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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-19-061738
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20190304
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20190304
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20190304

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CareTrust REIT, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001590717
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				463999490
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-36181
		FILM NUMBER:		19652023

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		905 CALLE AMANECER, SUITE 300
		CITY:			SAN CLEMENTE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92673
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(949) 542-3140

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		905 CALLE AMANECER, SUITE 300
		CITY:			SAN CLEMENTE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92673
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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:14pt; 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): March&nbsp;4, 2019 </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>CareTrust REIT, Inc. </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">001-36181</FONT></B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">46-3999490</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>San Clemente, CA</B></P></TD>
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<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">542-3130</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<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: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>
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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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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-commencement</FONT> communications pursuant to Rule <FONT
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:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Emerging growth company &#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: &#9744; </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On March&nbsp;4, 2019, CareTrust REIT, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) and CTR Partnership, L.P. (the &#147;Operating Partnership&#148;) entered
into a new equity distribution agreement (the &#147;Equity Distribution Agreement&#148;) with BMO Capital Markets Corp., Barclays Capital Inc., Capital One Securities, Inc., Fifth Third Securities, Inc., KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith Incorporated, Raymond James&nbsp;&amp; Associates, Inc., The Huntington Investment Company and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (individually, a &#147;Sales Agent&#148; and together, the &#147;Sales Agents&#148;) to sell
shares of the Company&#146;s common stock, $0.01 par value per share, having an aggregate offering price of up to $300,000,000 (the &#147;Shares&#148;), from time to time, through an
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#147;at-the-market&#148;</FONT></FONT> equity offering program (the &#147;2019 ATM Program&#148;). In connection with the entry into the Equity Distribution Agreement and the
commencement of the 2019 ATM Program, the Company&#146;s <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#147;at-the-market&#148;</FONT></FONT> equity offering program pursuant to the Company&#146;s prior equity distribution
agreement, dated as of May&nbsp;17, 2017, was terminated. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the terms of the Equity Distribution Agreement, sales of the Shares
under the 2019 ATM Program, if any, will be made through the Sales Agents acting as sales agent or directly to the Sales Agents acting as principal, and will be made by means of ordinary brokers&#146; transactions at market prices, in negotiated
transactions or in transactions that are deemed to be <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#147;at-the-market&#148;</FONT></FONT> offerings as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act, including sales made to or
through a market maker other than on an exchange, in&nbsp;block&nbsp;transactions or by any other method permitted by law, at prices related to the prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices, or as otherwise agreed upon by one or more of the
Sales Agents and the Company. If the Company sells Shares to any of the Sales Agents as principal, it will enter into a separate terms agreement with such Sales Agent. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The offering of Shares under the 2019 ATM Program pursuant to the Equity Distribution Agreement will terminate upon the earlier of
(i)&nbsp;the sale of the maximum aggregate amount of the Shares subject to the Equity Distribution Agreement, or (ii)&nbsp;termination of such Equity Distribution Agreement as permitted therein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company intends to contribute the net proceeds from the sales of Shares pursuant to the Equity Distribution Agreement to the Operating
Partnership, which will in turn use the net proceeds for general corporate purposes, which may include, among other things, future acquisitions, debt repayment and working capital. The Company may temporarily invest the net proceeds before use in
interest-bearing short term investments that are consistent with the Company&#146;s ability to maintain its qualification as a real estate investment trust. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing description of the Equity Distribution Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Equity
Distribution Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K</FONT> and is incorporated herein by reference. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Shares sold under the 2019 ATM Program will be issued pursuant to the Company&#146;s shelf registration statement on <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-3</FONT> (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-217670),</FONT> filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) on May&nbsp;4, 2017 and the prospectus
supplement filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on March&nbsp;4, 2019. This Current Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K</FONT> does not constitute an offer
to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of Shares in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company is filing as Exhibit&nbsp;5.1 to this Current Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;8-K</FONT> an opinion of DLA
Piper LLP (US) regarding certain matters of Maryland law, including the validity of the Shares sold under the 2019 ATM Program. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d712262dex11.htm">Equity Distribution Agreement, dated March&nbsp;
4, 2019, by and among CareTrust REIT, Inc., CTR Partnership, L.P. and BMO Capital Markets Corp., Barclays Capital Inc., Capital One Securities, Inc., Fifth Third Securities, Inc., KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ William M. Wagner</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>CareTrust REIT, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Common Stock, par value </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">$0.01 per
share </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>EQUITY DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">March&nbsp;4, 2019 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BMO Capital Markets Corp.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3 Times Square </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">Barclays Capital Inc. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">745 Seventh Ave. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York, New York 10019 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Capital One Securities, Inc. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">201 St. Charles Ave. Ste. 1830 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New Orleans, Louisiana 70170 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Fifth Third Securities, Inc. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">38 Fountain Square Plaza </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Cincinnati, Ohio 45263 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Huntington Investment Company </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">41 South High Street </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Columbus, OH 43215 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">127 Public Square </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Cleveland, Ohio 44114 </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; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&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, NY 10036 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Raymond James&nbsp;&amp; Associates, Inc. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">880 Carillon Parkway
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">St. Petersburg, Florida 33716 </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">375 Park Avenue, 4<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">New York, New York 10152 </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">CareTrust REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), and CTR Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the
&#147;Operating Partnership&#148;), confirm their agreement (this &#147;Agreement&#148;) with BMO Capital Markets Corp., Barclays Capital Inc., Capital One Securities, Inc., Fifth Third Securities, Inc., The Huntington Investment Company, KeyBanc
Capital Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith Incorporated, Raymond James&nbsp;&amp; Associates, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (each an &#147;Agent&#148; and collectively, the &#147;Agents&#148;) with respect to the
issuance and sale from time to time by the Company of shares (the &#147;Shares&#148;) of the Company&#146;s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), having an aggregate offering price of up to $300,000,000 (the
&#147;Maximum Amount&#148;) through or to the Agents as sales agent or principal, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) a registration statement on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> (Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-217670)</FONT> for the registration of certain securities, including the Shares (the &#147;registration statement&#148;), under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;), and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the &#147;Rules and Regulations&#148;). The Registration Statement (as defined below) sets forth the material terms of the offering,
sale and plan of distribution of the Shares and contains additional information concerning the Company and its business. Except where the context otherwise requires, the term &#147;Registration Statement&#148; means the registration statement, as
amended, at the time of the registration statement&#146;s effectiveness for purposes of Section&nbsp;11 of the Act, as such section applies to the Agents, including (i)&nbsp;all documents filed as a part thereof or incorporated, or deemed to be
incorporated, by reference therein and (ii)&nbsp;any information contained or incorporated by reference in a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations, to the extent such information is deemed,
pursuant to Rule 430B or Rule 430C of the Rules and Regulations, to be part of the registration statement at the effective time. Except where the context requires, the term &#147;Base Prospectus&#148; means the prospectus dated May&nbsp;4, 2017,
filed as part of the Registration Statement, including the documents incorporated by reference therein as of the date of such prospectus. Except where the context otherwise requires, the term &#147;Prospectus Supplement&#148; means the most recent
prospectus supplement relating to the Shares, to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations on or before the second business day after the date hereof (or such earlier time as may be required
under the Act), in the form furnished by the Company to the Agents in connection with the offering of the Shares. Except where the context otherwise requires, the term &#147;Prospectus&#148; means the Prospectus Supplement (and any additional
prospectus supplement prepared in accordance with the last sentence of Section&nbsp;3(aa) and filed in accordance with the provisions of Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations), together with the Base Prospectus attached to or used with the
Prospectus Supplement. &#147;Permitted Free Writing Prospectus&#148; has the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;3(g). Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus and any Permitted
Free Writing Prospectus shall, unless otherwise stated, be deemed to refer to and include the documents, if any, incorporated, or deemed to be incorporated, by reference therein (the &#147;Incorporated Documents&#148;), including, unless the context
otherwise requires, the documents, if any, filed as exhibits to such Incorporated Documents. Any reference herein to the terms </P>
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&#147;amend,&#148; &#147;amendment&#148; or &#147;supplement&#148; with respect to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus shall, unless stated otherwise, be deemed to refer to and include the filing of any document under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the
&#147;Exchange Act&#148;) on or after the initial effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of the Base Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus or such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, and deemed to
be incorporated therein by reference. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company confirms its agreement with each Agent as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Sale and Delivery of the Shares</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Agency Transactions. </I>On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but
subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company and the Agents, severally and not jointly, agree that the Company may from time to time issue and sell through an Agent, acting as sales agent for the Company, the Shares (an
&#147;Agency Transaction&#148;) as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company may, from time to time, propose to a Designated Agent
(as defined below) the terms of an Agency Transaction by means of a telephone call or other method mutually agreed to in writing by the parties (confirmed promptly by electronic mail (an &#147;Agency Transaction Notice&#148;)) from any of the
individuals listed as authorized representatives of the Company on Schedule 1 hereto (each, an &#147;Authorized Company Representative&#148;) (which list may be updated from time to time upon written notice delivered by the Company to the Agents),
such proposal to include: the trading day(s) for the Nasdaq Global Select Market (the &#147;Exchange&#148;) (which may not be a day on which the Exchange is scheduled to close prior to its regular weekday closing time) on which the Shares are to be
sold (each, a &#147;Trading Day&#148;); the maximum number of Shares that the Company wishes to sell in the aggregate on each Trading Day; and the minimum price per share at which the Company is willing to sell the Shares (the &#147;Floor
Price&#148;). As used herein &#147;Designated Agent&#148; shall mean, with respect to any Agency Transaction Notice, the Agent selected by the Company to act as sales agent in accordance with Section&nbsp;1(f) hereof, <I>provided </I>that such Agent
selected by the Company has agreed to act as sales agent. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If such proposed terms for an Agency Transaction
are acceptable to the Designated Agent, it shall confirm the terms by means of electronic mail delivered to an Authorized Company Representative. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Designated Agent shall use its commercially reasonable efforts
consistent with its normal trading and sales practices to sell all of the Shares designated in, and subject to the terms of, such Agency Transaction Notice on the Trading Day(s) specified therein. The Designated Agent shall not sell any Share at a
price lower than the Floor Price specified in the applicable Agency Transaction Notice. The Company acknowledges and agrees with each Agent that (x)&nbsp;there can be no assurance that a Designated Agent will be successful in selling all or any of
such Shares, (y)&nbsp;a Designated Agent shall incur no liability or obligation to the Company or any other person or </P>
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entity if it does not sell any Shares for any reason other than a failure by such Designated Agent to use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with its normal trading and sales
practices and applicable law and regulations to sell such Shares as required by this Agreement and (z)&nbsp;an Agent shall be under no obligation to purchase any Shares on a principal basis pursuant to this Agreement (except in the case of a
Principal Transaction (as defined below) pursuant to this Agreement and the relevant Terms Agreement (as defined below)). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company, acting through an Authorized Company Representative, or a Designated Agent may, upon notice to the
other party hereto by telephone (confirmed promptly by electronic mail), suspend an offering of the Shares specified in an applicable Agency Transaction Notice for which a Designated Agent is acting as sales agent; <I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>,
that such suspension shall not affect or impair the parties&#146; respective obligations with respect to the Shares sold hereunder prior to the giving of such notice. In addition, the Company, acting through an Authorized Company Representative,
may, upon notice to the Designated Agent by telephone (confirmed promptly by electronic mail to the Designated Agent) seek to terminate or amend the terms of an Agency Transaction by the Designated Agent as set forth in an Agency Transaction Notice
to the extent not completed at the time of the Designated Agent&#146;s receipt of the Company&#146;s notice of its intent to terminate or amend such Agency Transaction, and the Designated Agent will use its commercially reasonable efforts to
implement such termination or amendment; <I>provided, however, </I>the Designated Agent may, in its absolute discretion, reject such termination or amendment and the Designated Agent will not be obligated to take any action that in its reasonable
discretion would disrupt a sale in progress but not yet confirmed. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If the terms of any Agency Transaction as
set forth in an Agency Transaction Notice contemplate that the Shares shall be sold on more than one Trading Day, then the Company and the Designated Agent shall mutually agree to such additional terms and conditions as they deem necessary in
respect of such multiple Trading Days, and such additional terms and conditions shall be binding to the same extent as any other terms contained in the relevant Agency Transaction Notice. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each Agent, as sales agent in an Agency Transaction, shall not make any sales of the Shares on behalf of the
Company, pursuant to this Agreement, other than (x)&nbsp;by means of ordinary brokers&#146; transactions on the Exchange that qualify for delivery of the Prospectus in accordance with Rule 153 of the Rules and Regulations, in negotiated transactions
or in transactions that are deemed to be &#147;at the market offerings&#148; under Rule 415(a)(4) of the Rules and Regulations, including without limitation sales made to or through market makers other than on an exchange, in block transactions or
by any other method permitted by law, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to the prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices and (y)&nbsp;such other sales of the Shares permitted by law on behalf of the Company in
its capacity as agent of the Company as shall be agreed by the Company and such Agent in writing. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
compensation to the Designated Agent for sales of the Shares in an Agency Transaction with respect to which the Designated Agent acts as sales agent hereunder shall be in the form of commissions equal to 1.25% of the gross offering proceeds of the
Shares specified in the Agency Transaction Notice, unless otherwise agreed by the </P>
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Designated Agent and the Company in the Agency Transaction Notice, but in no event shall the commissions exceed 2.0% of the gross offering proceeds of the Shares specified in the Agency
Transaction Notice, including as such Agency Transaction Notice may be amended under Section&nbsp;1(a)(iv) above. The Designated Agent shall provide written confirmation to the Company (which may be provided by email to an Authorized Company
Representative) following the close of trading on the Exchange on each Trading Day on which Shares are sold in an Agency Transaction pursuant to an Agency Transaction Notice under this Agreement, setting forth (i)&nbsp;the number of Shares sold on
such Trading Day, (ii)&nbsp;the gross offering proceeds received from such sales, (iii)&nbsp;the commission payable by the Company to the Designated Agent with respect to such sales and (iv)&nbsp;the net offering proceeds (being the gross offering
proceeds for such sales less the commission payable for such sales) (the &#147;Net Offering Proceeds&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(viii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unless the Designated Agent agrees otherwise in writing, settlement for sales of the Shares in an Agency
Transaction pursuant to this Agreement shall occur on the second Trading Day following the date on which such sales are made (or such earlier day as is industry practice for <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">regular-way</FONT> trading) (each such
settlement day, an &#147;Agency Settlement Date&#148;). On each Agency Settlement Date, the Shares sold through the Designated Agent in an Agency Transaction for settlement on such date shall be issued and delivered by the Company to the Designated
Agent against payment by the Designated Agent to the Company of the Net Offering Proceeds from the sale of such Shares. Settlement for all such Shares shall be effected by delivery of the Shares by the Company or its transfer agent to the Designated
Agent&#146;s or its designee&#146;s account (<I>provided</I>,<I> </I>that the Designated Agent shall have given the Company written notice of such designee prior to the relevant Agency Settlement Date) at The Depository Trust Company or by such
other means of delivery as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties hereto, which in all cases shall be freely tradable, transferable, registered shares in good deliverable form, in return for payment in
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">same-day</FONT> funds delivered to the account designated by the Company. If the Company, or its transfer agent (if applicable), shall default on its obligation to deliver the Shares on any Agency Settlement Date,
the Company shall (i)&nbsp;hold the Designated Agent harmless against any loss, claim, damage, or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and expenses), as incurred, arising out of or in connection with such default by the
Company or its transfer agent and (ii)&nbsp;pay the Designated Agent any commission, discount or other compensation to which it would otherwise be entitled absent such default. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Principal Transactions. </I>If the Company wishes to issue and sell the Shares other than as set forth in
subsection (a)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;1 (each, a &#147;Principal Transaction&#148;), the Company will notify one or more of the Designated Agents of the proposed terms of such Principal Transaction. If the Designated Agent(s), acting as
principal, wishes to accept such proposed terms (which it or they may decline to do for any reason in its or their sole discretion) or, following discussions with the Company, wishes to accept amended terms, the Designated Agent(s) and the Company
will enter into an agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto (each, a &#147;Terms Agreement&#148;) that sets forth the terms of such Principal Transaction, including, without limitation, the time, date and place of delivery of and
payment for the Shares to be sold pursuant to such Principal Transaction (each of such date and each Agency Settlement Date, a &#147;Settlement Date&#148;). The terms set forth in a Terms Agreement shall not be binding on the Company or the
Designated Agent(s) unless and until each of the Company and the Designated Agent(s) has executed such Terms Agreement accepting all of such terms. The commitment of the Designated Agent(s) to purchase the Shares pursuant to any Terms
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Agreement shall be deemed to have been made on the basis of the representations and warranties of the Company herein contained and shall be subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth.
In the event of a conflict between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of any Terms Agreement, the terms of such Terms Agreement shall control. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Maximum Number of Shares. </I>Under no circumstances shall the Company propose to the Agents, or the Agents
effect, a sale of Shares in an Agency Transaction or a Principal Transaction pursuant to this Agreement if such sale would (i)&nbsp;cause the aggregate gross sales proceeds of the Shares sold pursuant to this Agreement to exceed the Maximum Amount,
(ii)&nbsp;cause the number of Shares sold to exceed the number of shares of Common Stock available for offer and sale under the then effective Registration Statement or (iii)&nbsp;cause the number of Shares sold pursuant to this Agreement to exceed
the number of Shares authorized from time to time to be issued and sold pursuant to this Agreement by the Company&#146;s board of directors, or a duly authorized committee thereof, and notified to the Agents in writing. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Regulation M. </I>If any party hereto has reason to believe that the exemptive provisions set forth in Rule
101(c)(1) of Regulation M under the Exchange Act are not satisfied with respect to the Company or the Shares, it shall promptly notify the other parties and sales of Shares under this Agreement shall be suspended until that or other exemptive
provisions have been satisfied in the reasonable judgment of each party hereto. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Black-out</FONT> Periods. </I>Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Agents shall not be obligated to sell any Shares hereunder at any time during the period commencing on the fourteenth day of the
first month of any fiscal quarter and ending after the second full business day following the release of the Company&#146;s earnings for the immediately preceding quarter and during any period in which the Company is in possession of material <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-public</FONT> information. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Use of Sales Agents</I>. The Company agrees that
any offer to sell, any solicitation of an offer to buy, or any sales of the Shares by the Company shall only be effected by or through only one of the Agents, which the Company shall select in its sole discretion, on any single given day, but in no
event by more than one Agent, and the Company shall in no event request that more than one Agent sell Shares on the same day; provided, however, that the foregoing limitation shall apply only with respect to an Agency Transaction. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Continuing Accuracy of Representations and Warranties. </I>Any obligation of the Designated Agent to use its
commercially reasonable efforts to sell the Shares on behalf of the Company as sales agent shall be subject to the continuing accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company herein, to the performance by the Company of its obligations
hereunder and to the continuing satisfaction of the conditions specified in Section&nbsp;4 of this Agreement. </P>
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Partnership</U>. The Company and the Operating Partnership each severally represents and warrants to, and covenants with, each Agent as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Effectiveness of Registration</I>. The Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto have
become effective. The Company has responded to all requests, if any, of the Commission for additional or supplemental information. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect and no proceedings for such
purpose have been instituted or are pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, are contemplated or threatened by the Commission. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Accuracy of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus</I>. (i)&nbsp;At
the respective times the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto became effective, (ii)&nbsp;at each deemed effective date with respect to the Agents pursuant to Rule 430B(f)(2) under the Act, (iii)&nbsp;as of each Time of
Sale (as defined below), (iv) at each Settlement Date and (v)&nbsp;at all times during such period as the Prospectus is required by law to be delivered (whether physically, deemed to be delivered pursuant to Rule 153 or through compliance with Rule
172 of the Rules and Regulations or any similar rule) in connection with sales of the Shares (the &#147;Prospectus Delivery Period&#148;), the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the Act and the Rules and
Regulations, and did not and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. As of each Time of Sale and each
Settlement Date and at all times during the Prospectus Delivery Period, the Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, complied and will comply in all material respects with the Act and the Rules and Regulations, and, together with all of the then
issued Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, did not and will not contain 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. The Base Prospectus (including any amendment thereto) complied when so filed in all material respects with the Rules and Regulations, and the Prospectus (including the Base Prospectus included therein) delivered
to the Agents for use in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is identical to the electronically transmitted copy thereof filed with the Commission on the Commission&#146;s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval
system or any successor system thereto (&#147;EDGAR&#148;), except to the extent permitted by Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-T.</FONT> The foregoing representations and warranties in this Section&nbsp;2(b) do not apply to any
statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to the Agents furnished in writing to the Company by the Agents specifically for
inclusion in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), which constitutes the information set forth in Schedule 2 hereto. &#147;Time of Sale&#148; means,
(i)&nbsp;with respect to an Agency Transaction, the time of the Agents&#146; initial entry into contracts with investors for the sale of such Shares and (ii)&nbsp;with respect to a Principal Transaction, the time of sale of such Shares. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Documents Incorporated by Reference</I>. The Incorporated Documents, at the time they were or hereafter are filed
with the Commission, conformed and will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and, when </P>
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read together with the other information in the Prospectus, at the time the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto become effective, as of each Time of Sale and each Settlement Date
and at all times during the Prospectus Delivery Period, will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made,
not misleading. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Company Not Ineligible Issuer</I>. (i)&nbsp;At the time of filing the Registration
Statement, (ii)&nbsp;at the earliest time that the Company or another offering participant made a <I>bona fide </I>offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2) of the Rules and Regulations) of the Shares and (iii)&nbsp;at the date hereof, the Company
was not and is not an &#147;ineligible issuer&#148; (as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Free Writing Prospectuses</I>. Any free writing prospectus that the Company is required to file pursuant to Rule
433(d) of the Rules and Regulations has been, or will be, filed with the Commission in accordance with the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations. Each free writing prospectus that the Company has filed, or is required to file,
pursuant to Rule 433(d) of the Rules and Regulations or that was prepared by or on behalf of or used or referred to by the Company complies or will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations. Each
free writing prospectus, as of its issue date and at each Representation Date, the date on which a Transaction Notice is given, any date on which the Shares are sold hereunder and each Settlement Date, did not, does not and will not include any
material information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus. Except for the Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses, if any, the Company has not prepared, used or
referred to, and will not, prepare, use or refer to, any free writing prospectus in connection with the sale of Shares hereunder without the Agents&#146; prior consent. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>No Material Adverse Effects</I>. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus,
since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (i)&nbsp;there has been no material adverse change or any development that could reasonably be expected to result in a material adverse
change, in the condition (financial or other), results of operations, business, properties, management or prospects of the Company, the Operating Partnership or the direct and indirect subsidiaries (as defined in Rule
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-02(x)</FONT> of Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-X)</FONT> of the Company and/or the Operating Partnership (the &#147;Subsidiaries&#148;), taken as a whole (in any such case, a &#147;Material Adverse
Effect&#148;); (ii) none of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of the Subsidiaries has incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, or entered into any transaction or agreement that, individually or in the aggregate, is
material with respect to the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, and none of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries has sustained any loss or interference with its business or operations
from fire, explosion, flood, earthquake or other natural disaster or calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or disturbance or court or governmental action, order or decree which could reasonably be expected,
individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii)&nbsp;there has been no distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Operating Partnership on any partnership interest, other than distributions paid to the
Company or CareTrust GP, LLC. </P>
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Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries has been duly incorporated or organized, as applicable, and is validly existing as a corporation, limited partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, in good standing under the laws of the
state of its jurisdiction of organization and has the power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the Prospectus, except where the failure to be in good standing or have such power and
authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries is duly qualified as a foreign corporation, limited partnership
or limited liability company, as the case may be, to transact business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is required, whether by reason of the ownership or leasing of property or the conduct of business, except
where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company owns 100% of CareTrust GP, LLC, which is the sole general partner of
the Operating Partnership. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Capitalization</I>. All of the issued and outstanding shares of each of the
Company and the Subsidiaries that is a corporation, all of the issued and outstanding partnership interests of each of the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries that is a limited partnership and all of the issued and outstanding limited
liability company interests, membership interests or other similar interests of each of the Subsidiaries that is a limited liability company have been duly authorized and validly issued, are (except in the case of general partnership interests and
limited liability company interests) fully paid and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-assessable</FONT> and were issued in compliance with all applicable state and federal securities and &#147;Blue Sky&#148; laws, and are owned by the Company,
directly or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any lien, security interest, mortgage, pledge, encumbrance or claim (each, a &#147;Lien&#148;), except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus. None of the issued and outstanding shares of capital
stock of any of the Company and the Subsidiaries that is a corporation, none of the issued and outstanding partnership interests of any of the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries that is a limited or general partnership, and none of the
issued and outstanding limited liability company interests, membership interests or other similar interests of any Subsidiary that is a limited liability company was issued in violation of any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other
similar rights of any security holder of such entity or any other person. Except with respect to preferred equity investments in joint ventures as disclosed in the Prospectus, each of the Company and the Operating Partnership does not own or
control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than the Subsidiaries; the Operating Partnership is a Subsidiary of the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Agreement Duly Authorized</I>. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each of the
Company and the Operating Partnership. Each of the Company and the Operating Partnership has full right, power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Authorized Capitalization</I>. The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in the Prospectus. The
shares of issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-assessable</FONT> and were issued in compliance with all applicable state and
federal securities and &#147;Blue Sky&#148; laws. </P>
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respects to the statements relating thereto contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; the Shares have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable, and conform to the description thereof contained in the Prospectus. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(l)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>No Registration
Rights</I>. Other than as described in the Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Act with
respect to any shares of Common Stock or any other securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company to include such Common Stock or other securities in the Registration Statement. To the extent any person has
such registration or offer similar rights, such rights have been waived with respect to the registration of securities in connection with the Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(m)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>No Consent of Governmental Body Needed</I>. No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing or
registration with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except (i)&nbsp;such as have been made or obtained under the Act, or (ii)&nbsp;the consents,
approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required by state securities or &#147;Blue Sky&#148; laws or by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (&#147;FINRA&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(n)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>No Breach of Obligations or Charter</I>. None of the Company, the Operating Partnership or the Subsidiaries is
(i)&nbsp;in violation of its (a)&nbsp;in the case of a corporation, charter and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by-laws;</FONT> (b)&nbsp;in the case of a limited or general partnership, partnership certificate, certificate of formation or similar
organizational document and partnership agreement; (c)&nbsp;in the case of a limited liability company, articles of organization, certificate of formation or similar organizational documents and operating agreement, limited liability company
agreement, membership agreement or other similar agreement; (d)&nbsp;in the case of a trust, certificate of trust, certificate of formation or similar organizational document and trust agreement or other similar agreement; and (e)&nbsp;in the case
of any other entity, the organizational and governing documents of such entity, (ii)&nbsp;in violation of any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality or court, domestic
or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company, the Operating Partnership or the Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets, properties or operations or (iii)&nbsp;in breach or default (or with or without the giving of notice or the passage of
time or both, would be in breach or default) in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any contracts, indentures, mortgages, deeds of trust, loan or credit agreements, bonds, notes, debentures,
evidences of indebtedness, swap agreements, leases or other instruments or agreements to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its property or assets are subject (collectively, &#147;Company Documents&#148;), except, in the
cases of clauses (ii)&nbsp;or (iii) for such violations, breaches or defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(o)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Performance of Obligations and Contracts</I>. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company and the
Operating Partnership of this Agreement and the consummation by the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries of the issuance </P>
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and sale of the Shares and the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Shares as described in the Prospectus under the caption &#147;Use of Proceeds&#148; and compliance by the Company and the
Operating Partnership with their respective obligations under this Agreement, (i)&nbsp;do not and will not, whether with or without the giving of notice or passage of time or both, conflict with or constitute a breach of, or default, event or
condition which gives any person the right, either immediately or with notice or passage of time or both, to terminate or limit (in whole or in part) any Company Documents or any rights of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary
thereunder including, without limitation, upon the occurrence of a change of control of any of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary or other similar events (each, a &#147;Termination Event&#148;) or event or condition which,
either immediately or with notice or passage of time or both, (a)&nbsp;gives the holder of any bond, note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such holder&#146;s behalf) the right to require the repurchase,
redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary, or (b)&nbsp;gives any counterparty (or any person acting on such counterparty&#146;s behalf) under any swap agreement,
hedging agreement or similar agreement or instrument to which the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary is a party the right to liquidate or accelerate the payment obligations or designate an early termination date under such
agreement or instrument, as the case may be (each, a &#147;Repayment Event&#148;) under, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any property or assets of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary pursuant to, any
Company Documents, except for any such conflict, breach, default, Termination Event, Repayment Event or Lien that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii)&nbsp;will not
result in any violation of (a)&nbsp;the provisions of the Organizational Documents of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary or (b) (assuming compliance with any applicable securities or &#147;Blue Sky&#148; laws of the
jurisdictions in which the Shares are sold by the Agents and assuming that the Agents comply with the agreements contained herein) law, statute, rule, regulation, judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, government instrumentality or
court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary or any of their respective assets, properties or operations. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(p)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Title to Real and Personal Property</I>. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus, (i)&nbsp;the Company,
the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries have good and marketable title (in fee simple) to all assets described in the Prospectus as being owned by them, and none of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary has received notice
of any claim that has been or may be asserted by anyone adverse to the rights of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries with respect to such assets or affecting or questioning the rights of any of the Company, the Operating
Partnership or any Subsidiary to the continued ownership, possession or occupancy of such assets, except for such claims that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii)&nbsp;all Liens
or restrictions on or affecting the assets the Company, the Operating Partnership and any Subsidiary that are required to be disclosed in the Prospectus are disclosed therein, and all such Liens or restrictions which are not disclosed in the
Prospectus could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii)&nbsp;no person or entity has an option or right of first refusal or any other right to purchase any of the assets controlled by
the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary; (iv)&nbsp;each of the assets controlled by the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary has access to public rights of way, either directly or through insured easements, except
where the failure to have such </P>
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access would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; (v)&nbsp;each of the assets controlled by the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary is served by
all public utilities necessary for the current operations on such property in sufficient quantities for such operations, except where the failure to have such public utilities would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect; (vi)&nbsp;the assets controlled by the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary comply, in all material respects, with all applicable codes and zoning and subdivision laws and regulations or is permitted
as a legal <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-conforming</FONT> use; (vii)&nbsp;all of the leases under which the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary leases (as lessee) any real property or improvements or any equipment relating
to such real property or improvements are in full force and effect, except where the failure to be in full force and effect would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and none of the
Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary is in default in the payment of any amounts due under any such leases or in any other default thereunder and none of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary knows of any event
that, with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both, would constitute a default under any such lease, except such defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(viii)&nbsp;there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary, threatened condemnation, zoning change, or other proceeding or action that could in any manner affect the size of, use of, improvements
on, construction on or access to any asset controlled by the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary, except such proceedings or actions that, either individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; and (ix)&nbsp;none of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary nor any lessee of any of the real property or improvements of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary is in default in the payment of any
amounts due or in any other default under any of the leases pursuant to which the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary leases (as lessor) any of its real property or improvements (whether directly or indirectly through partnerships,
joint ventures or otherwise), and none of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary knows of an event which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both, would constitute such a default under any of such leases, except
such defaults as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(q)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Necessary Licenses, Compliance with Laws and Regulations</I>. The Company, the Operating Partnership and the
Subsidiaries possess such permits, licenses, approvals, accreditations, certifications, registrations, certificates, consents and other authorizations (collectively, &#147;Governmental Licenses&#148;) issued by the appropriate federal, state, local
or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies to the extent required to conduct the business to be operated by them as described in the Prospectus, except where the failure to possess such Governmental Licenses would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licenses, except where the failure so to
comply would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary has received any written notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of
any such Governmental Licenses, except where such revocation or modification would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
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incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, insofar as they purport to constitute summaries of the terms of statutes, rules or regulations, legal or governmental proceedings or contracts and other documents,
constitute accurate summaries of the terms of such statutes, rules and regulations, legal and governmental proceedings and contracts and other documents in all material respects. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(s)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Litigation</I>. There is no action, suit, proceeding, inquiry or investigation before or brought by any court or
governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of the Subsidiaries, threatened, against or affecting the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of the
Subsidiaries (other than as disclosed in the Prospectus) which could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(t)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Labor Matters</I>. No labor dispute with the employees of any of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any
Subsidiary exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary, is imminent, in each case, which could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect or to
materially and adversely affect the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement or the performance by any of the Company or the Operating Partnership of its obligations under this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(u)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Benefits and Employment Matters</I>. None of the following events has occurred or exists: (i)&nbsp;a failure to
fulfill the obligations, if any, under the minimum funding standards of Section&nbsp;302 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (collectively,
&#147;ERISA&#148;) with respect to a Plan determined without regard to any waiver of such obligations or extension of any amortization period; (ii)&nbsp;an audit or investigation by the Internal Revenue Service, the U.S. Department of Labor, the
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any other federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory agency with respect to the employment, compensation or benefits of employees of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary that
could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or (iii)&nbsp;any breach or termination of any contractual obligation, or any violation of law or applicable qualification standards, with
respect to the employment, compensation or benefits of employees of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary or with respect to a Plan that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material
Adverse Effect. None of the following events has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur: (i)&nbsp;a material increase in the aggregate amount of contributions required to be made to all Plans in the current fiscal year of the Company, the
Operating Partnership and any Subsidiary compared to the amount of such contributions made in the Company&#146;s most recently completed fiscal year; (ii)&nbsp;a material increase in the &#147;accumulated post-retirement benefit obligations&#148;
(within the meaning of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 106) of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries compared to the amount of such obligations in the Company&#146;s most recently completed fiscal year;
(iii)&nbsp;any event or condition giving rise to a liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to a Plan that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or (iv)&nbsp;the filing of a
claim by one or more employees or former employees of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary </P>
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related to its or their employment that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect. For purposes of this paragraph, the term
&#147;Plan&#148; means a plan (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;3(3) of ERISA) with respect to which the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary may have any liability. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Title to Intellectual Property</I>. (i)&nbsp;the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries own and
possess or have valid and enforceable licenses to use, all patents, patent rights, patent applications, licenses, copyrights, inventions, know how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential
information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks, trade names, service names, software, internet addresses, domain names and other intellectual property (collectively, &#147;Intellectual Property&#148;) that are described in the
Prospectus or that are necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as described in the Prospectus; (ii)&nbsp;none of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary has received any notice or is otherwise aware of any
infringement of or conflict with rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property or of any facts or circumstances which would render any Intellectual Property invalid or inadequate to protect the interests of the Company, the Operating
Partnership or any Subsidiary therein; (iii)&nbsp;there are no third parties who have or, to the knowledge of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary, will be able to establish rights to any Intellectual Property of the Company, the
Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary and (iv)&nbsp;there is no pending or, to the knowledge of any the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the Company&#146;s,
the Operating Partnership&#146;s or any Subsidiary&#146;s rights in or to any such Intellectual Property, except in the case of each of clauses (i)-(iv) as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material
Adverse Effect. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(w)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Environmental Matters</I>. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus: (i)&nbsp;to the
best knowledge of the Company, the assets controlled by the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries, including, without limitation, the Environment (as defined below) associated with such assets, is free of any Contaminant (as
defined below), except such Contaminants which, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii)&nbsp;none of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary has caused any Release
(as defined below) of any Contaminant into the Environment that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or could result in any violation of any Environmental Laws (as defined below) or
constitute a health or safety (as such matters relate to Contaminants) or environmental hazard to any person or property except for such violations or hazards that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii)&nbsp;none
of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary is aware of any written notice from any governmental body claiming any violation of any Environmental Laws or requiring or calling attention to the need for any work, repairs, construction,
alterations, removal or remedial action or installation on or in connection with such real property or improvements relating to the presence of asbestos containing materials or other Contaminants in such properties, except for such violations, work,
repairs, construction, alterations, removal or remedial actions or installations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iv)&nbsp;any such work, repairs, construction, alterations,
removal or remedial action or installation, if required, would not result in the incurrence of liabilities, which, individually or in the aggregate, </P>
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would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (v)&nbsp;none of the Subsidiaries has caused or suffered to exist or occur any condition on any of the properties or improvements
of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary that could give rise to the imposition of any Lien under any Environmental Laws, except such Liens which, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; (vi)&nbsp;no real property or improvements owned or leased by any Subsidiary is being used, or to the knowledge of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary, has been used, for manufacturing or for any other
operations that involve or involved the use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Contaminant, where such operations require or required permits or are or were otherwise regulated pursuant to the Environmental Laws and
where such permits have not been or were not obtained or such regulations are not being or were not complied with, except in all instances where any failure to obtain a permit or comply with any regulation could not reasonably be expected,
individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. &#147;Contaminant&#148; means any pollutant, hazardous substance, toxic substance, hazardous waste, special waste, biohazardous waste, petroleum or petroleum derived substance or
waste, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, PCBs, lead, pesticides or radioactive materials or any constituent of any such substance or waste, including any such substance identified or regulated under any Environmental Law.
&#147;Environmental Laws&#148; means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq., the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901, et seq., the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7401, et seq.,
the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. 2601, et seq., the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. 651, et seq., and all other federal, state and local laws, ordinances, regulations, rules,
orders, decisions, permits, and the like, which are directed at the protection of human health (as it relates to Contaminants) or the Environment. &#147;Environment&#148; means any surface water, drinking water, ground water, land surface,
subsurface strata, river sediment, buildings, structures, and ambient, workplace and indoor air. &#147;Release&#148; means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, migrating, dumping,
emanating or disposing of any Contaminant into the Environment, including, without limitation, the abandonment or discard of barrels, containers, tanks or other receptacles containing or previously containing any Contaminant or any release, emission
or discharge as those terms are defined or used in any Environmental Law. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(x)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Third Party Payor Programs.
</I>The Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries, to the extent required in connection with their business, have the requisite provider number or other authorization to bill, and meets all requirements of participation, claims,
submission and payment of the Medicare program, the respective Medicaid program in the state or states in which such entity operates, and any other third party payor program, with the benefit of a current and valid provider contract, unless failure
to maintain such provider number, other authorization or contract would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company, the Operating Partnership or the Subsidiaries are subject
to any pending, or, to the Company&#146;s, the Operating Partnership&#146;s or the Subsidiaries&#146; knowledge, threatened, action, investigation, survey or audit which could reasonably be expected to result in a revocation of any provider number,
authorization or contract that is required in connection with their respective businesses or in their exclusion from any state or federal healthcare program, as applicable, except as would not individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
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the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary or any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary, has engaged, directly or indirectly, in the following
activities: (i)&nbsp;knowingly and willfully offering, paying, soliciting or receiving any remuneration, in cash or in kind (a)&nbsp;in return for referring an individual to a person for the furnishing or arranging for the furnishing of any item or
service for which payment may be made in whole or in part by Medicare or Medicaid or any other third party payor or (b)&nbsp;in return for purchasing, leasing or ordering or arranging for, or recommending the purchasing, leasing or ordering of, any
good, facility, service, or item for which payment may be made in whole or in part by Medicare or Medicaid or any other third party payor; or (ii)&nbsp;knowingly and willfully making or causing to be made a false statement or representation of a
material fact in connection with the receipt of or claim for any benefit or payment under the Medicare or Medicaid program <B>or </B>from any other third party payor. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(z)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Health Care Laws. </I>The Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with
applicable provisions of Federal or state laws governing Medicare or any state Medicaid programs and any statutes or any regulations promulgated pursuant to such laws, including, without limitation, Sections
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1320a-7,</FONT> <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1320a-7a,</FONT> <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1320a-7b</FONT> and 1395nn of Title 42 of the United States Code, the False Claims Act (31 U.S.C. Section&nbsp;3729
et seq.), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. &#167; 1320d et seq.), as amended by the Health Information, Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (collectively, &#147;HIPAA&#148;), all criminal
laws relating to health care fraud and abuse, including but not limited to 18 U.S.C. Sections 286 and 287, and the health care fraud criminal provisions under HIPAA, the exclusion laws (42 U.S.C. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1320a-7),</FONT>
Medicare (Title XVIII of the Social Security Act), Medicaid (Title XIX of the Social Security Act) and related state or local statutes or regulations promulgated under such laws (&#147;Health Care Laws&#148;), corporate compliance and settlement
agreements or any rules of professional conduct, except for such provisions the violation of which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; the Company, the Operating Partnership and the
Subsidiaries have not engaged in activities that are, as applicable, cause for false claims liability, civil penalties or mandatory or permissive exclusion from Medicare, Medicaid or any other state or federal healthcare program; none of the
Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries, or any of their respective employees, officers or directors, has been excluded, suspended or debarred from participation in any state or federal health care program or, to the knowledge of the
Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries, is subject to a governmental inquiry, investigation, proceeding, or other similar action that could reasonably be expected to result in debarment, suspension, or exclusion; the Company&#146;s,
the Operating Partnership&#146;s and the Subsidiaries&#146; business practices are in compliance with, as applicable to their respective businesses, Federal or state laws regarding physician ownership of (or financial relationship with) and referral
to entities providing healthcare related goods or services, or laws requiring disclosure of financial interests held by physicians in entities to which they may refer patients for the provisions of health care related goods or services, except for
those laws, the violation of which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and, except as disclosed in the Prospectus, there are no Medicare, Medicaid or any other recoupment or
recoupments of any governmental or private health care payor being sought, requested, claimed, or threatened, against the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries, which, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected
to result </P>
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in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as set forth in the Prospectus, none of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries and is a party to any corporate integrity agreements,
deferred prosecution agreements, monitoring agreements, consent decrees, settlement orders or similar agreements imposed by a governmental entity. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(aa)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Worker Verification</I>. In accordance with applicable Health Care Laws and except where such noncompliance has
not had or would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries have: (i)&nbsp;verified that all employees, independent contractors and
other suppliers, including physicians, advanced practice nurses, dentists, therapists and physician assistants providing clinical services have valid and current licenses, permits and credentials, (ii)&nbsp;conducted criminal background checks on
all such persons, and (iii)&nbsp;verified that none of such persons is included on an applicable federal, state or other applicable listing of excluded persons, including the HHS/OIG List of Excluded Individuals/Entities, prior to their employment
or engagement as contractors, as applicable, and have continued to conduct such verifications on all such persons thereafter, as required. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(bb)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Compliance with Health Care Law Filing Requirements. </I>To the knowledge of the Company, the Operating
Partnership and the Subsidiaries, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, all cost reports, other reports, data, claims and information required to be filed by the Company, the
Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries, in connection with any applicable state or federal healthcare program (&#147;Program&#148;) have been timely filed and were true and complete at the time filed (or were corrected in or supplemented by a
subsequent filing if so required). There are no claims, actions or appeals pending before any court, regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body, arbitrator or other authority (including governmental fiscal agents) with respect to any
Program reports or claims filed by such entity on or before the date hereof, or with respect to any disallowances by any regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority (including governmental fiscal agents) in
connection with any audit or any claims that, if adversely determined, which would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the
Subsidiaries, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect, no validation review, survey, inspection or program integrity review related to the Company, the Operating Partnership or
any Subsidiary has been conducted by any regulatory body, administrative agency, governmental body or other authority (including governmental fiscal agents) in connection with any Program within the past three years which, if determined adversely to
such entity, would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and to the knowledge of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries, no such reviews are scheduled, pending, threatened
against or affecting the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(cc)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Refunds. </I>Each of the
Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries has paid or caused to be paid or will pay in connection with its next quarterly credit balance all known and undisputed material refunds that have become due, overpayments or adjustments,
except where such failure to pay has not had or would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. As of the date of this Agreement, none of the Company, the Operating Partnership or the
Subsidiaries has received any written notice of denial of material payment, recoupment, or overpayment from any Program or other third-party payor in excess of $500,000. </P>
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the Subsidiaries have filed all foreign, federal, state, local and franchise tax returns that are required to be filed or have obtained extensions thereof, except where the failure so to file would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably
be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and have paid all taxes (including, without limitation, any estimated taxes) required to be paid and any other assessment, fine or penalty, to the extent that any of the foregoing is due and
payable, except for any such tax, assessment, fine or penalty that is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate actions and except for such taxes, assessments, fines or penalties the nonpayment of which would not, individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ee)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Qualification as a REIT.
</I>Commencing with the Company&#146;s taxable year ending December&nbsp;31, 2014, the Company has been and is organized and operated in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a &#147;real estate investment trust&#148; (a
&#147;REIT&#148;) under Sections 856 through 860 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the &#147;Code &#147;); and the Company&#146;s proposed method of operation as described in the Prospectus will enable the Company to meet the requirements for
qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ff)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Tax Matters Agreement. </I>None of the Company, the
Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary is party to any tax sharing or other revenue sharing agreement, other than the Tax Matters Agreement, dated as of May&nbsp;30, 2014, by and between The Ensign Group, Inc. and the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(gg)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Insurance . </I>Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries have title insurance on all real property and improvements owned or leased under a ground lease, as the case may be, by them, in each case in an amount at least equal to the
original cost of acquisition, and the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries are entitled to all benefits of the insured thereunder, and each such property is insured by extended coverage hazard and casualty insurance in amounts and
on such terms as are customarily carried by owners and, if applicable, lessors of properties similar to those owned by the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries (in the markets in which the properties of the Company, the Operating
Partnership and the Subsidiaries), and the Company, the Operating Partner and the Subsidiaries carry comprehensive general liability insurance and such other insurance as is customarily carried by owners and, if applicable, lessors of properties
similar to those owned by the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries in amounts and on such terms as are customarily carried by owners and, if applicable, lessors of properties similar to those owned by the Company, the Operating
Partnership and the Subsidiaries (in the markets in which the properties of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries are located) and the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries is named as an additional insured on
all policies required under the leases for such properties. </P>
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Subsidiary is a party to or otherwise bound by any instrument or agreement that limits or prohibits or could limit or prohibit, directly or indirectly, any Subsidiary from paying any dividends or making any other distributions on its capital stock,
limited or general partnership interests, limited liability company interests, or other equity interests, as the case may be, or from repaying any loans or advances from, or (except for instruments or agreements that by their express terms prohibit
the transfer or assignment thereof or of any rights thereunder) transferring any of its properties or assets to, the Operating Partnership or any other Subsidiary, in each case except as described in the Prospectus. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Financial Statements. </I>The consolidated financial statements of the Company, together with the related
schedule and notes thereto, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects the financial position of the Company at the dates indicated and the results of operations,
changes in invested equity and cash flows of the Company for the periods specified. Such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles or &#147;GAAP&#148; (as defined in Item 10 of Regulation <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-K),</FONT> applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved and comply with all applicable accounting requirements under the Act, or the Exchange Act, as applicable, and no other financial statements or
supporting schedules are required to be included in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus pursuant to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">3-14</FONT> of Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-X</FONT> or otherwise. The pro forma
financial statements of the Company and the related notes thereto included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, if any, present fairly in all material respects the information shown therein and have been
prepared in accordance with the Commission&#146;s rules and guidelines with respect to pro forma financial statements, and the assumptions used in the preparation thereof are reasonable and the adjustments used therein are appropriate to give effect
to the transactions and circumstances referred to therein. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement fairly presents the required 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:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(jj)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Changes in Financial Condition</I>. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus, subsequent to the
respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus, neither the Company, the Operating Partnership nor any of the Subsidiaries has sustained any loss or interference with its business material to the Company, the Operating
Partnership and the Subsidiaries considered as a whole, and there has not been any (i)&nbsp;material change in the capitalization of the Company, the Operating Partnership or the Subsidiaries, (ii)&nbsp;material increase in the aggregate in the
consolidated short-term or long-term debt of the Company, (iii)&nbsp;transaction that is material to the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries contemplated or entered into by the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of the
Subsidiaries, (iv)&nbsp;obligation, contingent or otherwise, directly or indirectly incurred by the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary that is material to the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries taken as a
whole, (v)&nbsp;dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock (other than regular quarterly cash dividends), or (vi)&nbsp;Material Adverse Effect. </P>
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certified the financial statements and supporting schedules of the Company incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (the &#147;Company Accountants&#148;) and who has delivered the comfort letter referred to in
Section&nbsp;4(h) hereof, is an independent public accountant as required by the Exchange Act and is registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (&#147;PCAOB&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ll)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Accounting System. </I>The Company maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting (as defined
in Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13a-15(f)</FONT> under the Exchange Act) that complies with the requirements of the Exchange Act and has been designed by the Company&#146;s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, or
under their supervision, 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 principles. As of the date
hereof, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, neither the Company nor the Operating Partnership is aware of (i)&nbsp;any &#147;significant deficiency&#148; or &#147;material weakness&#148; (in each case, as defined in
PCAOB No.&nbsp;5) in the Company&#146;s internal control over reporting, whether or not subsequently remediated, 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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(mm)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Disclosure Controls and Procedures. </I>The
Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13a-15(e)</FONT> under the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act, which controls and procedures (i)&nbsp;are
designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to the Company&#146;s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer by others within those entities,
particularly during the periods in which the periodic reports required under the Exchange Act are being prepared and (ii)&nbsp;are effective in all material respects to perform the functions for which they were established, in each case, except as
disclosed in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(nn)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Sarbanes-Oxley. </I>There is and has been no
failure on the part of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any of the Subsidiaries, any of their respective directors, members or managers, as applicable, or
officers, in their capacities as such, to comply in all material respects with any applicable provision of and the rules and regulations under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith,
including, without limitation, Section&nbsp;402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(oo)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Statistical and Market Data. </I>Nothing has come to the attention of the Company, the Operating Partnership or
any of the Subsidiaries that has caused the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary to believe any statistical, demographic, market-related and similar data included in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is not based on or
derived from sources that the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries believe to be reliable and accurate in all material respects. </P>
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Common Stock is registered under Section&nbsp;12(b) of the Exchange Act, and the Shares are listed on the Exchange, and the Company has taken no action designed to, or likely to have the effect of, terminating the registration of the Shares under
the Exchange Act or delisting the Shares from the Exchange, nor has the Company received any notification that the Commission or the Exchange is contemplating terminating such registration or listing. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus,
the Company is in material compliance with all applicable listing requirements of the Exchange. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(qq)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Investment
Company. </I>The Company is not, nor upon the issuance and sale of the Shares as herein contemplated and the receipt and application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus under the caption
&#147;Use Of Proceeds,&#148; will be, an &#147;investment company&#148; or an entity &#147;controlled&#148; by an &#147;investment company&#148; as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended . </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(rr)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>No Price Stabilization or Manipulation. </I>None of the Company, the Operating Partnership or the Subsidiaries
has taken , directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or
resale of the Shares. None of the Company, the Operating Partnership or the Subsidiaries has taken action that would directly or indirectly violate any provision of Regulation M under the Exchange Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ss)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>No Unlawful Contributions or Payments. </I>None of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary or
any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that has resulted or would result in a
violation by any such person of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended (the &#147;FCPA&#148;), including, without limitation, any 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, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries, and their respective 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 ensure, continued compliance therewith. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(tt)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Compliance with
Anti-Money Laundering Laws. </I>The operations of the Company, the Operating Partnership and Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and
Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, those of the Bank Secrecy Act, as amended by Title III of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA
PATRIOT Act), the money laundering statutes of all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively,
&#147;Money Laundering Laws&#148;) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary with respect to the Money
Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, the Operating Partnership or Subsidiaries, is threatened. </P>
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the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary or any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by
the Office of Foreign Asset Control (&#147;OFAC&#148;). None of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary will directly or indirectly use any of the proceeds from the sale of Shares in the offering contemplated by this Agreement, or
lend, contribute or otherwise make available any such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by
OFAC. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Brokers and Finders. </I>There is not a broker, finder or other party that is entitled to receive
from the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary any brokerage or finder&#146;s fee or other fee or commission as a result of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except for discounts and commissions payable to the
Agents in connection with the sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement<I>.</I> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ww)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Forward-Looking
Statements</I>. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;27A of the Act and Section&nbsp;21E of the Exchange Act) included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(xx)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Actively Traded</I>. The Common Stock is an &#147;actively-traded security&#148; excepted from the requirements
of Rule 101 of Regulation M under the Exchange Act by Rule 101(c)(1) thereunder. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(yy)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Company Certificates</I>.
Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company or the Operating Partnership and delivered to the Agents or to counsel for the Agents shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company or the Operating Partnership, as the case may be,
to the Agents as to the matters covered thereby. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(zz)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Cybersecurity</I>. Except as otherwise disclosed in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, to the knowledge of the Company, (i)(a) there has been no security breach or other compromise of any of the information technology and computer systems, networks, hardware, software, data (including the
data of their respective customers, employees, suppliers, vendors and any third party data maintained by or on behalf of them), equipment or technology of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary (collectively, &#147;IT Systems and
Data&#148;) and (b)&nbsp;none of the Company, the Operating Partnership or any Subsidiary has been notified of, or has any knowledge of, any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in, any security breach or other compromise
to their IT Systems and Data, except as would not, in the case of this clause (i), individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii)&nbsp;each of the Company, the Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries is presently in
compliance with all applicable laws or statutes and all judgments, </P>
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orders, rules and regulations of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, internal policies and contractual obligations relating to the privacy and security of IT Systems
and Data and to the protection of such IT Systems and Data from unauthorized use, access, misappropriation or modification, except as would not, in the case of this clause (ii), individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(iii)&nbsp;each of the Company, Operating Partnership and the Subsidiaries has implemented commercially reasonable backup and disaster recovery technology. </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>Agreements of the Company</U>. The Company covenants and agrees with each Agent as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Amendments and Supplements to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any Permitted Free Writing
Prospectus</I>. The Company shall not, during the Prospectus Delivery Period, amend or supplement the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, after the date of delivery of an Agency Transaction Notice and
prior to the related Settlement Date that is reasonably disapproved by the Agents promptly after reasonable notice thereof; provided, however, that the Company may file any information required to be filed by Sections 13(a), 13(c) or 15(d) of the
Exchange Act upon reasonable notice to the Agents irrespective of disapproval by the Agents. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Material
Misstatements or Omissions and Other Compliance with Applicable Law</I>. If, after the date hereof and during the Prospectus Delivery Period, any event or development shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Prospectus or any
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, or to file any document in order to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act, in order to make the
statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if in the opinion of the Agents it is otherwise necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or to file
any document under the Exchange Act for the purpose of incorporating it by reference into the Registration Statement or the Prospectus in order to comply with the Act or the Exchange Act, the Company shall promptly (i)&nbsp;notify the Agents of any
such event, development or condition (and confirm such notice in writing) and (ii)(x) prepare and file with the Commission and furnish at its own expense to the Agents (subject to subsections (a)&nbsp;and (g) of this Section&nbsp;3) an amendment or
supplement to the Prospectus or such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus necessary in order to make the statements in the Prospectus or such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as so amended or supplemented, in the light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading or so that the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or such Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, as amended or supplemented, will comply with the Act or the Exchange Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Notifications to the Agents</I>. The Company shall notify the Agents promptly, and shall confirm such notice in
writing, (i)&nbsp;when any post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement becomes effective, (ii)&nbsp;of any request by the Commission for an amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free
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Writing Prospectus or for additional information related to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (iii)&nbsp;of the commencement by the Commission or by any state securities commission
of any proceedings for the suspension of the qualification of any of the Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction or of the initiation, or the threatening, of any proceeding for that purpose, including, without limitation, the issuance by the
Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose or the threat thereof and (iv)&nbsp;of receipt by the Company or any representative of the Company of any
other communication from the Commission relating to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus. If at any time the Commission shall issue any such stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement, the Company shall use its reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment. The Company shall use its best efforts to comply with the provisions of and make all requisite filings with the
Commission pursuant to Rules 424(b), 430A, 430B, 430C and 462(b) of the Rules and Regulations and to notify the Agents promptly of all such filings. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Registration Statement</I>. The Company shall furnish to each Agent, without charge, two conformed copies of the
Registration Statement and of any post-effective amendment thereto, including financial statements and schedules, and all exhibits thereto. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Undertakings</I>. The Company shall comply with all the provisions of any undertakings contained or required to
be contained in the Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Prospectus. </I>The Company shall furnish to each Agent, without
charge, as many copies of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto as an Agent may reasonably request (to the extent not previously delivered or filed on EDGAR) via electronic mail in &#147;.pdf&#148; format and, at the Agents&#146;
request, to furnish copies of the Prospectus to the Exchange and each other exchange or market on which sales of the Shares were or are expected to be effected, in each case, as may be required by the rules or regulations of the Exchange or such
other exchange or market. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto by the Agents during the Prospectus Delivery Period. If the Agents are required to deliver, under the Act (whether physically, deemed
to be delivered pursuant to Rule 153 or through compliance with Rule 172 under the Act or any similar rule), a prospectus relating to the Shares after the nine-month period referred to in Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Act, or after that time a
post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement is required pursuant to Item 512(a) of Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-K</FONT> under the Act, then, upon the request of the Agents, and at the Company&#146;s own expense, the
Company shall prepare and deliver to the Agents as many copies as the Agents may request of an amended Registration Statement or amended and supplemented Prospectus complying with Item 512(a) of Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-K</FONT>
or Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Act, as the case may be. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Permitted Free Writing Prospectuses</I>. The
Company represents and agrees that it has not made and, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Agents, shall not make, any offer relating to the Shares that would constitute a &#147;free writing prospectus&#148; as defined in Rule 405 of the
Rules and Regulations, which is required to be retained by the Company under Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations; provided that the prior written consent of the Agents hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of each of the free
writing prospectuses set forth in Schedule 3 hereto. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Agents is </P>
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herein referred to as a &#147;Permitted Free Writing Prospectus.&#148; The Company represents and agrees that (i)&nbsp;it has treated and shall treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free
Writing Prospectus as a &#147;free writing prospectus&#148; as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations and (ii)&nbsp;it has complied and shall comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 of the Act applicable to
any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including, without limitation, in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping. The Company agrees not to take any action that would result in the Agents or the Company being
required to file pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of the Agents that the Agents otherwise would not have been required to file thereunder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Registration Statement Renewal Deadline</I>. If, immediately prior to the third anniversary of the initial
effective date of the Registration Statement relating to the Shares (the &#147;Renewal Deadline&#148;), any of the Shares remain unsold by the Agents, this Agreement shall automatically terminate on such Renewal Deadline unless prior to the Renewal
Deadline, the Company has filed a new shelf registration statement relating to the Shares, in a form satisfactory to the Agents. The Company will use its best efforts to cause such registration statement to be declared effective within 60 days after
the Renewal Deadline (if the Company is not then eligible to file an automatic shelf registration statement). Unless this Agreement is automatically terminated as provided above, the Company will take all other action reasonably necessary or
appropriate to permit the issuance and sale of the Shares to continue as contemplated herein and in the expired registration statement relating to the Shares. References herein to the Registration Statement relating to the Shares shall include such
new shelf registration statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Compliance with Blue Sky Laws. </I>The Company shall cooperate with the
Agents and counsel therefor in connection with the registration or qualification (or the obtaining of exemptions therefrom) of the Shares for the offering and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Agents may
request, including, without limitation, the provinces and territories of Canada and other jurisdictions outside the United States, and to continue such registration or qualification in effect so long as necessary under such laws for the distribution
of the Shares; provided, however, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action which would subject it to general service of process in any
jurisdiction where it is not now so subject (except service of process with respect to the offering and sale of the Shares). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Delivery of Financial Statements. </I>During the period of three years commencing on the later of the date hereof
and the effective date of the Registration Statement for the distribution of the Shares, the Company shall furnish to each Agent copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company may from time to time
distribute generally to the holders of any class of its capital stock, and shall furnish to each Agent a copy of each annual or other report it shall be required to file with the Commission, provided, however, that the Company shall have no
obligation to provide the Agents with any financial statements and other periodic and special reports filed or furnished on EDGAR. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Availability of Earnings Statements. </I>The Company shall make generally available to holders of its securities
and the Agents as soon as may be practicable but in no event later than the last day of the fifteenth full calendar month following the calendar quarter in which the most recent effective date of the Registration Statement occurs in accordance with
Rule 158 </P>
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of the Rules and Regulations, an earnings statement (which need not be audited but shall be in reasonable detail) covering the period of 12 months commencing after such effective date, and
satisfying the provisions of Section&nbsp;11(a) of the Act (including Rule 158 of the Rules and Regulations). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(l)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Reimbursement of Certain Expenses. </I>Whether or not any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are
consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company shall pay, or reimburse if paid by the Agents, all costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement, including, without limitation, costs
and expenses of or relating to (i)&nbsp;the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement and exhibits to it, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus (including the filing fees payable to the Commission relating to the Shares within the time required by Rule 456 of the Rules and Regulations), (ii) the preparation and delivery of certificates representing the Shares, (iii)&nbsp;the
printing of this Agreement, (iv)&nbsp;furnishing (including costs of shipping, mailing and courier) such copies of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, as
may be requested for use in connection with the offering and sale of the Shares by the Agents, (v)&nbsp;the listing of the Shares on the Exchange, (vi)&nbsp;any filings required to be made by the Agents with FINRA, and the fees, disbursements and
other charges of counsel for the Agents in connection therewith, (vii)&nbsp;the registration or qualification of the Shares for offer and sale under the Act and the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions designated pursuant to subsection
(i)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;3, including the fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel to the Agents in connection therewith, and, if requested by the Agents, the preparation and printing of preliminary, supplemental and final Blue Sky or
Legal Investment memoranda, (viii)&nbsp;counsel to the Company, (ix)&nbsp;The Depository Trust Company and any other depositary, transfer agent or registrar for the Shares, (x)&nbsp;the Company Accountants and each other accounting firm that has
certified financial statements and/or supporting schedules incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (the &#147;Third Party Accountants&#148; and, together with the Company Accountants, the &#147;Accountants&#148;),
(xi) the marketing of the offering by the Company, including, without limitation, all costs and expenses of commercial airline tickets, hotels, meals and other travel expenses of officers, employees, agents and other representatives of the Company
and (xii)&nbsp;all fees, costs and expenses for consultants used by the Company in connection with the offering. Additionally, if Shares having an aggregate offering price of $62,500,000 or more have not been offered and sold under this Agreement by
the eighteen-month anniversary of this Agreement (or such earlier date on which the Company terminates this Agreement) (the &#147;Determination Date&#148;), the Company shall reimburse each Agent for all reasonable <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">out-of-pocket</FONT></FONT> expenses, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Agents incurred by the Agents in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the
&#147;Expenses&#148;); provided that the Company shall not be obligated to reimburse any Expenses in excess of $30,000 in the aggregate. If such Expenses are in excess of the $30,000 limit of reimbursement, each Agent shall be reimbursed for its pro
rata share (based on the aggregate offering price of Shares sold by each Agent pursuant to this Agreement as of the Determination Date) of up to $30,000 of such Expenses. The Expenses shall be due and payable by the Company to the Agents within five
(5)&nbsp;Business Days of the Determination Date. </P>
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any time, directly or indirectly (including, without limitation, through any Subsidiary), take any action intended to cause or result in, or which might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, or which will constitute, stabilization or
manipulation, under the Act or otherwise, of the price of the shares of Common Stock to facilitate the sale or resale of any of the Shares. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(n)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Use of Proceeds. </I>The Company shall apply the net proceeds from the offering and sale of the Shares to be sold
by the Company in the manner set forth in the Prospectus under &#147;Use of Proceeds.&#148; The Operating Partnership will effect the issuance to the Company by the Operating Partnership of a number of common units representing limited partner
interests in the Operating Partnership equal to the number of Shares sold pursuant to this Agreement upon the Company&#146;s contribution to the Operating Partnership of the proceeds from the sale of the Shares. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(o)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Clear Market</I>. During the pendency of any Agency Transaction Notice, the Company shall provide the Designated
Agent notice as promptly as practicable, but in no event less than one day in advance, before it offers to sell, sell, pledge, hypothecate, contract or agree to sell, purchase any option to sell, grant any option for the purchase of, lend, or
otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock, or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or warrants or other rights to acquire shares of Common Stock or any other securities of the
Company that are substantially similar to the Common Stock or permit the registration under the Act of any shares of the Common Stock; provided, that such notice shall not be required in connection with the following transactions (including any
related registration under the Act of shares of Common Stock)&nbsp;(i) the offering and sale of the Shares through the Agents pursuant to this Agreement, (ii)&nbsp;the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of an option or warrant or
the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof and referred to in the Prospectus, (iii)&nbsp;the issuance, grant or sale of shares of Common Stock, options to purchase Common Stock, stock units to purchase Common Stock or Common Stock
issuable upon the exercise of options, stock units or other equity awards granted pursuant to existing employee benefit or stock incentive plans of the Company, (iv)&nbsp;the issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to any <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-employee</FONT> director stock plan, dividend reinvestment plan or stock purchase plan of the Company, (v)&nbsp;the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exchange, conversion or redemption of partnership interests of
the Operating Partnership, or (vi)&nbsp;the issuance of securities in connection with an acquisition, merger or sale or purchase of assets described in the Prospectus. If notice of a proposed transaction is provided by the Company pursuant to this
subsection (o), the Agents may suspend activity of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement for such period of time as may be requested by the Company or as may be deemed appropriate by the Agents. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(p)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Stock Exchange Listing</I>. The Company shall use its best efforts to cause the Shares to be listed on the
Exchange and to maintain such listing. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(q)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Additional Notices</I>. The Company shall notify the Agents promptly
after it shall have received notice or obtained knowledge of any information or fact that would alter or affect in any material respect any opinion, certificate, letter or any other document provided to the Agents pursuant to Section&nbsp;4 below.
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offering of the Shares under this Agreement, and (A)&nbsp;each time that (i)&nbsp;the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is amended or supplemented (other than due to the filing of an Incorporated Document or a prospectus supplement relating
solely to the offering of securities pursuant to the Registration Statement other than the Shares), (ii) there is filed with the Commission an Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> under the Exchange Act (other than an
amendment thereto, if any, containing the information required by Part III of the Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> or containing financial information of a tenant of the Company or its subsidiaries), (iii) there is
filed with the Commission a Quarterly Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> under the Exchange Act, (iv)&nbsp;upon a reasonable request from the Agents given upon reasonable advance notice with respect to a Current Report on
Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> containing amended financial information (other than an earnings release to &#147;furnish&#148; information pursuant to Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> and
other than a report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> containing financial information of a property or a tenant of the Company or its subsidiaries) and (v)&nbsp;Shares are delivered to the Agents pursuant to a Terms Agreement and
(B)&nbsp;upon delivery of a notice to the Agents that the Company intends to recommence sales after a Suspension Period (as defined below) in accordance with Section&nbsp;3(u) hereof (such commencement date, any such recommencement date, if
applicable, and each such date referred to in clauses (A)(i) through (v)&nbsp;and (B) above, a &#147;Representation Date&#148;), to furnish or cause to be furnished to the Agents forthwith a certificate dated and delivered no later than the second
business day following such date, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Agents, to the effect that the statements contained in the certificate(s) referred to in Section&nbsp;4(c) are true and correct as of such date, as though made at and as of
such time and modified as necessary to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the time of delivery of such certificate; provided, however, that the obligation of the Company under this
Section&nbsp;3(r) shall be deferred during any Suspension Period and shall recommence upon the termination of such Suspension Period. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(s)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Company Counsel Legal Opinions. </I>No later than the second business day following each Representation Date, the
Company shall cause to be furnished to the Agents, dated as of such date and addressed to the Agents, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agents, the written opinions of O&#146;Melveny&nbsp;&amp; Myers LLP, Kirkland&nbsp;&amp; Ellis LLP and
DLA Piper LLP, outside counsels for the Company, as described in Sections 4(d), 4(e) and 4(f), respectively. In lieu of delivering such an opinion for dates subsequent to the commencement of the offering of the Shares under this Agreement such
counsel may furnish the Agents with a &#147;reliance letter&#148; to the effect that the Agents may rely on a prior opinion delivered under this Section&nbsp;3(s) to the same extent as if it were dated the date of such letter (except that statements
in such prior opinion shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended or supplemented as of such subsequent date). The obligations of the Company under this Section&nbsp;3(s) shall be deferred during any
Suspension Period and shall recommence upon the termination of such Suspension Period. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(t)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Comfort Letters</I>.
No later than the second business day following each Representation Date, the Company shall cause the Accountants to deliver to the Agents the comfort letter(s) described in Section&nbsp;4(h). The obligation of the Company under this
Section&nbsp;3(t) shall be deferred during any Suspension Period and shall recommence upon the termination of such Suspension Period. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(u)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Due Diligence</I>. The Company shall reasonably cooperate with
any reasonable due diligence review requested by the Agents or their counsel from time to time in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or any Terms Agreement, including, without limitation, (i)&nbsp;prior to the open of trading on
each intended Time of Sale or Settlement Date, making available appropriate corporate officers of the Company and, upon reasonable request, representatives of the Accountants for an update on diligence matters with representatives of the Agents and
its counsel and (ii)&nbsp;at each Representation Date or otherwise as the Agents may reasonably request, providing information and making available documents and appropriate corporate officers of the Company and representatives of the Accountants
for one or more due diligence sessions with representatives of the Agents and its counsel. The obligations set forth in the preceding sentence of this Section&nbsp;3(u) shall be suspended following delivery of written notice to the Agents specifying
that the Company does not intend to sell Shares under this Agreement until notice to the contrary is provided (such time period, a &#147;Suspension Period&#148;). Following delivery of notice to the Agents that the Company intends to recommence
sales of Shares under this Agreement, the provisions of this Section&nbsp;3(u) shall once again be operative. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Reservation of the Shares</I>. The Company shall reserve and keep available at all times, free of preemptive
rights, Shares for the purpose of enabling the Company to satisfy its obligations hereunder. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(w)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>The Agents
Trading</I>. The Company hereby consents to the Agents trading in the Common Stock for the Agents&#146; own account and for the account of its clients at the same time as sales of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(x)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Deemed Representation s and Warranties. </I>The Company hereby agrees that each acceptance by it of an offer to
purchase Shares hereunder shall be deemed to be (i)&nbsp;an affirmation to the Agents that the representations and warranties of the Company contained in or made pursuant to this Agreement are true and correct as of the date of such acceptance as
though made at and as of such date and (ii)&nbsp;an undertaking that such representations and warranties will be true and correct as of the Time of Sale and the Settlement Date for the Shares relating to such acceptance as though made at and as of
each of such dates (except that such representations and warranties shall be deemed to relate to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus as amended and supplemented to the date of such acceptance, such Time of Sale or such Settlement Date, as
the case may be). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(y)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Board Authorization. </I>Prior to delivering notice of the proposed terms of an Agency
Transaction or a Principal Transaction pursuant to Section&nbsp;1 (or at such time as otherwise agreed between the Company and the Agents), the Company shall have (i)&nbsp;obtained from its board of directors or a duly authorized subcommittee
thereof all necessary corporate authority for the sale of the Shares pursuant to the relevant Agency Transaction or Principal Transaction, as the case may be, and (ii)&nbsp;provided to the Agents a copy of the relevant board resolutions or other
authority. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(z)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Offer to Refuse to Purchase</I>. If to the knowledge of the Company any condition set forth in
Section&nbsp;4(a) of this Agreement shall not have been satisfied on the applicable Settlement Date, the Company shall offer to any person who has agreed to purchase Shares from the Company as the result of an offer to purchase solicited by the
Agents the right to refuse to purchase and pay for such Shares. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(aa)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Exchange Act Reports</I>. The Company shall, subject to
subsection (a)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;3, (i) timely file all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Commission pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to
the date of the Prospectus and for the duration of the Prospectus Delivery Period and (ii)&nbsp;disclose in its quarterly reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> and in its annual report on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> a summary detailing, for the relevant reporting period, the number of Shares sold through or to the Agents under this Agreement, the net proceeds received by the Company from such sales and the
compensation paid by the Company to the Agents with respect to such sales. In lieu of compliance with the requirement set forth in clause (ii)&nbsp;of the immediately preceding sentence, the Company may prepare a prospectus supplement with such
summary information and, at least once a quarter and subject to subsection (a)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;3, file such prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act (and within the time periods required by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A,
430B or 430C under the Act). </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>Conditions of the Obligations of the Agents</U>. The obligations of each Agent
hereunder is subject to (i)&nbsp;the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company on the date hereof, on each Representation Date (or, if certificates, opinions, comfort letters or other documents are delivered pursuant to this
Section&nbsp;4 or Sections 3(r), (s) and (t)&nbsp;at a later date, such date) and as of each Time of Sale and Settlement Date, (ii)&nbsp;the performance of the Company of its obligations hereunder and (iii)&nbsp;the following additional conditions:
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>No Stop Orders, Requests for Information and No Amendments. </I>(i)&nbsp;No stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall be pending or are, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened by the Commission, (ii)&nbsp;no order suspending the qualification or
registration of the Shares under the securities or Blue Sky laws of any jurisdiction shall be in effect and no proceeding for such purpose shall be pending before or threatened by the authorities of any such jurisdiction, (iii)&nbsp;any request for
additional information on the part of the staff of the Commission or any such authorities shall have been complied with to the satisfaction of the staff of the Commission or such authorities and (iv)&nbsp;after the date hereof no amendment or
supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus shall have been filed unless a copy thereof was first submitted to the Agents and the Agents did not object thereto. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>No Material Adverse Effects. </I>Since the respective dates as of which information is included or incorporated
by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there has not been a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Officer&#146;s Certificates</I>. The Agents shall have received, no later than the second business day following
each Representation Date, one or more accurate certificates, dated such date and signed by an executive officer of the Company, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agents, to the effect set forth in clauses (a)&nbsp;and (b) above and to the
effect that: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;each signer of such certificate has carefully examined the Registration Statement, the Prospectus
(including any documents filed under the Exchange Act and deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Prospectus) and each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, if any; </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;as of such date and as of each Time of Sale subsequent to the
immediately preceding Representation Date, if any, neither the Registration Statement, the Prospectus nor any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary to make
the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;each
of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Operating Partnership, as applicable, contained in this Agreement are, as of such date, true and correct, except for those representation and warranties of the Company and the Operating
Partnership, as applicable, that speak solely as of a specific date, which are true and correct as of such date; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;each of the covenants and agreements required herein to be performed by the Company on or prior to such date has
been duly, timely and fully performed and each condition herein required to be complied with by the Company on or prior to such date has been duly, timely and fully complied with. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Opinions of Counsel to the Company</I>. The Agents shall have received, no later than the second business day
following each Representation Date, an opinion of O&#146;Melveny&nbsp;&amp; Myers LLP, outside counsel for the Company and the Operating Partnership, dated such date and addressed to the Agents, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Agents. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Opinions of Tax Counsel to the Company</I>. The Agents shall have received, no later than the second
business day following each Representation Date, an opinion of Kirkland&nbsp;&amp; Ellis LLP, special tax counsel for the Company and the Operating Partnership regarding certain tax matters, dated such date and addressed to the Agents, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agents. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Opinions of Local Counsel to the Company</I>. The Agents
shall have received, no later than the second business day following each Representation Date, an opinion of DLA Piper LLP, special Maryland counsel for the Company, dated such date and addressed to the Agents, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Agents. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Opinion of Counsel to the Agents</I>. The Agents shall have received, no later
than the second business day following each Representation Date, an opinion of Jones Day, outside counsel for the Agents, dated such date and addressed to the Agents, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agents; provided, however,
that the obligation of Jones Day under this Section&nbsp;4(g) shall be deferred during any Suspension Period and shall recommence upon the termination of such Suspension Period. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Accountants&#146; Comfort Letter</I>. The Agents shall have received, no later than the second business day
following each Representation Date, letters dated such date and addressed to the Agents, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agents from each of the Accountants (i)&nbsp;confirming (A) with respect to the letter delivered by the
Company Accountant, that the Company Accountant is an independent registered public accounting firm </P>
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within the meaning of the Act, the Exchange Act and the PCAOB and (B)&nbsp;with respect to the letter delivered by any Third Party Accountant, that the Third Party Accountant is an independent
accountant with respect to such third party whose financial statements such Third Party Accountant has audited under applicable accounting or auditing standards, (ii)&nbsp;stating, as of such date, the conclusions and information of the type
ordinarily included in accountants&#146; &#147;comfort letters&#148; to sales agents in connection with registered &#147;at the market&#148; offerings with respect to the audited and unaudited financial statements and certain other financial
information contained or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (the first such letter, the &#147;Initial Comfort Letter&#148;) and (iii)&nbsp;in the case of any such letter after the Initial Comfort Letter,
updating the Initial Comfort Letter with any information that would have been included in the Initial Comfort Letter had it been given on such date and modified as necessary to relate to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Permitted
Free Writing Prospectus, as amended or supplemented to the date of such letter. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Due Diligence</I>. The
Company shall have complied with all of its due diligence obligations required pursuant to Section&nbsp;3(u). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Compliance with Blue Sky Laws</I>. The Shares shall be qualified for sale in such states and jurisdictions as the
Agents may reasonably request, including, without limitation, the provinces and territories of Canada and other jurisdictions outside the United States, and each such qualification shall be in effect and not subject to any stop order or other
proceeding on the relevant date such certificates, opinions, comfort letters or other documents are delivered pursuant to this Section&nbsp;4 or Sections 3(r), (s) and (t). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Stock Exchange Listing</I>. The Shares shall have been duly authorized for listing on the Exchange, subject only
to notice of issuance at or prior to the applicable Settlement Date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(l)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Regulation M</I>. The Common Stock
shall be an &#147;actively-traded security&#148; excepted from the requirements of Rule 101 of Regulation M under the Exchange Act by subsection (c)(1) of such rule. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(m)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Additional Certificates. </I>The Company shall have furnished to the Agents such certificate or certificates, in
addition to those specifically mentioned herein, as the Agents may have reasonably requested as to the accuracy and completeness at each Representation Date (or, if certificates, opinions, comfort letters or other documents are delivered pursuant to
this Section&nbsp;4 or Sections 3(r), (s) and (t)&nbsp;at a later date, such date) of any statement in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or any documents filed under the Exchange Act and deemed to be incorporated by reference into the
Prospectus, as to the accuracy at such Representation Date (or, if certificates, opinions, comfort letters or other documents are delivered pursuant to this Section&nbsp;4 or Sections 3(r), (s) and (t)&nbsp;at a later date, such date) of the
representations and warranties of the Company herein, as to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, or as to the fulfillment of the conditions concurrent and precedent to the obligations hereunder of the Agents. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Indemnification</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Indemnification of the Agents. </I>The Company and the Operating Partnership shall indemnify and hold harmless
the Agents, the directors, officers, employees, affiliates and agents of the Agents and each person, if any, who controls the Agents within the meaning of Section&nbsp;15 of the Act or Section&nbsp;20 of the Exchange Act from and against any and all
losses, claims, liabilities, expenses and damages (including, without limitation, any and all investigative, legal and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with, and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding
between any of the indemnified parties and any indemnifying parties or between any indemnified party and any third party, or otherwise, or any claim asserted), 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, liabilities, expenses or damages arise out of or are based on (i)&nbsp;any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material
fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto), including any information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rules 430A, 430B or 430C, as applicable, including all documents incorporated therein by reference, or the
omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (ii)&nbsp;any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any
Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under
which they were made, not misleading or (iii)&nbsp;any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any materials or information provided to investors by, or with the approval of, the Company in connection with the
marketing of the offering of the Shares, including any roadshow or investor presentations made to investors by the Company (whether in person or electronically) or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to
make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the Company shall not be liable to the extent that such loss, claim, liability, expense or damage arises from the sale
of the Shares in the public offering to any person by the Agents and is based on an untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance on and in conformity with information relating to the Agents furnished in
Schedule 2 hereof to the Company and the Operating Partnership by the Agents expressly for inclusion in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any
liability that the Company might otherwise have. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Indemnification of the Company</I>. The Agents shall,
severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Operating Partnership, their agents, each person, if any, who controls the Company and the Operating Partnership within the meaning of Section&nbsp;15 of the Act or
Section&nbsp;20 of the Exchange Act, each director of the Company and each officer of the Company who signs the Registration Statement to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to the Agents, but only insofar as losses, claims,
liabilities, expenses or damages arise out of or are based on any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance on and in conformity with information relating to the Agents furnished in Schedule 2 hereof to
the Company by the Agents expressly for inclusion in the Registration Statement, any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus or the Prospectus; and reimburse the Company and the Operating Partnership, the directors,
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officers, employees, affiliates and agents of the Company for any legal or other expense reasonably incurred by the Company or any such individual in connection with investigating, defending,
settling, compromising or paying any such loss, claim, damage, liability, expense or action. This indemnity will be in addition to any liability that the Agents might otherwise have. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Indemnification Procedures</I>. Any party that proposes to assert the right to be indemnified under this
Section&nbsp;5 shall, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action against such party in respect of which a claim is to be made against an indemnifying party or parties under this Section&nbsp;5, notify each such indemnifying party
of the commencement of such action, enclosing a copy of all papers served, but the omission so to notify such indemnifying party shall not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability that it may have to any indemnified party under the
foregoing provisions of this Section&nbsp;5 unless, and only to the extent that, such omission results in the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses by the indemnifying party. If any such action is brought against any indemnified party and it
notifies the indemnifying party of its commencement, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in and, to the extent that it elects by delivering written notice to the indemnified party promptly after receiving notice of the
commencement of the action from the indemnified party, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense of the action, with counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party, and after notice from the indemnifying
party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the defense, the indemnifying party will not be liable to the indemnified party for any legal or other expenses except as provided below and except for the reasonable costs of investigation
subsequently incurred by the indemnified party in connection with the defense. The indemnified party will have the right to employ its own counsel in any such action, but the fees, expenses and other charges of such counsel will be at the expense of
such indemnified party unless (i)&nbsp;the employment of counsel by the indemnified party has been authorized in writing by the indemnifying party, (ii)&nbsp;the indemnified party has reasonably concluded (based on advice of counsel) that there may
be legal defenses available to it or other indemnified parties that are different from or in addition to those available to the indemnifying party, (iii)&nbsp;a conflict or potential conflict exists (based on advice of counsel to the indemnified
party) between the indemnified party and the indemnifying party (in which case the indemnifying party shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party) or (iv)&nbsp;the indemnifying party has not in
fact employed counsel to assume the defense of such action within a reasonable time after receiving notice of the commencement of the action, in each of which cases the reasonable fees, disbursements and other charges of counsel shall be at the
expense of the indemnifying party or parties. It is understood that the indemnifying party or parties shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceedings in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the reasonable fees, disbursements and
other charges of more than one separate firm admitted to practice in such jurisdiction at any one time for all such indemnified party or parties. All such fees, disbursements and other charges shall be reimbursed by the indemnifying party promptly
as they are incurred. An indemnifying party shall not be liable for any settlement of any action or claim effected without its written consent (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). No indemnifying party shall, without the
prior written consent of each indemnified party, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment in any pending or threatened claim, action or proceeding relating to the matters contemplated by this Section&nbsp;5 (whether or not any
indemnified party is a party thereto), unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i)&nbsp;includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising or that may arise out of such claim, action or
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proceeding and (ii)&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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
at any time an indemnified party shall have requested an indemnifying party to reimburse the indemnified party for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this Section&nbsp;5(c), the indemnifying party agrees that it shall be liable for any
settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i)&nbsp;such settlement is entered into more than 45 days after receipt by such indemnifying party of the aforesaid request, (ii)&nbsp;such indemnifying party shall have received
notice of the terms of such settlement at least 30 days prior to such settlement being entered into and (iii)&nbsp;such indemnifying party shall not have reimbursed such indemnified party in accordance with such request prior to the date of such
settlement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Contribution. </I>In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in
which the indemnification provided for in the foregoing paragraphs of this Section&nbsp;5 is applicable in accordance with its terms but for any reason is held to be unavailable from the Company, the Operating Partnership or the Agents, the Company,
the Operating Partnership and the Agents shall contribute, severally, to the total losses, claims, liabilities, expenses and damages (including, without limitation, any investigative, legal and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with,
and any amount paid in settlement of, any action, suit or proceeding or any claim asserted, but after deducting any contribution received by the Company or the Operating Partnership from persons other than the Agents, such as persons who control the
Company or the Operating Partnership within the meaning of the Act, officers of the Company who signed the Registration Statement and directors of the Company, who also may be liable for contribution) to which the Company, the Operating Partnership
and the Agents may be subject in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Operating Partnership on the one hand and the Agents on the other hand. The relative benefits received by the
Company and the Operating Partnership on the one hand and the Agents on the other hand shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company bear to the sum of
(i)&nbsp;the total compensation to the Agents pursuant to Section&nbsp;1(a)(vii) (in the case of one or more Agency Transactions hereunder) and (ii)&nbsp;the discounts and commissions received by the Agents as set forth in the table on the cover
page of the Prospectus (in the case of one or more Principal Transactions pursuant to Terms Agreements). If, but only if, the allocation provided by the foregoing sentence is not permitted by applicable law, the allocation of contribution shall be
made in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in the foregoing sentence but also the relative fault of the Company and the Operating Partnership, on the one hand, and the Agents, on the other hand,
with respect to the statements or omissions which resulted in such loss, claim, liability, expense or damage, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations with respect to such offering. Such relative fault
shall be determined by reference to whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company, the Operating Partnership or the Agents,
the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, liability, expense or
damage, or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this subsection (d)&nbsp;shall be deemed to include, for purpose of this subsection (d), any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with
investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no </P>
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Agent shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the sum of (i)&nbsp;the total compensation to such Agent pursuant to Section&nbsp;1(a)(vii) (in the case of one or more Agency
Transactions hereunder) and (ii)&nbsp;the discounts and commissions received by such Agent as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus (in the case of one or more Principal Transactions pursuant to Terms Agreements), and no person
found 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 subsection (d), any
person who controls a party to this Agreement within the meaning of the Act will have the same rights to contribution as that party, and each officer of the Company who signed the Registration Statement will have the same rights to contribution as
the Company, subject in each case to the provisions hereof. Any party entitled to contribution, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action against such party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made under this
subsection (d), will notify any such party from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission so to notify will not relieve the party from whom contribution may be sought from any other obligation it may have under this subsection (d). No party
will be liable for contribution with respect to any action or claim settled without its written consent (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Survival</I>. The obligations of the Company and the Operating Partnership under this Section&nbsp;5 shall be in
addition to any liability which the Company and the Operating Partnership may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to any affiliate of the Agents and each person, if any, who controls the Agents or any such affiliate
within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the Agents under this Section&nbsp;5 shall be in addition to any liability which it may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the
Company and to each person, if any, who controls the Company or the Operating Partnership within the meaning of the Act. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section&nbsp;5 and the representations and warranties of the Company
and the Operating Partnership contained in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i)&nbsp;any investigation made by or on behalf of the Agents, (ii)&nbsp;acceptance of any of the Shares and payment therefor
or (iii)&nbsp;any termination of this Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>Termination.</U> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company may terminate this Agreement in its sole discretion at any time upon giving prior written notice to the
Agents. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to the other party, except that (i)&nbsp;with respect to any pending sale, the obligations of the Company, including, without limitation, in respect of compensation of the Agents,
shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination; and (ii)&nbsp;the provisions of Sections 2, 3 (except that if no Shares have been previously sold hereunder or under any Terms Agreement, only Section&nbsp;3(l)), 5, 7(c), 7(e)
and 7(h) of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination. In the case of any sale by the Company pursuant to a Terms Agreement, the obligations of the Company pursuant to such Terms Agreement and this
Agreement may not be terminated by the Company without the prior written consent of the Agents. </P>
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in its sole discretion at any time upon giving prior written notice to the Company. Any such termination shall be without liability of any party to the other party, except that (i)&nbsp;with respect to any pending sale, the obligations of the
Company, including, without limitation, in respect of compensation of the Agents, shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination; and (ii)&nbsp;the provisions of Sections 2, 3 (except that if no Shares have been previously
sold hereunder or under any Terms Agreement, only Section&nbsp;3(l)), 5, 7(c), 7(e) and 7(h) of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination. In the case of any purchase by the Agents pursuant to a Terms
Agreement, the Agents may, by written notice to the Company, terminate its obligations pursuant to such Terms Agreement at any time prior to or on the Settlement Date only if, since the time of execution of the Terms Agreement or the respective
dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;trading of any
securities of the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">over-the-counter</FONT></FONT> market; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;trading generally shall have been suspended or limited on or by, as the case may be, any &#147;national securities
exchange&#148; (as defined in the Exchange Act), or minimum or maximum prices shall have been generally established on any such exchange, or additional material governmental restrictions, not in force on the date of this Agreement, shall have been
imposed upon trading in securities generally by any such exchange or by order of the Commission or any court or other governmental authority; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a general banking moratorium shall have been declared by any of federal, New York or Delaware authorities; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;the United States shall have become engaged in new hostilities, there shall have been an escalation in hostilities
involving the United States or there shall have been a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States or there shall have occurred such a material adverse change in general economic, political or financial conditions, including,
without limitation, as a result of terrorist activities after the date hereof (or the effect of international conditions on the financial markets in the United States shall be such), or any other calamity or crisis shall have occurred, the effect of
any of which is such as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to market the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the Prospectus; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(v)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;if the Company, the Operating Partnership or the Subsidiaries shall have sustained a loss material or substantial
to the Company, the Operating Partnership or the Subsidiaries by reason of flood, fire, accident, hurricane, earthquake, theft, sabotage, or other calamity or malicious act, whether or not such loss shall have been insured, the effect of any of
which is such as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to market the Shares on the terms and in the manner contemplated by the Prospectus; or </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(vi)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;if there shall have been a Material Adverse Effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect until the earliest to occur of (A)&nbsp;termination of this
Agreement pursuant to subsection (a)&nbsp;or (b) above or otherwise by mutual written agreement of the parties, or (B)&nbsp;such date that the aggregate gross sales </P>
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proceeds of the Shares sold pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, one or more Terms Agreements pursuant hereto) equals the Maximum Amount, in each case except that
(i)&nbsp;with respect to any pending sale, the obligations of the Company, including, without limitation, in respect of compensation of the Agents, shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination; and (ii)&nbsp;the provisions
of Sections 2, 3 (except that if no Shares have been previously sold hereunder or under any Terms Agreement, only Section&nbsp;3(l)), 5, 7(c), 7(e) and 7(h) of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding such termination.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any termination of this Agreement shall be effective on the date specified in the notice of termination;
provided that such termination shall not be effective until the close of business on the date of receipt of such notice by the Agents or the Company, as the case may be. If such termination shall occur prior to the Settlement Date for any sale of
Shares, such sale shall settle in accordance with the provisions of Section&nbsp;1 (in the case of an Agency Transaction) or in accordance with the relevant Terms Agreement (in the case of a Principal Transaction). </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>Miscellaneous</U>. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Notices. </I>Notice given pursuant to any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing and, unless
otherwise specified, shall be mailed, hand delivered or telecopied (i)&nbsp;if to the Company or the Operating Partnership, at the office of the Company, 905 Calle Amanecer, Suite 300, San Clemente, California 92673, Attention: William M. Wagner,
Chief Financial Officer (Facsimile: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">949-540-3002;</FONT></FONT> Telephone: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">949-542-3133);</FONT></FONT> with a copy
(which shall not constitute notice) to O&#146;Melveny&nbsp;&amp; Myers LLP, 610 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1700, Newport Beach, CA 92660, Attention: Shelly Heyduk (Facsimile:
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">949-823-6994;</FONT></FONT> Telephone: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">949-823-7968)</FONT></FONT> or (ii)&nbsp;if to the Agents, at the offices of:
BMO Capital Markets Corp., 3 Times Square, 25th Floor, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Equity Capital Markets desk, with a copy to the Legal Department (Fax:
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">212-702-1205);</FONT></FONT> Barclays Capital Inc., 745 Seventh Ave., New York, New York 10019, Attn: Syndicate Registration, Fax: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">646-834-8133;</FONT></FONT> Capital One Securities, Inc., 201 St. Charles Ave. Ste. 1830, New Orleans, Louisiana 70170, Attention: Jennifer Bosso, Principal Associate (Facsimile: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">504-523-1925);</FONT></FONT> Fifth Third Securities, Inc., 38 Fountain Square Plaza, Cincinnati, Ohio 45263, Attention: Equity Capital Markets (Facsimile:
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">615-687-3019);</FONT></FONT> Huntington Capital Markets, 41 South High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215, Attention: Peter Dippolito, email: Peter.dippolito@huntington.com (Facsimile: <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">888-409-9487);</FONT></FONT> KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., 127 Public Square, 4th Floor, Cleveland, Ohio 44114 Attention: Equity Syndicate Department (Facsimile: <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">216-689-0845),</FONT></FONT> with a copy to Legal (Facsimile: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">216-689-4121);</FONT></FONT> Merrill Lynch, Pierce,
Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith Incorporated, One Bryant Park, New York, New York 10036, Attention: Christine Roemer, email: christine.roemer@baml.com, with copies to ECM Legal (Facsimile:
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">212-230-8730);</FONT></FONT> Raymond James&nbsp;&amp; Associates, Inc., 880 Carillon Parkway, St. Petersburg, Florida 33716 Attention: Corporate&nbsp;&amp; Executive Services
(Facsimile: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">866-597-3996);</FONT></FONT> and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, 375 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10152, Attention: Equity Syndicate Department (Facsimile: <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">212-214-5918),</FONT></FONT> and in each case with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to Jones Day, 901 Lakeside Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44114, Attention: Michael J. Solecki, Esq.
(Facsimile: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">216-579-0212;</FONT></FONT> Telephone: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">216-586-7103).</FONT></FONT> Any such notice shall be effective
only upon receipt. Any notice under Section&nbsp;5&nbsp;may be made by telecopy or telephone, but if so made shall be subsequently confirmed in writing (which may include, in the case of the Agents, electronic mail to any Authorized Company
Representative). </P>
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agrees that each Agent is acting solely in the capacity of an arm&#146;s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of Shares contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering)
and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other person. Additionally, each Agent is not advising the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any
jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Agents shall have no
responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto. Any review by the Agents of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Agents and
shall not be on behalf of the Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Survival of Representations and Warranties</I>. All representations,
warranties and agreements of the Company contained herein or in certificates or other instruments delivered pursuant hereto (including, without limitation, any Terms Agreement) shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any
investigation made by or on behalf of the Agents or any of their controlling persons and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Shares hereunder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Disclaimer of Fiduciary Relationship</I>. The Company and the Operating Partnership acknowledge and agrees that
(i)&nbsp;the purchase and sale of the Shares pursuant to this Agreement, including the determination of the terms of the offering and any related discounts and commissions, is an <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">arm&#146;s-length</FONT> commercial
transaction between the Company and the Operating Partnership, on the one hand, and the Agents, on the other hand, (ii)&nbsp;in connection with the offering contemplated by this Agreement and the process leading to such transaction, the Agents owes
no fiduciary duties to the Company, the Operating Partnership or their securityholders, creditors, employees or any other party, (iii)&nbsp;the Agents has not assumed nor will it assume any advisory or fiduciary responsibility in favor of the
Company or the Operating Partnership with respect to the offering of the Shares contemplated by this Agreement or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether the Agents or its affiliates has advised or is currently advising the Company or
the Operating Partnership on other matters) and the Agents has no obligation to the Company or the Operating Partnership with respect to the offering of the Shares contemplated by this Agreement except the obligations expressly set forth in this
Agreement, (iv)&nbsp;the Agents and its affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Company and the Operating Partnership and (v)&nbsp;the Agents have not provided any legal,
accounting, regulatory or tax advice with respect to the offering contemplated by this Agreement and the Company has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it deemed appropriate. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Governing Law</I>. THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH TERMS AGREEMENT, AND ANY DISPUTE, CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING UNDER
OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR SUCH TERMS AGREEMENT, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE </P>
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STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN SUCH STATE. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits for purposes of any action arising from this Agreement
or any Terms Agreement brought by the other party hereto to the jurisdiction of the courts of New York State located in the Borough of Manhattan and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Recognition of U.S. Special Resolution Regimes</I>. </P>
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Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Agent of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this
Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In the event that any Agent that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Agent becomes subject to a
proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Agent are permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special
Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As used in this
Section&nbsp;7(f), the term &#147;BHC Act Affiliate&#148; has the meaning assigned to the term &#147;affiliate&#148; in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. &#167; 1841(k); the term &#147;Covered Entity&#148; means any of the
following: (i)&nbsp;a &#147;covered entity&#148; as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. &#167; 252.82(b); (ii) a &#147;covered bank&#148; as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R.
&#167; 47.3(b); or (iii)&nbsp;a &#147;covered FSI&#148; as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. &#167; 382.2(b); the term &#147;Default Right&#148; has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted
in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. &#167;&#167; 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable; and the term &#147;U.S. Special Resolution Regime&#148; means each of (i)&nbsp;the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and
(ii)&nbsp;Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Counterparts</I>. This Agreement and each Terms Agreement may be signed in two or more counterparts with the same
effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Assignment</I>. The parties
hereby agree that Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith Incorporated may, without notice to the Company or the Operating Partnership, assign its rights and obligations under this Agreement to any other registered broker-dealer wholly-owned
by Bank of America Corporation to which all or substantially all of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith Incorporated&#146;s investment banking or related business may be transferred following the date of this Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<I>Survival of Provisions Upon Invalidity of Any Single Provision</I>. In case any provision in this Agreement or
any Terms Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. </P>
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Partnership and the Agents hereby irrevocably waives any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any claim based upon or arising out of this Agreement, any Terms Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby. </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;<I>Titles and Subtitles</I>. The titles of the sections and subsections of this Agreement and any Terms Agreement
are for convenience and reference only and are not to be considered in construing this Agreement or such Terms Agreement. </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;<I>Entire Agreement</I>. Other than the terms set forth in each Transaction Notice delivered hereunder and each
Terms Agreement executed and delivered pursuant hereto, this Agreement embodies the entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating to the subject matter hereof. Neither
this Agreement nor any Terms Agreement may be amended or otherwise modified or any provision hereof waived except by an instrument in writing signed by the Agents and the Company and the Operating Partnership. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ William M. Wagner</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Name: William M. Wagner</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Title: Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Secretary</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By: CareTrust GP, LLC, its general partner</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ William M. Wagner</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Name: William M. Wagner</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Jonathan Li</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Name: Jonathan Li</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Title: Managing Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Victoria Hale</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Greg K. Steele</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Name: Greg K. Steele</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Title: Managing Director</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Michael E. Ryan</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Peter Dippolito</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">MERRILL&nbsp;LYNCH,&nbsp;PIERCE,&nbsp;FENNER&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;SMITH
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INCORPORATED</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Jozsi Popper</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>AUTHORIZED COMPANY REPRESENTATIVES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Gregory Stapley </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">President&nbsp;&amp; Chief Executive Officer
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Tel: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">949-542-3132</FONT></FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Email: <U>GStapley@caretrust.com</U> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Bill Wagner </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief Financial Officer </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Tel: <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">949-542-3133</FONT></FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Email: <U>WWagner@caretrustreit.com</U> </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ISSUER FREE WRITING PROSPECTUSES </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">None.
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CARETRUST REIT, INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Common Stock </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>TERMS AGREEMENT
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">[<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>],
20<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>] </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">BMO Capital Markets Corp. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3 Times Square </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">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">CareTrust REIT, Inc., a
Maryland corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, in Schedule hereto and in the Equity Distribution Agreement, dated March&nbsp;4, 2019 (the &#147;Equity Distribution Agreement&#148;),
between the Company, CTR Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, and the Agents, to issue and sell to [<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>], as Agent[s],
[<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>]&nbsp;shares of the Company&#146;s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Purchased Shares<B>&#148;)[, and, solely for the purpose
of covering over-allotments, to grant to the Agent[s] the option to purchase an additional [<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>]&nbsp;shares of such common stock (the
&#147;Additional Shares&#148;)]</B>. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Equity Distribution Agreement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>[The Agent[s] shall have the right to purchase from the Company all or a portion of the Additional Shares as may be necessary to cover
over-allotments made in connection with the offering of the Purchased Shares at the same purchase price per share to be paid by the Agent[s] to the Company for the Purchased Shares. This option may be exercised by the Agent[s] at any time (but not
more than once) on or before the thirtieth day following the date of this Terms Agreement, by written notice to the Company. Such notice shall set forth the aggregate number of Additional Shares as to which the option is being exercised, and the
date and time when the Additional Shares are to be delivered (such date, the &#147;Option Settlement Date&#148;); provided, however, that the Option Settlement Date shall not be earlier than the Settlement Date (as set forth in the Schedule hereto)
nor earlier than the second business day after the date on which the option shall have been exercised nor later than the fifth business day after the date on which the option shall have been exercised. Payment of the purchase price for the
Additional Shares shall be made at the Option Settlement Date in the same manner and at the same office as the payment for the Purchased Shares.] </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each of the provisions of the Equity Distribution Agreement not specifically related to the solicitation by the Agent[s], as sales agent of
the Company, of offers to purchase Shares in Agency Transactions is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety, and shall be deemed to be part of this Terms Agreement to the same extent as if such provisions had been set forth in full herein.
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may be, relating to the Purchased Shares [and the Additional Shares], in the form heretofore delivered to the Agent[s] is now proposed to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Schedule hereto and subject the terms and conditions of the Equity
Distribution Agreement incorporated herein as provided in the second immediately preceding paragraph, the Company agrees to issue and sell to the Agent[s], and the Agent[s] agree to purchase from the Company, the Purchased Shares at the time and
place and at the purchase price set forth in the Schedule hereto. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>[Remainder of Page Intentionally Blank] </I></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us a
counterpart hereof, whereupon this Terms Agreement, including those provisions of the Equity Distribution Agreement incorporated herein by reference, shall constitute a binding agreement between the Agent[s] named below and the Company. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>[Price to Public: </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>USD[<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>.<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>]&nbsp;per share] </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Purchase Price by the Agent[s]: </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>USD[<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>.<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>]&nbsp;per share Method of and Specified
Funds for Payment of Purchase Price: </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>[By wire transfer to a bank account specified by the Company in same day funds.] </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Method of Delivery: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>[To the Agents&#146; account, or the
account of the Agents&#146; designee, at The Depository Trust Company via DWAC in return for payment of the purchase price.] </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Settlement Date: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>[<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>],
20[<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>] </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Closing Location: </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Documents to be Delivered: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents referred to
in the Equity Distribution Agreement shall be delivered as a condition to the closing (which documents shall be dated on or as of the date of the Terms Agreement to which this Scheduled is annexed): </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the officer&#146;s certificate referred to in Section&nbsp;4(c); </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">such other documents as the Agent[s] shall reasonably request. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>[Indemnity: </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>[<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>]] </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">[Lockup: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition to, and without limiting the generality
of, the covenant set forth in Section&nbsp;3(o) of the Equity Distribution Agreement, <B>[<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>]</B>. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:68%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>DLA Piper LLP (US) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:68%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
Marbury Building </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:68%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">6225 Smith Avenue </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:68%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Baltimore,&nbsp;Maryland&nbsp;21209-3600</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:68%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">www.dlapiper.com </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:68%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>T</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;410.580.3000 </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">March&nbsp;4, 2019 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">CareTrust REIT, Inc. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">905 Calle Amanecer, Suite 300 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">San Clemente, CA 92673 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Re:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Offering of Common Stock </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and
Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have acted as special Maryland counsel to CareTrust REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;),
and have been requested to render this opinion in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<U>Securities Act</U>&#148;), pursuant to the automatic shelf registration statement of the Company on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> (Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-217670),</FONT> and any amendments through the date hereof (the &#147;<U>Registration Statement</U>&#148;), prepared and filed by the Company on
May&nbsp;4, 2017 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<U>Commission</U>&#148;), including the base prospectus included therein at the time the Registration Statement became effective (the &#147;<U>Base Prospectus</U>&#148;), which
forms a part of the Registration Statement and the prospectus supplement, dated March&nbsp;4, 2019 and filed by the Company with the Commission on March&nbsp;4, 2019, pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the Securities Act (together with the Base
Prospectus and the documents incorporated by reference therein, the &#147;<U>Prospectus</U>&#148;), of the issuance and sale by the Company from time to time of up to $300,000,000 maximum aggregate offering price of shares (the
&#147;<U>Shares</U>&#148;) of the Company&#146;s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;<U>Common Stock</U>&#148;), pursuant to an Equity Distribution Agreement, dated March&nbsp;4, 2019 (the &#147;<U>Equity Distribution
Agreement</U>&#148;), among the Company and CTR Partnership, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the &#147;<U>Operating Partnership</U>&#148;), on the one hand, and BMO Capital Markets Corp., Barclays Capital Inc., Capital One Securities, Inc.,
Fifth Third Securities, Inc., KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner&nbsp;&amp; Smith Incorporated, Raymond James&nbsp;&amp; Associates, Inc., The Huntington Investment Company and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (collectively, the
&#147;<U>Agents</U>&#148;), on the other hand. This opinion is being provided at your request in connection with the filing by the Company with the Commission of a Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> on the date hereof
(the &#147;<U>Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT></U>&#148;), and supplements our opinion, dated May&nbsp;4, 2017, previously filed as Exhibit 5.2 to the Registration Statement. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have
the meanings specified in the Equity Distribution Agreement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In rendering the opinion expressed herein, we have reviewed the following
documents (the &#147;<U>Documents</U>&#148;): </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;the Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Company as filed
with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of the State of Maryland (the &#147;<U>SDAT</U>&#148;) on and effective as of May&nbsp;13, 2014, as amended by the Articles of Amendment to Articles
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">March&nbsp;4, 2019 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Page 2 </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">of Amendment and Restatement of the Company as filed with the SDAT on and effective as of
May&nbsp;30, 2018 (collectively, the &#147;<U>Charter</U>&#148;); </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;the Bylaws of the Company, as amended and
restated as of April&nbsp;5, 2018 (the &#147;<U>Bylaws</U>&#148;), as in effect on the date hereof, as certified by an officer of the Company; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;the Equity Distribution Agreement; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;the Registration Statement; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)&nbsp;the Prospectus; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f)&nbsp;resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company relating to the reservation and issuance of the Shares and the
authorization of the Equity Distribution Agreement and the appointment and establishment of a Securities Committee of the Board of Directors and the transactions contemplated thereby, certified by an officer of the Company (the &#147;<U>Board
Resolutions</U>&#148;); </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g) resolutions of the Securities Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company relating to
the authorization of the issuance and sale of the Shares and the selection of the Agents and approval of the Equity Distribution Agreement (together with the Board Resolutions, the &#147;<U>Resolutions</U>&#148;); </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h)&nbsp;a certificate of the SDAT as to the good standing of the Company, dated as of a recent date; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;a certificate executed by an officer of the Company (the &#147;<U>Certificate</U>&#148;), dated as of the date hereof,
as to certain factual matters; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j)&nbsp;such other documents as we have considered necessary to the rendering of the
opinion expressed below. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In examining the Documents, and in rendering the opinion set forth below, we have assumed the following:
(a)&nbsp;each of the parties to the Documents (other than the Company) has duly and validly executed and delivered each of the Documents and each instrument, agreement, and other document executed in connection with the Documents to which such party
is a signatory, and each such party&#146;s (other than the Company&#146;s) obligations set forth in the Documents are its legal, valid and binding obligations, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms; (b)&nbsp;each person executing any
such instrument, agreement or other document on behalf of any such party (other than the Company) is duly authorized to do so; (c)&nbsp;each natural person executing any such instrument, agreement or other document is legally competent to do so;
(d)&nbsp;the Documents accurately describe and contain the mutual understandings of the parties, there are no oral or written modifications of or amendments or supplements to the Documents and there has been no waiver of any of the provisions of the
Documents by actions or conduct of the parties or otherwise; and (e)&nbsp;all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic, all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies or telecopies or portable document file
(&#147;.<U>PDF</U>&#148;) copies conform to the original documents (and the authenticity of the originals of such copies), all signatures on all documents submitted to us for examination (and including signatures on photocopies, telecopies and .PDF
copies) are genuine, and all public records reviewed are accurate and complete. As to certain factual matters, we have relied on the Certificate as to the factual matters set forth therein, which we assume to be accurate and complete. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We further assume that the aggregate gross sales price of all of the Shares will not exceed
the $300,000,000 authorized for issuance and sale in the Resolutions, and the consideration per share received by the Company for each of the Shares to be issued and sold pursuant to the Equity Distribution Agreement will be determined in accordance
with, and will not be less than, the applicable minimum consideration per share set forth in the Resolutions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based upon and subject to
the foregoing and having regard for such legal considerations we deem relevant, we are of the opinion that, as of the date hereof, the Shares, when issued and sold by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Equity Distribution Agreement and
pursuant to one or more Agency Transaction Notices issued in accordance with the terms of the Equity Distribution Agreement or one or more Terms Agreements in respect of a Principal Transaction have been duly authorized, and when issued and
delivered to and paid for by the purchasers thereof in accordance with the terms of the Equity Distribution Agreement and any such Agency Transaction Notice or one or more Terms Agreements in respect of a Principal Transaction, will be validly
issued, 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">The opinion set forth herein is subject to additional
assumptions, qualifications, and limitations as follows: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;We have made no investigation of, and we express no
opinion as to, the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the State of Maryland. To the extent that any documents referred to herein are governed by the laws of a jurisdiction other than the State of Maryland, we have assumed that the laws
of such jurisdiction are the same as the laws of the State of Maryland. We note that the Equity Distribution Agreement is to be construed under the laws of the State of New York. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;This opinion concerns only the effect of the laws (exclusive of the principles of conflict of laws) of the State of
Maryland as currently in effect. We assume no obligation to supplement this opinion if any applicable laws change after the date hereof or if any facts or circumstances come to our attention after the date hereof that might change this opinion. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;We express no opinion as to compliance with the securities (or &#147;blue sky&#148;) laws, broker licensing laws, real
estate syndication laws, mortgage lending laws or principles of conflicts of laws of the State of Maryland or any other jurisdiction. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&nbsp;We assume that the issuance of the Shares by the Company will not cause any person to violate any of the provisions of
the Charter relating to ownership limitations, and that the Company will not issue any shares of capital stock other than the Shares. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e) This opinion is limited to the matters set forth herein, and no other opinion should be inferred beyond the matters
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to the Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> and (ii)&nbsp;to the reference to our firm under the heading &#147;Legal Matters&#148; in the Prospectus Supplement. In giving our consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category
of persons whose consent is required under Section&nbsp;7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:54%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Very truly yours, </P>
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