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SLR International Corporation slrconsulting.com February 19, 2021 Mr. Olivier Theard SheppardMullin 333 South Hope Street, 43rd Floor Los Angeles, CA 90071-1422 OTheard@sheppardmullin.com Re: Work Plan for Supplemental Environmental Site Assessment Venetian Square – 4555 North Pershing Avenue, Stockton, CA Dear Mr. Theard: SLR International Corporation (SLR) is pleased to provide SheppardMullin (SheppardMullin) with this Work Plan to complete a Supplemental Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) of the Venetian Square shopping center located at 4555 North Pershing Avenue in Stockton, CA (the Site, Figure 1). SLR understands that a Master Lease Agreement (“Lease”) by and between Save Mart Portfolio Owner NLP CA LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and Save Mart Portfolio Owner NLP NV LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (collectively, “Landlord”), and Save Mart Supermarkets, a California corporation (“Tenant”) has been signed. As stated in the Master Lease Agreement, the Tenant has agreed to perform certain environmental tasks with respect to the Site, including a supplemental environmental investigation based on the findings in the September 2020 Phase I ESA and the January 2021 Additional ESA. Specifically, the Tenant has agreed to conduct a Supplemental ESA to better define the extent of impacted groundwater and soil vapor affecting Tenant buildings. SLR also understands that Save Mart has requested that SheppardMullin enlist a qualified consulting firm to perform this work. This Work Plan has been prepared in accordance with current California guidelines; however, it will not be submitted to a regulatory agency such as the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (CVRWQCB) for review and approval. BACKGROUND SLR performed a Phase I ESA of the Site, in conformance with the scope and limitations of ASTM Practice E 1527-13, Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process, in September 2020. The assessment revealed evidence of the following recognized environmental condition (REC) in connection with the Site: • One Hour Martinizing dry cleaners has been operating at the Site since at least 1989. The dry cleaners used halogenated solvents until approximately 2014 when they converted to a halogen-free solvent. The use of halogenated solvents over a period of more than 25 years represents the potential for a