SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

 

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

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

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) May 13, 2004

 

THE MACERICH COMPANY

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

MARYLAND

 

1-12504

 

95-4448705

(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

401 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 700, Santa Monica, California 90401

(Address of principal executive office, including zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code  (310) 394-6000

 

N/A

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 

 



 

ITEM 9. REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE.

 

Institutional Shareholder Services (“ISS”) requested that The Macerich Company provide ISS with additional information about tax fees that The Macerich Company reported in its proxy statement for its 2004 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.  ISS further requested that The Macerich Company publish this information in a Form 8-K filing.

 

FEES PAID TO INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

 

The following table sets forth fees billed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for services rendered for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003:

 

Audit Fees

 

$

850,533

 

Audit-Related Fees

 

306,917

 

Tax Fees-Preparation and Compliance

 

1,749,716

 

 

 

 

 

Total Audit, Audit-Related and Tax Preparation and Compliance Fees

 

2,907,166

 

 

 

 

 

Other Non-Audit Fees:

 

 

 

Tax Fees-Other

 

945,887

 

All Other Fees

 

0

 

 

 

 

 

Total-Other Fees

 

945,887

 

 

 

 

 

Total-Fees

 

$

3,853,053

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, The Macerich Company has duly caused this report to be signed by the undersigned, hereunto duly authorized, in the City of Santa Monica, State of California, on May 13, 2004.

 

 

THE MACERICH COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

By:  THOMAS E. O’HERN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/  Thomas E. O’Hern

 

 

Executive Vice President,

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

And Treasurer

 

 

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