Exhibit
10.17


 


INDEMNIFICATION
AGREEMENT


 


THIS INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT (this
“Agreement”) is entered into as of August 16, 2004, by and among Kite Realty
Group Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “Company”), Kite
Realty Group, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Operating Partnership”
and together with the Company, the “Indemnitors”), and John A. Kite (the
“Indemnitee”).


 


WHEREAS, the Indemnitee is an officer or a
member of the Board of Trustees of the Company and in such capacity is
performing a valuable service for the Company and the Operating Partnership;


 


WHEREAS, Maryland law permits the Company
to enter into contracts with its officers or members of its Board of Trustees
with respect to indemnification of, and advancement of expenses to, such
persons;


 


WHEREAS, the Declaration of Trust of the
Company (the “Declaration of Trust”) authorizes the Company to indemnify and
advance expenses to its officers and trustees to the maximum extent permitted
by Maryland law in effect from time to time;


 


WHEREAS, the Amended and Restated Bylaws of
the Company (the “Bylaws”) provide that each officer and trustee of the Company
shall be indemnified by the Company to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland
law in effect from time to time and shall be entitled to advancement of
expenses consistent with Maryland law;


 


WHEREAS, the Company is the general partner
of, and conducts substantially all of its business through, the Operating
Partnership;


 


WHEREAS, the Amended and Restated
Partnership Agreement of the Operating Partnership (the “Partnership Agreement”) provides for indemnification and
advancement of expenses to the Company and its officers and trustees consistent
with the applicable provisions of Maryland law, subject to the same limitations
on indemnity and advancement of expenses that apply under Maryland law to
indemnity and advancement of expenses by the Company of its officers and
trustees; and


 


WHEREAS, to induce the Indemnitee to
provide services to the Company as an officer or a member of the Board of
Trustees, and to provide the Indemnitee with specific contractual assurance
that indemnification will be available to the Indemnitee regardless of, among
other things, any amendment to or revocation of the Declaration of Trust, the
Bylaws or the Partnership Agreement, or any acquisition transaction relating to
the Company, the Indemnitors desire to provide the Indemnitee with protection
against personal liability as set forth herein;


 


NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
premises and the covenants contained herein, the Indemnitors and the Indemnitee
hereby agree as follows:


 

















 


1.             DEFINITIONS.


 


For purposes of this
Agreement:


 


(A)          “Change in Control”
shall mean


 


i.              the dissolution or
liquidation of the Company;


 


ii.             the merger, consolidation,
or reorganization of the Company with one or more other entities in which the
Company is not the surviving entity or immediately following which the persons
or entities who were beneficial owners (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) of
voting securities of the Company immediately prior thereto cease to
beneficially own more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting securities of the
surviving entity immediately thereafter;


 


iii.            a sale of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company to another person or entity;


 


iv.            any transaction
(including without limitation a merger or reorganization in which the Company
is the surviving entity) that results in any person or entity or “group”
(within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act) (other
than persons who are shareholders or affiliates immediately prior to the
transaction) owning thirty percent (30%) or more of the combined voting power
of all classes of shares of the Company; or


 


v.             individuals who, as
of the date hereof, constitute the Board of Trustees (the “Incumbent Board”) cease for any reason
to constitute at least a majority of the Board of Trustees; provided, however,
that any individual becoming a trustee subsequent to the date hereof whose
election, or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders, was
approved by a vote of at least a majority of the trustees then comprising the
Incumbent Board (either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy
statement of the Company in which such person is named as a nominee for
trustee, without written objection to such nomination) shall be considered as
though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board, but excluding, for
this purpose, any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as
a result of an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the
election or removal of trustees or other actual or threatened solicitation of
proxies or contests by or on behalf of a person other than the Board of
Trustees.


 


(B)           “Corporate Status” describes the status of a person
who is or was a trustee or officer of the Company (or of any domestic or
foreign predecessor entity of the Company in a merger, consolidation or other
transaction in which the


 


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predecessor’s
interest ceased upon consummation of the transaction) or is or was serving at
the request of the Company (or any such predecessor entity) as a director,
officer, partner (limited or general), member, trustee, employee or agent of
any other foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited
liability company, trust, other enterprise (whether conducted for profit or not
for profit) or employee benefit plan. The Company (and any domestic or foreign
predecessor entity of the Company in a merger, consolidation or other
transaction in which the predecessor’s existence ceased upon consummation of
the transaction) shall be deemed to have requested the Indemnitee to serve an
employee benefit plan where the performance of the Indemnitee’s duties to the
Company (or any such predecessor entity) also imposes or imposed duties on, or
otherwise involves or involved services by, the Indemnitee to the plan or
participants or beneficiaries of the plan.


 


(C)           “Expenses” shall
include all attorneys’ and paralegals’ fees, retainers, court costs, transcript
costs, fees of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs,
printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees,
and all other disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred in
connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend,
investigating, or being or preparing to be a witness in a Proceeding.


 


(D)          “Proceeding” includes
any action, suit, arbitration, alternate dispute resolution mechanism,
investigation, administrative hearing, or any other proceeding, including
appeals therefrom, whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative,
except one initiated by the Indemnitee pursuant to paragraph 8 of this
Agreement to enforce such Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement.


 


(E)           “Special Legal Counsel”
means a law firm, or a member of a law firm, that is experienced in matters of
corporation law and neither presently is, or in the past two years has been,
retained to represent (i) the Indemnitors or the Indemnitee in any matter
material to either such party, or (ii) any other party to the Proceeding giving
rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder.


 


2.             INDEMNIFICATION


 


The Indemnitee shall be
entitled to the rights of indemnification provided in this paragraph 2 and
under applicable law, the Declaration of Trust, the Bylaws, the Partnership
Agreement, any other agreement, a vote of shareholders or resolution of the
Board of Trustees or otherwise if, by reason of such Indemnitee’s Corporate
Status, such Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to any
threatened, pending, or completed Proceeding, including a Proceeding by or in
the right of the Company or the Operating Partnership.  Unless prohibited by paragraph 13 hereof and
subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, the Indemnitee shall be
indemnified hereunder, to the maximum extent provided by Maryland law in effect
from time to time, against judgments, penalties, fines, and settlements and
reasonable Expenses actually incurred by or on behalf of such Indemnitee in
connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein;
provided, however, that if such Proceeding was one by or in the right of


 


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the Company or the
Operating Partnership, indemnification may not be made in respect of such
Proceeding if the Indemnitee shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Company
or the Operating Partnership.  For
purposes of this paragraph 2, excise taxes assessed on the Indemnitee with
respect to an employee benefit plan pursuant to applicable law shall be deemed
fines.


 


3.             EXPENSES OF A SUCCESSFUL PARTY


 


Without limiting the
effect of any other provision of this Agreement and without regard to the
provisions of paragraph 6 hereof, to the extent that the Indemnitee is, by
reason of such Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, a party to and is successful, on
the merits or otherwise, in any Proceeding pursuant to a final non-appealable
order, such Indemnitee shall be indemnified against all reasonable Expenses
actually incurred by or on behalf of such Indemnitee in connection
therewith.  If the Indemnitee is not
wholly successful in such Proceeding pursuant to a final non-appealable order
but is successful, on the merits or otherwise, as to one or more but less than
all claims, issues, or matters in such Proceeding pursuant to a final
non-appealable order, the Indemnitors shall indemnify the Indemnitee against
all reasonable Expenses actually incurred by or on behalf of such Indemnitee in
connection with each successfully resolved claim, issue or matter.  For purposes of this paragraph and without limitation,
the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such Proceeding by dismissal,
with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such
claim, issue or matter.


 


4.             ADVANCEMENT OF
EXPENSES


 


The Indemnitors shall
advance all reasonable Expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Indemnitee in
connection with any Proceeding within 20 days after the receipt by the
Indemnitors of a statement from the Indemnitee requesting such advance from
time to time, whether prior to or after final disposition of such Proceeding.  Such statement shall reasonably evidence the
Expenses incurred or to be incurred by the Indemnitee and shall include or be
preceded or accompanied by (i) a written affirmation by the Indemnitee of the
Indemnitee’s good faith belief that the standard of conduct necessary for
indemnification by the Indemnitors as authorized by this Agreement has been met
and (ii) a written undertaking by or on behalf of the Indemnitee to repay the
amounts advanced if it should ultimately be determined that the standard of
conduct has not been met.  The
undertaking required by clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence shall
be an unlimited general obligation of the Indemnitee but need not be secured
and may be accepted without reference to financial ability to make the repayment.


 


5.             WITNESS EXPENSES


 


Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Agreement, to the extent that the Indemnitee is, by reason of
such Indemnitee’s Corporate Status, a witness for any reason in any Proceeding
to which such Indemnitee is not a named defendant or respondent, such
Indemnitee shall be indemnified by the Indemnitors against all Expenses
actually incurred by or on behalf of such Indemnitee in connection therewith.


 


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6.             DETERMINATION OF ENTITLEMENT TO AND
AUTHORIZATION OF INDEMNIFICATION


 


(A)          To obtain
indemnification under this Agreement, the Indemnitee shall submit to the
Indemnitors a written request, including therewith such documentation and
information reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent the
Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification.


 


(B)           Indemnification under
this Agreement may not be made unless authorized for a specific Proceeding
after a determination has been made in accordance with this Section 6(B) that
indemnification of the Indemnitee is permissible in the circumstances because
the Indemnitee has met the following standard of conduct: the Indemnitors shall
indemnify the Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 2
hereof, unless  it is established that: 
(a) the act or omission of the Indemnitee was material to the matter
giving rise to the Proceeding and (x) was committed in bad faith or (y) was the
result of active and deliberate dishonesty; (b) the Indemnitee actually
received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; or (c) in
the case of any criminal proceeding, the Indemnitee had reasonable cause to
believe that the act or omission was unlawful. 
Upon receipt by the Indemnitors of the Indemnitee’s written request for
indemnification pursuant to subparagraph 6(A), a determination as to whether
the applicable standard of conduct has been met shall be made within the period
specified in paragraph 6(E):  (i) if a
Change in Control shall have occurred, by Special Legal Counsel in a written
opinion to the Board of Trustees, a copy of which shall be delivered to the
Indemnitee, with Special Legal Counsel selected by the Indemnitee (unless the
Indemnitee shall request that such determination be made by the person or
persons and in the manner provided in clause (ii) of this paragraph 6(B), in
which event the provisions of such clause (ii) shall apply) (If the Indemnitee
selects Special Legal Counsel to make the determination under this clause (i),
the Indemnitee shall give prompt written notice to the Indemnitors advising
them of the identity of the Special Legal Counsel so selected); or (ii) if a
Change in Control shall not have occurred, (A) by the Board of Trustees by a
majority vote of a quorum consisting of trustees not, at the time, parties to
the Proceeding, or, if such quorum cannot be obtained, then by a majority vote
of a committee of the Board of Trustees consisting solely of two or more
trustees not, at the time, parties to such Proceeding and who were duly
designated to act in the matter by a majority vote of the full Board of
Trustees in which the designated trustees who are parties may participate, (B)
by Special Legal Counsel in a written opinion to the Board of Trustees, a copy
of which shall be delivered to the Indemnitee, with Special Legal Counsel
selected by the Board of Trustees or a committee of the Board of Trustees by
vote as set forth in subparagraph (ii)(A) of this paragraph 6(B), or, if the
requisite quorum of the full Board of Trustees cannot be obtained therefor and
the committee cannot be established, by a majority of the full Board of
Trustees in which trustees who are parties to the Proceeding may participate
(If the Indemnitors select Special Legal Counsel to make the determination
under this clause (ii), the Indemnitors shall give prompt


 


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written notice to the
Indemnitee advising him or her of the identity of the Special Legal Counsel so
selected) or (C) by the shareholders of the Company.  If it is so determined that the Indemnitee is entitled to
indemnification, payment to the Indemnitee shall be made within 10 days after
such determination. Authorization of indemnification and determination as to
reasonableness of Expenses shall be made in the same manner as the
determination that indemnification is permissible.  However, if the determination that indemnification is permissible
is made by Special Legal Counsel under clause (B) above, authorization of
indemnification and determination as to reasonableness of Expenses shall be
made in the manner specified under clause (B) above for the selection of such
Special Legal Counsel.


 


(C)           The Indemnitee shall
cooperate with the person or entity making such determination with respect to
the Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification, including providing upon
reasonable advance request any documentation or information which is not
privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and which is reasonably
available to the Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such determination.  Any reasonable costs or expenses (including
reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements) incurred by the Indemnitee in so
cooperating shall be borne by the Indemnitors (irrespective of the determination
as to the Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification) and the Indemnitors
hereby indemnify and agree to hold the Indemnitee’s harmless therefrom.


 


(D)           In the
event the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by
Special Legal Counsel pursuant to paragraph 6(B) hereof, the Indemnitee, or the
Indemnitors, as the case may be, may, within seven days after such written
notice of selection shall have been given, deliver to the Indemnitors or to the
Indemnitee, as the case may be, a written objection to such selection.  Such objection may be asserted only on the
grounds that the Special Legal Counsel so selected does not meet the
requirements of “Special Legal Counsel” as defined in paragraph 1 of this
Agreement.  If such written objection is
made, the Special Legal Counsel so selected may not serve as Special Legal
Counsel until a court has determined that such objection is without merit.  If, within 20 days after submission by the
Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to paragraph 6(A)
hereof, no Special Legal Counsel shall have been selected or, if selected,
shall have been objected to, either the Indemnitors or the Indemnitee may
petition a court for resolution of any objection which shall have been made by
the Indemnitors or the Indemnitee to the other’s selection of Special Legal
Counsel and/or for the appointment as Special Legal Counsel of a person
selected by the court or by such other person as the court shall designate, and
the person with respect to whom an objection is so resolved or the person so
appointed shall act as Special Legal Counsel under paragraph 6(B) hereof.  The Indemnitors shall pay all reasonable
fees and expenses of Special Legal Counsel incurred in connection with acting
pursuant to paragraph 6(B) hereof, and all reasonable fees and expenses
incident to the selection of such Special Legal Counsel pursuant to this
paragraph 6(D).  In the event that a
determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Special Legal
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shall not have
been made and delivered in a written opinion within ninety (90) days after the
receipt by the Indemnitors of the Indemnitee’s request in accordance with
paragraph 6(A), upon the due commencement of any judicial proceeding in
accordance with paragraph 8(A) of this Agreement, Special Legal Counsel shall
be discharged and relieved of any further responsibility in such capacity.


 


(E)           If the person or entity
making the determination whether the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification
shall not have made a determination within 60 days after receipt by the
Indemnitors of the request therefor, the requisite determination of entitlement
to indemnification shall be deemed to have been made and the Indemnitee shall
be entitled to such indemnification, absent: 
(i) a misstatement by the Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission
of a material fact necessary to make the Indemnitee’s statement not materially
misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a
prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law.  Such 60-day period may be extended for a
reasonable time, not to exceed an additional 30 days, if the person or entity
making said determination in good faith requires additional time for the
obtaining or evaluating of documentation and/or information relating
thereto.  The foregoing provisions of
this paragraph 6(E) shall not apply: 
(i) if the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made
by the shareholders and if within 15 days after receipt by the Indemnitors of
the request for such determination the Board of Trustees resolves to submit
such determination to the shareholders for consideration at an annual or
special meeting thereof to be held within 75 days after such receipt and such
determination is made at such meeting, or (ii) if the determination of
entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Special Legal Counsel pursuant
to paragraph 6(B) of this Agreement.


 


7.             PRESUMPTIONS


 


(A)          In making a
determination with respect to entitlement or authorization of indemnification
hereunder, the person or entity making such determination shall presume that
the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement and the
Indemnitors shall have the burden of proof to overcome such presumption.


 


(B)           The termination of any
Proceeding by conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent,
or an entry of an order of probation prior to judgment, creates a rebuttable
presumption that the Indemnitee did not meet the requisite standard of conduct
described herein for indemnification.


 


8.             REMEDIES


 


(A)          In the event that:  (i) a determination is made in accordance
with the provisions of paragraph 6 that the Indemnitee is not entitled to
indemnification under this Agreement, or (ii) advancement of reasonable
Expenses is not timely made pursuant to this Agreement, or (iii) payment of
indemnification due the Indemnitee under this Agreement is not timely made, the
Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication in an appropriate court of
competent jurisdiction of


 


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such Indemnitee’s
entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of Expenses.


 


(B)           In the event that a
determination shall have been made pursuant to paragraph 6 of this Agreement
that the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding
commenced pursuant to this paragraph 8 shall be conducted in all respects as a
de novo trial on the merits.  The fact
that a determination had been made earlier pursuant to paragraph 6 of this
Agreement that the Indemnitee was not entitled to indemnification shall not be
taken into account in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to this
paragraph 8 and the Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced in any way by reason of
that adverse determination.  In any
judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to this paragraph 8, the Indemnitors
shall have the burden of proving that the Indemnitee is not entitled to
indemnification or advancement of Expenses, as the case may be.


 


(C)           If a determination
shall have been made or deemed to have been made pursuant to this Agreement
that the Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Indemnitors shall be
bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to
this paragraph 8, absent:  (i) a
misstatement by the Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material
fact necessary to make the Indemnitee’s statement not materially misleading, in
connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such
indemnification under applicable law.


 


(D)          The Indemnitors shall be
precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to this
paragraph 8 that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not
valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court that the
Indemnitors are bound by all the provisions of this Agreement.


 


(E)           In the event that the
Indemnitee, pursuant to this paragraph 8, seeks a judicial adjudication of such
Indemnitee’s rights under, or to recover damages for breach of, this Agreement,
if successful in whole or in part, the Indemnitee shall be entitled to recover
from the Indemnitors, and shall be indemnified by the Indemnitors against, any
and all reasonable Expenses actually incurred by such Indemnitee in such
judicial adjudication.


 


9.             NOTIFICATION AND DEFENSE OF CLAIMS


 


The Indemnitee agrees promptly to notify the Indemnitors in writing
upon being served with any summons, citation, subpoena, complaint, indictment,
information, or other document relating to any Proceeding or matter which may
be subject to indemnification or advancement of Expenses covered hereunder, but
the failure so to notify the Indemnitors will not relieve the Indemnitors from
any liability that the Indemnitors may have to Indemnitee under this Agreement
unless the Indemnitors are materially prejudiced thereby.  With respect to any such Proceeding as to
which Indemnitee notifies the Indemnitors of the commencement thereof:


 


(A)          The Indemnitors will be
entitled to participate therein at their own expense.


 


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(B)           Except as otherwise provided below, the Indemnitors
will be entitled to assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably
satisfactory to Indemnitee.  After
notice from the Indemnitors to Indemnitee of the Indemnitors’ election so to
assume the defense thereof, the Indemnitors will not be liable to Indemnitee
under this Agreement for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by
Indemnitee in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs
of investigation or as otherwise provided below.  Indemnitee shall have the right to employ Indemnitee’s own
counsel in such Proceeding, but the fees and disbursements of such counsel
incurred after notice from the Indemnitors of the Indemnitors’ assumption of
the defense thereof shall be at the expense of Indemnitee unless (a) the
employment by counsel by Indemnitee has been authorized by the Indemnitors, (b)
the Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded that there may be a conflict of
interest between the Indemnitors and the Indemnitee in the conduct of the
defense of such action, (c) such Proceeding seeks penalties or other
relief against the Indemnitee with respect to which the Indemnitors could not
provide monetary indemnification to the Indemnitee (such as injunctive relief
or incarceration) or (d) the Indemnitors shall not in fact have employed
counsel to assume the defense of such action, in each of which cases the fees
and disbursements of counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnitors.  The Indemnitors shall not be entitled to
assume the defense of any Proceeding brought by or on behalf of the
Indemnitors, or as to which Indemnitee shall have reached the conclusion
specified in clause (b) above, or which involves penalties or other relief
against Indemnitee of the type referred to in clause (c) above.


 


(C)           The Indemnitors shall
not be liable to indemnify Indemnitee under this Agreement for any amounts paid
in settlement of any action or claim effected without the Indemnitors’ written
consent.  The Indemnitors shall not
settle any action or claim in any manner that would impose any penalty or
limitation on Indemnitee without Indemnitee’s written consent.  Neither the Indemnitors nor Indemnitee will
unreasonably withhold or delay consent to any proposed settlement.


 


10.           NON-EXCLUSIVITY; SURVIVAL OF RIGHTS;
INSURANCE SUBROGATION


 


(A)          The rights of
indemnification and to receive advancement of reasonable Expenses as provided
by this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which
the Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, the
Declaration of Trust, the Bylaws, the Operating Partnership’s Partnership
Agreement, any other agreement, a vote of shareholders, a resolution of the
Board of Trustees or otherwise.  No
amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement or any provision hereof shall
be effective as to the Indemnitee with respect to any action taken or omitted
by the Indemnitee as a member of the Board of Trustees prior to such amendment,
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(B)           To the extent that the
Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing liability insurance
for trustees and officers of the Company, the Indemnitee shall be covered by
such policy or policies in accordance with its or their terms to the maximum
extent of the coverage available and upon any “Change in Control” the Company
shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain or arrange for continuation
and/or “tail” coverage for the Indemnitee to the maximum extent obtainable at
such time.


 


(C)           In the event of any
payment under this Agreement, the Indemnitors shall be subrogated to the extent
of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of the Indemnitee, who shall
execute all papers required and take all actions necessary to secure such
rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the
Indemnitors to bring suit to enforce such rights.


 


(D)          The Indemnitors shall not be liable under this
Agreement to make any payment of amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder if
and to the extent that the Indemnitee has otherwise actually received such
payment under any insurance policy, contract, agreement, or otherwise.


 


11.           CONTINUATION OF INDEMNITY


 


(A)          All agreements and
obligations of the Indemnitors contained herein shall continue during the
period the Indemnitee is an officer or a member of the Board of Trustees of the
Company and shall continue thereafter so long as the Indemnitee shall be
subject to any threatened, pending or completed Proceeding by reason of such
Indemnitee’s Corporate Status and during the period of statute of limitations
for any act or omission occurring during the Indemnitee’s term of Corporate
Status. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Indemnitors and their
respective successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the
Indemnitee and such Indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators.


 


(B)          The Company and the
Operating Partnership shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or
indirect by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all, substantially
all or a substantial part, of the business and/or assets of the Company or the
Operating Partnership, by written agreement in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Indemnitee, expressly to assume and agree to perform this
Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company and the
Operating Partnership would be required to perform if no such succession had
taken place.


 


12.           SEVERABILITY


 


If any provision or
provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal, or
unenforceable for any reason whatsoever, (i) the validity, legality, and
enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement (including,
without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Agreement containing
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unenforceable,
that is not itself invalid, illegal, or unenforceable) shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby, and (ii) to the fullest extent possible, the
provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of
any paragraph of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be
invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal, or
unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested
by the provisions held invalid, illegal, or unenforceable.


 


13.           EXCEPTION TO RIGHT OF INDEMNIFICATION OR
ADVANCEMENT OF EXPENSES


 


Notwithstanding any other
provisions of this Agreement, the Indemnitee shall not be entitled to
indemnification or advancement of reasonable Expenses under this Agreement with
respect to any Proceeding initiated by such Indemnitee against the Indemnitors
other than a proceeding commenced pursuant to paragraph 8.


 


14.           NOTICE TO
THE COMPANY SHAREHOLDERS


 


Any indemnification of,
or advancement of reasonable Expenses, to an Indemnitee in accordance with this
Agreement, if arising out of a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company,
shall be reported in writing to the shareholders of the Company with the notice
of the next the Company shareholders’ meeting or prior to the meeting.


 


15.           PAYMENT BY THE OPERATING PARTNERSHIP OF
AMOUNTS REQUIRED TO BE PAID OR ADVANCED BY THE COMPANY


 


The obligations of the
Company and the Operating Partnership under this Agreement shall be joint and
several.  The Operating Partnership
shall promptly pay upon demand by the Company or the Indemnitee all amounts the
Company is required to pay or advance hereunder.


 


16.           HEADINGS


 


The headings of the
paragraph of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be
deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction
thereof.


 


17.           MODIFICATION
AND WAIVER


 


No supplement,
modification, or amendment of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed
in writing by each of the parties hereto. 
No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed or
shall constitute a waiver of any other provisions hereof (whether or not
similar) nor shall such waiver constitute a continuing waiver.


 


18.           NOTICES


 


All notices, requests,
demands, and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given if (i) delivered by hand and receipted for by
the party to whom said notice or other communication shall have been directed,
or (ii) mailed by


 


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certified or
registered mail with postage prepaid, on the third business day after the date
on which it is so mailed, if so delivered or mailed, as the case may be, to the
following addresses:


 


If to the Indemnitee, to
the address set forth in the records of the Company.


 


If to the Indemnitors,
to:


 


Kite Realty Group Trust


Kite Realty Group, L.P.


30 S. Meridian Street


Suite 1100


Indianapolis,
Indiana  46204


Attention: Daniel R. Sink

Fax No.:  317/577-5605


 


with a copy (which shall
not constitute notice) to:


 


Kite Realty Group Trust


30 S. Meridian Street


Suite 1100


Indianapolis,
Indiana  46204


Attention: Tanya Marsh,
Esq.

Fax No.:  317/577-5600


 


or to such other address as may have been furnished to
the Indemnitee by the Indemnitors or to the Indemnitors by the Indemnitee, as
the case may be.


 


19.           GOVERNING
LAW


 


The parties agree that
this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance
with, the laws of the State of Maryland, without application of the conflict of
laws principles thereof.


 


20.           COUNTERPARTS


 


This Agreement may be
executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original, but all of which together constitute an agreement binding on all of
the parties hereto.


 


 


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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this
Agreement as of the day and year first above written.


 


	
   

  	
  KITE
  REALTY GROUP TRUST

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/
  ALVIN E. KITE, JR.

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Name:
  Alvin E. Kite, Jr.

  
	
   

  	
  Title: Chairman

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  KITE
  REALTY GROUP, L.P.

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:  Kite Realty Group Trust,

  
	
   

  	
  its general
  partner

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ ALVIN E. KITE, JR.

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  Name:
  Alvin E. Kite, Jr.

  
	
   

  	
  Title: Chairman

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  INDEMNITEE:

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  /s/
  JOHN A. KITE

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  John A. Kite

  
							



 


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