- Current report filing (8-K)
June 12 2009 - 1:47PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):
June 12, 2009
DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY CORPORATION
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Ohio
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1-11690
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34-1723097
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(State or Other Jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(IRS Employer
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of Incorporation)
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File Number)
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Identification No.)
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3300 Enterprise Parkway, Beachwood, Ohio
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44122
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(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip Code)
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Registrants telephone number, including area code:
(216) 755-5500
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (
see
General Instruction
A.2. below):
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On June 12, 2009, the Board of Directors of Developers Diversified Realty Corporation (the
Company) approved amendments to the Amended and Restated 2008 Developers Diversified Realty
Corporation Equity-Based Award Plan (the 2008 Plan) and any other existing equity-based award
plan pursuant to which equity awards may be granted (collectively with the 2008 Plan, the Plans)
that will, with respect to future grants under the Plans, revise the definition of the term Change
in Control in the Plans to provide that a Change in Control shall occur upon the acquisition by
any individual, entity or group of beneficial ownership of 30% or more of the voting power of the
Companys outstanding securities without the prior consent of
the Board of Directors (which represents an increase from 20% or more). Additionally,
the Board of Directors approved amendments to the Plans to eliminate the automatic vesting of
awards made pursuant to the Plans solely upon the occurrence of a Change in Control or 409A Change in
Control (each as defined in each Plan, to the extent applicable). The Board of Directors also
authorized that new award agreements evidencing awards made pursuant to the Plans (Award
Agreements) will provide that accelerated vesting of awards made pursuant to the Plans in
connection with a Change in Control or a 409A Change in Control will only be triggered if, within
two or three years following the Change in Control or 409A Change in Control (as applicable and
consistent with the time periods provided in any employment agreement or change in control
agreement to which the participant is a party), a participants employment with the Company, any
subsidiary or any affiliate entity thereof is terminated without cause or, if the Award Agreement
so provides, the participant resigns for good reason (to be defined in the Award Agreements).
The 2008 Plan is subject to approval of the Companys
shareholders at its Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 25, 2009.
The Board
of Directors also authorized the Company to amend the existing
employment agreements and change in control agreements with
the Companys Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Scott A. Wolstein, and President and Chief
Operating Officer, Daniel B. Hurwitz, to eliminate gross-up payments for any excise taxes,
penalties or interest otherwise payable in connection with (a) any change in control, pursuant to
Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code) or otherwise, and (b) any violation
of Section 409A of the Code. Each of Mr. Wolstein and Mr. Hurwitz has agreed to eliminate such
gross-up payments from his employment agreement and change in control
agreement. The Company commits not to include gross-up
payments for any excise taxes, penalties or interest payable in connection with any change in
control in any future employment agreements or change in control agreements, or any amendments to
any existing employment agreements or change in control agreements, with executive officers.
The Board
of Directors also agreed to consider implementation of a
policy regarding the pledging of the Companys securities by its officers, directors and other
individuals who are subject to the Companys insider trading policy.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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DEVELOPERS DIVERSIFIED REALTY CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/ Joan U. Allgood
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Joan U. Allgood
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Executive Vice President Corporate Transactions
and Governance
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Date: June 12, 2009
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