0001437749-26-031069 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER among INDEPENDENCE REALTY TRUST, INC., INDEPENDENCE REALTY OPERATING PARTNERSHIP, LP, ISLANDERS OP SUB, LLC, CENTERSPACE and CENTERSPACE, LP Dated as of September 8, 2026

Agreement and Plan of Merger • September 23rd, 2026 • Independence Realty Trust, Inc. • Real estate investment trusts • New York

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  September 23rd, 2026
• Company
  Independence Realty Trust, Inc.
• Industry
  Real estate investment trusts
• Jurisdiction
  New York

THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”), dated as of September 8, 2026, is made by and among Independence Realty Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“Parent”), Independence Realty Operating Partnership, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Parent OP”), Islanders OP Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and direct wholly owned Subsidiary of Parent OP (“OP Merger Sub”) Centerspace, a North Dakota real estate investment trust (the “Company”), and Centerspace, LP, a North Dakota limited partnership (the “Company OP”).