of either of the Transaction Entities or any of the Subsidiaries or (ii) any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any Governmental Entity, except in the case of clause (ii) only, for any such violation that would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. As used herein, a “ Repayment Event ” means any event or condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by either of the Transaction Entities or any of the Subsidiaries.

(xxii) Absence of Event of Default. No event has occurred and is continuing that, had the Securities been issued, would (whether or not with the giving of notice and/or the passage of time and/or the fulfillment of any other requirement) constitute an Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) under the Indenture.

(xxiii) Absence of Labor Dispute. No labor dispute with the employees of either of the Transaction Entities or any of the Subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Transaction Entities, is imminent, which, in any such case, would, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxiv) Absence of Proceedings. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation pending, or, to the knowledge of the Transaction Entities, threatened, against or affecting the Transaction Entities or any of the Subsidiaries, which is required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus (other than as disclosed therein), or which would, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, or which would materially and adversely affect the property or assets of the Transaction Entities and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, the Indenture, including the Guarantee, or the DTC Agreement, or the performance by the Transaction Entities of their obligations hereunder or thereunder. The aggregate of all pending legal or governmental proceedings to which the Transaction Entities or any of the Subsidiaries are a party or of which any of the Properties or assets is the subject which are not described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, including ordinary routine litigation incidental to the business, would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxv) Absence of other Violations. None of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, the application of the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described under the heading “Use of Proceeds” as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus) will violate or result in a violation of Section 7 of the 1934 Act, or any regulation promulgated thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulations T, U and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

(xxvi) Accuracy of Exhibits. There are no contracts or other documents that are required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement that have not been so described, filed or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as required.

(xxvii) Absence of Further Requirements. No filing with, or authorization, approval, consent, license, order, registration, qualification or decree of, any Governmental Entity is necessary or required for the performance by either of the Transaction Entities of its obligations hereunder or under the Indenture, or in connection with the offering, issuance or sale of the Securities hereunder, the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the application of the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities as described under the heading “Use of Proceeds” as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except such as have been already obtained or as may be required under the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the Trust Indenture Act, the Trust Indenture Rules, the rules of NASDAQ, the securities laws or real estate syndication laws of any applicable U.S. state or jurisdiction or the rules of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“ FINRA ”), will be made at or prior to the Closing Time.

(xxviii) Possession of Licenses and Permits. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Transaction Entities and the Subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations (collectively, “ Governmental Licenses ”) issued by the appropriate Governmental Entities necessary to conduct the business now operated by them, except where the failure so to possess would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Transaction Entities and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to comply would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. All of the Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect, except when the invalidity of such Governmental Licenses or the failure of such Governmental Licenses to be in full force and effect would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Transaction Entities nor any of the Subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any such Governmental Licenses which, singly or in the aggregate, if the subject of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxix) Title to Property. (A) The Transaction Entities, any of the Subsidiaries or any joint venture in which the Transaction Entities or any of the Subsidiaries owns an interest (each such joint venture being referred to as a “ Related Entity ”), as the case may be, have good and marketable fee or leasehold title to the Properties, in each case, free and clear of all mortgages, pledges, liens, security interests, claims, restrictions or encumbrances of any kind, other than those that (1) are described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or (2) do not, singly or in the aggregate, materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Transaction Entities, any of the Subsidiaries or any Related Entity, (B) except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither the Transaction Entities, any of the Subsidiaries or any Related Entity owns any real property other than the Properties, (C) each of the ground leases, subleases and sub-subleases relating to a Property, if any, material to the business of the Transaction Entities and the Subsidiaries, considered as one enterprise, are in full force and effect, with such exceptions as do not materially interfere with the use made or proposed to be made of such Property by the Transaction Entities nor any of the Subsidiaries or any Related Entity, and (1) no default or event of default has occurred under any ground lease, sublease or sub-sublease with respect to such Property and none of the Transaction Entities, any of the Subsidiaries or any Related Entity has received any notice of any event which, whether with or without the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default under such ground lease, sublease or sub-sublease and (2) none of the Transaction Entities, any of the Subsidiaries or any Related Entity has received any notice of any material claim of any sort that has been asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Transaction Entities, any of the Subsidiaries or any Related Entity under any of the ground leases, subleases or sub-subleases mentioned above, or affecting or questioning the rights of the

Transaction Entities, any of the Subsidiaries or any Related Entity to the continued possession of the leased, subleased or sub-subleased premises under any such ground lease, sublease or sub-sublease, (D) all liens, charges, encumbrances, claims or restrictions on any of the Properties and the assets of the Transaction Entities, any of the Subsidiaries or any Related Entity that are required to be disclosed in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus are disclosed therein, (E) no tenant under any of the leases at the Properties has a right of first refusal or an option to purchase the premises demised under such lease, (F) each of the Properties complies with all applicable codes, laws and regulations (including, without limitation, building and zoning codes, laws and regulations and laws relating to access to the Properties), except if and to the extent disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus and except for such failures to comply that would not, singly or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (G) the mortgages and deeds of trust that encumber certain of the Properties are not convertible into equity securities of the entity owning such Property and said mortgages and deeds of trust are not cross-defaulted or cross-collateralized with any property other than certain other Properties and (H) none of the Transaction Entities, any of the Subsidiaries or any Related Entity or, to the knowledge of either of the Transaction Entities, any lessee of any of the Properties is in default under any of the leases governing the Properties and none of the Transaction Entities, any of the Subsidiaries or any Related Entity knows of any event which, whether with or without the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default under any of such leases, except such defaults that would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxx) Joint Venture Agreements. Each of the partnership agreements, limited liability company agreements or other joint venture agreements to which either of the Transaction Entities or any of the Subsidiaries is a party, if any, and which relates to one or more of the Properties, has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Transaction Entities or the Subsidiaries, as applicable, and constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement thereof, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except, in each case, to the extent that enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights or remedies generally or by general equitable principles, and, with respect to equitable relief, the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity), and with respect to any indemnification provisions contained therein, except as rights under those provisions may be limited by applicable law or policies underlying such law.

(xxxi) Possession of Intellectual Property. The Transaction Entities and the Subsidiaries own or possess, or can acquire on reasonable terms, adequate patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names or other intellectual property (collectively, “ Intellectual Property ”) reasonably necessary, if any, to conduct the business now operated by them, and neither the Transaction Entities nor any of the Subsidiaries has received any notice or is otherwise aware of any infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property or of any facts or circumstances which would render any Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interest of the Transaction Entities or any of the Subsidiaries therein, and which infringement or conflict (if the subject of any unfavorable decision, ruling or finding) or invalidity or inadequacy, singly or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxxii) Environmental Laws. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus and except as would not, singly or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (A) none of the Transaction Entities, any of the Subsidiaries, any Related Entity nor any of the Properties is in violation of any Environmental Laws (as defined below), (B) the Transaction Entities, the Subsidiaries, the Related Entities and the Properties have all permits, authorizations and approvals required under any applicable Environmental Laws and are each in compliance with their requirements, (C) there are no now pending or threatened administrative, regulatory or judicial actions, suits, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance or violation, investigation or proceedings relating to any Environmental Law or Hazardous Material (as defined below) against the Transaction Entities, any of the Subsidiaries or any Related Entity or otherwise with regard to the Properties, (D) there are no events or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to form the basis of an order for clean-up or remediation, or an action, suit or proceeding by any private party or governmental body or agency, against or affecting the Properties, the Transaction Entities, any of the Subsidiaries or any Related Entity relating to

Hazardous Materials or any Environmental Laws and (E) none of the Properties is included or proposed for inclusion on the National Priorities List issued pursuant to CERCLA (as defined below) by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or on any similar list or inventory issued by any other federal, state or local governmental authority having or claiming jurisdiction over such properties pursuant to any other Environmental Laws. As used herein, “ Hazardous Material ” shall mean any flammable explosives, radioactive materials, chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, wastes, hazardous wastes, toxic substances, mold, and any hazardous material as defined by or regulated under any Environmental Law, including, without limitation, petroleum or petroleum products, and asbestos-containing materials. As used herein, “ Environmental Law ” shall mean any applicable foreign, federal, state or local law (including statute or common law), ordinance, rule, regulation or judicial or administrative order, consent decree or judgment relating to the protection of human health, the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata) or wildlife, including, without limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 9601-9675 (“ CERCLA ”), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended, 49 U.S.C. Secs. 5101-5127, the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 6901-6992k, the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 11001-11050, the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. Secs. 2601-2692, the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. Secs. 136-136y, the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 7401-7671q, the Clean Water Act (Federal Water Pollution Control Act), 33 U.S.C. Secs. 1251-1387, and the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. Secs. 300f-300j-26, as any of the above statutes may be amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated pursuant to any of the foregoing.

(xxxiii) Utilities and Access. To the knowledge of each of the Transaction Entities, water, stormwater, sanitary sewer, electricity and telephone service are all available at the property lines of each Property over duly dedicated streets or perpetual easements of record benefiting the applicable Property. To the knowledge of each of the Transaction Entities, each of the Properties has legal access to public roads and all other roads necessary for the use of each of the Properties.

(xxxiv) No Condemnation. Neither of the Transaction Entities has any knowledge of any pending or threatened condemnation proceedings, zoning change or other proceeding or action that will materially affect the use or value of any of the Properties.

(xxxv) Accounting Controls and Disclosure Controls. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein, each of the Transaction Entities and the Subsidiaries (i) have taken all necessary actions to ensure that the Transaction Entities and the Subsidiaries maintain effective internal control over financial reporting (as defined under Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 of the 1934 Act Regulations) and (ii) currently maintain a system of internal accounting controls (or operate under the Company’s system of internal accounting controls) sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that: (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets, (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, since the end of the Company’s most recent audited fiscal year, there has been (1) no material weakness in either Transaction Entity’s internal control over financial reporting (whether or not remediated) and (2) no change in either Transaction Entity’s internal control over financial reporting that has adversely affected, or is reasonably likely to adversely affect, either Transaction Entity’s internal control over financial reporting. The auditors of the Company and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company have been advised of: (i) all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting that have adversely affected, or are reasonably likely to adversely affect, the ability of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries to record, process, summarize and report financial information and (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the internal control over financial reporting of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries. The Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries have established a system of disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 of the 1934 Act Regulations) that are designed to ensure that information

required to be disclosed by each of the Company and the Operating Partnership in the reports that it files or submits under the 1934 Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its principal executive officer or officers and principal financial officer or officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.

(xxxvi) Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules of NASDAQ . Each of the Transaction Entities and, to the knowledge of each of the Transaction Entities, each of the Transaction Entities’ directors and officers, in their capacities as such, has been and is in compliance in all material respects with the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder or implementing the provisions thereof (the “ Sarbanes-Oxley Act ”), and the Company is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable rules and regulations of NASDAQ.

(xxxvii) Real Estate Investment Trust. Commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 2004, the Company has been organized and has operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a real estate investment trust (“ REIT ”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”) and continuing through its taxable year ended December 31, 2017, and the Company’s proposed method of operation will enable it to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code for its taxable year ending December 31, 2018 and thereafter. All statements regarding the Company’s qualification and taxation as a REIT and descriptions of the Company’s organization and proposed method of operation (inasmuch as they relate to the Company’s qualification and taxation as a REIT) set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus are accurate and fair summaries of the legal or tax matters described therein in all material respects.

(xxxviii) Payment of Taxes. All United States federal income tax returns of the Transaction Entities and the Subsidiaries required by law to be filed have been filed, and all taxes shown by such returns or otherwise assessed, which are due and payable, have been paid, except assessments against which appeals have been or will be promptly taken and as to which adequate reserves have been provided. The Transaction Entities and the Subsidiaries have filed all other tax returns that are required to have been filed by them pursuant to applicable foreign, state, local or other law except insofar as the failure to file such returns would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect, and all taxes shown by such returns or otherwise assessed, which are due and payable, have been paid, except assessments against which appeals have been or will be promptly taken and as to which adequate reserves have been provided. The charges, accruals and reserves on the books of the Transaction Entities and the Subsidiaries in respect of any tax liability for any years not finally determined are adequate to meet any assessments or re-assessments for additional tax for any years not finally determined, except to the extent of any inadequacy that would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xxxix) ERISA. The Transaction Entities are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (“ ERISA ”). To the knowledge of the Transaction Entities, no portion of the assets of the Transaction Entities constitutes “plan assets” of an employee benefit plan as defined in and subject to Title I of ERISA or a plan as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code. No “reportable event” (as defined in ERISA) has occurred with respect to any “pension plan” (as defined in ERISA) for which the Transaction Entities would have any liability. The Transaction Entities have not incurred nor expect to incur liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any “pension plan” or (ii) Sections 412, 403, 431, 432 or 4971 of the Code. Each “pension plan” for which the Transaction Entities would have any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified in all material respects and nothing has occurred thereunder, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(xl) Business Insurance. Each of the Transaction Entities and the Subsidiaries carries or is entitled to the benefits of insurance, with financially sound and reputable insurers, in such amounts and covering such risks as is generally maintained by companies of established repute engaged in the same or similar business, and all such insurance is in full force and effect. Neither of the Transaction Entities has reason to believe that it or any of the Subsidiaries will not be able to (A) renew, if desired, its existing insurance coverage as and when such policies expire or (B) obtain comparable coverage from similar institutions as may be necessary or appropriate to conduct its business as now conducted and at a cost that would not, singly or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Transaction Entities or any of the Subsidiaries has been denied any insurance coverage which it has sought or for which it has applied.

(xli) Title Insurance. The Transaction Entities and the Subsidiaries and each Related Entity carry or are entitled to the benefits of title insurance on the fee interests and/or leasehold interests (in the case of a ground lease interest) with respect to each Property with financially sound and reputable insurers, in an amount not less than such entity’s cost for the real property comprising such Property, insuring that such party is vested with good and insurable fee or leasehold title, as the case may be, to each such Property.

(xlii) Investment Company Act. Neither of the Transaction Entities is required and, after giving effect to the offering, the issuance and sale of the Securities as contemplated herein or in the Indenture, the receipt of payment for the Securities and the application of such net proceeds as described in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither will be required, to register as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “ 1940 Act ”).

(xliii) Absence of Manipulation. Neither of the Transaction Entities nor any of the Subsidiaries or other affiliates has taken or will take, directly or indirectly, any action which is designed, or would reasonably be expected, to cause or result in, or which constitutes, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Operating Partnership to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

(xliv) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Neither the Transaction Entities nor any of the Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of either of the Transaction Entities, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of either of the Transaction Entities or any of the Subsidiaries, is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “ FCPA ”), including, without limitation, making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA. Each of the Transaction Entities and the Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Transaction Entities, their affiliates has conducted its businesses in compliance with the FCPA and has instituted and maintains policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

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

(xlvi) OFAC. None of the Transaction Entities, any of the Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Transaction Entities, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of either of the Transaction Entities or any of the Subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“ OFAC ”). The Operating Partnership will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the sale of the Securities, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any of the Subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other persons, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

(xlvii) Statistical and Market-Related Data. Any statistical and market-related data (if any) included in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Transaction Entities believe to be reliable and accurate in all material respects and, to the extent required, the Transaction Entities have obtained the written consent to the use of such data from such sources.

(xlviii) Application for Listing . An application to list the Notes on NASDAQ has been filed with NASDAQ.

(xlix) Distributions. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, neither of the Transaction Entities nor any Subsidiary is prohibited, directly or indirectly, from making any distributions to the Company, from making any other distribution on any of its equity interests or from repaying any loans or advances made by the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of the Subsidiaries.

(l) Finder’s Fees. Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Transaction Entities have not incurred any liability for any finder’s fees or similar payments in connection with the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, except as may otherwise exist with respect to the Underwriters pursuant to this Agreement.

(li) Certain Relationships. No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among either of the Transaction Entities or any Subsidiary, on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, partners, customers or suppliers of either of the Transaction Entities or any Subsidiary, on the other hand, which is required to be described in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus which is not so described.

(lii) Off-Balance Sheet Transactions. Except as described in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, there are no material off-balance sheet arrangements (as defined in Item 303 of Regulation S-K) that may reasonably be expected to have a material current or future effect on either of the Transaction Entities’ financial condition, changes in financial condition, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures, capital resources or significant components of revenues or expenses.

(liii) Forward-Looking Statements. The information contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that constitutes “forward-looking” information within the meaning of Section 27A of the 1933 Act and Section 21E of the 1934 Act were made by the Transaction Entities on a reasonable basis and reflect the Transaction Entities’ good faith belief or estimate of the matters described therein.

(liv) No Other Materials. Neither of the Transaction Entities has distributed and, prior to the later to occur of (i) the Applicable Time and (ii) completion of the distribution of the Securities, will not distribute any prospectus (as such term is defined in the 1933 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder) in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities other than the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or other materials, if any, permitted by the 1933 Act or 1933 Act Regulations and approved by the Representative.

(lv) Reportable Transactions. Neither the Transaction Entities nor any of the Subsidiaries has participated in any reportable transaction, as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(1).

(lvi) No Ratings. No securities issued by or loans to the Transaction Entities or any of the Subsidiaries are rated by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g) under the 1933 Act).

(lvii) Use of Proceeds. The Operating Partnership intends to apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities substantially in accordance with the description set forth in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading “Use of Proceeds.”

(b) Officer’s Certificates . Any certificate signed by any officer or other representative of either the Operating Partnership or the Company delivered to the Representative or to counsel for the Underwriters shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Operating Partnership or the Company, as applicable, to each Underwriter as to the matters covered thereby.

SECTION 2. Sale and Delivery to Underwriters; Closing .

(a) Initial Securities . On the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Operating Partnership agrees to sell to each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to purchase from the Operating Partnership, the respective principal amounts of Notes set forth in Schedule I hereto opposite its name at a purchase price of 96.00% of the principal amount of the Notes (the “ Purchase Price ”), plus any additional aggregate principal amount of Securities which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 hereof.

(b) Option Securities . In addition, on the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Operating Partnership hereby grants an option to the Underwriters, severally and not jointly, to purchase up to an additional $3,750,000 aggregate principal amount of Option Securities at the Purchase Price (without giving effect to any accrued interest from the Closing Date to the relevant Date of Delivery, as those terms are defined herein). Said option may be exercised in whole or in part at any time and from time to time on or before the 30th day after the date of this Agreement upon written notice by the Representative to the Operating Partnership setting forth the amount of Option Securities as to which the several Underwriters are exercising the option and the settlement time and date. The amount of Option Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter shall be the same percentage of the total amount of Option Securities to be purchased by the several Underwriters as such Underwriter is purchasing of the Initial Securities, plus any additional amount of Option Securities which such Underwriter may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 10 hereof, subject to such adjustments as the Representative in its sole and absolute discretion shall make to eliminate any amounts. Any such time and date of delivery (a “ Date of Delivery ”) shall be determined by the Underwriter, but shall not be later than seven full business days after the exercise of said option, nor in any event prior to the Closing Time.

(c) Payment . The Notes to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder will be represented by one or more definitive global Securities in book-entry form which will be deposited by or on behalf of the Operating Partnership with DTC or its designated custodian. The Operating Partnership will deliver the Securities to the Representative, for the account of each Underwriter, against payment by or on behalf of such Underwriter of the purchase price therefor by wire transfer of Federal (same day) funds to the account specified by the Operating Partnership to the Representative at least forty-eight hours in advance, by causing DTC to credit the Securities to the account of the Representative at DTC. The Operating Partnership will cause the certificates representing the Securities to be made available to the Representative for checking at least twenty-four hours prior to the Closing Time at the offices of Baker & McKenzie LLP, 815 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006 (the “ Closing Location ”), or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Operating Partnership, at 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the second (third, if the pricing occurs after 4:30 P.M. (New York City time) on any given day) business day after the date hereof (unless postponed in accordance with the provisions of Section 10 hereof), or such other time not later than ten business days after such date as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Operating Partnership (such time and date of payment and delivery being hereinafter called the “ Closing Time ”).

In addition, in the event that any or all of the Option Securities are purchased by the Underwriters, payment of the purchase price for, and delivery of certificates for or book-entry credits representing, such Option Securities shall be made in the manner described above at the Closing Location, or at such other place as shall be agreed upon by the Representative and the Operating Partnership, on each Date of Delivery as specified in the notice from the Representative to the Operating Partnership.

It is understood that each Underwriter has authorized the Representative, for its account, to accept delivery of, receipt for, and make payment of the purchase price for, the Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, which it has agreed to purchase. The Representative, individually and not as a representative of the Underwriters, may (but shall not be obligated to) make payment of the purchase price for the Initial Securities or the Option Securities, if any, to be purchased by any Underwriter whose funds have not been received by the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, but such payment shall not relieve such Underwriter from its obligations hereunder.

(d) Denominations; Registration . The Initial Securities and the Option Securities, if any, shall be transferred electronically at the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be, in such denominations and registered in such names as the Representative may request in writing at least one full business day before the Closing Time or the relevant Date of Delivery, as the case may be.

SECTION 3. Covenants of the Transaction Entities .

(a) Each of the Transaction Entities covenants, jointly and severally, with each Underwriter as follows:

(i) Compliance with Securities Regulations and Commission Requests . The Transaction Entities, subject to Section 3(a)(iii) hereof, will comply with the requirements of Rule 430B, and will notify the Representative promptly, and confirm the notice in writing, (i) when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement shall become effective or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus shall have been filed, (ii) of the receipt of any comments from the Commission, (iii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment to the Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus, including any document incorporated by reference therein, or for additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto or the receipt by the Transaction Entities of any notice of objection to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the 1933 Act Regulations or the issuance of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus, or of the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of the initiation or threatening of any proceedings for any of such purposes or of any examination pursuant to Section 8(e) of the 1933 Act concerning the Registration Statement and (v) if either of the Transaction Entities becomes the subject of a proceeding under Section 8A of the 1933 Act in connection with the offering of the Securities. The Transaction Entities will effect all filings required under Rule 424(b), in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b) (without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8)), and will take such steps as it deems necessary to ascertain promptly whether the form of prospectus transmitted for filing under Rule 424(b) was received for filing by the Commission and, in the event that it was not, it will promptly file such prospectus. The Transaction Entities will make reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop, prevention or suspension order and, if any such order is issued, to obtain the lifting thereof at the earliest possible moment. The Operating Partnership has paid or shall pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) under the 1933 Act Regulations without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the 1933 Act Regulations (including, if applicable, by updating the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in accordance with Rule 456(b)(1)(ii) either in a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or on the cover page of a prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)).

(ii) Preparation of Final Term Sheet. The Transaction Entities will prepare a final term sheet (the “ Final Term Sheet ”) reflecting the final terms of the Securities, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative and substantially in the form of Schedule II hereto, and shall file such Final Term Sheet as an “issuer free writing prospectus” pursuant to Rule 433; provided , that the Transaction Entities shall furnish the Representative with copies of any such Final Term Sheet a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing and will not use or file any such document to which the Representative or counsel to the Underwriters shall reasonably object. Any such Final Term Sheet is an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus (defined below) for purposes of this Agreement.

(iii) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws . The Transaction Entities will comply with the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations so as to permit the completion of the distribution of the Securities as contemplated in this Agreement and in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. If at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172 of the 1933 Act Regulations (“ Rule 172 ”), would be) required by the 1933 Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Securities, any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which it is necessary, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters or for the Transaction Entities, to (i) amend the Registration Statement in order that the Registration Statement will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus in order that the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a

purchaser or (iii) amend the Registration Statement or amend or supplement the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be, including the documents incorporated by reference therein, in order to comply with the requirements of the 1933 Act, the 1933 Act Regulations, the 1934 Act, the 1934 Act Regulations, the Indenture Act or the Indenture Act Rules, the Transaction Entities will promptly (A) give the Representative notice of such event, (B) prepare, as applicable, any amendment or supplement as may be necessary to correct such statement or omission or to make the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus comply with such requirements and furnish the Representative with copies of any such amendment or supplement a reasonable amount of time prior to its proposed filing or use and (C) file with the Commission any such amendment or supplement; provided , however , that the Transaction Entities shall not file or use any such amendment or supplement to which the Representative or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object. The Transaction Entities will furnish to the Underwriters such number of copies of such amendment or supplement as the Underwriters may reasonably request. The Transaction Entities will give the Representative notice of their intention to make any filings pursuant to the 1934 Act or the 1934 Act Regulations from the Applicable Time to the Closing Time and will furnish the Representative with copies of any such documents a reasonable amount of time prior to such proposed filing, as the case may be, and will not file or use any such document to which the Representative or counsel for the Underwriters shall reasonably object.

(iv) Delivery of Registration Statements . The Transaction Entities have furnished or will deliver to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (including exhibits filed therewith or incorporated by reference therein and documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein) and signed copies of all consents and certificates of experts, and will also deliver, upon request, to the Representative, without charge, a conformed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto (without exhibits) for each of the Underwriters. The copies of the Registration Statement and each amendment thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be substantially identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

(v) Delivery of Prospectuses . The Transaction Entities have delivered to each Underwriter, without charge, as many copies of each preliminary prospectus as such Underwriter reasonably requested, and the Transaction Entities hereby consent to the use of such copies for purposes permitted by the 1933 Act. The Transaction Entities will furnish to each Underwriter, without charge, during the period when a prospectus relating to the Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172, would be) required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, such number of copies of the Prospectus (as amended or supplemented) as such Underwriter may reasonably request. The Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto furnished to the Underwriters will be identical to the electronically transmitted copies thereof filed with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR, except to the extent permitted by Regulation S-T.

(vi) Blue Sky Qualifications . Each of the Transaction Entities will use its reasonable best efforts, in cooperation with the Underwriters, to qualify the Securities for offering and sale under the applicable securities laws of such states and other U.S. jurisdictions as the Representative may designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required to complete the distribution of the Securities; provided , however , that the Transaction Entities shall not be obligated (i) to file any general consent to service of process, (ii) to qualify as a foreign partnership, corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified or (iii) to subject itself to taxation in respect of doing business in any jurisdiction in which it is not otherwise so subject.

(vii) Rule 158 . The Transaction Entities will timely file such reports pursuant to the 1934 Act as are necessary in order to make generally available to their securityholders as soon as practicable an earnings statement for the purposes of, and to provide to the Underwriters the benefits contemplated by, the last paragraph of Section 11(a) of the 1933 Act.

(viii) Use of Proceeds . The Operating Partnership will use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities in the manner specified in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under “Use of Proceeds.”

(ix) Listing . At the Closing Time, the Operating Partnership shall have submitted an application to have the Notes listed on NASDAQ, and the Operating Partnership shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to list the Notes on NASDAQ and to maintain such listing.

(x) Reporting Requirements . The Transaction Entities, during the period when a prospectus relating to the Securities is (or, but for the exception afforded by Rule 172, would be) required to be delivered under the 1933 Act, will file all documents required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to the 1934 Act within the time periods required by the 1934 Act and the 1934 Act Regulations. Additionally, the Transaction Entities shall report the use of proceeds from the issuance of the Securities as may be required under Rule 463 under the 1933 Act.

(xi) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses . The Transaction Entities agree that, unless it obtains the prior written consent of the Representative, it will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” or a portion thereof, required to be filed by the Operating Partnership with the Commission or retained by the Transaction Entities under Rule 433; provided , that the Representative will be deemed to have consented to the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses listed on Schedule III hereto and any “road show that is a written communication” within the meaning of Rule 433(d)(8)(i) that has been reviewed and approved by the Representative. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representative is hereinafter referred to as a “ Permitted Free Writing Prospectus .” The Transaction Entities represent that they have treated or agree that they will treat each such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and that they have complied and will comply with the applicable requirements of Rule 433 with respect thereto, including timely filing with the Commission where required, legending and record keeping. If at any time following the issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any preliminary prospectus, or included or would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing at that subsequent time, not misleading, the Transaction Entities will promptly notify the Representative and will promptly amend or supplement, at their own expense, such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission; provided , that, this sentence shall not apply to any statements in or omissions from any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.

(xii) Absence of Manipulation . Except as contemplated in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Transaction Entities will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Notes to facilitate the sale or resale of the Notes.

(xiii) Clear Market . During the period from the date hereof through and including the Closing Date, the Transaction Entities will not, without the prior written consent of the Representative, offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of any debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Transaction Entities and having a tenor of more than one year.

(b) The Company covenants with each Underwriter as follows:

(i) REIT Qualification . The Company will use its best efforts to maintain its qualification and election as a REIT for its taxable year ending December 31, 2018 and the Company will use its best efforts to continue to meet the requirements to qualify as a REIT under the Code until the Board of Directors of the Company determines that it is no longer in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders to qualify as a REIT.

(ii) Absence of Manipulation . Except as contemplated in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the Transaction Entities will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities.

(iii) Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act . The Company will comply in all material respects with all applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act that are in effect.

SECTION 4. Payment of Expenses .

(a) Expenses . Each of the Transaction Entities, jointly and severally, agrees to pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including (i) the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto) as originally filed and of each amendment thereto, (ii) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of this Agreement, (iii) the preparation, issuance and delivery of the Guarantee or the certificates for the Notes to the Underwriters, including any share or other transfer taxes and any stamp or other duties payable upon the sale, issuance or delivery of the Securities to the Underwriters, (iv) the fees and disbursements of counsel to the Transaction Entities, accountants and other advisors, (v) the qualification of the Securities under securities laws in accordance with the provisions of Section 3(a)(vi) hereof, including filing fees and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such qualification, (vi) the preparation, printing and delivery to the Underwriters of copies of each preliminary prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, the Indenture, closing documents and any costs associated with electronic delivery of any of the foregoing by the Underwriters to investors, (vii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any paying agent (including related fees and disbursements of any counsel to such parties) in connection with the Indenture and the Securities, (viii) the costs and expenses of the Transaction Entities relating to investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the Securities, including without limitation, expenses associated with the production of road show slides and graphics, fees and expenses of any consultants engaged in connection with the road show presentations, travel and lodging expenses of the officers and other representatives of the Transaction Entities and any such consultants, and one-half of the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road show, (ix) the filing fees incident to the review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the Securities, (x) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Notes on NASDAQ, (xi) the costs and expenses (including, without limitation, any damages or other amounts payable in connection with legal or contractual liability) associated with the reforming of any contracts for sale of the Securities made by the Underwriters caused by a breach of the representation contained in the third sentence of Section 1(a)(ii) hereof, and (xii) all out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Underwriters, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Securities, provided , however , that in no event shall the Transaction Entities be responsible for reimbursing the Underwriters for out-of-pocket expenses, including, but not limited to, any expenses described in Sections 4(a)(viii) or (xii) hereof, in an amount greater than one hundred thousand dollars (U.S. $100,000) in the aggregate (excluding the fees described in Section 4(a)(v) hereof); provided further that, the foregoing shall not limit or otherwise impair the Underwriters’ rights to indemnification or contribution pursuant to Section 6 and Section 7 of this Agreement, respectively. Except as explicitly provided in this Section 4(a), Section 4(b), Section 6 and Section 7 hereof, the Underwriters shall pay their own expenses, including the fees and disbursements of their counsel and other advisors.

(b) Termination of Agreement . If this Agreement is terminated by the Representative in accordance with the provisions of Section 5, Sections 9(a)(i) or (iii) or Section 10 hereof, the Transaction Entities shall reimburse the Underwriters (or, in the case of Section 10, solely the non-defaulting Underwriters), for all of their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the offering of the Securities, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters; provided , however , that such reimbursement obligation shall relate only to the out-of-pocket expenses referenced in Section 4(a) hereof and shall be subject to the limitations in Section 4(a) hereof.

SECTION 5. Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations . The obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Transaction Entities contained in Section 1(a) hereof or in certificates or letters of any officer of either of the Transaction Entities or any of the Subsidiaries or the Property Manager (as defined below) delivered pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Transaction Entities of their respective covenants and other obligations hereunder, and to the following further conditions:

(a) Effectiveness of Registration Statement; Rule 430B Information; Form T-1 . The Registration Statement, including any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement, has become effective and at the Closing Time no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment thereto shall have been issued under the 1933 Act, no order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to

the knowledge of the Transaction Entities, contemplated; and the Operating Partnership and the Company have complied with each request, if any, from or proceedings therefor initiated or threatened by the Commission, and any request on the part of the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of counsel to the Underwriters. A prospectus containing the Rule 430B Information shall have been filed with the Commission in the manner and within the time frame required by Rule 424(b) without reliance on Rule 424(b)(8) or a post-effective amendment providing such information shall have been filed with, and declared effective by, the Commission in accordance with the requirements of Rule 430B. Prior to the Closing Time, the Trustee’s Statement of Eligibility and Qualification on Form T-1 relating to the Indenture and the Securities shall have been filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act.

(b) Opinions of Counsel for the Transaction Entities . At the Closing Time, the Representative shall have received the favorable corporate opinion, tax opinion and negative assurance letter, each dated the Closing Time, of Baker & McKenzie LLP, counsel for the Transaction Entities, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letters for each of the other Underwriters substantially to the effect set forth in Exhibits A-1, A-2 and A-3 hereto and to such further effect as counsel to the Underwriters may reasonably request.

(c) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters . At the Closing Time, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinion, dated the Closing Time, of Morrison & Foerster LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letter for each of the other Underwriters with respect to such matters as the Representative shall reasonably request. In giving such opinion such counsel may rely upon the opinion of Baker & McKenzie LLP as to all matters governed by the laws of the State of Delaware. Such counsel may also state that, insofar as such opinion involves factual matters, they have relied, to the extent they deem proper, upon certificates and letters of officers and other representatives of the Transaction Entities and their respective subsidiaries and the Property Manager and certificates of public officials.

(d) Officers’ Certificate . At the Closing Time, there shall not have been, since the date hereof, since the Applicable Time or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Company and the Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business and the Representative shall have received a certificate of the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Operating Officer and President of the Company (for itself and as general partner of the Operating Partnership) and of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company (for itself and as general partner of the Operating Partnership), dated the Closing Time, to the effect that (i) there has been no such material adverse change, (ii) the representations and warranties of the Operating Partnership and the Company in Section 1(a) hereof are true and correct with the same force and effect as though expressly made at and as of the Closing Time, (iii) the Operating Partnership and the Company have complied in all material respects with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Time and (iv) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement under the 1933 Act has been issued, no order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the Prospectus has been issued and no proceedings for any of those purposes have been instituted or are pending or, to their knowledge, contemplated by any Governmental Entity.

(e) Chief Financial Officer’s Certificates . The Representative shall have received two certificates from the Chief Financial Officer of the Company (for itself and as general partner of the Operating Partnership), at the time of execution of this Agreement and at the Closing Time, to the effect that (i) the Chief Financial Officer of the Company is familiar with the accounting, operations and records systems of the Company, (ii) the Chief Financial Officer of the Company has carefully examined the Registration Statement, together with any amendments thereto, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, any supplements to the Prospectus and the Underwriting Agreement, (iii) the Chief Financial Officer of the Company has supervised the compilation of and reviewed the dollar and other amounts marked on copies of certain information incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus included as an exhibit to such certificates, has compared such dollar and other amounts to amounts in analyses prepared by the Company from its accounting records or other records and found them to be in agreement in all material respects as of the specified dates, and (iv) MHI Hotels Services, LLC (the “ Property Manager ”) manages each of the Properties as disclosed in the Prospectus and there is no reason to believe that (x) there is any material misstatement or omission in the specified

information provided by the Chief Financial Officer of the Property Manager in the letter of representations from the Property Manager (as described below) and (y) that the information contained in the certificates of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company and the letter of representations from the Property Manager is not true, accurate and complete in all material respects or contains any omissions that would cause the information provided to be materially misleading.

(f) Letters of Representations from the Property Manager . The Representative shall have received two letters of representations from the Chief Financial Officer of the Property Manager, at the time of execution of this Agreement and at the Closing Time, to the effect that (i) the Property Manager is responsible for managing the Properties, as disclosed in the Prospectus and (ii) the amounts and other information marked on copies of certain pages of the Prospectus and included as an exhibit to such letters of representations represent certain information and financial data regarding the Properties as computed and prepared by the Property Manager and that such information is true, accurate and complete in all material respects and does not contain any omissions that would cause the information provided by the Property Manager to be materially misleading.

(g) Accountant’s Comfort Letters . At the time of the execution of this Agreement, the Representative shall have received from each of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP and Grant Thornton LLP a letter, dated such date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, together with signed or reproduced copies of such letters for each of the other Underwriters containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(h) Bring-down Comfort Letters . At the Closing Time, the Representative shall have received from each of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP and Grant Thornton LLP a letter, dated the Closing Time, to the effect that they reaffirm the statements made in the letter furnished pursuant to Section 5(g) hereof, except that the specified date referred to shall be a date not more than three business days prior to the Closing Time.

(i) Application for Listing. At the Closing Time, the Company shall have submitted an application to have the Notes listed on NASDAQ.

(j) No Objection . FINRA has confirmed that it has not raised any objection with respect to the fairness and reasonableness of the underwriting terms and arrangements relating to the offering of the Securities.

(k) Corporate and Partnership Proceedings . All corporate and partnership proceedings and other legal matters incident to the authorization, form and validity of this Agreement, the Indenture, the Securities, the General Disclosure Package, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and the Prospectus and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall be reasonably satisfactory in all material respects to counsel for the Underwriters, and the Transaction Entities shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.

(l) Material Adverse Change for Transaction Entities . (i) Neither of the Transaction Entities nor any Subsidiary shall have sustained since the date of the latest financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the General Disclosure Package or Prospectus and (ii) since the respective dates as of which information is given in each of the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of either of the Transaction Entities or any Subsidiary or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, not set forth or contemplated in the General Disclosure Package or Prospectus, in or affecting the Properties, the general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Transaction Entities and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (i) or (ii), is in the reasonable judgment of the Representative so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities being delivered on the terms and in the manner contemplated in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.

(m) Material Adverse Change for Financial Markets . At the Closing Time there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or on any NASDAQ exchange, (ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Company’s securities on NASDAQ, (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either federal or state authorities or (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities involving the United States or the declaration by the United States of a national emergency or war or a material adverse change in general economic, political or financial conditions, including without limitation as a result of terrorist activities after the date hereof (or the effect of international conditions on the financial markets in the United States shall be such), or any other calamity or crisis, if the effect of any such event specified in this clause (iv) in the reasonable judgment of the Representative makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.

(n) Conditions to Purchase of Option Securities . In the event that the Underwriters exercise their option provided in Section 2(b) hereof to purchase all or any portion of the Option Securities, the representations and warranties of the Transaction Entities contained herein and the statements in any certificates and letters furnished by the Transaction Entities or any of the Subsidiaries or the Property Manager hereunder shall be true and correct as of each Date of Delivery and, at the relevant Date of Delivery, the Representative shall have received:

(i) Officers’ Certificate . A certificate, dated such Date of Delivery, of the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Operating Officer and President of the Company (for itself and as general partner of the Operating Partnership), and of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company (for itself and as general partner of the Operating Partnership), confirming that the certificate delivered at the Closing Time pursuant to Section 5(d) hereof remains true and correct as of such Date of Delivery.

(ii) Chief Financial Officer’s Certificate . A certificate, dated such Date of Delivery, of the Chief Financial Officer of the Company (for itself and as general partner of the Operating Partnership), confirming that the certificate delivered at the Closing Time pursuant to Section 5(e) hereof remains true and correct as of such Date of Delivery.

(iii) Letter of Representations from the Property Manager . A letter of representations, dated such Date of Delivery, of the Chief Financial Officer of the Property Manager, confirming that the letter delivered at the Closing Time pursuant to Section 5(f) hereof remains true and correct as of such Date of Delivery.

(iv) Opinions of Counsel for the Transaction Entities . The favorable corporate opinion, tax opinion and negative assurance letter of Baker & McKenzie LLP, counsel for the Transaction Entities, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the corporate opinion, tax opinion and negative assurance letter required by Section 5(b) hereof.

(v) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters . The favorable opinion of Morrison & Foerster LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, dated such Date of Delivery, relating to the Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery and otherwise to the same effect as the opinion required by Section 5(c) hereof.

(vi) Bring-down Comfort Letters . A letter from each of Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP and Grant Thornton LLP in form and substance satisfactory to the Representative and dated such Date of Delivery, substantially in the same form and substance as the letters furnished to the Representative pursuant to Section 5(h) hereof, except that the “specified date” in the letter furnished pursuant to this paragraph shall be a date not more than three business days prior to such Date of Delivery.

(o) Additional Documents . At the Closing Time and at each Date of Delivery, if any, counsel for the Underwriters shall have been furnished with such documents and opinions as they may require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated, or in order to evidence the accuracy of any of the representations or warranties, or the fulfillment of any of the conditions, herein contained; and all proceedings taken by the Transaction Entities in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities as herein contemplated shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representative and counsel for the Underwriters.

(p) Termination of Agreement . If any condition specified in this Section 5 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required to be fulfilled, this Agreement, or, in the case of any condition to the purchase of Option Securities on a Date of Delivery which is after the Closing Time, the obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase the relevant Option Securities, may be terminated by the Representative by notice to the Transaction Entities at any time at or prior to the Closing Time or such Date of Delivery, as the case may be, and such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof and except that Sections 1, 6, 7, 8, 11, 14 and 15 hereof shall survive any such termination and remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 6. Indemnification .

(a) Indemnification of Underwriters . Each of the Transaction Entities agrees, jointly and severally, to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) under the 1933 Act (each, an “ Affiliate ”)), its selling agents and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act as follows:

(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430B Information, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or arising out of any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever, as incurred, to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever, in each case based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission; provided , that (subject to Section 6(d) hereof) any such settlement is effected with the written consent of the Transaction Entities; and

(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever, as incurred (including the fees and disbursements of one counsel chosen by the Representative), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under (i) or (ii) above;

provided , however , that this indemnity agreement shall not apply to any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense to the extent arising out of any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430B Information, any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.

(b) Indemnification of the Transaction Entities, Directors, and Officers . Each Underwriter severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each of the Transaction Entities, their respective directors, officers and partners, as the case may be, who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls either of the Transaction Entities within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act, against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense described in the indemnity contained in subsection (a) of this Section, as incurred, but only with respect to untrue statements or omissions, or alleged untrue statements or omissions, made in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including the Rule 430B Information, any preliminary prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.

(c) Actions Against Parties; Notification . Each indemnified party shall give written notice as promptly as reasonably practicable to each indemnifying party of any action commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability hereunder to the extent it is not materially prejudiced as a result thereof and in any event shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity agreement. If any such claim is brought against an indemnified party, and the indemnified party notifies the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with any other similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party (which shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, also be counsel to the indemnifying party). After notice from the indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the defense of such claim or action, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to the indemnified party under this Section 6 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation; provided , however , that the Representative shall have the right to employ one counsel (in addition to local counsel) to represent jointly the Representative and those other Underwriters and their respective directors, officers and controlling persons who may be subject to liability arising out of any claim or action in respect of which indemnity may be sought by the Underwriter against the Transaction Entities under this Section 6, and the Transaction Entities shall not be permitted to assume the defense of such claim or action, if (i) the Transaction Entities and the Underwriters shall have so mutually agreed, (ii) the Transaction Entities have failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriters, (iii) the Underwriters and their respective directors, officers and controlling persons shall have reasonably concluded, after consultation with counsel, that there are or may be legal defenses available to them that are different from or in addition to those available to the Transaction Entities or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Underwriters or their respective directors, officers or controlling persons, on the one hand, and the Transaction Entities, on the other hand, and representation of both sets of parties by the same counsel would present actual or potential differing interests between them, and in any such event the fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be paid by the Transaction Entities. In no event shall the indemnifying parties be liable for fees and expenses of more than one counsel (in addition to any local counsel) separate from their own counsel for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever in respect of which indemnification or contribution could be sought under this Section 6 or Section 7 hereof (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such litigation, investigation, proceeding or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

(d) Settlement Without Consent if Failure to Reimburse . The indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its prior written consent, except that , if at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel, such indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any settlement of the nature contemplated by Section 6(a)(ii) effected without the indemnifying party’s prior written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii) such indemnifying party shall have received notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii) such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request (other than those fees and expenses being contested in good faith) prior to the date of such settlement.

SECTION 7. Contribution . If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 hereof is for any reason unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the aggregate amount of such losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by such indemnified party, as incurred, (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Transaction Entities, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Transaction Entities, on the one hand, and of the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions, which resulted in such losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.

The relative benefits received by the Transaction Entities, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, in connection with the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Operating Partnership, on the one hand, and the total underwriting discount received by the Underwriters, on the other hand, in each case as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus, bear to the aggregate initial public offering price of the Securities as set forth on the cover of the Prospectus.

The relative fault of the Transaction Entities, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Transaction Entities, on the one hand, or by the Underwriters, on the other hand, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

The Transaction Entities, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other hand, agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 7. The aggregate amount of losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses incurred by an indemnified party and referred to above in this Section 7 shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the underwriting discounts and commissions received by such Underwriter in connection with the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public.

No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the 1933 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

For purposes of this Section 7, each person, if any, who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act and each Underwriter’s Affiliates and selling agents shall have the same rights to contribution as such Underwriter, and each director of the Company, each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who controls either of the Transaction Entities within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the 1934 Act shall have the same rights to contribution as the Transaction Entities. The Underwriters’ respective obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to the aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule I hereto and any Option Securities and not joint.

SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive . All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or in certificates or letters of officers of either of the Transaction Entities or any of their respective subsidiaries or the Property Manager submitted pursuant hereto, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or its Affiliates or selling agents, any person controlling any Underwriter, its officers or directors, or any person controlling either of the Transaction Entities and (ii) delivery of and payment for the Securities.

SECTION 9. Termination of Agreement .

(a) Termination . The Representative may terminate this Agreement without liability to the Transaction Entities, by notice to the Transaction Entities, at any time at or prior to the Closing Time (i) if there has been, in the judgment of the Representative, since the time of execution of this Agreement or since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, any material adverse change in or affecting the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of the Transaction Entities and the Subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or (ii) if there has occurred any material adverse change in the financial markets in the United States or the international financial markets, any outbreak of hostilities or escalation thereof or

other calamity or crisis or any change or development involving a prospective change in national or international political, financial or economic conditions, in each case the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representative, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the completion of the offering or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities, or (iii) if trading in any securities of the Company has been suspended or materially limited by the Commission or NASDAQ, or (iv) if trading generally on the New York Stock Exchange or on NASDAQ has been suspended or materially limited, or minimum or maximum prices for trading have been fixed, or maximum ranges for prices have been required, by any of said exchanges or by order of the Commission, FINRA or any other governmental authority, or (v) if a material disruption has occurred in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States or (vi) if a banking moratorium has been declared by either Federal or New York authorities.

(b) Liabilities . If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section 9, such termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party except as provided in Section 4 hereof, and provided further that Sections 1, 6, 7, 8, 11, 14 and 15 hereof shall survive such termination and remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 10. Default by One or More of the Underwriters . If, at the Closing Time or any Date of Delivery, as the case may be, any one or more of the Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase the Securities that it has or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date (the “ Defaulted Securities ”), and the aggregate principal amount of Defaulted Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more than 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be purchased on such date, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated severally in the proportions that the aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule I bears to the aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Underwriters, or in such other proportions as the Representative may specify, to purchase the Initial Securities which such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date; provided , that in no event shall the aggregate principal amount of Securities that any Underwriter has agreed to purchase pursuant to this Agreement be increased pursuant to this Section 10 by an amount in excess of 10% of such Securities without the written consent of such Underwriter. If, at the Closing Time, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Initial Securities and the aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities with respect to which such default occurs is more than 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Initial Securities to be purchased on such date, and arrangements satisfactory to the Representative and the Transaction Entities for the purchase of such Initial Securities are not made within 48 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter, the Transaction Entities, except that the Transaction Entities will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses to the extent set forth in Section 4 hereof. In any such case either the Representative or the Transaction Entities shall have the right to postpone the Closing Time, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required changes, if any, in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. If, on any Date of Delivery, any Underwriter or Underwriters shall fail or refuse to purchase Option Securities and the aggregate principal amount of Option Securities with respect to which such default occurs is more than 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Option Securities to be purchased on such Date of Delivery, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall have the option to (i) terminate their obligation hereunder to purchase the Option Securities to be sold on such Date of Delivery or (ii) purchase not less than the aggregate principal amount of Option Securities that such non-defaulting Underwriters would have been obligated to purchase in the absence of such default. As used herein, the term “ Underwriter ” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section 10.

No action taken pursuant to this Section 10 shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter from liability in respect of its default.

SECTION 11. Notices . All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Underwriters shall be directed to the Representative at: Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P., 1251 Avenue of the Americas, 6 ^th Floor, New York, New York 10112, attention Tom Howland, with a copy to Legal and Morrison & Foerster LLP, 2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 6000, Washington, D.C. 20006, attention Justin R. Salon, Esq.; notices to the Transaction Entities shall be directed to the Company at 410 West Francis Street, Williamsburg, Virginia 23185, attention Andrew M. Sims, with a copy to Baker & McKenzie LLP, 815 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington D.C. 20006, attention Thomas J. Egan, Jr., Esq.

SECTION 12. No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship . The Transaction Entities acknowledge and agree that (a) the purchase and sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the initial public offering price of the Securities and any related discounts and commissions, is an arm’s-length commercial transaction among the Transaction Entities, on the one hand, and the several Underwriters, on the other hand, (b) in connection with the offering of the Securities and the process leading thereto each Underwriter is and has been acting solely as a principal and is not the agent or fiduciary of either of the Transaction Entities or any of their respective subsidiaries or their respective stockholders, unitholders, creditors, employees or any other party, (c) no Underwriter has assumed or will assume an advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the Transaction Entities with respect to the offering of the Securities or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether such Underwriter has advised or is currently advising either the Transaction Entities or any of their respective subsidiaries on other matters) and no Underwriter has any obligation to the Transaction Entities with respect to the offering of the Securities except the obligations expressly set forth in this Agreement, (d) the Underwriters and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of each of the Transaction Entities and (e) the Underwriters have not provided any legal, accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering of the Securities and each of the Transaction Entities has consulted its own respective legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate.

SECTION 13. Parties . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters, the Transaction Entities and their respective successors. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, firm or corporation, other than the Underwriters, the Transaction Entities and their respective successors and the controlling persons and officers and directors referred to in Sections 6 and 7 hereof and their heirs and legal representatives, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. This Agreement and all conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Underwriters, the Transaction Entities and their respective successors, and said controlling persons and officers and directors and their heirs and legal representatives, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.

SECTION 14. Trial by Jury . Each of the Transaction Entities (on its behalf and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, on behalf of its stockholders or unitholders, as applicable, and affiliates), and each of the Underwriters hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

SECTION 15. GOVERNING LAW . THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ITS CHOICE OF LAW PROVISIONS.

SECTION 16. TIME . TIME SHALL BE OF THE ESSENCE OF THIS AGREEMENT. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE SET FORTH HEREIN, SPECIFIED TIMES OF DAY REFER TO NEW YORK CITY TIME.

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

SECTION 18. Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (including by facsimile or other standard form of electronic transmission), each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement, and each such signature shall constitute an original signature for all purposes hereof.

SECTION 19. Effect of Headings . The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

SECTION 20. Patriot Act . In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Transaction Entities, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to the Transaction Entities a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument, along with all counterparts, will become a binding agreement among the Underwriters, on the one hand, and the Transaction Entities, on the other hand, in accordance with its terms.


Very truly yours,

SOTHERLY HOTELS LP

By:	Sotherly Hotels Inc., its general partner

By:		/s/ David R. Folsom
	Name: Title:	David R. Folsom President and Chief Operating Officer


SOTHERLY HOTELS INC.

By:		/s/ David R. Folsom
	Name: Title:	David R. Folsom President and Chief Operating Officer


CONFIRMED AND ACCEPTED,
		as of the date first above written:

SANDLER O’NEILL & PARTNERS, L.P.

By:		Sandler O’Neill & Partners Corp., the sole general partner

By:		/s/ Robert A. Kleinert
Name: Title:		Robert A. Kleinert An Officer of the Corporation

For itself and as Representative of the other Underwriters named in Schedule I hereto.

[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]

SCHEDULE I

UNDERWRITERS


Underwriters	Principal Amount of Notes to be Purchased
Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P.	$	17,500,000

Stephens Inc.		7,500,000


Total	$	25,000,000

SCHEDULE II

Issuer Free Writing Prospectus dated February 8, 2018

Filed Pursuant to Rule 433

Relating to Preliminary Prospectus Supplement

Dated February 5, 2018 and Registration Statement Nos. 333-220369 and 333-220369-01

SOTHERLY HOTELS LP

7.25% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2021

FULLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY GUARANTEED BY SOTHERLY HOTELS INC.

PRICING TERM SHEET

Dated: February 8, 2018



Issuer:		Sotherly Hotels LP

Guarantor:		Sotherly Hotels Inc.

Aggregate Principal Amount:		$25,000,000 (or $28,750,000 if the underwriters’ option to purchase additional notes is exercised in full)

Trade Date:		February 8, 2018

Settlement Date (T+2):		February 12, 2018

Maturity:		February 15, 2021

Interest Payment Dates:		February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 of each year, commencing on May 15, 2018

Coupon (Interest Rate):		7.25% per annum, computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months, from the Settlement Date

Issue Price to Investors:		$25 per note

Optional Redemption Provision:		On or after February 15, 2019, in whole or in part for cash at a price equal to 101% of the principal amount redeemed together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption

Change of Control:		The occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event (as defined in the preliminary prospectus supplement) will require Sotherly Hotels LP to offer to repurchase the notes for cash at a price equal to 102% of the principal amount together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but not including, the date of repurchase

Denominations:		$25 minimum denominations and $25 integral multiples thereof (the principal amount of the notes will be reflected in units with each unit being worth $25)

Underwriters’ Discount:		$1.00 per note

Proceeds to Issuer (before expenses):		$24,000,000

Use of Proceeds:		We intend to use the net proceeds from this offering, together with existing cash on hand and the proceeds of the Arlington Financing (as defined in the preliminary prospectus supplement) to finance the purchase price of the Arlington Acquisition (as defined in the preliminary prospectus supplement) and for general corporate purposes, including acquisition of additional hotels, the repayment of other outstanding indebtedness, capital expenditures, the improvement of hotels in our portfolio, working capital and other general purposes



Exchange:		We have applied to list the notes on the NASDAQ Global Market, or NASDAQ. If the listing is approved, we expect trading in the notes on NASDAQ to begin within 30 days of February 12, 2018, the original issue date under the trading symbol “SOHOK”

CUSIP/ISIN:		83600E 307 / US83600E3071

Lead Left Book-Running Manager:		Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P.

Passive Book-Running Manager:		Stephens Inc.

Sotherly Hotels Inc. and Sotherly Hotels LP have filed a registration statement (including a prospectus dated September 20, 2017 and a preliminary prospectus supplement dated February 5, 2018) on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-220369 and 333-220369-01) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in the registration statement, the related preliminary prospectus supplement and the documents incorporated by reference therein for more complete information about Sotherly Hotels Inc. and Sotherly Hotels LP and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, Sotherly Hotels Inc., Sotherly Hotels LP, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus and preliminary prospectus supplement if you request it from Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P. at 1251 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Flr., New York, New York 10020, Attention: Prospectus Department, or by calling toll-free 1-866-805-4128, or by email at syndicate@sandleroneil.com.

SCHEDULE III

SPECIFY EACH ISSUER FREE WRITING PROSPECTUS INCLUDED IN THE DISCLOSURE PACKAGE

•

Other free writing prospectuses: None

•

Final term sheet set forth on Schedule II

SCHEDULE 1(A)(XI)

Capitol Hotel Associates Limited Partnership, L.L.P.

SOHO Wilmington LLC

Philadelphia Hotel Associates LP

Louisville Hotel Associates LLC

MHI Hotel Investments Holdings, LLC

Hollywood Hotel Associates LLC

Hollywood Hotel Holdings LLC

MHI Hospitality TRS Holding, Inc.

MHI Hospitality TRS, LLC

Hollywood Hotel Associates Lessee LLC

Hollywood Hotel TRS LLC

MHI Hospitality TRS II, LLC

MHI Louisville TRS LLC

SOHO Jacksonville TRS LLC

SOHO Atlanta TRS, LLC

Savannah Hotel Associates, L.L.C.

Tampa Hotel Associates LLC

Brownestone Partners LLC

Raleigh Hotel Associates LLC

MHI Jacksonville LLC

Laurel Hotel Associates LLC

Hampton Hotel Associates LLC

SOHO Atlanta LLC

Sotherly-Houston GP, LLC

Houston Hotel Associates Limited Partnership, LLP

Houston Hotel Manager, LLC

Houston Hotel Owner, LLC

Exhibit 4.1

SOTHERLY HOTELS LP

INDENTURE

Dated as of February 12, 2018

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

TABLE OF CONTENTS


		Page
ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE			1

Section 1.1	Definitions		1

Section 1.2	Other Definitions		4

Section 1.3	Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act		4

Section 1.4	Rules of Construction		4

ARTICLE II. THE SECURITIES			5

Section 2.1	Issuable in Series		5

Section 2.2	Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities		5

Section 2.3	Execution and Authentication		7

Section 2.4	Registrar and Paying Agent		7

Section 2.5	Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust		8

Section 2.6	Securityholder Lists		8

Section 2.7	Transfer and Exchange		8

Section 2.8	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities		9

Section 2.9	Outstanding Securities		9

Section 2.10	Treasury Securities		10

Section 2.11	Temporary Securities		10

Section 2.12	Cancellation		10

Section 2.13	Defaulted Interest		10

Section 2.14	Global Securities		11

Section 2.15	CUSIP Numbers		11

ARTICLE III. REDEMPTION			12

Section 3.1	Notice to Trustee		12

Section 3.2	Selection of Securities to be Redeemed		12

Section 3.3	Notice of Redemption		12

Section 3.4	Effect of Notice of Redemption		13

Section 3.5	Deposit of Redemption Price		13

Section 3.6	Securities Redeemed in Part		13

ARTICLE IV. COVENANTS			13

Section 4.1	Payment of Principal and Interest		13

Section 4.2	SEC Reports		14

Section 4.3	Compliance Certificate		14

Section 4.4	Stay, Extension and Usury Laws		14

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ARTICLE V. SUCCESSORS			15

Section 5.1	When Partnership May Merge, Etc		15

Section 5.2	Successor Corporation Substituted		15

ARTICLE VI. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES			16

Section 6.1	Events of Default		16

Section 6.2	Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment		16

Section 6.3	Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee		17

Section 6.4	Trustee May File Proofs of Claim		17

Section 6.5	Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities		18

Section 6.6	Application of Money Collected		18

Section 6.7	Limitation on Suits		18

Section 6.8	Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest		19

Section 6.9	Restoration of Rights and Remedies		19

Section 6.10	Rights and Remedies Cumulative		19

Section 6.11	Delay or Omission Not Waiver		19

Section 6.12	Control by Holders		20

Section 6.13	Waiver of Past Defaults		20

Section 6.14	Undertaking for Costs		20

ARTICLE VII. TRUSTEE			21

Section 7.1	Duties of Trustee		21

Section 7.2	Rights of Trustee		22

Section 7.3	Individual Rights of Trustee		22

Section 7.4	Trustee’s Disclaimer		22

Section 7.5	Notice of Defaults		23

Section 7.6	Reports by Trustee to Holders		23

Section 7.7	Compensation and Indemnity		23

Section 7.8	Replacement of Trustee		24

Section 7.9	Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc		24

Section 7.10	Eligibility; Disqualification		24

Section 7.11	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Partnership		25

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		Page
ARTICLE VIII. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE			25

Section 8.1	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture		25

Section 8.2	Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification		26

Section 8.3	Legal Defeasance of Securities of any Series		26

Section 8.4	Covenant Defeasance		27

Section 8.5	Repayment to Partnership		28

Section 8.6	Reinstatement		28

ARTICLE IX. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS			29

Section 9.1	Without Consent of Holders		29

Section 9.2	With Consent of Holders		29

Section 9.3	Limitations		30

Section 9.4	Compliance with Trust Indenture Act		30

Section 9.5	Revocation and Effect of Consents		30

Section 9.6	Notation on or Exchange of Securities		31

Section 9.7	Trustee Protected		31

ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS			31

Section 10.1	Trust Indenture Act Controls		31

Section 10.2	Notices		31

Section 10.3	Communication by Holders with Other Holders		32

Section 10.4	Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent		32

Section 10.5	Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion		32

Section 10.6	Rules by Trustee and Agents		33

Section 10.7	Legal Holidays		33

Section 10.8	No Recourse Against Others		33

Section 10.9	Counterparts		33

Section 10.10	Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial		33

Section 10.11	No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements		34

Section 10.12	Successors		34

Section 10.13	Severability		34

Section 10.14	Table of Contents, Headings, Etc		34

Section 10.15	Securities in a Foreign Currency		34

Section 10.16	Judgment Currency		34

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ARTICLE XI. SINKING FUNDS			35

Section 11.1	Applicability of Article		35

Section 11.2	Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities		35

Section 11.3	Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund		36

ARTICLE XII. GUARANTEE		36

Section 12.1	Unconditional Guarantee		36

Section 12.2	Execution and Delivery of Notation of Guarantee		37

Section 12.3	Limitation on Guarantors’ Liability		37

Section 12.4	Release of Guarantors from Guarantee		37

EXHIBITS

Exhibit A Form of Notation of Guarantee

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SOTHERLY HOTELS LP

Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and

Indenture, dated as of February 12, 2018


Section 310	(a)(1)	7.10
	(a)(2)	7.10
	(a)(3)	Not Applicable
	(a)(4)	Not Applicable
	(a)(5)	7.10
	(b)	7.10
Section 311	(a)	7.11
	(b)	7.11
	(c)	Not Applicable
Section 312	(a)	2.6
	(b)	10.3
	(c)	10.3
Section 313	(a)	7.6
	(b)(1)	7.6
	(b)(2)	7.6
	(c)(1)	7.6
	(d)	7.6
Section 314	(a)	4.2, 10.5
	(b)	Not Applicable
	(c)(1)	10.4
	(c)(2)	10.4
	(c)(3)	Not Applicable
	(d)	Not Applicable
	(e)	10.5
	(f)	Not Applicable
Section 315	(a)	7.1
	(b)	7.5
	(c)	7.1
	(d)	7.1
	(e)	6.14
Section 316	(a)	2.10
	(a)(1)(a)	6.12
	(a)(1)(b)	6.13
	(b)	6.8
Section 317	(a)(1)	6.3
	(a)(2)	6.4
	(b)	2.5
Section 318	(a)	10.1

Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the Indenture.

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Indenture dated as of February 12, 2018 among Sotherly Hotels LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), the Guarantors (as defined herein) party hereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities issued under this Indenture.

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Section 1.1 Definitions.

“Additional Amounts” means any additional amounts which are required hereby or by any Security, under circumstances specified herein or therein, to be paid by the Partnership in respect of certain taxes imposed on Holders specified herein or therein and which are owing to such Holders.

“Affiliate” of any specified person means any other person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by agreement or otherwise.

“Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent or Notice Agent.

“Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the General Partner or any duly authorized committee thereof.

“Business Day” means, unless otherwise provided by Board Resolution, Officer’s Certificate by an Officer of the General Partner or supplemental indenture hereto for a particular Series, any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York (or in connection with any payment, the place of payment) on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

“Capital Stock” means (a) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock; (b) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated and whether or not voting) of corporate stock, including each class of common stock and preferred stock of such person; and (c) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited).

“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business related to this Indenture shall be principally administered, which on the date hereof shall be at the address specified for the Trustee in Section 10.2 herein.

“Default” means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.

“Depositary” means, with respect to the Securities of any Series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, the person designated as Depositary for such Series by the Partnership, which Depositary shall be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act; and if at any time there is more than one such person, “Depositary” as used with respect to the Securities of any Series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Securities of such Series.

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“Discount Security” means any Security that provides for an amount less than the stated principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2.

“Dollars” and “$” means the currency of The United States of America.

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

“Foreign Currency” means any currency or currency unit issued by a government other than the government of the United States of America, including the Euro.

“Foreign Government Obligations” means, with respect to Securities of any Series that are denominated in a Foreign Currency, direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the government that issued or caused to be issued such currency for the payment of which obligations its full faith and credit is pledged and which are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect as of the date of determination.

“General Partner” means Sotherly Hotels Inc., a Maryland corporation, in its capacity as the sole general partner of Sotherly Hotels LP.

“General Partner Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the General Partner to have been adopted by the General Partner or pursuant to authorization by the General Partner and to be in full force and effect on the date of the certificate and delivered to the Trustee.

“Global Security” or “Global Securities” means a Security or Securities, as the case may be, in the form established pursuant to Section 2.2 evidencing all or part of a Series of Securities, issued to the Depositary for such Series or its nominee, and registered in the name of such Depositary or nominee.

“Guarantor” means each person that executes this Indenture as a guarantor and its respective successors and assigns, in each case until the Guarantee of such person has been released in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture; provided, however, that such person shall be a Guarantor only with respect to a Series of Securities for which such person has executed a Notation of Guarantee with respect to such Series.

“Holder” or “Securityholder” means a person in whose name a Security is registered.

“Indenture” means this Indenture as amended or supplemented, from time to time and shall include the form and terms of particular Series of Securities established as contemplated hereunder.

“interest” with respect to any Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.

“Maturity,” when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.

“Notation of Guarantee” means a notation, substantially in the form of Exhibit A, executed by a Guarantor and affixed to each Security of any Series to which the Guarantee of such Guarantor under Article XII of this Indenture applies.

“Officer” means the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, and any Vice President of the General Partner.

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“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by any Officer of the General Partner.

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is acceptable to the Trustee, which meets the requirements of Sections 10.4 and 10.5. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Partnership.

“Partnership Order” means a written order signed by an Officer of the General Partner.

“person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, limited liability company, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

“principal” of a Security means the principal of the Security plus, when appropriate, the premium, if any, on, and any Additional Amounts in respect of, the Security.

“Responsible Officer” means any officer of the Trustee in its Corporate Trust Office having responsibility for administration of this Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with a particular subject.

“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Securities” means the debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the Partnership of any Series authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

“Series” or “Series of Securities” means each series of debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the Partnership created pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.2 hereof.

“Stated Maturity” when used with respect to any Security, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or interest is due and payable.

“Subsidiary” of any specified person means any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that person or a combination thereof.

“TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

“Trustee” means the person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any Series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that Series.

“U.S. Government Obligations” means securities which are direct obligations of, or guaranteed by, The United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged and which are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depositary receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depositary receipt.

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Section 1.2 Other Definitions.


TERM	DEFINED IN SECTION
“Bankruptcy Law”		6.1
“Custodian”		6.1
“Guarantee”		12.1	(b)
“Event of Default”		6.1
“Judgment Currency”		10.16
“Legal Holiday”		10.7
“mandatory sinking fund payment”		11.1
“Market Exchange Rate”		10.15
“New York Banking Day”		10.16
“Notice Agent”		2.4
“optional sinking fund payment”		11.1
“Paying Agent”		2.4
“Registrar”		2.4
“Required Currency”		10.16
“successor person”		5.1

Section 1.3 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

“Commission” means the SEC.

“indenture securities” means the Securities.

“indenture security holder” means a Securityholder.

“indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.

“indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee.

“obligor” on the indenture securities means the Partnership and any successor obligor upon the Securities.

All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as so defined.

Section 1.4 Rules of Construction.

Unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

(b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

(d) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular; and

(e) provisions apply to successive events and transactions.

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ARTICLE II.

THE SECURITIES

Section 2.1 Issuable in Series.

The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more Series. All Securities of a Series shall be identical except as may be set forth or determined in the manner provided in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officer’s Certificate detailing the adoption of the terms thereof pursuant to authority granted under a Board Resolution. In the case of Securities of a Series to be issued from time to time, the Board Resolution, Officer’s Certificate or supplemental indenture detailing the adoption of the terms thereof pursuant to authority granted under a Board Resolution may provide for the method by which specified terms (such as interest rate, maturity date, record date or date from which interest shall accrue) are to be determined. Securities may differ between Series in respect of any matters, provided that all Series of Securities shall be equally and ratably entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

Section 2.2 Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities.

At or prior to the issuance of any Securities within a Series, the following shall be established (as to the Series generally, in the case of Subsection 2.2.1 and either as to such Securities within the Series or as to the Series generally in the case of Subsections 2.2.2 through 2.2.23) by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth or determined in the manner provided in a Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officer’s Certificate:

2.2.1 the title (which shall distinguish the Securities of that particular Series from the Securities of any other Series) and ranking (including the terms of any subordination provisions) of the Series;

2.2.2 the price or prices (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount thereof) at which the Securities of the Series will be issued;

2.2.3 any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the Series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the Series pursuant to Section 2.7, 2.8, 2.11, 3.6 or 9.6);

2.2.4 the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the Series is payable;

2.2.5 the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) per annum or, if applicable, the method used to determine such rate or rates (including, but not limited to, any commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index) at which the Securities of the Series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest, if any, shall accrue, the date or dates on which such interest, if any, shall commence and be payable and any regular record date for the interest payable on any interest payment date;

2.2.6 the place or places where the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series shall be payable, where the Securities of such Series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Partnership in respect of the Securities of such Series and this Indenture may be delivered, and the method of such payment, if by wire transfer, mail or other means;

2.2.7 if applicable, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which the Securities of the Series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Partnership;

2.2.8 the obligation, if any, of the Partnership to redeem or purchase the Securities of the Series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the Series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

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2.2.9 the dates, if any, on which and the price or prices at which the Securities of the Series will be repurchased by the Partnership at the option of the Holders thereof and other detailed terms and provisions of such repurchase obligations;

2.2.10 if other than minimum denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple in excess thereof, the denominations in which the Securities of the Series shall be issuable;

2.2.11 the forms of the Securities of the Series and whether the Securities will be issuable as Global Securities;

2.2.12 if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of the Securities of the Series that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2;

2.2.13 the currency of denomination of the Securities of the Series, which may be Dollars or any Foreign Currency, and if such currency of denomination is a composite currency, the agency or organization, if any, responsible for overseeing such composite currency;

2.2.14 the designation of the currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series will be made;

2.2.15 if payments of principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series are to be made in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in which such Securities are denominated, the manner in which the exchange rate with respect to such payments will be determined;

2.2.16 the manner in which the amounts of payment of principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series will be determined, if such amounts may be determined by reference to an index based on a currency or currencies or by reference to a commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index;

2.2.17 the provisions, if any, relating to any security provided for the Securities of the Series or the Guarantees;

2.2.18 any addition to, deletion of or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of the Series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 6.2;

2.2.19 any addition to, deletion of or change in the covenants set forth in Articles IV or V which applies to Securities of the Series;

2.2.20 any Depositaries, interest rate calculation agents, exchange rate calculation agents or other agents with respect to Securities of such Series if other than those appointed herein;

2.2.21 the provisions, if any, relating to conversion or exchange of any Securities of such Series, including if applicable, the conversion or exchange price, the conversion or exchange period, provisions as to whether conversion or exchange will be mandatory, at the option of the Holders thereof or at the option of the Partnership, the events requiring an adjustment of the conversion price or exchange price and provisions affecting conversion or exchange if such Series of Securities are redeemed;

2.2.22 any other terms of the Series (which may supplement, modify or delete any provision of this Indenture insofar as it applies to such Series), including any terms that may be required under applicable law or regulations or advisable in connection with the marketing of Securities of that Series; and

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2.2.23 whether the Securities of such Series are entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee of any Guarantor pursuant to this Indenture, whether any such Guarantee shall be made on a senior or subordinated basis and, if applicable, a description of the subordination terms of any such Guarantee.

All Securities of any one Series need not be issued at the same time and may be issued from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Indenture, if so provided by or pursuant to the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officer’s Certificate referred to above.

Section 2.3 Execution and Authentication.

Any Officer of the General Partner shall sign the Securities for the Partnership by manual or facsimile signature.

If an Officer of the General Partner whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Security is authenticated, the Security shall nevertheless be valid.

A Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture.

The Trustee shall at any time, and from time to time, authenticate Securities for original issue in the principal amount provided in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officer’s Certificate, upon receipt by the Trustee of a Partnership Order. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

The aggregate principal amount of Securities of any Series outstanding at any time may not exceed any limit upon the maximum principal amount for such Series set forth in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2, except as provided in Section 2.8.

Prior to the issuance of Securities of any Series, the Trustee shall have received and (subject to Section 7.2) shall be fully protected in relying on: (a) the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officer’s Certificate establishing the form of the Securities of that Series or of Securities within that Series and the terms of the Securities of that Series or of Securities within that Series, (b) an Officer’s Certificate complying with Section 10.4, and (c) an Opinion of Counsel complying with Section 10.4.

The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Securities of such Series: (a) if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not be taken lawfully; or (b) if the Trustee in good faith shall reasonably believe that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to Holders of any then outstanding Series of Securities.

The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Partnership to authenticate Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Partnership or an Affiliate of the Partnership.

Section 2.4 Registrar and Paying Agent.

The Partnership shall maintain, with respect to each Series of Securities, at the place or places specified with respect to such Series pursuant to Section 2.2, an office or agency where Securities of such Series may be presented or surrendered for payment (“Paying Agent”), where Securities of such Series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange (“Registrar”) and where notices and demands to or upon the Partnership in respect of the Securities of such Series and this Indenture may be delivered (“Notice Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register with respect to each Series of Securities and to their transfer and exchange. The Partnership will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the name and

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address, and any change in the name or address, of each Registrar, Paying Agent or Notice Agent. If at any time the Partnership shall fail to maintain any such required Registrar, Paying Agent or Notice Agent or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the name and address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Partnership hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands; provided, however, no service of legal process on the Partnership may be made at any office of the Trustee.

The Partnership may also from time to time designate one or more co-registrars, additional paying agents or additional notice agents and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Partnership of its obligations to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent and Notice Agent in each place so specified pursuant to Section 2.2 for Securities of any Series for such purposes. The Partnership will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the name or address of any such co-registrar, additional paying agent or additional notice agent. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar; the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent; and the term “Notice Agent” includes any additional notice agent. The Partnership or any of its Affiliates may serve as Registrar or Paying Agent.

The Partnership hereby appoints the Trustee the initial Registrar, Paying Agent and Notice Agent for each Series unless another Registrar, Paying Agent or Notice Agent, as the case may be, is appointed prior to the time Securities of that Series are first issued.

Section 2.5 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

The Partnership shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust, for the benefit of Securityholders of any Series of Securities, or the Trustee, all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the Series of Securities, and will notify the Trustee in writing of any default by the Partnership in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Partnership at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Partnership or a Subsidiary of the Partnership) shall have no further liability for the money. If the Partnership or a Subsidiary of the Partnership acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of Securityholders of any Series of Securities all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding with respect to the Partnership, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Securities.

Section 2.6 Securityholder Lists.

The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Securityholders of each Series of Securities and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Partnership shall furnish to the Trustee at least ten days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing a list, in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may require, of the names and addresses of Securityholders of each Series of Securities.

Section 2.7 Transfer and Exchange.

Where Securities of a Series are presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to register a transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities of the same Series, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange if its requirements for such transactions are met. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrar’s request. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange (except

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as otherwise expressly permitted herein), but the Partnership may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Section 2.11, 3.6 or 9.6).

Neither the Partnership nor the Registrar shall be required (a) to issue, register the transfer of, or exchange Securities of any Series for the period beginning at the opening of business 15 days immediately preceding the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that Series selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (b) to register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any Series selected, called or being called for redemption as a whole or the portion being redeemed of any such Securities selected, called or being called for redemption in part.

Section 2.8 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.

If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Partnership shall execute and the Trustee upon receipt of a Partnership Order shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

If there shall be delivered to the Partnership and the Trustee (a) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (b) such security or indemnity bond as may be required by each of them to hold itself and any of its agents harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Partnership or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Partnership shall execute and upon receipt of a Partnership Order the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Partnership in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.

Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Partnership may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.

Every new Security of any Series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Partnership, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that Series duly issued hereunder.

The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.

Section 2.9 Outstanding Securities.

The Securities outstanding at any time are all the Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest on a Global Security effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof and those described in this Section as not outstanding.

If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.8, it ceases to be outstanding until the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.

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If the Paying Agent (other than the Partnership, a Subsidiary of the Partnership or an Affiliate of the Partnership) holds on the Maturity of Securities of a Series money sufficient to pay such Securities payable on that date, then on and after that date such Securities of the Series cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.

The Partnership may purchase or otherwise acquire the Securities, whether by open market purchases, negotiated transactions or otherwise. A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Partnership or an Affiliate of the Partnership holds the Security (but see Section 2.10 below).

In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the principal amount of a Discount Security that shall be deemed to be outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2.

Section 2.10 Treasury Securities.

In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities of a Series have concurred in any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, Securities of a Series owned by the Partnership or any Affiliate of the Partnership shall be disregarded, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities of a Series that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.

Section 2.11 Temporary Securities.

Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Partnership may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities upon a Partnership Order. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of definitive Securities but may have variations that the Partnership considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Partnership shall prepare and the Trustee upon receipt of a Partnership Order shall authenticate definitive Securities of the same Series and date of maturity in exchange for temporary Securities. Until so exchanged, temporary securities shall have the same rights under this Indenture as the definitive Securities.

Section 2.12 Cancellation.

The Partnership at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. Upon receipt of a Partnership Order, the Trustee shall cancel all Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall destroy such canceled Securities (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act and the Trustee) and deliver a certificate of such cancellation to the Partnership upon written request of the Partnership. The Partnership may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

Section 2.13 Defaulted Interest.

If the Partnership defaults in a payment of interest on a Series of Securities, it shall pay the defaulted interest, plus, to the extent permitted by law, any interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the persons who are Securityholders of the Series on a subsequent special record date. The Partnership shall fix the record date and payment date. At least ten days before the special record date, the Partnership shall send to the Trustee and to each Securityholder of the Series a notice that states the special record date, the payment date and the amount of interest to be paid. The Partnership may pay defaulted interest in any other lawful manner.

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Section 2.14 Global Securities.

2.14.1 Terms of Securities . A Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officer’s Certificate shall establish whether the Securities of a Series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities.

2.14.2 Transfer and Exchange . Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in Section 2.7 of the Indenture and in addition thereto, any Global Security shall be exchangeable pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Indenture for Securities registered in the names of Holders other than the Depositary for such Security or its nominee only if (a) such Depositary notifies the Partnership that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or if at any time such Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and, in either case, the Partnership fails to appoint a successor Depositary registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act within 90 days of such event or (b) the Partnership executes and delivers to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate to the effect that such Global Security shall be so exchangeable. Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Securities registered in such names as the Depositary shall direct in writing in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security with like tenor and terms.

Except as provided in this Section 2.14.2, a Global Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary with respect to such Global Security to a nominee of such Depositary, by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such a successor Depositary.

2.14.3 Legend . Any Global Security issued hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

“This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary. This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a person other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such a successor Depositary.”

2.14.4 Acts of Holders . The Depositary, as a Holder, may appoint agents and otherwise authorize participants to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which a Holder is entitled to give or take under the Indenture.

2.14.5 Payments . Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Indenture, payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on any Global Security shall be made to the Holder thereof as of the applicable record date.

2.14.6 Consents, Declaration and Directions . The Partnership, the Trustee and any Agent shall treat a person as the Holder of such principal amount of outstanding Securities of such Series represented by a Global Security as shall be specified in a written statement of the Depositary or by the applicable procedures of the Depositary with respect to such Global Security, for purposes of obtaining any consents, declarations, waivers or directions required to be given by the Holders pursuant to this Indenture.

Section 2.15 CUSIP Numbers.

The Partnership in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such

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numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other elements of identification printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.

ARTICLE III.

REDEMPTION

Section 3.1 Notice to Trustee.

The Partnership may, with respect to any Series of Securities, reserve the right to redeem and pay the Series of Securities or may covenant to redeem and pay the Series of Securities or any part thereof prior to the Stated Maturity thereof at such time and on such terms as provided for in such Securities. If a Series of Securities is redeemable and the Partnership wants or is obligated to redeem prior to the Stated Maturity thereof all or part of the Series of Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of the redemption date and the principal amount of Series of Securities to be redeemed. The Partnership shall give the notice at least 15 days before the redemption date (or such shorter period as may be acceptable to the Trustee).

Section 3.2 Selection of Securities to be Redeemed.

Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by a Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officer’s Certificate, if less than all the Securities of a Series are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities of the Series to be redeemed in any manner that the Trustee deems fair and appropriate, including by lot or other method, unless otherwise required by law or applicable stock exchange requirements, subject, in the case of Global Securities, to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary. The Trustee shall make the selection from Securities of the Series outstanding not previously called for redemption. The Trustee may select for redemption portions of the principal of Securities of the Series that have minimum denominations of or whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof or, with respect to Securities of any Series issuable in other denominations pursuant to Section 2.2.10, the minimum principal denomination for each Series and the authorized integral multiples in excess thereof. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities of a Series called for redemption also apply to portions of Securities of that Series called for redemption.

Section 3.3 Notice of Redemption.

Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officer’s Certificate, at least 15 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Partnership shall send a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Securities are to be redeemed.

The notice shall identify the Securities of the Series to be redeemed and shall state:

(a) the redemption date;

(b) the redemption price;

(d) if any Securities are being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Securities to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date and upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original Security shall be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Security;

(e) that Securities of the Series called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

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(f) that interest on Securities of the Series called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;

(g) the CUSIP number, if any; and

(h) any other information as may be required by the terms of the particular Series or the Securities of a Series being redeemed.

At the Partnership’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Partnership’s name and at its expense, provided, however, that the Partnership has delivered to the Trustee, at least five days (unless a shorter time shall be acceptable to the Trustee) prior to the notice date, an Officer’s Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice.

Section 3.4 Effect of Notice of Redemption.

Once notice of redemption is sent as provided in Section 3.3, Securities of a Series called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption price. Except as otherwise provided in the supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or Officer’s Certificate for a Series, a notice of redemption may not be conditional. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid at the redemption price plus accrued interest to the redemption date.

Section 3.5 Deposit of Redemption Price.

On or before 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the redemption date, the Partnership shall deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all Securities to be redeemed on that date. The Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Partnership any money deposited with the Paying Agent in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all Securities to be redeemed or purchased, subject to the Trustee’s rights under Section 7.7.

If the Partnership complies with the preceding paragraph, then, unless the Partnership defaults in the payment of such redemption price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, interest on the Securities to be redeemed will cease to accrue on and after the applicable redemption date, whether or not such Securities are presented for payment.

Section 3.6 Securities Redeemed in Part.

Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Trustee shall upon receipt of a Partnership Order authenticate for the Holder a new Security of the same Series and the same maturity equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.

ARTICLE IV.

COVENANTS

Section 4.1 Payment of Principal and Interest.

The Partnership covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of that Series in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture. On or before 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the applicable payment date, the Partnership shall deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of each Series in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture.

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Section 4.2 SEC Reports.

Whether or not the Partnership is subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, during any time that any Securities remain outstanding, the Partnership will, to the extent permitted under the Exchange Act, file with the SEC the annual reports, quarterly reports and other documents which the Partnership would have been required to file with the SEC pursuant to such Section 13 or 15(d) if the Partnership were so subject (the “Financial Information”), such documents to be filed with the SEC on or prior to the respective dates (the “Required Filing Dates”) by which the Partnership would have been required so to file such documents if the Partnership were so subject; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, during any period in which the Partnership is not subject to the reporting requirements of Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Partnership may elect to satisfy the Partnership’s obligations under this section by filing with the SEC the Financial Information required to be filed by the Partnership under Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Partnership also will in any event (unless available on the SEC’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (or successor system)) within 15 days of each Required Filing Date (i) transmit by mail to all Holders, without cost to such Holders, copies of the Financial Information; and (ii) file with the Trustee copies of the Financial Information. If the filing of the Financial Information by the Partnership or the General Partner, as applicable, with the SEC is not permitted under the Exchange Act, the Partnership will promptly upon written request and payment of the reasonable cost of duplication and delivery, supply copies of the Financial Information to any prospective Holder.

Delivery of any such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Partnership’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates). The Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility for the filing, content or timeliness of any report delivered hereunder (aside from the report required under Section 7.6 hereunder).

Section 4.3 Compliance Certificate.

The Partnership and each Guarantor (to the extent that such Guarantor is so required under the TIA) shall, so long as any Securities are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Partnership, an Officer’s Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officer with a view to determining whether the Partnership and any Guarantor has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of such Officer’s knowledge the Partnership and any Guarantor has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions hereof (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which such Officer may have knowledge).

The Partnership will, so long as any of the Securities are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, promptly upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officer’s Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Partnership is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

Section 4.4 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

The Partnership covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture or the Securities and the Partnership (to the extent it may

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lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

ARTICLE V.

SUCCESSORS

Section 5.1 When Partnership May Merge, Etc.

The Partnership shall not consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of it and its Subsidiaries’ properties and assets, taken as a whole, to, any person (a “successor person”) unless:

(a) the Partnership is the surviving entity or the successor person (if other than the Partnership) is a corporation, limited liability company, partnership (including a limited partnership), trust or other entity organized and validly existing under the laws of any U.S. domestic jurisdiction and expressly assumes the Partnership’s obligations on the Securities and under this Indenture;

(b) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Default or Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing; and

(c) if the Partnership is not the successor person, then each Guarantor (if any), unless it has become the successor person, shall confirm that its Guarantee shall continue to apply to the obligations under the Securities and this Indenture to the same extent as prior to such merger, conveyance, transfer or lease, as applicable.

The Partnership shall deliver to the Trustee prior to the consummation of the proposed transaction an Officer’s Certificate to the foregoing effect and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the proposed transaction and any supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture.

Notwithstanding the above, any Subsidiary of the Partnership may consolidate with, merge into or transfer all or part of its properties to the Partnership. Neither an Officer’s Certificate nor an Opinion of Counsel shall be required to be delivered in connection therewith.

Section 5.2 Successor Corporation Substituted.

Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Partnership in accordance with Section 5.1, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Partnership is merged or to which such sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Partnership under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor person has been named as the Partnership herein; provided, however, that the predecessor Partnership in the case of a sale, conveyance or other disposition (other than a lease) shall be released from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.

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ARTICLE VI.

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Section 6.1 Events of Default.

“Event of Default,” wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any Series, means any one of the following events, unless in the establishing Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officer’s Certificate, it is provided that such Series shall not have the benefit of said Event of Default:

(a) default in the payment of any interest on any Security of that Series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days (unless the entire amount of such payment is deposited by the Partnership with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the 30th day of such period); or

(b) default in the payment of principal of any Security of that Series at its Maturity; or

(c) default in the performance or breach of any covenant or warranty of the Partnership in this Indenture (other than defaults pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) above or pursuant to a covenant or warranty that has been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of Series of Securities other than that Series), which default continues uncured for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Partnership by the Trustee or to the Partnership and the Trustee by the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

(d) the Partnership pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

(i) commences a voluntary case,

(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,

(iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property,

(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or

(v) generally is unable to pay its debts as the same become due; or

(e) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

(i) is for relief against the Partnership in an involuntary case,

(ii) appoints a Custodian of the Partnership or for all or substantially all of its property, or

(iii) orders the liquidation of the Partnership, and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days; or

(f) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that Series, which is specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officer’s Certificate, in accordance with Section 2.2.18.

The term “Bankruptcy Law” means title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors. The term “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

Section 6.2 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any Series at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing (other than an Event of Default referred to in Section 6.1(d) or (e)), then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series may declare the principal amount (or, if any Securities of that Series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such Securities) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all of the Securities of that Series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Partnership (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(d) or (e) shall occur,

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the principal amount (or specified amount) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all outstanding Securities shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.

At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to any Series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series, by written notice to the Partnership and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration, if all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that Series, other than the non-payment of the principal and interest, if any, of Securities of that Series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 6.13.

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 6.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

The Partnership covenants that if

(a) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or

(b) default is made in the payment of principal of any Security at the Maturity thereof, or

then, the Partnership will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal and any overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the compensation and reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

If the Partnership fails to pay such amounts forthwith, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Partnership, any Guarantor or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or deemed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Partnership, any Guarantor or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated.

If an Event of Default with respect to any Securities of any Series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such Series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

Section 6.4 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Partnership or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Partnership or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Partnership for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,

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(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the compensation and reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and

(b) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same,

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the compensation and reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7.

Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

Section 6.5 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the compensation and reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

Section 6.6 Application of Money Collected.

Any money or property collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money or property on account of principal or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

First: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee (in any capacity hereunder) under Section 7.7; and

Second: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and interest, respectively; and

Third: To the Partnership or to the extent the Trustee received any amount from any Guarantor, to such Guarantor or as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.

Section 6.7 Limitation on Suits.

No Holder of any Security of any Series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless

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(a) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that Series;

(b) the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

(c) such Holder or Holders shall have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by the Trustee in compliance with such request;

(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity or security has failed to institute any such proceeding; and

(e) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series;

it being understood, intended and expressly covenanted by the Holder of every Security with every other Holder and the Trustee that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all such Holders of the applicable Series.

Section 6.8 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest.

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on such Security on the Maturity of such Security, including the Stated Maturity expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the redemption date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

Section 6.9 Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Partnership, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

Section 6.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in Section 2.8, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not, to the extent permitted by law, prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

Section 6.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver

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of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

Section 6.12 Control by Holders.

The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such Series, provided that

(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture,

(b) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction,

(c) subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability, and

(d) prior to taking any action as directed under this Section 6.12, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnity or security satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

Section 6.13 Waiver of Past Defaults.

The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such Series waive any past Default hereunder with respect to such Series and its consequences, except a Default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security of such Series (provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration). Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 6.14 Undertaking for Costs.

All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Partnership, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security on or after the Maturity of such Security, including the Stated Maturity expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the redemption date).

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ARTICLE VII.

TRUSTEE

Section 7.1 Duties of Trustee.

(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

(i) The Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others (it being agreed that the permissive right of the Trustee to do things enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty).

(ii) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon Officer’s Certificates or Opinions of Counsel furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; however, in the case of any such Officer’s Certificates or Opinions of Counsel which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine such Officer’s Certificates and Opinions of Counsel to determine whether or not they conform to the form requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts, statements, opinions or conclusions stated therein).

(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:

(i) This paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section.

(ii) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.

(iii) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it with respect to Securities of any Series in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such Series relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such Series in accordance with Section 6.12.

(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraph (a), (b) and (c) of this Section.

(e) The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or power unless it receives indemnity or security satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in performing such duty or exercising such right or power.

(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Partnership. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

(g) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if adequate indemnity against such risk is not assured to the Trustee to its reasonable satisfaction.

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(h) The Paying Agent, the Registrar, the Notice Agent and any authenticating agent shall be entitled to the protections and immunities as are set forth in paragraphs (e), (f) and (g) of this Section, each with respect to the Trustee.

Section 7.2 Rights of Trustee.

(a) The Trustee may rely on and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any document (whether in its original or facsimile form) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.

(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate, an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.

(c) The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care. No Depositary shall be deemed an agent of the Trustee and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any act or omission by any Depositary.

(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers, provided that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct or negligence.

(e) The Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder without willful misconduct or negligence, and in reliance thereon.

(f) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of Securities unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

(g) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit.

(h) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities generally or the Securities of a particular Series and this Indenture.

Section 7.3 Individual Rights of Trustee.

The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Partnership or an Affiliate of the Partnership with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11.

Section 7.4 Trustee’s Disclaimer.

The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for the Partnership’s or Guarantors’ use of the proceeds from the Securities, and it shall not be responsible for any statement in the Securities other than its authentication.

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Section 7.5 Notice of Defaults.

If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Securities of any Series and if it is known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall send to each Securityholder of the Securities of that Series notice of a Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs or, if later, after a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has knowledge of such Default or Event of Default. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of or interest on any Security of any Series, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as it in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Securityholders of that Series.

Section 7.6 Reports by Trustee to Holders.

Within 60 days after each anniversary of the date of this Indenture, the Trustee shall transmit to all Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear on the register kept by the Registrar, a brief report dated as of such anniversary date, in accordance with, and to the extent required under, TIA Section 313.

A copy of each report at the time of its delivery to Securityholders of any Series shall be filed with the SEC and each national securities exchange on which the Securities of that Series are listed. The Partnership shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing when Securities of any Series are listed on any national securities exchange.

Section 7.7 Compensation and Indemnity.

The Partnership shall pay to the Trustee (acting in any capacity hereunder) from time to time compensation for its services as the Partnership and the Trustee shall from time to time agree upon in writing. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Partnership shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

The Partnership shall indemnify each of the Trustee (acting in any capacity hereunder) and any predecessor Trustee (including the cost of defending itself) against any cost, expense or liability, including taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee) incurred by it except as set forth in the next paragraph in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust and in the performance of its duties under this Indenture as Trustee or Agent, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture or Guarantee against the Partnership or a Guarantor (including this Section 7.7) and defending itself against or investigating any claim (whether asserted by the Partnership, any Guarantor, any Holder or any other person). The Trustee shall notify the Partnership promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Partnership shall not relieve the Partnership of its obligations under this Section 7.7 except to the extent that the Partnership suffers actual prejudice as a result of such failure. The Partnership shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have one separate counsel and the Partnership shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Partnership need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. This indemnification shall apply to officers, directors, employees, shareholders and agents of the Trustee.

The Partnership need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss or liability incurred by the Trustee or by any officer, director, employee, shareholder or agent of the Trustee through willful misconduct or negligence.

To secure the Partnership’s payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities of any Series on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Securities of that Series.

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When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(d) or (e) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture.

Section 7.8 Replacement of Trustee.

A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section.

The Trustee may resign with respect to the Securities of one or more Series by so notifying the Partnership at least 30 days prior to the date of the proposed resignation. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of any Series may remove the Trustee with respect to that Series by so notifying the Trustee and the Partnership. The Partnership may remove the Trustee with respect to Securities of one or more Series if:

(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;

(b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;

(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Partnership shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Partnership.

If a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any one or more Series does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Partnership or the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Securities of the applicable Series may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Partnership. Immediately after that, the retiring Trustee shall transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.7, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee with respect to each Series of Securities for which it is acting as Trustee under this Indenture. A successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to each Securityholder of each such Series. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.8, the Partnership’s obligations under Section 7.7 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee with respect to expenses and liabilities incurred by it for actions taken or omitted to be taken in accordance with its rights, powers and duties under this Indenture prior to such replacement.

Section 7.9 Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.

If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation or banking association, the successor entity without any further act shall be the successor Trustee, subject to Section 7.10.

Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification.

This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA Section 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee shall always have a combined capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 310(b).

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Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Partnership.

The Trustee is subject to TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated.

ARTICLE VIII.

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE

Section 8.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

This Indenture shall upon Partnership Order cease to be of further effect (except as hereinafter provided in this Section 8.1), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Partnership, shall execute instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when

(a) either

(i) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Securities that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

(ii) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation

(1) have become due and payable, or

(2) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or

(3) have been called for redemption or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Partnership, or

(4) are deemed paid and discharged pursuant to Section 8.3, as applicable;

and the Partnership, in the case of (1), (2) or (3) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust an amount of money and/or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient for the purpose of paying and discharging the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable on or prior to the date of such deposit) or to the Stated Maturity or redemption date, as the case may be;

(b) the Partnership has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Partnership; and

(c) the Partnership has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Partnership to the Trustee under Section 7.7, and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to clause (a) of this Section, the provisions of Sections 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 8.2 and 8.5 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

If the Partnership exercises the satisfaction and discharge provisions in compliance with this Indenture with respect to Securities of a particular Series that are entitled to the benefit of the Guarantee of any Guarantor, the Guarantee will terminate with respect to that Series of Securities.

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Section 8.2 Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification.

(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 8.5, all money or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.1, all money and U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.3 or 8.4 and all money received by the Trustee in respect of U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.3 or 8.4, shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Partnership acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the persons entitled thereto, of the principal and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with or received by the Trustee or to make mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments as contemplated by Section 8.3 or 8.4.

(b) The Partnership shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 8.3 or 8.4 or the interest and principal received in respect of such obligations other than any payable by or on behalf of Holders.

(c) The Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Partnership from time to time upon Partnership Order any U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations or money held by it as provided in Section 8.3 or 8.4 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants or investment bank expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are then in excess of the amount thereof which then would have been required to be deposited for the purpose for which such U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations or money were deposited or received. This provision shall not authorize the sale by the Trustee of any U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations held under this Indenture.

Section 8.3 Legal Defeasance of Securities of any Series.

Unless this Section 8.3 is otherwise specified, pursuant to Section 2.2, to be inapplicable to Securities of any Series, the Partnership shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the outstanding Securities of any Series on the 91st day after the date of the deposit referred to in subparagraph (d) hereof, and the provisions of this Indenture, as it relates to such outstanding Securities of such Series, shall no longer be in effect and any Guarantee will terminate with respect to that Series of Securities (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Partnership, shall, upon receipt of a Partnership Order, execute instruments acknowledging the same), except as to:

(a) the rights of Holders of Securities of such Series to receive, from the trust funds described in subparagraph (d) hereof, (i) payment of the principal of and each installment of principal of and interest on the outstanding Securities of such Series on the Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or interest and (ii) the benefit of any mandatory sinking fund payments applicable to the Securities of such Series on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Securities of such Series;

(b) the provisions of Sections 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 8.2, 8.3 and 8.5; and

(c) the rights, powers, trust and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Partnership’s obligations in connection therewith;

provided that the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

(d) the Partnership shall have deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited (except as provided in Section 8.2(c)) with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for and dedicated solely to the benefit of the Holders of such Securities (i) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in Dollars, cash in Dollars and/or U.S.

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Government Obligations, or (ii) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in a Foreign Currency (other than a composite currency), money and/or Foreign Government Obligations, which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms, will provide (and without reinvestment and assuming no tax liability will be imposed on such Trustee), not later than one day before the due date of any payment of money, an amount in cash, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants or investment bank expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge each installment of principal of and interest, if any, on and any mandatory sinking fund payments in respect of all the Securities of such Series on the dates such installments of interest or principal and such sinking fund payments are due;

(e) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Partnership is a party or by which it is bound (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit (and any similar concurrent deposit related to other indebtedness of the Partnership or any Subsidiary) and the granting of liens to secure such borrowings);

(f) no Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such Series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or during the period ending on the 91st day after such date;

(g) the Partnership shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (i) the Partnership has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (ii) since the date of execution of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the Securities of such Series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance and discharge and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance and discharge had not occurred;

(h) the Partnership shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Partnership with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Partnership; and

(i) the Partnership shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to the defeasance contemplated by this Section have been complied with.

Section 8.4 Covenant Defeasance.

Unless this Section 8.4 is otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.2 to be inapplicable to Securities of any Series, the Partnership may omit to comply with respect to the Securities of any Series with any term, provision or condition set forth under Sections 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 and 5.1 as well as any additional covenants specified in a supplemental indenture for such Series of Securities or a Board Resolution or an Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2 (and the failure to comply with any such covenants shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default with respect to such Series under Section 6.1) and the occurrence of any event specified in a supplemental indenture for such Series of Securities or a Board Resolution or an Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2.18 and designated as an Event of Default shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default hereunder, with respect to the Securities of such Series, provided that the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

(a) With reference to this Section 8.4, the Partnership has deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited (except as provided in Section 8.2(c)) with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to,

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the benefit of the Holders of such Securities (i) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in Dollars, cash in Dollars and/or U.S. Government Obligations, or (ii) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in a Foreign Currency (other than a composite currency), money and/or Foreign Government Obligations, which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms, will provide (and without reinvestment and assuming no tax liability will be imposed on such Trustee), not later than one day before the due date of any payment of money, an amount in cash, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants or investment bank expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge each installment of principal of and interest, if any, on and any mandatory sinking fund payments in respect of the Securities of such Series on the dates such installments of interest or principal and such sinking fund payments are due;

(b) Such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Partnership is a party or by which it is bound (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit (and any similar concurrent deposit related to other indebtedness of the Partnership or any Subsidiary) and the granting of liens to secure such borrowings);

(c) No Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such Series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit;

(d) The Partnership shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that Holders of the Securities of such Series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and covenant defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and covenant defeasance had not occurred;

(e) The Partnership shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Partnership with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Partnership; and

(f) The Partnership shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the covenant defeasance contemplated by this Section have been complied with.

Section 8.5 Repayment to Partnership.

Subject to applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Partnership upon request any money held by them for the payment of principal and interest that remains unclaimed for two years. After that, Securityholders entitled to the money must look to the Partnership for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another person.

Section 8.6 Reinstatement.

If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money deposited with respect to Securities of any Series in accordance with Section 8.1 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the obligations of the Partnership under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such Series and under the Securities of such Series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.1 until such time as the Trustee or the Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.1; provided, however, that if the Partnership has made any payment of principal of or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Securities because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Partnership shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent after payment in full to the Holders.

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ARTICLE IX.

AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS

Section 9.1 Without Consent of Holders.

The Partnership, any Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities of one or more Series without the consent of any Securityholder:

(a) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency;

(b) to comply with Article V;

(d) to surrender any of the Partnership’s rights or powers under this Indenture;

(e) to add covenants or events of default for the benefit of the holders of Securities of any Series;

(f) to comply with the applicable procedures of the applicable depositary;

(g) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder;

(h) to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of Securities of any Series as permitted by this Indenture;

(i) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more Series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee;

(j) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;

(k) to reflect the release of any Guarantor in accordance with Article XII; or

(l) to add Guarantors with respect to any or all of the Securities or to secure any or all of the Securities or the Guarantees.

Section 9.2 With Consent of Holders.

The Partnership, any Guarantors and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each Series affected by such supplemental indenture (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities of such Series), for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Securityholders of each such Series. Except as provided in Section 6.13, the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series by notice to the Trustee (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities of such Series) may waive compliance by the Partnership with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities with respect to such Series.

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Securities under this Section 9.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. After a supplemental indenture or waiver under this section becomes effective, the Partnership shall send to the Holders of Securities affected thereby, a notice briefly describing the supplemental indenture or waiver. Any failure by the Partnership to mail or publish such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture or waiver.

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Section 9.3 Limitations.

Without the consent of each Securityholder affected, an amendment or waiver may not:

(a) reduce the principal amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

(b) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest (including default interest) on any Security;

(c) reduce the principal or change the Stated Maturity of any Security or reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the payment of any sinking fund or analogous obligation;

(d) reduce the principal amount of Discount Securities payable upon acceleration of the maturity thereof;

(e) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or interest, if any, on any Security (except a rescission of acceleration of the Securities of any Series by the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such Series and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);

(f) make the principal of or interest, if any, on any Security payable in any currency other than that stated in the Security;

(g) make any change in Section 6.8, 6.13 or 9.3 (this sentence);

(h) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Security, provided that such redemption is made at the Partnership’s option; or

(i) if the Securities of that Series are entitled to the benefit of the Guarantee, release any Guarantor of such Series other than as provided in this Indenture or modify the Guarantee in any manner adverse to the Holders.

Section 9.4 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.

Every amendment to this Indenture or the Securities of one or more Series shall be set forth in a supplemental indenture hereto that complies with the TIA as then in effect.

Section 9.5 Revocation and Effect of Consents.

Until an amendment is set forth in a supplemental indenture or a waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Security is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to his Security or portion of a Security if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date of the supplemental indenture or the date the waiver becomes effective.

Any amendment or waiver once effective shall bind every Securityholder of each Series affected by such amendment or waiver unless it is of the type described in any of clauses (a) through (i) of Section 9.3. In that case, the amendment or waiver shall bind each Holder of a Security who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security.

The Partnership may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to give their consent or take any other action described above or required

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or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, those persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those persons, shall be entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or take any such action, whether or not such persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120 days after such record date.

Section 9.6 Notation on or Exchange of Securities.

The Partnership or the Trustee (at the direction of the Partnership) may place an appropriate notation about an amendment or waiver on any Security of any Series thereafter authenticated. The Partnership in exchange for Securities of that Series may issue and the Trustee shall authenticate upon receipt of a Partnership Order new Securities of that Series that reflect the amendment or waiver.

Section 9.7 Trustee Protected.

In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel complying with Section 10.4. The Trustee shall sign all supplemental indentures upon delivery of such an Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel, except that the Trustee need not sign any supplemental indenture that adversely affects its rights, duties, liabilities or immunities.

ARTICLE X.

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 10.1 Trust Indenture Act Controls.

If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with another provision which is required or deemed to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, such required or deemed provision shall control.

Section 10.2 Notices.

Any notice or communication by the Partnership, any Guarantor or the Trustee to the other, or by a Holder to the Partnership, any Guarantor or the Trustee, is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail:

if to the Partnership or any Guarantor:

Sotherly Hotels Inc.

410 W. Francis Street

Williamsburg, Virginia 23185

Facsimile: (757) 229-8801

Attention: Andrew M. Sims, Chief Executive Officer

with a copy to:

Baker & McKenzie LLP

815 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20006

Facsimile: (202) 452-7000

Attention: Thomas J. Egan, Jr., Esq.

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If to the Trustee:

Wilmington Trust, National Association

1100 North Market Street

Wilmington, Delaware 19890

Facsimilie: (302) 636-4145

Attention: Sotherly Hotels LP Administrator

The Partnership, any Guarantor or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

Any notice or communication to a Securityholder shall be mailed by first-class mail to his address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder of any Series or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Securityholders of that or any other Series.

If a notice or communication is mailed or published in the manner provided above, within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the Securityholder receives it.

If the Partnership or any Guarantor mails a notice or communication to Securityholders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Security, where this Indenture or any Security provides for notice of any event (including any notice of redemption) to a Holder of a Global Security (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given to the Depositary for such Security (or its designee) pursuant to the customary procedures of such Depositary.

Section 10.3 Communication by Holders with Other Holders.

Securityholders of any Series may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Securityholders of that Series or any other Series with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities of that Series or all Series. The Partnership, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).

Section 10.4 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

Upon any request or application by the Partnership to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Partnership shall furnish to the Trustee:

(a) an Officer’s Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

(b) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

Section 10.5 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to TIA Section 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of TIA Section 314(e) and shall include:

(a) a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

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(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

Section 10.6 Rules by Trustee and Agents.

The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Securityholders of one or more Series. Any Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.

Section 10.7 Legal Holidays.

Unless otherwise provided by Board Resolution, Officer’s Certificate or supplemental indenture hereto for a particular Series, a “Legal Holiday” is any day that is not a Business Day. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.

Section 10.8 No Recourse Against Others.

A director, officer, employee, stockholder or controlling person (past or present), as such, of the Partnership or any Guarantor shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Partnership under the Securities, the Guarantee or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.

Section 10.9 Counterparts.

This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

Section 10.10 Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial.

THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES, INCLUDING ANY CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE INDENTURE OR THE SECURITIES, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW). EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

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Section 10.11 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Partnership or a Subsidiary of the Partnership. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

Section 10.12 Successors.

All agreements of the Partnership and the Guarantors in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind their respective successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor.

Section 10.13 Severability.

In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 10.14 Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.

The Table of Contents, Cross Reference Table, and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

Section 10.15 Securities in a Foreign Currency.

Unless otherwise specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2 of this Indenture with respect to a particular Series of Securities, whenever for purposes of this Indenture any action may be taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of Securities of all Series or all Series affected by a particular action at the time outstanding and, at such time, there are outstanding Securities of any Series which are denominated in more than one currency, then the principal amount of Securities of such Series which shall be deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of taking such action shall be determined by converting any such other currency into a currency that is designated upon issuance of any particular Series of Securities. Unless otherwise specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2 of this Indenture with respect to a particular Series of Securities, such conversion shall be at the spot rate for the purchase of the designated currency as published in The Financial Times in the “Currency Rates” section (or, if The Financial Times is no longer published, or if such information is no longer available in The Financial Times, such source as may be selected in good faith by the Partnership) on any date of determination. The provisions of this paragraph shall apply in determining the equivalent principal amount in respect of Securities of a Series denominated in currency other than Dollars in connection with any action taken by Holders of Securities pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

All decisions and determinations provided for in the preceding paragraph shall, in the absence of manifest error, to the extent permitted by law, be conclusive for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Trustee and all Holders.

Section 10.16 Judgment Currency.

The Partnership agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of or interest or other amount on the Securities of any Series (the “Required Currency”) into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the “Judgment Currency”), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures could purchase in

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The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the day on which final unappealable judgment is entered, unless such day is not a New York Banking Day, then the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures could purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day preceding the day on which final unappealable judgment is entered and (b) its obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, any recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with subsection (a)), in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments, (ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for the purpose of recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency so expressed to be payable, and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the foregoing, “New York Banking Day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

ARTICLE XI.

SINKING FUNDS

Section 11.1 Applicability of Article.

The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of the Securities of a Series if so provided by the terms of such Securities pursuant to Section 2.2, except as otherwise permitted or required by any form of Security of such Series issued pursuant to this Indenture.

The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of the Securities of any Series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment” and any other amount provided for by the terms of Securities of such Series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment.” If provided for by the terms of Securities of any Series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 11.2. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any Series as provided for by the terms of the Securities of such Series.

Section 11.2 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.

The Partnership may, in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of any Series to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities (1) deliver outstanding Securities of such Series to which such sinking fund payment is applicable (other than any of such Securities previously called for mandatory sinking fund redemption) and (2) apply as credit Securities of such Series to which such sinking fund payment is applicable and which have been repurchased by the Partnership or redeemed either at the election of the Partnership pursuant to the terms of such Series of Securities (except pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund) or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments or other optional redemptions pursuant to the terms of such Securities, provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received by the Trustee, together with an Officer’s Certificate with respect thereto, not later than 15 days prior to the date on which the Trustee begins the process of selecting Securities for redemption, and shall be credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly. If as a result of the delivery or credit of Securities in lieu of cash payments pursuant to this Section 11.2, the principal amount of Securities of such Series to be redeemed in order to exhaust the aforesaid cash payment shall be less than $100,000, the Trustee need not call Securities of such Series for redemption, except upon receipt of a Partnership Order that such action be taken, and such cash payment shall be held

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by the Trustee or a Paying Agent and applied to the next succeeding sinking fund payment, provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall from time to time upon receipt of a Partnership Order pay over and deliver to the Partnership any cash payment so being held by the Trustee or such Paying Agent upon delivery by the Partnership to the Trustee of Securities of that Series purchased by the Partnership having an unpaid principal amount equal to the cash payment required to be released to the Partnership.

Section 11.3 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.

Not less than 45 days (unless otherwise indicated in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officer’s Certificate in respect of a particular Series of Securities) prior to each sinking fund payment date for any Series of Securities, the Partnership will deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment for that Series pursuant to the terms of that Series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting of Securities of that Series pursuant to Section 11.2, and the optional amount, if any, to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, and the Partnership shall thereupon be obligated to pay the amount therein specified. Not less than 30 days (unless otherwise indicated in the Board Resolution, Officer’s Certificate or supplemental indenture in respect of a particular Series of Securities) before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 3.2 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Partnership in the manner provided in Section 3.3. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6.

ARTICLE XII.

GUARANTEE

Section 12.1 Unconditional Guarantee.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Article XII to the contrary, the provisions of this Article XII shall be applicable only to, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Securities of any Series designated, pursuant to Section 2.2.23, as entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee of each Guarantor identified in such designation and that has executed a Notation of Guarantee with respect to such Series.

(b) For value received, each Guarantor hereby jointly and severally, fully, unconditionally and absolutely guarantees (the “Guarantee”) to the Holders and to the Trustee the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on each Series of Securities for which such Guarantor has executed a Notation of Guarantee with respect to such Series and all other amounts due and payable under this Indenture and the Securities of such Series by the Partnership, when and as such principal and interest shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, according to the terms of such Securities and this Indenture, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 12.3.

(c) Failing payment when due of any amount guaranteed pursuant to the Guarantee, for whatever reason, each of the Guarantors will be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be full, unconditional and absolute, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Securities, the Guarantee (including the Guarantee of any other Guarantor) or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Securities with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Partnership or any other Guarantor, or any action to enforce the same or any other circumstances which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of any of the Guarantors. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that in the event of

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a default in payment of the principal of or interest on the Securities entitled to the Guarantee of such Guarantor, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, legal proceedings may be instituted by the Trustee on behalf of the Holders or, subject to Section 6.7, by the Holders, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Indenture, directly against such Guarantor to enforce the Guarantee without first proceeding against the Partnership or any other Guarantor.

(d) Each Guarantor hereby (i) waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of the merger, insolvency or bankruptcy of the Partnership or any of the Guarantors, and all demands whatsoever and (ii) acknowledges that any agreement, instrument or document evidencing the Guarantee may be transferred and that the benefit of its obligations hereunder shall extend to each holder of any agreement, instrument or document evidencing the Guarantee without notice to it. Each Guarantor further agrees that if at any time all or any part of any payment theretofore applied by any person to the Guarantee is, or must be, rescinded or returned for any reason whatsoever, including without limitation, the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Partnership or any of the Guarantors, the Guarantee shall, to the extent that such payment is or must be rescinded or returned, be deemed to have continued in existence notwithstanding such application, and the Guarantee shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, as though such application had not been made.

(e) Each Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holders and the Trustee against the Partnership in respect of any amounts paid by such Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture; provided, however, that such Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce or to receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until all of the Securities entitled to the Guarantee of such Guarantor and the Guarantee shall have been paid in full or discharged.

Section 12.2 Execution and Delivery of Notation of Guarantee.

To evidence the Guarantee of a Guarantor of a Series of Securities, a Notation of Guarantee, executed by either manual or facsimile signature of an officer of such Guarantor, shall be affixed on each Security entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee of such Guarantor; however, the failure of any Guarantor to execute any such Notation of Guarantee shall not affect any Guarantee hereunder. If any officer of any Guarantor whose signature is on a Notation of Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates a Security to which such Notation of Guarantee is affixed or at any time thereafter, the Guarantee of such Security shall be valid nevertheless. The delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of any Guarantee relating to such Security set forth in the Indenture on behalf of the Guarantor.

Section 12.3 Limitation on Guarantors’ Liability.

Each Guarantor by its acceptance hereof and each Holder of Security entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the guarantee by such Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of any federal or state law. To effectuate the foregoing intention, each Holder of a Security entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably agrees that the obligations of each Guarantor under the Guarantee shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor and to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under the Guarantee, not result in the obligations of such Guarantor under the Guarantee constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under federal or state law.

Section 12.4 Release of Guarantors from Guarantee.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Guarantee of any Guarantor may be released upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 8.1, Section 8.3 and this

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Section 12.4. Provided that no Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing under this Indenture, the Guarantee incurred by a Guarantor pursuant to this Article XII shall be unconditionally released and discharged (i) automatically upon (A) any sale, exchange or transfer, whether by way of merger or otherwise, to any person that is not an Affiliate of the Partnership, of all of the Partnership’s direct or indirect equity interests in such Guarantor (provided such sale, exchange or transfer is not prohibited by this Indenture) or (B) the merger of such Guarantor into the Partnership or any other Guarantor or the liquidation and dissolution of such Guarantor (in each case to the extent not prohibited by this Indenture) or (ii) with respect to any Series of Securities, upon the occurrence of any other condition set forth in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officer’s Certificate establishing the terms of such Series.

(b) Upon receipt of a written request of the Partnership accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel to the effect that any Guarantor is entitled to release from the Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee shall deliver an appropriate instrument evidencing the release of such Guarantor from the Guarantee. Any Guarantor not so released shall remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest on the Securities entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee as provided in this Indenture, subject to the limitations of Section 12.3.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.


Sotherly Hotels LP

By:	Sotherly Hotels Inc.,
	its General Partner

	By:	/s/ David R. Folsom
		Name:	David R. Folsom
		Title:	President and Chief Operating Officer

Sotherly Hotels Inc., as a Guarantor

By:		/s/ David R. Folsom
		Name:	David R. Folsom
		Title:	President and Chief Operating Officer

Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee

By:		/s/ W. Thomas Morris II
		Name:	W. Thomas Morris II
		Title:	Vice President

SIGNATURE PAGE TO INDENTURE

Signature Page to Indenture

EXHIBIT A

FORM OF

NOTATION OF GUARANTEE

Each Guarantor signing below has fully, unconditionally and absolutely guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on the Securities to which this notation is affixed and all other amounts due and payable under the Indenture and the Securities to which this notation is affixed by the Partnership.

The obligations of such Guarantor to the Holders of Securities to which this notation is affixed and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article XII of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee.


[NAME OF GUARANTOR(S)]

By:
		Name:
		Its:

A-1

Exhibit 4.2

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

$25,000,000

7.25% SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES DUE 2021

dated

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

SOTHERLY HOTELS LP

Issuer

and

SOTHERLY HOTELS INC.

Guarantor

and

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

Trustee

Table of Contents


Article 1 RELATION TO BASE INDENTURE		1

1.1	Relation to Base Indenture	1

Article 2 DEFINITIONS		2

2.1	Definitions	2

Article 3 THE SERIES OF NOTES		6

3.1	Title of the Securities	6
3.2	Price	6
3.3	Issuance	6
3.4	Limitation on Aggregate Principal Amount	6
3.5	Interest and Interest Rates; Maturity Date of Notes	6
3.6	Method of Payment	7
3.7	Currency	8
3.8	No Sinking Fund	8
3.9	No Conversion or Exchange Rights	8
3.10	No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employers and Equityholders	8
3.11	Registered Securities; Global Form	8
3.12	Transfer and Exchange	9
3.13	General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges	12

Article 4 REDEMPTION		13

4.1	Optional Redemption	13
4.2	Notice of Optional Redemption	13
4.3	Payment of Notes Called for Redemption by the Partnership	14

Article 5 GUARANTEE		15

5.1	Guarantee	15
5.2	Execution and Delivery of Guarantee	16
5.3	Limitation of Guarantor’s Liability; Certain Bankruptcy Events	16
5.4	Application of Certain Terms and Provisions to the Guarantor	17

Article 6 ADDITIONAL COVENANTS		17

6.1	Maintenance of Office or Agency	17
6.2	Change of Control Repurchase Event	18
6.3	Limitations on Incurrence of Debt	19
6.4	Maintenance of Properties	20
6.5	Insurance	20
6.6	Payment of Taxes and Other Claims	20


Article 7 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES		21

7.1	Events of Default	21
7.2	Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment	23
7.3	Limitation on Suits	23

Article 8 [RESERVED]		24

Article 9 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS		24

9.1	Ratification of Indenture	24
9.2	Governing Law	24
9.3	Counterparts	25
9.4	Calculations in Respect of the Notes	25
9.5	Successors and Assigns	25
9.6	Rights of Holders Limited	25
9.7	Rights and Duties of Trustee	25
9.8	Notices	25
9.9	Headings, etc.	26
9.10	Conflicts	26
9.11	Trust Indenture Act Controls	27
9.12	Force Majeure	27
9.13	U.S.A. Patriot Act	27

EXHIBIT A: Form of Note
EXHIBIT B: Form of Notation of Guarantee

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of February 12, 2018 (this “ Supplemental Indenture ”), by and among SOTHERLY HOTELS LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Partnership ”), SOTHERLY HOTELS INC., a Maryland corporation (the “ Guarantor ” or the “ REIT ”), and WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association organized under the laws of the United States of America (the “ Trustee ”) .

RECITALS

A. The Partnership, the Guarantor and the Trustee have heretofore entered into an Indenture dated as of February 12, 2018 (the “ Base Indenture ”), providing for the issuance from time to time of debt securities of the Partnership in one or more Series.

B. Section 2.2 of the Base Indenture permits the Partnership, the Guarantor and the Trustee to enter into a supplemental indenture to the Base Indenture to establish the form, terms and conditions of Securities of any Series as permitted by the Base Indenture.

C. Each of the Partnership and the Guarantor desires to execute this Supplemental Indenture to establish the form and to provide for the issuance of a Series of the Partnership’s senior unsecured notes designated as its 7.25% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2021 (the “ Notes ”) in an initial aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000.

D. The Guarantor will guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal and interest on the Notes pursuant to Article 5 of this Supplemental Indenture.

E. The Board of Directors of the Guarantor, as the sole general partner of the Partnership, has duly adopted resolutions authorizing the Partnership to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture and the Board of Directors of the Guarantor has duly adopted resolutions authorizing such Guarantor to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

F. All other conditions and requirements necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture, when duly executed and delivered, a valid and binding agreement in accordance with its terms and for the purposes herein expressed, have been performed and fulfilled.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each of the Partnership and the Guarantor agrees as follows:

ARTICLE 1

RELATION TO BASE INDENTURE

1.1 Relation to Base Indenture

This Supplemental Indenture constitutes an integral part of the Base Indenture. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Supplemental Indenture, all provisions of this Supplemental Indenture are expressly and solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes and any such provisions shall not be deemed to apply to any other Securities issued under the Base Indenture and shall not be deemed to amend, modify or supplement the Base Indenture for any purpose other than with respect to the Notes.

ARTICLE 2

DEFINITIONS

2.1 Definitions

For all purposes of this Supplemental Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided for or unless the context otherwise requires:

(a)

capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Base Indenture;

(b)

all references herein to Articles and Sections, unless otherwise specified, refer to the corresponding Articles and Sections of this Supplemental Indenture; and

(c)

as used herein the following terms have the following meanings:

“ Additional Notes ” means additional Notes (other than the Initial Notes) issued under the Indenture in accordance with Section 3.4 hereof, as part of the same series as the Initial Notes.

“ Adjusted Total Asset Value ” as of any date means the sum of (i) Stabilized Asset Value, (ii) Non-Stabilized Asset Value and (iii) total cash and cash equivalents of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis determined in accordance with GAAP.

“ Applicable Procedures ” means, with respect to any transfer, exchange, payment, redemption, offer, or communications delivered of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depository that apply to such transfer, exchange, payment, redemption, offer, or communications delivered.

“ Asset Under Renovation ” means as of any date any hotel asset directly or indirectly owned by the Partnership, any Subsidiary or any Unconsolidated Entity, that is designated by the Partnership in its discretion as the recipient or beneficiary of capital expenditures in an amount greater than 4% of such hotel asset’s total revenues for the preceding 12 months.

“ Authentication Order ” means a Partnership Order to the Trustee to authenticate and deliver the Notes.

“ Bankruptcy Law ” means title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal or State law for the relief of debtors.

“ Benefited Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1 hereof.

“ Business Day ” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which banking institutions in New York City or the location of the corporate trust office of the Trustee are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

“ Capital Stock ” means, with respect to any entity, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated, whether voting or non-voting), including partnership or limited liability company interests, whether general or limited, in the equity of such entity (including without limitation all warrants, options, derivative instruments, or rights of subscription or conversion relating to or affecting Capital Stock), whether outstanding on the issue date of the notes or issued thereafter, including without limitation, in the case of the REIT, all common stock and preferred stock of REIT outstanding from time to time.

“ Capitalization Rate ” means 7.5%.

“ Change of Control Offer ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2 hereof.

“ Change of Control Payment ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2 hereof.

“ Change of Control Payment Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2 hereof.

“ Change of Control Repurchase Event ” means (A) the acquisition by any person, including any syndicate or group deemed to be a “person” under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, of beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, through a purchase, merger or other acquisition transaction or series of purchases, mergers or other acquisition transactions of the Capital Stock entitling that person to exercise more than 50% of the total voting power of all the Capital Stock entitled to vote generally in the election of the REIT’s directors (except that such person will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such person has the right to acquire, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition); and (B) following the closing of any transaction referred to in subsection (A), neither the Partnership, the REIT nor the acquiring or surviving entity has a class of common securities (or American Depositary Receipts representing such securities) listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“ NYSE ”), the NYSE Amex Equities (“ NYSE Amex ”), or the Nasdaq Stock Market, or listed or quoted on an exchange or quotation system that is a successor to the NYSE, the NYSE Amex or the Nasdaq Stock Market.

“ Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service ” means, for the four complete calendar quarters preceding the date of determination, Consolidated Net Income of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries plus amounts that have been deducted for but minus amounts that have been added for (a) Consolidated Interest Expense plus dividends on mandatorily redeemable or mandatorily convertible preferred stock and prepayment penalties included in GAAP interest expense, (b) provision for taxes of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries based on income, (c) depreciation and amortization and all other non-cash items deducted for purposes of calculating Consolidated Net Income, (d) provision for gains and losses on sales or other dispositions of properties and other investments, (e) extraordinary items, (f) non-recurring or other unusual items, as determined by the Partnership in good faith and (g) corporate, general and administrative expenses.

“ Consolidated Interest Expense ” means, for the four complete calendar quarters preceding the date of determination, the aggregate amount of interest expense for the Partnership and its Subsidiaries for such period determined accordance with GAAP, excluding any interest that is (i) payable in respect of Capital Stock, (ii) capitalized or (iii) payable in a form other than cash.

“ Consolidated Net Income ” means, for the four complete calendar quarters preceding the date of determination, the amount of net income (or loss) of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

“ Debt ” means, as of any date, without duplication, any indebtedness of the Partnership or any Subsidiary, whether or not contingent, solely in respect of (i) borrowed money evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments, (ii) indebtedness secured by a mortgage, pledge, lien, charge, encumbrance or any security interest existing on property owned by the Partnership or any Subsidiary or (iii) reimbursement obligations in connection with any letters of credit actually issued or amounts representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable; but in the case of items of indebtedness incurred under (i) through (iii) above only to the extent that any such items (other than letters of credit) would appear as a liability on the Partnership’s consolidated balance sheet in accordance with GAAP; and also includes, to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation of the Partnership or any Subsidiary to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise (other than for purposes of collection in the ordinary course of business), indebtedness of another person (other than the Partnership or any Subsidiary). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, “Debt” shall exclude all Capital Stock of the REIT, the Partnership or any Subsidiary.

“ Default ” means any event that is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.

“ Defaulted Interest ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6 hereof.

“ Definitive Note ” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 3.12 hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereof except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note legend and shall not have the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto.

“ Depository ” means, with respect to the Global Notes, the Depository Trust Company and any successor thereto.

“ Event of Default ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1 hereof.

“ GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles, as in effect from time to time, as used in the United States of America, applied on a consistent basis; provided, that solely for purposes of any calculation required by the financial covenants contained herein, “GAAP” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles as used in the United States of America, on the date hereof, applied on a consistent basis.

“ Global Note ” means, individually and collectively, each of the Notes in the form of a Global Security issued to the Depository or its nominee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A .

“ Guarantee ” and “ Guarantees ” mean, with respect to any Notes that are guaranteed by the Guarantor pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof, the full and unconditional guarantee provided by the Guarantor in respect of such Notes as set forth in Article 5 hereof and the guarantees endorsed on the certificates evidencing such Notes, or both, as the context shall require.

“ Guarantee Obligations ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1 hereof.

“ Indenture ” means the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, as further supplemented, amended or restated.

“ Indirect Participant ” means a person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.

“ Initial Notes ” means the first $25,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Supplemental Indenture on the date hereof.

“ Initial Original Principal Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.4 hereof.

“ Intercompany Debt ” means Debt to which the only parties are the REIT, any of its subsidiaries, the Partnership and any Subsidiary, or Debt owed to the REIT arising from routine cash management practices, but only so long as such Debt is held solely by any of the REIT, any of its subsidiaries, the Partnership and any Subsidiary.

“ Interest Payment Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5 hereof.

“ Maturity Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5 hereof.

“ Non-Stabilized Asset ” means, as of any date, any hotel asset owned by the Partnership, any Subsidiary or any Unconsolidated Entity that (i) is, or within the preceding 24 months has been, an Asset Under Renovation, or (ii) has, within the preceding 24 months, (A) completed a brand change, (B) been subject to an event, or a series of events, giving rise to a material casualty or (C) is in, or has completed, condemnation proceedings in respect of all or any part of such hotel asset.

“ Non-Stabilized Asset Value ” as of any date means the total “as-stabilized” value of all Non-Stabilized Assets as determined by an appraisal of each such Non-Stabilized Asset commissioned by the Partnership from a certified MAI appraiser in December of each year during which any Notes remain outstanding.

“ Notes ” has the meaning specified in Recital C hereof. The Initial Notes and the Additional Notes shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under the Indenture, and unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the Notes shall include the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes.

“ Participant ” means a person who has an account with the Depository.

“ Prospectus ” means the prospectus dated September 20, 2017 and the prospectus supplement dated February 8, 2018, relating to the original issuance of the Notes.

“ Record Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.5 hereof.

“ Redemption Date ” means, with respect to any Note or portion thereof to be redeemed in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.1 hereof, the date fixed for such redemption in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.1 hereof.

“ Redemption Price ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.1 hereof.

“ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as in effect from time to time.

“ Significant Subsidiary ” with respect to any person, means any Subsidiary of such person that satisfies the criteria for a “significant subsidiary” set forth in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act.

“ Stabilized Asset ” means, as of any date, any hotel asset owned by the Partnership, any Subsidiary or any Unconsolidated Entity that does not constitute a Non-Stabilized Asset.

“ Stabilized Asset Value ” as of any date means the total value of all Stabilized Assets determined by dividing (i) Stabilized Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service by (ii) the Capitalization Rate.

“ Stabilized Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service ” as of any date means Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries, excluding any portion of Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service attributable to a Non-Stabilized Asset.

“ Stabilized Consolidated Interest Expense ” as of any date means Consolidated Interest Expense of the Partnership and its Subsidiaries, excluding any portion of Consolidated Interest Expense relating to Debt that is secured by a Non-Stabilized Asset.

“ Subsidiary ” means a corporation, partnership or limited liability company, a majority of the outstanding Voting Stock of which is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Partnership or by one or more Subsidiaries of the Partnership.

“ Unconsolidated Entity ” means a person, other than a Subsidiary, in which the Partnership holds a direct or indirect ownership interest that is accounted for under the equity method of accounting or the cost method of accounting.

“ Voting Stock ” means with respect to any person, Capital Stock of any class or kind ordinarily having the power to vote for the election of directors, managers or other voting members of the governing body of such person

ARTICLE 3

THE SERIES OF NOTES

3.1 Title of the Securities

There shall be a Series of Securities designated the 7.25% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2021.

3.2 Price

The Initial Notes shall be issued at a public offering price of $25.00 per note, other than any offering discounts pursuant to the initial offering and resale of the Notes.

3.3 Issuance

The Notes will be issued only in fully registered, book-entry form, in minimum denominations of $25.00 and integral multiples of $25.00 in excess thereof. The principal amount of the Notes will be reflected in units with each unit being worth $25.00. The registered Holder of a Note will be treated as its owner for all purposes.

3.4 Limitation on Aggregate Principal Amount

The aggregate principal amount of the Notes shall initially be limited to $25,000,000 (the “ Initial Original Principal Amount ”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Partnership, without notice to or the consent of the Holders of the Notes, by resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Guarantor or indentures supplemental to the Base Indenture from time to time may increase the principal amount of the Notes by issuing Additional Notes in the future on the same terms and conditions as the Initial Notes except for any difference in the issue date, issue price, interest accrued prior to the issue date and, if applicable, the first interest payment date of the Additional Notes, and with the same CUSIP number as the Initial Notes so long as such Additional Notes are fungible for U.S. income tax purposes with the Initial Notes.

Except as provided in this Section 3.4, any such resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Guarantor or indentures supplemental to the Base Indenture and in Section 2.8 of the Base Indenture, the Partnership shall not execute and the Trustee shall not authenticate or deliver Notes in excess of the Initial Original Principal Amount.

Nothing contained in this Section 3.4 or elsewhere in this Supplemental Indenture, or in the Notes, is intended to or shall limit execution by the Partnership or authentication or delivery by the Trustee of the Notes under the circumstances contemplated in Sections 2.3, 2.8, 2.11 and 3.6 of the Base Indenture.

3.5 Interest and Interest Rates; Maturity Date of Notes

The Notes will bear interest at a rate of 7.25% per annum from February 12, 2018 or from the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, payable quarterly in arrears on February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15 of each year,

commencing May 15, 2018 (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”), to the person in whose name such Note is registered at the close of business on February 1, May 1, August 1 or November 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date (each, a “ Record Date ”). Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months.

If any Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date or Redemption Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the required payment shall be made on the next Business Day as if it were made on the date such payment was due and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date or Redemption Date, as the case may be.

The Notes will mature on February 15, 2021 (the “ Maturity Date ”).

3.6 Method of Payment

The Partnership covenants and agrees that it will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid when due the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 4 hereof, if applicable), and interest on each of the Notes at the places, at the respective times and in the manner provided herein and in the Notes; provided that the Partnership may withhold from payments of interest and upon redemption pursuant to Article 4 hereof, if applicable, maturity or otherwise, any amounts the Partnership is required to withhold by law. Interest shall be payable at the office of the Partnership maintained by the Partnership for such purposes, which shall initially be an office or agency of the Trustee. The Partnership shall pay or cause the Paying Agent to pay interest (i) on any Notes in certificated form by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by the Holder thereof in writing, or if no such account is specified, by mailing a check to each such Holder’s registered address, or (ii) on any Global Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depository or its nominee. Any interest on any Note which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on the date such interest is due (subject to any applicable grace periods) (herein called “ Defaulted Interest ”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder registered as such on the relevant Record Date, and such Defaulted Interest shall be paid by the Partnership, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:

(1) The Partnership may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the persons in whose names the Notes are registered at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Partnership shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment (which shall be not less than twenty-five (25) calendar days after the receipt by the Trustee of such notice, unless the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date), and at the same time the Partnership shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of monies equal to the aggregate amount to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such monies when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. The Partnership shall also fix a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than fifteen (15) calendar days and not less than ten (10) calendar days prior to the date of the proposed payment, and not less than ten (10) calendar days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment (unless, the Trustee shall consent to an earlier date). The Partnership shall promptly notify the Trustee of such special record date and, in the name and at the expense of the Partnership, the Trustee shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the special record date therefor to be mailed (or sent by electronic transmission), first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder at its address as it appears in the register, not less than ten (10) calendar days prior to such special record date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the

special record date therefor having been so sent, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the persons in whose names the Notes are registered at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on such special record date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2) of this Section 3.6.

(2) The Partnership may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or designated for issuance, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange or automated quotation system, if, after notice given by the Partnership to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

3.7 Currency

Principal and interest on the Notes shall be payable in Dollars.

3.8 No Sinking Fund

The provisions of Article XI of the Base Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.

3.9 No Conversion or Exchange Rights

The Notes will not be convertible into or exchangeable for any capital stock or other equity securities of the Partnership or the Guarantor.

3.10 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employers and Equityholders

No director, officer, employee, or equityholder (past or present) of the Partnership or the Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any of the Partnership’s or the Guarantor’s obligations under the Notes, the Guarantee or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes and the Guarantee.

3.11 Registered Securities; Global Form

The Notes will be issued in the form of one or more fully-registered Global Notes in book-entry form, which will be deposited with, or on behalf of, the Depository. The Notes shall not be issuable in Definitive Notes except as provided in Section 3.12 of this Supplemental Indenture. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto. The Partnership shall execute each Global Note and each Definitive Note, if any. The Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 2.3 of the Base Indenture, authenticate and hold each Global Note as custodian for the Depository, and authenticate each Definitive Note, if any. Each Global Note will represent such of the outstanding Notes as will be specified therein and each shall provide that it represents the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby will be made by the Trustee or a custodian at the direction of the Trustee. The terms and provisions contained in the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of the Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Partnership and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.

3.12 Transfer and Exchange

(a)

Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository, by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or to another nominee of the Depository, or by the Depository or any such nominee to a successor Depository or a nominee of such successor Depository. All Global Notes will be exchanged by the Partnership for Definitive Notes if:

(i)

the Partnership delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depository that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depository or that it is no longer a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depository is not appointed by the Partnership within ninety (90) days after the date of such notice from the Depository;

(ii)

the Partnership in its sole discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole but not in part) should be exchanged for Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to such effect to the Trustee; or

(iii)

an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Notes and the Depository or the Partnership requests such exchange.

Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in (i), (ii) or (iii) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depository shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.8 and 2.11 of the Base Indenture.

A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 3.12(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 3.12(c) or (d) hereof.

(b)

Legend. Any Global Note issued under this Supplemental Indenture shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

“THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITORY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.12 OF THE FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.12 OF THE FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.12 OF THE BASE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE PARTNERSHIP.

CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10041) (“DTC”) TO THE PARTNERSHIP OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”

(c)

Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be effected through the Depository, in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

(i)

Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Global Note may be transferred to persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 3.12(c)(i).

(ii)

All Other Transfers of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 3.12(c)(i) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar both:

(A)

a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depository in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depository to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and

(B)

instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase.

Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in the Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 3.12(g) hereof.

(d)

Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes for Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 3.12(c)(ii) hereof, the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 3.12(g) hereof, and the Partnership will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial

interest pursuant to this Section 3.12(d) will be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest requests through instructions to the Registrar from or through the Depository and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee will deliver such Definitive Notes to the persons in whose names such Notes are so registered.

(e)

Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. A Holder of a Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee will cancel the applicable Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Global Notes.

If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to the previous paragraph at a time when a Global Note has not yet been issued, the Partnership will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 3.12 hereof, the Trustee will authenticate one or more Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.

(f)

Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 3.12(f), the Registrar will register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder will present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by his attorney, duly authorized in writing. A Holder of Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.

(g)

Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note will be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.12 of the Base Indenture. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depository at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note will be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depository at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

3.13 General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges

(a)

To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Partnership will execute and the Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 3.12 hereof or at the Registrar’s request.

(b)

No service charge will be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Partnership may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.11 and 9.6 of the Base Indenture).

(c)

The Registrar will not be required to register the transfer or exchange of any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.

(d)

All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes will be the valid obligations of the Partnership, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under the Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

(e)

Neither the Registrar nor the Partnership will be required:

(i)

to issue, register the transfer of or to exchange any Note during a period beginning at the opening of business fifteen (15) days before any selection of Notes for redemption under Article 4 hereof and ending at the close of business on the earliest date on which the relevant notice of redemption is deemed to have been given to all Holders of Notes to be so redeemed;

(ii)

to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part; or

(iii)

to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a Record Date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.

(f)

Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Partnership may deem and treat the person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Partnership shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

(g)

The Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.3 of the Base Indenture.

(h)

All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 3.13 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.

(i)

The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Note, a member of, or a participant in the Depository or any other person with respect to

the accuracy of the records of the Depository or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other person (other than the Depository) of any notice (including any notice of redemption or repurchase) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Notes. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to the Holders under the Notes shall be given or made only to the registered Holders (which shall be the Depository or its nominee in the case of a Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Note shall be exercised only through the Depository subject to the Applicable Procedures of the Depository. The Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in so relying upon information furnished by the Depository with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.

(j)

(ii) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under the Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Notes (including any transfers between or among Depository participants, members or beneficial owners in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of the Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

ARTICLE 4

REDEMPTION

4.1 Optional Redemption

(a)

On or after February 15, 2019, the Partnership shall have the right to redeem the Notes at its option at the Redemption Price (as defined below) and in its sole discretion, in whole or from time to time in part. The redemption price (“ Redemption Price ”) will equal 101% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus unpaid interest, if any, accrued thereon to, but excluding, the Redemption Date.

(b)

The Partnership shall not redeem the Notes pursuant to Section 4.1(a) on any date if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and such an acceleration has not been rescinded or cured on or prior to such date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a default by the Partnership in the payment of the Redemption Price with respect to the Notes to be redeemed).

4.2 Notice of Optional Redemption

In case the Partnership shall desire to exercise the right to redeem all or, as the case may be, any part of the Notes pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof, it shall fix a date for redemption and it or, at its written request received by the Trustee in the form of an Officer’s Certificate not fewer than five (5) Business Days prior (or such shorter period of time as may be acceptable to the Trustee) to the date the notice of redemption is to be sent, the Trustee in the name of and at the expense of the Partnership, shall send or cause to be sent a notice of such redemption not fewer than thirty (30) calendar days nor more than sixty (60) calendar days prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes so to be redeemed in whole or in part at its last address as the same appears on the register maintained by the Registrar; provided that if the Partnership makes such request of the Trustee, it shall, together with such request, also give written notice of the Redemption Date to the Trustee; provided further that the text of the notice shall be prepared by the Partnership. Such notice shall be sent by first-class mail or, for Global Notes, through electronic delivery

in PDF format. The notice, if sent in the manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Note designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Note.

Each such notice of redemption shall specify: (i) the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed, (ii) the CUSIP number or numbers, if any, of the Notes being redeemed, (iii) the Redemption Date (which shall be a Business Day), (iv) the Redemption Price at which Notes are to be redeemed, (v) the place or places of payment and that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of such Notes and (vi) that interest accrued and unpaid to, but excluding, the Redemption Date will be paid as specified in said notice, and that on and after said date interest thereon or on the portion thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue. If fewer than all the Notes are to be redeemed, the notice of redemption shall identify the Notes to be redeemed (including CUSIP numbers, if any). In case any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall state that, on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued.

Whenever any Notes are to be redeemed, the Partnership will give the Trustee written notice of the Redemption Date as to the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed not fewer than thirty (30) calendar days (or such shorter period of time as may be acceptable to the Trustee) prior to the Redemption Date.

On or prior to the Redemption Date specified in the notice of redemption given as provided in this Section 4.2, the Partnership will deposit with the Paying Agent an amount of monies in immediately available funds sufficient to redeem on the Redemption Date all the Notes (or portions thereof) so called for redemption at the appropriate Redemption Price; provided that if such payment is made on the Redemption Date, it must be received by the Paying Agent, by 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date.

If less than all of the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Notes or portions thereof of the Global Note or the Notes in certificated form to be redeemed (in minimum principal amounts of $25.00 and integral multiples of $25.00 in excess thereof), on a pro rata basis or such other method the Trustee deems fair and appropriate and as is required by the Depository pursuant to the Applicable Procedures. The Notes (or portions thereof) so selected for redemption shall be deemed duly selected for redemption for all purposes hereof.

4.3 Payment of Notes Called for Redemption by the Partnership

If notice of redemption has been given as provided in Section 4.2, the Notes or portion of Notes with respect to which such notice has been given shall become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the place or places stated in such notice at the Redemption Price, and unless the Partnership shall default in the payment of such Notes at the Redemption Price, so long as the Paying Agent holds funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of the Notes to be redeemed on the Redemption Date, then (a) such Notes will cease to be outstanding on and after the Redemption Date, (b) interest on the Notes or portion of Notes so called for redemption shall cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date, (c) on and after the Redemption Date (unless the Partnership shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price), such Notes will cease to be entitled to any benefit or security under the Indenture, and (d) the Holders of the Notes shall have no right in respect of such Notes except the right to receive the Redemption Price thereof. On presentation and surrender of such Notes at a place of payment in said notice specified, the said Notes or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Partnership at the Redemption Price.

Upon presentation of any Note redeemed in part only, the Partnership shall execute and the Trustee shall upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate and make available for delivery to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Partnership, a new Note or Notes, of authorized denominations, in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Notes so presented.

ARTICLE 5

GUARANTEE

This Article V shall replace Article XII of the Base Indenture in its entirety with respect to the Notes only.

5.1 Guarantee

By its execution hereof, the Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that the Notes shall be entitled to the benefits of a Guarantee. Accordingly, subject to the provisions of this Article, the Guarantor hereby unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and its successors and assigns that: (i) the principal of (including the Redemption Price upon redemption pursuant to Article 4 hereof), and any premium and interest on, the Notes shall be duly and punctually paid in full when due, whether at the Maturity, upon acceleration, upon redemption or otherwise, and interest on overdue principal of, and any premium and (to the extent permitted by law) interest on, the Notes and all other obligations of the Partnership to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or under the Notes (including fees, expenses or other) shall be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof; and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, the same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether on the Maturity Date, by acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, subject, however, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, to the limitations set forth in this Article (collectively, the “ Guarantee Obligations ”).

Subject to the provisions of this Article, the Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or the Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any term thereof, the entry of any judgment against the Partnership, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of the Guarantor. The Guarantor hereby waives and relinquishes: (a) any right to require the Trustee, the Holders or the Partnership (each, a “ Benefited Party ”) to proceed against the Partnership or any other person or to proceed against or exhaust any security held by a Benefited Party at any time or to pursue any other remedy in any secured party’s power before proceeding against the Guarantor; (b) any defense that may arise by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority, death or disability of any other person or persons or the failure of a Benefited Party to file or enforce a claim against the estate (in administration, bankruptcy or any other proceeding) of any other person or persons; (c) demand, protest and notice of any kind (except as expressly required by the Indenture), including but not limited to notice of the existence, creation or incurring of any new or additional indebtedness or obligation or of any action or non-action on the part of the Guarantor, the Partnership, any other Benefited Party, any creditor of the Guarantor or the Partnership or on the part of any other person whomsoever in connection with any obligations the performance of which are hereby guaranteed; (d) any defense based upon an election of remedies by a Benefited Party, including but not limited to an election to proceed against the Guarantor for reimbursement; (e) any defense based upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal; (f) any defense arising because of a Benefited Party’s election, in any proceeding instituted under the Bankruptcy Law, of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Law; and (g) any defense based on any borrowing or grant of a security interest under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Law.

The Guarantor hereby covenants that, except as otherwise provided therein, the Guarantee shall not be discharged except by payment in full of all Guarantee Obligations, including the principal of, and any premium and interest on, the Notes and all other costs provided for under the Indenture.

If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to either the Partnership or the Guarantor, or any trustee or similar official acting in relation to either the Partnership or the Guarantor, any amount paid by the Partnership or the Guarantor to the Trustee or such Holder, the Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect. The Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any Guarantee Obligations hereby until payment in full of all such obligations guaranteed hereby. The Guarantor agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders of Notes and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article VI of the Base Indenture for the purposes hereof, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guarantee Obligations, and (y) in the event of any acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article VI of the Base Indenture, such Guarantee Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantor for the purpose of the Guarantee.

5.2 Execution and Delivery of Guarantee

(a)

To evidence the Guarantee set forth in Section 5.1 hereof, the Guarantor agrees that a Notation of Guarantee substantially in the form included in Exhibit B hereto shall be endorsed on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and that this First Supplemental Indenture shall be executed on behalf of the Guarantor by an Officer of the Guarantor.

(b)

The Guarantor agrees that the Guarantee set forth in this Article 5 shall remain in full force and effect and apply to all the Notes notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a Notation of the Guarantee.

(c)

If an Officer whose facsimile signature is on a Note or a Notation of Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on which the Guarantee is endorsed, the Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.

(d)

The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee set forth in this First Supplemental Indenture on behalf of the Guarantor.

5.3 Limitation of Guarantor’s Liability; Certain Bankruptcy Events

(a)

The Guarantor, and by its acceptance hereof each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee Obligations of the Guarantor pursuant to its Guarantee not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of any Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Holders and the Guarantor hereby irrevocably agree that the Guarantee Obligations of the Guarantor under this Article 5 shall be limited to the maximum amount as shall, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of the Guarantor, result in the Guarantee Obligations of the Guarantor under the Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

(b)

The Guarantor hereby covenants and agrees, to the fullest extent that it may do so under applicable law, that in the event of the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Partnership, the Guarantor shall not file (or join in any filing of), or otherwise seek to participate in the filing of, any motion or request seeking to stay or to prohibit (even temporarily) execution on the Guarantee and hereby waives and agrees not to take the benefit of any such stay of execution, whether under Section 362 or 105 of the Bankruptcy Law or otherwise.

5.4 Application of Certain Terms and Provisions to the Guarantor

(a)

For purposes of any provision of the Indenture which provides for the delivery by the Guarantor of an Officer’s Certificate and/or an Opinion of Counsel, the definitions of such terms in Section 2.1 hereof shall apply to the Guarantor as if references therein to the Partnership or the Guarantor, as applicable, were references to the Guarantor.

(b)

Upon any demand, request or application by the Guarantor to the Trustee to take any action under the Indenture, the Guarantor shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as are required in Sections 10.4 and 10.5 of the Base Indenture, as if all references therein to the Partnership were references to the Guarantor.

ARTICLE 6

ADDITIONAL COVENANTS

The following additional covenants shall apply with respect to the Notes so long as any of the Notes remain outstanding.

6.1 Maintenance of Office or Agency

The Partnership will maintain an office or agency in the United States where the Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment or redemption and where notices and demands in respect of the Notes and the Indenture may be served. As of the date of the Indenture, such office shall be the Corporate Trust Office and, at any other time, at such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Partnership. The Partnership will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency not designated or appointed by the Trustee. If at any time the Partnership shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office; provided, however, no service of legal process on the Partnership may be made at any office of the Trustee.

The Partnership may also from time to time designate co-registrars and one or more offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations. The Partnership will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

The Partnership hereby initially designates the Trustee as Paying Agent, Registrar and Custodian and the Corporate Trust Office shall be considered as one such office or agency of the Partnership for each of the aforesaid purposes.

6.2 Change of Control Repurchase Event

(a)

If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs, unless the Partnership has provided notice of the redemption of the Notes pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof, each holder of Notes will have the right to require the Partnership to purchase some or all (in minimum principal amounts of $25.00 or an integral multiple of $25.00 in excess thereof) of such Holder’s Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “ Change of Control Offer ”).

(b)

Any Change of Control Offer will include a cash offer price of 102% of the principal amount of any Notes purchased plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of purchase (the “ Change of Control Payment ”). If a Change of Control Offer is required, within 30 days following a Change of Control Repurchase Event or at the Partnership’s option, prior to any Change of Control Repurchase Event, but after the public announcement of a Change of Control Repurchase Event, the Partnership will deliver a notice in a manner provided in Section 4.2 herein to each Holder (with a copy to the Trustee and the Paying Agent, if other than the Trustee) describing the Change of Control Repurchase Event and offering to repurchase Notes on a specified date (the “ Change of Control Payment Date ”). The Change of Control Payment Date will be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date the notice is sent. The Change of Control Offer shall, if given prior to the date of consummation of the Change of Control Repurchase Event, state that the offer to purchase is conditioned on the Change of Control Repurchase Event occurring on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date specified in the Change of Control Offer.

(c)

On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Partnership will, to the extent lawful:

(i)

accept for payment all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

(ii)

deposit the Change of Control Payment with the Paying Agent in respect of all Notes so accepted; and

(iii)

deliver to the Trustee the Notes accepted and an Officer’s Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of all Notes purchased by the Partnership and requesting that such Notes be cancelled.

(d)

The Paying Agent will promptly send to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and send, or cause to be transferred by book entry, to each Holder a new Note in principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; provided that each new Note will be in a minimum principal amount of $25.00 and integral multiples of $25.00 in excess thereof.

(e)

The Partnership will comply with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable to any Change of Control Offer. If the provisions of any of the applicable

securities laws or securities regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 6.2, the Partnership will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the covenant described above by virtue of that compliance.

(f)

The Partnership shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in the Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Partnership and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer or if notice of redemption has been given pursuant to Section 4.2 hereof (and all of the Notes are redeemed on or prior to the Redemption Date specified in such notice). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control Repurchase Event, subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, the consummation of such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the transaction that will give rise to a Change of Control Repurchase Event at the time the Change of Control Offer is made.

6.3 Limitations on Incurrence of Debt

(a)

The Partnership will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt, other than Intercompany Debt, including that which is subordinate in right of payment to the Notes, if, immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Debt and the application of the proceeds thereof, the ratio of the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Debt to Adjusted Total Asset Value would be greater than 0.65 to 1.0.

(b)

The Partnership will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, incur any Debt if the ratio of Stabilized Consolidated Income Available for Debt Service to Stabilized Consolidated Interest Expense on the date on which such additional Debt is to be incurred, on a pro forma basis, after giving effect to the incurrence of such Debt and to the application of the proceeds thereof, would be less than 1.5 to 1.0.

6.4 Maintenance of Properties

The Partnership will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep all of its material properties used or useful in the conduct of its business or the business of any Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order supplied with all necessary equipment and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in judgment of the Partnership may be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided, however, that the Partnership and its Subsidiaries shall not be prevented from selling or otherwise disposing of for value their respective properties in the ordinary course of their respective businesses.

6.5 Insurance

The Partnership will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, keep all of its insurable properties insured against loss or damage at least equal to their then full insurable value with insurers of recognized responsibility and having an A.M. Best policy holder’s rating of not less than A-V.

6.6 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims

The Partnership will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (1) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon it or any Subsidiary or upon the income, profits or property of the Partnership or any Subsidiary, and (2) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien upon the property of the Partnership or any Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Partnership shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or for which the Partnership has set apart and maintains an adequate reserve. Neither the Trustee, nor any Agent, shall be responsible or have liability for the payment of tax, assessment, charge or levy, other than such as may be required under the normal course of the Trustee’s or Agent’s business.

ARTICLE 7

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Sections 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 hereof shall replace Sections 6.1, 6.2 and 6.7, respectively, of the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes only.

7.1 Events of Default

“ Event of Default ,” wherever used herein or in the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes, means any one of the following events:

(a)

default in the payment of principal of, or premium, if any, on any Note, or the Redemption Price due with respect to any Note, when they are due and payable at maturity, upon acceleration, redemption or otherwise;

(b)

default in the payment of interest on any Note when they are due and payable, and such default continues for a period of 30 days;

(c)

the Partnership or its Subsidiaries do not comply with their obligations under Article V of the Base Indenture;

(d)

the Partnership fails to tender payment for the Notes upon a Change of Control Repurchase Event when required under Section 6.2 hereof, when such payment remains unpaid 60 consecutive days after issuance of requisite notice;

(e)

the Guarantee of the REIT is not (or is claimed by the REIT not to be) in full force in effect;

(f)

the REIT, the Partnership or its Subsidiaries default in the performance of or breach any other covenant or agreement of the REIT, the Partnership or the Subsidiaries in the Indenture or under the Notes or the Guarantee, as applicable (other than a default specified in clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) above), and such default or breach continues for 90 consecutive days after written notice by the Trustee or the Holders of 25% or more in aggregate principal amount of the Notes;

(g)

there occurs with respect to any issue or issues of Debt of the REIT, the Partnership or any Significant Subsidiary of the Partnership having an outstanding principal amount in excess of $35,000,000 singly or in aggregate principal amount for all such issues of all such persons, whether such Debt now exists or shall hereafter be created,

(i)

an event of default that has caused the Holder thereof to declare such Debt to be due and payable prior to its stated maturity and such Debt has not been discharged in full or such acceleration has not been rescinded or annulled within 30 days of such acceleration; and/or

(ii)

the failure to make a principal payment at the final (but not any interim) fixed maturity and such defaulted payment shall not have been made, waived or extended within 30 days of such payment default;

provided , however , that in the case of either (i) or (ii) above, if such event of default, acceleration or payment default is contested by the Partnership, a final and non-appealable judgment or order confirming the existence of the default and/or the lawfulness of the acceleration, as the case may be, shall have been entered;

(h)

any final and non-appealable judgment or order for the payment of money in excess of $35,000,000 singly or in the aggregate for all such final judgments or orders against all such persons:

(i)

shall be rendered against the REIT, the Partnership or any Significant Subsidiary of the Partnership and shall not be paid or discharged and

(ii)

there shall be any period of 60 consecutive days following entry of the final judgment or order that causes the aggregate amount for all such final judgments or orders outstanding and not paid or discharged against all such persons to exceed $35,000,000 during which a stay of enforcement of such final judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect;

(i)

a court of competent jurisdiction enters a decree or order for:

(i)

relief in respect of the REIT, the Partnership or any Significant Subsidiary of the Partnership in an involuntary case under any applicable Bankruptcy Law now or hereafter in effect,

(ii)

appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the REIT, the Partnership or any Significant Subsidiary of the Partnership or for all or substantially all of the property and assets of the REIT, the Partnership or any Significant Subsidiary of the Partnership or

(iii)

the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the REIT, the Partnership or any Significant Subsidiary of the Partnership

and, in each case, such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or

(j)

the REIT, the Partnership or any Significant Subsidiary of the Partnership:

(i)

commences a voluntary case under any applicable Bankruptcy Law now or hereafter in effect, or consents to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under such law,

(ii)

consents to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Partnership or such Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property and assets of the REIT, the Partnership or such Significant Subsidiary of the Partnership, or

(iii)

effects any general assignment for the benefit of its creditors.

7.2 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment

If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing (other than an Event of Default referred to in Section 7.1(i) or (j) hereof), then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may, by a notice in writing to the Partnership (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders), declare to be due and payable immediately the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all of the Notes, and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 7.1(i) or (j) hereof shall occur, the principal amount (or specified amount) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all outstanding Notes will automatically become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder of outstanding Notes.

At any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to Notes has been made, but before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes, by written notice to the Partnership and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and the acceleration if all Events of Default, other than the non-payment of accelerated principal and interest, if any, with respect to the Notes, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 6.13 of the Base Indenture. No such rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or Event of Default, or shall impair any right consequent thereon.

7.3 Limitation on Suits

No Holder of the Notes shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any remedy under the Indenture, unless:

(a)

such Holder has previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes;

(b)

the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

(c)

such Holder or Holders shall have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;

(d)

the Trustee for sixty (60) days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, has failed to institute any such proceeding; and

(e)

no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes.

ARTICLE 8

[RESERVED]

ARTICLE 9

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

9.1 Ratification of Indenture

Except as expressly modified or amended hereby, the Indenture continues in full force and effect and is in all respects confirmed and preserved.

9.2 Governing Law

THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES, INCLUDING ANY CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE OR THE SECURITIES, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW). EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

9.3 Counterparts

This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

9.4 Calculations in Respect of the Notes

Except as explicitly specified otherwise herein, the Partnership will be responsible for making all calculations required under the Indenture and the Notes. The Partnership will make all these calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, the Partnership’s calculations will be final and binding on the Holders. The Partnership will provide a schedule of its calculations to the Trustee, and the Trustee is entitled to rely upon the accuracy of the Partnership’s calculations without independent verification. The Trustee will forward the Partnership’s calculations to any Holder upon written request.

9.5 Successors and Assigns

This Supplemental Indenture shall be binding upon the Partnership and the Guarantor, and their respective successors and assigns, and inure to the benefit of the respective successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders.

9.6 Rights of Holders Limited

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the rights of Holders with respect to this Supplemental Indenture and the Guarantee shall be limited in the manner and to the extent the rights of Holders are limited under the Indenture with respect to the Indenture and the Securities.

9.7 Rights and Duties of Trustee

The rights and duties of the Trustee shall be determined by the express provisions of the Base Indenture and, except as expressly set forth in this Supplemental Indenture, nothing in this Supplemental Indenture shall in any way modify or otherwise affect the Trustee’s rights and duties thereunder. The Trustee makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the validity of this Supplemental Indenture and, except insofar as relates to the validity hereof with respect to the Trustee specifically, the Trustee shall not be liable in connection therewith. The Trustee makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, as to the accuracy or completeness of any information contained in any offering or disclosure document related to the sale of the Notes, except for such information that specifically pertains to the Trustee itself, or any information incorporated therein by reference as it relates specifically to the Trustee. If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Partnership (or any other obligor upon the Notes), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the TIA regarding the collection of claims against the Partnership (or any such other obligor). If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the TIA, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the TIA and the Indenture.

9.8 Notices

Any notice or communication by the Partnership, the Guarantor or the Trustee to the other, or by a Holder of the Notes to the Partnership, the Guarantor or the Trustee, is duly given if in writing and delivered in person, sent electronically in PDF format or mailed by first-class mail:

If to the Partnership or the Guarantor:

Sotherly Hotels Inc.

410 W. Francis Street

Williamsburg, Virginia 23185

Facsimile: (757) 229-8801

Attention: Andrew M. Sims, Chief Executive Officer

With a copy (which will not constitute notice) to:

Baker & McKenzie LLP

815 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20006

Facsimile: (202) 452-7074

Attention: Thomas J. Egan, Jr., Esq.

If to the Trustee:

Wilmington Trust, National Association

Rodney Square North

1100 N. Market Street

Wilmington, DE 19890

Facsimile: (302) 636-4145

Attention: W. Thomas Morris II

The Partnership, the Guarantor or the Trustee by written notice to the others may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, any notice or communication to a Holder of the Notes shall be mailed by first-class mail to his address shown on the register kept by the Registrar, provided that notices given to Holders holding Notes in book-entry form may be given through the facilities of the Depository or any successor depository. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder of the Notes or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders of the Notes or any other Series.

If a notice or communication is mailed or published in the manner provided above, within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the Securityholder receives it. If a notice or communication is delivered in person, by courier, telexed or by facsimile transmission (with confirmation of receipt) within the time prescribed, it is duly given.

9.9 Headings, etc.

The headings of the Articles and Sections of this Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

9.10 Conflicts

In the event of any conflict between the terms of this Supplemental Indenture and the terms of the Indenture, the terms of this Supplemental Indenture shall control.

9.11 Trust Indenture Act Controls

If any provision of this Supplemental Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with another provision which is required or deemed to be included in this Supplemental Indenture by the TIA, such required or deemed provision shall control.

9.12 Force Majeure

In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

9.13 U.S.A. Patriot Act

The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee.

[SIGNATURE PAGE FOLLOWS]

EXECUTION

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed all as of the date first written above.


SOTHERLY HOTELS LP, as issuer of the Notes

By: Sotherly Hotels Inc., its general partner

By:	/s/ David R. Folsom
	Name:	David R. Folsom
	Title:	President and Chief Operating Officer

SOTHERLY HOTELS INC., as Guarantor

By:	/s/ David R. Folsom
	Name:	David R. Folsom
	Title:	President and Chief Operating Officer

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee

By:	/s/ W. Thomas Morris II
	Name:	W. Thomas Morris, II
	Title:	Vice President

Exhibit A

Form of Global Note

[see attached]

EXHIBIT A

THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITORY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.12 OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (AS DEFINED BELOW), (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.12 OF THE FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.12 OF THE BASE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUER.

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITORY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE DEPOSITORY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITORY OR BY THE DEPOSITORY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10041) (“ DTC ”) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

SOTHERLY HOTELS LP 7.25% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2021

CUSIP No. 83600E 307

ISIN US83600E3071


No. 1			$25,000,000
			1,000,000 Units

SOTHERLY HOTELS LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Issuer”), for value received, promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of TWENTY FIVE MILLION AND 00/100 DOLLARS or such other amount as is provided in a schedule attached hereto on February 15, 2021.

Interest Payment Dates: February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15, commencing May 15, 2018.

Record Dates: February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1.

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Note to be signed manually or by facsimile by its duly authorized officer.

Dated: February 12, 2018


SOTHERLY HOTELS LP, as Issuer,

By:		Sotherly Hotels Inc., its general partner

		By:
		Name:
		Title:

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the 7.25% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2021 described in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated: February 12, 2018


WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee,

		By:
		Authorized Signatory

7.25% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2021

This Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof as 7.25% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2021 (the “Notes”), which was issued under the Supplemental Indenture (as defined below). Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

SECTION 1. Interest . Sotherly Hotels LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Issuer ”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 7.25% per annum from February 12, 2018, until maturity. The Issuer will pay interest quarterly on each Interest Payment Date, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (as if it were made on the date such payment was due, and no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from February 12, 2018. The Issuer shall pay any Defaulted Interest as provided in Section 3.6 of the Supplemental Indenture (as defined below). Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

SECTION 2. Method of Payment . The Issuer will pay interest on the Notes to the persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on the Record Date next preceding the Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 3.6 of the Supplemental Indenture (as defined below) with respect to defaulted interest. The Issuer shall pay principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts (“ U.S. Legal Tender ”). The Issuer shall pay or cause the Paying Agent to pay interest on this Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depository or its nominee. Until otherwise designated by the Issuer, the Issuer’s office or agency will be the Corporate Trust Office.

SECTION 3. Paying Agent and Registrar . Initially, Wilmington Trust, National Association, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Issuer may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. Except as provided in the Indenture, the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.

SECTION 4. Indenture . The Issuer issued the Notes under (i) that certain First Supplemental Indenture dated as of February 12, 2018 (“ Supplemental Indenture ”) by and among the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Trustee and (ii) that certain Indenture dated as of February 12, 2018 (the “ Base Indenture ,” and together with the Supplemental Indenture, the “ Indenture ”). Subject to the terms of the Indenture, the Issuer shall be entitled to issue Additional Notes pursuant to Section 3.4 of the Supplemental Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) (the “ Trust Indenture Act ”). The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the Trust Indenture Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

SECTION 5. Optional Redemption . At any time on or after February 15, 2019, the Issuer will be entitled at its option to redeem all or any portion of the Notes at a Redemption Price equal to 101% of the principal amount of such Notes plus any accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the Redemption Date (subject to the right of each Holder on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date falling prior to or on the redemption date).

SECTION 6. Notice of Redemption . Subject to Section 4.2 of the Supplemental Indenture, notice of any optional redemption of any Notes will be delivered to Holders (with a copy to the Trustee) at their addresses, as shown in the Notes register, not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption. The notice of redemption will specify, among other items, the redemption price and the principal amount of the Notes held by the holder to be redeemed. No Notes of $25 or less shall be redeemed in part. On and after the Redemption Date interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption subject to Section 4.3 of the Supplemental Indenture.

SECTION 7. Mandatory Redemption or Sinking Fund Payment . The Issuer shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

SECTION 8. Repurchase at Option of Holder . Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event, and subject to certain conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Issuer will be required to offer to purchase all of the outstanding Notes at a purchase price equal to 102% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the date of repurchase.

SECTION 9. Denominations, Transfer Exchange . The Notes are issued in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $25 and integral multiples of $25 in excess thereof. The principal amount of the Notes will be reflected in units with each unit being worth $25. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents, and the Issuer may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Issuer and the Registrar are not required to transfer or exchange any Note selected for redemption. Also, the Issuer and the Registrar are not required to transfer or exchange any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes is to be redeemed.

SECTION 10. Persons Deemed Owners . The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.

SECTION 11. Amendment, Supplement and Waiver . Subject to certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture, the Indenture and the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and any existing Default or compliance with any provision may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. Without notice to or consent of any Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the Indenture and the Notes as provided in the Indenture.

SECTION 12. Defaults and Remedies . The Trustee and the Holders of the Notes will have the remedies following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default as set forth in the Indenture.

SECTION 13. Restrictive Covenants . The Indenture contains certain covenants, including as set forth in Article 6 of the Supplemental Indenture.

SECTION 14. No Recourse Against Others . No recourse for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Notes or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Issuer in the Indenture, or in any of the Notes or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer, director, employee or controlling person of the Issuer or of any successor person thereof. Each Holder, by accepting the Notes, waives and releases all such liability. Such waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.

SECTION 15. Authentication . This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

SECTION 16. Abbreviations . Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entirety), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

SECTION 17. CUSIP and ISIN Numbers . Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Issuer has caused CUSIP and ISIN numbers to be printed on the Notes, and the Trustee may use CUSIP or ISIN numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

SECTION 18. Registered Form . The Notes are in registered form within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.871-14(c)(1)(i) for U.S. federal income and withholding tax purposes.

SECTION 19. Governing Law . This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

The Issuer will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture.

ASSIGNMENT FORM

I or we assign and transfer this Note to

Print or type name, address and zip code of assignee or transferee)

(Insert Social Security or other identifying number of assignee or transferee)

and irrevocably appoint an agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for him.


Dated:						Signed:


						(Sign exactly as name appears on the other side of this Note)


Signature Guarantee:						Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee)

OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

This undersigned Holder elects to have this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 6.2 of the Supplemental Indenture:

If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 6.2 of the Supplemental Indenture, state the amount (in minimum denominations of $25 and integral multiples of $25 in excess thereof): $


Dated:						Signed:


						(Sign exactly as name appears on the other side of this Note)


Signature Guarantee:						Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor program reasonably acceptable to the Trustee)

SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTES

The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Physical Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Physical Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

Date of Exchange

Amount
of
decrease
in
Principal
Amount
of The
Global
Note

Amount
of
increase
in
Principal
Amount
of this
Global
Note

Principal
Amount
of this
Global
Note
following
such
decrease
(or
increase)

Signature
of
authorized
signatory of
Trustee of
Note
custodian

Exhibit B

Form of Notation of Guarantee

[see attached]

EXHIBIT B

NOTATION OF GUARANTEE

For value received, the Guarantor (which term includes any successor person under the Indenture (as defined below)), jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture, dated as of February 12, 2018 (the “ Base Indenture ”) among Sotherly Hotels LP, as issuer (the “ Company ”), Sotherly Hotels Inc., as guarantor (the “ Guarantor ”) and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 12, 2018, (the “ Supplemental Indenture ” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”) among the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee (a) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on overdue principal and premium, if any, and, to the extent permitted by law, interest, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. The obligations of the Guarantor to the Holders of the Notes and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article 5 of the Supplemental Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee. This Guarantee is subject to release as and to the extent set forth in Section 5.1 of the Supplemental Indenture and Section 12.4 of the Base Indenture. Each Holder of a Note, by accepting the same, agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions. Capitalized terms used herein and not defined are used herein as so defined in the Indenture.

[ Signature page follows. ]


SOTHERLY HOTELS INC.

By:
Name:
Title:

[Signature page to Notation of Guarantee]

Exhibit 5.1

[Baker & McKenzie LLP Letterhead]

February 12, 2018

Sotherly Hotels Inc.

Sotherly Hotels LP

410 W. Francis Street

Williamsburg, Virginia 23185

RE:

Offering of $25,000,000 Aggregate Principal Amount of 7.25% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2021

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as counsel for Sotherly Hotels LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Operating Partnership ”), and its sole general partner, Sotherly Hotels Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”), in connection with the issuance and sale by the Operating Partnership of its 7.25% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2021 (the “ Notes ”), in the aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000, which Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Company (the “ Note Guarantee ” and, collectively with the Notes, the “ Securities ”). The Securities are the subject of a prospectus included as part of a registration statement on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-220369 and 333-220369-01), jointly filed on behalf of the Company and the Operating Partnership with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), on September 7, 2017 and declared effective by the SEC on September 20, 2017 (which, together with the prospectus included therein, shall hereinafter be referred to as the “ Registration Statement ”), as supplemented by a preliminary prospectus supplement filed on February 5, 2018 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the Securities Act (the “ Prospectus Supplement ”) and a final prospectus supplement filed on February 9, 2018 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) (the “ Final Prospectus ”).

The Securities are to be (A) issued pursuant to an Indenture (the “ Base Indenture ”), dated as of February 12, 2018, among the Operating Partnership, the Company and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), as amended and supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture (together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), dated as of February 12, 2018, among the Operating Partnership, the Company and the Trustee; and (B) sold pursuant to an underwriting agreement, dated as of February 8, 2018 (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”), among the Operating Partnership, the Company and Sandler O’Neill & Partners, L.P., as representative of the several underwriters named therein (the “ Underwriters ”). Unless otherwise defined herein, each capitalized term used herein that is defined in the Underwriting Agreement has the meaning given such term in the Underwriting Agreement.

In reaching the opinions set forth herein, we have reviewed copies of the Underwriting Agreement, the Registration Statement, including the exhibits thereto, the Prospectus Supplement and the Final Prospectus, and we have examined the originals, or

photostatic or certified copies, of the minutes of the meetings and written resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company, or its committees and the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership as provided to us by the Company, the Articles of Amendment and Restatement, as amended, and by-laws of the Company, the Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership, each as restated and/or amended to date, and of such other agreements, certificates of public officials and officers of the Company, records, documents and matters of law that we have deemed relevant and necessary as the basis of the opinions set forth below. In such review, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as photostatic or certified copies and the authenticity of the originals of such copies.

As to any facts material to our opinion, we have made no independent investigation of such facts and have relied, to the extent that we deem such reliance proper, upon certificates of public officials and officers or other representatives of the Company and the Operating Partnership.

In rendering the opinions set forth below, we have assumed that (i) all information contained in all documents reviewed by us is true and correct, (ii) all signatures on all documents examined by us are genuine, (iii) all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and all documents submitted to us as copies conform to the originals of those documents, (iv) each natural person signing any document reviewed by us had the legal capacity to do so, (v) each person signing in a representative capacity (other than on behalf of the Company or the Operating Partnership) any document reviewed by us had authority to sign in such capacity and (vi) the Securities will be issued and sold in the manner stated in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

Based on and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Securities have been duly and validly authorized, and when the Securities have been issued in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Securities will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Operating Partnership and the Company, as applicable, enforceable against the Operating Partnership and the Company, as applicable, in accordance with their terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, liquidation, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).

We express no opinions concerning (i) the validity or enforceability of any provisions contained in the Indenture that purport to waive or not give effect to rights to notices, defenses, subrogation or other rights or benefits that cannot be effectively waived under applicable law or (ii) the enforceability of indemnification provisions to the extent they purport to relate to liabilities resulting from or based upon negligence or any violation of federal or state securities or blue sky laws.

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The opinions expressed above are limited in all respects to the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, the corporate law of the State of Maryland and the law of the State of New York, in each case that, in our experience, are normally applicable to transactions of the type contemplated by the Final Prospectus and, to the extent that judicial or regulatory orders or decrees or consents, approvals, licenses, authorizations, validations, filings, recordings or registrations with governmental authorities are relevant, to those required under such laws, and we do not express any opinions as to the laws of any other jurisdiction.

This opinion letter is limited to the matters stated herein and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated. It is understood that this opinion is to be used only in connection with the offer and sale of the Securities while the Registration Statement is in effect. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the SEC as an exhibit to the Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 12, 2018, which is incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the caption “Legal Matters” in the Registration Statement and the prospectus that forms a part of the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder or Item 509 of Regulation S-K.

Very truly yours,

/s/ BAKER & McKENZIE LLP

BAKER & McKENZIE LLP

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Exhibit 8.1

[Baker & McKenzie LLP Letterhead]

February 12, 2018

PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL

Sotherly Hotels Inc. Sotherly Hotels LP

410 W. Francis Street

Williamsburg, Virginia 23185

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have acted as United States tax counsel for Sotherly Hotels Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “ Company ”) and Sotherly Hotels LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Operating Partnership ”) in connection with the offer and sale by the Operating Partnership of 7.25% Senior Unsecured Notes due February 15, 2021. The offering is being conducted as a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (File Nos. 333-220369 and 333-220369-01) (the “ Registration Statement ”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Act ”), jointly filed by the Company and the Operating Partnership with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) on September 7, 2017 and declared effective by the SEC on September 20, 2017, as supplemented and amended by a preliminary prospectus supplement filed with the SEC on February 5, 2018 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the Act and a final prospectus supplement filed with the SEC on February 9, 2018 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the Act (collectively, the “ Prospectus Supplement ”).

You have now requested our opinions regarding certain specific U.S. federal income tax matters regarding the Company and the Operating Partnership. In rendering these opinions, we have examined and relied upon, with your consent: (a) the descriptions of the Company, the Operating Partnership, their direct and indirect subsidiaries, and their respective investments, as well as their respective proposed investments, activities, operations, and governance, as set forth or incorporated in the Registration Statement; (b) that certain certificate dated as of the date hereof (the “ Certificate ”) delivered to us by the Company which provides certain representations relevant to these opinions; and (c) such other documents, agreements and information as we have deemed necessary for purposes of rendering the opinions contained herein. For purposes of such examination, we have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies, the legal capacity of natural persons executing such documents, the genuineness of all signatures on originals or copies and that all parties to such documents have acted, and will act, in accordance with the terms of such documents.

Our opinions set forth herein are also based on the above assumptions, as well as the assumption that (i) each of the Company and the Operating Partnership has a valid legal existence under the laws of the state in which it was formed and has operated in accordance with the laws of such state, (ii) the Company and the Operating Partnership are operated, and

will continue to be operated, in the manner described in the Certificate, (iii) the facts contained in the Registration Statement are true, correct and complete in all material respects, (iv) all representations of fact contained in the Certificate are true, correct and complete in all material respects, and (v) any representation of fact in the Certificate that is made “to the knowledge” or similarly qualified is correct without such qualification. We have not undertaken any independent inquiry into or verification of these facts either in the course of our representation of the Company or for the purpose of rendering our opinions set forth herein. While we have reviewed all representations made to us to determine their reasonableness and are not aware of any facts inconsistent with such representations, we have no assurance that such representations are or will ultimately prove to be accurate. To the extent that the facts differ from those represented to or assumed by us herein, our opinions set forth herein should not be relied upon.

We also note that the tax consequences addressed herein depend upon the actual occurrence of events in the future, which events may or may not be consistent with any representations made to us for purposes of our opinions set forth herein. In particular, the Company’s qualification and taxation as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes depend upon the Company’s ability to meet, on a continuing basis, through actual annual operating and other results, the various requirements under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”) and described in the Registration Statement with regard to, among other things, the sources and types of its gross income, the composition of its assets, the level of its distributions to stockholders, and the diversity of its stock ownership. We undertake no responsibility to, and will not, review the Company’s compliance with these requirements on a continuing basis. Accordingly, no assurance can be given that the actual results of the Company’s operations for any particular taxable year will satisfy the requirements under the Code for qualification and taxation of the Company as a REIT. We undertake no obligation to update the opinions set forth herein, or to ascertain after the date hereof whether circumstances occurring after such date may affect the conclusions set forth herein. We express no opinion as to matters governed by any laws other than the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder by the United States Treasury Department (the “ Treasury Regulations ”), published administrative announcements and rulings of the Internal Revenue Service (“ IRS ”) and court decisions.

Our opinions set forth herein are based upon the current provisions of the Code, the Treasury Regulations, published administrative announcements and rulings of the IRS, court decisions, and other applicable authorities, all as in effect on the date hereof. All of the foregoing authorities are subject to change or new interpretation, both prospectively and retroactively, and such changes or interpretation, as well as changes in the facts as they have been represented to us or assumed by us, could affect our opinions set forth herein. Our opinions set forth herein are rendered only as of the date hereof and we undertake no responsibility to update these opinions after this date. Our opinions set forth herein do not foreclose the possibility of a contrary determination by the IRS or by a court of competent jurisdiction, or of a contrary position by the IRS or the United States Treasury Department in regulations or rulings issued in the future.

Based on the foregoing and the next paragraph below, and subject to the limitations, qualifications and exceptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:

(a) the Company has been organized and has operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT for the period commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 2004 and continuing through its taxable year ended December 31, 2017, and its current organization and method of operation will enable it to continue to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT for its taxable year ending December 31, 2018, and in the future;

(b) commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 2004, the Operating Partnership properly has been treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes and not as a “publicly traded partnership” within the meaning of Section 7704(b) of the Code, and

(c) the discussions in the Registration Statement under the headings “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations,” as supplemented and amended by the discussion in the Prospectus Supplement under the heading “Supplemental U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations,” to the extent they pertain to matters of law or legal conclusion, are accurate in all material respects.

Other than as expressly stated above, we express no opinion on any issue relating to the Company, the Operating Partnership, or any of their direct or indirect subsidiaries or any of their respective investments.

We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to Form 8-K to be filed with the SEC on or about the date hereof. In giving this consent, we do not acknowledge that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required by Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the SEC.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Baker & McKenzie LLP

Baker & McKenzie LLP

Exhibit 99.1

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MONDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2018

SOTHERLY HOTELS LP CLOSES $25.0 MILLION

SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES OFFERING

Williamsburg, Virginia – February 12, 2018 – Sotherly Hotels Inc. (NASDAQ: SOHO) (the “Company”) today announced that its operating partnership, Sotherly Hotels LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership” and, together with the Company, “we”, “us” and “our”), has closed an underwritten public offering of $25.0 million of 7.25% senior unsecured notes due 2021 (the “Notes”) for total expected net proceeds of approximately $23,300,000 after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering-related expenses payable by the Company. The Notes are unconditionally guaranteed by the Company. The Operating Partnership has granted to the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 15% of the Notes being offered to cover over-allotments, if any, at the public offering price of $25.00 per Note. The Operating Partnership has filed an application to list the Notes on the NASDAQ ^® Global Market under the symbol “SOHOK” and, if the application is approved, trading is expected to commence within 30 days of closing of the offering.

The Operating Partnership intends to use the net proceeds from this offering, together with existing cash on hand and the proceeds from additional financing sources, to finance the purchase price of the Hyatt Centric Arlington hotel (the “Arlington Acquisition”) and for general corporate purposes, including acquisition of additional hotels, the repayment of other outstanding indebtedness, capital expenditures, the improvement of hotels in our portfolio, working capital and other general purposes.

Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P. acted as lead left book-runner and Stephens Inc. acted as a passive book-runner for the offering. The offering was made as a public offering under the Company’s and the Operating Partnership’s jointly filed shelf registration statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) (File Nos. 333-220369 and 333-220369-01), which was declared effective by the SEC on September 20, 2017. The offering was made only by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying base prospectus. Copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying base prospectus can be obtained from Sandler O’Neill + Partners, L.P. at 1251 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor, New York, New York 10020, Attention: Prospectus Department, or by calling toll-free 1-866-805-4128, or by email at syndicate@sandleroneill.com.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of any offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

This press release includes “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Although we believe that the expectations and assumptions reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, these statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control.

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Therefore, actual outcomes and results may differ materially from what is expressed, forecasted or implied in such forward-looking statements. Factors which could have a material adverse effect on our future results, performance and achievements, include, but are not limited to: national and local economic and business conditions that affect occupancy rates and revenues at our hotels and the demand for hotel products and services; risks associated with the hotel industry, including competition and new supply of hotel rooms, increases in wages, energy costs and other operating costs; risks associated with adverse weather conditions, including hurricanes; the availability and terms of financing and capital and the general volatility of the securities markets; the Company’s intent to repurchase shares from time to time; risks associated with the level of our indebtedness and our ability to meet covenants in our debt agreements and, if necessary, to refinance or seek an extension of the maturity of such indebtedness or modify such debt agreements; management and performance of our hotels; risks associated with maintaining our system of internal controls; risks associated with the conflicts of interest of the Company’s officers and directors; risks associated with redevelopment and repositioning projects, including delays and cost overruns; supply and demand for hotel rooms in our current and proposed market areas; risks associated with our ability to maintain our franchise agreements with our third party franchisors; our ability to consummate the Arlington Acquisition and to acquire additional properties and the risk that potential acquisitions, including the Arlington Acquisition, may not perform in accordance with expectations; our ability to successfully expand into new markets; legislative/regulatory changes, including changes to laws governing taxation of REITs; the Company’s ability to maintain its qualification as a REIT; and our ability to maintain adequate insurance coverage. These risks and uncertainties are described in greater detail in our registration statement, under “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent reports filed with the SEC. We undertake no obligation to and do not intend to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Although we believe our current expectations to be based upon reasonable assumptions, we can give no assurance that our expectations will be attained or that actual results will not differ materially.

About Sotherly Hotels Inc.

Sotherly Hotels Inc. is a self-managed and self-administered lodging REIT focused on the acquisition, renovation, upbranding and repositioning of upscale to upper-upscale full-service hotels in the Southern United States. Currently, the Company’s portfolio consists of investments in eleven hotel properties, comprising 2,838 rooms, and an interest in the Hyde Resort & Residences, a luxury condo hotel. Most of the Company’s properties operate under the Hilton Worldwide, InterContinental Hotels Group and Marriott International, Inc. brands. Sotherly Hotels Inc. was organized in 2004 and is headquartered in Williamsburg, Virginia.

Contact at the Company:

Scott Kucinski

Sotherly Hotels Inc.

410 West Francis Street

Williamsburg, Virginia 23185

(757) 229-5648

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