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(2) The Grantor has the security entitlements (the “Pledged Security Entitlements”) with respect to all of the financial assets and investment property (the “Pledged Financial Assets”) credited from time to time to the Grantor’s account bearing Account No. ______________ (together with any successor account(s) that replaces or is established to supplement the aforesaid numbered account(s), collectively, the “Securities Account”), with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (the “Securities Intermediary”) at its office at 1550 Market Street, Suite 600, Denver, CO 80202.

(3) The Grantor is the sole owner of 898,094 partnership units (the “Pledged OP Units”) of NSA OP, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), which Pledged OP Units may be converted into a like number of shares of common stock of National Storage Affiliates Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “REIT”) (such shares of common stock, “REIT Shares”), or cash (the “Cash Amount”), at the option of the REIT, pursuant to Section 8.6 of the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership, dated as of April 28, 2015, as amended through the date of this Agreement, by and among the REIT, as the general partner of Operating Partnership, the REIT, and the limited partners specified therein (the “Partnership Agreement”).

Section 1. Grant of Security. The Grantor hereby assigns and pledges to the Lender, and hereby grants to the Lender a first priority security interest in, the Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to the following, in each case, as to each type of property described below, whether now existing or hereafter acquired by the Grantor, wherever located, and whether now or hereafter existing or arising (collectively, the “Collateral”):

(ii) the Pledged OP Units and any and all REIT Shares resulting from any conversion of the Pledged OP Units, and all right, title and interest in and as a member and/or partner under any of the Pledged Partnership Documents or the REIT Documents (including, without limitation, under the Partnership Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement), with respect to the Pledged OP Units and REIT Shares, whether now existing or hereafter arising, including, without limitation, all rights to receive payments, distributions, dividends and monies due or to become due under or pursuant to the Partnership Agreement and any and all other Pledged Partnership Documents and/or REIT Documents, all rights to effect a redemption, exchange or conversion and to redeem and/or exchange and/or convert Pledged OP Units for REIT Shares and/or the Cash Amount, all rights to vote on any matter and take any other action specified in the Partnership Agreement or any other Pledged Partnership Document or the REIT Documents, including, without limitation, under the Registration Rights Agreement, all rights to cause an assignee to be substituted in its place and stead as a member and/or partner of the Partnership and/or as a holder or similar status under the Registration Rights Agreement, all rights and claims for damages arising out of or for breach or default under the Pledged Partnership Documents or the REIT Documents, all rights of access to the books and records of the Operating Partnership and the REIT and to other information concerning or affecting the Operating Partnership or the REIT and any and all securities (whether certificated or uncertificated), securities entitlements, financial assets, investment property, instruments, documents and other writings evidencing such interest or relating thereto, including, without limitation, the REIT Shares; and

(iii) all additional investment property (including, without limitation, all (A) securities, whether certificated or uncertificated, (B) security entitlements, and (C) securities accounts) in which the Grantor has or acquires from time to time any right, title or interest in any manner by reason of the Grantor’s right, title or interest in or to any of the items set forth in the foregoing subparagraphs (i) and (ii), and the certificates or instruments, if any, representing or evidencing such investment property and all dividends, interest, distributions, value, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such additional investment property; and

(a) This Agreement secures the prompt payment and performance of all obligations of the Grantor to the Lender and its Affiliates now or hereafter existing, whether absolute or contingent, disputed or undisputed, direct or indirect and out of whatever transactions arising, including, without limitation, obligations arising under or in respect of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, existing and future loans and advances, letters of credit, acceptances, all other extensions of credit, security agreements, mortgages, guaranties, overdrafts, and all contracts for payment or performance, and all indebtedness, obligations and liabilities under any guaranty or surety agreement, including without limitation, all principal, interest, fees, indemnifications, costs, expenses or otherwise (all such obligations being the “Secured Obligations”).

(b) After the Effective Date, so long as no demand for payment of the Revolving Loan has been made by the Lender and no Automatic Termination Event has occurred or is then continuing, the Grantor may make trades in the Securities Account, provided that, a Shortfall shall not result from such trade. Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement to the contrary, so long as no demand for payment of the Revolving Loan has been made by the Lender and no Automatic Termination Event has occurred or is then continuing, the

Grantor may, upon not less than ten (10) Business Days prior written notice, request that the Lender release its security interest in a designated portion of the Pledged Financial Assets, and the Lender shall release its security interest in such designated Pledged Financial Assets, provided that a Shortfall shall not result from such release. The Lender reserves the right (which shall be exercised in its reasonable discretion) to select from among the Pledged Financial Assets, the Pledged Financial Assets (or portion or lots thereof) that shall be subject to release in accordance with this Section.

Section 3. Grantor Remains Liable. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, (a) the exercise by the Lender of any of the rights hereunder shall not release the Grantor from any duties or obligations under the contracts and agreements included in the Collateral and (b) the Lender shall not have any obligation or liability under the contracts and agreements included in the Collateral by reason of this Agreement, nor shall the Lender be obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of the Grantor thereunder or to take any action to collect or enforce any claim for payment assigned hereunder.

(a) For the purpose of giving the Lender control over the Securities Account and in order to perfect the Lender’s security interests in the Collateral, the Grantor hereby consents to (x) the Securities Intermediary entering into a control agreement with the Secured Party pursuant to which the Securities Intermediary agrees to accept and comply with entitlement orders and instructions from the Lender (or from any assignee or successor of the Lender) regarding the Securities Account without further consent of the Grantor, (y) the Securities Intermediary retitling the Securities Account in the name of the Lender for the benefit of the Grantor to further perfect and evidence the Lender’s security interest in the Securities Account granted pursuant to this Agreement and (z) the Securities Intermediary delivering to the Lender account statements, trade confirmations and any other information relating to the Securities Account. Without limiting the foregoing, the Grantor acknowledges, consents and agrees that, pursuant to a control agreement (the “Control Agreement”) entered into by and between the Lender and the Securities Intermediary:

(i) the Securities Intermediary will comply with entitlement orders originated by the Lender regarding the Securities Account without further consent from the Grantor. The Securities Intermediary will treat all assets credited to the Securities Account, including money and credit balances and the Pledged OP Units and any and all REIT Shares resulting from any redemption, exchange or conversion of the Pledged OP Units as financial assets for purposes of Article 8 of the N.Y. Uniform Commercial Code.

(ii) In order to enable the Grantor to trade certain Pledged Financial Assets in accordance with Section 2(b) above, subject to the terms and conditions of the Consent and Agreement, the Securities Intermediary may comply with entitlement orders originated by the Grantor (or if so agreed by the Lender in its sole and absolute discretion, by an investment adviser designated by the Grantor and acceptable to the Lender) regarding the Securities Account given, if applicable, in the manner set forth in Section 4(b)(iv) below, but only until such time that the Lender notifies the Securities Intermediary that the Lender is asserting exclusive control over the Securities Account. After the Securities Intermediary has received a notice of exclusive control and has had a reasonable opportunity to comply, it will no longer comply with entitlement orders or instructions (including without limitation voting instructions) originated by the Grantor (or by any investment advisor designated by the Grantor) concerning the Securities Account. After receipt of a notice of exclusive control, the Securities Intermediary will comply with voting instructions from the Lender in respect of any Pledged Financial Assets. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, and irrespective of whether it has received any notice of exclusive control, the Grantor acknowledges and accepts that the Lender and the Securities Intermediary have procedures in place whereby any entitlement order originated by the Grantor (or by any investment advisor designated by the Grantor) to withdraw any Pledged Financial Assets from the Securities Account, pay any money, free credit balance or other amount owing on the Securities Account or trade any Pledged Financial Asset is subject to a process whereby the Lender, assesses whether such withdrawal or trade would result in a Shortfall, and if so, may instruct the Securities Intermediary not to honor

(ii) In respect of the Securities Account, the Securities Intermediary shall not be held responsible for (x) any decline in the market value of any Collateral or the failure to notify the Lender or the Grantor thereof or (y) its failure to take any action or action taken by it with respect to any Collateral, including, without limitation, permitting the Secured Party to withdraw Collateral from the Securities Account, or failing to permit the Account Holder to trade within the Securities Account or withdraw Collateral from the Securities Account, except to the extent directly caused by the Securities Intermediary’s gross negligence or willful misconduct;

(iii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Securities Intermediary shall have no responsibility for interpreting any of the provisions of this Agreement or determining whether any trading or any redemption, exchange or conversion of Pledged Financial Assets, Pledged OP Units or REIT Shares by the Grantor is permitted hereunder or would result in any Shortfall, and shall act solely on the instructions communicated to it via the Lender in respect of any such trading or withdrawal;

(ii) The Lender may, without the Grantor’s consent, exercise all redemption exchange and conversion rights of the Grantor under the Pledged Partnership Documents, and the REIT Documents, either in the name of the Grantor or in its own name or the name of its designee, in accordance with and subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Pledged Partnership Documents, the REIT Documents, the Credit Agreement and the Consent and Agreement.

(a) The Grantor is the one hundred percent (100%) legal and beneficial owner of the Collateral free and clear of any Lien, except for the security interest created by this Agreement or permitted under the Credit Agreement. No effective financing statement or other instrument similar in effect covering all or any part of the Collateral is on file in any recording office, except such as may have been filed in favor of the Lender relating to this Agreement or as otherwise permitted under the Credit Agreement.

(b) The Collateral held in the Securities Account consists of diversified marketable securities of the type set forth in Column A of Exhibit A to the Credit Agreement which shall be acceptable to the Lender in its sole and absolute discretion. The Collateral (other than the Pledged OP Units) held in the Securities Account is in a form that meets the guidelines for deposit with the Depository Trust Corporation.

(c) The Collateral consisting of Pledged OP Units is not subject to any restrictions on the pledge of such Pledged OP Units by the Grantor to the Secured Party nor restrictions on the sale or transfer of the Pledged OP Units or any REIT Shares for which the Pledged OP Units may be redeemed, exchanged or converted by the Grantor or the Secured Party (whether pursuant to securities laws or regulations or any partnership, lock-up or other similar agreement or insider trading rules of the issuer), except as set forth in the Pledged Partnership Documents, the REIT Documents and the Consent and Agreement.

(d) All filings and other actions necessary or desirable to perfect and protect the security interest in the Collateral of the Grantor created under this Agreement have been duly made or taken and are in full force and effect, and this Agreement creates in favor of the Lender a valid and, together with such filings and other actions, perfected first priority security interest in the Collateral of the Grantor, securing the payment of the Secured Obligations.

(e) Except for the Consent and Agreement, no consent of any other Person and no authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body or other third party is required either (i) for the grant by the Grantor of the pledge, assignment and security interest granted hereby or for the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement by the Grantor, (ii) for the perfection or maintenance of the pledge, assignment and security interest created hereby (including, without limitation, the first priority nature of such pledge, assignment or security interest), except for the actions described in Section 4 and the filing of any required Uniform Commercial Code financing or continuation statements with respect to the Collateral, or (iii) for the exercise by the Lender of its voting or other rights provided for in this Agreement or the remedies in respect of the Collateral pursuant to this Agreement, except as may be required in connection with the disposition of any portion of the Collateral by laws affecting the offering and sale of securities generally.

Section 6. Further Assurances. The Grantor agrees that from time to time, at the expense of the Grantor, it will promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents (including, but not limited to, a signed Federal Reserve Form U-1 required under Regulation U as promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States), and take all further action, that may be necessary or desirable, or that the Lender may request, in order to perfect and protect any pledge, assignment or security interest granted or purported to be granted by the Grantor hereunder or to enable the Lender to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder with respect to any Collateral. The Grantor hereby authorizes the Lender to file one or more Uniform Commercial Code financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto, relating to all or any part of the Collateral (including, without limitation, with respect to the Pledged OP Units and REIT Shares for which the Pledged OP Units may be redeemed, exchanged or converted). Upon the payment in full of the Secured Obligations and the termination of the Loan Documents in accordance with their terms, the Lender agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to, upon the reasonable request of the Grantor, cancel and remove all such financing statements, continuation statements and amendments thereto promptly following full repayment by Borrower of all required amounts and termination of the Credit Agreement at the sole expense of the Grantor. A photocopy or other reproduction of this Agreement or any financing statement covering the Collateral or any part thereof shall be sufficient as an Uniform Commercial Code financing statement where permitted by law. The Grantor will furnish to the Lender from time to time statements and schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral and such other reports in connection with such Collateral as the Lender may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail.

(b) The Grantor shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all dividends, interest and other distributions paid in respect of the Collateral; provided, however, that any and all (i) dividends, interest and other distributions paid or payable other than in cash in respect of, and instruments and other property received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, or in exchange for, such Collateral, (ii) dividends and other distributions paid or payable in cash in respect of such Collateral in connection with a partial or total liquidation or dissolution or in connection with a reduction of capital, capital surplus or paid-in-surplus, and (iii) cash paid, payable or otherwise distributed in respect of principal of, or in redemption, exchange or conversion of, or in exchange for, such Collateral (including, without limitation, any Cash Amount or other consideration payable upon any redemption, exchange or conversion of any Pledged OP Units), shall be forthwith delivered to the Lender to hold as Collateral and shall, if received by the Grantor, be received in trust for the benefit of the Lender, be segregated from the other property or funds of the Grantor and be forthwith delivered to the Lender as Collateral in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement). Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Grantor shall not, without the prior written consent of the Lender, seek to or effect any redemption, exchange or conversion of all or any part of the Pledged OP Units.

Section 8. Transfers and Other Liens. The Grantor shall not, without the consent of the Lender, (a) sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, any of the Collateral, or (b) create or suffer to exist any Lien upon or with respect to any of the Collateral except for the pledge, assignment and security interest created by this Agreement.

Section 9. Lender Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. The Grantor hereby irrevocably appoints the Lender as the Grantor’s attorney-in-fact, coupled with an interest, with full authority in the place and stead of the Grantor and in the name of the Grantor or otherwise, from time to time in the Lender’s discretion, to take any action and to execute any instrument that the Lender may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation, (a) to ask for, demand, collect, sue for, recover, compromise, receive and give acquittance and receipts for moneys due and to become due under or in respect of any of the Collateral, (b) to file any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings that the Lender may deem necessary or desirable for the collection of any of the Collateral or otherwise to enforce the rights of the Lender with respect to any of the Collateral (including, without limitation, to take any action under Section 11(a)(iv) hereof), (c) to do all acts and things which the Lender deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and the Lender’s security interest therein, in order to effect the intent of this Agreement, all as fully and effectively as the Grantor might do (including, without limitation, to effect a redemption, exchange or conversion of the Pledged OP Units) and (d) to promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all further action as contemplated by Section 6 hereof.

(a) If the Grantor fails to perform any agreement contained herein, the Lender may itself perform, or cause performance of, such agreement, and the expenses of the Lender incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by the Grantor under Section 12(c). The powers conferred on the Lender hereunder are solely to protect its interest in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any such powers.

(b) Except for the accounting for moneys actually received by it hereunder, the Lender shall have no duty as to any Collateral, as to ascertaining or taking action with respect to calls, conversions, exchanges, maturities, tenders or other matters relative to any Collateral, whether or not the Lender has or is deemed to have knowledge of such matters, or as to the taking of any necessary steps to preserve rights against any parties or any other rights pertaining to any Collateral.

(a) (i) All rights of the Grantor (A) to exercise or refrain from making trades in the Securities Account and exercising the voting and other consensual rights that it would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 7 of this Agreement shall cease and (B) to receive the dividends, interest and other distributions that it would otherwise be authorized to receive and retain pursuant to Section 7 of this Agreement, shall automatically cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Lender, which shall thereupon have the sole right to exercise or refrain from exercising such voting and other consensual rights and to receive and hold as Collateral such dividends, interest and other distributions.

(iii) The Lender shall be entitled to issue Entitlement Orders and send the Securities Intermediary a Notice of Exclusive Control (as defined in and under the Control Agreement), and, in connection therewith (A) cause the Securities Account to be re-registered in the Lender’s sole name or transfer the Securities Account to another broker/dealer in its sole name, (B) remove any Collateral from the Securities Account and register such Collateral in its name or in the name of its broker/dealer, agent or nominee or any of their nominees, (C) exchange certificates representing any of the Collateral for certificates of larger or smaller denominations, and (D) exercise any voting, withdrawal, redemption, conversion, registration, sale or other rights of a holder of any of the Collateral, and the expenses of the Lender incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by the Grantor under Section 12(c).

(iv) The Lender may, in addition to and without limiting in any way its other rights and remedies under this Agreement, do or have its designee do, all or any of the following with respect to the Pledged OP Units, as applicable (all, without being obligated to do so): (A) transfer any or all of the Pledged OP Units into the name of the Lender or its designee; (B) exercise any and all of the Grantor’s rights and remedies under the Pledged Partnership Documents or the REIT Documents; (C) become an assignee and/or substituted member, partner, shareholder or equity holder, as the case may be, under the Pledged Partnership Documents and/or the REIT Documents, to the extent of the Pledged OP Units (and any REIT Shares issuable upon the redemption, exchange or conversion thereof) and subject to the terms and conditions of the Pledged Partnership Documents, the REIT Documents and the Consent and Agreement; and (D) exercise any and all redemption rights, exchange rights, conversion rights or similar rights with respect to the Pledged OP Units, including instructing the Operating Partnership to make all distributions due to its limited partners and/or members directly to the Lender, for the Lender’s own account, causing the redemption, conversion or exchange of any or all of the Pledged OP Units for REIT Shares (or any equivalent Cash Amount) and directing the REIT to issue and deliver such REIT Shares and any certificates representing such REIT Shares in the name of the Grantor, the Lender, or a designee of the Lender, as the Lender may determine in its discretion, and liquidating any or all of the REIT Shares for which the Pledged OP Units are redeemable, convertible or exchangeable.

(b) All cash proceeds received by the Lender in respect of any sale of, collection from, or other realization upon all or any part of the Collateral may, in the discretion of the Lender, be held by the Lender as collateral for, and/or then or at any time thereafter applied (after payment of any amounts payable to the Lender pursuant to Section 12) in whole or in part by the Lender against, all or any part of the Secured Obligations in such order as the Lender shall elect. Any surplus of such cash or cash proceeds held by the Lender and remaining after payment in full of all the Secured Obligations shall be paid over to the Grantor or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive such surplus.

(e) In addition to the other rights and remedies provided for herein or otherwise available to the Lender, including, without limitation, pursuant to the Consent and Agreement, the Lender may exercise in respect of the Collateral all of the rights and remedies of a secured party upon default under the N.Y. Uniform Commercial Code (whether or not the N.Y. Uniform Commercial Code applies to the affected Collateral).

The Grantor acknowledges and understands (i) that the redemption, conversion or exchange of any of the Pledged OP Units for REIT Shares in connection with this Agreement may have severely detrimental tax, financial or other consequences to the Grantor as the holder of such Pledged OP Units, including, without limitation, the possible recognition of taxable gain in excess of the amount realized in connection with any sale or other disposition of the REIT Shares; (ii) that the Grantor’s obligations under this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect without set-off, counterclaim, defense or right of recoupment, notwithstanding the incurrence at any time of adverse tax, financial or other consequences in connection with the redemption, conversion or exchange of any Pledged OP Units for REIT Shares, the transfer, disposition or other sale of any Pledged OP Units or REIT Shares for any reason whatsoever and (iii) that the Grantor has, to its satisfaction, sought independent legal, tax and accounting advice before signing this Agreement and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, fully understands the potential adverse tax, financial or other consequences to the Grantor of a redemption of any Pledged OP Units for REIT Shares, and expressly the Lender’s rights under this Agreement to force a redemption, conversion or exchange of Pledged OP Units for REIT Shares.

(a) The Grantor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Lender and each of its Affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors (each an “Indemnified Party”) from and against any and all claims, losses and liabilities arising out of or in connection with or by reason of this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated herein, except to the extent such claims, losses or liabilities resulting from such Indemnified Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(c) The Grantor will, upon demand, pay to each applicable Indemnified Party the amount of any and all reasonable expenses, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel and of any experts and agents, that such Indemnified Party may incur in connection with (i) the administration of this Agreement, (ii) the custody, preservation, use or operation of, or the sale of, collection from or other realization upon, any of the Collateral of the Grantor, (iii) the exercise or enforcement of any of the rights of such Indemnified Party hereunder, or (iv) the failure by the Grantor to perform or observe any of the provisions hereof.

Section 13. Amendments; Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, and no consent to any departure by the Grantor herefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Lender, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. No failure on the part of the Lender to exercise, and no delay in exercising any right hereunder, shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right.

Section 14. Addresses for Notices. All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including telecopier communication and any other method of communication authorized by the Lender) and telecopied or sent by a reputable overnight delivery service to the Lender, addressed to it at its address or telecopier number specified in the Credit Agreement, and to the Grantor, addressed to the Grantor at the Grantor’s address or telecopier number set forth on the signature pages hereof, or at such other address or telecopier number as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to each other party complying as to delivery with the terms of this Section. All such notices and other communications shall, when telecopied or sent by such overnight delivery service, be effective when telecopied or sent as aforesaid, respectively, addressed as aforesaid.

Section 15. Continuing Security Interest; Assignment under the Credit Agreement. This Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Collateral and shall (a) remain in full force and effect until the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Secured Obligations under the Credit Agreement, (b) be binding upon the Grantor, its successors and assigns, and (c) inure, together with the rights and remedies of the Lender hereunder, to the benefit of the Lender and its respective successors, transferees and assigns. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (c), the Lender may assign or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement and/or any or all of the other Loan Documents to any other Person and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to the Lender in this Agreement or otherwise.

Section 16. Termination. Upon the payment in full in cash of the Secured Obligations under the Credit Agreement, the pledge, assignment and security interest granted hereby shall terminate and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the Grantor. Upon any such termination, the Lender will, promptly upon the Grantor’s request, and at the Grantor’s expense, execute and deliver to the Grantor such documents as the Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination.

(a) The obligations of the Grantor under this Agreement are independent of the Secured Obligations or any other obligations of the Grantor or any other Loan Party under or in respect of the Loan Documents, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against the Grantor to enforce this Agreement, irrespective of whether any action is brought against the Grantor or any other Loan Party or whether the Grantor or any other Loan Party is joined in any such action or actions. All rights of the Lender and the pledge, assignment and security interest hereunder, and all obligations of the Grantor hereunder, shall be irrevocable, absolute and unconditional irrespective of, and the Grantor hereby irrevocably waives (to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law) any defenses it may now have or may hereafter acquire in any way relating to, any or all of the following:

(ii) Any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Secured Obligations or any other obligations of the Borrower, the Grantor or any other Loan Party under or in respect of the Loan Documents or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from any Loan Document, including, without limitation, any increase in the Secured Obligations resulting from the extension of additional credit to the Borrower, the Grantor, or any other Loan Party or otherwise;

(vi) Any failure of the Lender to disclose to the Grantor or any other Loan Party any information relating to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, assets, nature of assets, liabilities or prospects of any other Loan Party, or any other party to the Loan Documents, now or hereafter known to the Lender (the Grantor waiving any duty on the part of the Lender to disclose such information);

Section 18. Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier or other electronic means shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement.

(a) This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without regard to conflicts of laws principles of New York State law other than § 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law, except to the extent that the perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of the security interest or remedies hereunder in respect of any particular Collateral are governed by the laws of a jurisdiction other than the State of New York.

(b) The Grantor (and the Lender by its acceptance hereof) hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submit, for themselves and their respective property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court or federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York City, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and the Grantor (and the Lender by its acceptance hereof) hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agree that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in any such New York State court or, to the extent permitted by law, in such federal court. The Grantor consents to the service of process of any and all process which may be served in any suit, action or proceeding by the mailing of copies of such process to the Grantor at its address specified in Section 14 hereof. The Grantor agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall affect any right that any party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in the courts of any other jurisdiction.

(c) The Grantor irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document to which it is or is to be a party in any New York State or federal court. The Grantor hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such suit, action or proceeding in any such court.

(d) THE GRANTOR AND THE LENDER (BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF) HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE CREDIT AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT TO WHICH IT IS A PARTY, THE ADVANCES OR THE ACTIONS OF THE LENDER OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE OR ENFORCEMENT HEREOF OR THEREOF.

Section 23. Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person's successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

Section 24. Financial Advisor Disclaimer. The Grantor acknowledges and agrees that notwithstanding any advisory relationship that the Grantor may have with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney with respect to the Securities Account, no advisory relationship with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney exists with respect to the Revolving Facility and the Revolving Loan or in connection with the Grantor’s decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or the Grantor’s decision to use the Securities Account and the Pledged OP Units as collateral for the Revolving Loan. The Grantor further acknowledges and agrees that neither Morgan Stanley Smith Barney nor any financial advisor(s) to the Grantor employed by or working as an agent of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, has acted or is acting as an investment advisor in connection with the Grantor’s decision to enter into this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or the Grantor’s decision to obtain the Revolving Loan and the Grantor is solely responsible for his, her or its decision to enter into this Agreement and to pledge assets in the Securities Account and pledge the Pledged OP Units under this Agreement and the other Collateral Documents.