**EXHIBIT 99.1**

 

 

**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**WASHINGTON D.C.  20549**

 

**FORM 11-K**

 

| **ý** |   | **ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION  15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934****for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2003 or** |
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|       |   |                                                                                                                                  |
| **o**      |   | **TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO  SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**                                               |
|       |   |                                                                                                                                  |
|       |   | **for the  transition period from               to**                 |

 

**CommissionFile Number  001-11543**

 

| A.     |   | Full title of the plan and  address of the plan:                                                                                                       |
|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   |   |                                                                                                                                                   |
|   |   | **The Rouse  Company Savings Plan  c/o Human Resources Division  The Rouse Company Building  10275 Little Patuxent Parkway  Columbia, MD  21044** |
|   |   |                                                                                                                                                   |
| B.     |   | Name of issuer of the  securities held pursuant to the plan and the address of its principal  executive offices:                                       |
|   |   |                                                                                                                                                   |
|   |   | **The Rouse  Company  The Rouse Company Building  10275 Little Patuxent Parkway  Columbia, MD  21044**                                            |

 

 

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REQUIRED INFORMATION

 

Since The Rouse CompanySavings Plan (the “Plan”) is subject to the Employee Retirement Income Securityact of 1974, the Plan financial statements for the fiscal year endedDecember 31, 2003 will be filed on or before June 28, 2004.

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirementsof the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the trustees (or other persons whoadminister the Plan) have duly caused this annual report to be signed by theundersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

THEROUSE COMPANY SAVINGS PLAN

 

 
| Date:  | March 9, 2004 |   | By:    | /s/ Kathleen M. Hart             |
|--------|---------------|--------|--------|----------------------------------|
|   |          |   |   | Kathleen M. Hart,  Administrator |
|   |          |   |   |                             |
|   |          |   |   | and                              |
|   |          |   |   |                             |
| Date:  | March 9, 2004 |   | By:    | /s/ Patricia H. Dayton           |
|   |          |   |   | Patricia H. Dayton, Trustee      |

 

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