Ownership Submission
FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
COPPOLA ARTHUR M
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
MACERICH CO [MAC] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
__X__ Director _____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
Chairman & CEO
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
THE MACERICH COMPANY, 401 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD #700		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
12/18/2012
(Street)

SANTA MONICA, CA 90401		 4. If Amendment, Date 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
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
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

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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 Underlying Securities
(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 of Derivative Security: 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
OP Units (1) 12/18/2012   G V 108,057 (2)   03/16/1995   (3) Common Stock 108,057 $ 0 108,057 (4) I By Trusts
LTIP Units (5) 02/11/2013   A   100,000     (5)   (5) Common Stock 100,000 $ 0 100,000 D  
OP Units (1) 02/12/2013   G V 108,057 (6)   03/16/1995   (3) Common Stock 108,057 $ 0 108,057 I Family LLC
OP Units (1) 02/12/2013   G V 1,655,998.5 (7)     (8)   (3) Common Stock 1,655,998 $ 0 1,764,055.5 (9) I Family LLCs

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
COPPOLA ARTHUR M
THE MACERICH COMPANY
401 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD #700
SANTA MONICA, CA 90401		   X     Chairman & CEO  

Signatures

 Madonna R. Shannon for ARTHUR M. COPPOLA   02/13/2013
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) Redeemable for an equal number of shares of common stock of the Issuer or, at the election of the Issuer, cash equal to the then fair market value of such shares.
(2) Gifts by the reporting person to three trusts for the benefit of the reporting person's children.
(3) None.
(4) The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of the securities held in the trusts, and this report should not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or otherwise.
(5) Represents the vesting of performance-based units of limited partnership interest in The Macerich Partnership, L.P. (the "Partnership"), of which the Issuer is the general partner. These LTIP Units were issued as long-term incentive compensation and vested upon achievement of certain pre-established performance criteria. Conditioned upon minimum allocations to the capital accounts of the LTIP Units for federal income tax purposes, each LTIP Unit may be converted, at the election of the holder, into a common unit of limited partnership interest in the Partnership (the "Common Unit"). Each Common Unit may be redeemed after January 31, 2015, at the election of the holder, for cash equal to the then fair market value of a share of the Issuer's Common Stock, except that the Issuer may, at its election, acquire each Common Unit for one share of Common Stock. The rights to convert LTIP Units into Common Units and redeem Common Units do not have expiration dates.
(6) Gifts by three family trusts to family LLC of which the reporting person is the sole manager.
(7) Gifts by the reporting person to family LLCs of which the reporting person is the sole manager.
(8) The exercise date for 1,135,259 OP Units is March 16, 1995; the exercise date for 42,944.5 OP Units is June 22, 2009; the exercise date for 20,435 OP Units is March 15, 2011; the exercise date for 207,360 OP Units is February 1, 2013; the exercise date for 150,000 OP Units is February 1, 2014 and the exercise date for 100,000 OP Units is February 1, 2015.
(9) The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, and the filing of this report is not an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of such securities for purposes of Section 16 or otherwise, except to the extent of the reporting person's pecuniary interests.

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