UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 18, 2025

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)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

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

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

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

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading

symbol(s)

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Common stock of The Macerich Company, $0.01 par value per share

MAC

The New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

ITEM 8.01

OTHER EVENTS.

On August 18, 2025, The Macerich Company (the “Company”) closed on the sale of Lakewood Center in Lakewood, California, for $332.1 million, including the assumption by the buyer of the $317.1 million loan on the property that has a June 2026 maturity date. The Company expects to use the approximate $5.0 million of net proceeds to Macerich from this sale for general corporate purposes.

Additionally, on August 20, 2025, the Company closed on the sale of Valley Mall in Harrisburg, Virginia, for $22.1 million. This asset was unencumbered. The Company expects to use the net proceeds of approximately $20.9 million from this sale for general corporate purposes.

Forward-Looking Information

This Current Report contains statements that constitute forward-looking statements, which can be identified by the use of words, such as “will,” “expects,” “pro forma”, “anticipates,” “assumes,” “believes,” “estimated,” “guidance,” “potential,” “target,” “projects,” “scheduled” and similar expressions that do not relate to historical matters, and includes expectations regarding the Company’s future operational results, including in connection with the anticipated use of proceeds from the Lakewood Center and Valley Mall dispositions and the Path Forward Plan and its ability to meet the established goals under such Plan, including de-leveraging targets, growth rates and acquisition and disposition goals, as well as development, redevelopment and expansion activities. Stockholders are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results, performance or achievements of the Company to vary materially from those anticipated, expected or projected. Such factors include, among others, general industry, as well as global, national, regional and local economic and business conditions, including the impact of tariffs and elevated interest rates and inflation, which will, among other things, affect demand for retail space or retail goods, availability and creditworthiness of current and prospective tenants, anchor or tenant bankruptcies, closures, mergers or consolidations, lease rates, terms and payments, elevated interest rates and its impact on the financial condition and results of operations of the Company, including as a result of any increased borrowing costs on the Company’s outstanding floating-rate debt and defaults on mortgage loans, availability, terms and cost of financing and operating expenses; adverse changes in the real estate markets including, among other things, competition from other companies, retail formats and technology, risks of real estate development and redevelopment (including elevated inflation, supply chain disruptions and construction delays), acquisitions and dispositions; adverse impacts from any pandemic, epidemic or outbreak of any highly infectious disease on the U.S., regional and global economies and the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its tenants; the liquidity of real estate investments; governmental actions and initiatives (including legislative and regulatory changes); environmental and safety requirements; and terrorist activities or other acts of violence, which could adversely affect all of the above factors. The reader is directed to the Company’s various filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, for a discussion of such risks and uncertainties, which discussion is incorporated herein by reference. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this Current Report. The Company does not intend, and undertakes no obligation, to update any forward-looking information to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Current Report or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events unless required by law to do so.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, The Macerich Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


		THE MACERICH COMPANY

		By: Daniel E. Swanstrom II

August 21, 2025		/s/ Daniel E. Swanstrom II
Date		Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

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