Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 19, 2020

MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Tennessee	001-12762	62-1543819
(State or Other Jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)


6815 Poplar Avenue, Suite 500
Germantown, Tennessee	38138
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

(901) 682-6600

(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading

Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which

registered

Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.)

MAA

New York Stock Exchange

8.50% Series I Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $.01 par value per share (Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.)

MAA*I

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

ITEM 5.07Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On May 19, 2020, the registrant held its 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The following matters were submitted to a vote of the shareholders of record as of March 13, 2020 through the solicitation of proxies:

To elect twelve directors to serve for one year and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified;

To provide an advisory (non-binding) vote to approve compensation of the registrant’s named executive officers; and

To ratify Ernst & Young LLP as the registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2020.

All twelve nominees were elected to serve for one year and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. The results of the election were as follows:


	For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
H. Eric Bolton, Jr.	89,903,427	5,415,031	4,018,652	5,287,699
Russell R. French	98,594,318	682,034	60,758	5,287,699
Alan B. Graf, Jr.	90,684,865	8,590,410	61,835	5,287,699
Toni Jennings	97,505,338	1,792,434	39,338	5,287,699
James K. Lowder	96,942,989	2,333,527	60,594	5,287,699
Thomas H. Lowder	98,085,678	1,193,730	57,702	5,287,699
Monica McGurk	97,509,096	1,788,004	40,010	5,287,699
Claude B. Nielsen	91,241,707	8,042,665	52,738	5,287,699
Philip W. Norwood	96,862,087	2,412,890	62,133	5,287,699
W. Reid Sanders	98,781,534	478,726	76,850	5,287,699
Gary Shorb	97,242,349	2,031,002	63,759	5,287,699
David P. Stockert	98,671,818	602,465	62,827	5,287,699

The advisory (non-binding) vote to approve the compensation of named executive officers was in favor of executive compensation. The results of the vote were as follows:


For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
91,360,953	7,898,736	77,421	5,287,699

Ernst & Young LLP was ratified to serve as the registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2020. The results of the vote were as follows:


For	Against	Abstain	Broker Non-Votes
103,052,224	1,520,705	51,880	0

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

		MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.

Date:	May 21, 2020	/s/Albert M. Campbell, III
		Albert M. Campbell, III
		Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Financial Officer)