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Deborah Simon says other potential trustees have conflicts

Melvin Simon’s daughter, who’s seeking to remove her stepmother from overseeing a trust that holds her late father Melvin’s
fortune, says a corporate trustee is a better option than brother David Simon or family financial adviser Bruce Jacobson.

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Melvin Simon’s daughter seeks to oust Bren as trustee

Deborah Simon is seeking
the removal of her stepmother and appointment of a corporate trustee while her lawsuit challenging changes
to the late billionaire’s will plays out. The move is the latest salvo in an escalating battle over
an estate that could be worth $2 billion.

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Simon says husband’s shrinking fortune spurred new will

Bren Simon says in a new court filing that her billionaire husband Mel Simon granted her a bigger share of his fortune in
the last year of his life because of alarm over Simon Property Group’s plunging stock price and a sharp cut in its cash
dividend.

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Simon embodied customer loyalty

I sat in Beth-El Zedeck Temple for the funeral services of Melvin Simon. The various speakers spoke of Mel’s desire
to create a real estate empire and his desire to give back to the community.

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HUDNUT: In appreciation of Mel Simon

I happened to be in Indianapolis the week before Mel Simon passed away on Sept. 16, and talked with his secretary about visiting him briefly, because I knew he was very ill. But he was too ill to see me.

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UPDATE: Simon remembered for vision, courage

A Friday funeral is planned for a man who made a fortune building shopping malls across the U.S. and later became a prolific
philanthropist in his adopted hometown of Indianapolis. Melvin Simon, 82, succumbed this morning after a battle with pancreatic
cancer.

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‘Community icon’ Melvin Simon dies

Melvin Simon, a tailor’s son who earned billions building shopping malls across the U.S. and later became a prolific
philanthropist in his adopted hometown of Indianapolis, has died. He was 82.

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Community leaders grateful to Simons

Most of us were taught to give thanks to those who do well and make our lives better. Some of us would like to give our hearty
thanks to Mel and Herb Simon and their families for all they’ve done in our community and statewide.

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