0001456016-14-000097 Sample Contracts

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among GRIFFIN CAPITAL ESSENTIAL ASSET REIT, INC. (“Parent”), GRIFFIN SAS, LLC (“Merger Sub”) and SIGNATURE OFFICE REIT, INC. (the “Company”) Dated as of November 21, 2014

Agreement and Plan of Merger • November 24th, 2014 • Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT, Inc. • Real estate investment trusts • Maryland

• Contract Type
  Agreement and Plan of Merger
• Filed
  November 24th, 2014
• Company
  Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT, Inc.
• Industry
  Real estate investment trusts
• Jurisdiction
  Maryland

THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of November 21, 2014 (this “Agreement”), is made by and among Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation (“Parent”), Griffin SAS, LLC, a Maryland limited liability company and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”), and Signature Office REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”).