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  0001463940
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0001286043
  KITE REALTY GROUP TRUST
  001-32268
  30 S MERIDIAN STREET
  SUITE 1100
  INDIANAPOLIS
  IN
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  3175775600
  WURTZEBACH CHARLES H
  Director
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  245 Summer Street
  Boston
  MA
  02110
  7800
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  02/26/2024
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  N/A
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  N/A
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  01/12/2022
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  /s/ Cristina Garcia, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for WURTZEBACH CHARLES H