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Griffin Capital Securities, LLC, Member FINRA/SIPC, is the dealer manager for the Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT, Inc., offering.

Griffin Capital Securities, LLC is the exclusive wholesale marketing agent for the Griffin Institutional Access® Credit Fund and the Griffin Institutional Access® Real Estate Fund. ALPS Distributors, Inc. is the distributor of the Griffin Institutional Access® Credit Fund and the Griffin Institutional Access® Real Estate Fund. Griffin Capital and ALPS Distributors, Inc., 1290 Broadway, Suite 1100 Denver, CO 80203, are not affiliated with each other.