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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 9, 2014 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM S-8
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:20pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INLAND AMERICAN REAL ESTATE TRUST, INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>MARYLAND</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>34-2019608</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>incorporation or organization)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(IRS Employer<BR>Identification Number)</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2809 Butterfield Road, Suite 360 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Oak Brook, IL 60523 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. 2014 Share Unit Plan </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>The Corporation Trust,&nbsp;Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>351 West Camden Street </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Baltimore, Maryland&nbsp;21202 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name and address of agent for service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(410) 539-2837 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>with copies to: </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Scott W. Wilton</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Cathy Birkeland, Esq.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Executive Vice President &#150; General Counsel and Secretary</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>David Taub, Esq.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Latham &amp; Watkins LLP</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>2809 Butterfield Road, Suite 360</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>330 North Wabash Avenue, Suite 2800</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Chicago, Illinois 60611</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(630) 218-8000</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(312) 876-7700</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CALCULATION OF FEES </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><B>Title&nbsp;of&nbsp;securities&nbsp;to<BR>be&nbsp;registered</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><B>Amount<BR>to&nbsp;be<BR>registered(1),(2)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><B>Proposed<BR>maximum<BR>offering&nbsp;price<BR>per&nbsp;share&nbsp;(2)</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><B>Proposed<BR>maximum<BR>aggregate<BR>offering&nbsp;price</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">25,000,000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$6.94</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$173,500,000.00</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$20,161.00</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Represents shares of the Registrant&#146;s common stock which may be issuable upon or after the vesting of certain share units granted under the Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. 2014 Share Unit Plan (the
&#147;Plan&#148;). </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock
that become issuable under the Plan as a result of any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction that is effected without the receipt of consideration and that increases the number of outstanding shares of the Registrant&#146;s common
stock. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Pursuant to Rule 457(h) promulgated under the Securities Act, the registration fee is based on the estimated per share value of the Registrant&#146;s common stock of $6.94 as of December&nbsp;27, 2013, the date of the
most recent valuation of the Registrant&#146;s common stock. The Registrant&#146;s shares of common stock are not listed on a national securities exchange and there is not otherwise an established public trading market for the Registrant&#146;s
shares. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART I </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The information specified in Items 1 and 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;) and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8.&nbsp;The information required in the Section&nbsp;10(a) prospectus is included in the documents being maintained and
delivered by Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) pursuant to Part I of Form S-8 and Rule 428 under the Securities Act.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of
Documents by Reference. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;SEC&#148;) are incorporated herein by reference (except for any portions of Current Reports on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Item&nbsp;2.02 or Item&nbsp;7.01 thereof and any corresponding exhibits thereto not filed with the SEC): </P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">1.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2013 (filed with the SEC on March&nbsp;13, 2014, as amended by Amendment No.&nbsp;1 on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April&nbsp;30,
2014 and by Amendment No.&nbsp;2 on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on July&nbsp;10, 2014); </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">2.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The Registrant&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January&nbsp;3, 2014,&nbsp;January&nbsp;27, 2014,&nbsp;January&nbsp;29, 2014,&nbsp;February&nbsp;3, 2014,&nbsp;February&nbsp;28,
2014,&nbsp;March&nbsp;4, 2014,&nbsp;March&nbsp;5, 2014,&nbsp;March&nbsp;13, 2014,&nbsp;March&nbsp;14, 2014,&nbsp;June&nbsp;6, 2014,&nbsp;July&nbsp;8, 2014,&nbsp;August&nbsp;12, 2014 and September&nbsp;22, 2014 and any amendments thereto; and
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">3.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The &#147;Description of the Registrant&#146;s Securities to be Registered&#148; included in the Registrant&#146;s Form 8-A filed with the SEC on November&nbsp;10, 2005. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
subsequent to the date of this registration statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing such documents.&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes the former statement.&nbsp;Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of
Named Experts and Counsel </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">None. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Maryland law permits a Maryland corporation to include in its charter a provision limiting the liability of its directors and officers to the
corporation and its stockholders for money damages except for liability resulting from (1)&nbsp;actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or (2)&nbsp;active and deliberate dishonesty established by a final
judgment and which is material to the cause of action. The Registrant&#146;s charter contains such a provision which eliminates directors&#146; and officers&#146; liability to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law. </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Registrant&#146;s charter and bylaws obligate the Registrant, to the maximum extent permitted
by Maryland law, to indemnify and to pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to (1)&nbsp;any present or former director or officer who is made, or threatened to be made, a party to, or witness in, the
proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity or (2)&nbsp;any individual who, while a director or officer of the Registrant and at the Registrant&#146;s request, serves or has served another corporation, real estate investment trust,
limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise as a director, officer, partner, trustee, member or manager and who is made, or threatened to be made, a party to, or witness in, the proceeding
by reason of his or her service in that capacity. The Registrant&#146;s charter and bylaws also permit it to indemnify and advance expenses to any individual who served a predecessor of our company in any of the capacities described above and to any
employee or agent of the Registrant or a predecessor of the Registrant. The Registrant&#146;s bylaws provide that neither the amendment, nor the repeal, nor the adoption of any other provision of the charter or the bylaws will apply to or affect, in
any respect, the indemnitee&#146;s right to indemnification for actions or failures to act which occurred prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Maryland law requires a corporation (unless its charter provides otherwise, which the Registrant&#146;s charter does not) to indemnify a
director or officer who has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which he or she is made a party by reason of his or her service in that capacity. Maryland law permits a corporation to indemnify its
present and former directors and officers, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in connection with any proceeding to which they may be made, or threatened to be made, a
party by reason of their service in those or other capacities unless it is established that (1)&nbsp;the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and (a)&nbsp;was committed in bad faith or
(b)&nbsp;was a result of active and deliberate dishonesty, (2)&nbsp;the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services or (3)&nbsp;in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had
reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful. A Maryland corporation may not indemnify for an adverse judgment in a suit by or in the right of the corporation or for a judgment of liability on the basis that personal benefit was
improperly received. Nevertheless, a court may order indemnification if it determines that the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification, even though the director or officer did not meet the prescribed standard of
conduct or was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received. However, indemnification for an adverse judgment in a suit by us or on our behalf, or for a judgment of liability on the basis that personal benefit was
improperly received, is limited to expenses. Maryland law permits a corporation to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer upon the corporation&#146;s receipt of (1)&nbsp;a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her
good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification and (2)&nbsp;a written undertaking by him or her or on his or her behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the Registrant if it shall ultimately
be determined that the standard of conduct was not met. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Not applicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits
</B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Second Amended and Restated Distribution Reinvestment Plan (1)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Statement regarding restrictions on transferability of shares of common stock (to appear on stock certificate or to be sent upon request and without charge to stockholders issued shares without certificates) (2)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Second Amended and Restated Share Repurchase Program, effective February 1, 2012 (3)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Opinion of Scott W. Wilton*</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of KPMG LLP*</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>23.2</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Consent of Scott W. Wilton (contained in Exhibit 5.1 filed herewith)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>24</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page for this registration statement)</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">The Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. 2014 Share Unit Plan (4)</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. Share Unit Agreement (Annual Award) (4)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>99.3</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. Share Unit Agreement (Contingency) (4)</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Filed herewith. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Form 8-K, as filed by the Registrant with the SEC on September&nbsp;23, 2010. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Registrant&#146;s Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Form S-11 Registration Statement, as filed by the Registrant with the SEC on July&nbsp;31, 2007 (file number 333-139504).
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the Registrant&#146;s Form 8-K, as filed by the Registrant with the SEC on December&nbsp;29, 2011. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to Exhibits 10.3, 10.6 and 10.9, respectively, to the Registrant&#146;s Form 8-K, as filed by the Registrant with the SEC on September&nbsp;22, 2014. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;9. Undertakings </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a) The undersigned Registrant
hereby undertakes: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1)&nbsp;to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
registration statement: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;to include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&nbsp;to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or
the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii)&nbsp;to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2)&nbsp;that, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3)&nbsp;to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue. </P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized, in the City of Oak Brook, State of Illinois, on October 9, 2014. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" NOWRAP><B>INLAND AMERICAN REAL ESTATE TRUST, INC.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">(Registrant)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Jack Potts</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Name:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Jack Potts</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Its:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Executive Vice President &#150; Principal Financial Officer</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, </B>that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jack Potts and Scott W.
Wilton as his or her true and lawful attorney in-fact and agent, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and execute on behalf of the undersigned, any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement (and to any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;)), and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done in connection with any such amendments as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, and hereby does ratify and confirm all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her other
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In accordance with the requirements of the Securities
Act, this registration statement was signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>TITLE</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Robert D. Parks</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director and chairman of the board</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">October&nbsp;9,&nbsp;2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Robert D. Parks</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Thomas P. McGuiness</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">President (principal executive officer)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">October 9, 2014</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Thomas P. McGuiness</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
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<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Jack Potts</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Executive Vice President &#150; Principal Financial Officer </TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">October 9, 2014</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Jack Potts</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">(principal financial officer)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Anna N. Fitzgerald</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Executive Vice President &#150; Chief Accounting Officer &#150; Treasurer (principal accounting officer)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">October 9, 2014</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Anna N. Fitzgerald</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ J. Michael Borden</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">October 9, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">J. Michael Borden</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Thomas F. Meagher</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">October 9, 2014</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Thomas F. Meagher</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Paula Saban</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">October 9, 2014</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Paula Saban</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ William J. Wierzbicki</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">October 9, 2014</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">William J. Wierzbicki</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="2"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Thomas F. Glavin</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">October 9, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Thomas F. Glavin</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">October 9, 2014</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Brenda G. Gujral</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page for this registration statement)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">The Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. 2014 Share Unit Plan (4)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. Share Unit Agreement (Annual Award) (4)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. Share Unit Agreement (Contingency) (4)</TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant&#146;s Form 8-K, as filed by the Registrant with the SEC on September&nbsp;23, 2010. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Registrant&#146;s Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to Form S-11 Registration Statement, as filed by the Registrant with the SEC on July&nbsp;31, 2007 (file number 333-139504).
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Incorporated by reference to Exhibits 10.3, 10.6 and 10.9, respectively, to the Registrant&#146;s Form 8-K, as filed by the Registrant with the SEC on September&nbsp;22, 2014. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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FORM S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 9, 2014
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
INLAND AMERICAN REAL ESTATE TRUST, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
MARYLAND
34-2019608
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(IRS Employer
Identification Number)
2809 Butterfield Road, Suite 360
Oak Brook, IL 60523
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. 2014 Share Unit Plan
(Full title of the plan)
The Corporation Trust, Inc.
351 West Camden Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
(Name and address of agent for service)
(410) 539-2837
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
with copies to:
Scott W. Wilton
Cathy Birkeland, Esq.
Executive Vice President – General Counsel and Secretary
David Taub, Esq.
Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc.
Latham & Watkins LLP
2809 Butterfield Road, Suite 360
330 North Wabash Avenue, Suite 2800
Oak Brook, Illinois 60523
Chicago, Illinois 60611
(630) 218-8000
(312) 876-7700
CALCULATION OF FEES
Title of securities to
be registered
Amount
to be
registered(1),(2)
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share (2)
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price
Amount of
registration fee(3)
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share
25,000,000
$6.94
$173,500,000.00
$20,161.00
(1)
Represents shares of the Registrant's common stock which may be issuable upon or after the vesting of certain share units granted under the Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. 2014 Share Unit Plan (the
"Plan").
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), this registration statement also covers an indeterminate number of additional shares of common stock
that become issuable under the Plan as a result of any stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction that is effected without the receipt of consideration and that increases the number of outstanding shares of the Registrant's common
stock.
(3)
Pursuant to Rule 457(h) promulgated under the Securities Act, the registration fee is based on the estimated per share value of the Registrant's common stock of $6.94 as of December 27, 2013, the date of the
most recent valuation of the Registrant's common stock. The Registrant's shares of common stock are not listed on a national securities exchange and there is not otherwise an established public trading market for the Registrant's
shares.
PART I
The information specified in Items 1 and 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act") and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The information required in the Section 10(a) prospectus is included in the documents being maintained and
delivered by Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. (the "Registrant") pursuant to Part I of Form S-8 and Rule 428 under the Securities Act.
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of
Documents by Reference.
The following documents filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC") are incorporated herein by reference (except for any portions of Current Reports on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 thereof and any corresponding exhibits thereto not filed with the SEC):
1.
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 (filed with the SEC on March 13, 2014, as amended by Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on April 30,
2014 and by Amendment No. 2 on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on July 10, 2014);
2.
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 3, 2014, January 27, 2014, January 29, 2014, February 3, 2014, February 28,
2014, March 4, 2014, March 5, 2014, March 13, 2014, March 14, 2014, June 6, 2014, July 8, 2014, August 12, 2014 and September 22, 2014 and any amendments thereto; and
3.
The "Description of the Registrant's Securities to be Registered" included in the Registrant's Form 8-A filed with the SEC on November 10, 2005.
All documents filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
subsequent to the date of this registration statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining
unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes the former statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this registration statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of
Named Experts and Counsel
None.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Maryland law permits a Maryland corporation to include in its charter a provision limiting the liability of its directors and officers to the
corporation and its stockholders for money damages except for liability resulting from (1) actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or (2) active and deliberate dishonesty established by a final
judgment and which is material to the cause of action. The Registrant's charter contains such a provision which eliminates directors' and officers' liability to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law.
The Registrant's charter and bylaws obligate the Registrant, to the maximum extent permitted
by Maryland law, to indemnify and to pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to (1) any present or former director or officer who is made, or threatened to be made, a party to, or witness in, the
proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity or (2) any individual who, while a director or officer of the Registrant and at the Registrant's request, serves or has served another corporation, real estate investment trust,
limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise as a director, officer, partner, trustee, member or manager and who is made, or threatened to be made, a party to, or witness in, the proceeding
by reason of his or her service in that capacity. The Registrant's charter and bylaws also permit it to indemnify and advance expenses to any individual who served a predecessor of our company in any of the capacities described above and to any
employee or agent of the Registrant or a predecessor of the Registrant. The Registrant's bylaws provide that neither the amendment, nor the repeal, nor the adoption of any other provision of the charter or the bylaws will apply to or affect, in
any respect, the indemnitee's right to indemnification for actions or failures to act which occurred prior to such amendment, repeal or adoption.
Maryland law requires a corporation (unless its charter provides otherwise, which the Registrant's charter does not) to indemnify a
director or officer who has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which he or she is made a party by reason of his or her service in that capacity. Maryland law permits a corporation to indemnify its
present and former directors and officers, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in connection with any proceeding to which they may be made, or threatened to be made, a
party by reason of their service in those or other capacities unless it is established that (1) the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and (a) was committed in bad faith or
(b) was a result of active and deliberate dishonesty, (2) the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services or (3) in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had
reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful. A Maryland corporation may not indemnify for an adverse judgment in a suit by or in the right of the corporation or for a judgment of liability on the basis that personal benefit was
improperly received. Nevertheless, a court may order indemnification if it determines that the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification, even though the director or officer did not meet the prescribed standard of
conduct or was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received. However, indemnification for an adverse judgment in a suit by us or on our behalf, or for a judgment of liability on the basis that personal benefit was
improperly received, is limited to expenses. Maryland law permits a corporation to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer upon the corporation's receipt of (1) a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her
good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification and (2) a written undertaking by him or her or on his or her behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the Registrant if it shall ultimately
be determined that the standard of conduct was not met.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
EXHIBIT NO.
4.1
Second Amended and Restated Distribution Reinvestment Plan (1)
4.2
Statement regarding restrictions on transferability of shares of common stock (to appear on stock certificate or to be sent upon request and without charge to stockholders issued shares without certificates) (2)
4.3
Second Amended and Restated Share Repurchase Program, effective February 1, 2012 (3)
5.1
Opinion of Scott W. Wilton*
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP*
23.2
Consent of Scott W. Wilton (contained in Exhibit 5.1 filed herewith)
24
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page for this registration statement)
99.1
The Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. 2014 Share Unit Plan (4)
99.2
Form of Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. Share Unit Agreement (Annual Award) (4)
99.3
Form of Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. Share Unit Agreement (Contingency) (4)
*
Filed herewith.
(1)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Form 8-K, as filed by the Registrant with the SEC on September 23, 2010.
(2)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Registrant's Amendment No. 1 to Form S-11 Registration Statement, as filed by the Registrant with the SEC on July 31, 2007 (file number 333-139504).
(3)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the Registrant's Form 8-K, as filed by the Registrant with the SEC on December 29, 2011.
(4)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibits 10.3, 10.6 and 10.9, respectively, to the Registrant's Form 8-K, as filed by the Registrant with the SEC on September 22, 2014.
Item 9. Undertakings
(a) The undersigned Registrant
hereby undertakes:
(1) to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
registration statement:
(i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or
the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement; and
(iii) to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement.
Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and
(a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by reference in this registration statement.
(2) that, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof.
(3) to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be
signed on its behalf by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized, in the City of Oak Brook, State of Illinois, on October 9, 2014.
INLAND AMERICAN REAL ESTATE TRUST, INC.
(Registrant)
By:
/s/ Jack Potts
Name:
Jack Potts
Its:
Executive Vice President – Principal Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS,
that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Jack Potts and Scott W.
Wilton as his or her true and lawful attorney in-fact and agent, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for and in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign and execute on behalf of the undersigned, any and all
amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement (and to any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act")), and to file the same,
with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done in connection with any such amendments as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, and hereby does ratify and confirm all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her other
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
In accordance with the requirements of the Securities
Act, this registration statement was signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated.
SIGNATURE
TITLE
DATE
/s/ Robert D. Parks
Director and chairman of the board
October 9, 2014
Robert D. Parks
/s/ Thomas P. McGuiness
President (principal executive officer)
October 9, 2014
Thomas P. McGuiness
/s/ Jack Potts
Executive Vice President – Principal Financial Officer
October 9, 2014
Jack Potts
(principal financial officer)
/s/ Anna N. Fitzgerald
Executive Vice President – Chief Accounting Officer – Treasurer (principal accounting officer)
October 9, 2014
Anna N. Fitzgerald
/s/ J. Michael Borden
Director
October 9, 2014
J. Michael Borden
/s/ Thomas F. Meagher
Director
October 9, 2014
Thomas F. Meagher
/s/ Paula Saban
Director
October 9, 2014
Paula Saban
/s/ William J. Wierzbicki
Director
October 9, 2014
William J. Wierzbicki
/s/ Thomas F. Glavin
Director
October 9, 2014
Thomas F. Glavin
/s/ Brenda G. Gujral
Director
October 9, 2014
Brenda G. Gujral
EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT NO.
4.1
Second Amended and Restated Distribution Reinvestment Plan (1)
4.2
Statement regarding restrictions on transferability of shares of common stock (to appear on stock certificate or to be sent upon request and without charge to stockholders issued shares without certificates) (2)
4.3
Second Amended and Restated Share Repurchase Program, effective February 1, 2012 (3)
5.1
Opinion of Scott W. Wilton*
23.1
Consent of KPMG LLP*
23.2
Consent of Scott W. Wilton (contained in Exhibit 5.1 filed herewith)
24
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page for this registration statement)
99.1
The Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. 2014 Share Unit Plan (4)
99.2
Form of Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. Share Unit Agreement (Annual Award) (4)
99.3
Form of Inland American Real Estate Trust, Inc. Share Unit Agreement (Contingency) (4)
*
Filed herewith.
(1)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Form 8-K, as filed by the Registrant with the SEC on September 23, 2010.
(2)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to the Registrant's Amendment No. 1 to Form S-11 Registration Statement, as filed by the Registrant with the SEC on July 31, 2007 (file number 333-139504).
(3)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the Registrant's Form 8-K, as filed by the Registrant with the SEC on December 29, 2011.
(4)
Incorporated by reference to Exhibits 10.3, 10.6 and 10.9, respectively, to the Registrant's Form 8-K, as filed by the Registrant with the SEC on September 22, 2014.