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1.	To elect two trustees to serve until our 2018 annual meeting of shareholders and thereafter until their successors have been duly elected and qualified (Proposal No. 1);

2.	To consider and ratify Pannell Kerr Forster of Texas, P.C. as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015 (Proposal No. 2);

3.	To consider and vote upon a shareholder proposal relating to a recommendation to change the voting standard for trustee elections, if properly presented at the meeting (Proposal No. 3); and

4.	To transact other business that may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof.

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•	You may send a written notice of revocation, which must be received by the close of business on May 10, 2015, to our Chief Operating Officer and Corporate Secretary, John J. Dee, at Whitestone REIT, 2600 S. Gessner Road, Suite 500, Houston, Texas 77063;

•	You may submit another properly completed proxy card bearing a later date which must be received by the close of business on May 10, 2015; or

•	You may attend the Annual Meeting and notify the election officials that you wish to revoke your proxy and vote in person. However, your attendance at the Annual Meeting will not, by itself, revoke your proxy.

1.	Our Board recommends a vote “FOR” the nominees for trustee.

2.	Our Board recommends a vote “FOR” the ratification of Pannell Kerr Forster of Texas, P.C. as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2015.

3.	Our Board recommends a vote “AGAINST” the Majority Voting Proposal.

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•	for a trustee nominee to be elected (Proposal No. 1) such nominee must receive the affirmative vote of a plurality of all the votes cast in respect of his election. This means the two nominees receiving the greatest number of votes will be elected. Broker non-votes and abstentions will have no impact as they are not counted as votes cast for this purpose.

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The affirmative vote of a majority of all votes cast at the Annual Meeting, whether in person or by proxy is required to approve all other proposals (which means the number of votes cast “FOR” the proposal must exceed the number of votes cast “AGAINST” the proposal). In determining whether each of the other proposals has received the requisite number of affirmative votes, abstentions and broker non-votes will have no impact because they will not be counted as votes cast.

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•	identifying individuals qualified to become trustees;

•	recommending nominees for committees of our Board; and

•	overseeing matters concerning corporate governance practices.

•	commercial real estate experience;

•	an in-depth knowledge of and working experience in finance or marketing;

•	capital markets or public company experience;

•	university teaching experience in a Master of Business Administration or similar program;

•	experience as a chief executive officer, chief operating officer or chief financial officer of a public or private company; or

•	public or private company board experience.

(1)

As to each individual whom the shareholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection that meets the criteria of serving as a trustee as set forth in the qualifications of trustees section of our bylaws (Article III, Section 3), all information relating to the proposed nominee that would be required to be disclosed in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the election of the proposed nominee as a trustee in an election contest (even if an election contest is not involved), or would otherwise be required in connection with the solicitation, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A (or any successor provision) under the Exchange Act

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(2)	As to any business that the shareholder proposes to bring before the meeting:

•	a description of the business; and

•	the shareholder’s reasons for proposing the business at the meeting and any material interest in the business of the shareholder or any shareholder associated person (as defined in our bylaws), individually or in the aggregate, including any anticipated benefit from the proposal to the shareholder or the shareholder associated person.

(3)	As to the shareholder giving the notice, any proposed nominee and any shareholder associated person:

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the class, series and number of all shares of stock or other securities of Whitestone or any of its affiliates (also referred to as Whitestone securities), if any, that are owned (beneficially or of record) by the shareholder, proposed nominee or shareholder associated person, the date on which each Whitestone security was acquired and the investment intent of the acquisition, and any short interest (including any opportunity to profit or share in any benefit from any decrease in the price of stock or other security) in any Whitestone securities of any person;

•	the record or "street name" holder for, and number of, any Whitestone securities owned beneficially but not of record by the shareholder, proposed nominee or shareholder associated person;

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whether and the extent to which the shareholder, proposed nominee or shareholder associated person, directly or indirectly (through brokers, nominees or otherwise), is subject to or during the last six months has engaged in any hedging, derivative or other transaction or series of transactions or entered into any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short interest, any borrowing or lending of securities or any proxy or voting agreement), the effect or intent of which is to (i) manage for the Whitestone shareholder, proposed nominee or shareholder associated person the risk or benefit of changes in the price of (x) Whitestone securities or (y) any security of any entity that was listed in the peer group in the stock performance graph in the most recent annual report to shareholders of Whitestone or (ii) increase or decrease in the voting power of the shareholder, proposed nominee or shareholder associated person in Whitestone or any affiliate thereof (or, as applicable, in any peer group company) disproportionately to the person’s economic interest in the company securities (or, as applicable, in any peer group company); and

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any substantial interest, direct or indirect (including, without limitation, any existing or prospective commercial, business or contractual relationship with Whitestone), by security holdings or otherwise, of the shareholder, proposed nominee or shareholder associated person, in Whitestone or any affiliate thereof, other than an interest arising from the ownership of Whitestone’s securities where the shareholder, proposed nominee or shareholder associated person receives no extra or special benefit not shared on a pro rata basis by all other holders of the same class or series.

(4)	As to the shareholder giving the notice, any shareholder associated person with an interest or ownership referred to in paragraphs (2) and (3) above and any proposed nominee:

•	the name and address of the shareholder, as they appear on our share ledger, and the current name and business address, if different, of each shareholder associated person and any proposed nominee;

•	the investment strategy or objective, if any, of the shareholder and each shareholder associated person who is not an individual and a copy of the prospectus, offering memorandum or similar document, if any, provided to investors or potential investors in the shareholder, each shareholder associated person and any proposed nominee; and

•	to the extent known by the shareholder giving the notice, the name and address of any other shareholder supporting the nominee for election or reelection as a trustee or the proposal of other business on the date of the shareholder’s notice.

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•	overseeing our accounting and financial reporting process, the audits of our financial statements; and assisting the Board in its oversight of the following:

•	management’s responsibilities to assure there is in place an effective system of internal controls over financial reporting;

•	the qualifications and independence of our registered public accounting firm;

•	the performance of our registered public accounting firm; and

•	our compliance with our ethical standards, policies, plans and procedures, and applicable laws and regulations.

•	assisting our Board in discharging its responsibilities relating to our overall compensation and benefit structure; and

•	producing an annual report on executive compensation for inclusion in our proxy statement in accordance with applicable rules and regulations.

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•	Expenditures of over $1.0 million require Board approval;

•	A Board-level Investment Committee that reviews and approves all acquisition and disposition decisions;

•	A limitation on base salary of $100,000 for any employee hired unless the Compensation Committee of our Board approves a greater amount;

•	A compliance policy regarding insider information, disclosure of non-public information, and limitation on employee and trustee transactions of our shares.

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(1)	Unless otherwise indicated, the address for each beneficial owner is 2600 S. Gessner, Suite 500, Houston, Texas 77063.

(2)

Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC that deem shares to be beneficially owned by any person or group who has or shares voting or investment power with respect to those shares. Unless otherwise indicated, and subject to community property laws where applicable, we believe each beneficial owner has sole voting and investment power over the shares beneficially owned.

(3)

Includes 290,943 restricted common shares and 234,637 units of limited partnership interest in our operating partnership ("OP units"), held by Midwest Development Venture IV, of which Mr. Mastandrea is the general partner and a limited partner, that contain no voting rights and with respect to which Mr. Mastandrea has sole investment power, which are currently redeemable for cash or, at our option, for common shares on a one-for-one basis. Excludes 715,670 restricted common share units issued pursuant to the Plan that contain no voting or dividend rights and are subject to vesting dependent on our achieving certain performance targets. Also includes 4,000 common shares and 43,200 restricted common shares held by Christine J. Mastandrea, Mr. Mastandrea’s spouse. Mr. Mastandrea disclaims beneficial ownership of shares held by his spouse, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

(4)	The total number of common shares outstanding used in calculating Mr. Mastandrea's and Ms. Mastandrea's percentage ownership assumes that all OP units held by Mr. Mastandrea are redeemed for common shares and none of the OP units held by other persons are redeemed for common shares.

(5)	Includes 74,674 restricted common shares and excludes 79,734 restricted common share units issued pursuant to the Plan that contain no voting or dividend rights and are subject to vesting dependent on our achieving certain performance targets. Also includes 31,700 common shares pledged or otherwise held in a margin account.

(6)	Includes 128,435 restricted common shares and excludes 325,466 restricted common share units issued pursuant to the Plan that contain no voting or dividend rights and are subject to vesting dependent on our achieving certain performance targets. Also includes 13,500 common shares pledged or otherwise held in a margin account.

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(7)	Includes 54,934 restricted common shares and excludes 145,066 restricted common share units issued pursuant to the Plan that contain no voting or dividend rights and are subject to vesting dependent on our achieving certain performance targets. Also includes 10,796 common shares pledged or otherwise held in a margin account.

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Includes 43,200 restricted common shares and excludes 156,800 restricted common share units issued pursuant to the Plan that contain no voting or dividend rights and are subject to vesting dependent on our achieving certain performance targets. Also includes 94,570 common shares, 290,943 restricted common shares and 234,637 OP Units, which are currently redeemable for cash or, at our option, for common shares on a one-for-one basis, held by James C. Mastandrea, Ms. Mastandrea’s spouse. Ms. Mastandrea disclaims beneficial ownership of shares held by her spouse, except to the extent of her pecuniary interest therein.

(9)	Except as otherwise described herein, none of the shares beneficially owned by our trustees or named executive officers have been pledged as security for an obligation.

(10)	In computing the aggregate number of shares and units beneficially owned and the aggregate percentage ownership by all executive officers and trustees as a group, shares and units beneficially owned by both Mr. Mastandrea and Ms. Mastandrea have not been counted twice.

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(1)

The indicated ownership is based solely upon an amendment to the Schedule 13G filed with the SEC by the beneficial owner on February 10, 2015 reporting beneficial ownership as of December 31, 2014. The Vanguard Group, Inc. possessed sole voting power over 22,833 common shares, sole dispositive power over 2,377,006 common shares and shared dispositive power with Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company, its wholly owned subsidiary, over 22,833 common shares.

(2)	The indicated ownership is based solely upon an amendment to the Schedule 13G filed with the SEC by the beneficial owner on February 6, 2015 reporting beneficial ownership as of December 31, 2014. Vanguard Specialized Funds - Vanguard REIT Index Fund -23-2834924 possessed sole voting power over 1,686,489 common shares.

(3)	The indicated ownership is based solely upon a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC by the beneficial owner on January 29, 2015, reporting beneficial ownership as of December 31, 2014. Blackrock, Inc. possessed sole voting power over 1,475,239 common shares and sole dispositive power over 1,517,217 common shares.

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•	our overall compensation programs and characteristics;

•	performance evaluation methodology and results;

•	compensation plans adopted and that may be considered in the future; and

•	comparative market compensation assessment.

•	FFO Core per diluted common share and OP unit increased 9% to $1.20.

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•	Property net operating income, including discontinued operations, increased 25% to $47.2 million.

•	Total revenues increased 20% to $72.4 million.

•	Acquisitions totaled $132 million.

•	Dispositions totaled $10 million.

•	Rental rates (GAAP basis) on new and renewal leases signed, versus the prior lease, increased 13.5% and 6.7%, respectively.

•	We increased our corporate credit facility to $500 million, extended the maturity, lowered the interest rates, and brought in 5 new banks.

•	Gross real estate assets increased 25% to $673.7 million.

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On August 2, 2013, the Committee approved a company-wide annual cash bonus program for our employees and including our NEOs, which would be payable in 2014. The program will make employees eligible for annual cash bonuses based on achievement of defined financial and operational goals by us and their individual business units. The goals include occupancy percentage, revenues, property net operating income and funds from operations. The bonus percentages range from 15% to 25% of annual base salaries for the NEOs.

•	On August 2, 2013, as a result of an assessment of the responsibilities, skills and experience related to their respective positions and an evaluation of the base salaries of comparable positions in peer companies, the compensation committee increased the annual base salaries of Messrs. Mastandrea and Holeman by $100,000 and $73,000, respectively.

•	The Committee recommended to our Board, and our Board approved, employment agreements with Messrs. Mastandrea and Holeman and change-of-control agreements with the other NEOs.

•	A general policy of pay-for-performance and an alignment of the interests of our NEOs with the economic interests of our shareholders.

•	Three levels of compensation - base salary and two levels of variable compensation, comprised of a potential short-term annual bonus and a long-term incentive program consisting of awards earned over many years based on our performance.

•	Reorganization of operating functions and combining of responsibilities.

•	Continuous oversight, evaluation and monitoring of general economic conditions, the markets associated with our assets, our tenant base, and general operating and financial policies to determine if the actions/decisions that drive incentive compensation would involve any unnecessary or excessive risk.

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Base Salary. The Committee believes base salary should be reflective of position, responsibility and experience, and correlated with market-based salary levels for similar positions with competitor companies. The Committee believes that the 50th percentile level of our competitive market is the appropriate benchmark to target for base salary at this time for our growth and size. Due to our relatively recent growth and transformation of our real estate portfolio and actions we took to mitigate the impact of the 2007-2009 recession, our salaries currently lag such benchmark.

•	Annual Incentive Bonus. A bonus provides an opportunity for employees to receive a short-term award based on the achievement of specific organization, operating and financial goals and objectives at three levels during any fiscal year of our operation:

•	corporate performance;

•	business unit (functional area) performance; and

•	individual performance.

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Long-Term Equity Incentive Ownership Plan. In July 2008, our shareholders approved the Plan to provide equity-based grants as incentive compensation to our NEOs and other employees and in 2014 approved performance goals relative to awards under the Plan. The Plan provides an opportunity for our employees to receive grants of equity (restricted common shares and restricted common share units) that vest upon the achievement of long-term goals that create incremental value for the Company and our shareholders. The Plan is designed to encourage entrepreneurship and align the interests of our NEOs and employees with our long-term strategy and is considered by the Committee to be an important component of total compensation and key retention of participants.

•	Benefits and Other Perquisites. We provide the NEOs, as well as all other employees, a full range of benefits related to insurance for health and security. These benefit plans, and other perquisites to key employees, are consistent with those of our competitors for experienced executives and are an important component of retention.

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•	Public real estate companies structured as equity REITs that own, invest, manage and develop real estate assets similar to us through an integrated and self-managed operating platform;

•	Real estate companies that focus on shopping centers, retail assets and related community-based property types consistent with our strategy of creating communities, including office, healthcare and diversified categories;

•	Companies of similar size as us measured by market capitalization (implied market capitalization and total capitalization), gross leasable area (square feet), number of properties and number of employees; and

•	Companies that report a range of performance results (FFO and FFO per share) that are comparable to those of our Company.

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(1)	Base salary paid in 2014, 2013 and 2012.

(2)

Represents the grant date fair value of 236,502 restricted common shares and 1,778,420 restricted common share units granted in 2014 less the value of forfeitures of 93,333 restricted common shares and 445,270 restricted common share units in 2014 valued at the lower of the grant date fair value or value at the time of the forfeiture. The grant date fair values were calculated in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification, or ASC, Topic 718, “Compensation-Stock Compensation,” utilizing the assumptions discussed in Note 14 to our audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2014 as included in our Annual Report.

(3)

Represents the grant date fair value of 112,026 restricted common shares and 894,587 restricted common share units granted in 2014 less the value of forfeitures of 46,667 restricted common shares and 175,846 restricted common share units in 2014 valued at the lower of the grant date fair value or value at the time of the forfeiture. The grant date fair values were calculated in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification, or ASC, Topic 718, “Compensation-Stock Compensation,” utilizing the assumptions discussed in Note 14 to our audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2014 as included in our Annual Report.

(4)

Represents the grant date fair value of 54,741 restricted common shares and 99,667 restricted common share units granted in 2014 less the value of forfeitures of 29,167 restricted common shares and 74,083 restricted common share units in 2014 valued at the lower of the grant date fair value or value at the time of the forfeiture. The grant date fair values were calculated in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification, or ASC, Topic 718, “Compensation-Stock Compensation,” utilizing the assumptions discussed in Note 14 to our audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2014 as included in our Annual Report.

(5)

Represents the grant date fair value of 47,068 restricted common shares and 406,833 restricted common share units granted in 2014 less the value of forfeitures of 17,500 restricted common shares and 79,000 restricted common share units in 2014 valued at the lower of the grant date fair value or value at the time of the forfeiture. The grant date fair values were calculated in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification, or ASC, Topic 718, “Compensation-Stock Compensation,” utilizing the assumptions discussed in Note 14 to our audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2014 as included in our Annual Report.

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(6)

Represents the grant date fair value of 18,667 restricted common shares and 181,333 restricted common share units granted in 2014 less the value of forfeitures of 59,500 restricted common share units in 2014 valued at the lower of the grant date fair value or value at the time of the forfeiture. The grant date fair values were calculated in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification, or ASC, Topic 718, “Compensation-Stock Compensation,” utilizing the assumptions discussed in Note 14 to our audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2014 as included in our Annual Report.

(7)

Represents the grant date fair value of 4,000 restricted common shares and 196,000 restricted common share units granted in 2014 less the value of forfeitures of 20,000 restricted common share units in 2014 valued at the lower of the grant date fair value or value at the time of the forfeiture. The grant date fair values were calculated in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification, or ASC, Topic 718, “Compensation-Stock Compensation,” utilizing the assumptions discussed in Note 14 to our audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2014 as included in our Annual Report.

(8)	Represents (a) the incremental cost of a Whitestone automobile not used exclusively for business purposes, (b) matching contributions under our 401(k) plan, and (c) health insurance.

(9)	Represents (a) the incremental cost of a Whitestone automobile not used exclusively for business purposes, (b) housing costs of $48,438, (c) matching contributions under our 401(k) plan, and (d) health insurance.

(10)	Represents (a) executive relocation expense of $2,177,000, (b) the incremental cost of a Whitestone automobile not used exclusively for business purposes, (c) housing costs of $61,836, (d) matching contributions under our 401(k) plan, (e) health insurance, and (f) relocation related travel of $3,843.

(11)	Represents (a) the incremental cost of a Whitestone automobile not used exclusively for business purposes, and (b) matching contributions under our 401(k) plan.

(12)	Represents matching contributions under our 401(k) plan.

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(1)	Represents restricted common share awards granted under the Plan which vest in equal installments on April 2, 2015, April 2, 2016 and April 2, 2017.

(2)	Represents restricted common share awards granted under the Plan which vest in 20% increments upon achievement of cumulative FFO, as measured from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2018, of $21 million, $47 million, $79 million, $118 million and $164 million.

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Represents restricted common share unit awards granted under the Plan, which convert to time-based restricted common shares, in 20% increments, upon achievement of cumulative FFO, as measured from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2018, of $21 million, $47 million, $79 million, $118 million and $164 million. The time-based restricted common shares issued based on achievement of the $21 million and $47 million targets vest in equal installments over eight quarters, and the time-based restricted common shares issued based on the $79 million, $118 million and $164 million targets vest in equal installments over four quarters.

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(1)	Shares vested on April 2, 2014.

(2)	Based on the closing price of common shares of $14.40 on April 1, 2014.

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•	any person or entity, including a “group” as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act, other than us or one of our wholly-owned subsidiaries or any employee benefit plan of us or any of our subsidiaries, becomes the beneficial owner of 35% or more of the combined voting power of our outstanding securities that may be cast for the election of our trustees;

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as the result of, or in connection with, any cash tender or exchange offer, merger or other business combination or contested election, less than a majority of the voting power of our outstanding securities or any successor company or entity entitled to vote generally in the election of our trustees or other corporation or entity after such transaction is held in the aggregate by our security holders entitled to vote generally in the election of our trustees immediately prior to such transaction;

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during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of that period constitute our Board cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof, unless the election, or the nomination for election by our shareholders, of each of our trustees first elected during that period was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of our trustees then still in office who were (a) our trustees at the beginning of that period, and (b) not initially (1) appointed or elected to office as result of either an actual or threatened election and/or proxy contest by or on behalf of a person other than our Board, or (2) designated by a person who has entered into an agreement with us to effect a transaction described in the first two bullet points above or the following two bullet points below;

•	our complete liquidation or dissolution;

•	the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of our assets to any person; or

•	with respect to award agreements for Messrs. Mastandrea Dee and Holeman only, a termination of our Chief Executive Officer without cause, excluding non-appealable determinations by a court of law for fraud, gross negligence, or willful neglect, which would be considered termination for cause.

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(1)	James C. Mastandrea, our Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, is not included in the table as he is an employee and thus receives no compensation for his services as a trustee. The compensation received by Mr. Mastandrea is included under "Executive Compensation - Summary Compensation Table" above.

(2)

On October 24, 2014, each independent trustee was awarded 1,500 common shares. Mr. Lambert was paid all of his trustee fees and Mr. Carter was paid half of his trustee fees in common shares. The share award amounts represent the grant date fair value of share awards measured in accordance with ASC Topic 718, utilizing the assumptions discussed in Note 14 to our audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2014 as included in our Annual Report.

(3)	We do not have a pension plan or non-qualified deferred compensation plan.

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(1)

Fees for audit services billed in 2014 and 2013 included the following (i) audits of our annual financial statements and the effectiveness of our internal controls over financial reporting and audits of all related financial statements required to be audited pursuant to regulatory filings; (ii) reviews of unaudited quarterly financial statements; and (iii) services related to the issuance of consents and other services related to SEC matters.

(2)	Fees billed primarily related to the filing of our registration statements with the SEC.

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