As previously disclosed, on July 18, 2021, Retail Properties of America, Inc., a Maryland corporation that has elected to be treated as a real estate
investment trust for federal income tax purposes (RPAI), Kite Realty Group Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (Kite Realty), and KRG Oak, LLC, a Maryland limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of
Kite Realty (Merger Sub), entered into a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger (the Merger Agreement). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Kite Realty and RPAI will combine through a merger of RPAI with and into Merger Sub,
with Merger Sub continuing as the surviving entity and a wholly owned subsidiary of Kite Realty (the Merger). Immediately following the closing of the Merger, Merger Sub will merge with and into Kite Realty Group, L.P., the operating
partnership of Kite Realty (Kite Realty Operating Partnership), so that all of the assets of Kite Realty continue to be owned at or below the Kite Realty Operating Partnership level. A definitive joint proxy statement/prospectus (the
joint proxy statement/prospectus) was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) by Kite Realty on September 14, 2021, in connection with, among other things, the Merger Agreement.
Certain Litigation
As previously disclosed in the joint
proxy statement/prospectus, beginning on August 27, 2021, two purported RPAI stockholders filed substantially similar complaints against RPAI and the members of the RPAI board of directors (the RPAI Board) in the United States
District Court for the Southern District of New York. One of these complaints also names Kite Realty and Merger Sub as defendants. The complaints are captioned as follows: Wang v. Retail Properties of America, Inc. et al., No. 1:21-cv-07237 (S.D.N.Y. filed August 27, 2021); and Hopkins v. Retail Properties of America, Inc. et al., No. 1:21-cv-07324 (S.D.N.Y. filed August 31, 2021). The complaints variously assert, among other things, claims under Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange
Act), and Rule 14a-9 promulgated thereunder against RPAI and the members of the RPAI Board and claims under Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act against the members of the RPAI Board (and, in one case,
Kite Realty and Merger Sub) for allegedly causing a materially incomplete and misleading registration statement on Form S-4 filed on August 23, 2021 with the SEC. Among other remedies, the plaintiffs seek
to enjoin the Merger. Three additional lawsuits were filed against RPAI and the members of the RPAI Board between September 14, 2021 and October 7, 2021 under the captions Callebs v. Retail Properties of America, Inc. et al., No. 1:21-cv-07593 (S.D.N.Y. filed September 10, 2021); Sheridan v. Retail Properties of America, Inc., et al., No. 1:21-cv-04066-SCJ (N.D.Ga. filed October 1, 2021); and Whitfield v. Retail Properties of America, Inc. et al., No. 2:21-cv-04390 (E.D.Pa. filed October 6, 2021), which are substantially similar to the other two complaints. Also, on September 15, 2021, a purported Kite Realty shareholder filed a complaint against
Kite Realty and the members of the Kite Realty board of trustees in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, captioned as follows: Gentry v. Kite Realty Group Trust et al., No. 1:21-cv-05142 (E.D.N.Y. filed September 15, 2021). The complaint asserts substantially similar claims under Sections 14(a) and 20(a) of the Exchange Act and Rule
14a-9 as the other complaints against RPAI and the RPAI Board. It is possible additional lawsuits may be filed against RPAI, Kite Realty and/or their respective boards between the date of this Form 8-K and consummation of the Merger.
RPAI believes that the disclosures set forth in the joint proxy
statement/prospectus comply fully with all applicable laws, and denies the allegations in the pending actions described above and believes they are without merit. Nevertheless, in order to moot plaintiffs disclosure claims, avoid nuisance and
possible expense and business delays, and provide additional information to its shareholders, RPAI has determined voluntarily to supplement certain disclosures in the joint proxy statement/prospectus with the supplemental disclosures set forth below
(the Supplemental Disclosures). Nothing in the Supplemental Disclosures shall be deemed an admission of the legal merit of the various litigation matters described above, or of the necessity or materiality under applicable laws of any of
the disclosures set forth herein. To the contrary, RPAI specifically denies all allegations in the various litigation matters that any additional disclosure was or is required or material.
SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURES
The following
supplemental disclosures should be read in conjunction with the joint proxy statement/prospectus, which should be read in its entirety. The inclusion in this supplement to the joint proxy statement/prospectus of certain information should not be
regarded as an indication that any of RPAI or its affiliates, officers, directors or other representatives, or any other recipient of this information, considered, or now considers, it to be material, and