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


FORM 11-K

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2002

Commission file number 001-14469


A. Full title of the plan:

 

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP
AND ADOPTING ENTITIES
MATCHING SAVINGS PLAN

B. Name of issuer of the securities held pursuant to the plan and the address
of its principal executive office:
    SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, INC.
P.O. BOX 7033
INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46207-7033


REQUIRED INFORMATION

Item 4.    The Plan's financial statements and schedules have been prepared in accordance with the financial reporting requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA"). To the extent required by ERISA, the plan financial statements have been examined by independent accountants, except that the "limited scope exemption" contained in Section 103(a) (3) (C) was not available. Such financial statements and schedules are included in this Report in lieu of the information required by Items 1-3 of Form 11-K.




Simon Property Group and Adopting Entities Matching Savings Plan

Form 11-K

Table of Contents

(a)
Financial Statements
(b)
Signatures

(c)
Exhibit Index

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULE

Simon Property Group And Adopting Entities
Matching Savings Plan

December 31, 2002 and 2001 and for the year ended December 31, 2002
with Report of Independent Auditors

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Simon Property Group And Adopting Entities Matching Savings Plan

Financial Statements and Schedule

December 31, 2002 and 2001 and
for the year ended December 31, 2002


Contents


Report of Independent Auditors

 

5

Audited Financial Statements

 

 

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

 

6
Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits   7
Notes to Financial Statements   8

Schedule of Assets (Held At End of Year)

 

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Report of Independent Auditors

Plan Administrator
Simon Property Group and Adopting Entities Matching Savings Plan:

We have audited the accompanying statements of net assets available for benefits of the Simon Property Group and Adopting Entities Matching Savings Plan as of December 31, 2002 and 2001 and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2002. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Plan's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the net assets available for benefits of the Plan as of December 31, 2002 and 2001, and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2002 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

Our audits were made for the purpose of forming an opinion on the financial statements taken as a whole. The accompanying supplemental schedule of assets (held at end of year) as of December 31, 2002, is presented for the purpose of additional analysis and is not a required part of the financial statements but is supplementary information required by the Department of Labor's Rules and Regulations for Reporting and Disclosure under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. This supplemental schedule is the responsibility of the Plan's management. The supplemental schedule has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in our audits of the financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the financial statements taken as a whole.

June 13, 2003

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Simon Property Group and Adopting Entities
Matching Savings Plan

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

 
  December 31
 
  2002
  2001
Assets            
Investments:            
  Money market funds   $ 475,326   $ 756,996
  Common/collective trust     16,412,201     14,034,431
  Mutual funds     91,460,878     105,674,427
  Common stock     3,042,451     2,129,974
  Participant loans receivable     1,854,260     1,795,024
   
 
    Total investments     113,245,116     124,390,852

Receivables:

 

 

 

 

 

 
  Employer contributions     175,938     161,925
  Participant contributions     169,441     155,327
  Investment income     68,894     65,944
   
 
Total receivables     414,273     383,196
   
 
Net assets available for benefits   $ 113,659,389   $ 124,774,048
   
 

See accompanying notes.

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Simon Property Group and Adopting Entities
Matching Savings Plan

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits
Year ended December 31, 2002

Additions:        
  Contributions:        
    Participant   $ 7,491,862  
    Employer     5,387,619  
    Other     9,150  
  Investment income     1,966,633  
   
 
Total additions     14,855,264  

Deductions:

 

 

 

 
  Benefits paid     10,182,654  
  Administrative expenses     197,883  
  Net depreciation in fair value of investments     15,589,386  
   
 
Total deductions     25,969,923  
   
 

Net decrease

 

 

(11,114,659

)
Net assets available for benefits:        
  Beginning of year     124,774,048  
   
 
  End of year   $ 113,659,389  
   
 

See accompanying notes.

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Simon Property Group and Adopting Entities
Matching Savings Plan

Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2002

1.     Description of Plan

        The following brief description of the Simon Property Group and Adopting Entities Matching Savings Plan (the Plan) provides only general information. Participants should refer to the Plan agreement for a more complete description of the Plan's provisions. It is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).

General

        The Plan is a defined contribution plan sponsored by Simon Property Group, L.P. (Simon Property Group, Inc. is the parent and managing general partner of Simon Property Group, L.P.) and affiliated companies (the Employer). The Plan is administered by an Administrative Committee appointed by the Employer. The trustee and recordkeeper of the Plan is Fidelity Management Trust Company (Fidelity or Trustee).

Investment Valuation and Income Recognition

        Investments are stated at aggregate fair value. Securities traded on a national securities exchange are valued at the last reported sales price on the final business day of the year. Mutual funds are valued at quoted market prices that represent the net asset values of shares held by the Plan at year-end. The fair value of participant units owned by the Plan in common/collective funds are based on quoted redemption value on the last business day of the Plan's year-end. The participant loans are valued at their outstanding balances, which approximates fair value.

Plan Eligibility

        For the purpose of making a before tax contribution or a rollover contribution, an employee becomes a member of the plan on the first day of the month coincident with or following the completion of sixty days of active employment and attainment of age twenty-one. For the purpose of receiving the employer match, an employee becomes a member of the Plan on the first day of the month coincident with or following completion of one year of eligible service (at least 1,000 hours of employment) and upon reaching age twenty-one.

Employee Contributions

        Participants may contribute from 1% to 16% (25% for catch-up contributions) of their before-tax compensation as defined in the Plan document. Contributions are subject to maximum limitations as defined in the Internal Revenue Code (the Code).

Employer Contributions

        For participant contributions after January 1, 2000, the Employer matched 100% of the participants' first 3% elected salary deductions and 50% of the participants' next 2% elected salary deductions. In addition, the Employer made a discretionary contribution of 1.5% of participant compensation in 2002 and 2001. This contribution applied to all eligible employees regardless of whether or not they had made any 401(k) contributions during the plan year. As of December 31, 2002, cumulative participant forfeitures totaled $643,196 and will be used to reduce future employer contributions.

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Participant Accounts

        Each participant's account is credited for participant contributions and allocations of Employer contributions and Plan earnings. Investment earnings are allocated proportionately among all participants' accounts in an amount which bears the same ratio of their account balance to the total fund balance.

Participant Loans

        All employees that invest in the Plan can borrow from their accounts. Amounts borrowed by the participant are transferred from one or more of the investment funds. The participant pays interest on the loan based on market interest rates at the date of the loan. This interest is credited to the participant's account balance. Both the maximum amounts available and repayment terms for such borrowings are restricted under provisions of the Plan.

Vesting

        Participants' contributions and related investment income become vested at the time they are credited to the participants' accounts. For years of service prior to January 1, 2000, vesting in Employer matching and discretionary contributions is based upon years of vesting service. The vesting schedule is as follows:

Years of Vesting Service
  Percentage Vested and
Nonforfeitable

Less than 3   0%
3   30    
4   40    
5   60    
6   80    
7 or more   100%

        Employees are fully vested in Employer matching and discretionary contributions contributed on and after January 1, 2000.

Payment of Benefits

        Upon termination of service or retirement, participants may elect to receive payments over a period provided in the Plan document or a lump sum amount equal to the vested portion of their accounts as of the most recent valuation date before the distribution. Forfeitures of nonvested amounts for terminated employees are used to reduce Employer contributions in future years.

Administrative Expenses

        All administrative expenses, with the exception of legal expenses, are paid by the Plan.

2.     Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Use of Estimates

        The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

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Plan Termination

        Although the Employer has not expressed any intent to terminate the Plan, it may do so at any time by action of the Plan's Administrative Committee, subject to the provisions of ERISA. Upon termination of the Plan, participants become fully vested in their entire account balance.

3.     Investments

        Investments are stated at current market value. The market values of individual assets that represent 5% or more of the Plan's assets held for investment purposes at December 31, 2002 and 2001 are as follows:

 
  2002
  2001
*Fidelity Growth and Income Fund   $ 23,024,993   $ 27,960,296
*Vanguard Bond Intermediate Term Portfolio Fund     5,956,464     7,040,745
*PIMCO Total Return Fund     5,918,898     7,095,539
*Fidelity Spartan U.S. Equity Index Portfolio Fund     13,056,274     15,399,753
*Fidelity Magellan Fund     11,351,685     14,848,759
*Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund     10,553,008     9,439,665
  MAS Balanced Fund     13,793,090     16,905,769
  Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio Fund     16,412,201     14,034,431

*
Denotes all or a portion of the fund is nonparticipant-directed.

During 2002, the Plan's investments (depreciated) appreciated in value as follows:

 
  2002
   
Mutual funds   $ (16,112,330 )  
Common stock     522,944    
   
   
    $ (15,589,386 )  
   
   

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4.     Nonparticipant-Directed Investments

        The nonparticipant directed investments are comprised of various mutual funds as directed by the Employer match. Information about the net assets and significant components of the changes in net assets relating to the nonparticipant-directed investments is as follows:

 
  December 31
 
  2002
  2001
Net assets:            
  Mutual funds   $ 30,145,137   $ 33,201,232
  Money market funds     401,620     702,905
   
 
    $ 30,546,757   $ 33,904,137
   
 
 
  Year ended
December 31
2002

   
Changes in net assets:          
  Contributions   $ 1,932,457    
  Interest income     10,815    
  Net depreciation     (2,162,020 )  
  Benefits paid to participants     (3,054,590 )  
  Administrative expenses     (78,118 )  
  Interfund transfers     (5,924 )  
   
   
    $ (3,357,380 )  
   
   

5.     Tax Status

        The Plan has received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service dated October 30, 2001, stating that the Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (the "Code") and, therefore, the related trust is exempt from taxation. Once qualified, the Plan is required to operate in conformity with the Code to maintain its qualification. The Plan Administrator believes the Plan is being operated in compliance with the applicable requirements of the Code and, therefore, believes that the Plan is qualified and the related trust is tax exempt.

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Schedule

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Simon Property Group and Adopting Entities
Matching Savings Plan

Schedule H, line 4i—Schedule of Assets (Held At End of Year)

December 31, 2002

EIN: 35-1903854
Plan Number: 002

(b)



Identity for Issue, Borrower, Lessor, or Similar Party

  (c)
Description of Investment
Including Maturity Date,
Rate of Interest, Par or
Maturity Value

  (d)



Cost

  (e)



Current Value

Money market funds                
  *Fidelity Institutional Cash Portfolio Money Market Fund   475,326 shares   $ 475,326   $ 475,326

Common stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  *Simon Property Group Common Stock   89,300 shares     **     3,042,451

Common/collective trusts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  *Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio Fund   16,412,201 shares     **     16,412,201

Mutual funds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
  RS Diversified Growth Fund   109,762 shares     1,870,300     1,554,236
  CS Cap Appreciation Com   8,764 shares     **     106,481
  *Fidelity Growth and Income Fund   759,650 shares     29,175,443     23,024,993
  *Fidelity Magellan Fund   143,765 shares     **     11,351,685
  *Fidelity Spartan U.S. Equity Index Portfolio Fund   419,142 shares     16,006,416     13,056,274
  *Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund   419,269 shares     10,513,101     10,553,008
  Franklin Small Mid Cap Growth A   29,969 shares     **     657,816
  MAS Balanced Fund   1,499,249 shares     **     13,793,090
  MSI Value Equity B   34,535 shares     **     248,996
  PIMCO Total Return Fund   554,723 shares     5,749,572     5,918,898
  Templeton Institutional Foreign Equity   431,899 shares     6,316,992     5,238,937
  Vanguard Bond Intermediate Term Portfolio Fund   554,090 shares     5,366,589     5,956,464
             
                91,460,878

Loans to participants

 

interest rates range
from 5.25% to 10.75%

 

 

 

 

 

1,854,260
             
              $ 113,245,116
             

*
Indicates party-in-interest to the Plan.

**
Participant directed, cost information is no longer required.

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons who administer the employee benefit plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


 

 

SIMON PROPERTY GROUP AND ADOPTING ENTITIES
MATCHING SAVINGS PLAN

 

 


(Name of Plan)

Date: June 27, 2003

 

/s/ John Dahl

John Dahl
Chief Accounting Officer

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Exhibit Index

Exhibit number

  Description
23.1   Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Public Accountants
99.1   Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002



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Report of Independent Auditors
Simon Property Group and Adopting Entities Matching Savings Plan
Simon Property Group and Adopting Entities Matching Savings Plan
Schedule
SIGNATURES
Exhibit Index