Simon 2018 Proxy Statement
SUMMARY OF 2017 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
In 2017 we paid dividends per share of $7.15; the highest ever paid by the Company. The CAGR for our annual dividend payments for the period from 2010 through 2017 was 15.6%. The Company has a track record of returning funds to shareholders not only in the form of dividends, but over the last three years through a share repurchase program as well. In 2017, aggregating the Company’s dividend payments and share repurchase program, the Company returned $3.0 billion to its shareholders. Over the last eight years we have returned more than $15.5 billion to our shareholders.
Funds Returned to Shareholders ($ in billions, except per share amounts)
Dividends Share Repurchases Dividends per Share
$4.0 $3.5 $3.0 $2.5 $2.0 $1.5 $1.0 $0.5 $0.0
$0.00 $1.00 $2.00 $3.00 $4.00 $5.00 $6.00 $7.00 $8.00
$7.15
$6.50
$6.05
$5.15
$0.4
$4.65
$0.3
$0.5
$4.10
$3.50
$2.60
$2.6
$2.4
$2.2
$1.9
$1.7
$1.5
$1.2
$0.9
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2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2010
Our Return on Equity increased from 13.4% in 2010 to 53.0% in 2017.
Return on Equity
60.0%
53.0%
50.0%
43.0%
41.0%
40.0%
27.7%
30.0%
24.9% 22.7%
22.5%
20.0%
13.4%
10.0%
0.0%
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2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
SIMON PROPERTY GROUP 2018 PROXY STATEMENT 7
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