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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

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DUKE REALTY CORPORATION

  

 

                    Meeting Information

 

Meeting Type:    Annual Meeting

For holders as of:    March 01, 2010

Date:     April 28, 2010             Time: 3:00 PM EDT

Location:   Conrad Indianapolis

 

                   50 West Washington Street

 

                   Indianapolis, IN 46204

 

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DUKE REALTY CORPORATION

ATTN:  INVESTOR RELATIONS

600 EAST 96TH STREET

SUITE 100

INDIANAPOLIS,  IN 46240

  

You are receiving this communication because you hold shares in the above named company.

 

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Voting items            

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal(s):

           

 

1.     Election of Directors

           

 

        Nominees

           

1a.   Thomas J. Baltimore, Jr

        

3.        To approve amendments to the Duke Realty Corporation Amended and Restated 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan and the 1995 Key Employees’ Stock Option Plan of Duke Realty Investments, Inc. to permit a one-time stock option exchange program for employees other than our named executive officers and directors.

 

NOTE: The Board of Directors may transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting and any adjournment or postponement thereof.

  

 

1b.   Barrington H. Branch

           

 

1c.   Geoffrey A. Button

           

 

1d.   William Cavanaugh III

           

 

1e.   Ngaire E. Cuneo

           

 

1f.    Charles R. Eitel

           

 

1g.   Martin C. Jischke, PhD

           

 

1h.   Dennis D. Oklak

           

 

1i.    Jack R. Shaw

           

 

1j.    Lynn C. Thurber

           

 

1k.   Robert J. Woodward, Jr

           

 

The Board of Directors recommends you vote FOR the following proposal(s):

        

 

2.        To ratify the reappointment by the Board of Directors of KPMG LLP as the Company’s independent public accountants for the fiscal year 2010.

        

 

 

 

 

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