ARMADA HOFFLER PROPERTIES, INC. Director Stock Award Agreement

EXHIBIT 10.44

ARMADA XXXXXXX PROPERTIES, INC.

Director Stock Award Agreement

THIS DIRECTOR STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”), dated as of the              day of                     , 2013, governs the Stock Award granted by ARMADA XXXXXXX PROPERTIES, INC., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), to                          (the “Participant”), in accordance with and subject to the provisions of the Company’s 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). A copy of the Plan has been made available to the Participant. All terms used in this Agreement that are defined in the Plan have the same meaning given them in the Plan.

1. Grant of Stock Award. In accordance with the Plan, and effective as of                     , 2013 (the “Date of Grant”), the Company granted to the Participant, subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Agreement, a Stock Award of                      shares of Common Stock (the “Stock Award”).

2. Vesting. The Participant’s interest in the shares of Common Stock covered by the Stock Award shall become vested and nonforfeitable to the extent provided in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) below.

(a) Continued Service. The Participant’s interest in the number of shares of Common Stock that most nearly equals (but does not exceed) one-third of the Common Stock covered by the Stock Award shall be vested and nonforfeitable on the Date of Grant. The Participant’s interest in the number of shares of Common Stock that most nearly equals (but does not exceed) one-third of the Common Stock covered by the Stock Award shall become vested and nonforfeitable on                     , 2014, if the Participant remains a member of the Board from the Date of Grant until such date. The Participant’s interest in the remaining shares of Common Stock covered by the Stock Award shall become vested and nonforfeitable on                     , 2015, if the Participant remains a member of the Board from the Date of Grant until such date.

(b) Change in Control. The Participant’s interest in all of the shares of Common Stock covered by the Stock Award (if not sooner vested), shall become vested and nonforfeitable on a Control Change Date if the Participant remains a member of the Board from the Date of Grant until the Control Change Date.

(c) Death or Disability. The Participant’s interest in all of the shares of Common Stock covered by the Stock Award (if not sooner vested), shall become vested and nonforfeitable on the date that the Participant’s service on the Board ends if (i) such service ends on account of the Participant’s death or because the Participant is “disabled” (as defined in Code section 409A(a)(2)(c)) and (ii) the Participant remains a member of the Board from the Date of Grant until the date such service ends on account of the Participant’s death or because the Participant is disabled.

Except as provided in this Section 2, any shares of Common Stock covered by the Stock Award that are not vested and nonforfeitable on or before the date that the Participant’s service on the Board ends shall be forfeited on the date that such service terminates.

3. Transferability. Shares of Common Stock covered by the Stock Award that have not become vested and nonforfeitable as provided in Section 2 cannot be transferred. Shares of Common Stock covered by the Stock Award may be transferred, subject to the requirements of applicable securities laws, after they become vested and nonforfeitable as provided in Section 2.

4. Stockholder Rights. On and after the Date of Grant and prior to their forfeiture, the Participant shall have all of the rights of a stockholder of the Company with respect to the shares of Common Stock covered by the Stock Award, including the right to vote the shares and to receive, free of all restrictions, all dividends declared and paid on the shares. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the Company shall retain custody of the certificates evidencing the shares of Common Stock covered by the Stock Award until the date that the shares of Common Stock become vested and nonforfeitable and the Participant hereby appoints the Company’s Secretary as the Participant’s attorney in fact, with full power of substitution, with the power to transfer to the Company and cancel any shares of Common Stock covered by the Stock Award that are forfeited under Section 2.

5. No Right to Continued Service. This Agreement and the grant of the Stock Award does not give the Participant any rights with respect to continued service on the Board. This Agreement and the grant of the Stock Award shall not interfere with the right of the Company or an Affiliate to terminate the Participant’s service on the Board.

6. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Maryland except to the extent that Maryland law would require the application of the laws of another State.

7. Conflicts. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of the Plan as in effect on the Date of Grant and this Agreement, the provisions of the Plan shall govern. All references herein to the Plan shall mean the Plan as in effect on the Date of Grant.

8. Participant Bound by Plan. The Participant hereby acknowledges that a copy of the Plan has been made available to the Participant and the Participant agrees to be bound by all the terms and provisions of the Plan.

9. Binding Effect. Subject to the limitations stated above and in the Plan, this Agreement shall be binding upon the Participant and the Participant’s successors in interest and the Company and any successors of the Company.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company and the Participant have executed this Agreement as of the date first set forth above.

ARMADA XXXXXXX PROPERTIES, INC.								[NAME OF PARTICIPANT]
By:
Title:

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