EXHIBIT 4
DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PLAN
INLAND WESTERN RETAIL REAL ESTATE TRUST, INC.
DISTRIBUTION REINVESTMENT PROGRAM
Inland Western Retail Real Estate Trust, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), pursuant to its Articles of Incorporation (the “Articles”) has adopted a Distribution Reinvestment Program (the “DRP”), the terms and conditions of which are set forth below. Capitalized terms are defined in Section X of this program, unless otherwise defined herein.
i. DISTRIBUTIONS. As agent for the Stockholders who purchase Shares from the Company pursuant to the Company’s public offering of its Shares (the “Offering”) and elect to participate in the DRP (the “Participants”), the Company will apply all distributions, paid with respect to the Shares held by each Participant (the “Distributions”), including Distributions paid with respect to any full or fractional Shares acquired under the DRP, to the purchase of the Shares for said Participants directly, if permitted under state securities laws and, if not, through the Dealer Manager or Soliciting Dealers registered in the Participant’s state of residence. Neither the Company nor its Affiliates will receive a fee for selling Shares under the DRP.
ii. PROCEDURE FOR PARTICIPATION. Any Stockholder who purchases Shares pursuant to the Company’s Offering may elect to become a Participant by completing and executing the Subscription Agreement or other appropriate authorization form as may be available from the Company, the Dealer Manager or the Soliciting Dealer. Participation in the DRP will begin with the next Distribution payable after receipt of a Participant’s subscription or authorization. Shares will be purchased under the DRP on the record date for the Distribution used to purchase the Shares. Distributions for Shares acquired under the DRP will be paid at the same time as Distributions are paid on Shares purchased outside the DRP and are calculated with a daily record and Distribution declaration date. Each Participant agrees that if, at any time prior to listing of the Shares on a national stock exchange or inclusion of the Shares for quotation on a national market system, he or she fails to meet the suitability requirements for making an investment in the Company or cannot make the other representations or warranties set forth in the Subscription Agreement, he or she will promptly so notify the Company in writing.
iii. PURCHASE OF SHARES. Participants will acquire Shares from the Company at a fixed price of $10.00 per Share until the first to occur of (i) the termination of the Offering, or (ii) the public offering price per Share in the Offering is increased above $10.00 per share. Thereafter, Participants will acquire Shares from the Company at a price equal to 95% of the Market Price of a Share on the date of purchase until such time as the Company’s Shares are listed on a national stock exchange or included for quotation on a national market system. In the event of such listing or inclusion, Shares purchased by the Company for the DRP will be purchased on such exchange or market, at the prevailing market price, and will be sold to Stockholders at such price. The discount per Share is never intended to exceed 5% of the current Market Price of a Share on the date of purchase. Participants in the DRP may also purchase fractional Shares so that 100% of the Distributions will be used to acquire Shares. However, a Participant will not
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be able to acquire Shares under the DRP to the extent such purchase would cause it to exceed the Ownership Limit or other Share ownership restrictions imposed by the Articles.
It is possible that a secondary market will develop for the Shares, and that the Shares may be bought and sold on the secondary market at prices lower or higher than the $10.00 per Share price which will be paid under the DRP.
The Company shall endeavor to acquire Shares on behalf of Participants at the lowest price then available. However, the Company does not guarantee or warrant that the Participant will be acquiring Shares at the lowest possible price.
If the Company’s Shares are listed on a national stock exchange or included for quotation on a national market system, the reservation of any Shares from the Offering for issuance under the DRP, which have not been issued as of the date of such listing or inclusion, will be canceled, and such Shares will continue to have the status of authorized but unissued Shares. Those unissued Shares will not be issued unless they are first registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the Act and under appropriate state securities laws or are otherwise issued in compliance with such laws.
It is understood that reinvestment of Distributions does not relieve a Participant of any income tax liability which may be payable on the Distributions.
iv. NO SHARE CERTIFICATES. The Company will not issue certificates evidencing ownership of Shares purchased through the DRP. The ownership of the Shares will be in book-entry form.
v. REPORTS. Within 90 days after the end of the Company’s fiscal year, the Company will provide each Participant with an individualized report on his or her investment, including the purchase date(s), purchase price and number of Shares owned, as well as the dates of distribution and amounts of Distributions received during the prior fiscal year. The individualized statement to Stockholders will include receipts and purchases relating to each Participant’s participation in the DRP including the tax consequences relative thereto.
vi. TERMINATION BY PARTICIPANT. A Participant may terminate participation in the DRP at any time, without penalty, by delivering to the Company a written notice. Prior to listing of the Shares on a national stock exchange or inclusion of the Shares for quotation on a national market system, any transfer of Shares by a Participant to a non-Participant will terminate participation in the DRP with respect to the transferred Shares. If a Participant terminates DRP participation, the Company will provide the terminating Participant with a book-entry evidencing the whole shares in his or her account and a check for the cash value of any fractional share in such account. Upon termination of DRP participation, Distributions will be distributed to the Stockholder in cash.
vii. AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF DRP BY THE COMPANY. The Directors of the Company may by majority vote (including a majority of the
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Independent Directors) amend or terminate the DRP for any reason upon 30 days’ written notice to the Participants.
viii. LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY. The Company shall not be liable for any act done in good faith, or for any good faith omission to act, including, without limitation, any claims or liability: (a) arising out of failure to terminate a Participant’s account upon such Participant’s death prior to receipt of notice in writing of such death; and (b) with respect to the time and the prices at which Shares are purchased or sold for a Participant’s account. To the extent that indemnification may apply to liabilities arising under the Act or the securities laws of a state, the Company has been advised that, in the opinion of the Commission and certain state securities commissioners, such indemnification is contrary to public policy and, therefore, unenforceable.
ix. GOVERNING LAW. This DRP shall be governed by the laws of the State of Maryland.
x. DEFINED TERMS.
“ACT” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Rules and Regulations promulgated thereunder.
“AFFILIATE” means, with respect to any other Person: (i) any Person directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding, with the power to vote 10% or more of the outstanding voting securities of such other Person; (ii) any Person 10% or more of whose outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned, controlled or held, with the power to vote, by such other Person; (iii) any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such other Person; (iv) any executive officer, director, trustee or general partner of such other Person; and (v) any legal entity for which such Person acts as an executive officer, director, trustee or general partner.
“DEALER MANAGER” means Inland Securities Corporation, one of the Inland Group Affiliated Companies.
“DIRECTORS” means the members of the Board of Directors of the Company, including the Independent Directors.
“INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS” means the Directors who: (i) are not affiliated and have not been affiliated within the two years prior to their becoming an Independent Director, directly or indirectly, with the Company, the Sponsor, or the Advisor, whether by ownership of, ownership interest in, employment by, any material business or professional relationship with, or as an officer or director of the Company, the Sponsor, the Advisor or any of their Affiliates; (ii) do not serve as a director for more than two other REITs organized by the Company or the Advisor or advised by the Advisor; and (iii) perform no other services for the Company, except as Directors. For this purpose, an indirect relationship shall include circumstances in which a member of the immediate family of a Director has one of the foregoing relationships with the Company, the Sponsor, the Advisor or any of their Affiliates. For purposes of determining whether or not the business or professional relationship is material, the aggregate gross revenue
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derived by the prospective Independent Director from the Company, the Sponsor, the Advisor and their Affiliates shall be deemed material per se if it exceeds 5% of the prospective Independent Directors: (i) annual gross revenue, derived from all sources, during either of the last two years; or (ii) net worth, on a fair market value basis.
“MARKET PRICE” means on any date the average of the Closing Price (as defined below) per Share for the five consecutive Trading Days (as defined below) ending on such date. The “Closing Price” on any date means the last sale price, regular way, or, in case no such sale takes place on such day, the average of the closing bid and asked prices, regular way, in either case as reported in the principal consolidated transaction reporting system with respect to securities listed or admitted to trading on the principal national securities exchange on which the Shares are listed or admitted to trading or, if the Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the last quoted price, or if not so quoted, the average of the high bid and low asked prices in the over-the-counter market, as reported by The Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (“Nasdaq”), or, if Nasdaq is no longer in use, the principal automated quotation system that may then be in use or, if the Shares are not quoted by any such organization, the average of the closing bid and asked prices as furnished by a professional market maker making a market in the Shares selected by the Board, or if there is no professional market maker making a market in the Shares, the average of the last ten (10) sales pursuant to the Offering if the Offering has not concluded, or if the Offering has concluded, the average of the last ten (10) purchases by the Company pursuant to its Share Repurchase Program (the “SRP”), and if there are fewer than ten (10) of such purchases under the SRP, then the average of such lesser number of purchases, or, if the SRP is not then in existence, the price at which the Company is then offering Shares to the public if the Company is then engaged in a public offering of Shares, or if the Company is not then offering Shares to the public, the fair market value of the Shares as determined by the Company, in its sole discretion. “Trading Day” shall mean a day on which the principal national securities exchange or national automated quotation system on which the Shares are listed or admitted to trading is open for the transaction of business or, if the Shares are not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange or national automated quotation system, shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the State of Illinois are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close. The term “regular way” means a trade that is effected in a recognized securities market for clearance and settlements pursuant to the rules and procedures of the National Securities Clearing Corporation, as opposed to a trade effected “ex-clearing” for same-day or next-day settlement.
“NASD” means the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
“OWNERSHIP LIMIT” means the prohibition on beneficial ownership of no more than 9.8%, in number of shares or value, of outstanding Equity Stock of the Company.
“SHARES” means the shares of voting common stock, par value $.001 per share, of the Company, and “SHARE” means one of those Shares.
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“SOLICITING DEALERS” means the dealer members of the NASD, designated by the Dealer Manager.
“STOCKHOLDERS” means the holders of Shares.
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