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):
May 8, 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
of Incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS Employer
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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240.13e-4(c))
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Item 1.01.
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Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
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On February 23, 2009, Developers Diversified Realty Corporation (the
Company
) entered into a
stock purchase agreement (the
Stock Purchase Agreement
) with Mr. Alexander Otto (the
Investor
)
to issue and sell 30,000,000 common shares (the
Purchased Shares
), warrants (the
Warrants
) to
purchase 10,000,000 common shares (the
Warrant Shares
) and additional common shares representing
any dividends declared by the Company after February 23, 2009 and prior to the applicable closing
to which the Investor would have been entitled had the Purchased Shares been outstanding on the
record dates for any such dividends (the
Dividend Shares
) to the Investor and certain members of
his family (collectively with the Investor, the
Otto Family
).
On May 11, 2009, the Company issued and sold 15,000,000 Purchased Shares and Warrants to
purchase 5,000,000 common shares to the Otto Family for a purchase price of $52,500,000. The
Company also issued an aggregate of 1,071,428 Dividend Shares to the Otto Family.
Investors Rights Agreement.
Pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Stock Purchase
Agreement, the Company entered into an investors rights agreement with the Investor on May 11,
2009. The investors rights agreement addresses the Investors right to nominate individuals for
election to the Companys Board of Directors (the
Board
) and to the registration of the resale of
the Purchased Shares, the Dividend Shares and the Warrant Shares (collectively, the
Registrable
Shares
). The Company agreed that during such time as the Otto Family beneficially owns 17.5% or
more of the Companys outstanding common shares, the Board will nominate two of the Otto Familys
nominees suitable to the Company to become members of the Board at each annual election of
directors, and during such time as the Otto Family beneficially owns less than 17.5% but more than
7.5% of the Companys outstanding common shares, the Board will nominate one of the Investors
nominees suitable to the Company to become a member of the Board at each annual election of
directors. Under the terms of the investors rights agreement, so long as the Company is eligible
to register secondary offerings of its common shares on Form S-3 under the Securities Act, the
Company agreed to prepare and file and keep effective a registration statement to register resales
of the Registrable Shares. If the Company is not eligible to register secondary offerings on Form
S-3, the Otto Family has the right to demand that the Company prepare and file and keep effective
for certain periods a registration statement on Form S-1 to register resales of the Registrable
Shares. The Otto Familys right to nominate individuals to the Board and its registration rights
will terminate on the date that the Otto Family beneficially owns 7.5% or less of the Companys
outstanding common shares.
Waiver Agreement.
On May 11, 2009, also pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Stock
Purchase Agreement, the Company entered into a waiver agreement with the Investor and agreed to
waive the common share related party limit contained in the Companys articles of incorporation
that would otherwise prohibit the Otto Family (and other persons who may be deemed to have
constructive ownership of common shares owned by the Otto Family) from constructively owning more
than 9.8% of the Companys outstanding common shares so long as rents from certain of the Companys
tenants that are constructively owned by the Otto Family (and other persons who may be deemed to
have constructive ownership of common shares owned by the Otto Family) do not exceed a specified
percentage of the Companys gross income.
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The Investor is currently the Chairman of the Executive Board of ECE Projektmanagement
G.m.b.H. & Co. KG (
ECE
), which is a fully integrated international developer, owner and manager
of shopping centers. In May 2007, the Company and ECE formed a joint venture (the
DDR/ECE Joint
Venture
) to fund investments in new retail developments to be located in western Russia and
Ukraine. The Company contributed 75% of the equity of the joint venture, and ECE contributed the
remaining 25% of the equity.
The foregoing is only a brief description of the material terms of the investors rights
agreement and the waiver agreement and does not purport to be a complete description of the rights
and obligations of the parties thereunder and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
investors rights agreement and the waiver agreement, which are filed as exhibits to this Current
Report on Form 8-K, and those documents are incorporated by reference herein.
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Item 5.02.
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Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of
Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
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Effective May 8, 2009, the Board increased the number of directors and elected Dr. Volker
Kraft as a new director, effective May 11, 2009, to serve for an initial term ending at the
Companys 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held on June 25, 2009. The Board has also,
upon the recommendation by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board, elected
Dr. Kraft to serve as a member of the Executive Committee of the Board. As a non-employee
director, Dr. Kraft will receive compensation in the same manner as the Companys other
non-employee directors, which compensation the Company previously disclosed in its definitive proxy
statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
SEC
) on April
3, 2008.
Dr. Kraft is currently a Director of ECE Projektmanagement International G.m.b.H. & Co. KG, a
fully integrated international developer, owner and manager of shopping centers based in Hamburg,
Germany, which is one of the Limited Partners of the DDR/ECE Joint Venture, where he is
responsible for commercial real estate project management in Central and Eastern Europe. Dr. Kraft
is also a Managing Director of ECE Investment International, G.m.b.H., with responsibility for the
development of an institutional real estate fund management platform in Europe.
The Company will enter into an Indemnification Agreement (the
Indemnification Agreement
)
with Dr. Kraft (
Indemnitee
). The Indemnification Agreement is substantially the same as the form
indemnification agreement for directors that the Company previously reported the Board had approved
on a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on April 7, 2009.
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Item 9.01.
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Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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(d) Exhibits
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Exhibit Number
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Description
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10.1
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Investors Rights Agreement, dated as of May 11, 2009, by and between the
Company and Alexander Otto
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10.2
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Waiver Agreement, dated as of May 11, 2009, by and between the Company and
Alexander Otto
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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: May 11, 2009
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit Number
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Description
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10.1
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Investors Rights Agreement, dated as of May 11, 2009, by and between the Company and
Alexander Otto
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10.2
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Waiver Agreement, dated as of May 11, 2009, by and between the Company and Alexander Otto
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