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Simon offers to buy Macerich for $22.4 billion in cash and stock



    (Reuters) - Simon Property Group Inc , an owner of malls and outlet centers, said it had offered to buy real estate investment trust Macerich Co in a cash and stock deal for $22.4 billion including debt.

    The offer $91 per share is premium of 4.9 percent to Macerich's Friday close of $86.72.

    The per share offer will be 50 percent in cash and 50 percent in Simon common stock.

    (Reporting by Sweta Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Ted Kerr)