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, 2007

 

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.

 

 



 

AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTAL SCHEDULE

 

Simon Property Group and Adopting Entities Matching Savings Plan

December 31, 2007 and 2006, and for the Year Ended December 31, 2007

With Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 



 

Simon Property Group and Adopting Entities Matching Savings Plan

 

Audited Financial Statements and Supplemental Schedule

 

December 31, 2007 and 2006, and

for the Year Ended December 31, 2007

 

Contents

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

1

 

 

Audited Financial Statements

 

 

 

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

2

Statement of Changes in Net Assets Available for Benefits

3

Notes to Financial Statements

4

 

 

Supplemental Schedule

12

 

 

Schedule H, Line 4i – Schedule of Assets (Held at End of Year) – December 31, 2007

13

 

 

 



 

To 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 (the Plan) as of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related statement of changes in net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2007.  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 the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (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. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Plan’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and 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 at December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the changes in its net assets available for benefits for the year ended December 31, 2007, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

Our audits were performed 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, 2007, is presented for purposes of additional analysis and is not a required part of the 2007 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 audit of the 2007 financial statements and, in our opinion, is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the 2007 financial statements taken as a whole.

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

June 11, 2008

 

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Simon Property Group and Adopting Entities Matching Savings Plan

 

Statements of Net Assets Available for Benefits

 

 

 

December 31

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Investments:

 

 

 

 

 

Money market funds

 

$

1,259,999

 

$

814,736

 

Common/collective trust

 

22,626,395

 

21,912,786

 

Mutual funds

 

183,042,432

 

168,912,788

 

Common stock

 

10,458,639

 

11,661,619

 

Participant loans receivable

 

2,633,166

 

2,511,147

 

Total investments

 

220,020,631

 

205,813,076

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Receivables:

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding trades receivable

 

 

120,465

 

Investment income

 

70,271

 

68,639

 

Total receivables

 

70,271

 

189,104

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total assets

 

220,090,902

 

206,002,180

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Outstanding trades payable

 

 

230,588

 

Total liabilities

 

 

230,588

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits at fair value

 

220,090,902

 

205,771,592

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjustment from fair value to contract value for interest in collective trust relating to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts

 

245,893

 

220,239

 

Net assets available for benefits

 

$

220,336,795

 

$

205,991,831

 

 

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, 2007

 

Additions

 

 

 

Contributions:

 

 

 

Participant

 

$

11,058,656

 

Rollover

 

3,800,031

 

Employer

 

7,674,088

 

Interest and dividends

 

639,862

 

Net appreciation in fair value of investments

 

12,354,281

 

Total additions

 

35,526,918

 

 

 

 

 

Deductions

 

 

 

Benefits paid

 

20,989,043

 

Administrative expenses

 

192,911

 

Total deductions

 

21,181,954

 

 

 

 

 

Net increase

 

14,344,964

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets available for benefits:

 

 

 

Beginning of year

 

205,991,831

 

End of year

 

$

220,336,795

 

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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Simon Property Group and Adopting Entities Matching Savings Plan

 

Notes to Financial Statements

 

December 31, 2007

 

1. Description of the 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 Document 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. and affiliated companies (the Employer or Company). Simon Property Group, Inc. is the parent and managing general partner of Simon Property Group, L.P. The Plan is administered by an Administrative Committee appointed by the Employer. The trustee and record-keeper of the Plan is Fidelity Management Trust Company (Fidelity or the Trustee).

 

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.

 

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 60 days of active employment and attainment of age 21. For the purpose of receiving the employer match and any discretionary employer contribution, 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 21.

 

Employee Contributions

 

Participants are allowed to contribute from 1% to 50% of their before-tax compensation. Contributions are subject to maximum limitations as defined in the Internal Revenue Code (the Code).

 

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1. Description of the Plan (continued)

 

Employer Contributions

 

The Employer currently matches 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 profit-sharing contribution of 1.5% of participant compensation in 2007 and 2006. This contribution applied to all eligible employees as defined. As of December 31, 2007 and 2006, cumulative participant forfeitures totaled $127,295 and $7,377, respectively, and are used to reduce future employer contributions and administrative expenses. Forfeitures used to reduce employer contributions and administrative expenses during 2007 were $103,513 and $58,250, respectively.

 

Participant Accounts

 

Each participant’s account is credited for participant contributions and allocations of the Employer’s contributions and the Plan’s 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. The plan was amended effective January 1, 2007, to create two different vesting schedules:  one for pre-2007 profit-sharing contributions, and one for post-2006 profit-sharing contributions.

 

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1. Description of the Plan (continued)

 

Pre-2007 profit-sharing contributions vest according to the following schedule:

 

Years of Vesting Service

 

Percentage Vested and Nonforfeitable

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less than 3

 

0

%

 

3

 

30

 

 

4

 

40

 

 

5

 

60

 

 

6

 

80

 

 

7 or more

 

100

 

 

 

Post-2006 profit-sharing contributions vest according to the following schedule:

 

Years of Vesting Service

 

Percentage Vested and Nonforfeitable

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less than 2

 

0

%

 

2

 

20

 

 

3

 

40

 

 

4

 

60

 

 

5

 

80

 

 

6 or more

 

100

 

 

 

Employees vest immediately in employer-matching 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 in 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 the Employer’s contributions in future years.

 

Administrative Expenses

 

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

 

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2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Investment Valuation and Income Recognition

 

The Plan’s investments are stated at fair value which equals the quoted market price on the last business day of the Plan year. The shares of registered investment companies are valued at quoted market prices which represent the net asset values of shares held by the Plan at year-end.

 

Mutual funds are valued at quoted market prices that represent the net asset values of shares held by the Plan at year-end.

 

As described in Financial Accounting Standards Board Staff Position (FSP) AAG INV-1 and Statement of Financial Position (SOP) 94-4-1, Reporting of Fully Benefit-Responsive Investment Contracts Held by Certain Investment Companies Subject to the AICPA Investment Company Guide and Defined-Contribution Health and Welfare and Pension Plans (the FSP), investment contracts held by a defined contribution plan are required to be reported at fair value. However, contract value is the relevant measurement attribute for that portion of the net assets available for benefits of a defined contribution plan attributable to fully benefit-responsive investment contracts because contract value is the amount participants would receive if they were to initiate permitted transactions under the terms of the Plan. The Plan invests in investment contracts through a common collective trust (Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio). As required by the FSP, the statements of net assets available for benefits present the fair value of the common collective trust and the adjustment from fair value to contract value. The fair value of the Plan’s interest in the common collective trust is based on information reported by the issuer of the common collective trust at year-end. The contract value of the common collective trust represents contributions plus earnings, less participant withdrawals and administrative expenses.

 

The participant loans are valued at their outstanding balances, which approximate fair value.

 

Purchases and sales of securities are recorded on a trade-date basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

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2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (continued)

 

New Accounting Pronouncement

 

In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements” (SFAS 157). SFAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. SFAS 157 applies under other accounting pronouncements that require or permit fair value measurements. SFAS 157 is effective for accounting periods beginning after November 15, 2007. The Company is currently evaluating the impact, if any, that the adoption of SFAS 157 will have on the Plan’s financial statements.

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

3. Investments

 

The fair market values of individual assets that represent 5% or more of the Plan’s assets held for investment purposes at December 31, 2007 and 2006, are as follows:

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Income Fund**

 

$

32,727,858

 

$

33,095,155

 

Fidelity Spartan U.S. Equity Index Portfolio Fund**

 

23,420,508

 

22,322,175

 

Templeton Institutional Foreign Equity**

 

20,163,301

 

15,976,960

 

Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund**

 

21,698,987

 

23,701,457

 

Fidelity Magellan Fund

 

18,319,931

 

15,721,937

 

Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio Fund

 

22,626,395

 

21,912,786

 

MSI Balance Advanced Fund

 

20,458,619

 

19,157,997

 

Simon Property Group, Inc. Corporate Common Stock

 

10,458,639

 

11,661,619

 

 


**Denotes a portion of the fund is nonparticipant directed.

 

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3. Investments (continued)

 

During 2007, the Plan’s investments (including investments purchased and sold, as well as held, during the year) appreciated in fair value as determined by quoted market prices as follows:

 

 

 

Net Realized and
Unrealized
Appreciation in
Fair Value of
Investments

 

 

 

 

 

Mutual funds

 

$

13,206,047

 

Collective trust

 

949,315

 

Common stock

 

(1,801,081

)

 

 

$

12,354,281

 

 

4. Nonparticipant-Directed Investments

 

Discretionary profit-sharing contributions are not participant directed. 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

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

Net assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Mutual funds

 

$

40,062,878

 

$

40,362,388

 

Money market funds

 

900,130

 

490,303

 

 

 

$

40,963,008

 

$

40,852,691

 

 

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4. Nonparticipant-Directed Investments (continued)

 

 

 

Year Ended
December 31
2007

 

Changes in net assets:

 

 

 

Contributions

 

$

2,602,911

 

Net appreciation

 

2,955,961

 

Net change in outstanding trades payable

 

(142,658

)

Benefits paid to participants

 

(5,252,066

)

Administrative expenses

 

(53,831

)

 

 

$

110,317

 

 

5. Income Tax Status

 

The Plan has received a determination letter from the Internal Revenue Service dated September 28, 2006, stating that the Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and, therefore, the related trust is exempt from taxation. Subsequent to this determination by the Internal Revenue Service, the Plan was amended. 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, as amended, is qualified and the related trust is tax-exempt.

 

6. Risks and Uncertainties

 

The Plan invests in various investment securities. Investment securities are exposed to various risks such as interest rate, market, and credit risks. Due to the level of risk associated with certain investment securities, it is at least reasonably possible that changes in the values of investment securities will occur in the near term and that such changes could materially affect participants’ account balances and the amounts reported in the statements of net assets available for benefits.

 

7. Related Party Transactions

 

During 2007 and 2006, the Plan received $339,097 and $356,327, respectively, in dividends related to its investment in the Employer’s common stock.

 

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8. Reconciliation of Financial Statements to Form 5500

 

The following is a reconciliation of net assets available for benefits per the financial statements to the Form 5500:

 

 

 

December 31

 

 

 

2007

 

2006

 

Net assets available for benefits per the financial statements

 

$

220,336,795

 

$

205,991,831

 

Adjustment from contract value to fair value for interest in collective trust relating to fully responsive investment contracts

 

(245,893

)

(220,239

)

Benefit claims payable

 

(41,538

)

 

Net assets available for benefits per the Form 5500

 

$

220,049,364

 

$

205,771,592

 

 

The following is a reconciliation of net appreciation from the financial statements to the Form 5500:

 

 

 

Year Ended
December 31

 

 

 

2007

 

 

 

 

 

Net appreciation in fair value of investments

 

$

12,354,281

 

Adjustments from contract value to fair value

 

(25,654

)

Net appreciation per the Form 5500

 

$

12,328,627

 

 

The following is a reconciliation of benefits paid from the financial statements to the Form 5500:

 

 

 

Year Ended
December 31

 

 

 

2007

 

 

 

 

 

Benefits paid to participants

 

$

20,989,043

 

Benefit claims payable on Form 5500

 

41,538

 

Benefits paid to participants per the Form 5500

 

$

21,030,581

 

 

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Supplemental 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)

 

EIN:  35-1903854          Plan Number:  002

 

December 31, 2007

 

Identity of Issue, Borrower,

 

Description of

 

 

 

Current

 

Lessor, or Similar Party

 

Investment

 

Cost

 

Value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Money market funds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fidelity Institutional Cash Portfolio Money Market Fund*

 

1,259,999 units

 

1,259,999

 

$

1,259,999

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Simon Property Group Common Stock*

 

120,408 shares

 

 

**

10,458,639

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common/collective trusts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fidelity Managed Income Portfolio Fund*

 

22,872,288 shares

 

 

**

22,626,395

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mutual funds

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fidelity Growth and Income Fund*

 

1,199,702 shares

 

40,875,021

 

32,727,858

 

Fidelity Magellan Fund*

 

195,163 shares

 

 

**

18,319,931

 

Fidelity Spartan U.S. Equity Index Portfolio Fund*

 

451,262 shares

 

18,412,666

 

23,420,508

 

Fidelity Low Priced Stock Fund*

 

527,571 shares

 

17,378,232

 

21,698,987

 

CS Cap Appreciation Com

 

69,793 shares

 

 

**

1,366,544

 

Franklin Small Mid Cap Growth A

 

133,241 shares

 

 

**

4,718,049

 

MSI Balance Advanced Fund

 

1,395,540 shares

 

 

**

20,458,619

 

PIMCO Total Return Fund

 

727,453 shares

 

7,611,636

 

7,776,474

 

RS Diversified Growth Fund

 

75,525 shares

 

1,306,615

 

2,071,650

 

Templeton Institutional Foreign Equity

 

705,011 shares

 

14,825,690

 

20,163,301

 

Vanguard Bond Intermediate Term Portfolio Fund

 

737,776 shares

 

7,395,820

 

7,746,651

 

Cohen & Steers Realty

 

31,530 shares

 

 

**

1,853,937

 

Allianz NFJ Small Cap Value

 

157,605 shares

 

 

**

4,847,927

 

DWS Dreman High Return Equity Class A

 

72,446 shares

 

 

**

3,370,171

 

Vanguard Intermediate Term Bond Index Signal Shares

 

198,658 shares

 

 

**

2,085,913

 

Vanguard Growth Index Signal Shares

 

63,718 shares

 

 

**

1,960,603

 

Fidelity Freedom Income*

 

9,589 shares

 

 

**

109,799

 

Fidelity Freedom 2000*

 

1,407 shares

 

 

**

17,410

 

Fidelity Freedom 2010*

 

84,567 shares

 

 

**

1,253,276

 

Fidelity Freedom 2020*

 

109,407 shares

 

 

**

1,729,730

 

Fidelity Freedom 2030*

 

53,077 shares

 

 

**

876,836

 

Fidelity Freedom 2040*

 

75,953 shares

 

 

**

739,025

 

Fidelity Freedom 2005*

 

11,322 shares

 

 

**

133,491

 

Fidelity Freedom 2015*

 

133,961 shares

 

 

**

1,670,498

 

Fidelity Freedom 2025*

 

104,834 shares

 

 

**

1,381,708

 

Fidelity Freedom 2035*

 

39,731 shares

 

 

**

543,515

 

Templeton Developing Markets Class A

 

1 share

 

 

**

21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

183,042,432

 

Participant loans

 

Interest rates range from 4% to 10.75%

 

 

 

2,633,166

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

220,020,631

 

 


* Indicates party in interest to the Plan.

** Denotes all of the fund is 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 20, 2008

/s/ John Dahl

 

John Dahl

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

 

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Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit
number

 

Description

23.1

 

Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

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EXHIBIT 23.1

 

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8, No. 333-84906) pertaining to the Simon Property Group and Adopting Entities Matching Savings Plan of our report dated June 11, 2008 with respect to the financial statements and supplemental schedule of the Simon Property Group and Adopting Entities Matching Savings Plan included in this Annual Report (Form 11-K) for the year ended December 31, 2007.

 

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

 

Indianapolis, Indiana

June 18, 2008