SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

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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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
HORN KAREN N

(Last) (First) (Middle)
66-4 ELY'S FERRY ROAD

(Street)
LYME CT 06371

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC /DE/ [ SPG ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/10/2017
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 05/10/2017 A(1) 961 A (1) 17,296(2) D
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. Non-cash compensation- Award of restricted stock under the Simon Property Group, L.P. 1998 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended and restated April 4, 2014). The restricted stock vests on May 10, 2018.
2. Includes 665 common shares acquired through the reinvestment of dividends received on common shares in 2016 and the first quarter of 2017 under the Company's Stock Incentive Plan.
Remarks:
Exhibit List Exhibit 24- Power of Attorney
/s/ Karen Horn by her attorney-in-fact, Alexander L.W. Snyder 05/11/2017
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY
                        FOR EXECUTING FORMS 3, 4, AND 5


      The  undersigned  hereby  appoints each of Steven E. Fivel, Alexander L.W.
Snyder,  Thomas  Ward,  and  Kristin  Ely,  signing  singly,  as true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact to:

      (1)  execute  for  and  on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity  as  a  reporting person of Simon Property Group, Inc. (the "Company"),
pursuant  to  Section  16 of the Securities Act of 1934 (as amended), Forms 3, 4
and  5  and  any  amendments  to  any  previously filed forms in accordance with
Section  16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended) and the rules
thereunder;

      (2)  do  and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
which  may  be necessary or desirable to complete the execution of any such Form
3, 4, or 5 or amendment and the timely filing of such form or amendment with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any other authority; and

      (3)  take  any  other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing  which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in  the  best  interest  of,  or  legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the
undersigned  pursuant  to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall
contain  such  terms  and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in the
discretion of such attorney-in-fact.

      The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority  to  do  and  perform all and every act and thing whatsoever required,
necessary  or  proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers
herein  granted,  as  fully  as  the undersigned might or could do if personally
present,  with  full  power  of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming  all  that  any  of  such  attorneys-in-fact,  or  the  substitute or
substitutes of any such attorneys-in-fact, shall lawfully do or cause to be done
by  virtue  of  this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in
such  capacity  at  the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the
Company  assuming,  any  of  the  undersigned's  responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended).

      This  Power  of  Attorney  shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned  is  no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's  holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company,
unless  earlier  revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to any
of  the  foregoing  attorneys-in-fact. If at any time, any of the aforementioned
attorneys-in-fact   are  no  longer  employed  by  the  Company,  such  person's
appointment as attorney-in-fact shall terminate.

      IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of February 13, 2017.

                                                           /s/ Karen N. Horn
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                                                               Karen N. Horn



SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me, a Notary Public as of February 13, 2017.


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                                                            Notary Public