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

FORM 10-Q

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2009

Commission File No. 1-12504

THE MACERICH COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


MARYLAND (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		95-4448705 (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
401 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 700, Santa Monica, California 90401 (Address of principal executive office, including zip code)
(310) 394-6000 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
N/A (Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding twelve (12) months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past ninety (90) days.

YES ý NO o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding twelve (12) months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

YES o NO o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of large accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.


Large accelerated filer ý		Accelerated filer o		Non-accelerated filer o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)		Smaller reporting company o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

YES o NO ý

Number of shares outstanding as of November 6, 2009 of the registrant's common stock, par value $.01 per share: 94,757,688 shares

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FORM 10-Q

INDEX


Part I	Financial Information
Item 1.	Financial Statements (Unaudited)	3
	Consolidated Balance Sheets of the Company as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008	3
	Consolidated Statements of Operations of the Company for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008	4
	Consolidated Statements of Equity of the Company for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008	5
	Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows of the Company for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008	7
	Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements	9
Item 2.	Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	47
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	63
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	64
Part II	Other Information
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	65
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	65
Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	65
Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	65
Item 4.	Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders	65
Item 5.	Other Information	65
Item 6.	Exhibits	66
Signature		68

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Dollars in thousands, except par value and share amounts)

(Unaudited)

				September 30, 2009			December 31, 2008

ASSETS:
Property, net				$	5,692,278		$	6,371,319
Cash and cash equivalents					79,558			66,529
Restricted cash					68,185			61,707
Marketable securities					27,539			27,943
Tenant and other receivables, net					100,973			118,374
Deferred charges and other assets, net					285,117			339,662
Loans to unconsolidated joint ventures					1,236			932
Due from affiliates					9,870			9,124
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures					1,054,671			1,094,845

			Total assets	$	7,319,427		$	8,090,435

LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE NONCONTROLLING INTERESTS AND EQUITY:
Mortgage notes payable:
	Related parties			$	197,825		$	306,859
	Others				3,037,180			3,373,116

			Total		3,235,005			3,679,975
Bank and other notes payable					1,733,048			2,260,443
Accounts payable and accrued expenses					79,763			114,502
Other accrued liabilities					255,513			289,146
Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures					68,150			80,915
Co-venture obligation					168,154			—
Preferred dividends payable					207			243

			Total liabilities		5,539,840			6,425,224

Redeemable noncontrolling interests					23,327			23,327

Commitments and contingencies
Equity:
	Stockholders' equity:
		Common stock, $.01 par value, 250,000,000 and 145,000,000 shares authorized, 80,976,775 and 76,883,634 shares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively			810			769
		Additional paid-in capital			1,803,372			1,721,256
		Accumulated deficit			(275,337	)		(274,834	)
		Accumulated other comprehensive loss			(33,121	)		(53,425	)

			Total stockholders' equity		1,495,724			1,393,766
	Noncontrolling interests				260,536			248,118

			Total equity		1,756,260			1,641,884

			Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interests and equity	$	7,319,427		$	8,090,435

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

			For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

			2009			2008			2009			2008
Revenues:
	Minimum rents		$	119,489		$	131,083		$	367,245		$	388,072
	Percentage rents			3,909			4,114			9,402			9,772
	Tenant recoveries			59,809			69,417			186,974			203,040
	Management Companies			10,449			10,261			28,335			30,334
	Other			6,640			7,386			21,537			20,420

		Total revenues		200,296			222,261			613,493			651,638

Expenses:
	Shopping center and operating expenses			64,952			73,201			201,837			211,680
	Management Companies' operating expenses			16,400			19,014			58,702			57,886
	REIT general and administrative expenses			7,085			2,883			16,989			11,419
	Depreciation and amortization			61,815			65,937			189,293			183,107

				150,252			161,035			466,821			464,092

	Interest expense:
		Related parties		4,405			5,002			16,449			12,381
		Other		61,374			68,885			191,182			207,918

				65,779			73,887			207,631			220,299
	Loss (gain) on early extinguishment of debt			455			—			(29,145	)		—

		Total expenses		216,486			234,922			645,307			684,391
Equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures				19,165			19,928			49,647			67,172
Income tax (provision) benefit				(302	)		362			878			750
Gain (loss) on sale or write down of assets				157,612			(4,217	)		159,776			(3,054	)

Income from continuing operations				160,285			3,412			178,487			32,115

Discontinued operations:
	Gain (loss) on sale of assets			3,968			(961	)		(23,045	)		98,189
	Income from discontinued operations			118			1,947			982			5,787

Total income (loss) from discontinued operations				4,086			986			(22,063	)		103,976

Net income				164,371			4,398			156,424			136,091
Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interests				21,533			925			21,306			20,994

Net income attributable to the Company				142,838			3,473			135,118			115,097
Less preferred dividends				—			835			—			4,124

Net income available to common stockholders			$	142,838		$	2,638		$	135,118		$	110,973

Earnings per common share attributable to Company—basic:
	Income from continuing operations		$	1.71		$	0.02		$	1.96		$	0.29
	Discontinued operations			0.04			0.01			(0.25	)		1.21

	Net income available to common stockholders		$	1.75		$	0.03		$	1.71		$	1.50

Earnings per common share attributable to Company—diluted:
	Income from continuing operations		$	1.71		$	0.02		$	1.96		$	0.29
	Discontinued operations			0.04			0.01			(0.25	)		1.21

	Net income available to common stockholders		$	1.75		$	0.03		$	1.71		$	1.50

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:
	Basic			79,496,000			74,931,000			77,898,000			73,688,000

	Diluted			79,694,000			87,439,000			77,898,000			86,483,000

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

		Stockholders' Equity

		Shares		Par Value		Additional Paid-in Capital			Accumulated Deficit			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			Total Stockholders' Equity			Noncontrolling Interests			Total Equity			Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests
Balance January 1, 2009			76,883,634	$	769	$	1,721,256		$	(274,834	)	$	(53,425	)	$	1,393,766		$	248,118		$	1,641,884		$	23,327

Comprehensive income:
	Net income		—		—		—			135,118			—			135,118			20,869			155,987			437
	Interest rate swap/cap agreements		—		—		—			—			20,304			20,304			—			20,304			—

	Total comprehensive income		—		—		—			135,118			20,304			155,422			20,869			176,291			437
Amortization of share and unit-based plans			174,962		2		13,359			—			—			13,361			—			13,361			—
Employee stock purchases			23,202		—		368			—			—			368			—			368			—
Distributions paid ($2.00) per share			—		—		—			(135,621	)		—			(135,621	)		—			(135,621	)		—
Distributions to noncontrolling interests			—		—		—			—			—			—			(22,124	)		(22,124	)		(437	)
Issuance of common shares			3,894,977		39		68,079			—			—			68,118			—			68,118			—
Issuance of stock warrants			—		—		14,564			—			—			14,564			—			14,564			—
Contributions from noncontrolling interests			—		—		—			—			—			—			8,665			8,665			—
Other			—		—		(9,069	)		—			—			(9,069	)		—			(9,069	)		—
Redemption of noncontrolling interests			—		—		—			—			—			—			(177	)		(177	)		—
Adjustment of noncontrolling interest in Operating Partnership			—		—		(5,185	)		—			—			(5,185	)		5,185			—			—

Balance September 30, 2009			80,976,775	$	810	$	1,803,372		$	(275,337	)	$	(33,121	)	$	1,495,724		$	260,536		$	1,756,260		$	23,327

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY (Continued)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

		Stockholders' Equity

		Shares		Par Value		Additional Paid-in Capital			Accumulated Deficit			Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss			Total Common Stockholders' Equity			Noncontrolling Interests			Total Equity			Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest
Balance January 1, 2008			72,311,763		723		1,428,124			(203,505	)		(24,508	)		1,200,834			230,529			1,431,363			322,619

Comprehensive income:
	Net income		—		—		—			115,097			—			115,097			20,557			135,654			437
	Reclassification of deferred losses		—		—		—			—			285			285			—			285			—
	Interest rate swap/cap agreements		—		—		—			—			248			248			—			248			—

	Total comprehensive income		—		—		—			115,097			533			115,630			20,557			136,187			437
Amortization of share and unit-based plans			186,917		2		15,959			—			—			15,961			—			15,961			—
Exercise of stock options			362,888		4		8,568			—			—			8,572			—			8,572			—
Employee stock purchases			6,494		—		363			—			—			363			—			363			—
Distributions paid ($2.40) per share			—		—		—			(176,329	)		—			(176,329	)		—			(176,329	)		—
Distributions to noncontrolling interests			—		—		—			—			—			—			(33,108	)		(33,108	)		(437	)
Preferred dividends			—		—		(4,124	)		—			—			(4,124	)		—			(4,124	)		—
Contributions from noncontrolling interests			—		—		—			—			—			—			11,602			11,602			—
Conversion of noncontrolling interests to common shares			150,674		2		5,546			—			—			5,548			(5,548	)		—			—
Conversion of preferred shares to common shares			3,067,131		30		83,465			—			—			83,495			—			83,495			—
Redemption of noncontrolling interests			—		—		—			—			—			—			(489	)		(489	)		(96,564	)
Reversal of adjustments to redemption value of redeemable noncontrolling interests			—		—		202,728			—			—			202,728			—			202,728			(202,728	)
Other			—		—		1,585			—			—			1,585			3,047			4,632			—
Adjustment of noncontrolling interest in Operating Partnership			—		—		(57,299	)		—			—			(57,299	)		57,299			—			—

Balance September 30, 2008			76,085,867	$	761	$	1,684,915		$	(264,737	)	$	(23,975	)	$	1,396,964		$	283,889		$	1,680,853		$	23,327

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Dollars in thousands)

(Unaudited)

				For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

				2009			2008
Cash flows from operating activities:
	Net income			$	156,424		$	136,091
	Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
		Gain on early extinguishment of debt			(29,145	)		—
		(Gain) loss on sale or write down of assets			(159,776	)		3,054
		Loss (gain) on sale of assets of discontinued operations			23,045			(98,189	)
		Depreciation and amortization			199,180			186,456
		Amortization of net discount on mortgage and bank and other notes payable			392			4,103
		Amortization of share and unit-based plans			5,719			8,402
		Equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures			(49,647	)		(67,172	)
		Distributions of income from unconsolidated joint ventures			7,981			18,900
		Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions and dispositions:
			Tenant and other receivables, net		3,519			20,800
			Other assets		11,537			(1,890	)
			Accounts payable and accrued expenses		(46,365	)		(27,142	)
			Due from affiliates		(746	)		826
			Other accrued liabilities		(48,383	)		(8,409	)

	Net cash provided by operating activities				73,735			175,830

Cash flows from investing activities:
	Acquisitions of property, development, redevelopment and property improvements				(133,686	)		(453,001	)
	Redemption of Rochester Properties				—			(18,794	)
	Maturities of marketable securities				638			807
	Deferred leasing costs				(22,218	)		(24,165	)
	Distributions from unconsolidated joint ventures				137,112			119,090
	Contributions to unconsolidated joint ventures				(41,421	)		(148,102	)
	Proceeds from loans to unconsolidated joint ventures				(304	)		148
	Proceeds from sale of assets				342,109			3,742
	Restricted cash				(9,239	)		2,233

	Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities				272,991			(518,042	)

Cash flows from financing activities:
	Proceeds from mortgages, bank and other notes payable				412,245			1,442,366
	Payments on mortgages, bank and other notes payable				(778,852	)		(925,760	)
	Repurchase of Senior Notes				(55,029	)		—
	Deferred financing costs				(5,872	)		(9,724	)
	Proceeds from share and unit-based plans				368			8,935
	Proceeds from issuance of warrants to purchase common stock				14,564			—
	Contributions from co-venture partner				165,716			—
	Dividends and distributions				(86,837	)		(199,312	)
	Dividends to preferred stockholders / preferred unitholders				—			(10,744	)

	Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities				(333,697	)		305,761

	Net increase (decrease) in cash				13,029			(36,451	)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period					66,529			85,273

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period				$	79,558		$	48,822

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Continued)

(Dollars in thousands)

(Unaudited)

		For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

		2009		2008
Supplemental cash flow information:
	Cash payments for interest, net of amounts capitalized	$	207,833	$	220,718

Non-cash transactions:
	Acquisition of noncontrolling interests in properties	$	—	$	205,520

	Deposits contributed to unconsolidated joint ventures and the purchase of properties	$	—	$	51,943

Accrued development costs included in accounts payable and accrued expenses and other accrued liabilities		$	35,501	$	57,045

	Accrued preferred dividend payable	$	207	$	276

	Acquisition of property by assumption of mortgage note payable	$	—	$	15,789

	Stock dividend	$	68,117	$	—

	Conversion of Series A cumulative convertible preferred stock to common stock	$	—	$	83,495

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

1. Organization:

The Macerich Company (the "Company") is involved in the acquisition, ownership, development, redevelopment, management and leasing of regional and community shopping centers (the "Centers") located throughout the United States.

The Company commenced operations effective with the completion of its initial public offering on March 16, 1994. As of September 30, 2009, the Company was the sole general partner of and held an 87% ownership interest in The Macerich Partnership, L.P. (the "Operating Partnership"). The Company was organized to qualify as a real estate investment trust ("REIT") under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

The property management, leasing and redevelopment of the Company's portfolio is provided by the Company's management companies, Macerich Property Management Company, LLC ("MPMC, LLC"), a single member Delaware limited liability company, Macerich Management Company ("MMC"), a California corporation, Westcor Partners, L.L.C., a single member Arizona limited liability company, Macerich Westcor Management LLC, a single member Delaware limited liability company, Westcor Partners of Colorado, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, MACW Mall Management, Inc., a New York corporation, and MACW Property Management, LLC, a single member New York limited liability company. These last two management companies are collectively referred to herein as the "Wilmorite Management Companies." The three Westcor management companies are collectively referred to herein as the "Westcor Management Companies." All seven of the management companies are collectively referred to herein as the "Management Companies."

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies:

Basis of Presentation:

The accompanying consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. They do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements and have not been audited by independent public accountants.

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and the Operating Partnership. Investments in entities that are controlled by the Company or meet the definition of a variable interest entity in which an enterprise absorbs the majority of the entity's expected losses, receives a majority of the entity's expected residual returns, or both, as a result of ownership, contractual or other financial interests in the entity are consolidated; otherwise they are accounted for under the equity method and are reflected as "Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures."

The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company's audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 27, 2009. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements for the interim periods have been made. The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies: (Continued)

the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2008 has been derived from the audited financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by GAAP.

All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in the consolidated financial statements.

Tenant and Other Receivables, net:

Included in tenant and other receivables, net, is an allowance for doubtful accounts of $5,760 and $3,754 at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively.

Included in tenant and other receivables, net, are the following notes receivable:

On March 31, 2006, the Company received a note receivable that is secured by a deed of trust, bears interest at 5.5% and matures on March 31, 2031. At September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the note had a balance of $9,283 and $9,450, respectively.

On January 1, 2008, as part of the Rochester Redemption (See Note 17—Discontinued Operations), the Company received an unsecured note receivable that bears interest at 9.0% and matures on June 30, 2011. The balance on the note at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 was $11,763.

On August 16, 2009, the Company received a $1,800 note receivable from J&R Holdings XV, LLC ("Pederson") that bears interest at 10% and matures August 14, 2014. Pederson is considered a related party because it has an ownership interest in Promenade at Casa Grande. The note is secured by Pederson's interest in Promenade at Casa Grande. Interest income on the note was $22 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Adopted:

In June 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS") No. 168, "The FASB Accounting Standards Codification ("FASB Codification") and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles." This pronouncement establishes the FASB Codification as the source of authoritative GAAP recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities. The Company adopted this pronouncement on July 1, 2009 and has updated its references to specific GAAP literature to reflect the codification.

The following are recent accounting pronouncements adopted on April 1, 2009:

SFAS No. 165, "Subsequent Events," which was superseded by the FASB Codification and is now included in ASC 855, establishes principles and requirements for evaluating and reporting subsequent events and distinguishes which subsequent events should be recognized in the financial statements versus which subsequent events should be disclosed in the financial statements. The adoption of this pronouncement did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

FSP SFAS 141(R)-1, "Accounting for Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed in a Business Combination That Arise from Contingencies," which was superseded by the FASB Codification and is now included in ASC 805-20, addresses application issues on the accounting for contingencies in a

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies: (Continued)

business combination. The adoption of this pronouncement did not have any impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

The following are recent accounting pronouncements adopted on January 1, 2009:

FSP SFAS No. 157-4, "Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly," which was superseded by the FASB Codification and is now included in ASC 820-10, reaffirmed the need to use judgment to ascertain if a formerly active market has become inactive and in determining fair values when markets have become inactive. The adoption of this pronouncement did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

SFAS No. 141(R), "Business Combinations," which was superseded by the FASB Codification and is now included in ASC 805, requires an acquiring entity to recognize acquired assets and assumed liabilities in a transaction at fair value as of the acquisition date and changes the accounting treatment for certain items, including acquisition costs, which will be required to be expensed as incurred. The adoption of this pronouncement did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

SFAS No. 161, "Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133," which was superseded by the FASB Codification and is now included in ASC 815-10, requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives and quantitative disclosures about the fair value of and gains and losses on derivative instruments. As a result of the Company's adoption of this pronouncement, the Company has expanded its disclosures concerning its derivative instruments and hedging activities in Note 5—Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.

Emerging Issues Task Force ("EITF") No. 07-5, "Determining Whether an Instrument (or Embedded Feature) Is Indexed to an Entity's Own Stock," which was superseded by the FASB Codification and is now included in ASC 815-40, provides a two-step model to be applied in determining whether a financial instrument or an embedded feature is indexed to an issuer's own stock and thus able to qualify for the scope exception for classification as a derivative. The adoption of this pronouncement did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

SFAS No. 160, "Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements—An Amendment of ARB No. 51," which was superseded by the FASB Codification and is now included in ASC 810-10-45, requires that noncontrolling interests be presented as a component of consolidated stockholders' equity and eliminates "minority interest accounting" such that the amount of net income attributable to the noncontrolling interests will be presented as part of consolidated net income on the consolidated statements of operations. See Note 22—Cumulative Effect of Adoption of Accounting Principles for a summary of the impact of the adoption of this pronouncement on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

FSP APB 14-1, "Accounting for Convertible Debt Instruments That May Be Settled In Cash Upon Conversion (Including Partial Cash Settlement)," which was superseded by the FASB Codification and is now included in ASC 470, requires the initial proceeds from convertible debt that may be settled in cash to be bifurcated between a liability component and an equity component. The objective of the guidance is to require the liability and equity components of convertible debt to be separately

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accounted for in a manner such that the interest expense recorded on the convertible debt would not equal the contractual rate of interest on the convertible debt, but instead would be recorded at a rate that would reflect the issuer's conventional non-convertible debt borrowing rate at the date of issuance. This is accomplished through the creation of a discount on the debt that would be accreted using the effective interest method as additional non-cash interest expense over the period the debt is expected to remain outstanding. See Note 22—Cumulative Effect of Adoption of Accounting Principles for a summary of the impact of the adoption of this pronouncement on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

FSP EITF No. 03-6-1, "Determining Whether Instruments Granted in Share-Based Payment Transactions Are Participating Securities," which was superseded by the FASB Codification and is now included in ASC 260-10-45, provides that instruments granted in share-based payment transactions are participating securities prior to vesting and, therefore, need to be included in the earnings allocation in computing earnings per share under the two-class method. See Note 22—Cumulative Effect of Adoption of Accounting Principles for a summary of the impact of the adoption of this pronouncement on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

FSP SFAS 107-1 and APB 28-1, "Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments," which was superseded by the FASB Codification and is now included in ASC 825-10-50, requires disclosures on a quarterly basis that provide qualitative and quantitative information about fair value estimates for all those financial instruments not measured on the balance sheet at fair value. The Company has provided these disclosures in Note 10—Mortgage Notes Payable and Note 11—Bank and Other Notes Payable.

FSP SFAS No. 115-2 and SFAS No. 124-2, "Recognition and Presentation of Other-Than-Temporary Impairments," which was superseded by the FASB Codification and is now included in ASC 320-10-35, requires increased and more timely disclosures regarding expected cash flows, credit losses, and an aging of securities with unrealized losses. The adoption of this pronouncement did not have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted:

In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 166, "Accounting for Transfers of Financial Assets—an amendment of FASB No. 140," which was superseded by the FASB Codification and is now included in ASC 860. ASC 860 removes the concept of a qualifying special-purpose entity and requires a transferor to consider all arrangements or agreements made contemporaneously with, or in contemplation of, a transfer of a financial asset in order to determine whether a transferor and all of the entities included in the transferor's financial statements being presented have surrendered control of the transferred financial asset. The Company is required to adopt this pronouncement prospectively starting January 1, 2010 and does not believe that this pronouncement will have a material impact on its results of operations or financial condition.

In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 167, "Amendments to FASB Interpretation No. 46(R)," which was superseded by the FASB Codification and is now included in ASC 810. The provision of ASC 810 provides guidance for determining whether an entity is the primary beneficiary in a variable interest entity. It also requires ongoing reassessments and additional disclosures about an entity's involvement in variable interest entities. The Company is required to adopt this pronouncement on

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January 1, 2010 and is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of this pronouncement on its results of operations and financial condition.

3. Earnings per Share ("EPS"):

The following table reconciles the numerator and denominator used in the computation of earnings per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008.

		For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

		2009			2008			2009			2008
Numerator
Income from continuing operations		$	160,285		$	3,412		$	178,487		$	32,115
Income (loss) from discontinued operations			4,086			986			(22,063	)		103,976
Income attributable to noncontrolling interests			(21,533	)		(925	)		(21,306	)		(20,994	)

Net income attributable to the Company			142,838			3,473			135,118			115,097
Preferred dividends			—			(835	)		—			(4,124	)
Allocation of earnings to participating securities			(3,347	)		(216	)		(2,241	)		(694	)

Numerator for basic earnings per share—net income
	available to common stockholders		139,491			2,422			132,877			110,279
Effect of assumed conversions:
	Partnership units		—			386			—			19,051
	Convertible non-participating preferred units		208			—			—			—

Numerator for diluted earnings per share—net income
	available to common stockholders	$	139,699		$	2,808		$	132,877		$	129,330

Denominator
Denominator for basic earnings per share—weighted average number of common shares outstanding			79,496			74,931			77,898			73,688
Effect of dilutive securities:(1)
	Partnership units(2)		—			12,493			—			12,528
	Convertible non-participating preferred units(3)		198			—			—			—
	Share and unit-based plans(4)		—			15			—			267

Denominator for diluted earnings per share—weighted average number of common shares outstanding			79,694			87,439			77,898			86,483

Earnings per common share—basic:
	Income from continuing operations	$	1.71		$	0.02		$	1.96		$	0.29
	Discontinued operations		0.04			0.01			(0.25	)		1.21

	Net income available to common stockholders	$	1.75		$	0.03		$	1.71		$	1.50

Earnings per common share—diluted:
	Income from continuing operations	$	1.71		$	0.02		$	1.96		$	0.29
	Discontinued operations		0.04			0.01			(0.25	)		1.21

	Net income available to common stockholders	$	1.75		$	0.03		$	1.71		$	1.50

(1): The Senior Notes (See Note 11—Bank and Other Notes Payable) are excluded from diluted EPS for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 as their effect would be antidilutive to net income available to common stockholders.

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The then-outstanding convertible preferred stock (See Note 14—Cumulative Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock) was convertible on a one-for-one basis for common stock. The convertible preferred stock was excluded from diluted EPS for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 as its effect would be antidilutive to net income available to common stockholders.

(2): Diluted EPS excludes 11,852,494 and 11,735,942 partnership units for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively, as their effect was antidilutive to net income available to common stockholders.
(3): Diluted EPS excludes 194,000 convertible non-participating preferred units for the three months ended September 30, 2008 and excludes 195,000 and 215,000 convertible non-participating preferred units for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, as their impact was antidilutive to net income available to common stockholders.
(4): Diluted EPS excludes 1,166,334 of unexercised stock appreciation rights and 132,500 of unexercised stock options for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 as their effect was antidilutive to net income available to common stockholders.

The noncontrolling interests of the Operating Partnership as reflected in the Company's consolidated statements of operations have been allocated for EPS calculations as follows:

			For the Three Months Ended September 30,					For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

			2009		2008			2009			2008
Income from continuing operations			$	21,003	$	784		$	24,194		$	5,886
Discontinued operations:
	Gain (loss) on sale or write-down of assets			515		(137	)		(3,017	)		14,267
	Income from discontinued operations			15		278			129			841

		Total	$	21,533	$	925		$	21,306		$	20,994

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4. Investments in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures:

The following are the Company's investments in various joint ventures or properties jointly owned with third parties. The Company and Operating Partnership's interest in each joint venture as of September 30, 2009 is as follows:

Joint Venture

Biltmore Shopping Center Partners LLC	50.0	%
Camelback Colonnade SPE LLC	75.0	%
Chandler Festival SPE LLC	50.0	%
Chandler Gateway SPE LLC	50.0	%
Chandler Village Center, LLC	50.0	%
Coolidge Holding LLC	37.5	%
Corte Madera Village, LLC	50.1	%
Desert Sky Mall—Tenants in Common	50.0	%
East Mesa Land, L.L.C.	50.0	%
East Mesa Mall, L.L.C.—Superstition Springs Center	33.3	%
FlatIron Property Holding,L.L.C.	25.0	%
Jaren Associates #4	12.5	%
Kierland Tower Lofts, LLC	15.0	%
Macerich Northwestern Associates—Broadway Plaza	50.0	%
Macerich SanTan Phase 2 SPE LLC—SanTan Village Power Center	34.9	%
MetroRising AMS Holding LLC—Metrocenter Mall	15.0	%
New River Associates—Arrowhead Towne Center	33.3	%
North Bridge Chicago LLC	50.0	%
NorthPark Land Partners, LP	50.0	%
NorthPark Partners, LP	50.0	%
One Scottsdale Investors LLC	50.0	%
Pacific Premier Retail Trust	51.0	%
PHXAZ/Kierland Commons, L.L.C.	24.5	%
Propcor Associates	25.0	%
Propcor II Associates, LLC—Boulevard Shops	50.0	%
Queens Mall Limited Partnership	51.0	%
Queens Mall Expansion Limited Partnership	51.0	%
Scottsdale Fashion Square Partnership	50.0	%
SDG Macerich Properties, L.P.	50.0	%
The Market at Estrella Falls LLC	35.1	%
Tysons Corner Holdings LLC	50.0	%
Tysons Corner LLC	50.0	%
Tysons Corner Property Holdings II LLC	50.0	%
Tysons Corner Property Holdings LLC	50.0	%
Tysons Corner Property LLC	50.0	%
WM Inland, L.L.C.	50.0	%
West Acres Development, LLP	19.0	%
Westcor/Gilbert, L.L.C.	50.0	%
Westcor/Queen Creek Commercial LLC	37.9	%
Westcor/Queen Creek LLC	37.8	%
Westcor/Queen Creek Medical LLC	37.7	%
Westcor/Queen Creek Residential LLC	37.7	%
Westcor/Surprise Auto Park LLC	33.3	%
Westpen Associates	50.0	%
Wilshire Building—Tenants in Common	30.0	%
WM Ridgmar, L.P.	50.0	%

(1): The Company and Operating Partnership's ownership interest in this table reflects its legal ownership interest but may not reflect its economic interest since each joint venture has various agreements regarding cash flow, profits and losses, allocations, capital requirements and other matters.

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The Company generally accounts for its investments in joint ventures using the equity method unless the Company has a controlling interest in the joint venture or is the primary beneficiary in a variable interest entity. Although the Company has a greater than 50% interest in Pacific Premier Retail Trust, Camelback Colonnade SPE LLC, Corte Madera Village, LLC, Queens Mall Limited Partnership and Queens Mall Expansion Limited Partnership, the Company shares management control with the partners in these joint ventures and, therefore, accounts for these joint ventures using the equity method of accounting.

The Company has recently made the following investments and dispositions in unconsolidated joint ventures:

On January 10, 2008, the Company, in a 50/50 joint venture, acquired The Shops at North Bridge, a 680,933 square foot urban shopping center in Chicago, Illinois, for a total purchase price of $515,000. The Company's share of the purchase price was funded by the assumption of a pro rata share of the $205,000 fixed rate mortgage on the Center and by borrowings under the Company's line of credit. The results of The Shops at North Bridge are included below for the period subsequent to its date of acquisition.

On June 11, 2008, the Company became a 50% owner in a joint venture that acquired One Scottsdale, which plans to develop a mixed-use property in Scottsdale, Arizona. The Company's share of the purchase price was $52,500, which was funded by borrowings under the Company's line of credit. The results of One Scottsdale are included below for the period subsequent to its date of acquisition.

On December 19, 2008, the Company sold a fee and/or ground leasehold interest in three freestanding Mervyn's department stores to Pacific Premier Retail Trust, one of the Company's joint ventures, for $43,405, resulting in a gain on sale of assets of $1,511. The Company's pro rata share of the proceeds was used to pay down the Company's line of credit. See Mervyn's in Note 16—Acquisitions and in Note 17—Discontinued Operations.

On July 30, 2009, the Company sold a 49% ownership interest in Queens Center to a third party for $152,654, resulting in a gain on sale of assets of $153,907. See Note 7—Property. The Company used the proceeds from the sale of the ownership interest in the property to pay down the Term Loan (see "Term Loan" in Note 11—Bank and Other Notes Payable) and for general corporate purposes. The results of Queens Center are included below for the period subsequent to the sale of the ownership interest.

On September 3, 2009, the Company formed a joint venture with a third party whereby the Company sold a 75% interest in FlatIron Crossing. As part of this transaction, the Company issued three warrants for an aggregate of 1,250,000 shares of common stock of the Company (See Note 15—Stockholders' Equity). The Company received $123,750 in cash proceeds for the overall transaction, of which $8,068 was attributed to the warrants. The proceeds attributable to the interest sold exceeded the Company's carrying value in the interest sold by $28,720. However, due to certain contractual rights afforded to the buyer of the interest in FlatIron Crossing, the Company has only recognized a gain on sale of $2,654. The remaining net cash proceeds in excess of the Company's carrying value in the interest sold has been included in other accrued liabilities and will not be recognized until dissolution of the joint venture or disposition of the Company's or buyer's interest in the joint venture. The

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Company used the proceeds from the sale of the ownership interest to pay down the Term Loan and for general corporate purposes. The results of FlatIron Crossing are included below for the period subsequent to the sale of the ownership interest.

Combined and condensed balance sheets and statements of operations are presented below for all unconsolidated joint ventures.

Combined and Condensed Balance Sheets of Unconsolidated Joint Ventures:

		September 30, 2009			December 31, 2008

Assets(1):
	Properties, net	$	5,312,813		$	4,706,823
	Other assets		509,814			531,976

	Total assets	$	5,822,627		$	5,238,799

Liabilities and partners' capital(1):
	Mortgage notes payable(2)	$	4,803,054		$	4,244,270
	Other liabilities		225,248			215,975
	Company's capital		384,922			434,504
	Outside partners' capital		409,403			344,050

Total liabilities and partners' capital		$	5,822,627		$	5,238,799

Investment in unconsolidated joint ventures:
	Company's capital	$	384,922		$	434,504
	Basis adjustment(3)		601,599			579,426

	Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures	$	986,521		$	1,013,930

	Assets—Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures	$	1,054,671		$	1,094,845
	Liabilities—Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures		(68,150	)		(80,915	)

		$	986,521		$	1,013,930

(1): These amounts include the assets and liabilities of the following significant subsidiaries as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008:

	SDG Macerich Properties, L.P.		Pacific Premier Retail Trust		Tysons Corner LLC

As of September 30, 2009:
Total Assets	$	855,958	$	1,118,972	$	323,575
Total Liabilities	$	817,257	$	1,039,695	$	333,370
As of December 31, 2008:
Total Assets	$	882,117	$	1,148,831	$	328,064
Total Liabilities	$	823,550	$	976,506	$	333,307

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(2): Certain joint ventures have debt that could become recourse debt to the Company should the joint venture be unable to discharge the obligations of the related debt. As of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, a total of $17,450 and $16,898, respectively, could become recourse debt to the Company.

Included in mortgage notes payable are amounts due to affiliates of Northwestern Mutual Life ("NML") of $583,821 and $211,098 as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively. NML is considered a related party because it is a joint venture partner with the Company in Macerich Northwestern Associates. Interest expense incurred on these borrowings amounted to $9,384 and $2,923 for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $16,895 and $7,082 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

(3): This represents the difference between the cost of an investment and the book value of the underlying equity of the joint venture. The Company is amortizing this difference into income on a straight-line basis, consistent with the lives of the underlying assets. The amortization of this difference was $2,319 and $2,040 for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $7,429 and $6,356 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

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Combined and Condensed Statements of Operations of Unconsolidated Joint Ventures:

			SDG Macerich Properties, L.P.		Pacific Premier Retail Trust		Tysons Corner LLC		Other Joint Ventures			Total

Three Months Ended September 30, 2009
Revenues:
	Minimum rents		$	22,393	$	34,087	$	14,415	$	81,922		$	152,817
	Percentage rents			911		1,154		298		3,924			6,287
	Tenant recoveries			12,450		12,257		9,735		39,761			74,203
	Other			838		1,088		616		6,728			9,270

		Total revenues		36,592		48,586		25,064		132,335			242,577

Expenses:
	Shopping center and operating expenses			14,261		13,729		7,923		48,826			84,739
	Interest expense			11,768		13,159		3,923		34,342			63,192
	Depreciation and amortization			7,918		9,294		4,482		27,391			49,085

	Total operating expenses			33,947		36,182		16,328		110,559			197,016

Loss on sale of assets				—		—		—		(1,962	)		(1,962	)

Net income			$	2,645	$	12,404	$	8,736	$	19,814		$	43,599

Company's equity in net income			$	1,322	$	6,359	$	4,368	$	7,116		$	19,165

Three Months Ended September 30, 2008
Revenues:
	Minimum rents		$	22,772	$	33,138	$	14,116	$	73,095		$	143,121
	Percentage rents			1,012		1,102		556		3,664			6,334
	Tenant recoveries			12,899		13,085		9,531		33,988			69,503
	Other			676		967		534		5,192			7,369

		Total revenues		37,359		48,292		24,737		115,939			226,327

Expenses:
	Shopping center and operating expenses			14,573		13,892		7,743		44,351			80,559
	Interest expense			11,768		11,384		4,108		30,177			57,437
	Depreciation and amortization			7,840		8,208		4,753		25,595			46,396

	Total operating expenses			34,181		33,484		16,604		100,123			184,392

Gain on sale of assets				403		—		—		1,575			1,978

Net income			$	3,581	$	14,808	$	8,133	$	17,391		$	43,913

Company's equity in net income			$	1,790	$	7,523	$	4,066	$	6,549		$	19,928

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			SDG Macerich Properties, L.P.		Pacific Premier Retail Trust		Tysons Corner LLC		Other Joint Ventures			Total

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009
Revenues:
	Minimum rents		$	67,872	$	98,888	$	43,561	$	219,638		$	429,959
	Percentage rents			2,155		2,571		680		7,192			12,598
	Tenant recoveries			36,583		36,709		28,353		107,325			208,970
	Other			2,524		3,058		1,501		16,527			23,610

		Total revenues		109,134		141,226		74,095		350,682			675,137

Expenses:
	Shopping center and operating expenses			42,228		40,698		23,627		132,116			238,669
	Interest expense			34,925		37,838		11,885		90,079			174,727
	Depreciation and amortization			22,942		27,136		13,436		79,690			143,204

	Total operating expenses			100,095		105,672		48,948		301,885			556,600

Gain (loss) on sale of assets				44		—				(1,845	)		(1,801	)

Net income			$	9,083	$	35,554	$	25,147	$	46,952		$	116,736

Company's equity in net income			$	4,541	$	18,133	$	12,574	$	14,399		$	49,647

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008
Revenues:
	Minimum rents		$	69,357	$	97,121	$	44,266	$	212,051		$	422,795
	Percentage rents			2,543		2,805		1,677		8,581			15,606
	Tenant recoveries			37,176		38,001		27,766		101,782			204,725
	Other			2,653		3,161		1,507		34,580			41,901

		Total revenues		111,729		141,088		75,216		356,994			685,027

Expenses:
	Shopping center and operating expenses			44,311		40,355		22,953		125,675			233,294
	Interest expense			35,028		34,278		12,350		88,490			170,146
	Depreciation and amortization			22,998		24,129		14,033		75,059			136,219

	Total operating expenses			102,337		98,762		49,336		289,224			539,659

Gain on sale of assets				389		—		—		16,361			16,750

Net income			$	9,781	$	42,326	$	25,880	$	84,131		$	162,118

Company's equity in net income			$	4,890	$	21,526	$	12,940	$	27,816		$	67,172

Significant accounting policies used by the unconsolidated joint ventures are similar to those used by the Company.

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5. Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities:

The Company recognizes all derivatives in the consolidated financial statements and measures the derivatives at fair value. The Company uses interest rate swap and cap agreements (collectively, "interest rate agreements") in the normal course of business to manage or reduce its exposure to adverse fluctuations in interest rates. The Company designs its hedges to be effective in reducing the risk exposure that they are designated to hedge. Any instrument that meets the cash flow hedging criteria is formally designated as a cash flow hedge at the inception of the derivative contract. On an ongoing quarterly basis, the Company adjusts its balance sheet to reflect the current fair value of its derivatives. To the extent they are effective, changes in fair value of derivatives are recorded in comprehensive income. Ineffective portions, if any, are included in net income. No ineffectiveness was recorded in net income during the three or nine months ended September 30, 2009 or 2008. If any derivative instrument used for risk management does not meet the hedging criteria, it is marked-to-market each period in the consolidated statements of operations. As of September 30, 2009, one of the Company's derivative instruments was not designated as a cash flow hedge. Changes in the market value of this derivative instrument is recorded in the consolidated statements of operations. As of September 30, 2009, the Company's derivative instruments did not contain any credit risk related contingent features or collateral arrangements.

The Company reclassified $0 and $285 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively, related to treasury rate lock transactions settled in prior years from accumulated other comprehensive income to earnings.

Amounts paid (received) as a result of interest rate agreements are recorded as an addition (reduction) of interest expense. The Company recorded other comprehensive income related to the marking-to-market of interest rate agreements of $2,815 and $449 for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively and $20,304 and $248 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The amount expected to be reclassified to interest expense in the next 12 months is immaterial.

The following derivatives were outstanding at September 30, 2009:

Property/Entity		Product

Panorama Mall(1)(2)	50,000	Cap	6.65	%	3/1/2010	—
Paradise Valley Mall(2)	85,000	Cap	5.00	%	9/12/2011	107
The Oaks(2)	150,000	Cap	6.25	%	7/1/2010	—
The Operating Partnership(3)	450,000	Swap	4.80	%	4/15/2010	(10,777	)
The Operating Partnership(3)	400,000	Swap	5.08	%	4/25/2011	(25,221	)
Westside Pavilion(2)	175,000	Cap	5.50	%	6/1/2010	—

(1): Derivative is not designated as a hedge.
(2): See additional disclosure in Note 10—Mortgage Notes Payable.
(3): See additional disclosure in Note 11—Bank and Other Notes Payable.

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		Asset Derivatives					Liability Derivatives

			September 30, 2009		December 31, 2008			September 30, 2009		December 31, 2008
		Balance Sheet Location	Fair Value		Fair Value		Balance Sheet Location	Fair Value		Fair Value
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments
	Interest rate cap agreements	Other assets	$	107	$	2	Other liabilities	$	—	$	—
	Interest rate swap agreements	Other assets		—		—	Other liabilities		35,998		56,434

Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments				107		2			35,998		56,434

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments
	Interest rate cap agreements	Other assets		—		—	Other liabilities		—		—
	Interest rate swap agreements	Other assets		—		—	Other liabilities		—		—

Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments				—		—			—		—

Total derivatives			$	107	$	2		$	35,998	$	56,434

6. Fair Value:

The fair values of interest rate agreements are determined using the market standard methodology of discounting the future expected cash receipts that would occur if variable interest rates fell below or rose above the strike rate of the interest rate agreements. The variable interest rates used in the calculation of projected receipts on the interest rate agreements are based on an expectation of future interest rates derived from observable market interest rate curves and volatilities. The Company incorporates credit valuation adjustments to appropriately reflect both its own nonperformance risk and the respective counterparty's nonperformance risk in the fair value measurements. In adjusting the fair value of its derivative contracts for the effect of nonperformance risk, the Company has considered the impact of netting and any applicable credit enhancements, such as collateral postings, thresholds, mutual puts, and guarantees.

Although the Company has determined that the majority of the inputs used to value its derivatives fall within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, the credit valuation adjustments associated with its derivatives utilize Level 3 inputs, such as estimates of current credit spreads to evaluate the likelihood of default by itself and its counterparties. However, as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the Company has assessed the significance of the impact of the credit valuation adjustments on the

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overall valuation of its derivative positions and has determined that the credit valuation adjustments are not significant to the overall valuation of its derivatives. As a result, the Company has determined that its derivative valuations in their entirety are classified in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

The following table presents certain of the Company's derivative instruments measured at fair value as of September 30, 2009:

	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets and Liabilities (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Total

Assets
Derivative instruments	$	—	$	107	$	—	$	107
Liabilities
Derivative instruments		—		35,998		—		35,998

7. Property:

Property consists of the following:

	September 30, 2009			December 31, 2008

Land	$	1,080,375		$	1,135,013
Building improvements		4,638,867			5,190,049
Tenant improvements		324,614			327,877
Equipment and furnishings		106,218			101,991
Construction in progress		549,356			600,773

		6,699,430			7,355,703
Less accumulated depreciation		(1,007,152	)		(984,384	)

	$	5,692,278		$	6,371,319

Depreciation expense was $51,356 and $48,308 for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $156,555 and $139,280 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

The Company recognized a gain (loss) on sale or write down of assets of $157,612 and ($4,217) for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $159,776 and ($3,054) for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

The gain (loss) on sale or write down of assets includes a gain on the sale of land of $792 and $224 for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $3,599 and $1,387 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. The Company wrote off development costs of $592 and $1,235 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009,

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respectively. In addition, the Company wrote down $4,441 of assets related to Mervyn's for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008.

The gain on sale of assets also includes a gain on the sale of a 49% interest in Queens Center of $153,907 during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009. In addition, the Company also recorded a gain of $2,654 on the sale of a 75% interest in FlatIron Crossing. See Note 4—Investment in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures.

8. Marketable Securities:

Marketable Securities consists of the following:

	September 30, 2009			December 31, 2008

Government debt securities, at par value	$	28,470		$	29,108
Less discount		(931	)		(1,165	)

		27,539			27,943
Unrealized gain		2,993			4,347

Fair value	$	30,532		$	32,290

Future contractual maturities of marketable securities at September 30, 2009 are as follows:


1 year or less	$	1,299
2 to 5 years		27,171

	$	28,470

The proceeds from maturities and interest receipts from the marketable securities are restricted to the service of the Greeley Note (See Note 11—Bank and Other Notes Payable). The Company accounts for its investments in marketable securities as held-to-maturity debt securities as the Company has the intent and the ability to hold these securities until maturity. Accordingly, investments in marketable securities are carried at their amortized cost. The discount on marketable securities is amortized into interest income on a straight-line basis over the term of the securities, which approximates the effective interest method.

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9. Deferred Charges And Other Assets, net:

Deferred charges and other assets, net consists of the following:

		September 30, 2009			December 31, 2008

Leasing		$	144,688		$	139,374
Financing			48,006			54,256
Intangible assets:
	In-place lease values		139,335			175,428
	Leasing commissions and legal costs		48,377			57,832

			380,406			426,890
Less accumulated amortization(1)			(175,520	)		(181,579	)

			204,886			245,311
Other assets			80,231			94,351

		$	285,117		$	339,662

(1): Accumulated amortization includes $95,390 and $104,600 relating to intangibles at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively. Amortization expense for intangible assets was $4,425 and $12,501 for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $16,071 and $29,740 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

The allocated values of above-market leases included in deferred charges and other assets, net, and below-market leases included in other accrued liabilities, consist of the following:

	September 30, 2009			December 31, 2008

Above-Market Leases
Original allocated value	$	51,964		$	71,808
Less accumulated amortization		(33,837	)		(49,014	)

	$	18,127		$	22,794

Below-Market Leases
Original allocated value	$	125,014		$	185,976
Less accumulated amortization		(71,431	)		(108,197	)

	$	53,583		$	77,779

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10. Mortgage Notes Payable:

Mortgage notes payable consists of the following:

	Carrying Amount of Mortgage Notes(a)

	September 30, 2009				December 31, 2008
Property Pledged as Collateral	Other		Related Party		Other		Related Party		Interest Rate			Monthly Payment(b)		Maturity Date
Capitola Mall	$	—	$	36,051	$	—	$	37,497		7.13	%		380		2011
Cactus Power Center(c)		—		—		654				—			—		—
Carmel Plaza(d)		25,443		—		25,805		—		7.45	%		202		2010
Chandler Fashion Center(e)		163,913				166,500		—		5.50	%		435		2012
Chesterfield Towne Center(f)		52,819		—		54,111		—		9.07	%		548		2024
Danbury Fair Mall		164,840		—		169,889		—		4.64	%		1,225		2011
Deptford Mall		172,500		—		172,500		—		5.41	%		778		2013
Deptford Mall		15,501		—		15,642		—		6.46	%		101		2016
Fiesta Mall		84,000		—		84,000		—		4.98	%		341		2015
Flagstaff Mall		37,000		—		37,000		—		5.03	%		153		2015
FlatIron Crossing(g)		—		—		184,248		—		—			—		—
Freehold Raceway Mall(e)		167,118		—		171,726		—		4.68	%		1,184		2011
Fresno Fashion Fair		84,017		84,018		84,706		84,705		6.76	%		1,104		2015
Great Northern Mall		39,044		—		39,591		—		5.11	%		234		2013
Hilton Village		8,560		—		8,547		—		5.27	%		37		2012
La Cumbre Plaza(h)		30,000		—		30,000		—		1.62	%		28		2009
Northridge Mall(i)		71,726		—		79,657		—		8.20	%		453		2011
Oaks, The(j)		165,000		—		165,000		—		2.37	%		284		2011
Oaks, The(k)		88,106		—		65,525		—		2.99	%		176		2011
Pacific View		86,204		—		87,382		—		7.20	%		602		2011
Panorama Mall(l)		50,000		—		50,000		—		1.31	%		46		2010
Paradise Valley Mall(m)		85,000		—		20,259		—		6.30	%		390		2012
Prescott Gateway		60,000		—		60,000		—		5.86	%		289		2011
Promenade at Casa Grande(n)		86,617		—		97,209		—		1.74	%		122		2010
Queens Center(o)		—		—		88,913		—		—			—		—
Queens Center(o)		—		—		106,657		106,657		—			—		—
Rimrock Mall		41,617		—		42,155		—		7.57	%		320		2011
Salisbury, Center at		115,000		—		115,000		—		5.83	%		555		2016
Santa Monica Place		76,974		—		77,888		—		7.79	%		606		2010
SanTan Village Regional Center(p)		135,646		—		126,573		—		2.98	%		287		2011
Shoppingtown Mall		41,805		—		43,040		—		5.01	%		319		2011
South Plains Mall(q)		55,360		—		57,721		—		9.49	%		454		2029
South Towne Center		89,126		—		89,915		—		6.39	%		554		2015
Towne Mall		13,996		—		14,366		—		4.99	%		100		2012
Tucson La Encantada		—		77,756		—		78,000		5.84	%		363		2012
Twenty Ninth Street(r)		106,710		—		115,000		—		5.45	%		467		2011
Valley River Center		120,000		—		120,000		—		5.59	%		558		2016
Valley View Center		125,000		—		125,000		—		5.81	%		596		2011
Victor Valley, Mall of(s)		100,000		—		100,000		—		2.16	%		158		2011
Vintage Faire Mall		62,480		—		63,329		—		7.92	%		508		2010
Westside Pavilion(t)		175,000		—		175,000		—		2.96	%		330		2011
Wilton Mall		41,058		—		42,608		—		4.79	%		349		2029

	$	3,037,180	$	197,825	$	3,373,116	$	306,859

(a): The mortgage notes payable balances include the unamortized debt premiums (discounts). Debt premiums (discounts) represent the excess (deficiency) of the fair value of debt over (under) the principal value of debt assumed in various acquisitions and are amortized into interest expense over the remaining term of the related debt in a manner that approximates the effective interest method. The interest rate disclosed represents the effective interest rate, including the debt premium (discounts) and deferred finance cost.

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Debt premiums (discounts) consist of the following:

Property Pledged as Collateral	September 30, 2009			December 31, 2008

Danbury Fair Mall	$	6,004		$	9,166
Deptford Mall		(37	)		(41	)
Freehold Raceway Mall		6,365			8,940
Great Northern Mall		(116	)		(137	)
Hilton Village		(40	)		(53	)
Paradise Valley Mall		—			99
Shoppingtown Mall		1,838			2,648
Towne Mall		300			371
Wilton Mall		163			1,263

	$	14,477		$	22,256

(b): This represents the monthly payment of principal and interest.
(c): On September 4, 2009, the construction loan was paid off.
(d): The loan was extended to May 1, 2010.
(e): On September 30, 2009, 49.9% of the loan was assumed by an unrelated party in connection with entering into a co-venture arrangement with that unrelated party. See Note 12—Co-Venture Arrangement.
(f): In addition to monthly principal and interest payments, contingent interest, as defined in the loan agreement, may be due to the extent that 35% of the amount by which the property's gross receipts exceeds a base amount. Contingent interest expense recognized was $0 and $86 for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively and ($331) and $199 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.
(g): On September 3, 2009, 75.0% of the loan was assumed by an unrelated party in connection with the sale of a 75.0% interest of the underlying property to that party. See Note 4—Investments in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures.
(h): The loan bears interest at LIBOR plus 0.88%. The Company is currently negotiating to extend this loan. At September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the total interest rate was 1.62% and 2.58%, respectively.
(i): On June 1, 2009, the Company extended the loan until January 1, 2011 at an interest rate of 8.20%.
(j): The loan bears interest at LIBOR plus 1.75% and matures on July 10, 2011 with two one-year extension options. At September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the total interest rate was 2.37% and 3.48%, respectively. The loan is covered by an interest rate cap agreement that effectively prevents LIBOR from exceeding 6.25% over the loan term. See Note 5—Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.
(k): The construction loan allows for total borrowings of up to $135,000, bears interest at LIBOR plus a spread of 1.75% to 2.10%, depending on certain conditions and matures on July 10, 2011, with two one-year extension options. At September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the total interest rate was 2.99% and 4.24%, respectively.
(l): The loan bears interest at LIBOR plus 0.85% and matures on February 28, 2010, with a one-year extension option. The loan is covered by an interest rate cap agreement that effectively prevents LIBOR from exceeding 6.65%. See Note 5—Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities. At September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the total interest rate was 1.31% and 1.62%, respectively.
(m): The previous loan was paid off in full on May 1, 2009. On August 31, 2009, the Company placed a new $85,000 loan on the property that bears interest at LIBOR plus 4.0% and matures on August 31, 2012 with two one-year extension options.
(n): The loan bears interest at LIBOR plus a spread of 1.20% to 1.40%, depending on certain conditions. The loan matures on August 16, 2010, with a one-year extension option, subject to provisions of the loan agreement. At September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the total interest rate was 1.74% and 3.35%, respectively.

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(o): On July 30, 2009, 49% of the loan was assumed by an unrelated party in connection with the sale of a 49% interest of the underlying property to that party. See Note 4—Investments in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures.
(p): The construction loan on the property allows for total borrowings of up to $150,000 and bears interest at LIBOR plus a spread of 2.10% to 2.25%, depending on certain conditions. The loan matures on June 13, 2011, with two one-year extension options. At September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the total interest rate was 2.98% and 3.91%, respectively.
(q): On March 1, 2009, the interest rate on the loan increased from 7.49% to 9.49% and the loan was extended until March 1, 2029.
(r): On March 25, 2009, the loan agreement was modified to bear interest at LIBOR plus 3.40% and matures on June 5, 2011, with a one-year extension option. At September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the total interest rate was 5.45% and 2.20%, respectively.
(s): The loan bears interest at LIBOR plus 1.60% and matures on May 6, 2011, with two one-year extension options. At September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the total interest rate on the loan was 2.16% and 3.74%, respectively.
(t): The loan bears interest at LIBOR plus 2.00% and matures on June 5, 2011, with two one-year extension options. At September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the total interest rate on the loan was 2.96% and 4.07%, respectively. The loan is covered by an interest rate cap agreement that effectively prevents LIBOR from exceeding 5.50% until June 1, 2010. See Note 5—Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.

Most of the mortgage loan agreements contain a prepayment penalty provision for the early extinguishment of the debt.

The Company expects all 2009 loan maturities will be refinanced, extended and/or paid-off from the Company's line of credit.

Total interest expense capitalized was $5,400 and $10,421 for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $15,223 and $26,058 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

Related party mortgage notes payable are amounts due to affiliates of NML. See Note 19—Related Party Transactions, for interest expense associated with loans from NML.

The fair value of mortgage notes payable at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 was $2,927,402 and $3,529,762, respectively, based on current interest rates for comparable loans. The method for computing fair value was determined using a present value model and an interest rate that included a credit value adjustment based on the estimated value of the property that serves as collateral for the underlying debt.

11. Bank and Other Notes Payable:

Bank and other notes payable consist of the following:

Convertible Senior Notes ("Senior Notes"):

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8.9702 shares per $1 principal amount. On and after December 15, 2011, the Senior Notes will be convertible at any time prior to the second business day preceding the maturity date at the option of the holder at the initial conversion rate. The initial conversion price of approximately $111.48 per share represented a 20% premium over the closing price of the Company's common stock on March 12, 2007, the date of issuance of the Senior Notes. The initial conversion rate is subject to adjustment under certain circumstances. Holders of the Senior Notes do not have the right to require the Company to repurchase the Senior Notes prior to maturity except in connection with the occurrence of certain fundamental change transactions.

The Company purchased two capped calls ("Capped Calls") from affiliates of the initial purchasers of the Senior Notes that effectively increased the conversion price to approximately $130.06 per common share, which represents a 40% premium to the March 12, 2007 closing price of $92.90 per common share of the Company. The Capped Calls are expected to generally reduce the potential dilution upon exchange of the Senior Notes in the event the market value per share of the Company's common stock, as measured under the terms of the relevant settlement date, is greater than the strike price of the Capped Calls. If, however, the market value per share of the Company's common stock exceeds $130.06 per common share, then the dilution mitigation under the Capped Calls will be capped, which means there would be dilution from exchange of the Senior Notes to the extent that the market value per share of the Company's common stock exceeds $130.06.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company repurchased and retired $89,065 of the Senior Notes for $54,135 and recorded a gain on extinguishment of $29,801. The repurchase was funded by borrowings under the Company's line of credit.

The carrying value of the Senior Notes at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 was $611,519 and $687,654, respectively, which included an unamortized discount of $26,581 and $39,511, respectively. As of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the effective interest rate was 5.41%. The fair value of the Senior Notes at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 was $575,885 and $379,435, respectively, based on the quoted market price on each date.

Line of Credit:

The Company has a $1,500,000 revolving line of credit that matures on April 25, 2010 with a one-year extension option. The interest rate fluctuates from LIBOR plus 0.75% to LIBOR plus 1.10% depending on the Company's overall leverage. The Company has an existing interest rate swap agreement that effectively fixed the interest rate on $400,000 of the outstanding balance of the line of credit at 6.23% until April 25, 2011. Concurrent with the payoff of the Term Loan, the Company applied the interest payments associated with the interest rate swap agreement from that loan to a portion of the outstanding line of credit balance. As a result, the interest rate swap agreement from the Term Loan effectively fixed the interest rate on $450,000 of the outstanding balance of the line of credit at 6.30% until April 25, 2010. See Note 5—Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.

As of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, borrowings outstanding were $1,095,000 and $1,099,500, at an average interest rate, excluding the $850,000 swapped portion, of 3.83% and 3.19%, respectively. The fair value of the Company's line of credit at September 30, 2009 and December 31,

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2008 was $1,084,388 and $1,067,631, respectively, based on a present value model using current interest rate spreads offered to the Company for comparable debt.

Term Loan:

The Company had a five-year term loan that bore interest at LIBOR plus 1.50%. The loan had a balance of $446,250 at December 31, 2008. Concurrent with the payoff of this loan during the three months ended September 30, 2009, the Company applied the interest payments associated with the interest rate swap agreement from this loan to a portion of the outstanding line of credit balance.

Greeley Note:

On July 27, 2006, concurrent with the sale of Greeley Mall, the Company provided marketable securities to replace Greeley Mall as collateral for the mortgage note payable on the property (See Note 8—Marketable Securities). As a result of this transaction, the debt was reclassified to bank and other notes payable. This note bears interest at an effective rate of 6.34% and matures in September 2013. As of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the note had a balance outstanding of $26,529 and $27,038, respectively. The fair value of the note at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 was $19,794 and $19,074, respectively, based on current interest rates for comparable loans. The method for computing fair value was determined using a present value model and an interest rate that included a credit value adjustment based on the estimated value of the property that serves as collateral for the underlying debt.

As of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the Company was in compliance with all applicable loan covenants under its debt agreements.

12. Co-Venture Arrangement:

On September 30, 2009, the Company formed a joint venture with Heitman, a Chicago-based real estate management firm, whereby Heitman acquired a 49.9% interest in Freehold Raceway Mall and Chandler Fashion Center. As part of this transaction, the Company issued a warrant in favor of a Heitman entity to purchase 935,358 shares of common stock of the Company at an exercise price of $46.68 per share. See "Warrants" in Note 15—Stockholders' Equity. The Company received approximately $174,650 in cash proceeds for the overall transaction, of which $6,496 was attributed to the warrants. The Company used the proceeds from this transaction to pay down the line of credit.

As a result of the Company having certain rights under the agreement to repurchase the assets after the seventh year of the venture formation, the transaction did not qualify for sale treatment. The Company, however, is not obligated to repurchase the assets. The transaction has been accounted for as a profit-sharing arrangement, and accordingly the assets, liabilities and operations of the properties remain on the books of the Company and a co-venture obligation has been established for the amount of $168,154, representing the net cash proceeds received from Heitman less costs allocated to the warrant.

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13. Noncontrolling Interests:

The Company allocates net income to the Operating Partnership based on the weighted average ownership interest during the period. The 13% limited partnership interest of the Operating Partnership not owned by the Company at September 30, 2009 is reflected in these consolidated financial statements as permanent equity.

The interests in the Operating Partnership are known as OP Units. OP Units not held by the Company are redeemable at the election of the holder, and the Company may redeem them for the Company's stock or cash, at the Company's option. The redemption value for each OP Unit as of any balance sheet date is the amount equal to the average of the closing price per share of the Company's common stock, par value $0.01 per share, as reported on the New York Stock Exchange for the ten trading days ending on the respective balance sheet date. Accordingly, as of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the aggregate redemption value of the then-outstanding OP Units not owned by the Company was $384,162 and $227,091, respectively.

The Company issued common and preferred units of MACWH, LP in April 2005 in connection with the acquisition of the Wilmorite portfolio. The common and preferred units of MACWH, LP are redeemable at the election of the holder and the Company may redeem them for cash or shares of the Company's stock at the Company's option and are classified as permanent equity.

Included in permanent equity are outside ownership interests in various consolidated joint ventures. The joint ventures do not have rights that require the Company to redeem the ownership interests in either cash or stock.

The outside ownership interests in the Company's joint venture in Shoppingtown Mall have a purchase option for $24,000. In addition, under certain conditions as defined by the partnership agreement, these partners have the right to "put" their partnership interests to the Company. Due to the redemption feature of the ownership interest in Shoppingtown Mall, these noncontrolling interests have been included in temporary equity.

14. Cumulative Convertible Redeemable Preferred Stock:

On February 25, 1998, the Company issued 3,627,131 shares of Series A cumulative convertible redeemable preferred stock ("Series A Preferred Stock") for proceeds totaling $100,000 in a private placement. The preferred stock was convertible on a one-for-one basis into common stock and paid a quarterly dividend equal to the greater of $0.46 per share, or the dividend then payable on a share of common stock.

The holder of the Series A Preferred Stock had redemption rights if a change in control of the Company occurred, as defined under the Articles Supplementary. Under such circumstances, the holder of the Series A Preferred Stock was entitled to require the Company to redeem its shares, to the extent the Company had funds legally available therefor, at a price equal to 105% of its liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends. The Series A Preferred Stock holder also had the right to require the Company to repurchase its shares if the Company failed to be taxed as a REIT for federal tax purposes at a price equal to 115% of its liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends to the extent funds were legally available therefor.

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No dividends could be declared or paid on any class of common or other junior stock to the extent that dividends on Series A Preferred Stock had not been declared and/or paid.

On October 18, 2007, the holder of the Series A Preferred Stock converted 560,000 shares to common shares. On May 6, 2008, the holder of the Series A Preferred Stock converted 684,000 shares to common shares. On May 8, 2008, the holder of the Series A Preferred Stock converted 1,338,860 shares to common shares. On September 17, 2008, the holder of the Series A Preferred Stock converted the remaining 1,044,271 shares to common shares.

15. Stockholders' Equity:

Authorized Shares:

On June 8, 2009, the Company amended its articles of incorporation to increase the number of common shares authorized from 145,000,000 common shares to 250,000,000 common shares.

Stock Dividends:

On June 22, 2009, the Company issued 2,236,954 common shares to its common stockholders and OP Unit holders in connection with a declaration of a quarterly dividend of $0.60 per share of common stock on May 1, 2009, consisting of a combination of cash and shares of the Company's common stock. The cash component of the dividend (not including cash paid in lieu of fractional shares) was 10% in the aggregate, or $0.06 per share, with the balance paid in shares of the Company's common stock.

On September 21, 2009, the Company issued 1,658,023 common shares to its common stockholders and OP Unit holders in connection with a declaration of a quarterly dividend of $0.60 per share of common stock on August 12, 2009, consisting of a combination of cash and shares of the Company's common stock. The cash component of the dividend (not including cash paid in lieu of fractional shares) was 10% in the aggregate, or $0.06 per share, with the balance paid in shares of the Company's common stock.

In accordance with the provisions of Internal Revenue Service Revenue Procedure 2009-15, stockholders were asked to make an election to receive the dividends all in cash or all in shares. To the extent that more than 10% of cash was elected in the aggregate, the cash portion was prorated. Stockholders who elected to receive the dividends in cash received a cash payment of at least $0.06 per share. Stockholders who did not make an election received 10% in cash and 90% in shares of common stock. The number of shares issued on June 22, 2009 as a result of the dividend was calculated based on the volume weighted average trading prices of the Company's common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on June 10, 2009 through June 12, 2009 of $19.9927. The number of shares issued on September 21, 2009 as a result of the dividend was calculated based on the volume weighted average trading prices of the Company's common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on September 9, 2009 through September 11, 2009 of $28.5100.

The Company has elected to account for the stock portion of its distributions as stock issuances as opposed to a stock dividend. Accordingly, the impact of the shares issued is reflected in the Company's earnings per share calculation on a prospective basis. The issuance of the stock dividend resulted in a

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reduction of $0.01 and $0.03 on both basic and diluted earnings per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009.

Warrants:

On September 3, 2009, the Company issued three warrants in connection with the sale of a 75% ownership interest in FlatIron Crossing. See Note 4—Investments in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures. The warrants provide for a purchase in the aggregate of 1,250,000 shares of the Company's common stock. The warrants were valued at $8,068 and recorded as a credit to additional paid-in capital. Each warrant has a three-year term and was immediately exercisable upon its issuance, has an exercise price of approximately $30.62 per share until September 3, 2011 and an exercise price of approximately $34.79 from September 4, 2011 until September 3, 2012, with such prices subject to anti-dilutive adjustments. The warrants allow for either gross or net issue settlement at the option of the warrant holder. In the event that the warrant holder elects a net issue settlement, the Company may elect to settle the warrants in cash or shares. In addition, the Company has entered into registration rights agreements with the warrant holders requiring the Company to provide certain registration rights regarding the resale of shares of common stock underlying each warrant.

On September 30, 2009, the Company issued a warrant in connection with its formation of a co-venture to own and operate Freehold Raceway Mall and Chandler Fashion Center. See Note 12—Co-Venture Arrangement. The warrant provides for the purchase of 935,358 shares of the Company's common stock. The warrant was valued at $6,496 and recorded as a credit to additional paid-in capital. The warrant was immediately exercisable upon its issuance and will expire 30 days after the refinancing or repayment of each loan encumbering the Centers has closed. The warrant has an exercise price of $46.68 per share, with such price subject to anti-dilutive adjustments. The warrant allows for either gross or net issue settlement at the option of the warrant holder. In the event that the warrant holder elects a net issue settlement, the Company may elect to settle the warrant in cash or shares; provided, however, that in the event the Company elects to deliver cash, the holder may elect to instead have the exercise of the warrant satisfied in shares. In addition, the Company has entered into a registration rights agreement with the warrant holders requiring the Company to provide certain registration rights regarding the resale of shares of common stock underlying the warrant.

The issuance of the warrants was exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("Securities Act"), pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act. Each investor represented that it was an accredited investor, as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D, and that it was acquiring the securities for its own account, not as nominee or agent, and not with a view to the resale or distribution of any part thereof in violation of the Securities Act.

16. Acquisitions:

The Company has completed the following acquisitions:

Mervyn's:

On December 17, 2007, the Company purchased a portfolio of ground leasehold and/or fee simple interests in 39 Mervyn's department stores for $400,160. The Company purchased an additional ground

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leasehold interest on January 31, 2008 for $13,182 and a fee simple interest on February 29, 2008 for $19,338. All of the purchased properties are located in the southwest United States. The purchase price was funded by cash and borrowings under the Company's line of credit. Concurrent with each acquisition, the Company entered into individual agreements to lease back the properties to Mervyn's for terms of 14 to 20 years. In connection with the acquisition of the Mervyn's portfolio, the Company recorded intangible assets of $110.7 million and intangible liabilities of $59.0 million. The results of operations include these properties since the acquisition date.

Boscov's:

On May 20, 2008, the Company purchased a fee simple interest in a 161,350 square foot Boscov's department store at Deptford Mall in Deptford, New Jersey. The total purchase price of $23,500 was funded by the assumption of the existing mortgage note on the property and by borrowings under the Company's line of credit. The results of operations have included this property since the date of acquisition.

17. Discontinued Operations:

The following operations were recently discontinued:

Mervyn's:

In July 2008, Mervyn's filed for bankruptcy protection and in October 2008 announced its plans to liquidate all merchandise, auction its store leases and wind down its business. The Company had 45 former Mervyn's stores in its portfolio. The Company owned the ground leasehold and/or fee simple interest in 44 of those stores and the remaining store was owned by a third party but was located at one of the Centers.

In September 2008, the Company recorded a write-down of $5,214 due to the anticipated rejection of six of the Company's leases by Mervyn's. In addition, the Company terminated its former plan to sell the 29 Mervyn's stores located at shopping centers not owned or managed by the Company. The Company's decision was based on current conditions in the credit market and the assumption that a better return could be obtained by holding and operating the assets. As a result of the change in plans to sell, the Company recorded a loss of $5,347 in (loss) gain on sale or write-down of assets in order to adjust the carrying value of these assets for depreciation expense that otherwise would have been recognized had these assets been continuously classified as held and used.

In December 2008, Kohl's and Forever 21 assumed a total of 23 of the Mervyn's leases and the remaining 22 leases were rejected by Mervyn's under the bankruptcy laws. As a result, the Company wrote off the unamortized intangible assets and liabilities related to the rejected and unassumed leases in December 2008. The Company wrote off $27,655 of unamortized intangible assets related to lease in place values, leasing commissions and legal costs to depreciation and amortization. Unamortized intangible assets of $14,881 relating to above market leases and unamortized intangible liabilities of $24,523 relating to below market leases were written off to minimum rents.

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In June 2009, the Company recorded an impairment charge of $25,958, as it relates to the fee and/or ground leasehold interests in five former Mervyn's stores due to the anticipated loss on the sale of these properties in July 2009. The Company subsequently sold the properties during the third quarter for $52,689 in total proceeds, resulting in an additional $403 loss related to transaction costs. The Company used the proceeds from the sales to pay down the Company's Term loan and for general corporate purposes.

On September 29, 2009, the Company sold a leasehold interest in a former Mervyn's location for $4,510, resulting in a gain on sale of $4,197. The Company used the proceeds from the sale to pay down the Company's line of credit and for general corporate purposes.

Rochester Redemption:

On January 1, 2008, a subsidiary of the Operating Partnership, at the election of the holders, redeemed the 3,426,609 participating convertible preferred units ("PCPUs"). As a result of the redemption, the Company received the 16.32% noncontrolling interest in the portion of the Wilmorite portfolio that included Danbury Fair Mall, Freehold Raceway Mall, Great Northern Mall, Rotterdam Square, Shoppingtown Mall, Towne Mall, Tysons Corner Center and Wilton Mall, collectively referred to as the "Non-Rochester Properties," for total consideration of $224,393, in exchange for the Company's ownership interest in the portion of the Wilmorite portfolio that consisted of Eastview Commons, Eastview Mall, Greece Ridge Center, Marketplace Mall and Pittsford Plaza, collectively referred to as the "Rochester Properties," including approximately $18,000 in cash held at those properties. Included in the redemption consideration was the assumption of the remaining 16.32% interest in the indebtedness of the Non-Rochester Properties, which had an estimated fair value of $105,962. In addition, the Company also received additional consideration of $11,763, in the form of a note, for certain working capital adjustments, extraordinary capital expenditures, leasing commissions, tenant allowances, and decreases in indebtedness during the Company's period of ownership of the Rochester Properties. The Company recognized a gain of $99,082 on the exchange based on the difference between the fair value of the additional interest acquired in the Non-Rochester Properties and the carrying value of the Rochester Properties, net of noncontrolling interest. This exchange is referred to herein as the "Rochester Redemption."

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The Company determined the fair value of the debt using a present value model based upon the terms of equivalent debt and upon credit spreads made available to the Company. The following table represents the debt measured at fair value on January 1, 2008:

	Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets and Liabilities (Level 1)		Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)		Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)		Balance at January 1, 2008

Liabilities
Debt on Non-Rochester Properties	$	—	$	71,032	$	34,930	$	105,962

The source of the Level 2 inputs involved the use of the nominal weekly average of the U.S. treasury rates. The source of the Level 3 inputs was based on comparable credit spreads on the estimated value of the property that serves as the underlying collateral of the debt.

As a result of the Rochester Redemption, the Company recorded a credit to additional paid-in capital of $172,805 due to the reversal of adjustments to noncontrolling interests for the redemption value on the Rochester Properties over the Company's historical cost. In addition, the Company recorded a step-up in the basis of approximately $218,812 in the remaining portion of the Non-Rochester Properties.

Other Dispositions:

In June 2009, the Company recorded an impairment charge of $1,037, as it related to the anticipated loss on the sale of Village Center, a 170,801 square foot urban village property, in July 2009. The Company subsequently sold the property on July 14, 2009 for $11,912 in total proceeds, resulting in a gain of $172 related to a change in estimate in transaction costs. The Company used the proceeds from the sale to pay down the Term loan and for general corporate purposes.

The Company has classified the results of operations and gain or loss on sale for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 for all of the above dispositions as discontinued operations.

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Revenues and income from discontinued operations consist of the following:

		For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

		2009			2008			2009			2008
Revenues:
	Scottsdale/101	$	—		$	—		$	—		$	10
	Holiday Village		—			—			—			338
	Great Falls Marketplace		—			—			—			(21	)
	Mervyn's		369			3,117			2,938			9,155
	Village Center		(2	)		429			925			1,463

		$	367		$	3,546		$	3,863		$	10,945

Income from discontinued operations:
	Scottsdale/101	$	—		$	(1	)	$	(8	)	$	(2	)
	Holiday Village		—			—			(9	)		338
	Great Falls Marketplace		—			—			—			(33	)
	Mervyn's		77			1,759			591			5,179
	Village Center		41			189			408			305

		$	118		$	1,947		$	982		$	5,787

18. Commitments and Contingencies:

The Company has certain properties subject to non-cancelable operating ground leases. The leases expire at various times through 2107, subject in some cases to options to extend the terms of the lease. Certain leases provide for contingent rent payments based on a percentage of base rental income, as defined in the lease. Ground rent expenses were $2,015 and $1,821 for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively and $6,102 and $5,456 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. No contingent rent was incurred during the three or nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008.

As of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the Company was contingently liable for $26,302 and $19,699, respectively, in letters of credit guaranteeing performance by the Company of certain obligations relating to the Centers. The Company does not believe that these letters of credit will result in a liability to the Company. In addition, the Company has a $24,000 letter of credit that serves as collateral for a liability assumed in the acquisition of a property.

The Company has entered into a number of construction agreements related to its redevelopment and development activities. Obligations under these agreements are contingent upon the completion of the services within the guidelines specified in the agreement. At September 30, 2009, the Company had $76,202 in outstanding obligations under these construction agreements which it believes will be settled in 2009.

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19. Related-Party Transactions:

Certain unconsolidated joint ventures and third-parties have engaged the Management Companies to manage the operations of the Centers. Under these arrangements, the Management Companies are reimbursed for compensation paid to on-site employees, leasing agents and project managers at the Centers, as well as insurance costs and other administrative expenses.

The following are fees charged to unconsolidated joint ventures and third-party managed properties:

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,				For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

	2009		2008		2009		2008
Management Fees
MMC	$	3,547	$	3,083	$	9,450	$	8,968
Westcor Management Companies		1,904		2,019		5,769		5,734
Wilmorite Management Companies		427		433		1,254		1,266

	$	5,878	$	5,535	$	16,473	$	15,968

Development and Leasing Fees
MMC	$	156	$	261	$	1,717	$	456
Westcor Management Companies		1,386		2,207		3,711		6,808
Wilmorite Management Companies		251		438		776		1,314

	$	1,793	$	2,906	$	6,204	$	8,578

Certain mortgage notes on the properties are held by NML (See Note 10—Mortgage Notes Payable). Interest expense in connection with these notes was $4,405 and $5,002 for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $16,449 and $12,381 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. Included in accounts payable and accrued expenses is interest payable to these partners of $938 and $1,609 at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively.

As of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the Company had loans to unconsolidated joint ventures of $1,236 and $932, respectively. Interest income associated with these notes was $11 and $10 for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $24 and $31 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively. These loans represent initial funds advanced for development stage projects prior to construction loan funding. Correspondingly, loan payables in the same amount have been accrued as an obligation by the various joint ventures.

Due from affiliates of $9,870 and $9,124 at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively, represents unreimbursed costs and fees due from unconsolidated joint ventures under management agreements.

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20. Share and Unit-Based Plans:

The Company has established share and unit-based compensation plans for the purpose of attracting and retaining executive officers, directors and key employees. In addition, the Company has established an Employee Stock Purchase Plan to allow employees to purchase the Company's common stock at a discount.

On February 25, 2009, the Company reduced its workforce by 142 employees out of a total of approximately 2,845 regular and temporary employees. This reduction in workforce was a result of the Company's review and realignment of its strategic priorities, including its expectation of reduced development and redevelopment activity in the near future. As part of the plan, the Company accelerated the vesting of the share and unit-based awards of certain terminated employees. As a result of the modification of the awards, the Company recorded a reduction in compensation cost of $487.

On March 6, 2009, the Company granted 1,600,002 restricted stock units ("RSUs") to certain officers of the Company as an additional component of compensation. The outstanding RSUs vest over three years and the compensation cost related to the grants is determined by the market value at the grant date and is amortized over the vesting period on a straight-line basis. RSUs are subject to restrictions determined by the Company's compensation committee.

The Company records compensation expense on a straight-line basis for awards, with the exception of the market-indexed awards granted under the Long-Term Incentive Plan ("LTIP"). The following summarizes the compensation cost under the share and unit-based plans:

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,				For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

	2009		2008		2009		2008
LTIP units	$	916	$	1,416	$	2,883	$	4,401
Stock awards		1,568		2,812		5,261		8,805
Stock units		954		—		2,168		—
Stock options		150		150		445		446
Stock appreciation rights ("SARs")		749		805		2,117		1,819
Phantom stock units		166		162		487		490

	$	4,503	$	5,345	$	13,361	$	15,961

The Company capitalized share and unit-based compensation costs of $3,768 and $2,636 for the three months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively, and $7,642 and $7,559 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, respectively.

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The following table summarizes the activity of the other non-vested share and unit based plans:

		LTIP Units					Stock Awards					Phantom Stock					SARs

		Units			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value		Shares			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value		Units			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value		Units			Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Balance at January 1, 2009			299,350		$	57.02		275,181		$	74.68		3,209		$	83.88		1,228,384		$	7.68
	Granted		—			—		6,500			8.21		22,369			12.79		29,000			1.17
	Vested		(46,410	)		65.29		(151,829	)		76.34		(24,717	)		19.71		(91,050	)		7.68
	Forfeited		—			—		(460	)		70.19		—			—		—			—

Balance at September 30, 2009			252,940		$	55.50		129,392		$	69.41		861		$	83.88		1,166,334		$	7.51

21. Income Taxes:

The Company elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 1994. To qualify as a REIT, the Company must meet a number of organizational and operational requirements, including a requirement that it distribute at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders. It is management's current intention to adhere to these requirements and maintain the Company's REIT status. As a REIT, the Company generally will not be subject to corporate level federal income tax on net income it distributes currently to its stockholders. If the Company fails to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, then it will be subject to federal income taxes at regular corporate rates (including any applicable alternative minimum tax) and may not be able to qualify as a REIT for four subsequent taxable years. Even if the Company qualifies for taxation as a REIT, the Company may be subject to certain state and local taxes on its income and property and to federal income and excise taxes on its undistributed taxable income, if any.

Each partner is taxed individually on its share of partnership income or loss, and accordingly, no provision for federal and state income tax is provided for the Operating Partnership in the consolidated financial statements.

The Company has made Taxable REIT Subsidiary elections for all of its corporate subsidiaries other than its Qualified REIT Subsidiaries. The elections, effective for the year beginning January 1, 2001 and future years, were made pursuant to section 856(l) of the Internal Revenue Code. The Company's Taxable REIT Subsidiaries ("TRSs") are subject to corporate level income taxes which are provided for in the Company's consolidated financial statements. The Company's primary TRSs include Macerich Management Company and Westcor Partners, L.L.C.

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The income tax benefit (provision) of the TRSs is as follows:

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,					For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

	2009			2008		2009		2008
Current	$	89		$	—	$	—	$	—
Deferred		(391	)		362		878		750

Total income tax (provision) benefit	$	(302	)	$	362	$	878	$	750

Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the expected future tax consequences of events that have been included in the financial statements or tax returns. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are determined based on the differences between the financial reporting and tax bases of assets and liabilities using enacted tax rates in effect for the year in which the differences are expected to reverse. The deferred tax assets and liabilities of the TRSs relate primarily to differences in the book and tax bases of property and to operating loss carryforwards for federal and state income tax purposes. A valuation allowance for deferred tax assets is provided if the Company believes it is more likely than not that all or some portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Realization of deferred tax assets is dependent on the Company generating sufficient taxable income in future periods. The net operating loss carryforwards are currently scheduled to expire through 2028, beginning in 2012. Net deferred tax assets of $6,188 and $13,830 were included in deferred charges and other assets, net at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, respectively.

The tax years 2006-2008 remain open to examination by the taxing jurisdictions to which the Company is subject. The Company does not expect that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefit will materially change within the next 12 months.

22. Cumulative Effect of Adoption of Accounting Principles:

Retrospective Adjustments Related to Convertible Debt:

On January 1, 2009, the Company adopted new accounting pronouncements that impacted the accounting for the Company's Senior Notes. Under these new accounting provisions the Company was required to retrospectively allocate the initial proceeds from the issuance of the Senior Notes between a liability component and an equity component based on the fair value calculated based on the present value of contractual cash flows discounted at an appropriate comparable non-convertible debt borrowing rate at the date of issuance of the Senior Notes. As a result, the Company allocated $869,351 of the initial $940,500 proceeds to the liability component and the remaining $71,149 of proceeds to the equity component at the date of issuance of the Senior Notes.

Retrospective Adjustments Related to Noncontrolling Interests:

On January 1, 2009, the Company adopted new accounting pronouncements that require the noncontrolling interest in a subsidiary to be reported as equity and the amount of consolidated net income specifically attributable to the noncontrolling interest to be included within consolidated net

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income. The new pronouncements also require consistency in the manner of reporting changes in the parent's ownership interest and require fair value measurement of any noncontrolling equity investment retained in a deconsolidation.

As a result of the adoption, the Company classified its redeemable equity interest in one of its consolidated joint ventures as temporary equity due to the possibility that the Company could be required to redeem this interest for cash upon the occurrence of certain events outside the control of the Company. The carrying amount of the redeemable equity interest is equal to its liquidation value, which is the amount payable upon the occurrence of such event.

In addition, the Company reclassified the OP Units and the common and preferred units of MACWH, LP to permanent equity. The OP Units and the common and preferred units of MACWH, LP are redeemable at the election of the holder and the Company may redeem them for cash or shares of stock of the Company at the Company's election. In addition, the Company reclassified outside ownership interests in various consolidated joint ventures to permanent equity.

Further, as a result of the adoption, net income attributable to noncontrolling interests is now excluded from the determination of consolidated net income. In addition, the individual components of other comprehensive income are now presented in the aggregate, with the portion attributable to noncontrolling interests deducted from comprehensive income attributable to common stockholders. Corresponding changes have also been made to the accompanying consolidated statements of cash flows.

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The following is a summary of the impact of adoption of these standards on the financial statements of prior periods and includes reclassifications relating to discontinued operations (See Note 17—Discontinued Operations):

			As Previously Reported			Adjustments for Convertible Debt			Reclassification Adjustments(1)			As Adjusted

Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three months ended September 30, 2008
Revenues:
	Minimum rents		$	133,985		$	—		$	(2,902	)	$	131,083
	Tenant recoveries			70,059			—			(642	)		69,417
	Other			7,388			—			(2	)		7,386
		Total revenues		225,807			—			(3,546	)		222,261
Expenses:
	Shopping center and operating expenses			74,098			—			(897	)		73,201
	REIT general and administrative expenses			2,881			—			2			2,883
	Depreciation and amortization			66,637			—			(700	)		65,937
	Interest expense:
		Other		65,304			3,581			—			68,885
		Total expenses		232,936			3,581			(1,595	)		234,922
Loss on sale or write down of assets				(5,124	)		—			907			(4,217	)
Income from continuing operations				8,037			(3,581	)		(1,044	)		3,412
Discontinued operations:
	Loss on sale of assets			(54	)		—			(907	)		(961	)
	(Loss) income from discontinued operations			(2	)		—			1,949			1,947
Total (loss) income from discontinued operations				(56	)		—			1,042			986
Net income				7,981			(3,581	)		(2	)		4,398
Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interests				1,483			(556	)		(2	)		925
Net income attributable to the Company				6,498			(3,025	)		—			3,473
Net income available to common stockholders				5,663			(3,025	)		—			2,638
Earnings per common share attributable to Company—basic:
	Income from continuing operations			0.08			(0.05	)		(0.01	)		0.02
	Discontinued operations			—			—			0.01			0.01
	Net income available to common stockholders			0.08			(0.05	)		—			0.03
Earnings per common share attributable to Company—diluted:
	Income from continuing operations			0.08			(0.05	)		(0.01	)		0.02
	Discontinued operations			—			—			0.01			0.01
	Net income available to common stockholders			0.08			(0.05	)		—			0.03

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

22. Cumulative Effect of Adoption of Accounting Principles: (Continued)

			As Previously Reported			Adjustments for Convertible Debt			Reclassification Adjustments(1)			As Adjusted

Consolidated Statement of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2008
Revenues:
	Minimum rents		$	396,745		$	—		$	(8,673	)	$	388,072
	Tenant recoveries			204,977			—			(1,937	)		203,040
	Other			20,428			—			(8	)		20,420
		Total revenues		662,256			—			(10,618	)		651,638
Expenses:
	Shopping center and operating expenses			214,382			—			(2,702	)		211,680
	Depreciation and amortization			185,538			—			(2,431	)		183,107
	Interest expense:
		Other		197,258			10,661			(1	)		207,918
		Total expenses		678,864			10,661			(5,134	)		684,391
Loss on sale or write down of assets				(3,961	)		—			907			(3,054	)
Income from continuing operations				47,353			(10,661	)		(4,577	)		32,115
Discontinued operations:
	Gain on sale of assets			99,096			—			(907	)		98,189
	Income from discontinued operations			303			—			5,484			5,787
Total income from discontinued operations				99,399			—			4,577			103,976
Net income				146,752			(10,661	)		—			136,091
Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interests				22,543			(1,549	)		—			20,994
Net income attributable to the Company				124,209			(9,112	)		—			115,097
Net income available to common stockholders				120,085			(9,112	)		—			110,973
Earnings per common share attributable to Company—basic:
	Income from continuing operations			0.48			(0.13	)		(0.06	)		0.29
	Discontinued operations			1.15			—			0.06			1.21
	Net income available to common stockholders			1.63			(0.13	)		—			1.50
Earnings per common share attributable to Company—diluted:
	Income from continuing operations			0.48			(0.13	)		(0.06	)		0.29
	Discontinued operations			1.15			—			0.06			1.21
	Net income available to common stockholders			1.63			(0.13	)		—			1.50

	As Previously Reported			Restatement Adjustment			Reclassification Adjustments(1)		As Restated

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2008
Net income	$	124,209		$	(10,661	)	$	22,543	$	136,091
Amortization of net premium on mortgage and bank and other notes payable		(6,558	)		10,661			—		4,103

(1): Reclassification adjustments include the reclassifications of the results of operations of sold properties to discontinued operations and the adoptions of standards relating to noncontrolling interests.

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THE MACERICH COMPANY

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

22. Cumulative Effect of Adoption of Accounting Principles: (Continued)

The following is the pro forma impact for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 had the Company not adopted the new standard on convertible debt:

			Before Adoption		As Reported		Adjustment

Consolidated Statement of Operations for the three months ended September 30, 2009
	Interest expense:
		Other	$	58,934	$	61,374	$	2,440
	Gain on early extinguishment of debt			260		455		195
		Total expenses		213,851		216,486		2,635
Income from continuing operations				162,920		160,285		(2,635	)
Net income				167,006		164,371		(2,635	)
Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interests				21,875		21,533		(342	)
Net income attributable to the Company				145,131		142,838		(2,293	)
Net income available to common stockholders				145,131		142,838		(2,293	)
Earnings per common share attributable to Company—basic:
	Income from continuing operations			1.74		1.71		(0.03	)
	Net income available to common stockholders			1.78		1.75		(0.03	)
Earnings per common share attributable to Company—diluted:
	Income from continuing operations			1.74		1.71		(0.03	)
	Net income available to common stockholders			1.78		1.75		(0.03	)

			As Computed Before Adoption			As Reported			Adjustment

Consolidated Statement of Operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2009
	Interest expense:
		Other	$	183,906		$	191,182		$	7,276
	Gain on early extinguishment of debt			(33,158	)		(29,145	)		4,013
		Total expenses		634,018			645,307			11,289
Income from continuing operations				189,776			178,487			(11,289	)
Net income				167,713			156,424			(11,289	)
Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interests				22,784			21,306			(1,478	)
Net income attributable to the Company				144,929			135,118			(9,811	)
Net income available to common stockholders				144,929			135,118			(9,811	)
Earnings per common share attributable to Company—basic:
	Income from continuing operations			2.10			1.96			(0.14	)
	Net income available to common stockholders			1.85			1.71			(0.14	)
Earnings per common share attributable to Company—diluted:
	Income from continuing operations			2.10			1.96			(0.14	)
	Net income available to common stockholders			1.85			1.71			(0.14	)

23. Subsequent Events:

On October 30, 2009, the Company announced a quarterly dividend of $0.60 per share of common stock, consisting of a combination of cash and shares of the Company's common stock. The dividend is payable on December 21, 2009 to stockholders of record at the close of business on November 12, 2009.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

23. Subsequent Events: (Continued)

In order to comply with REIT taxable income distribution requirements, while retaining capital and enhancing the Company's financial flexibility, the Company has determined that the aggregate cash component of the dividend (other than cash paid in lieu of fractional shares) will not exceed 10% in the aggregate, or $0.06 per share, with the balance payable in shares of the Company's common stock.

In accordance with the provisions of IRS Revenue Procedure 2009-15, stockholders will be asked to make an election to receive the dividend all in cash or all in shares. To the extent that more than 10% of cash is elected in the aggregate, the cash portion will be prorated. Stockholders who elect to receive the dividend in cash will receive a cash payment of at least $0.06 per share. Stockholders who do not make an election will receive 10% in cash and 90% in shares of common stock. The number of shares issued as a result of the dividend will be calculated based on the volume weighted average trading prices of the Company's common stock on the New York Stock Exchange on December 9, 2009 through December 11, 2009.

The Company expects the dividend to be a taxable dividend to stockholders, regardless of whether a particular stockholder receives the dividend in the form of cash or shares. The Company reserves the right to pay the dividend entirely in cash.

The Company may again in the future distribute taxable dividends that are payable partially in stock. Taxable stockholders receiving such dividends are required to include the full amount of the dividend as income to the extent of the Company's current and accumulated earnings and profits for federal income tax purposes, and may therefore have a tax liability in excess of the cash they receive.

On October 27, 2009, the Company completed an offering of 12,000,000 newly issued shares of its common stock, as well as the closing of the underwriters' over-allotment option to purchase an additional 1,800,000 shares of common stock. The net proceeds of the offering, after giving effect to the issuance and sale of all 13,800,000 shares of common stock at an initial price to the public of $29.00 per share, were approximately $384,192 after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions. The Company used the net proceeds of the offering to pay down the line of credit.

The Company evaluated activity through November 6, 2009 (the issue date of these Consolidated Financial Statements) and concluded that no subsequent events other than the transactions noted above have occurred that would require recognition or additional disclosure.

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Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

IMPORTANT INFORMATION RELATED TO FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of The Macerich Company (the "Company") contains or incorporates statements that constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Any statements that do not relate to historical or current facts or matters are forward-looking statements. You can identify some of the forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking words, such as "may," "will," "could," "should," "expects," "anticipates," "intends," "projects," "predicts," "plans," "believes," "seeks," and "estimates" and variations of these words and similar expressions. Statements concerning current conditions may also be forward-looking if they imply a continuation of current conditions. Forward-looking statements appear in a number of places in this Form 10-Q and include statements regarding, among other matters:

•: expectations regarding the Company's growth;
•: the Company's beliefs regarding its acquisition, redevelopment, development, leasing and operational activities and opportunities, including the performance of its retailers;
•: the Company's acquisition, disposition and other strategies;
•: regulatory matters pertaining to compliance with governmental regulations;
•: the Company's capital expenditure plans and expectations for obtaining capital for expenditures;
•: the Company's expectations regarding its financial condition or results of operations; and
•: the Company's expectations for refinancing its indebtedness and entering into joint venture arrangements.

Stockholders are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company or the industry to differ materially from the Company's future results, performance or achievements, or those of the industry, expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. You are urged to carefully review the disclosures the Company makes concerning risks and other factors that may affect our business and operating results, including those made in "Item 1A. Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, as well as our other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which disclosures are incorporated herein by reference. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this document. The Company does not intend, and undertakes no obligation, to update any forward-looking information to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this document or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, unless required by law to do so.

Management's Overview and Summary

The Company is involved in the acquisition, ownership, development, redevelopment, management and leasing of regional and community shopping centers located throughout the United States. The Company is the sole general partner of, and owns a majority of the ownership interests in, The Macerich Partnership, L.P. ("Operating Partnership"). As of September 30, 2009, the Operating Partnership owned or had an ownership interest in 72 regional shopping centers and 19 community shopping centers totaling approximately 76 million square feet of gross leasable area. These 91 regional and community shopping centers are referred to hereinafter as the "Centers", unless the context otherwise requires. The Company is a self-administered and self-managed REIT and conducts all of its operations through the Operating Partnership and the Company's Management Companies.

The following discussion is based primarily on the consolidated financial statements of the Company for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008. It compares the results

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of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2009 to the results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2008 and the results of operations and cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 to the results of operations and cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. This information should be read in conjunction with the accompanying consolidated financial statements and notes thereto.

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations has been updated to reflect the adjustment of the consolidated statements of operations and cash flows for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 for the adoption of new accounting pronouncements (see Note 21—Cumulative Effect of Adoption of Accounting Principles of the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements).

Acquisitions and Dispositions:

On January 1, 2008, a subsidiary of the Operating Partnership, at the election of the holders, redeemed its 3.4 million Class A participating convertible preferred units ("PCPUs"). As a result of the redemption, the Company received the 16.32% noncontrolling interest in the portion of the Wilmorite portfolio acquired on April 25, 2005 that included Danbury Fair Mall, Freehold Raceway Mall, Great Northern Mall, Rotterdam Square, Shoppingtown Mall, Towne Mall, Tysons Corner Center and Wilton Mall, collectively referred to as the "Non-Rochester Properties," for total consideration of $224.4 million, in exchange for the Company's ownership interest in the portion of the Wilmorite portfolio that consisted of Eastview Mall, Eastview Commons, Greece Ridge Center, Marketplace Mall and Pittsford Plaza, collectively referred to as the "Rochester Properties," including approximately $18.0 million in cash held at those properties. Included in the redemption consideration was the assumption of the remaining 16.32% interest in the indebtedness of the Non-Rochester Properties, which had an estimated fair value of $106.0 million. In addition, the Company also received additional consideration of $11.8 million, in the form of a note, for certain working capital adjustments, extraordinary capital expenditures, leasing commissions, tenant allowances, and decreases in indebtedness during the Company's period of ownership of the Rochester Properties. The Company recognized a gain of $99.1 million on the exchange based on the difference between the fair value of the additional interest acquired in the Non-Rochester Properties and the carrying value of the Rochester Properties, net of noncontrolling interest. This exchange is referred to herein as the "Rochester Redemption."

On January 10, 2008, the Company, in a 50/50 joint venture, acquired The Shops at North Bridge, a 680,933 square foot urban shopping center in Chicago, Illinois, for a total purchase price of $515.0 million. The Company's share of the purchase price was funded by the assumption of a pro rata share of the $205.0 million fixed rate mortgage on the Center and by borrowings under the Company's line of credit.

On January 31, 2008, the Company purchased a ground leasehold interest in a freestanding Mervyn's store located in Hayward, California. The purchase price of $13.2 million was funded by cash and borrowings under the Company's line of credit.

On February 29, 2008, the Company purchased a fee simple interest in a freestanding Mervyn's store located in Monrovia, California. The purchase price of $19.3 million was funded by cash and borrowings under the Company's line of credit.

On May 20, 2008, the Company purchased a fee simple interest in a 161,350 square foot Boscov's department store at Deptford Mall in Deptford, New Jersey. The total purchase price of $23.5 million was funded by the assumption of the existing $15.2 million mortgage note on the property and by borrowings under the Company's line of credit. The Boscov's store is referred to herein as the "2008 Acquisition Property."

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On June 11, 2008, the Company became a 50% owner in a joint venture that acquired One Scottsdale, which plans to develop a mixed-use property in Scottsdale, Arizona. The Company's share of the purchase price was $52.5 million, which was funded by borrowings under the Company's line of credit.

Mervyn's:

In July 2008, Mervyn's filed for bankruptcy protection and announced in October its plans to liquidate all merchandise, auction its store leases and wind down its business. The Company had 45 former Mervyn's stores in its portfolio. The Company owned the ground leasehold and/or fee simple interest in 44 of those stores and the remaining store was owned by a third party but is located at one of the Centers. In connection with the acquisition of the Mervyn's portfolio (See Note 16—Acquisitions of the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements), the Company recorded intangible assets of $110.7 million and intangible liabilities of $59.0 million.

In September 2008, the Company recorded a write-down of $5.2 million due to the anticipated rejection of six of the Company's leases by Mervyn's. In addition, the Company terminated its former plan to sell the 29 Mervyn's stores located at shopping centers not owned or managed by the Company. (See Note 17—Discontinued Operations of the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements). The Company's decision was based on current conditions in the credit market and the assumption that a better return could be obtained by holding and operating the assets. As a result of the change in plans to sell, the Company recorded a loss of $5.3 million in order to adjust the carrying value of these assets for depreciation expense that otherwise would have been recognized had these assets been continuously classified as held and used.

In December 2008, Kohl's and Forever 21 assumed a total of 23 of the Mervyn's leases and the remaining 22 leases were rejected by Mervyn's under the bankruptcy laws. As a result, the Company wrote off the unamortized intangible assets and liabilities related to the rejected and unassumed leases in December 2008. The Company wrote off $27.7 million of unamortized intangible assets related to lease in place values, leasing commissions and legal costs to depreciation and amortization. Unamortized intangible assets of $14.9 million relating to above market leases and unamortized intangible liabilities of $24.5 million relating to below market leases were written off to minimum rents.

On December 19, 2008, the Company sold a fee and/or ground leasehold interest in three freestanding Mervyn's department stores to Pacific Premier Retail Trust, one of the Company's joint ventures, for $43.4 million, resulting in a gain on sale of assets of $1.5 million. The Company's pro rata share of the proceeds was used to pay down the Company's line of credit.

In June 2009, the Company recorded an impairment charge of $26.0 million, as it relates to the fee and/or ground leasehold interests in five former Mervyn's stores due to the anticipated loss on the sale of these properties in July 2009. The Company subsequently sold the properties during the third quarter for $52.7 million in total proceeds, resulting in an additional $0.4 million loss related to transaction costs. The Company used the proceeds from the sales to pay down the Company's term loan and for general corporate purposes.

On September 29, 2009, the Company sold a leasehold interest in a former Mervyn's store for $4.5 million, resulting in a gain on sale of $4.2 million. The Company used the proceeds from the sale to pay down the Company's line of credit and for general corporate purposes.

The Mervyn's stores acquired in 2007 and 2008 are referred to herein as the "Mervyn's Properties."

Other Transactions:

On July 30, 2009, the Company sold a 49% ownership interest in Queens Center to a third party for approximately $152.7 million, resulting in a gain on sale of assets of $153.9 million. The Company

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used the proceeds from the sale of the ownership interest in the property to pay down the Term Loan and for general corporate purposes. As of the date of the sale, the Company has accounted for the operations of Queens Center under the equity method of accounting.

On September 3, 2009, the Company formed a joint venture with a third party, whereby the Company sold a 75% interest in FlatIron Crossing and received approximately $123.8 million in cash proceeds for the overall transaction. The Company used the proceeds from the sale of the ownership interest in the property to pay down the term loan and for general corporate purposes. As part of this transaction, the Company issued three warrants for an aggregate of 1,250,000 shares of common stock of the Company. (See Note 15—Stockholders' Equity in the Company's Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements). As of the date of the sale, the Company has accounted for the operations of FlatIron Crossing under the equity method of accounting.

Queens Center and FlatIron Crossing are referred herein as the "Joint Venture Centers."

On September 30, 2009, the Company formed a joint venture with a third party, whereby the third party acquired a 49.9% interest in Freehold Raceway Mall and Chandler Fashion Center. The Company received approximately $174.6 million in cash proceeds for the overall transaction. The Company used the proceeds from this transaction to pay down the Company's line of credit and for general corporate purposes. As part of this transaction, the Company issued a warrant for an aggregate of 935,358 shares of common stock of the Company. (See Note 15—Stockholders' Equity in the Company's Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements). The transaction has been accounted for as a profit-sharing arrangement, and accordingly the assets, liabilities and operations of the properties remain on the books of the Company and a co-venture obligation has been established for the amount of $168.2 million representing the net cash proceeds received from Heitman less costs allocated to the warrant.

Inflation:

In the last three years, inflation has not had a significant impact on the Company because of a relatively low inflation rate. Most of the leases at the Centers have rent adjustments periodically through the lease term. These rent increases are either in fixed increments or based on using an annual multiple of increases in the Consumer Price Index ("CPI"). In addition, about 6%-13% of the leases expire each year, which enables the Company to replace existing leases with new leases at higher base rents if the rents of the existing leases are below the then existing market rate. Additionally, historically the majority of the leases required the tenants to pay their pro rata share of operating expenses. In January 2005, the Company began entering into leases that require tenants to pay a stated amount for operating expenses, generally excluding property taxes, regardless of the expenses actually incurred at any Center. This change shifts the burden of cost control to the Company.

Seasonality:

The shopping center industry is seasonal in nature, particularly in the fourth quarter during the holiday season when retailer occupancy and retail sales are typically at their highest levels. In addition, shopping malls achieve a substantial portion of their specialty (temporary retailer) rents during the holiday season and the majority of percentage rent is recognized in the fourth quarter. As a result of the above, earnings are generally higher in the fourth quarter.

Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

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Some of these estimates and assumptions include judgments on revenue recognition, estimates for common area maintenance and real estate tax accruals, provisions for uncollectible accounts, impairment of long-lived assets, the allocation of purchase price between tangible and intangible assets, and estimates for environmental matters. The Company's significant accounting policies are described in more detail in Note 2—Summary of Significant Accounting Policies of the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements. However, the following policies are deemed to be critical.

Revenue Recognition:

Minimum rental revenues are recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the related lease. The difference between the amount of rent due in a year and the amount recorded as rental income is referred to as the "straight line rent adjustment." Currently, 53% of the mall and freestanding leases contain provisions for CPI rent increases periodically throughout the term of the lease. The Company believes that using an annual multiple of CPI increases, rather than fixed contractual rent increases, results in revenue recognition that more closely matches the cash revenue from each lease and will provide more consistent rent growth throughout the term of the leases. Percentage rents are recognized when the tenants' specified sales targets have been met. Estimated recoveries from certain tenants for their pro rata share of real estate taxes, insurance and other shopping center operating expenses are recognized as revenues in the period the applicable expenses are incurred. Other tenants pay a fixed rate and these tenant recoveries' revenues are recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the related leases.

Property:

The costs of land and buildings under development include specifically identifiable costs. The capitalized costs include pre-construction costs essential to the development of the property, development costs, construction costs, interest costs, real estate taxes, salaries and related costs and other costs incurred during the period of development. Capitalized costs are allocated to the specific components of a project that are benefited. The Company considers a construction project as completed and held available for occupancy and ceases capitalization of costs when the areas under development have been substantially completed.

Maintenance and repair expenses are charged to operations as incurred. Costs for major replacements and betterments, which includes HVAC equipment, roofs, parking lots, etc., are capitalized and depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Gains and losses are recognized upon disposal or retirement of the related assets and are reflected in earnings.

Property is recorded at cost and is depreciated using a straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:


Buildings and improvements		5 - 40 years
Tenant improvements		5 - 7 years
Equipment and furnishings		5 - 7 years

Accounting for Acquisitions:

The Company first determines the value of the land and buildings utilizing an "as if vacant" methodology. The Company then assigns a fair value to any debt assumed at acquisition. The balance of the purchase price is allocated to tenant improvements and identifiable intangible assets or liabilities. Tenant improvements represent the tangible assets associated with the existing leases valued on a fair market value basis at the acquisition date prorated over the remaining lease terms. The tenant improvements are classified as an asset under real estate investments and are depreciated over the remaining lease terms. Identifiable intangible assets and liabilities relate to the value of in-place operating leases which come in three forms: (i) leasing commissions and legal costs, which represent

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the value associated with "cost avoidance" of acquiring in-place leases, such as lease commissions paid under terms generally experienced in the Company's markets; (ii) value of in-place leases, which represents the estimated loss of revenue and of costs incurred for the period required to lease the "assumed vacant" property to the occupancy level when purchased; and (iii) above- or below-market value of in-place leases, which represents the difference between the contractual rents and market rents at the time of the acquisition, discounted for tenant credit risks. Leasing commissions and legal costs are recorded in deferred charges and other assets and are amortized over the remaining lease terms. The value of in-place leases are recorded in deferred charges and other assets and amortized over the remaining lease terms plus an estimate of renewal of the acquired leases. Above- or below-market leases are classified in deferred charges and other assets or in other accrued liabilities, depending on whether the contractual terms are above or below market, and the asset or liability is amortized to minimum rents over the remaining terms of the leases.

When the Company acquires a real estate property, the Company allocates the purchase price to the components of these acquisitions using relative fair values computed using its estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions impact the amount of costs allocated between various components as well as the amount of costs assigned to individual properties in multiple property acquisitions. These allocations also impact depreciation expense and gains or losses recorded on future sales of properties.

Asset Impairment:

The Company assesses whether there has been impairment in the value of its long-lived assets by considering factors such as expected future operating income, trends and prospects, as well as the effects of demand, competition and other economic factors. Such factors include the tenant's ability to perform their duties and pay rent under the terms of the leases. The Company may recognize impairment losses if the cash flows are not sufficient to cover its investment. Such a loss would be determined as the difference between the carrying value and the fair value of a center.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments:

The fair value hierarchy distinguishes between market participant assumptions based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity and the reporting entity's own assumptions about market participant assumptions.

Level 1 inputs utilize quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access. Level 2 inputs are inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level 2 inputs may include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, as well as inputs that are observable for the asset or liability (other than quoted prices), such as interest rates, foreign exchange rates, and yield curves that are observable at commonly quoted intervals. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, which are typically based on an entity's own assumptions, as there is little, if any, related market activity. In instances where the determination of the fair value measurement is based on inputs from different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the entire fair value measurement falls is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The Company's assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, and considers factors specific to the asset or liability.

The Company calculates the fair value of financial instruments and includes this additional information in the notes to consolidated financial statements when the fair value is different than the carrying value of those financial instruments. When the fair value reasonably approximates the carrying value, no additional disclosure is made.

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Deferred Charges:

Costs relating to obtaining tenant leases are deferred and amortized over the initial term of the agreement using the straight-line method. Costs relating to financing of shopping center properties are deferred and amortized over the life of the related loan using the straight-line method, which approximates the effective interest method. In-place lease values are amortized over the remaining lease term plus an estimate of the renewal term. Leasing commissions and legal costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the individual remaining lease years. The ranges of the terms of the agreements are as follows:


Deferred lease costs		1 - 15 years
Deferred financing costs		1 - 15 years
In-place lease values		Remaining lease term plus an estimate for renewal
Leasing commissions and legal costs		5 - 10 years

Results of Operations

Many of the variations in the results of operations, discussed below, occurred due to the transactions described above, including the 2008 Acquisition Property, the Mervyn's Properties, the Redevelopment Centers and the Joint Venture Centers. For the comparison of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, the "Same Centers" include all consolidated Centers, excluding the 2008 Acquisition Property, the Mervyn's Properties, the Joint Venture Centers and the Redevelopment Centers.

The "Redevelopment Centers" include The Oaks, Northgate Mall, Santa Monica Place and Shoppingtown Mall.

Unconsolidated joint ventures are reflected using the equity method of accounting. The Company's pro rata share of the results from these Centers is reflected in the Consolidated Statements of Operations as equity in income from unconsolidated joint ventures.

Comparison of Three Months Ended September 30, 2009 and 2008

Revenues:

Minimum and percentage rents (collectively referred to as "rental revenue") decreased by $11.8 million, or 8.7%, from 2008 to 2009. The decrease in rental revenue is attributed to a decrease of $11.0 million from the Joint Venture Centers, $3.8 million from the Mervyn's Properties and $1.1 million from the Same Centers, offset in part by an increase of $4.1 million from the Redevelopment Centers. The decrease in rental revenues from the Mervyn's Properties is due to the rejection of the leases by Mervyn's in 2008 offset in part by the assumption of 23 of the leases by Kohl's or Forever 21 in December 2008. The Company is currently seeking replacement tenants for the vacant Mervyn's spaces. If these spaces are not leased, this trend will continue throughout 2009.

Rental revenue includes the amortization of above- and below-market leases, the amortization of straight-line rents and lease termination income. The amortization of above- and below-market leases decreased from $3.0 million in 2008 to $2.4 million in 2009. The amortization of straight-line rents increased from $2.0 million in 2008 to $2.6 million in 2009. Lease termination income increased from $2.5 million in 2008 to $8.5 million in 2009.

Tenant recoveries decreased $9.6 million, or 13.8%, from 2008 to 2009. The decrease in tenant recoveries is attributed to a decrease of $4.5 million from the Same Centers, $4.3 million from the Joint Venture Centers and $1.5 million from the Mervyn's Properties offset in part by an increase of $0.7 million from the Redevelopment Centers. The decrease from Same Centers is due to a decrease of recoverable operating expenses, utilities and property taxes.

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Management Companies' revenues increased by $0.2 million from 2008 to 2009, primarily due to an increase in management fees from joint ventures and third-party managed properties.

Shopping Center and Operating Expenses:

Shopping center and operating expenses decreased $8.2 million, or 11.3%, from 2008 to 2009. The decrease in shopping center and operating expenses is due to a decrease of $6.2 million from the Joint Venture Centers and $3.9 million from the Same Centers offset in part by an increase of $1.0 million from the Redevelopment Centers and $0.8 million from the Mervyn's Properties. The decrease from the Same Centers is due to decreases in recoverable operating expenses, utilities and property taxes.

Management Companies' Operating Expenses:

The Management Companies' operating expenses decreased $2.6 million from 2008 to 2009 in connection with the implementation of the Company's workforce reduction plan in 2009.

REIT General and Administrative Expenses:

REIT general and administrative expenses increased by $4.2 million from 2008 to 2009, primarily due to an increase in compensation expense in 2009 and $3.0 million relating to closing costs from the Chandler/Freehold transaction. (See "Other Transactions" in Management's Overview and Summary)

Depreciation and Amortization:

Depreciation and amortization decreased $4.1 million from 2008 to 2009. The decrease in depreciation and amortization is primarily attributed to a decrease of $4.2 million from the Mervyn's Properties, $2.8 million from the Joint Venture Centers and $0.1 million from the 2008 Acquisition Property offset in part by an increase of $2.5 million from the Same Centers and $0.5 million from the Redevelopment Centers.

Interest Expense:

Interest expense decreased $8.1 million from 2008 to 2009. The decrease in interest expense was primarily attributed to a decrease of $4.2 million from the Joint Venture Centers, $4.0 million from the convertible senior notes ("Senior Notes") and $3.2 million from the term loan offset in part by an increase of $2.6 million from the Redevelopment Centers, $0.6 million from the Same Centers and $0.1 million from borrowing on the Company's line of credit.

The above interest expense items are net of capitalized interest, which decreased from $10.4 million in 2008 to $5.4 million in 2009 primarily due to a decrease in interest rates and development spending.

Equity in Income of Unconsolidated Joint Ventures:

The equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures decreased $0.8 million from 2008 to 2009.

Gain (Loss) on Sale or Write Down of Assets:

The Company recorded a gain on sale or write down of assets of $157.6 million in 2009 as compared to a loss on sale of assets of $4.2 million in 2008. The gain on sale or write down of assets in 2009 is primarily attributed to a $156.6 million gain from the sale of the ownership interests in the Joint Venture Centers. (See "Acquisitions and Dispositions" in Management's Overview and Summary).

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Funds From Operations ("FFO"):

Primarily as a result of the factors mentioned above, FFO—diluted decreased 10.0% from $98.5 million in 2008 to $88.7 million in 2009. For disclosure of net income, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, for the periods and a reconciliation of FFO and FFO—diluted to net income available to common stockholders, see "Funds from Operations."

Comparison of Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009 and 2008

Revenues:

Rental revenue decreased by $21.2 million, or 5.3%, from 2008 to 2009. The decrease in rental revenue is attributed to a decrease of $11.9 million from the Mervyn's Properties, $10.8 million from the Joint Venture Centers and $6.2 million from the Same Centers, offset in part by an increase of $6.9 million from the Redevelopment Centers. The decrease in rental revenues from the Mervyn's Properties is due to the rejection of the leases by Mervyn's in 2008 offset in part by the assumption of 23 of the leases by Kohl's or Forever 21 in December 2008. The Company is currently seeking replacement tenants for the vacant Mervyn's spaces. If these spaces are not leased, this trend will continue throughout 2009.

Rental revenue includes the amortization of above- and below-market leases, the amortization of straight-line rents and lease termination income. The amortization of above- and below-market leases decreased from $9.0 million in 2008 to $7.7 million in 2009. The amortization of straight-line rents decreased from $5.0 million in 2008 to $4.6 million in 2009. Lease termination income increased from $6.3 million in 2008 to $10.5 million in 2009.

Tenant recoveries decreased $16.1 million, or 7.9%, from 2008 to 2009. The decrease in tenant recoveries is attributed to a decrease of $9.0 million from the Same Centers, $4.5 million from the Joint Venture Centers and $3.6 million from the Mervyn's Properties offset in part by an increase of $0.8 million from the Redevelopment Centers and $0.2 million from the 2008 Acquisition Property. The decrease from Same Centers is due to a decrease of recoverable operating expenses, utilities and property taxes.

Management Companies' revenues decreased by $2.0 million from 2008 to 2009, primarily due to a decrease in leasing and development fees from joint ventures and third-party managed properties.

Shopping Center and Operating Expenses:

Shopping center and operating expenses decreased $9.8 million, or 4.6%, from 2008 to 2009. The decrease in shopping center and operating expenses is due to a decrease of $7.5 million from the Same Centers and $5.2 million from the Joint Venture Centers offset in part by an increase of $1.4 from the Mervyn's Properties, $1.2 million from the Redevelopment Centers and $0.3 million from the 2008 Acquisition Property. The decrease at the Same Centers is primarily attributed to a decrease in recoverable operating expenses, utilities and property taxes.

Management Companies' Operating Expenses:

The Management Companies' operating expenses increased $0.8 million from 2008 to 2009 in connection with the implementation of the Company's workforce reduction plan in 2009.

REIT General and Administrative Expenses:

REIT general and administrative expenses increased by $5.6 million from 2008 to 2009. The increase is primarily due to an increase in compensation expense in 2009 and $3.0 million of closing costs relating to the Chandler/Freehold transaction. (See "Other Transactions" in Management's Overview and Summary)

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Depreciation and Amortization:

Depreciation and amortization increased $6.2 million from 2008 to 2009. The increase in depreciation and amortization is primarily attributed to an increase of $8.2 million from the Same Centers, $2.4 million from the Redevelopment Centers and $0.3 million from the 2008 Acquisition Property offset in part by a decrease of $3.4 million from the Joint Venture Centers and $1.8 million from the Mervyn's Properties.

Interest Expense:

Interest expense decreased $12.7 million from 2008 to 2009. The decrease in interest expense was primarily attributed to a decrease of $10.4 million from the Senior Notes, $10.3 million from borrowing on the Company's line of credit, $3.5 million from the term loan and $3.4 million from the Joint Venture Centers offset in part by an increase of $9.9 million from the Redevelopment Centers, $4.6 million from the Same Centers and $0.4 million from the 2008 Acquisition Property.

The decrease in interest expense on the Senior Notes is due to the reduction of the Senior Notes outstanding from a weighted-average of $950.0 million in 2008 to $611.5 million in 2009. The decrease in interest expense on the Company's line of credit was due to a decrease in the weighted average interest rate due to lower LIBOR rates and spreads. The decrease in interest expense from the term loan is due to its payoff in July 2009. The increase in interest expense on the Redevelopment Centers is primarily attributed to increased development activity.

The above interest expense items are net of capitalized interest, which decreased from $26.1 million in 2008 to $15.2 million in 2009 primarily due to a decrease in interest rates and development spending.

Gain on Early Extinguishment of Debt:

The Company recorded a gain of $29.1 million in 2009, primarily as a result of the early extinguishment of $89.1 million of the Senior Notes in 2009 (See "Liquidity and Capital Resources".)

Equity in Income of Unconsolidated Joint Ventures:

The equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures decreased $17.5 million from 2008 to 2009. The decrease in equity in income of unconsolidated joint ventures is due to a decrease of $6.6 million related to a termination fee received in 2008, decreases in rental revenue of various joint ventures and a $2.9 million decrease in gains from sales of assets in 2009 compared to 2008.

Gain (Loss) on Sale or Write Down of Assets:

The Company recorded a gain on sale or write down of assets of $159.8 million in 2009 as compared to a loss on sale of assets of $3.1 million in 2008. The gain on sale or write down of assets in 2009 is primarily attributed to a $156.6 million gain from the sale of the ownership interests in the Joint Venture Centers (See "Acquisitions and Dispositions" in Management's Overview and Summary).

Discontinued Operations:

Income from discontinued operations decreased $126.0 million from 2008 to 2009. The decrease is primarily due to the $99.3 million gain from the Rochester Redemption in 2008 (See "Acquisitions and Dispositions" in Management's Overview and Summary). As a result of the Rochester Redemption, the Company classified the results of operations for these properties to discontinued operations for all periods presented.

Noncontrolling Interests:

Income attributable to noncontrolling interests increased $0.3 million from 2008 to 2009. The increase is primarily attributed to an increase in net income as discussed above and an increase in the weighted average interest in the Operating Partnership not owned by the Company.

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Funds From Operations:

Primarily as a result of the factors mentioned above, FFO—diluted decreased 13.5% from $290.7 million in 2008 to $251.4 million in 2009. For disclosure of net income, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, for the periods and a reconciliation of FFO and FFO—diluted to net income available to common stockholders, see "Funds from Operations."

Operating Activities:

Cash flow from operations decreased from $175.8 million in 2008 to $73.7 million in 2009. The decrease was primarily due to changes in assets and liabilities in 2008 compared to 2009 and the results at the Centers as discussed above.

Investing Activities:

Cash from investing activities increased from a deficit of $518.0 million in 2008 to a surplus of $273.0 million in 2009. The increase in cash provided by investing activities was primarily due to an increase in proceeds from the sale of assets of $338.4 million, a decrease in capital expenditures of $319.3 million and a decrease in contributions to unconsolidated joint ventures of $106.7 million. In addition, the Company incurred $18.8 million in expenditures for the Rochester Redemption in 2008.

The increase in proceeds from the sale of assets is due to the sale of the ownership interests in the Joint Venture Centers. (See "Acquisitions and Dispositions" in Management's Overview and Summary). The decrease in capital expenditures is primarily due to the purchase of a ground leasehold and fee simple interest in two Mervyn's freestanding stores in 2008 and the decrease in development activity in 2009. See "Acquisitions and Dispositions" in Management's Overview and Summary for a discussion of the acquisition of The Shops at North Bridge and Mervyn's. The decrease in contributions to unconsolidated joint ventures is primarily due to the Company's purchase of a pro rata share of The Shops at North Bridge for $155.0 million in 2008.

Financing Activities:

Cash flows from financing activities decreased from a surplus of $305.8 million in 2008 to a deficit of $333.7 million in 2009. The decrease in cash from financing activities was primarily attributed to decreases in cash provided by mortgages, bank and other notes payable of $1.0 billion offset in part by the contribution from a co-venture partner of $165.7 million, a decrease in payments on mortgages, bank and other notes payable of $146.9 million and a decrease in dividends and distributions (see "Liquidity and Capital Resources.")

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Although general market liquidity is constrained, the Company anticipates meeting its liquidity needs for its operating expenses and debt service and dividend requirements through cash generated from operations, working capital reserves and/or borrowings under its unsecured line of credit. Additional liquidity was provided as a result of the Company reducing its quarterly dividend to $0.60 per share and paying 90% of that dividend in stock. In addition, further liquidity will be provided as a result of the Company's announced payment of a portion of its next quarterly dividend in stock, which is payable on December 21, 2009. The form, timing and or amount of future dividends will be at the discretion of the Company's Board of Directors. The completion of the Company's stock offering in October 2009 which raised net proceeds of approximately $384.2 million as well as the closing of three joint venture transactions during the third quarter which raised net proceeds of approximately $434.0 million also provided the Company with additional liquidity. (See Note 23—Subsequent Events of the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements).

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The following tables summarize capital expenditures incurred at the Centers:

	For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

(Dollars in thousands)	2009		2008
*Consolidated Centers:*
Acquisitions of property and equipment	$	9,673	$	75,872
Development, redevelopment and expansion of Centers		157,945		382,620
Renovations of Centers		3,589		5,194
Tenant allowances		5,951		10,042
Deferred leasing charges		14,910		17,786

	$	192,068	$	491,514

*Joint Venture Centers (at Company's pro rata share):*
Acquisitions of property and equipment	$	3,185	$	266,361
Development, redevelopment and expansion of Centers		43,892		30,086
Renovations of Centers		2,745		2,548
Tenant allowances		3,158		5,200
Deferred leasing charges		2,968		3,461

	$	55,948	$	307,656

Management expects levels to be incurred in future years for tenant allowances and deferred leasing charges to be comparable or less than 2008 and that capital for those expenditures will be available from working capital, cash flow from operations, borrowings on property specific debt or unsecured corporate borrowings. The Company expects to incur between $150 million to $225 million in 2009 for development, redevelopment, expansion and renovations. Capital for these major expenditures, developments and/or redevelopments has been, and is expected to continue to be, obtained from a combination of equity or debt financings, which include borrowings under the Company's line of credit and construction loans. In addition, the Company has generated additional liquidity in the past through joint venture transactions and the sale of non-core assets, and may continue to do so in the future, as evidenced by the July 2009 non-core asset sales and the recent sale of ownership interests in Queens Center, FlatIron Crossing, Freehold Raceway Mall and Chandler Fashion Center, to joint venture partners.

Current turmoil in the capital and credit markets has significantly limited access to debt and equity financing for many companies. As demonstrated by recent activity, the Company was able to access capital throughout 2008 and the nine months ended September 30, 2009. However, there is no assurance the Company will be able to do so in future periods or on similar terms and conditions. Many factors impact the Company's ability to access capital, such as its overall debt level, interest rates, interest coverage ratios and prevailing market conditions. As a result of the volatility in the capital and commercial lending markets, the Company may be required to finance more of its business activities with borrowings under its line of credit rather than with public and private unsecured debt and equity securities, fixed-rate mortgage financing and other traditional sources. In addition, in the event that the Company has significant tenant defaults as a result of the overall economy and general market conditions, the Company could have a decrease in cash flow from operations, which could create further borrowings under its line of credit. These events could result in an increase in the Company's proportion of variable-rate debt, which could cause it to become subject to increased interest rate fluctuations in the future.

The Company's total outstanding loan indebtedness at September 30, 2009 was $7.2 billion (including $1.7 billion of unsecured debt and $2.3 billion of its pro rata share of joint venture debt).

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The majority of the Company's debt consists of fixed-rate conventional mortgages payable collateralized by individual properties. The Company has arranged financing for a new loan at Northgate Mall for $80.0 million. In addition, in October 2009 the Company's joint venture that owns Village of Corte Madera closed on a new $80 million loan that replaced the existing $63.0 million loan. Upon completion of these two loans, the Company will have one loan for $30.0 million (excluding loans with extension options) with a maturity in 2009. The Company expects this remaining loan to be refinanced, extended and/or paid off from the Company's line of credit.

The Senior Notes bear interest at 3.25%, payable semiannually, are senior unsecured debt of the Company and are guaranteed by the Operating Partnership. Prior to December 14, 2011, upon the occurrence of certain specified events, the Senior Notes will be convertible at the option of the holder into cash, shares of the Company's common stock or a combination of cash and shares of the Company's common stock, at the election of the Company, at an initial conversion rate of 8.9702 shares per $1 principal amount. On and after December 15, 2011, the Senior Notes will be convertible at any time prior to the second business day preceding the maturity date at the option of the holder at the initial conversion rate. The initial conversion price of approximately $111.48 per share represented a 20% premium over the closing price of the Company's common stock on March 12, 2007, the date of issuance of the Senior Notes. The initial conversion rate is subject to adjustment under certain circumstances. Holders of the Senior Notes do not have the right to require the Company to repurchase the Senior Notes prior to maturity except in connection with the occurrence of certain fundamental change transactions. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company repurchased and retired $89.1 million of the Senior Notes for $54.1 million and recorded a gain on extinguishment of $29.8 million. The repurchases were funded by borrowings under the Company's line of credit. The carrying value of the Senior Notes at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 was $611.5 million and $687.7 million, respectively, which included an unamortized discount of $26.6 million and $39.5 million, respectively.

The Company purchased two capped calls ("Capped Calls") from affiliates of the initial purchasers of the Senior Notes that effectively increased the conversion price to approximately $130.06, which represents a 40% premium to the March 12, 2007 closing price of $92.90 per common share of the Company. The Capped Calls are expected to generally reduce the potential dilution upon exchange of the Senior Notes in the event the market value per share of the Company's common stock, as measured under the terms of the relevant settlement date, is greater than the strike price of the Capped Calls. If, however, the market value per share of the Company's common stock exceeds $130.06 per common share, then the dilution mitigation under the Capped Calls will be capped, which means there would be dilution from exchange of the Senior Notes to the extent that the market value per share of the Company's common stock exceeds $130.06.

The Company has a $1.5 billion revolving line of credit that matures on April 25, 2010 with a one-year extension option. The interest rate fluctuates from LIBOR plus 0.75% to LIBOR plus 1.10% depending on the Company's overall leverage. The Company has two interest rate swap agreements that effectively fixed the interest rate on $850 million of the outstanding balance of the line of credit at 6.27% until April 25, 2011. As of September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, borrowings outstanding were $1.1 billion and $1.1 billion, at an average interest rate, excluding the $850.0 million swapped portion, of 3.83% and 3.19%, respectively. On October 27, 2009, the Company paid down $384.2 million of the line of credit from proceeds from the Company's equity offering. (See Note 23—Subsequent Events of the Company's Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements).

Dividends and distributions for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 were $86.8 million. A total of $73.7 million of the dividends and distributions were funded by cash flows provided by operations. The remaining $13.1 million was funded through distributions received from unconsolidated joint ventures which are included as return of investment distributions in the cash flows from investing activities section of the Company's consolidated statement of cash flows.

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At September 30, 2009, the Company was in compliance with all applicable loan covenants under its debt agreements.

At September 30, 2009, the Company had cash and cash equivalents available of $79.6 million.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements:

The Company has an ownership interest in a number of unconsolidated joint ventures as detailed in Note 4 to the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements included herein. The Company accounts for those investments that it does not have a controlling interest or is not the primary beneficiary using the equity method of accounting and those investments are reflected on the Consolidated Balance Sheets of the Company as "Investments in Unconsolidated Joint Ventures."

In addition, certain joint ventures also have debt that could become recourse debt to the Company or its subsidiaries, in excess of the Company's pro rata share, should the joint ventures be unable to discharge the obligations of the related debt.

The following reflects the maximum amount of debt principal that could recourse to the Company at September 30, 2009 (in thousands):

Property	Recourse Debt

Boulevard Shops	$	4,280	12/17/2010
Chandler Village Center		4,375	1/15/2011
The Market at Estrella Falls		8,795	6/1/2011

	$	17,450

Additionally, as of September 30, 2009, the Company is contingently liable for $26.3 million in letters of credit guaranteeing performance by the Company of certain obligations relating to the Centers. The Company does not believe that these letters of credit will result in a liability to the Company.

Long-term Contractual Obligations:

The following is a schedule of long-term contractual obligations as of September 30, 2009 for the consolidated Centers over the periods in which they are expected to be paid (in thousands):

	Payment Due by Period

Contractual Obligations	Total		Less than 1 year		1 - 3 years		3 - 5 years		More than five years
Long-term debt obligations (includes expected interest payments)	$	5,230,833	$	301,752	$	3,697,312	$	257,984	$	973,785
Operating lease obligations(1)		805,893		11,597		24,343		23,808		746,145
Purchase obligations(1)		76,202		76,202		—		—		—
Other long-term liabilities(2)		245,902		245,902		—		—		—

	$	6,358,830	$	635,453	$	3,721,655	$	281,792	$	1,719,930

(1): See Note 18—Commitments and Contingencies of the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.
(2): Amount includes $2,287 of unrecognized tax benefits. See Note 21—Income Taxes of the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.

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Funds From Operations

The Company uses FFO in addition to net income to report its operating and financial results and considers FFO and FFO-diluted as supplemental measures for the real estate industry and a supplement to 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 and after adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. Adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures are calculated to reflect FFO on the same basis.

FFO and FFO on a fully 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 the Company believes real estate values fluctuate based on market conditions rather than depreciate in value ratably on a straight-line basis over time. FFO on a fully diluted basis is one of the measures investors find most useful in measuring the dilutive impact of outstanding convertible securities. FFO does 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 is not indicative of cash available to fund all cash flow needs. The Company also cautions that FFO, as presented, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other real estate investment trusts.

Management compensates for the limitations of FFO by providing investors with financial statements prepared according to GAAP, along with this detailed discussion of FFO and a reconciliation of FFO and FFO-diluted to net income available to common stockholders. Management believes that to further understand the Company's performance, FFO should be compared with the Company's reported net income and considered in addition to cash flows in accordance with GAAP, as presented in the consolidated financial statements.

The reconciliation of FFO and FFO-diluted to net income available to common stockholders is provided below.

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The following reconciles net income available to common stockholders to FFO and FFO-diluted (dollars and shares in thousands):

			For the Three Months Ended September 30,						For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

			2009			2008			2009			2008
Net income—available to common stockholders(5)			$	142,838		$	2,638		$	135,118		$	110,973
Adjustments to reconcile net income to FFO—basic:
	Noncontrolling interest in the Operating Partnership			21,520			386			20,351			19,051
	(Gain) loss on sale or write down of consolidated assets(1)			(161,580	)		5,178			(136,731	)		(95,135	)
	Add: gain on undepreciated assets—consolidated assets(1)			792			224			3,289			798
	Add: noncontrolling interest share of gain on sale of consolidated joint ventures(1)			—			—			310			589
	Less: write down of consolidated assets(1)			(589	)		—			(28,228	)		—
	Loss (gain) on sale of assets from unconsolidated joint ventures(2)			309			(349	)		298			(3,272	)
	Add: (loss) gain on sale of undepreciated assets—from unconsolidated joint ventures(2)			(26	)		328			(24	)		2,764
		Add noncontrolling interest on sale of undepreciated consolidated joint ventures		—			—			—			487
		Less write down of unconsolidated joint ventures(2)		(282	)					(282	)
	Depreciation and amortization on consolidated assets			61,856			66,637			190,507			185,538
	Less : depreciation and amortization attributable to noncontrolling interest on consolidated joint ventures			(1,117	)		(1,065	)		(3,247	)		(2,426	)
	Depreciation and amortization on unconsolidated joint ventures(2)			28,552			26,292			80,961			74,326
	Less: depreciation on personal property			(3,623	)		(2,558	)		(10,912	)		(7,159	)

FFO—basic				88,650			97,711			251,410			286,534
Additional adjustments to arrive at FFO—diluted:
	Impact of convertible preferred stock			—			835			—			4,124

FFO—diluted			$	88,650		$	98,546		$	251,410		$	290,658

Weighted average number of FFO shares outstanding for:
FFO—basic(3)				91,347			87,424			89,635			86,216
Adjustments for the impact of dilutive securities in computing FFO-diluted:
	Convertible preferred stock			—			894			—			1,935
	Share and unit-based compensation plans			—			15			—			267

FFO—diluted(4)				91,347			88,333			89,635			88,418

(1): The net total of these line items equal the loss (gain) on sales of depreciated assets. These line items are included in this reconciliation to provide the Company's investors with more detailed information and do not represent a departure from FFO as defined by NAREIT.
(2): Unconsolidated assets are presented at the Company's pro rata share.
(3): Calculated based upon basic net income as adjusted to reach basic FFO. As of September 30, 2009 and 2008, 11.9 million and 12.4 million OP Units were outstanding, respectively.
(4): The computation of FFO—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 computation. The MACWH, LP preferred units were antidilutive to the calculations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 and were not included in the above calculations.
(5): Net income—available to common stockholders and FFO have been reduced by $3.0 million and $3.6 million for three months ended September 30, 2008, respectively, and $9.1 million and $10.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively, due to the retrospective adoption of new accounting standards associated with convertible debt.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

The Company's primary market risk exposure is interest rate risk. The Company has managed and will continue to manage interest rate risk by (1) maintaining a ratio of fixed rate, long-term debt to total debt such that floating rate exposure is kept at an acceptable level, (2) reducing interest rate exposure on certain long-term floating rate debt through the use of interest rate caps and/or swaps with appropriately matching maturities, (3) using treasury rate locks where appropriate to fix rates on anticipated debt transactions, and (4) taking advantage of favorable market conditions for long-term debt and/or equity.

The following table sets forth information as of September 30, 2009 concerning the Company's long term debt obligations, including principal cash flows by scheduled maturity, weighted average interest rates and estimated fair value ("FV") (dollars in thousands):

		For the years ended September 30,

		2010			2011			2012			2013			2014			Thereafter			Total			FV
CONSOLIDATED CENTERS:
Long term debt:
	Fixed rate(1)	$	123,936		$	1,613,664		$	801,607		$	175,452		$	68,676		$	917,639		$	3,700,974		$	3,379,244
	Average interest rate		6.90	%		6.08	%		5.62	%		5.59	%		5.88	%		6.12	%		6.05	%
	Floating rate		166,617			1,015,712			84,750			—			—			—			1,267,079			1,228,226
	Average interest rate		1.59	%		3.26	%		6.30	%											3.30	%

Total debt—Consolidated Centers		$	290,553		$	2,629,376		$	886,357		$	175,452		$	68,676		$	917,639		$	4,968,053		$	4,607,470

JOINT VENTURE CENTERS:
Long term debt (at Company's pro rata share):
	Fixed rate	$	126,277		$	79,943		$	204,509		$	482,130		$	76,649		$	1,014,690		$	1,984,198		$	1,866,190
	Average interest rate		6.85	%		6.23	%		6.91	%		6.21	%		6.16	%		5.92	%		6.18	%
	Floating rate		65,048			207,137			—			—			—			—			272,185			265,054
	Average interest rate		1.19	%		2.32	%														2.05	%

Total debt—Joint Venture Centers		$	191,325		$	287,080		$	204,509		$	482,130		$	76,649		$	1,014,690		$	2,256,383		$	2,131,244

(1): Fixed rate debt includes the $850.0 million of the line of credit balance. This amount has an effective fixed rate over the remaining term due to swap agreements as discussed below.

The consolidated Centers' total fixed rate debt at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 was $3.7 billion and $4.4 billion, respectively. The average interest rate on fixed rate debt at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 was 6.05% and 5.72%, respectively. The consolidated Centers' total floating rate debt at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 was $1.3 billion and $1.6 billion, respectively. The average interest rate on floating rate debt at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 was 3.30% and 3.32%, respectively.

The Company's pro rata share of the Joint Venture Centers' fixed rate debt at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 was $2.0 billion and $1.8 billion, respectively. The average interest rate on fixed rate debt at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 was 6.18% and 5.83%, respectively. The Company's pro rata share of the Joint Venture Centers' floating rate debt at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 was $272.2 million and $181.5 million, respectively. The average interest rate on the floating rate debt at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 was 2.05% and 2.36%, respectively.

The Company uses derivative financial instruments in the normal course of business to manage or hedge interest rate risk and records all derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value.

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The following are outstanding derivatives at September 30, 2009 (amounts in thousands):

Property/Entity	Notional Amount		Product						Fair Value(1)

Camelback Colonnade	$	41,500	Cap	8.54	%	11/17/2009	75	%	$	—
Desert Sky Mall		51,500	Cap	7.65	%	3/15/2010	50	%		—
Metrocenter Mall		112,000	Cap	7.25	%	2/15/2010	15	%		—
Metrocenter Mall		21,597	Cap	7.25	%	2/15/2010	15	%		—
Panorama Mall(2)		50,000	Cap	6.65	%	3/1/2010	100	%		—
Paradise Valley Mall		85,000	Cap	5.00	%	9/12/2011	100	%		107
The Oaks		150,000	Cap	6.25	%	7/1/2010	100	%		—
The Operating Partnership		450,000	Swap	4.80	%	4/15/2010	100	%		(10,777	)
The Operating Partnership		400,000	Swap	5.08	%	4/25/2011	100	%		(25,221	)
Westside Pavilion		175,000	Cap	5.50	%	6/1/2010	100	%		—

(1): Fair value at the Company's ownership percentage.
(2): Derivative is not designated as a hedge.

Interest rate cap agreements ("Cap") offer protection against floating rates on the notional amount from exceeding the rates noted in the above schedule, and interest rate swap agreements ("Swap") effectively replace a floating rate on the notional amount with a fixed rate as noted above.

In addition, the Company has assessed the market risk for its floating rate debt and believes that a 1% increase in interest rates would decrease future earnings and cash flows by approximately $15.4 million per year based on $1.5 billion outstanding of floating rate debt at September 30, 2009.

The fair value of the Company's long-term debt is estimated based on discounted cash flows at interest rates that management believes reflect the risks associated with long-term debt of similar risk and duration.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

As required by Rule 13a-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, management carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Based on their evaluation as of September 30, 2009, the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) were effective to ensure that the information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is (a) recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms and (b) is accumulated and communicated to the Company's management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

In addition, there has been no change in the Company's internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15(d)-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that occurred during the Company's most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

None of the Company, the Operating Partnership, Macerich Property Management Company, LLC, Macerich Management Company, the Westcor Management Companies, the Wilmorite Management Companies or their respective subsidiaries are currently involved in any material litigation nor, to the Company's knowledge, is any material litigation currently threatened against such entities or the Centers, other than routine litigation arising in the ordinary course of business, most of which is expected to be covered by liability insurance.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

There have been no material changes to the risk factors relating to the Company set forth under the caption "Item 1A. Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Not Applicable

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

Not Applicable

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

Not Applicable

Item 5. Other Information

Not Applicable

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Item 6. Exhibits


3.1*		Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Company
3.1.1**		Articles Supplementary of the Company
3.1.2***		Articles Supplementary of the Company (with respect to the first paragraph)
3.1.3****		Articles Supplementary of the Company (Series D Preferred Stock)
3.1.4#		Articles Supplementary of the Company
3.1.5#**		Articles of Amendment of the Company (declassification of the Board)
3.1.6##		Articles Supplementary of the Company
3.1.7#***		Articles of Amendment of the Company (increased authorized shares)
3.2##		Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (February 5, 2009)
4.1###		Form of Common Stock Certificate
4.2####		Form of Preferred Stock Certificate (Series D Preferred Stock)
4.3#*		Indenture, dated as of March 16, 2007, among the Company, the Operating Partnership and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (includes form of the Notes and Guarantee)
4.4		Form of Warrant to Purchase Common Stock, dated as of September 3, 2009, among the Company and certain beneficial owners of GI Partners.
4.5		List of Omitted Warrants to Purchase Common Stock dated as of September 3, 2009.
4.6		Warrant to Purchase Common Stock, dated as of September 30, 2009, between the Company and Heitman M-rich Investors LLC.
10.1(1)#****		Eligible Directors' Deferred Compensation/Phantom Stock Plan, as amended and restated.
10.2		Form of Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 3, 2009 among the Company and certain beneficial owners of GI Partners.
10.3		List of Omitted Registration Rights Agreements dated as of September 3, 2009.
10.4		Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2009, between the Company and Heitman M-rich Investors LLC.
31.1		Section 302 Certification of Arthur Coppola, Chief Executive Officer
31.2		Section 302 Certification of Thomas O'Hern, Chief Financial Officer
32.1		Section 906 Certification of Arthur Coppola, Chief Executive Officer, and Thomas O'Hern, Chief Financial Officer

*: Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-11, as amended (No. 33-68964), and incorporated herein by reference.
**: Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, event date May 30, 1995, and incorporated herein by reference.
***: Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 1998, and incorporated herein by reference.

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****: Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, event date July 26, 2002, and incorporated herein by reference.
#: Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3, as amended (No. 333-88718), and incorporated herein by reference.
##: Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, event date February 5, 2009, and incorporated herein by reference.
###: Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, event date November 10, 1998, as amended, and incorporated herein by reference.
####: Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-107063), and incorporated herein by reference.
#*: Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K, event date March 16, 2007, and incorporated herein by reference.
#**: Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, and incorporated herein by reference.
#***: Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009, and incorporated herein by reference.
#****: Previously filed as an exhibit to the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-161371), and incorporated herein by reference.
(1): Represents a management contract, or compensatory plan, contract or arrangement required to be filed pursuant to Regulation S-K.

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Signature

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.


		THE MACERICH COMPANY
		By:		/s/ THOMAS E. O'HERN Thomas E. O'Hern Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

Date: November 6, 2009

Exhibit 4.4

THE MACERICH COMPANY

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

MAC – 2009 – [ ]

THE OFFER AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS WARRANT HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”) OR QUALIFIED UNDER STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND THEREFORE SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT AND EFFECTIVE QUALIFICATION THEREOF UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR IF SUCH SALE, TRANSFER, ASSIGNMENT, HYPOTHECATION OR OTHER TRANSFER IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND THE QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE RELEVANT STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

This certifies that, for $[ ] and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, [ ](the “Holder”) is entitled to purchase, from time to time, from The Macerich Company, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), fully paid and non-assessable shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (each, a “Share” and collectively, the “Shares”), commencing on the date set forth on the signature page hereof (the “Commencement Date”), on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

1. Number of Shares; Vesting; Strike Price and Expiration Date.

(a) This Warrant may be exercised for [ ] Shares.

(b) The right to exercise this Warrant shall fully vest on the Commencement Date.

(c) As used herein, the “Strike Price” means: (i) from the date hereof until and including the second anniversary of such date, $30.61751, and (ii) from the day after the second anniversary until and including the third anniversary of the date hereof, $34.792625, as such prices may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.

(d) All purchase rights represented by this Warrant shall terminate at 5:00 p.m. PDT on the third anniversary of the Commencement Date (the “Expiration Date”). To the extent that this Warrant has not been exercised before the Expiration Date, this Warrant shall become null and void and all rights hereunder and all rights in respect hereof shall cease as of the Expiration Date.

2. Exercise and Payment.

(a) Exercise for Shares. This Warrant may be exercised in whole or in part, from time to time, by the Holder by surrender of this Warrant (and the Notice of Exercise annexed hereto duly completed and executed by the Holder) to the Company at the principal executive office of the Company, together with payment in the amount obtained by multiplying the

Strike Price then in effect by the number of Shares to be purchased (as designated in the Notice of Exercise). Payment must be by wire transfer of immediately available funds.

(b) Net Issue Exercise - Cash or Shares. In lieu of exercising this Warrant in accordance with Section 2(a), the Holder may elect a net issue exercise in accordance with this Section 2(b). In the event the Holder elects a net issue exercise pursuant to this Section 2(b), the Company shall determine, in its sole discretion, whether to deliver cash or Shares in exchange for this Warrant, with the amount of cash or the number of Shares determined in accordance with this Section 2(b), and the Company shall notify the Holder of its election within five (5) business days following receipt by the Company of the Holder’s Notice of Exercise. The Holder may elect a net issue exercise by surrendering this Warrant (and the Notice of Exercise annexed hereto duly completed and executed by the Holder) to the Company at the principal executive office of the Company.

If in the Notice of Exercise the Holder elects a net issue exercise, and the Company elects to deliver Shares, then the Company shall issue to the Holder a number of Shares computed using the following formula:

	X = Y (A-B)
		A

Where	X	=	the number of Shares to be issued to the Holder.
	Y	=	the number of Shares then purchasable under this Warrant designated in the Notice of Exercise.
	A	=	the then current Fair Value of the Shares.
	B	=	the then current Strike Price.

If in the Notice of Exercise the Holder elects a net issue exercise, and the Company elects to deliver cash, then the Company shall deliver to the Holder an amount of cash computed using the following formula:

	C = Y(A-B)

Where	C	=	the aggregate dollar amount to be delivered to the Holder.
	Y	=	the number of Shares then purchasable under this Warrant designated in the Notice of Exercise.
	A	=	the then current Fair Value of the Shares.
	B	=	the then current Strike Price.

As used in this Warrant, “Fair Value” shall mean, on any date specified herein (i) in the case of cash, the dollar amount thereof, (ii) in the case of a security listed on a national securities exchange, the Current Market Price, and (iii) in all other cases, the fair value thereof (as of a date which is within 20 days of the date on which the Company receives the Notice of Exercise except as otherwise specifically provided for in Sections 2(c) and 8(d) below) determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company; provided, however, that if the Initial Holder (defined below) does not agree with the Board of Directors’ determination of Fair Value, the Fair Value shall be determined in good faith, by an independent investment banking firm selected jointly by the Company and the Initial Holder or, if that selection cannot be made within ten days, by an independent investment banking firm selected by the American Arbitration Association in accordance with its rules,

and provided further, that the Initial Holder shall pay the fees and expenses of any third parties incurred in connection with determining the Fair Value in the event the independent investment banking firm’s determination of Fair Value is equal to or less than the Fair Value as determined by the Board of Directors, and the Company shall pay such fees and expenses in the event the independent investment banking firm’s determination of Fair Value is greater than the Fair Value as determined by the Board of Directors. As used in this Section 2(b), “Current Market Price” shall mean, the volume-weighted average closing price of the Shares for the five trading days immediately preceding the date on which the Company receives the Notice of Exercise except as otherwise specifically provided for in Sections 2(c) and 8(d) below. As used in this Warrant, the “Initial Holder” shall mean, [ ] who, for the avoidance of doubt, is also referred to in this Warrant as, a “Holder.”

(c) Automatic Net Issuance Immediately Prior to Expiration. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if immediately prior to the Expiration Date the net issue exercise of this Warrant pursuant to Section 2(b) would result in cash or Shares being due to the Holder, then to the extent not previously exercised by the Holder, this Warrant shall be deemed automatically exercised in full immediately prior to 5:00 p.m. PDT on the Expiration Date by the Holder via a net issue exercise pursuant to Section 2(b); provided, that the Holder must deliver a Notice of Exercise (accompanied by this Warrant certificate) to the Company within two months of the Expiration Date and, in the event such Notice of Exercise (accompanied by this Warrant certificate) is not delivered within two months of the Expiration Date, the automatic exercise of this Warrant pursuant to this Section 2(c) will not occur and this Warrant shall be null and void.

3. Delivery of Certificates or Cash. In the event the Holder exercises this Warrant for Shares pursuant to Section 2(a), or pursuant to Section 2(b) or Section 2(c) and the Company elects to deliver Shares, this Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised and the Holder shall be deemed to have become the holder of record of such Shares as of the date of the surrender of this Warrant certificate to the Company, and in the case of an exercise pursuant to Section 2(a), payment of the Strike Price to the Company; provided, however, with respect to a deemed exercise under Section 2(c), the net issue exercise calculations shall occur as though the Holder exercised immediately prior to 5:00 p.m. PDT on the Expiration Date. Within a reasonable period of time after exercise, in whole or in part, of this Warrant pursuant to Section 2(a), or Section 2(b) or Section 2(c) where the Company elects to deliver Shares, the Company shall issue in the name of and deliver to the Holder a certificate for the number of fully paid and non-assessable Shares that the Holder shall have requested in the Notice of Exercise, or the number of Shares calculated pursuant to Section 2(b) in the event the Holder elects a net issue exercise in the Notice of Exercise and the Company elects to deliver Shares, up to the maximum then available hereunder. If this Warrant is exercised in part, the Company shall deliver to the Holder a new Warrant for the unexercised portion of this Warrant at the time of delivery of such certificate for the Shares. If the Company elects to pay cash pursuant to the Holder’s net issue exercise under Section 2(b) or Section 2(c), the Company shall pay such cash to the Holder within two (2) business days following the Company’s notice to the Holder of its election to pay cash.

4. No Fractional Shares. No fractional Shares or scrip representing fractional Shares will be issued upon exercise of this Warrant. If upon any exercise of this Warrant a fraction of a Share results, the Company will pay the Holder the difference between the cash value of the fractional Share and the portion of the Strike Price allocable to the fractional Share.

5. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. The Holder shall pay all taxes or other incidental charges, if any, in connection with (i) the transfer from the Company to the Holder of the Shares purchased pursuant to the exercise hereof, and (ii) the transfer from the Initial Holder to a Permitted Transferee (or any other transfer by the Initial Holder or a Holder to which the Company consents in writing) of all or any portion of this Warrant in accordance with Section 14(g) of this Warrant.

6. Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Company, and upon reimbursement to the Company of all reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor, dated as of such date as the foregoing conditions have been satisfied in the event of loss, theft or destruction, or the surrender date in the event of mutilation, in lieu of this Warrant.

7. Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, Etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall be a Saturday or a Sunday or a holiday observed by The New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding weekday which is not a holiday observed by the NYSE.

8. Adjustment of Strike Price and Number of Shares. The number of and kind of securities purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant and the Strike Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:

(a) Subdivisions and Combinations. If the Company shall at any time after the date hereof, but prior to the expiration of this Warrant, subdivide its outstanding securities as to which purchase rights under this Warrant exist, by split-up or otherwise, or combine its outstanding securities as to which purchase rights under this Warrant exist, the number of Shares as to which this Warrant is exercisable as of the date of such subdivision or combination shall forthwith be proportionately increased in the case of a subdivision or proportionately decreased in the case of a combination. Appropriate corresponding adjustments shall also be made to the Strike Price, so that the aggregate purchase price payable for the total number of Shares purchasable under this Warrant as of such date shall remain the same.

(b) Reclassification, Etc. Except as specifically provided for in Section 8(c) below, if at any time after the date hereof there shall be a change, reorganization or reclassification of the Shares into which this Warrant is exercisable into the same or a different number of a different type or class of securities, then the Holder shall thereafter be entitled to receive upon exercise of this Warrant, during the period specified herein and upon payment of the Strike Price then in effect, the number of shares of other securities or property resulting from such change, reorganization or reclassification that would have been received by the Holder for the Shares subject to this Warrant had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the time of the reclassification.

(c) Consolidation, Merger or Sale. If the Company shall do any of the following (each, a “Triggering Event”): (i) consolidate with or merge into any other entity

and the Company shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation of such consolidation or merger, or (ii) permit any other entity to consolidate with or merge into the Company and the Company shall be the continuing or surviving entity but, in connection with such consolidation or merger, the capital stock of the Company shall be changed into or exchanged for securities of any other entity or cash or any other property, or (iii) transfer all or substantially all of its properties or assets to any other person or entity, then, and in the case of each such Triggering Event, proper provision shall be made so that, upon the basis and the terms and in the manner provided in this Warrant, the Holder of this Warrant shall be entitled upon the exercise hereof at any time after the consummation of such Triggering Event but prior to the Expiration Date, and to the extent this Warrant is not exercised prior to such Triggering Event, to receive at the Strike Price in effect at the time immediately prior to the consummation of such Triggering Event (subject to adjustments (subsequent to such Triggering Event) as nearly equivalent as possible to the adjustments provided for elsewhere in this Section 8), in lieu of the Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant prior to such Triggering Event, the securities, cash and/or property to which such Holder would have been entitled upon the consummation of such Triggering Event if such Holder had exercised the rights represented by this Warrant immediately prior thereto (and the Company shall select the form of consideration, to the extent applicable, received by the Holder upon exercise of this Warrant subsequent to such Triggering Event), subject to adjustments (subsequent to such Triggering Event) as nearly equivalent as possible to the adjustments provided for elsewhere in this Section 8.

(d) Extraordinary Distributions. Except as specifically provided for in Section 8(c) above, if the Company shall distribute to all holders of its Shares: (i) any shares of capital stock of the Company, evidence of indebtedness, or other securities or rights convertible into shares of capital stock of the Company (but excluding Ordinary Dividends) without receiving payment of any consideration in exchange therefor, or (ii) cash (but excluding Ordinary Dividends), then, in each such case:

(i) the Strike Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the record date fixed for the determination of holders of any class of securities entitled to receive such distribution shall be reduced, effective as of the close of business on such record date, to a price determined by multiplying such Strike Price by a fraction

(x) the numerator of which shall be the Fair Value of a Share in effect on such record date or, if the Shares trade on an ex-distribution basis, on the date prior to the commencement of ex-distribution trading, less the Fair Value of such distribution applicable to one Share, and

(y) the denominator of which shall be the Fair Value of a Share in effect on such record date or, if the Shares trade on an ex-distribution basis, on the date prior to the commencement of ex-distribution trading;

and

(ii) this Warrant shall thereafter evidence the right to receive, at the adjusted Strike Price, that number of Shares (calculated to the nearest Share) obtained by dividing:

(x) the product of the aggregate number of Shares covered by this Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment and the Strike Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment of the Strike Price by,

(y) the Strike Price in effect immediately after such adjustment of the Strike Price.

As used herein “Ordinary Dividends” shall mean all quarterly dividends, whether paid in cash, shares of capital stock of the Company or other securities, or any combination of the foregoing, except extraordinary or special dividends.

9. Notices of Adjustments, Etc. Whenever the Strike Price or number of Shares purchasable hereunder shall be adjusted pursuant to Section 8 hereof, within five business days of the event requiring the adjustment, the Company shall deliver to the Holder (in accordance with Section 14(c)) a certificate setting forth, in reasonable detail, the event requiring the adjustment, the amount of the adjustment, the method by which such adjustment was calculated and the Strike Price and number of shares purchasable hereunder after giving effect to such adjustment.

10. No Rights as Stockholder. Prior to exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall not be entitled to any rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to the Shares, including (without limitation) the right to vote such Shares, receive distributions thereon, or be notified of stockholder meetings, and the Holder shall not be entitled to any notice or other communication concerning the business or affairs of the Company.

11. Shares Fully Paid, Reservation and Listing of Shares; Covenants.

(a) Shares Fully Paid. The Company covenants and agrees that all Shares which may be issued upon the exercise of this Warrant or otherwise hereunder will, upon issuance, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. The Company further covenants and agrees that during the period within which this Warrant may be exercised, the Company will at all times have authorized and reserved for the purpose of the issue upon exercise of this Warrant a number of Shares equal to 100% of the aggregate number of Shares exercisable hereunder to provide for the exercise of this Warrant.

(b) Covenants. The Company shall not by any action including, without limitation, amending the Articles of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Company, or through any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant.

12. Restricted Securities. The Holder understands that this Warrant and the Shares purchasable hereunder constitute “restricted securities” under the federal securities laws inasmuch as they are, or will be, acquired from the Company in transactions not

involving a public offering and accordingly may not, under such laws and applicable regulations, be resold without registration under the Act, or an applicable exemption from such registration. The Holder hereby acknowledges that the securities legend on Exhibit A to the Notice of Exercise attached hereto will be placed on any Shares issued to the Holder upon exercise of this Warrant.

13. Certification of Investment Purpose. Unless a current registration statement under the Act shall be in effect with respect to the securities to be issued upon exercise of this Warrant, in which case the Holder may be asked to provide a modified version of the written certification attached hereto, the Holder covenants and agrees that, at the time of exercise hereof, it will deliver to the Company a written certification in substantially the form of Exhibit A to the Notice of Exercise attached hereto, executed by the Holder, which certifies to the Company that the Holder is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Act, that the securities acquired by such Holder upon exercise hereof are for the account of such Holder and acquired for investment purposes only and that such securities are not acquired with a view to, or for sale or resale in connection with, any distribution thereof.

14. Miscellaneous.

(a) Construction. Unless the context indicates otherwise, the term “Warrant” shall include any and all warrants outstanding pursuant to this Agreement, including those evidenced by a certificate upon exchange or substitution pursuant to the terms hereof.

(b) Restrictions. By receipt of this Warrant, the Holder makes the same representations and warranties with respect to the acquisition of this Warrant as the Holder is required to make upon the exercise of this Warrant and acquisition of the Shares purchasable hereunder as set forth in the Form of Investment Letter attached as Exhibit A to the Notice of Exercise, the forms of which are attached hereto as Exhibit A.

(c) Notices. Unless otherwise provided, any notice required or permitted under this Warrant shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon personal delivery to the party to be notified or three days following deposit with the United States Post Office, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid and addressed to the party to be notified (or one day following timely deposit with a reputable overnight courier with next day delivery instructions), or upon confirmation of receipt by the sender of any notice by facsimile transmission, at the address indicated below or at such other address as such party may designate by ten days’ advance written notice to the other party.

To Holder:	[ ]

With a Copy to:	Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP
	695 Town Center Drive, Seventeenth Floor
	Costa Mesa, California 92626
	Attention: John Simonis, Esq.
	Telecopy: 714-668-6336

To the Company:	The Macerich Company
	401 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 700
	Santa Monica, California 90401
	Attention: Chief Legal Officer
	Facsimile: (310) 394-7692

And:

	The Macerich Company
	401 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 700
	Santa Monica, California 90401
	Attention: Chief Financial Officer
	Facsimile: (310)

With a copy to:	Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
	11355 West Olympic Boulevard
	Los Angeles, California 90064
	Attention: F. Thomas Muller, Esq.
	Facsimile: (310) 914-5852

(d) Governing Law. Any dispute in the meaning, effect or validity of this Warrant shall be resolved in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland without regard to the conflict of laws provisions thereof.

(e) Attorneys’ Fees. In the event that any suit or action is instituted under or in relation to this Warrant, including without limitation to enforce any provision in this Warrant, the prevailing party in such dispute shall be entitled to recover from the losing party all fees, costs and expenses of enforcing any right of such prevailing party under or with respect to this Warrant, including, without limitation, such reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys and accountants, which shall include, without limitation, all fees, costs and expenses of appeals.

(f) Entire Agreement. This Warrant and the exhibits hereto constitute the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings, whether oral or written, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.

(g) Binding Effect; and Assignment.

(i) This Warrant and the various rights and obligations arising hereunder shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns, and the Holder and its successors and permitted assigns.

(ii) The Holder may not sell, assign or otherwise transfer this Warrant or its rights or obligations hereunder without the express written consent of the Company, which consent may be withheld, delayed or conditioned in the sole and absolute discretion of the Company.

(iii) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Initial Holder, and only the Initial Holder with respect to (1), (4) and (5) below, and the Initial Holder or the Holder with respect to (2) and (3) below, may assign or transfer this Warrant, without the consent of the Company, following at least ten business days prior written notice by the Initial Holder (or the Holder if being delivered pursuant to (2) or (3) below) to the Company, which written notice shall be accompanied by a legal opinion reasonably satisfactory to the Company issued by legal counsel to the Initial Holder (or the Holder if being delivered pursuant to (2) or (3) below) reasonably acceptable to the Company, to the effect that such transfer or assignment may be effected without registration or qualification under any U.S. federal and state laws and applicable foreign laws then in effect: (1) in whole or in part to any of the Initial Holder’s direct or indirect stockholders, partners, limited partners, members or other equity owners; (2) in whole, and not in part, to any permitted transferee of the Holder’s direct or indirect membership interest in GI FIX InvestCo, LLC (“GI FIX InvestCo”) to whom the Holder actually transfers its direct or indirect membership interest in GI FIX InvestCo; (3) in whole, and not in part, to any permitted transferee of GI FIX InvestCo’s membership interest in Flatiron Property Holding, L.L.C. (“Flatiron”), to whom GI FIX InvestCo actually transfers its membership interest in Flatiron; (4) in whole or in part to GI Partners Fund III L.P., GI Partners Fund III-A L.P. or GI Partners Fund III-B L.P.; or (5) in whole, and not in part, to any one unrelated third party (each of (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5), a “Permitted Transferee”). Any Permitted Transferee shall be deemed to be a Holder for all purposes hereunder and in no event shall a Permitted Transferee be deemed to be the “Initial Holder” or have the power or authority to exercise any of the rights granted to the Initial Holder.

(iv) Subject to the provisions of Section 14, this Warrant and all rights hereunder are transferable upon surrender of this Warrant certificate with a properly executed assignment (in the form of Exhibit B hereto) at the principal executive office of the Company. The assignment of a Warrant to a transferee hereof shall be deemed to be the acceptance by such transferee of all of the rights and obligations of a “Holder” of this Warrant.

(h) Waiver; Consent. This Warrant may not be changed, amended, terminated, augmented, rescinded or discharged (other than by performance), in whole or in part, except by a writing executed by the parties hereto, and no waiver of any of the provisions or conditions of this Warrant or any of the rights of a party hereto shall be effective or binding unless such waiver shall be in writing and signed by the party claimed to have given or consented thereto.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Warrant effective as of the date set forth below.

DATED: September 3, 2009	COMPANY

	THE MACERICH COMPANY, a Maryland corporation


	By:
		Richard A. Bayer, Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary


	HOLDER

	[ ]

Signature Page to MAC – 2009 – [ ]

EXHIBIT A

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

To: The Macerich Company

[EXERCISE PURSUANT TO SECTION 2(a)][The Holder hereby elects to purchase Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant, and tenders herewith payment of the Strike Price pursuant to the terms of the Warrant.]

[NET ISSUE EXERCISE PURSUANT TO SECTION 2(b)][The Holder hereby elects to surrender of the Shares of the Company underlying the attached Warrant pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant, and hereby agrees to accept in exchange therefor, at the election of the Company, either Shares or cash in the amount calculated pursuant to the terms of the Warrant.]

Defined terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Warrant.

Attached as Exhibit A is an investment representation letter addressed to the Company and executed by the Holder as required by Section 13 of the Warrant.

Please issue a new Warrant for the unexercised portion of the attached Warrant, if any, in the name of the Holder.

Dated:			HOLDER

			[ ]



			Name:
			Title:

A-1

Exhibit A

To: The Macerich Company

In connection with the purchase by the Holder of Shares of the Company, upon exercise of that certain Warrant dated as of September 3, 2009, the Holder hereby represents and warrants as follows:

The Holder is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Act. The Shares to be received by the Holder upon exercise of the Warrant are being acquired for its own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to resale (except to the extent exempt from the registration requirements of the Act and the qualification requirements of the relevant state securities laws) or distribution of any part thereof, and the Holder has no present intention of selling, granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing the same. The Holder believes it has received all the information it considers necessary or appropriate for deciding whether to purchase the Shares.

The Holder understands that the Shares are characterized as “restricted securities” under the federal securities laws inasmuch as they are being acquired from the Company in transactions not involving a public offering, and that under such laws and applicable regulations such securities may be resold without registration under the Act, only in certain limited circumstances. In this connection, the Holder represents and warrants that it is familiar with Rule 144 of the Act, as presently in effect, and understands the resale limitations imposed by Rule 144 and by the Act.

The Holder understands the instruments evidencing the Shares may bear the following legend:

THE OFFER AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”) OR QUALIFIED UNDER STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND THEREFORE SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT AND EFFECTIVE QUALIFICATION THEREOF UNDER APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS, OR IF SUCH SALE, TRANSFER, ASSIGNMENT, HYPOTHECATION OR OTHER TRANSFER IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND THE QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE RELEVANT STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

Defined terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Warrant.

Dated:			HOLDER

			[ ]



			Name:
			Title:

A-2

EXHIBIT B

ASSIGNMENT FORM

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, hereby sells, assigns and transfers all of the rights of the undersigned under the attached Warrant with respect to the number of Shares of the Company underlying the attached Warrant covered thereby and designated below, unto:

Name of “Assignee”	Address	No. of Shares

Dated:
	Signature:
	Name:
	Title:
		(if applicable)

Assignee hereby agrees to be subject to and bound by all of the provisions of the attached Warrant as the “Holder.” The Assignee understands and hereby acknowledges that as a Holder of the Warrant the Assignee is not entitled to those rights afforded solely to the Initial Holder of the Warrant. The Assignee makes the same representations and warranties with respect to the acquisition of the Warrant as the Holder is required to make upon the exercise of a Warrant and acquisition of the Shares purchasable thereunder as set forth in the Form of Investment Letter attached as Exhibit A to the Notice of Exercise, the form of which is attached as Exhibit A to the attached Warrant.

Dated:
	Signature:
	Name:
	Title:
		(if applicable)

B-1

Exhibit 4.5

List of Omitted Warrants to Purchase Common Stock

dated as of September 3, 2009

1. Warrant to Purchase Common Stock between GI Partners Fund III, L.P. and the Company in the amount of 1,078,750 shares for $6,962,626.44 and other good and valuable consideration.

2. Warrant to Purchase Common Stock between GI Partners Fund III-A, L.P. and the Company in the amount of 28,125 shares for $181,806.34 and other good and valuable consideration.

3. Warrant to Purchase Common Stock between GI Partners Fund III-B, L.P. and the Company in the amount of 143,125 shares for $923,567.21 and other good and valuable consideration.

Exhibit 4.6

THE MACERICH COMPANY

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

MAC – 2009 – H1

This certifies that, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, Heitman M-rich Investors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Holder”), is entitled to purchase, from time to time, from The Macerich Company, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), 935,375.75 fully paid and non-assessable shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (each, a “Share” and collectively, the “Shares”), commencing on the date set forth on the signature page hereof (the “Commencement Date”), on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

1. Number of Shares; Vesting; Strike Price and Expiration Date.

(a) This Warrant may be exercised for 935,357.75 Shares.

(b) The right to exercise this Warrant shall fully vest on the Commencement Date.

(c) Concurrently with the issuance of this Warrant, the Holder and/or its affiliates, and affiliates of the Company, are entering into an Agreement of Limited Partnership, dated as of September 30, 2009 (the “Partnership Agreement”). The Partnership Agreement provides for the beneficial ownership by the parties thereto of two shopping centers. On the date of the issuance of this Warrant, both shopping centers are encumbered by mortgages or deeds of trust securing the following existing loans: (i) a loan in the original principal amount of $178,000,000, made by Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Mortgage Capital Inc. to Freemall Associates, LLC, on June 18, 2001 (the “Freemall Loan”) and (ii) a loan in the original principal amount of $184,000,000, made by German American Capital Corporation and Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America to TWC Chandler LLC, on October 21, 2002 (the “Chandler Loan”). All purchase rights represented by this Warrant shall terminate 30 days after the refinancing or repayment of each of the Freemall Loan or the Chandler Loan (the “Expiration Date”). To the extent that this Warrant has not been exercised before the Expiration Date, this Warrant shall become null and void and all rights hereunder and all rights in respect hereof shall cease as of the Expiration Date.

(d) As used herein, the “Strike Price” means $46.68, as such price may be adjusted from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.

2. Exercise and Payment.

(a) Exercise for Shares. This Warrant may be exercised in whole or in part, from time to time, by the Holder by surrender of this Warrant (and the Notice of Exercise annexed hereto duly completed and executed by the Holder) to the Company at the principal executive office of the Company, together with payment in the amount obtained by multiplying the Strike Price then in effect by the number of Shares to be purchased (as designated in the Notice of Exercise). Payment must be by wire transfer of immediately available funds.

(b) Net Issue Exercise - Cash or Shares. In lieu of exercising this Warrant in accordance with Section 2(a), the Holder may elect a net issue exercise in accordance with this Section 2(b). In the event the Holder elects a net issue exercise pursuant to this Section 2(b), the Company may determine whether to deliver cash or Shares in exchange for this Warrant, and the Company shall notify the Holder of its determination within five (5) business days following receipt by the Company of the Holder’s Notice of Exercise; provided, however, that in the event that the Company determines to deliver cash in exchange for this Warrant, the Holder may elect within one (1) business day to instead have the exercise of this Warrant satisfied in Shares, which election shall be binding on the Holder and the Company. The Holder may elect a net issue exercise by surrendering this Warrant (and the Notice of Exercise annexed hereto duly completed and executed by the Holder) to the Company at the principal executive office of the Company, and the amount of cash or the number of Shares to be delivered upon such exercise shall be determined in accordance with this Section 2(b).

If in the Notice of Exercise the Holder elects a net issue exercise, and the Company elects to deliver Shares, then the Company shall issue to the Holder a number of Shares computed using the following formula:

	X = Y (A-B)
		A

Where	X	=	the number of Shares to be issued to the Holder.
	Y	=	the number of Shares then purchasable under this Warrant designated in the Notice of Exercise.
	A	=	the then current Fair Value of the Shares.
	B	=	the then current Strike Price.

C = Y(A-B)

Where	C	=	the aggregate dollar amount to be delivered to the Holder.
	Y	=	the number of Shares then purchasable under this Warrant designated in the Notice of Exercise.
	A	=	the then current Fair Value of the Shares.
	B	=	the then current Strike Price.

(c) As used in this Warrant, “Fair Value” shall mean, on any date specified herein (i) in the case of cash, the dollar amount thereof, (ii) in the case of a security listed on a national securities exchange, the Current Market Price, and (iii) in all other cases, the fair value thereof (as of a date which is within 20 days of the date on which the Company receives the Notice of Exercise except as otherwise specifically provided for in Section 8(d) below) shall be determined by the Company’s Board of Directors in good faith. As used in this Section 2(b), “Current Market Price” shall mean, the volume-weighted average closing price of the Shares for the five trading days immediately preceding the date on which the Company receives the Notice of Exercise except as otherwise specifically provided for in Section 8(d) below.

3. Delivery of Certificates. In the event the Holder exercises this Warrant for Shares pursuant to Section 2(a), or pursuant to Section 2(b) and the Company elects to deliver Shares, this Warrant shall be deemed to have been exercised and the Holder shall be deemed to have become the holder of record of such Shares as of the date of the surrender of this Warrant certificate to the Company, and in the case of an exercise pursuant to Section 2(a), payment of the Strike Price to the Company. Within a reasonable period of time after exercise, in whole or in part, of this Warrant pursuant to Section 2(a), or Section 2(b) where the Company elects to deliver Shares, the Company shall issue in the name of and deliver to the Holder a certificate for the number of fully paid and non-assessable Shares that the Holder shall have requested in the Notice of Exercise, or the number of Shares calculated pursuant to Section 2(b) in the event the Holder elects a net issue exercise in the Notice of Exercise and the Company elects to deliver Shares, up to the maximum then available hereunder. If this Warrant is exercised in part, the Company shall deliver to the Holder a new Warrant for the unexercised portion of this Warrant at the time of delivery of such certificate for the Shares. If the Company elects to pay cash pursuant to the Holder’s net issue exercise under Section 2(b), the Company shall pay such cash to the Holder within two (2) business days following the Company’s notice to the Holder of its election to pay cash.

4. No Fractional Shares. No fractional Shares or scrip representing fractional Shares will be issued upon exercise of this Warrant. If upon any exercise of this Warrant a fraction of a Share results, the Company will pay the Holder the difference between the cash value of the fractional Share and the portion of the Strike Price allocable to the fractional Share.

5. Charges, Taxes and Expenses. The Company shall pay all taxes or other incidental charges, if any, in connection with the transfer from the Company to the Holder of the Shares purchased pursuant to the exercise hereof.

6. Loss, Theft, Destruction or Mutilation of Warrant. Upon receipt by the Company of evidence reasonably satisfactory to it of the loss, theft or destruction of this Warrant, of indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Company, and upon reimbursement to the Company of all reasonable expenses incidental thereto, and upon surrender and cancellation of this Warrant, if mutilated, the Company will make and deliver a new Warrant of like tenor, dated as of such date as the foregoing conditions have been satisfied in the event of loss, theft or destruction, or the surrender date in the event of mutilation, in lieu of this Warrant.

7. Saturdays, Sundays, Holidays, Etc. If the last or appointed day for the taking of any action or the expiration of any right required or granted herein shall be a Saturday or a Sunday or shall be a legal holiday in the State of California, then such action may be taken or such right may be exercised on the next succeeding weekday which is not a legal holiday.

8. Adjustment of Strike Price and Number of Shares. The number of and kind of securities purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant and the Strike Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:

(a) Subdivisions and Combinations. If the Company shall at any time after the date hereof, but prior to the expiration of this Warrant, subdivide its outstanding securities as to which purchase rights under this Warrant exist, by split-up or otherwise, or combine its outstanding securities as to which purchase rights under this Warrant exist, the number of Shares as to which this Warrant is exercisable as of the date of such subdivision or combination shall forthwith be proportionately increased in the case of a subdivision or proportionately decreased in the case of a combination. Appropriate corresponding adjustments shall also be made to the Strike Price, so that the aggregate purchase price payable for the total number of Shares purchasable under this Warrant as of such date shall remain the same.

(b) Reclassification, Etc. Except as specifically provided for in Section 8(c) below, if at any time after the date hereof there shall be a change or reclassification of the Shares into which this Warrant is exercisable into the same or a different number of a different type or class of securities, then the Holder shall thereafter be entitled to receive upon exercise of this Warrant, during the period specified herein and upon payment of the Strike Price then in effect, the number of shares of other securities or property resulting from such change or reclassification that would have been received by Holder for the Shares subject to this Warrant had this Warrant been exercised immediately prior to the time of the reclassification.

(c) Consolidation, Merger or Sale. If the Company shall do any of the following (each, a “Triggering Event”): (i) consolidate with or merge into any other entity and the Company shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation of such consolidation or merger, or (ii) permit any other entity to consolidate with or merge into the Company and the Company shall be the continuing or surviving entity but, in connection with such consolidation or merger, the capital stock of the Company shall be changed into or exchanged for securities of any other entity or cash or any other property, or (iii) transfer all or substantially all of its properties or assets to any other person or entity, then, and in the case of each such Triggering Event, proper provision shall be made so that, upon the basis and the terms and in the manner provided in this Warrant, the Holder of this Warrant shall be entitled upon the exercise hereof at any time after the consummation of such Triggering

Event but prior to the Expiration Date, and to the extent this Warrant is not exercised prior to such Triggering Event, to receive at the Strike Price in effect at the time immediately prior to the consummation of such Triggering Event (subject to adjustments (subsequent to such Triggering Event) as nearly equivalent as possible to the adjustments provided for elsewhere in this Section 8), in lieu of the Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant prior to such Triggering Event, the securities, cash and/or property to which such Holder would have been entitled upon the consummation of such Triggering Event if such Holder had exercised the rights represented by this Warrant immediately prior thereto (and the Company shall select the form of consideration, to the extent applicable, received by the Holder upon exercise of this Warrant subsequent to such Triggering Event), subject to adjustments (subsequent to such Triggering Event) as nearly equivalent as possible to the adjustments provided for elsewhere in this Section 8.

(d) Extraordinary Distributions. Except as specifically provided for in Section 8(c) above, if the Company shall distribute to all holders of its Shares: (i) any shares of capital stock of the Company, evidence of indebtedness, or other securities or rights convertible into shares of capital stock of the Company (but excluding Ordinary Dividends) without receiving payment of any consideration in exchange therefor, or (ii) cash (but excluding Ordinary Dividends), then, in each such case:

(i) the Strike Price in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the record date fixed for the determination of holders of any class of securities entitled to receive such distribution shall be reduced, effective as of the close of business on such record date, to a price determined by multiplying such Strike Price by a fraction

(x) the numerator of which shall be the Fair Value of a Share in effect on such record date or, if the Shares trade on an ex-distribution basis, on the date prior to the commencement of ex-distribution trading, less the Fair Value of such distribution applicable to one Share, and

(y) the denominator of which shall be the Fair Value of a Share in effect on such record date or, if the Shares trade on an ex-distribution basis, on the date prior to the commencement of ex-distribution trading;

and

(ii) this Warrant shall thereafter evidence the right to receive, at the adjusted Strike Price, that number of Shares (calculated to the nearest Share) obtained by dividing:

(x) the product of the aggregate number of Shares covered by this Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment and the Strike Price in effect immediately prior to such adjustment of the Strike Price by,

(y) the Strike Price in effect immediately after such adjustment of the Strike Price.

9. Notice of Adjustments. Whenever the Strike Price or number of Shares purchasable hereunder shall be adjusted pursuant to Section 8 hereof, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Holder a certificate setting forth, in reasonable detail, the event requiring the adjustment, the amount of the adjustment, the method by which such adjustment was calculated and the Strike Price and number of shares purchasable hereunder after giving effect to such adjustment, and shall cause a copy of such certificate to be mailed (by first class mail, postage prepaid) to the Holder.

10. Reservation of Common Shares. The Company covenants that, during the term this Warrant is exercisable, the Company will reserve from its unissued Shares a sufficient number of Shares to provide for the issuance of Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant. The Company further covenants that all Shares that may be issued upon the exercise of rights represented by this Warrant and payment of the Strike Price, all as set forth herein, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid, nonassessable, and free from all taxes, liens, and charges in respect of the issue thereof. The Company agrees that the issuance of this Warrant shall constitute full authority to its officers who are charged with the duty of executing certificates representing Shares to execute and issue the necessary certificates upon the exercise of this Warrant.

11. No Rights as Stockholder. Prior to exercise of this Warrant, the Holder shall not be entitled to any rights as a stockholder of the Company with respect to the Shares, including (without limitation) the right to vote such Shares, receive distributions thereon, or be notified of stockholder meetings, and the Holder shall not be entitled to any notice or other communication concerning the business or affairs of the Company.

12. Restricted Securities. The Holder understands that this Warrant and the Shares purchasable hereunder constitute “restricted securities” under the federal securities laws inasmuch as they are, or will be, acquired from the Company in transactions not involving a public offering and accordingly may not, under such laws and applicable regulations, be resold without registration under the Act, or an applicable exemption from such registration. The Holder hereby acknowledges that the securities legend on Exhibit A to the Notice of Exercise attached hereto will be placed on any Shares issued to the Holder upon exercise of this Warrant.

13. Certification of Investment Purpose. Unless a current registration statement under the Act shall be in effect with respect to the securities to be issued upon exercise of this Warrant, in which case the Holder may be asked to provide a modified version of the written certification attached hereto, the Holder covenants and agrees that, at the time of exercise hereof, it will deliver to the Company a written certification in substantially the form attached hereto, executed by the Holder, which certifies to the Company that the Holder is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Act, the securities acquired by such Holder upon exercise hereof are for the account of such Holder and acquired for investment purposes only and that such securities are not acquired with a view to, or for sale or resale in connection with, any distribution thereof.

14. Miscellaneous.

(a) Construction. Unless the context indicates otherwise, the term “Warrant” shall include any and all warrants outstanding pursuant to this Agreement, including those evidenced by a certificate upon exchange or substitution pursuant to the terms hereof.

(b) Restrictions. By receipt of this Warrant, the Holder makes the same representations and warranties with respect to the acquisition of this Warrant as the Holder is required to make upon the exercise of this Warrant and acquisition of the Shares purchasable hereunder as set forth in the Form of Investment Letter attached as Exhibit A to the Notice of Exercise, the forms of which are attached hereto as Exhibit A.

(c) Notices. Unless otherwise provided, any notice required or permitted under this Warrant shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon personal delivery to the party to be notified or three days following deposit with the United States Post Office, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid and addressed to the party to be notified (or one day following timely deposit with a reputable overnight courier with next day delivery instructions), or upon confirmation of receipt by the sender of any notice by facsimile transmission, at the address indicated below or at such other address as such party may designate by ten days’ advance written notice to the other party.

To Holder:	Heitman M-rich Investors LLC
	c/o Heitman LLC
	191 Wacker Drive, Suite 2500
	Chicago, Illinois 60606
	Attention: David Perisho, Senior Vice President
	Telecopy: 312-541-6789

With a Copy to:	Mayer Brown LLP
	71 South Wacker Drive
	Chicago, Illinois 60606
	Attention: John W. Noell, Jr., Esq.
	Telecopy: 312-701-7711

To the Company:	The Macerich Company
	401 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 700
	Santa Monica, California 90401
	Attention: Chief Legal Officer
	Facsimile: (310) 394-7692

With a copy to:	Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
	11355 West Olympic Boulevard
	Los Angeles, California 90064
	Attention: F. Thomas Muller, Esq.
	Facsimile: (310) 914-5852

(d) Governing Law. Any dispute in the meaning, effect or validity of this Warrant shall be resolved in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland without regard to the conflict of laws provisions thereof.

(e) Attorneys’ Fees. In the event that any suit or action is instituted under or in relation to this Warrant, including without limitation to enforce any provision in this Warrant, the prevailing party in such dispute shall be entitled to recover from the losing party all fees, costs and expenses of enforcing any right of such prevailing party under or with respect to this Warrant, including, without limitation, such reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys and accountants, which shall include, without limitation, all fees, costs and expenses of appeals.

(f) Entire Agreement. This Warrant and the exhibits hereto constitute the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede all prior and contemporaneous agreements and understandings, whether oral or written, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.

(g) Binding Effect. This Warrant and the various rights and obligations arising hereunder shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns, and Holder and its successors. Holder may not assign this Warrant or its rights or obligations hereunder without the express written consent of the Company, which consent may be withheld, delayed or conditioned in the sole and absolute discretion of the Company.

(h) Waiver; Consent. This Warrant may not be changed, amended, terminated, augmented, rescinded or discharged (other than by performance), in whole or in part, except by a writing executed by the Holder and the Company, and no waiver of any of the provisions or conditions of this Warrant or any of the rights of the Holder or the Company hereto shall be effective or binding unless such waiver shall be in writing and signed by the party claimed to have given or consented thereto.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Warrant effective as of the date set forth below.

DATED: September 30, 2009	COMPANY

	THE MACERICH COMPANY, a Maryland corporation


	By:	/s/ Richard A. Bayer
		Richard A. Bayer, Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary

Signature Page to MAC – 2009 – H1

EXHIBIT A

NOTICE OF EXERCISE

To: The Macerich Company

The Holder hereby elects to purchase Shares of the Company pursuant to the terms of the attached Warrant, and tenders herewith payment of the Strike Price pursuant to the terms of the Warrant. Defined terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Warrant.

Attached as Exhibit A is an investment representation letter addressed to the Company and executed by the Holder as required by Section 13 of the Warrant.

Please issue a new Warrant for the unexercised portion of the attached Warrant, if any, in the name of the Holder.

Dated:			HOLDER

			HEITMAN M-RICH INVESTORS LLC



			Name:
			Title:

Exhibit A

To: The Macerich Company

In connection with the purchase by the Holder of Shares of the Company, upon exercise of that certain Warrant dated as of September , 2009, the Holder hereby represents and warrants as follows:

The Holder understands the instruments evidencing the Shares may bear the following legend:

THE OFFER AND SALE OF THE SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS WARRANT CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR QUALIFIED UNDER STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND THEREFORE SUCH SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED, HYPOTHECATED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT, OR PROVIDED THAT SUCH SALE, TRANSFER, ASSIGNMENT OR HYPOTHECATION IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND THE QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE RELEVANT STATE SECURITIES LAWS.

Defined terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Warrant.

Dated:			HOLDER

			HEITMAN M-RICH INVESTORS LLC


			Name:
			Title:

Exhibit 10.2

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of September 3, 2009 by and between The Macerich Company, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), and [ ] (the “Investor”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of that certain Agreement to Invest in Limited Liability Company, dated as of August 12, 2009 (the “Purchase Agreement”), Investor and/or its Affiliate(s) are making an investment in Flatiron Property Holding, L.L.C., an Arizona limited liability company (the “LLC”), and in connection therewith are concurrently herewith entering into the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of Flatiron Property Holding, L.L.C. (the “Operating Agreement”) of the LLC, dated as of September 3, 2009, with an Affiliate of the Company;

WHEREAS, in consideration of the Investor entering into the Purchase Agreement and the Operating Agreement and consummating the transactions contemplated thereby, the Company has agreed to issue warrants to purchase common stock of the Company (the “Warrants”);

WHEREAS, the Warrants are being issued without registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the Warrants will be exercisable for unregistered shares of common stock of the Company (the “Common Shares”); and

WHEREAS, in connection with the Investor entering into the Purchase Agreement and Operating Agreement and consummating the transactions contemplated thereby, the Company has agreed to grant certain registration rights to the Investor with respect to the Common Shares.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual promises and covenants of the parties set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

Section 1. Additional Definitions. In this Agreement the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

“Affiliate” of any Person shall mean a Person that directly or indirectly, including through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, the first-mentioned Person.

“Commission” shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act.

“Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement, and shall be deemed to refer to all successors, including by operation of law.

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the relevant time.

“Person” shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, estate, trust, association, private foundation, joint stock company or other entity.

The terms “Register,” “Registered” and “Registration” refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing a Registration Statement in compliance with the Securities Act providing for the issuance to, or the sale by, the Investor of Registrable Shares in accordance with the method or methods of distribution reasonably designated by the Investor, and the declaration or ordering of the effectiveness of such Registration Statement by the Commission.

“Registrable Shares” shall mean the Common Shares, including any Common Shares issued in redemption or exchange for, or in replacement of such Common Shares.

“Registration Expenses” shall mean all out-of-pocket expenses (excluding Selling Expenses) incurred by the Company in connection with any attempted or completed registration pursuant to this Agreement, including the following: (a) registration, filing and listing fees; (b) fees and expenses of compliance with federal and state securities laws; (c) printing, shipping and delivery expenses; (d) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company; (e) fees and disbursements of all independent public accountants of the Company; (f) fees and expenses of listing of the Registrable Shares on each securities exchange on which securities of the same class or series are then listed; and (g) fees and expenses associated with any filing with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority required to be made in connection with the Registration Statement.

“Registration Statement” shall mean a Shelf Registration Statement or an Automatic Shelf, and all amendments and supplements to any such Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the prospectus contained therein or related thereto, all exhibits thereto and all materials and documents incorporated by reference therein.

“Rule 144” shall mean Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act, or any successor rule or regulation.

“Selling Expenses” shall mean all underwriting discounts, selling commissions and stock transfer taxes applicable to any sale of Registrable Shares.

Section 2. Shelf Registration.

(a) Within sixty (60) days from the date first written above, to the extent that the Company does not have as of the date first written above an effective shelf registration statement under which the Registrable Shares could be offered (an “Automatic Shelf”), the Company shall file a registration statement on Form S-3 or another appropriate form (a “Shelf Registration Statement”) pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act relating to the resale of all Registrable Shares in an offering to be made on a continuous basis. The Company agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared

effective by the Commission no later than one hundred fifty (150) days after the date first written above. The Company agrees to keep such Shelf Registration Statement or Automatic Shelf, as the case may be, effective until the date that is the earlier of (i) the date on which the Registrable Shares have been disposed of by Investor, and (ii) the date on which it is no longer necessary to keep the Registration Statement effective because the Registrable Shares may be sold without restriction pursuant to Rule 144. To the extent that the Company has an effective Automatic Shelf as of the date first written above, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file a prospectus supplement covering all of the Registrable Shares within thirty (30) days from the date first written above.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have the right (the “Deferral Right”) to defer any such filing (or suspend sales under any filed Registration Statement or defer the updating of any filed Registration Statement and suspend sales thereunder) for a period of not more than 105 days during any one year period ending on December 31, if the Company determines in its discretion that it would be detrimental to the Company and its stockholders to file such Registration Statement or amendment thereto at such time (or continue sales under a filed Registration Statement); provided that the Company shall deliver to the Investor written notice of such determination and of the termination of any such deferral period as soon as reasonably practicable following the determination to exercise the Deferral Right or of the termination thereof.

Section 3. Registration Procedures.

(a) The Company shall promptly notify the Investor of the occurrence of any of the following events as soon as reasonably practicable following the Company obtaining actual knowledge of the same:

(i) when any prospectus, Shelf Registration Statement or Automatic Shelf filed with the Commission after the date first written above relating to the Registrable Shares has been filed; provided however, that before filing any such prospectus, Shelf Registration Statement or Automatic Shelf or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Company shall furnish to and afford the Investor and its counsel five days to review copies of all such documents (including copies of all exhibits thereto proposed to be filed therewith);

(ii) when any Registration Statement relating to the Registrable Shares has become effective;

(iii) the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement;

(iv) the Company exercising its Deferral Right;

(v) the Company’s receipt of any notification of the suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Shares covered by a Registration Statement for sale in any jurisdiction;

(vi) the existence of any event, fact or circumstance that results in a Registration Statement containing an untrue statement of material fact or omitting to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading during the distribution of securities; or

(vii) the occurrence or existence of any pending corporate development that, in the sole discretion of the Company, makes it appropriate to suspend the availability of the Registration Statement.

The Company agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of any such Registration Statement or any state qualification as promptly as reasonably practicable. The Investor agrees that upon delivery of any notice by the Company of the occurrence of any event of the type described in this Section 3(a)(iii), (iv), (v), (vi) or (vii), the Investor shall immediately discontinue any disposition of Registrable Shares pursuant to any Registration Statement until the receipt of written notice from the Company that such disposition may be made (such time period being a “Deferral/Suspension Period”).

(b) The Company shall provide to the Investor, at no cost, as many copies of the Registration Statement used to effect the Registration of the Registrable Shares, each prospectus contained in such Registration Statement or post effective amendment and any amendment or supplement thereto and such other documents, as the Investor may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Shares covered by such Registration Statement. The Company consents to the use of each prospectus and any supplement thereto by the Investor and the underwriter or underwriters, if any, in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Shares covered by such Registration Statement. The Company shall also file copies of the prospectus and any post-effective amendment or supplement thereto with the Commission to enable the Investor to have the benefits of the prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act.

(c) The Company agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registrable Shares covered by a Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such state securities authorities as may be necessary to enable the Investor to consummate the disposition of the Registrable Shares pursuant to the plan of distribution set forth in the Registration Statement or supplement thereto; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to take any action to effect any such Registration, qualification or compliance pursuant to this Section 3 in any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such Registration, qualification or compliance, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction.

other required document necessary to disclose or otherwise address the event, fact or circumstance requiring such amendment.

(e) The Company agrees to obtain the listing of all Registrable Shares covered by the Registration Statement on each securities exchange on which securities of the same class or series are then listed.

(f) The Company agrees to comply with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act in connection with the offer and sale of Registrable Shares pursuant to a Registration Statement.

Section 4. Expenses of Registration. The Company shall pay the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with Registration, qualification or compliance as provided for in this Agreement. Selling Expenses incurred in connection with the sale of Registrable Shares by the Investor shall be borne by the Investor and the Investor shall pay the expenses of its own counsel.

Section 5. Indemnification and Contribution.

(a) The Company will (i) indemnify the Investor, and its officers, directors, members, partners and managers, and any Person controlling the Investor within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against all expenses, claims, losses, damages and liabilities (including reasonable legal fees and expenses), arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (ii) reimburse the Investor for all reasonable legal or other expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such claim, loss, damage, liability or expense arises out of or is based on (A) an offer or sale of Registrable Shares occurring during a Deferral/Suspension Period or Blackout Period, or (B) any untrue statement or omission (or alleged untrue statement or omission) made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Investor for inclusion therein; and, provided further, that the Company shall not be liable with respect to any preliminary prospectus or preliminary prospectus supplement to the extent that any such expenses, claims, losses, damages and liabilities result from the fact that Registrable Shares were sold to a Person as to whom it shall be established that there was not sent or given at or prior to the written confirmation of such sale a copy of the prospectus as then amended or supplemented under circumstances where such delivery is required under the Securities Act, if the Company shall have previously furnished copies thereof to such Indemnified Party, and the expense, claim, loss, damage or liability of such Indemnified Party results from an untrue statement or omission of a material fact contained in the preliminary prospectus or the preliminary prospectus supplement, which was corrected in the prospectus.

(b) The Investor shall, and shall cause any agents of the Investor that facilitate the distribution of Registrable Shares to, (i) indemnify the Company, each of its directors and each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement, and each Person who controls the Company

within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against all expenses, claims, losses, damages and liabilities (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) arising out of or based on (A) any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any such Registration Statement, or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, and only to the extent, that such untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) or omission (or alleged omission) is made in such Registration Statement in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Investor for inclusion therein, or (B) any failure by the Investor to deliver a prospectus where such delivery is required under the Securities Act, the Company shall have furnished copies of such prospectus to the Investor in sufficient quantities to permit the Investor to satisfy such obligations, and such prospectus corrected an untrue statement or omission of a material fact contained in a preliminary prospectus, and (ii) reimburse the Company for all reasonable legal or other expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.

(c) Each party entitled to indemnification under this Section 5 (the “Indemnified Party”) shall give notice to the party required to provide indemnification (the “Indemnifying Party”) promptly after such Indemnified Party has actual knowledge of any claim as to which indemnity may be sought, but the omission to so notify the Indemnifying Party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to the Indemnified Party pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5 except to the extent of the actual damages suffered by such delay in notification. The Indemnifying Party shall assume the defense of such action, including the employment of counsel to be chosen by the Indemnifying Party, which counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party, and payment of expenses. The Indemnified Party shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such case, but the legal fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the Indemnified Party, unless the employment of such counsel shall have been authorized in writing by the Indemnifying Party in connection with the defense of such action, or the Indemnifying Party shall not have employed counsel to take charge of the defense of such action within a reasonable period of time upon becoming aware of such action, or the Indemnified Party shall have reasonably concluded that there exists an actual and material conflict of interest between the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party (in which case the Indemnifying Party shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the Indemnified Party), in any of which events such fees and expenses shall be borne by the Indemnifying Party. No Indemnifying Party, in the defense of any such claim or litigation, shall, except with the consent of the Indemnified Party, consent to entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement unless such judgment or settlement (i) includes an unconditional release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation, and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of the Indemnified Party.

to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such expenses, claims, losses, damages and liabilities in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party on the one hand and the Indemnified Party on the other in connection with the statement or omission (or alleged statement or omission), which resulted in such expenses, claims, losses, damages and liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Indemnifying Party or the Indemnified Party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Investor agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 5(d).

(e) No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

(f) In no event shall the Investor be liable for any expenses, claims, losses, damages or liabilities pursuant to this Section 5 in excess of the net proceeds to the Investor of any Registrable Shares sold by the Investor.

Section 6. Information to be Furnished by the Investor. The Investor shall furnish to the Company such information as the Company may reasonably request and as shall be required in connection with any Registration Statement and related proceedings referred to in this Agreement. If the Investor fails to provide the Company with such information within ten business days of receipt of the Company’s request, the Company’s obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Investor or the Registrable Shares owned by the Investor shall be suspended until the Investor provides such information.

Section 7. Black-Out Period. The Investor agrees, if requested by the Company or the Company’s underwriters or financial advisors in connection with an underwritten offering of the Company’s securities pursuant to a Registration Statement filed with the Commission (a “Registered Offering), not to effect any sale or distribution of any Registrable Shares, including a sale pursuant to Rule 144, during the 15 day period prior to, and during the 30 day period beginning on, the date of pricing of such Registered Offering (each, a “Blackout Period”); provided that (a) each of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President are also subject to substantially similar restrictions, and (b) the Investor shall not be subject to more than one Blackout Period during any 6 month period.

Section 8. Miscellaneous.

(a) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Maryland.

(b) Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties with regard to the subject matter hereof.

(c) Amendment. No supplement, modification, waiver or termination of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the Company and the Investor.

(d) Notices. Unless otherwise provided, any notice required or permitted under this Agreement shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon personal delivery to the party to be notified or three days following deposit with the United States Post Office, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid and addressed to the party to be notified (or one day following timely deposit with a reputable overnight courier with next day delivery instructions), or upon confirmation of receipt by the sender of any notice by facsimile transmission, at the address indicated below or at such other address as such party may designate by ten days’ advance written notice to the other parties.

To Holder:	[ ]

With a Copy to:	Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker LLP
	695 Town Center Drive, Seventeenth Floor
	Costa Mesa, California 92626
	Attention: John Simonis, Esq.
	Telecopy: 714-668-6336

To the Company:	The Macerich Company
	401 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 700
	Santa Monica, California 90401
	Attention: Chief Legal Officer
	Facsimile: (310) 394-7692

With a copy to:	Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
	11355 West Olympic Boulevard
	Los Angeles, California 90064
	Attention: F. Thomas Muller, Esq.
	Facsimile: (310) 914-5852

(e) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which may be executed by fewer than all of the parties hereto (provided, that each party executes one or more counterparts), each of which shall be enforceable against the parties actually executing such counterparts, and all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

(f) Interpretation. Section titles are for descriptive purposes only and shall not control or alter the meaning of this Agreement as set forth in the text. “Including” means “including without limitation.”

(g) Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is judicially determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not be affected or impaired.

(h) Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets. In the event the Company, (i) enters into any merger, consolidation or reorganization in which the Company shall not be the surviving corporation, or (ii) sells, assigns, licenses or otherwise transfers or agrees to sell, assign, license or otherwise transfer all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, then prior to such merger, consolidation, reorganization or asset transfer, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts in an effort to have the surviving corporation or the transferee (provided the surviving corporation or the transferee has a class of shares registered under the Exchange Act), as the case may be, agree in writing (x) to assume the obligations of the Company under this Agreement, and (y) that references hereunder to “Registrable Shares” shall be deemed to include the securities which the Investor would be entitled to receive in exchange for Registrable Shares pursuant to or in connection with any such merger, consolidation or reorganization or such sale, assignment, license or other transfer, as the case may be. For the avoidance of doubt, in the event the Company endeavors to use commercially reasonable efforts to have the surviving corporation or transferee assume the obligations of the Company under this Agreement and the surviving corporation or transferee refuses to do so, the Company shall not be in breach of this Agreement and shall not be liable to the Investor for any losses or damages suffered, directly or indirectly, as a result thereof.

(i) Remedies. The Company and the Investor acknowledge that there would be no adequate remedy at law if any party fails to perform any of its obligations hereunder, and accordingly agree that the Company and the Investor, in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled at law or in equity, shall be entitled to compel specific performance of the obligations of the other party under this Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement in any court of the United States or any State thereof having jurisdiction.

(j) Anti-Assignment. The Investor may not assign this Agreement or its rights or obligations hereunder without the express written consent of the Company, which consent may be withheld, delayed or conditioned in the sole and absolute discretion of the Company; provided, however, that the Investor may assign this Agreement and any of its rights and obligations hereunder to any Permitted Transferee(s) (as defined in Section 14(g) of that certain Warrant to Purchase Common Stock bearing even date herewith between the Investor and the Company).

(k) Attorneys’ Fees. If the Company or the Investor brings an action to enforce its rights under this Agreement, the prevailing party in the action shall be entitled to recover its costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred in connection with such action, including any appeal of such action.

(l) Changes in Securities Laws. In the event that any amendment, repeal or other change in the securities laws shall render the provisions of this Agreement inapplicable, the Company will provide the Investor with substantially similar rights to those granted under this

Agreement and use its good faith efforts to cause such rights to be as comparable as possible to the rights granted to the Investor hereunder.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

DATED: September 3, 2009	COMPANY

	THE MACERICH COMPANY, a Maryland corporation


	By
		Richard A. Bayer, Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary


	INVESTOR


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SIGNATURE PAGE TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

Exhibit 10.3

List of Omitted Registration Rights Agreements

dated as of September 3, 2009

1. Registration Rights Agreement between GI Partners Fund III, L.P. and the Company.

2. Registration Rights Agreement between GI Partners Fund III-A, L.P. and the Company.

3. Registration Rights Agreement between GI Partners Fund III-B, L.P. and the Company.

Exhibit 10.4

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

This Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of September 30, 2009 by and between The Macerich Company, a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), and Heitman M-rich Investors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Investor”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of that certain Purchase Agreement for Interests in Limited Partnership, dated as of September 30, 2009 (the “Purchase Agreement”), Investor and/or its Affiliate(s) are purchasing an aggregate 50% interest in FREEHOLD CHANDLER HHF HOLDINGS LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Partnership”), and in connection therewith are concurrently herewith entering into the Agreement of Limited Partnership (the “Limited Partnership Agreement”) of the Partnership, dated as of September 30, 2009, with Affiliates of the Company;

WHEREAS, in consideration of the Investor entering into the Purchase Agreement and the Limited Partnership Agreement and consummating the transactions contemplated thereby, the Company has agreed to issue warrants to purchase common stock of the Company (the “Warrants”);

WHEREAS, in connection with the Investor entering into the Limited Partnership Agreement and consummating the transactions contemplated thereby, the Company has agreed to grant certain registration rights to the Investor with respect to the Common Shares.

Section 1. Additional Definitions. In this Agreement the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:

“Automatic Shelf” means a Shelf Registration Statement which shall become effective upon filing thereof pursuant to General Instruction I.D. of Form S-3.

“Commission” shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal agency at the time administering the Securities Act.

“Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement, and shall be deemed to refer to all successors, including by operation of law.

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, all as the same shall be in effect at the relevant time.

“Person” shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, estate, trust, association, private foundation, joint stock company or other entity.

The terms “Register,” “Registered” and “Registration” refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing a Registration Statement in compliance with the Securities Act providing for the issuance to, or the sale by, the Investor of Registrable Shares in accordance with the method or methods of distribution described in such Registration Statement, and the declaration or ordering of the effectiveness of such Registration Statement by the Commission.

“Registrable Shares” shall mean the Common Shares, including any Common Shares issued in redemption or exchange for, or in replacement of such Common Shares.

“Rule 144” shall mean Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission under the Securities Act, or any successor rule or regulation.

“Selling Expenses” shall mean all underwriting discounts, selling commissions and stock transfer taxes applicable to any sale of Registrable Shares.

Section 2. Shelf Registration.

(a) Within sixty (60) days from the date first written above, the Company shall file a registration statement on Form S-3 or another appropriate form (a “Shelf Registration Statement”) pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act relating to the resale of all Registrable Shares in an offering to be made on a continuous basis, which Shelf Registration Statement will contemplate the ability of the Investor to do an underwritten offering. The Company agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement to be declared

effective by the Commission. In lieu of filing a Shelf Registration Statement as described in the previous sentence, the Company may designate an existing Automatic Shelf for the registration of the resale of the Registrable Shares. In the event that the Company exercises this option, it shall be obligated to use commercially reasonable efforts to prepare and file a supplement to the prospectus contained in such Automatic Shelf to cover resales of the Registrable Shares by the Investor within thirty (30) days from the date first written above. The Company agrees to keep such Shelf Registration Statement or Automatic Shelf, as the case may be, effective until the date that is the earlier of (i) the date on which the Registrable Shares have been disposed of by Investor, and (ii) the date on which all of the Registrable Shares may be sold in one transaction without restriction pursuant to Rule 144.

(c) The Investor may sell the Registrable Shares covered by such Registration Statement in an underwritten offering. The Company shall reasonably cooperate with Investor in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Shares in an underwritten offering. The Investor may select the managing underwriter in connection with such registration, provided that such managing underwriter must be reasonably satisfactory to the Company. The Company may select any additional investment banks to be used in connection with the offering.

Section 3. Registration Procedures.

(a) The Company shall promptly notify the Investor of the occurrence of any of the following events as soon as reasonably practicable following the Company obtaining actual knowledge of the same:

(i) when any Registration Statement relating to the Registrable Shares has become effective;

(ii) the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement;

(iii) the Company exercising its Deferral Right;

(iv) the Company’s receipt of any notification of the suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Shares covered by a Registration Statement for sale in any jurisdiction;

(v) the existence of any event, fact or circumstance that results in a Registration Statement containing an untrue statement of material fact or omitting to state a

material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading during the distribution of securities; or

(vi) the occurrence or existence of any pending corporate development that, in the sole discretion of the Company, makes it appropriate to suspend the availability of the Registration Statement.

The Company agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of any such Registration Statement or any state qualification as promptly as reasonably practicable. The Investor agrees that upon delivery of any notice by the Company of the occurrence of any event of the type described in this Section 3(a)(ii), (iii), (iv), (v) or (vi), the Investor shall immediately discontinue any disposition of Registrable Shares pursuant to any Registration Statement until the receipt of written notice from the Company that such disposition may be made (such time period being a “Deferral/Suspension Period”).

(b) The Company shall provide to the Investor, at no cost to the Investor, a copy of the Registration Statement used to effect the Registration of the Registrable Shares, each prospectus contained in such Registration Statement or post effective amendment and any amendment or supplement thereto and such other documents as the Investor may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Shares covered by such Registration Statement. The Company consents to the use of each prospectus and any supplement thereto by the Investor in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Shares covered by such Registration Statement. The Company shall also file copies of the prospectus and any post-effective amendment or supplement thereto with the Commission to enable the Investor to have the benefits of the prospectus delivery provisions of the Securities Act.

(c) The Company agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Registrable Shares covered by a Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such state securities authorities as may be necessary to enable the Investor to consummate the disposition of the Registrable Shares pursuant to the plan of distribution set forth in the Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to take any action to effect any such Registration, qualification or compliance pursuant to this Section 3 in any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such Registration, qualification or compliance, unless the Company is already subject to service in such jurisdiction.

(d) Subject to the Deferral Right, if any event, fact or circumstance requiring an amendment to a Registration Statement relating to the Registrable Shares shall exist, as soon as reasonably practicable upon becoming aware thereof, the Company agrees to notify the Investor and prepare and furnish to the Investor a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement to the prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document necessary to disclose or otherwise address the event, fact or circumstance requiring such amendment. Additionally, the Company shall respond to any comments received from the Commission with respect to the Registration Statement or any amendment thereto.

(e) The Company agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts (including the payment of any listing fees) to obtain the listing of all Registrable Shares covered by the Registration Statement on each securities exchange on which securities of the same class or series are then listed.

(f) The Company agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to comply with the Securities Act and the Exchange Act in connection with the offer and sale of Registrable Shares pursuant to a Registration Statement.

(g) The Company shall cooperate with the Investor to facilitate the electronic registry, under the Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian program through the Depository Trust Company, of the Registrable Shares.

(h) The Company shall make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earning statement covering at least 12 months which shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder.

(i) If the Investor intends to dispose of its Registrable Shares through an underwritten public offering, the Company shall (i) enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement (and, to the extent so requested by the managing underwriter, the Investor shall also enter into and perform its obligations under such an agreement), in customary and usual form, with the managing underwriter of such underwritten offering, including, without limitation, to obtain an opinion of counsel to the Company and a “comfort letter” from the independent public accountants to the Company in the usual and customary form for such underwritten offering, (ii) provide the Investor, the underwriter and their respective counsel and accountants such access to its books and records, all as shall be necessary to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act, and (iii) otherwise cooperate with the reasonable requests of the managing underwriter of such underwritten offering in connection with conducting said underwritten offering.

(j) In connection with any sale, transfer or other disposition by the Investor of any Registrable Shares pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, subject to delivery by counsel to the Investor, which counsel is reasonably satisfactory to the Company, of an opinion that such sale, transfer or other disposition of the Registrable Shares satisfies the applicable conditions of Rule 144 under the Securities Act and otherwise is reasonable satisfactory to the Company in form and substance, the Company shall request that the Company’s transfer agent remove any stop order or restrictive legend applicable to such Registrable Shares.

Section 4. Expenses of Registration. The Company shall pay the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with Registration, qualification or compliance as provided for in this Agreement. Selling Expenses incurred in connection with the sale of Registrable Shares by the Investor shall be borne by the Investor and the Investor shall pay the expenses of its own counsel.

Section 5. Indemnification and Contribution.

(a) The Company will (i) indemnify the Investor, and its officers, directors, members, partners and managers, and any Person controlling the Investor within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against all expenses, claims, losses, damages and liabilities (including reasonable legal fees and expenses), but only to the extent arising out of or based on any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement, or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (ii) reimburse the Investor for all reasonable legal or other expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such claim, loss, damage, liability or expense arises out of or is based on (A) an offer or sale of Registrable Shares occurring during a Deferral/Suspension Period, or a Blackout Period in excess of the Selling Limitation, or (B) any untrue statement or omission (or alleged untrue statement or omission) made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Investor for inclusion therein; and, provided further, that the Company shall not be liable with respect to any preliminary prospectus or preliminary prospectus supplement to the extent that any such expenses, claims, losses, damages and liabilities result from the fact that Registrable Shares were sold to a Person as to whom it shall be established that there was not sent or given at or prior to the written confirmation of such sale a copy of the prospectus as then amended or supplemented under circumstances where such delivery is required under the Securities Act, if the Company shall have previously furnished copies thereof to such Indemnified Party prior thereto, and the expense, claim, loss, damage or liability of such Indemnified Party results from an untrue statement or omission of a material fact contained in the preliminary prospectus or the preliminary prospectus supplement, which was corrected in the prospectus.

(b) The Investor shall (i) indemnify the Company, each of its directors and each of its officers who signs the Registration Statement, and each Person who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, against all expenses, claims, losses, damages and liabilities (including reasonable legal fees and expenses), but only to the extent, arising out of or based on (A) any untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) of a material fact contained in any such Registration Statement, or based on any omission (or alleged omission) to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, and only to the extent, that such untrue statement (or alleged untrue statement) or omission (or alleged omission) is made in such Registration Statement in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Company by the Investor and/or any agent of the Investor for inclusion therein, or (B) any failure by the Investor and/or any agent of the Investor to deliver a prospectus where such delivery is required under the Securities Act, the Company shall have furnished copies of such prospectus to the Investor in sufficient quantities to permit the Investor to satisfy such obligations, and such prospectus corrected an untrue statement or omission of a material fact contained in a preliminary prospectus, and (ii) reimburse the Company for all reasonable legal or other expenses incurred in

connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred.

(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 5 is unavailable to a party that would have been an Indemnified Party under this Section 5 in respect of any expenses, claims, losses, damages and liabilities referred to herein, then the party that would have been an Indemnifying Party hereunder shall, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such expenses, claims, losses, damages and liabilities in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party on the one hand and the Indemnified Party on the other in connection with the statement or omission (or alleged statement or omission), which resulted in such expenses, claims, losses, damages and liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Indemnifying Party or the Indemnified Party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the Investor agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this Section 5(d).

Section 6. Information to be Furnished by the Investor. The Investor shall furnish to the Company such information as the Company may reasonably request and as shall be required in connection with any Registration Statement and related proceedings referred to in this Agreement. If the Investor fails to provide the Company with such information within five business days of receipt of the Company’s request, the Company’s obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Investor or the Registrable Shares owned by the Investor shall be suspended until the Investor provides such information.

Section 7. Piggyback Registration Rights. If the Company proposes to make an underwritten offering of its Common Shares or if another holder of Common Shares proposes to make an underwritten offering, the Investor shall be entitled to sell Registrable Shares in such offering subject to compliance with Section 2(c); provided, however, that if the managing underwriter advises that the number of Registrable Shares sought to be included by the Investor in such offering would create a substantial risk that the sale of some or all of the Common Shares sought to be sold will substantially reduce the proceeds or price per Common Share to be derived from the sale, the number of Registrable Shares to be sold by the Investor will be reduced on a pro rata basis with other shareholders entitled to participate in such offering to the extent not inconsistent with existing contractual obligations. The Investor may not include Registrable Shares in underwritten offerings pursuant to this Section 7 if the Investor owns Registrable Shares representing less than 1% of the outstanding Common Shares.

Section 8. Black-Out Period. The Investor agrees, if requested by the Company or the Company’s underwriters or financial advisors in connection with an underwritten offering of the Company’s securities pursuant to a Registration Statement filed with the Commission (a “Registered Offering”), not to effect any sale or distribution of any Registrable Shares in excess of the Selling Limitation, including a sale pursuant to Rule 144, during the 15 day period prior to, and during the 30 day period beginning on, the date of pricing of such Registered Offering (each, a “Blackout Period”); provided that (a) each of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President are also subject to substantially similar restrictions, and (b) the Investor shall not be subject to more than one Blackout Period during any twelve month period. The “Selling Limitation” shall mean, with respect to any Blackout Period, 25% of the Registrable Shares.

Section 9. Miscellaneous.

(a) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of Maryland.

(b) Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties with regard to the subject matter hereof.

(c) Amendment. No supplement, modification, waiver or termination of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the Company and the Investor.

To Holder:	Heitman M-rich Investors LLC
	c/o Heitman LLC
	191 Wacker Drive, Suite 2500
	Chicago, Illinois 60606
	Attention: David Perisho, Senior Vice President
	Telecopy: 312-541-6789

With a Copy to:	Mayer Brown LLP
	71 South Wacker Drive
	Chicago, Illinois 60606
	Attention: John W. Noell, Jr., Esq.
	Telecopy: 312-701-7711

To the Company:	The Macerich Company
	401 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 700
	Santa Monica, California 90401
	Attention: Chief Legal Officer
	Facsimile: (310) 394-7692

With a copy to:	Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
	11355 West Olympic Boulevard
	Los Angeles, California 90064
	Attention: F. Thomas Muller, Esq.
	Facsimile: (310) 914-5852

(g) Remedies. The Company and the Investor acknowledge that there would be no adequate remedy at law if any party fails to perform any of its obligations hereunder, and accordingly agree that the Company and the Investor, in addition to any other remedy to which it may be entitled at law or in equity, shall be entitled to compel specific performance of the obligations of the other party under this Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement in any court of the United States or any State thereof having jurisdiction.

(h) Anti-Assignment. The Investor may not assign this Agreement or its rights or obligations hereunder without the express written consent of the Company, which consent may be withheld, delayed or conditioned in the sole and absolute discretion of the Company.

(i) Attorneys’ Fees. If the Company or the Investor brings an action to enforce its rights under this Agreement, the prevailing party in the action shall be entitled to recover its costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, incurred in connection with such action, including any appeal of such action.

(j) Changes in Securities Laws. In the event that any amendment, repeal or other change in the securities laws shall render the provisions of this Agreement inapplicable, the Company will provide the Investor with substantially similar rights to those granted under this Agreement and use its good faith efforts to cause such rights to be as comparable as possible to the rights granted to the Investor hereunder.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.

DATED: September 30, 2009	COMPANY

	THE MACERICH COMPANY, a Maryland corporation


	By:		/s/ Richard A. Bayer
			Richard A. Bayer, Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary


	INVESTOR

	HEITMAN M-RICH INVESTORS LLC, a Delaware limited liability company

	By: Heitman America RE LLC, its managing member

	By: Heitman America Real Estate Trust, L.P., its managing member

	By: Heitman America Real Estate Trust, LLC, its general partner


	By:	/s/ Thomas P. Kelly
	Name: Thomas P. Kelly
	Title: Senior Vice President

SIGNATURE PAGE TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

DATED SEPTEMBER 30, 2009

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Exhibit 31.1

THE MACERICH COMPANY
SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION

I, Arthur M. Coppola, certify that:

1.

I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 of The Macerich Company;

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.

The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a): Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b): Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c): Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d): Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5.

The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a): All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b): Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.


Date: November 6, 2009		/s/ ARTHUR M. COPPOLA Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

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Exhibit 31.2

THE MACERICH COMPANY
SECTION 302 CERTIFICATION

I, Thomas E. O'Hern, certify that:

1.

I have reviewed this report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 of The Macerich Company;

2.

3.

4.

(a): Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
(b): Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(c): Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
(d): Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5.

(a): All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
(b): Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.


Date: November 6, 2009		/s/ THOMAS E. O'HERN Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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Exhibit 32.1

THE MACERICH COMPANY
WRITTEN STATEMENT
PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

The undersigned, Arthur M. Coppola and Thomas E. O'Hern, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, respectively, of The Macerich Company (the "Company"), pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, each hereby certifies that, to the best of his knowledge:

(i) the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2009 of the Company (the "Report") fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

(ii) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: November 6, 2009


		/s/ ARTHUR M. COPPOLA Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
		/s/ THOMAS E. O'HERN Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

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