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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-18-277687
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20180918
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180919
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180919

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NATIONAL RETAIL PROPERTIES, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000751364
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				561431377
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-11290
		FILM NUMBER:		181078186

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		450 S ORANGE AVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 900
		CITY:			ORLANDO
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			32801
		BUSINESS PHONE:		407-666-7348

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		450 SOUTH ORANGE AVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 900
		CITY:			ORLANDO
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			32801

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	COMMERCIAL NET LEASE REALTY INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930510

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CNL REALTY INVESTORS INC /DE/
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930429

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CNL REALTY INVESTORS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920831
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CURRENT
REPORT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September&nbsp;18, 2018 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>NATIONAL RETAIL PROPERTIES, INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Maryland</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">001-11290</FONT></B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">56-1431377</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>of incorporation)</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>File Number)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(IRS Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>450 South Orange Avenue</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Suite 900</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Orlando,
Florida</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>32801</B></TD></TR>
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<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">265-7348</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Not applicable </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate box below if the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of
the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below): </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14a-12)</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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STYLE="white-space:nowrap">14d-2(b)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.14d-2(b))</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13e-4(c)</FONT> under the Exchange Act (17 CFR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">240.13e-4(c))</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&#167;230.405 of this
chapter) or Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(&#167;240.12b-2</FONT> of this chapter). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Emerging growth company&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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&nbsp;13(a) of the Exchange
Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On September&nbsp;18, 2018, National Retail Properties, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) announced an underwritten public offering of
$400.0&nbsp;million aggregate principal amount of 4.300% Notes due 2028 (the &#147;2028 Notes&#148;) and $300.0&nbsp;million aggregate principal amount of 4.800% Notes due 2048 (the &#147;2048 Notes&#148; and, together with the 2028 Notes, the
&#147;Notes&#148;) pursuant to an underwriting agreement, dated September&nbsp;18, 2018 (the &#147;Underwriting Agreement&#148;), among the Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith Incorporated, Wells
Fargo Securities, LLC, Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein. The Notes will be governed by the Indenture, dated as of March&nbsp;25, 1998, between the
Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor trustee, which will be supplemented by a seventeenth supplemental indenture. The offering is expected to close on September&nbsp;27, 2018. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The net proceeds from the offering are expected to be approximately $685.9&nbsp;million. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the
offering to repay all of the outstanding indebtedness under its credit facility, to redeem all of its outstanding 5.500% notes due 2021 and to fund future property acquisitions and for general corporate purposes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Notes will be senior unsecured obligations of the Company and will rank equally with all of the Company&#146;s other existing and future
senior unsecured indebtedness. The 2028 Notes will bear interest at 4.300% per annum and the 2048 Notes will bear interest at 4.800% per annum. Interest on the Notes will be payable semi-annually on April&nbsp;15 and October&nbsp;15, commencing
April&nbsp;15, 2019. The 2028 Notes will mature on October&nbsp;15, 2028. The 2048 Notes will mature on October&nbsp;15, 2048. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Notes
are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-223141),</FONT> filed by the Company with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;) on February&nbsp;22, 2018. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The summary of the Underwriting Agreement in this Current
Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement, which is attached as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> and is incorporated herein by reference. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Forward-Looking Statements: </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Statements in this current report that are not strictly historical are &#147;forward-looking&#148; statements. Forward-looking statements involve known and
unknown risks, which may cause the Company&#146;s actual future results to differ materially from expected results.&nbsp;For example, the fact that the offering has priced may imply that the offering will close, but the closing is subject to
conditions customary in transactions of this type and may be delayed or may not occur at all.&nbsp;Additional risks and information concerning those and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those forward-looking
statements are contained from time to time in the Company&#146;s other SEC filings, including, but not limited to, the Company&#146;s most recent Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K.&nbsp;Copies</FONT> of such filings may be
obtained from the Company or the SEC.&nbsp;Such forward-looking statements should be regarded solely as reflections of the Company&#146;s current operating plans, intentions, expectations and estimates. Actual outcomes and operating results may
differ, in some cases materially, from what is expressed or forecast in this current report.&nbsp;The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly release or update the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to
reflect events or circumstances after the date these statements were made. </I></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d601866dex11.htm">Underwriting Agreement, dated September&nbsp;18, 2018, among the Company and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Kevin B. Habicht</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Executive Vice President and</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief Financial
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">NATIONAL RETAIL PROPERTIES, INC. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">$400,000,000 4.300% Notes due 2028 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">$300,000,000 4.800% Notes due 2048 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">September&nbsp;18, 2018 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS
INC. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">388 Greenwich Street </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, New York 10013 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER&nbsp;&amp; SMITH </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INCORPORATED </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">One Bryant Park </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, New York 10036 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">550 South Tryon Street, 5th Floor </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Charlotte, North Carolina
28202 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">MORGAN STANLEY&nbsp;&amp; CO. LLC </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1585 Broadway </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, New York 10036 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">U.S. BANCORP INVESTMENTS, INC. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">214 N. Tryon Street, 26<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> Floor </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As the
Representatives of the </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">several Underwriters named in <U>Schedule</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;I</U> hereto </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">National Retail Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the &#147;<B>Company</B>&#148;), proposes to issue and sell to the several
Underwriters named on <U>Schedule</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;I</U> hereto (the &#147;<B>Underwriters</B>&#148;), for whom you are acting as Representatives (the &#147;<B>Representatives</B>&#148;), an aggregate principal amount of $400,000,000 4.300% Notes
due 2028 (the &#147;<B>2028 Notes</B>&#148;) and an aggregate principal amount of $300,000,000 4.800% Notes due 2048 (the &#147;<B>2048 Notes</B>&#148; and, together with the 2028 Notes, the &#147;<B>Securities</B>&#148;), to be issued under an
indenture (as the same has been and may be amended and supplemented, the &#147;<B>Indenture</B>&#148;) dated as of March&nbsp;25, 1998, as amended and supplemented by a Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture (the &#147;<B>Seventeenth Supplemental
Indenture</B>&#148;) to be dated as of September&nbsp;27, 2018, between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor trustee (the &#147;<B>Trustee</B>&#148;).<B> </B>The respective amounts of the Securities to be so purchased by the
several Underwriters are set forth opposite their names in <U>Schedule</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;I</U> hereto. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As the Representatives, you have
advised the Company (a)&nbsp;that you are authorized to enter into this underwriting agreement (the &#147;<B>Agreement</B>&#148;) on behalf of the several Underwriters, and (b)&nbsp;that the several Underwriters are willing, acting severally and not
jointly, to purchase the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their names in <U>Schedule</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;I</U> hereto. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company wishes to confirm as follows its agreement with you in connection with the purchase of the Securities by the several Underwriters.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Registration Statement and Prospectus</U>. The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;<B>Commission</B>&#148;) in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the &#147;<B>Act</B>&#148;), an automatic
shelf registration statement, as defined in Rule 405, on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> (file number <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-223141)</FONT> under the Act (&#147;<B>Registration Statement
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-223141</FONT></B>&#148;), which registration statement included a combined prospectus dated February&nbsp;22, 2018 (the &#147;<B>Base Prospectus</B>&#148;), relating to an indeterminate aggregate offering price
or number of, among other securities, the Securities, and has filed with, or transmitted for filing to, or shall promptly hereafter file with or transmit for filing to, the Commission a supplement to the prospectus included in such registration
statement (the &#147;<B>Prospectus Supplement</B>&#148;) specifically relating to the Securities and the plan of distribution thereof pursuant to Rule 424. Registration Statement <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-223141,</FONT> including any
amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution Time (as defined below), became effective upon filing. Except where the context otherwise requires, Registration Statement <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-223141,</FONT> on each date and time that
such registration statement and any post-effective amendment or amendments thereto became or becomes effective (each, an &#147;<B>Effective Date</B>&#148;), including all documents filed as part thereof and including any information contained in a
Prospectus (as defined below) subsequently filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and deemed part of such registration statement, collectively, are herein called the &#147;<B>Registration Statement</B>,&#148; and the Base Prospectus, as
supplemented by the final Prospectus Supplement, in the form first used by the Company in connection with confirmation of sales of the Securities, is herein called the &#147;<B>Prospectus</B>;&#148; and the term &#147;<B>Preliminary
Prospectus</B>&#148; means any preliminary form of the Prospectus Supplement. The Base Prospectus together with the Preliminary Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, immediately prior to the date and time that this Agreement is executed and
delivered by the parties hereto (the &#147;<B>Execution Time</B>&#148;) is hereafter called the &#147;<B>Pricing Prospectus</B>,&#148; and any &#147;issuer free writing prospectus&#148; (as defined in Rule 433) relating to the Securities is
hereafter called an &#147;<B>Issuer Free Writing Prospectus</B>.&#148; The Pricing Prospectus, as supplemented by the Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, </P>
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attached hereto or in the form previously provided to the Representatives on the date hereof and listed in <U>Schedule II</U> hereto, or that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in
writing to treat as part of the Disclosure Package (as defined below), if any, and the information listed in <U>Schedule II</U> hereto is hereafter called the &#147;<B>Disclosure Package</B>.&#148; Any reference in this Agreement to the Registration
Statement, the Disclosure Package, the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT>
under the Act (the &#147;<B>Incorporated Documents</B>&#148;), as of each Effective Date or the Execution Time or the date of the Prospectus, as the case may be (it being understood that the several specific references in this Agreement to documents
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus are for clarifying purposes only and are not meant to limit the inclusiveness of any other definition herein). For purposes of this Agreement, all
references to the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto shall be deemed to include the copy filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval
system (&#147;<B>EDGAR</B>&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All references in this Agreement to financial statements and schedules and other information which is
&#147;contained,&#148; &#147;included,&#148; &#147;stated&#148; or &#147;described&#148; in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (and all other references of like import) shall be deemed to mean and include all such
financial statements and schedules and other information which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be; and all references in this Agreement to
amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus shall be deemed to include the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission promulgated thereunder (collectively, the &#147;<B>Exchange Act</B>&#148;), which is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus, as the case may be. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Agreement to Sell and Purchase</U>. The Company hereby agrees, subject to all the terms and conditions set forth
herein, to issue and sell to the Underwriters and, upon the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements of the Company herein contained and subject to all the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Underwriter agrees, severally and
not jointly, to purchase from the Company, (i)&nbsp;at a purchase price of 98.638% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from September&nbsp;27, 2018 to the Closing Date (as defined below), the principal amount of 2028
Notes set forth opposite their respective names on <U>Schedule</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;I</U> hereto and (ii)&nbsp;at a purchase price of 97.712% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest, if any, from September&nbsp;27, 2018 to the Closing
Date (as defined below), the principal amount of 2048 Notes set forth opposite their respective names on <U>Schedule</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;I</U> hereto. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Offering by Underwriters</U>. It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Securities for
sale to the public as soon after this Agreement has become effective as in their judgment is advisable and initially to offer the Securities upon the terms set forth in the Prospectus. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, represents and agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior
written consent of the Company, it has not </P>
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made and 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 required to be
filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than the Free Writing Prospectus, if any, containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;5(t) hereto;
<U>provided</U> that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of any Free Writing Prospectuses included in <U>Schedule II</U> hereto and any electronic road show. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Delivery of the Securities and Payment Therefor</U>. Delivery of and payment for the Securities shall be made at
10:00 a.m., New York City time, on September&nbsp;27, 2018, or at such time on such later date not more than five (5)&nbsp;Business Days after the foregoing date as the Representatives shall designate, which date and time may be postponed by mutual
written agreement of the Representatives and the Company (such date and time of delivery and payment for the Securities being herein called the &#147;<B>Closing Date</B>&#148;) (or at such other time on the same or on such other date, in any event
not later than the third Business Day thereafter, as the Underwriters and the Company may agree in writing). Delivery of the Securities shall be made against payment by the Representatives of the purchase price thereof, to or upon the order of the
Company by wire transfer payable in <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">same-day</FONT> funds to an account specified by the Company. The Securities will be delivered to the Representatives for the respective accounts of the several Underwriters
through the facilities of The Depository Trust Company (&#147;<B>DTC</B>&#148;). The Securities shall be global notes registered in the name of Cede&nbsp;&amp; Co., as nominee for DTC. The interests of beneficial owners of the Securities will be
represented by book entries on the records of DTC and participating members thereof. The number and denominations of definitive notes so delivered shall be as specified by DTC. The definitive notes for the Securities will be made available for
inspection by the Representatives at the offices of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, New York, New York, not later than 1:00&nbsp;p.m., New York City time on the Business Day before the Closing Date, or such other date, time and place as the
Representatives and the Company may agree.<B> </B> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Agreements of the Company</U>. The Company agrees with
the Underwriters as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If, at the time this Agreement is executed and delivered, it is necessary for a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement to be declared or to become effective before the offering of the Securities may commence, the Company will use its best efforts to cause such post-effective amendment to become effective as soon
as possible and will advise the Representatives promptly and, if requested by the Representatives, will confirm such advice in writing, immediately after such post-effective amendment has become effective. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If, at any time prior to the filing of the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b), any event occurs as a result of
which the Disclosure Package would (x)&nbsp;include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made or the circumstances
then prevailing not misleading or (y)&nbsp;conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, the Company will (i)&nbsp;notify promptly the Representatives so that any use of the Disclosure Package may cease until it is amended
or supplemented; (ii)&nbsp;amend or supplement the Disclosure Package to correct such statement, omission or conflicting information; and (iii)&nbsp;supply any amendment or supplement to the Representatives in such quantities as may be reasonably
requested. </P>
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requested by the Representatives, will confirm such advice in writing: (i)&nbsp;of any review, issuance of comments, or request by the Commission or its staff on or for an amendment of or a supplement to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus or for additional information regarding the Company, its affiliates or its filings with the Commission, whether or not such filings are incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement, any Preliminary
Prospectus or the Prospectus; (ii)&nbsp;of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of the suspension of qualification of the Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction
or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose or any examination pursuant to Section&nbsp;8(e) of the Act relating to the Registration Statement or Section&nbsp;8A of the Act in connection with the offering of the Securities; (iii)&nbsp;of
the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and (iv)&nbsp;within the period
of time referred to in the first sentence in subsection (f)&nbsp;below, of any change in the Company&#146;s condition (financial or other), business, prospects, properties, net worth or results of operations, or of the happening of any event, which
results in any statement of a material fact made in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) being untrue or which requires the making of any additions to or changes in the Registration
Statement, Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) in order to state a material fact required by the Act to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, or of the necessity to
amend or supplement the Disclosure Package or Prospectus (as then amended or supplemented) to comply with the Act or any other law. If at any time the Commission shall issue any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement,
the Company will make every reasonable effort to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible time. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel to the Representatives, without charge: (i)&nbsp;ten
(10)&nbsp;signed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed with the Commission and of each amendment thereto, including financial statements and all exhibits to the Registration Statement; (ii)&nbsp;such number of conformed copies of
the Registration Statement as originally filed and of each amendment thereto, but without exhibits, as the Representatives may request; (iii)&nbsp;such number of copies of the Incorporated Documents, without exhibits, as the Representatives may
request; and (iv)&nbsp;ten (10)&nbsp;copies of the exhibits to the Incorporated Documents. The Company will pay all of the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company will not file any amendment to the Registration Statement or make any amendment or supplement to the
Disclosure Package or Prospectus or, prior to the end of the period of time referred to in the first sentence in subsection (f)&nbsp;below, file any document which upon filing becomes an Incorporated Document, of which the Representatives shall not
previously have been advised or to which, after the Representatives shall have received a copy of the document proposed to be filed, the Representatives shall reasonably object; and no such further document, when it is filed, will contain an untrue
statement of a material fact or will </P>
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omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The
Company will give the Representatives notice of its intention to make any other filing pursuant to the Exchange Act from the Execution Time to the Closing Date and will furnish the Representatives with copies of any such documents a reasonable
amount of time prior to such proposed filing. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As soon after the execution and delivery of this Agreement as
possible and thereafter from time to time for such period as in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters a prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a)) in connection with sales by
the Underwriters or any dealer (including circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), the Company will file promptly all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company
with the Commission pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the Company will expeditiously deliver to the Underwriters and each dealer, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (and of any amendment or
supplement thereto), any Preliminary Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as the Representatives may request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus (and of any amendment or supplement thereto) in accordance with the
provisions of the Act and with the securities or blue sky laws of the jurisdictions in which the Securities are offered by the several Underwriters and by all dealers to whom Securities may be sold, both in connection with the offering and sale of
the Securities and for such period of time thereafter as the Prospectus is required by the Act to be delivered (or in lieu thereof, the notice referred to in Rule 173(a)) in connection with sales by any Underwriter or dealer. If during such period
of time: (i)&nbsp;any event shall occur as a result of which, in the judgment of the Company, or in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, the Disclosure Package or Prospectus as supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when such document is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; or (ii)&nbsp;if it is necessary to supplement the Prospectus or amend
the Registration Statement (or to file under the Exchange Act any document which, upon filing, becomes an Incorporated Document) in order to comply with the Act, the Exchange Act or any other law, the Company will promptly notify the Representatives
of such event and forthwith prepare and, subject to the provisions of Section&nbsp;5(e) above, file with the Commission an appropriate supplement or amendment thereto (or to such document), and will expeditiously furnish to the Underwriters and
dealers a reasonable number of copies thereof. In the event that the Company and the Representatives agree that the Prospectus should be amended or supplemented, the Company, if requested by the Representatives, will promptly issue a press release
announcing or disclosing the matters to be covered by the proposed amendment or supplement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company will:
(i)&nbsp;cooperate with the Underwriters and with counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the registration or qualification of the Securities for offering and sale by the Underwriters and by dealers under the securities or blue sky laws of
such jurisdictions as the Underwriters may designate; (ii)&nbsp;maintain such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution of the Securities; (iii)&nbsp;pay any fee of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. in
connection with its review of the offering; and (iv)&nbsp;file such consents to service of process or other documents necessary or appropriate in order to effect such registration or qualification; <U>provided</U> that in no event shall the Company
be obligated to qualify </P>
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to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action which would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or
sale of the Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company agrees that, unless it
has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, it has not made and 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 required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than the Free Writing Prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to
Section&nbsp;5(t) hereto; <U>provided</U> that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in <U>Schedule</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;II</U> hereto and any electronic
road show. Any such Free Writing Prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a &#147;<B>Permitted Free Writing Prospectus</B>.&#148; The Company agrees that (x)&nbsp;it has treated and will treat, as
the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and (y)&nbsp;it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives a consolidated earnings statement, which need not be audited, covering a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12-month</FONT> period commencing after the effective
date of this Agreement and ending not later than 15 months thereafter, as soon as practicable after the end of such period, which consolidated earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section&nbsp;11(a) of the Act and Rule 158. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the date occurring three (3)&nbsp;years hereafter,
the Company will furnish to the Representatives: (i)&nbsp;as soon as available, if requested, a copy of each report of the Company mailed to stockholders or filed with the Commission; and (ii)&nbsp;from time to time such other information concerning
the Company as the Representatives may reasonably request. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If this Agreement shall terminate or shall be
terminated after execution pursuant to any provisions hereof, or if this Agreement shall be terminated by the Underwriters because of any inability, failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or fulfill any of the
conditions of this Agreement, the Company shall reimburse the Underwriters for all <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">out-of-pocket</FONT></FONT> expenses (including fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters)
incurred by the Underwriters in connection herewith. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(l)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of
the Securities substantially in accordance with the description set forth in the Prospectus. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(m)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If Rule 430A,
430B or 430C is employed, the Company will timely file the Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) and will advise the Underwriters of the time and manner of such filing. </P>
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indirectly, any action designed to, or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or otherwise, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the
Securities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(o)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company will comply and will use its best efforts to cause its tenants to comply in all
material respects with all applicable Environmental Laws (as defined below). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(p)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company will use its best
efforts to continue to qualify as a real estate investment trust (a &#147;<B>REIT</B>&#148;) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &#147;<B>Code</B>&#148;), and to continue to have each of its corporate subsidiaries (other than
its taxable REIT subsidiaries) comply with all applicable laws and regulations necessary to maintain a status as a REIT or a &#147;qualified REIT subsidiary&#148; under the Code. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(q)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company will use all reasonable best efforts to do or perform all things required to be done or performed by
the Company prior to the Closing Date to satisfy all conditions precedent to the delivery of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(r)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell,
pledge or otherwise dispose of or enter into any transaction that is designed to, or might reasonably be expected to, result in the disposition (whether by actual disposition or effective economic disposition due to cash settlement or otherwise) by
the Company or any affiliate of the Company or any person in privity with the Company or any affiliate of the Company, directly or indirectly, including the filing (or participation in the filing) of a registration statement with the Commission in
respect of, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">16a-1</FONT> under the Exchange Act on, any debt securities or guarantees
thereon (other than the Securities) or publicly announce an intention to effect any such transaction, until the Closing Date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(s)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company will comply with all applicable securities and other applicable laws, rules and regulations, including,
without limitation, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, as amended (the &#147;<B>Sarbanes-Oxley Act</B>&#148;), and will use its best efforts to cause the Company&#146;s directors and officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with such laws,
rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(t)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unless
requested otherwise by the Representatives, the Company will prepare a final term sheet, containing solely a description of the final terms of the Securities and the offering thereof, in the form attached hereto or as previously provided to, and
approved by the Representatives and will file such final term sheet with the Commission as soon as practical after the Execution Time. The Company will file any other Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to the extent required by Rule 433 and will pay any
required registration fee for this offering pursuant to Rule 456(b)(1) within the time period required by such rule (without regard to the proviso therein relating to the four (4)&nbsp;business day extension to the payment deadline) and in any event
prior to the Closing Date. The Company will retain, pursuant to reasonable procedures developed in good faith, copies of each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not filed with the Commission in accordance with Rule 433(g). </P>
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hereby represents and warrants to each of the Underwriters: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Base Prospectus and each Preliminary
Prospectus, if any, included as part of the Registration Statement as originally filed or as part of any amendment or supplement thereto, or filed pursuant to Rule 424, complied when so filed in all material respects with the provisions of the Act.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement meet all of the requirements for using Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> under the Act pursuant to the standards for such form in effect currently and immediately prior to October&nbsp;21, 1992. The Registration Statement, including any amendments thereto filed prior to the Execution
Time, became effective upon filing. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, and no proceedings or examination under Section&nbsp;8(d) or 8(e) of the Act are pending before or, to the best of the
Company&#146;s knowledge, threatened by the Commission. The Company is not the subject of a pending proceeding under Section&nbsp;8A of the Act. The Registration Statement meets the requirements set forth in Rule 415(a)(1)(x) and complies in all
other material respects with such Rule. The Registration Statement, in the form in which it became effective, and also in such form as it may be when any post-effective amendment thereto shall become effective, and the Preliminary Prospectus and the
Prospectus and any supplement or amendment thereto, each when filed with the Commission under Rule 424(b), complied or will comply in all material respects with the provisions of the Act, the Exchange Act and the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the &#147;<B>Trust Indenture Act</B>&#148;). The Company has not received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) objecting to the use of the automatic
shelf registration statement form. On each Effective Date and at the Execution Time, the Registration Statement did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to
make the statements made therein not misleading. As of its date, the date of any filing pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b) and on the Closing Date, the Prospectus (together with any supplement thereto) 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, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. On the date that the Registration Statement, any post-effective amendment or
amendments thereto became or will become effective and on the Closing Date, the Indenture did or will comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and the rules thereunder. The Indenture has been
qualified under the Trust Indenture Act. The representation and warranty contained in this Section&nbsp;6(b) does not apply to (i)&nbsp;that part of the registration statement which shall constitute the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification
(Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">T-1)</FONT> under the Trust Indenture Act of the Trustee or (ii)&nbsp;statements in or omissions from the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus made in reliance upon and in conformity
with information relating to the Underwriters furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of the Underwriters expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any
Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section&nbsp;12 hereof. As of the date hereof, all exhibits required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Item 601 of Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-K</FONT> have
been so filed. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) The Disclosure Package, and (ii)&nbsp;each electronic road
show, if any, when taken together as a whole with the Disclosure Package, did not at the Execution Time, and will not on the Closing Date, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from the Disclosure Package made in reliance upon and in conformity with
information relating to the Underwriters furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of the Underwriters expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter
consists of the information described as such in Section&nbsp;12 hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) At the time of filing the
Registration Statement, (ii)&nbsp;at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to
Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), (iii) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c)) made any offer relating to the Securities in reliance on the
exemption in Rule 163, and (iv)&nbsp;at the Execution Time (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (iv)), the Company was or is (as the case may be) a Well-Known Seasoned Issuer. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering
participant made a <I>bona fide </I>offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2)) of the Securities and (ii)&nbsp;as of the Execution Time (with such date being used as the determination date for purposes of this clause (ii)), the Company was not and
is not an &#147;Ineligible Issuer&#148; (as defined in Rule 405), without taking account of any determination by the Commission pursuant to Rule 405 that it is not necessary that the Company be considered an &#147;Ineligible Issuer.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including, without limitation, any electronic or other road show that is a
free writing prospectus under Rule 433) and the final term sheet prepared and filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;5(t) hereof does not include any information that conflicts with the information contained in the Registration Statement, including any
Incorporated Document incorporated by reference therein and any prospectus supplement deemed to be a part thereof that has not been superseded or modified. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free
Writing Prospectus based upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such
information furnished by or on behalf of any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section&nbsp;12 hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Incorporated Documents heretofore filed, when they were filed (or, if any amendment with respect to any such
document was filed, when such amendment was filed), conformed in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act. The Company has given the Representatives notice of any filings made pursuant to the Exchange Act within 48 hours prior
to the Execution Time. No such document when it was filed (or, if an amendment with respect to any such document was filed, when such amendment was filed), contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Securities have been duly and validly authorized and, when
executed and authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be validly issued pursuant to the Indenture, will
constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefits of the Indenture and will conform in all material respects to the description of the Securities contained in the
Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except as disclosed in the Registration
Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), there are no persons with registration or other similar rights to have any equity or debt securities, including securities which are convertible into or
exchangeable for equity securities, registered pursuant to the Registration Statement or otherwise registered by the Company under the Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each of the Company and each of its subsidiaries is a corporation, limited liability company, partnership or trust,
as applicable, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its formation, as set forth on <U>Schedule</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;III</U> hereto, with full corporate, limited liability company, partnership or trust
power, as applicable, and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, and each is duly registered and qualified to conduct its
business, and is in good standing, in each jurisdiction or place where the nature of its properties or the conduct of its business requires such registration or qualification, except where the failure so to register or qualify does not have a
material adverse effect on the condition (financial or other), prospects, earnings, business, properties, net worth or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the
ordinary course of business (&#147;<B>Material Adverse Effect</B>&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries does any business in Cuba. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(l)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has no subsidiaries or joint ventures other than as set
forth on <U>Schedule</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;III</U> hereto, and does not control, directly or indirectly, any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, association or other business association. The issued shares of capital stock or other ownership
interests of each of the Company&#146;s subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-assessable</FONT> and are owned legally and beneficially by the Company free and clear of any
security interests, liens, encumbrances, equities or claims. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(m)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There are no legal or governmental actions, suits
or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, against the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or to which the Company or any properties of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, that (A)&nbsp;are required to be
described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus but are not described as required; (B)&nbsp;could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the performance of this Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated </P>
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hereby; or (C)&nbsp;could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any
supplement thereto). There are no statutes, regulations, capital expenditures, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">off-balance</FONT> sheet transactions, contingencies or agreements, contracts, indentures, leases or other instruments or documents of a
character that are required to be described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus or to be filed or incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the Registration Statement or any Incorporated Document that are not
described, filed or incorporated as required by the Act or the Exchange Act (and the Pricing Prospectus contains in all material respects the same description of the foregoing matters contained in the Prospectus). The statements in the Base
Prospectus under the heading &#147;Material Federal Income Tax Considerations&#148; and in the Disclosure Package, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus Supplement under the heading &#147;Additional Material Federal Income Tax
Considerations&#148; fairly summarize the matters therein described. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(n)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries is: (A)&nbsp;in violation of (i)&nbsp;its respective articles of incorporation or bylaws or other organizational documents, (ii)&nbsp;any law, ordinance, administrative or governmental rule or regulation applicable to the Company or its
subsidiaries, which violation would have a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii)&nbsp;any decree of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or its subsidiaries; or (B)&nbsp;in default in any material respect in the
performance of any obligation, agreement, condition or covenant (financial or otherwise) contained in any bond, debenture, note or any other evidence of indebtedness or in any material agreement, indenture, lease or other instrument to which the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties may be bound, and no such default is foreseeable. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(o)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(A)&nbsp;As of the date hereof, the Company owns, either directly or through investment interests, 2,836 properties
(the &#147;<B>Properties</B>&#148;). To the best of the Company&#146;s knowledge, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any municipal, state or federal law, rule or regulation concerning any of their Properties, which
violation would have a Material Adverse Effect; (B)&nbsp;to the best of the Company&#146;s knowledge, each of the Properties complies with all applicable zoning laws, ordinances and regulations in all material respects and, if and to the extent
there is a failure to comply, such failure does not materially impair the value of any of such Properties and will not result in a forfeiture or reversion of title thereof; (C)&nbsp;neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received from
any Governmental Authority (as defined below) any written notice of any condemnation of, or zoning change affecting any of, the Properties, and the Company does not know of any such condemnation or zoning change which is threatened and which if
consummated would have a Material Adverse Effect; (D)&nbsp;the leases under which the Company leases the Properties as lessor (the &#147;<B>Leases</B>&#148;) are in full force and effect and have been entered into in the ordinary course of business
of the Company; (E)&nbsp;the Company and each of its subsidiaries has complied with its respective obligations under the Leases in all material respects and the Company does not know of any default by any other party to the Leases which, alone or
together with other such defaults, would have a Material Adverse Effect; and (F)&nbsp;all liens, charges, encumbrances, claims or restrictions on or affecting the properties and assets (including the Properties) of the Company and its subsidiaries
that are required to be disclosed in the Prospectus are disclosed therein. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(p)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Neither the issuance and sale of the Securities, the execution,
delivery or performance of this Agreement by the Company, nor the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby (including the application of the proceeds from the sale of the Securities), nor the fulfillment of the terms
hereof or of the Indenture: (A)&nbsp;requires any consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or registration or filing with, any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental body, agency or official (except such as
may be required for the registration of the Securities under the Act and compliance with the securities or blue sky laws of various jurisdictions), or conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a breach or violation of, or a
default under, the articles of incorporation or bylaws or other organizational documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; or (B)&nbsp;conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a breach of, or a default under, any
agreement, indenture, lease or other instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries may be bound, or violates or will violate any statute, law,
regulation or filing or judgment, injunction, order or decree applicable to the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or will result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or
encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of any agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries may
be bound, or to which any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(q)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To the
Company&#146;s knowledge, Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP, who has audited and certified certain financial statements and schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus (or any
amendment or supplement thereto), is and was, during the periods covered by the financial statements on which the Company reported, an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company as required by the Act and the Exchange
Act and by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(r)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The financial statements, together with related
schedules and notes, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto), present fairly in all material respects the financial position, results of
operations and changes in financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries on the basis stated in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus, the Prospectus and the Incorporated Documents at the respective dates or for the respective
periods to which they apply. Such statements and related schedules and notes have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied throughout the periods involved, except as disclosed therein. The other
financial and statistical information and data included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus (and any amendment or supplement thereto) are accurately presented and prepared on a basis
consistent with such financial statements and the books and records of the Company and its subsidiaries. The pro forma financial statements and other pro forma financial information included, or incorporated by reference in, the Registration
Statement, the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) include assumptions that provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects directly attributable to the transactions and events described
therein, the related pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions, and the pro forma adjustments reflect the proper application of those </P>
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adjustments to the historical financial statement amounts in the pro forma financial statements included in the Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus and the Registration Statement (or any amendment
or supplement thereto). The pro forma financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, the Pricing Prospectus and the Registration Statement (or any amendment or supplement thereto) comply as to form in all material
respects with the applicable accounting requirements of Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-X</FONT> under the Act and the pro forma adjustments have been properly applied to the historical amounts in the compilation of those statements.
The Company has filed with the Commission all financial statements, together with related schedules and notes, required to be filed pursuant to Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-X</FONT> under the Act. The interactive data in eXtensible
Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) fairly presents the information called for in all material respects and has been
prepared in accordance with the Commission&#146;s rules and guidelines applicable thereto. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(s)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has the
corporate power to issue, sell and deliver the Securities as provided herein; the execution and delivery of, and the performance by the Company of its obligations under, this Agreement and the Indenture (including the Seventeenth Supplemental
Indenture thereto) have been duly and validly authorized by the Company, and this Agreement and the Indenture (including the Seventeenth Supplemental Indenture thereto) have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitute the valid
and legally binding agreements of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors&#146; rights
generally and by general principles of equity and to the extent that rights to indemnity and contribution hereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(t)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (or any amendment or
supplement thereto), subsequent to the respective dates as of which such information is given in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has incurred any liability or obligation (financial or other), direct or contingent, or entered into any transaction (including any <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">off-balance</FONT> sheet activities or transactions), not in the
ordinary course of business, that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, and there has not been any material change in the capital stock or other equity interests, or material increase in the short-term or long-term debt (including any <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">off-balance</FONT> sheet activities or transactions), of either the Company or its subsidiaries, or any material adverse change, or any development involving or which may reasonably be expected to involve, a prospective
material adverse change, in the condition (financial or other), business, prospects, net worth or results of operations of either the Company or its subsidiaries. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(u)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company and each of its subsidiaries has good and marketable title to all property (real and personal)
described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as being owned by each of them (including the Properties), free and clear of all liens, claims, security interests or other encumbrances that would materially and adversely affect the value
thereof or materially interfere with the use made or presently contemplated to be made thereof by them as described in the Prospectus, except such as are described in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, or in any
document filed as an exhibit to the Registration </P>
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Statement, and each property described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as being held under lease by the Company or any of its subsidiaries is held by it under a valid, subsisting and
enforceable lease. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The &#147;significant subsidiaries&#148; of the Company as defined in <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Rule&nbsp;1-02(w)</FONT> of Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-X</FONT> are set forth in <U>Schedule</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;III</U> hereto (the &#147;<B>Significant Subsidiaries</B>&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(w)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has not distributed and, prior to the later to occur of (x)&nbsp;the Closing Date and
(y)&nbsp;completion of the distribution of the Securities, will not distribute, any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities other than the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. The
Company has not, directly or indirectly: (i)&nbsp;taken any action designed to cause or to result in, or that has constituted or which might reasonably be expected to constitute, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the
Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Securities; or (ii)&nbsp;since the filing of the Registration Statement (A)&nbsp;sold, bid for, purchased, or paid anyone any compensation for soliciting purchases of, the Securities or (B)&nbsp;paid
or agreed to pay to any person any compensation for soliciting another to purchase any other securities of the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(x)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company and each of its subsidiaries possess all certificates, permits, licenses, franchises and authorizations
of governmental or regulatory authorities (the &#147;<B>permits</B>&#148;) as are necessary to own their respective properties and to conduct their respective businesses in the manner described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, where
such failure to possess could have a Material Adverse Effect, subject to such qualifications as may be set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The Company and each of its subsidiaries has fulfilled and performed all of their
respective obligations with respect to such permits, except for any failure to so fulfill or perform as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and no event has occurred which allows, or after notice or lapse of time
would allow, revocation or termination thereof or which would result in any other material impairment of the rights of the holder of any such permit, subject in each case to such qualification as may be set forth in the Disclosure Package and the
Prospectus, and except for any such event as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, exclusive of any supplement thereto, neither the revocation or
modification of any permit singly or in the aggregate, nor the announcement of an unfavorable decision, ruling or finding with respect to any permit, would have a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(y)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company and each of its subsidiaries have established and maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as
defined in Exchange Act Rules <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13a-15(e)</FONT> and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">15d-15(e))</FONT> that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files
or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission&#146;s rules and forms and is accumulated and communicated to the Company&#146;s management, including its chief
executive officer and chief financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure; and the Company and each of its subsidiaries maintain a system of internal control over
financial reporting sufficient to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting
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principles and which includes policies and procedures that (i)&nbsp;pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions
of the assets of the Company and each of its subsidiaries, (ii)&nbsp;provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
and that receipts and expenditures of the Company and each of its subsidiaries are being made only in accordance with the authorization of management, and (iii)&nbsp;provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of
unauthorized acquisitions, use or dispositions of assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. The Company&#146;s disclosure controls and procedures have been evaluated for effectiveness as of the end of the period covered
by the Company&#146;s most recently filed periodic report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K,</FONT> as the case may be, which precedes the date of the Prospectus and were effective in all
material respects to perform the functions for which they were established. Based on the most recent evaluation of its internal control over financial reporting, the Company was not aware of (i)&nbsp;any material weaknesses in the design or
operation of internal control over financial reporting or (ii)&nbsp;any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company&#146;s internal control over financial reporting. There
has been no change in the Company&#146;s internal control over financial reporting that has occurred during its most recently completed fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company&#146;s
internal control over financial reporting. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(z)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There is and has been no failure on the part of the Company and any
of the Company&#146;s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith, including, without limitation, Section&nbsp;402
related to loans to insiders and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(aa)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To the Company&#146;s
knowledge, neither the Company and its subsidiaries nor any employee or agent of the Company and its subsidiaries has made any payment of funds of the Company or its subsidiaries or received or retained any funds in violation of any law, rule or
regulation, which payment, receipt or retention of funds is of a character required to be disclosed in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(bb)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer,
agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its 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 (collectively, the &#147;<B>FCPA</B>&#148;), 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 &#147;foreign official&#148; (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; and the Company, its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, its affiliates have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have
instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith. </P>
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been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements and the money laundering statutes and the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines,
issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the &#147;<B>Money Laundering Laws</B>&#148;), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving
the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(dd)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer,
agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (&#147;<B>OFAC</B>&#148;) or the U.S. Department of
State and including, without limitation, the designation as a &#147;specially designated national&#148; or &#147;blocked person&#148;, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty&#146;s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions
authority (collectively, &#147;<B>Sanctions</B>&#148;), nor is the Company or any of its subsidiaries located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject or target of Sanctions, including, without limitation, Cuba, Iran,
North Korea, Sudan, Syria and Crimea; and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity
(i)&nbsp;to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person that, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or target of such Sanctions or (ii)&nbsp;in any other manner that will result in a violation of Sanctions
administered or enforced by OFAC by any person (including any person participating in the offering, whether as underwriter, adviser, investor or otherwise). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ee)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No labor problem or dispute with the employees of the Company and/or any of its subsidiaries or any of the
Company&#146;s or its subsidiaries&#146; principal suppliers, contractors or customers, exists, is threatened or imminent that could result in a Material Adverse Effect. To the Company&#146;s knowledge, no labor problem or dispute with the
Company&#146;s or its subsidiaries&#146; tenants exists, is threatened or imminent that could result in a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ff)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has filed all foreign, federal, state and local tax returns that are required to be filed, which
returns are complete and correct, or has requested extensions thereof (except in any case in which the failure so to file would not have a Material Adverse Effect, except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus) and has paid all
taxes required to be paid by it and any other assessment, fine or penalty levied against it, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and payable, except for any such assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith
or as would not have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), prospects, earnings, business or properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary
course of business, except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(gg)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No holder of any security of the Company has any right to require registration of the Securities or any other
security of the Company because of the filing of the </P>
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Registration Statement or consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, which right has not been waived in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(hh)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company and its subsidiaries own or possess all patents, trademarks, trademark registrations, service marks,
service mark registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets and rights described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus as being owned by them or necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses. The
Company is not aware of any claim to the contrary or any challenge by any other person to the rights of the Company and its subsidiaries with respect to the foregoing. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company is not now, and after sale of the Securities to be sold by the Company hereunder and the application
of the net proceeds from such sale as described in the Pricing Prospectus and the Prospectus under the caption &#147;Use of Proceeds,&#148; will not be, an &#147;investment company&#148; within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(jj)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To the best of the Company&#146;s knowledge, the Company, its subsidiaries, the Properties and the operations
conducted thereon comply and heretofore have complied with all applicable Environmental Laws, and no expenditures are required or advisable to maintain or achieve such compliance, except as disclosed in environmental site assessment reports obtained
by the Company on or before the date hereof relating to any of the Properties and in the written summary maintained by the Company of the status of ongoing environmental projects at Properties, each of which have been directly provided to the
Underwriters or their counsel (collectively, the &#147;<B>Environmental Reports</B>&#148;) and except for those circumstances that have not had and are not expected to have, singly or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has at any time and, to the best of the Company&#146;s knowledge,
no other party has at any time, handled, buried, stored, retained, refined, transported, processed, manufactured, generated, produced, spilled, allowed to seep, leak, escape or leach, or be pumped, poured, emitted, emptied, discharged, injected,
dumped, transferred or otherwise disposed of or dealt with, Hazardous Materials (as defined below) on, to, under or from the Properties, except as disclosed in Environmental Reports and except for those circumstances that have not had and are not
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries intends to use the Properties or any subsequently acquired properties for the purpose of handling, burying, storing, retaining, refining, transporting,
processing, manufacturing, generating, producing, spilling, seeping, leaking, escaping, leaching, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, dumping, transferring or otherwise disposing of or dealing with Hazardous Materials;
<U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, the tenants of the Company may use Properties for their intended purpose, which may involve the handling, storing, pumping and transporting of Hazardous Materials. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To the best of the Company&#146;s knowledge, no seepage, leak, escape, leach, discharge, injection, release,
emission, spill, pumping, pouring, emptying or dumping of Hazardous Materials into any surface water, groundwater, soil, air or other media on or adjacent </P>
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to the Properties has occurred, is occurring or is reasonably expected to occur, except as is disclosed in the Environmental Reports and except for those circumstances that are not expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice from any
Governmental Authority or other person of, or has knowledge of, any occurrence or circumstance which, with notice, passage of time, or failure to act, would give rise to any claim under or pursuant to any Environmental Law or under common law
pertaining to Hazardous Materials on or originating from the existing Properties or any act or omission of any party with respect to the existing Properties, except as disclosed in the Environmental Reports and except for those circumstances that
are not expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To the best of the Company&#146;s knowledge, none of the
Properties is included or proposed for inclusion on any federal, state, or local lists of sites which require or might require environmental cleanup, including, but not limited to, the National Priorities List or CERCLIS List issued pursuant to
CERCLA (as defined below) by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or any analogous state list, except as is disclosed in the Environmental Reports and except for those circumstances that are not expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the ordinary course of its business, the Company periodically reviews the effect of Environmental
Laws on the business, operations and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, in the course of which it identifies and evaluates associated costs and liabilities (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required
for <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">clean-up,</FONT> closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws, or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties).
On the basis of such review, the Company has reasonably concluded that such associated costs and liabilities are not expected to, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary
course of business, except as set forth in or contemplated in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As used herein,
&#147;<B>Hazardous Material</B>&#148; shall include, without limitation, any flammable explosives, radioactive materials, hazardous materials, hazardous wastes, hazardous or toxic substances, or related materials, asbestos, polychlorinated
biphenyls, petroleum products and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by-products</FONT> and substances defined or listed as &#147;hazardous substances,&#148; &#147;toxic substances,&#148; &#147;hazardous waste,&#148; or &#147;hazardous materials&#148;
in any Federal, state or local Environmental Law. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As used herein, &#147;<B>Environmental Law</B>&#148; shall mean all laws, common law
duties, regulations or ordinances (including any orders or agreements) of any Federal, state or local governmental authority having or claiming jurisdiction over any of the Properties (a &#147;<B>Governmental Authority</B>&#148;) that are designed
or intended to protect the public health and the environment or to regulate the handling of Hazardous Materials, including, without limitation, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, as amended (42 U.S.C.
Section&nbsp;9601 et seq.) (&#147;<B>CERCLA</B>&#148;), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, as amended (49 U.S.C. Section&nbsp;5101 et seq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section&nbsp;6901 et seq.), the
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended (33 U.S.C. Section&nbsp;1251 et seq.), and the Clean Air Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section&nbsp;7401 et seq.), and any and all analogous future federal or present or future state or local laws. </P>
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qualification as a REIT under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code and the rules and regulations thereunder. As of the close of every taxable year during the Company&#146;s existence, the Company has had no earnings and profits accumulated in a <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-REIT</FONT> year within the meaning of Section&nbsp;857(a)(2)(B) of the Code. The Company&#146;s past and proposed method of operation have enabled it, and will enable it, to meet the requirements for taxation as a
REIT under the Code. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ll)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As of the date of this Agreement, the Company has no &#147;taxable REIT
subsidiaries&#148; within the meaning of Section&nbsp;856(l) of the Code. Each of the Company&#146;s corporate subsidiaries is in compliance with all requirements applicable to a REIT or a &#147;qualified REIT subsidiary&#148; within the meaning of
Section&nbsp;856(i) of the Code and all applicable regulations under the Code, and the Company is not aware of any fact that would negatively impact such qualifications. Each of the Company&#146;s
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-corporate</FONT> subsidiaries qualifies as a partnership or a disregarded entity for federal income tax purposes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(mm)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company and each of its subsidiaries is insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against
such losses and risks and in such amounts as are prudent and customary in the businesses in which they are engaged and the value of their properties. All policies of insurance and fidelity or surety bonds insuring the Company or any of its
subsidiaries or their respective businesses, assets, employees, officers and directors are in full force and effect. The Company and its subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms of such policies and instruments in all material respects, and
there are no claims by the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any such policy or instrument as to which any insurance company is denying liability or defending under a reservation of rights clause. Neither the Company nor any of its
subsidiaries has been refused any insurance coverage sought or applied for, and the Company does not have any reason to believe that the Company and each of its subsidiaries will not be able to renew its respective existing insurance coverage as and
when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue their respective businesses at a cost that would not have a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(nn)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company and its subsidiaries have title insurance on each of the Properties owned in fee simple in amounts at
least equal to the cost of acquisition of such property; with respect to an uninsured loss on any of the Properties, the title insurance shortfall would not have a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(oo)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, from paying any dividends to the
Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary&#146;s capital stock or other equity interests, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary&#146;s
assets or property to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company, except as described in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(pp)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There are no transfer taxes or other similar fees or charges under Federal law or the laws of any state, or any
political subdivision thereof, required to be paid in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the issuance by the Company or sale by the Company of the Securities. </P>
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has fulfilled its obligations, if any, under the minimum funding standards of Sections 412 and 430 of the Code or Section&nbsp;302 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published
interpretations thereunder (&#147;<B>ERISA</B>&#148;), with respect to each &#147;employee benefit plan,&#148; as defined in Section&nbsp;3(3) of ERISA, for which the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates has any liability (each, a
&#147;<B>Plan</B>&#148;). &#147;<B>ERISA Affiliate</B>&#148; means, with respect to the Company or a subsidiary of the Company, any member of any group of organizations described in Section&nbsp;414 of the Code of which the Company or such
subsidiary is a member. Each Plan is in compliance in all material respects with applicable law, including ERISA and the Code, and its terms. Neither the Company nor any of its ERISA Affiliates has incurred any unpaid liability to the Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation (other than for the payment of premiums in the ordinary course) or to any Plan under Title IV of ERISA (other than for contributions to the Plan in the ordinary course). No &#147;reportable event&#148; (as defined in
Section&nbsp;4032(c) of ERISA) has occurred with respect to any Plan for which the Company or any ERISA Affiliate would have any liability, other than those events as to which the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">30-day</FONT> notice period has been
waived. No <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-exempt</FONT> &#147;prohibited transaction&#148; pursuant to Section&nbsp;406 of ERISA or Section&nbsp;4975 of the Code has occurred with respect to any Plan that would result in any material liability
to the Company or any of its ERISA Affiliates. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(rr)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To the knowledge of the Company, no stock options awards
granted by the Company have been retroactively granted, and the exercise or purchase price of any stock option award has not been determined retroactively. The per share exercise price of each stock option, stock appreciation right or similar award
granted by the Company was equal to or greater than the fair market value of a share of the Company&#146;s common stock on the applicable date of grant and no action has been taken by the Company that would be considered a &#147;repricing&#148; of
such an award under the applicable listing standards of the national securities exchange on which the Company&#146;s common stock is listed (if any). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ss)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company&#146;s authorized capitalization is as set forth in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package
and the Prospectus; the authorized and issued and outstanding capital stock, debt securities and the Securities of the Company conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure
Package and the Prospectus; the outstanding shares of common stock and preferred stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued in compliance with all Federal and state securities laws, and are fully paid and <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-assessable.</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Indemnification and Contribution</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, the directors, officers, employees, affiliates
and agents of each Underwriter and each person who controls any Underwriter, within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may
become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other Federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or </P>
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actions in respect thereof)&nbsp;(i) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement for the
registration of the Securities as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Disclosure Package or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including without limitation, any
&#147;road show&#148; (as defined under Rule 433) not constituting an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus); or (ii)&nbsp;arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state in the Registration Statement for the registration of the
Securities as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the Disclosure Package or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including without limitation, any &#147;road show&#148;
(as defined under Rule 433) not constituting an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus) a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or (iii)&nbsp;arise out of or are based upon a breach of the
representations and warranties in this Agreement. The Company agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss,
claim, damage, liability or action; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that the Company will not be liable in any such case arising in connection with this Section&nbsp;7 to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability (or actions in
respect thereof) arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf
of any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for inclusion therein. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have. The Company acknowledges that the only information furnished in
writing by or on behalf of the several Underwriters for inclusion in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is as set forth in Section&nbsp;12 hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its
directors, each of its officers who signed the Registration Statement, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each
Underwriter, but only with reference to written information relating to such Underwriter furnished to the Company by or on behalf of such Underwriter through the Representatives in writing specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in
the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which any Underwriter may otherwise have. The Company acknowledges that the only information furnished in writing by or on behalf of the several Underwriters for
inclusion in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is as set forth in Section&nbsp;12 hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section&nbsp;7 of notice of the commencement of any
action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section&nbsp;7, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the
indemnifying party: (i)&nbsp;will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a)&nbsp;or (b) above unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of
substantial rights and defenses; and (ii)&nbsp;will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in paragraph (a)&nbsp;or (b) above. The
indemnifying party shall </P>
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be entitled to appoint counsel of the indemnifying party&#146;s choice at the indemnifying party&#146;s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is
sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that such
counsel shall be satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party&#146;s election to appoint counsel to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel
(including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if: (i)&nbsp;the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such
counsel with a conflict of interest; (ii)&nbsp;the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there
may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties which are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party; (iii)&nbsp;the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the
indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action; or (iv)&nbsp;the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the
indemnifying party. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, settle or compromise, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or
proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (x)&nbsp;includes
an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and (y)&nbsp;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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a)&nbsp;or (b) of this
Section&nbsp;7 is unavailable to, or insufficient to hold harmless, an indemnified party for any reason, the Company and the Underwriters severally agree to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or
other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending the same) (collectively &#147;<B>Losses</B>&#148;) to which the Company and one or more of the Underwriters may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to
reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and by the Underwriters, on the other, from the offering of the Securities; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that in no case shall any Underwriter (except as may be provided in
any agreement among the Underwriters relating to the offering of the Securities) be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the Securities purchased by the Underwriters hereunder. If the
allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the Company and the Underwriters severally shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the
relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and of the Underwriters, on the other, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the
Company shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by it, and benefits received by the Underwriters shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, in
each case as set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other </P>
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things: (i)&nbsp;whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the Company,
on the one hand, or the Underwriters, on the other; (ii)&nbsp;the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge; (iii)&nbsp;access to information; and (iv)&nbsp;the opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The
Company and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution were determined by pro rata allocation or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent
misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section&nbsp;7, each person who controls an Underwriter within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of an Underwriter shall have the same rights to
contribution as the Underwriters, and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company who shall have signed the Registration Statement and each director of the Company shall
have the same rights to contribution as the Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this paragraph (d). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Conditions of Underwriters&#146; Obligations</U>. The obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Securities
hereunder are subject to the following conditions: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) The Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, have been
filed in the manner and within the time period required by Rule&nbsp;424(b) (without reference to Rule 424(b)(8)); the final term sheet contemplated by Section&nbsp;5(t) hereof and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to
Rule 433(d) shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433 and (ii)&nbsp;any request of the Commission for additional information (to be included in the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus or otherwise) shall have been complied with to the satisfaction of the Underwriters. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subsequent
to the Execution Time, or, if earlier, the dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendment thereto), the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment thereof), there shall not
have occurred: (i)&nbsp;any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business, properties, net worth, or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries,
whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as set forth in the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of this Agreement), the effect
of which, in the sole judgment of the Representatives is so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration Statement (exclusive of any
amendments thereto), the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto); or (ii)&nbsp;any event or development relating to or involving the Company and its subsidiaries or any officer or director of the Company and its
subsidiaries which makes any statement made in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus untrue or which, in the opinion of the Company and its counsel or the Representatives and their counsel, requires the making of any addition to or change in the
Disclosure Package in order to state a material fact required by the Act or any other law to be stated therein, or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, if amending or supplementing the Disclosure Package to reflect such
event or development would, in the opinion of the Representatives, adversely affect the market for the Securities. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Representatives shall have received on the Closing Date
opinions of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, counsel for the Company, dated as of such date and addressed to the Representatives, substantially in the forms attached hereto as <U>Exhibit <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">A-1</FONT></U> and
<U>Exhibit <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">A-2</FONT></U>. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Representatives shall have received on the
Closing Date an opinion and negative assurance letter of Vinson&nbsp;&amp; Elkins L.L.P., counsel for the Underwriters, dated as of such date and addressed to the Representatives with respect to such matters as the Underwriters may request. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Representatives shall have received letters addressed to the Representatives and dated as of the date hereof
and as of the Closing Date from Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, substantially in the form heretofore approved by the Underwriters; <U>provided</U> that the letters delivered on the date hereof and on the
Closing Date shall use a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#147;cut-off&#148;</FONT> date no more than three (3)&nbsp;Business Days prior to such dates. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(A) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no
proceedings for that purpose shall have been taken or, to the knowledge of the Company, shall be contemplated by the Commission at or prior to the Closing Date; (B)&nbsp;there shall not have been any material change in the capital stock of the
Company nor any material increase in the short-term or long-term debt (including any <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">off-balance</FONT> sheet activities or transactions) of the Company and its subsidiaries (other than in the ordinary course of
business) from that set forth or contemplated in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto); (C)&nbsp;there shall not have been, since the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), except as may otherwise be stated in the Registration Statement, the Disclosure Package and Prospectus (or any amendment or
supplement thereto), any material adverse change in the condition (financial or other), business, prospects, properties, net worth or results of operations of the Company or its subsidiaries; (D)&nbsp;the Company and its subsidiaries shall not have
any liabilities or obligations (financial or other), direct or contingent (whether or not in the ordinary course of business), that are material to the Company or its subsidiaries, other than those reflected in the Registration Statement or the
Disclosure Package and the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto); and (E)&nbsp;all the representations and warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct at and as of the Execution Time and on and as of
the Closing Date as if made at and as of such time or on and as of such date, and the Representatives shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date and signed by either the chief executive officer or chief operating officer and the chief
financial officer of the Company (or such other officers as are acceptable to the Representatives), to the effect set forth in this Section&nbsp;8(f) and in Section&nbsp;8(g) hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company shall not have failed at or prior to the Closing Date to have performed or complied with any of its
agreements herein contained and required to be performed or complied with by it hereunder or under the Indenture, at or prior to the Closing Date. </P>
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decrease in the rating of any of the Company&#146;s debt securities by any &#147;nationally recognized statistical rating organization&#148; (as defined in Section&nbsp;3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act) or any notice given of any intended or potential
decrease in any such rating or of a possible change in any such rating that does not indicate the direction of the possible change. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Representatives such further certificates and
documents as the Representatives shall have requested. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All such opinions, certificates, letters and other documents will be in compliance
with the provisions hereof only if they are satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and their counsel. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any certificate
or document signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Underwriters, or to counsel for the Underwriters, shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company to the Underwriters as to the statements made therein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If any of the conditions specified in this Section&nbsp;8 shall not have been fulfilled in all material respects when and as provided in this
Agreement, or if any of the opinions and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall not be in all material respects reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, this
Agreement and all obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be canceled by the Representatives at, or at any time prior to, the Closing Date. Notice of such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or by telephone or facsimile
confirmed in writing. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">With respect to the Closing Date, the documents required to be delivered by this Section&nbsp;8 shall be delivered
at the offices of Vinson&nbsp;&amp; Elkins L.L.P., Attn: Christopher C. Green, Esq., counsel for the Underwriters, at 2200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 500 West, Washington, DC 20037, on or prior to such date. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Expenses</U>. The Company agrees to pay the following costs and expenses and all other costs and expenses
incident to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder: (i)&nbsp;the preparation, printing or reproduction, and filing with the Commission of the registration statement (including financial statements and exhibits thereto), each
Preliminary Prospectus, if any, the Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and each amendment or supplement to any of them; (ii)&nbsp;the printing (or reproduction) and delivery (including postage, air freight charges and charges for
counting and packaging) of such copies of the registration statement, each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Incorporated Documents, and all amendments or supplements to any of them, as may be
reasonably requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities; (iii)&nbsp;the preparation, printing, authentication, issuance and delivery of certificates for the Securities, including any stamp or other taxes in connection
with the original issuance and sale of the Securities; (iv)&nbsp;the printing (or reproduction) and delivery of this Agreement, the preliminary and supplemental blue sky memoranda and all other agreements or documents printed (or reproduced) and
delivered in connection with the offering of the Securities; (v)&nbsp;the registration or qualification of the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of the </P>
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several states as provided in Section&nbsp;5(g) hereof (including the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters relating to the preparation, printing or
reproduction, and delivery of the preliminary and supplemental blue sky memoranda and such registration and qualification); (vi)&nbsp;the filing fees and the fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with any filings required
to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.; (vii) the transportation and other expenses incurred by or on behalf of Company representatives in connection with presentations to prospective purchasers of the Securities;
(viii)&nbsp;the fees and expenses of the Company&#146;s accountants and counsel (including local and special counsel) for the Company; and (ix)&nbsp;the fees and expenses of the Trustee in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">10.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Default by an Underwriter</U>. If any one or more Underwriters shall fail to purchase and pay for any of
the Securities agreed to be purchased by such Underwriter or Underwriters hereunder and such failure to purchase shall constitute a default in the performance of its or their obligations under this Agreement, the remaining Underwriters shall be
obligated severally to take up and pay for (in the respective proportions which the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their names in <U>Schedule</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;I</U> hereto bears to the aggregate principal amount of Securities
set forth opposite the names of all the remaining Underwriters) the Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that in the event that the aggregate principal amount of
Securities which the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase shall exceed 10% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth in <U>Schedule</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;I</U> hereto, the remaining Underwriters shall
have the right to purchase all, but shall not be under any obligation to purchase any, of the Securities, and if such nondefaulting Underwriters do not purchase all the Securities, this Agreement will terminate without liability to any nondefaulting
Underwriter or the Company. In the event of a default by any Underwriter as set forth in this Section&nbsp;10, the Closing Date shall be postponed for such period, not exceeding five (5)&nbsp;Business Days, as the Representatives shall determine in
order that the required changes in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall relieve any defaulting Underwriter of its liability, if any, to the
Company and any nondefaulting Underwriter for damages occasioned by its default hereunder. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">11.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Termination of
Agreement</U>. This Agreement shall be subject to termination in the absolute discretion of the Representatives, without liability on the part of the Underwriters to the Company, by notice to the Company, if, prior to the Closing Date:
(i)&nbsp;there shall have occurred any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business, properties, net worth, or results of operations of the Company and its
subsidiaries, whether or not arising from transactions in the ordinary course of business, except as specifically addressed in the Disclosure Package or the Prospectus (exclusive of any amendments or supplements thereto subsequent to the date of
this Agreement), the effect of which, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, is so material and adverse as to make it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or delivery of the Securities as contemplated by the Registration
Statement (exclusive of any amendments thereto) and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto); (ii) there shall have occurred any downgrading in the rating of any debt securities or preferred stock of the Company by any &#147;nationally
recognized statistical rating organization&#148; (as defined in Section&nbsp;3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act), or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review its </P>

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rating of any debt securities or preferred stock of the Company (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of
such rating); (iii)&nbsp;trading in the Company&#146;s common stock or outstanding preferred stock shall have been suspended by the Commission or the New York Stock Exchange or trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the
Nasdaq Global Market shall have been suspended or materially limited; (iv)&nbsp;a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York or Florida shall have been declared by either federal or state authorities; (v)&nbsp;the Company or any
of its subsidiaries shall have sustained a substantial loss by fire, flood, accident or other calamity which renders it impracticable, in the reasonable judgment of the Representatives, to consummate the sale of the Securities and the delivery of
the Securities by the Underwriters at the initial public offering price; or (vi)&nbsp;there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or other international or domestic calamity, crisis or change in political, financial or
economic conditions, the effect of which on the financial markets of the United States is such as to make it, in the sole judgment of the Representatives, impracticable or inadvisable to commence or continue the offering as contemplated by the
Registration Statement (exclusive of any amendments thereto) and the Prospectus (exclusive of any supplement thereto). Notice of such termination may be given to the Company by telegram, telecopy or telephone and shall be subsequently confirmed by
letter. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">12.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Information Furnished by the Underwriters</U>. The statements in the fourth, sixth, and seventh
paragraphs and the first, second and fourth sentences in the eighth paragraph under the heading &#147;Underwriting&#148; in any Preliminary Prospectus and in the Prospectus Supplement constitute the only information furnished by or on behalf of the
Underwriters as such information is referred to in the penultimate sentence of Section&nbsp;6(b) and the last sentences of Sections 6(c), 6(f), 7(a) and 7(b) hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">13.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Representations and Indemnities to Survive</U>. The respective agreements, representations, warranties,
indemnities and other statements of the Company or its officers and of the Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriters or
the Company or any of the officers, directors, employees, agents or controlling persons referred to in Section&nbsp;7 hereof, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Securities. The provisions of Sections&nbsp;5(k), 7 and 9 hereof shall
survive the termination or cancellation of this Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">14.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Absence of Fiduciary Relationship</U>. The
Company acknowledges and agrees that: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the Underwriters have been retained solely to act as underwriters in
connection with the sale of the Securities and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company and the Underwriters has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the process leading
thereto, irrespective of whether any of the Underwriters has advised or is advising the Company on other matters; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the price of the Securities set forth in this Agreement was established by the Company following discussions and
arms-length negotiations with the Representatives, and the Company is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; </P>
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are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the Company and that the Underwriters have no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to the Company by virtue of any fiduciary,
advisory or agency relationship; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;it waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims they may
have against the Underwriters for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">15.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Research
Analyst Independence</U>. The Company acknowledges that the Underwriters&#146; research analysts and research departments are required to be independent from their respective investment banking divisions and are subject to certain regulations and
internal policies, and that such Underwriters&#146; research analysts may hold views and make statements or investment recommendations and/or publish research reports with respect to the Company and/or the offering that differ from the views of
their respective investment banking divisions. The Company hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company may have against the Underwriters with respect to any conflict of interest that may arise from
the fact that the views expressed by their independent research analysts and research departments may be different from or inconsistent with the views or advice communicated to the Company by such Underwriters&#146; investment banking divisions. The
Company acknowledges that each of the Underwriters is a full service securities firm and as such from time to time, subject to applicable securities laws, may effect transactions for its own account or the account of its customers and hold long or
short positions in debt or equity securities of the companies that may be the subject of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">16.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Notices</U>. All communications hereunder will be in writing and effective only on receipt, and, if sent to the
Representatives, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013, Facsimile: (646) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">291-1469,</FONT> Attention: General Counsel; Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith Incorporated, 50 Rockefeller Plaza, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">NY1-050-12-01,</FONT></FONT></FONT> New York, New York 10020, Facsimile: (646) <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">855-5958,</FONT> Attention: High Grade Transaction Management/Legal; Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 550 South Tryon Street, 5th Floor, Charlotte, North Carolina 28202, Attention: Transaction Management, fax no. (704) <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">410-0326;</FONT> Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC, 1585 Broadway, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Fixed Income Capital Markets Division; and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., 214 N. Tryon Street, 26th Floor, Charlotte,
North Carolina 28202, Facsimile: (704) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">335-2393,</FONT> Attention: Credit Fixed Income; or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telefaxed to the office of the Company at 450 South Orange Avenue,
Suite 900, Orlando, Florida 32801 (facsimile: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">407-650-1044),</FONT></FONT> Attention: Kevin B. Habicht, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">17.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Successors</U>. This Agreement has been made solely for the benefit of the Underwriters, the Company, its
directors and officers, and the other controlling persons referred to in Section&nbsp;7 hereof and their respective successors and assigns, to the extent provided herein. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties
hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section&nbsp;7 hereof, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement. Neither the term
&#147;successor&#148; nor the term &#147;successors and assigns&#148; as used in this Agreement shall include a purchaser from the Underwriters of any of the Securities in his status as such purchaser. </P>
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agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) between the Company and the Underwriters, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">19.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Applicable Law</U>. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed within the State of New York. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">20.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Waiver of Jury
Trial</U>. The Company 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.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">21.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>USA PATRIOT Act</U>. In accordance with the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">107-56</FONT> (signed into law October&nbsp;26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies its clients, including the Company, which information may include the name and
address of its clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their clients. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">22.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Counterparts</U>. This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an
original, and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">23.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Headings</U>. The section
headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">24.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Definitions</U>. The terms that follow, when used in this Agreement, shall have the meanings indicated: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B>Business Day</B>&#148; shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions
or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York City. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B>Free Writing Prospectus</B>&#148; shall mean a
free writing prospectus, as defined in Rule 405. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B>Rule 158</B>,&#148; &#147;<B>Rule 163</B>,&#148; &#147;<B>Rule 164</B>,&#148;
&#147;<B>Rule 172</B>,&#148; &#147;<B>Rule 173</B>,&#148; &#147;<B>Rule 401</B>,&#148; &#147;<B>Rule 405</B>,&#148; &#147;<B>Rule</B><B></B><B>&nbsp;415</B>,&#148; &#147;<B>Rule</B><B></B><B>&nbsp;424</B>,&#148; &#147;<B>Rule 424(b)</B>,&#148;
&#147;<B>Rule 430</B>,&#148; &#147;<B>Rule 433</B>&#148; and &#147;<B>Rule 456</B>&#148; refer to such rules under the Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;<B>Well-Known Seasoned Issuer</B>&#148; shall mean a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405. </P>
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return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this Agreement and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement among the Company and the several Underwriters. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Carolyn Hurley</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Carolyn Hurley</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>MORGAN STANLEY&nbsp;&amp; CO. LLC</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Jason J. Occi</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Jason J. Occi</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title:</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Vice President</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>U.S. BANCORP INVESTMENTS, INC.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Charles P. Carpenter</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Charles P. Carpenter</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Title:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Senior Vice President</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>NATIONAL RETAIL PROPERTIES, INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Principal<BR>Amount of</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Principal<BR>Amount of</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">2048 Notes to</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="center">be Purchased</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Citigroup Global Markets Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">60,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">45,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:6.10em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Incorporated</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">60,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">45,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Wells Fargo Securities, LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">60,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">45,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Morgan Stanley&nbsp;&amp; Co. LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">40,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">30,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">40,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">30,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Jefferies LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">28,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">21,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">RBC Capital Markets, LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">28,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">21,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">28,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">21,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BB&amp;T Capital Markets, a division of BB&amp;T Securities, LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">20,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">TD Securities (USA) LLC</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">20,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">15,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Capital One Securities, Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">8,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">6,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Raymond James&nbsp;&amp; Associates, Inc.</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">8,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">6,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Total</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">400,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">300,000,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FREE WRITING PROSPECTUSES INCLUDED IN THE DISCLOSURE PACKAGE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">National Retail Properties, Inc. Final Term Sheet filed with the Commission by the Company on September&nbsp;18, 2018 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Execution Time</U>: 3:40 p.m. New York City time on the date hereof </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES AND JOINT VENTURES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>Subsidiaries and Consolidated Joint Ventures </U></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Net Lease Realty I, Inc.</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Gator Pearson, LLC</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NNN Brokerage Services, Inc.</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NNN PBY LLC</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NNN CA Auto Svc LLC</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NNN TRU Gastonia LLC</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NNN &#150; NatGro LLC</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Orange Avenue Mortgage Investments, Inc.</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NNN Athletic I LLC</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">CNL Commercial Mortgage Funding, Inc.</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NNN Athletic II HOLDCO LLC</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">CCMH V, LLC</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NNN Athletic II MD LLC</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NNN Athletic II MA LLC</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">National Retail Properties, LP </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>Joint
Ventures </U></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">None </P>
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