Second Supplemental Indenture, dated July 21, 2020, by and between Retail Properties of America, Inc., as issuer, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee

Exhibit 4.1

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of July 21, 2020 (this “Supplemental Indenture”) between RETAIL PROPERTIES OF AMERICA, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Maryland (hereinafter called the “Company”), having its principal office at 2021 Spring Road, Suite 200, Oak Brook, Illinois 60523, and U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee hereunder (hereinafter called the “Trustee”), having a Corporate Trust Office at 190 S. LaSalle Street, 10^th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60603.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of March 12, 2015, by and between the Company and Trustee (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 12, 2015 (the “First Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”) providing for the issuance of the Company’s 4.00% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to and on the date of the Indenture, the Company initially issued $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.00% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Existing Notes”);

WHEREAS, Section 2.01 of the Base Indenture and Section 1.4(f) of the First Supplemental Indenture provide that the Company may, from time to time and in accordance therewith, create and issue additional Notes;

WHEREAS, the Company wishes to issue an additional $100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.00% Senior Notes due 2025 as additional Notes (the “New Notes”);

WHEREAS, Section 9.01(6) of the Base Indenture provides that, without the consent of any Holders of a Note, the Company, and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Base Indenture by entering into a supplemental indenture to establish the form or terms of any series as permitted or contemplated by Section 2.01 and Section 3.01 of the Base Indenture, in accordance with the limitations set forth in the Base Indenture;

WHEREAS, the Company is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Base Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture;

WHEREAS, the Company hereby requests that the Trustee join with the Company in the execution of this Supplemental Indenture and the Company has provided the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate and Board Resolutions authorizing the execution of and approving this Supplemental Indenture; and

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WHEREAS, all covenants, conditions and requirements necessary for the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture have been done and performed, and the execution and delivery hereof has been in all respects authorized.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders as follows:

1. Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Supplemental Indenture shall have the meanings set forth in the Indenture.

2. Amount of New Notes. The aggregate principal amount of New Notes to be authenticated and delivered under this Supplemental Indenture on July 21, 2020 is $100,000,000.

3. Terms of New Notes. The New Notes are to be issued as additional Notes under the Indenture and shall:

4. Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended and supplemented hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.

5. Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

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6. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this Supplemental Indenture by the Company shall bind its respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

7. Separability Clause. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplemental Indenture shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

8. Governing Law. This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. This Supplemental Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, that are required to be part of this First Supplemental Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

9. Counterparts. This Supplemental Indenture may be executed in several counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or email (in PDF format or other- wise) shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes. All notices, approvals, consents, requests and any communications hereunder must be in writing (provided that any communications sent to the Trustee hereunder must be in the form of a document that is signed manually or by way of a digital signature provided by DocuSign (or such other digital signature provider as specified in writing to the Trustee by the authorized representative)), in English. The Company agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of using digital signatures and electronic methods to submit communications to the Trustee, including, without limitation, the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.

10. The Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or the due execution hereof by the Company. The recitals of fact contained herein shall be taken as the statements solely of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. In the performance of its obligations hereunder, the Trustee shall be provided with all of the rights, benefits, protections, indemnities and immunities afforded to it pursuant to the Indenture. The rights, privileges, protections, indemnities and immunities and benefits given to the Trustee hereunder and under the Indenture are extended to and shall be enforceable by the Trustee in any of its capacities hereunder. The Company authorizes and directs the Trustee to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed all as of the day and year first above written.

Exhibit A

Form of 4.00% Senior Note due 2025

THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY OR ON BEHALF OF DTC (AS DEFINED IN THE FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.05 OF THE BASE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.05 OF THE BASE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 3.09 OF THE BASE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUER.

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO A NOMINEE THEREOF OR BY A NOMINEE THEREOF TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC OR BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR OF DTC OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

RETAIL PROPERTIES OF AMERICA, INC.

4.00% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2025

$100,000,000

Retail Properties of America, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Maryland (herein called the “Issuer,” which term includes any successor entity under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its registered assigns, the principal sum of ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS ($100,000,000), or such lesser amount as is set forth in the Schedule of Increases or Decreases In the Global Note on the other side of this Note, on March 15, 2025 at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts, and to pay interest, semi-annually on March 15 and September 15 of each year, commencing September 15, 2020, on said principal sum at said office or agency, in like coin or currency, at the rate per annum of 4.00%, from March 15 or September 15, as the case may be, next preceding the date of this Note to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, unless no interest has been paid or duly provided for on this Note, in which case from the Interest Payment Date next preceding the date of this Note until payment of said principal sum has been made or duly provided for. Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to the Indenture, at the option of the Issuer, interest on the Notes due and payable on any Interest Payment Date may be paid by mailing a check to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register or by transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located in the United States of America; provided, that the Paying Agent shall have received appropriate wire transfer instructions at least five Business Days prior to the Interest Payment Date. Any such interest which is punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered as of the close of business on the March 1 or September 1 (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof and the Indenture governing this Note. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed manually by the Trustee or a duly authorized authenticating agent under the Indenture.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Note to be duly executed.

Dated: July 21, 2020

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-named Indenture.

Dated: July 21, 2020

REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE

Retail Properties of America, Inc.

4.00% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2025

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Issuer, designated as its 4.00% Senior Notes due 2025 (herein called the “Notes”), issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of March 12, 2015 (herein called the “Base Indenture”), between the Issuer and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (herein called the “Trustee”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of March 12, 2015 (herein called the “First Supplemental Indenture”), and as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 21, 2020 (herein called the “Second Supplemental Indenture,” and together with the First Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), between the Issuer and the Trustee, to which Indenture and any indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders of the Notes. Defined terms used but not otherwise defined in this Note shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 3.01(e), (f) and (g) of the First Supplemental Indenture) occurs and is continuing, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes may be declared to be due and payable by either the Trustee or the Holders of at least twenty five percent (25%) in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and, upon said declaration the same shall be immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 3.01(e), (f) and (g) of the First Supplemental Indenture occurs, the principal of and premium, if any, and interest accrued and unpaid on all the Notes shall be immediately and automatically due and payable without necessity of further action.

The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Issuer and the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, to execute supplemental indentures adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or of any supplemental indenture with respect to the Notes or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Notes, subject to exceptions set forth in Section 9.02 of the Base Indenture. Subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, waive any past default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes, subject to exceptions set forth in the Indenture.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall impair, as among the Issuer and the Holder of the Notes, the obligation of the Issuer, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, on and interest on this Note at the place, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency herein and in the Indenture prescribed.

Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

The Notes are issuable in fully registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $2,000 principal amount and any multiple of $1,000. At the office or agency of the Issuer referred to on the face hereof, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, without payment of any service charge but with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, Notes may be transferred or may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of any other authorized denominations.

The Issuer shall have the right to redeem the Notes under certain circumstances as set forth in Section 1.4(d) of the First Supplemental Indenture and Article Eleven of Base Indenture.

The Notes are not subject to redemption through the operation of any sinking fund.

No recourse for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on this Note, or for any claim based hereon or otherwise in respect hereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Issuer in the Indenture or any supplemental indenture or in any Note, or because of the creation of any indebtedness

represented thereby, shall be had against any past, present or future general partner, limited partner, member, employee, incorporator, controlling person, stockholder, officer, director or agent, as such, of the Issuer, the Company, or of any of the Issuer’s or the Company’s predecessors or successors, either directly or through the Issuer or the Company, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance of the Notes by the Holders thereof and as part of the consideration for the issue of the Notes.

The Notes will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

ASSIGNMENT FORM

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and irrevocably appoint to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN THE GLOBAL NOTE

The following increases or decreases in the principal amount of this Global Note have been made: