SEC Form 3

FORM 3

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* Swanstrom Daniel E II (Last) (First) (Middle) 401 WILSHIRE BLVD., SUITE 700 (Street) SANTA MONICA CA 90401 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 11/16/2024	3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol MACERICH CO [ MAC ]
		4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) SEVP, Chief Financial Officer	5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
			6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4)	2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4)	3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
No securities beneficially owned.	0	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4)	2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)		4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5)	6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
LTIP Units	(1)(2)	(1)	Common Stock	77,399	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents units of limited partnership interest in The Macerich Partnership, L.P. (the "Partnership"), of which the Issuer is the general partner, issued as long term incentive compensation pursuant to the Issuer's equity based compensatory programs. Conditioned upon minimum allocations to the capital accounts of the LTIP Units for federal income tax purposes and time vesting, each LTIP Unit may be converted into a common unit of limited partnership interest in the Partnership (a "Common Unit"). Each Common Unit acquired upon conversion of a LTIP Unit may be presented for redemption, at the election of the holder, for cash equal to the then fair market value of a share of the Issuer's common stock, except that the Issuer may, at its election, acquire each Common Unit so presented for one share of common stock. The rights to convert LTIP Units to Common Units and redeem Common Units do not have expiration dates.

2. LTIP Units vest one-third on November 30, 2025, one-third on November 30, 2026 and one-third on November 30, 2027.

Remarks:

	Daniel E. Swanstrom II	11/22/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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