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Exchange Ratio of Partnership Units for Common Shares, Number of common shares a holder of a partnership unit would receive in exchange for that partnership unit.

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Number of Operating Partnership Units Owned by the Company, Through Its Ownership of Tanger GP Trust and Tanger LP Trust

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Number of Operating Partnership Units Owned by the Operating Partnership and Other Limited Partners

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Number of Store Brands

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Real Estate Property, Percentage Occupied

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Total gross leaseable area of outlet centers in square feet.

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The number of real estate properties owned as of the balance sheet date.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 275
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/1943274/2147482861/275-10-50-2

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