Equity Offering

On May 12, 2009, Kite Realty Group Trust (the "Company") announced that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of 25,000,000 of its common shares of beneficial interest. The Company also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 3,750,000 additional shares to cover overallotments, if any.

Earnings Guidance

Following the pricing of the offering, the Company expects to update its guidance for net income and funds from operations ("FFO") applicable to diluted common shares for the year ending December 31, 2009 to give effect to the offering. Such guidance will depend upon the final terms of the offering of common shares and the final size of the offering.

Based on the expected terms and size of the offering, the Company's view of current and future market conditions, and certain current assumptions and estimates, the Company expects that its updated guidance for earnings and FFO will be within the following ranges:

Guidance Range for 2009                                         Low      High

Diluted net income per share                                   $ 0.08   $ 0.13
Redeemable noncontrolling interests in Operating Partnership     0.02     0.04
Depreciation and amortization of consolidated entities           0.55     0.55
Depreciation and amortization of unconsolidated entities         0.00     0.00
Diluted FFO per share                                          $ 0.65   $ 0.72

Given the nature of the Company's business as a real estate owner and operator, the Company believes that FFO is helpful to investors when measuring operating performance because it excludes various items included in net income that do not relate to or are not indicative of operating performance, such as gains or losses from sales of operating properties and depreciation and amortization, which can make periodic and peer analyses of operating performance more difficult. A reconciliation of net income to FFO is included in the above table.

The Company's 2009 guidance for net income and FFO is based on a number of other assumptions, many of which are outside the Company's control and all of which are subject to change. The Company's guidance may change as actual and anticipated results vary from these assumptions.

The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section and shall not be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in any such filing.