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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 14A

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THE MACERICH COMPANY

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GRAPHIC


The Macerich Company

April     , 2014

Dear Stockholder:

You are cordially invited to attend our Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on Friday, May 30, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. local time at The Fairmont Miramar Hotel, 101 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica, California.

The accompanying Notice and Proxy Statement contain details concerning the matters to be considered during our Annual Meeting. At our Annual Meeting, you will be asked to:

You will note that our Board of Directors unanimously recommends that you vote your shares:

We are pleased to again take advantage of the Securities and Exchange Commission rules that allow us to furnish Proxy materials to our stockholders over the Internet. This e-proxy process expedites our stockholders' receipt of Proxy materials, lowers our costs and reduces the environmental impact of our Annual Meeting. On or about April             , 2014, we mailed to most of our stockholders a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials containing instructions on how to access our Proxy Statement and 2013 Annual Report to Stockholders and authorize their proxies online. All other stockholders will receive these materials by mail. If you only received a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials by mail, the Notice contains instructions on how you can receive a paper copy of the Proxy Statement and Annual Report.

We look forward to seeing you at our Annual Meeting and thank you for your continued support.

Your vote is important.    Whether or not you plan to attend our Annual Meeting, we urge you to submit your Proxy to ensure your shares are represented and voted at our Annual Meeting. If you attend our Annual Meeting, you may continue to have your shares voted as instructed on your Proxy or you may withdraw your Proxy at the meeting and vote your shares in person.

   
GRAPHIC
    Arthur M. Coppola
    Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

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THE MACERICH COMPANY
401 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD
SUITE 700
SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA 90401


NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON MAY 30, 2014


NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of The Macerich Company, a Maryland corporation, will be held on Friday, May 30, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. local time at The Fairmont Miramar Hotel, 101 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica, California, to consider and vote on the following matters:

Action may be taken on the foregoing matters at our Annual Meeting on the date specified above, or on any date or dates to which our Annual Meeting may be postponed or adjourned. Only stockholders of record of our common stock at the close of business on March 21, 2014 will be entitled to notice of and to vote at our Annual Meeting and at any postponement or adjournment thereof.

Your vote is important. Whether or not you plan to attend our Annual Meeting, we urge you to submit your Proxy to ensure your shares are represented and voted at our Annual Meeting. If you attend our Annual Meeting, you may continue to have your shares voted as instructed on your Proxy or you may withdraw your Proxy at our Annual Meeting and vote your shares in person.

Registered stockholders may authorize their Proxies:

Beneficial stockholders:    If your shares of common stock are held by a bank, broker or other nominee, please follow the instructions you receive from your bank, broker or other nominee to instruct how your shares of common stock are to be voted at our Annual Meeting.

    By Order of the Board of Directors

 

 


GRAPHIC
    Thomas J. Leanse
    Secretary

Santa Monica, California
April     , 2014

 

 

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Proxy Statement Summary

  i

About Our Annual Meeting

  1

Proposal 1: Election of Directors

  6

Information Regarding our Director Nominees

  7

The Board of Directors and its Committees

  17

Compensation of Directors

  23

Executive Officers

  26

Compensation Committee Report

  29

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

  30

Executive Compensation

  45

Summary Compensation Table—Fiscal Years 2011-2013

  45

Grants of Plan-Based Awards—Fiscal 2013

  48

Discussion of Summary Compensation and Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table

  48

Outstanding Equity Awards at December 31, 2013—Fiscal 2013

  51

Option Exercises and Stock Vested—Fiscal 2013

  52

Nonqualified Deferred Compensation—Fiscal 2013

  53

Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change of Control

  54

Equity Compensation Plan Information

  60

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

  61

Certain Transactions

  61

Principal Stockholders

  62

Audit Committee Matters

  65

Report of the Audit Committee

  65

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

  66

Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policy

  66

Proposal 2: Ratification of the Appointment of KPMG LLP as our Company's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

  68

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

  68

Proposal 3: Advisory Vote to Approve the Compensation of our Company's Named Executive Officers

  69

Proposal 4: Amendment and Re-approval of the Provisions of Our Amended and Restated 2003 Equity Incentive Plan Relating to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code

  71

Proposal 5: Approval of Amendments to Our Charter to Eliminate the Supermajority Vote Requirement to Amend Our Charter (with certain exceptions) and to Clarify a Reference in Article NINTH to Conform to the Maryland General Corporation Law

  80

Additional Matters

  81

Solicitation of Proxies

  81

Stockholder Proposals and Director Nominees

  81

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

  81

Other Matters

  81

Appendix I

  I-1

Appendix II

  II-1

Appendix III

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Proxy Statement Summary

This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in our Proxy Statement. This summary does not contain all of the information that you should consider, and you should read the entire Proxy Statement carefully before voting. Page references are supplied to help you find further information in our Proxy Statement.

 

Our Annual Meeting

Time and Date   10:00 a.m. local time on Friday, May 30, 2014

Place

 

The Fairmont Miramar Hotel
101 Wilshire Boulevard
Santa Monica, California

Record Date

 

Close of business on March 21, 2014

Voting

 

Each share is entitled to one vote on each matter to be voted upon at our Annual Meeting.

 

 

You can vote by any of the following methods:

 

Internet: Go to the website address shown on your Proxy or the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials until 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, the day before our Annual Meeting.

   

Telephone: As shown on the Proxy you received by mail until 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, the day before our Annual Meeting.

   

Mail: Mark, sign, date and promptly return your Proxy.


 

About Our Annual Meeting (page 1)

We provide answers to many questions about our Annual Meeting, including how to vote your shares, in our Q&A section beginning on page 1 of our Proxy Statement.

 

Proposals and Board Recommendations

Proposal
  Board
Recommendation

  Page
Reference

 

Proposal 1—Election of Eleven Directors

  For all nominees   6

Proposal 2—Ratification of the Appointment of KPMG LLP as our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Year Ending December 31, 2014

 

For

 

68

Proposal 3—Advisory Vote to Approve our Named Executive Officer Compensation

 

For

 

69

Proposal 4—Amendment and Re-approval of the Provisions of our Amended and Restated 2003 Equity Incentive Plan Relating to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code

 

For

 

71

Proposal 5—Approval of Amendments to our Charter to Eliminate the Supermajority Vote Requirement to Amend our Charter (with Certain Exceptions) and to Clarify a Reference in Article NINTH to Conform to the Maryland General Corporation Law

 

For

 

80

Transaction of any other business that properly comes before our Annual Meeting


 

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2013 Corporate Performance Highlights (page 32)

2013 was a transformational year for our Company as evidenced by our major progress and achievements across many aspects of our business. These achievements highlight an exceptionally strong year of corporate performance and our executive officers were instrumental in achieving those results. Key operational, leasing, development and capital and balance sheet achievements include the following which are described in more detail beginning on page 32 of our Proxy Statement:


Operational Goals:


Leasing Goals:


Development Goals:


Capital and Balance Sheet Goals:

In light of our overall strong performance and financial position, we were also able to share the benefits with our stockholders by increasing our quarterly cash dividend by 6.9%.

 

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Director Nominees (page 6)

 
   
   
   
  Independent (Yes/No)
   
   
 
   
  Director
Since

   
  Committee
Memberships

  Other Public
Company Boards

Name
  Age
  Occupation
  Yes
  No
 
Douglas D. Abbey   64   2010   Chairman of Swift Real Estate Partners
Director, IHP Capital Partners
  Yes       Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance   Apollo Commercial Real Estate Finance, Inc.
Dana K. Anderson   79   1994   Vice Chairman of the Board of our Company       No   None   None
Arthur M. Coppola   62   1994   Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of our Company       No   Executive (Chair)   None
Edward C. Coppola   59   1994   President of our Company       No   None   None
Fred S. Hubbell   62   1994   Director, ING U.S., Inc.
Retired Executive Board Member, ING Group
  Yes       Audit, Executive, and Nominating and Corporate Governance (Chair)   ING U.S., Inc.
Diana M. Laing   59   2003   Former Chief Financial Officer and Secretary, Thomas Properties Group, Inc.   Yes       Audit (Chair) and Compensation   None
Stanley A. Moore   75   1994   Chairman of the Board, Overton Moore Properties   Yes       Compensation (Chair), Executive, and Nominating and Corporate Governance   Industrial Income Trust, Inc.
Mason G. Ross   70   2009   Retired Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, Northwestern Mutual Life   Yes       Compensation and Nominating and Corporate Governance   None
Dr. William P. Sexton   75   1994   Vice President, Emeritus, and Professor of Management, University of Notre Dame   Yes       Audit and Nominating and Corporate Governance   None
Steven L. Soboroff   65   2014   President of Los Angeles Police Commission
Managing Partner, Soboroff Partners
  Yes       TBD   None
Andrea M. Stephen   49   2013   Retired Executive Vice President, Investments, Cadillac Fairview Corporation Limited   Yes       Audit and Compensation   First Capital Realty Inc. and Boardwalk Real Estate Investment Trust

 

Ratification of our Auditors (page 68)

We are asking our stockholders to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2014.

 

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Say-on-Pay (page 69)

Consistent with our stockholders' preference expressed in a vote at our annual meeting of stockholders in 2011, our Board has adopted a policy providing that stockholders vote annually to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in our Proxy Statement.

The cornerstone of our executive compensation philosophy is to pay for performance and, therefore, executive compensation is heavily weighted toward "at risk" performance-based compensation. Based on our 2013 highlights, the compensation decisions made by our Compensation Committee for our named executive officers demonstrate a close link between pay and performance. Our Compensation Discussion and Analysis describes the principal components of our executive compensation program, the objectives and key features of each component and the compensation decisions made by our Compensation Committee for our named executive officers.

Please review our Compensation Discussion and Analysis beginning on page 30 and the accompanying executive compensation tables beginning on page 45 for additional details about our executive compensation programs, including information about our named executive officers' 2013 compensation.

We also have several specific elements that are designed to align our executive compensation with long-term stockholder interests as described under Specific Compensation and Corporate Governance Features on page 36.

 

Amendment and Re-approval of the Provisions of our Amended and Restated 2003 Equity Incentive Plan relating to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code (page 71)

We are asking our stockholders to amend and re-approve certain provisions of our Amended and Restated 2003 Equity Incentive Plan which were adopted, subject to stockholder approval, by our Board of Directors. These provisions relate to our flexibility to grant certain awards under the plan that are intended to qualify as "performance-based compensation" under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. We are not seeking to increase the number of shares authorized for issuance under our Amended and Restated 2003 Equity Incentive Plan.

For a description of these provisions and a summary of our Amended and Restated 2003 Equity Incentive Plan, please see pages 71-79 of our Proxy Statement.

 

Approve amendments to our charter to eliminate the supermajority vote requirement to amend our charter (with certain exceptions) and to clarify a reference in Article NINTH to conform to the Maryland General Corporation Law (page 80)

Our Board of Directors, as part of its continuing review of corporate governance matters, recommends stockholder approval of a proposal to amend our charter to replace the current two-thirds supermajority vote requirement to amend our charter with a majority vote requirement (with certain exceptions). Our Board believes this proposal is consistent with our continuing commitment to best practices in corporate governance. The current two-thirds supermajority vote requirement to amend our charter is a high requirement, and one that constrains our stockholders from amending important provisions of our charter. In addition, our Board of Directors unanimously recommends stockholder approval of an amendment to our charter to clarify the reference to "termination" in Article NINTH of our charter to conform to the terminology of the Maryland General Corporation Law by substituting the term "dissolution" in lieu thereof.

We are asking our stockholders to approve these charter amendments as more fully described on page 80 of our Proxy Statement.

 

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THE MACERICH COMPANY
401 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD
SUITE 700
SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA 90401


PROXY STATEMENT

FOR 2014 ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS

TO BE HELD ON MAY 30, 2014


We are sending you this Proxy Statement in connection with the solicitation of Proxies by our Board of Directors for exercise at our 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and at any postponement or adjournment thereof. We are first providing this Proxy Statement and the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy to our stockholders on or about April             , 2014. Our 2013 Annual Report, including financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, is being provided to stockholders concurrently with this Proxy Statement. Our Annual Report, however, is not part of the proxy solicitation material. We sometimes refer to The Macerich Company as our "Company," "Macerich," "we" or "us" and to our 2014 Annual Meeting, including any postponement or adjournment thereof, as our "Annual Meeting."

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Stockholders' Meeting to be Held on May 30, 2014. This Proxy Statement and our 2013 Annual Report are available at www.proxyvote.com.


ABOUT OUR ANNUAL MEETING

Why did I receive a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials instead of paper copies of the Proxy materials?

This year, we are again using the Securities and Exchange Commission or "SEC" notice and access rule that allows us to furnish our Proxy materials over the Internet to our stockholders instead of mailing paper copies of those materials to each stockholder. This allows us to provide our stockholders with the information they need, while lowering the costs of delivery and reducing the environmental impact of our Annual Meeting. Beginning on or about April             , 2014, we sent to most of our stockholders by mail a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials or "Notice" containing instructions on how to access our Proxy materials over the Internet and authorize your Proxy online. This Notice is not a Proxy and cannot be used to vote your shares. If you received only a Notice this year, you will not receive paper copies of the Proxy materials unless you request the materials by following the instructions on the Notice or on the website referred to on the Notice. We mailed to some of our stockholders, including stockholders who have previously requested to receive paper copies of the Proxy materials and some of our stockholders who are participants in our benefit plans, paper copies of the Proxy materials instead of a Notice.

If you own shares of our common stock, $0.01 par value per share, referred to as "Common Stock," in more than one account—for example, in a joint account with your spouse and in your individual brokerage account—you may have received more than one Notice or more than one set of paper Proxy materials. To vote all of your shares by Proxy, please follow each of the separate Proxy voting instructions that you received for your shares of Common Stock held in each of your different accounts.


When is our Annual Meeting?

Our Annual Meeting will be held on Friday, May 30, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. local time at The Fairmont Miramar Hotel, 101 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica, California.


What is the purpose of our Annual Meeting?

At our Annual Meeting, our stockholders will consider and vote on the following matters:


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In addition, our stockholders will transact any other business that properly comes before our Annual Meeting. Management will also respond to appropriate questions from our stockholders.


Who is entitled to vote?

Only holders of record of our Common Stock at the close of business on the record date, March 21, 2014, are entitled to notice of and to vote at our Annual Meeting. Holders of Common Stock are entitled to cast one vote for each share held by them on each matter to be voted upon. Our Common Stock is our only class of securities authorized to vote. Under applicable law and our charter, a stockholder is not entitled to cumulative voting rights in the election of our directors.


Who is entitled to attend our Annual Meeting?

All of our stockholders of record as of the close of business on the record date, or their duly appointed Proxy holders, may attend our Annual Meeting.


What constitutes a quorum?

The presence, in person or by Proxy, of holders entitled to cast at least a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast at our Annual Meeting is necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at our Annual Meeting. As of the record date, 140,651,174 shares of Common Stock were outstanding and entitled to vote. Abstentions and broker non-votes will count toward the presence of a quorum. A "broker non-vote" occurs when a broker holding shares for a beneficial owner returns a properly executed Proxy but does not cast a vote with respect to a particular proposal because the broker does not have discretionary voting power with respect to that matter and has not received voting instructions from the beneficial owner.


How do I vote?

Voting in Person at our Annual Meeting.    If you are a stockholder of record as of the close of business on the record date and attend our Annual Meeting, you may vote in person. If your shares of Common Stock are held in street name and you wish to vote in person at our Annual Meeting, you will need to obtain a "legal proxy" from the broker, bank or other nominee through which your shares of Common Stock are held of record.

Voting by Proxy for Shares Registered Directly in the Name of the Stockholder.    If you hold your shares of Common Stock in your own name as a holder of record with our transfer agent, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., you may instruct the Proxy holders how to vote your shares of Common Stock in one of the following ways:

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Voting by Proxy for Shares Held through Street Name.    If your shares of Common Stock are held through street name, you will receive instructions from your broker, bank or other nominee that you must follow in order to instruct how your shares of Common Stock are to be voted at our Annual Meeting.


What if I sign and return a Proxy by mail or authorize my Proxy by telephone or the Internet but do not specify how I wish to vote my shares?

If you sign and return a Proxy or authorize your Proxy by telephone or the Internet but do not specify how your shares will be voted on one or more matters listed in the Notice of our Annual Meeting, the shares will be voted with respect to such matters as follows:

The holders of the Proxy will also have authority to vote in their discretion on other matters that may be properly brought before our Annual Meeting or that may be incidental to the conduct of the meeting.


Will other matters be voted on at our Annual Meeting?

It is not anticipated that any matter, other than those set forth in this Proxy Statement, will be presented at our Annual Meeting. If other matters are properly presented, Proxies will be voted by the Proxy holders in their discretion. Stockholder votes will be tabulated by the person appointed to act as inspector of election for our Annual Meeting.


May I change my vote or revoke my Proxy after I return my Proxy?

If you are a stockholder of record as of the record date, you may change your vote or revoke your Proxy before it has been voted at our Annual Meeting by:

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Any stockholder of record as of the record date attending our Annual Meeting may vote in person whether or not a Proxy has been previously given, but the presence (without further action) of a stockholder at our Annual Meeting will not constitute revocation of a previously given Proxy.

For shares you hold in street name, you may change your vote by submitting new voting instructions to your broker, bank or other nominee or, if you have obtained a legal proxy from your broker, bank or other nominee giving you the right to vote your shares at our Annual Meeting, by appearing in person and voting at our Annual Meeting.


What are our Board of Directors' recommendations?

Unless you give other instructions on your Proxy, the persons named as Proxy holders on the Proxy will vote a properly given Proxy in accordance with the recommendations of our Board of Directors. Our Board's recommendations, together with the description of each matter, are set forth in this Proxy Statement. In summary, our Board recommends that you vote your shares:

With respect to any other matter that properly comes before our Annual Meeting, the Proxy holders will vote in their discretion.


What vote is required to approve each matter?

Assuming the presence of a quorum, the affirmative vote of a majority of all of the votes cast on the matter at our Annual Meeting in person or by Proxy is required by our charter and/or bylaws for the election of each director nominee, ratification of the appointment of KPMG LLP to serve as our independent registered public accounting firm and approval of the executive compensation of our named executive officers. For purposes of these proposals, abstentions and broker non-votes, if any, are not counted as votes cast and therefore will not be counted in determining the outcome of any of these proposals.

The advisory vote proposal to approve our named executive officer compensation is advisory only and is not binding on our Company or our Board. Our Board, or an appropriate committee of our Board, will consider the outcome of the vote on this proposal in considering what action, if any, should be taken in response to the advisory vote by stockholders.

The affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast on the matter at our Annual Meeting in person or by Proxy is required for the amendment and re-approval of the provisions of our 2003 Incentive Plan relating to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code. Under the New York Stock Exchange rules or "NYSE Rules," for purposes of the vote to approve the amendment and re-approval of the provisions of our 2003 Incentive Plan relating to Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, an abstention constitutes a vote cast but a broker non-vote does not. Accordingly, a broker non-vote will not be counted in determining the outcome of the vote on this matter, while an abstention will have the same effect as a vote against the matter.

Approval of the proposal to amend our charter to eliminate the supermajority vote requirement to amend our charter (with certain exceptions) and to clarify a reference in Article NINTH to conform to the Maryland General Corporation Law requires the affirmative vote of two-thirds of all of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter at our

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Annual Meeting in person or by Proxy. For purposes of the vote on the proposed charter amendments, abstentions and broker non-votes, if any, will have the same effect as votes against the proposal, although they will be considered present for the purposes of determining the presence of a quorum.

The proposal to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm is considered a routine item under the NYSE Rules. Accordingly, if you hold your shares in street name and you do not submit voting instructions to your broker, your broker may exercise its discretion to vote your shares on this proposal. If your broker exercises this discretion, your shares will be counted as present for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum at our Annual Meeting and will be voted in the manner directed by your broker on the proposal to ratify KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm, but your shares will constitute broker non-votes on each of the other proposals at our Annual Meeting.

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PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

Under our bylaws, our Board of Directors determines the number of our directors, provided that the number shall never be less than the minimum required by the Maryland General Corporation Law, nor more than twelve. The present term of our eleven director nominees will expire at our Annual Meeting. Our director nominees, if elected at our Annual Meeting, will hold office until our annual meeting of stockholders in 2015 and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualify.

Our Board of Directors, based on the recommendations of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, has nominated the following individuals to serve as directors of our Company:

 
   
   
   
   

 

Douglas D. Abbey

     

Stanley A. Moore

 

 

 

Dana K. Anderson

     

Mason G. Ross

 

 

 

Arthur M. Coppola

     

Dr. William P. Sexton

 

 

 

Edward C. Coppola

     

Steven L. Soboroff

 

 

 

Fred S. Hubbell

     

Andrea M. Stephen

 

 

 

Diana M. Laing

         

 

Mr. Soboroff was elected as a director by our Board of Directors on January 29, 2014 and was recommended to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee by Mr. A. Coppola. Each of our other director nominees was previously elected to serve on our Board by our stockholders. Each of our director nominees is currently serving as a director and has consented to be nominated and to serve if elected. However, if any nominee becomes unable or unwilling for good cause to serve as a director if elected, the Proxy holders may vote for another person nominated by our Board of Directors.

Our Board of Directors will consider a nominee for election to our Board recommended by a stockholder of record if the stockholder submits a written notice regarding such recommendation to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee c/o our Secretary in the manner described under the heading "The Board of Directors and its Committees—Director Selection Process."

Our charter and bylaws provide that our directors are required to be elected by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the votes cast on the matter in person or by Proxy at our Annual Meeting at which a quorum is present. Our Guidelines on Corporate Governance further provide that any incumbent director who fails to receive the required vote for re-election shall offer to resign from the Board. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will make a recommendation to the Board on whether to accept or reject the resignation. The Board will then act on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee's recommendation and publicly disclose its decision within 90 days after the date of the certification of the election results. If the resignation is not accepted, the director will generally continue to serve until the next annual meeting and until the director's successor is elected and qualifies. If the resignation is accepted, then the Board, in its sole discretion, may fill any resulting vacancy or may decrease the size of the Board pursuant to our charter or bylaws. The director whose offer to resign is under consideration generally will not participate in the Board's decision regarding whether to accept or reject such director's resignation.

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" THE ELECTION OF EACH OF OUR DIRECTOR NOMINEES. PROXIES RECEIVED WILL BE VOTED "FOR" EACH OF OUR DIRECTOR NOMINEES UNLESS STOCKHOLDERS SPECIFY OTHERWISE IN THE PROXY.

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Information Regarding our Director Nominees

Director Stock Ownership

The following table sets forth certain stock ownership information with respect to our director nominees based on information furnished by each director. The following information is as of the record date, March 21, 2014.

Name
  Amount and Nature of
Beneficial Ownership
of Common Stock(1)
  Percent of
Common
Stock(2)
  Amount and Nature of
Beneficial Ownership
of OP Units(1)(3)
  Percent of
Common
Stock(4)
 

Douglas D. Abbey

  6,636(5)(6)   *         *  

Dana K. Anderson

  120,485(7)   *     1,334,214 (8)   1.02 %

Arthur M. Coppola(9)

  315,151(10)(11)   *     2,042,598 (12)   1.65 %

Edward C. Coppola(9)

  384,630(13)(14)   *     1,353,178 (15)   1.22 %

Fred S. Hubbell

  81,177(16)(17)   *         *  

Diana M. Laing

  12,479(18)   *         *  

Stanley A. Moore

  58,589(19)   *         *  

Mason G. Ross

  7,402(20)   *         *  

Dr. William P. Sexton

  2,642(21)   *         *  

Steven L. Soboroff

  —(22)            

Andrea M. Stephen

  3,867(23)   *         *  

*
The percentage of shares beneficially owned by this director does not exceed one percent of our outstanding shares of Common Stock.

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Except as provided under applicable state marital property laws or as otherwise noted, each individual in the table above has sole voting and investment power over the shares of Common Stock or OP Units (as defined in Note 3 below) listed.

(2)
Assumes that none of our outstanding OP Units or LTIP Units (as defined in Note 3) are redeemed for shares of Common Stock (assuming, in the case of LTIP Units, they have first been converted into OP Units).

(3)
Our Company is the sole general partner of, and owns an aggregate of approximately 93% of the ownership interests referred to as "OP Units" in, The Macerich Partnership, L.P. or our "Operating Partnership." Our Operating Partnership holds directly or indirectly substantially all of our interests in our regional shopping centers and our community/power shopping centers. Our Company conducts all of its business through our Operating Partnership, the property partnerships, corporations and limited liability companies that own title to our centers and various management companies. In connection with our formation as well as subsequent acquisitions of certain centers, OP Units were issued to certain persons in connection with the transfer of their interests in such centers. The OP Units are redeemable at the election of the holder and our Company may redeem them for cash or shares of Common Stock on a one-for-one basis (subject to anti-dilution provisions), at our election.

Our Long-Term Incentive Plan or "LTIP" allows for the issuance of limited partnership units in the form of a class of units of our Operating Partnership referred to as "LTIP Units," as more fully described on pages 48-50 of this Proxy Statement. LTIP Units may be performance-based, service-based, or fully-vested. Upon the occurrence of specified events, any vested LTIP Units can over time achieve full parity with the common OP Units of our Operating Partnership at which time LTIP Units are convertible, subject to the satisfaction of applicable vesting conditions, on a one-for-one basis into common OP Units.

(4)
Assumes that all OP Units and LTIP Units held by the person are redeemed for shares of Common Stock (assuming, in the case of any LTIP Units, they have first been converted into OP Units) and that none of our OP Units or LTIP Units held by other persons are redeemed for or converted into shares of Common Stock.

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(5)
Includes 2,000 shares of Common Stock held in a charitable remainder unitrust of which Mr. Abbey and his wife are trustees. Also includes 1,265 shares of non-transferrable restricted stock granted to Mr. Abbey under our 2003 Incentive Plan that will vest after May 20, 2014.

(6)
In addition to the securities disclosed in the above table, Mr. Abbey has 1,825 stock units that will vest after May 20, 2014 under our 2003 Incentive Plan and 8,926 stock units credited under the terms of our Eligible Directors' Deferred Compensation/Phantom Stock Plan referred to as our "Director Phantom Stock Plan," the vesting and terms of which are described under "Compensation of Directors" below. Stock units, including the stock units issued under our Director Phantom Stock Plan, are payable solely in shares of Common Stock, do not represent outstanding shares, do not have voting rights and are non-transferrable.

(7)
All shares of Common Stock are held in trust by Mr. Anderson as trustee of the family trust for the benefit of Mr. Anderson and his wife.

(8)
All OP Units are held in trust by Mr. Anderson as trustee of the family trust for the benefit of Mr. Anderson and his wife.

(9)
Arthur Coppola and Edward Coppola are brothers.

(10)
Includes 488 shares held by Mr. A. Coppola as custodian for his minor child.

(11)
Includes 102,610 stock appreciation rights or "SARs" granted under our 2003 Incentive Plan that vested on March 15, 2011. SARs are payable solely in shares of Common Stock, do not represent outstanding shares, do not have voting rights and are non-transferrable. Also includes 211,500 shares of Common Stock which are pledged as collateral for a line of credit. Excluding his pledged shares, Mr. A. Coppola beneficially owns Macerich securities representing approximately 130 times his salary, which is in excess of the number of shares of Common Stock he is required to own pursuant to our Stock Ownership Policies described on page 44 of this Proxy Statement. See also "Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Executive Summary—Specific Compensation and Corporate Governance Features—Anti-Pledging Policy" on page 36 of this Proxy Statement.

(12)
Includes 1,764,055 OP Units that are held by family limited liability companies of which Mr. A. Coppola is the sole manager, 66,390 vested LTIP Units, 173,947 vested performance-based LTIP Units and 38,206 service-based LTIP Units that will vest after May 20, 2014. In addition to the securities disclosed in the above table, Mr. A. Coppola has 148,874 unvested performance-based LTIP Units.

(13)
Includes 4,377 shares of Common Stock held for Mr. E. Coppola under our 401(k)/Profit Sharing Plan. Also includes 39,969 shares held by a family limited partnership of which Mr. E. Coppola has sole beneficial ownership and 5,053 shares held by Mr. E. Coppola as custodian for his children. All of the shares held by the family partnership are pledged as collateral for a line of credit.

(14)
Includes 72,907 SARs granted under our 2003 Incentive Plan that vested on March 15, 2011. Also includes 262,098 shares of Common Stock which are pledged as collateral for a line of credit. Excluding his pledged shares, Mr. E. Coppola beneficially owns Macerich securities representing approximately 109 times his salary, which is in excess of the number of shares of Common Stock he is required to own pursuant to our Stock Ownership Policies described on page 44 of this Proxy Statement. See also "Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Executive Summary—Specific Compensation and Corporate Governance Features—Anti-Pledging Policy" on page 36 of this Proxy Statement.

(15)
Includes 155,952 OP Units held in a family trust where Mr. E. Coppola has shared beneficial ownership, 53,112 vested LTIP Units, 57,982 vested performance-based LTIP Units and 12,735 service-based LTIP Units that will vest after May 20, 2014. In addition to the securities disclosed in the above table, Mr. E. Coppola has 49,624 unvested performance-based LTIP Units.

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(16)
Includes 970 shares held in trust by Mr. Hubbell as trustee and 10,511 shares held in trust for the benefit of Mr. Hubbell and his descendants. Also includes 17,344 shares held by a foundation of which Mr. Hubbell and his wife are trustees.

(17)
Includes 1,265 shares of non-transferrable restricted stock granted to Mr. Hubbell under our 2003 Incentive Plan that will vest after May 20, 2014. In addition to the securities disclosed in the above table, Mr. Hubbell has 1,825 stock units that will vest after May 20, 2014 under our 2003 Incentive Plan and 56,789 stock units credited under the terms of our Director Phantom Stock Plan.

(18)
Includes 1,265 shares of non-transferrable restricted stock granted to Ms. Laing under our 2003 Incentive Plan that will vest after May 20, 2014. In addition to the securities disclosed in the above table, Ms. Laing has 1,825 stock units that will vest after May 20, 2014 under our 2003 Incentive Plan and 24,461 stock units credited under the terms of our Director Phantom Stock Plan.

(19)
Includes 1,265 shares of non-transferrable restricted stock granted to Mr. Moore under our 2003 Incentive Plan that will vest after May 20, 2014. In addition to the securities disclosed in the above table, Mr. Moore has 1,825 stock units that will vest after May 20, 2014 under our 2003 Incentive Plan and 58,662 stock units credited under the terms of our Director Phantom Stock Plan.

(20)
Includes 1,265 shares of non-transferrable restricted stock granted to Mr. Ross under our 2003 Incentive Plan that will vest after May 20, 2014. In addition to the securities disclosed in the above table, Mr. Ross has 1,825 stock units that will vest after May 20, 2014 under our 2003 Incentive Plan and 7,057 stock units credited under the terms of our Director Phantom Stock Plan.

(21)
Includes 1,265 shares of non-transferrable restricted stock granted to Dr. Sexton under our 2003 Incentive Plan that will vest after May 20, 2014. In addition to the securities disclosed in the above table, Dr. Sexton has 1,825 stock units that will vest after May 20, 2014 under our 2003 Incentive Plan and 55,731 stock units credited under the terms of our Director Phantom Stock Plan.

(22)
Mr. Soboroff has 2,325 stock units that will vest after May 20, 2014 under our 2003 Incentive Plan.

(23)
Includes 1,140 shares of non-transferable restricted stock granted to Ms. Stephen under our 2003 Incentive Plan that will vest after May 20, 2014. In addition to the securities disclosed in the above table, Ms. Stephen has 1,825 stock units that will vest after May 20, 2014 under our 2003 Incentive Plan and 4,009 stock units credited under the terms of our Director Phantom Stock Plan.

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Director Biographical Information


The following provides certain biographical information with respect to our directors as well as the specific experience, qualifications, attributes and skills that led our Board to conclude that each director should serve as a member of our Board of Directors. Each director has served continuously since elected.

Summary of Board Experience

 
  D.
Abbey
  D.
Anderson
  A.
Coppola
  E.
Coppola
  F.
Hubbell
  D.
Laing
  S.
Moore
  M.
Ross
  W.
Sexton
  S.
Soboroff
  A.
Stephen

Chief Executive Officer/President/Founder

  X   X   X   X   X       X           X    

Chief Financial Officer

                      X                    

Retail and/or Commercial Real Estate

  X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X       X   X

Financial Literacy

  X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X

Finance/Capital Markets/Investment

  X       X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X

Business Operations

  X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X

Risk Oversight/Management

  X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X   X

International

                  X           X           X

Academic

  X                   X           X   X    

Douglas D. Abbey
        Independent Director Nominee

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Dana K. Anderson
        Director Nominee

Arthur M. Coppola
        
Director Nominee

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Edward C. Coppola
        Director Nominee

Fred S. Hubbell
        Independent Director Nominee

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Diana M. Laing
        Independent Director Nominee

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Stanley A. Moore
        Independent Director Nominee

Mason G. Ross
        Independent Director Nominee

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Dr. William P. Sexton
        Independent Director Nominee

Steven L. Soboroff
        Independent Director Nominee

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Andrea M. Stephen
        Independent Director Nominee

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The Board of Directors and its Committees

Board of Directors

Our Company is managed under the direction of a Board of Directors composed of eleven members. Our Board of Directors met six times in 2013. Each of our directors attended all Board meetings, except Mr. Abbey missed one meeting. In addition, each such director attended at least 75% of the aggregate number of meetings of our Board and of each committee on which he or she served during 2013. Mr. Soboroff was elected as a director by our Board of Directors on January 29, 2014.

Director Independence.    For a director to be considered independent, our Board must determine that the director does not have any material relationship with our Company (either directly or as a partner, shareholder or officer of an organization that has a relationship with our Company). Our Board has established Director Independence Standards to assist it in determining director independence. The Director Independence Standards establish exclusionary standards that conform to the independence requirements of the NYSE Rules and categorical standards that identify permissible immaterial relationships between our directors and our Company. These Director Independence Standards are included in our Guidelines on Corporate Governance which are available at www.macerich.com under "Investing—Corporate Governance." Our Board has determined that the following eight current non-employee directors do not have any material relationship with our Company (either directly or as a partner, shareholder or officer of an organization that has a relationship with our Company) and each is an independent director under our Director Independence Standards: Messrs. Abbey, Hubbell, Moore, Ross and Soboroff, Mses. Laing and Stephen and Dr. Sexton. Messrs. A. Coppola, Anderson and E. Coppola are not independent directors because they are current executive-level employees of our Company.

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Board Committee Memberships

During 2013, the Board had standing Executive, Audit, Compensation, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees. The current members of our committees, the principal functions of each committee and the number of meetings held in 2013 are shown below. All members attended each meeting of their respective Committees, except Mr. Moore missed one Compensation Committee meeting and Mr. Abbey missed one Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee meeting.

Name of Committee and
Current Members

  Committee Functions
  Number of
Meetings

 
Executive:
    Arthur M. Coppola, Chair
    Fred S. Hubbell*
    Stanley A. Moore
 
* Lead Director
 

exercising the powers and authority of the Board between Board meetings as permitted by applicable law

implementing the policy decisions of the Board on matters not delegated to other committees of the Board

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Audit:
    Diana M. Laing, Chair*
    Fred S. Hubbell
    Dr. William P. Sexton
    Andrea M. Stephen
  
*  Audit Committee Financial
    Expert
 

appointing, evaluating and, where appropriate, replacing our independent public accountants

reviewing our financial statements with management and our independent public accountants

reviewing and approving with our independent public accountants the scope and results of the audit engagement

pre-approving audit and permissible non-audit services provided by our independent public accountants

reviewing the independence of our independent public accountants

reviewing the adequacy of our internal accounting controls and legal and regulatory compliance

reviewing and approving related-party transactions in accordance with our Related Party Transaction Policies and Procedures as described below

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Compensation:
    Stanley A. Moore, Chair
    Douglas D. Abbey
    Diana M. Laing
    Mason G. Ross
    Andrea M. Stephen
 

approving and evaluating our executive officer compensation plans, policies and programs

reviewing annually our overall compensation structure and philosophy

reviewing and approving compensation for our executive officers

reviewing and recommending director compensation to our Board

administering certain of our employee benefit and stock plans

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Nominating and Corporate Governance:
    Fred S. Hubbell, Chair
    Douglas D. Abbey
    Stanley A. Moore
    Mason G. Ross
    Dr. William P. Sexton
 

assisting our Board by identifying individuals qualified to become Board members and recommending to our Board nominees for election as directors by our stockholders or by our Board to fill a vacancy occurring between stockholder meetings

recommending adoption of and changes to our Guidelines on Corporate Governance

leading our Board in its annual review of the performance of our Board and our committees

recommending to our Board director nominees for each Board committee

performing such other duties and responsibilities as are set forth in its charter or delegated by our Board, including developing a succession plan to ensure continuity in management

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Committee Charters.    The charters for the Executive Committee, Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are available at www.macerich.com under "Investing—Corporate Governance."

Related Party Transaction Policies and Procedures

The Audit Committee administers our written Related Party Transaction Policies and Procedures. These policies are designed to assist with the proper identification, review and disclosure of related party transactions and apply generally to any transaction or series of transactions in which our Company or an affiliate is a participant, the amount involved exceeds $120,000 and a related party has a direct or indirect material interest. A related party generally includes any director, executive officer, stockholder of more than 5% of our Common Stock and any immediate family member thereof. Under the policies and procedures, transactions that fall within this definition will be referred to the Audit Committee for approval, ratification or other action. In determining whether to approve or ratify a transaction, the Audit Committee will consider all of the relevant facts and circumstances, including the related party's interest, the amount involved in the transaction, and whether the transaction has terms no less favorable than those generally available from an unrelated third party. The Audit Committee will approve or ratify such transaction if it determines, in good faith, that under all of the circumstances the transaction is fair to our Company.

Risk Oversight

One of the principal functions of our Board of Directors is to provide oversight concerning our Company's assessment and management of risk related to our business. Our Board of Directors is involved in risk oversight through direct decision-making authority with respect to fundamental financial and business strategies and major corporate activities as well as through its oversight of management and the committees of our Board. Management is responsible for identifying the material risks facing our Company, implementing appropriate risk management strategies and ensuring that information with respect to material risks is shared with our Board and/or the appropriate Board committee. In connection with this responsibility, members of management provide regular reports to our Board regarding business operations and strategic planning, financial planning and budgeting, and material litigation and regulations, including any material risk to the Company relating to such matters. Our Board of Directors believes that the processes it has established to administer our Board's risk oversight function would be effective under a variety of leadership frameworks and therefore these processes do not have any material effect on our Company's leadership structure described under the heading "Board Leadership Structure" below.

Our Board has delegated oversight for specific areas of risk exposure to our Board committees as follows:

At each regular meeting of our Board of Directors, the chairperson of each committee reports to the full Board regarding the matters reported and discussed at any committee meetings, including any risk exposure and risk management policies with respect to such matters. Our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Legal Officer and/or Chief Financial Officer regularly attend meetings of our committees when they are not in executive session. In addition,

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our directors are free to communicate directly with members of management and any outside advisors regarding any matter.

Compensation Risk Assessment.    We believe that our compensation programs do not encourage unnecessary or excessive risk taking that could have a material adverse effect on our Company. The Compensation Committee considers, in establishing and reviewing our executive compensation program, whether the program encourages unnecessary or excessive risk taking and has concluded that it does not. Base salaries are fixed in amount and thus do not encourage risk taking. While our annual incentive compensation program focuses on short-term or annual performance, our executives' annual bonuses are determined in the Compensation Committee's discretion based on its consideration of a variety of corporate and individual performance factors as described below under "Compensation Discussion and Analysis." Therefore, the Compensation Committee believes that the annual bonus program appropriately balances risk and the desire to focus executives on short-term goals important to our success without putting undue emphasis on any particular performance measure, and that it does not encourage unnecessary or excessive risk taking.

A significant portion of the compensation provided to our named executive officers is in the form of equity awards that further align executives' interests with those of our stockholders. The Compensation Committee believes that these awards do not encourage unnecessary or excessive risk taking since the ultimate value of the awards is tied to our stock price, and since a large percentage of our grants are subject to vesting or retention schedules to help ensure that executives always have significant value tied to our long-term stock price performance. As described in our "Compensation Discussion and Analysis," an important component of our executive compensation program is to grant executives performance-based LTIP Unit awards that vest based on the percentile ranking of our total stockholder return as compared to our peer REITs over the applicable performance period. The Compensation Committee believes these awards as well as our other LTIP Unit awards provide additional incentives for executives to create value for our stockholders and, together with the executives' equity ownership in our Company pursuant to our Stock Ownership Policies as described below, help further link their interests with those of our stockholders.

Additional Compensation Committee Matters.    The Compensation Committee charter provides that the Compensation Committee may, in its sole discretion, retain or obtain the advice of any compensation consultant or adviser as it deems necessary to assist in the evaluation of director or executive officer compensation and shall be directly responsible for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the work of any such compensation consultant or adviser. The Compensation Committee periodically engages independent compensation consultants to assist in the development and review of our director and executive officer compensation programs, including evolving compensation trends and market survey data. After a review of various compensation consultants, the Committee retained Frederic W. Cook & Co. ("Cook & Co."), a nationally recognized independent compensation consulting firm, in late 2012 to evaluate the existing executive and non-employee director compensation programs, assess the design and competitive positioning of these programs, and make recommendations for change, as appropriate. The Committee considered the independence of Cook & Co. and determined that its engagement of Cook & Co. does not raise any conflicts of interest with our Company or any of our directors or executive officers. Cook & Co. provides no other consulting services to our Company, our executive officers or directors.

Mr. A. Coppola generally attends the Compensation Committee meetings (excluding any executive sessions) and provides his analysis and recommendations with respect to our executive compensation programs, including the compensation for our other executive officers. While Mr. A. Coppola's input is viewed by the Compensation Committee as an integral and vital part of the compensation process, the Compensation Committee is solely responsible for making the final decision regarding the form and amount of compensation for our Company's executive officers. The Compensation Committee may also form and delegate authority to subcommittees, when appropriate, each subcommittee to consist only of independent directors. No subcommittee has been formed.

Director Selection Process

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that vacancies are anticipated, or otherwise arise, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers various potential candidates for director. Candidates may come to the attention of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee through current Board members, officers, professional search firms or other persons. These candidates are evaluated at regular or special meetings of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and may be considered at any point during the year. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee also may review materials provided by professional search firms or other parties in connection with a nominee. In evaluating such nominations, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee seeks to achieve a balance of knowledge, experience and capability on our Board. This Committee will make the final recommendations of candidates to our Board for nomination.

Our Board of Directors has a policy that stockholders may recommend a director candidate for consideration by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee for election at an annual meeting of stockholders by submitting the names and qualifications of such persons in writing to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, c/o our Secretary, no later than the December 1 prior to the next annual meeting of stockholders, together with information about the stockholder and the candidate otherwise required for director nominations by a stockholder pursuant to Section 1.11 of our bylaws, a copy of which will be made available upon request. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee may request additional information concerning such director candidate as it deems reasonably required to determine the eligibility and qualification of the director candidate to serve as a member of our Board. Stockholders who wish to nominate a person for election as a director in connection with an annual meeting of stockholders (as opposed to making a recommendation to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee as described above) must deliver written notice to our Secretary in the manner described in Section 1.11 of our bylaws and within the time periods set forth herein under the heading "Stockholder Proposals and Director Nominees."

Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and our Board of Directors will consider all persons properly recommended as a nominee for election to the Board in the same manner regardless of the source of the recommendation. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee does not apply any specific, minimum qualifications in considering a director candidate and does not impose additional qualifications on stockholder-recommended potential nominees. Instead, the Committee reviews the candidates taking into account the current Board membership and considers a variety of factors, including the specific needs of our Company and our Board, the experience, skills, areas of expertise, independence, productivity, length of service, occupational and other responsibilities (including other public company board memberships and committee memberships) of the candidates, and such other factors as the Committee may determine is appropriate for review. This process is described in our Guidelines on Corporate Governance which is available at www.macerich.com under "Investing—Corporate Governance."

Diversity.    Although our Company does not have a formal policy for the consideration of diversity in identifying nominees for director, our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee recognizes the benefits associated with a diverse Board and strives to create diversity in the Board as a whole when identifying and selecting nominees. Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee utilizes a broad conception of diversity, including diversity of professional experience, background, skills, areas of expertise and perspective. These factors, the additional factors described above under "Director Selection Process" and others that are considered useful by our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are reviewed in terms of assessing the perceived needs of our Board at any particular point in time. Our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee focuses on having a Board which collectively possesses a broad range of talent, skill, expertise and experience useful to the effective oversight of our Company's business and affairs. On an annual basis, as part of our Board's self-evaluation, our Board assesses whether the overall mix of our Board members is appropriate for our Company.

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Board Leadership Structure

Our Guidelines on Corporate Governance provide that our Board is free to make its choice for Chairman of the Board and CEO in any way that our Board considers is best for our Company. Our Board recognizes that no single leadership model is correct at all times and that, depending on the circumstances, another leadership model might be appropriate. Our Board, therefore, believes that it should have the flexibility to decide whether it is best for our Company at any point in time to combine or separate the roles of CEO and Chairman of the Board.

Our Board currently combines the role of Chairman of the Board and the role of CEO, but couples this with the Lead Director position to further strengthen our governance structure. Our Board believes this structure provides an efficient and effective leadership model for our Company given Mr. A. Coppola's strong leadership and extensive knowledge of our Company. Combining the Chairman and CEO roles in the case of Mr. A. Coppola serves as a bridge between the Board and management and fosters clear accountability, effective decision making and alignment on corporate strategy.

To ensure independent oversight, we have a strong Lead Director role as well as executive sessions of the independent directors after every Board meeting. Our current Lead Director, who was designated by our independent directors, is Mr. Hubbell. In addition to collaborating with our CEO on a regular basis, the role of the Lead Director is to prepare with our CEO our Board agendas, chair the executive sessions of the non-management directors, call meetings of the independent directors and perform such other functions as our Board or non-management directors may direct. The non-management directors meet in separate executive sessions after each regularly scheduled quarterly Board meeting. The non-management directors met four times in 2013. Each non-management director is an independent director.

Attendance at Stockholders' Meetings

Our Board encourages directors in the Santa Monica area at the time of the stockholders' meeting to attend the meeting. Our Board does not require director attendance at our stockholders' meetings because our stock is predominately held by institutional stockholders and attendance is traditionally light. At our 2013 annual stockholders' meeting, one of our management directors and three of our executive officers attended.

Contact Our Board

Individual stockholders or any other interested parties may contact our entire Board of Directors or individual members of our Board of Directors, our non-management directors as a group or the Lead Director for our non-management directors, by sending an e-mail as follows:

Such communications may be anonymous and also may be submitted in writing in care of:

All communications are distributed to our Board, or to any individual director or directors as appropriate, depending on the facts and circumstances of the communication. Our Board of Directors has requested that certain items that are unrelated to the duties and responsibilities of our Board be excluded, such as spam, junk mail and mass mailings, resumes and other forms of job inquiries, surveys, business solicitations or advertisements.

Codes of Ethics

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Business Conduct and Ethics provides principles of conduct and ethics for our directors, officers and employees. This Code complies with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, applicable SEC rules and the NYSE Rules. In addition, our Company has adopted a Code of Ethics for our CEO and senior financial officers which supplements our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics applicable to all employees and complies with the additional requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and applicable SEC rules. To the extent required by applicable SEC rules and NYSE Rules, we intend to promptly disclose future amendments to certain provisions of these Codes or waivers of such provisions granted to directors and executive officers, including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or persons performing similar functions, on our website at www.macerich.com under "Investing—Corporate Governance—Code of Ethics." Each of these Codes of Conduct is available on our website at www.macerich.com under "Investing—Corporate Governance."


Compensation of Directors

Our non-employee directors are compensated for their services according to an arrangement authorized by our Board of Directors and recommended by the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee generally reviews director compensation annually. A Board member who is also an employee of our Company or a subsidiary does not receive compensation for service as a director. Messrs. A. Coppola, Anderson and E. Coppola are the only directors who are also employees of our Company or a subsidiary.

In August 2013, Cook & Co. conducted a review of our non-employee director compensation program and suggested changes based on a competitive review for the Compensation Committee's consideration. Based on the recommendations by the Compensation Committee, our Board of Directors revised certain aspects of our non-employee director compensation, effective August 7, 2013. The following sets forth the compensation structure effective at the beginning of 2013, which had been in place for our non-employee directors since January 1, 2010, as well as the revised compensation structure, effective August 7, 2013:

 
 
  Structure Prior to August 7, 2013
  Structure Effective as of
August 7, 2013

 
Annual Retainer for Service on our Board   $60,000   $60,000
 
Annual Equity Award for
Service on our Board
  
  
  
  
  $75,000 of restricted stock based upon the closing price of our Common Stock on the grant date, which is granted in March of each year under our 2003 Incentive Plan with a three-year vesting period.   $110,000 of restricted stock units based upon the closing price of our Common Stock on the grant date, which is granted in March of each year under our 2003 Incentive Plan with a one-year vesting period.
 
Annual Retainer for Lead Director   None   $30,000
 
Annual Retainers for Chairs of Audit, Compensation, and Nominating & Corporate Governance Committees   Audit: $25,000
Compensation: $25,000
Nominating & Corp. Governance: $25,000
  Audit: $32,500
Compensation: $32,500
Nominating & Corp. Governance: $25,000
 
Annual Retainer for Non-Chair Committee Membership   $12,500   $12,500
 
Expenses
 
 
 
 
  The reasonable expenses incurred by each director (including employee directors) in connection with the performance of their duties are reimbursed.   The reasonable expenses incurred by each director (including employee directors) in connection with the performance of their duties are reimbursed.
 

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Director Equity Award Programs

In addition, our Director Phantom Stock Plan offers our non-employee directors the opportunity to defer cash compensation otherwise payable over a three-year period and to receive that compensation (to the extent that it is actually earned by service during that period) in cash or in shares of Common Stock as elected by the director, after termination of the director's service or on a specified payment date. Such compensation includes the annual cash retainers payable to our non-employee directors. Substantially all of our current non-employee directors during his or her term of service elected to receive all or a portion of such compensation in Common Stock. Deferred amounts are generally credited as stock units at the beginning of the applicable deferral period based on the present value of such deferred compensation divided by the average fair market value of our Common Stock for the preceding 10 trading days. Stock unit balances are credited with additional stock units as dividend equivalents and are ultimately paid out in shares of our Common Stock on a one-for-one basis. A maximum of 500,000 shares of our Common Stock may be issued in total under our Director Phantom Stock Plan, subject to certain customary adjustments for stock splits, stock dividends and similar events. The vesting of the stock units is accelerated in case of the death or disability of a director or, upon or after a change of control event, the termination of his or her services as a director.

Our Board of Directors also recently adopted a deferral program for the equity compensation of our non-employee directors which allows them to defer the receipt of all or a portion of their restricted stock unit awards and receive the underlying common stock after termination of service or a specified payment date. Any dividends payable with respect to those deferred restricted stock units will also be deferred and will be paid in accordance with their payment election. The deferred dividend equivalents may be paid in cash or converted into additional restricted stock units and ultimately paid in shares of our Common Stock on a one-to-one basis. The vesting of the restricted stock units is accelerated in case of the death or disability of a director or upon a change of control event.

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2013 Director Compensation


The following table summarizes the compensation paid, awarded or earned with respect to each of our non-employee directors during 2013. Mr. Soboroff joined our Board on January 29, 2014.

Name
  Fees
Earned or
Paid in
Cash
($)(1)
  Stock
Awards
($)(2)
  Option
Awards
($)
  Non-Equity
Incentive
Plan
Compensation
($)
  Change in
Pension
Value and
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
  All Other
Compensation
($)
  Total
($)
 

Douglas D. Abbey

    85,000     75,000                     160,000  

Fred S. Hubbell

    121,055     75,000                     196,055  

Diana M. Laing

    100,521     75,000                     175,521  

Stanley A. Moore

    113,021     75,000                     188,021  

Mason G. Ross

    85,000     75,000                     160,000  

Dr. William P. Sexton

    85,000     75,000                     160,000  

Andrea M. Stephen

    80,733     104,490                     185,223  


(1)
Pursuant to our Director Phantom Stock Plan, each director, except Mr. Ross, elected to defer fully his or her annual cash retainers for 2013 and to receive such compensation in Common Stock at a future date. Mr. Ross elected to defer 50% of his annual retainer for 2013. Therefore, for 2013 compensation, Messrs. Abbey, Hubbell, Moore and Ross, Mses. Laing and Stephen and Dr. Sexton were credited with 898, 1,880, 1,746, 657, 535, 1,103 and 1,315 stock units, respectively, which vested during 2013 as their service was provided. The amount shown for Ms. Stephen represents the prorated share of her director fees beginning January 3, 2013, the date she was elected as a director. This amount also gives effect to changes in director compensation which became effective on August 7, 2013. See "Compensation of Directors."

(2)
The amounts shown represent the grant date fair value computed in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards Bulletin ASC Topic 718 referred to as "FASB ASC Topic 718," of restricted stock awards granted under our 2003 Incentive Plan. Any estimated forfeitures were excluded from the determination of these amounts and there were no forfeitures of stock awards during 2013 by our directors. Assumptions used in the calculation of these amounts are set forth in footnote 20 to our audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 21, 2014.

Each of our non-employee directors received 1,209 shares of restricted stock on March 8, 2013 under our 2003 Incentive Plan. The closing price of our Common Stock on that date was $62.01. Ms. Stephen also received 500 shares of restricted stock upon joining our Board on January 3, 2013. The closing price of our Common Stock on that date was $58.98.

As of December 31, 2013, our non-employee directors held the following number of unvested shares of restricted stock and unpaid stock units:

Name
  Unvested Shares of
Restricted Stock
(#)
  Stock Units
(#)
 

Douglas D. Abbey

    2,643     7,466  

Fred S. Hubbell

    2,643     56,210  

Diana M. Laing

    2,643     22,437  

Stanley A. Moore

    2,643     58,064  

Mason G. Ross

    2,643     6,985  

Dr. William P. Sexton

    2,643     55,164  

Andrea M. Stephen

    1,709     3,968  

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Executive Officers

The following table sets forth, as of March 31, 2014, the names, ages and positions of our executive officers and the year each became an officer.

Name
  Age   Position   Officer Since  

Arthur M. Coppola

  62   Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer     1993  

Dana K. Anderson

  79   Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors     1993  

Edward C. Coppola

  59   President     1993  

Thomas E. O'Hern

  58   Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer     1993  

Thomas J. Leanse

  60   Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary     2012  

Robert D. Perlmutter

  52   Executive Vice President, Leasing     2012  

Randy L. Brant

  61   Executive Vice President, Real Estate     2001  

Eric V. Salo

  48   Executive Vice President     2000  

Executive Officer Equity Ownership


The following table sets forth, as of the record date, March 21, 2014, the number of shares of our Common Stock and OP Units beneficially owned by each of the executive officers named in the Summary Compensation Table on page 45 of this Proxy Statement, whom we refer to as our "named executive officers."

Name
  Amount and Nature
of Beneficial
Ownership of
Common Stock(1)
  Percent of
Common
Stock(2)
  Amount and
Nature of
Beneficial
Ownership of
OP Units(1)
  Percent of
Common
Stock(3)

Arthur M. Coppola

    315,151(4)(5)     *     2,042,598(6)   1.65%

Edward C. Coppola

    384,630(7)(8)     *     1,353,178(9)   1.22%

Thomas E. O'Hern

    153,681(10)     *     118,130(11)   *

Thomas J. Leanse

    43,599(12)     *     74,361(13)   *

Robert D. Perlmutter

    2,000     *     58,468(14)   *

*
The percentage of shares beneficially owned by this executive officer does not exceed one percent of our outstanding shares of Common Stock.

(1)
Except as provided under applicable state marital property laws or as otherwise noted, each individual in the table above has sole voting and investment power over the shares of Common Stock or OP Units listed.

(2)
Assumes that none of our outstanding OP Units or LTIP Units are redeemed for shares of Common Stock (assuming, in the case of LTIP Units, they have first been converted into OP Units).

(3)
Assumes that all OP Units and LTIP Units held by the person are redeemed for shares of Common Stock (assuming, in the case of any LTIP Units, they have first been converted into OP Units) and that none of our OP Units or LTIP Units held by other persons are redeemed for or converted into shares of Common Stock.

(4)
Includes 488 shares held by Mr. A. Coppola as custodian for his minor child.

(5)
Includes 102,610 SARs granted under our 2003 Incentive Plan that vested on March 15, 2011. Also includes 211,500 shares of Common Stock which are pledged as collateral for a line of credit. Excluding his pledged shares, Mr. A. Coppola beneficially owns Macerich securities representing approximately 130 times his salary, which is in excess of the number of shares of Common Stock he is required to own pursuant to our Stock Ownership Policies described on page 44 of this Proxy Statement. See also "Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Executive Summary—Specific Compensation and Corporate Governance Features—Anti-Pledging Policy" on page 36 of this Proxy Statement.

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(6)
Includes 1,764,055 OP Units that are held by family limited liability companies of which Mr. A. Coppola is the sole manager, 66,390 vested LTIP Units, 173,947 vested performance-based LTIP Units and 38,206 service-based LTIP Units that will vest after May 20, 2014. In addition to the securities disclosed in the above table, Mr. A. Coppola has 148,874 unvested performance-based LTIP Units.

(7)
Includes 4,377 shares of Common Stock held for Mr. E. Coppola under our 401(k)/Profit Sharing Plan. Also includes 39,969 shares held by a family limited partnership of which Mr. E. Coppola has sole beneficial ownership and 5,053 shares held by Mr. E. Coppola as custodian for his children. All of the shares held by the family partnership are pledged as collateral for a line of credit.

(8)
Includes 72,907 SARs granted under our 2003 Incentive Plan that vested on March 15, 2011. Also includes 262,098 shares of Common Stock which are pledged as collateral for a line of credit. Excluding his pledged shares, Mr. E. Coppola beneficially owns Macerich securities representing approximately 109 times his salary, which is in excess of the number of shares of Common Stock he is required to own pursuant to our Stock Ownership Policies described on page 44 of this Proxy Statement. See also "Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Executive Summary—Specific Compensation and Corporate Governance Features—Anti-Pledging Policy" on page 36 of this Proxy Statement.

(9)
Includes 155,952 OP Units held in a family trust where Mr. E. Coppola has shared beneficial ownership, 53,112 vested LTIP Units, 57,982 vested performance-based LTIP Units and 12,735 service-based LTIP Units that will vest after May 20, 2014. In addition to the securities disclosed in the above table, Mr. E. Coppola has 49,624 unvested performance-based LTIP Units.

(10)
Includes 3,861 shares of Common Stock held for Mr. O'Hern under our 401(k)/Profit Sharing Plan and 59,406 SARs granted under our 2003 Incentive Plan that vested on March 15, 2011. Also includes 5,525 shares held by Mr. O'Hern as custodian for his minor children.

(11)
Includes 61,280 OP Units, 27,385 vested LTIP Units, 24,159 vested performance-based LTIP Units and 5,306 service-based LTIP Units that will vest after May 20, 2014. In addition to the securities disclosed in the above table, Mr. O'Hern has 20,676 unvested performance-based LTIP Units.

(12)
Includes 3,356 shares subject to options granted to Mr. Leanse under our 2003 Incentive Plan that are currently exercisable or become exercisable on or before May 20, 2014 and 39,932 SARs granted under our 2003 Incentive Plan that vested on September 1, 2012. In addition to the securities disclosed in the above table, Mr. Leanse has 6,712 shares subject to options that become exercisable after May 20, 2014.

(13)
Includes 20,000 OP Units, 24,896 vested LTIP Units, 24,159 vested performance-based LTIP Units and 5,306 service-based LTIP Units that will vest after May 20, 2014. In addition to the securities disclosed in the above table, Mr. Leanse has 20,676 unvested performance-based LTIP Units.

(14)
Includes 10,000 OP Units, 24,896 vested LTIP Units, 19,327 vested performance-based LTIP Units and 4,245 service-based LTIP Units that will vest after May 20, 2014. In addition to the securities disclosed in the above table, Mr. Perlmutter has 16,540 unvested performance-based LTIP Units.

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Executive Officer Biographical Information


Biographical information concerning Messrs. A. Coppola, Anderson and E. Coppola is set forth above under the caption "Information Regarding our Director Nominees."

Thomas E. O'Hern became one of our Senior Executive Vice Presidents in September 2008 and has been our Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer since July 1994. Mr. O'Hern was an Executive Vice President from December 1998 through September 2008 and served as a Senior Vice President from March 1993 to December 1998. From our formation to July 1994, he served as Chief Accounting Officer, Treasurer and Secretary. From November 1984 to March 1993, Mr. O'Hern was a Chief Financial Officer at various real estate development companies. He was also a certified public accountant with Arthur Andersen & Co. and was with that firm from 1978 through 1984. Mr. O'Hern is a member of the board of directors, the audit committee chairman, a member of the nominating and corporate governance committee and was formerly a member of the compensation committee of Douglas Emmett, Inc., a publicly-traded REIT, and is a board member of several other non-profit philanthropic and academic organizations.

Thomas J. Leanse joined our Company on September 1, 2012 as one of our Senior Executive Vice Presidents, and has been our Chief Legal Officer and Secretary since October 1, 2012. Prior to joining our Company, Mr. Leanse was a partner at Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP ("Katten Muchin") from 1992 through 2012, where he specialized in the shopping center industry, representing various developers, in addition to acting as amicus curiae for the International Council of Shopping Centers. Mr. Leanse received his JD from the University of San Diego School of Law in 1978, after graduating from UC San Diego in 1975 with a BA in Political Science and a minor in Economics. He was formerly a partner in the Los Angeles office of Pepper Hamilton & Scheetz from 1987 to 1992, and an associate and then partner at the Long Beach office of Ball, Hunt, Hart, Brown and Baerwitz. Prior to that he was employed in Chicago, Illinois at the office of the Trust Counsel for Harris Bank and was also an Assistant State's Attorney in the Cook County State's Attorney's Office. Mr. Leanse has also acted as General Counsel to the US Ski Association and the US Ski Team. Mr. Leanse is currently on the Board of Directors of Cedars Sinai Medical Center and an officer of the Pacific Southwest Region of the Anti-Defamation League.

Robert D. Perlmutter joined our Company as Executive Vice President of Leasing in April 2012, directing specialty store retail leasing. Mr. Perlmutter was the managing member of Davis Street Land Company, a privately-held real estate company focused on the management, development and ownership of upscale shopping centers from 1998 until March 2012. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Heitman Retail Properties, where he supervised overall operations and growth of its retail holdings from 1990 to 1998. Mr. Perlmutter is a member of the board of trustees of Chatham Lodging Trust, a publicly-traded REIT which invests in upscale extended-stay hotels and premium-branded select-service hotels. In addition, he is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers.

Randy L. Brant joined our Company in 2001 as our Senior Vice President of Development Leasing and was appointed our Executive Vice President of Real Estate in December 2007 and oversees our development operations. He has over 34 years of experience in the retail industry, specializing in upscale and entertainment-driven retail developments. Before joining our Company, he was President of Gordon/Brant, LLC, an international developer specializing in entertainment-oriented retail centers known for creating the first two phases of The Forum Shops at Caesar's Palace. Mr. Brant also previously served as Vice President of Real Estate for Simon Property Group and Vice President of Leasing for Forest City Enterprises. Mr. Brant began his career with the Ernest Hahn Company, where he was manager of shopping centers and went on to become Vice President of Leasing for the company.

Eric V. Salo was appointed Executive Vice President in February 2011 and directs the areas of asset management, property management, business development and marketing. Mr. Salo joined our Company in 1987 working in the acquisitions group, served as our Senior Vice President of Strategic Planning from August 2000 to November 2005, then as a Senior Vice President of Asset Management from November 2005 to February 2011, overseeing the Company's joint venture partner relationships, real estate portfolio performance and ancillary revenue programs. Mr. Salo served as board chairman of the Cancer Support Community—West Los Angeles, a non-profit organization providing cancer support and education from January 2009 to June 2012. In addition, Mr. Salo is a member of the International Council of Shopping Centers and directs a tuition assistance program through The Seattle Foundation.

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The following Report of the Compensation Committee shall not be deemed soliciting material or to be filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or "Exchange Act," or subject to Regulation 14A or 14C or the liabilities of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, except to the extent our Company specifically requests that this Report be treated as soliciting material or specifically incorporates this Report by reference into a filing under either of such Acts.


Compensation Committee Report

The Compensation Committee has reviewed and discussed the Compensation Discussion and Analysis in this Proxy Statement with management. Based on such review and discussion, the Compensation Committee recommended to our Board of Directors that the Compensation Discussion and Analysis be included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 and this Proxy Statement for our 2014 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

    The Compensation Committee
    Stanley A. Moore, Chairman
Douglas D. Abbey
Diana M. Laing
Mason G. Ross
Andrea M. Stephen

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COMPENSATION DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS

Executive Summary

Our objective is to closely align executive compensation with the creation of stockholder value, with a balanced focus on both short-term and long-term performance and a substantial emphasis on total stockholder return. We believe our executive compensation policies and practices appropriately align the interests of our executives with those of our stockholders through a combination of base salary, annual incentive compensation awards and long-term incentive equity awards. In this section, the "Committee" refers to the Compensation Committee of our Board, unless the context otherwise requires.

Performance Overview


To better understand our compensation decisions, it is helpful to supplement the discussion of our executive compensation program with an overview of the strong performance of our Company over a sustained period of time. We design our program to reward consistent financial and operating performance, with a specific focus on creating stockholder value over the long-term.

As described in detail in this Compensation Discussion and Analysis, 2013 was a transformational year for our Company as evidenced by the major progress and accomplishments across many aspects of our business. In addition, on May 8, 2013, our Company was added to the S&P 500 Index. This is especially noteworthy as the S&P 500 Index has only 19 other REITs.

As the chart below demonstrates, our Company's three-year, five-year and ten-year total stockholder return consistently performed well compared to the FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs Index ("NAREIT Equity REITs Index") and the S&P 500 Index, and in fact outperformed both indices over the five-year and ten-year periods.

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In addition, the following charts show certain of our key financial metrics over the past three years: adjusted funds from operations ("AFFO") per share-diluted,(1) sales per square foot and occupancy rates of our regional shopping center portfolio.(2) These financial metrics demonstrate our continued strong performance during 2013.

AFFO Per Share-Diluted   Sales Per Square Foot


GRAPHIC

 


GRAPHIC

Occupancy at Year-End


GRAPHIC

(1)
AFFO per share-diluted represents adjusted funds from operations per share on a fully-diluted basis. For the definition of AFFO per share-diluted and a reconciliation of AFFO per share-diluted to net income per share attributable to common stockholders-diluted, see Appendix I of this Proxy Statement and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Funds from Operations and Adjusted Funds from Operations" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.

(2)
For additional information about these financial metrics, see our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.

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Our 2013 Fiscal Year in Review


The Committee believes 2013 was an exceptionally strong and productive year for our Company and our executive officers were instrumental in achieving those results. Under Mr. A. Coppola's leadership, our executive team delivered the following results with respect to various quantitative and qualitative corporate goals set by the Committee for 2013 in consultation with Mr. A. Coppola and our other executives. Target and high performance levels were established for the quantitative goals. As further discussed below, the Committee considered, among other factors, the Company's achievements against these quantitative and qualitative goals in reviewing the Company's corporate performance for purposes of awarding annual incentive bonuses to the named executive officers for 2013.

Operational Goals

Goal:   Achieve our AFFO per share-diluted guidance of $3.32 to $3.42.

Achievement:

 

AFFO per share-diluted was $3.53 in 2013, not only exceeding the high-end of our initial guidance but also the high performance level set by the Committee of $3.45. These results are even more impressive after consideration of the dilutive impact on AFFO per share from the 2013 asset sales of $0.12. In addition, AFFO per share-diluted increased 11% in 2013 compared to 2012. These positive results were fueled by strong fundamentals in our portfolio, with solid tenant sales growth, good releasing spreads, continued same center net operating income growth and significant occupancy gains.

Goal:

 

Achieve our same center net operating income growth guidance of 2.75% to 3.25%.

Achievement:

 

Same center net operating income growth was 4.11% in 2013 compared to 2.9% for 2012. This significant increase in growth also exceeded the high-end of our initial guidance and the high performance level set by the Committee of 3.75%.

Leasing Goals

Goal:   Deliver double-digit releasing spreads from our high quality "A" Centers.

Achievement:

 

The releasing spreads of our "A" Centers were 15.50% for 2013. These releasing spread results also exceeded the high performance level of 15% set by the Committee.

Goal:

 

Increase the overall occupancy level of our "B" Centers.

Achievement:

 

Our overall occupancy increased 80 basis points from 93.8% at December 31, 2012 to 94.6% at December 31, 2013, representing the highest occupancy level in a decade. While "B" Centers occupancy decreased in 2013, the economic impact of this decreased occupancy was mitigated by the successful sale of eight of the "B" Centers in 2013.

Goal:

 

Convert temporary tenants to permanent tenants.

Achievement:

 

There was significant progress in this area since temporary occupancy at December 31, 2013 decreased by 1.1% from December 31, 2012. The Committee's high performance level for this goal was also exceeded.

Goal:

 

Pre-lease at least 50% of Tysons Corner Center office.

Achievement:

 

We successfully signed leases for a significant portion of the office tower, including a lease with Deloitte LLP for three floors. At December 31, 2013, we had signed leases for approximately 62% of the office tower meeting the target performance level established by the Committee.

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Development Goals

Goal:   Open Fashion Outlets of Chicago on August 1, 2013 with at least 80% occupancy.

Achievement:

 

Fashion Outlets of Chicago, a fully enclosed two-level, 528,000 square foot outlet center located near O'Hare International Airport, successfully opened on August 1, 2013 with over 90% occupancy on opening day. This Center is home to anchors Bloomingdale's The Outlet Store, Last Call by Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th and Forever 21, and offers one of the most outstanding fashion line-ups of any outlet center. Fashion Outlets of Chicago is a world-class destination offering a high caliber of retailers, entertainment and culture to travelers and shoppers from around the world. It is a prime example of our successful entry into the outlet business. These achievements exceeded the Committee's expectations for this goal.

Goal:

 

Break ground on the Fashion Outlets of Niagara Falls USA expansion and obtain lease commitments for 50% of the expansion.

Achievement:

 

All necessary entitlements and lender consents were obtained for this 175,000 square foot expansion and construction began in November of 2013. At December 31, 2013, we had signed leases for approximately 55% of the expansion and leases for an additional 16% were pending execution. These achievements exceeded the Committee's expectations for this goal.

Goal:

 

Make significant progress to open the office, residential and hotel towers of the Tysons Corner Center mixed-use development on time and on budget with minimal disruption to the retail center.

Achievement:

 

The 1.4 million square foot expansion of Tysons Corner Center will include a 500,000 square foot office tower, a 300 room Hyatt Regency hotel, a 430 unit luxury residential tower, and additional retail space. This development is proceeding on plan with significant construction underway at each tower and minimal disruption to the existing retail center. In fact, the net operating income of the retail center increased 1% from 2012 and occupancy is slightly higher than 2012. The Committee recognized the multiple successes at this redevelopment notwithstanding the severe weather disruptions that impacted timing. These achievements exceeded the Committee's expectations for this goal.

Goal:

 

Finalize entitlements and anchor approvals to enable the redevelopment of Broadway Plaza to begin in 2014.

Achievement:

 

Entitlements for our 235,000 square foot expansion of Broadway Plaza were received and a letter of intent providing for Macy's approval of this Center's redevelopment was executed. Demolition began in February of 2014 to transform this great retail location into one of the most dynamic centers on the West Coast. These achievements exceeded the Committee's expectations for this goal.

Goal:

 

Successfully open Eataly as an additional anchor of The Shops at North Bridge and advance plans regarding the integration of the 500 North Michigan Avenue office tower with The Shops at North Bridge.

Achievement:

 

The nation's second Eataly—and the largest at 63,000 square feet on two levels—opened at The Shops at North Bridge on December 2, 2013. Eataly is the largest artisanal Italian food and wine emporium in the world and is a strong attraction for our Center. The densification of this Center was evidenced by the successful opening in the fourth quarter of Eataly, Eddie V's and the new lower level mall entrance. Our plans to consolidate the lower three floors of 500 North Michigan Avenue and convert them into a new two-level flagship retailer were completed and leasing is in progress. These achievements exceeded the Committee's expectations for this goal.

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Capital and Balance Sheet Goals

Goal:   Complete dispositions of at least $250 million of non-core assets.

Achievement:

 

We continued execution of our plan to dispose of non-core assets and recycle capital from these assets into our core markets and properties. Dispositions included interests in nine assets in 2013 resulting in our pro rata share of the sales proceeds of $856 million and net proceeds of $605 million. These results exceeded the high performance level set by the Committee of $800 million of sales of non-core assets.

Goal:

 

Continue to extend average debt maturities and reduce overall debt ratios through dispositions and/or common equity offerings.

Achievement:

 

We continued to strengthen our balance sheet in 2013 not only by extending our debt maturity schedule and substantially reducing our overall debt ratios, but also by improving our liquidity and enhancing our capital position. Notable accomplishments include the following:

 

As of December 31, 2013, the weighted average term of our debt was 5.9 years compared to 5.2 years as of December 31, 2012 and our floating rate debt decreased from 23.4% of total debt at December 31, 2012 to 9.10% of total debt at December 31, 2013.

 

At December 31, 2013, our debt-to-EBITDA ratio decreased to 7.2x from 8.1x at December 31, 2012.

 

At December 31, 2013, our debt-to-total market capitalization decreased to 40.5% compared to 43.5% at December 31, 2012.

 

Our $1.5 billion line of credit facility was amended and extended with a five-year term and an interest rate of LIBOR plus 1.375% to 2% depending on our current leverage level. This new line of credit can be expanded, depending on certain conditions, up to a total facility of $2 billion.

 

During 2013, we originated more than $2.1 billion of debt obligations secured by our properties. These transactions generated over $690 million of pro rata proceeds in excess of our share of existing debt balances on those properties.

 

2,456,956 shares of Common Stock were sold through our at-the-market equity program or "ATM Program" for net proceeds of approximately $171 million in 2013 at an average sales price of approximately $70 per share. The net proceeds from the ATM Program were used to repay outstanding indebtedness. As a result of this $171 million equity issuance and our asset sales of $856 million, our balance sheet was deleveraged by $1 billion since December 31, 2012.


 

 

This past year was highly productive in terms of strengthening our balance sheet and increasing our liquidity which we believe is critical to our future growth and success. These achievements exceeded the Committee's expectations for this goal.

These achievements by our executives highlight an exceptionally strong year of corporate performance. In light of our Company's overall strong performance and financial position, we were also able to share the benefits with our stockholders by increasing our quarterly cash dividend payable to our stockholders and OP Unit holders by 6.9% from $0.58 to $0.62 in December 2013.

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Principal Components of our Executive Compensation Program and Key Compensation Decisions for Fiscal Year 2013


Based on our 2013 fiscal year highlights described above, the compensation decisions made by the Committee for our named executive officers for 2013 demonstrate a close link between pay and performance. The following provides a summary of the principal components of our 2013 executive compensation program, the objectives and key features of each component, and the compensation decisions related to each component made by the Committee for our named executive officers for 2013. The cornerstone of our executive compensation philosophy is to pay for performance and, therefore, executive compensation is heavily weighted toward "at risk" performance-based compensation.

Compensation
Component
  Compensation Objectives
and Key Features
  Key Compensation Decisions
for Fiscal Year 2013

Base Salary

 

Fixed compensation component that provides a minimum level of cash to compensate the executive officer for the scope and complexity of his position.

Amounts based on an evaluation of the executive officer's experience, position and responsibility as well as competitive pay levels and general economic conditions.

 

Mr. A. Coppola's base salary increased from $950,000 to $1,000,000 effective February 17, 2013. There were no salary increases in 2013 for the other named executive officers. The base salaries of Messrs. O'Hern and E. Coppola have remained the same since March 2008.

    

 

 

 

 

Annual Incentive
Bonus

 

Variable cash and/or equity compensation component that provides incentive and reward to our executive officers based on the Committee's subjective assessment of both annual corporate and individual performance using certain measures of performance.

Measures of corporate performance principally focused on the achievement of operational, leasing, development and capital and balance sheet goals, as described above.

 

Based on an extremely positive review of both 2013 corporate and individual performance, the Committee approved the following annual incentive awards, paid in the form of fully-vested LTIP Units. The award amounts reflect the high performance level for each executive.

                                                    LTIP Unit
    Name                                 Bonus Amount
    
A. Coppola                            $4,000,000
    T. O'Hern                                $1,650,000
    E. Coppola                             $3,200,000
    T. Leanse                               $1,500,000
    R. Perlmutter                         $1,500,000

    

 

 

 

 


Long-Term Incentive Program


 


Variable equity compensation component that provides incentive for our executive officers to take actions that contribute to the creation of stockholder value and rewards our executive officers when our total stockholder return exceeds that of our peers.

Reinforces stockholder-executive officer alignment.

2013 Performance-based LTIP Units vested at 0% to 200% of target based on the relative performance of our total stockholder return over the performance period compared to the Equity Peer REITs.

LTIP Units are units in our Operating Partnership that are convertible into shares of our Common Stock under certain circumstances.

Executive officers are not entitled to distributions until LTIP Units vest.

LTIP Units must be retained for two years after vesting.


 


For 2013, the Committee granted performance-based LTIP Units to our named executive officers, which vested at 96% of the target number of units, based on the percentile ranking of our Company's total stockholder return for 2013 relative to the total stockholder return of the publicly-traded equity REITs, excluding all mortgage REITs in the NAREIT Equity REIT Index (the "Equity Peer REITs").

Even though these LTIP Units have vested, they must be retained by our executives until at least December 31, 2015.

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Specific Compensation and Corporate Governance Features


Several elements of our program are designed to more strongly align our executive compensation with long-term stockholder interests, as described below. Our executive compensation program received significant support at our annual meeting of stockholders in 2013 with 98% of the votes cast in favor of our say-on-pay proposal.

Limited Employment Agreements.    We have no employment agreements, except for our agreement with Mr. Leanse, our Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer. His agreement terminates on December 31, 2015.

Elimination of Excise Tax Gross-Up Provisions.    Significant progress was made in 2013 to eliminate all tax gross-up provisions from our management continuity agreements which provide change of control benefits. On March 15, 2013, in response to Mr. A. Coppola's offer, our Company and Mr. A. Coppola terminated his management continuity agreement. On August 28, 2013, notice was provided by our Company to Messrs. E. Coppola and O'Hern that their respective management continuity agreements would not be extended and, therefore, will terminate in December of 2015. The termination of these agreements was primarily based on the desire of Mr. A. Coppola and the Committee to eliminate all change of control excise tax gross-ups consistent with good corporate governance practices. Upon termination of Messrs. E. Coppola and O'Hern's management continuity agreements, all excise tax gross-up provisions will be eliminated.

Stock Ownership Guidelines.    We have robust stock ownership policies for our named executive officers and directors and each of these individuals that is subject to them is in compliance with those policies. See "Stock Ownership Policies" on page 44 of this Proxy Statement.

Clawback Policy.    Our Board adopted a clawback policy that allows us to recover incentive compensation paid to our executive officers if the compensation was based on achieving financial results that were subsequently restated and the amount of the executive officer's incentive compensation would have been lower had the financial results been properly reported.

Anti-Hedging Policy.    Our Board also adopted a policy prohibiting all of our directors, officers and employees from engaging in any hedging or monetization transactions that are designed to hedge or offset any decrease in the market value of our securities. This policy also prohibits short sales and the purchase and sale of publicly traded options of our Company.

Anti-Pledging Policy.    In addition, our Board adopted a policy (a) prohibiting all our directors and executive officers from pledging our securities if they are unable to meet our stock ownership requirements without reference to such pledged shares and (b) recommending that our directors and executive officers not pledge our securities.

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Our Executive Compensation Program

Inputs to Compensation Decisions


Role of the Compensation Committee.    The Committee reviews and approves the compensation for our executive officers, reviews our overall compensation structure and philosophy and administers certain of our employee benefit and stock plans, with authority to authorize awards under our incentive plans. The Committee currently consists of five independent directors, Messrs. Moore, Ross and Abbey and Mses. Laing and Stephen.

Role of Compensation Consultants.    The Committee may, in its sole discretion, retain or obtain the advice of any compensation consultant as it deems necessary to assist in the evaluation of director or executive officer compensation and is directly responsible for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the work of any such compensation consultant. The Committee at various times retains independent compensation consultants to assist in the development and review of our compensation programs for our executive officers and directors. As requested by the Committee, our compensation consultants periodically provide reviews of the various elements of our compensation programs, including evolving compensation trends and market survey data.

In late 2012, the Committee conducted a review of various compensation consultants and selected Cook & Co. as its independent compensation consultant with respect to our compensation programs. Cook & Co.'s role is to evaluate the existing executive and non-employee director compensation programs, assess the design and competitive positioning of these programs, and make recommendations for change, as appropriate. The Committee has considered the independence of Cook & Co. and determined that its engagement of Cook & Co. does not raise any conflicts of interest with our Company or any of our directors or executive officers. Cook & Co. provides no other consulting services to our Company, our executive officers or directors.

Role of Data for Peer Companies.    As part of Cook & Co.'s competitive review for 2013, the following similarly-sized (primarily based on total capitalization) U.S. publicly traded REITs were used as a peer group:

Alexandria Real Estate Equities   Kilroy Realty Corporation
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.   Kimco Realty Corporation
Boston Properties, Inc.   Prologis, Inc.
Digital Realty Trust   Regency Centers Corporation
Douglas Emmett, Inc.   Simon Property Group, Inc.
Equity Residential   SL Green Realty Corp.
Federal Realty Investment Trust   Tanger Factory Outlets
General Growth Properties, Inc.   Taubman Centers, Inc.
HCP, Inc.   Ventas, Inc.
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.   Vornado Realty Trust

The Committee reviews compensation practices at peer companies to inform the Committee's decision-making process so it can establish compensation programs that it believes are reasonably competitive. The Committee, however, does not set compensation components to meet specific benchmarks. Instead the Committee focuses on a balance of annual and long-term compensation, which is heavily weighted toward "at risk" performance-based compensation. While the Committee does review our executive compensation program relative to the peer group to help perform its subjective analysis, peer group data is not used as the determining factor in setting compensation because each officer's role and experience is unique and actual compensation for comparable officers at the peer companies may be the result of a year of over-performance or under-performance. The Committee believes that ultimately the decision as to appropriate compensation for a particular officer should be made based on a full review of that officer's and our Company's performance.

Role of CEO.    Mr. A. Coppola generally attends the Committee meetings (excluding any executive sessions) and provides his analysis and recommendations with respect to our Company's executive compensation program, including the compensation for our other named executive officers. Given his knowledge of our executive officers and our business, the Committee believes that Mr. A. Coppola's input is an integral and vital part of the

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compensation process and, therefore, values his recommendations. The Committee, however, is responsible for approving the compensation for all of our named executive officers.

Objectives of the Executive Compensation Program


Our executive compensation program is designed to attract, retain and reward experienced, highly motivated executives who are capable of leading our Company effectively. The Committee believes strongly in linking compensation to performance, and has structured our compensation program to provide meaningful pay-for-performance components. Although the Committee established an executive compensation program that is intended to deliver total pay primarily linked to overall business results and total stockholder return, it also recognizes individual performance in making its executive compensation decisions. With this type of program, the Committee believes it can attract, motivate and retain highly skilled executives whose performance and contributions benefit our Company and our stockholders. The Committee utilizes a combination of cash and equity-based compensation to provide appropriate incentives for executives to achieve our business objectives as well as further align their interests with our stockholders and encourage their long-term commitment to our Company. The Committee does not have a strict policy to allocate a specific portion of compensation to our named executive officers between either cash and non-cash or short-term and long-term compensation. Instead, the Committee considers how each component promotes retention and/or motivates performance by the executive.

Elements of the Program


Our executive compensation program includes the following three principal elements:

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Other Benefits and Agreements


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Compensation for 2013 Performance


The following provides information with respect to the compensation of our named executive officers for 2013.

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Based on the overall extremely positive review of corporate and individual performance and Mr. A. Coppola's recommendation with respect to the other executives, the Committee approved a bonus for each of these executive officers at the high performance level. The following table shows the annual incentive compensation paid in the form of fully-vested LTIP Units in March 2014 to these executive officers for their 2013 performance based on the significant corporate and individual achievements outlined above. These amounts were converted into a number of LTIP Units based on the closing price of our Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange or "NYSE" on the grant date.


Annual Incentive Compensation for 2013 Performance

Name
  LTIP Unit
Bonus Amount
 

Arthur M. Coppola

  $ 4,000,000  

Thomas E. O'Hern

  $ 1,650,000  

Edward C. Coppola

  $ 3,200,000  

Thomas J. Leanse

  $ 1,500,000  

Robert D. Perlmutter

  $ 1,500,000  

Performance-Based LTIP Unit Awards

The Committee continued the performance-based LTIP program in 2013, granting Messrs. A. Coppola, O'Hern, E. Coppola, Leanse and Perlmutter performance-based LTIP Units. The Committee selected a peer group for purposes of determining performance-based vesting of the 2013 LTIP Units consisting of the Equity Peer REITs and a 12-month performance period that ended on December 31, 2013. These LTIP Units vested based on our total stockholder return for 2013 relative to the Equity Peer REITs. To further align our executives' interests with our stockholders' interests, all vested 2013 LTIP Units must be retained by our executives for an additional two years after vesting. The Committee determined that the number of 2013 LTIP Units covered by the award that would vest

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based on our percentile ranking of our total stockholder return relative to the Equity Peer REITs for 2013 would be determined as disclosed in the table below, with linear interpolation between performance levels. A linear vesting schedule was used for the 2013 grants instead of a step function to ensure more consistent vesting levels as our percentile ranking increases.

Company Percentile Ranking Relative to the Equity Peer REITs
  Percentage of LTIP Units That Vest  

Below 25th

    0 %

At the 25th

    50 %

At the 50th

    100 %

At or Above the 75th

    200 %

Given our strong emphasis on "at risk" performance-based compensation, the Committee in determining the 2013 LTIP Unit awards reviewed data from our peer group and the range of potential realizable values that our executives could earn to ensure the awards would be both reasonably competitive and appropriate to motivate our leadership team. For our named executive officers, the Committee approved 2013 LTIP Unit awards which had a potential value ranging from $0 to $38,402,000 in the aggregate based on the grant date closing price of our Common Stock on the NYSE and reflecting the amount these executives could earn upon the vesting of these awards. The aggregate grant date accounting fair value of these awards, as determined by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, was $20,776,755. As of December 31, 2013, these executives became vested in 2013 LTIP Units with an aggregate actual value of $17,641,914 based on the closing price of our Common Stock on the NYSE. Our total stockholder return relative to the stockholder return of the Equity Peer REITs for 2013 was at the 48th percentile resulting in the vesting of 96% of the target number of units covered by the award. Even though this percentage of the 2013 LTIP Units has vested, they must be retained by our executives until at least December 31, 2015, which further aligns the interests of our executives with our stockholders because the value of the LTIP Units is directly tied to our Common Stock price.

We believe that the actual value of the 2013 LTIP Units that vested more accurately reflects the decisions of the Committee than the grant date fair value reflected in the Summary Compensation Table. The following table shows for each named executive officer the actual value of their respective 2013 LTIP Units which vested at 96% on December 31, 2013 (based on the closing price of our Common Stock on the NYSE).

Name
  Actual Value at
December 31, 2013
 

Arthur M. Coppola

  $ 10,243,739  

Thomas E. O'Hern

  $ 1,422,724  

Edward C. Coppola

  $ 3,414,560  

Thomas J. Leanse

  $ 1,422,724  

Robert D. Perlmutter

  $ 1,138,167  

Accounting and Tax Issues


The Committee considers both the accounting and tax issues raised by the various compensation elements for our Company and our executives.

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Stock Ownership Policies


Our Board believes that our directors and executive officers should have a meaningful investment in our Common Stock in order to more closely align their interests with those of our stockholders. Accordingly, our Board has established (1) a policy that all non-employee directors own at least $300,000 of Common Stock, and until such time as compliance is achieved, all future equity grants will be retained by the non-employee director, except for sales for tax purposes approved by our Chief Legal Officer, and (2) a policy that, within three years of becoming an executive officer, the Chairman of the Board, Vice Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer own Common Stock with a value equal to five times their respective base salaries and that the other named executive officers own Common Stock with a value equal to three times their respective base salaries. These policies also set forth the forms of equity interests in our Company which will count toward stock ownership (excluding any pledged securities) and allow the Board to approve exceptions from time to time. All of our directors and named executive officers that are subject to them are in compliance with these stock ownership policies.

2013 "Say-on-Pay" Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation


At our 2013 annual stockholders' meeting, an advisory resolution approving the compensation paid to our named executive officers received strong support from our stockholders. The Committee has considered the results of this vote and, as evidenced by the fact that 98% of the votes were cast in favor of this proposal, the Committee viewed these results as an indication of our stockholders' strong support of our compensation programs. Accordingly, based in part on the results of this vote, the Committee has maintained the same principal elements of our executive compensation programs for 2014 compensation.

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The following table and accompanying notes show for our Chief Executive Officer, our Chief Financial Officer and our three next most highly compensated executive officers, as of December 31, 2013, the aggregate compensation paid, awarded or earned with respect to such persons in 2011, 2012 and 2013, as applicable. In accordance with SEC rules, only fiscal 2012 and 2013 information is presented with respect to Messrs. Leanse and Perlmutter since they were not executive officers of our Company in 2011. Messrs. Leanse and Perlmutter joined our Company as executive officers on September 1, 2012 and April 16, 2012, respectively.


Summary Compensation Table—Fiscal Years 2011-2013

Name and
Principal Position
  Year   Salary
($)(1)
  Bonus
($)(2)(3)
  Stock
Awards
($)(2)(4)
  Option
Awards
($)
  Non-Equity
Incentive
Plan
Compensation
($)
  Change in
Pension
Value and
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
($)(5)
  All Other
Compensation
($)(6)
  Total
($)
 
Arthur M. Coppola,     2013     992,308 (7)       12,063,963                 68,777     13,125,048  
Chairman of the Board     2012     950,000     3,500,000     3,777,000                 154,605     8,381,605  
of Directors and Chief
Executive Officer
    2011     950,000     3,300,000     4,330,000                 156,387     8,736,387  

Thomas E. O'Hern,

 

 

2013

 

 

550,000

 

 


 

 

1,675,552

 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 

116,557

 

 

2,342,109

 
Senior Executive Vice     2012     550,000     1,000,000     755,400                 74,318     2,379,718  
President, Chief Financial
Officer and Treasurer
    2011     550,000     1,000,000     866,000                 75,096     2,491,096  

Edward C. Coppola,

 

 

2013

 

 

800,000

 

 


 

 

4,021,299

 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 

113,156

 

 

4,934,445

 
President     2012     800,000     2,000,000     1,888,500                 109,296     4,797,796  
      2011     800,000     2,000,000     2,165,000                 115,396     5,080,396  

Thomas J. Leanse,

 

 

2013

 

 

500,000

(8)

 


 

 

1,675,552

 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 

41,342

 

 

2,216,894

 
Senior Executive Vice     2012     (8)   400,000     1,191,400     483,500 (9)               2,074,900  
President, Chief Legal
Officer and Secretary
                                                       

Robert D. Perlmutter,

 

 

2013

 

 

500,000

 

 


 

 

1,340,389

 

 


 

 


 

 


 

 

104,630

 

 

1,945,019

 
Executive Vice
President, Leasing
    2012     346,154 (10)   1,000,000     549,700                 37,198     1,933,052  


(1)
Includes any amount of salary deferred under our qualified and nonqualified deferred compensation plans. See "Nonqualified Deferred Compensation" table below for more information.

(2)
SEC Reporting of Cash and Equity Awards


In reviewing the Summary Compensation Table, it is important to note that under SEC rules, cash awards are reported in the table for the year that they are earned regardless of when they are paid, while equity awards are reported in the table for the year that they are granted (as determined in accordance with applicable accounting rules) regardless of when they are earned.

(3)
Bonuses Reported in Year 2013


As described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis above, the annual incentive compensation awards for our named executive officers for their 2013 performance were paid in the form of fully-vested LTIP Units on March 7, 2014. Accordingly, the LTIP Unit bonuses granted to these named executive officers for their 2013 performance will be reported in the "Stock Awards" column for 2014.

Bonuses Reported in Years 2012 and 2011


Messrs. A. Coppola, O'Hern, and E. Coppola.    The amounts reported in the "Bonus" column for 2012 and 2011 reflect the annual cash incentive compensation awards for Messrs. A. Coppola, O'Hern, and E. Coppola for their 2012 and 2011 performance.

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Messrs. Leanse and Perlmutter.    The amounts reported in the "Bonus" column for 2012 reflect the annual cash incentive compensation awards for Messrs. Leanse and Perlmutter for their 2012 performance.

(4)
Stock Awards Reported in Year 2013


The amounts reflected in this column for 2013 relate to performance-based LTIP Units granted under our LTIP and 2003 Incentive Plan and represent the value at the grant date based upon the probable outcome of the performance conditions computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. The value of each performance-based LTIP Unit award at the grant date assuming that the highest level of performance conditions would be achieved was as follows:

Arthur M. Coppola

    $22,297,857  

Thomas E. O'Hern

    $3,096,928  

Edward C. Coppola

    $7,432,578  

Thomas J. Leanse

    $3,096,928  

Robert D. Perlmutter

    $2,477,444  

Assumptions used in the calculation of these amounts are set forth in footnote 20 to our audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 21, 2014.

Stock Awards Reported in Year 2012


For Messrs. A. Coppola, O'Hern, E. Coppola and Perlmutter, the amounts reflected in this column for 2012 relate to performance-based LTIP Units granted under our LTIP and 2003 Incentive Plan and represent the value at the grant date based on the probable outcome of the performance conditions computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. The value of each performance-based LTIP Unit award at the grant date assuming that the highest level of performance conditions would be achieved was as follows:

Arthur M. Coppola

    $10,800,000  

Thomas E. O'Hern

    $2,160,000  

Edward C. Coppola

    $5,400,000  

Robert D. Perlmutter

    $1,175,000  

For Mr. Leanse, the amount reflected in this column for 2012 relates to LTIP Units granted under our LTIP and 2003 Incentive Plan and represents the value at the grant date computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. The LTIP Units were granted pursuant to his employment agreement and were fully-vested on the grant date as more fully described on page 39 of this Proxy Statement.


Assumptions used in the calculation of these amounts are set forth in footnote 20 to our audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 22, 2013.


Stock Awards Reported in Year 2011


For Messrs. A. Coppola, O'Hern, and E. Coppola, the amounts reflected in this column for 2011 relate to performance-based LTIP Units granted under our LTIP and 2003 Incentive Plan and represent the value at the grant date based upon the probable outcome of the performance conditions computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. The value of each performance-based LTIP Unit award at the grant date assuming that the highest level of performance conditions would be achieved was as follows:

Arthur M. Coppola

    $10,128,000  

Thomas E. O'Hern

    $2,025,600  

Edward C. Coppola

    $5,064,000  

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Assumptions used in the calculation of these amounts are set forth in footnote 20 to our audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 24, 2012.

(5)
None of the earnings on the deferred compensation of our named executive officers for 2013 were considered above-market or preferential as determined under SEC rules.

(6)
"All Other Compensation" includes the following components for 2013:

   
  Matching
Contributions
under
401(k) Plan
$
  Matching
Contributions
under
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Plan
$
  Life
Insurance
Premiums
$
  Other
Welfare
Benefit
Premiums
$
  Use of
Private
Aircraft
$
 
 

Arthur M. Coppola

            14,041     24,135     30,601  
 

Thomas E. O'Hern

    10,200     76,442     5,780     24,135      
 

Edward C. Coppola

    10,200         9,213     24,135     69,608  
 

Thomas J. Leanse

    10,200     24,038     78     7,026      
 

Robert D. Perlmutter

    10,200     75,000     2,440     16,990      

Matching Contributions.    Amounts shown include matching deferred compensation contributions by our Company as determined by our Board of Directors annually under our nonqualified deferred compensation plan and matching contributions by our Company under our 401(k) Plan. The amount of the matching contributions under these plans is determined in the same manner for all plan participants. See the "Nonqualified Deferred Compensation" table below.


Other Welfare Benefit Premiums.    Amounts shown reflect the premiums paid by our Company for medical and disability insurance.


Private Aircraft Use.    Amounts shown reflect the incremental cost to our Company of such executive's personal use of a private aircraft in which our Company owns a fractional interest. The incremental cost is determined by using the amount our Company is billed for such use less the portion reimbursed by the executives and such amount may include: landing fees, parking and flight planning expenses; crew travel expenses; supplies and catering; aircraft fuel and oil expenses; maintenance, parts and external labor (inspections and repairs); engine insurance expenses; position flight costs; and passenger ground transportation. Since the aircraft is used primarily for business travel, our Company does not include the fixed costs that do not change based on usage, such as management fees and acquisition costs.

(7)
Mr. A. Coppola's base salary increased to $1,000,000 effective February 17, 2013.

(8)
Mr. Leanse became an executive officer of our Company on September 1, 2012 and an employee of our Company on January 1, 2013. Pursuant to his employment agreement, he will receive an annual base salary of not less than $500,000 during the term of his employment agreement (January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2015).

(9)
This amount represents the aggregate value at the grant date computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 of Mr. Leanse's SAR award and stock option award granted under our 2003 Incentive Plan pursuant to his employment agreement as more fully described on page 39 of this Proxy Statement. Assumptions used in the calculation of these amounts are set forth in footnote 20 to our audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 22, 2013.

(10)
Mr. Perlmutter began his employment with our Company on April 16, 2012. His annualized base salary for 2012 was $500,000.

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Grants of Plan-Based Awards—Fiscal 2013

The following table provides information regarding performance-based LTIP Units granted to our named executive officers in 2013.

 
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
  All Other
Stock
Awards:
Number
of Shares
of Stock
or Units
(#)
  All Other
Option
Awards:
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Options
(#)
   
   
 
 
   
  Estimated Future Payouts
Under Non-Equity Incentive
Plan Awards
  Estimated Future Payouts
Under Equity Incentive
Plan Awards(1)
  Exercise
or Base
Price of
Option
Awards
($/Sh)
  Grant
Date Fair
Value of
Stock and
Option
Awards
($)(2)
 
Name
  Grant
Date
  Threshold
($)
  Target
($)
  Maximum
($)
  Threshold
(#)
  Target
(#)
  Maximum
(#)
 

Arthur M. Coppola

    2/15/13                 90,598     181,195     362,390                 12,063,963  

Thomas E. O'Hern

    2/15/13                 12,583     25,166     50,332                 1,675,552  

Edward C. Coppola

    2/15/13                 30,199     60,398     120,796                 4,021,299  

Thomas J. Leanse

    2/15/13                 12,583     25,166     50,332                 1,675,552  

Robert D. Perlmutter

    2/15/13                 10,066     20,132     40,264                 1,340,389  


(1)
Represents awards of performance-based LTIP Units granted under our LTIP and 2003 Incentive Plan as more fully described on pages 48-50 of this Proxy Statement. Performance was measured on a cumulative basis at the end of a one-year performance period from January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013. The number of LTIP Units reported under the "Threshold (#)" subcolumn represents the number of LTIP Units that would be awarded if our performance relative to our peer REITs was at the 25th percentile, which represents the minimum percentile rank that would entitle recipients to awards under the LTIP. The number of LTIP Units reported under the "Target (#)" subcolumn represents the number of LTIP Units that would be awarded if our performance relative to our peer REITs was at the 50th percentile. The number of LTIP Units reported under the "Maximum (#)" subcolumn represents the number of LTIP Units that would be awarded if our performance relative to our peer REITs was at or above the 75th percentile.

(2)
The amounts reflected in this column relate to performance-based LTIP Units granted under our LTIP and 2003 Incentive Plan and represent the value at the grant date based upon the probable outcome of the performance conditions computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. Assumptions used in the calculation of these amounts are set forth in footnote 20 to our audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 21, 2014.


Discussion of Summary Compensation and Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table

Our executive compensation policies and practices, pursuant to which the compensation set forth in the Summary Compensation Table and the Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table was paid, awarded or earned, are generally described under "Compensation Discussion and Analysis" and in the footnotes to the compensation tables. The material terms of our LTIP, pursuant to which LTIP Units are granted, are described below. There are no employment agreements with our named executive officers, except the agreement with Mr. Leanse which our Company entered into effective as of September 1, 2012 in connection with his hiring as our Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary. Mr. Leanse's agreement terminates on December 31, 2015. For a description of our severance and change of control agreements with certain of our named executive officers, see "Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change of Control."


Performance-Based LTIP Unit Awards

LTIP Units of our Operating Partnership are structured to qualify as "profits interests" for federal income tax purposes. Accordingly, LTIP Units initially do not have full parity, on a per unit basis, with our Operating Partnership's common OP Units with respect to liquidating distributions. Upon the occurrence of specified events, the LTIP Units can over time achieve full parity with the common OP Units, at which time LTIP Units are convertible, subject to the satisfaction of applicable vesting conditions, on a one-for-one basis into common OP

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Units. LTIP Units that have been converted into common OP Units and have become vested are redeemable by the holder for shares of Common Stock on a one-for-one basis or the cash value of such shares, at our Company's election. LTIP Units may be subject to performance-based vesting or service-based vesting.

2013 Performance-Based LTIP Units.    Messrs. A. Coppola, O'Hern, E. Coppola, Leanse and Perlmutter were granted LTIP Units in February 2013, which were subject to performance-based vesting over the 12-month performance period of January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013. These LTIP Units were subject to forfeiture to the extent the performance requirements were not achieved. These LTIP Units vested based on the percentile ranking of our total stockholder return per share of Common Stock relative to our Equity Peer REITs, as measured at the end of the performance period. Total stockholder return was measured by the compounded total annual return per share achieved by the shares of common stock of our Company or such Equity Peer REIT and assumed reinvestment of all dividends and distributions. Our Equity Peer REITs are identified in Appendix II to this Proxy Statement.

Depending on our total stockholder return relative to the total stockholder return of our Equity Peer REITs, vesting of these LTIP Units occurred in accordance with the schedule below, with linear interpolation between performance levels. A linear vesting schedule was used for the 2013 grants instead of a step function to ensure more consistent vesting levels as our percentile ranking increases. Determination of the vesting of our performance-based LTIP Units would have occurred earlier in the event of a change of control or qualified termination of employment.

Company Percentile Ranking Relative to the Equity Peer REITs
  Percentage of LTIP
Units That Vest*
 

Below 25th

    0 %

At the 25th

    50 %

At the 50th

    100 %

At or Above the 75th

    200 %


* Linear interpolation between performance levels.

The percentage of the performance-based LTIP Units that vested effective December 31, 2013 was 96% of the target number of units covered by the award since (i) our Company's total stockholder return relative to the total stockholder return of our Equity Peer REITs for the performance period was at the 48th percentile and (ii) our total stockholder return exceeded the absolute threshold for the performance period. Although the LTIP Units have vested, they must be retained by the executives until at least December 31, 2015, which further aligns the interests of our executives with our stockholders because the value of the LTIP Units is directly tied to our Common Stock price.

Holders of the 2013 performance-based LTIP Units were only entitled to distributions during the performance period to the extent the underlying LTIP Units vested. Distributions on vested LTIP Units are equal in amount to the regular distributions paid on an equal number of common OP Units, which are equal in amount to the dividends paid on an equal number of shares of Common Stock.

2014 Performance-Based and Service-Based LTIP Units.    The Committee continued the LTIP program for 2014 and awarded LTIP Units to our named executive officers, with 25% of the total award consisting of service-based LTIP Units and 75% consisting of performance-based LTIP Units. Service-based awards were granted to support the long-term retention of our executives. The 2014 service-based LTIP Units will vest in equal annual installments over a three-year period. Vesting is generally conditioned upon the executive remaining an employee of our Company through the applicable vesting dates, and subject to acceleration of vesting in the event of a change of control of our Company or his death or disability. Upon the termination of the executive's service relationship with our Company under specified circumstances, including termination by our Company without cause, by the executive for good reason and upon retirement so long as our retirement policy is met, his service-based LTIP Units will continue to vest in accordance with the vesting schedule.

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Regular and other non-liquidating distributions will be made with respect to the service-based LTIP Units from the date of their issuance to the executive. Distributions will be in the same amount and at the same time as those made with respect to common OP Units. At the end of the vesting period, distributions will continue to be made only to the extent that the service-based LTIP Units have become vested.

The 2014 performance-based LTIP Units are equally divided between two types of awards. The terms of both performance-based LTIP Unit awards are the same, except one award has a 3% absolute total stockholder return measure which if it is not met, then no LTIP Units will vest. For purposes of determining the vesting of the performance-based LTIP Units, the Equity Peer REITs will continue to be the peer group. The performance period for the new performance-based LTIP Unit awards corresponds to our fiscal year and will be from January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014. The vesting schedule for the 2014 performance-based LTIP Units based on our percentile ranking relative to the Equity Peer REITs will be as follows, with linear interpolation between performance levels: below the 25th percentile—0%; at the 25th percentile—50%; at the 50th percentile—100% and at or above the 75th percentile—150% (reflecting a decrease from 200%). These performance-based LTIP Units, to the extent earned, must be retained until at least December 31, 2016 and the participants will not be entitled to distributions until the LTIP Units vest.

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Outstanding Equity Awards at December 31, 2013—Fiscal 2013

The following table provides information on the holdings of our named executive officers of SARs and stock options as of December 31, 2013. There were no other unvested or unearned equity awards outstanding as of December 31, 2013.

 
  Option Awards(1)   Stock Awards  
Name
  Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Exercisable
  Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
(#)
Unexercisable
  Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Unearned
Options
(#)
  Option
Exercise
Price
($)
  Option
Expiration
Date
  Number of
Shares or
Units of
Stock That
Have Not
Vested
(#)
  Market
Value of
Shares or
Units of
Stock That
Have Not
Vested
($)
  Equity
Incentive
Plan Awards:
Number of
Unearned
Shares,
Units or
Other
Rights That
Have Not
Vested
(#)
  Equity
Incentive
Plan Awards:
Market or
Payout
Value of
Unearned
Shares,
Units or
Other
Rights That
Have Not
Vested
($)
 

Arthur M. Coppola

    102,610 (1)           56.63 (1)   3/7/18                  

Thomas E. O'Hern

    59,406 (1)           56.63 (1)   3/7/18                  

Edward C. Coppola

    72,907 (1)           56.63 (1)   3/7/18                  

Thomas J. Leanse

    39,932 (2)           59.57     9/1/22                  

    3,356 (3)   6,712 (4)       59.57     9/1/22                  

Robert D. Perlmutter

                                     


(1)
Represents SAR awards that vested on March 15, 2011 and the number and exercise price reflect certain anti-dilutive adjustments under our 2003 Incentive Plan.

(2)
Represents Mr. Leanse's fully-vested SAR award that was granted on September 1, 2012.

(3)
Represents the one-third of Mr. Leanse's stock option award which has vested.

(4)
Represents the unvested portion of Mr. Leanse's stock option award that will vest in four equal installments beginning on September 1, 2014 and ending on September 1, 2017.

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Option Exercises and Stock Vested—Fiscal 2013

The following table shows information for each of our named executive officers regarding the value of performance-based LTIP Units that vested during 2013. No options or SARs were exercised by any of our named executive officers in 2013.

 
  Option Awards   Stock Awards  
Name
  Number of
Shares
Acquired
on Exercise
(#)
  Value Realized
on Exercise
($)
  Number of
Shares
Acquired
on Vesting
(#)(1)
  Value Realized
on Vesting
($)(1)
 

Arthur M. Coppola

            273,947 (2)   16,215,739  

Thomas E. O'Hern

            44,159 (3)   2,617,124  

Edward C. Coppola

            107,982 (4)   6,400,560  

Thomas J. Leanse

            24,159 (5)   1,422,724  

Robert D. Perlmutter

            29,327 (6)   1,735,367  


(1)
This number represents the vesting during 2013 of two tranches of performance-based LTIP Units, as described below, with the 2012 performance-based LTIP Units vesting on January 31, 2013 and the 2013 performance-based LTIP Units vesting on December 31, 2013. An individual, upon the vesting of an equity award, does not receive cash equal to the amount contained in the Value Realized column of this table. Instead, the amounts contained in the Value Realized column reflect the market value of our Common Stock on the applicable vesting date. For purposes of this table, it is assumed one LTIP Unit represents the economic equivalent of one share of Common Stock. The LTIP Units do not realize their full economic value until certain conditions are met, as described on pages 48-50 of this Proxy Statement, and such conditions have been met for only the 2012 performance-based LTIP Units included in this table.

(2)
This number represents the vesting of 100,000 2012 performance-based LTIP Units and 173,947 2013 performance-based LTIP Units.

(3)
This number represents the vesting of 20,000 2012 performance-based LTIP Units and 24,159 2013 performance-based LTIP Units.

(4)
This number represents the vesting of 50,000 2012 performance-based LTIP Units and 57,982 2013 performance-based LTIP Units.

(5)
This number represents the vesting of 24,159 2013 performance-based LTIP Units.

(6)
This number represents the vesting of 10,000 2012 performance-based LTIP Units and 19,327 2013 performance-based LTIP Units.

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Nonqualified Deferred Compensation—Fiscal 2013

Certain of our named executive officers participate or participated in our 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan for Senior Executives, which was amended and restated as our 2013 Deferred Compensation Plan, effective January 1, 2013, referred to as our "Deferred Compensation Plan," which also includes certain amounts deferred prior to 2005 under a predecessor plan. The following table provides information with respect to our named executive officers for the Deferred Compensation Plan for the fiscal year 2013.

Name
  Executive
Contributions
in 2013
($)(1)
  Registrant
Contributions
in 2013
($)(2)
  Aggregate
Earnings
in 2013
($)(3)
  Aggregate
Withdrawals/
Distributions
during 2013
($)
  Aggregate
Balance
at 12/31/13
($)(4)
 

Arthur M. Coppola

                     

Thomas E. O'Hern

    362,885     76,442     220,433         1,463,851  

Edward C. Coppola

            9,515         370,748  

Thomas J. Leanse

    96,155     24,038     11,272         131,465  

Robert D. Perlmutter

    300,000     75,000     29,982         494,505  


(1)
The amounts in this column are included in the "Salary" column of the Summary Compensation Table.

(2)
Our Company's contributions to the Deferred Compensation Plan are included in the "All Other Compensation" column of the Summary Compensation Table.

(3)
None of the earnings set forth in this column are considered above-market or preferential as determined under SEC rules, and, therefore, none of such amounts are reflected in the Summary Compensation Table.

(4)
The balances shown represent compensation already reported in the "Summary Compensation Table" in this and prior-year proxy statements, except for any earnings that were not above-market or preferential as determined under SEC rules.


Description of Our Deferred Compensation Plan

As of December 31, 2013, Messrs. O'Hern, E. Coppola, Leanse and Perlmutter had account balances under our Deferred Compensation Plan. Under the Deferred Compensation Plan, our key executives who satisfy certain eligibility requirements may make annual irrevocable elections to defer a specified portion of their base salary and bonus to be earned during the following calendar year. Deferral of amounts earned in 2013 by participants were limited to 85% of base salary and 85% of bonus. Our Company will credit an amount equal to the compensation deferred by a participant to that participant's deferral account under the Deferred Compensation Plan. In addition, our Company may credit matching amounts to an account established for each participant in an amount equal to a percentage, established by our Company in its sole discretion prior to the beginning of the plan year, of the amount of compensation deferred by each participant under the plan. For 2013, our Company matched 25% of the amount of salary and bonus deferred by a participant up to a limit of 5% of the participant's total salary and bonus.

Account balances under the Deferred Compensation Plan will be credited with income, gains and losses based on the performance of investment funds selected by the participant from a list of funds designated by our Company. The amounts credited to participants' deferred accounts and Company matching accounts are at all times 100% vested. Participants will be eligible to receive distributions of the amounts credited to their accounts, at up to five different times that they may specify, in a lump sum or installments pursuant to elections made under the rules of the Deferred Compensation Plan. Changes to these elections under the plan may be made under limited circumstances. Under the Deferred Compensation Plan, key employees who have elected a payment at termination of employment must generally wait six months after termination, other than as a result of death, to receive a distribution. Our Company is contributing assets to a trust, which assets remain subject to the claims of our Company's general creditors, to provide a source of funds for payment of our Company's obligations under the Deferred Compensation Plan. Employees who are eligible to participate in the Deferred Compensation Plan may also be eligible for life insurance coverage in an amount equal to two times their annual salaries.

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Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change of Control

The following section describes potential payments and benefits to our named executive officers under our current compensation and benefit plans and arrangements had a termination of employment or a change of control of our Company occurred on December 31, 2013. In addition, our 2003 Incentive Plan contains provisions regarding the acceleration of vesting and modification of equity awards. The Compensation Committee is authorized to accelerate the vesting of and modify outstanding awards as well as authorize discretionary severance payments to our named executive officers upon termination.

None of our named executive officers have an employment agreement with our Company, except Mr. Leanse. The severance benefits provided in Mr. Leanse's employment agreement are described below. Currently, Messrs. O'Hern, E. Coppola and Leanse each have a management continuity agreement which provides for change of control benefits as described below.

On March 15, 2013, in response to Mr. A. Coppola's offer, our Company and Mr. A. Coppola terminated his management continuity agreement which provided for change of control benefits. On August 28, 2013, notice was provided by our Company to Messrs. E. Coppola and O'Hern that their respective management continuity agreements would not be extended and, therefore, will terminate in December of 2015. The termination of these agreements was primarily based on the desire of Mr. A. Coppola and the Compensation Committee to eliminate all change of control excise tax gross-ups consistent with good corporate governance practices. Upon termination of Messrs. E. Coppola and O'Hern's management continuity agreements, all excise tax gross-up provisions will be eliminated.

Regardless of the manner in which a named executive officer's employment terminates, he is entitled to receive all accrued, vested or earned but deferred compensation and benefits during his term of employment. The information below sets forth the additional payments and/or benefits to our named executive officers under the specified circumstances.


Payments Made/Benefits Received Upon Termination

With Cause

Without Cause

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Payments Made/Benefits Received Upon Resignation

In the event of the resignation of a named executive officer,

Payments Made/Benefits Received Upon Retirement

In the event of the retirement of a named executive officer,

Payments Made/Benefits Received Upon Death or Disability

In the event of death or disability of a named executive officer while employed,

Payments Made/Benefits Received Upon Change of Control

We currently have management continuity agreements for three of our executive officers. On October 26, 2006, our Company amended and restated management continuity agreements with Messrs. E. Coppola and O'Hern which as noted above will terminate in December of 2015. Our Company also entered into a management continuity agreement with Mr. Leanse in connection with his hiring as our Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, effective January 1, 2013.

The management continuity agreements for Messrs. E. Coppola and O'Hern provide that if, within two years following a change of control, the executive officer's employment is terminated (i) by us for no reason or any reason

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other than for cause or by reason of death or disability or (ii) by the executive for good reason, such executive officer will be entitled to receive an amount equal to three times the sum of:

For this purpose, the Bonus Amount shall also include:

In addition, the executive will receive all accrued obligations, including a pro rata share of the Bonus Amount for the year in which the termination occurs.

Our Company will also generally continue welfare benefits for the executive officer and his family at least equal to, and at the same after-tax cost to the executive officer and/or his family, as those that would have been provided to them in accordance with the plans, programs, practices and policies as in effect immediately prior to the change of control, generally until up to the third anniversary of the termination date.

Upon a change of control, any shares of restricted stock, stock units or service-based LTIP Units held by the executive that remain unvested shall immediately vest, any unvested stock options or SARs held by the executive shall vest in full and be immediately exercisable and any outstanding performance-based LTIP Units shall vest as provided in the applicable award agreement. See "Discussion of Summary Compensation and Grants of Plan-Based Awards Table—Performance-Based LTIP Units." Any such stock options or SARs shall remain exercisable for a period at least until the first to occur of (1) the expiration of the full term of the option or SAR and (2) one year after the date on which the change of control occurs.

In addition, the management continuity agreements for Messrs. E. Coppola and O'Hern (each of which was entered into in 2006 and will terminate in December of 2015 as noted above) provide that if any payment by our Company to or for the benefit of the executive (whether pursuant to the terms of the management continuity agreement or otherwise) (a "Payment") would be subject to an excise tax imposed under certain provisions of the Code or any interest or penalties with respect thereto, referred to as the "Excise Tax," then the executive shall be entitled to

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receive a gross-up payment in an amount so that the executive is in the same after-tax position as if there were no Excise Tax. The executive will not receive this gross-up payment if the parachute value of all such Payments does not exceed 110% of an amount equal to 2.99 times the executive's "base amount" referred to as the "Safe Harbor Amount." In such event, the amounts payable under the management continuity agreement shall be reduced so that the parachute value of all Payments to the executive, in the aggregate, equals the Safe Harbor Amount.

Under the management continuity agreements, each executive has agreed to certain covenants, including confidentiality in perpetuity and non-solicitation of employees for two years after the termination date.

Mr. Leanse's management continuity agreement provides that if, within two years following a change of control, his employment is terminated (i) by us for no reason or any reason other than for cause or by reason of death or disability or (ii) by Mr. Leanse for good reason, he will generally be entitled to receive an amount equal to three times the sum of:

In addition, Mr. Leanse will receive all accrued obligations, including a pro rata share of his bonus amount for the year in which the termination occurs. Mr. Leanse's management continuity agreement generally includes the other provisions described above with respect to Messrs. E. Coppola and O'Hern, except there is no Excise Tax gross-up payment. Instead, if any Payment by our Company would subject Mr. Leanse to an Excise Tax, the Payments under his management continuity agreement shall be reduced if the selected accounting firm determines that he would have a greater net after tax receipt of aggregate Payments if his Payments under his management continuity agreement were so reduced. To the extent Mr. Leanse is entitled to receive severance payments under his management continuity agreement, he shall not be entitled to his severance payments under his employment agreement.


Termination/Change of Control Payments Table

The following table provides the potential payments and benefits to the named executive officers, upon termination of employment or a change of control, assuming such event occurred on December 31, 2013. These numbers do not reflect the actual amounts that may be paid to such persons, which will only be known at the time that they become eligible for payment and will only be payable if the specified event occurs.

The following items are not reflected in the table set forth below:

For purposes of the table below, our Company engaged PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP to estimate the Excise Tax gross-up payment to be paid by our Company arising under Code Section 280G in connection with the management continuity agreements of Messrs. E. Coppola and O'Hern. Mr. Leanse's management continuity agreement does

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not provide for an Excise Tax gross-up payment. Code Section 280G imposes tax penalties for compensation paid by our Company that is contingent upon a change of control and equal to or greater than three times an executive's average annual taxable compensation over the most recent five-year period (such average being referred to as the "base amount"). If tax penalties apply, all such payments above the base amount become subject to a 20% excise tax. Key assumptions of the analysis include:

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Termination/Change of Control Payments

 
  Cash
Severance
($)
  Miscellaneous
Benefits
($)
  Life
Insurance
Proceeds
($)
  280G Tax
Gross-Up
($)
  Total
($)
 

Arthur M. Coppola

                               

Termination with cause

                     

Termination without cause

                     

Resignation

                     

Retirement

                     

Death

            2,000,000         2,000,000  

Disability

        (1 )            

Change of control

                     

Change of control/Termination

                     

Thomas E. O'Hern

                               

Termination with cause

                     

Termination without cause

                     

Resignation

                     

Retirement

                     

Death

            1,100,000         1,100,000  

Disability

        (1 )            

Change of control

                     

Change of control/Termination

    19,523,939     92,529 (2)       11,969,586     31,586,054  

Edward C. Coppola

                               

Termination with cause

                     

Termination without cause

                     

Resignation

                     

Retirement

                     

Death

            1,600,000         1,600,000  

Disability

        (1 )            

Change of control

                     

Change of control/Termination

    34,616,331     102,828 (2)       16,333,287     51,052,446  

Thomas J. Leanse

                               

Termination with cause

                     

Termination without cause

    2,500,000                 2,500,000  

Resignation

                     

Retirement

                     

Death

            1,000,000         1,000,000  

Disability

        (1 )            

Change of control

                     

Change of control/Termination

    3,100,000     21,313 (2)           3,121,313  

Robert D. Perlmutter

                               

Termination with cause

                     

Termination without cause

                     

Resignation

                     

Retirement

                     

Death

            1,000,000         1,000,000  

Disability

        (1 )            

Change of control

                     

Change of control/Termination

                     


(1)
Upon disability, the executive will generally receive up to $25,000 monthly until his return to employment.

(2)
Amount represents the estimated value of continuing welfare benefits for 36 months after December 31, 2013.

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EQUITY COMPENSATION PLAN INFORMATION

Our Company currently maintains two equity compensation plans for the granting of equity awards to directors, officers and employees: our 2003 Incentive Plan and our Director Phantom Stock Plan. Our Company also maintains our Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("ESPP"). Except as described in footnote 4 to the table, each of these plans has been approved by our Company's stockholders.

The following table sets forth, for each of our Company's equity compensation plans, the number of shares of Common Stock subject to outstanding awards, the weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, and the number of shares remaining available for future award grants as of December 31, 2013.

Plan category
  Number of shares of
Common Stock to be
issued upon exercise
of outstanding
options, warrants
and rights
  Weighted-average
exercise price of
outstanding options,
warrants and
rights(1)
  Number of shares of Common
Stock remaining available for
future issuance under equity
compensation plans (excluding
shares reflected in the first
column)
 

Equity compensation plans approved by stockholders

    2,782,742 (2) $ 56.68     6,267,188 (3)

Equity compensation plans not approved by stockholders(4)

    26,306         223,694 (5)
               

Total

    2,809,048   $ 56.68     6,490,882  
               
               


(1)
These weighted-average exercise prices do not reflect the shares that will be issued upon the payment of outstanding stock units, OP Units or LTIP Units.

(2)
Of these shares, 10,068, 1,070,991, 137,318 and 19,001 were subject to options, SARs, stock units and restricted stock, respectively, then outstanding under our 2003 Incentive Plan, 1,354,667 may be issued upon redemption of LTIP Units or OP Units under our 2003 Incentive Plan, and 190,697 were subject to stock units then credited under our Director Phantom Stock Plan. This number of shares is presented before giving effect to the shares that will be purchased under our ESPP for the purchase period ending May 31, 2014.

(3)
Of these shares, 5,701,863 were available for options, SARs, restricted stock, stock units, stock bonuses, performance-based awards, dividend equivalent rights and OP Units or other units convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock under our 2003 Incentive Plan and 565,325 were available for issuance under our ESPP.

(4)
In February 2010, our Board of Directors approved an amendment to our Director Phantom Stock Plan to increase the number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to the plan. In accordance with applicable NYSE listing rules, this share increase was not required to be approved by our stockholders because the shares of Common Stock issued under the plan are issued solely in payment of deferred compensation in accordance with the terms of the plan.

(5)
These shares were available for the issuance of stock units under our Director Phantom Stock Plan. See "Compensation of Directors" on pages 23-25 of this Proxy Statement for a description of our Director Phantom Stock Plan.

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Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

Messrs. Abbey, Moore, Ross, Mses. Laing and Stephen and Dr. Sexton each served as a member of the Compensation Committee during 2013. No member of the Compensation Committee is a past or present officer or employee of our Company or had any relationship with us requiring disclosure under SEC rules requiring disclosure of certain transactions with related persons. In addition, none of our executive officers served as a director or a member of a compensation committee (or other committee serving an equivalent function) of any other entity, the executive officer of which served as a director or member of the Compensation Committee during 2013.


Certain Transactions

The following provides a description of certain relationships and related transactions between our executive officers or members of their immediate families and our Company or our subsidiaries and affiliates. All of these relationships and related transactions were approved or ratified by the Audit Committee in accordance with our Related Party Transaction Policies and Procedures.

Macerich Management Company employs Mr. A. Coppola's son-in-law, Mr. Anderson's son and Mr. Brant's son as a Vice President of Development Leasing, a Vice President of Leasing and a Leasing Manager, respectively. None of these individuals are considered an officer under Section 16 of the Exchange Act. The total compensation and benefits paid to each of Mr. A. Coppola's son-in-law, Mr. Anderson's son and Mr. Brant's son for 2013 did not exceed $405,000.

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PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS

The following table sets forth information as of the record date, March 21, 2014, with respect to the only persons known by our Company to own beneficially more than 5% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock, based solely upon Schedule 13G and Schedule 13D reports filed with the SEC, and the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by our directors and executive officers as a group. Each of the persons listed below, which has reported that it may be considered a beneficial owner of more than 5% of our outstanding shares of Common Stock, has certified in a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, the shares were acquired in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired for the purpose of and do not have the effect of changing or influencing the control of our Company and were not acquired in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having such purpose or effect. The number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by each director is set forth in "Information Regarding our Director Nominees—Director Stock Ownership" and the number of shares beneficially owned by each named executive officer is set forth in "Executive Officers—Executive Officer Equity Ownership."

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner
  Amount and Nature of
Beneficial Ownership
  Percent of
Class
 

The Vanguard Group, Inc.(1)
100 Vanguard Boulevard
Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355

    19,308,887     13.73 %

BlackRock, Inc.(2)
40 East 52nd Street
New York, New York 10022

    11,535,970     8.20 %

Vanguard Specialized Funds—Vanguard REIT Index Fund(3)
100 Vanguard Boulevard
Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355

    9,501,526     6.76 %

Invesco Ltd.(4)
1555 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30309

    8,612,914     6.12 %

CBRE Clarion Securities, LLC(5)
201 King of Prussia Road, Suite 600
Radnor, Pennsylvania 19087

    8,239,414     5.86 %

Morgan Stanley(6)
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.
1585 Broadway
New York, New York 10036

    7,106,353     5.05 %

FMR LLC(7)
245 Summer Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02210

    7,065,945     5.02 %

All directors and executive officers as a group (16 persons)(8)

    1,317,543     0.93 %


(1)
The Schedule 13G/A indicates that the reporting entity is a registered investment advisor and has sole voting power with respect to 401,647 shares, shared voting power with respect to 92,133 shares, sole dispositive power with respect to 18,972,643 shares and shared dispositive power with respect to 336,244 shares. The Schedule 13G/A indicates that Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company is the beneficial owner of 179,306 shares as the result of serving as investment manager of collective trust accounts and Vanguard Investments Australia, Ltd. is the beneficial owner of 379,279 shares as a result of serving as investment manager of Australian investment offerings, and each entity is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the reporting entity. In addition, the number of shares reported as beneficially owned by The Vanguard Group, Inc. includes the 9,501,526 shares separately reported as beneficially owned by Vanguard Specialized Funds—Vanguard REIT Index Fund as described in footnote 3.

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(2)
The Schedule 13G/A indicates that the reporting entity is a parent holding company and has sole voting power with respect to 10,297,203 shares and sole dispositive power with respect to 11,535,970 shares, reporting on behalf of the following subsidiaries: BlackRock Advisors, LLC, BlackRock Financial Management, Inc., BlackRock Investment Management, LLC, BlackRock Investment Management (Australia) Limited, BlackRock (Luxembourg) S.A., BlackRock (Netherlands) B.V., BlackRock Fund Managers Ltd., BlackRock Life Limited, BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited, BlackRock Asset Management Deutschland AG, BlackRock Asset Management Ireland Limited, BlackRock Advisors (UK) Limited, BlackRock Fund Advisors, BlackRock Fund Management Ireland Limited, BlackRock International Limited, BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A., BlackRock Japan Co. Ltd. and BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited.

(3)
The Schedule 13G/A indicates that the reporting entity is a registered investment company and has sole voting power with respect to all 9,501,526 shares.

(4)
The Schedule 13G/A indicates that the reporting entity is a parent holding company and a registered investment advisor filing on behalf of the following subsidiaries which are also registered investment advisors: Invesco Advisers Inc., Invesco National Trust Company, Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited, Invesco PowerShares Capital Management, Invesco Global Asset Management Limited and Invesco Investment Advisers, LLC. The reporting entity has sole voting power with respect to 2,757,407 shares, shared voting power with respect to 25,609 shares, sole dispositive power with respect to 8,590,093 shares and shared dispositive power with respect to 22,821 shares.

(5)
The Schedule 13G/A indicates that the reporting entity is a registered investment advisor and has sole voting power with respect to 4,373,335 shares and sole dispositive power with respect to 8,239,414 shares.

(6)
The Schedule 13G/A indicates that this joint filing reflects the securities beneficially owned by certain operating units of Morgan Stanley and its subsidiaries and affiliates. Morgan Stanley filed as a parent holding company and has sole voting power with respect to 6,122,092 shares, shared voting power with respect to 494,937 shares and shared dispositive power with respect to 7,106,353 shares. Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley, is a registered investment adviser and has sole voting power with respect to 6,122,092 shares, shared voting power with respect to 494,937 shares and shared dispositive power with respect to 7,106,353 shares. Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.'s address is 522 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10036.

(7)
The Schedule 13G/A indicates that the reporting entity is a parent holding company with sole voting power with respect to 315,836 shares and sole dispositive power with respect to 7,065,945 shares. Fidelity Management & Research Company ("Fidelity"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR LLC and a registered investment advisor, is the beneficial owner of 5,302,270 shares as a result of acting as an investment advisor to various registered investment companies. Edward C. Johnson 3d (Chairman of FMR LLC) and FMR LLC, through its control of Fidelity and the Fidelity Funds, each has sole dispositive power with respect to the 5,302,270 shares owned by the Fidelity funds. Neither FMR LLC nor Edward C. Johnson 3d has the sole power to vote or direct the voting of the shares owned directly by the Fidelity funds, which power resides with the board of trustees of the Fidelity funds. Fidelity is located at 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210. Fidelity SelectCo, LLC ("SelectCo"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR LLC and a registered investment advisor, is the beneficial owner of 1,447,839 shares as a result of its acting as an investment advisor to various registered investment companies. SelectCo is located at 1225 17th Street, Suite 1100, Denver, Colorado 80202. Edward C. Johnson 3d and FMR LLC, through its control of SelectCo and the SelectCo Funds, each has sole dispositive power with respect to the 1,447,839 shares owned by the SelectCo funds. Fidelity Management Trust Company ("Trust Company"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of FMR LLC and a bank located at 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210, is the beneficial owner of 44,373 shares as a result of its serving as investment manager of the institutional accounts. Edward C. Johnson 3d and FMR LLC, through its control of the Trust Company, each has sole dispositive power and sole voting power with respect to the 44,373 shares owned by the institutional accounts. Strategic Advisers, Inc. ("Strategic

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(8)
Includes options to purchase shares and SARs under our 2003 Incentive Plan which are currently exercisable or become exercisable before May 20, 2014, and restricted stock granted under our 2003 Incentive Plan. In addition, 513,567 shares of Common Stock are pledged as collateral for certain lines of credit for two executive officers. The aggregate pledged shares of these two executives represents 0.37% of our outstanding Common Stock as of our record date. See "Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Executive Summary—Specific Compensation and Corporate Governance Features—Anti-Pledging Policy" on page 36 of this Proxy Statement. See also the Notes to the tables on pages 7-9 and pages 26-27 of this Proxy Statement.

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AUDIT COMMITTEE MATTERS

The Audit Committee currently consists of four members, Mr. Hubbell, Mses. Laing and Stephen and Dr. Sexton. Ms. Laing is the chairperson of the Committee and has been determined by our Board to be an audit committee financial expert. In 2013, the Audit Committee met seven times. The Audit Committee and our Board of Directors amended and restated the Audit Committee charter in January 2014 and such charter complies with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the NYSE Rules. The Committee reviews and reassesses the adequacy of its charter annually. Our securities are listed on the NYSE and are governed by its listing standards. Each of the members of the Audit Committee is financially literate, is an independent director and meets the independence requirements for audit committees under the NYSE Rules and the Exchange Act. (See "The Board of Directors and its Committees—Director Independence;—Committee Charters; and—Audit Committee.")

The following Report of the Audit Committee shall not be deemed soliciting material or to be filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, or subject to Regulation 14A or 14C or the liabilities of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, except to the extent our Company specifically requests that this Report be treated as soliciting material or specifically incorporates this Report by reference into a filing under either of such Acts.


REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE

The Audit Committee of our Board of Directors assists our Board in performing its oversight responsibilities for our financial reporting process, audit process and internal controls, as more fully described in the Audit Committee's charter. Management has the primary responsibility for the financial statements and the reporting process, including the systems of internal controls. Our independent registered public accounting firm is responsible for auditing our financial statements and expressing an opinion as to their conformity to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

In the performance of its oversight function, the Audit Committee reviewed and discussed our audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2013 with management and with our independent registered public accounting firm. In addition, the Committee discussed with our independent registered public accounting firm the matters required to be discussed by Auditing Standard No. 16, Communications with Audit Committees, issued by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, which includes, among other items, matters related to the conduct of the audit of our financial statements. The Committee has also received and reviewed the written disclosures and the letter from our independent registered public accounting firm required by the applicable requirements of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board regarding the independent registered public accounting firm's communications with the Audit Committee concerning independence and has discussed with the independent registered public accounting firm their independence from our Company.

Based on the review and discussions with management and our independent registered public accounting firm described above, the Audit Committee recommended to our Board of Directors that the audited financial statements be included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 for filing with the SEC.


The Audit Committee
Diana M. Laing, Chairperson
Fred S. Hubbell
Dr. William P. Sexton
Andrea M. Stephen

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Principal Accountant Fees and Services

For the years ended December 31, 2013 and 2012, our Company was billed by KPMG LLP for services in the following categories:

Audit Fees.    Fees for audit services totaled $3,394,000 in 2013 and $3,063,000 in 2012, including fees associated with the annual audit of our Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, audit of internal control over financial reporting, the performance of interim reviews of our quarterly unaudited financial information and review of our registration statement and offering documents.

Audit-Related Fees.    No fees for audit-related services were paid to KPMG LLP in 2013 or 2012.

Tax Fees.    No fees for tax services were paid to KPMG LLP in 2013 or 2012.

All Other Fees.    There were no fees paid for any other services not described above in 2013 or 2012.

Our Company has been advised by KPMG LLP that neither the firm, nor any member of the firm, has any financial interest, direct or indirect, in any capacity in our Company or its subsidiaries.


Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policy

Consistent with the SEC policies regarding independence, the Audit Committee has responsibility for appointing, setting compensation and overseeing the work of our independent registered public accounting firm. In recognition of this responsibility, the Audit Committee has established a policy to pre-approve all audit and permissible non-audit services provided by our independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee approves a list of services and related fees expected to be rendered during any fiscal-year period within each of four categories of service:

The Audit Committee pre-approves our independent registered public accounting firm's services within each category. In 2013, the Audit Committee pre-approved the retention of KPMG LLP to perform various audit and audit-related services for our Company as described above. For each proposed service, our independent registered public accounting firm is generally required to provide documentation at the time of approval to permit the Audit Committee to make a determination whether the provision of such services would impair our independent registered public accounting firm's independence. The fees are budgeted and the Audit Committee requires our independent registered public accounting firm and management to report actual fees versus the budget periodically throughout the year by category of service. During the year, circumstances may arise when it may become

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necessary to engage our independent registered public accounting firm for additional services not contemplated in the original pre-approval categories. In those instances, the Audit Committee requires specific pre-approval before engaging our independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee may delegate pre-approval authority to one or more of its members. The member to whom such authority is delegated must report, for informational purposes only, any pre-approval decisions to the Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting.

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PROPOSAL 2: RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF KPMG LLP AS OUR COMPANY'S INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Audit Committee has appointed KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm to audit our financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2014.

Although ratification by stockholders is not required by law, our Board has determined that it is desirable to request approval of this appointment by our stockholders. If our stockholders do not ratify the appointment, the Audit Committee will reconsider whether to retain KPMG LLP, and may decide to retain the firm notwithstanding the vote. Even if the appointment is ratified, the Audit Committee, in its discretion, may change the appointment at any time during the year if it determines that such a change would be in the best interests of our Company. In addition, if KPMG LLP should decline to act or otherwise become incapable of acting, or if the appointment should be discontinued, the Audit Committee will appoint substitute independent public accountants. A representative of KPMG LLP will be present at our Annual Meeting, will be given the opportunity to make a statement if he or she so desires and will be available to respond to appropriate questions.

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" THE PROPOSAL TO RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF KPMG LLP AS OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2014. PROXIES RECEIVED WILL BE VOTED "FOR" RATIFICATION UNLESS STOCKHOLDERS SPECIFY OTHERWISE IN THE PROXY.

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PROPOSAL 3: ADVISORY VOTE TO APPROVE THE COMPENSATION OF OUR COMPANY'S NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

We are providing our stockholders with the opportunity to cast a non-binding, advisory vote on the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed pursuant to the SEC's executive compensation disclosure rules and set forth in this Proxy Statement (including in the compensation tables and the narrative discussion accompanying those tables as well as in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis).

As described more fully under the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section beginning on page 30 of this Proxy Statement, our executive compensation program is guided by the following philosophy and objectives:

We urge our stockholders to read the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of this Proxy Statement, which describes in more detail how our executive compensation policies and practices are designed to achieve our compensation objectives, as well as the Summary Compensation Table and related compensation tables and narrative discussion that accompanies the compensation tables which provide detailed information on the compensation of our named executive officers. The Compensation Committee and our Board of Directors believe that the policies and procedures described in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis have enabled our Company to attract, motivate and retain highly skilled executives whose performance and contributions have contributed to our Company's success.

In accordance with the requirements of Section 14A of the Exchange Act (which was added by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, referred to as the "Dodd-Frank Act") and the related rules of the SEC, our Board will request your non-binding, advisory vote on the following resolution at our Annual Meeting:

This proposal to approve the compensation paid to our named executive officers is advisory in nature and, therefore, not binding on our Company, our Board of Directors or our Compensation Committee and will not be construed as overruling a decision by, or creating or implying any additional duty for, our Company, our Board or our Compensation Committee. However, the Compensation Committee, which is responsible for reviewing and approving the compensation for our executive officers and reviewing our overall compensation structure and philosophy, values input from our stockholders and will consider the result of the vote when making future compensation decisions for our named executive officers.

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Our Company's current policy is to provide stockholders with an opportunity to approve the compensation of our named executive officers each year at our annual meeting of stockholders. It is expected that the next such vote will occur at our 2015 annual meeting of stockholders.

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" APPROVAL OF THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, AS DISCLOSED IN THIS PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO THE SEC'S EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION DISCLOSURE RULES. PROXIES RECEIVED WILL BE VOTED "FOR" APPROVAL OF THE COMPENSATION OF OUR NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS UNLESS STOCKHOLDERS SPECIFY OTHERWISE IN THE PROXY.

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PROPOSAL 4: AMENDMENT AND RE-APPROVAL OF THE PROVISIONS OF OUR AMENDED AND RESTATED 2003 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN RELATING TO SECTION 162(M) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

At our Annual Meeting, stockholders will be asked to amend and re-approve certain provisions of our 2003 Incentive Plan, which were adopted, subject to stockholder approval, by our Board of Directors on January 29, 2014. These provisions relate to our flexibility to grant certain awards under our 2003 Incentive Plan that are intended to qualify as "performance-based compensation" under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code ("Section 162(m)"). We are not seeking to increase the number of shares authorized for issuance under our 2003 Incentive Plan.

Section 162(m) generally limits the deductibility of executive compensation paid to our named executive officers in any one year to $1 million. An exception to this limitation applies to qualified "performance-based compensation" as defined in the U.S. Treasury regulations under Section 162(m). This exception is referred to as the "performance-based compensation exception."

One element of our 2003 Incentive Plan is the flexibility to grant certain performance-based awards designed to satisfy the requirements for deductibility of compensation under Section 162(m). These awards are referred to as "Performance-Based Awards" and are in addition to other awards, such as stock options and stock appreciation rights, expressly authorized under our 2003 Incentive Plan which may also qualify as performance-based compensation for Section 162(m) purposes. (See "Summary Description of our 2003 Incentive Plan—Performance-Based Awards" below.)

One of the requirements under the "performance-based compensation exception" of Section 162(m) is stockholder approval of our 2003 Incentive Plan under which the awards are granted. In the case of Performance-Based Awards, stockholders must also approve the material terms of the performance goals pursuant to which compensation is paid under the awards. Under Section 162(m), we are required to obtain this approval for Performance-Based Awards at least every five years. Stockholders last approved the material terms of the performance goals for Performance-Based Awards under our 2003 Incentive Plan in June 2009.

At our Annual Meeting, stockholders will be asked to approve amendments to the Performance-Based Award feature of our 2003 Incentive Plan, and specifically, (1) the extension of this feature of our 2003 Incentive Plan through the first annual meeting of stockholders that occurs in 2019 and (2) the material terms of the performance goals in our 2003 Incentive Plan under which Performance-Based Awards may be granted. These performance goals are set forth in Section 5.2 of our 2003 Incentive Plan and described in detail in Exhibit A to our 2003 Incentive Plan document. As noted above, we are not seeking to increase the number of shares authorized for issuance under our 2003 Incentive Plan.

If stockholders do not approve this proposal, the current terms of the Performance-Based Award feature under, and other terms and conditions of, our 2003 Incentive Plan will continue in effect. However, our authority to grant Performance-Based Awards under our 2003 Incentive Plan will expire as of our Annual Meeting date and we will not be able to grant Performance-Based Awards after that date unless and until the requisite stockholder approval is obtained in accordance with the provisions of Section 162(m).

As of March 21, 2014, a total of 3,173,696 shares of our Common Stock were subject to outstanding awards granted under our 2003 Incentive Plan, and an additional 3,973,412 shares of our Common Stock were then available for new award grants under our 2003 Incentive Plan.

The foregoing amendments, along with other technical changes deemed advisable by our Board of Directors, are included in our 2003 Incentive Plan, which has been filed as an appendix to the copy of this Proxy Statement that was filed electronically with the SEC and can be reviewed on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov. A copy of our 2003 Incentive Plan document may also be obtained by written request to our Corporate Secretary at The Macerich Company, 401 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 700, Santa Monica, California 90401.

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The principal terms of our 2003 Incentive Plan are summarized below. The summary is qualified in its entirety by the full text of our 2003 Incentive Plan.


Summary Description of our 2003 Incentive Plan

Purpose.    The purpose of our 2003 Incentive Plan is to promote the success of our Company by providing an additional means, through the grant of stock based incentives and other awards, to attract, retain, motivate and reward key employees (including employees who are officers) and directors of, and certain consultants and advisors to, our Company, its subsidiaries, and related entities. Our 2003 Incentive Plan generally provides for incentives and awards which may vest or become payable based on performance criteria or past or continued service. Our Company's subsidiaries and its related entities are collectively referred to as our "Subsidiaries."

Administration.    Our 2003 Incentive Plan provides that it may be administered by our Board of Directors or a committee consisting of one or more directors (or such greater number of directors as may be required under applicable law). Our Board of Directors has delegated general administrative authority for our 2003 Incentive Plan to the Compensation Committee of our Board of Directors and each member of that Committee is a non-employee director as well as an independent director under the NYSE Rules.

The Compensation Committee has broad authority under our 2003 Incentive Plan with respect to awards granted to eligible persons, which generally includes the authority:

Notwithstanding this authority, without prior stockholder approval, the Compensation Committee will not reduce the exercise or base price of any option or SAR granted under our 2003 Incentive Plan (i.e., "reprice") by amendment, substitution, cancellation and regrant or other means, other than as a result of antidilution or other adjustments under our 2003 Incentive Plan incident to certain events such as a stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, reorganization, or similar transaction affecting the underlying securities.

Eligibility.    Persons eligible to receive discretionary awards under our 2003 Incentive Plan include key employees (including employees who are officers) and directors of, and certain consultants or advisors to, our Company or our Subsidiaries, which we refer to as "Eligible Persons."

As of March 21, 2014, approximately 86 officers and employees of our Company and our Subsidiaries (including all of the named executive officers) and all of our non-employee directors were considered eligible under our 2003 Incentive Plan, subject to the Compensation Committee's discretion to determine the particular individuals who, from time to time, will be selected to receive awards.

Shares Available for Awards.    The aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued pursuant to all awards under our 2003 Incentive Plan currently is 13,825,428 shares, on an adjusted basis. Shares issued in respect of any "full-value award" granted under our 2003 Incentive Plan after June 8, 2009 are counted against the share limit as 2.62 shares for every one share actually issued in connection with the award. For example, if our Company granted a restricted stock award of 100 shares of Common Stock under our 2003 Incentive Plan after

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June 8, 2009, 262 shares were charged against the share limit with respect to that award. For this purpose, a "full-value award" generally means any award granted under our 2003 Incentive Plan other than a stock option or SAR.

Various additional share limits are imposed under our 2003 Incentive Plan. A maximum of:

To the extent that the exercise of an option or other award would cause the holder to own more than 9.8% of the lesser of the number or the value of the outstanding Common Stock and preferred stock (except as otherwise permitted under our charter), our Company has the option to deliver either shares of Common Stock or an amount in cash equal to the closing price of a share of Common Stock, as reported on the NYSE.

To the extent that an award is settled in cash or a form other than shares, the shares that would have been delivered had there been no such cash or other settlement will not be counted against the shares available for issuance under our 2003 Incentive Plan. In the event that shares are delivered in respect of a dividend equivalent right, or "DER" (and, for purposes of clarity, other than as a result of an adjustment pursuant to a stock split, stock dividend or similar event), only the actual number of shares delivered with respect to the award shall be counted against the share limits of our 2003 Incentive Plan. To the extent that shares are delivered pursuant to the exercise of a SAR or stock option, the number of underlying shares as to which the exercise related shall be counted against the applicable share limits, as opposed to only counting the shares actually issued. (For purposes of clarity, if a SAR relates to 100,000 shares and is exercised at a time when the payment due to the participant is 15,000 shares, 100,000 shares shall be charged against the applicable share limits with respect to such exercise.) Shares that are subject to or underlie awards which expire or for any reason are cancelled, terminated, or forfeited, fail to vest, or for any other reason are not paid or delivered under our 2003 Incentive Plan will again be available for subsequent awards under our 2003 Incentive Plan. Shares that are exchanged by a participant or withheld by our Company to pay the exercise price of an award granted under our 2003 Incentive Plan, as well as any shares exchanged or withheld to satisfy the tax withholding obligations related to any award, will not be available for subsequent awards under our 2003 Incentive Plan. In addition, our 2003 Incentive Plan generally provides that shares issued in connection with awards that are granted by or become obligations of our Company through the assumption of awards (or in substitution for awards) in connection with an acquisition of another company will not count against the shares available for issuance under our 2003 Incentive Plan. Our Company may not increase the applicable share limits of our 2003 Incentive Plan by repurchasing shares of Common Stock on the market (by using cash received through the exercise of stock options or otherwise).

Types of Awards.    Our 2003 Incentive Plan authorizes the grant of stock options, SARs, restricted stock, stock units, stock bonuses, Performance-Based Awards (described below), DERs and OP Units or other convertible or exchangeable units, as well as cash bonus awards.

Except as may be provided in or by amendment to an applicable award agreement or another written agreement, generally speaking, no award granted under our 2003 Incentive Plan may be exercisable or may vest until at least six months after the date of grant. The Compensation Committee may authorize settlement of awards in cash or shares or other awards, subject to certain preexisting rights of participants evidenced by an award agreement.

The Compensation Committee in making or amending an award may determine the effect of termination of service (including retirement) on the rights and benefits under awards and in doing so may make distinctions based upon the cause of termination or other factors.

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Our 2003 Incentive Plan permits participants to pay the exercise price of an option or the cash purchase price (if any) of any shares in one or a combination of the following methods: (1) in cash or by electronic funds transfer; (2) by check payable to the order of our Company; (3) if permitted by the Compensation Committee, by notice and third party payment; or (4) by the delivery of shares of Common Stock already owned by the participant. Shares may also be issued solely for services or other rights or property. Our 2003 Incentive Plan does not permit loans to participants to finance awards or stock purchases.

Transfer Restrictions.    Subject to customary exceptions set forth in our 2003 Incentive Plan, rights and benefits under awards under our 2003 Incentive Plan are not transferable by the recipient other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and are generally only exercisable by the participant (or, if the participant has suffered a disability, his or her legal representative). The Compensation Committee may, however, permit certain transfers of an award if the transferor presents satisfactory evidence that the transfer is for donative, estate and/or tax planning purposes to certain related persons or entities and without consideration (other than nominal consideration), or in certain other circumstances.

Stock Options.    An option is the right to purchase shares of Common Stock at a future date at a specified price (the "exercise price") during a specified term not to exceed 10 years. The Compensation Committee may grant one or more options to any Eligible Person.

The exercise price of any options granted to Eligible Persons under our 2003 Incentive Plan is determined by the Compensation Committee at the time of the grant and must be at least 100% (110% in the case of an ISO granted to a participant who owns or is deemed to own more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of our Company) of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the date of grant. The Compensation Committee may grant ISOs or nonqualified stock options under our 2003 Incentive Plan. ISOs have more restrictive eligibility criteria and are taxed differently from nonqualified stock options, as described under "Federal Income Tax Consequences of Options" below. ISOs are also subject to more restrictive terms and are limited in amount by the Internal Revenue Code and our 2003 Incentive Plan.

Stock Appreciation Rights.    In its discretion, the Compensation Committee may grant a SAR concurrently with or after the grant of an option, and with reference to all or a portion of the shares covered by such option, or on a stand-alone basis. A SAR granted in connection with an option is typically the right to receive payment of an amount equal to the excess of the fair market value of Common Stock on the date the SAR is exercised over the exercise price of the related option, which we refer to as the "spread value." The base price of a stand-alone SAR must be at least the fair market value of the Common Stock on the grant date. The base price of a SAR granted with reference to an outstanding option may be less than the fair market value of Common Stock on the date of grant, but if so, may not be less than the option exercise price. A SAR granted in connection with an option is only exercisable if and to the extent that the related option is exercisable. Upon exercise of a SAR, the holder receives the spread value in shares of Common Stock (valued at fair market value at date of exercise), in cash, or in a combination of Common Stock and cash. The maximum term of SARs granted under our 2003 Incentive Plan is 10 years.

Restricted Stock and Stock Units.    A restricted stock award is an award typically for a fixed number of shares of Common Stock, which is subject to vesting or other restrictions. The Compensation Committee must specify the price, if any, or services the recipient must provide for the shares of restricted stock, the conditions on vesting (which may include, among others, the passage of time or specified performance objectives or both) and any other restrictions (for example, restrictions on transfer) imposed on the shares. Unless the Compensation Committee otherwise provides in an award agreement, a restricted stock award confers voting and dividend rights prior to vesting.

A stock unit represents a bookkeeping entry which serves as a unit of measurement relative to a share of Common Stock for purposes of determining the payment, in shares or cash, of an award, including a deferred benefit or right. Stock units may be granted for services rendered, in lieu of other compensation, or in lieu of, in exchange for or in addition to any other award under our 2003 Incentive Plan. The Compensation Committee will specify the terms relating to the stock units, the conditions on vesting and any other restrictions imposed on the units in making the

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award. The stock units do not confer voting rights but may provide for DERs as determined by the Compensation Committee.

Performance-Based Awards.    The Compensation Committee may grant to eligible employees of our Company and our Subsidiaries Performance-Based Awards (other than qualifying options or SARs) designed to satisfy the requirements for deductibility under Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Performance-Based Awards are earned and payable only if performance reaches specific, pre-established performance goals related to one or more business criteria approved by the Compensation Committee. The performance goals must be approved by the Compensation Committee in advance of applicable deadlines under the Internal Revenue Code and while the performance relating to the goals remains substantially uncertain. The performance goals may be established based on one or a combination of the following business criteria:

The business criteria (as each is defined in our 2003 Incentive Plan) may be applied based on the performance of our Company (including our Subsidiaries) on a consolidated, Subsidiary, segment, division, region or property basis. The performance measurement period with respect to an award may be from one to 10 years. To the extent provided in the applicable award agreement, performance goals will be adjusted to mitigate the unbudgeted impact of material, unusual or nonrecurring gains and losses, accounting changes or other extraordinary events not foreseen at the time the targets were set.

Performance-Based Awards may be stock-based (payable in stock only or in cash or stock) or may be cash-only awards. Before any Performance-Based Award is paid, the Compensation Committee must certify that the performance goals have been satisfied. The Compensation Committee will have discretion to determine the performance goals and restrictions or other limitations of the individual awards and may reserve "negative" discretion to reduce payments below maximum award limits. The maximum number of shares of Common Stock which may be delivered pursuant to all stock-related awards to any participant under our 2003 Incentive Plan in any calendar year may not exceed 1,000,000 shares (subject to standard anti-dilution adjustments). The aggregate amount of compensation that may be paid to any participant in respect of Performance-Based Awards payable only in cash and not related to stock under our 2003 Incentive Plan may not exceed (x) $3,000,000, times (y) the applicable number of years (not more than 10) in the performance period for the award. In addition, if a Performance-Based Award is payable in cash or shares of restricted stock, the lesser of the share limit or the dollar limit will apply, and for the purposes of these limits, the restricted stock will be deemed to have a value not less than two-thirds of the fair market value of the Common Stock on the applicable measurement date.

Stock Bonuses.    A stock bonus typically represents a bonus in shares for services rendered (in excess of cash payment for the shares, if any). The Compensation Committee may grant stock bonuses to reward services, contributions or achievements or in connection with the deferral of compensation, in such manner and on such

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terms and conditions (including any restrictions on the shares) as the Compensation Committee may determine from time to time.

Dividend Equivalent Rights.    Our 2003 Incentive Plan authorizes awards, excluding options and SARs, to be granted with or without DERs. DERs are amounts payable in cash, stock or other property (or additional stock units that may be paid in stock or cash) and are based on all or part of the amount of dividends that would have been paid on shares had the shares been outstanding from the date the stock-based award was granted. The Compensation Committee determines the time and conditions of payment and may limit amounts payable as DERs. Restricted stock and other stock-based awards are not considered awards coupled with DERs insofar as shares of Common Stock or other securities underlying these awards carry by their own terms the right to receive dividends or distributions.

Operating Partnership Units or other Convertible or Exchangeable Units.    The Compensation Committee may authorize, for the benefit of any Eligible Person, the issuance of Common Stock or the payment of cash in connection with, or upon the exercise, conversion or exchange of, phantom units or other interests in Subsidiaries that are issued by the Subsidiary, subject to the Compensation Committee's approval and any required Board approval. Such interests or rights may be convertible or exchangeable into shares of Common Stock, units or cash.

Deferred Payments.    Our 2003 Incentive Plan authorizes the Compensation Committee to permit the deferred payment of awards. The Compensation Committee may determine the form and timing of payment, vesting, and other terms applicable to deferrals.

Adjustments; Acceleration.    As is customary in incentive plans of this nature, each share limit and the number and kind of shares available under our 2003 Incentive Plan and any outstanding stock-based awards, as well as the exercise, base or purchase prices of awards, and performance targets under certain types of performance-based awards (e.g., a SAR), are subject to adjustment in the event of certain reorganizations, mergers, combinations, recapitalizations, stock splits, stock dividends, or other similar events that change the number or kind of shares outstanding, and extraordinary dividends or distributions of property to the stockholders.

Our 2003 Incentive Plan also generally provides for full vesting and acceleration of awards upon a termination of the Eligible Person's employment other than for cause or due to the Eligible Person's death or disability (including, in certain cases, a constructive termination) upon or not later than 12 months following a Change in Control Event affecting our Company, unless the Compensation Committee or our Board of Directors otherwise provides either for more favorable or less favorable acceleration to some or all participants. As defined in our 2003 Incentive Plan, a Change in Control Event generally includes (subject to certain exceptions and as more specifically defined in our 2003 Incentive Plan):

In certain circumstances, awards that have been fully accelerated and that have not been exercised prior to the occurrence of certain events will terminate unless provision has been made for their survival, exchange, substitution, exchange or other settlement.

No Limit on Other Plans or Agreements.    Our 2003 Incentive Plan generally does not limit the authority of our Board of Directors or the Compensation Committee to grant awards or authorize any other compensation, with or without reference to the Common Stock, under any other plan or authority. Neither does our 2003 Incentive Plan limit the authority of our Board of Directors or Compensation Committee by agreement with a participant to alter standard provisions as to the vesting or exercisability of awards.

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Termination of or Changes to our 2003 Incentive Plan.    Our Board of Directors may terminate, suspend, modify or amend our 2003 Incentive Plan at any time. Stockholder approval for an amendment will be obtained if required under our 2003 Incentive Plan, or under Sections 162(m), 422 or 424 of the Internal Revenue Code, by other applicable law (including stock exchange rules), or if deemed necessary or advisable by our Board of Directors.

Our 2003 Incentive Plan is currently scheduled to expire on June 8, 2019, except the Performance-Based Award feature will expire earlier as noted above if our stockholders do not approve this proposal.

Generally speaking, outstanding options and other awards may be amended by the Compensation Committee (subject to the no-repricing provision referred to above), but the consent of the holder is required if the amendment (or any plan amendment) materially adversely affects the holder.

Securities Underlying Awards.    The closing price of a share of Common Stock on March 21, 2014 was $60.56 per share.


Federal Income Tax Consequences of Options

The U.S. federal income tax consequences of our 2003 Incentive Plan under current federal law, which is subject to change, are summarized in the following discussion of the general tax principles applicable to our 2003 Incentive Plan. This summary is not intended to be exhaustive and, among other considerations, does not describe the deferred compensation provisions of Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code to the extent an award is subject to and does not satisfy those rules, nor does it describe state, local, or international tax consequences.

With respect to nonqualified stock options, our Company is generally entitled to deduct and the participant recognizes taxable income in an amount equal to the difference between the option exercise price and the fair market value of the shares at the time of exercise. With respect to ISOs, our Company is generally not entitled to a deduction nor does the participant recognize income at the time of exercise, although the participant may be subject to the U.S. federal alternative minimum tax.

The current federal income tax consequences of other awards authorized under our 2003 Incentive Plan generally follow certain basic patterns: nontransferable restricted stock subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture results in income recognition equal to the excess of the fair market value over the price paid (if any) only at the time the restrictions lapse (unless the recipient elects to accelerate recognition as of the date of grant); bonuses, SARs, cash and stock-based performance awards, DERs, stock units, and other types of awards are generally subject to tax at the time of payment; and compensation otherwise effectively deferred is taxed when paid. In each of the foregoing cases, our Company will generally have a corresponding deduction at the time the participant recognizes income.

If an award is accelerated under our 2003 Incentive Plan in connection with a change in control (as this term is used under the Internal Revenue Code), our Company may not be permitted to deduct the portion of the compensation attributable to the acceleration if it exceeds certain threshold limits under the Internal Revenue Code; related excise taxes also may be triggered. Furthermore, if compensation attributable to awards is not performance-based within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code, our Company may not be permitted to deduct that compensation to certain executive officers to the extent that aggregate non-performance-based compensation exceeds $1,000,000 in any tax year.


Specific Benefits

Our Company has not approved any awards that are conditioned upon stockholder approval of this proposal regarding our 2003 Incentive Plan. Awards under our 2003 Incentive Plan will be determined by the Compensation Committee in its discretion. Therefore, it is generally not possible to determine the benefits that will be received in the future for participants in our 2003 Incentive Plan. If this proposal had been approved and in effect for award purposes in fiscal 2013, our Company expects that its award grants made in fiscal 2013 would not have been different from those actually made in that year under our 2003 Incentive Plan. For information regarding the bonuses paid to our named executive officers for 2013 performance (and the stock-based awards granted to our named executive officers in 2014 with respect to their bonuses for 2013), see the discussion in the "Compensation

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Discussion and Analysis" section above. For information regarding stock-based awards granted to our Company's named executive officers during 2013, see the material under the heading "Grants of Plan-Based Awards" above.


Aggregate Past Grants Under Our 2003 Incentive Plan

As of March 21, 2014, awards covering 6,651,908 shares of Common Stock had been granted under our 2003 Incentive Plan. (This number of shares includes shares subject to awards that expired or terminated without having been exercised and paid and became available for new award grants under our 2003 Incentive Plan.) The following table shows information regarding the distribution of those awards among the persons and groups identified below, exercises of options and SARs and vesting of restricted stock and stock units prior to that date, and holdings of options and SARs and unvested restricted stock and stock units as of that date.

 
  Number of
Shares
Subject
to Past
Option/SAR
Grants
   
   
   
  Number of
Shares/Units
Subject
to Past
Restricted
Stock/Unit
Grants(1)
   
  Number of
Shares/Units
Outstanding
and Unvested
as of
3/21/14(1)
 
 
   
  Number of Shares
Underlying Options/SARs
as of 3/21/14
  Number of
Shares/Units
Vested
as of
3/21/14(1)
 
 
  Number of
Shares
Acquired
On Exercise
 
Name and Position
  Exercisable   Unexercisable  

Executive Group:

                                           

Arthur M. Coppola

    102,610         102,610         1,450,664     1,263,584     187,080  

Thomas E. O'Hern

    59,406         59,406         426,000     400,018     25,982  

Edward C. Coppola

    72,907         72,907         783,336     720,977     62,359  

Thomas J. Leanse

    50,000         43,288     6,712     95,037     69,055     25,982  

Robert D. Perlmutter

                    75,008     54,223     20,785  

Total for Current Executive Group (8 persons):

    357,830         351,118     6,712     3,097,977     2,732,712     365,265  

Non-Executive Director Group:

                                           

Douglas D. Abbey

                    6,461     3,371     3,090  

Fred S. Hubbell

                    12,905     9,815     3,090  

Diana M. Laing

    2,700     2,700             12,905     9,815     3,090  

Stanley A. Moore

                    12,905     9,815     3,090  

Mason G. Ross

                    8,405     5,315     3,090  

Dr. William P. Sexton

                    12,905     9,815     3,090  

Steven L. Soboroff

                    2,325         2,325  

Andrea M. Stephen

                    3,534     569     2,965  

Total for Current Non-Executive Director Group (8 persons):

    2,700     2,700             72,345     48,515     23,830  

Each other person who has received 5% or more of the options, warrants or rights under our 2003 Incentive Plan

                             

All employees, including all current officers who are not executive officers or directors, as a group

    1,178,455     15,891     723,229         1,942,601     1,815,866     102,738  

Total

    1,538,985     18,591     1,074,347     6,712     5,112,923     4,597,093     491,833  


(1)
In addition to awards of restricted stock and stock units covering shares of Common Stock granted under our 2003 Incentive Plan, these columns also include outstanding LTIP Units granted to certain of our employees. Under certain circumstances, LTIP Units that become vested may be redeemed by the holder for shares of Common Stock on a one-for-one basis or the cash value of such shares, at our Company's election. Any shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to such LTIP Units would be charged against the applicable share limits of

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Equity Compensation Plan Information

See "Equity Compensation Plan Information" on page 60 of this Proxy Statement regarding compensation plans under which our Company's equity securities are authorized for issuance.

All members of our Board of Directors and all of our Company's executive officers are eligible to receive awards under our 2003 Incentive Plan and thus have a personal interest in the approval of this proposal.

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" APPROVAL TO AMEND AND RE-APPROVE THE PROVISIONS OF OUR 2003 INCENTIVE PLAN RELATING TO SECTION 162(M) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. PROXIES RECEIVED WILL BE VOTED "FOR" THIS PROPOSAL UNLESS STOCKHOLDERS SPECIFY OTHERWISE IN THEIR INSTRUCTIONS TO THEIR PROXY.

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PROPOSAL 5: APPROVAL OF AMENDMENTS TO OUR CHARTER TO ELIMINATE THE SUPERMAJORITY VOTE REQUIREMENT TO AMEND OUR CHARTER (WITH CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS) AND TO CLARIFY A REFERENCE IN ARTICLE NINTH TO CONFORM TO THE MARYLAND GENERAL CORPORATION LAW

Description of Proposal

Our Board of Directors, as part of its continuing review of corporate governance matters and after careful consideration and upon recommendation by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, has declared advisable and recommends stockholder approval of a proposal to amend our charter to replace the current two-thirds supermajority vote requirement to amend our charter with a majority vote requirement (with certain exceptions). Our Board believes that this proposal is consistent with our continuing commitment to best practices in corporate governance. The current two-thirds supermajority vote requirement is the default provision under Maryland law, but Maryland law also provides that a corporation's charter may include a provision that requires a lesser proportion of stockholder votes than a supermajority so long as that proportion is not less than a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. Our Board believes that the two-thirds supermajority vote requirement to amend our charter is a high requirement, and one that constrains our stockholders from amending important provisions of our charter. Further, majority vote requirements for charter amendments are more generally regarded as current best practice than supermajority vote requirements.

Under this proposal, except as set forth below and except for those amendments permitted to be made without stockholder approval under Maryland law or by specific provision in the charter, any amendment to the charter will be valid only if declared advisable by the Board of Directors and approved by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. Any amendment to the charter related to the vote required to (i) remove a director or (ii) approve any extraordinary transaction (i.e., merger, share exchange, consolidation and sale of all or substantially all of the Company's assets) will be valid only if declared advisable by the Board of Directors and approved by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast two-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter.

In addition, our Board of Directors, after careful consideration and upon recommendation by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, has declared advisable and recommends stockholder approval of an amendment to our charter to clarify the reference to "termination" in Article NINTH of our charter to conform to the terminology of the Maryland General Corporation Law by substituting the term "dissolution" in lieu thereof.

The full text of the proposed amendments to our charter is set forth in Appendix III, and the description of these amendments is qualified in its entirety by reference to Appendix III. If the stockholders vote to approve this proposal, it will become effective upon the filing of Articles of Amendment with, and acceptance for record by, the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland. We intend to file the Articles promptly following stockholder approval at our Annual Meeting.

OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE "FOR" APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO OUR CHARTER. PROXIES RECEIVED WILL BE VOTED "FOR" THIS PROPOSAL UNLESS STOCKHOLDERS SPECIFY OTHERWISE IN THEIR INSTRUCTIONS TO THEIR PROXY.

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ADDITIONAL MATTERS

Solicitation of Proxies

The cost of solicitation of Proxies for our Annual Meeting will be paid by our Company. Solicitation will be made primarily by mail, but our regular employees, without additional remuneration, may solicit Proxies by telephone, e-mail, facsimile and personal interviews. In addition, Innisfree M&A Incorporated will assist in the solicitation of Proxies and our Company anticipates a fee for proxy solicitation services of approximately $15,000 plus out-of-pocket costs. We will also request persons, firms and corporations holding shares in their names or in the names of their nominees, which are beneficially owned by others, to send Proxy materials to and obtain Proxies from such beneficial owners. We will reimburse such holders for their reasonable expenses.


Stockholder Proposals and Director Nominees

For a stockholder to properly present a matter at our Annual Meeting, including nominations for persons for election to our Board of Directors, our Secretary must have received written notice thereof on or after March 1, 2014 and on or before March 31, 2014, as specified in our bylaws, and such notice must satisfy the additional requirements set forth in our bylaws. Our Secretary has not received notice of any matter to be presented by a stockholder at our Annual Meeting.

A stockholder proposal submitted pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act for inclusion in our proxy statement and form of proxy for the 2015 annual meeting of stockholders must be received by our Company by December 19, 2014. Such a proposal must also comply with the requirements as to form and substance established by the SEC for such proposals. A stockholder otherwise desiring to bring a proposal before the 2015 annual meeting of stockholders (including generally any proposal relating to the nomination of a director to be elected to our Board of Directors) must comply with the then current advance notice and information requirements in our bylaws and deliver the proposal to our principal executive offices on or after March 1, 2015 and on or before 5:00 p.m., Pacific Time, on March 31, 2015 (60 to 90 days prior to the first anniversary of our Annual Meeting) in order for such proposal to be considered timely. Any such proposal should be mailed to: The Macerich Company, 401 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 700, Santa Monica, California 90401, Attn: Secretary. Copies of our charter and bylaws may be obtained without charge by providing a written request to our Secretary at that address.


Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires our executive officers and directors, and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities, to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the SEC and the NYSE. Officers, directors and greater than 10% stockholders are required by the SEC's regulations to furnish our Company with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they file. To our knowledge, based solely on our review of the copies of such reports furnished to our Company during and with respect to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, all Section 16(a) filing requirements applicable to our executive officers, directors and greater than 10% beneficial owners were satisfied on a timely basis.


Other Matters

Our Board of Directors does not know of any matter other than those described in this Proxy Statement which will be presented for action at our Annual Meeting. If other matters are presented, Proxies will be voted in accordance with the discretion of the Proxy holders.

REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF SHARES YOU OWN, YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT TO OUR COMPANY.

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Appendix I

Funds From Operations ("FFO") and Adjusted Funds From Operations ("AFFO")

Our Company uses FFO in addition to net income to report our operating and financial results and considers FFO and FFO-diluted as supplemental measures for the real estate industry and a supplement to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP") measures. The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts ("NAREIT") defines FFO as net income (loss) (computed in accordance with GAAP), excluding gains (or losses) from extraordinary items and sales of depreciated operating properties, plus real estate related depreciation and amortization, impairment write-downs of real estate and write-downs of investments in an affiliate where the write-downs have been driven by a decrease in the value of real estate held by the affiliate and after adjustments for unconsolidated joint ventures. Adjustments for unconsolidated joint ventures are calculated to reflect FFO on the same basis.

Adjusted FFO ("AFFO") excludes the FFO impact of Shoppingtown Mall and Valley View Center for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011. In December 2011, our Company conveyed Shoppingtown Mall to the lender by a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure. In July 2010, a court-appointed receiver assumed operational control of Valley View Center and responsibility for managing all aspects of the property. Valley View Center was sold by the receiver on April 23, 2012, and the related non-recourse mortgage loan obligation was fully extinguished on that date, resulting in a gain on extinguishment of debt of $104.0 million. On May 31, 2012, our Company conveyed Prescott Gateway to the lender by a deed-in-lieu of foreclosure and the debt was forgiven resulting in a gain on extinguishment of debt of $16.3 million. AFFO excludes the gain on extinguishment of debt on Prescott Gateway for the twelve months ended December 31, 2012.

FFO and FFO on a diluted basis are useful to investors in comparing operating and financial results between periods. This is especially true since FFO excludes real estate depreciation and amortization, as our Company believes real estate values fluctuate based on market conditions rather than depreciating in value ratably on a straight-line basis over time. Our Company believes that such a presentation also provides investors with a more meaningful measure of our operating results in comparison to the operating results of other REITs. Our Company believes that AFFO and AFFO on a diluted basis provide useful supplemental information regarding our Company's performance as they show a more meaningful and consistent comparison of our Company's operating performance and allow investors to more easily compare our Company's results without taking into account non-cash credits and charges on properties controlled by either a receiver or loan servicer. FFO and AFFO on a diluted basis are measures investors find most useful in measuring the dilutive impact of outstanding convertible securities.

FFO and AFFO do not represent cash flow from operations as defined by GAAP, should not be considered as an alternative to net income as defined by GAAP, and are not indicative of cash available to fund all cash flow needs. Our Company also cautions that FFO and AFFO, as presented, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other real estate investment trusts.

Management compensates for the limitations of FFO and AFFO by providing investors with financial statements prepared according to GAAP, along with this detailed discussion of FFO and AFFO and a reconciliation of FFO and AFFO and FFO and AFFO-diluted to net income available to common stockholders. Management believes that to further understand our Company's performance, FFO and AFFO should be compared with our Company's reported net income and considered in addition to cash flows in accordance with GAAP, as presented in our Company's consolidated financial statements. See our Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.

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The following reconciles net income attributable to our Company to FFO and FFO-diluted for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011 and FFO and FFO—diluted to AFFO and AFFO—diluted for the same periods (dollars and shares in thousands):

 
  2013   2012   2011  

Net income attributable to our Company

  $ 420,090   $ 337,426   $ 156,866  

Adjustments to reconcile net income attributable to our Company to FFO—basic:

                   

Noncontrolling interests in the Operating Partnership

    29,637     27,359     13,529  

(Gain) loss on remeasurement, sale or write down of consolidated assets, net

    (258,310 )   (159,575 )   76,338  

Add: gain (loss) on undepreciated assets—consolidated assets          

    2,546     (390 )   2,277  

Add: noncontrolling interests share of (loss) gain on sale of assets—consolidated joint ventures

    (2,082 )   1,899     (1,441 )

(Gain) loss on remeasurement, sale or write down of assets—unconsolidated joint ventures(1)

    (94,372 )   (2,019 )   (200,828 )

Add: gain (loss) on sale of undepreciated assets—unconsolidated joint ventures(1)

    602     1,163     51  

Depreciation and amortization on consolidated assets

    374,425     307,193     269,286  

Less: noncontrolling interests in depreciation and amortization—consolidated joint ventures

    (19,928 )   (18,561 )   (18,022 )

Depreciation and amortization—unconsolidated joint ventures(1)

    86,866     96,228     115,431  

Less: depreciation on personal property

    (11,900 )   (12,861 )   (13,928 )
               

FFO—basic and diluted

    527,574     577,862     399,559  

Shoppingtown Mall

        422     3,491  

Valley View Center

        (101,105 )   8,786  

Prescott Gateway

        (16,296 )    
               

AFFO and AFFO—diluted

  $ 527,574   $ 460,883   $ 411,836  
               
               

Weighted average number of FFO shares outstanding for:

                   

FFO—basic(2)

    149,444     144,937     142,986  

Adjustments for the impact of dilutive securities in computing FFO—diluted:

                   

Share and unit-based compensation

    82          
               

FFO—diluted(3)

    149,526     144,937     142,986  
               
               


(1)
Unconsolidated assets are presented at our Company's pro rata share.

(2)
Calculated based upon basic net income as adjusted to reach basic FFO. During the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011, there were 9.8 million, 10.9 million and 11.4 million operating partnership units outstanding, respectively.

(3)
The computation of FFO and AFFO—diluted shares outstanding includes the effect of share and unit-based compensation plans and the senior notes using the treasury stock method. It also assumes the conversion of MACWH, LP common and preferred units to the extent that they are dilutive to the FFO and AFFO-diluted computation.

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The following reconciles net income per share attributable to common stockholders—diluted to FFO per share—diluted and AFFO per share—diluted for the years ended December 31, 2013, 2012 and 2011:

 
  2013   2012   2011  

Net income per share attributable to common stockholders—diluted

  $ 3.00   $ 2.51   $ 1.18  

Per share impact of depreciation and amortization of real estate

    2.88     2.57     2.47  

Per share impact of gain on remeasurement, sale or write down of assets                   

    (2.35 )   (1.09 )   (0.86 )
               

FFO per share—diluted

    3.53     3.99     2.79  

Per share impact—Shoppingtown Mall, Valley View Center and Prescott Gateway

    0.00     (0.81 )   0.09  
               

AFFO—diluted

  $ 3.53   $ 3.18   $ 2.88  
               
               

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Appendix II


Peer REITs

1.   Acadia Realty Trust
2.   Agree Realty Corp.
3.   Alexander's Inc.
4.   Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc.
5.   American Assets Trust Inc.
6.   American Campus Communities Inc.
7.   American Homes 4 Rent Cl A
8.   American Realty Capital Properties Inc. Cl A
9.   American Residential Properties Inc.
10.   American Tower Corp.
11.   AmREIT Inc. Cl B
12.   Apartment Investment & Management Co.
13.   Armada Hoffler Properties Inc.
14.   Ashford Hospitality Prime Inc.
15.   Ashford Hospitality Trust
16.   Associated Estates Realty Corp.
17.   AvalonBay Communities Inc.
18.   Aviv REIT Inc.
19.   BioMed Realty Trust Inc.
20.   Boston Properties Inc.
21.   Brandywine Realty Trust
22.   BRE Properties Inc.
23.   Brixmor Property Group Inc.
24.   BRT Realty Trust
25.   Camden Property Trust
26.   Campus Crest Communities Inc.
27.   CatchMark Timber Trust Inc. Cl A
28.   CBL & Associates Properties Inc.
29.   Cedar Realty Trust Inc.
30.   Chambers Street Properties
31.   Chatham Lodging Trust
32.   Chesapeake Lodging Trust
33.   Cole Real Estate Investments Inc.
34.   Columbia Property Trust Inc.
35.   CommonWealth REIT
36.   CoreSite Realty Corp.
37.   Corporate Office Properties Trust
38.   Corrections Corporation of America
39.   Cousins Properties Inc.
40.   CubeSmart
41.   CyrusOne Inc.
42.   DCT Industrial Trust Inc.
43.   DDR Corp.
44.   DiamondRock Hospitality Company
45.   Digital Realty Trust Inc.
46.   Douglas Emmett Inc.
47.   Duke Realty Corp.
48.   Dupont Fabros Technology Inc.
49.   EastGroup Properties Inc.
50.   Education Realty Trust Inc.
51.   Empire State Realty Trust Inc. Cl A
52.   EPR Properties
53.   Equity Lifestyle Properties Inc.
54.   Equity One Inc.
55.   Equity Residential
56.   Essex Property Trust Inc.
57.   Excel Trust Inc.
58.   Extra Space Storage Inc.
59.   Federal Realty Investment Trust
60.   FelCor Lodging Trust Inc.
61.   First Industrial Realty Trust Inc.
62.   First Potomac Realty Trust
63.   Franklin Street Properties Corp.
64.   General Growth Properties Inc.
65.   Getty Realty Corp.
66.   Gladstone Commercial Corp.
67.   Gladstone Land Corp.
68.   Glimcher Realty Trust
69.   Government Properties Income Trust
70.   Gramercy Property Trust Inc.
71.   Gyrodyne Company of America Inc.
72.   HCP Inc.
73.   Health Care REIT Inc.
74.   Healthcare Realty Trust Inc.
75.   Healthcare Trust of America Inc. Cl A
76.   Hersha Hospitality Trust Cl A
77.   Highwoods Properties Inc.
78.   HMG/Courtland Properties Inc.
79.   Home Properties Inc.
80.   Hospitality Properties Trust
81.   Host Hotels & Resorts Inc.
82.   Hudson Pacific Properties Inc.
83.   Independence Realty Trust Inc.
84.   Inland Real Estate Corp.
85.   InnSuites Hospitality Trust
86.   Investors Real Estate Trust
87.   Kilroy Realty Corp.
88.   Kimco Realty Corp.
89.   Kite Realty Group Trust
90.   LaSalle Hotel Properties
91.   Lexington Realty Trust
92.   Liberty Property Trust
93.   LTC Properties Inc.
94.   Mack-Cali Realty Corp.

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95.   Medical Properties Trust Inc.
96.   Mid-America Apartment Communities Inc.
97.   Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. Cl A
98.   National Health Investors Inc.
99.   National Retail Properties Inc.
100.   Omega Healthcare Investors Inc.
101.   One Liberty Properties Inc.
102.   Parkway Properties Inc.
103.   Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
104.   Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust
105.   Physicians Realty Trust
106.   Piedmont Office Realty Trust Inc. Cl A
107.   Plum Creek Timber Company Inc.
108.   Post Properties Inc.
109.   Potlatch Corp.
110.   Power REIT
111.   Preferred Apartment Communities Inc.
112.   Prologis Inc.
113.   PS Business Parks Inc.
114.   Public Storage
115.   QTS Realty Trust Inc. Cl A
116.   Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust
117.   Rayonier Inc.
118.   Realty Income Corp.
119.   Regency Centers Corp.
120.   Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.
121.   Retail Properties of America Inc. Cl A
122.   Rexford Industrial Realty Inc.
123.   RLJ Lodging Trust
124.   Roberts Realty Investors Inc.
125.   Rouse Properties Inc.
126.   Ryman Hospitality Properties Inc.
127.   Sabra Healthcare REIT Inc.
128.   Saul Centers Inc.
129.   Select Income REIT
130.   Senior Housing Properties Trust
131.   Silver Bay Realty Trust Corp.
132.   Simon Property Group Inc.
133.   SL Green Realty Corp.
134.   Sotherly Hotels Inc.
135.   Sovran Self Storage Inc.
136.   Spirit Realty Capital Inc.
137.   STAG Industrial Inc.
138.   Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc.
139.   Summit Hotel Properties Inc.
140.   Sun Communities Inc.
141.   Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc.
142.   Supertel Hospitality Inc.
143.   Tanger Factory Outlet Centers Inc.
144.   Taubman Centers Inc.
145.   Terreno Realty Corp.
146.   The GEO Group Inc.
147.   The Macerich Company
148.   Trade Street Residential Inc.
149.   UDR Inc.
150.   UMH Properties Inc.
151.   Universal Health Realty Income Trust
152.   Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. Cl A
153.   Ventas Inc.
154.   Vornado Realty Trust
155.   W.P. Carey Inc.
156.   Washington Real Estate Investment Trust
157.   Weingarten Realty Investors
158.   Weyerhaeuser Co.
159.   Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust Inc.
160.   Whitestone REIT
161.   Winthrop Realty Trust

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Appendix III

TEXT OF PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CHARTER
(Amendment to Article SEVENTH, subsection (b))

SEVENTH:    (b) Charter Amendments. The Corporation reserves the right at any time and from time to time to make any amendment to its charter, now or hereafter authorized by law, including, without limitation, any amendment altering the terms or contract rights, as expressly set forth in its charter, of any shares of its outstanding stock by classification, reclassification or otherwise. All rights and powers conferred by the charter on stockholders, directors and officers are granted subject to this reservation. Except as set forth below and except for those amendments permitted to be made without stockholder approval under Maryland law or by specific provision in the charter, any amendment to the charter shall be valid only if declared advisable by the Board of Directors and approved by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. Any amendment to (i) subsection (d) of Article SIXTH of the charter, (ii) the charter regarding the vote required to approve any merger, statutory share exchange, consolidation, conversion, sale of all or substantially all of the Corporation's assets or any other transaction (other than dissolution) that requires stockholder approval under Maryland law by a vote of at least two-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter or (iii) this sentence shall be valid only if declared advisable by the Board of Directors and approved by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast two-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter.

(Amendment to Article NINTH)

NINTH:    The duration of the Corporation shall have be perpetual existence. The Corporation shall be subject to termination dissolution at any time if declared advisable by a majority of the entire Board of Directors and approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock entitled to vote thereon.

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Appendix IV


THE MACERICH COMPANY
2003 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

(Amended and Restated as of                    , 2014)


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1.   THE PLAN     IV-1  
  1.1   Purpose     IV-1  
  1.2   Administration and Authorization; Power and Procedure     IV-1  
  1.3   Participation     IV-2  
  1.4   Shares Available for Awards; Share Limits     IV-2  
  1.5   Grant of Awards     IV-3  
  1.6   Award Period     IV-3  
  1.7   Limitations on Exercise and Vesting of Awards     IV-3  
  1.8   No Transferability; Limited Exception to Transfer Restrictions     IV-4  
2.   OPTIONS     IV-4  
  2.1   Grants     IV-4  
  2.2   Option Price     IV-5  
  2.3   Limitations on Grant and Terms of Incentive Stock Options     IV-5  
  2.4   Limits on 10% Holders     IV-5  
  2.5   Effects of Termination of Employment or Service     IV-6  
  2.6   Limitation on Exercise of Option Award     IV-6  
3.   STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS (INCLUDING LIMITED STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS)     IV-7  
  3.1   Grants     IV-7  
  3.2   Exercise of Stock Appreciation Rights     IV-7  
  3.3   Payment     IV-7  
  3.4   Limited Stock Appreciation Rights     IV-7  
4.   RESTRICTED STOCK AND STOCK UNIT AWARDS     IV-8  
  4.1   Grants     IV-8  
  4.2   Restrictions     IV-8  
  4.3   Return to the Corporation     IV-9  
5.   PERFORMANCE SHARE AWARDS, OTHER STOCK AWARDS AND DIVIDEND EQUIVALENT RIGHTS     IV-9  
  5.1   Grants of Performance Share Awards     IV-9  
  5.2   Special Performance-Based Share Awards     IV-9  
  5.3   Grants of Stock Bonuses and Other Awards     IV-10  
  5.4   Deferred Payments     IV-10  
  5.5   Limitations on Awards     IV-11  
  5.6   Dividend Equivalent Rights     IV-11  
  5.7   Operating Partnership Units or other Convertible Units     IV-11  
  5.8   Alternative Payments     IV-11  
6.   OTHER PROVISIONS     IV-11  
  6.1   Rights of Eligible Persons, Participants and Beneficiaries     IV-11  
  6.2   Adjustments; Acceleration     IV-12  
  6.3   Effect of Termination of Service on Awards     IV-13  
  6.4   Compliance with Laws     IV-14  
  6.5   Tax Matters     IV-14  
  6.6   Plan and Award Amendments, Termination and Suspension     IV-15  
  6.7   Privileges of Stock Ownership     IV-15  
  6.8   Effective Date of the Plan     IV-15  
  6.9   Term of the Plan     IV-16  
  6.10   Governing Law/Construction/Severability     IV-16  
  6.11   Captions     IV-16  

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  6.12   Stock-Based Awards in Substitution for Stock Options or Awards Granted by Other Corporation     IV-16  
  6.13   Non-Exclusivity of Plan     IV-17  
  6.14   No Corporate Action Restriction     IV-17  
  6.15   Other Company Benefit and Compensation Program     IV-17  
7.   DEFINITIONS     IV-17  
  7.1   Definitions     IV-17  

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THE MACERICH COMPANY
2003 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Amended and Restated as of                  , 2014)

1.    THE PLAN

            1.1    Purpose

                     The purpose of this Plan is to promote the success of the Company by providing an additional means through the grant of Awards to attract, motivate, retain and reward key employees (including employees who are officers) and directors of, and certain consultants and advisors to, the Company with awards and incentives for individual service or performance, financial performance of the Company and market performance of the Corporation's Common Stock. "Corporation" means The Macerich Company, a Maryland corporation, and its successors, and "Company" means the Corporation and its Subsidiaries, collectively. These terms and other capitalized terms are defined in Article 7.

            1.2    Administration and Authorization; Power and Procedure.

                     (a)    Committee.    This Plan shall be administered by and all Awards to Eligible Persons shall be authorized by the Committee. Action of the Committee with respect to the administration of this Plan shall be taken pursuant to a majority vote or by unanimous written consent of its members. Where the Committee authorizes the issuance of shares under this Plan, the Committee shall adopt a resolution which sets the minimum consideration for the shares to be issued or a formula for its determination, fairly describes any consideration other than money and states any findings required by this Plan or the partnership agreement of The Macerich Partnership, L.P.

                     (b)    Plan Awards; Interpretation; Powers of Committee.    Subject to the express provisions of this Plan, the resolutions of the Board approving this Plan, and compliance with Section 2-203 of the Maryland General Corporation Law, the Committee shall have the authority:

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Notwithstanding the foregoing and except for an adjustment pursuant to Section 6.2(a) or a repricing approved by stockholders, in no case may the Committee (1) amend an outstanding Option or SAR to reduce the exercise price or base price of the Award, (2) cancel, exchange, or surrender an outstanding Option or SAR in exchange for cash or other Awards for the purpose of repricing the Award, or (3) cancel, exchange, or surrender an outstanding Option or SAR in exchange for an Option or SAR with an exercise or base price that is less than the exercise or base price of the original Award.

                     (c)    Binding Determinations/Liability Limitation.    Any action taken by, or inaction of, the Corporation, any Subsidiary, the Board or the Committee relating or pursuant to this Plan and within its authority hereunder or under applicable law shall be within the absolute discretion of that entity or body and shall be conclusive and binding upon all persons. Neither the Board nor any Committee, nor any member thereof or person acting at the direction thereof shall be liable for any act, omission, interpretation, construction or determination made in good faith in connection with this Plan (or any Award made under this Plan), and all such persons shall be entitled to indemnification and reimbursement by the Company in respect of any claim, loss, damage or expense (including, without limitation, attorneys' fees) arising or resulting therefrom to the fullest extent permitted by law and/or under any directors and officers liability insurance coverage that may be in effect from time to time.

                     (d)    Reliance on Experts.    In making any determination or in taking or not taking any action under this Plan, the Committee or the Board, as the case may be, may obtain and may rely upon the advice of experts, including professional advisors to the Corporation. No director, officer or agent of the Company shall be liable for any such action or determination taken or made or omitted in good faith.

                     (e)    Delegation.    The Committee may delegate ministerial, non-discretionary functions to individuals who are officers or employees of the Company.

            1.3    Participation    

                     Awards may be granted by the Committee only to those persons that the Committee determines to be Eligible Persons. An Eligible Person who has been granted an Award may, if otherwise eligible, be granted additional Awards if the Committee shall so determine.

            1.4    Shares Available for Awards; Share Limits.    

                     (a)    Shares Available.    Subject to the provisions of Section 6.2, the capital stock that may be delivered under this Plan shall be shares of the Corporation's authorized but unissued Common Stock. The shares may be delivered for any lawful consideration.

                     (b)    Share Limits.    

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                     (c)    Calculation of Available Shares and Replenishment.    To the extent that an Award granted under this Plan is settled in cash or a form other than shares of Common Stock, the shares that would have been delivered had there been no such cash or other settlement shall not be counted against the shares available for issuance under this Plan. In the event that shares of Common Stock are delivered in respect of a Dividend Equivalent Right granted under this Plan (and for purposes of clarity, other than as a result of an adjustment purs