SIMON PROPERTY GROUP INC DE

The Company’s By-Laws also establish a proxy access provision for shareholders who wish to include director nominees in the Company’s proxy statement. Pursuant to our By-Laws, a shareholder, or a group of up to 20 shareholders, owning at least three percent of the Company’s outstanding common stock continuously for the last three years, is able to nominate and include in the Company’s proxy materials director nominees constituting up to the greater of two nominees or 20% of the number of directors on the Board that the common shareholders are entitled to elect, provided that the shareholders and nominees satisfy the other requirements in our By-Laws, including that timely notice of such director nomination is provided.

To be timely for the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, such notice should be delivered by U.S. Postal Service Priority Mail Express with proof of delivery or an internationally recognized overnight carrier (providing proof of delivery), and must be received by the General Counsel and Secretary of the Company, Steven E. Fivel, at 225 W. Washington Street, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 not later than December 2, 2025 nor earlier than November 2, 2025. If the date of the 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders is changed more than 30 days from May 14, 2026, the notice must be received no later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the annual meeting is first made. For more information on our proxy access provision, see the section of this Proxy Statement titled “Corporate Governance—Policies on Corporate Governance” on page 10.

additional information

In addition to satisfying the applicable requirements in the Company’s By-Laws, to comply with universal proxy rules, shareholders who intend to solicit proxies in support of director nominees other than the Company’s nominees must provide notice that sets forth the information required by Rule 14a-19 under the Exchange Act no later than March 16, 2026.

We intend to file a proxy statement and WHITE proxy card with the SEC in connection with the solicitation of proxies for our 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.