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EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT

The Griffin Capital Securities team is led by Kevin Shields, Chairman, and Mark Goldberg, Chief Executive Officer, and they are supported by senior executives who cover marketing, events, compliance, accounting, operations, national and key accounts.

Kevin A. Shields

Chairman and CEO

Mark M. Goldberg

Chief Executive Officer, Griffin Capital Securities, LLC

Charles Huang

Chief Operating Officer, Chief Compliance Officer - GCS

Vere Reynolds-Hale

Head of National Accounts

Cory D. Calvert

National Sales Director

Diana L. Keary

Senior Vice President, Head of Marketing

Zachary W. Forman

Senior Vice President, Head of Fund Relations

Jed Brody

SVP, Head of Internal Sales

Rodney S. Ishioka

Controller

(1) Distributions are approved by the board of directors quarterly, and may come from sources other than cash flow from operations. Distributions are not guaranteed.

THIS IS NEITHER AN OFFER TO SELL NOR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY THE SECURITIES DESCRIBED HEREIN. AN OFFERING IS MADE ONLY BY THE PROSPECTUS. THIS SALES AND ADVERTISING LITERATURE MUST BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PROSPECTUS IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND FULLY ALL OF THE IMPLICATIONS AND RISKS OF THE OFFERING OF SECURITIES TO WHICH IT RELATES. A COPY OF THE PROSPECTUS MUST BE MADE AVAILABLE TO YOU IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING. NO OFFERING IS MADE TO NEW YORK RESIDENTS EXCEPT BY A PROSPECTUS FILED WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. NEITHER THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK NOR ANY OTHER STATE SECURITIES REGULATOR HAS APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED OF THESE SECURITIES OR DETERMINED IF THE PROSPECTUS IS TRUTHFUL OR COMPLETE. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE. AN INVESTMENT INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK AND THERE CAN BE NO ASSURANCE THAT THE INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES OF THESE PROGRAMS WILL BE ATTAINED.

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.