Document:

Exhibit 10.39

Option No.: SO-__

KITE REALTY GROUP TRUST
2004 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

FORM OF NONQUALIFIED SHARE OPTION AGREEMENT

     Kite Realty Group Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “Company”), grants an option to purchase common shares of beneficial interest, $.01 par value, (the
“Shares”) of the Company to the Optionee named below.  The terms and conditions of the option are set forth in this cover sheet, in the attachment, and in the Company’s 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).

Grant Date:  _______________________

Name of Optionee: ____________________

Optionee’s Social Security Number:   _____-____-_____

Number of Shares Covered by Option:  ________________

Option Price per Share:  $___________

          Vesting Start Date:  ____________________

     By signing this cover sheet, you agree to all of the terms and conditions described in the attached Agreement and in the Plan, a copy of which is also attached.  You acknowledge
that you have carefully reviewed the Plan, and agree that the Plan will control in the event any provision of this Agreement should appear to be inconsistent.

	 	 	 
	Optionee:
	 	 
	 	
	 
	
	(Signature)	 
	
	 	 
	Company:
	 	 
	 	
	 
	
	(Signature)	 
	
	 	 
	
	Title:  	 
	 	

	 
	
	 	 

Attachment

     This is not a share certificate or a negotiable instrument.

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KITE REALTY GROUP TRUST
2004 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

NONQUALIFIED SHARE OPTION AGREEMENT

	 	 	 
	Nonqualified Share Option	 	This option is not intended to be an incentive stock option under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code and will be interpreted accordingly.
		 	 
	Vesting	 	This option is only exercisable before it expires and then only with respect to the vested portion of the option.  Subject to the preceding sentence, you may exercise this option, in whole or in part, to purchase a whole number of vested Shares not less than 100 Shares, unless
the number of Shares purchased is the total number available for purchase under the option, by following the procedures set forth in the Plan and below in this Agreement.

Except as otherwise provided in any employment agreement between you and the Company, your right to purchase Shares under this option vests as to one-fifth (1/5) of the total number of Shares covered by this option, as shown on the cover sheet, on the one-year anniversary of the Vesting Start Date
(“Anniversary Date”), provided you then continue in Service.  Thereafter, for each such vesting date that you remain in Service, the number of Shares which you may purchase under this option vests at the rate of one-sixtieth (1/60) per month as of the first day of each month following the month of
the Anniversary Date.  The resulting aggregate number of vested Shares will be rounded to the nearest whole number, and you cannot vest in more than the number of Shares covered by this option.  

 No additional Shares will vest after your Service has terminated for any reason.
		 	 
	Term	 	Your option will expire in any event at the close of business at Company headquarters on the day before the 10th anniversary of the Grant Date, as shown on the cover sheet.  Your option will expire earlier if your Service terminates, as described below.
		 	 
	Regular Termination	 	If your Service terminates for any reason, other than death, Disability, Cause or a voluntary resignation without Good Reason, then your option expires at the close of business at Company headquarters on the 90th day after your termination date.
		 	 
	Termination for
Cause or Resignation without Good Reason	 	If your Service is terminated for Cause or you voluntarily resign without Good Reason, then you immediately forfeit all rights to your option and the option immediately expires.

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	Death	 	If your Service terminates because of your death, then your option shall become fully vested and will expire at the close of business at Company headquarters on the date twelve (12) months after the date of death.  During that twelve month period, your estate or heirs may
exercise your option.

In addition, if you die during the 90-day period described in connection with a regular termination (i.e., a termination of your Service not on account of your death, Disability or Cause), and a vested portion of your option has not yet been exercised, then your option will instead expire on the
date twelve (12) months after your termination date.  In such a case, during the period following your death up to the date twelve (12) months after your termination date, your estate or heirs may exercise the vested portion of your option. 
		 	 
	Disability	 	If your Service terminates because of your Disability, then your option shall become fully vested and will expire at the close of business at Company headquarters on the date twelve (12) months after your termination date.  
		 	 
	Leaves of Absence	 	For purposes of this option, your Service does not terminate when you go on a bona fide employee leave of absence that was approved by the Company in writing, if the terms of the leave provide for continued Service crediting, or when continued Service crediting is
required by applicable law.  However, your Service will be treated as terminating 90 days after you went on employee leave, unless your right to return to active work is guaranteed by law or by a contract.  Your Service terminates in any event when the approved leave ends unless you immediately
return to active employee work.

The Company determines, in its sole discretion, which leaves count for this purpose, and when your Service terminates for all purposes under the Plan.
		 	 
	Notice of Exercise	 	When you wish to exercise this option, you must notify the Company by filing the proper “Notice of Exercise” form at the address given on the form.  Your notice must specify how many Shares you wish to purchase (in a parcel of at least 100 Shares generally).  Your
notice must also specify how your Shares should be registered (in your name only or in your and your spouse’s names as joint tenants with right of survivorship).  The notice will be effective when it is received by the Company.

If someone else wants to exercise this option after your death, that person must prove to the Company’s satisfaction that he or she is entitled to do so.

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	Form of Payment	 	When you submit your notice of exercise, you must include payment of the option price for the Shares you are purchasing.  Payment may be made in one (or a combination) of the following forms:
		 	 	 
		 	•	Cash, your personal check, a cashier’s check, a money order or another cash equivalent acceptable to the Company.
		 	 	 
		 	•	Shares which have already been owned by you for more than six months and which are surrendered to the Company.  The value of the Shares, determined as of the effective date of the option exercise, will be applied to the option price.
		 	 	 
		 	•	By delivery (on a form prescribed by the Company) of an irrevocable direction to a licensed securities broker acceptable to the Company to sell Shares and to deliver all or part of the sale proceeds to the Company in payment of the aggregate option price and any withholding
taxes (if approved in advance by the Compensation Committee of the Board if you are either an executive officer or a director of the Company).
		 	 	 
	Withholding Taxes	 	You will not be allowed to exercise this option unless you make acceptable arrangements to pay any withholding or other taxes that may be due as a result of the option exercise or sale of Shares acquired under this option.  In the event that the Company determines
that any federal, state, local or foreign tax or withholding payment is required relating to the exercise or sale of Shares arising from this grant, the Company shall have the right to require such payments from you, or withhold such amounts from other payments due to you from the Company or any
Affiliate.
		 	 	 
	Transfer of Option	 	During your lifetime, only you (or, in the event of your legal incapacity or incompetency, your guardian or legal representative) may exercise the option.  You cannot transfer or assign this option.  For instance, you may not sell this option or use it as security
for a loan.  If you attempt to do any of these things, this option will immediately become invalid.  You may, however, dispose of this option in your will or it may be transferred upon your death by the laws of descent and distribution.

Regardless of any marital property settlement agreement, the Company is not obligated to honor a notice of exercise from your spouse, nor is the Company obligated to recognize your spouse’s interest in your option in any other way.
		 	 	 
	Retention Rights	 	Neither your option nor this Agreement give you the right to be retained by the Company (or any parent, Subsidiaries or Affiliates)

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		 	in any capacity.  The Company (and any parent, Subsidiaries or Affiliates) reserve the right to terminate your Service at any time and for any reason.
		 	 
	Shareholder Rights	 	You, or your estate or heirs, have no rights as a shareholder of the Company until a certificate for your option’s Shares has been issued (or an appropriate book entry has been made).  No adjustments are made for dividends or other rights if the applicable record date
occurs before your share certificate is issued (or an appropriate book entry has been made), except as described in the Plan.
		 	 
	Adjustments	 	In the event of a split, a dividend or a similar change in the Shares, the number of Shares covered by this option and the option price per Share shall be adjusted (and rounded down to the nearest whole number) if required pursuant to the Plan.  Your option shall be subject to
the terms of the agreement of merger, liquidation or reorganization in the event the Company is subject to such corporate activity.
		 	 
	Applicable Law	 	This Agreement will be interpreted and enforced under the laws of the State of Maryland, other than any conflicts or choice of law rule or principle that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation of this Agreement to the substantive law of another jurisdiction.
		 	 
	The Plan
	 	The text of the Plan is incorporated in this Agreement by reference.  Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in the Plan, and have the meaning set forth in the Plan.

This Agreement and the Plan constitute the entire understanding between you and the Company regarding this option.  Any prior agreements, commitments or negotiations concerning this option are superseded.
		 	 
	Data Privacy	 	In order to administer the Plan, the Company may process personal data about you.  Such data includes but is not limited to the information provided in this Agreement and any changes thereto, other appropriate personal and financial data about you such as home address and
business addresses and other contact information, payroll information and any other information that might be deemed appropriate by the Company to facilitate the administration of the Plan.

By accepting this option, you give explicit consent to the Company to process any such personal data.  You also give explicit consent to the Company to transfer any such personal data outside the country in which you work or are employed, including, with respect

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		 	to non-U.S. resident Optionees, to the United States, to transferees who shall include the Company and other persons who are designated by the Company to administer the Plan.
		 	 
	Consent to Electronic Delivery	 	The Company may choose to deliver certain statutory materials relating to the Plan in electronic form.  By accepting this option grant you agree that the Company may deliver the Plan prospectus and the Company’s annual report to you in an electronic format.  If at any time
you would prefer to receive paper copies of these documents, as you are entitled to, the Company would be pleased to provide copies.  Please contact Daniel R. Sink at (317) 577-5600 to request paper copies of these documents.

By signing the cover sheet of this Agreement, you agree to all of the terms and conditions described above and in the Plan.

7Exhibit 10.40

Grant No.: _______

KITE REALTY GROUP TRUST
2004 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED SHARE AGREEMENT

     Kite Realty Group Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “Company”), grants common shares of beneficial interest, $.01 par value (the “Shares”), of the
Company to the Grantee named below, subject to the vesting conditions set forth in the attachment.  Additional terms and conditions of the grant are set forth in this cover sheet, in the attachment, and in the Company’s 2004 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).

Grant Date:  __________________, 200__

Name of Grantee:  _________________________________________________

Grantee’s Social Security Number:   _____-____-_____

Number of Shares Covered by Grant:  ______________

Purchase Price per Share:  $_____.___

By signing this cover sheet, you agree to all of the terms and conditions described in the attached Agreement and in the Plan, a copy of which is also attached.  You acknowledge that you have carefully reviewed
the Plan, and agree that the Plan will control in the event any provision of this Agreement should appear to be inconsistent.

	 	 	 
	Grantee:
	 	 
	
	
	 
	
	(Signature)	 
	 	 	 
	Company:
	 	 
	
	
	 
	
	(Signature)	 
	 	 	 
	
	Title:  	 
	
	

	 

Attachments

This is not a share certificate or a negotiable instrument.

KITE REALTY GROUP TRUST
2004 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

RESTRICTED SHARE AGREEMENT

	 	 	 
	Restricted Shares/ Nontransferability	 	This grant is an award of Shares in the number of Shares set forth on the cover sheet, at the Purchase Price set forth on the cover sheet, and subject to the vesting conditions described below (“Restricted Shares”).  The purchase price for the Restricted Shares is deemed paid
by your services to the Company.  To the extent not yet vested, your Restricted Shares may not be transferred, assigned, pledged or hypothecated, whether by operation of law or otherwise, nor may the Restricted Shares be made subject to execution, attachment or similar process.
	 	 	 
	Issuance and Vesting	 	The Company will issue your Restricted Shares in your name as of the Grant Date.

Your right to the Shares under this Restricted Share Agreement grant vests as to the total number of Shares covered by this grant, as shown on the cover sheet, on the first anniversary of the Grant Date (an “Anniversary Date”), provided you then continue in Service.  If, however, you are
restricted from selling Shares on the Anniversary Date pursuant to the Company’s policy on insider trading, your Shares that would have vested on that vesting date will vest on the first date that is during a window period in which Company insiders are not restricted from selling Shares.

Your right to the Shares under this Restricted Share Agreement will become fully vested on your termination of Services due to death or disability.  No additional Shares will vest after your Service has terminated for any reason.
	 	 	 
	Forfeiture of Unvested Shares	 	In the event that your Service terminates for any reason other than death or disability, you will forfeit to the Company all of the Shares subject to this grant that have not yet vested.
	 	 	 
	Escrow	 	The certificates for the Restricted Shares shall be deposited in escrow with the Secretary of the Company to be held in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph.  Each deposited certificate shall be accompanied by a duly executed Assignment Separate from Certificate in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.  The deposited certificates shall remain in escrow until such time or times as the certificates are to be released or otherwise surrendered for cancellation as discussed below.  Upon delivery of the certificates to the Company, you shall be issued an
instrument of deposit acknowledging the number of Shares delivered in escrow to

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	 	 	the Secretary of the Company.

All regular cash dividends on the Shares (or other securities at the time held in escrow) shall be paid directly to you and shall not be held in escrow.  However, in the event of any dividend, split, recapitalization or other change affecting the Company’s outstanding Shares as a class effected
without receipt of consideration or in the event of a split, a dividend or a similar change in the Shares, any new, substituted or additional securities or other property which is by reason of such transaction distributed with respect to the Shares shall be immediately delivered to the Secretary of
the Company to be held in escrow hereunder, but only to the extent the Shares are at the time subject to the escrow requirements hereof.

As your interest in the Shares vests, as described above, the certificates for such vested Shares shall be released from escrow and delivered to you, at your request, within 30 days of their vesting.  
	 	 	 
	Withholding Taxes	 	You agree, as a condition of this grant, that you will make acceptable arrangements to pay any withholding or other taxes that may be due as a result of the vesting of Shares acquired under this grant.  In the event that the Company determines that any federal, state, local or
foreign tax or withholding payment is required relating to the vesting of Shares arising from this grant, the Company shall have the right to require such payments from you, or withhold such amounts from other payments due to you from the Company or any Affiliate.
	 	 	 
	Section 83(b) 
Election	 	Under Section 83 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), the difference between the purchase price paid for the Shares and their fair market value on the date any forfeiture restrictions applicable to such Shares lapse will be reportable as ordinary
income at that time.  For this purpose, “forfeiture restrictions” include the forfeiture of unvested Shares that is described above.  You may elect to be taxed at the time the Shares are acquired, rather than when such Shares cease to be subject to such forfeiture restrictions, by filing an
election under Code Section 83(b) with the Internal Revenue Service within thirty (30) days after the Grant Date.  You will have to make a tax payment to the extent the Purchase Price is less than the fair market value of the Shares on the Grant Date.  No tax payment will have to be made to the
extent the Purchase Price is at least equal to the fair market value of the shares on the Grant Date.  The form for making this election is attached as Exhibit B hereto.  Failure to make this filing within the thirty (30) day period will result in the recognition

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	 	 	of ordinary income by you (in the event the fair market value of the shares as of the vesting date exceeds the purchase price) as the forfeiture restrictions lapse.

YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS YOUR SOLE RESPONSIBILITY, AND NOT THE COMPANY’S, TO FILE A TIMELY ELECTION UNDER CODE SECTION 83(b), EVEN IF YOU REQUEST THE COMPANY OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES TO MAKE THIS FILING ON YOUR BEHALF.  YOU ARE RELYING SOLELY ON YOUR OWN ADVISORS WITH RESPECT TO THE DECISION AS
TO WHETHER OR NOT TO FILE ANY CODE SECTION 83(b) ELECTION.

	 	 	 
	Retention Rights	 	This Agreement does not give you the right to be retained by the Company (or any parent, Subsidiaries or Affiliates) in any capacity.  The Company (and any parent, Subsidiaries or Affiliates) reserves the right to terminate your Service at any time and for any reason.
	 	 	 
	Shareholder Rights	 	You have the right to vote the Restricted Shares and to receive any dividends declared or paid on such Shares.  Any distributions you receive as a result of any split, dividend, combination of Shares or other similar transaction shall be deemed to be a part of the Restricted
Shares and subject to the same conditions and restrictions applicable thereto.  Except as described in the Plan, no adjustments are made for dividends or other rights if the applicable record date occurs before your share certificate is issued.
	 	 	 
	Adjustments	 	In the event of a split, a dividend or a similar change in the Shares, the number of Shares covered by this grant may be adjusted (and rounded down to the nearest whole number) pursuant to the Plan.  Your Restricted Shares shall be subject to the terms of the agreement of
merger, liquidation or reorganization in the event the Company is subject to such corporate activity.
	 	 	 
	Legends	 	All certificates representing the Shares issued in connection with this grant shall, where applicable, have endorsed thereon the following legends:

“THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER SET FORTH IN AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THE REGISTERED HOLDER, OR HIS OR HER PREDECESSOR IN INTEREST. A COPY OF SUCH AGREEMENT IS ON FILE AT THE PRINCIPAL OFFICE OF THE COMPANY AND WILL BE
FURNISHED UPON WRITTEN REQUEST TO THE SECRETARY OF THE

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	 	 	COMPANY BY THE HOLDER OF RECORD OF THE SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE.”
	 	 	 
	Applicable Law	 	This Agreement will be interpreted and enforced under the laws of the State of Maryland, other than any conflicts or choice of law rule or principle that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation of this Agreement to the substantive law of another jurisdiction.
	 	 	 
	The Plan
	 	The text of the Plan is incorporated in this Agreement by reference.  Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement are defined in the Plan, and have the meaning set forth in the Plan.

 This Agreement and the Plan constitute the entire understanding between you and the
Company regarding this grant of Restricted Shares.  Any prior agreements, commitments or negotiations concerning this grant are superseded.
	 	 	 
	Data Privacy	 	In order to administer the Plan, the Company may process personal data about you.  Such data includes, but is not limited to, the information provided in this Agreement and any changes thereto, other appropriate personal and financial data about you such as home address and
business addresses and other contact information, payroll information and any other information that might be deemed appropriate by the Company to facilitate the administration of the Plan.

By accepting this grant, you give explicit consent to the Company to process any such personal data.  You also give explicit consent to the Company to transfer any such personal data outside the country in which you work or are employed, including, with respect to non-U.S. resident Grantees, to the
United States, to transferees who shall include the Company and other persons who are designated by the Company to administer the Plan.

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	Consent to Electronic Delivery	 	The Company may choose to deliver certain statutory materials relating to the Plan in electronic form.  By accepting this grant, you agree that the Company may deliver the Plan prospectus and the Company’s annual report to you in an electronic format.  If at any time you
would prefer to receive paper copies of these documents, as you are entitled to, the Company would be pleased to provide copies.  Please contact _____ at ______ to request paper copies of these documents.

By signing the cover sheet of this Agreement, you agree to all of the terms and
conditions described above and in the Plan.

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EXHIBIT A

ASSIGNMENT SEPARATE FROM CERTIFICATE

     FOR VALUE RECEIVED, _____________ sells, assigns and transfers to Kite Realty Group Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “Company”), ____________ (__________)
common shares of beneficial interest of the Company represented by Certificate No. ___ and does hereby irrevocable constitute and appoint ______________ to transfer the said shares on the books of the Company with full power of substitution in the premises.

     Dated:____________, 200__

	 	 
	
	

	         
	Print Name
	 	 	 
	
	 
	
	

	            
	Signature

Spouse Consent (if applicable)

     ___________________ (Purchaser’s spouse) indicates by the execution of this Assignment his or her consent to be bound by the terms herein as to his or her interests, whether as community
property or otherwise, if any, in the common shares of beneficial interest of the Company.

	 	 
	
	

	
	Signature
	
	 

INSTRUCTIONS: PLEASE DO NOT FILL IN ANY BLANKS OTHER THAN THE SIGNATURE LINE.  THE PURPOSE OF THIS ASSIGNMENT IS TO ENABLE THE COMPANY TO CAUSE THE FORFEITURE OF YOUR UNVESTED SHARES AS SET FORTH IN THE AGREEMENT
WITHOUT REQUIRING ADDITIONAL SIGNATURES ON THE PART OF PURCHASER.

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EXHIBIT B

ELECTION UNDER SECTION 83(b) OF
THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

     The undersigned hereby makes an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the property described below and supplies the following information in
accordance with the regulations promulgated thereunder:

	 	 	 
	1.	 	The name, address and social security number of the undersigned:

	 	 	 
	 	Name:

	 	Address:

	
	

	 	Social Security No.:

	 	 	 
	2.	 	Description of property with respect to which the election is being made:

_________common shares of beneficial interest, par value $.01 per share, of Kite Realty Group Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the “Company”).

	 	 	 
	3.	 	The date on which the property was transferred is ____________ __, 200__.

	 	 	 
	4.	 	The taxable year to which this election relates is calendar year 200__.

	 	 	 
	5.	 	Nature of restrictions to which the property is subject:

The common shares of beneficial interest are subject to the provisions of a Restricted Share Agreement between the undersigned and the Company.  The shares are subject to forfeiture
under the terms of the Agreement.

	 	 	 
	6.	 	The fair market value of the property at the time of transfer (determined without regard to any lapse restriction) was $__________ per share, for a total of $__________.

	 	 	 
	7.	 	The amount paid by taxpayer for the property was $__________.

	 	 	 
	8.	 	A copy of this statement has been furnished to the Company.

Dated:  _____________, 200__

	 	 	 
	
	

	
	Taxpayer’s Signature
	 
	
	

	
	Taxpayer’s Printed Name

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PROCEDURES FOR MAKING ELECTION
UNDER INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SECTION 83(b)

     The following procedures must be followed with respect to the attached form for making an election under Internal Revenue Code section 83(b) in order for the election to be
effective:1

     1. You must file one copy of the completed election form with the IRS Service Center where you file your federal income tax returns within 30 days after the Grant Date of your
Restricted Shares.

     2. At the same time you file the election form with the IRS, you must also give a copy of the election form to the Secretary of the Company.

     3.	You must file another copy of the election form with your federal income tax return (generally, Form 1040) for the taxable year in which the shares are transferred to you.

  

 1    Whether or not to make the election is your decision and may create tax consequences for you.  You
are advised to consult your tax advisor if you are unsure whether or not to make the election.

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