GRIFFIN CAPITAL ESSENTIAL ASSET REIT, INC. UP TO $1,100,000,000 IN SHARES OF COMMON STOCK DEALER MANAGER AGREEMENT February 25, 2013Dealer Manager Agreement • March 1st, 2013 • Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT, Inc. • Real estate investment trusts • California
Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), is registering for public sale a maximum of up to $1.1 billion in shares (the “Shares”) of its common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Offering”), to be issued and sold ($1 billion in shares to be offered to the public at a purchase price of $10.28 per share and $100 million in shares to be offered pursuant to the Company’s distribution reinvestment plan at a purchase price of approximately $9.77 per share). The minimum purchase by any one person shall be $2,500 in Shares except as otherwise indicated in the Prospectus or in any letter or memorandum from the Company to Griffin Capital Securities, Inc. (the “Dealer Manager”). It is anticipated that the Dealer Manager will enter into Participating Dealer Agreements in the form attached to this Dealer Manager Agreement with other broker-dealers participating in the Offering (each dealer being referred to herein as a “Dealer” and said dealers being c
