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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 10-K/A

(Mark One)

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
_____________________________________________________________________________________
Form 10-K
(Mark One)
x

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020

OR

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018
OR
o

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period fromto
Commission File Number 1-13232 (Apartment Investment and Management Company)
Commission File Number 0-24497 (AIMCO Properties, L.P.)
Apartment Investment and Management Company
AIMCO Properties, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

For the transition period fromto

Commission file number 1-13232 (Apartment Investment and Management Company)

Commission file number 0-56223 (Aimco OP L.P.)

Apartment Investment and Management Company

Aimco OP L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland (Apartment Investment and Management Company)

84-1259577

Delaware (AIMCO Properties,(Aimco OP L.P.)

84-1275621

85-2460835

(State or other jurisdiction of

(I.R.S. Employer

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

4582 South Ulster Street, Suite 11001450

Denver, Colorado

80237

(Zip Code)

Denver, Colorado80237

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

(303) 757-8101

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (303) 224-7900

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

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of Each Class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered

Class A Common Stock (Apartment Investment and Management Company)

AIV

New York Stock Exchange

Class A Cumulative Preferred Stock (Apartment Investment and Management Company)New York Stock Exchange
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None (Apartment Investment and Management Company)
Partnership Common Units (AIMCO Properties, L.P.)

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

None (Apartment Investment and Management Company)

Partnership Common Units (Aimco OP L.P.)

(title of each class)

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined by Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined by Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

Apartment Investment and Management Company:  Yes  x☒   No  o

AIMCO Properties,

Aimco OP L.P.:  Yes  x☒   No  o

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.

Apartment Investment and Management Company:  Yes  o☐   Nox

AIMCO Properties,

Aimco OP L.P.:  Yes  o☐   Nox

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Apartment Investment and Management Company:  Yes  x☒   No  o

AIMCO Properties,

Aimco OP L.P.:  Yes  x☒   No  o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files).

Apartment Investment and Management Company:  Yes  x☒   No  o

AIMCO Properties,

Aimco OP L.P.:  Yes  x☒   No  o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.


Apartment Investment and Management Company:

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.

Non-accelerated filer

Smaller reporting company

Emerging growth company

Aimco OP L.P.:

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

Non-accelerated filer

Smaller reporting company

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.

Apartment Investment and Management Company:  Yes x     No o

AIMCO Properties,

Aimco OP L.P.:  Yes x    No o


Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Apartment Investment and Management Company:

  Yes  ☒   No  

Aimco OP L.P.:  Yes  No  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Large accelerated filerxAccelerated filero
Non-accelerated fileroSmaller reporting companyo
Emerging growth companyo
AIMCO Properties, L.P.:
Large accelerated fileroAccelerated filerx
Non-accelerated filero(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)Smaller reporting companyo
Emerging growth companyo
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.

Apartment Investment and Management Company:  o

Yes  No  

AIMCO Properties,

Aimco OP L.P.:  o

Yes  No  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Apartment Investment and Management Company: Yes o    No x
AIMCO Properties, L.P.: Yes o    No x

The aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common stock of Apartment Investment and Management Company held by non-affiliates of Apartment Investment and Management Company was approximately $6.6 billion as of June 30, 2018. As of February 15, 2019, there were 148,766,616 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding.

As of February 15, 2019, there were 158,495,487 Partnership Common Units outstanding.
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Documents Incorporated by Reference
Portions of Apartment Investment and Management Company’s definitive proxy statement to be issued in conjunction with Apartment Investment and Management Company’s annual meeting of stockholders to be held April 30, 2019, are incorporated by reference into Part III of this Annual Report.

EXPLANATORY NOTE
This filing combines the Annual Reports on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, of Apartment Investment and Management Company orheld by non-affiliates of Apartment Investment and Management Company was approximately $5.6 billion based upon the closing price of $37.64 on June 30, 2020.

As of April 19, 2021, there were 150,018,383 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding.

Documents Incorporated by Reference

None.


EXPLANATORY NOTE

On December 15, 2020, Apartment Investment and Management Company (“Aimco”) completed the previously announced separation of its business into two, separate and distinct, publicly traded companies, Aimco and AIMCO Properties,Apartment Income REIT Corp. (“AIR”) (the “Separation”). Aimco OP L.P., or (the “Aimco Operating Partnership”) is the Aimco Operating Partnership. Where it is important to distinguish betweenoperating partnership in Aimco’s structure. Except as the two entities, wecontext otherwise requires, “Company,” “we,” “our,” and “us” refer to them specifically. Otherwise, references to “we,” “us” or “our” mean collectively Aimco, the Aimco Operating Partnership, and their consolidated entities.

subsidiaries, collectively.  

Notwithstanding the legal form of the Separation, for accounting and financial reporting purposes, Aimco is presented as being spun-off from AIR. This presentation is in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and is due primarily to the relative significance of Aimco’s business, as measured in terms of revenues, net income, assets, and other relevant indicators, as compared to those indicators of AIR before the Separation. Therefore, Aimco is considered “spun” for accounting purposes, and AIR is considered the divesting entity and treated as the accounting spinner, or accounting predecessor.

Aimco, a Maryland corporation, is a self-administered and self-managedexternally managed real estate investment trust, or REIT.trust. Aimco, through a wholly-owned subsidiaries,subsidiary, is the general partner and directly is the special limited partner of and, asthe Aimco Operating Partnership. As of December 31, 2018,2020, Aimco owned a 94.3% ownershipapproximately 93.2% of the legal interest in the common partnership units of the Aimco Operating Partnership and 94.8% of the economic interest in the Aimco Operating Partnership. The remaining 5.7%6.8% legal interest is owned by limited partners. As the sole general partner of the Aimco Operating Partnership, Aimco has exclusive control of the Aimco Operating Partnership’s day-to-day management.

The Aimco Operating Partnership holds all of Aimco’s assets and manages the daily operations of Aimco’s business. Pursuant to the Aimco Operating Partnership agreement, Aimco is required to contribute to the Aimco Operating Partnership any assets, which it may acquire including all proceeds from the offerings of its securities. In exchange for the contribution of these assets,such proceeds, Aimco receives additional interests in the Aimco Operating Partnership with similar terms (e.g., if Aimco contributes proceeds of a stock offering, Aimco receives partnership units with terms substantially similar to the stock issued by Aimco).

We believe combining

This amendment amends the periodic reportsAnnual Report on Form 10-K of Aimcothe Company for the year ended December 31, 2020, that was originally filed with the SEC on March 12, 2021 (the “Original Filing”). The Company is filing this amendment for the purpose of providing the information required by Items 10, 11, 12, 13, and 14 of Part III. This information was previously omitted from the Original Filing in reliance on General Instruction G(3) to Form 10-K, which permits the information in the above referenced items to be incorporated in the Form 10-K by reference from a definitive proxy statement if such statement is filed no later than 120 days after the Company’s fiscal year end.


Table of Contents

Item

Page

Part III

1

ITEM 10.

DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

1

ITEM 11.

EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

16

ITEM 12.

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

49

ITEM 13.

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

51

ITEM 14.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

52


Part III

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

The executive officers of the Company and the Aimco Operating Partnership into this single reportdirectors of the Company, their ages, dates they were first elected an executive officer or director, and their positions with the Company or on the Board of Directors (“Board”) are set forth below.

Name

Age

First Elected

Position

Wesley W. Powell

41

January 2018

Director, President and Chief Executive Officer

H. Lynn C. Stanfield

46

October 2018

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Jennifer B. Johnson

49

December 2020

Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel

Quincy L. Allen

51

December 2020

Director

Terry Considine

74

July 1994

Director

Patricia L. Gibson

58

December 2020

Director

Jay Paul Leupp

57

December 2020

Director, Chairman of the Audit Committee

Robert A. Miller

75

April 2007

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Deborah Smith

48

January 2021

Director

Michael A. Stein

71

October 2004

Director, Chairman of the Investment Committee

R. Dary Stone

67

December 2020

Director, Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

Kirk A. Sykes

63

December 2020

Director, Chairman of the Compensation and Human Resources Committee

The following is a biographical summary of the current directors and executive officers of the Company.

Wesley W. Powell. Mr. Powell was appointed as a Director and as President and Chief Executive Officer in December 2020. From January 2018 to December 2020, Mr. Powell served as Aimco’s Executive Vice President, Redevelopment, overseeing Aimco’s redevelopment and development activities nationally, leading acquisitions in the eastern U.S., and serving as a member of Aimco’s Investment Committee. From August 2013 to January 2018, Mr. Powell served as Aimco’s Senior Vice President, Redevelopment with responsibility for the eastern region. Since joining Aimco in January 2004, Mr. Powell has held various positions, including Asset Manager, Director, and Vice President of Redevelopment. Prior to joining Aimco, Mr. Powell was a Staff Architect with Ai Architecture (now Perkins & Will) in Washington, D.C.

H. Lynn C. Stanfield. Ms. Stanfield was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in December 2020. From October 2018 to December 2020, Ms. Stanfield served as Aimco’s Executive Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis and Capital Allocation, with responsibility for various finance functions and corporate and income tax strategy, and serving as a member of Aimco’s Investment Committee. Since joining Aimco in March 1999, Ms. Stanfield has held various positions with responsibility for affordable asset management, income tax, and investor relations. Prior to joining Aimco, Ms. Stanfield was engaged in public accounting at Ernst and Young with a focus on partnership and real estate clients and served as Assistant Professor of Accounting at Erskine College.

Jennifer B. Johnson. Ms. Johnson was appointed Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel in December 2020. From August 2009 to December 2020, Ms. Johnson served as Senior Vice President, Human Resources. From July 2006 to August 2009, Ms. Johnson served as Vice President and Assistant General Counsel. She joined the Company as Senior Counsel in August 2004. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Johnson was in private practice with the law firm of Faegre & Benson LLP with a focus on labor and employment law and commercial litigation.

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Quincy L. Allen. Mr. Allen was appointed as a Director of the Company in December 2020 and is currently a member of Aimco’s Audit, Compensation and Human Resources, Nominating and Corporate Governance, and Investment Committees. Mr. Allen is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Arc Capital Partners, a Los Angeles real estate investment firm that specializes in urban mixed-use environments.  Prior to co-founding Arc Capital, from 2003 to 2013, Mr. Allen worked with Canyon Partners, where he was a Managing Director and investment committee member of the Canyon-Johnson Urban Funds, a partnership between Canyon Partners and Earvin “Magic” Johnson. Prior to joining Canyon Partners, Mr. Allen was an executive with Lazard Frères focused on workouts and portfolio management. Prior to joining Lazard, Mr. Allen held various positions with Archstone Communities and Security Capital Group.  Mr. Allen graduated from Wayne State University (B.S. Finance Major, Summa Cum Laude) and Harvard Business School (MBA). Mr. Allen is on the board of the Mike Ilitch School of Business (Wayne State University), Wilshire Center Business Improvement District and Think Together. Mr. Allen is an active member of Urban Land Institute, the National Multi Housing Council and the Pension Real Estate Association. Mr. Allen brings particular expertise to the Board in the areas of real estate investments, development, finance, and portfolio management.

Terry Considine. Mr. Considine is a member of the Board. He served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer from Aimco’s July 1994 initial public offering until the Separation. Mr. Considine has specific responsibilities during 2021 and 2022 to support the establishment and growth of the Aimco business, reporting directly to the Board. Mr. Considine is Chief Executive Officer of AIR and also a member of the AIR board of directors. Mr. Considine also serves on the board of directors of Intrepid Potash, Inc., a publicly held diversified producer of minerals, water, and oilfield services. Mr. Considine has considerable experience in real estate and other industries. Among other real estate ventures, in 1975 Mr. Considine founded and subsequently managed the predecessor companies that became Aimco at its initial public offering in 1994.

Patricia L. Gibson. Ms. Gibson was appointed as a Director of the Company in December 2020 and is currently a member of Aimco’s Audit, Compensation and Human Resources, Nominating and Corporate Governance, and Investment Committees. Ms. Gibson is a founding principal and CEO of Banner Oak Capital Partners, a fully integrated, independent investment management platform and Registered Investment Advisor.  She oversees all investment activity and is responsible for establishing and implementing the firm’s strategic direction. Banner Oak was launched from its predecessor firm, Hunt Realty Investments. Prior to co-founding Banner Oak, Patricia was the president of Hunt Realty Investments, where she led the commercial real estate investment management activities for the Hunt family of companies. Before joining Hunt, Ms. Gibson held senior positions at Goldman Sachs’ real estate subsidiary, where she oversaw portfolio management and the capital market efforts for over $4 billion in commercial real estate assets. She began her real estate investment career in 1985 at The Travelers Realty Investment Company, where she spent nine years on the debt and equity side of the business.  Patricia is a member of Urban Land Institute and was formerly vice chairman of the Industrial and Office Parks Red Council.  She is a member of the executive council of the University of Texas Real Estate Finance Council and is a member of the National Association of Real Estate Investment Managers, where she previously served as its chairman. She is on the board of directors of Pacolet Milliken Enterprises, a private investment company focused on energy and real estate, where she serves as the chair of the Compensation Committee. She is also a director of RLJ Lodging Trust. Patricia holds an MBA from the University of Connecticut and a BS in finance from Fairfield University and is a chartered financial analyst. Ms. Gibson brings particular expertise to the Board in the areas of real estate finance, investment, and asset management.

Jay Paul Leupp. Mr. Leupp was appointed as a Director of the Company in December 2020 and is currently the Chairman of the Audit Committee. He is also a member of Aimco’s Compensation and Human Resources, Nominating and Corporate Governance, and Investment Committees.  Mr. Leupp is the Managing Partner and Senior Portfolio Manager on Terra Firma Asset Management’s Global Real Estate Securities team. He began working in the investment field in 1989. Prior to co-founding Terra Firma in 2019, Mr. Leupp served as the Managing Director and Portfolio Manager/Analyst on Lazard Asset Management’s Real Estate Securities team, a business that was created with the sale of Grubb & Ellis Alesco Global Advisors to Lazard in 2011. Prior to joining Lazard, Mr. Leupp was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Grubb & Ellis Alesco Global Advisors and served as the Senior Portfolio Manager for their real estate securities mutual funds. Mr. Leupp founded Alesco in 2006 and had been its President and Chief Executive Officer since its inception. Prior to founding Alesco, Mr. Leupp served as Managing Director of Real Estate Equity Research at RBC Capital Markets, an investment banking group of the Royal Bank of Canada, where he oversaw a five-person equity research team. Prior to joining RBC, Mr. Leupp served as Managing Director of Real Estate Equity Research at Robertson Stephens & Co. Inc., an investment banking firm where he founded the Real Estate Equity Research group in 1994. From 1991 to 1994, Mr. Leupp was a vice president of the Staubach Company, specializing in the leasing, acquisition, and financing of commercial real estate. From 1989 to 1991, he was a development manager with Trammell Crow Residential, one of the nation’s largest developers of multifamily housing. Mr. Leupp holds an MBA from Harvard University and a bachelor’s degree from Santa Clara University. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Health Care Trust of America (NYSE: HTA), G.W. Williams Company, The Sobrato Organization (Governance Board), Marcus & Millichap Corporation (Advisory Board), San Francisco Catholic Charities, Chaminade College Preparatory (Los Angeles), and on the Policy Board of the Fisher Center for Real Estate at the University of California, Berkeley. Mr. Leupp is past chair (2007-2009) and serves as a Regent Emeritus on the Santa Clara University Board of Regents. He also serves on Santa Clara University’s Trustee Finance Committee, Leavey School of Business Advisory Board, and The Ignatian Center for Jesuit Education.  Mr. Leupp brings particular expertise to the Board in the areas of capital markets, corporate governance, real estate operations, finance, and development.

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Robert A. Miller. Mr. Miller is the Chairman of the Board. Mr. Miller was first elected a Director of the Company in April 2007, and served as Lead Independent Director from April 2020 until the Separation.  Mr. Miller is also a member of Aimco’s Audit, Compensation and Human Resources, Nominating and Corporate Governance, and Investment Committees. Mr. Miller is past Chairman of the Redevelopment and Construction Committee. Mr. Miller serves as President of RAMCO Advisors LLC, an investment advisory and business consulting firm. Mr. Miller previously served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, International of Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation (“MVWC”) from 2011 to 2012, when he retired from this position. Mr. Miller served as the President of Marriott Leisure from 1997 to November 2011, when Marriott International elected to spin-off its subsidiary entity, Marriott Ownership Resorts, Inc., by forming a new parent entity, MVWC, as a new publicly held company. Prior to his role as President of Marriott Leisure, from 1984 to 1988, Mr. Miller served as Executive Vice President & General Manager of Marriott Vacation Club International and then as its President from 1988 to 1997. In 1984, Mr. Miller and a partner sold their company, American Resorts, Inc., to Marriott. Mr. Miller is a CPA (inactive) and served for five years as a staff accountant for Arthur Young & Company. Mr. Miller is past Chairman and currently a director of the American Resort Development Association and is past Chairman and director of the ARDA International Foundation. Mr. Miller also currently serves as a director on the board of directors of AIR and on the board of directors of Welk Hospitality Group, Inc. As a successful real estate entrepreneur and corporate executive, Mr. Miller brings particular expertise to the Board in the areas of operations, management, marketing, sales, and development, as well as finance and accounting.

Deborah Smith. Ms. Smith was appointed as a Director of the Company in January 2021 and is currently a member of Aimco’s Audit, Compensation and Human Resources, Nominating and Corporate Governance, and Investment Committees. Ms. Smith is Co-Founder and Principal of The CenterCap Group. The CenterCap Group, formed in 2009, is a boutique investment bank providing strategic advisory, capital-raising and consulting related services to private and public sector companies and fund managers across the real assets industry. Ms. Smith heads the firm’s Strategic Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions and Execution efforts. She also serves as Chief Executive Officer of the firm’s two wholly owned subsidiaries, CC Securities and CenterCap Advisors. Prior to forming The CenterCap Group, Ms. Smith was Co-Head of Mergers and Acquisitions and a Senior Managing Director with CB Richard Ellis Investors (“CBREI”), where she also served on the Global Leadership Team, which oversaw execution of strategies and best practices. Prior to CBREI, Ms. Smith served as an investment banker with Lehman Brothers, Wachovia Securities, and Morgan Stanley. Ms. Smith has been involved in more than $100 billion of mergers, acquisitions and restructuring transactions and over $500 million of private capital raising assignments to support GP and LP positions for middle-market restructuring, acquisition and development projects across the retail, multifamily, office, hotel and industrial sectors. Ms. Smith is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and author of numerous industry articles for real estate focused publications. Ms. Smith has a Bachelor of Economics, with honors, and a Bachelor of Law, with honors, both from the University of Sydney.  Ms. Smith brings particular expertise to the Board in the areas of corporate finance, capital markets, banking, and marketing.

Michael A. Stein. Mr. Stein was first elected a Director of the Company in October 2004 and is currently the Chairman of the Investment Committee. He is also a member of Aimco’s Audit, Compensation and Human Resources, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees.  Mr. Stein is past Chairman of Aimco’s Audit Committee and past member of its Redevelopment and Construction Committee. From January 2001 until its acquisition by Eli Lilly in January 2007, Mr. Stein served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of ICOS Corporation, a biotechnology company based in Bothell, Washington. From October 1998 to September 2000, Mr. Stein was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Nordstrom, Inc. From 1989 to September 1998, Mr. Stein served in various capacities with Marriott International, Inc., including Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer from 1993 to 1998.  Mr. Stein has served on the board of directors of AIR since the Separation, and is currently a member of AIR’s Audit, Compensation and Human Resources, and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees.  He also serves on the board of directors of InvenTrust Properties Corp. (“InvenTrust”), an open-air shopping center REIT headquartered in Downers Grove, Illinois, and on the InvenTrust audit and nominating and corporate governance committees. Mr. Stein previously served on the boards of directors of Nautilus, Inc., Getty Images, Inc., Providence Health & Services and The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. As the former audit committee chairman or audit committee member of two NYSE-listed companies, the former chief financial officer of two NYSE-listed companies, and having served in various capacities with Arthur Andersen from 1971 to 1989, including as a partner from 1981 to 1989, Mr. Stein brings particular expertise to the Board in the areas of corporate and real estate finance, and accounting and auditing for large and complex business operations.

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R. Dary Stone. Mr. Stone was appointed as a Director of the Company in December 2020 and is currently the Chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.  He is also a member of Aimco’s Audit, Compensation and Human Resources, and Investment Committees. Mr. Stone is President and Chief Executive Officer of R. D. Stone Interests and a Managing Partner of Hicks Holdings, LLC. Mr. Stone has served in a variety of capacities at Cousins Properties, an NYSE listed REIT, including as a director on the Cousins Properties board at various times between 2001 and the present. From 2003 to the present, Mr. Stone has served as a director of Tolleson Wealth Management, Inc., a privately held wealth management firm, and Tolleson Private Bank (chair of audit committee and member of compensation committee of each). Mr. Stone is a former Regent of Baylor University (Chairman from June 2009 to June 2011), former Director of Hunt Companies, Inc., Parkway, Inc., and Lone Star Bank, and former Chairman of the Banking Commission of Texas. Mr. Stone brings particular expertise to the Board in the areas of real estate operations and development and corporate and real estate finance.

Kirk A. Sykes. Mr. Sykes was appointed as a Director of the Company in December 2020 and is currently the Chairman of the Compensation and Human Resources Committee.  He is also a member of Aimco’s Audit, Nominating and Corporate Governance, and Investment Committees. Mr. Sykes is the Co- Managing Director of Accordia Partners, LLC, a real estate development company, a role he has held since 2014. From 2005 to 2014, Mr. Sykes was the President and Managing Director of Urban Strategy America Fund, LLP, a New Boston real estate investment fund. From 1993 to the present, Mr. Sykes has served as President of Primary Corporation, a real estate company that owns commercial real estate. Mr. Sykes currently serves as a member of the Natixis Funds, Loomis Sayles Funds and Natixis ETF’s Board of Trustees, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston CEO Roundtable and External Diversity Advisory Board, the Eastern Bank Corporation Board of Advisors and its Risk Management Committee, the Real Estate Executive Council Board (Former-Chairman) and the Urban Land Institute New England Advisory Council, NAIOP Massachusetts Board Management Committee among others. In addition to other Director roles, he previously served on the Board of Ares Commercial Real Estate Corporation (NYSE:ACRE) and The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston from 2008 to 2014, including as its Chairman from 2012 to 2014. Mr. Sykes holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Cornell University, and is a graduate of The Harvard Business School Owner and President Management Program. Mr. Sykes brings particular expertise to the Board in the areas of real estate investment and development, real estate finance, and banking.

Summary of Director Qualifications and Expertise

Below is a summary of the qualifications and expertise of the nominees for election as directors, including expertise relevant to Aimco’s business.

Summary of Director

Qualifications and Expertise

Mr. Powell

Mr. Allen

Mr. Considine

Ms. Gibson

Mr. Leupp

Mr. Miller

Ms. Smith

Mr. Stein

Mr. Stone

Mr. Sykes

Accounting and Auditing

for Large Business Organizations

X

X

X

Business Operations

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Capital Markets

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Corporate Governance

X

X

X

X

Development

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Executive

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Financial Expertise and Literacy

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Information Technology

X

Investment and Finance

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Legal

X

X

Marketing and Branding

X

X

Property / Asset Management and Operations

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Real Estate

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Talent Development and Management

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X


CORPORATE GOVERNANCE MATTERS

This chart provides a summary overview of Aimco’s governance practices, each of which is described in more detail in the information that follows.

What Aimco Does

Supermajority Independent Board. Eight of the ten directors, or 80% of the directors, are independent.

Independent Standing Committees. Only independent directors serve on the standing committees, including the Audit, Compensation and Human Resources, Nominating and Corporate Governance, and Investment Committees.

Each Independent Director Serves on each Standing Committee. To ensure that each independent director hears all information unfiltered and to ensure the most efficient functioning of the Board, each independent director serves on each standing committee.

Independent Chairman of the Board. The Company’s chairman of the Board is an independent director.

Separation of Chairman and CEO.  The Company has separated the roles of Chairman of the Board and CEO.

Board Refreshment. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has structured the Board such that there are directors of varying tenures and perspectives, with new directors joining the Board every few years, while retaining the institutional memory of longer-tenured directors. Of the original independent directors on the Aimco Board, none remain.  In connection with the Separation, six directors left the Aimco Board and the Company added seven new directors.

Regular Access to and Involvement with Management. In addition to regular access to management during Board and committee meetings, the independent directors have ongoing, direct access to members of management and to the Aimco business. This includes the Audit Committee chairman’s active and regular engagement with accounting staff and the Aimco auditors, the Compensation and Human Resources Committee chairman’s continuing involvement with compensation and personnel matters, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee chairman’s participation in director recruitment and other governance matters, and Mr. Miller’s frequent involvement with Mr. Powell with respect to strategy, agenda setting, board materials, and policy matters.

Engaged Board. In addition to regular access to management, the independent directors meet at least quarterly and receive written updates from the CEO regularly.  In 2020, the Board held 21 meetings.

Stockholder Engagement. Under the direction of the Board and including participation by Board members when requested by stockholders, Aimco systematically and at least annually canvasses its largest stockholders, those holding at least two-thirds of outstanding Aimco shares, concerning compensation, governance, and other ESG matters.

Director Stock Ownership. By the completion of five years of service from the time of the Separation or from joining the Board, an independent director is expected to own shares having a value of at least five times the annual cash retainer for independent directors.

Risk Assessment. The Board conducts an annual risk assessment. Areas involving risk that are reported on by management and considered by the Board, include: operations, liquidity, leverage, finance, financial statements, the financial reporting process, accounting, legal matters, regulatory compliance, information technology and data protection, sustainability, environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”), compensation, and human resources and human capital. The Compensation and Human Resources Committee is responsible for succession planning in all leadership positions, both in the short term and the long term, with particular focus on CEO succession in the short term and the long term.

Majority Voting with a Resignation Policy. Aimco requires its directors to be elected by a majority of the votes cast. Directors failing to get a majority of the votes cast are expected to tender their resignation.

Proxy Access. Following a 2015 stockholder vote in favor of proxy access and after extensive engagement with stockholders, the Board amended the Company’s bylaws to provide proxy access. A stockholder or a group of up to 20 stockholders, owning at least 3% of our shares for three years, may submit nominees for up to 20% of the Board, or two nominees, whichever is greater, for inclusion in our proxy materials, subject to complying with the requirements contained in our bylaws.

What Aimco Does Not Do

Related Party Transactions. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee maintains a related party transaction policy to ensure that Aimco’s decisions are based on considerations only in the best interests of Aimco and its stockholders.

Pledging or hedging shares held to satisfy stock ownership requirements. The Company’s insider trading policy places restrictions on the Company’s directors, executive officers, and all other employees entering into hedging transactions with respect to the Company’s securities (such as, but not limited to, zero-cost collars, equity swaps, and forward sale contracts) and from holding the Company’s securities in margin accounts or otherwise pledging such securities as collateral for loans. Pledging or hedging transactions are permitted only in very limited circumstances, and only with respect to shares held in excess of stock ownership requirements. Hedging transactions may not be entered into with regard to Aimco securities that are subject to a risk of forfeiture (e.g., restricted stock awards) and Aimco directors, executive officers, other officers, and certain other employees must receive preclearance from Aimco’s legal department before engaging in any hedging transactions. No directors or executive officers have in place any hedging or pledging transactions.

Interlocking Directorships. No member of Aimco management serves on a Board or a compensation committee of a company at which an Aimco director is also an employee.

Director Overboarding. Aimco’s corporate governance guidelines and committee charters limit the number of other boards and the number of other audit committees on which an Aimco director may serve. Typically, an Aimco director is limited to service on four or fewer boards (including the Company’s) and is limited to service on three or fewer audit committees, including the Company’s.

Retirement Age or Term Limits. Rather than impose arbitrary limits on service, the Company regularly (and at least annually) reviews each director’s continued role on the Board and considers the need for periodic board refreshment.



Meetings and Committees

The Board held 21 meetings during the year ended December 31, 2020. During 2020, there were the following benefits:

We present our business as a whole, in the same manner our management viewsfive committees: Audit; Compensation and operates the business;
We eliminate duplicative disclosureHuman Resources; Nominating and provide a more streamlinedCorporate Governance; Investment; and readable presentation because a substantial portionRedevelopment and Construction. During 2020, no director attended fewer than 75% of the disclosures apply to both Aimco and the Aimco Operating Partnership; and
We save time and cost through the preparationaggregate total number of a single combined report rather than two separate reports.
We operate Aimco and the Aimco Operating Partnership as one enterprise, the management of Aimco directs the management and operationsmeetings of the Aimco Operating Partnership,Board and each committee on which such director served.

The Corporate Governance Guidelines, as described below, provide that the Company generally expects that the Chairman of the Board will attend all annual and special meetings of the stockholders. Other members of the Board are not required to attend such meetings. All of the members of the Board attended the Company’s 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, joining electronically due to the health orders imposed with respect to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Company anticipates that all of the members of the Board will attend the next annual meeting of stockholders when held.

Below are tables illustrating the standing committee memberships and chairmen before the Separation, and the current standing committee memberships and chairmen. Additional detail on each committee follows the tables.

Before Separation in December 2020

Director

Audit
Committee

Compensation and  
Human
Resources
Committee

Nominating and  
Corporate
Governance
Committee

Investment
Committee

Redevelopment  
and
Construction
Committee

Terry Considine

Thomas L. Keltner

X

X

X

X

Robert A. Miller*

X

X

X

X

X

Devin I. Murphy

X

X

X

X

X

Kathleen M. Nelson

X

X

X

X

John D. Rayis

X

X

X

X

X

Ann Sperling

X

X

X

X

Michael A. Stein

X

X

X

X

Nina A. Tran

X

X

X

X

X

indicates a member of the committee

indicates the committee chairman

*

indicates the Lead Independent Director

After Separation in December 2020

Director

Audit

Committee

Compensation and

Human

Resources

Committee

Nominating and

Corporate

Governance

Committee

Investment

Committee

Quincy L. Allen

X

X

X

X

Terry Considine

Patricia L. Gibson

X

X

X

X

Jay Paul Leupp

X

X

X

Robert A. Miller*

X

X

X

X

Wesley W. Powell

Deborah Smith

X

X

X

X

Michael A. Stein

X

X

X

R. Dary Stone

X

X

X

Kirk A. Sykes

X

X

X

X

indicates a member of the committee

indicates the committee chairman

*

indicates the Chairman of the Board  

Messrs. Allen, Leupp, Miller, Stein, Stone, and Sykes and Mses. Gibson and Smith are independent directors (collectively the “Independent Directors”).


Audit Committee

The Audit Committee currently consists of the Independent Directors. Mr. Leupp serves as the chairman of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee has a written charter that is reviewed annually and was last amended in January 2021. In addition to the work of the Audit Committee, the chairman has regular and recurring conversations with Ms. Stanfield, Aimco’s Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), Ms. Johnson, Aimco’s Chief Administrative Officer (“CAO”), Justin Frenzel, Aimco’s Chief Accounting Officer, the head of Aimco’s internal audit function, and representatives of Ernst & Young LLP. The Audit Committee’s charter is posted on Aimco’s website (www.aimco.com) and is also available in print to stockholders, upon written request to Aimco’s Corporate Secretary.

The Audit Committee’s responsibilities are set forth in the following chart.

Audit Committee Responsibilities

Accomplished
In 2020

Oversees Aimco’s accounting and financial reporting processes and audits of Aimco’s financial statements.

Directly responsible for the appointment, compensation, and oversight of the independent auditors and the lead engagement partner and makes its appointment based on a variety of factors.

Reviews the scope, and overall plans for and results of the annual audit and internal audit activities.

Oversees management’s negotiation with Ernst & Young LLP concerning fees, and exercises final approval over all Ernst & Young LLP fees.

Consults with management and Ernst & Young LLP with respect to Aimco’s processes for risk assessment and enterprise risk management. Areas involving risk that are reported on by management and considered by the Audit Committee, the other Board committees, or the Board, include: operations, liquidity, leverage, finance, financial statements, the financial reporting process, accounting, legal matters, regulatory compliance, information technology and data protection, sustainability, ESG, compensation, succession planning, and human resources and human capital.

Consults with management and Ernst & Young LLP regarding, and provides oversight for, Aimco’s financial reporting process, internal control over financial reporting, and the Company’s internal audit function.

Reviews and approves the Company’s policy about the hiring of former employees of independent auditors.

Reviews and approves the Company’s policy for the pre-approval of audit and permitted non-audit services by the independent auditor, and reviews and approves any such services provided pursuant to such policy.

Receives reports pursuant to Aimco’s policy for the submission and confidential treatment of communications from teammates and others concerning accounting, internal control and auditing matters.

Reviews and discusses with management and Ernst & Young LLP quarterly earnings releases prior to their issuance and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q and annual reports on Form 10-K prior to their filing.

Reviews the responsibilities and performance of the Company’s internal audit function, approves the hiring, promotion, demotion or termination of the lead internal auditor, and oversees the lead internal auditor’s periodic performance review and changes to his or her compensation.

Reviews with management the scope and effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, including for purposes of evaluating the accuracy and fair presentation of the Company’s financial statements in connection with the certifications made by the CEO and CFO.

Meets regularly with members of Aimco management and with Ernst & Young LLP, including periodic meetings in executive session.

Performs an annual review of the Company’s independent auditor, including an assessment of the firm’s experience, expertise, communication, cost, value, and efficiency, and including external data relating to audit quality and performance, including recent Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) reports on Ernst & Young LLP and its peer firms.

Performs an annual review of the lead engagement partner of the Company’s independent auditor and the potential successors for that role.

Periodically evaluates independent audit service providers, including a 2015 request for proposal process to assess the best firm to serve as Aimco’s independent auditor.

The Audit Committee held five meetings during the year ended December 31, 2020. As set forth in the Audit Committee’s charter, no director may serve as a member of the Audit Committee if such director serves on the audit committee of more than two other public companies, unless the Board determines that such simultaneous service would not impair the ability of such director to effectively serve on the Audit Committee. No member of the Audit Committee serves on the audit committee of more than two other public companies.

Audit Committee Financial Expert

Aimco’s Board has designated Mr. Leupp as an “audit committee financial expert.” In addition, all of the members of the Audit Committee qualify as audit committee financial experts. Each member of the Audit Committee is independent, as that term is defined by Section 303A of the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange relating to audit committees.

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Compensation and Human Resources Committee

The Compensation and Human Resources Committee currently consists of the Independent Directors. Mr. Sykes serves as the chairman of the Compensation and Human Resources Committee. The chairman meets regularly with Ms. Johnson, Aimco’s CAO. The Chairman also has regular conversations with the Compensation and Human Resources Committee’s independent compensation consultant, Willis Towers Watson, and outside counsel with expertise in executive compensation and compensation governance related matters. The Compensation and Human Resources Committee has a written charter that is reviewed annually and was last amended in April 2021. The Compensation and Human Resources Committee’s charter is posted on Aimco’s website (www.aimco.com) and is also available in print to stockholders, upon written request to Aimco’s Corporate Secretary.

The Compensation and Human Resources Committee’s responsibilities are set forth in the following charts.

Compensation and Human Resources Committee Responsibilities

Accomplished

In 2020

Responsible for succession planning in all leadership positions, both in the short term and the long term, with particular focus on CEO succession in the short term and the long term.

Oversee the Company’s management of the talent pipeline process.

Oversee the goals and objectives of the Company’s executive compensation plans.

Annually evaluate the performance of the CEO.

Determine the CEO’s compensation.

Negotiate and provide for the documentation of any employment agreement (or amendment thereto) with the CEO, as applicable.

Review and approve the decisions made by the CEO as to the compensation of the other executive officers.

Approve and grant any equity compensation.

Review and discuss the Compensation Discussion & Analysis with management.

Oversee the Company’s submission to a stockholder vote of matters relating to compensation, including advisory votes on executive compensation and the frequency of such votes, incentive and other compensation plans, and amendments to such plans.

Consider the results of stockholder advisory votes on executive compensation and take such results into consideration in connection with the review and approval of executive officer compensation.

Review stockholder proposals and advisory stockholder votes relating to executive compensation matters and recommend to the Board the Company’s response to such proposals and votes.

Review compensation arrangements to evaluate whether incentive and other forms of pay encourage unnecessary or excessive risk taking.

Review and approve the terms of any compensation “claw back” or similar policy or agreement between the Company and the Company’s executive officers.

Review periodically the goals and objectives of the Company’s executive compensation plans and recommend that the Board amend these goals and objectives if appropriate.

Oversee the Company’s culture, with a particular focus on collegiality, collaboration, and team-building.

One of the most important responsibilities of the Compensation and Human Resources Committee is to ensure a succession plan is in place for key members of the Company’s executive management team, including the CEO. Based on the work of the Compensation and Human Resources Committee, the Board has a succession plan for the CEO position, is prepared to act in the event of a CEO vacancy in the short term, and has identified candidates for succession over the long term. The Board will select the successor taking into consideration the needs of the organization, the business environment, and each candidate’s skills, experience, expertise, leadership, and fit. The Company maintains a robust succession planning process, as highlighted in the following chart.

Management Succession

The Company maintains an executive talent pipeline for every executive officer position, including the CEO position, and every other officer position within the organization.

The executive talent pipeline includes “interim,” “ready now,” and “under development” candidates for each position. The Company has an intentional focus on those formally under development for executive roles. Management is also focused on attracting, developing, and retaining strong talent across the organization.

The executive talent pipeline is formally updated annually and is the main topic of at least one of the Compensation and Human Resources Committee’s meetings each year. The Compensation and Human Resources Committee also reviews the pipeline in connection with year-end performance and compensation reviews for every executive officer position. The pipeline is discussed regularly at the management level, as well.

Talent development and succession planning is a coordinated effort among the CEO, the Compensation and Human Resources Committee, and the CAO, as well as each succession candidate.

The Board is provided exposure to succession candidates for executive officer positions.

All executive succession candidates have formal development plans.

The Company maintains a forward-looking approach to succession. Positions are filled considering the business strategy and needs at the time of a vacancy and the candidate’s skills, experience, expertise, leadership and fit.

The Company has a proven track record on the development of talented leaders and succession, most recently with the CEO transition in December 2020.

The Compensation and Human Resources Committee held five meetings during the year ended December 31, 2020.

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Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee currently consists of the Independent Directors. Mr. Stone serves as the chairman of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has a written charter that is reviewed annually and was last amended in January 2021. The Committee’s charter is posted on Aimco’s website (www.aimco.com) and is also available in print to stockholders, upon written request to Aimco’s Corporate Secretary.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s responsibilities are set forth in the following chart.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Responsibilities

Accomplished  

In 2020  

Focuses on Board candidates and nominees, and specifically:

•        Plans for Board refreshment and succession planning for directors;

•        Identifies and recommends to the Board individuals qualified to serve on the Board;

•        Identifies, recruits, and, if appropriate, interviews candidates to fill positions on the Board, including persons suggested by stockholders or others; and

•        Reviews each Board member’s suitability for continued service as a director when his or her term expires and when he or she has a change in professional status and recommends whether or not the director should be re-nominated.

Focuses on Board composition and procedures as a whole and recommends, if necessary, measures to be taken so that the Board reflects the appropriate balance of knowledge, experience, skills, and expertise required for the Board as a whole.

Develops and recommends to the Board a set of corporate governance principles applicable to Aimco and its management.

Maintains a related party transaction policy and oversees any potential related party transactions.

Oversees a systematic and detailed annual evaluation of the Board, committees, and individual directors in an effort to continuously improve the function of the Board.

Oversees the Company’s commitment to ESG issues and disclosure related thereto.

Considers corporate governance matters that may arise and develops appropriate recommendations, including providing the forum for the Board to consider important matters of public policy and vet stockholder input on a variety of matters.

Reviews annually the Company’s public policy advocacy efforts and political and charitable contributions.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee held five meetings during the year ended December 31, 2020.

Investment Committee

The Investment Committee currently consists of the Independent Directors. Mr. Stein serves as the chairman of the Investment Committee. The Investment Committee’s purpose is to provide oversight and guidance to the Company’s management regarding investment decisions.  The Investment Committee held four meetings during the year ended December 31, 2020.

Redevelopment and Construction Committee

The Redevelopment and Construction Committee consisted of the pre-Separation independent directors. Ms. Sperling served as the chairman of the Redevelopment and Construction Committee until the Separation. Ms. Sperling met regularly with Aimco’s redevelopment and construction leadership and assessed the progress of development and redevelopment and project status. The Redevelopment and Construction Committee’s purposes were to provide oversight and guidance to the Company’s management regarding development, redevelopment, and construction by reviewing work process, policies and standards, recommending modifications thereto and directing related analytical and progress reporting. The Redevelopment and Construction Committee held four meetings during the year ended December 31, 2020. Following the Separation, development, redevelopment, and construction became a focus subject at every Board meeting, eliminating the need for a standing Redevelopment and Construction Committee, and it was disbanded accordingly.

Board Composition, Board Refreshment, and Director Tenure

Aimco is focused on having a well-constructed and high performing board. To that end, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee selects nominees for director based on, among other things, breadth and depth of experience, knowledge, skills, expertise, integrity, ability to make independent analytical inquiries, understanding of Aimco’s business environment, and willingness to devote adequate time and effort to Board responsibilities. In considering nominees for director, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee seeks to have a diverse range of experience and expertise relevant to Aimco’s business. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee places a premium on directors who work well in the collegial and collaborative nature of the Board (which is also consistent with the Aimco culture) and also requires directors who think and act independently and can clearly and effectively communicate their convictions. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee assesses the appropriate balance of criteria required of directors and makes recommendations to the Board.

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The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has specifically considered the feedback of some stockholders as well as the discussions of some commentators that suggest lengthy Board tenure should be balanced with new perspectives. Specific to Aimco, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has structured the Board such that there are directors of varying tenures, with new directors and perspectives joining the Board every few years while retaining the institutional memory of longer-tenured directors. Longer-tenured directors, balanced with less-tenured directors, enhance the Board’s oversight capabilities. Aimco’s directors work effectively together, coordinate closely with senior management, comprehend Aimco’s challenges and opportunities, and frame Aimco’s business strategy. Aimco’s Board members have established relationships that allow the Board to apply effectively its collective business savvy in guiding the Aimco enterprise.

When formulating its Board membership recommendations, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee also considers advice and recommendations from others, including stockholders, as it deems appropriate. Such recommendations are evaluated based on the same criteria noted above. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider as nominees to the Board for election at the next annual meeting of stockholders persons who are recommended by stockholders in writing, marked to the attention of Aimco’s Corporate Secretary, no later than July 1, 2021.

The Board is responsible for nominating members for election to the Board and for filling vacancies on the Board that may occur between annual meetings of stockholders.

Board Leadership Structure

In connection with the Separation, the Board concluded that separating the Chairman and CEO role would be most effective for the Company’s leadership and governance. Mr. Miller serves as Chairman of the Board, which includes: presiding over executive sessions of the Independent Directors, which are held regularly and not less than four times per year; with the CEO, setting meeting agendas and schedules; calling meetings of the Independent Directors; and being available for direct communication with stockholders.

The Board has a majority of independent directors. Eight out of the ten directors are independent. All four standing committees (Audit; Compensation and Human Resources; Nominating and Corporate Governance; and Investment) are composed solely of independent directors.

Separate Sessions of Independent Directors

Aimco’s Corporate Governance Guidelines (described below) provide that the non-management directors shall meet in executive session without management on a regularly scheduled basis, but no less than four times per year. The non-management directors, which group currently is made up of the eight Independent Directors, met in executive session without management nine times during the year ended December 31, 2020.

The following table sets forth the number of meetings held by the Board and each committee during the year ended December 31, 2020.

 

Board

Non-
Management
Directors

Audit
Committee

Compensation

and

Human
Resources Committee

Nominating 

and
Corporate
Governance
Committee

Investment Committee

Redevelopment
and
Construction
Committee

Number of Meetings

21*

9

5

5

5

4

4

 

* Fourteen of the Board meetings related to the Separation.

Majority Voting for the Election of Directors

In an uncontested election at the meeting of stockholders, any nominee to serve as a director of the Company will be elected if the director receives a majority of votes cast, which means that the number of shares voted “for” a director exceeds the number of shares voted “against” that director. With respect to a contested election, a plurality of all the votes cast at the meeting of stockholders will be sufficient to elect a director. The following is not considered votes cast “for” or “against” a director nominee: (a) a share otherwise present at the meeting but for which there is an abstention and (b) a share otherwise present at the meeting as to with a stockholder gives no direction. If a nominee who currently is serving as a director receives a greater number of “against” votes for his or her election than votes “for” such election (a “Majority Against Vote”) in an uncontested election, Maryland law provides that the director would continue to serve on the Board as a “holdover director.” However, under Aimco’s Bylaws, any nominee for election as a director in an uncontested election who receives a Majority Against Vote is obligated to tender his or her resignation to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee for consideration. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider any resignation and recommend to the Board whether to accept it. The Board is required to take action with respect to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee’s recommendation within 90 days following certification of the stockholder vote. Additional details are set out in Article II, Section 2.03 (Election and Tenure of Directors; Resignations) of Aimco’s Bylaws.


Proxy Access

At our 2015 annual meeting, a proxy access stockholder proposal received the support of a majority of the votes cast. That proposal requested the Board to adopt a bylaw that would require the Company to include in its proxy materials nominees for director proposed by a stockholder or group that owns at least 3% of our outstanding shares for at least three years. Following that meeting, through the summer and fall of 2015 and into 2016, we engaged in extensive stockholder outreach and discussed proxy access with stockholders representing over 66% of shares of Common Stock outstanding as of September 30, 2015, including all 10 of Aimco’s largest stockholders as of that date.

Although our stockholders expressed varying views on proxy access generally, and on the specific terms of a proxy access bylaw, many stockholders indicated that they viewed proxy access as an important stockholder right. At the same time, many stockholders expressed concern that stockholders with a small economic interest could abuse proxy access and impose unnecessary costs on the Company. In particular, stockholders expressed support for a reasonable limit on the number of stockholders who could come together to form a nominating group, with a consensus around a 20 stockholder limit, so long as certain related funds were counted as one stockholder for this purpose. In addition, many stockholders expressed support for the principle that a proxy access bylaw provide for a minimum of two candidates, with that principle being more meaningful to stockholders than the percentage of the board used to calculate the number of permitted proxy access candidates.

Stockholders expressed general flexibility concerning most other proxy access terms, including counting directors nominated as access candidates who are elected and re-nominated by the Board when determining the limit on access candidates for a limited number of years, and eliminating proxy access at the same annual meeting for which a nomination notice outside of proxy access has been submitted by another stockholder. Also, stockholders indicated that post-meeting holding requirements would be considered overly restrictive, but that a statement regarding post-meeting intentions that did not require continued ownership was acceptable.

The feedback received from stockholders was reported to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and to the Board. Following a review of that feedback, corporate governance best practices and trends and the Company’s particular facts and circumstances, the Board amended the Company’s bylaws to provide a proxy access right to stockholders. As a result, a stockholder or a group of up to 20 stockholders, owning at least 3% of our shares for at least three years, may submit nominees for up to 20% of the Board, or two nominees, whichever is greater, for inclusion in our proxy materials, subject to complying with the requirements contained in our bylaws.

Code of Ethics

The Board has adopted a code of ethics entitled “Code of Business Conduct and Ethics” that applies to the members of the Board, all of Aimco’s executive officers and all teammates of Aimco or its subsidiaries, including Aimco’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, and principal accounting officer. The Code of Business Conduct and Ethics is posted on Aimco’s website (www.aimco. com) and is also available in print to stockholders, upon written request to Aimco’s Corporate Secretary. If, in the future, Aimco amends, modifies or waives a provision in the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, rather than filing a Current Report on Form 8-K, Aimco intends to satisfy any applicable disclosure requirement under Item 5.05 of Form 8-K by posting such information on Aimco’s website (www.aimco.com), as necessary.

Corporate Governance Guidelines and Director Stock Ownership

The Board has adopted and approved Corporate Governance Guidelines. These guidelines, which were last updated in April 2021, are identicalavailable on Aimco’s website (www.aimco.com) and are also available in print to thosestockholders, upon written request to Aimco’s Corporate Secretary. In general, the Corporate Governance Guidelines address director qualification standards, director responsibilities, the role of the Chairman of the Board or Lead Independent Director, as applicable, director access to management and independent advisors, director compensation, director orientation and continuing education, the role of the Board in planning management succession, stock ownership guidelines and retention requirements, and an annual performance evaluation of the Board.

With respect to stock ownership guidelines for the Independent Directors, the Corporate Governance Guidelines provide that by the completion of five years of service from the date of the Separation or from joining the Board, whichever is later, an Independent Director is expected to own shares having a value of at least five times the annual cash retainer for independent directors. Mr. Miller has holdings in excess of this amount. Due to the Separation and recent board refreshment, the other Independent Directors do not yet have holdings in this amount.

Corporate Responsibility

At Aimco, Operating Partnership’s general partner.

We believe itcorporate responsibility is an important part of our business. As with all other aspects of our business, our corporate responsibility program focuses on continuous improvement, to understand the few differences between Aimcobenefit of our stockholders, our residents, our teammates, our communities, and the Aimco Operating Partnershipenvironment. We actively discuss these matters with our stockholders and solicit their feedback on our program.

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The graphics below describe some of the 2020 highlights of our corporate responsibility program.

STOCKHOLDER
OUTREACH

We have engaged with stockholders holding at least 2/3of our outstanding shares each of the PAST 5 YEARS. We have always made our Board members available for engagement discussions.

In connection with the Separation, we had direct conversations with stockholders holding approximately 73% of our outstanding shares. These conversations were wide-ranging on governance, board composition, strategy, and more, and often included independent directors.

STOCKHOLDER ENGAGEMENT

OUR RESPONSES TO STOCKHOLDER INPUT

(Year Added)

Separation of Chairman and CEO (2020)

Board Refreshment (2020)

Disclosure regarding Board Oversight of Political and Lobbying Expenditures (2020)

Disclosure regarding Performance of “In Progress” LTI Awards (2020)

ESG Disclosure (2018)

Matrix of Director Qualifications and Expertise (2017)

More Detailed Management Succession Disclosure (2017)

More Graphics (2017)

Proxy Access (2016)

LTI Program Overhaul (2015)

Double Trigger Change in Control Provisions (2015)

Claw Back Policy (2015)

Commitment to not Provide Future Excise Tax Gross-Ups (2015)

PROXY ACCESS

Since 2016, our
bylaws permit:

A stockholder

(or group of up to 20 stockholders)

Owning 3% or more of our outstanding common stock continuously for at least3 YEARS

To nominate and include in our proxy materials director candidates constituting up to the greater of

2 INDIVIDUALS or20%

of the Board, if the nominee(s) satisfy the requirements specified in our bylaws 

HONORED FOR SEVERAL CONSECUTIVE YEARS FOR BOARD COMPOSITION

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Commitment to our Residents

Residents awarded Aimco CSAT scores averaging more than 4 (out of 5 stars) during the past five years, reflecting HIGH LEVELSof

RESIDENT SATISFACTION

COVID-19 Response Related to Our Residents:

Supported residents sheltering in place and met the needs of those who reported positive for infection by COVID-19

Redeployed construction supervisors to support property service teams

Redeployed dozens of office workers to join shared service center team to hold thousands of structured conversations with residents, helping each plan his or her personal adjustment to the crisis, including offering financial advice, tips on job searches, help with errands, ideas about how to find a roommate, establishing payment plans where appropriate, and even, in a few difficult cases, providing money for groceries

Used previous investment in technology and artificial intelligence to adapt to new conditions of social distancing and sheltering at home

Investment in our Teammates

The only real estate company

awarded a 2018, 2019, and 2020 Association for

Talent Development (ATD) BEST Awardfor excellence in talent acquisition, training, and team development

One of only six companies to be recognized

as a “Top Workplace” in Colorado

for each of the past eight years

Parental Leave Benefit

$1,305,000

Aimco Caresscholarship funds to 630 children of Aimco teammates since 2006

Over $67,500

Aimco Cares scholarship funds to 26 children of Aimco teammates in 2020

COVID-19 Response Related to our Business Operations and Teammates:

As crisis approached, formed cross-functional task force that met daily regarding work redesign and team safety

Made commitment that any teammate who felt unsafe at work was free to stay home, with pay and without penalty

Paid 100% of costs related to COVID-19 testing and treatment

Committed to keep full team intact, without layoffs or pay cuts

Increased regular communications and transparency, providing steady flow of written, livestream, and video reports to entire team

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Commitment to Community

IN 2020:

Teammates turn

their passion for

community service into

action through

Aimco Cares,

which gives team

members

15 paid hours

each year to apply to

volunteer activities of

their choosing

COVID-19 Response Related to our Community Partners:Mindful of the sacrifice of healthcare providers who worked long hours and felt unable to go home without risking infection of their families, as part of theAimco Cares Good Neighbor Program,the Company provided free use of furnished apartments at its apartment communities on the Anschutz Medical Campus, near Boulder Community Health, and near Newark University Hospital

$340,000

Raised through Aimco

Cares Charity Golf Classic benefitting military veterans and providing scholarships for students in affordable housing

Commitment to Conservation

$980K

invested in

ENERGY

CONSERVATION

in 2020

6,690,852

Therms of natural gas conserved

923,922,393

Gallons of water saved

through efficiency

235,005,148

kWh of electricity

saved through efficient fixtures

169,730

Metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions

eliminated


Communicating with the Board of Directors

Any interested parties desiring to communicate with Aimco’s Board, Aimco’s Chairman of the Board, any of the other Independent Directors, any committee chairman, or any committee member may directly contact such persons by directing such communications in care of Aimco’s Corporate Secretary. All communications received as set forth in the contextpreceding sentence will be opened by the office of how Aimco andAimco’s General Counsel for the Aimco Operating Partnership operate assole purpose of determining whether the contents represent a consolidated company. Aimco has no assets or liabilities other than its investmentmessage to Aimco’s directors. Any contents that are not in the Aimco Operating Partnership. Also, Aimconature of advertising, promotions of a product or service, or patently offensive material will be forwarded promptly to the addressee. In the case of communications to the Board or any group or committee of directors, the General Counsel’s office will make sufficient copies of the contents to send to each director who is a corporation that issues publicly traded equity from time to time, whereas the Aimco Operating Partnership is a partnership that has no publicly traded equity. Except for the net proceeds from stock offerings by Aimco, which are contributed to the Aimco Operating Partnership in exchange for additional limited partnership interests (of a similar type and in an amount equal to the shares of stock sold in the offering), the Aimco Operating Partnership generates all remaining capital required by its business. These sources include the Aimco Operating Partnership’s working capital, net cash provided by operating activities, borrowings under its revolving credit facility, the issuance of debt and equity securities, including additional partnership units, and proceeds received from the sale of apartment communities.

Equity, partners’ capital and noncontrolling interests are the main areas of difference between the consolidated financial statements of Aimco and thosemember of the Aimco Operating Partnership. Interests ingroup or committee to which the Aimco Operating Partnership held by entities other than Aimco, which we refer toenvelope or e-mail is addressed.

To contact Aimco’s Corporate Secretary, correspondence should be addressed as OP Units, are classified within partners’ capital infollows:

Corporate Secretary

Office of the Aimco Operating Partnership’s financial statementsGeneral Counsel

Apartment Investment and as noncontrolling interests in Aimco’s financial statements.

To help investors understand the differences between Aimco and the Aimco Operating Partnership, this report provides separate consolidated financial statements for Aimco and the Aimco Operating Partnership; a single set of consolidated notes to such financial statements that includes separate discussions of each entity’s stockholders’ equity or partners’ capital, as applicable; and a combined Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations section that includes discrete information related to each entity.
This report also includes separate Part II, Item 9A. Controls and Procedures sections and separate Exhibits 31 and 32 certifications for Aimco and the Aimco Operating Partnership in order to establish that the requisite certifications have been made and that Aimco and the Aimco Operating Partnership are both compliant with Rule 13a-15 or Rule 15d-15Management Company

4582 South Ulster Street, Suite 1450

Denver, Colorado 80237

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance. Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the “Exchange Act”),requires Aimco’s executive officers and 18 U.S.C. §1350.



APARTMENT INVESTMENT AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY
AIMCO PROPERTIES, L.P.
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ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Actdirectors, and persons who own more than 10% of 1995 provides a “safe harbor” for forward-looking statements in certain circumstances. Certain information included in this Annual Report contains or may contain information that is forward-looking, within the meaningregistered class of the federalAimco’s equity securities, laws, including, without limitation, statements regarding: our ability to maintain current or meet projected occupancy, rental ratefile reports (Forms 3, 4 and property operating results; the effect5) of acquisitions, dispositions, redevelopments and developments; our ability to meet budgeted costs and timelines, and achieve budgeted rental rates related to our redevelopment and development investments; expectations regarding sales of our apartment communities and the use of proceeds thereof; and our ability to comply with debt covenants, including financial coverage ratios.
Actual results may differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements and, in addition, will be affected by a variety of risks and factors, some of which are beyond our control, including, without limitation:
Real estate and operating risks, including fluctuations in real estate values and the general economic climate in the markets in which we operate and competition for residents in such markets; national and local economic conditions, including the pace of job growth and the level of unemployment; the amount, location and quality of competitive new housing supply; the timing of acquisitions, dispositions, redevelopments and developments;stock ownership and changes in operating costs, including energy costs;
Financing risks, includingownership with the availability and cost of capital markets’ financing; the risk that our cash flows from operations may be insufficient to meet required payments of principal and interest;SEC and the riskNew York Stock Exchange. Executive officers, directors and beneficial owners of more than 10% of Aimco’s registered equity securities are required by SEC regulations to furnish Aimco with copies of all such forms that our earnings may not be sufficient to maintain compliance with debt covenants;
Insurance risks, including the cost of insurance, natural disasters and severe weather such as hurricanes; and
Legal and regulatory risks, including costs associated with prosecuting or defending claims and any adverse outcomes; the terms of governmental regulations that affect us and interpretations of those regulations; and possible environmental liabilities, including costs, fines or penalties that may be incurred due to necessary remediation of contamination of apartment communities presently or previously owned by us.
In addition, our current and continuing qualification as a real estate investment trust involves the application of highly technical and complex provisionsthey file.

Based solely on Aimco’s review of the Internal Revenue Codecopies of Forms 3, 4 and depends on our ability to meet the various requirements imposed by the Internal Revenue Code, through actual operating results, distribution levels and diversity of stock ownership.

Readers should carefully review our financial statements5 and the notesamendments thereto as well as the section entitled “Risk Factors” described in Item 1A of this Annual Report and the other documents we file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
As used herein and except as the context otherwise requires, “we,” “our” and “us” refer to Apartment Investment and Management Company (which we refer to as Aimco), AIMCO Properties, L.P. (which we refer to as the Aimco Operating Partnership) and their consolidated entities, collectively.
Certain financial and operating measures found herein and usedreceived by management are not defined under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, or GAAP. These measures are defined and reconciled to the most comparable GAAP measures under the Non-GAAP Measures heading and include: Funds From Operations, Pro forma Funds From Operations, Adjusted Funds From Operations, Free Cash Flow, Net Asset Value, Economic Income, and the measures used to compute our leverage ratios.
PART I

Item 1. Business
The Company
Apartment Investment and Management Company, or Aimco, is a Maryland corporation incorporated on January 10, 1994. Aimco is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust, or REIT, focused on the ownership, management, redevelopment and limited development of quality apartment communities located in some of the largest markets in the United States.

Aimco, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, AIMCO-GP, Inc. and AIMCO-LP Trust, owns a majority of the ownership interests in AIMCO Properties, L.P., or the Aimco Operating Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership formed on May 16, 1994. Aimco conducts all of its business and owns all of its assets through the Aimco Operating Partnership.
Business Overview
Our business activities are defined by a commitment to our core values of integrity, respect, collaboration, performance and a focus on our customers. These values and our corporate mission, “to consistently provide quality apartment homes in a respectful environment delivered by a team of people who care,” shape our culture. In all of our interactions with residents, team members, business partners, lenders, and equity holders, we aim to be the best owner and operator of apartment communities and an outstanding corporate citizen.
Our principal financial objective is to provide predictable and attractive returns to our equity holders. We measure our long- term total return using Economic Income, defined as Net Asset Value, or NAV, growth plus dividends. NAV is used by many investors because the value of company assets can be readily estimated, even for non-earning assets such as land or properties under development. NAV has the advantage of incorporating the investment decisions of thousands of real estate investors, enhancing comparability among companies that have differences in their accounting, and avoiding disparity that can result from application of GAAP to investment properties and various ownership structures. Some investors focus on multiples of Adjusted Funds From Operations, or AFFO, and Funds From Operations, FFO. Our disclosure of AFFO, a measure of current return, complements our focus on Economic Income. We also use Pro forma Funds From Operations, or Pro forma FFO, as a secondary measure of operational performance. Over the past five years, we have generated Economic Income at a compounded annual return of 11.5%. Our business plan to achieve this principal financial objective is to:
operate our portfolio of desirable apartment homes with a high level of focus on customer selection and customer satisfaction and in an efficient manner that produces predictable and growing Free Cash Flow;
improve our portfolio of apartment communities, which is diversified both by geography and price point by selling apartment communities with lower projected Free Cash Flow internal rates of return and investing the proceeds from such sales through capital enhancements, redevelopment, limited development, and acquisitions with greater land value, higher expected rent growth, and projected Free Cash Flow internal rates of return in excess of those expected from the communities sold;
use low levels of financial leverage primarily in the form of non-recourse, long-dated, fixed-rate property debt and perpetual preferred equity, a combination that reduces our refunding and re-pricing risk and provides a hedge against increases in interest rates; and
focus intentionally on a collaborative and productive culture based on respect for others and personal responsibility.
Our business is organized around five areas of strategic focus: operational excellence; redevelopment; portfolio management; balance sheet; and team and culture. Our areas of strategic focus are described in more detail below. Recent accomplishments in the execution of such strategies are discussed in the Executive Overview in Item 7.
Operational Excellence
We own and operate a portfolio of market rate apartment communities, diversified by both geography and price point, which we refer to as our Real Estate portfolio. At December 31, 2018, our Real Estate portfolio included 134 apartment communities with 36,549 apartment homes in which we held an average ownership of approximately 99%. This portfolio was divided about two thirds by value to our “Same Store” portfolio of stabilized apartment communities and about one third by value to “Other Real Estate,” which includes recently acquired communities and communities under redevelopment or development whose long-term financial contribution is not yet stabilized.
To manage our property operations efficiently and to increase the benefits from our local management expertise, we give direct responsibility for operations within each area to area operations leaders with regular oversight by senior management. To enable the area operations leaders to focus on sales and service, as well as to improve financial control and budgeting, we have dedicated area financial officers who support the operations leaders. Additionally, with the exception of routine maintenance and purchases and installation of equipment, we have specialized teams that manage capital spending related to larger and more complicated construction.
We seek to improve our property operations by: employing service-oriented, well-trained team members; taking advantage of advances in technology; centralizing operational tasks where efficient to do so; standardizing business processes, operational measurements, and internal reporting; and enhancing financial controls over field operations. We focus on the following areas:

Customer Satisfaction. Our operating culture is focused on our residents and providing them with a high level of service in a clean, safe, and respectful living environment. We regularly monitor and evaluate our performance by providing customers with numerous opportunities to grade our work. In 2018, we received 78,000 customer grades averaging 4.25 on a five-point scale. We use this customer feedback as a daily management tool. We also publish on-line these customer evaluations as important and credible information for prospective customers. We have automated certain aspects of our on-site operations to enable current and future residents to interact with us using methods that are efficient and effective for them, such as making on-line requests for service work and executing leases and lease renewals on-line. In addition, we emphasize the quality of our on-site team members through recruiting, training and retention programs, which, with continuous and real-time customer feedback, contributes to improved customer service. We believe that greater customer satisfaction leads to higher resident retention and increased occupancy rates, which in turn leads to increased revenue and reduced costs.
Resident Selection and Retention. In our apartment communities, we believe that one’s neighbors are a meaningful part of the customer experience, together with the location of the community and the physical quality of the apartment homes. Part of our property operations strategy is to focus on attracting and retaining stable, credit-worthy residents who are also good neighbors. We have explicit criteria for resident selection, which we apply to new and renewal leases, including creditworthiness and behavior in accordance with our community standards and our written “Good Neighbor Commitment.” Our focus on resident selection and retention led to 54% of expiring leases being renewed in 2018, the highest result we have yet achieved.
Revenue Management and Ancillary Services. We have a centralized revenue management system that leverages people, processes and technology to work in partnership with our local property management teams to develop rental rate pricing. We seek to increase Free Cash Flow, which we define as net operating income less Capital Replacements, by optimizing the balance between rental and occupancy rates, as well as taking into consideration costs such as preparing an apartment home for a new resident. We are focused on careful measurements of on-site operations, as we believe that timely and accurate collection of apartment community performance and resident profile data allows us to maximize Free Cash Flow through better property management and leasing decisions. We seek to maximize profit by performing timely data analysis of new and renewal pricing for each apartment home, thereby enabling us to adjust rents quickly in response to changes in supply and demand and minimize vacancy time. We also generate incremental revenue by providing or facilitating the provision of services to our residents, including, at certain apartment communities, telecommunications services, parking options, package lockers and storage space rental.
Controlling Expenses. Innovation is the foundation of our cost control efforts. Innovative activities we have undertaken include: moving administrative tasks to our shared service center, which reduces costs and allows site teams to focus on sales and service; taking advantage of economies of scale at the corporate level, through electronic procurement which reduces complexity and increases purchasing volume discounts; focusing on life cycle costs by investing in more durable, longer-lived materials, which reduce turn times and costs; and leveraging technology to enhance the customer experience through such items as website design and package lockers, which meet today’s customer preference for self-service. These and other innovations contributed to a growth rate in controllable operating expense, which we define as property expenses less taxes, insurance and utility expenses, compoundingit for the past decade at an annual rate of 0.1%.
Improving and Maintaining Apartment Community Quality. We believe that the physical condition and amenities of our apartment communities are important factors in our ability to maintain and increase rental rates. We invest in the maintenance and improvement of our apartment communities primarily through: Capital Enhancements, which may include kitchen and bath remodeling, energy conservation projects and investments in longer-lived materials as described above, all of which are generally lesser in scope than is a redevelopment and do not significantly disrupt property operations; Capital Improvements, which extend the useful life of an apartment community from its condition at our date of purchase; and Capital Replacements, which are capital additions made to replace the portion of an apartment community consumed during our ownership. During 2018, we invested approximately $2,890 per apartment home in Capital Enhancements, $4,670 per apartment home in Capital Improvements planned as part of our initial investment in apartment communities acquired in 2018, $270 per apartment home in Capital Improvements for apartment communities acquired prior to 2018, and $1,052 per apartment home in Capital Replacements.
Redevelopment
Our second line of business is the redevelopment and limited development of apartment communities. Through these activities, we expect to create value by repositioning communities within our portfolio. Over the past five years, we have spent approximately $1.0 billion on redevelopment and development, resulting in estimated value creation of approximately $400.0 million. We measure the rate and quality of financial returns by NAV creation, an important component of Economic Income, our primary measure of

long-term financial performance. We invest to earn risk-adjusted returns in excess of those expected from the apartment communities sold in paired trades to fund the redevelopment or development.
We undertake a range of redevelopments, including those in which buildings or exteriors are renovated without the need to vacate apartment homes; those in which significant renovation of apartment homes may be accomplished upon lease expiration and turnover; and those in which an entire building or community is vacated. We often execute redevelopment using a phased approach, in which we renovate an apartment community in stages. Redevelopment work may include seeking entitlements from local governments, which enhance the value of our existing portfolio by increasing density, that is, the right to add apartment homes to a site.
We also undertake ground-up development when warranted by risk-adjusted investment returns, either directly or in connection with the redevelopment of an existing apartment community. When warranted, we rely on the expertise and credit of a third-party developer familiar with the local market to limit our exposure to construction risk. Of these two activities, we favor redevelopment because it permits adjustment to the scope and timing of spending to align with changing market conditions and customer preferences.
Portfolio Management
Our portfolio management strategy involves the allocation of investment capital to enhance rent growth and increase long-term capital values through portfolio design, emphasizing land value as well as location and submarket. We target geographic diversification in our portfolio in order to reduce the volatility of our rental revenue and to reduce the risk of undue concentration in any particular market. Similarly, we seek price point diversification by owning communities that offer apartment homes at rents below those asked by competitive new building supply.
Our portfolio of apartment communities is diversified across “A,” “B,” and “C+” price points, averaging “B/B+” in quality and is also diversified across several of the largest markets in the United States. Please refer to the Executive Overview heading under Item 7 for a description of our portfolio quality ratings. At December 31, 2018, our Real Estate portfolio was allocated about one-half to “A” rated properties, and about one-half to “B” and “C+” rated properties.
As part of our portfolio strategy, we seek to sell up to 10% of our portfolio annually and to reinvest the proceeds from such sales in accretive uses such as capital enhancements, redevelopments, limited development and selective acquisitions with projected Free Cash Flow internal rates of return higher than expected from the communities being sold.
Balance Sheet
Our leverage strategy seeks to magnify financial returns while using leverage with appropriate caution. We limit risk through balance sheet structure, employing low leverage, primarily non-recourse and long-dated property debt; build financial flexibility by maintaining ample unused and available credit as well as holding properties with substantial value unencumbered by property debt; and use partners’ capital when it enhances financial returns or reduces investment risk.
Our leverage includes our share of long-term, non-recourse, property debt encumbering apartment communities, outstanding borrowings under our revolving credit facility, and outstanding preferred equity.
We target a ratio of Proportionate Debt and Preferred Equity to Adjusted EBITDA below 7.0x and we target a ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to Adjusted Interest Expense and Preferred Dividends greater than 2.5x. Our ratios as of December 31, 2018 were 7.2x and 3.4x, respectively.
Our liquidity consists of cash balances and available capacity on our revolving line of credit. As of December 31, 2018, we had cash and restricted cash of $72.6 million and had capacity to borrow $632.5 million under our revolving credit facility.
We manage our financial flexibility by maintaining an investment grade rating and holding apartment communities that are unencumbered by property debt. As of December 31, 2018, we held unencumbered apartment communities with an estimated fair market value of approximately $2.7 billion, up 50% from December 31, 2017.
Please refer to the Executive Overview and Liquidity and Capital Resources headings under Item 7 for additional information regarding our balance sheet and liquidity.
Team and Culture
Our team and culture are keys to our success. Our intentional focus on a collaborative and productive culture based on respect for others and personal responsibility is reinforced by a preference for promotion from within. We focus on succession planning and talent development to produce a strong, stable team that is the enduring foundation of our success. In 2018, we were recognized

by the Denver Post as a Top Work Place for the sixth consecutive year, an accomplishment shared with only seven other companies in Colorado.
Competition
In attracting and retaining residents to occupy our apartment communities we compete with numerous other housing providers. Our apartment communities compete directly with other rental apartments as well as condominiums and single-family homes that are available for rent or purchase in the markets in which our apartment communities are located. Principal factors of competition include rent or price charged, attractiveness of the location and apartment community, and the quality and breadth of services. The number of competitive apartment communities relative to demand in a particular area has a material effect on our ability to lease apartment homes at our communities and on the rents we charge. In certain markets, there exists an oversupply of newly-constructed apartment homes, single-family homes, and condominiums relative to consumer demand, which affects the pricing and occupancy of our rental apartments.
We also compete with other real estate investors, including other apartment REITs, pension and investment funds, partnerships and investment companies in acquiring, redeveloping, managing, obtaining financing for and disposing of apartment communities. This competition affects our ability to acquire apartment communities we want to add to our portfolio and the price that we pay in such acquisitions; our ability to finance or refinance communities in our portfolio and the cost of such financing; and our ability to dispose of communities we no longer desire to retain in our portfolio and the timing and price available to us when we seek to dispose of such communities.
Taxation
Aimco
Aimco has elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, which we refer to as the Code, commencing with our taxable year ended December 31, 1994,2020, or written representations from certain reporting persons that no Forms 5 were required to be filed by those persons, Aimco believes that during the period ended December 31, 2020, all filing requirements were complied with by its executive officers and intends to continue to operate in such a manner. The Code imposes various requirements related to organizational structure, distribution levels, diversity of stock ownership, and certain restrictionsdirectors with regard to owned assets and categories of income that must be met in order to continue to qualifyone exception, as follows: as a REIT. Ifresult of a ministerial error, a Form 4 for Mr. Considine was filed one day late.



ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

COMPENSATION DISCUSSION & ANALYSIS (CD&A)

This CD&A addresses the following:

Separation

Stockholder Engagement Regarding Executive Compensation;

Overview of Aimco’s Pay-for-Performance Philosophy and 2020 Performance Results;

Summary of Executive Compensation Program and Governance Practices;

What We Pay and Why: Components of Executive Compensation;

Total Compensation for 2020;

Other Compensation;

Post-Employment Compensation and Employment and Severance Arrangements;

Other Benefits; Perquisite Philosophy;

Stock Ownership Guidelines and Required Holding Periods After Vesting;

Role of Outside Consultants;

Base Salary, Incentive Compensation, and Equity Grant Practices;

2021 Compensation Targets; and

Accounting Treatment and Tax Deductibility of Executive Compensation.

Separation

As noted previously, on December 15, 2020, Aimco continuescompleted the separation of its business into two, separate and distinct publicly traded companies, Aimco and AIR. As part of the Separation, Aimco’s founder, Chairman of the Board, and Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), Terry Considine, became the CEO of AIR. Aimco’s CFO, Paul Beldin, became the CFO of AIR, Aimco’s General Counsel, Lisa Cohn, became the President and General Counsel of AIR, and Aimco’s head of property operations, Keith Kimmel, became the head of property operations of AIR (collectively, the “Previous Management Team”). Effective as of the Separation, Aimco’s management team consists of the following three executives: Wes Powell, President and CEO (Aimco’s Executive Vice President (“EVP”), Redevelopment prior to qualifythe Separation); Lynn Stanfield, EVP and CFO (Aimco’s EVP, Financial Performance & Analysis and Capital Allocation prior to the Separation); and Jennifer Johnson, EVP, CAO and General Counsel (Aimco’s Senior Vice President, Human Resources prior to the Separation) (collectively, the “New Management Team”). The Previous Management Team and the New Management Team together constitute our named executive officers (“NEOs”) for taxation as a REIT, Aimco will generally not be subject2020. Unless otherwise noted, references to United States federal corporate income tax on its taxable income that is currently distributed to stockholders. This treatment substantially eliminates the “double taxation” (at the corporate and stockholder levels) that generally results from an investmentCEO pay in a corporation.

Certain of Aimco’s operations or a portion thereof, including property management and risk management are conducted through taxable REIT subsidiaries, each of which wethis CD&A refer to Mr. Considine, as a TRS. A TRS is a subsidiary C-corporation that has not elected REIT statushe was CEO for all but two weeks of 2020. Compensation disclosure for both the Previous Management Team and as such, is subjectthe New Management Team consists of the entire compensation amount paid to United States federal corporate income tax. We use TRS entities to facilitate our ability to offer certain services and activities to our residents and investment partners that cannot be offered directly by a REIT. We also use TRS entities to hold investments in certain apartment communities.
The Aimco Operating Partnership
The Aimco Operating Partnership is treated as a “pass-through” entityeach executive for United States federal income tax purposes and is not subject to United States federal income taxation. Partners in the Aimco Operating Partnership, however, are subject to tax on their allocable share of partnership income, gains, losses, deductions and credits,2020 compensation year, regardless of whether the partners receive any actual distributionsexecutive remained with Aimco or became an executive of cash or other property from the Aimco Operating Partnership during the taxable year. Generally, the characterization of any particular item is determined by the Aimco Operating Partnership, rather than at the partner level, and the amount of a partner’s allocable share of such item is governed by the termsAIR as part of the Aimco Operating Partnership’s Partnership Agreement. The Aimco Operating Partnership is subject to tax in certain states.
Regulation
General
Apartment communities and their owners are subject to various laws, ordinances, and regulations, including those related to real estate broker licensing and regulations relating to recreational facilities such as swimming pools, activity centers and other common areas. Changes in laws increasing the potential liability for environmental conditions existing on apartment communities or increasing the restrictions on discharges or other conditions, as well as changes in laws affecting development, construction, and safety requirements, may result in significant unanticipated expenditures, which would adversely affect our net income and cash flows from operating activities. In addition, existing rent control laws, as well as future enactmentSeparation.

Stockholder Engagement Regarding Executive Compensation

At Aimco’s 2020 Annual Meeting of rent control or rent stabilization laws, or other laws regulating multifamily housing, may reduce rental revenue or increase operating costs in particular markets.


Environmental
Various federal, state and local laws subject apartment community owners or operators to liability for management, and the costs of removal or remediation, of certain potentially hazardous materials that may be present at an apartment community. These materials may include lead-based paint, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls and petroleum-based fuels. Such laws often impose liability without regard to fault or whether the owner or operator knew of, or was responsible for, the release or presence of such materials. In connection with the ownership, operation and management of apartment communities, we could potentially be liable for environmental liabilities or costs associated with our current apartment communities, communities we acquire or manage in the future, or communities we previously owned or operated in the past. These and other risks related to environmental matters are described in more detail in Item 1A. Risk Factors.
Insurance
Our primary lines of insurance coverage are property, general liability and workers’ compensation. We believe that our insurance coverages adequately insure our apartment communities against the risk of loss attributable to fire, earthquake, hurricane, tornado, flood, terrorism and other perils, and adequately insure us against other risk. Our coverage includes deductibles, retentions and limits that are customary in the industry. We have established loss prevention, loss mitigation, claims handling and litigation management procedures to manage our exposure.
Employees
At December 31, 2018, we hadStockholders, approximately 1,050 team members, of whom about 700 were at the apartment community level performing on-site functions or at our shared service center performing tasks that have been centralized there, with the balance managing corporate and area functions, including investment and debt transactions, legal, finance and accounting, information systems, human resources and other support functions. As of December 31, 2018, unions represented approximately 50 of our team members. We have never experienced a work stoppage and believe we maintain satisfactory relations with our team members.
Available Information
Our combined Annual Report on Form 10-K, our combined Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K filed by Aimco or the Aimco Operating Partnership and any amendments to any of those reports that we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission are available free of charge as soon as reasonably practicable through Aimco’s website at www.aimco.com. The information contained on Aimco’s website is not incorporated into this Annual Report. Aimco’s Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “AIV.” In 2018, Aimco’s chief executive officer submitted his annual corporate governance listing standards certification to the New York Stock Exchange, which certification was unqualified.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
The risk factors noted in this section and other factors noted throughout this Annual Report, describe certain risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statement.
Redevelopment, development and construction risks could affect our profitability.
We are currently redeveloping certain of our apartment communities. During 2019, we expect to invest $225 million to $275 million in redevelopment and development activities. Redevelopment and development are subject to numerous risks, including the following:
we may be unable to obtain, or experience delays in obtaining, necessary zoning, occupancy or other required governmental or third-party permits and authorizations, which could result in increased costs or the delay or abandonment of opportunities;
we may incur costs that exceed our original estimates due to increased material, labor or other costs, such as litigation;
we may be unable to complete construction and lease-up of an apartment community on schedule, resulting in increased construction and financing costs and a decrease in expected rental revenues;
occupancy rates and rents at an apartment community may fail to meet our expectations for a number of reasons, including changes in market and economic conditions beyond our control and the development of competing communities;
we may be unable to obtain financing with favorable terms, or at all, which may cause us to delay or abandon an opportunity;
we may abandon opportunities that we have already begun to explore, or stop projects we have already commenced, for a number of reasons, including changes in local market conditions or increases in construction or financing costs, and, as a result, we may fail to recover costs already incurred in exploring those opportunities;
we may incur liabilities to third parties during the redevelopment or development process;

unexpected events or circumstances may arise during the redevelopment or development process that affect the timing of completion and the cost and profitability of the redevelopment or development; and
loss of a key member of a redevelopment or development team could adversely affect our ability to deliver redevelopments and developments on time and within our budget.
Failure to generate sufficient net operating income may adversely affect our liquidity, limit our ability to fund necessary capital expenditures or adversely affect our ability to pay dividends or distributions.
Our ability to fund necessary capital expenditures on our apartment communities depends on, among other things, our ability to generate net operating income in excess of required debt payments. If we are unable to fund capital expenditures on our apartment communities, we may not be able to preserve the competitiveness of our communities, which could adversely affect their net operating income and long-term value.
Our ability to make payments to our investors depends on our ability to generate net operating income in excess of required debt payments and capital expenditure requirements. Our net operating income and liquidity may be adversely affected by events or conditions beyond our control, including:
the general economic climate;
an inflationary environment in which the costs to operate and maintain our communities increase at a rate greater than our ability to increase rents, which we can only do upon renewal of existing leases or at the inception of new leases;
competition from other apartment communities and other housing options;
local conditions, such as loss of jobs, unemployment rates or an increase in the supply of apartments, that might adversely affect apartment occupancy or rental rates;
changes in governmental regulations and the related cost of compliance;
changes in tax laws and housing laws, including the enactment of rent control laws or other laws regulating multifamily housing; and
changes in interest rates and the availability of financing.
Competition could limit our ability to lease apartment homes or increase or maintain rents.
Our apartment communities compete for residents with other housing alternatives, including other rental apartments and condominiums, and, to a lesser degree, single-family homes that are available for rent, as well as new and existing condominiums and single-family homes for sale. Competitive residential housing as well as household formation and job creation in a particular area could adversely affect our ability to lease apartment homes and to increase or maintain rental rates.
Because real estate investments are relatively illiquid, we may not be able to sell apartment communities when appropriate.
Real estate investments are relatively illiquid and generally cannot be sold quickly. REIT tax rules also restrict our ability to sell apartment communities. Thus, we may not be able to change our portfolio promptly in response to changes in economic or other market conditions. Our ability to dispose of apartment communities in the future will depend on prevailing economic and market conditions, including the cost and availability of financing. This could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations.
If we are not successful in our acquisition of apartment communities, our results of operations could be adversely affected.
The selective acquisition of apartment communities is a component of our strategy. However, we may not be able to complete transactions successfully in the future. Although we seek to acquire apartment communities when such acquisitions increase our Free Cash Flow internal rate of returns and are accretive to Net Asset Value, such transactions may fail to perform in accordance with our expectations. In particular, following acquisition, the value and operational performance of an apartment community may be diminished if obsolescence or neighborhood changes occur before we are able to redevelop or sell the community. This could have an adverse effect on our financial condition or results of operations.
Our existing and future debt financing could result in foreclosure of our apartment communities, prevent us from making distributions on our equity, or otherwise adversely affect our liquidity.
We are subject to the risk that our cash flow from operations will be insufficient to make required payments of principal and interest, and the risk that existing indebtedness may not be refinanced or that the terms of any refinancing will not be as favorable as the terms of existing indebtedness. If we fail to make required payments of principal and interest on our non-recourse debt, our

lenders could foreclose on the apartment communities and other collateral securing such debt, which would result in the loss to us of income and asset value. As of December 31, 2018, the majority of our apartment communities were encumbered by debt. Our organizational documents do not limit the amount of debt that we may incur, and we have significant amounts of debt outstanding. Payments of principal and interest may leave us with insufficient cash resources to operate our communities or pay distributions required to be paid in order to maintain Aimco’s qualification as a REIT.
Disruptions in the financial markets could affect our ability to obtain financing and the cost of available financing and could adversely affect our liquidity.
Our ability to obtain financing and the cost of such financing depends on the overall condition of the United States credit markets. During periods of economic uncertainty the United States credit markets may experience significant liquidity disruptions, which may cause the spreads on debt financings to widen considerably and make obtaining financing, both non-recourse property debt and corporate borrowings such as those under our revolving credit agreement, more difficult. In particular, apartment borrowers have benefited from the historic willingness of Federal National Mortgage Association, or Fannie Mae, and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, or Freddie Mac, to make substantial amounts of loans secured by multi-family properties, even in times of economic distress. These two lenders are federally chartered and subject to federal regulation, which is subject to change, making uncertain their prospects and ability to provide liquidity in a future downturn.
If our ability to obtain financing is adversely affected, we may be unable to satisfy scheduled maturities on existing financing through other sources of liquidity, which could result in lender foreclosure on the apartment communities securing such debt and loss of income and asset value, both of which would adversely affect our liquidity.
Increases in interest rates would increase our interest expense and reduce our profitability.
As of December 31, 2018, we had approximately $420.5 million of variable-rate indebtedness outstanding. We estimate that an increase in 30-day LIBOR of 100 basis points with constant credit risk spreads would reduce our net income and the amount of net income attributable to our common security holders (including Aimco common stockholders and the Aimco Operating Partnership’s common unitholders) by approximately $4.2 million on an annual basis.
At December 31, 2018, we had approximately $72.6 million in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, a portion of which bear interest at variable rates indexed to LIBOR-based rates, which may partially mitigate the effect of an increase in variable rates on our variable-rate indebtedness discussed above.
Covenant restrictions may limit our ability to make payments to our investors.
Some of our debt and other securities contain covenants that restrict our ability to make distributions or other payments to our investors unless certain financial tests or other criteria are satisfied. Our revolving credit agreement provides, among other things, that we may not make distributions to our investors during any four consecutive fiscal quarters in an aggregate amount greater than 95% of our Funds From Operations for such period, subject to certain non-cash adjustments, or such amount as may be necessary to maintain Aimco’s REIT status. Our outstanding classes of preferred stock or preferred units prohibit the payment of dividends on our Common Stock or common partnership units if we fail to pay the dividends to which the holders of the preferred stock or preferred units are entitled.
The Aimco Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries may be prohibited from making distributions and other payments.
All of Aimco’s apartment communities are owned, and all of Aimco’s operations are conducted, by the Aimco Operating Partnership. Further, many of the Aimco Operating Partnership’s apartment communities are owned by subsidiaries of the Aimco Operating Partnership. As a result, Aimco depends on distributions and other payments from the Aimco Operating Partnership, and the Aimco Operating Partnership depends on distributions and payments from its subsidiaries in order to satisfy our financial obligations and make payments to our investors. The ability of the Aimco Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries to make such distributions and other payments depends on their earnings and cash flows and may be subject to statutory or contractual limitations. As an equity investor in the Aimco Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries, our right to receive assets upon their liquidation or reorganization will be effectively subordinated to the claims of their creditors. To the extent that we are recognized as a creditor of such subsidiaries, our claims may still be subordinate to any security interest in or other lien on their assets and to any of their debt or other obligations that are senior to our claims.
Potential liability or other expenditures associated with potential environmental contamination may be costly.
Various federal, state and local laws subject apartment community owners or operators to liability for management, and the costs of removal or remediation, of certain potentially hazardous materials that may be present in the land or buildings of an apartment community. Potentially hazardous materials may include polychlorinated biphenyls, petroleum-based fuels, lead-based paint or asbestos, among other materials. Such laws often impose liability without regard to fault or whether the owner or operator

knew of, or was responsible for, the presence of such materials. The presence of, or the failure to manage or remediate properly, these materials may adversely affect occupancy at such apartment communities as well as the ability to sell or finance such apartment communities. In addition, governmental agencies may bring claims for costs associated with investigation and remediation actions, damages to natural resources and for potential fines or penalties in connection with such damage or with respect to the improper management of hazardous materials. Moreover, private plaintiffs may potentially make claims for investigation and remediation costs they incur or personal injury, disease, disability or other infirmities related to the alleged presence of hazardous materials at an apartment community. In addition to potential environmental liabilities or costs associated with our current apartment communities, we may also be responsible for such liabilities or costs associated with communities we acquire or manage in the future, or apartment communities we no longer own or operate.
Laws benefiting disabled persons may result in our incurrence of unanticipated expenses.
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, or ADA, all places intended to be used by the public are required to meet certain federal requirements related to access and use by disabled persons. The Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, or FHAA, requires apartment communities first occupied after March 13, 1991, to comply with design and construction requirements for disabled access. For those apartment communities receiving federal funds, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 also has requirements regarding disabled access. These and other federal, state and local laws may require structural modifications to our apartment communities or changes in policy/practice, or affect renovations of the communities. Noncompliance with these laws could result in the imposition of fines or an award of damages to private litigants and also could result in an order to correct any non-complying feature, which could result in substantial capital expenditures. Although we believe that our apartment communities are substantially in compliance with present requirements, we may incur unanticipated expenses to comply with the ADA, the FHAA and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 in connection with the ongoing operation or redevelopment of our apartment communities.
Moisture infiltration and resulting mold remediation may be costly.
Although we are proactively engaged in managing moisture intrusion and preventing the presence of mold at our apartment communities, it is not unusual for periodic moisture intrusion to cause mold in isolated locations within an apartment community. We have implemented policies, procedures and training, and include a detailed moisture intrusion and mold assessment during acquisition due diligence. We believe these measures will manage mold exposure at our apartment communities and will minimize the effects that mold may have on our residents. To date, we have not incurred any material costs or liabilities relating to claims of mold exposure or to abate mold conditions. We have only limited insurance coverage for property damage claims arising from the presence of mold and for personal injury claims related to mold exposure.
Although we are insured for certain risks, the cost of insurance, increased claims activity or losses resulting from casualty events may affect our operating results and financial condition.
We are insured for a portion of our consolidated apartment communities’ exposure to casualty losses resulting from fire, earthquake, hurricane, tornado, flood and other perils, which insurance is subject to deductibles and self-insurance retention. We recognize casualty losses or gains based on the net book value of the affected apartment community and the amount of any related insurance proceeds. In many instances, the actual cost to repair or replace the apartment community may exceed its net book value and any insurance proceeds. We recognize the uninsured portion of losses as casualty losses in the periods in which they are incurred. In addition, we are self-insured for a portion of our exposure to third-party claims related to our employee health insurance plans, workers’ compensation coverage and general liability exposure. With respect to our exposure to claims of third parties, we establish reserves at levels that reflect our known and estimated losses. The ultimate cost of losses and the impact of unforeseen events may vary materially from recorded reserves, and variances may adversely affect our operating results and financial condition. We purchase insurance to reduce our exposure to losses and limit our financial losses on large individual risks. The availability and cost of insurance are determined by market conditions outside our control. No assurance can be made that we will be able to obtain and maintain insurance at the same levels and on the same terms as we do today. If we are not able to obtain or maintain insurance in amounts we consider appropriate for our business, or if the cost of obtaining such insurance increases materially, we may have to retain a larger portion of the potential loss associated with our exposures to risks.
Natural disasters and severe weather may affect our operating results and financial condition.
Natural disasters such as earthquakes and severe weather such as hurricanes may result in significant damage to our apartment communities. The extent of our casualty losses and loss in operating income in connection with such events is a function of the severity of the event and the total amount of exposure in the affected area. When we have geographic concentration of exposures, a single catastrophe (such as an earthquake) or destructive weather event (such as a hurricane) affecting a region may have a significant adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. We cannot accurately predict natural disasters or severe weather, or the number and type of such events that will affect us. As a result, our operating and financial results may vary significantly from one period to the next. Although we anticipate and plan for losses, there can be no assurance that our financial

results will not be adversely affected by our exposure to losses arising from natural disasters or severe weather in the future that exceed our previous experience and assumptions.
We depend on our senior management.
Our success depends upon the retention of our senior management, including Terry Considine, our chief executive officer. We have a succession planning and talent development process that is designed to identify potential replacements and develop our team members to provide depth in the organization and a bench of talent on which to draw. However, there are no assurances that we would be able to find qualified replacements for the individuals who make up our senior management if their services were no longer available. The loss of services of one or more members of our senior management team could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. We do not currently maintain key-man life insurance for any of our employees.
Aimco may fail to qualify as a REIT.
If Aimco fails to qualify as a REIT, Aimco will not be allowed a deduction for dividends paid to its stockholders in computing its taxable income, and will be subject to United States federal income tax at regular corporate rates. This would substantially reduce our funds available for distribution to our investors. Unless entitled to relief under certain provisions of the Code, Aimco also would be disqualified from taxation as a REIT for the four taxable years following the year during which it ceased to qualify as a REIT. In addition, Aimco’s failure to qualify as a REIT would place us in default under our revolving credit agreement.
We believe that Aimco operates, and has since its taxable year ended December 31, 1994, operated, in a manner that enables it to meet the requirements for qualification as a REIT for United States federal income tax purposes. Aimco’s continued qualification as a REIT will depend on its satisfaction of certain asset, income, investment, organizational, distribution, stockholder ownership and other requirements on a continuing basis. Aimco’s ability to satisfy the asset tests depends upon our analysis of the fair market values of our assets, some of which are not susceptible to a precise determination, and for which we do not obtain independent appraisals. Aimco’s compliance with the REIT annual income and quarterly asset requirements also depends upon our ability to manage successfully the composition of our income and assets on an ongoing basis. Moreover, the proper classification of an instrument as debt or equity for United States federal income tax purposes may be uncertain in some circumstances, which could affect the application of the REIT qualification requirements. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the Internal Revenue Service, or the IRS, will not contend that our interests in subsidiaries or other issuers constitutes a violation of the REIT requirements. Moreover, future economic, market, legal, tax or other considerations may cause Aimco to fail to qualify as a REIT, or Aimco’s Board of Directors may determine to revoke its REIT status.
REIT distribution requirements limit our available cash.
As a REIT, Aimco is subject to annual distribution requirements. The Aimco Operating Partnership pays distributions intended to enable Aimco to satisfy its distribution requirements. This limits the amount of cash available for other business purposes, including amounts to fund our growth. Aimco generally must distribute annually at least 90% of its REIT taxable income, determined without regard to the dividends paid deduction and excluding any net capital gain, in order for its distributed earnings not to be subject to United States federal corporate income tax. We intend to make distributions to Aimco’s stockholders to comply with the requirements of the Code. However, differences in timing between the recognition of taxable income and the actual receipt of cash could require us to sell apartment communities or borrow funds on a short-term or long-term basis to meet the 90% distribution requirement of the Code.
Aimco may be subject to federal and state income taxes, in certain circumstances.
Even if Aimco qualifies as a REIT, Aimco may be subject to United States federal income and excise taxes in various situations, such as on its undistributed income. Aimco could also be required to pay a 100% tax on any net income on non-arm’s length transactions between Aimco and a taxable REIT subsidiary and on any net income from sales of apartment communities that were held for sale primarily in the ordinary course. State and local tax laws may not conform to the United States federal income tax treatment, and Aimco may be subject to state or local taxation in various state or local jurisdictions in which Aimco transacts business. Any taxes imposed on Aimco would reduce our operating cash flow and net income and could negatively impact our ability to pay dividends and distributions.
Dividends payable by REITs do not qualify for the reduced tax rates available for some dividends.
REITs are entitled to a United States federal tax deduction for dividends paid to their stockholders. As compared to other taxable corporations, this ability to reduce or eliminate the REIT’s taxable income by paying dividends to stockholders is a principal benefit of maintaining REIT status, generally resulting in a lower combined tax liability of the REIT and its stockholders as

compared to that of the combined tax liability of other taxable corporations and their stockholders. Notwithstanding this combined benefit, dividends payable by REITs may result in marginally higher taxes to the stockholder.
C-corporations are generally required to pay United States federal income tax on earnings. After tax earnings are then available for stockholder dividends. The maximum U.S. federal tax rate applicable to income from “qualified dividends” payable to United States stockholders that are individuals, trusts and estates is currently 20%, plus the 3.8% investment tax surcharge. While dividends payable by REITs are generally not eligible for the qualified dividend reduced rates, stockholders that are individuals, trusts or estates may deduct 20% of the aggregate amount of ordinary dividends from REITs. This deduction is available for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017, and before January 1, 2026, and will generally cause the maximum tax rate for ordinary dividends from REITs to be 29.6%, plus the 3.8% investment tax surcharge. The more favorable tax rates applicable to regular corporate qualified dividends could cause investors who are individuals, trusts and estates to perceive investments in REITs to be relatively less attractive than investments in the shares of non-REIT corporates that pay dividends, which could adversely affect the value of the shares of REITs, including Aimco Common Stock.
Changes to United States federal income tax laws could materially and adversely affect Aimco and Aimco’s stockholders.
The present United States federal income tax treatment of REITs may be modified, possibly with retroactive effect, by legislative, judicial or administrative action at any time, which could affect the United States federal income tax treatment of an investment in Aimco Common Stock. The United States federal income tax rules dealing with REITs constantly are under review by persons involved in the legislative process, the IRS and the United States Treasury Department, which results in statutory changes as well as frequent revisions to regulations and interpretations. We cannot predict how changes in the tax laws might affect Aimco or Aimco’s stockholders. Revisions in federal tax laws and interpretations thereof could significantly and negatively affect Aimco’s ability to qualify as a REIT and the tax considerations relevant to an investment in Aimco Common Stock, or could cause Aimco to change its investments and commitments.
Government housing regulations may limit the opportunities at some of our apartment communities and failure to comply with resident qualification requirements may result in financial penalties and/or loss of benefits, such as rental revenues paid by government agencies. Additionally, the government may cease to operate or reduce funding for government housing programs which would result in a loss of benefits from those programs.
We own equity interests in entities that own certain apartment communities that benefit from governmental programs intended to provide housing to people with low or moderate incomes. These programs, which are usually administered by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, or HUD, or state housing finance agencies, typically provide one or more of the following: mortgage insurance; favorable financing terms; tax-exempt interest; historic or low-income housing tax credits; or rental assistance payments to the apartment community owners. As a condition of the receipt of assistance under these programs, the apartment communities must comply with various requirements, which typically limit rents to pre-approved amounts and limit our choice of residents to those with incomes at or below certain levels. Failure to comply with these requirements may result in financial penalties or loss of benefits. We are usually required to obtain the approval of HUD in order to acquire or dispose of a significant interest in or manage a HUD-assisted apartment community. We may not always receive such approval.
Limits on ownership of shares specified in Aimco’s charter may result in the loss of economic and voting rights by purchasers that violate those limits.
Aimco’s charter limits ownership of Common Stock by any single stockholder (applying certain “beneficial ownership” rules under the federal securities laws) to 8.7% (or up to 12.0% upon a waiver from Aimco’s Board of Directors) of outstanding shares of Common Stock, or 15% in the case of certain pension trusts, registered investment companies and Mr. Considine (or up to 18.0% for such pension trusts or registered investment companies upon a waiver from Aimco’s Board of Directors). Aimco’s charter also limits ownership of Aimco’s Common Stock and preferred stock by any single stockholder to 8.7% of the value of the outstanding Common Stock and preferred stock, or 15% in the case of certain pension trusts, registered investment companies and Mr. Considine. The charter also prohibits anyone from buying shares of Aimco’s capital stock if the purchase would result in Aimco losing its REIT status. This could happen if a transaction results in fewer than 100 persons owning all of Aimco’s shares of capital stock or results in five or fewer persons (applying certain attribution rules of the Code) owning 50% or more of the value of all of Aimco’s shares of capital stock. If anyone acquires shares in excess of the ownership limit or in violation of the ownership requirements of the Code for REITs:
the transfer will be considered null and void;
we will not reflect the transaction on Aimco’s books;
we may institute legal action to enjoin the transaction;

we may demand repayment of any dividends received by the affected person on those shares;
we may redeem the shares;
the affected person will not have any voting rights for those shares; and
the shares (and all voting and dividend rights of the shares) will be held in trust for the benefit of one or more charitable organizations designated by Aimco.
Aimco may purchase the shares of capital stock held in trust at a price equal to the lesser of the price paid by the transferee of the shares or the then current market price. If the trust transfers any of the shares of capital stock, the affected person will receive the lesser of the price paid for the shares or the then current market price. An individual who acquires shares of capital stock that violate the above rules bears the risk that the individual:
may lose control over the power to dispose of such shares;
may not recognize profit from the sale of such shares if the market price of the shares increases;
may be required to recognize a loss from the sale of such shares if the market price decreases; and
may be required to repay to us any dividends received from us as a result of his or her ownership of the shares.
Aimco’s charter may limit the ability of a third-party to acquire control of Aimco.
The 8.7% and other ownership limits discussed above may have the effect of delaying or precluding acquisition by a third-party of control of Aimco without the consent of Aimco’s Board of Directors. Aimco’s charter authorizes its Board of Directors to issue up to 510,587,500 shares of capital stock. As of December 31, 2018, 500,787,260 shares were classified as Common Stock, of which 149,133,826 were outstanding, and 9,800,240 shares were classified as preferred stock, of which 5,000,000 were outstanding. Under Aimco’s charter, its Board of Directors has the authority to classify and reclassify any of Aimco’s unissued shares of capital stock into shares of capital stock with such preferences, conversion or other rights, voting power restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications or terms or conditions of redemptions as the Board of Directors may determine. The authorization and issuance of a new class of capital stock could have the effect of delaying or preventing someone from taking control of Aimco, where there is a difference of opinion between the Aimco Board of Directors and others as to what is in Aimco’s stockholders’ best interests.
The Maryland General Corporation Law may limit the ability of a third-party to acquire control of Aimco.
As a Maryland corporation, Aimco is subject to various Maryland laws that may have the effect of discouraging offers to acquire Aimco and increasing the difficulty of consummating any such offers, where there is a difference of opinion between the Aimco Board of Directors and others as to what is in Aimco’s stockholders’ best interests. The Maryland General Corporation Law, specifically the Maryland Business Combination Act, restricts mergers and other business combination transactions between Aimco and any person who acquires, directly or indirectly, beneficial ownership of shares of Aimco’s stock representing 10% or more of the voting power without Aimco’s Board of Directors’ prior approval. Any such business combination transaction could not be completed until five years after the person acquired such voting power, and generally only with the approval of stockholders representing 80% of all votes entitled to be cast and 66-2/3%98% of the votes entitled to be cast, excluding the interested stockholder, or upon payment of a fair price. The Maryland General Corporation Law, specifically the Maryland Control Share Acquisition Act, provides generally that a person who acquires shares of Aimco’s capital stock representing 10% or more of the voting power in electing directors will have no voting rights unless approved by a vote of two-thirds of the shares eligible to vote. Additionally, the Maryland General Corporation Law provides, among other things, that the board of directors has broad discretion in adopting stockholders’ rights plans and has the sole power to fix the record date, time and place for special meetings of the stockholders. To date, Aimco has not adopted a stockholders’ rights plan. In addition, the Maryland General Corporation Law provides that a corporation that:
has at least three directors who are not officers or employees of the entity or related to an acquiring person; and
has a class of equity securities registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,

may elect in its charter or bylaws or by resolution of the board of directors to be subject to all or part of a special subtitle that provides that:
the corporation will have a staggered board of directors;
any director may be removed only for cause and by the vote of two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast in the electionadvisory vote on executive compensation (also commonly referred to as “Say on Pay”) approved the compensation of directors generally, even if a lesser proportion is providedAimco’s NEOs as disclosed in Aimco’s 2020 proxy statement. The Compensation and Human Resources Committee (the “Committee”) and Aimco management remain committed to extensive engagement with stockholders as part of ongoing efforts to formulate and implement an executive compensation program designed to align the charter or bylaws;
the number of directors may only be set by the board of directors, even if the procedure is contrary to the charter or bylaws;
vacancies may only be filled by the remaining directors, even if the procedure is contrary to the charter or bylaws; and
the secretary of the corporation may call a special meeting of stockholders at the request of stockholders only on the written request of the stockholders entitled to cast at least a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast at the meeting, even if the procedure is contrary to the charter or bylaws.
To date, Aimco has not made any of the elections described above.
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments
None.
Item 2. Properties
Additional information about our consolidated apartment communities is contained in “Schedule III - Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation” in this Annual Report on Form 10-K. Refer to Note 4 to the consolidated financial statements in Item 8 for additional information regarding property debt.
Our Real Estate portfolio is diversified by both price point and geography and consists of market rate apartment communities in which we own a substantial interest. Our Real Estate portfolio includes garden style, mid-rise and high-rise apartment communities located in 17 states and the District of Columbia. Our portfolio strategy seeks predictable rent growth from a portfolio of apartment communities diversified among some of the largest markets in the United States, and that is diversified across “A,” “B” and “C+” price points, averaging “B/B+” in quality. As of December 31, 2018, our Real Estate portfolio consisted of roughly one-half “A” quality communities and one-half “B” and “C+” quality communities (as measured by gross asset value). Please refer to the Executive Overview heading under Item 7 for a descriptionlong-term interests of our portfolio quality ratings. The following table sets forth information on the apartment communities in our Real Estate portfolio as of December 31, 2018:
 Number of Apartment Communities Number of Apartment Homes Average Economic Ownership
Atlanta5
 817
 100%
Bay Area12
 2,632
 100%
Boston15
 4,689
 100%
Chicago10
 3,246
 100%
Denver8
 2,151
 98%
Greater New York18
 1,040
 100%
Greater Washington, DC14
 5,900
 100%
Los Angeles13
 4,347
 100%
Miami5
 2,671
 100%
Philadelphia8
 2,638
 97%
San Diego12
 2,423
 97%
Seattle2
 239
 100%
Other markets12
 3,756
 99%
Total Real Estate portfolio134
 36,549
 99%
At December 31, 2018, we owned an equity interest in 134 apartment communitiesexecutive officers with 36,549 apartment homes in our Real Estate portfolio. We consolidated 130 of these apartment communities with 36,407 apartment homes.
These consolidated apartment communities contained, on average, 280 apartment homes, with the largest community containing 2,113 apartment homes. These apartment communities offer residents a range of amenities, including resort pools with cabanas, grills, clubhouses, spas, fitness centers, package lockers, dog parks and large open spaces. Many of the apartment homes offer features such as granite countertops, wood flooring, stainless steel appliances, fireplaces, spacious closets, washer and dryer connections, balconies and patios.

The majoritythose of our consolidated apartment communities are encumbered by property debt. At December 31, 2018, apartment communities in our Real Estate portfolio were encumbered by, in aggregate, $3.9 billionstockholders. In 2019 and early 2020, we engaged with stockholders representing approximately 70% of property debt with a weighted average interest rate of 4.18% and a weighted average maturity of 8.0 years. The apartment communities collateralizing this non-recourse property debt have an estimated aggregate fair value of $10.2 billion. At December 31, 2018, we held unencumbered apartment communities with an estimated fair value of approximately $2.7 billion.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings
As further discussed in Note 5 to the consolidated financial statements in Item 8, we are engaged in discussions with regulatory agencies regarding environmental matters at apartment communities we, or predecessor entities, previously owned. Although the outcome of these matters is uncertain, we do not expect the resolution to have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
PART II

Item 5. Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Aimco
Aimco’s Common Stock has been listed and traded on the NYSE under the symbol “AIV” since July 22, 1994.
On February 15, 2019, there were 148,766,616 shares of Common Stock outstanding held by 1,673as of September 30, 2019, as part of our annual process of soliciting feedback on Aimco’s executive compensation program.

In the summer and fall of 2020, Aimco engaged with stockholders of record. The number of holders does not include individuals or entities who beneficially own shares but whose shares are held of record by a broker or clearing agency, but does include each such broker or clearing agency as one record holder.

From time to time, Aimco may issue sharesrepresenting approximately 73% of Common Stock outstanding as of September 30, 2020.  Although Aimco’s second outreach in exchange2020 was primarily focused on soliciting stockholder feedback on the Separation, Aimco also held discussions with some stockholders about its executive compensation program in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.  

The following chart summarizes the collective feedback we received, and actions we have taken in response.


Stockholder Feedback

Action Taken

Overall Program.

The Company continued to receive broad support from stockholders on the structure of its executive compensation program, the program’s alignment of pay and performance, and the quantum of compensation delivered under the program.

Based on the broad support received from stockholders, the Company made no changes to the structure of the program in 2020.

Disclosure.

Stockholders appreciated the thorough disclosure and encouraged Aimco to continue the same level of disclosure. A few stockholders requested that Aimco provide disclosure on performance for “in progress” LTI awards.

The Company has added a chart disclosing performance as of year-end for “in progress” LTI awards as well as performance results for LTI awards for the three most recently completed performance periods.

STI Plan.

Stockholders are broadly pleased with the STI plan goals and disclosure of results.

Given that the Company’s STI goals are directly aligned with the Company’s five areas of strategic focus that drive long-term value creation, and have received broad support from stockholders, the Company did not make changes to the structure of its STI goals in 2020.

LTI Plan.

The Company’s three-year, forward looking plan measured upon relative TSR continued to receive broad support from stockholders. Most stockholders maintained that relative TSR should be the only LTI metric. However, a few stockholders encouraged the Company to consider adding a non-TSR based metric to its LTI plan with the rationale that relative TSR is not the best indicator of management effectiveness, day-to-day operational performance, or capital allocation effectiveness.

The Compensation Committee has reviewed the structure of the Company’s LTI plan and has discussed whether to add a metric to the Company’s LTI plan. Given that the Company’s LTI plan received broad support from stockholders, the Company did not make changes to the general structure of its LTI plan in 2020. The Company will continue its review and evaluation of the LTI plan structure, as well as its ongoing dialogue with stockholders on LTI plan structure and metrics and other compensation matters.

Impact of COVID-19 on Compensation Plans.

Like many other companies, Aimco had finalized its 2020 executive compensation plan prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. STI goals were set, and LTI awards were granted, in late January 2020. The pandemic rendered moot two of the Company’s six 2020 STI goals. The Company had extensive conversations with stockholders, compensation consultants, proxy commentators, and outside counsel. Each of these constituencies stated they expected compensation committees to exercise discretion with respect to 2020 STI plans and, provided the discretionary adjustments were reasonable and disclosed thoroughly, companies should not expect a negative Say on Pay vote. These same constituencies advised that “above target” payouts where discretion is applied and/or metrics are changed from the plan established at the beginning of the year would be heavily scrutinized, especially where there is a pay and performance misalignment. They also encouraged the Company to leave its LTI plan intact and not cancel and re-issue awards, or grant new awards, as a result of the pandemic. Finally, these constituencies stated they would view any changes made to executive compensation programs with an eye toward whether the Company laid off, furloughed, or cut pay below the executive level.

As described in detail in this CD&A, the Company carefully considered the advice of stockholders, compensation consultants, proxy commentators, and outside counsel, and its actions with respect to the 2020 executive compensation program are consistent with the advice of each of these constituencies. The Company’s business of providing homes is essential, and the Company remained open, serving residents, throughout the pandemic. The Company made a commitment to its entire team at the onset of the pandemic, that: any teammate who felt unsafe at work because of the virus was free to stay home, with pay and without penalty; the Company would cover all costs related to COVID-19 testing and treatment; and the team would remain intact, without layoffs or pay cuts. The Company’s commitment to its team is reflected in its highest ever recorded team engagement scores: 4.5 out of 5 for site teams, and 4.42 out of 5 for the entire Company, in 2020. The Company replaced the two 2020 STI goals rendered moot by the pandemic with a goal consisting of the Company’s response to the pandemic. Despite outperformance on the four original goals that remained intact, the Company capped overall STI goal performance at target. The Company made no changes to its 2020 LTI or prior year outstanding awards nor did it grant any new awards following the onset of the pandemic. Mr. Considine’s 2020 compensation, despite spearheading and leading the Company through the Separation and thereby unlocking $1B in stockholder value, was capped at target and he received no additional compensation related to the Separation (as described below).

Overview of Aimco’s Pay-for-Performance Philosophy and 2020 Performance Results

Aimco is a pay-for-performance organization. Aimco starts by setting target total compensation near the median of target total compensation for OP Units, defined underAimco’s peers as identified on page 23, both as a measure of fairness and also to provide an economic incentive to remain with Aimco. Actual compensation varies from target compensation based on Aimco’s results. Each officer’s annual cash incentive compensation, “short term incentive” or STI, is based in part on Aimco’s performance against corporate, rather than personal, goals. The Aimco Operating Partnership heading below. Please refermore senior the officer, the greater the percentage of his or her STI that is based on Aimco’s performance against its corporate goals. Aimco’s longer term compensation, “long term incentive” or LTI, follows a similar tiered structure. Each officer’s LTI is based in part on Aimco’s “total stockholder return” or TSR, relative to Note 7its peers, with executive officers having a greater share of their LTI based on relative TSR. In the case of Mr. Considine, his entire LTI award is “at risk” based on Aimco’s relative TSR. LTI is measured and vests over time, typically a period of four years, so that officers bear longer term exposure to the consolidated financial statementsdecisions they make.

To reinforce alignment of stockholder and management interests, Aimco also has stock ownership guidelines that require substantial equity holdings by executive officers, as described further on page 37.

Aimco completed the separation of AIR from Aimco, unlocking $1 billion of stockholder value. The total shareholder return (“TSR”) of the combined companies outperformed the six large apartment REITs comprising the Company’s multi-family peer group by more than 1,900 basis points from the announcement of the Separation in Item 8 for further discussion of such exchanges. Aimco may also issue shares of Common Stock in exchange for limited partnership interests in consolidated real estate partnerships. During the year endedSeptember 2020 through December 31, 2018, Aimco did not issue any shares2020.  On the same combined basis, TSR was the best of Common Stock in exchange for OP Units or limited partnership interests in consolidated real estate partnerships.

The following table summarizes Aimco’s share repurchases (in thousands, except for per share data)the coastal apartment REITs for the past one, two, three, months ended December 31, 2018:
and five years. Coastal apartment REIT peers consisted of Avalon Bay Communities, Inc., Essex Property Trust, Equity Residential, and UDR, Inc., which offer greater comparability in geographic markets and average rent levels.  Multi-family peers included the coastal apartment REIT peers and also included Camden Property Trust and Mid-America Apartment Communities.

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Aimco produced solid results across all five areas of strategic focus that provide the foundation for the long-term sustainable profitability we seek for the stockholder capital entrusted to us.

Fiscal periodTotal Number of Shares Purchased Average Price Paid per Share Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs Maximum Number of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under Plans or Programs (1)
October 1 - October 31, 20181,708
 $43.91
 1,708
 17,616
November 1 - November 30, 20181,828
 45.50
 1,828
 15,788
December 1 - December 31, 20184,683
 46.00
 4,683
 11,105
Total8,219
 $45.43
 8,219
  
(1)

Aimco’s Board of Directors has, from time to time, authorized Aimco to repurchase shares of its outstanding capital stock. This authorization has no expiration date. These repurchases may be made from time to time in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions.

2020 AREAS OF STRATEGIC FOCUS

Operations

Drive rent growth based on high levels of resident retention through superior customer selection and satisfaction, coupled with disciplined innovation resulting in sustained cost control, to maximize NOI margins.

Redevelopment and Development

Create value and maximize earnings potential by the renovation and repositioning of apartment communities through small phase and major redevelopments.

Portfolio Management/Capital Allocation

Maintain an apartment portfolio diversified by geography and price point with a focus on properties with high land value located in submarkets with outsized future growth prospects. Invest in properties where we expect the appreciation of land to create opportunities for profitable redevelopment.

Balance Sheet

Use safe property debt that is low-cost, long-dated, amortizing, and non-recourse, limiting entity and refunding risk while maintaining asset flexibility.

Team

Focus intentionally on a collaborative and productive culture based on respect for others and personal responsibility, reinforced by a preference for promotion from within based on talent development and succession planning to produce a strong, stable team that is the enduring foundation of Aimco’s success.



Highlights for 2020 in the Company’s five areas of strategic focus included the following:

10 YEAR REVENUE CAGR:  3.45%

10 YEAR COE CAGR:  -0.05%

Reflects the combined results of Aimco and AIR

COVID-19 RESPONSE:

Supported residents sheltering in place and met the needs of those who reported positive for infection by COVID-19

Redeployed construction supervisors to support property service teams

Redeployed dozens of office workers to join shared service center team to hold thousands of structured conversations with residents, helping each plan his or her personal adjustment to the crisis, including offering financial advice, tips on job searches, help with errands, ideas about how to find a roommate, establishing payment plans where appropriate, and even, in a few difficult cases, providing money for groceries

Used previous investment in technology and artificial intelligence to adapt to new conditions of social distancing and sheltering at home

As crisis approached, formed cross-functional task force that met daily regarding work redesign and team safety

Made commitment that any teammate who felt unsafe at work was free to stay home, with pay and without penalty

Paid 100% of costs related to COVID-19 testing and treatment

Committed to keep full team intact, without layoffs or pay cuts

Increased regular communications and transparency, providing steady flow of written, livestream, and video reports to entire team

Provided free use of furnished apartments to health care providers at our apartment communities on the Anschutz Medical Campus; near Boulder Community Health; and near Newark University Hospital

SUPERIOR CUSTOMER SATISFACTION

REDEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT

Completed ground-up construction of Eldridge Townhomes in Elmhurst, IL. Completed lease-up of community at rental rates ahead of underwriting.

Completed ground-up construction of Parc Mosaic in Boulder, CO. Completed lease-up of community at rental rates consistent with underwriting.

Completed construction on the redevelopment of 707 Leahy in Redwood City, CA, and on the ground-up development of The Fremont on the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, CO

Construction nearly complete at Prism in Cambridge, MA

At the North Tower of Flamingo Point in Miami Beach, FL, the major redevelopment continues with a target to complete construction in 2022

PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT/ CAPITAL ALLOCATION

Acquired for $89.6M Hamilton on the Bay, located in Miami’s Edgewater neighborhood. Includes 271-apartment home community located on waterfront plus adjacent 0.6-acre development site with four apartment homes. Current zoning allows for construction of more than 380 additional apartment homes on the combined sites.

Entered into JV agreement with the Donohoe Companies on Upton Place, a $290M, mixed-use development containing 689 apartment homes and approximately 100K SF of retail space in upper-northwest Washington, D.C. Construction began in 4Q 2020 with expected completion in 2024.

Made $50M commitment to IQHQ, a privately held life sciences real estate development company

BALANCE SHEET/ LIQUIDITY

During 3Q 2020, Aimco sold a 39% interest in a $2.4B portfolio of California properties, enabling a $1B reduction in proportionate financial leverage

Post Separation, at year end, Aimco had $299M of cash on hand, including $9M of restricted cash, and had the capacity to borrow up to $150M on our revolving credit facility

HIGHLY ENGAGED

TEAM

Record 4.42 (out of 5 stars)

in 2020

Recognized again in 2020 as a “Top Workplace”in Colorado.

One of only six companies to be recognized

for each of the past eightyears.


Performance Graph

Aimco’s success in its five areas of strategic focus has produced superior long-term returns. The following graph compares cumulative total returns for Aimco’s Common Stock, the NAREIT Equity Apartments Index (the “NAREIT Apartment Index”), and the MSCI US REIT Index the NAREIT Apartment Index, and the Standard & Poor’s 500 Total Return Index (the “S&P 500”“REIT Index”). The MSCI US REIT Index is published by Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc., a provider of equity indices. The NAREIT Apartment Index is published by The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, or NAREIT, a representative of real estate investment trusts and publicly traded real estate companies with interests in United States real estate and capital markets. The MSCI REIT Index reflects total shareholder return for a broad range of REITs and the NAREIT Apartment Index provides a more direct multifamily peer comparison of total shareholder return. The indices are weighted for all companies that fit the definitional criteria of the particular index and are calculated to exclude companies as they are acquired and to add companies to the index calculation as they become publicly traded companies. All companies that fit the definitional criteria and existed at the point in time presented are included in the index calculations. The graph assumes the investment of $100 in Aimco’s Common Stock and in each index on December 31, 2013,2015, and that all dividends paid have been reinvested.

 

 

For the fiscal years ended December 31,

 

Index

 

2015

 

 

2016

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

Aimco

 

$

100.00

 

 

$

117.29

 

 

$

116.50

 

 

$

121.31

 

 

$

147.43

 

 

$

129.62

 

MSCI US REIT Index(1)

 

 

100.00

 

 

 

108.60

 

 

 

114.11

 

 

 

108.89

 

 

 

137.03

 

 

 

126.66

 

NAREIT Apartment Index(2)

 

 

100.00

 

 

 

102.86

 

 

 

106.68

 

 

 

110.63

 

 

 

139.75

 

 

 

118.30

 

(1)  Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc.

(2)  The historical information set forth below is not necessarily indicative of future performance.

chart-23721a2a503b5e1dac2.jpg
 For the fiscal years ended December 31,
Index201320142015201620172018
Aimco (1)100.00148.04164.54192.98191.69199.60
MSCI US REIT (1)100.00130.38133.67145.16152.52145.55
NAREIT Apartment Index (2)100.00139.62162.60167.24173.46179.88
S&P 500 (1)100.00113.69115.26129.05157.22150.33
(1) Source: S&P Global Market Intelligence © 2019
(2) Source: National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts

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Aimco and AIR outperformed the NAREIT Apartment Index and the REIT Index over the five-year period ended December 31, 2020, as shown in the following graph in which total stockholder return is presented as an annualized compounded annual growth rate. The Separation created significant value for stockholders. Including the performance of AIR shares distributed to Aimco stockholders, the combined investment outperformed the MSCI US REIT Index by 800 bps and the NAREIT Apartment Index by 1,700 bps on a cumulative basis over the five-year period ended December 31, 2020.

Summary of Executive Compensation Program and Governance Practices

Below we summarize certain executive compensation program and governance practices, including practices we have implemented to drive performance and practices we avoid because we believe they would not serve our stockholders’ long-term interests.

What Aimco Does

Pays for performance. A significant portion of executive pay is not guaranteed, but rather is at risk and tied to key financial and value creation metrics that are set in advance and disclosed to stockholders. All of the incentive compensation (both STI and LTI) for Mr. Considine is subject to the achievement of various performance objectives. For the other NEOs, all STI compensation, and two-thirds of target LTI compensation (other than with respect to the CAO, who was promoted to an executive officer position in December 2020), is subject to the achievement of various performance objectives.

Balances short-term and long-term incentives. The incentive programs provide a balance of annual and longer-term incentives, with LTI compensation vesting over multiple years comprising a substantial percentage of target total compensation.

Uses multiple performance metrics. These mitigate the risk of the undue influence of a single metric by utilizing multiple performance measures.  Such measures differ for STI and LTI.

Caps award payouts. Amounts or shares that can be earned under the STI plan and LTI plan are capped.

Uses market-based approach for determining NEO target pay. Target total compensation for NEOs is set near the median for peer comparators. The Committee reviews the peer comparator group annually.

Maintains stock ownership guidelines and holding periods after vesting until ownership guidelines are met. Aimco has the following minimum stock ownership requirements:  CEO – five times base salary; and other executive officers – three times base salary.

Includes double-trigger change in control provisions. Equity awards include “double trigger” provisions requiring both a change in control and a subsequent termination of employment (other than for cause) for accelerated vesting to occur.

Uses an independent compensation consulting firm. The Committee engages an independent compensation consulting firm that specializes in the real estate industry.

Maintains a claw back policy. In the event of a financial restatement resulting from misconduct by an executive, the claw back policy allows the Company to recoup incentive compensation paid to the executive based on the misstated financial information. The policy covers all forms of bonus, incentive and equity compensation.

Conducts a risk assessment. The Committee annually conducts a compensation risk assessment to determine whether the compensation policies and practices, or components thereof, create risks that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the Company.

Acts through an independent Compensation Committee. The Committee consists entirely of independent directors.


What Aimco Does Not Do

Guarantee salary increases, bonuses or equity grants. The Company does not guarantee annual salary increases or bonuses. The Company makes no guaranteed commitments to grant equity-based awards.

Provide excise tax gross-up payments. The Company will not enter into contractual arrangements that include excise tax gross-up payments.

Reprice options. The Company has never repriced the per-share exercise price of any outstanding stock options. Repricing of stock options is not permitted under the Company’s Second Amended and Restated 2015 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (the “2015 Plan”) without first obtaining approval from the stockholders of the Company.

Pay dividends or dividend equivalents on unearned performance shares. Performance share award agreements provide for the payment of dividends only if and after the shares are earned. Dividends, if any, accrue during the performance period and are paid once shares are earned.

Provide more than minimal personal benefits. The Company does not provide executives with more than minimal perquisites, such as reserved parking spaces.

What We Pay and Why: Components of Executive Compensation

Total compensation for Aimco’s NEOs is comprised of the following components:

Compensation Component

Form

Purpose

Base Salary

Cash

Provide a salary that is competitive with market.

STI

Cash

Reward executive for achieving short-term business objectives.

LTI

Restricted stock, Long-Term Incentive Plan (“LTIP”) units, and/or stock options, subject to performance and/or time vesting, typically over four years.

Align executive’s compensation with stockholder objectives, and provide an incentive to take a longer-term view of Aimco’s performance.

LTI compensation directly ties the interests of executives to the interests of our stockholders, and comprises a substantial proportion of compensation for Aimco NEOs, as follows:

CEO1

2020 Target Pay Mix

Other NEOs

2020 Target Pay Mix

1

Represents 2020 target compensation for Mr. Considine, who held the position of CEO until the Separation on December 15, 2020.


CEO Pay Overview

The Committee determines the compensation for the CEO. In setting Mr. Considine’s target total compensation for 2020, the Committee considered, among other things, the peer group compensation data as discussed below and Mr. Considine’s expertise and experience. The Committee devised a compensation plan for Mr. Considine that resulted in approximately 10% base salary, 27% based on Aimco’s performance against its 2020 corporate goals, and 63% based on relative TSR, making more of Mr. Considine’s target compensation tied to TSR than is the case for any of his peers. Mr. Considine’s target compensation mix is illustrated as follows:

 

How the Committee determines the amount of target total compensation for executive officers

In addition to reviewing the performance of, and determining the compensation for, the CEO, the Committee also reviews the decisions made by the CEO as to the compensation of Aimco’s other executive officers. Base salary, target STI, and target LTI are generally set near the median base salary, target STI, and target LTI for peer comparators.

How peer comparators are identified

The Committee considered enterprise Gross Asset Value (“GAV”), as reported by Green Street Advisors, to be an imprecise, but reasonable representation of the complexity of a real estate business and of the responsibilities of its leaders. In addition to GAV, the Committee also reviewed other factors, including gross revenues, number of properties, and number of employees, to determine if these factors provided any additional insight into the work and requirements of its leaders. Based on this analysis, Aimco included as “peers” for 2020 compensation the following 20 real estate companies:

Peer Group

American Campus Communities, Inc.

JBG Smith Properties

American Homes 4 Rent

Kilroy Realty Corp.

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

Kimco Realty

Camden Property Trust

Liberty Property Trust

Douglas Emmett, Inc.

Macerich Company

Duke Realty Corp.

Omega Healthcare Investors

Equity LifeStyle Properties

Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

Regency Centers Corp.

Federal Realty Investment Trust

Sun Communities, Inc.

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.

Taubman Centers, Inc.

At the time 2020 compensation targets were established, approximately half of these real estate companies had a larger GAV, and approximately half of these real estate companies had a smaller GAV, than did Aimco. Due to changes in GAV for Aimco and its peers during 2019, American Campus Communities, Inc., Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc., JBG Smith Properties, Omega Healthcare Investors, and Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc. were added to the peer group for 2020 in replacement of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, HCP, Inc., Mid-America Apartment Communities, SL Green Realty Corp., and UDR, Inc.

For Mr. Kimmel, whose position as Executive Vice President, Property Operations, does not have a good benchmark outside of the multi-family industry, Aimco used a multi-family peer group for benchmarking his 2020 compensation, consisting of the following six multi-family real estate companies: AvalonBay Communities, Inc., Camden Property Trust, Essex Property Trust, Equity Residential, Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., and UDR, Inc.

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Risk analysis of Aimco’s compensation programs

The Committee considers risk-related matters when making decisions with respect to executive compensation and has determined that neither Aimco’s executive compensation program nor any of its non-executive compensation programs create risk-taking incentives that are reasonably likely to have a material adverse effect on the organization. Aimco’s compensation programs align management incentives with the long-term interests of the Company.

Aimco’s Compensation Program Discourages Excessive Risk-Taking

Limits on STI. The compensation of executive officers and other teammates is not overly weighted toward STI. Moreover, STI is capped.

Use of LTI. LTI is included in target total compensation and typically vests over a period of four years. The vesting period encourages officers to focus on sustaining Aimco’s long-term performance. Executive officers with more responsibility for strategic and operating decisions have a greater percentage of their target total compensation allocated to LTI. LTI is capped at two times target, or 200%, for the CEO, and 1.67 times target, or 167%, for the other NEOs, excluding the CAO, who was promoted to an executive officer position in December 2020.

Stock ownership guidelines and required holding periods after vesting. Aimco’s stock ownership guidelines require all executive officers to hold a specified amount of Aimco equity. Any executive officer who has not yet satisfied the stock ownership requirements for his or her position must retain LTI after its vesting until stock ownership requirements are met. These policies ensure each executive officer has a substantial amount of personal wealth tied to long-term holdings in Aimco stock.

Shared performance metrics across the organization. A portion of 2020 STI for the NEOs based upon Aimco’s performance against its publicly communicated corporate goals, which are reviewed and approved by the Committee. One hundred percent of Mr. Considine’s STI, and between 50% and 75% of the STI for the other NEOs, is based upon Aimco’s performance against its corporate goals. In addition, having shared performance metrics across the organization reinforces Aimco’s focus on a collegial and collaborative team environment.

LTI based on TSR. One hundred percent of the CEO’s LTI, and a substantial proportion of the LTI for the other NEOs, is based on relative TSR.

Multiple performance metrics.Aimco had six corporate goals for 2020. In addition, through Aimco’s performance management program, Managing Aimco Performance, or MAP, which sets and monitors performance objectives for every team member, each team member had several different individual performance goals that are set at the beginning of the year and approved by management. Each of the NEOs had an average of six individual goals for 2020. Having multiple performance metrics inherently reduces excessive or unnecessary risk-taking, as incentive compensation is spread among a number of metrics rather than concentrated in a few.

Total Compensation for 2020

For 2020, total compensation is the sum of base compensation earned in 2020, STI earned in 2020, and LTI awards granted in 2020.

Base Compensation for 2020

For 2020, Mr. Considine’s base compensation was $700,000, unchanged from the previous three years, and well below the median for CEOs of his experience, expertise, and tenure in Aimco’s peer group. For 2020, base compensation for all other NEOs was set between $362,440 and $450,000, near the median base compensation paid by peer comparators for similar positions.

Short-Term Incentive Compensation for 2020

The Committee determined Mr. Considine’s STI by the extent to which Aimco met six designated corporate goals, which are described below and are referred to as Aimco’s Key Performance GraphIndicators, or KPIs.

For the other NEOs, calculation of STI was determined by two components: Aimco’s performance against the KPI; and each officer’s achievement of his or her individual MAP goals. For example, if an executive’s target STI was $400,000 and weighted 75% on KPIs, then 75% of that amount, or $300,000, varied based on KPI results and 25% of that amount, or $100,000, varied based on MAP results. As actual KPI results were 100% of target in 2020, then the executive would receive 100% of $300,000 ($300,000) for the KPI portion of his STI, and if MAP results were 100%, such hypothetical executive would receive 100% of the $100,000, for a total STI payment of $400,000.

Aimco’s original 2020 KPIs reflected Aimco’s five areas of strategic focus, as set forth below. Specifically, Aimco’s KPIs consisted of the following six corporate goals that were reviewed with, and approved by, the Committee, each weighted as described.

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These goals aligned executive officers with the publicly communicated, long-term goals of the Company without encouraging them to take unnecessary and excessive risks. Threshold performance paid out at 50%; target performance paid out at 100%; and maximum performance paid out at 200%.

For some goals, where performance was between threshold and target or between target and maximum, the amount of the payout was interpolated. As described in detail below, the Committee applied discretion in replacing two goals (Same Store NOI and AFFO Per Share) rendered moot by the COVID-19 pandemic with a goal related to the Company’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The following is a tabular presentation of the performance criteria and results for 2020, explained in detail in the paragraphs that follow:

Performance Measures

 

Goal
Weighting

Threshold
50%

Target
100%

Maximum
200%

Actual

 

Payout

 

Operations

35%

 

 

 

 

 

2020 Same Store NOI Achievement

35%

3%<Budget

Budget

3%>Budget

>3%< Budget

00.00%

 

Property Operations Subtotal:

0.00%

Redevelopment and Portfolio

Management/Capital Allocation

10%

 

 

 

 

 

Redevelopment Investment and Returns, and Transactions That Improve Aimco’s Portfolio Quality

10%

—  

Based on, for
redevelopment, estimated value
creation for the project, and
completion of projects on time
and on budget and rental rates
compared to underwriting, and
for transactions, Free Cash
Flow internal rates of return.

—  

Completed construction and lease-ups of Eldridge Townhomes in Elmhurst, IL, and Parc Mosaic in Boulder, CO. Achieved rental rates in line with or ahead of underwriting. Completed construction of 707 Leahy in Redwood City, CA, and The Fremont in Aurora, CO. On track with Prism in Cambridge, MA, and the North Tower of Flamingo Point in Miami, FL. Acquired for $89.6M Hamilton on the Bay in Miami, FL, and entered into JV agreement on Upton Place, a $290M mixed-use development in Washington, D.C.

17.25%

Redevelopment and Portfolio Management Subtotal:

17.25%

Balance Sheet

10%

 

 

 

 

 

Balance Sheet Activities Adding Financial Flexibility

10%

—  

Based on balance sheet
activities that add financial
flexibility.

—  

In 3Q 2020, sold a 39% interest in a $2.4B portfolio of California properties, enabling a $1B reduction in financial leverage. Post Separation, at year end: Aimco had $299M of cash on hand, including $9M of restricted cash, and had the capability to borrow up to $150M under its revolving credit facility.

20.00%

 

Balance Sheet Subtotal:

20.00%

Team

10%

 

 

 

 

 

Team Member Engagement Scores

5%

4.00

4.20

4.75

4.42

7.00%

On-Site Team Engagement, Retention and Efficiency

5%

—  

Based on on-site team
engagement scores, team
member retention ratios, and
efficiency gains.

—  

On-site team member engagement for 2020 was a record 4.5 out of 5. Reduced on-site voluntary turnover by 19% and on-site overall turnover by 10%. Made further efficiency gains.

8.00%

 

Team and Culture Subtotal:

15.00%

Financial Results

35%

 

 

 

 

 

AFFO Per Share

35%

$2.30

$2.40

$2.50

< $2.30

00.00%

 

Financial Results Subtotal:

00.00%

Total Before Replacement Goal

100%

 

 

 

 

52.25%

COVID-19 Response (replacing Operations Performance and Financial Performance goals)

70%

Qualitative

 

70.00%

Replacement Goal Subtotal:

70.00%

Total After Replacement Goal

122.25%

Subtraction of “Above Target” Performance

-22.25%

Grand Total

100.00%


For all numeric goals, the target performance metrics were Aimco’s 2020 budget goals. The Company has a rigorous budgeting process that includes an evaluation of prior performance, market data, and peer performance. The Company’s budget strategy is to set ambitious, achievable goals. The Company’s 2020 budget and KPI goals were finalized in January 2020, prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, which rendered two of the Company’s KPI goals moot, as described below. As a result, the Committee determined to apply discretion to replace the two goals with a goal related to the Company’s response to the pandemic.  As described in detail below, Aimco ensured that its business remained open throughout the pandemic, with teammates across the country providing the Company’s residents safety, a refuge from the virus, good neighbors, respectful treatment for all, and a helping hand to those in need.

An explanation of the objective of each goal and performance levels and payouts for each goal is set forth below.

Same Store NOI Achievement (35% of KPI). The primary objective of this goal was to fulfill the Company’s strategic objective of driving rent growth based on high levels of resident retention, through superior customer selection and satisfaction, coupled with disciplined innovation resulting in sustained cost control, to maximize NOI margins. For 2020, the range for the Same Store NOI achievement goal was as follows: “Threshold” equated to achievement of three percent unfavorable to 2020 budgeted Same Store NOI; “Target” equated to achievement of 2020 budgeted Same Store NOI; and “Maximum” equated to three percent favorable to 2020 budgeted Same Store NOI. The Company’s Same Store NOI for 2020 was more than 3% unfavorable to budgeted Same Store NOI. This resulted in a payout on the Same Store NOI achievement goal of 0.00% for each of the NEOs. The COVID-19 pandemic, which arose after 2020 KPI goals were finalized in January 2020, rendered the Same Store NOI goal essentially moot, given the lockdowns that started in March 2020, increased lease terminations due to economic stress, and onerous regulations across the country and particularly in the City of Los Angeles, which made difficult rent collections and addressing non-payment. The Committee determined to replace the Same Store NOI goal and the AFFO goal, also rendered moot due to the pandemic, with a goal related to the Company’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  An explanation of the replacement goal, and the Company’s performance against the replacement goal, is set forth below.

Redevelopment Investment and Returns, and Transactions That Improve Aimco’s Portfolio Quality (10% of KPI). The primary objective of this goal was to fulfill Company’s strategic objectives for redevelopment and portfolio management/capital allocation, two of the Company’s five areas of strategic focus described above. Large and/or complex redevelopment and development projects provided increased weighting toward the total goal weighting of 10%, with smaller scale projects provided lower weighting toward the total goal weighting. Achievement for each project was determined with reference to the 2020 budgeted investment and scope for the project, and was based on the extent to which the project work was completed on time and within budget, as well as whether expected returns on investment were achieved. In 2020, the Company completed ground-up construction of Eldridge Townhomes in Elmhurst, IL, and completed the lease-up of the community at rental rates ahead of underwriting. The Company completed ground-up construction of Parc Mosaic in Boulder, CO, and completed the lease-up of the community at rental rates consistent with underwriting. Additionally, the Company completed construction on the redevelopment of 707 Leahy in Redwood City, CA, and on the ground-up development of The Fremont on the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, CO. Construction was on track and nearly complete at Prism in Cambridge, MA, and at the North Tower of Flamingo Point in Miami Beach, FL, the major redevelopment continued with a target to complete construction in 2022. The Company acquired for $89.6M Hamilton on the Bay, located in Miami’s Edgewater neighborhood. The community includes a 271-apartment home community located on the waterfront plus an adjacent 0.6-acre development site with four apartment homes. Current zoning allows for the construction of more than 380 additional apartment homes on the combined sites. The Company entered into a joint venture agreement with the Donohoe Companies on Upton Place, a $290M, mixed-use development containing 689 apartment homes and approximately 100,000 square feet of retail space in upper-northwest Washington, D.C. Construction began in the fourth quarter with expected completion in 2024.  The Company also made a $50M commitment to IQHQ, a privately held life sciences real estate development company. These outcomes resulted in a payout on this goal of 17.25% for each of the NEOs.

Leverage Ratios and Other Balance Sheet Activities Adding Financial Flexibility (10% of KPI). The primary objective of this goal was to fulfill the Company’s strategic objective of using safe property debt that is low-cost, long-dated, amortizing, and non-recourse, limiting entity and refunding risk while maintaining asset flexibility. Achievement was based on balance sheet activities that added financial flexibility. During the third quarter, the Company sold a 39% interest in a $2.4B portfolio of California properties, enabling a $1B reduction in financial leverage, significantly improving the Company’s strong and flexible balance sheet. Post Separation, at year end, Aimco had $299M of cash on hand, including $9M of restricted cash, and had the capacity to borrow up to $150M under its revolving credit facility. This resulted in a payout on the balance sheet goal of 20.00% for each of the NEOs.

Team Member Engagement Scores (5% of KPI). The primary objective of this goal was to fulfill Aimco’s strategic objective of producing a strong, stable team that is the enduring foundation of Aimco success. Every team member is surveyed via a third-party, confidential survey on his or her annual anniversary of employment. The team member engagement score consists of the average of the responses to the questions that comprise the engagement index, on a scale of 1 to 5, for all teammates who complete the survey during the year. For 2020 compensation, the range for team member engagement scores was as follows: “Threshold” equated to 4.00; “Target” equated to 4.20; and “Maximum” equated to 4.75. For 2020, Aimco’s team member engagement score was a record 4.42, resulting in a payout of 7.00% for each of the NEOs.

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On-Site Team Engagement, Retention, and Efficiency (5% of KPI). The primary objective of this goal was to maintain a highly engaged, stable workforce at our communities, enhanced by innovations in efficiency, all of which further the Company’s strategic objective of maximizing NOI margins. Achievement was based on on-site team engagement scores, team member retention ratios, and efficiency gains. The Company’s on-site team member engagement score was a record 4.5 out of 5. The Company reduced on-site voluntary turnover by 19% and on-site overall turnover by 10%, each as compared to 2019. This resulted in a payout on the on-site engagement, retention, and efficiency goal of 8.00% for each of the NEOs.

AFFO Per Share (35% of KPI). The primary objective of the Adjusted Funds from Operations (“AFFO”) goal was to increase the Company’s current period financial result. For 2020 compensation, the range for the AFFO goal was set as follows: “Threshold” equated to $2.30 per share; “Target” equated to $2.40 per share; and “Maximum” equated to $2.50 per share. The Company’s AFFO was less than $2.30 per share. This resulted in a payout on the AFFO per share goal of 0.00% for each of the NEOs. The COVID-19 pandemic, which arose after 2020 KPI goals were finalized in January 2020, rendered the AFFO goal moot for the reasons described above in the Same Store NOI description, as NOI is the primary driver of AFFO.  The  Committee determined to replace the AFFO goal and the Same Store NOI goal, also rendered moot due to the pandemic, with a goal related to the Company’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.  An explanation of the replacement goal, and the Company’s performance against the replacement goal, is set forth below.

Replacement Goal: COVID-19 Response.  The Company designed its business with difficult economic times in mind. The Company’s intentional design around its five areas of strategic focus enabled the Company to take immediate action to serve its teammates, its residents, and local communities in response to the crisis.

As the crisis approached, the Company made the health and safety of teammates its priority.  The Company: (i) formed a cross-functional task force of approximately a dozen individuals who met daily to re-design how work would be done on site and to keep the team safe while continuing to lease apartments and fulfill service requests; (ii) made it clear, and consistent with company policies providing flexibility, that any teammate who felt unsafe at work because of the virus was free to stay home, with pay and without penalty; (iii) undertook to pay all costs related to COVID-19 testing and treatment; (iv) committed to keep the employee team intact, without layoffs or pay cuts; and (v) committed to continued, and increased, regular communications and transparency, providing a steady flow of written, livestream, and video reports to the entire team.

Customer focus led the Company to make its properties safer by increasing cleaning and disinfecting, reducing opportunities for infection, and limiting in-person interactions with neighbors and site teams.  The Company: searched out ways to support those sheltering in place and to meet the needs of those who reported positive for infection by COVID-19; redeployed construction supervisors whose work had been paused to support property service teams, and redeployed dozens of the Company’s office workers to join the Company’s shared service center team to hold thousands of structured conversations with residents, helping each plan his or her personal adjustment to the crisis, including offering financial advice, tips on job searches, help with errands, ideas about how to find a roommate, establishing payment plans where appropriate, and even, in a few difficult cases, providing money for groceries; and used its previous investment in technology and artificial intelligence to adapt to the new conditions of social distancing and sheltering at home.

Additionally, mindful of the sacrifice of healthcare providers who worked long hours and felt unable to go home without risking infection of their families, and as part of the Aimco Cares Good Neighbor program, the Company provided free use of furnished apartments at its 21 Fitzsimons community on the Anschutz Medical Campus, its Parc Mosaic community near Boulder Community Health, and its River Club community near Newark University Hospital.

The Company’s Board was fully informed and fully engaged, including two candidates for the Board who were elected in late April 2020.  During March and April 2020, the Company delivered five management reports, made numerous calls, asked individual directors for specific assistance, and held four virtual board meetings.

Knowing the importance of financial liquidity and building on $650M of cash and committed credit at the start of 2020, the Company drew down $300M on its bank lines, reduced expected 2020 capital spending by $150M, or almost one-half, and undertook to increase available credit by another $720M: a $350M bank term loan and approximately $370M in proceeds from property loans.

As objective measures of the Company’s response to the pandemic, the Company’s resident satisfaction score, based on 57,000 surveys, was a 4.31 out of 5, within one basis point of its highest score on record.  The Company’s team engagement scores shattered previous records: team engagement for site teams was 4.5 out of 5, breaking the previous year’s all-time record of 4.45, and overall team engagement was 4.42 out of 5, above the prior year’s 4.2 and also a new company record.

During the course of the year, the Committee continued to evaluate whether and how to adjust the goals set out at the beginning of the year and ultimately determined that it would wait until full year performance was known to evaluate performance against the original goals as well as the necessary business priorities that arose given the COVID-19 pandemic. Taking all of this into account, the Committee determined that Aimco’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic should replace the NOI and AFFO goals.

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Although the Company achieved outperformance on each of the other 2020 goals, the Committee capped overall KPI performance at target, or 100%. Accordingly, each executive officer was awarded 100% of the portion of his or her target STI attributable to KPI.

The Committee considered a number of factors in applying discretion to replace the Same Store NOI and AFFO goals with a goal consisting of the Company’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and in capping overall KPI performance at target. The Committee considered the Company’s strong record of pay and performance alignment, as demonstrated by the Company’s 98% or higher “FOR” Say on Pay vote for the past five consecutive years.  The Committee considered the Company’s regular engagement with stockholders holding at least two-thirds of its outstanding shares, the broad support received by stockholders with regard to the Company’s compensation plans, and the refinements the Company has made to its compensation and other programs over the years as a result of those discussions.  The Committee also considered the Company’s discussions with stockholders in 2020 regarding how to approach evaluation of STI goals rendered moot by the pandemic. The manner in which the Committee applied discretion with respect to 2020 STI goals is consistent with these discussions.  

Various of the key financial indicators we use in managing our business and in evaluating our financial condition and operating performance are non-GAAP measures. Key non-GAAP measures we use are defined, described and, where appropriate, reconciled to the most comparable financial measures computed in accordance with GAAP under the Non-GAAP Measures heading within Part II, Item 7 in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020.

Long-Term Incentive Compensation Awards for 2020

Under the 2020 LTI program for executive officers, five forms of LTI were granted to NEOs on January 28, 2020, as follows: (1) performance-based long-term incentive units in our operating partnership (“LTIP Units”), which were granted to Mr. Considine, representing 100% of his 2020 LTI award, and to Ms. Stanfield, representing two-thirds of her 2020 LTI awards; (2) performance-based restricted stock, which was granted to Messrs. Powell, Beldin, and Kimmel and Ms. Cohn, representing two-thirds of the 2020 LTI awards for Messrs. Powell and Kimmel, approximately 50% of the 2020 LTI awards for Mr. Beldin, and approximately 53% of the 2020 LTI awards for Ms. Cohn; (3) performance-based stock options, which were granted to Mr. Beldin and Ms. Cohn, representing approximately 17% of Mr. Beldin’s 2020 LTI awards and approximately 13% of Ms. Cohn’s LTI awards; (4) time-based LTIP Units, which were granted to Ms. Stanfield, representing one-third of her 2020 LTI awards, with 25% of the award vesting on each anniversary of the grant date; and (5) time-based restricted stock, which was granted to Messrs. Powell, Beldin, and Kimmel and Ms. Cohn, representing one-third of their 2020 LTI awards, with 25% of the awards vesting on each anniversary of the grant date. Aimco refers to the performance-based LTIP Units, the performance-based restricted stock, and the performance-based stock options as “performance-based LTI awards,” because the number of such LTIP Units and the amount of restricted stock and stock options that vest, if any, is determined based on Aimco’s relative TSR performance during a forward looking, three-year performance period, as described in detail below. Ms. Johnson’s 2020 LTI was granted in January 2021 according to the backward looking LTI plan for officers below the executive officer level, which is the plan that applied to Ms. Johnson prior to her promotion to CAO in December 2020.  Ms. Johnson’s 2020 LTI is discussed further below.

2020 CEO LTI Equity Mix

2020 Other NEOs2 LTI Equity Mix

2 Excludes Ms. Johnson, who was promoted to an executive officer position in December 2020.

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The amount of performance-based LTI awards granted in 2020 that may vest are determined in accordance with the following TSR performance metrics:

Metric and Performance Level  (1) (relative performance stated as
basis points above or below index performance)
(2)

Threshold

Target

Maximum

Relative to NAREIT Apartment Index

-250 bps

+50 bps

+400 bps

Relative to MSCI US REIT Index

-350 bps

+50 bps

+500 bps

(1)

The relative metrics above reflect the metrics used for the awards made in 2020 for the three-year forward looking performance period ending on December 31, 2022.

(2)

If absolute TSR for the three-year forward looking performance period is negative, any portion of the LTI award achieved above target will not vest until absolute TSR is once again positive.

Such metrics apply to the LTIP Units granted to Mr. Considine, all of which are performance based, the performance-based LTIP Units granted to Ms. Stanfield, the performance-based restricted stock granted to Messrs. Powell, Beldin, and Kimmel and Ms. Cohn, and the performance-based stock options granted to Mr. Beldin and Ms. Cohn. The Committee set threshold performance to pay out at 50%; target performance to pay out at 100%; and maximum performance to pay out at 200%. Performance below threshold will result in no payout. If performance is between threshold and target or between target and maximum, the amount of the payout will be interpolated. Performance-based LTI awards vest 50% following the end of the three-year performance period (based on attainment of TSR targets), and 50% one year later, for a four-year plan from start to finish, illustrated below, subject to the grantee’s continued service to Aimco, and subject to a delay if absolute TSR for the three-year forward looking performance period is negative.

Post Separation, the Committee determined that the remaining performance periods of the 2019 and 2020 Aimco performance-based awards would be determined using the combined total stockholder return of Aimco and AIR.

Mr. Considine’s and Ms. Stanfield’s LTIP Units are intended to constitute profits interests within the meaning of the Code. As described above, the number of Mr. Considine’s LTIP Units granted in 2020 that may vest, and the number of Ms. Stanfield’s performance-based LTIP Units granted in 2020 that may vest, is determined based on Aimco’s relative TSR performance over the course of a forward looking, three year-performance period, with 50% of such number of LTIP Units generally vesting at the later of the time performance is determined or the third anniversary of the grant date and 50% vesting on the fourth anniversary of the grant date. With respect to 100% of the LTIP Units granted to Mr. Considine, all of which are performance based, and 25% of the performance-based LTIP Units granted to Ms. Stanfield, Mr. Considine and Ms. Stanfield were granted the ability to participate in the appreciation of value of Aimco that took place after these LTIP Units were granted, subject to their vesting. For the purpose of calculating the number of shares subject to these LTIP Units, the target dollar amount was divided by $8.50, which price was calculated by a third party financial firm with particular expertise in the valuation of such LTIP Units. The LTIP Units have a conversion price of $53.26, which was the closing price of Aimco’s stock on the grant date and equal to the fair market value of Aimco’s Common Stock on the grant date. With respect to 75% of Ms. Stanfield’s performance-based LTIP Units, which are full-value awards, the dollar amount was divided by $53.53 per share, which was the average of the closing trading prices of Aimco’s Common Stock on the five trading days up to and including the grant date. The five-day average was used to mute the effect of any single day spikes or declines. Additional details regarding the structure of LTIP Units can be found in the Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Aimco OP L.P., effective as of December 14, 2020, the Form of Performance Vesting LTIP Unit Agreement, and the Form of Performance Vesting LTIP II Unit Agreement, all of which are incorporated by reference into Aimco’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020, as Exhibits 10.1, 10.13, and 10.15, respectively.

For the purpose of calculating the number of shares of performance-based restricted stock to be granted to each of Messrs. Powell, Beldin, and Kimmel and Ms. Cohn, the dollar amount allocated to restricted stock was divided by $53.53 per share, which was

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the average of the closing trading prices of Aimco’s Common Stock on the five trading days up to and including the grant date. The five-day average was used to mute the effect of any single day spikes or declines. The share award agreements to which the performance-based restricted shares were granted do not provide for the payment of dividends until the shares are earned. Dividends accrue during the performance period. For the purpose of calculating the number of shares subject to the performance-based stock options to be granted, the dollars allocated to stock options were divided by $8.15, which price was calculated by a third party financial firm with particular expertise in the valuation of options. The stock options as granted had an exercise price of $53.26, which was the closing price of Aimco’s stock on the grant date and equal to the fair market value of Aimco’s Common Stock on the grant date.

As provided in the Employee Matters Agreement between Aimco and AIR, at the Separation each outstanding time or performance-vesting Aimco equity award was converted into awards of both shares of Aimco Common Stock and shares of AIR Common Stock. The number of shares of Aimco Common Stock and AIR Common Stock subject to each converted award (and the applicable exercise price with respect to converted stock option awards) was determined in a manner intended to preserve the aggregate value of the original Aimco equity award as measured immediately before the Separation. A similar adjustment was provided for with respect to LTIPs.

Ms. Johnson’s 2020 LTI was granted on January 27, 2021, according to the backward looking LTI plan that governs LTI awards for officers below the executive officer level, and was the plan that applied to Ms. Johnson prior to her promotion to CAO in December 2020. Under the plan that governs LTI awards for officers below the executive officer level, at the start of 2020, Mr. Considine determined that LTI for 2020 would be based in part on TSR. Specifically, 50% of the LTI target would be awarded for the purpose of attracting and retaining key talent integral to the success of Aimco. The remaining fifty percent of the LTI target would be awarded based on TSR, with half (25% of the total LTI target) based on Aimco’s one-year TSR as compared to the REIT Index, and half (another 25% of the total LTI target) based on Aimco’s three-year TSR as compared to the REIT Index.  Aimco TSR at greater than 110% of the REIT Index would result in a 125% payout of the LTI target attributable to TSR, and Aimco TSR at less than 90% of the REIT Index would result in a 75% payout of the LTI target attributable to TSR.  Aimco TSR between 90% and 110% of the REIT Index would result in 100% payout of the LTI target attributable to TSR. Aimco’s one-year TSR was between 90% and 110% of the REIT Index, resulting in a payout of 100% of the portion of the LTI target attributable to one-year TSR, and Aimco’s three-year TSR was greater than 110% of the REIT Index, resulting in a payout of 125% of the portion of the LTI target attributable to three-year TSR.  Accordingly, Ms. Johnson was awarded 106.25% of her target LTI (i.e., 50% of the LTI target was for the purpose of retention and paid at 100%; 25% of the LTI target was paid at 100% based on relative performance on one-year TSR; and 25% of the LTI target was paid at 125% based on relative performance on three-year TSR; and the net effect of these three components resulted in an overall award of 106.25% of target LTI).

NEO Compensation for 2020

CEO Compensation. The Committee determined Mr. Considine’s STI for 2020 would be based entirely on Aimco’s performance against corporate goals, described above. The Committee calculated Mr. Considine’s STI by multiplying his STI target of $1.8 million by 100%, which was the Committee’s payout determination having reviewed Aimco’s overall performance against corporate goals, as described in detail above. The Committee granted Mr. Considine’s LTI in the form of LTIP Units on January 28, 2020, for the three-year performance period from January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2022; the LTI grant is entirely at risk, based on relative returns over the performance period. Mr. Considine’s 2020 target compensation and incentive compensation is summarized as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Target Total

Incentive

 

 

 

2020 Incentive Compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Compensation

 

 

 

STI

 

 

LTI

 

Target Total

Compensation ($)

 

 

Paid

Base ($)

 

 

STI ($)

 

 

LTI ($)

 

 

 

($) (1)

 

 

Time-Based

Equity ($)

 

 

Performance-Based

'Equity – Profits Interest LTIP Units ($) (2)

 

 

6,800,000

 

 

 

700,000

 

 

 

1,800,000

 

 

 

4,300,000

 

 

 

 

1,800,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,300,000

 

(1)

Amount shown reflects the amount of 2020 STI paid to Mr. Considine.

(2)

Amount shown reflects a 100% payout that would result from achieving “target” performance. Actual payout may range from 0% to 200% of this amount depending on performance results over the forward looking, three-year performance period ending December 31, 2022. The number of LTIP Units that are earned, if any, will vest with respect to 50% following the end of the three-year performance period and 50% one year later, for a four-year vesting period.

Other NEO Compensation. For Messrs. Powell, Beldin, and Kimmel and Mses. Stanfield and Cohn, an allocation of the target STI was made as follows: 75% of the target STI was calculated based on Aimco’s performance against KPI and 25% of the target STI was calculated based on each executive’s achievement of his or her individual MAP goals.  Ms. Johnson’s target STI was allocated 50% to KPI and 50% to achievement of her individual MAP goals. As described above, Aimco’s KPI performance was 100.00%. Accordingly, each was awarded 100.00% of the portion of his or her STI attributable to KPI (i.e., 75% of the target STI amount shown

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below for Messrs. Powell, Beldin, and Kimmel and Mses. Stanfield and Cohn, and 50% of the target STI amount shown below for Ms. Johnson).

In determining the MAP achievement component of 2020 STI, Mr. Considine determined that: Mr. Powell’s MAP achievement would be paid at 150% of target for his leadership over redevelopment activities and acquisitions in 2020; Ms. Stanfield’s MAP achievement would be paid at 200% of target for her contributions to finance, capital allocation, and tax, including the closing of a joint venture transaction in 2020; Ms. Johnson’s MAP achievement would be paid at 125% of target for her leadership over human resources, facilities, and communications, and specifically for her leadership in connection with the Company’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic; Beldin’s MAP achievement would be paid at 100% of target for his contributions to finance and accounting and to Aimco’s balance sheet; Ms. Cohn’s MAP achievement would be paid at 200% for her leadership over legal matters, insurance, risk management, property dispositions, and asset quality and service, and specifically for her leadership in connection with the Company’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic; and Mr. Kimmel’s MAP achievement would be paid at 100% for his contributions to Aimco’s operating results, particularly in the wake of the COVD-19 pandemic. The Committee reviewed Mr. Considine’s determinations with respect to Mr. Powell and Mses. Stanfield and Johnson, and the AIR Compensation and Human Resources Committee reviewed Mr. Considine’s determinations with respect to Messrs. Beldin and Kimmel and Ms. Cohn. As described above, LTI for the NEOs other than Ms. Johnson was granted on January 28, 2020, in the form of LTIP Units, restricted stock, and/or stock options. As described above, Ms. Johnson’s LTI for 2020 was granted in January 2021. Target compensation and incentive compensation for 2020 for the other NEOs is summarized as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Target Total

 

 

 

2020 Incentive Compensation ($)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Incentive

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Compensation

 

 

 

STI

 

 

LTI

 

 

 

Target Total Compensation ($)

 

 

Paid Base ($)

 

 

STI ($)

 

 

LTI ($)

 

 

 

($) (1)

 

 

Time-Based LTI ($) (2)

 

 

Performance- Based Equity - Stock ($) (3)

 

 

Performance-Based Equity - LTIP Units

($) (3)

 

 

Performance-Based Equity - Stock Options

($) (3)

 

Mr. Powell

 

 

1,300,000

 

 

 

450,000

 

 

 

350,000

 

 

 

500,000

 

 

 

 

393,750

 

 

 

166,667

 

 

 

333,333

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ms. Stanfield

 

 

1,200,000

 

 

 

425,000

 

 

 

350,000

 

 

 

425,000

 

 

 

 

437,500

 

 

 

141,667

 

 

 

 

 

 

283,333

 

 

 

 

Ms. Johnson

 

 

842,920

 

 

 

362,440

 

 

 

240,240

 

 

 

240,240

 

 

 

 

270,270

 

 

 

255,255

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr. Beldin

 

 

1,070,000

 

 

 

450,000

 

 

 

250,000

 

 

 

370,000

 

 

 

 

250,000

 

 

 

123,333

 

 

 

185,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

61,667

 

Ms. Cohn

 

 

2,100,000

 

 

 

450,000

 

 

 

550,000

 

 

 

1,100,000

 

 

 

 

687,500

 

 

 

366,667

 

 

 

586,666

 

 

 

 

 

 

146,667

 

Mr. Kimmel

 

 

1,700,000

 

 

 

450,000

 

 

 

500,000

 

 

 

750,000

 

 

 

 

500,000

 

 

 

250,000

 

 

 

500,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

Amounts shown reflect the 2020 STI paid to each of Messrs. Powell, Beldin, and Kimmel and Mses. Stanfield, Johnson, and Cohn.

(2)

For Messrs. Powell, Beldin, and Kimmel and Mses. Stanfield and Cohn, comprises one-third of the LTI target, vesting ratably over four years, and is for the purpose of attracting and retaining key talent integral to the success of Aimco. For Ms. Johnson, comprises actual 2020 LTI as described in detail above, vesting ratably over four years.  For Messrs. Powell, Beldin, and Kimmel and Ms. Cohn, time-based LTI was in the form of restricted stock.  For Ms. Stanfield, time-based LTI was in the form of LTIP Units, and for Ms. Johnson, time-based LTI was in the form of deferred cash.

(3)

Amounts shown reflect a 100% payout of the performance-based shares resulting from achieving “target” performance. Actual payouts will be in a range of 0% to 200% of these amounts, depending on performance results for the three-year performance period from January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2022.

Determination Regarding 2018 Performance Share Awards. As part of the 2018 LTI program, the Company granted performance-share awards that might be earned based on relative TSR as compared to the NAREIT Apartment Index (60% weighting) and the REIT Index (40% weighting) over a three-year performance period ending on December 31, 2020, with awards vesting 50% following the end of the three-year performance period (based on attainment of TSR targets) and 50% one year later, for a four-year plan from start to finish. On January 27, 2021, the Committee determined that Aimco’s three-year TSR (combined with AIR’s TSR for the period from December 15, 2020, through December 31, 2020) was 330 basis points higher than the NAREIT Apartment Index and 300 basis points higher than the REIT Index for the three-year performance period ending on December 31, 2020, resulting in the number of shares being earned at 170% of target for Messrs. Considine, Powell, Beldin, and Kimmel and Ms. Cohn (Mses. Stanfield and Johnson did not hold executive officer positions at the time the awards were made in 2018 and, accordingly, did not receive grants under the 2018 LTI program).


The chart below summarizes the results for the 2018, 2017, and 2016 performance share awards, and provides performance as of December 31, 2020, for the “in progress” 2020 and 2019 and performance share awards.

Long Term Incentive Plan Award Status

Three-Year Performance Period

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Status

CEO % Payout(1)

Other NEOs(2)

2020 – 2022

 

 

 

 

33% Completed

Tracking Between Target and Maximum

144%(3)

129%(3)

2019 – 2021

 

 

 

67% Completed

 

Tracking Between Threshold and Target

82%(3)

88%(3)

2018 – 2020

 

 

100% Completed

 

 

Payout Achieved Between Target and Maximum

170%

147%

2017 – 2019

 

100% Completed

 

 

 

Payout Achieved Between Threshold and Target

72%

81%

2016 – 2018

100% Completed

 

 

 

 

Maximum Payout Achieved

200%(4)

167%(4)

(1)100% of the LTI award for Mr. Considine is performance-based, or at risk, based entirely on relative TSR.

(2)Two-thirds of the LTI awards for the other NEOs are performance-based, or at risk, based on relative TSR, and the remaining one-third of the LTI awards are for the purpose of retention, or time-based. Payouts shown include the time-based portion of the awards.

(3)Amounts reflect performance of “in progress” awards as of December 31, 2020, and for the period from December 15, 2020, through December 31, 2020, include the sum of Aimco and AIR TSR for purposes of the Company’s TSR performance.

(4)Aimco’s relative TSR result for 2016 LTI was 406%, exceeding the plan’s maximum performance level of 200%. Thus, the LTI payout for the CEO, whose LTI is based entirely on relative TSR, was capped at 200%, and the LTI payout for the other NEOs, incorporating the one-third portion of the award that is time-based, was capped at 167%.

Other Compensation

From time to time, Aimco determines to provide executive officers with additional compensation in the form of discretionary cash or equity awards.

Mr. Considine awarded discretionary cash awards to the following executive officers for their significant contributions in connection with the Separation: Mr. Powell — $175,000; Ms. Stanfield — $350,000; Ms. Johnson — $250,000; Mr. Beldin — $250,000; Ms. Cohn — $550,000; and Mr. Kimmel — $125,000.  Mr. Considine determined the amounts with reference to each individual’s STI target amount, meaning that each award would not be more than the executive officer’s STI target amount. These awards were in addition to, and not in lieu of, other compensation.  

The Committee recognized Mr. Considine’s tremendous leadership in conceiving, structuring, guiding, and executing the Separation. The Committee evaluated whether and what type of additional compensation to award Mr. Considine to recognize his work.  After consideration, Mr. Considine proposed that he forego any financial compensation tied directly to the value creation of the Separation in order to make clear that the purpose – and result – of the Separation was its creation of stockholder value. The Committee agreed, and accepted this proposal.

On April 15, 2021, Aimco awarded each of Mr. Powell and Mses. Stanfield and Johnson restricted stock awards as follows:  Mr. Powell — 371,901 shares, with an approximate fair market value at the grant date of $2.36 million; Ms. Stanfield — 247,934 shares, with an approximate fair market value at the grant date of $1.57 million; and Ms. Johnson — 175,984 shares, with an approximate fair market value at the grant date of $1.12 million.  These grants, which vest 50% at the end of four years from the date of grant and 50% at the end of five years from the date of grant, were provided in connection with the executive officers’ new positions following the Separation, for the purpose of retention, and to align the long-term interests of the executive officers with those of the Company’s stockholders.

Post-Employment Compensation and Employment and Severance Arrangements

401(k) Plan

Aimco provides a 401(k) plan that is offered to all Aimco teammates. In 2020, Aimco matched 25% of participant contributions to the extent of the first 4% of the participant’s eligible compensation. For 2020, the maximum match by Aimco was $2,850, which was the amount that Aimco matched for each of Messrs. Considine, Powell, Beldin, and Kimmel, and Mses. Stanfield, Johnson, and Cohn’s 2020 401(k) contributions. Aimco did not provide an additional discretionary match in 2021 because Aimco did not achieve greater than 105% performance of its 2020 corporate goals. Aimco’s prior year discretionary match to all teammates, reflecting Aimco’s achievement of greater than 125% performance of its 2019 corporate goals, was $1,200.

Other than the 401(k) plan, Aimco does not provide post-employment benefits. Aimco does not maintain a defined benefit pension plan, a supplemental executive retirement plan, or any other similar arrangements.

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Executive Employment Arrangements

2017 Employment Agreement. On December 21, 2017, Aimco Properties, L.P., the operating partnership in AIR’s structure following the Separation (the “AIR Operating Partnership”), entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Considine (the “2017 Employment Agreement”). The Committee at the time evaluated the terms of the 2017 Employment Agreement in comparison to those of the CEOs of Aimco’s peers and other comparable companies. The 2017 Employment Agreement was for a two-year term. On December 19, 2019, the Committee extended the term of the 2017 Employment Agreement for an additional two years, from January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2021. The remaining terms and conditions of the 2017 Employment Agreement remained unchanged. On December 15, 2020, Mr. Considine and the AIR Operating Partnership amended the 2017 Employment Agreement to provide that references to the “Company” in the 2017 Employment Agreement would be to AIR (rather than Aimco) following the Separation.  

The 2017 Employment Agreement provides for a base salary of $700,000, subject to future increase. Mr. Considine also continues to be eligible to participate in the Company’s performance-based incentive compensation plan with a target annual short-term incentive award opportunity of not less than $1.4 million (the “Target STI”), and a target long-term incentive award opportunity of not less than $4.025 million, both subject to future increase.

Pursuant to the 2017 Employment Agreement, upon termination of Mr. Considine’s employment by Aimco without cause, by Mr. Considine for good reason, or upon a termination for reason of disability, Mr. Considine is generally entitled to: (a) a lump sum cash payment equal to the sum of (i) three times the sum of his base salary at the time of termination, and (ii) the Target STI; (b) any short-term incentive bonus earned but unpaid for a prior fiscal year (the “Prior Year STI”); (c) a pro-rata portion of the short-term incentive bonus he would have earned for the year in which the termination occurs, based on the actual achievement of the applicable performance targets (the “Pro Rata STI”); and (d) immediate and full acceleration of any outstanding unvested equity awards, with all outstanding stock options (including options previously vested) remaining exercisable until the expiration of the applicable option term. In the event of Mr. Considine’s retirement, Mr. Considine will be entitled to: (a) the Prior Year STI; (b) the Pro Rata STI; and (c) accelerated vesting of outstanding and unvested equity awards, if any, that vest solely on a time basis and continued vesting of all outstanding unvested equity awards that vest based on the achievement of performance targets according to actual achievement of the applicable performance targets. If Mr. Considine’s employment is terminated due to his death, Mr. Considine’s estate will receive payment of any earned but unpaid base salary and vested accrued benefits, the Prior Year STI, and the Pro Rata STI, and all outstanding equity awards will become immediately and fully vested and be treated in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement.

Under the 2017 Employment Agreement, Mr. Considine is not entitled to any additional or special payments upon the occurrence of a change in control.

In the event payments to Mr. Considine are subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Internal Revenue Code, the payments will be either (a) delivered in full, or (b) delivered as to such lesser extent that would result in no portion of such payments being subject to the excise tax, whichever results in the receipt by Mr. Considine of the greater amount on an after-tax basis.

The 2017 Employment Agreement also contains customary confidentiality provisions, a limited mutual non-disparagement provision, and non-competition, non-solicitation and no-hire provisions.

In addition, as part of the Separation, Aimco and AIR entered into the Employee Matters Agreement, which provides that Mr. Considine will continue to serve Aimco with specific responsibilities during 2021 and 2022 to support the establishment and growth of the Aimco business, reporting directly to the Aimco Board.

None of Messrs. Powell, Beldin, or Kimmel or Mses. Stanfield, Johnson, or Cohn has an employment agreement.

Executive Severance Arrangements

Aimco has an executive severance policy that provides that Aimco shall seek stockholder approval or ratification of any future severance agreement for any senior executive officer that provides for benefits, such as lump-sum or future periodic cash payments or new equity awards, in an amount in excess of 2.99 times such executive officer’s base salary and bonus. Compensation and benefits earned through the termination date, the value of vesting or payment of any equity awards outstanding prior to the termination date, pro rata vesting of any other long-term awards, or benefits provided under plans, programs or arrangements that are applicable to one or more groups of employees in addition to senior executives are not subject to the policy. It has been Aimco’s longstanding practice not to provide excessive severance arrangements.

Executive Severance Policy. On February 22, 2018, the Committee adopted the Apartment Investment and Management Company Executive Severance Policy (the “Executive Severance Policy”). The Executive Severance Policy supersedes and replaces any employment agreement or other plan, policy or practice involving the payment of severance benefits to participants under the Executive Severance Policy. On April 28, 2021, the Committee amended the Executive Severance Policy to include severance provisions for the Chief Executive Officer and in accordance with recommendations provided by the Committee’s compensation consultant to bring the policy in line with market.  Prior to the Separation, severance provisions for the CEO were set forth in a separate employment agreement. The Company’s CEO and Executive Vice Presidents, as determined on the records of the Company and any other entities

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through which the operations of the Company are conducted, are eligible to participate in the Executive Severance Policy. Each of Mr. Powell and Mses. Stanfield and Johnson are participants under the Executive Severance Policy. Messrs. Beldin and Kimmel and Ms. Cohn were participants under the Executive Severance Policy until the Separation. Mr. Considine was not a participant under the Executive Severance Policy. None of Messrs. Powell, Considine, Beldin, or Kimmel or Mses. Stanfield, Johnson, or Cohn received severance or any other payments or benefits in connection with the Separation.

The Executive Severance Policy provides that if the Company terminates a participant’s employment without “Cause,” or if the participant terminates his or her employment for “Good Reason” (each as defined in the Executive Severance Policy), then the participant will be eligible to receive the following benefits:

with respect to the CEO, a lump sum payment equal to two times the sum of (i) the annual base salary for the calendar year of the date of termination, and (ii) the target annual bonus for the calendar year of the date of termination;

with respect to the other executive officers, a lump sum payment equal to the sum of (i) the annual base salary for the calendar year of the date of termination, and (ii) the target annual bonus for the calendar year of the date of termination; and

with respect to each participant, 18 months of continued health benefits coverage at the Company’s expense.

The vesting and exercise of any equity awards held by a participant on the date of termination will be determined in accordance with the applicable incentive plan and award agreement.

Pursuant to the terms of the Executive Severance Policy, if the Company terminates a participant’s employment without Cause, or if the participant terminates his or her employment for Good Reason, in either case, within the period commencing six months prior to and ending 24 months following a “Change in Control” (as defined in the Executive Severance Policy), then in lieu of the severance benefits described above the participant will be eligible to receive the following benefits:

with respect to the CEO, a lump sum payment equal to three times the sum of (i) the annual base salary for the calendar year of the date of termination, and (ii) the target annual bonus for the calendar year of the date of termination;

with respect to the other executive officers, a lump sum payment equal to two times the sum of (i) the annual base salary for the calendar year of the date of termination, and (ii) the target annual bonus for the calendar year of the date of termination;

with respect to each participant, 24 months of continued health benefits coverage at the Company’s expense; and

100% accelerated vesting of any unvested equity awards then-held by the participant.

The Executive Severance Policy provides that if the employment of the participant is terminated by reason of the participant’s death or disability, then the participant will be eligible to receive a pro-rated bonus for the year of termination. In addition, the vesting and exercise of any equity awards held by the participant at the time of his or her death or disability will be determined in accordance with the applicable incentive plan and award agreement.

In the event that any payment or benefit payable to a participant under the Executive Severance Policy would result in the imposition of excise taxes under the “golden parachute” provisions of Section 280G of the Internal Revenue Code, then such payments and benefits will either be made and/or provided in full or will be reduced such that the excise tax under Section 280G is not applicable, whichever is least economically disadvantageous to the participant. The Executive Severance Policy does not provide for any excise tax or other tax “gross-up” payment.

All severance payments and benefits under the Executive Severance Policy are subject to applicable withholding obligations, the participant’s execution and non-revocation of a release of claims, and compliance with certain non-competition, non-disclosure and non-solicitation covenants set forth in a restrictive covenant agreement that is appropriate for the participant’s position.

The Executive Severance Policy will remain in effect, subject to amendment, until terminated by the Board. The Board may terminate or amend the Executive Severance Policy at any time, so long as at least 90 days’ prior notice is provided to any participant if the termination or amendment of the Executive Severance Policy would materially or adversely affect the rights of the participant.

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Non-Competition and Non-Solicitation Agreements

Effective in January 2002 for Mr. Considine, and in connection with their employment and/or promotions by Aimco for Messrs. Powell, Beldin, and Kimmel and Mses. Stanfield, Johnson, and Cohn, Aimco entered into certain non-competition and non-solicitation agreements with each executive. Mr. Considine’s 2002 non-competition and non-solicitation agreement was replaced by his 2008 and 2017 Employment Agreements. Pursuant to these agreements, each of these NEOs agreed that during the term of his or her employment with the Company and for a period of two years following the termination of his or her employment, except in circumstances where there was a change in control of the Company, he or she would not (i) be employed by a competitor of the Company named on a schedule to the agreement, (ii) solicit other employees to leave the Company’s employment, or (iii) solicit customers of Aimco to terminate their relationship with the Company. The agreements further required that the NEOs protect Aimco’s trade secrets and confidential information. For Messrs. Powell, Beldin, and Kimmel and Mses. Stanfield, Johnson, and Cohn, the agreements provide that in order to enforce the above-noted non-competition condition following the executive’s termination of employment by the Company without cause, each such executive will receive, for a period not to extend beyond the earlier of 24 months following such termination or the date of acceptance of employment with a non-competitor, (i) non-compete payments in an amount, if any, to be determined by the Company in its sole discretion and (ii) a monthly payment equal to two-thirds of such executive’s monthly base salary at the time of termination. For purposes of these agreements, “cause” is defined to mean, among other things, the executive’s (i) breach of the agreement, (ii) failure to perform required employment services, (iii) misappropriation of Company funds or property, (iv) conviction, plea of guilty, or plea of no contest to a crime involving fraud or moral turpitude, or (v) negligence, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, misconduct or violation of law.

Equity Award Agreements

Double Trigger Vesting Upon Change in Control. The award agreements pursuant to which restricted stock, LTIP Unit and/or stock option awards have been granted to Messrs. Considine, Powell, Beldin, and Kimmel and Mses. Stanfield, Johnson, and Cohn, as applicable, provide that if (i) a change in control occurs and (ii) the executive’s employment with the Company is terminated either by the Company without cause or by the executive for good reason, in either case, within 12 months following the change in control, then (a) for time-based options or restricted stock, all outstanding shares of restricted stock or unvested stock options shall become immediately and fully vested and exercisable, and all vested options will remain exercisable for the remainder of the term of the option, and (b) for performance-based options, restricted stock and/or LTIP Unit awards, shares, unvested options and/or units will vest based on the higher of actual or target performance through the truncated performance period ending on the date of the change in control, and all vested options will remain exercisable for the remainder of the term of the option.

Accelerated Vesting Upon Termination of Employment Due to Death or Disability. Pursuant to the 2017 Employment Agreement, as set forth above, if Mr. Considine’s employment is terminated due to his death or disability, and all outstanding equity awards will become immediately and fully vested and be treated in accordance with the terms of the applicable award agreement. The award agreements pursuant to which restricted stock, LTIP Unit, or stock option awards have been granted to Messrs. Considine, Powell, Beldin, and Kimmel and Mses. Stanfield, Johnson, and Cohn, as applicable, provide that upon a termination of employment due to death or disability, then (a) for time-based restricted stock, LTIP Units, or stock options, all outstanding shares of restricted stock, LTIP Units, and/or unvested stock options shall become immediately and fully vested and exercisable, and all vested options will remain exercisable for the remainder of the term of the option, and (b) for performance-based restricted stock, LTIP Unit, or stock option awards, all shares, units, and/or unvested options will vest based on the higher of actual or target performance through the date of termination, and all vested options will remain exercisable for the remainder of the term of the option.

Other Benefits; Perquisite Philosophy

Aimco’s executive officer benefit programs are substantially the same as for all other eligible officers and employees. Aimco does not provide executives with more than minimal perquisites, such as reserved parking places.


Stock Ownership Guidelines and Required Holding Periods After Vesting

Aimco believes that it is in the best interest of Aimco’s stockholders for Aimco’s executive officers to own Aimco stock. Every year, the Committee and CEO review Aimco’s stock ownership guidelines, each executive officer’s holdings in light of the stock ownership guidelines, and each executive officer’s accumulated realized and unrealized stock option and restricted stock gains. The Committee updated the stock ownership guidelines in April 2021.

Equity ownership guidelines for all executive officers are determined as a multiple of the executive’s base salary. The Committee and management have established the following stock ownership guidelines for Aimco’s executive officers:

 Officer Position

Ownership Target

 Chief Executive Officer

5x base salary

 Other Executive Vice Presidents

3x base salary

Any executive officer who has not satisfied the stock ownership guidelines must, until the stock ownership guidelines are satisfied, hold 50% of any restricted stock that vests, after deduction of restricted stock sold for payment of income taxes related to the vesting for at least three years from the date of vesting, and hold shares equal to 50% of (i) the value realized upon option exercises less (ii) related income taxes for at least three years from the date of exercise.

Each of Mr. Powell and Mses. Stanfield and Johnson exceeded the ownership targets established in Aimco’s stock ownership guidelines as of April 29, 2021.

Role of Outside Consultants

The Committee has the authority under its charter to engage the services of outside advisors, experts and others to assist the Committee. In 2020, the Committee engaged FPL Associates, L.P. (“FPL”) to review Aimco’s executive compensation plan.  FPL did not provide other services to Aimco. The Committee assessed the independence of FPL pursuant to SEC rules and concluded that FPL is independent.

Base Salary, Incentive Compensation, and Equity Grant Practices

Base salary adjustments typically take effect on January 1. The Committee (for the CEO) and the CEO, in consultation with the Committee (for the other executive officers), determine incentive compensation in late January or early February. STI is typically paid in February or March. LTI is granted on a date determined by the Committee, typically in late January or early February.

Aimco grants equity in three scenarios: in connection with its annual incentive compensation, program as discussed above; in connection with certain new-hire or promotion packages; and for purposes of retention.

With respect to LTI, the Committee sets the grant date for the restricted stock, LTIP Unit, and stock option grants. The Committee typically sets grant dates at the time of its final compensation determination, generally in late January or early February. Due to the Separation and the additional time taken to create a new executive compensation plan for post-Separation Aimco, the Committee granted 2021 LTI in late April 2021. The date of determination and date of award are not selected based on share price. In the case of new-hire packages that include equity awards, grants are made on the employee’s start date or on a date designated in advance based on the passage of a specific number of days after the employee’s start date. For non-executive officers, as provided for in the 2015 Plan, the Committee has delegated the authority to make equity awards, up to certain limits, to the Chief Financial Officer (Ms. Stanfield) and/or Corporate Secretary (Ms. Johnson). The Committee and Ms. Stanfield and Ms. Johnson time grants without regard to the share price or the timing of the release of material non-public information and do not time grants for the purpose of affecting the value of executive compensation.

2021 Compensation Targets

Based on comparison to compensation paid to CEOs at Aimco’s peers, the Committee set Mr. Powell’s target total compensation (base compensation, STI and LTI) for 2021 at $1.8 million. Mr. Powell, in consultation with and approval from the Committee, set target total compensation (base compensation, STI and LTI) for 2021 for the other NEOs as follows: Ms. Stanfield — $1.2 million; and Ms. Johnson — $0.85 million. Aimco performance will determine the amounts paid for 2021 STI and the portion of LTI awards that vest, and such amounts may be less than, or in excess of, these target amounts. STI will be paid in cash. The LTI was granted on April 28, 2021, and was in the form of restricted stock or stock options.

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Accounting Treatment and Tax Deductibility of Executive Compensation

The Committee generally considers the accounting treatment and tax implications of the compensation awarded or paid to our executives. Grants of equity compensation awards under our long-term incentive program are accounted for under FASB ASC Topic 718. Section 162(m) of the Internal Revenue Code was amended on December 22, 2017, by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”). Under the Tax Act, Section 162(m) applies to each employee who serves as the Company’s principal executive officer or principal financial officer during the taxable year, each other employee of the Company who is among the three most highly compensated officers during such taxable year, and any other employee who was a covered employee of the Company for any preceding taxable year beginning after December 31, 2016. The Tax Act also eliminated the performance-based compensation exception with respect to tax years beginning after December 31, 2017, but includes a transition rule with respect to compensation that is provided pursuant to a written binding contract in effect on November 2, 2017, and not materially modified after that date. The Company has awarded, and will continue to award, compensation as it considers appropriate that does not qualify for deductibility under Section 162(m).

COMPENSATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS

Prior to the Separation, the Compensation and Human Resources Committee (which was comprised of the pre-Separation independent directors) held five meetings during the year ended December 31, 2020. The post-Separation Compensation and Human Resources Committee has reviewed and discussed the Compensation Discussion & Analysis with management. Based upon such review, the related discussions and such other matters deemed relevant and appropriate by the Compensation and Human Resources Committee, the Compensation and Human Resources Committee has recommended to the Board that the Compensation Discussion & Analysis be included in this filing.

Date: April 28, 2021

QUINCY L. ALLEN

PATRICIA L. GIBSON

JAY PAUL LEUPP

ROBERT A. MILLER

DEBORAH SMITH

MICHAEL A. STEIN

R. DARY STONE

KIRK A. SYKES (CHAIRMAN)

The above report will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing by Aimco under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, except to the extent that Aimco specifically incorporates the same by reference.


The Aimco Operating Partnership
Interests in the Aimco Operating Partnership that are held by limited partners other than Aimco are referred to as OP Units. OP Units include common partnership units, which we refer to as common OP Units, as well as partnership preferred units, or preferred OP Units. There is no public market for the Aimco Operating Partnership’s common partnership units, including OP Units, and we have no intention of listing the common partnership units on any securities exchange. In addition, the Aimco Operating Partnership’s Partnership Agreement restricts the transferability of common partnership units, including OP Units.
At February 15, 2019, there were 158,495,487 common partnership units and equivalents outstanding (148,766,616 of which were held by Aimco) that were held by 2,515 unitholders of record.
The Aimco Operating Partnership’s Partnership Agreement generally provides that after holding common OP Units for one year, limited partners other than Aimco have the right to redeem their common OP Units for cash or, at our election, shares of Aimco Common Stock on a one-for-one basis (subject to customary antidilution adjustments).
No common OP Units or preferred OP Units held by Limited Partners were redeemed for shares of Aimco Common Stock during the year ended December 31, 2018.
The following table summarizes the Aimco Operating Partnership’s repurchases of common OP Units for the three months ended December 31, 2018:
Fiscal periodTotal Number of Units Purchased Average Price Paid per Unit Total Number of Units Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs Maximum Number of Units that May Yet Be Purchased Under Plans or Programs
October 1 - October 31, 201811,150
 $43.96
 N/A N/A
November 1 - November 30, 20183,765
 43.47
 N/A N/A
December 1 - December 31, 201811,360
 46.45
 N/A N/A
Total26,275
 $44.97
    
Dividend and Distribution Payments
As a REIT, Aimco is required to distribute annually to holders of its Common Stock at least 90% of its “real estate investment trust taxable income,” which, as defined by the Code and United States Department of Treasury regulations, is generally equivalent to net taxable ordinary income. Aimco’s Board of Directors determines and declares its dividends. In making a dividend determination, Aimco’s Board of Directors considers a variety of factors, including: REIT distribution requirements; current market conditions; liquidity needs; and other uses of cash, such as for deleveraging and accretive investment activities. Aimco’s Board of Directors targets a dividend payout ratio between 65% and 70% of Adjusted Funds From Operations.
In February 2019, the Aimco’s Board of Directors declared a special dividend on the common stock that consists of $67.1 million in cash and 4.5 million shares of Class A Common Stock. The special dividend will be payable on March 22, 2019, to stockholders of record as of February 22, 2019. The special dividend amount includes the regular quarterly cash dividend, which for 2019 is expected to be $0.39 per share, which represents an increase of 3% compared to cash dividends paid during 2018. Stockholders will have the opportunity to elect to receive the special dividend in the form of all cash or all stock, subject to proration if either option is oversubscribed.
Stockholders receiving such dividend and any future dividend payable in cash and shares of Aimco Common Sock will be required to include the full amount of such dividends as ordinary income to the extent of Aimco’s current and accumulated earnings and profits, as determined for United States federal income tax purposes for the year of such dividends, and may be required to pay income taxes with respect to such dividends in excess of the cash dividends received. With respect to certain non-United States stockholders, Aimco may be required to withhold United States tax with respect to such dividends, including in respect of all or a portion of such dividend that is payable in Common Stock.
The Board of Directors of the Aimco Operating Partnership’s general partner determines and declares distributions on OP Units. Aimco, through wholly-owned subsidiaries, is the general and special limited partner of and, as of December 31, 2018, owned a 94.3% ownership interest in the common partnership units of the Aimco Operating Partnership. The Aimco Operating Partnership holds all of Aimco’s assets and manages the daily operations of Aimco’s business. The distributions paid by the Aimco Operating Partnership to Aimco are used by Aimco to fund the dividends paid to its stockholders. Accordingly, the per share dividends Aimco pays to its stockholders generally equal the per unit distributions paid by the Aimco Operating Partnership to holders of its common partnership units.

In February 2019, the Board of Directors of the Aimco Operating Partnership’s general partner declared a special distribution on the common partnership units that consists of $71.5 million in cash and 4.8 million common partnership units. The special distribution will be payable on March 22, 2019, to unitholders of record as of February 22, 2019.
In order to neutralize the dilutive impact of the stock issued in the special dividend, Aimco’s Board of Directors also authorized a reverse stock split in which every 1.03119 share of Class A Common Stock will be combined into one share of Class A Common Stock, effective at the close of business on February 20, 2019. The Board of Directors of the Aimco Operating Partnership’s general partner authorized a corresponding reverse unit split to be effective concurrent with the Aimco reverse stock split. As a result, total shares and total units outstanding following completion of the transactions are expected to be unchanged from the total shares and units outstanding immediately prior to the transactions. Some stockholders may have more Aimco shares and some may have fewer based on their individual elections.
Our revolving credit agreement includes customary covenants, including a restriction on dividends and other restricted payments, but permits dividends and distributions during any four consecutive fiscal quarters in an aggregate amount of up to 95% of Aimco’s Funds From Operations for such period, subject to certain non-cash adjustments, or such amount as may be necessary to maintain Aimco’s REIT status.
Item 6. Selected Financial Data
The following selected financial data is based on audited historical financial statements of Aimco and the Aimco Operating Partnership. This information should be read in conjunction with such financial statements, including the notes thereto, and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included herein or in previous filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 Years Ended December 31,
 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
 (dollar amounts in thousands, except per share data)
OPERATING DATA:         
Total revenues$972,410
 $1,005,437
 $995,854
 $981,310
 $984,363
Net income716,603
 347,079
 483,273
 271,983
 356,111
Net income attributable to Aimco/the Aimco Operating Partnership per common share/unit – diluted$4.21
 $1.96
 $2.67
 $1.52
 $2.06
          
BALANCE SHEET INFORMATION:         
Total assets$6,190,004
 $6,079,040
 $6,232,818
 $6,118,681
 $6,068,631
Total indebtedness4,075,665
 3,861,770
 3,648,206
 3,599,648
 3,852,885
Non-recourse property debt of partnerships served by Asset Management business
 227,141
 236,426
 249,493
 255,140
          
OTHER INFORMATION:         
Dividends/distributions declared per common share/unit$1.52
 $1.44
 $1.32
 $1.18
 $1.04

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
Executive Overview
We are focused on the ownership, management, redevelopment and limited development of quality apartment communities located in several of the largest markets in the United States.
Our principal financial objective is to provide predictable and attractive returns to our equity holders. We measure our long-term total return using Economic Income, defined as Net Asset Value, or NAV, growth plus dividends. NAV is used by many investors because the value of company assets can be readily estimated, even for non-earning assets such as land or properties under development. NAV has the advantage of incorporating the investment decisions of thousands of real estate investors, enhancing comparability among companies that have differences in their accounting, avoiding disparity that can result from application of GAAP to investment properties and various ownership structures. Some investors focus on multiples of Adjusted Funds From Operations, or AFFO, and Funds From Operations, or FFO. Our disclosure of AFFO, a measure of current return, complements our focus on Economic Income. We also use Pro forma Funds From Operations, or Pro forma FFO, as a secondary measure of operational performance. Over the last five years, our Economic Income grew at a compound annual return of 11.5%

as of September 30, 2018, comprised of a 8.5% compounded annual growth in net asset value, or NAV, per share and $6.36 in cash dividends per share paid over the period. In 2018, AFFO grew by 1.9% to $2.16 per share.
Our business and five areas of strategic focus are described in more detail within the Business Overview in Item 1. The results from execution of our business plan in 2018 are further described in the sections that follow.
Net income attributable to common stockholders per common share increased by $2.25 for the year ended December 31, 2018, as compared to 2017, primarily due to gains on the sale of the Asset Management Business and lower-rated apartment communities.
For the year ended December 31, 2018, our NAV per share increased by about 6%, which, with our cash dividend, provided Economic Income of 8.5%.
Pro forma FFO per share increased $0.02, or 0.8%, for the year ended December 31, 2018, as compared to 2017 due to the following items:
$0.08 from Same Store property net operating income growth of 3.1%, driven by a 3.1% increase in revenue, offset by a 3.3% increase in expenses;
$0.16 net operating income contribution from redevelopment communities and lease-up communities; partially offset by
A reduction of $0.14 from apartment communities sold to fund our investment activities;
A reduction of $0.03 from the sale of the Asset Management business, net of the contribution from the reinvestment of the proceeds in 2018 acquisitions and repayment of debt;
A reduction of $0.05 from lower tax benefits and other items, net.
The $0.02 increase in year-over-year Pro forma FFO per share plus $0.02 in lower capital replacement spending due to fewer apartment homes increased AFFO by $0.04, or 1.9% per share.
Operational Excellence
We own and operate a portfolio of market rate apartment communities diversified by both geography and price point, which we refer to as our Real Estate portfolio. At December 31, 2018, our Real Estate portfolio included 134 apartment communities with 36,549 apartment homes in which we held an average ownership of approximately 99%. This portfolio was divided about two-thirds by value to our “Same Store” portfolio of stabilized apartment communities and about one-third by value to “Other Real Estate,” which includes recently acquired communities and communities under redevelopment or development whose long-term financial contribution is not yet stabilized.
Our property operations team produced solid results for our Real Estate portfolio for the year ended December 31, 2018. Highlights include:
Average daily occupancy of 96.5%, 50 basis points higher than the year ended 2017;
Same Store net operating income increased 3.1% with 74.2% net operating income margin; and
Same Store rent increases on renewals and new leases averaged 4.5% and 1.5%, respectively, for a weighted average increase of 3.0%.
Our focus on efficient operations through productivity initiatives such as centralization of administrative tasks, optimization of economies of scale at the corporate level, and investment in more durable, longer-lived materials has helped us control operating expenses. These and other innovations contributed to limiting growth in controllable operating expense (defined as property expenses less taxes, insurance and utility expenses) compounding for the past decade at an annual rate of 0.1%.
For the year ended December 31, 2018, our Real Estate portfolio provided 72% net operating income margins and 67% Free Cash Flow margins.
Redevelopment
Our second line of business is the redevelopment and limited development of apartment communities. Through these activities, we expect to create value by repositioning communities within our portfolio. We measure the rate and quality of financial returns by NAV creation, an important component of Economic Income, our primary measure of long-term financial performance. Over the past five years, we have spent approximately $1.0 billion on redevelopment and development, resulting in estimated value creation of approximately $400.0 million. We also undertake limited ground-up development when warranted by risk-adjusted

investment returns, either directly or in connection with the redevelopment of an existing apartment community. When warranted, we rely on the expertise and credit of a third-party developer familiar with the local market to limit our exposure to construction risk.
We invest to earn risk-adjusted returns in excess of those expected from the apartment communities sold in paired trades to fund the redevelopment or development. Of these two activities, we favor redevelopment because it permits adjustment to the scope and timing of spending to align with changing market conditions and customer preferences.
During the year ended December 31, 2018, we invested $175.9 million in redevelopment and development.
In Boulder, Colorado, we have invested $68.9 million in the development of Parc Mosaic, a 226-unit apartment home community. The site is two miles from the new Google campus and is across the street from Ball Aerospace’s Technology Campus and Foothills Hospital. Building in Boulder is highly regulated and new supply is limited, notwithstanding higher enrollment at the University of Colorado and increased employment generally.
At the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, we exercised our option to acquire approximately two acres of land adjacent to our 21 Fitzsimons apartment community, and broke ground on the development of The Fremont, a 253-apartment home community. We expect to invest approximately $87.0 million to construct the community, which is expected to be ready for occupancy in late 2020.
We also commenced the next phase of redevelopment at our Flamingo community, located in Miami Beach, bringing our potential net investment to $39.7 million. This phase includes extensive redevelopment of retail, leasing, and common areas, including major enhancements to the entryway.
In Center City, Philadelphia, we completed the redevelopment of Park Towne Place, and as of December 31, 2018, we had leased 95.6% of the apartment homes at the community. This multi-year redevelopment of 940 apartment homes, amenities, and common area spaces, was executed on plan and leased-up in-line with expectations with expected free cash flow returns of greater than 9%.
In San Jose, California we completed the redevelopment of Saybrook Pointe, a 324-apartment home, garden-style community. Construction was completed on time and in-line with underwritten costs, and lease-up of the community finished ahead of schedule and at rates above underwriting, increasing the expected free cash flow return to greater than 14%, a 100 basis point outperformance to underwriting.
As of December 31, 2018, our total estimated net investment in redevelopment and development activities is $571.2 million, with a projected weighted average net operating income yield on these investments of 6.1%, assuming untrended rents. As of December 31, 2018, $361.0 million of this total has been funded.
During the year ended December 31, 2018, we leased 457 apartment homes at our redevelopment and development communities. At December 31, 2018, our exposure to lease-up at active redevelopment and development communities was approximately 366 apartment homes, of which 208 were being constructed at Parc Mosaic, and 158 were located in four other communities. Additionally, we expect to acquire One Ardmore in 2019 upon its completion as part of the Philadelphia portfolio acquisition announced in April 2018. This acquisition will increase our exposure to lease-up risk by approximately 100 apartment homes.
See below under the Liquidity and Capital Resources – Redevelopment/Development heading for additional information regarding our redevelopment and development investment during the year ended December 31, 2018.
Portfolio Management
Our portfolio of apartment communities is diversified across “A,” “B,” and “C+” price points, averaging “B/B+” in quality and is diversified across several of the largest markets in the U.S. We measure the quality of apartment communities in our Real Estate portfolio based on average rents of our apartment homes compared to local market average rents as reported by a third-party provider of commercial real estate performance and analysis. Under this rating system, we classify as “A” quality apartment communities those earning rents greater than 125% of the local market average; as “B” quality apartment communities those earning rents between 90% and 125% of the local market average; as “C+” quality apartment communities those earning rents greater than $1,100 per month, but lower than 90% of local market average; and as “C” quality apartment communities those earning rents less than $1,100 per month and lower than 90% of local market average. We classify as “B/B+” quality a portfolio that on average earns rents between 100% and 125% of the local market average rents where the portfolio is located. Although some companies and analysts within the multifamily real estate industry use apartment community quality ratings of “A,” “B,” and “C,” some of which are tied to local market rent averages, the metrics used to classify apartment community quality as well as the period for which local market rents are calculated may vary from company to company. Accordingly, our rating system for measuring apartment community quality is neither broadly nor consistently used in the multifamily real estate industry.

As part of our portfolio strategy, we seek to sell up to 10% of our portfolio annually and to reinvest the proceeds from such sales in accretive uses such as capital enhancements, redevelopments, limited developments and selective acquisitions with projected Free Cash Flow internal rates of return higher than expected from the communities being sold. Through this disciplined approach to capital recycling, we have significantly increased the quality and expected growth rate of our portfolio.
 Three Months Ended
 December 31,
 2018 2015
Average Revenue per Aimco apartment home (1)$2,126
 $1,771
Portfolio Average Rents as a Percentage of Local Market Average Rents113% 111%
Percentage A (4Q 2018 Average Revenue per Aimco Apartment Home $2,786)51% 51%
Percentage B (4Q 2018 Average Revenue per Aimco Apartment Home $1,850)33% 32%
Percentage C+ (4Q 2018 Average Revenue per Aimco Apartment Home $1,706)16% 17%
(1) Represents average monthly rental and other property revenues (excluding resident reimbursement of utility cost) divided by the number of occupied apartment homes as of the end of the period.
The quality of our portfolio improved through value created by our redevelopment and transaction activities, contributing to the increase in average revenue per apartment home. Our average revenue per apartment home was $2,126 for the three months ended December 31, 2018, a 6.4% compounded annual growth rate compared to 2015. This increase is due to growth in Same Store revenue as well as our acquisition activities, lease-up of redevelopment and acquisition communities, and the sale of communities with average monthly revenues per apartment home lower than those of the retained portfolio.
As we execute our portfolio strategy, we expect to increase average revenue per Aimco apartment home at a rate greater than market rent growth; increase Free Cash Flow margins; and maintain sufficient geographic and price point diversification to limit volatility and concentration risk.
Apartment Community Acquisitions
We evaluate potential acquisitions with an eye for unique and opportunistic investments, and fund acquisitions pursuant to our “paired trade” discipline.
During the year ended December 31, 2018, we acquired six apartment communities. We acquired for $307.9 million four apartment communities in the Philadelphia area including 665 apartment homes and 153,000 square feet of office and retail space. We also acquired for $160.0 million Bent Tree Apartments, a 748-apartment home community in Fairfax County, Virginia, and for $29.7 million Avery Row, a 67-apartment home community in Arlington, Virginia.
In addition to the four communities in Philadelphia that were acquired in 2018, we also agreed last year to purchase a fifth community, One Ardmore, upon completion of its construction in the first half of 2019.
Dispositions
During the year ended December 31, 2018, we sold for $590.0 million our Asset Management business and four affordable apartment communities located in the Hunters Point area of San Francisco. After payment of transaction costs and repayment of property-level debt encumbering the Hunters Point apartment communities, net proceeds to us were $512.2 million.
During the year ended December 31, 2018, we also sold for $242.3 million four apartment communities with 1,334 apartment homes, which were previously included in our Real Estate segment. Net proceeds to us were $230.1 million. Two of these apartment communities were located in southern Virginia, one was located in suburban Maryland, and one was located in northern Philadelphia.
During the year ended December 31, 2018, we sold our interests in the entities owning the La Jolla Cove property in settlement of legal actions filed in 2014 by a group of disappointed buyers who had hoped to acquire the property. We provided seller financing with a stated value of $48.6 million and received net cash proceeds of approximately $5.0 million upon the sale.
In January 2019, we sold two apartment communities with 782 apartment homes for gross proceeds of $141.2 million. One community was located in Schaumberg, Illinois and the other located in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Proceeds from the 2018 and 2019 sales were used to fund accretive investments in community acquisitions, capital enhancements, redevelopments and share repurchases, representing continued execution of our paired trade strategy. This reallocation of $1.1 billion in capital increased expected Free Cash Flow internal rates of return by 420 basis points.

Balance Sheet
Leverage
Our leverage strategy seeks to increase financial returns while using leverage with appropriate caution. We limit risk through balance sheet structure, employing low leverage, primarily non-recourse and long-dated property debt; build financial flexibility by maintaining ample unused and available credit as well as holding properties with substantial value unencumbered by property debt; and use partners’ capital when it enhances financial returns or reduces investment risk.
Our leverage includes our share of long-term, non-recourse property debt encumbering apartment communities, outstanding borrowings on the revolving credit facility and outstanding preferred equity. For additional information regarding our leverage, please see the discussion under the Liquidity and Capital Resources heading.
Leverage Ratios
We target the ratio of Proportionate Debt and Preferred Equity to Adjusted EBITDA to be below 7.0x and we target the ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to Adjusted Interest Expense and Preferred Dividends to be greater than 2.5x. Our leverage ratios for the three months ended December 31, 2018, are presented below:
Proportionate Debt to Adjusted EBITDA6.8x
Proportionate Debt and Preferred Equity to Adjusted EBITDA7.2x
Adjusted EBITDA to Adjusted Interest Expense3.8x
Adjusted EBITDA to Adjusted Interest Expense and Preferred Dividends3.4x
Our Adjusted EBITDA has been calculated on a pro forma basis to adjust for significant items impacting the three months ended December 31, 2018 for which annualization would distort the results. Leverage ratios are elevated by 0.5x due to the use of debt to fund temporarily the Aimco common share repurchases completed during the three months ended December 31, 2018. We intend to reduce our Proportionate Debt and Preferred Equity to Adjusted EBITDA to 6.9x by the end of 2019 from earnings growth, primarily due to increasing contribution from Same Store apartment communities and reduction of debt balances due to regularly-scheduled debt amortization and apartment community sales, partially offset by the loss of earnings from communities sold. As used in the ratios above, Preferred Equity represents Aimco’s preferred stock and the Aimco Operating Partnership’s preferred OP units.
Refinancing Activity
During the year ended December 31, 2018, we addressed approximately half of our property loans maturing in 2019, 2020, and 2021. We placed $867.4 million of new loans, $740.4 million of fixed-rate loans at a weighted average interest rate of 4.20% and a weighted average term of 9.3 years, and $127.0 million of variable-rate loans with rates floating at 115 basis points over 30-day LIBOR and a weighted average term of 5.1 years. This refinancing activity results in an annual interest savings of $13.0 million.
Liquidity
Our liquidity consists of cash balances and available capacity on our revolving line of credit. During the year ended December 31, 2018, we exercised our option to expand our revolving credit facility by $200.0 million, bringing the total borrowing capacity to $800.0 million. As of December 31, 2018, we had cash and restricted cash of $72.6 million and had the capacity to borrow up to $632.5 million on our revolving credit facility, after consideration of $7.1 million letters of credit backed by the facility. We use our credit facility primarily for working capital and other short-term purposes and to secure letters of credit.
We manage our financial flexibility by maintaining an investment grade rating and holding apartment communities that are unencumbered by property debt. At December 31, 2018, we held unencumbered apartment communities with an estimated fair market value of approximately $2.7 billion, up 50% from December 31, 2017.
Two credit rating agencies rate our creditworthiness, using different methodologies and ratios for assessing our credit, and both have rated our credit and outlook as BBB- (stable), an investment grade rating. Although some of the ratios they use are similar to those we use to measure our leverage, there are differences in our methods of calculation and therefore our leverage ratios disclosed above are not indicative of the ratios that may be calculated by these agencies.

Equity Capital Activities
During the year ended December 31, 2018, we repurchased 8.7 million shares of common stock, of which 0.5 million settled in January 2019, all for $394.1 million, at a weighted average price of $45.33 per share, approximately a 20% discount to our published NAV per share. Approximately half of the repurchases were funded with proceeds from 2018 and January 2019 property sales at a premium to the values ascribed to these communities in our published NAV. The remaining half of repurchases are temporarily funded with borrowings on our credit facility. We expect to repay these borrowings with proceeds from the sale of communities now under contract, again at prices greater than those used in our published NAV. With the completion of these transactions, we will have increased NAV by an estimated $0.67 per share.
The 2019 property sales necessary to fund our share repurchases are expected to generate taxable gains of $285 million, which is in excess of our regular quarterly dividend. Accordingly, on February 3, 2019, Aimco’s Board of Directors declared a special dividend on the common stock that consists of $67.1 million in cash and 4.5 million shares of common stock. The special dividend will be payable on March 22, 2019, to stockholders of record as of February 22, 2019. The special dividend also includes the regular quarterly cash dividend, which for 2019 is expected to be $0.39 per share, which represents an increase of 3% compared to cash dividends paid during 2018.
Stockholders will have the opportunity to elect to receive the special dividend in the form of all cash or all stock, subject to proration if either option is oversubscribed. Based on Aimco’s closing share price on February 15, 2019, we estimate the aggregate value of the special dividend to be approximately $290.3 million. However, the actual value will vary depending on the price of Aimco common stock on the dividend valuation dates (March 11 and 12, 2019).
In order to neutralize the dilutive impact of the stock issued in the special dividend, Aimco’s Board also authorized a reverse stock split, effective on February 20, 2019. As a result, total shares outstanding following completion of both the special dividend and the reverse stock split are expected to be unchanged from the total shares outstanding immediately prior to the transactions. Some stockholders may have more Aimco shares and some may have fewer based on their individual elections. The reverse split will facilitate comparability of Aimco per share results before and after these transactions.
In aggregate, these transactions:
Increase NAV per share by 1%;
Do not affect Aimco’s regular quarterly cash dividend;
Reduce the number of Aimco shares outstanding by 6% (as a result of the share repurchases);
Minimize the aggregate tax paid by Aimco and its stockholders;
Are leverage neutral; and
Result in no change in the number of shares outstanding (as a result of the special dividend and the reverse stock split), thereby improving comparability of per share results.
Team and Culture
Our team and culture are keys to our success. Our intentional focus on a collaborative and productive culture based on respect for others and personal responsibility is reinforced by a preference for promotion from within based on succession planning and talent development to produce a strong, stable team that is the enduring foundation of our success. In 2018, we were recognized by the Denver Post as a Top Work Place for the sixth consecutive year, an accomplishment shared with only seven other companies in Colorado.
Key Financial Indicators
The key financial indicators that we use in managing our business and in evaluating our operating performance are Economic Income, our measure of long-term total return, and AFFO, our measure of current return. In addition to these indicators, we evaluate our operating performance and financial condition using: Pro forma FFO; Free Cash Flow; Same Store property net operating income; proportionate property net operating income; average revenue per effective apartment home; leverage ratios; and net leverage.

Results of Operations
Because our operating results depend primarily on income from our apartment communities, the supply of and demand for apartments influences our operating results. Additionally, the level of expenses required to operate and maintain our apartment communities and the pace and price at which we redevelop, acquire and dispose of our apartment communities affect our operating results.
The following discussion and analysis of the results of our operations and financial condition should be read in conjunction with the accompanying consolidated financial statements in Item 8.
Overview
2018 compared to2017
Net income attributable to Aimco and net income attributable to the Aimco Operating Partnership increased by $350.5 million and $370.4 million, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2018 as compared to 2017. The increase in income was primarily due to an increase in gain on dispositions of real estate, including the 2018 sale of our Asset Management business, and results of operations described more fully below, partially offset by an increase in depreciation and amortization resulting from redeveloped and developed apartment homes placed into service.

2017 compared to2016
Net income attributable to Aimco and net income attributable to the Aimco Operating Partnership decreased by $114.6 million and $120.0 million, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to 2016. The decrease in income was principally due to a decrease in gain on dispositions of real estate and an increase in depreciation and amortization resulting from redeveloped apartment homes placed into service and the completion of One Canal and the acquisition of Indigo in 2016, partially offset by improved operating results.
The following paragraphs discuss these and other items affecting the results of operations of Aimco and the Aimco Operating Partnership in more detail.
Property Operations
As described under the preceding Executive Overview heading, we have a single reportable segment, Real Estate, which consists of market rate apartment communities in which we hold a substantial equity ownership interest.
We use proportionate property net operating income to assess the operating performance of our Real Estate portfolio. Proportionate property net operating income reflects our share of rental and other property revenues, excluding resident utility reimbursement, less direct property operating expenses, net of resident utility reimbursement, and including real estate taxes, for consolidated apartment communities we manage. Accordingly, the results of operations of our Real Estate segment discussed below are presented on a proportionate basis and exclude the results of four apartment communities with 142 apartment homes that we neither manage nor consolidate. Beginning in 2018, our segment results below reflect utility reimbursements as a reduction of the corresponding expense. We have revised the 2017 and 2016 amounts to conform to this presentation.
We do not include offsite costs associated with property management or casualty-related amounts in our assessment of segment performance. Accordingly, these items are not allocated to our segment results discussed below.
Refer to Note 12 to the consolidated financial statements in Item 8 for further discussion regarding our reportable segment, including a reconciliation of these proportionate amounts to consolidated rental and other property revenues and property operating expenses.
Real Estate Proportionate Property Net Operating Income
We classify apartment communities within our Real Estate segment as Same Store and Other Real Estate. Same Store communities are those that have reached a stabilized level of operations as of the beginning of a two-year comparable period and maintained it throughout the current and comparable prior year, and are not expected to be sold within 12 months. Other Real Estate includes apartment communities that do not meet the Same Store definition, including, but not limited to: redevelopment and development apartment communities, which are those currently under construction that have not achieved a stabilized level of operations and those that have been completed in recent years that have not achieved and maintained stabilized operations for both the current and comparable prior year; acquisition apartment communities, which are those we have acquired since the beginning of a two-year comparable period; and communities that we expect to sell within 12 months but do not yet meet the criteria to be classified as held for sale.

As of December 31, 2018, our Real Estate segment consisted of 93 Same Store communities with 25,905 apartment homes and 35 Other Real Estate communities with 9,720 apartment homes.
From December 31, 2017 to December 31, 2018, on a net basis, our Same Store portfolio increased by one community and decreased by 481 apartment homes. These changes consisted of:
the addition of one developed apartment community with 91 apartment homes and one redeveloped apartment community with 104 apartment homes that were classified as Same Store upon maintaining stabilized operations for the entirety of the periods presented;
the addition of one acquired apartment community with 115 apartment homes that was classified as Same Store because we have now owned it for the entirety of the periods presented;
the addition of one apartment community with 492 apartment homes which we no longer expect to sell within 12 months;
the reduction of one apartment community with 821 apartment homes sold during the period;
the reduction of one apartment community with 94 apartment homes we expect to sell during 2019; and
the reduction of one apartment community with 368 apartment homes classified as held for sale at December 31, 2018.
As of December 31, 2018, our Other Real Estate communities included:
13 apartment communities with 6,294 apartment homes in redevelopment or development;
7 apartment communities with 1,943 apartment homes recently acquired; and
15 apartment communities with 1,483 apartment homes that do not meet the definition of Same Store because they are either subject to agreements that limit the amount by which we may increase rents or have not reached or maintained a stabilized level of occupancy as of the beginning of a two-year comparable period, often due to a casualty event.
Our Real Estate segment results for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, as presented below, are based on the apartment community classifications as of December 31, 2018.
 Year Ended December 31,
(in thousands)2018 2017 $ Change % Change
Rental and other property revenues before utility reimbursements:       
Same Store communities$580,536
 $563,040
 $17,496
 3.1%
Other Real Estate communities273,704
 218,154
 55,550
 25.5%
Total854,240
 781,194
 73,046
 9.4%
Property operating expenses, net of utility reimbursements:       
Same Store communities150,042
 145,301
 4,741
 3.3%
Other Real Estate communities88,818
 77,430
 11,388
 14.7%
Total238,860
 222,731
 16,129
 7.2%
Proportionate property net operating income:       
Same Store communities430,494
 417,739
 12,755
 3.1%
Other Real Estate communities184,886
 140,724
 44,162
 31.4%
Total$615,380
 $558,463
 $56,917
 10.2%
For the year ended December 31, 2018 compared to 2017, our Real Estate segment’s proportionate property net operating income increased $56.9 million, or 10.2%.
Same Store proportionate property net operating income increased by $12.8 million, or 3.1%. This increase was primarily attributable to a $17.5 million, or 3.1%, increase in rental and other property revenues due to higher average monthly revenues of $50 per Aimco apartment home comprised of increases in rental rates and a 50 basis point increase in average daily occupancy. Renewal rents, which is the rent paid by an existing resident who renewed a lease compared to the rent paid prior to renewal, were up 4.5% for the year ended December 31, 2018, and new lease rents, which is the rent paid by a new resident compared to the rent paid by the previous resident of the same apartment home, were up 1.5%, resulting in a weighted average increase of 3.0%. The increase in Same Store rental and other property revenues was partially offset by a $4.7 million, or 3.3%, increase in property operating expenses, primarily due to increases in real estate taxes and repairs and maintenance costs. During the year ended

December 31, 2018 compared to 2017, controllable operating expenses, which exclude utility costs, real estate taxes and insurance, increased by $1.5 million, or 2.0%.
The proportionate property net operating income of Other Real Estate communities increased by $44.2 million, or 31.4%, for the year ended December 31, 2018 compared to 2017 primarily due to:
a $24.1 million increase in property net operating income due to the 2018 acquisition of the four Philadelphia communities, Bent Tree Apartments and Avery Row, as well as the stabilization of Indigo;
an $11.0 million increase in property net operating income due to leasing activities at redevelopment and development communities, partially offset by decreases due to apartment homes taken out of service for redevelopment; and
higher property net operating income of $9.1 million from other communities, primarily the effect of our increased ownership interest in the Palazzo communities from our June 2017 reacquisition of a 47% limited partner interest in the related joint venture.
As of December 31, 2017, as defined by our segment performance metrics, our Real Estate portfolio consisted of 90 Same Store apartment communities with 25,197 apartment homes and 32 Other Real Estate communities with 8,845 apartment homes.
As of December 31, 2017, our Other Real Estate communities included:
15 apartment communities with 6,386 apartment homes in redevelopment or development;
2 apartment communities with 578 apartment homes recently acquired; and
15 apartment communities with 1,881 apartment homes that do not meet the definition of Same Store because they are either subject to agreements that limit the amount by which we may increase rents or have not reached or maintained a stabilized level of occupancy as of the beginning of a two-year comparable period, often due to a casualty event.
Our Real Estate segment results for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, as presented below, are based on the apartment community classifications as of December 31, 2017, and exclude amounts related to apartment communities sold or classified as held for sale during 2018. The results of operations for these communities are reflected in the comparable periods in the tables below.
 Year Ended December 31,
(in thousands)2017 2016 $ Change % Change
Rental and other property revenues before utility reimbursements:       
Same Store communities$547,912
 $530,619
 $17,293
 3.3%
Other Real Estate communities233,282
 189,683
 43,599
 23.0%
Total781,194
 720,302
 60,892
 8.5%
Property operating expenses, net of utility reimbursements:       
Same Store communities141,773
 140,007
 1,766
 1.3%
Other Real Estate communities80,958
 70,419
 10,539
 15.0%
Total222,731
 210,426
 12,305
 5.8%
Proportionate property net operating income:       
Same Store communities406,139
 390,612
 15,527
 4.0%
Other Real Estate communities152,324
 119,264
 33,060
 27.7%
Total$558,463
 $509,876
 $48,587
 9.5%
For the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to 2016, our Real Estate segment’s proportionate property net operating income increased $48.6 million, or 9.5%.
Same Store proportionate property net operating income increased by $15.5 million, or 4.0%. This increase was primarily attributable to a $17.3 million, or 3.3%, increase in rental and other property revenues due to higher average revenues of approximately $59 per effective home, comprised primarily of increases in rental rates. Renewal rents, which is the rent paid by an existing resident who renewed a lease compared to the rent paid prior to renewal, were up 4.6% for the year ended December 31, 2017, and new lease rents, which is the rent paid by a new resident compared to the rent paid by the previous resident of the same apartment home, were up 0.6%, resulting in a weighted average increase of 2.5%. The increase in Same Store rental and other property revenues was partially offset by a $1.8 million, or 1.3%, increase in property operating expenses, primarily due to

increases in real estate taxes. During the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to 2016, controllable operating expenses, which exclude utility costs, real estate taxes and insurance, decreased by $1.6 million, or 2.1%.
The proportionate property net operating income of Other Real Estate communities increased by $33.1 million, or 27.7%, for the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to 2016 primarily due to:
redevelopment and lease-up activities during the year ended December 31, 2017, which helped contribute to incremental property net operating income of $20.9 million compared to 2016; and
higher property net operating income of $12.0 million from other communities, including the effect of our increased ownership interest in the Palazzo communities from our June 2017 reacquisition of the 47% limited partner interest in the related joint venture.
Non-Segment Real Estate Operations
Operating income amounts not attributed to our Real Estate segment include offsite costs associated with property management, casualty losses, and the results of apartment communities sold or held for sale, reported in consolidated amounts, which we do not allocate to our Real Estate segment for purposes of evaluating segment performance, as described in Note 12 to the consolidated financial statements in Item 8.
For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, casualty losses totaled $4.0 million, $8.2 million and $5.6 million, respectively. Casualty losses during the year ended December 31, 2018 included several claims, primarily due to storm and fire damage, partially offset by recovery from insurance carriers for insured losses in excess of policy limits. Casualty losses were elevated during the year ended December 31, 2017, primarily due to hurricane damage.
For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, apartment communities previously in our Real Estate portfolio that were sold or classified as held for sale generated net operating income of $22.3 million, $59.6 million and $79.7 million, respectively.
Asset Management Results
Prior to the July 2018 sale of our Asset Management business, we provided asset management and other services to certain consolidated partnerships owning apartment communities that qualify for low-income housing tax credits and are structured to provide for the pass-through of tax credits and tax deductions to their partners.
Contribution from Asset Management in our consolidated financial statements included: fees and other amounts paid to us from the net operating income of partnerships served by our Asset Management business, less interest expense incurred on non-recourse property debt obligations of the partnerships; income associated with delivery of tax credits to the third-party investors in the partnerships; and transactional revenue and other income less asset management expenses, which included certain allocated offsite costs related to the operation of this business.
For the year ended December 31, 2018 compared to 2017, contribution from Asset Management decreased $19.3 million due to its July 2018 sale.
For the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to 2016, contribution from Asset Management decreased $8.8 million due to decreases in tax credit income as the result of delivering final credits and acquiring certain partners’ interests in the partnerships, as well as transactional revenues.
Depreciation and Amortization
For the year ended December 31, 2018 compared to 2017, depreciation and amortization expense increased by $11.6 million primarily due to apartment homes acquired in 2018 and renovated apartment homes placed in service after their completion, partially offset by decreases associated with apartment communities sold.
For the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to 2016, depreciation and amortization expense increased by $33.1 million primarily due to renovated apartment homes placed in service after their completion, a full year of depreciation following the 2016 completion of our One Canal development and 2016 acquisition of Indigo, and other capital additions, partially offset by decreases associated with apartment communities sold.
General and Administrative Expenses
In recent years, we have worked toward simplifying our business, including the sale of our Asset Management Business, which allowed us to reduce overhead and other costs. This simplification and our scale reductions have allowed us to reduce our offsite

costs, which consist of general and administrative expenses, property management expenses and investment management expenses, by $6.4 million, or 8.6%, over the last three years.
For the year ended December 31, 2018 compared to 2017, general and administrative expenses increased $2.6 million, primarily due to higher variable incentive compensation cost.
For the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to 2016, general and administrative expenses decreased $3.1 million, primarily due to lower personnel and related costs including incentive compensation, professional services, technology costs and other corporate costs.
Other Expenses, Net
Other expenses, net includes costs associated with our risk management activities, partnership administration expenses and certain non-recurring items.
For the year ended December 31, 2018 compared to 2017, other expenses, net decreased by $7.4 million, primarily due to the resolution of our litigation against Airbnb, and settlement of litigation related to the challenge to the title of the La Jolla Cove property which we acquired in 2014.
For the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to 2016, other expenses, net decreased by $3.1 million. The decrease was primarily due to the 2016 recognition of estimated future environmental clean-up and abatement costs associated with the matters discussed in Note 5 to the consolidated financial statements in Item 8, partially offset by legal costs we incurred related to a challenge to the title of the La Jolla Cove property.
Provision for Real Estate Impairment Loss
We recognized no provisions for impairment losses during the years ended December 31, 2018 or 2016.
During the year ended December 31, 2018, we agreed to sell our interests in the entities owning the La Jolla Cove property in settlement of legal actions filed in 2014 by a group of disappointed buyers who had hoped to acquire the property. As a result of the settlement, we recognized in our 2017 results a gross impairment loss of $35.8 million, $25.6 million of which related to the establishment of a deferred tax liability assumed in connection with our acquisition of the business entities. The tax liability was assumed by the buyer, resulting in no economic loss to us. The remaining $10.2 million loss was offset by cash distributions paid to us during our ownership and avoided legal costs for continued litigation. On an economic basis, we agreed to sell these entities at roughly our purchase price, adjusted for retained cash distributions and avoided legal costs.
Interest Income
For the year ended December 31, 2018 compared to 2017, interest income increased $2.6 million, primarily due to interest earned on the seller financing notes received as consideration in the sale of the La Jolla Cove property.
Interest Expense
For the year ended December 31, 2018 compared to 2017, interest expense, which includes the amortization of debt issuance costs and amortization of deferred financing costs, increased by $6.0 million, or 3.1%. The increase was primarily due to debt prepayment penalties of $14.9 million incurred in connection with 2018 property-level debt refinancing activity undertaken to refinance property-level debt that was scheduled to mature in 2019, 2020, and 2021, partially offset by a decrease in mortgage interest expense for communities sold and the sale of the Asset Management business in July 2018, and lower corporate-level interest.
For the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to 2016, interest expense decreased by $1.8 million, or 0.9%. The decrease was primarily due to lower average outstanding balances on non-recourse property debt for our Real Estate apartment communities and lower interest rates, resulting in an $11.9 million reduction in interest expense. These decreases were partially offset by higher amounts outstanding on corporate borrowings (including our term loan and incremental line borrowings used to temporarily fund the reacquisition of the Palazzo limited partner interests) and a decrease in capitalized interest associated with our redevelopment and development activities.
Other, Net
Other, net includes our equity in the income or loss of unconsolidated real estate partnerships, and the results of operations related to the NAPICO business, which we accounted for under the profit sharing method prior to the derecognition of the final property during 2017.

For the year ended December 31, 2018 compared to 2017, other, net decreased by $7.4 million, primarily due to the derecognition of the final NAPICO property in 2017, which resulted in a gain. For the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to 2016, other, net increased by $2.1 million, also attributed to gain recognized upon the derecognition of a NAPICO property.
Gain on Dispositions of Real Estate

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SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE

The table below summarizes dispositions of apartment communities from our Real Estate portfolio during the years ended 2018, 2017 and 2016 (dollars in millions):

  December 31,
  2018 2017 2016
Real Estate      
Number of apartment communities sold 4
 5
 7
Gross proceeds $242.3
 $397.0
 $517.0
Net proceeds (1) $235.7
 $385.3
 $511.0
Gain on disposition $175.2
 $297.9
 $383.6
(1)Net proceeds are after repayment of debt, if any, net working capital settlements, payment of transaction costs and debt prepayment penalties, if applicable.
The apartment communities sold from our Real Estate portfolio during 2018, 2017 and 2016 were primarily located outside of our primary markets or in lower-rated locations within our primary markets and had average revenues per apartment home significantly below those of our retained portfolio.
During the year ended December 31, 2018, we sold for $590 million our Asset Management business and our four Hunters Point communities. Please refer to Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements in Item 8 for further details regarding this sale.
Income Tax Benefit
Certain of our operations, including property management and risk management, are conducted through taxable REIT subsidiaries, or TRS entities. Additionally, some of our apartment communities are owned through TRS entities.
Our income tax benefit calculated in accordance with GAAP includes: (a) income taxes associated with the income or loss of our TRS entities, for which the tax consequences have been realized or will be realized in future periods; (b) low income housing tax credits generated prior to the sale of our Asset Management business that offset REIT taxable income, primarily from retained capital gains; and (c) historic tax credits that offset income tax obligations of our TRS entities. Income taxes related to these items, as well as changes in valuation allowance and the establishment of incremental deferred tax items in conjunction with intercompany asset transfers (if applicable), are included in income tax benefit in our consolidated statements of operations.
For the year ended December 31, 2018 compared to 2017, income tax benefit decreased by $17.8 million, from $30.8 million to $13.0 million. The decrease is primarily due to the reversal of a $19.3 million net tax benefit we recognized as a result of the December 2017 tax reform legislation in 2017 (as further discussed in Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements in Item 8) and higher tax expense related to gains on sale of real estate for communities held through TRS entities.
For the year ended December 31, 2017 compared to 2016, income tax benefit increased by $12.0 million, from $18.8 million to $30.8 million. The increase is primarily due to lower tax expense on the gains of sale of apartment communities, higher net operating losses at the TRS entities (including the La Jolla Cove impairment loss discussed above), higher tax benefit associated with low-income housing tax credits, and the $0.5 million net tax benefit we recognized for December 2017 tax reform legislation (as further discussed in Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements in Item 8).
Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Real Estate Partnerships
Noncontrolling interests in consolidated real estate partnerships reflects the results of our consolidated real estate partnerships allocated to the owners who are not affiliated with Aimco. The amounts of income or loss of our consolidated real estate partnerships that we allocate to owners not affiliated with Aimco include their share of property management fees, interest on notes and other amounts that we charge to these partnerships.
For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, we allocated net income of $8.2 million, $9.1 million, and $25.3 million, respectively, to noncontrolling interests in consolidated real estate partnerships. The amount of net income allocated to noncontrolling interests was driven by three primary factors: the operations of the consolidated apartment communities; gains on

the sale of apartment communities with noncontrolling interest holders; and the results of operations of the NAPICO business, as further discussed below.
The amount of net income allocated to noncontrolling interests resulting from operations of the consolidated apartment communities was $0.3 million, $2.4 million and $4.4 millioncompensation for the years ended December 31,2020, 2019, and 2018 2017 and 2016.
Gains on the sale of apartment communities allocated to noncontrolling interests totaled $7.9 million, $7.3 million and $13.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
We derecognized the NAPICO business in two transactions, which occurred in 2017 and 2016. We allocated an $8.1 million gain on sale and a $0.6 million net loss, respectively, to the noncontrolling interest holders in connection with the 2017 and 2016 transactions.
Net Income Attributable to Aimco Preferred Stockholders and the Aimco Operating Partnership’s Preferred Unitholders
Net income attributable to Aimco preferred stockholders and the Aimco Operating Partnership’s preferred unitholders decreased by $3.4 million and $2.9 million, respectively, during the year ended December 31, 2017 as compared to 2016. These decreases were primarily due to Aimco’s redemption of its Class Z Preferred Stock in 2016.
Noncontrolling Interests in Aimco Operating Partnership
In Aimco’s consolidated financial statements, noncontrolling interests in the Aimco Operating Partnership reflects the resultseach of the Aimco Operating Partnership that are allocated to the OP Unit holders. Allocations to noncontrolling interests in the Aimco Operating Partnership fluctuate in proportion to variations in net income, as described above. For the year ended December 31, 2018 compared to 2017, net income allocated to noncontrolling interests in the Aimco Operating Partnership increased $20.0 million primarily due to the increase in net income, as well as an increase in the percentage allocated following the issuance of OP Units as partial consideration for the acquisition of the four Philadelphia properties, discussed further in Note 3 to the consolidated financial statements. Net income allocated to noncontrolling interests in the Aimco Operating Partnership for the year ended December 31, 2017 decreased $5.9 million as compared to 2016 due to the decrease in net income between the periods.NEOs.

 

 

Name and Principal

Position

 

Year

 

Salary

($)

 

 

Bonus

($)

 

 

Stock

Awards

($) (1)

 

 

Option

Awards

($) (2)

 

 

Non-Equity

Incentive Plan

Compensation

($) (3)

 

 

All Other

Compensation

($) (4)

 

 

Total

($)

 

Wesley W. Powell —

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

President and Chief

Executive Officer

 

2020

 

 

450,000

 

 

 

175,000

 

(5)

 

501,417

 

(6)

 

 

 

 

630,437

 

 

 

2,850

 

 

 

1,759,704

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H. Lynn Stanfield —

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Executive Vice

President and Chief

Financial Officer

 

2020

 

 

425,000

 

 

 

350,000

 

(5)

 

423,975

 

(7)

 

 

 

 

616,642

 

 

 

2,850

 

 

 

1,818,467

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jennifer B. Johnson —

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel

 

2020

 

 

362,440

 

 

 

250,000

 

(5)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

482,179

 

 

 

2,850

 

 

 

1,097,469

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Terry Considine —

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Former Chairman of

the Board of Directors,

President and Chief

Executive Officer (8)

 

2020

 

 

700,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,300,006

 

(9)

 

 

 

 

1,800,000

 

 

 

2,850

 

 

 

6,802,856

 

 

 

2019

 

 

700,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,275,005

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,326,450

 

 

 

4,000

 

 

 

7,305,455

 

 

 

2018

 

 

700,000

 

 

 

 

 

4,011,053

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,058,600

 

 

 

3,750

 

 

 

6,773,403

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paul L. Beldin —

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Former Executive

Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer (8)

 

2020

 

 

450,000

 

 

 

250,000

 

(5)

 

309,027

 

(10)

 

61,671

 

(10)

 

250,000

 

 

 

2,850

 

 

 

1,323,548

 

 

 

2019

 

 

450,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

410,214

 

 

 

 

 

 

311,763

 

 

 

4,000

 

 

 

1,175,977

 

 

 

2018

 

 

450,000

 

 

 

 

 

744,437

 

 

 

 

 

 

575,685

 

 

 

3,750

 

 

 

1,773,872

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lisa R. Cohn —

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Former Executive

Vice President, General

Counsel and Secretary (8)

 

2020

 

 

450,000

 

 

 

550,000

 

(5)

 

955,356

 

(11)

 

146,667

 

(11)

 

687,500

 

 

 

2,850

 

 

 

2,792,373

 

 

 

2019

 

 

450,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,219,532

 

 

 

 

 

 

685,878

 

 

 

4,000

 

 

 

2,359,410

 

 

 

2018

 

 

450,000

 

 

 

 

 

1,042,179

 

 

 

 

 

 

670,900

 

 

 

3,750

 

 

 

2,166,829

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keith M. Kimmel —

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Former Executive

Vice President of Property Operations (8)

 

2020

 

 

450,000

 

 

 

125,000

 

(5)

 

752,070

 

(12)

 

 

 

 

500,000

 

 

 

2,850

 

 

 

1,829,920

 

 

 

2019

 

 

450,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

803,764

 

 

 

 

 

 

593,746

 

 

 

4,000

 

 

 

1,851,510

 

 

 

2018

 

 

450,000

 

 

 

 

 

719,605

 

 

 

 

 

 

456,398

 

 

 

3,750

 

 

 

1,629,753

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
We prepare our consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP, which requires us to make estimates and assumptions. We believe that the following critical accounting policies involve our more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of our consolidated financial statements.
Capitalized Costs
We capitalize costs, including certain indirect costs, incurred in connection with our capital additions activities, including redevelopments and developments, other tangible apartment community improvements and replacements of existing apartment community components. Included in these capitalized costs are payroll costs associated with time spent by site employees in connection with the planning, execution and control of all capital additions activities at the apartment community level. We characterize as “indirect costs” an allocation of certain department costs, including payroll, at the area operations and corporate levels that clearly relate to capital additions activities. We also capitalize interest, property taxes and insurance during periods in which redevelopments and developments are in progress. We commence capitalization of costs, including certain indirect costs, incurred in connection with our capital addition activities, at the point in time when activities necessary to get apartment communities ready for their intended use begin. These activities include when apartment communities or apartment homes are undergoing physical construction, as well as when apartment homes are held vacant in advance of planned construction, provided that other activities such as permitting, planning and design are in progress. We cease the capitalization of costs when the apartment communities or components thereof are substantially complete and ready for their intended use, which is typically when construction has been completed and apartment homes are available for occupancy. We charge costs including ordinary repairs, maintenance and resident turnover costs to property operating expense, as incurred. Refer to the discussion of investing activities within the Liquidity and Capital Resources section for a summary of costs capitalized during the periods presented.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
Real estate and other long-lived assets to be held and used are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation and amortization, unless the carrying amount of the asset is not recoverable. If events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an apartment community may not be recoverable, we make an assessment of its recoverability by comparing the carrying amount to our estimate of the undiscounted future cash flows, excluding interest charges, of the apartment community. If the carrying amount exceeds the estimated aggregate undiscounted future cash flows, we recognize an impairment loss to the extent the carrying amount exceeds the estimated fair value of the apartment community.

As part of our portfolio strategy, we seek to sell up to 10% of our portfolio annually and to reinvest the proceeds from such sales in accretive uses such as capital enhancements, redevelopments, occasional developments, and selective acquisitions with projected Free Cash Flow internal rates of return higher than expected from the communities being sold. As we execute this strategy, we evaluate alternatives to sell or reduce our interest in apartment communities that do not align with our long-term investment strategy, although there is no assurance that we will sell or reduce our investment in such apartment communities during the desired time frame. For any apartment communities that are sold or meet the criteria to be classified as held for sale during the next 12 months, the reduction in the estimated holding period for these apartment communities may result in impairment losses.
Non-GAAP Measures
Various of the key financial indicators we use in managing our business and in evaluating our financial condition and operating performance are non-GAAP measures. Key non-GAAP measures we use are defined and described below, and for those non-GAAP measures used or disclosed within this annual report, reconciliations of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most comparable financial measure computed in accordance with GAAP are provided.
We measure our long-term total return using Economic Income, which is a non-GAAP financial measure and is defined and further described below under the Economic Income heading.
Funds from Operations, or FFO, Pro forma FFO and Adjusted FFO, or AFFO, are non-GAAP financial measures, which are defined and further described below under the Funds From Operations, Pro forma Funds From Operations and Adjusted Funds From Operations heading.
Net Asset Value, or NAV, Free Cash Flow, or FCF, as calculated for our retained portfolio, represents an apartment community’s property net operating income, or NOI, less spending for Capital Replacements, which represents our estimation of the capital additions made to replace capital assets consumed during our ownership period (further discussed under the Funds From Operations, Pro forma Funds From Operations and Adjusted Funds From Operations heading and the Liquidity and Capital Resources heading). FCF margin as calculated for apartment communities sold represents the sold apartment community’s NOI less $1,200 per apartment home of assumed annual capital replacement spending, as a percentage of the apartment community’s rental and other property revenues. Capital replacement spending represents a measure of capital asset usage during the period; therefore, we believe that FCF is useful to investors as a supplemental measure of apartment community performance because it takes into consideration costs incurred during the period to replace capital assets that have been consumed during our ownership.
Economic Income
Economic Income represents stockholder value creation as measured by the change in estimated NAV per share plus cash dividends per share. We believe Economic Income is important to investors as it represents a measure of the total return we have earned for our stockholders. NAV, as used in our calculation of Economic Income, is a non-GAAP measure and represents the estimated fair value of assets net of liabilities attributable to Aimco’s common stockholders and the Aimco Operating Partnership’s common unitholders on a diluted basis. We believe NAV is considered useful by some investors in real estate companies because the value of company assets can be readily estimated, even for non-earning assets such as land or properties under development. NAV has the advantage of incorporating the investment decisions of thousands of real estate investors. We believe it enhances comparability among companies that have differences in their accounting. While NAV is not identical to liquidation value in that some costs and benefits are disregarded, it is often considered a floor with upside for value ascribed to the operating platform. NAV also provides an objective basis for the perceived quality and predictability of future cash flows as well as their expected growth as these are factors considered by real estate investors.
Our estimated NAV per share and the quoted share price of Aimco Common Stock are not necessarily equal. Although we use Economic Income and NAV for comparability in assessing our value creation compared to other REITs, not all REITs publish these measures and those who do may not compute them in the same manner. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that our basis for computing these measures is comparable with that of other REITs.
We report NAV on a semiannual basis, as of the end of the first and third quarters. Economic Income for 2018 was calculated using the change in NAV per share between September 30, 2017 and 2018. NAV will fluctuate over time. This NAV information should not be relied upon as representative of the amount a stockholder could expect to receive in a liquidation event, now or in the future. Certain assets are excluded as are certain liabilities, such as taxes and transaction costs associated with a liquidation. In addition, NAV is based on management’s subjective judgments, assumptions and opinions as of the date of determination. We assume no obligation to revise or update NAV to reflect subsequent or future events or circumstances. Our NAV estimate is subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control, including, without limitation, those described in Item 1A. Risk Factors.

A reconciliation of NAV to Aimco’s total equity, which we believe is the most directly comparable GAAP measure, as of September 30, 2018, is provided below (in millions, except per share data):
Total equity   $2,194
Fair value adjustment for Real Estate portfolio    
 Less: consolidated real estate, at depreciated cost $(5,731)  
 Plus: fair value of real estate (1)    
 Stabilized portfolio fair value (2)$10,806
   
 Non-stabilized portfolio fair value (3)2,052
   
 Total real estate at fair value
12,858
  
 Adjustment to present real estate at fair value   7,127
Fair value adjustment for total indebtedness    
 Plus: consolidated total indebtedness, net related to Real Estate portfolio 3,647
  
 Less: fair value of indebtedness related to real estate shown above (4) (3,591)  
  Adjustment to present indebtedness at fair value   56
Adjustments to present other tangible assets, liabilities and preferred equity at fair value (5)   (155)
Estimated NAV   $9,222
 Total shares, units and dilutive share equivalents (6)   166
Estimated NAV per weighted average common share and unit - diluted   $56
(1)We compute NAV by estimating the value of our communities, using methods we believe are appropriate based on the characteristics of the communities. For purposes of estimating NAV, real estate at fair value disclosed above includes wholly owned apartment communities plus our proportionate share of communities held by non-wholly owned entities (both consolidated and unconsolidated). A reconciliation of our consolidated apartment communities to those communities included in total real estate at fair value in the table above is as follows:

(1)

Consolidated apartment communities as of September 30, 2018129
Plus: Unconsolidated apartment communities4
Apartment communities in total real estate at fair value for NAV133
For valuation purposes at September 30, 2018, we segregated these 133 communities into the following categories: stabilized portfolio and non-stabilized portfolio.
(2)As of September 30, 2018, our stabilized portfolio includes 122 communities that had reached stabilized operations and were not expected to be sold within twelve months. We value this portfolio using a direct capitalization rate method based on

This column represents the annualized proportionate property NOI for the three months ended September 30, 2018, less a 2% management fee. Market property management fees range between 1.5% and 3.0% with larger, higher quality portfolios at the lower end of that range. The weighted average estimated capitalization rate as applied to the annualized property NOI was 4.96%, which we calculate on a property-by-property basis, based primarily on information published by a third-party. Community characteristics that we use to determine comparable market capitalization rates include: the market in which the community is located; infill or suburban location within the market; property quality grade; and whether the community is stabilized or value-add. We used this valuation method for approximately 84% of real estate fair value at September 30, 2018.

(3)The non-stabilized portfolio includes six apartment communities under redevelopment or development at September 30, 2018. We valued these communities by discounting projected future cash flows. Key assumptions used to estimate the value of these communities include: revenues, which are based on in-place rents, projected submarket rent growth to community stabilization based on projections published by third parties and adjusted for the impacts of redevelopment; expenses, which are based on estimated operating costs adjusted for inflation and a management fee equal to 2% of projected revenue; estimated remaining costs to complete construction; and a terminal value based on current market capitalization rates plus five basis points per year from September 30, 2018 to community stabilization. Discount rates applied to estimated future cash flows of these communities ranged between 6.30% and 6.40% depending on construction and lease-up progress as of September 30, 2018. We used this valuation method for approximately 12% of the real estate fair value at September 30, 2018. The non-stabilized portfolio also included five recently acquired apartment communities valued at purchase price and certain land investments at Aimco’s carrying value that represent approximately 4% of real estate fair value at September 30, 2018. Our calculation of NAV does not include such future values as air rights, the potential for increased density, nor the potential for completion of future phases of redevelopments.
(4)We calculate theaggregate grant date fair value of indebtedness related to real estate as the carrying value of our non-recourse property debt adjusted for the mark-to-market asset on our fixed-rate property debt as of September 30, 2018, plus the outstanding balances on the revolving line of credit and term loan, which approximate their fair value as of September 30, 2018. The fair value of debt takes into account the duration of the existing property debt, as well as its loan to value ratio and debt service coverage. For purposes of estimating NAV, the fair value of debt includes our proportionate share of debt related to non-wholly owned entities (both consolidated and unconsolidated).

(5)Other tangible assets consist of cash, restricted cash, accounts receivable and other assets for which we reasonably expect to receive cash through the normal course of operations or another future event. Other tangible liabilities consist of accounts payable, accrued liabilities and other tangible liabilities we reasonably expect to settle in cash through the normal course of operations or another future event. Other tangible assets and liabilities were generally valued at their carrying amounts and reduced by the noncontrolling interests’ portion of these amounts and exclude intangible assets and liabilities reflected on our consolidated balance sheet. The fair value of our preferred stock is estimated as the closing share price on September 30, 2018, less accrued dividends. Such accrued dividends are assumed to be accounted forawards in the closing share price and these amounts are also included in other tangible liabilities. For purposes of this NAV calculation, no realizable value has been assigned to goodwill or other intangible assets. Deferred income, which includes below market lease liabilities, recognizedyear granted computed in accordance with GAAPFASB ASC Topic 718. For additional information on the valuation assumptions with respect to the grants reflected in connection withthis column for 2020, refer to the purchase of the related apartment communities, and cash received in prior periods and requiredShare-Based Compensation footnote to be deferred under GAAP, is excluded from this NAV calculation.
(6)Total shares, units and dilutive share equivalents represents Common Stock, OP Units, participating unvested restricted shares and the dilutive effect of common stock equivalents outstanding as of September 30, 2018.
Funds From Operations, Pro forma Funds From Operations and Adjusted Funds From Operations
FFO is a non-GAAP financial measure that we believe, when considered with the financial statements determined in accordance with GAAP, is helpful to investors in understanding our performance because it captures features particular to real estate performance by recognizing that real estate generally appreciates over time or maintains residual value to a much greater extent than do other depreciable assets such as machinery, computers or other personal property. The National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts, or Nareit, defines FFO as net income computed in accordance with GAAP, excluding: depreciation and amortization related to real estate; gains and losses from sales and impairment of depreciable assets and land used in our primary business; and income taxes, current or deferred, directly associated with a gain or loss on sale of real estate, and including our share of the FFO of unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures. Adjustments for unconsolidated partnerships and joint ventures are calculated on the same basis to determine FFO. We calculate FFO attributable to Aimco common stockholders (diluted) by subtracting dividends on preferred stock and amounts allocated from FFO to participating securities.
In addition to FFO, we compute Pro forma FFO and AFFO, which are also non-GAAP financial measures that we believe are helpful to investors in understanding our performance. Pro forma FFO represents FFO attributable to Aimco common stockholders (diluted), excluding preferred equity redemption-related amounts and certain other income or costs, adjusted for noncontrolling interests. Preferred equity redemption-related amounts (gains or losses) are items that periodically affect our operating results and we exclude these items from our calculation of Pro forma FFO because such amounts are not representative of our operating performance.
In computing 2018 Pro forma FFO, we made a number of adjustments. We were engaged in litigation with Airbnb, which was resolved during the year. Due to the unpredictable nature of these proceedings, related amounts recognized, net of income tax effect, have been excluded from Pro forma FFO. In connection with the sale of our Asset Management business, we incurred severance costs during 2018. We exclude such costs from Pro forma FFO because we believe these costs incurred are closely related to the sale of the business. We also excluded from Pro forma FFO the tax benefit due to the release of a valuation allowance. Due to the sale of the Asset Management business, we expect to realize our deferred tax benefits. As a result, we determined the valuation allowance recorded in connection with recognizing the effect of the 2017 tax reform is no longer necessary. We excluded the effect of the establishment of the valuation allowance from Pro forma FFO and as such have excluded the benefit from its release. We have also excluded the impact of tax reform. Finally, we addressed approximately half of our property loans maturing in 2019, 2020 and 2021. In connection with this activity, we incurred debt extinguishment costs, which we have excluded from Pro forma FFO.
AFFO represents Pro forma FFO reduced by Capital Replacements, which represents our estimation of the actual capital additions made to replace capital assets consumed during our ownership period. When we make capital additions at an apartment community, we evaluate whether the additions extend the useful life of an asset as compared to its condition at the time we purchased the apartment community. We classify as Capital Improvements those capital additions that meet these criteria, and we classify as Capital Replacements those that do not. AFFO is a key financial indicator we use to evaluate our operational performance and is one of the factors that we use to determine the amounts of our dividend payments.
FFO, Pro forma FFO and AFFO should not be considered alternatives to net income, as determined in accordance with GAAP, as indications of our performance. Although we use these non-GAAP measures for comparability in assessing our performance compared to other REITs, not all REITs compute these same measures and those who do may not compute them in the same manner. Additionally, computation of AFFO is subject to our definition of Capital Replacement spending. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that our basis for computing these non-GAAP measures is comparable with that of other REITs.

For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, Aimco’s FFO, Pro forma FFO and AFFO are calculated as follows (in thousands):
 2018 2017 2016
Net income attributable to Aimco common stockholders (1)$656,597
 $306,861
 $417,781
Adjustments:     
Real estate depreciation and amortization, net of noncontrolling partners’ interest368,961
 352,109
 314,840
Gain on dispositions and other, net of noncontrolling partners’ interest(669,450) (262,583) (381,131)
Income tax adjustments related to gain on dispositions and other items (2)27,310
 (8,265) 6,374
Common noncontrolling interests in Aimco Operating Partnership’s share of above adjustments14,063
 (3,810) 2,782
Amounts allocable to participating securities402
 (81) 88
FFO attributable to Aimco common stockholders – diluted$397,883
 $384,231
 $360,734
Adjustments, all net of common noncontrolling interests in Aimco OP and participating securities:     
Preferred equity redemption related amounts
 
 1,877
Tax provision (benefit) related to tax reform legislation (3)273
 (498) 
Tax benefit due to release of valuation allowance (4)(19,349) 
 
Litigation, net (5)(8,558) 
 
Severance costs (6)1,282
 
 
Prepayment penalties, net (7)14,089
 
 
Pro forma FFO attributable to Aimco common stockholders – diluted$385,620
 $383,733
 $362,611
Capital Replacements, net of common noncontrolling interests in Aimco Operating Partnership and participating securities(48,493) (51,760) (55,289)
AFFO attributable to Aimco common stockholders – diluted$337,127
 $331,973
 $307,322
Weighted average common shares outstanding – diluted (FFO, Pro forma FFO and
AFFO) (8)
156,053
 156,796
 156,391
      
Net income attributable to Aimco per common share – diluted$4.21
 $1.96
 $2.67
FFO per share – diluted$2.55
 $2.45
 $2.31
Pro Forma FFO per share – diluted$2.47
 $2.45
 $2.32
AFFO per share – diluted$2.16
 $2.12
 $1.97
(1)
Represents the numerator for calculating Aimco’s earnings per common share in accordance with GAAP (see Note 10 to the consolidated financial statements in Item 8).
(2)For the year ended December 31, 2018, income taxes related to gain on dispositions and other items includes tax on the gain on the sale of the Asset Management business, as well as tax on the gain on the sale of apartment communities during the year ended December 31, 2018.
(3)In connection with the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act signed into law in December 2017, we recognized income tax benefit during 2017 and adjusted the estimated impact of tax reform upon the conclusion of our analysis of the effects during 2018. We have excluded such amounts from Pro forma FFO.
(4)Due to the sale of the Asset Management business, we expect to realize our deferred tax benefits. As a result, we have determined that a valuation allowance is no longer necessary. We excluded the effect of the establishment of the valuation allowance from Pro forma FFO and as such have excluded the benefit from its release.
(5)During 2018, we were engaged in litigation with Airbnb, which was resolved during the year. Due to the unpredictable nature of these proceedings, related amounts recognized, net of income tax effect, have been excluded from Pro forma FFO.
(6)We incurred severance costs in connection with the sale of our Asset Management business. We exclude such costs from Pro forma FFO because we believe these costs are closely related to the sale of the business.
(7)In connection with 2018 refinancing activity undertaken related to property-level debt scheduled to mature in 2019, 2020 and 2021, we incurred debt extinguishment costs, net of income tax effect, which have been excluded from Pro forma FFO.
(8)Represents the denominator for Aimco’s earnings per common share – diluted, calculated in accordance with GAAP.
Refer to the Executive Overview for discussion of our Pro forma FFO and AFFO results for 2018, as compared to their comparable periods in 2017.

Refer to the Liquidity and Capital Resources section for further information regarding our capital investing activities, including Capital Replacements.
The Aimco Operating Partnership does not separately compute or report FFO, Pro forma FFO or AFFO. However, based on Aimco’s method for allocation of such amounts to noncontrolling interests in the Aimco Operating Partnership, as well as limited differences between the amounts of net income attributable to Aimco’s common stockholders and the Aimco Operating Partnership’s unit holders during the periods presented, FFO, Pro forma FFO and AFFO amounts on a per unit basis for the Aimco Operating Partnership would be expected to be substantially the same as the corresponding per share amounts for Aimco.
Leverage Ratios
As discussed under the Balance Sheet and Liquidity heading, as part of our leverage strategy, we target the ratio of Proportionate Debt and Preferred Equity to Adjusted EBITDA to be below 7.0x and we target the ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to Adjusted Interest Expense and Preferred Dividends to be greater than 2.5x. We believe these ratios are important measures as they are commonly used by investors and analysts to assess the relative financial risk associated with balance sheets of companies within the same industry, and they are believed to be similar to measures used by rating agencies to assess entity credit quality.
We calculate Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Interest Expense used in our leverage ratios based on the most recent three month amounts, annualized.
Proportionate Debt, as used in our leverage ratios, is a non-GAAP measure and includes our share of the long-term, non-recourse property debt secured by apartment communities in the Real Estate portfolio and outstanding borrowings under our revolving credit facility, reduced by our share of the cash and restricted cash of our consolidated and unconsolidated partnerships owning communities in our Real Estate portfolio, and also by our investment in the subordinate tranches of a securitization trust that holds certain of our property debt, which is essentially an investment in our own non-recourse property loans.
In our Proportionate Debt computation, we increase our recorded debt by unamortized debt issue costs because these amounts represent cash expended in earlier periods and do not reduce our contractual obligations, and we reduce our recorded debt by the amounts of cash and restricted cash on-hand which are primarily restricted under the terms of our property debt agreements, assuming these amounts would be used to reduce our outstanding leverage. We further reduce our recorded debt by the value of our investment in a securitization trust that holds certain of our property debt, as our payments of principal and interest associated with such property debt will ultimately repay our investments in the trust.
We believe Proportionate Debt is useful to investors as it is a measure of our net exposure to debt obligations. Proportionate Debt, as used in our leverage ratios, is calculated as set forth in the table below.
Preferred Equity, as used in our leverage ratios, represents the redemption amounts for Aimco’s preferred stock and the Aimco Operating Partnership’s preferred OP Units. Preferred Equity, although perpetual in nature, is another component of our overall leverage.
Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure. We believe Adjusted EBITDA provides investors relevant and useful information because it allows investors to view income from our operations on an unleveraged basis, before the effects of taxes, depreciation and amortization, gains or losses on sales of and impairment losses related to real estate, and various other items described below. Adjusted EBITDA represents Aimco’s share of the consolidated amount of our net income, adjusted to exclude the effect of the following items for the reasons set forth below:
Adjusted Interest Expense, defined below, to allow investors to compare a measure of our earnings before the effects of our indebtedness with that of other companies in the real estate industry;
preferred dividends, to allow investors to compare a measure of our performance before the effects of our capital structure with that of other companies in the real estate industry;
income taxes, to allow investors to measure our performance independent of income taxes, which may vary significantly from other companies within our industry due to leverage and tax planning strategies, among other factors;
depreciation and amortization, gains or losses on dispositions and impairment losses related to real estate, for similar reasons to those set forth in our discussion of FFO, Pro forma FFO and AFFO in the preceding section; and
other items, including gains on dispositions of non-depreciable assets, as these are items that periodically affect our operations but that are not necessarily representative of our ability to service our debt obligations.

While Adjusted EBITDA is a relevant measure of performance and is commonly used in leverage ratios, it does not represent net income as defined by GAAP, and should not be considered as an alternative to net income in evaluating our performance. Further, our definition and computation of Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to similar measures reported by other companies.
Adjusted Interest Expense, as calculated in our leverage ratios, is a non-GAAP measure that we believe is meaningful for investors and analysts as it presents our share of current recurring interest requirements associated with leverage. Adjusted Interest Expense represents our proportionate share of interest expense on non-recourse property debt encumbering apartment communities in the Real Estate portfolio and interest expense on our term loan and revolving credit facility borrowings. We exclude from our calculation of Adjusted Interest Expense:
debt prepayment penalties, which are items that, from time to time, affect our operating results, but are not representative of our scheduled interest obligations;
the amortization of debt issue costs, as these amounts have been expended in previous periods and are not representative of our current or prospective debt service requirements; and
the income we receive on our investment in the securitization trust that holds certain of our property debt, as this income is being generated indirectly from interest we pay with respect to property debt held by the trust.
Preferred Dividends represents the preferred dividends paid on Aimco’s preferred stock and the preferred distributions paid on the Aimco Operating Partnership’s preferred OP Units, exclusive of preferred equity redemption related amounts. We add Preferred Dividends to Adjusted Interest Expense for a more complete picture of the interest and dividend requirements of our leverage, inclusive of perpetual preferred equity.

Reconciliations of the most closely related GAAP measures to our calculations of Proportionate Debt, Preferred Equity, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Interest Expense and Preferred Dividends, as used in our leverage ratios, are as follows (in thousands):
 December 31, 2018
Total indebtedness associated with Real Estate portfolio$4,075,665
Adjustments: 
Debt issue costs related to non-recourse property debt21,695
Debt related to assets classified as held for sale22,693
Proportionate share adjustments related to debt obligations of consolidated and unconsolidated partnerships(9,533)
Cash and restricted cash(72,595)
Proportionate share adjustments related to cash and restricted cash held by consolidated and unconsolidated partnerships912
Securitization trust investment and other(88,457)
Proportionate Debt$3,950,380
  
Preferred stock$125,000
Preferred OP Units101,291
Preferred Equity226,291
Proportionate Debt and Preferred Equity$4,176,671
 Three Months Ended
 December 31, 2018
Net income attributable to Aimco Common Stockholders$5,226
Adjustments: 
Adjusted Interest Expense38,424
Income tax benefit(409)
Depreciation and amortization, net of noncontrolling interest91,249
Gain on dispositions and other, inclusive of related income taxes and net of noncontrolling partners’ interests2,311
Preferred stock dividends2,148
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests in Aimco Operating Partnership2,291
Pro forma adjustment (1)3,342
Adjusted EBITDA$144,582
  
Annualized Adjusted EBITDA$578,328
(1)Our Adjusted EBITDA has been calculated on a pro forma basis to adjust for significant items impacting the three months ended December 31, 2018 for which annualization would distort the results.
 Three Months Ended
 December 31, 2018
Interest expense$57,441
Adjustments: 
Proportionate share adjustments related to interest of consolidated and unconsolidated partnerships(84)
Debt prepayment penalties and other non-interest items(15,531)
Amortization of debt issue costs(1,441)
Interest income earned on securitization trust investment(1,961)
Adjusted Interest Expense$38,424
  
Preferred stock dividends2,148
Preferred OP Unit distributions1,934
Preferred Dividends4,082
Adjusted Interest Expense and Preferred Dividends$42,506
  
Annualized Adjusted Interest Expense$153,696
Annualized Adjusted Interest Expense and Preferred Dividends$170,024

Liquidity and Capital Resources
Liquidity
Liquidity is the ability to meet present and future financial obligations. Our primary source of liquidity is cash flow from operations. Additional sources are proceeds from sales of apartment communities, proceeds from refinancings of existing property debt, borrowings under new property debt, borrowings under our revolving credit facility and proceeds from equity offerings.
Our principal uses for liquidity include normal operating activities, payments of principal and interest on outstanding property debt, capital expenditures, dividends paid to stockholders, distributions paid to noncontrolling interest partners and acquisitions of apartment communities. We use our cash and cash equivalents and our cash provided by operating activities to meet short-term liquidity needs. In the event that our cash and cash equivalents and cash provided by operating activities are not sufficient to cover our short-term liquidity needs, we have additional means, such as short-term borrowing availability and proceeds from apartment community sales and refinancings. We may use our revolving credit facility for working capital and other short-term purposes, such as funding investments on an interim basis. We expect to meet our long-term liquidity requirements, such as debt maturities, redevelopment spending and apartment community acquisitions, through primarily non-recourse, long-term borrowings, the issuance of equity securities (including OP Units), the sale of apartment communities and cash generated from operations.
As of December 31, 2018, our primary sources of liquidity were as follows:
$36.9 million in cash and cash equivalents;
$35.7 million of restricted cash, which consists primarily of escrows related to resident security deposits and reserves and escrows held by lenders for capital additions, property taxes and insurance; and
$632.5 million of available capacity to borrow under our revolving credit facility after consideration of $7.1 million of letters of credit backed by the facility.
At December 31, 2018, we also held unencumbered apartment communities with an estimated fair market value of approximately $2.7 billion, up 50.0% from December 31, 2017.
Leverage and Capital Resources
The availability of credit and its related effect on the overall economy may affect our liquidity and future financing activities, both through changes in interest rates and access to financing. Currently, interest rates are low compared to historical levels and many lenders are active in the market. However, any adverse changes in the lending environment could negatively affect our liquidity. We believe we have mitigated much of this exposure by reducing our short and intermediate term maturity risk through refinancing such loans with long-dated, fixed-rate property debt. However, if property financing options become unavailable for our further debt needs, we may consider alternative sources of liquidity, such as reductions in capital spending or proceeds from apartment community dispositions.
Two credit rating agencies rate our creditworthiness and both have rated our credit and outlook as BBB- (stable), an investment grade rating. Our investment grade rating would be useful in accessing capital through the sale of bonds in private or public transactions. However, our intention and historical practice has been to raise debt capital in the form of property-level, non-recourse, long-dated, fixed-rate, amortizing debt, the cost of which is generally less than that of recourse debt and the terms of which also provide for greater balance sheet safety.
As of December 31, 2018, approximately 91.0% of our leverage consisted of property-level, non-recourse, long-dated, amortizing debt. Approximately 93.4% of our property-level debt is fixed-rate, which provides a hedge against increases in interest rates, capitalization rates and inflation. The weighted average maturity of our property-level debt was 8.0 years.
Of our property-level debt, $167.5 million of our unpaid principal balances mature during 2019. On average, 7.6% of our unpaid principal balances will mature each year from 2020 through 2022.
While our primary source of leverage is property-level, non-recourse, long-dated, fixed-rate, amortizing debt, we also have a credit facility with a syndicate of financial institutions. During the year ended December 31, 2018, we exercised our $200.0 million expansion option on the credit facility, increasing the total capacity to $800.0 million. As of December 31, 2018, we had $160.4 million of outstanding borrowings under our revolving credit facility, which represented 3.7% of our total leverage.
As of December 31, 2018, our outstanding perpetual preferred equity represented approximately 5.2% of our total leverage. Our preferred securities are perpetual in nature; however, for illustrative purposes, we compute the weighted average maturity of our total leverage assuming a 40-year maturity on our preferred securities.

The combination of non-recourse property level debt, borrowings under our revolving credit facility and perpetual preferred equity that comprises our total leverage, reduces our refunding and re-pricing risk. The weighted average maturity for our total leverage described above was 9.5 years as of December 31, 2018.
Under the revolving credit facility, we have agreed to maintain a Fixed Charge Coverage ratio of 1.40x, as well as other covenants customary for similar revolving credit arrangements. For the year ended December 31, 2018, our Fixed Charge Coverage ratio was 2.05x, compared to ratio of 2.01x for the year ended December 31, 2017. We expect to remain in compliance with this covenant during the next 12 months.
Changes in Cash, Cash Equivalents and Restricted Cash
The following discussion relates to changes in consolidated cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash due to operating, investing and financing activities, which are presented in our consolidated statements of cash flows in Item 8 of this report.
Operating Activities
For the year ended December 31, 2018, our net cash provided by operating activities was $396.4 million. Our operating cash flow is affected primarily by rental rates, occupancy levels and operating expenses related to our portfolio of apartment communities. Cash provided by operating activities for the year ended December 31, 2018, increased by $4.3 million compared to 2017, due to improved operating results of our Same Store communities, contribution from acquired communities and increased contribution from redevelopment and lease-up communities, partially offset by a decrease in the net operating income associated with apartment communities we sold during 2018 and our sale of the Asset Management business.
Investing Activities
For the year ended December 31, 2018, net cash provided by investing activities of $121.8 million consisted primarily of $708.8 million in proceeds from the disposition of the Asset Management business, four apartment communities located in the Hunters Point area of San Francisco, and four other apartment communities, partially offset by the acquisitions of Bent Tree Apartments, Avery Row, four apartment communities in Philadelphia, and capital expenditures.
Capital additions for our Real Estate segment totaled $338.8 million, $321.9 million and $312.8 million during the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. We generally fund capital additions with cash provided by operating activities and cash proceeds from sales of apartment communities.
We categorize capital spending for communities in our Real Estate portfolio broadly into six primary categories:
capital replacements, which represent capital additions made to replace the portion of acquired apartment communities consumed during our period of ownership;
capital improvements, which represent capital additions made to replace the portion of acquired apartment communities consumed prior to our period of ownership;
capital enhancements, which may include kitchen and bath remodeling, energy conservation projects and investments in longer-lived materials designed to reduce turnover and maintenance costs, all of which are generally lesser in scope than redevelopment additions and do not significantly disrupt property operations;
redevelopment additions, which represent capital additions intended to enhance the value of the apartment community through the ability to generate higher average rental rates, and may include costs related to entitlement, which enhance the value of a community through increased density, and costs related to renovation of exteriors, common areas or apartment homes;
development additions, which represent construction and related capitalized costs associated with development of apartment communities; and
casualty capital additions, which represent construction and related capitalized costs incurred in connection with the restoration of an apartment community after a casualty event such as a severe snow storm, hurricane, tornado, flood or fire.
We exclude the amounts of capital spending related to apartment communities sold or classified as held for sale at the end of the period from the foregoing measures.

A summary of the capital spending for these categories, along with a reconciliation of the total for these categories to the capital expenditures reported in the accompanying consolidated statements of cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, are presented below (dollars in thousands):
 2018 2017 2016
Real Estate     
Capital replacements$37,472
 $34,892
 $38,088
Capital improvements16,055
 16,729
 14,922
Capital enhancements102,910
 91,360
 68,340
Redevelopment additions114,756
 156,140
 155,398
Development additions61,185
 14,249
 31,823
Casualty capital additions6,425
 8,556
 4,201
Real Estate capital additions338,803
 321,926
 312,772
Plus: additions related to consolidated Asset Management communities and apartment communities sold or held for sale9,914
 32,303
 25,742
Consolidated capital additions348,717
 354,229
 338,514
Plus: net change in accrued capital spending(8,228) 3,875
 8,131
Capital expenditures per consolidated statement of cash flows$340,489
 $358,104
 $346,645
For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, we capitalized $7.6 million, $7.6 million and $9.6 million of interest costs, respectively, and $36.8 million, $36.0 million and $32.9 million of other direct and indirect costs, respectively.
Redevelopment/Development
We execute redevelopments using a range of approaches. We prefer to limit risk by executing redevelopments using a phased approach, in which we renovate an apartment community in stages. Smaller phases provide us the flexibility to maintain current earnings while aligning the timing of the completed apartment homes with market demand. The following table summarizes ongoing redevelopments of this nature at December 31, 2018 (dollars in millions):
 Location Apartment Homes Approved for Redevelopment Estimated/Potential Net Investment Inception-to-Date Net Investment
Bay ParcMiami, FL 60
 $24.1
 $20.6
Calhoun Beach ClubMinneapolis, MN 275
 28.7
 10.5
Flamingo South BeachMiami Beach, FL 
 39.7
 14.2
Palazzo West at The GroveLos Angeles, CA 389
 24.5
 19.1
YorktownLombard, IL 292
 25.7
 20.0
OtherVarious 92
 12.9
 12.9
Total  1,108
 $155.6
 $97.3

We also undertake ground-up development when warranted by risk-adjusted investment returns, either directly or in connection with the redevelopment of an existing apartment community. When smaller redevelopment phases are not possible, we may engage in redevelopment activities where an entire building or community is vacated. The following table summarizes our investments related to these developments and redevelopments at December 31, 2018 (dollars in millions):
 Location Apartment Homes Approved for Redevelopment or Development Estimated/Potential Net Investment Inception-to-Date Net Investment Stabilized Occupancy NOI Stabilization
The Fremont (formerly Anschutz Expansion)Denver, CO (MSA) 253
 $87.0
 $10.6
 3Q 2021 4Q 2022
Elm Creek TownhomesElmhurst, IL 58
 35.1
 11.3
 2Q 2021 3Q 2022
Parc MosaicBoulder, CO 226
 117.0
 68.9
 4Q 2020 1Q 2022
Park Towne PlacePhiladelphia, PA 940
 176.5
 172.9
 1Q 2019 2Q 2020
Total  1,477
 $415.6
 $263.7
    
Net investment represents the total actual or estimated investment, net of tax and other credits earned as a direct result of our redevelopment or development of the community. For phased redevelopments, potential net investment relates to the current phase of the redevelopment.
Stabilized Occupancy represents the period in which we expect to achieve stabilized occupancy, generally greater than 90%.
NOI Stabilization represents the period in which we expect the communities to achieve stabilized rents and operating costs, generally five quarters after occupancy stabilization.
Our total estimated or potential net investment in redevelopment and development is $571.2 million with a projected weighted average net operating income yield on these investments of 6.1%, assuming untrended rents. Of this total, $361.0 million has been funded. We expect to fund the remaining redevelopment and development investment through a combination of leverage and proceeds from community sales.
During the year ended December 31, 2018, we invested $175.9 million in redevelopment and development activities.
In Boulder, Colorado, we have invested $68.9 million in the development of Parc Mosaic, a 226-unit apartment home community. The site is two miles from the new Google campus and is across the street from Ball Aerospace’s Technology Campus and Foothills Hospital. Building in Boulder is highly regulated and new supply is limited, notwithstanding higher enrollment at the University of Colorado and increased employment generally.
At the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, we exercised our option to acquire approximately two acres of land adjacent to our 21 Fitzsimons apartment community, and broke ground on the development of The Fremont, a 253-apartment home community. We expect to invest approximately $87.0 million to construct the community, which is expected to be ready for occupancy in late 2020.
We also commenced the next phase of redevelopment at our Flamingo community, located in Miami Beach, bringing our potential net new investment to $39.7 million. This phase includes extensive redevelopment of retail, leasing, and common areas, including major enhancements to the entryway.
In Center City, Philadelphia, we completed the redevelopment of Park Towne Place, and as of December 31, 2018, we had leased 95.6% of the apartment homes at the community. This multi-year redevelopment of 940 apartment homes, amenities, and common area spaces, was executed on plan and leased-up in-line with expectations with expected free cash flow returns of 9.2%.
In San Jose, we completed the redevelopment of Saybrook Pointe, a 324-apartment home, garden-style community. Construction was completed on-time and in-line with underwritten costs, and lease-up of the community finished ahead of schedule and at rates above underwriting, increasing the expected free cash flow return to 14.3%, a 100 basis point outperformance to underwriting.
During the year ended December 31, 2018, we leased 457 apartment homes at our redevelopment and development communities. At December 31, 2018, our exposure to lease-up at active redevelopment and development communities was approximately 366 apartment homes, of which 208 were being constructed at Parc Mosaic, and 158 were located in four other communities. Additionally, we expect to acquire One Ardmore in 2019 upon its completion, as part of the Philadelphia portfolio acquisition announced in April 2018. This acquisition will increase our exposure to lease-up risk by approximately 100 apartment homes.

We expect our total development and redevelopment spending to range from $225 million to $275 million for the year ending December 31, 2019.
Financing Activities
For the year ended December 31, 2018, our net cash used in financing activities of $588.2 million was attributed to the items discussed below.
Net borrowings on our revolving credit facility primarily relate to the timing of short-term working capital needs. During the year ended December 31, 2018, we repaid the $250.0 million term loan in full.
Proceeds from non-recourse property debt borrowings during the year consisted of the closing of 14 fixed-rate, amortizing, non-recourse property loans totaling $982.4 million. On a weighted basis, the term of these loans averaged 9.4 years and their interest rates averaged 4.03%, 112 basis points more than the corresponding Treasury rate at the time of pricing. The net effect of 2018 fixed-rate property debt refinancing activities has been to lower our weighted average fixed interest rate by 42 basis points since December 31, 2017, to 4.22%.
Proceeds from non-recourse property debt borrowing during the period also included the closing of four non-recourse, variable-rate property loans totaling $245.6 million. On a weighted basis, the term of these loans averaged 5 years and the loans bear interest at a weighted average rate of 30-day LIBOR plus 1.20%. The five-year terms fill a void in our laddered maturities and, taken together with the repayment of the variable-rate term loan, reduce our exposure to changing short-term interest rates to approximately 9.75% of our leverage.
Principal payments on property loans during the year totaled $976.1 million, consisting of $82.4 million of scheduled principal amortization and repayments of $893.7 million.
Aimco common share repurchase, and OP unit and preferred partnership unit redemptions during the year totaled $373.6 million (plus an additional $20.7 million, which settled in January 2019) and $9.9 million, respectively.
Net cash used in financing activities also includes $275.3 million of dividend and distribution payments to equity holders, as further detailed in the table below.
Equity and Partners’ Capital Transactions
The following table presents the Aimco Operating Partnership’s distribution activity (including distributions paid to Aimco) during the year ended December 31, 2018 (dollars in thousands):                    
Cash distributions paid to holders of noncontrolling interests in consolidated real estate partnerships$9,469
Cash distributions paid by the Aimco Operating Partnership to preferred unitholders (1)16,334
Cash distributions paid by the Aimco Operating Partnership to common unitholders (2)249,491
Total cash distributions paid by the Aimco Operating Partnership$275,294
(1)$8.6 million represented distributions to Aimco, and $7.7 million represented distributions paid to holders of OP Units.
(2)$237.5 million represented distributions to Aimco, and $11.9 million represented distributions paid to holders of OP Units.
The following table presents Aimco’s dividend activity during the year ended December 31, 2018 (dollars in thousands):
Cash distributions paid to holders of noncontrolling interests in consolidated real estate partnerships$9,469
Cash distributions paid to holders of OP Units (other than Aimco)19,727
Cash dividends paid by Aimco to preferred stockholders8,594
Cash dividends paid by Aimco to common stockholders237,504
Total cash dividends and distributions paid by Aimco$275,294
During the year ended December 31, 2018, we repurchased 8.2 million shares of common stock and initiated trades that settled in the month ended January 31, 2019, for an additional 0.5 million shares, all for $394.1 million, approximately a 20% discount to Aimco’s estimated NAV at the time of repurchase. The unsettled shares are included in Class A Common Stock outstanding at December 31, 2018.

Contractual Obligations
This table summarizes information contained elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K regarding payments due under contractual obligations and commitments as of December 31, 2018 (in thousands):
 TotalLess than One Year1-3 Years3-5 YearsMore than Five Years
Non-recourse property debt - Real Estate (1)$3,937,000
$246,345
$839,556
$741,941
$2,109,158
Revolving credit facility borrowings (2)160,360


160,360

Interest related to long-term debt - Real Estate (3)1,066,558
167,382
290,105
205,471
403,600
Office space lease obligations22,874
2,237
5,540
4,453
10,644
Ground lease obligations (4)434,056
2,114
4,789
4,984
422,169
Construction obligations (5)206,957
164,549
42,408


Total$5,827,805
$582,627
$1,182,398
$1,117,209
$2,945,571
      
(1)Includes scheduled principal amortization and maturity payments related to our non-recourse property debt secured by communities in our Real Estate portfolio.
(2)Includes outstanding borrowings on our revolving credit facility assuming repayment at the contractual maturity date. Our revolving credit facility is subject to an annual commitment fee (0.25% of aggregate commitments), which is not included in the amounts above.
(3)
Includes interest related to both fixed-rate and variable-rate non-recourse property debt, and our variable-rate revolving credit facility borrowings. Interest related to variable-rate debt is estimated based on the rate effective at December 31, 2018. Refer to Note 4 to the consolidated financial statements in Item 8 for a description of average interest rates associated with our debt.
(4)These ground leases expire in years ranging from 2070 to 2117.
(5)
Represents estimated obligations pursuant to construction contracts related to our redevelopment, development and other capital spending. Refer to Note 5 to the consolidated financial statements in Item 8 for additional information regarding these obligations.
In addition to the amounts presented in the table above, at December 31, 2018, we had $125.0 million (liquidation value) of Aimco’s perpetual preferred stock outstanding with an annual dividend yield of 6.9%, which we expect to, but are not obligated to, redeem during 2019, and $101.3 million (liquidation value) of redeemable preferred OP Units of the Aimco Operating Partnership outstanding with annual distribution yields ranging from 1.92% to 8.8%. The dividends and distributions that accrue on the perpetual preferred stock and redeemable preferred OP Units are cumulative and are paid quarterly.
Additionally, we may enter into commitments to purchase goods and services in connection with the operations of our apartment communities. Those commitments generally have terms of one year or less and reflect expenditure levels comparable to our historical expenditures.
Future Capital Needs
In addition to the items set forth in “Contractual Obligations” above, we expect to fund any future acquisitions, redevelopment, development and other capital spending principally with proceeds from apartment community sales, short-term borrowings, debt and equity financing and operating cash flows. Our near-term business plan does not contemplate the issuance of equity.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
Our chief market risks are refunding risk, that is the availability of property debt or other cash sources to refund maturing property debt, and re-pricing risk, that is the possibility of increases in base interest rates and credit risk spreads. We use predominantly long-dated, fixed-rate, amortizing, non-recourse property debt in order to avoid the refunding and repricing risks of short-term borrowings. We use short-term debt financing and working capital primarily to fund short-term uses and generally expect to refinance such borrowings with cash from operating activities, proceeds from apartment community sales, long-term debt or equity financings. We make limited use of derivative financial instruments and we do not use them for trading or other speculative purposes.
Market Risk Associated with Loans Secured by Our Real Estate Portfolio
As of December 31, 2018, on a consolidated basis, we had approximately $260.1 million of variable-rate property-level debt outstanding and $160.4 million of variable-rate borrowings under our revolving credit facility. We estimate that a change in 30-day LIBOR of 100 basis points with constant credit risk spreads would reduce or increase net income attributable to Aimco common stockholders and the Aimco Operating Partnership’s common unitholders by approximately $4.2 million on an annual basis.
At December 31, 2018, we had approximately $72.6 million in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash, a portion of which bears interest at variable rates, which may offset somewhat a change in rates on our variable-rate debt discussed above.

We estimate the fair value of debt instruments as described in Note 11 to the consolidated financial statements in Item 8. The estimated fair value of total indebtedness was approximately $4.1 billion at December 31, 2018, inclusive of a $43.8 million mark-to-market liability. The mark-to-market liability at December 31, 2017 was $92.1 million.
If market rates for consolidated fixed-rate debt in our Real Estate segment were higher by 100 basis points with constant credit risk spreads, the estimated fair value of consolidated debt discussed above would decrease from $4.1 billion in the aggregate to $4.0 billion. If market rates for consolidated debt discussed above were lower by 100 basis points with constant credit risk spreads, the estimated fair value of consolidated fixed-rate debt would increase from $4.1 billion in the aggregate to $4.2 billion.
Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
The independent registered public accounting firm’s reports, consolidated financial statements and schedule listed in the “Index to Financial Statements” on page F-1 of this Annual Report are filed as part of this report and incorporated herein by this reference.
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
None.

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures
Aimco
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Aimco’s management, with the participation of Aimco’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of its disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act), as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on such evaluation, Aimco’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer have concluded that, as of the end of such period, Aimco’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Aimco’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, our principal executive and principal financial officers and effected by our Board of Directors, management and other personnel to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and includes those policies and procedures that:
pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of assets;
provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors; and
provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risks that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Management assessed the effectiveness of Aimco’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013 Framework).
Based on their assessment, management concluded that, as of December 31, 2018, Aimco’s internal control over financial reporting is effective.
Aimco’s independent registered public accounting firm has issued an attestation report on Aimco’s internal control over financial reporting.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There has been no change in Aimco’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the fourth quarter of 2018 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, Aimco’s internal control over financial reporting.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of
Apartment Investment and Management Company
Opinion on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
We have audited Apartment Investment and Management Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission “2013 framework,” (the COSO criteria). In our opinion, Apartment Investment and Management Company (the Company) maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, based on the COSO criteria.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2018 and the related notes and financial statement schedule listed in the accompanying Index to Financial Statements of the Company and our report dated February 19, 2019 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

Basis for Opinion

The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.
Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Denver, Colorado
February 19, 2019


The Aimco Operating Partnership
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Aimco Operating Partnership’s management, with the participation of the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of Aimco, who are the equivalent of the Aimco Operating Partnership’s chief executive officer and chief financial officer, respectively, has evaluated the effectiveness of the Aimco Operating Partnership’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on such evaluation, the chief executive officer and chief financial officer of Aimco have concluded that, as of the end of such period, the Aimco Operating Partnership’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
Management of the Aimco Operating Partnership is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. Internal control over financial reporting is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, our principal executive and principal financial officers and effected by our Board of Directors, management and other personnel to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and includes those policies and procedures that:
pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of assets;
provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors; and
provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risks that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
Management assessed the effectiveness of the Aimco Operating Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013 Framework).
Based on their assessment, management concluded that, as of December 31, 2018, the Aimco Operating Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting is effective.
The Aimco Operating Partnership’s independent registered public accounting firm has issued an attestation report on the Aimco Operating Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There has been no change in the Aimco Operating Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the fourth quarter of 2018 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Aimco Operating Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Partners and the Board of Directors of
AIMCO Properties, L.P.
Opinion on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
We have audited AIMCO Properties, L.P.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission “2013 framework,” (the COSO criteria). In our opinion, AIMCO Properties, L.P. (the Partnership) maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, based on the COSO criteria.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheets of the Partnership as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, partners’ capital and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2018 and the related notes and financial statement schedule listed in the accompanying Index to Financial Statements of the Partnership and our report dated February 19, 2019 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

Basis for Opinion

The Partnership’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Partnership in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.

Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Denver, Colorado
February 19, 2019

Item 9B. Other Information
None.
PART III

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
Each member of the board of directors of Aimco also is a director of the general partner of the Aimco Operating Partnership. The officers of Aimco are also the officers of the general partner of the Aimco Operating Partnership and hold the same titles. The information required by this item for both Aimco and the Aimco Operating Partnership is presented jointly under the captions “Board of Directors and Executive Officers,” “Corporate Governance Matters - Code of Ethics,” “Other Matters - Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance,” “Corporate Governance Matters - Meetings and Committees: Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee,” “Corporate Governance Matters - Meetings and Committees: Audit Committee” and “Corporate Governance Matters - Meetings and Committees: Audit Committee Financial Expert” in the proxy statement for Aimco’s 2019 annual meeting of stockholders and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 11. Executive Compensation
The information required by this item is presented under the captions “Compensation Discussion & Analysis,” “Compensation and Human Resources Committee Report to Stockholders,” “Summary Compensation Table,” “Grants of Plan-Based Awards in 2018,” “Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End 2018,” “Option Exercises and Stock Vested in 2018,” “Potential Payments Upon Termination or Change in Control” and “Corporate Governance Matters - Director Compensation” in the proxy statement for Aimco’s 2019 annual meeting of stockholders and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
The information required by this item, for both Aimco and the Aimco Operating Partnership, is presented under the captions “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” and “Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans” in the proxy statement for Aimco’s 2019 annual meeting of stockholders and is incorporated herein by reference. In addition, as of February 15, 2019, Aimco, through its consolidated subsidiaries, held 93.9% of the Aimco Operating Partnership’s common partnership units outstanding.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence
The information required by this item is presented under the caption “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” and “Corporate Governance Matters - Independence of Directors” in the proxy statement for Aimco’s 2019 annual meeting of stockholders and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services
The information required by this item is presented under the caption “Principal Accountant Fees and Services” in the proxy statement for Aimco’s 2019 annual meeting of stockholders and is incorporated herein by reference.
PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules
(a)(1)The financial statements listed in the Index to Financial Statements on Page F-1 of this report are filed as part of this report and incorporated herein by reference.
(a)(2)The financial statement schedule listed in the Index to Financial Statements on Page F-1 of this report is filed as part of this report and incorporated herein by reference.
(a)(3)The Exhibit Index is incorporated herein by reference.

INDEX TO EXHIBITS (1) (2)
EXHIBIT NO.DESCRIPTION
Charter (Exhibit 3.1 to Aimco’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2018, is incorporated herein by this reference)
Amended and Restated Bylaws (Exhibit 3.1 to Aimco’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 26, 2016, is incorporated herein by this reference)
Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Aimco Operating Partnership, dated as of July 29, 1994, as amended and restated as of February 28, 2007 (Exhibit 10.1 to Aimco’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2006, is incorporated herein by this reference)2020.

The amounts shown in this column for 2020 include the grant date fair value of the performance-based restricted stock awards or performance-based LTIP Unit awards, as applicable, granted in 2020 based on the probable outcome of the performance condition to which such awards are subject, which was calculated by a third-party consultant using a Monte Carlo valuation model in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. Based on the foregoing, the grant date fair value is $8.50 per LTIP Unit as to Mr. Considine’s performance-based LTI award, $8.50 per LTIP Unit as to 25% of Ms. Stanfield’s performance-based LTI award and $53.44 per LTIP Unit as to approximately 75% of Ms. Stanfield’s performance-based LTI award, and $53.88 per share for the performance-based restricted stock awards granted to each of Messrs. Powell, Beldin, and Kimmel, and Ms. Cohn that are based on relative TSR performance. The grant date fair value of the performance-based LTIP Unit awards, assuming

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achievement at the maximum level of performance, is $8,600,011 for Mr. Considine and $565,992 for Ms. Stanfield. The grant date fair value of the performance-based restricted stock awards, assuming achievement at the maximum level of performance, is $671,129 for Mr. Powell, $372,526 for Mr. Beldin, $1,181,050 for Ms. Cohn, and $1,006,586 for Mr. Kimmel.

First Amendment to Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership

(2)

This column represents the aggregate grant date fair value of the Aimco Operating Partnership, dated as of December 31, 2007 (Exhibit 10.1option awards in the year granted computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. For additional information on the valuation assumptions with respect to the grants reflected in this column for 2020, refer to the Share-Based Compensation footnote to Aimco’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated December 31, 2007, is incorporated herein by this reference)

Second Amendment to the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Aimco Operating Partnership, dated as of July 30, 2009 (Exhibit 10.1 to Aimco’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended June 30, 2009, is incorporated herein by this reference)
Third Amendment to the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Aimco Operating Partnership, dated as of September 2, 2010 (Exhibit 10.1 to Aimco’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated September 3, 2010, is incorporated herein by this reference)
Fourth Amendment to the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Aimco Operating Partnership, dated as of July 26, 2011 (Exhibit 10.1 to Aimco’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated July 26, 2011, is incorporated herein by this reference)
Fifth Amendment to the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Aimco Operating Partnership, dated as of August 24, 2011 (Exhibit 10.1 to Aimco’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated August 24, 2011, is incorporated herein by this reference)
Sixth Amendment to the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Aimco Operating Partnership, dated as of December 31, 2011 (Exhibit 10.1 to Aimco’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated December 31, 2011, is incorporated herein by this reference)
Seventh Amendment to the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Aimco Operating Partnership, dated as of May 13, 2014 (Exhibit 10.1 to Aimco’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated May 9, 2014, is incorporated herein by this reference)
Eighth Amendment to the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Aimco Operating Partnership, dated as of October 31, 2014 (Exhibit 10.1 to Aimco’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated November 4, 2014, is incorporated herein by this reference)
Ninth Amendment to the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Aimco Operating Partnership, dated as of August 16, 2016 (Exhibit 10.1 to Aimco’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated August 16, 2016, is incorporated herein by this reference)
Tenth Amendment to the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Aimco Operating Partnership, dated as of January 31, 2017 (Exhibit 10.1 to Aimco’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated January 31, 2017, is incorporated herein by this reference)
Second Amended and Restated Senior Secured Credit Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2017, among Aimco, the Aimco Operating Partnership, AIMCO/Bethesda Holdings, Inc., the lenders party thereto, KeyBank N.A., as administrative agent, swing line lender and a letter of credit issuer (Exhibit 10.1 to Aimco’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated June 30, 2017, is incorporated herein by this reference)
Master Indemnification Agreement, dated December 3, 2001, by and among Aimco, the Aimco Operating Partnership., XYZ Holdings LLC, and the other parties signatory thereto (Exhibit 10.2 to Aimco’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated December 6, 2001, is incorporated herein by this reference)
Tax Indemnification and Contest Agreement, dated December 3, 2001, by and among Aimco, National Partnership Investments, Corp., and XYZ Holdings LLC and the other parties signatory thereto (Exhibit 10.3 to Aimco’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated December 6, 2001, is incorporated herein by this reference)
Employment Contract executed on December 21, 2017, by and between the Aimco Operating Partnership and Terry Considine (Exhibit 10.1 to Aimco’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated December 21, 2017, is incorporated herein by this reference)*
Aimco Severance Policy (Exhibit 10.1 to Aimco’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 22, 2018, is incorporated herein by reference)*
2007 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (Appendix A to Aimco’s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 20, 2007 is incorporated herein by this reference)*
Form of Restricted Stock Agreement (2007 Stock Award and Incentive Plan) (Exhibit 10.2 to Aimco’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated April 30, 2007, is incorporated herein by this reference)*

Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (2007 Stock Award and Incentive Plan) (Exhibit 10.3 to Aimco’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated April 30, 2007, is incorporated herein by this reference)*
2007 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (Appendix B to Aimco’s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 20, 2007, is incorporated herein by this reference)*
Aimco 2015 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (as amended and restated January 31, 2017) (Exhibit 10.2 to Aimco’s Current Report on Form 8-K, dated January 31, 2017, is incorporated herein by this reference)*
Aimco Second Amended and Restated 2015 Stock Award and Incentive Plan (as amended and restated effective February 22, 2018) (Exhibit A to Aimco’s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 8, 2018, is incorporated herein by reference)*
Form of Performance Restricted Stock Agreement (2015 Stock Award and Incentive Plan) (Exhibit 10.24 to Aimco’sconsolidated financial statements in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015,2020.

The amounts shown in this column for 2020 include the grant date fair value of the performance-based stock options granted in 2020 based on the probable outcome of the performance condition to which such option is subject, which was calculated by a third-party consultant using a Monte Carlo valuation model. Based on the foregoing, the grant date fair value is $8.15 per underlying share of the options. The grant date fair value of the options, assuming achievement at the maximum level of performance, is $123,342 for Mr. Beldin, and $293,335 for Ms. Cohn.

(3)

For 2020, the amounts shown for Messrs. Considine, Beldin, and Kimmel and Ms. Cohn represent the 2020 STI amounts that were paid on February 23, 2021. For Mr. Powell, the amount shown equals the sum of $393,750, representing the STI bonus that was paid to him on February 23, 2021, and $236,687, representing a payout in 2020 pursuant to prior year long-term cash grants.  For Ms. Stanfield, the amount shown equals the sum of $437,500, representing the STI bonus that was paid to her on February 23, 2021, and $179,142, representing a payout in 2020 pursuant to prior year long-term cash grants.  For Ms. Johnson, the amount shown equals the sum of $270,270, representing the STI bonus that was paid to her on February 23, 2021, and $211,909 representing a payout in 2020 pursuant to prior year long-term cash grants.

(4)

Includes discretionary matching contributions under Aimco’s 401(k) plan.

(5)

Mr. Considine awarded a discretionary cash award to each of Messrs. Powell, Beldin, and Kimmel and Mses. Stanfield, Johnson, and Cohn for their significant contributions in connection with the Separation.

(6)

Equity awards for Mr. Powell in 2020 include a 2020 LTI award consisting of the following: (i) 3,114 shares of time-based restricted stock, vesting 25% on each anniversary of the grant date; and (ii) 6,228 shares of performance-based restricted stock for the forward looking, three-year performance period from January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2022, with the number of shares earned, if any, vesting 50% following the end of the three-year performance period and 50% one year later.

(7)

Equity awards for Ms. Stanfield in 2020 include a 2020 LTI award consisting of the following:  (i) 2,647 shares of time-based LTIP Units, vesting 25% on each anniversary of the grant date; and (ii) 12,304 performance-based LTIP Units for the forward looking, three-year performance period from January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2022, with the number of units earned, if any, vesting 50% following the end of the three-year performance period and 50% one year later.

(8)

Effective December 15, 2020, in connection with the Separation, Messrs. Considine, Beldin, and Kimmel and Ms. Cohn became executives of AIR and ceased to be executives of Aimco. Amounts shown in the table reflect full-year 2020 compensation for these executive officers (i.e., amounts are not prorated as of the Separation).  

(9)

Equity awards for Mr. Considine in 2020 include a 2020 LTI award consisting of 505,883 performance-based LTIP Units for the forward looking, three-year performance period from January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2022, with the number of units earned, if any, vesting 50% following the end of the three-year performance period and 50% one year later.

(10)

Equity awards for Mr. Beldin in 2020 include a 2020 LTI award consisting of the following: (i) 2,305 shares of time-based restricted stock, vesting 25% on each anniversary of the grant date; and (ii) 3,457 shares of performance-based restricted stock and a performance-based non-qualified stock option to purchase 7,567 shares, in each case, for the forward looking, three-year performance period from January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2022, with the number of shares or option shares earned, if any, vesting 50% following the end of the three-year performance period and 50% one year later.

(11)

Equity awards for Ms. Cohn in 2020 include a 2020 LTI award consisting of the following: (i) 6,850 shares of time-based restricted stock, vesting 25% on each anniversary of the grant date; (ii) 10,960 shares of performance-based restricted stock and a performance-based non-qualified stock option to purchase 17,996 shares, in each case, for the forward looking, three-year performance period from January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2022, with the number of shares or option shares earned, if any, vesting 50% following the end of the three-year performance period and 50% one year later.

(12)

Stock awards for Mr. Kimmel in 2020 include a 2020 LTI award consisting of the following: (i) 4,671 shares of time-based restricted stock, vesting 25% on each anniversary of the grant date; (ii) 9,341 shares of performance-based restricted stock for the forward looking, three-year performance period from January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2022, with the number of shares earned, if any, vesting 50% following the end of the three-year performance period and 50% one year later.

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GRANTS OF PLAN-BASED AWARDS IN 2020

The following table provides details regarding plan-based awards granted to the NEOs during the year ended December 31, 2020.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Estimated Future

Payouts Under

Non-Equity

Incentive Plan

Awards (1)

 

 

Estimated Future

Payouts Under

Equity Incentive

Plan Awards (2)

 

 

All Other

Stock

Awards:

Number of

Shares of

 

 

All other Option

Awards

Number of

Securities

Underlying

Options (4)

 

 

Exercise

or Base

Price of

 

Grant

Date

Fair

Value of

Stock

and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Option

 

Option

 

Name

 

Grant

Date

 

Threshold

($)

 

 

Target

($)

 

 

Maximum

($)

 

 

Threshold

(#)

 

 

Target

(#)

 

 

Maximum

(#)

 

 

Units

(#) (3)

 

 

Threshold

(#)

 

 

Target

(#)

 

 

Maximum

(#)

 

 

Awards

($/Sh)

 

Awards

($) (5)

 

Wesley W. Powell

 

1/28/2020

 

 

175,000

 

 

 

350,000

 

 

 

700,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1/28/2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,114

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

165,852

 

 

 

1/28/2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,114

 

 

 

6,228

 

 

 

12,456

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

335,565

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H. Lynn Stanfield

 

1/28/2020

 

 

175,000

 

 

 

350,000

 

 

 

700,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1/28/2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,647

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

140,979

 

 

 

1/28/2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,985

 

 

 

3,970

 

 

 

7,940

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

212,157

 

 

 

1/28/2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,167

 

 

 

8,334

 

 

 

16,668

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

70,839

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jennifer B. Johnson

 

1/28/2020

 

 

60,060

 

 

 

240,240

 

 

 

390,390

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Terry Considine

 

1/28/2020

 

 

900,000

 

 

 

1,800,000

 

 

 

3,600,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1/28/2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

252,942

 

 

 

505,883

 

 

 

1,011,766

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,300,006

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paul L. Beldin

 

1/28/2020

 

 

125,000

 

 

 

250,000

 

 

 

500,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1/28/2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,305

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

122,764

 

 

 

1/28/2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,729

 

 

 

3,457

 

 

 

6,914

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

186,263

 

 

 

1/28/2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,784

 

 

 

7,567

 

 

 

15,134

 

 

53.26

 

 

61,671

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lisa R. Cohn

 

1/28/2020

 

 

275,000

 

 

 

550,000

 

 

 

1,100,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1/28/2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,850

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

364,831

 

 

 

1/28/2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,480

 

 

 

10,960

 

 

 

21,920

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

590,525

 

 

 

1/28/2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,998

 

 

 

17,996

 

 

 

35,992

 

 

53.26

 

 

146,667

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keith M. Kimmel

 

1/28/2020

 

 

250,000

 

 

 

500,000

 

 

 

1,000,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1/28/2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,671

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

248,777

 

 

 

1/28/2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,671

 

 

 

9,341

 

 

 

18,682

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

503,293

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

On January 28, 2020, the Committee made determinations of target total incentive compensation for 2020 based on achievement of Aimco’s six corporate goals for 2020, and achievement of specific individual objectives. Target total incentive compensation amounts were as follows:  Mr. Powell — $850,000; Ms. Stanfield — $775,000; Ms. Johnson — $480,480; Mr. Considine — $6.1 million; Mr. Beldin — $620,000; Ms. Cohn — $1.65 million; and Mr. Kimmel — $1.25 million. The awards in this column indicate the 2020 STI portion of these target total incentive amounts — at threshold, target, and maximum performance levels. The actual 2020 STI awards earned by each of Messrs. Powell, Considine, Beldin, and Kimmel, and Mses. Stanfield, Johnson, and Cohn are as disclosed in the Summary Compensation Table under “Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation.” See the discussion above under “CD&A — Total Compensation for 2020 — Short-Term Incentive Compensation for 2020.”

(2)

For each of Messrs. Powell, Considine, Beldin, and Kimmel, and Mses. Stanfield and Cohn, the amounts in this column include the number of shares underlying performance-based LTIP Units (in the case of Mr. Considine and Ms. Stanfield) or performance-based restricted stock (in the case of Messrs. Powell, Beldin, and Kimmel and Ms. Cohn) granted on January 28, 2020, pursuant to their 2020 LTI award that may be earned – at threshold, target and maximum performance levels – based on relative TSR (60% of each award is incorporated hereinbased on the Company’s TSR relative to the NAREIT Apartment Index and 40% of each award is based on the Company’s TSR relative to the REIT Index) over a three-year period from January 1, 2020, to December 31, 2022, with the number of units or shares earned, if any, vesting 50% on the later of the third anniversary of the grant date or the date on which performance is determined (but no later than March 15, 2023), and 50% on the fourth anniversary of the grant date. For the portion of the performance period that occurs post-Separation, relative TSR will be determined by using the combined TSR of Aimco and AIR.

(3)

The amounts in this reference)*column reflect the number of shares of time-based restricted stock (in the case of Messrs. Powell, Beldin, and Kimmel and Ms. Cohn) or time-based LTIP Units (in the case of Ms. Stanfield) granted pursuant to the 2020 LTI award, vesting 25% on each anniversary of the grant date. The number of shares of restricted stock or LTIP Units was determined based on the average of the closing trading prices of Aimco’s Common Stock on the NYSE on the five trading days up to and including the grant date, or $53.53.


(4)

Form

The amounts in this column reflect the number of Restricted Stock Agreement (2015 Stock Awardperformance-based non-qualified stock options granted pursuant to the 2020 LTI award that may vest — at threshold, target and Incentive Plan) (Exhibit 10.25maximum performance levels — based on relative TSR (60% of each award is based on the Company’s TSR relative to the NAREIT Apartment Index and 40% of each award is based on the Company’s TSR relative to the REIT Index) over a three-year period from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2022, with the number of underlying shares earned, if any, vesting 50% on the later of the third anniversary of the grant date or the date on which performance is measured (but no later than March 15, 2023) and 50% on the fourth anniversary of the grant date. For the portion of the performance period that occurs post-Separation, relative TSR will be determined by using the combined TSR of Aimco and AIR.

(5)

This column represents the aggregate grant date fair value of equity awards in the year granted computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. For additional information on the valuation assumptions with respect to the grants reflected in this column, refer to the Share-Based Compensation footnote to Aimco’s consolidated financial statements in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015,2020.

The amounts shown in this column include the grant date fair value of the performance-based restricted stock awards or LTIP Unit awards, as applicable, based on the probable outcome of the performance condition to which such awards are subject, which was calculated by a third-party consultant using a Monte Carlo valuation model in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. Based on the foregoing, the grant date fair value is $8.50 per LTIP Unit as to Mr. Considine’s performance-based LTI award, $8.50 per LTIP Unit as to 25% of Ms. Stanfield’s performance-based LTI award and $53.44 per LTIP Unit as to approximately 75% of Ms. Stanfield’s performance-based LTI award, and $53.88 per share for the performance-based restricted stock awards granted to each of Messrs. Powell, Beldin, and Kimmel, and Ms. Cohn that are based on relative TSR performance. The grant date fair value of the performance-based LTIP Unit awards, assuming achievement at the maximum level of performance, is $8,600,011 for Mr. Considine and $565,992 for Ms. Stanfield. The grant date fair value of the performance-based restricted stock awards, assuming achievement at the maximum level of performance, is $671,129 for Mr. Powell, $372,526 for Mr. Beldin, $1,181,050 for Ms. Cohn, and $1,006,586 for Mr. Kimmel.

The amounts shown in this column include the grant date fair value of the performance-based stock options based on the probable outcome of the performance condition to which such option is subject, which was calculated by a third-party consultant using a Monte Carlo valuation model. Based on the foregoing, the grant date fair value is $8.15 per underlying share of the options. The grant date fair value of the options, assuming achievement at the maximum level of performance, is $123,342 for Mr. Beldin, and $293,335 for Ms. Cohn.


OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL YEAR-END 2020

The following table shows outstanding stock option awards classified as exercisable and unexercisable as of December 31, 2020, for the NEOs. The table also shows unvested and unearned stock awards assuming a market value of $5.28 per share (the closing market price of the Company’s Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on December 31, 2020).

 

 

Option Awards

 

Stock Awards

 

 

Name

 

Number of

Securities

Underlying

Unexercised

Options (#)

Exercisable

 

 

Number of

Securities

Underlying

Unexercised

Options (#)

Unexercisable

 

 

Equity

Incentive

Plan

Awards:

Number of

Securities

Underlying

Unexercised

Unearned

Options (#)

 

 

Option

Exercise

Price

($)

 

 

Option

Expiration

Date

 

Number

of Shares

or Units of

Stock That

Have Not

Vested (#)

 

 

Market

Value of

Shares or

Units of

Stock

That Have

Not Vested

($) (1)

 

 

Equity

Incentive

Plan

Awards:

Number of

Unearned

Shares,

Units or

Other

Rights That

Have Not

Vested (#)

 

 

Equity

Incentive

Plan

Awards:

Market or

Payout Value

of Unearned

Shares,

Units or

Other

Rights That

Have Not

Vested ($) (1)

 

 

Wesley W. Powell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,456

 

(2)

 

65,768

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,535

 

(3)

 

29,225

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,114

 

(4)

 

16,442

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,077

 

(5)

 

10,967

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,298

 

(6)

 

6,853

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,738

 

(7)

 

19,737

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,467

 

(8)

 

28,866

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H. Lynn Stanfield

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,940

 

(9)

 

41,923

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,668

 

(10)

 

 

(10)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,189

 

(11)

 

27,398

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,647

 

(12)

 

13,976

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,946

 

(13)

 

10,275

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,518

 

(14)

 

50,255

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jennifer B. Johnson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Terry Considine

 

 

63,609

 

(15)

 

63,608

 

(15)

 

 

 

 

 

5.07

 

 

1/31/2027

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,011,766

 

(10)

 

 

(10)

 

 

 

384,809

 

(16)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.45

 

 

1/26/2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

355,362

 

(17)

 

 

(17)

 

 

 

238,530

 

(18)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.49

 

 

2/12/2025

 

 

413,231

 

(19)

 

235,542

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

82,014

 

(20)

 

433,034

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,377

 

(21)

 

86,471

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paul L. Beldin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,134

 

(22)

 

6.12

 

 

1/28/2030

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,914

 

(2)

 

36,506

 

 

 

 

 

1,580

 

(23)

 

1,580

 

(23)

 

 

 

 

 

5.07

 

 

1/31/2027

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,120

 

(3)

 

27,034

 

 

 

 

 

15,845

 

(24)

 

2,264

 

(24)

 

 

 

 

 

4.45

 

 

1/26/2026

 

 

2,305

 

(4)

 

12,170

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,921

 

(5)

 

10,143

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,989

 

(25)

 

31,622

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,623

 

(7)

 

45,529

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,241

 

(26)

 

22,392

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,663

 

(27)

 

19,341

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,660

 

(28)

 

14,045

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,062

 

(29)

 

10,887

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,789

 

(30)

 

9,446

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lisa R. Cohn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

35,992

 

(22)

 

6.12

 

 

1/28/2030

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,920

 

(2)

 

115,738

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,221

 

(3)

 

80,367

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,850

 

(4)

 

36,168

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,711

 

(5)

 

30,154

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,192

 

(6)

 

22,134

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,073

 

(7)

 

63,745

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,885

 

(31)

 

9,953

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,428

 

(32)

 

28,660

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keith M. Kimmel

 

 

14,588

 

(16)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.12

 

 

1/26/2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,682

 

(2)

 

98,641

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,032

 

(3)

 

52,969

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,671

 

(4)

 

24,663

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,764

 

(5)

 

19,874

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,895

 

(6)

 

15,286

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,336

 

(7)

 

44,014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,367

 

(31)

 

7,218

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,936

 

(32)

 

20,782

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

The information on unvested stock shown above has been adjusted, where applicable, to reflect additional shares received as a result of the special dividend paid in February 2019. Effective December 15, 2020, in connection with the Separation, the executive officers received a share or partnership unit of AIR for every share or partnership unit of Aimco, and both stock options and partnership units were adjusted to preserve their pre-Separation value.  The share amounts in this table reflect only the Aimco awards and corresponding values as of December 31, 2020, and, in the case of stock options, the post-Separation exercise price. Amounts reflect the number of shares subject to the award that have not vested multiplied by the market value of $5.28 per share, which was the closing market price of Aimco’s Common Stock on December 31, 2020.

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(2)

This performance-based restricted stock award was granted on January 28, 2020 and, subject to relative TSR metrics set forth in the CD&A, vests 50% following the end of the three-year forward looking performance period and 50% on the fourth anniversary of the grant date. The amount shown in the table is incorporated herein by this reference)*the award at maximum.

(3)

Form

This performance-based restricted stock award was granted on January 29, 2019, and, subject to relative TSR metrics, vests 50% following the end of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (2015 Stock Awardthe three-year forward looking performance period and Incentive Plan) (Exhibit 10.26 to Aimco’s Annual Report50% on Form 10-Kthe fourth anniversary of the grant date. The amount shown in the table is the award at target.

(4)

This restricted stock award was granted on January 28, 2020, and vests 25% on each anniversary of the grant date. The following NEOs hold a corresponding number of AIR shares with the following values:  Mr. Powell - $119,609, Mr. Beldin - $88,535, Ms. Cohn- $263,109, and Mr. Kimmel - $179,413.    

(5)

This restricted stock award was granted on January 29, 2019, and vests 25% on each anniversary of the grant date. The following NEOs hold a corresponding number of AIR shares with the following values:  Mr. Powell - $79,778, Mr. Beldin - $73,786, Ms. Cohn- $219,360, and Mr. Kimmel - $144,575.    

(6)

This restricted stock award was granted on January 30, 2018, and vests 25% on each anniversary of the grant date. The following NEOs hold a corresponding number of AIR shares with the following values:  Mr. Powell - $49,856, Ms. Cohn- $161,015, and Mr. Kimmel - $111,197.    

(7)

This performance-based restricted stock award was granted on January 30, 2018. The amount shown in the table represents the portion of the award that was earned based on our relative TSR performance for the year endedroughly three-year performance period from January 1, 2018, through December 11, 2020, of which 50% vested on January 31, 2021, and the remaining 50% will vest on January 31, 2022. The following NEOs hold a corresponding number of AIR shares with the following values:  Mr. Powell - $143,577, Mr. Beldin - $331,209, Ms. Cohn- $463,724, and Mr. Kimmel - $320,186.    

(8)

This restricted stock award was granted on September 9, 2016, and vests 25% on each of the following dates:  August 1, 2018, August 1, 2019, August 1, 2020, and August 1, 2021. Mr. Powell holds a corresponding number of AIR shares with a value of $209,987.

(9)

This performance-based LTIP Unit award was granted on January 28, 2020, and, subject to relative TSR metrics set forth in the CD&A, vests 50% following the end of the three-year forward looking performance period and 50% on the fourth anniversary of the grant date. The amount shown in the table is the award at maximum.

(10)

This performance-based LTIP Unit award was granted on January 28, 2020, and, subject to relative TSR metrics set forth in the CD&A, vests 50% following the end of the three-year forward looking performance period and 50% on the fourth anniversary of the grant date. The amount shown in the table is the award at maximum.

(11)

This performance-based LTIP Unit award was granted on January 29, 2019, and, subject to relative TSR metrics set forth in the CD&A, vests 50% following the end of the three-year forward looking performance period and 50% on the fourth anniversary of the grant date. The amount shown in the table is the award at target.

(12)

This LTIP Unit award was granted on January 28, 2020, and vests 25% on each anniversary of the grant date.  Ms. Stanfield holds a corresponding number of AIR LTIP Units with a value of $101,671.

(13)

This LTIP Unit award was granted on January 29, 2019, and vests 25% on each anniversary of the grant date. Ms. Stanfield holds a corresponding number of AIR LTIP Units with a value of $74,746.

(14)

This restricted stock award was granted on May 1, 2018, vests 25% on each of the following dates:  August 1, 2019, August 1, 2020, August 1, 2021, and August 1, 2022. Ms. Stanfield holds a corresponding number of AIR LTIP Units with a value of $365,586.

(15)

This option was granted on January 31, 2017. The amount shown in the table represents the portion of the award that was earned based on our relative TSR performance for the three-year performance period from January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2015, is incorporated herein by this reference)*2019, of which 50% vested on January 31, 2020, and the remaining 50% vested on January 31, 2021.

(16)

Form

This option was granted on January 26, 2016. The amount shown in the table represents the portion of the award that was earned based on our relative TSR performance for the three-year performance period from January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2018, of which 50% vested on January 26, 2019, and the remaining 50% vested on January 26, 2020.

(17)

This performance-based LTIP Unit Agreement (2015 Stock Awardaward was granted on January 29, 2019, and, Incentive Plan) (Exhibit 10.3subject to Aimco’s Current Reportrelative TSR metrics set forth in the CD&A, vests 50% following the end of the three-year forward looking performance period and 50% on Form 8-K, datedthe fourth anniversary of the grant date. The amount shown in the table is the award at target.

(18)

This option was granted on February 12, 2015, and vested 25% on each anniversary of the grant date.

(19)

This performance-based LTIP Unit award was granted on January 30, 2018. The amount shown in the table represents the portion of the award that was earned based on our relative TSR performance for the three-year performance period from January 1, 2018, through December 31, 2020, of which 50% vested on January 30, 2021, and the remaining 50% will vest on January 30, 2022, as described in the CD&A. Mr. Considine holds a corresponding number of AIR LTIP Units with a value of $896,711.

(20)

This performance-based LTIP Unit award was granted on January 30, 2018. The amount shown in the table represents the portion of the award that was earned based on our relative TSR performance for the three-year performance period from January 1, 2018, through December 31, 2020, of which 50% vested on January 30, 2021, and the remaining 50% will vest on January 30, 2022, as described earlier in the CD&A. Mr. Considine holds a corresponding number of AIR LTIP Units with a value of $3,150,158.

(21)

This performance-based LTIP Unit award was granted on January 31, 2017. The amount shown in the table represents the portion of the award that was earned based on our relative TSR performance for the three-year performance period from January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2019, of which 50% vested on January 31, 2020, and the remaining 50% vested on January 31, 2021, as described in the CD&A. Mr. Considine holds a corresponding number of AIR LTIP Units with a value of $629,041.

(22)

This option was granted on January 28, 2020 and, subject to relative TSR metrics set forth in the CD&A, vests 50% following the end of the three-year forward looking performance period and 50% on the fourth anniversary of the grant date. The amount shown in the table is the award at maximum.

(23)

This option was granted on January 31, 2017. The amount shown in the table represents the portion of the award that was earned based on our relative TSR performance for the three-year performance period from January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2019, of which 50% vested on January 31, 2020, and the remaining 50% will vest on January 31, 2022.

(24)

This option was granted on January 26, 2016. The amount shown in the table represents the portion of the award that was earned based on our relative TSR performance for the three-year performance period from January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2018, of which 50% vested on January 26, 2019, 37.5% vested on January 26, 2020, and 12.5% vests on January 26, 2022.

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(25)

This restricted stock award was granted on January 30, 2018, and vests 100% on the fourth anniversary of the grant date. Mr. Beldin holds a corresponding number of AIR shares with a value of $230,037.

(26)

This restricted stock award was granted on January 31, 2017, is incorporated herein by this reference)*and vested 25% on the first anniversary of the grant date and 75% will vest on the fifth anniversary of the grant date. Mr. Beldin holds a corresponding number of AIR shares with a value of $162,897.

(27)

Form

This performance-based restricted stock award was granted on January 31, 2017. The amount shown in the table represents the portion of Performance Vesting LTIP Unit Agreement (2015 Stock Awardthe award that was earned based on our relative TSR performance for the three-year performance period from January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2019, of which 50% vested on January 31, 2020, and Incentive Plan) (Exhibit 10.4 to Aimco’s Current Reportthe remaining 50% will vest on Form 8-K, datedJanuary 31, 2022. Mr. Beldin holds a corresponding number of AIR shares with a value of $140,696.

(28)

This restricted stock award was granted on January 26, 2016, and vested 25% on each of the first, second anniversaries of the grant date and 50% will vest on the sixth anniversary of the grant date. Mr. Beldin holds a corresponding number of AIR shares with a value of $102,171.

(29)

This performance-based restricted stock award was granted on January 26, 2016. The amount shown in the table represents the portion of the award that was earned based on our relative TSR performance for the three-year performance period from January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2018, as described in the CD&A, of which 50% vested on January 26, 2019, 37.5% vested on January 26, 2020, and 12.5% vests on January 26, 2022. Mr. Beldin holds a corresponding number of AIR shares with a value of $79,201.

(30)

This restricted stock award was granted on January 26, 2016, and vested 25% on each of the first, second, and third anniversaries of the grant date and will vest 12.5% on each of the fifth and sixth anniversaries of the grant date. Mr. Beldin holds a corresponding number of AIR shares with a value of $68,715.

(31)

This restricted stock award was granted on January 31, 2017, is incorporated herein by this reference)*and vested 25% on each anniversary of the grant date. The following NEOs hold a corresponding number of AIR shares with the following values:  Ms. Cohn- $72,403, and Mr. Kimmel - $52,506.    

(32)

Form

This performance-based restricted stock award was granted on January 31, 2017. The amount shown in the table represents the portion of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement (2015 Stock Award and Incentive Plan) (Exhibit 10.26 to Aimco’s Annual Reportthe award that was earned based on Form 10-Kour relative TSR performance for the year endedthree-year performance period from January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2016, is incorporated herein2019, of which 50% vested on January 31, 2020, and the remaining 50% vested on January 31, 2021. The following NEOs hold a corresponding number of AIR shares with the following values:  Ms. Cohn- $208,489, and Mr. Kimmel - $151,182.    

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OPTION EXERCISES AND STOCK VESTED IN 2020

The following table sets forth certain information regarding options and stock awards exercised and vested, respectively, during the year ended December 31, 2020, for the persons named in the Summary Compensation Table above.

 

 

Option Awards

 

 

Stock Awards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name

 

Number of

Shares

Acquired on

Exercise (#)

 

 

Value

Realized on

Exercise ($) (1)

 

 

Number of

Shares

Acquired on

Vesting (#)

 

 

Value

Realized on

Vesting ($) (2)

 

Wesley W. Powell

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,807

 

 

 

283,408

 

H. Lynn Stanfield

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,408

 

 

 

219,174

 

Jennifer B. Johnson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Terry Considine

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

67,687

 

 

 

3,634,997

 

Paul L. Beldin

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,490

 

 

 

561,248

 

Lisa R. Cohn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26,278

 

 

 

1,406,328

 

Keith M. Kimmel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,541

 

 

 

1,100,232

 

(1)

Amounts reflect the difference between the exercise price of the option and the market price at the time of exercise.

(2)

Amounts reflect the market price of the stock on the day the shares of restricted stock vested.

POTENTIAL PAYMENTS UPON TERMINATION OR CHANGE IN CONTROL

The NEOs are entitled to certain severance payments and benefits upon a qualifying termination of employment or, in the case of a change in control, double trigger accelerated vesting of equity awards in the event of a qualifying termination of employment that occurs within one year following a change in control. The terms of these arrangements are described under “CD&A — Post-Employment Compensation and Employment and Severance Arrangements — Executive Employment Arrangements, Executive Severance Arrangements and Equity Award Agreements” above.

In the table that follows, potential payments and other benefits payable upon termination of employment and change in control situations are set out as if the conditions for payments had occurred and/or the terminations took place on December 31, 2020. In setting out such payments and benefits, amounts that had already been earned as of the termination date are not shown. Also, benefits that are available to all full-time regular employees when their employment terminates are not shown. The amounts set forth below are estimates of the amounts that could be paid out to the NEOs upon their termination. The actual amounts to be paid out can only be determined at the time of such NEOs’ separation from Aimco. The following table summarizes the potential payments under various scenarios if they had occurred on December 31, 2020. None of Messrs. Powell, Considine, Beldin, or Kimmel or Mses. Stanfield, Johnson, or Cohn received any severance or similar payments or benefits in connection with the Separation.  

 

 

Value of Accelerated Stock and Stock Options ($)(1)

 

 

Severance ($)

 

 

 

 

 

Name

 

Change

in

Control

Only

 

 

Double

Trigger

Change in

Control

 

 

Death or

Disability

 

 

Termination

Without

Cause

 

 

Termination

For Good

Reason

 

 

Death

 

 

Disability

 

 

Termination

Without

Cause

 

 

Termination

For Good

Reason

 

 

Termination

Without

Cause or

For Good

Reason

in

Connection

with a

Change in

Control

 

 

Non-

Compete

Payments

($) (2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wesley W. Powell

 

 

 

 

 

159,275

 

 

 

159,275

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

600,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H. Lynn Stanfield

 

 

 

 

 

131,984

 

 

 

131,984

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

437,500

 

(3)

 

764,710

 

(4)

 

764,710

 

(4)

 

1,520,027

 

(5)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jennifer B. Johnson

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

270,270

 

(3)

 

644,449

 

(4)

 

644,449

 

(4)

 

1,257,692

 

(5)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

Amounts reflect value of accelerated restricted stock and LTIP Units using the closing market price on December 31, 2020, of $5.28 per share.

(2)

Amounts assume the agreements were enforced by this reference)*the Company and that non-compete payments in an aggregate amount equal to two-thirds of the executive’s monthly base salary would be payable for 24 months following the executive’s termination of employment by the Company without cause.

Form

(3)

Amount consists of Performance Vesting LTIP II Unit Agreement (2015 Stock Awarda lump sum cash payment equal to the amount of 2020 STI paid, as payable pursuant to the Executive Severance Policy.

(4)

Amount consists of (i) a lump sum cash payment equal to the sum of base salary and Incentive Plan) (Exhibit 10.15 to Aimco’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Qthe average of the amount of STI paid for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2018, is incorporated herein by this reference)*

Listprevious three years, and (ii) 18 months of Subsidiaries
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm - Aimco
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm - Aimco Operating Partnership
Certification of Chief Executive Officermedical coverage reimbursement, as payable pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), as Adopted Pursuantthe Executive Severance Policy.

(5)

Amount consists of (i) a lump sum cash payment equal to Section 302two times the sum of base salary and the average of the Sarbanes-Oxley Actamount of 2002 - Aimco

CertificationSTI paid for the previous three years, and (ii) 18 months of Chief Financial Officermedical coverage reimbursement, as payable pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)the Executive Severance Policy.

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CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMPENSATION AND EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION

We believe that executive pay should be internally consistent and equitable to motivate our teammates to create shareholder value. In August 2015, pursuant to a mandate of the Dodd-Frank Act, the SEC adopted a rule requiring annual disclosure of the ratio of the median employee’s annual total compensation to the annual total compensation of the principal executive officer. The disclosure is required for fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 2017. The annual total compensation for 2020 for Mr. Powell, CEO following the Separation, was $1,759,704, as reported under the heading “Summary Compensation Table.” Our median employee’s total compensation for 2020 was $147,359. As a result, we estimate that Mr. Powell’s 2020 total compensation was approximately 11.9 times that of our median employee.

Our CEO to median employee pay ratio was calculated in accordance with Item 402(u) of Regulation S-K. We identified the median employee by examining 2020 total compensation, consisting of base salary, annual bonus amounts, stock-based compensation (based on the grant date fair value of awards granted during 2020) and other incentive payments for all individuals who were employed by Aimco on December 31, 2020, other than our CEO. Our measuring date of December 31 remained the same as last year. We included all active employees and annualized the compensation for any employees who were not employed by Aimco for the full 2020 calendar year. After identifying the median employee based on 2020 total compensation, we calculated annual total compensation for such employee using the same methodology we use for our NEOs as set forth in the “Total” column in the Summary Compensation Table.

DIRECTOR COMPENSATION

In formulating its recommendation for director compensation, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee reviews director compensation for independent directors of companies in the real estate industry and companies of comparable market capitalization, revenue and assets and considers compensation trends for other NYSE-listed companies and S&P 500 companies. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee also considers the relatively small size of the Aimco board as compared to other boards, the participation of each Independent Director on each committee, and the resulting workload on the directors. In addition, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee considers the overall cost of the Board to the Company and the cost per director.

2020 Compensation for Pre-Separation Directors

For 2020, compensation for the pre-Separation independent directors remained consistent with their compensation for 2019. Specifically, director compensation included a fixed annual cash retainer of $90,000 and an award of 3,200 shares of fully vested Common Stock. No meeting fees were paid to independent directors for attending meetings of the Board and the committees on which they serve. For the year ended December 31, 2020, Aimco paid the pre-Separation directors serving on the Board during that year as follows:  

Name

 

Fees Earned or

Paid in Cash

($) (1)

 

Stock

Awards

($) (2)

 

Option

Awards

($)

 

Non-Equity

Incentive Plan

Compensation

($)

 

Change in Pension

Value and Nonqualified

Deferred Compensation

Earnings

 

All Other

Compensation

($)

 

Total

($)

Terry Considine (3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thomas L. Keltner

 

90,000

 

170,432

 

 

 

 

 

260,432

Robert A. Miller

 

90,000

 

170,432

 

 

 

 

 

260,432

Devin I. Murphy

 

67,500

 

89,304

 

 

 

 

 

156,804

Kathleen M. Nelson

 

90,000

 

170,432

 

 

 

 

 

260,432

John D. Rayis

 

67,500

 

89,304

 

 

 

 

 

156,804

Ann Sperling

 

90,000

 

170,432

 

 

 

 

 

260,432

Michael A. Stein

 

90,000

 

170,432

 

 

 

 

 

260,432

Nina A. Tran

 

90,000

 

170,432

 

 

 

 

 

260,432

(1)

For 2020, each independent director received a cash retainer of $90,000, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302except Messrs. Murphy and Rayis, who joined the Board on April 28, 2020, received a prorated cash retainer of $67,500 each.

(2)

For 2020, Messrs. Keltner, Miller, and Stein, and Mses. Nelson, Sperling, and Tran were each awarded 3,200 shares of Common Stock, which shares were awarded on January 28, 2020, and the Sarbanes-Oxley Actclosing price of 2002 - AimcoAimco’s Common Stock on that date was $53.26. Messrs. Murphy and Rayis, who joined the Board on April 28, 2020, were each awarded a prorated amount of 2,400 shares of Common Stock on April 28, 2020, and the closing price on that date was $37.21. The dollar value shown above represents the aggregate grant date fair value computed in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 718 and is calculated based on the closing price of Aimco’s Common Stock on the date of grant.

(3)

Certification

Mr. Considine, who is not an independent director, did not receive any additional compensation for serving on the Board.


Compensation for Post-Separation Directors

The post-Separation Independent Directors each received an initial fee of 34,000 shares of Common Stock, which shares were awarded on December 21, 2021, for Messrs. Allen, Leupp, Stone, and Sykes and Ms. Gibson, and on January 27, 2021, for Messrs. Miller and Stein and Ms. Smith.

2021 Compensation

Compensation for each of the Independent Directors in 2021 includes an annual fee of 16,234 shares of Common Stock, which shares were awarded on January 27, 2021. The closing price of Aimco’s Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on January 27, 2021, was $4.62. The Independent Directors also received an annual cash retainer of $75,000, payable quarterly. Directors will not receive meeting fees in 2021.

As contemplated by the Separation and by Aimco and AIR, Mr. Considine has specific responsibilities during 2021 and 2022 to support the establishment and growth of the Aimco business, reporting directly to the Board.  It is expected that Mr. Considine will receive compensation for these responsibilities. The compensation structure and amount for these responsibilities has not yet been finalized.


ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

The following table sets forth certain information available to the Company, as of April 19, 2021, with respect to Aimco’s equity securities beneficially owned by (i) each director and the NEOs, and (ii) all directors and executive officers as a group. The table also sets forth certain information available to the Company, as of April 19, 2021, with respect to shares of Common Stock held by each person known to the Company to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of such shares. This table reflects options that are exercisable within 60 days. Unless otherwise indicated, each person has sole voting and investment power with respect to the securities beneficially owned by that person. The business address of each of the following directors and NEOs is 4582 South Ulster Street, Suite 1450, Denver, Colorado 80237, except the business address for Messrs. Beldin and Kimmel and Ms. Cohn is 4582 South Ulster Street, Suite 1700, Denver, Colorado 80237. None of the securities reflected in this table held by the directors or NEOs are the subject of any hedging or pledging transaction.

Name and Address of Beneficial Owner

 

Number of

shares of

Common

Stock (1)

 

Percentage

of Common

Stock

Outstanding (2)

 

Number of

Partnership

Units (3)

 

Percentage

Ownership of the

Company (4)

Directors and Executive Officers:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wesley W. Powell

 

429,948

 

*

 

 

*

H. Lynn C. Stanfield

 

268,596

 

*

 

5,242

 

*

Jennifer B. Johnson

 

176,922

 

*

 

 

*

Paul L. Beldin

 

82,293

(5)

*

 

 

*

Lisa R. Cohn

 

115,697

 

*

 

 

*

Keith M. Kimmel

 

65,685

(6)

*

 

 

*

Quincy L. Allen

 

38,034

 

*

 

 

*

Terry Considine

 

1,870,026

(7)

1.24%

 

2,967,556

(8)

3.04%

Patricia L. Gibson

 

50,234

 

*

 

 

*

Jay Paul Leupp

 

52,247

(9)

*

 

 

*

Robert A. Miller

 

70,234

 

*

 

 

*

Deborah Smith

 

50,234

 

*

 

 

*

Michael A. Stein

 

50,234

 

*

 

 

*

R. Dary Stone

 

50,234

 

*

 

 

*

Kirk A. Sykes

 

50,234

 

*

 

 

*

All directors and executive officers as a group

   (12 persons)

 

3,157,177

(10)

2.09%

 

2,972,798

 

3.51%

5% or Greater Holders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.

 

20,840,632

(11)

13.89%

 

 

13.14%

100 East Pratt St.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Baltimore, Maryland 21202

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Vanguard Group, Inc.

 

20,387,883

(12)

13.59%

 

 

12.86%

100 Vanguard Blvd.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BlackRock Inc.

 

10,941,550

(13)

7.29%

 

 

6.90%

55 East 52nd Street

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New York, New York 10055

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FMR LLC

 

7,779,879

(14)

5.19%

 

 

4.91%

245 Summer Street

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boston, Massachusetts 02210

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

Less than 0.5%

(1)

Excludes shares of Chief Executive OfficerCommon Stock issuable upon redemption of common OP Units or equivalents.

(2)

Represents the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by each person divided by the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. Any shares of Common Stock that may be acquired by a person within 60 days upon the exercise of options, warrants, rights or conversion privileges or pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a),the power to revoke, or the automatic termination of, a trust, discretionary account or similar arrangement are deemed to be beneficially owned by that person and are deemed

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outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage of outstanding shares of Common Stock owned by that person, but not any other person.

(3)

Through wholly owned subsidiaries, Aimco acts as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302general partner of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - Aimco Operating Partnership

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a), as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - Aimco Operating Partnership
Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - Aimco
Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - Aimco
Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - Aimco Operating Partnership
Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 - Aimco Operating Partnership
Agreement regarding disclosure of long-term debt instruments - Aimco
Agreement regarding disclosure of long-term debt instruments - Aimco Operating Partnership
101XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language). The following materials from Aimco’s and the Aimco Operating Partnership’s combined Annual Report on Form 10-KPartnership. As of April 19, 2021, Aimco held approximately 94.6% of the common partnership interests in the Aimco Operating Partnership. Interests in the Aimco Operating Partnership that are held by limited partners other than Aimco are referred to as “OP Units.” Generally, after a holding period of 12 months, common OP Units may be tendered for the year ended December 31, 2018, formatted in XBRL: (i) consolidated balance sheets; (ii) consolidated statementsredemption and, upon tender, may be acquired by Aimco for shares of operations; (iii) consolidated statementsCommon Stock at an exchange ratio of comprehensive income; (iv) consolidated statementsone share of equity and consolidated statements of partners’ capital; (v) consolidated statements of cash flows; (vi) notesCommon Stock for each common OP Unit (subject to adjustment). If Aimco acquired all common OP Units for Common Stock (without regard to the consolidated financial statements; and (vii) financial statement schedule (3)ownership limit set forth in Aimco’s Charter), these shares of Common Stock would constitute approximately 5.4% of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock. OP Units are subject to certain restrictions on transfer.

(4)

Represents the number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned, divided by the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding, assuming, in both cases, that all 8,548,668 OP Units outstanding as of April 19, 2021, are redeemed in exchange for shares of Common Stock (notwithstanding any holding period requirements, and Aimco’s ownership limit). See note (3) above. Excludes partnership preferred units issued by the Aimco Operating Partnership and Aimco preferred securities.

(1)

(5)

Includes 17,425 shares subject to options that are exercisable within 60 days.

(6)

Includes 14,588 shares subject to options that are exercisable within 60 days.

(7)

Includes the following shares of which Mr. Considine disclaims beneficial ownership: 34,724 shares held by Mr. Considine’s spouse; and 900,000 shares held by a retirement plan for which Mr. Considine is the trustee and his spouse is the sole participant. Also includes 750,557 shares subject to options that are exercisable within 60 days.

(8)

Includes 1,038,451 OP Units and equivalents held by Mr. Considine. Includes 179,735 OP Units held by an entity in which Mr. Considine has sole voting and investment power, 1,591,672 OP Units and equivalents held by Titahotwo Limited Partnership RLLLP, a registered limited liability limited partnership for which Mr. Considine serves as the general partner and holds a 0.5% ownership interest, and 157,698 OP Units held by Mr. Considine’s spouse, for which Mr. Considine disclaims beneficial ownership.

(9)

Includes 52,234 shares held directly by Mr. Leupp and 13 shares held by Terra Firma Asset Management, LLC, of which Mr. Leupp is a 65% owner.  

(10)

Includes 750,557 shares subject to options that are exercisable within 60 days.

(11)

Beneficial ownership information is based on information contained in Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on January 11, 2021, by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. on behalf of itself and supplemental materialsaffiliated entities.  According to the exhibitsschedule, included in the securities listed above as beneficially owned by T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. are 7,138,079 shares and 9,061,833 shares over which T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. and T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Value Fund, Inc., respectively, have been omitted butsole voting power. According to the schedule, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. has sole dispositive power with respect to all 20,840,632 shares.

(12)

Beneficial ownership information is based on information contained in Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 10, 2021, by The Vanguard Group, Inc. According to the schedule, The Vanguard Group, Inc. has sole dispositive power with respect to 19,846,703 of the shares and shared voting power with respect to 422,691 of the shares and shared dispositive power with respect to 541,180 of the shares.

(13)

Beneficial ownership information is based on information contained in Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on January 29, 2021, by BlackRock Inc. According to the schedule, BlackRock Inc. has sole voting power with respect to 10,360,709 of the shares and sole dispositive power with respect to all 10,941,550 shares.

(14)

Beneficial ownership information is based on information contained in an Amendment No. 1 to Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on February 8, 2021, by FMR LLC. According to the schedule, FMR LLC has sole voting power with respect to 3,197,145 of the shares and sole dispositive power with respect to all 7,779,879 shares.



SECURITIES AUTHORIZED FOR ISSUANCE UNDER EQUITY COMPENSATION PLANS

Information on equity compensation plans as of the end of the 2020 fiscal year under which equity securities of the Company are authorized for issuance is set forth in the following table.

 

 

Plan Category

 

Number of

Securities To Be

Issued upon

Exercise of

Outstanding

Options, Warrants

and Rights

 

 

Weighted Average

Exercise Price of

Outstanding

Options, Warrants

and Rights (1)

 

 

Number of Securities

Remaining Available for Future

Issuance under Equity

Compensation Plans (Excluding

Securities Subject to Outstanding

Unexercised Grants)

 

Equity compensation plans approved by security holders

 

 

3,450,037

 

 

$

4.66

 

 

 

29,754,618

 

Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

________________________

(1)  The weighted average exercise price is calculated based solely on the outstanding stock options. It does not take into account the shares issuable upon vesting of outstanding time-based restricted stock, performance-based restricted stock, or LTIP awards, because such awards do not have an exercise price.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

Policies and Procedures for Review, Approval or Ratification of Related Person Transactions

Aimco recognizes that related person transactions can present potential or actual conflicts of interest and create the appearance that Aimco’s decisions are based on considerations other than the best interests of Aimco and its stockholders. Accordingly, as a general matter, it is Aimco’s preference to avoid related person transactions. Nevertheless, Aimco recognizes that there are situations where related person transactions may be in, or may not be inconsistent with, the best interests of Aimco and its stockholders. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, pursuant to a written policy approved by the Board, has oversight for related person transactions. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will review transactions, arrangements or relationships in which (1) the aggregate amount involved will or may be expected to exceed $100,000 in any calendar year, (2) Aimco (or any Aimco entity) is a participant, and (3) any related party has or will have a direct or indirect interest (other than an interest arising solely as a result of being a director of another corporation or organization that is a party to the transaction or a less than 10 percent beneficial owner of another entity that is a party to the transaction). The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee has also given its standing approval for certain types of related person transactions such as certain employment arrangements, director compensation, transactions with another entity in which a related person’s interest is only by virtue of a non-executive employment relationship or limited equity position, and transactions in which all stockholders receive pro rata benefits.

Sublease of a Portion of Aimco Office Space

On January 25, 2019, Aimco entered into a sublease agreement (the “Sublease”) with an entity in which Mr. Considine has sole voting and investment power. Under this agreement, Aimco has subleased to said entity approximately 2,957 square feet of office space within the same building as Aimco’s corporate headquarters, and consisting of excess space not needed by Aimco, on exactly the same terms as Aimco leases the space. The Sublease does not provide any benefit to the entity, as other space in the building requires comparable rent. The Sublease provides some benefit to Aimco as it gives Aimco a head start on putting that space to productive use. The entity has a lease term less favorable than Aimco’s lease with the landlord, in that Aimco has the option to terminate the Sublease at any time, for any or no reason, upon six months’ notice. The Sublease has a term that began on April 1, 2019, and ends on April 30, 2029, the same term as the Aimco lease. The annual amount of rent in the first year was $78,361, subject to annual increases. The aggregate amount of rent expected to be paid under the Sublease, assuming the entire lease term is fulfilled, is approximately $850,000. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee reviewed the Sublease and determined that it is in the best interests of Aimco and its stockholders.

Related Person Transactions

In November 2019, Aimco confirmed an arrangement with Richard M. Powell, of R.M. Powell & Co., a contractor for Aimco since 1997 and father of Mr. Wes Powell, Director, President and CEO. Depending on the success of potential transactions identified by Mr. Richard Powell, he may earn fees in amounts in excess of $120,000. Pursuant to the Company’s related party transactions policy, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee reviewed and approved the arrangement with Mr. Richard Powell.


In March 2020, Elizabeth Likovich, the daughter of Mr. Considine, Director, became a full-time employee of the Company, and her compensation is in excess of $120,000. Prior to joining Aimco, Ms. Likovich held a similar position at a peer apartment company. Pursuant to the policy noted above, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee reviewed and approved the employment of Ms. Likovich.

Independence of Directors

The Board has determined that to be considered independent, an outside director may not have a direct or indirect material relationship with Aimco or its subsidiaries (directly or as a partner, stockholder or officer of an organization that has a relationship with the Company). A material relationship is one that impairs or inhibits, or has the potential to impair or inhibit, a director’s exercise of critical and disinterested judgment on behalf of Aimco and its stockholders. In determining whether a material relationship exists, the Board considers all relevant facts and circumstances, including whether the director or a family member is a current or former employee of the Company, family member relationships, compensation, business relationships and payments, and charitable contributions between Aimco and an entity with which a director is affiliated (as an executive officer, partner or substantial stockholder). The Board consults with the Company’s counsel to ensure that such determinations are consistent with all relevant securities and other laws and regulations regarding the definition of “independent director,” including but not limited to those categorical standards set forth in Section 303A.02 of the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange as in effect from time to time.

Consistent with these considerations, the pre-Separation Board affirmatively determined that Messrs. Keltner, Miller, Murphy, Rayis, and Stein and Mses. Nelson, Sperling, and Tran were independent directors, and the post-Separation Board affirmatively has determined that Messrs. Allen, Leupp, Miller, Stein, Stone, and Sykes and Mses. Gibson and Smith are independent directors.

ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

Principal Accountant Fees

Below is information on the fees billed for services rendered by Ernst & Young LLP during the years ended December 31, 2020, and 2019.

 

 

Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Aggregate fees billed for services

 

$ 0.74 million (1)

 

 

$ 2.11 million

 

Audit Fees:

Including fees associated with the audit of Aimco’s annual financial

statements, internal controls, interim reviews of financial statements,

registration statements, comfort letters, and consents

 

$ 0.74 million (1)

 

 

$ 1.23 million

 

Audit-Related Fees:

Including fees related to benefit plan audits

 

$ --

 

 

$ 0.03 million

 

Tax Fees:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax Compliance Fees (2)

 

$ --

 

 

$ 0.60 million

 

Tax Consulting Fees (3)

 

$ --

 

 

$ 0.20 million

 

Total Tax Fees

 

$ --

 

 

$ 0.80 million

 

All other fees

 

$ --

 

 

$ 0.05 million

 

(1)

Excludes amounts incurred by the Company prior to the Separation.

(2)

Tax compliance fees consist primarily of income tax return preparation and income tax return review fees related to the income tax returns of the Company, the Operating Partnership, and certain Company subsidiaries and affiliates.

(3)

Tax consulting fees consist primarily of amounts attributable to routine advice related to various transactions, and assistance related to income tax return examinations by governmental authorities.

Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies

The Audit Committee has adopted the Audit and Non-Audit Services Pre-approval Policy (the “Pre-approval Policy”). A summary of the Pre-approval Policy is as follows:

The Pre-approval Policy describes the Audit, Audit-related, Tax and Other Permitted services that have the general pre-approval of the Audit Committee.

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Pre-approvals are typically subject to a dollar limit of $50,000.

The term of any general pre-approval is generally 12 months from the date of pre-approval.

At least annually, the Audit Committee reviews and pre-approves the services that may be provided toby the Securities and Exchange Commission upon request.independent registered public accounting firm without obtaining specific pre-approval from the Audit Committee.

(2)

The Commission file numbers for exhibits

Unless a type of service has received general pre-approval and is 001-13232 (Aimco) and 0-24497 (the Aimco Operating Partnership), and all such exhibits remain available pursuantanticipated to be within the Records Control Schedule ofdollar limit associated with the Securities and Exchange Commission.general pre-approval, it requires specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee if it is to be provided by the independent registered public accounting firm.

(3)

As provided in Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, this information is furnished and not filed for purposes of Sections 11 and 12

The Audit Committee will consider whether all services are consistent with the rules on independent registered public accounting firm independence.


The Audit Committee also considers whether the independent registered public accounting firm is best positioned to provide the most effective and efficient service, for reasons such as its familiarity with Aimco’s business, people, culture, accounting systems, risk profile and other factors, and whether the service might enhance Aimco’s ability to manage or control risk or improve audit quality. Such factors are considered as a whole, and no one factor is necessarily determinative.

All of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 18 ofservices described in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

*Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement
Item 16. Form 10-K Summary
None.
Principal Accountant Fee section above were approved pursuant to the annual engagement letter or in accordance with the Pre-approval Policy.



SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, eachthe registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

APARTMENT INVESTMENT AND

MANAGEMENT COMPANY

By:

By:

/s/ TERRY CONSIDINE    Wesley W. Powell

Terry Considine

Wesley W. Powell

Chairman of the Board

Director, President and
Chief Executive Officer

Date:

February 19, 2019

Date:

April 30, 2021

AIMCO OP L.P.

AIMCO PROPERTIES, L.P.

By:

AIMCO-GP, Inc.,

Aimco OP GP, LLC, its General Partner

/s/ Wesley W. Powell

By:

/s/ TERRY CONSIDINE    

Terry Considine
Chairman of the Board

Wesley W. Powell

Director, President and
Chief Executive Officer

Date:

February 19, 2019

Date:

April 30, 2021


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of each registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature

Title

Date

SignatureTitleDate

APARTMENT INVESTMENT AND

MANAGEMENT COMPANY

AIMCO PROPERTIES,OP L.P.

By: AIMCO-GP, Inc.,Aimco OP GP, LLC, its General Partner

/s/ TERRY CONSIDINEWESLEY W. POWELL

Director, Chief Executive Officer

April 30, 2021

Wesley W. Powell

(principal executive officer)

/s/ H. LYNN C. STANFIELD

Executive Vice President and

April 30, 2021

H. Lynn C. Stanfield

Chief Financial Officer

(principal financial officer)

/s/ JUSTIN W. FRENZEL

Vice President

April 30, 2021

Justin W. Frenzel

Chief Accounting Officer

(principal accounting officer)

/s/ ROBERT A. MILLER

Chairman of the Board andof Directors

February 19, 2019

April 30, 2021

Terry Considine
Chief Executive Officer
(principal executive officer)
/s/ PAUL BELDINExecutive Vice President andFebruary 19, 2019
Paul Beldin
Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial officer)
/s/ THOMAS L. KELTNERDirectorFebruary 19, 2019
Thomas L. Keltner
/s/ J. LANDIS MARTINDirectorFebruary 19, 2019
J. Landis Martin
/s/ ROBERT A. MILLERDirectorFebruary 19, 2019

Robert A. Miller

/s/ KATHLEEN M. NELSONQUINCY ALLEN

Director

February 19, 2019

April 30, 2021

Kathleen M. Nelson

Quincy Allen

/s/ ANN SPERLINGTERRY CONSIDINE

Director

February 19, 2019

April 30, 2021

Ann Sperling

Terry Considine

/s/ PATRICIA GIBSON

Director

April 30, 2021

Patricia Gibson

/s/ JAY P. LEUPP

Director

April 30, 2021

Jay P. Leupp

/s/ DEBORAH SMITH

Director

April 30, 2021

Deborah Smith

/s/ MICHAEL A. STEIN

Director

February 19, 2019

April 30, 2021

Michael A. Stein

/s/ NINA A. TRANR. DARY STONE

Director

February 19, 2019

April 30, 2021

Nina

R. Dary Stone

/s/ KIRK A. TranSYKES

Director

April 30, 2021

Kirk A. Sykes


APARTMENT INVESTMENT AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY
AIMCO PROPERTIES, L.P.


INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Page
Financial Statements:
Financial Statement Schedule:
All other schedules are omitted because they are not applicable or the required information is shown in the financial statements or notes thereto.


Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


The Shareholders and the Board of Directors
Apartment Investment and Management Company

Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Apartment Investment and Management Company (the Company) as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, equity, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2018, and the related notes and the financial statement schedule listed in the accompanying Index to Financial Statements (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company at December 31, 2018 and 2017, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2018, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework) and our report dated February 19, 2019 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.
Adoption of New Accounting Standard
As discussed in Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company changed its accounting for the income tax consequences of intercompany transfers of assets effective January 1, 2017.

Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP

We have served as the Company’s auditor since 1994.
Denver, Colorado
February 19, 2019


APARTMENT INVESTMENT AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
As of December 31, 2018 and 2017
(In thousands, except share data)

 2018 2017
ASSETS   
Buildings and improvements$6,552,065
 $6,174,149
Land1,756,525
 1,753,604
Total real estate8,308,590
 7,927,753
Accumulated depreciation(2,585,115) (2,522,358)
Net real estate5,723,475
 5,405,395
Cash and cash equivalents36,858
 60,498
Restricted cash35,737
 34,827
Other assets351,541
 272,739
Assets held for sale42,393
 17,959
Assets of partnerships served by Asset Management business:   
Real estate, net
 224,873
Cash and cash equivalents
 16,288
Restricted cash
 30,928
Other assets
 15,533
Total assets$6,190,004
 $6,079,040
    
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY   
Non-recourse property debt secured by Real Estate communities, net$3,915,305
 $3,545,109
Term loan, net
 249,501
Revolving credit facility borrowings160,360
 67,160
Total indebtedness associated with Real Estate portfolio4,075,665
 3,861,770
Accrued liabilities and other226,230
 213,027
Liabilities related to assets held for sale23,177
 
Liabilities of partnerships served by Asset Management business:   
Non-recourse property debt, net
 227,141
Accrued liabilities and other
 19,812
Total liabilities4,325,072
 4,321,750
Preferred noncontrolling interests in Aimco Operating Partnership (Note 7)101,291
 101,537
Commitments and contingencies (Note 5)
 
Equity:   
Perpetual Preferred Stock (Note 6)125,000
 125,000
Common Stock, $0.01 par value, 500,787,260 shares authorized, 149,133,826 and 157,189,447 shares issued/outstanding at December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively1,491
 1,572
Additional paid-in capital3,515,641
 3,900,042
Accumulated other comprehensive income4,794
 3,603
Distributions in excess of earnings(1,947,507) (2,367,073)
Total Aimco equity1,699,419
 1,663,144
Noncontrolling interests in consolidated real estate partnerships(2,967) (1,716)
Common noncontrolling interests in Aimco Operating Partnership67,189
 (5,675)
Total equity1,763,641
 1,655,753
Total liabilities and equity$6,190,004
 $6,079,040



See notes to the consolidated financial statements.

APARTMENT INVESTMENT AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016
(In thousands, except per share data)

 2018 2017 2016
REVENUES:     
Rental and other property revenues attributable to Real Estate$922,593
 $918,148
 $899,891
Rental and other property revenues of partnerships served by Asset Management business42,830
 74,046
 74,640
Tax credit and transaction revenues6,987
 13,243
 21,323
Total revenues972,410
 1,005,437
 995,854
OPERATING EXPENSES:     
Property operating expenses attributable to Real Estate307,901
 319,126
 317,957
Property operating expenses of partnerships served by Asset Management business20,921
 35,458
 36,956
Depreciation and amortization377,786
 366,184
 333,066
General and administrative expenses46,268
 43,657
 46,784
Other expenses, net3,778
 11,148
 14,295
Provision for real estate impairment loss
 35,881
 
Total operating expenses756,654
 811,454
 749,058
      
Interest income10,914
 8,332
 7,797
Interest expense(200,634) (194,615) (196,389)
Gain on dispositions of real estate and the Asset Management Business677,463
 300,849
 400,156
Other, net77
 7,694
 6,071
Income before income tax benefit703,576
 316,243
 464,431
Income tax benefit (Note 9)13,027
 30,836
 18,842
Net income716,603
 347,079
 483,273
Noncontrolling interests:     
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests in consolidated real estate partnerships(8,220) (9,084) (25,256)
Net income attributable to preferred noncontrolling interests in Aimco Operating Partnership(7,739) (7,764) (7,239)
Net income attributable to common noncontrolling interests in Aimco Operating Partnership(34,417) (14,457) (20,368)
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests(50,376) (31,305) (52,863)
Net income attributable to Aimco666,227
 315,774
 430,410
Net income attributable to Aimco preferred stockholders(8,593) (8,594) (11,994)
Net income attributable to participating securities(1,037) (319) (635)
Net income attributable to Aimco common stockholders$656,597
 $306,861
 $417,781
      
Net income attributable to Aimco per common share – basic$4.21
 $1.96
 $2.68
Net income attributable to Aimco per common share – diluted$4.21
 $1.96
 $2.67
      
Weighted average common shares outstanding – basic155,866
 156,323
 156,001
Weighted average common shares outstanding – diluted156,053
 156,796
 156,391






See notes to the consolidated financial statements.

APARTMENT INVESTMENT AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
For the Years Ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016
(In thousands)

 2018 2017 2016
Net income$716,603
 $347,079
 $483,273
Other comprehensive gain:     
Realized and unrealized (losses) gains on interest rate swaps
 (173) 221
Losses on interest rate swaps reclassified into earnings from accumulated other comprehensive loss1,391
 1,480
 1,586
Unrealized (losses) gains on available for sale debt securities(131) 1,507
 5,855
Other comprehensive gain1,260
 2,814
 7,662
Comprehensive income717,863
 349,893
 490,935
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests(50,445) (31,527) (53,474)
Comprehensive income attributable to Aimco$667,418
 $318,366
 $437,461






































See notes to the consolidated financial statements.

APARTMENT INVESTMENT AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY
For the Years Ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016
(In thousands)
 Preferred Stock Common Stock            
 Shares Issued Amount Shares Issued Amount Additional Paid-in Capital Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) Distributions in Excess of Earnings Total Aimco Equity Noncontrolling Interests Total Equity
Balances at December 31, 20156,391
 $159,126
 156,326
 $1,563
 $4,064,659
 $(6,040) $(2,596,917) $1,622,391
 $141,514
 $1,763,905
Redemption of Preferred Stock(1,391) (34,126) 
 
 1,307
 
 (1,980) (34,799) 
 (34,799)
Redemption of Aimco Operating Partnership units
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (10,819) (10,819)
Amortization of share-based compensation cost
 
 31
 
 8,610
 
 
 8,610
 
 8,610
Effect of changes in ownership for consolidated entities
 
 
 
 (26,171) 
 
 (26,171) 10,107
 (16,064)
Change in accumulated other comprehensive income
 
 
 
 
 7,051
 
 7,051
 611
 7,662
Other, net
 
 531
 6
 3,317
 
 
 3,323
 
 3,323
Net income
 
 
 
 
 
 430,410
 430,410
 45,624
 476,034
Distributions to noncontrolling interests
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (35,974) (35,974)
Common Stock dividends
 
 
 
 
 
 (206,898) (206,898) 
 (206,898)
Preferred Stock dividends
 
 
 
 
 
 (10,014) (10,014) 
 (10,014)
Balances at December 31, 20165,000
 125,000
 156,888
 1,569
 4,051,722
 1,011
 (2,385,399) 1,793,903
 151,063
 1,944,966
Redemption of Aimco Operating Partnership units
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (11,882) (11,882)
Amortization of share-based compensation cost
 
 18
 
 8,638
 
 
 8,638
 613
 9,251
Contributions from noncontrolling interests
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3,401
 3,401
Effect of changes in ownership for consolidated entities
 
 
 
 (160,586) 
 
 (160,586) (152,189) (312,775)
Cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle
 
 
 
 
 
 (62,682) (62,682) (3,028) (65,710)
Change in accumulated other comprehensive income
 
 
 
 
 2,592
 
 2,592
 222
 2,814
Other, net
 
 283
 3
 268
 
 
 271
 
 271
Net income
 
 
 
 
 
 315,774
 315,774
 23,541
 339,315
Distributions to noncontrolling interests
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (19,132) (19,132)
Common Stock dividends
 
 
 
 
 
 (226,172) (226,172) 
 (226,172)
Preferred Stock dividends
 
 
 
 
 
 (8,594) (8,594) 
 (8,594)
Balances at December 31, 20175,000
 125,000
 157,189
 1,572
 3,900,042
 3,603
 (2,367,073) 1,663,144
 (7,391) 1,655,753
Repurchases of Common Stock
 
 (8,219) (82) (373,511) 
 
 (373,593) 
 (373,593)
Issuance of Aimco Operating Partnership units
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 50,151
 50,151
Redemption of Aimco Operating Partnership units
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (9,639) (9,639)
Amortization of share-based compensation cost
 
 22
 
 8,074
 
 
 8,074
 1,691
 9,765
Effect of changes in ownership for consolidated entities
 
 
 
 (19,115) 
 
 (19,115) 9,014
 (10,101)
Change in accumulated other comprehensive income
 
 
 
 
 1,191
 
 1,191
 69
 1,260
Other, net
 
 142
 1
 151
 
 
 152
 
 152
Net income
 
 
 
 
 
 666,227
 666,227
 42,637
 708,864
Distributions to noncontrolling interests
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (22,310) (22,310)
Common Stock dividends
 
 
 
 
 
 (238,067) (238,067) 
 (238,067)
Preferred Stock dividends
 
 
 
 
 
 (8,594) (8,594) 
 (8,594)
Balances at December 31, 20185,000
 $125,000
 149,134
 $1,491
 $3,515,641
 $4,794
 $(1,947,507) $1,699,419
 $64,222
 $1,763,641




See notes to the consolidated financial statements.

APARTMENT INVESTMENT AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016
(In thousands)
 2018 2017 2016
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:     
Net income$716,603
 $347,079
 $483,273
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:     
Depreciation and amortization377,786
 366,184
 333,066
Provision for real estate impairment loss
 35,881
 
Gain on dispositions of real estate and the Asset Management business(677,463) (300,849) (400,156)
Income tax benefit(13,027) (30,836) (18,842)
Share-based compensation expense8,550
 7,877
 7,629
Amortization of debt issue costs and other9,023
 5,666
 5,060
Other, net1,065
 (7,694) (6,071)
Changes in operating assets and operating liabilities:     
Accounts receivable and other assets(27,830) (15,841) (22,294)
Accounts payable, accrued liabilities and other1,681
 (15,395) (5,164)
Total adjustments(320,215) 44,993
 (106,772)
Net cash provided by operating activities396,388
 392,072
 376,501
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:     
Purchases of real estate and deposits related to purchases of real estate(242,297) (20,372) (290,729)
Capital expenditures(340,489) (358,104) (346,645)
Proceeds from dispositions of real estate708,848
 401,983
 535,513
Purchases of corporate assets(7,718) (8,899) (7,540)
Proceeds from repayments on notes receivable5,010
 430
 412
Other investing activities(1,508) (2,019) 9,842
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities121,846
 13,019
 (99,147)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:     
Proceeds from non-recourse property debt1,228,027
 312,434
 417,714
Principal repayments on non-recourse property debt(976,087) (409,167) (371,947)
(Repayment of) proceeds from term loan(250,000) 250,000
 
Net borrowings on (repayments of) revolving credit facility93,200
 49,230
 (9,070)
Payment of debt issue costs(11,961) (4,751) (7,816)
Payment of debt extinguishment costs(14,241) (399) (391)
Repurchases of Common Stock(373,593) 
 
Redemptions of Preferred Stock
 
 (34,799)
Payment of dividends to holders of Preferred Stock(8,594) (8,594) (10,014)
Payment of dividends to holders of Common Stock(237,504) (225,377) (206,279)
Payment of distributions to noncontrolling interests(29,196) (26,799) (35,706)
Redemptions of noncontrolling interests in the Aimco Operating Partnership(9,885) (13,546) (12,544)
Purchases of noncontrolling interests in consolidated real estate partnerships(3,579) (314,269) (13,941)
Other financing activities5,233
 (2,462) 844
Net cash used in financing activities(588,180) (393,700) (283,949)
NET (DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH(69,946) 11,391
 (6,595)
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD142,541
 131,150
 137,745
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH AT END OF PERIOD$72,595
 $142,541
 $131,150




See notes to the consolidated financial statements.

APARTMENT INVESTMENT AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016
(In thousands)

 2018 2017 2016
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:     
Interest paid$199,996
 $196,438
 $200,278
Cash paid for income taxes11,522
 7,401
 2,152
Non-cash transactions associated with the acquisition or disposition of real estate:     
Non-recourse property debt assumed by buyer in connection with the disposition of the Asset Management business227,708
 
 
Non-recourse property debt assumed in connection with the acquisition of real estate208,885
 
 
Issuance of preferred OP Units in connection with acquisition of real estate
 
 17,000
Issuance of common OP Units in connection with acquisition of real estate50,151
 
 
Other non-cash investing and financing transactions:     
Accrued capital expenditures (at end of period)40,185
 31,719
 35,594
Accrued dividends on TSR restricted stock and LTIP awards (at end of period) (Note 8)1,266
 1,720
 927




































See notes to the consolidated financial statements.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm


The Partners and the Board of Directors
AIMCO Properties, L.P.
Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of AIMCO Properties, L.P. (the “Partnership”) as of December 31, 2018 and 2017, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, partners’ capital, and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2018, and the related notes and the financial statement schedule listed in the accompanying Index to Financial Statements (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Partnership at December 31, 2018 and 2017, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2018, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2018, based on criteria established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 framework) and our report dated February 19, 2019 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

Adoption of New Accounting Standard
As discussed in Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements, the Partnership changed its accounting for the income tax consequences of intercompany transfers of assets effective January 1, 2017.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Partnership’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Partnership’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Partnership in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ ERNST & YOUNG LLP
We have served as the Partnership’s auditor since 1994.

Denver, Colorado
February 19, 2019





AIMCO PROPERTIES, L.P.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
As of December 31, 2018 and 2017
(In thousands)

 2018 2017
ASSETS   
Buildings and improvements$6,552,065
 $6,174,149
Land1,756,525
 1,753,604
Total real estate8,308,590
 7,927,753
Accumulated depreciation(2,585,115) (2,522,358)
Net real estate5,723,475
 5,405,395
Cash and cash equivalents36,858
 60,498
Restricted cash35,737
 34,827
Other assets351,541
 272,739
Assets held for sale42,393
 17,959
Assets of partnerships served by Asset Management business:   
Real estate, net
 224,873
Cash and cash equivalents
 16,288
Restricted cash
 30,928
Other assets
 15,533
Total assets$6,190,004
 $6,079,040
    
LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS’ CAPITAL   
Non-recourse property debt secured by Real Estate communities, net$3,915,305
 $3,545,109
Term loan, net
 249,501
Revolving credit facility borrowings160,360
 67,160
Total indebtedness associated with Real Estate portfolio4,075,665
 3,861,770
Accrued liabilities and other226,230
 213,027
Liabilities related to assets held for sale23,177
 
Liabilities of partnerships served by Asset Management business:   
Non-recourse property debt, net
 227,141
Accrued liabilities and other
 19,812
Total liabilities4,325,072
 4,321,750
Redeemable preferred units (Note 7)101,291
 101,537
Commitments and contingencies (Note 5)
 
Partners’ Capital:   
Preferred units (Note 7)125,000
 125,000
General Partner and Special Limited Partner1,574,419
 1,538,144
Limited Partners67,189
 (5,675)
Partners’ capital attributable to the Aimco Operating Partnership1,766,608
 1,657,469
Noncontrolling interests in consolidated real estate partnerships(2,967) (1,716)
Total partners’ capital1,763,641
 1,655,753
Total liabilities and partners’ capital$6,190,004
 $6,079,040






See notes to the consolidated financial statements.

AIMCO PROPERTIES, L.P.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016
(In thousands, except per unit data)

 2018 2017 2016
REVENUES:     
Rental and other property revenues attributable to Real Estate$922,593
 $918,148
 $899,891
Rental and other property revenues of partnerships served by Asset Management business42,830
 74,046
 74,640
Tax credit and transaction revenues6,987
 13,243
 21,323
Total revenues972,410
 1,005,437
 995,854
OPERATING EXPENSES:     
Property operating expenses attributable to Real Estate307,901
 319,126
 317,957
Property operating expenses of partnerships served by Asset Management business20,921
 35,458
 36,956
Depreciation and amortization377,786
 366,184
 333,066
General and administrative expenses46,268
 43,657
 46,784
Other expenses, net3,778
 11,148
 14,295
Provision for real estate impairment loss
 35,881
 
Total operating expenses756,654
 811,454
 749,058
      
Interest income10,914
 8,332
 7,797
Interest expense(200,634) (194,615) (196,389)
Gain on dispositions of real estate and the Asset Management Business677,463
 300,849
 400,156
Other, net77
 7,694
 6,071
Income before income tax benefit703,576
 316,243
 464,431
Income tax benefit (Note 9)13,027
 30,836
 18,842
Net income716,603
 347,079
 483,273
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests in consolidated real estate partnerships(8,220) (9,084) (25,256)
Net income attributable to the Aimco Operating Partnership708,383
 337,995
 458,017
Net income attributable to the Aimco Operating Partnership’s preferred unitholders(16,332) (16,358) (19,233)
Net income attributable to participating securities(1,177) (337) (635)
Net income attributable to the Aimco Operating Partnership’s common unitholders$690,874
 $321,300
 $438,149
      
Net income attributable to the Aimco Operating Partnership per common unit – basic$4.22
 $1.96
 $2.68
Net income attributable to the Aimco Operating Partnership per common unit – diluted$4.21
 $1.96
 $2.67
      
Weighted average common units outstanding – basic163,846
 163,746
 163,761
Weighted average common units outstanding – diluted164,033
 164,218
 164,151










See notes to the consolidated financial statements.

AIMCO PROPERTIES, L.P.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
For the Years Ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016
(In thousands)

 2018 2017 2016
Net income$716,603
 $347,079
 $483,273
Other comprehensive gain:     
Realized and unrealized (losses) gains on interest rate swaps
 (173) 221
Losses on interest rate swaps reclassified into earnings from accumulated other comprehensive loss1,391
 1,480
 1,586
Unrealized (losses) gains on available for sale debt securities(131) 1,507
 5,855
Other comprehensive gain1,260
 2,814
 7,662
Comprehensive income717,863
 349,893
 490,935
Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests(8,220) (9,185) (25,516)
Comprehensive income attributable to the Aimco Operating Partnership$709,643
 $340,708
 $465,419






































See notes to the consolidated financial statements.

AIMCO PROPERTIES, L.P.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF PARTNERS’ CAPITAL
For the Years Ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016
(In thousands)
 
Preferred
Units
 
General Partner
and Special
Limited Partner
 Limited Partners Partners’ Capital Attributable to the Partnership Noncontrolling Interests Total
Partners’ Capital
Balances at December 31, 2015$159,126
 $1,463,265
 $(9,851) $1,612,540
 $151,365
 $1,763,905
Redemption of preferred units held by Aimco(34,126) (673) 
 (34,799) 
 (34,799)
Redemption of partnership units held by non-Aimco partners
 
 (10,819) (10,819) 
 (10,819)
Amortization of Aimco share-based compensation
 8,610
 
 8,610
 
 8,610
Effect of changes in ownership for consolidated entities
 (26,171) 10,107
 (16,064) 
 (16,064)
Change in accumulated other comprehensive income
 7,051
 351
 7,402
 260
 7,662
Other, net
 3,323
 
 3,323
 
 3,323
Net income
 430,410
 20,368
 450,778
 25,256
 476,034
Distributions to noncontrolling interests
 
 
 
 (25,760) (25,760)
Distributions to common unitholders
 (206,898) (10,214) (217,112) 
 (217,112)
Distributions to preferred unitholders
 (10,014) 
 (10,014) 
 (10,014)
Balances at December 31, 2016125,000
 1,668,903
 (58) 1,793,845
 151,121
 1,944,966
Redemption of partnership units held by non-Aimco partners
 
 (11,882) (11,882) 
 (11,882)
Amortization of Aimco share-based compensation
 8,638
 613
 9,251
 
 9,251
Contributions from noncontrolling interests
 
 
 
 3,401
 3,401
Effect of changes in ownership for consolidated entities
 (160,586) 4,867
 (155,719) (157,056) (312,775)
Cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle
 (62,682) (3,028) (65,710) 
 (65,710)
Change in accumulated other comprehensive income
 2,592
 121
 2,713
 101
 2,814
Other, net
 271
 
 271
 
 271
Net income
 315,774
 14,457
 330,231
 9,084
 339,315
Distributions to noncontrolling interests
 
 
 
 (8,367) (8,367)
Distributions to common unitholders
 (226,172) (10,765) (236,937) 
 (236,937)
Distributions to preferred unitholders
 (8,594) 
 (8,594) 
 (8,594)
Balances at December 31, 2017125,000
 1,538,144
 (5,675) 1,657,469
 (1,716) 1,655,753
Repurchases of common partnership units
 (373,593) 
 (373,593) 
 (373,593)
Issuance of common partnership units
 
 50,151
 50,151
 
 50,151
Redemption of partnership units held by non-Aimco partners
 
 (9,639) (9,639) 
 (9,639)
Amortization of Aimco share-based compensation
 8,074
 1,691
 9,765
 
 9,765
Effect of changes in ownership for consolidated entities
 (19,115) 9,014
 (10,101) 
 (10,101)
Change in accumulated other comprehensive income
 1,191
 69
 1,260
 
 1,260
Other, net
 152
 
 152
 
 152
Net income
 666,227
 34,417
 700,644
 8,220
 708,864
Distributions to noncontrolling interests
 
 (12,839) (12,839) (9,471) (22,310)
Distributions to common unitholders
 (238,067) 
 (238,067) 
 (238,067)
Distributions to preferred unitholders
 (8,594) 
 (8,594) 
 (8,594)
Balances at December 31, 2018$125,000
 $1,574,419
 $67,189
 $1,766,608
 $(2,967) $1,763,641





See notes to the consolidated financial statements.

AIMCO PROPERTIES, L.P.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016
(In thousands)
 2018 2017 2016
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:     
Net income$716,603
 $347,079
 $483,273
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:     
Depreciation and amortization377,786
 366,184
 333,066
Provision for real estate impairment loss
 35,881
 
Gain on dispositions of real estate and the Asset Management business(677,463) (300,849) (400,156)
Income tax benefit(13,027) (30,836) (18,842)
Share-based compensation expense8,550
 7,877
 7,629
Amortization of debt issue costs and other9,023
 5,666
 5,060
Other, net1,065
 (7,694) (6,071)
Changes in operating assets and operating liabilities:     
Accounts receivable and other assets(27,830) (15,841) (22,294)
Accounts payable, accrued liabilities and other1,681
 (15,395) (5,164)
Total adjustments(320,215) 44,993
 (106,772)
Net cash provided by operating activities396,388
 392,072
 376,501
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:     
Purchases of real estate and deposits related to purchases of real estate(242,297) (20,372) (290,729)
Capital expenditures(340,489) (358,104) (346,645)
Proceeds from dispositions of real estate708,848
 401,983
 535,513
Purchases of corporate assets(7,718) (8,899) (7,540)
Proceeds from repayments on notes receivable5,010
 430
 412
Other investing activities(1,508) (2,019) 9,842
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities121,846
 13,019
 (99,147)
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:     
Proceeds from non-recourse property debt1,228,027
 312,434
 417,714
Principal repayments on non-recourse property debt(976,087) (409,167) (371,947)
(Repayment of) proceeds from term loan(250,000) 250,000
 
Net borrowings on (repayments of) revolving credit facility93,200
 49,230
 (9,070)
Payment of debt issue costs(11,961) (4,751) (7,816)
Payment of debt extinguishment costs(14,241) (399) (391)
Repurchases of common partnership units held by General Partner and Special Limited Partner(373,593) 
 
Redemption of preferred units from Aimco
 
 (34,799)
Payment of distributions to preferred units(16,334) (16,358) (17,253)
Payment of distributions to General Partner and Special Limited Partner(237,504) (225,377) (206,279)
Payment of distributions to Limited Partners(11,987) (10,668) (10,214)
Payment of distributions to noncontrolling interests(9,469) (8,367) (18,253)
Redemption of common and preferred units(9,885) (13,546) (12,544)
Purchases of noncontrolling interests in consolidated real estate partnerships(3,579) (314,269) (13,941)
Other financing activities5,233
 (2,462) 844
Net cash used in financing activities(588,180) (393,700) (283,949)
NET (DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH(69,946) 11,391
 (6,595)
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH AT BEGINNING OF PERIOD142,541
 131,150
 137,745
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH AT END OF PERIOD$72,595
 $142,541
 $131,150



See notes to the consolidated financial statements.

AIMCO PROPERTIES, L.P.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
For the Years Ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016
(In thousands)

 2018 2017 2016
SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:     
Interest paid$199,996
 $196,438
 $200,278
Cash paid for income taxes11,522
 7,401
 2,152
Non-cash transactions associated with the acquisition or disposition of real estate:     
Non-recourse property debt assumed by buyer in connection with the disposition of the Asset Management business227,708
 
 
Non-recourse property debt assumed in connection with the acquisition of real estate208,885
 
 
Issuance of preferred OP Units in connection with acquisition of real estate
 
 17,000
Issuance of common OP Units in connection with acquisition of real estate50,151
 
 
Other non-cash investing and financing transactions:     
Accrued capital expenditures (at end of period)40,185
 31,719
 35,594
Accrued dividends on TSR restricted stock and LTIP awards (at end of period) (Note 8)2,217
 1,818
 927



































See notes to the consolidated financial statements.

APARTMENT INVESTMENT AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY
AIMCO PROPERTIES, L.P.
NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
December 31, 2018

Note 1 — Organization
Apartment Investment and Management Company, or Aimco, is a Maryland corporation incorporated on January 10, 1994. Aimco is a self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust, or REIT. AIMCO Properties, L.P., or the Aimco Operating Partnership, is a Delaware limited partnership formed on May 16, 1994, to conduct our business, which is focused on the ownership, management, redevelopment and limited development of quality apartment communities located in several of the largest markets in the United States.
Aimco, through its wholly-owned subsidiaries, AIMCO-GP, Inc. and AIMCO-LP Trust, owns a majority of the ownership interests in the Aimco Operating Partnership. Aimco conducts all of its business and owns all of its assets through the Aimco Operating Partnership. Interests in the Aimco Operating Partnership that are held by limited partners other than Aimco are referred to as OP Units. OP Units include common partnership units, which we refer to as common OP Units, as well as partnership preferred units, which we refer to as preferred OP Units. As of December 31, 2018, after eliminations for units held by consolidated subsidiaries, the Aimco Operating Partnership had 158,140,169 common partnership units outstanding. As of December 31, 2018, Aimco owned 149,133,826 of the common partnership units (94.3% of the common partnership units) of the Aimco Operating Partnership and Aimco had outstanding an equal number of shares of its Class A Common Stock, which we refer to as Common Stock.
Except as the context otherwise requires, “we,” “our” and “us” refer to Aimco, the Aimco Operating Partnership and their consolidated subsidiaries, collectively.
As of December 31, 2018, we owned an equity interest in 134 apartment communities with 36,549 apartment homes in our Real Estate portfolio. Our Real Estate portfolio, is diversified by both price point and geography and consists of market rate apartment communities in which we own a substantial interest. We consolidated 130 of these apartment communities with 36,407 apartment homes and these communities comprise our reportable segment.
Note 2 — Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Principles of Consolidation
Aimco’s accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Aimco, the Aimco Operating Partnership and their consolidated subsidiaries. The Aimco Operating Partnership’s consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Aimco Operating Partnership and its consolidated subsidiaries (see Note 13). All significant intercompany balances have been eliminated in consolidation.
Interests in the Aimco Operating Partnership that are held by limited partners other than Aimco are reflected in Aimco’s accompanying consolidated balance sheets as noncontrolling interests in Aimco Operating Partnership. Interests in partnerships consolidated by the Aimco Operating Partnership that are held by third parties are reflected in our accompanying consolidated balance sheets as noncontrolling interests in consolidated real estate partnerships. The assets of real estate partnerships consolidated by the Aimco Operating Partnership must first be used to settle the liabilities of such consolidated real estate partnerships. These consolidated real estate partnerships’ creditors do not have recourse to the general credit of the Aimco Operating Partnership.
As used herein, and except where the context otherwise requires, “partnership” refers to a limited partnership or a limited liability company and “partner” refers to a partner in a limited partnership or a member of a limited liability company.
Acquisition of Real Estate and Related Depreciation and Amortization
We generally recognize the acquisition of apartment communities or interests in partnerships that own apartment communities at our cost. The related transaction costs are included in the cost of the acquired apartment community.
We allocate the cost of apartment communities acquired based on the relative fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. We determine the fair value of tangible assets, such as land, buildings, furniture, fixtures and equipment, using valuation techniques that consider comparable market transactions, replacement costs and other available information. We determine the fair value of identified intangible assets or liabilities, which typically relate to in-place leases, using valuation techniques that consider the terms of the in-place leases, current market data for comparable leases and our experience in leasing similar communities. The intangible assets or liabilities related to in-place leases are comprised of: (a) the value of the above- and below-market leases in-place, measured over the period, including probable lease renewals for below-market leases, that the leases are

expected to remain in effect; (b) the estimated unamortized portion of avoided leasing commissions and other costs thatordinarily would be incurred to originate the in-place leases; and (c) the value associated with leased apartment homes during an estimated absorption period, which estimates rental revenue that would not have been earned had leased apartment homes been vacant at the time of acquisition, assuming lease-up periods based on market demand and stabilized occupancy levels.
Depreciation for all tangible assets is calculated using the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives. Acquired buildings and improvements are depreciated over a useful life based on the age, condition and other physical characteristics of the apartment community. At December 31, 2018, the weighted average depreciable life of our buildings and improvements was approximately 28 years. Furniture, fixtures and equipment associated with apartment communities are depreciated over five years.
The above- and below-market lease intangibles are amortized to rental revenue over the expected remaining terms of the associated leases, which include reasonably assured renewal periods. Other intangible assets related to in-place leases are amortized to depreciation and amortization over the expected remaining terms of the associated leases.
At December 31, 2018 and 2017, deferred income in our consolidated balance sheets included below-market lease amounts totaling $18.7 million and $9.1 million, respectively, which are net of accumulated amortization of $36.7 million and $34.4 million, respectively. During the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, we included amortization of below-market leases of $2.3 million, $1.3 million and $1.7 million, respectively, in rental and other property revenues in our consolidated statements of operations.
At December 31, 2018, our below-market leases had a weighted average amortization period of 6.3 years and estimated aggregate amortization for each of the five succeeding years as follows (in thousands):
 Estimated Amortization
2019
$1,986
20201,741
20211,668
20221,621
20231,571
Capital Additions and Related Depreciation
We capitalize costs, including certain indirect costs, incurred in connection with our capital additions activities, including redevelopments, developments, other tangible apartment community improvements and replacements of existing apartment community components. Included in these capitalized costs are payroll costs associated with time spent by site employees in connection with capital additions activities at the apartment community level. We characterize as “indirect costs” an allocation of certain department costs, including payroll, at the area operations and corporate levels that clearly relate to capital additions activities. We also capitalize interest, property taxes and insurance during periods in which redevelopments, developments and construction projects are in progress. We begin capitalization of costs, including certain indirect costs, incurred in connection with our capital addition activities, upon commencement of activities necessary to ready apartment communities for their intended use. These activities include when apartment communities or apartment homes are undergoing physical construction, as well as when apartment homes are held vacant in advance of planned construction, provided that other activities such as permitting, planning and design are in progress. We cease the capitalization of costs when the apartment communities are substantially complete and ready for their intended use, which is typically when construction has been substantially completed and apartment homes are available for occupancy. Costs, including ordinary repairs, maintenance and resident turnover costs, are charged to property operating expense as incurred.
We depreciate capitalized costs using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the related improvement, which is generally 5, 15 or 30 years. All capitalized site payroll costs and indirect costs are allocated to capital additions proportionately based on direct costs, and depreciated over the estimated useful lives of such capital additions.
Certain homogeneous items that are purchased in bulk on a recurring basis, such as carpeting and appliances, are depreciated using group methods that reflect the average estimated useful life of the items in each group. Except in the case of apartment community casualties, where the net book value of the lost asset is written off in the determination of casualty gains or losses, we generally do not recognize any loss in connection with the replacement of an existing apartment community component because normal replacements are considered in determining the estimated useful lives used in connection with our composite and group depreciation methods.

For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, we capitalized to buildings and improvements $7.6 million, $7.6 million and $9.6 million of interest costs, respectively, and $36.8 million, $36.0 million and $32.9 million of other direct and indirect costs, respectively.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
Real estate and other long-lived assets to be held and used are stated at cost, less accumulated depreciation and amortization, unless the carrying amount of the asset is not recoverable. If events or circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an apartment community may not be recoverable, we make an assessment of its recoverability by comparing the carrying amount to our estimate of the undiscounted future cash flows, excluding interest charges, of the apartment community. If the carrying amount exceeds the aggregate undiscounted future cash flows, we recognize an impairment loss to the extent the carrying amount exceeds the estimated fair value of the apartment community.
Cash Equivalents
We classify highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less as cash equivalents. We maintain cash equivalents in financial institutions in excess of insured limits. We have not experienced any losses in these accounts in the past and believe that we are not exposed to significant credit risk because our accounts are deposited with major financial institutions.
Restricted Cash
Restricted cash includes capital replacement reserves, completion repair reserves, bond sinking fund amounts, tax and insurance escrow accounts held by lenders and resident security deposits.
Other Assets
At December 31, 2018 and 2017, other assets was comprised of the following amounts (dollars in thousands):
 2018 2017
Investments in securitization trust that holds Aimco property debt$83,587
 $82,794
Deferred tax asset, net (Note 9)67,060
 32,227
Intangible assets, net43,424
 38,701
Prepaid expenses, real estate taxes and insurance25,657
 25,144
Software, equipment and leasehold improvements18,309
 20,048
Investments in unconsolidated real estate partnerships12,650
 12,636
Accounts and notes receivable, net55,630
 17,035
Deferred costs, deposits and other45,224
 44,154
Total other assets$351,541
 $272,739
The table above excludes other assets of partnerships served by our Asset Management business at December 31, 2017, as they are presented separately on our consolidated balance sheet.
Investments in Securitization Trust that holds Aimco Property Debt
We hold investments in a securitization trust that primarily holds certain of our property debt. These investments were initially recognized at their purchase price and the discount to the face value is being accreted into interest income over the expected term of the securities. We have designated these investments as available for sale, or AFS, debt securities and we measure these investments at fair value with changes in their fair value, other than the changes attributed to the accretion described above, recognized as an adjustment of accumulated other comprehensive income or loss within equity and partners’ capital. Refer to Note 11 for further information regarding these debt securities.
Intangible Assets
At December 31, 2018 and 2017, other assets included goodwill associated with our reportable segment of $37.8 million. We perform an annual impairment test of goodwill by evaluating qualitative factors to determine the likelihood that goodwill may be impaired. We primarily consider the fair value of our real estate portfolio and the fair value of our debt relative to their carrying values. As a result of the qualitative analysis, we do not believe our goodwill is impaired as of the date of our annual test.

Capitalized Software Costs, Equipment and Leasehold Improvements
Purchased software and other costs related to software purchased or developed for internal use are capitalized during the application development stage and are amortized using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the software, generally three to five years. Purchased equipment is recognized at cost and depreciated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful life of the asset, which is generally five years. Leasehold improvements are also recorded at cost and depreciated on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the asset’s estimated useful life or the term of the related lease.
Investments in Unconsolidated Real Estate Partnerships
We own general and limited partner interests in partnerships that either directly, or through interests in other real estate partnerships, own apartment communities. We generally account for investments in real estate partnerships that we do not consolidate under the equity method. Under the equity method, we recognize our share of the earnings or losses of the entity for the periods presented, inclusive of our share of any impairments and disposition gains recognized by and related to such entities, and we present such amounts within other, net in our consolidated statements of operations.
The excess of the cost of the acquired partnership interests over the historical carrying amount of partners’ equity or deficit is generally ascribed to the fair values of land and buildings owned by the partnerships. We amortize the excess cost related to the buildings over the related estimated useful lives. Such amortization is recorded as an adjustment of the amounts of earnings or losses we recognize from such unconsolidated real estate partnerships.
Deferred Costs
We defer, as debt issue costs, lender fees and other direct costs incurred in obtaining new financing and amortize the amounts over the terms of the related loan agreements. In connection with the modification of existing financing arrangements, we defer lender fees and amortize these costs and any unamortized debt issue costs over the term of the modified loan agreement. Debt issue costs associated with our revolving credit facility are included in other assets on our consolidated balance sheets. Debt issue costs associated with non-recourse property debt and our term loan are presented as a direct deduction from the related liabilities on our consolidated balance sheets. When financing arrangements are repaid or otherwise extinguished prior to maturity, unamortized debt issue costs are written off, additionally, any lender fees or other costs incurred in connection with the extinguishment are recognized. Amortization and write-off of debt issue costs and other extinguishment costs are included in interest expense on our consolidated statements of operations.
We defer leasing commissions and other direct costs incurred in connection with successful leasing efforts and amortize the costs over the terms of the related leases. Beginning in 2019, in connection with our adoption of the new accounting standard for leases, which is further discussed under the Recent Accounting Pronouncements heading below, such costs will be deferred when they are incremental and would not have incurred if the contract had not been obtained. Amortization of these costs is included in depreciation and amortization.
Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Real Estate Partnerships
We report the unaffiliated partners’ interests in the net assets of our consolidated real estate partnerships as noncontrolling interests in consolidated real estate partnerships within consolidated equity and partners’ capital. Noncontrolling interests in consolidated real estate partnerships consist primarily of equity interests held by limited partners in consolidated real estate partnerships that have finite lives. We generally attribute to noncontrolling interests their share of income or loss of consolidated partnerships based on their proportionate interest in the results of operations of the partnerships, including their share of losses even if such attribution results in a deficit noncontrolling interest balance within our equity and partners’ capital accounts.
The terms of the related partnership agreements generally require the partnerships to be liquidated following the sale of the underlying real estate. As the general partner in these partnerships, we ordinarily control the execution of real estate sales and other events that could lead to the liquidation, redemption or other settlement of noncontrolling interests.
Changes in our ownership interest in consolidated real estate partnerships generally consist of our purchase of an additional interest in or the sale of our entire interest in a consolidated real estate partnership. The effect on our equity and partners’ capital of our purchase of additional interests in consolidated real estate partnerships during the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, is shown in our consolidated statements of equity and partners’ capital. The effect on our equity and partners’ capital of sales of consolidated real estate or sales of our entire interest in consolidated real estate partnerships is reflected in our consolidated financial statements as gains on disposition of real estate and accordingly the effect on our equity and partners’ capital is reflected within the amount of net income allocated to us and to noncontrolling interests. Upon our deconsolidation of a real estate partnership following the sale of our partnership interests or liquidation of the partnership following sale of the related apartment community,

we derecognize any remaining noncontrolling interest of the associated partnership previously recorded in our consolidated balance sheets.
Noncontrolling Interests in Aimco Operating Partnership
Noncontrolling interests in Aimco Operating Partnership consist of common OP Units and preferred OP Units. Holders of preferred OP Units participate in the Aimco Operating Partnership’s income or loss only to the extent of their preferred distributions. Within Aimco’s consolidated financial statements, after provision for Preferred OP Unit distributions, the Aimco Operating Partnership’s income or loss is allocated to the holders of common partnership units based on the weighted average number of common partnership units (including those held by Aimco) outstanding during the period. During the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, the holders of common OP Units had a weighted average ownership interest in the Aimco Operating Partnership of 4.9%, 4.5% and 4.7%, respectively. See Note 7 for further information regarding the items comprising noncontrolling interests in the Aimco Operating Partnership.
Revenue from Leases
Our apartment communities have operating leases with apartment residents with terms averaging 13 months. We recognize rental revenue related to these leases, net of any concessions, on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. Our operating leases with residents also provide that the resident reimburse us for certain costs, primarily the resident’s share of utilities expenses, incurred by the apartment community. These reimbursements are variable payments pursuant to the related lease and recognized as income when the utility expense is incurred. Reimbursement and related expense are presented on a gross basis in our consolidated statements of operations, with the reimbursement included in rental and other property revenues on our consolidated statements of operations.
Asset Management Business
Prior to the July 2018 sale of our Asset Management business, we provided asset management and other services to certain consolidated partnerships owning apartment communities that qualify for low-income housing tax credits and are structured to provide for the pass-through of tax credits and tax deductions to their partners. We recognized income from asset management and other services when the related fees were earned and realized or realizable.
The tax credits were generally realized ratably over the first ten years of the tax credit arrangement and are subject to the partnership’s compliance with applicable laws and regulations for a period of 15 years. We held nominal ownership positions in these partnerships, generally less than one percent, and sold these interests to an unrelated third party in July 2018. In our role, we provided asset management and other services to these partnerships and we received fees and other payments in return.
Capital contributions received by the partnerships from tax credit investors represented, in substance, consideration that we received in exchange for our obligation to deliver tax credits and other tax benefits to the investors. We recorded these contributions as deferred income in our consolidated balance sheets upon receipt, and we recognized these amounts as revenue in our consolidated statements of operations when our obligation to the investors is relieved upon delivery of the tax benefits. This obligation transferred to the buyer along with our interest in the partnerships.
Prior to the sale of our interests in the partnerships, we consolidated the low-income housing tax credit partnerships in which we were the sole general partner, because we were the sole decision maker of the partnerships. When the contractual arrangements obligated us to deliver tax benefits to the investors, and entitled us through fee arrangements to receive substantially all available cash flow from the partnerships, we recognized the income or loss generated by the underlying real estate based on our economic interest in the partnerships’ current period results, which was approximately 100% and represented the allocation of cash available for distribution we would receive from a hypothetical liquidation at the book value of the partnership’s net assets. Our economic interests generally differed from our legal interests. Upon the sale of our interests in these partnerships, we deconsolidated these partnerships and removed the obligation to deliver future tax credits and benefits, represented by the remaining deferred income as a component of our gain on the sale of the business.
Insurance
We believe our insurance coverages insure our apartment communities adequately against the risk of loss attributable to fire, earthquake, hurricane, tornado, flood and other perils. In addition, we have third-party insurance coverage (after self-insured retentions) that defray the costs of large workers’ compensation, health and general liability exposures. We accrue losses based upon our estimates of the aggregate liability for uninsured losses incurred using certain actuarial assumptions followed in the insurance industry and based on our experience.

Share-Based Compensation
We issue various forms of share-based compensation, including stock options and restricted stock awards with service conditions and/or market conditions. We recognize share-based employee compensation based on the fair value on the grant date and recognize compensation cost over the awards’ requisite service periods. We reduce compensation cost related to forfeited awards in the period of forfeiture. See Note 8 for further discussion of our share-based compensation.
Income Taxes
Aimco has elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code commencing with its taxable year ended December 31, 1994, and it intends to continue to operate in such a manner. Aimco’s current and continuing qualification as a REIT depends on its ability to meet the various requirements imposed by the Internal Revenue Code, which are related to organizational structure, distribution levels, diversity of stock ownership and certain restrictions with regard to owned assets and categories of income. If Aimco qualifies for taxation as a REIT, it will generally not be subject to United States federal corporate income tax on its taxable income that is currently distributed to stockholders. This treatment substantially eliminates the “double taxation” (at the corporate and stockholder levels) that generally results from an investment in a corporation.
Even if Aimco qualifies as a REIT, it may be subject to United States federal income and excise taxes in various situations, such as on our undistributed income. Aimco also will be required to pay a 100% tax on any net income on non-arm’s length transactions between it and a TRS (described below) and on any net income from sales of apartment communities that were held for sale in the ordinary course. The state and local tax laws may not conform to the United States federal income tax treatment, and Aimco may be subject to state or local taxation in various state or local jurisdictions, including those in which we transact business. Any taxes imposed on us reduce our operating cash flow and net income.
Certain of our operations or a portion thereof, including property management and risk management, are conducted through taxable REIT subsidiaries, which are subsidiaries of the Aimco Operating Partnership, and each of which we refer to as a TRS. A TRS is a subsidiary C-corporation that has not elected REIT status and as such is subject to United States federal corporate income tax. We use TRS entities to facilitate our ability to offer certain services and activities to our residents and investment partners that cannot be offered directly by a REIT. We also use TRS entities to hold investments in certain apartment communities.
For our TRS entities, deferred income taxes result from temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for United States federal income tax purposes, and are measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that are expected to be in effect when the differences reverse. We reduce deferred tax assets by recording a valuation allowance when we determine, based on available evidence, that it is more likely than not that the assets will not be realized. We recognize the tax consequences associated with intercompany transfers between the Aimco Operating Partnership and TRS entities when such transactions occur. Refer to Note 9 for further information about our income taxes.
Comprehensive Income or Loss
As discussed under the preceding Investments in Securitization Trust that holds Aimco Property Debt heading, we have investments in debt securities that are measured at fair value with unrealized gains or losses recognized as an adjustment of accumulated other comprehensive loss within equity and partners’ capital. Additionally, during the year ended December 31, 2018, we recognized changes in the fair value of our cash flow hedges as an adjustment of accumulated other comprehensive loss within equity and partners’ capital until the July 2018 sale of the Asset Management business. The amounts of consolidated comprehensive income for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, along with the corresponding amounts of such comprehensive income attributable to Aimco, the Aimco Operating Partnership and to noncontrolling interests, are presented within the accompanying consolidated statements of comprehensive income.
Earnings per Share and Unit
Aimco and the Aimco Operating Partnership calculate earnings per share and unit based on the weighted average number of shares of Common Stock or common partnership units, participating securities, common stock or common unit equivalents and dilutive convertible securities outstanding during the period. The Aimco Operating Partnership considers both common partnership units and equivalents, which have identical rights to distributions and undistributed earnings, to be common units for purposes of the earnings per unit computations. See Note 10 for further information regarding earnings per share and unit computations.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of our consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts included in the financial statements and accompanying notes thereto. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Reclassifications
Certain items included in the 2017 and 2016 consolidated financial statements have been reclassified to conform to the current presentation. We have also reclassified certain items on our consolidated statements of operations to comply with the SEC disclosure amendments summarized below.
Accounting Pronouncements Adopted in the Current Year
Effective January 1, 2018, we adopted a new standard issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, that affects accounting for revenue. Under this new standard, revenue is generally recognized when an entity has transferred control of goods or services to a customer for an amount reflecting the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled for such exchange.
The new revenue standard also introduced new guidance for accounting for other income, including how we measure gains or losses on the sale of real estate. We adopted the new standard using the modified retrospective transition method effective January 1, 2018, with no effect on our results of operations or financial position.
Effective January 1, 2018, we also adopted new standards issued by the FASB that affect the presentation and disclosure of the statements of cash flows. We are now required to present combined inflows and outflows of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash in the consolidated statement of cash flows. Previously our consolidated statements of cash flows presented transfers between restricted and unrestricted cash accounts as operating, financing and investing cash activities depending on the required or intended purpose for the restricted funds. The new guidance also requires debt prepayment and other extinguishment-related payments to be classified as financing activities. We previously classified such payments as operating activities. We have revised our consolidated statements of cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 to conform to this presentation, and the effect of the revisions to net cash flows from operating, investing, and financing activities as previously reported are summarized in the following table (in thousands):
 2017 2016
 As Previously Reported Adjustments As Revised As Previously Reported Adjustments As Revised
Net cash provided by operating activities$394,139
 $(2,067) $392,072
 $377,724
 $(1,223) $376,501
Net cash used in investing activities14,704
 (1,685) 13,019
 (97,773) (1,374) (99,147)
Net cash used in financing activities(393,301) (399) (393,700) (269,496) (14,453) (283,949)
In 2018, the Securities Exchange Commission, or SEC, amended its rules to eliminate, modify, or integrate into other SEC requirements certain disclosure rules. The amendments are intended to simplify compliance without significantly changing the total mix of information provided to investors and were generally effective on November 5, 2018. The amendments remove the SEC rule that requires REITs to present gain or loss on the sale of real estate, net of income tax, in the statement of operations. Consistent with the SEC’s historical requirements, we previously presented gain or loss on dispositions of real estate below continuing operations and net of tax. For the year ended December 31, 2018, we present gain on dispositions of real estate as a component of income before income taxes in our consolidated statements of operations and we have revised the 2017 and 2016 comparative periods to conform to this presentation as follows:
 2017 2016
 As Previously Reported Adjustments As Revised As Previously Reported Adjustments As Revised
Income tax benefit32,126
 (1,290) 30,836
 25,208
 (6,366) 18,842
Gain on dispositions of real estate299,559
 1,290
 300,849
 393,790
 6,366
 400,156
Additionally, SEC rules previously required changes in equity subsequent to the prior year-end as either a separate financial statement or in the notes to interim financial statements. For interim periods in 2018, we presented changes in equity within a footnote to our interim condensed consolidated financial statements in accordance with the SEC rule. The amendments create a requirement to report changes in equity and dividends per share in interim periods on a comparative basis for both quarter-to-date and year-to-date periods presented. This disclosure is required for interim financial statements beginning in 2019; therefore, we will present comparative interim statements of stockholders equity beginning in our condensed consolidated financial statements for the three months ending March 31, 2019.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements
The FASB issued a new standard on lease accounting, which is effective for us on January 1, 2019. Under the new lease standard, lessor accounting will be largely unchanged and lessees will be required to recognize a lease liability and related right of use asset for all leases with terms longer than 12 months, with such leases classified as either operating or finance. The standard may be adopted utilizing multiple practical expedients, and we plan to adopt the standard using all practical expedients that aid in calculating the value of the lease liability and related right of use asset on the date of adoption, as well as the prospective practical expedient that allows lessors to combine lease and nonlease components where the timing and pattern of transfer are the same.
We do not anticipate significant changes in the timing of income recognition from our leases with residents. However, in circumstances where we are a lessee, in primarily a limited population of ground leases and leases for corporate office space, we will be required to recognize lease liabilities and related right of use assets on our consolidated balance sheets. We anticipate recording lease liabilities and related right of use assets in amounts less than 1.5% of total assets as of December 31, 2018. Additionally, our adoption of the standard will affect the manner in which we recognize costs incurred to obtain resident leases. Through December 31, 2018, we deferred certain costs based on the percentage of successful leases relative to all leasing candidates. Under the new standard, only costs that are contingent upon a signed lease may be deferred. We do not anticipate recording significant cumulative catch up adjustments in connection with our adoption of this standard.
Note 3 — Significant Transactions
Acquisitions of Apartment Communities
During the year ended December 31, 2018, we acquired apartment communities located in Arlington, Virginia, Fairfax County, Virginia and in the Center City and University City areas of Philadelphia. Summarized information regarding these acquisitions is set forth in the table below (dollars in thousands):
 2018
Number of apartment communities6
Number of apartment homes1,480
Purchase price (1)$483,066
Capitalized transaction costs7,591
Total fair value allocated to land69,177
Total fair value allocated to building and improvements424,718
Total fair value allocated to intangible assets9,700
Total fair value allocated to intangible liabilities12,938
(1)The gross purchase price of the Philadelphia portfolio consisted of $34.4 million in cash, $208.9 million of assumed property-level debt and the issuance of 1.2 million OP Units. In accordance with GAAP, the OP Units were valued at $41.08 per unit, the closing price of Aimco’s common share on May 1, 2018, the purchase date.
Dispositions of Apartment Communities and Assets Held for Sale
During the year ended December 31, 2018, we sold for $590.0 million our Asset Management business and our four affordable apartment communities located in the Hunters Point area of San Francisco. The sale resulted in a gain of $500.3 million and net cash proceeds of $512.2 million, after payment of transaction costs and repayment of property-level debt encumbering the Hunters Point apartment communities. In addition to the Hunters Point apartment communities, we sold the following apartment communities from our Real Estate portfolio during the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 (dollars in thousands):
 2018 2017 2016
Real Estate portfolio:     
Apartment communities sold4
 5
 7
Apartment homes sold1,334
 2,291
 3,045
Gain on dispositions of real estate$175,213
 $297,730
 $383,647

The apartment communities sold from our Real Estate portfolio during 2018, 2017 and 2016 were predominantly located outside of our primary markets or in lower-rated locations within our primary markets and had average revenues per apartment home significantly below those of our retained portfolio.
During the year ended December 31, 2018, we sold our interests in the entities owning the La Jolla Cove property in settlement of legal actions filed in 2014 by a group of disappointed buyers who had hoped to acquire the property. We provided seller financing with a stated value of $48.6 million and received net cash proceeds of approximately $5.0 million in the sale.
During the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, the consolidated partnerships served by our Asset Management business sold a total of three apartment communities for gross proceeds of $10.9 million and $27.5 million, respectively, and resulting in gains on dispositions of $2.6 million and $16.5 million, respectively.
In addition to the apartment communities we sold during the periods presented, from time to time we may be marketing for sale certain apartment communities that are inconsistent with our long-term investment strategy. At the end of each reporting period, we evaluate whether such communities meet the criteria to be classified as held for sale. As of December 31, 2018, we had two apartment communities with 782 apartment homes in our Real Estate portfolio that were classified as held for sale. In January 2019, we sold the apartment communities for a gain on disposition of $87.5 million, net of tax, and gross proceeds of $141.2 million, resulting in $114.9 million of net proceeds to Aimco.
Note 4 — Non-Recourse Property Debt and Credit Agreement
Non-Recourse Property Debt (Real Estate Portfolio)
We finance apartment communities in our Real Estate portfolio primarily using property-level, non-recourse, long-dated, fixed-rate, amortizing debt. The following table summarizes non-recourse property debt related to assets classified as held for use at December 31, 2018 and 2017 (in thousands):
 2018 2017
Fixed-rate property debt$3,676,882
 $3,480,378
Variable-rate property debt260,118
 82,663
Debt issue costs, net of accumulated amortization(21,695) (17,932)
Non-recourse property debt, net$3,915,305
 $3,545,109
Fixed-rate property debt matures at various dates through January 2055, and has interest rates that range from 2.73% to 7.14%, with a weighted average interest rate of 4.22%. Principal and interest on fixed-rate debt are generally payable monthly or in monthly interest-only payments with balloon payments due at maturity. At December 31, 2018, each of the fixed-rate loans payable related to apartment communities classified as held for use were secured by one of 82 apartment communities that had an aggregate net book value of $4.2 billion.
Variable-rate property debt matures at various dates through July 2033, and had interest rates that ranged from 3.55% to 3.67%, as of December 31, 2018, with a weighted average interest rate of 3.61% at December 31, 2018. Principal and interest on variable-rate debt are generally payable in semi-annual installments with balloon payments due at maturity. As of December 31, 2018, our variable-rate property debt related to apartment communities classified as held for use were each secured by eight apartment communities that had an aggregate net book value of $239.5 million.
These non-recourse property debt instruments contain covenants common to the type of borrowing, and at December 31, 2018, we were in compliance with all such covenants.

As of December 31, 2018, the scheduled principal amortization and maturity payments for the non-recourse property debt related to apartment communities classified as held for use were as follows (in thousands):
 Amortization Maturities
2019$77,791
 $168,554
202079,592
 78,930
2021 (1)69,995
 611,039
202264,991
 283,629
202355,450
 337,871
Thereafter  2,109,158
Total  $3,937,000
(1)Pursuant to the terms of our loan agreements, we may prepay in 2020 $246.5 million of loans maturing in 2021, without penalty.
Credit Facility
We have a credit facility with a syndicate of financial institutions. Our credit facility provides for $800.0 million of revolving loan commitments. As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, we had $160.4 million and $67.2 million, respectively, of outstanding borrowings under our revolving credit facility. The interest rate on our outstanding borrowings was 3.93% and 3.26% at December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. As of December 31, 2018, after outstanding borrowings and $7.1 million of undrawn letters of credit backed by the Credit Agreement, our available borrowing capacity was $632.5 million. During the year ended December 31, 2018, we repaid the $250.0 million term loan in full.
Borrowings against the revolving loan commitments bear interest at a rate set forth on a pricing grid, which rate varies based on our credit rating as assigned by specified rating agencies (LIBOR plus 1.20%, or, at our option, a base rate plus 0.20% at December 31, 2018). The credit facility matures on January 22, 2022. The credit facility provides that we may make distributions to our investors during any four consecutive quarters in an aggregate amount that does not exceed the greater of 95% of our Funds From Operations for such period, subject to certain non-cash adjustments, or such amount as may be necessary to maintain Aimco’s REIT status.
Note 5 — Commitments and Contingencies
Commitments
In connection with our redevelopment, development and capital improvement activities, we have entered into various construction-related contracts and we have made commitments to complete redevelopment of certain apartment communities, pursuant to financing or other arrangements. As of December 31, 2018, our commitments related to these capital activities totaled approximately $207.0 million, most of which we expect to incur during the next 12 months.
We enter into certain commitments for future purchases of goods and services in connection with the operations of our apartment communities. Those commitments generally have terms of one year or less and reflect expenditure levels comparable to our historical expenditures.
Legal Matters
In addition to the matters described below, we are a party to various legal actions and administrative proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business, some of which are covered by our general liability insurance program, and none of which we expect to have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
Environmental
Various federal, state and local laws subject apartment community owners or operators to liability for management, and the costs of removal or remediation, of certain potentially hazardous materials that may be present in the land or buildings of an apartment community. Such laws often impose liability without regard to fault or whether the owner or operator knew of, or was responsible for, the presence of such materials. The presence of, or the failure to manage or remediate properly, these materials may adversely affect occupancy at such apartment communities as well as the ability to sell or finance such apartment communities. In addition, governmental agencies may bring claims for costs associated with investigation and remediation actions. Moreover, private plaintiffs may potentially make claims for investigation and remediation costs they incur or for personal injury, disease, disability or other infirmities related to the alleged presence of hazardous materials. In addition to potential environmental liabilities

or costs associated with our current apartment communities, we may also be responsible for such liabilities or costs associated with communities we acquire or manage in the future, or apartment communities we no longer own or operate.
We are engaged in discussions with the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, and the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, or IDEM, regarding contaminated groundwater in a residential area near an Indiana apartment community that has not been owned by us since 2008. The contamination allegedly derives from a dry cleaner that operated on our former property, prior to our ownership. We undertook a voluntary remediation of the dry cleaner contamination under IDEM’s oversight. In 2016, EPA listed our former community and a number of residential communities in the vicinity on the National Priorities List, or NPL (i.e. as a Superfund site). In May 2018, we prevailed on our federal judicial appeal vacating the Superfund listing. We continue to work with EPA and IDEM to identify options for clean-up of the site. Although the outcome of these processes are uncertain, we do not expect their resolution to have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
We also have been contacted by regulators and the current owner of a property in Lake Tahoe, California, regarding environmental issues allegedly stemming from the historic operation of a dry cleaner. An entity owned by us was the former general partner of a now-dissolved partnership that previously owned a site that was used for dry cleaning. That entity and the current property owner have been remediating the dry cleaner site since 2009, under the oversight of the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board, or Lahontan. In May 2017, Lahontan issued a final cleanup and abatement order that names four potentially-responsible parties, acknowledges that there may be additional responsible parties, and requires the named parties to perform additional groundwater investigation and corrective actions with respect to onsite and offsite contamination. We are appealing the final order while simultaneously complying with it. Although the outcome of this process is uncertain, we do not expect its resolution to have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
We have determined that our legal obligations to remove or remediate certain potentially hazardous materials may be conditional asset retirement obligations, as defined in GAAP. Except in limited circumstances where the asset retirement activities are expected to be performed in connection with a planned construction project or apartment community casualty, we believe that the fair value of our asset retirement obligations cannot be reasonably estimated due to significant uncertainties in the timing and manner of settlement of those obligations. Asset retirement obligations that are reasonably estimable as of December 31, 2018, are immaterial to our consolidated financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
Operating Leases
We are obligated under non-cancelable operating leases for office space. We are also obligated under non-cancelable operating leases for the ground under certain of our apartment communities with remaining terms ranging from 52 years to 99 years. Minimum annual rental payments under operating leases are as follows (in thousands):
 Office Lease Obligations Ground Lease Obligations Total Operating Lease Obligations
2019$2,237
 $2,114
 $4,351
20202,821
 2,350
 5,171
20212,719
 2,439
 5,158
20222,582
 2,492
 5,074
20231,871
 2,492
 4,363
Thereafter10,644
 422,169
 432,813
Total$22,874
 $434,056
 $456,930
Substantially all of the office space subject to the operating leases in the table above is for the use of our corporate offices and area operations. Rent expense is generally recognized on a straight-line basis and totaled $2.8 million, $3.0 million and $3.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Rent expense recognized for the ground leases totaled $2.3 million, $1.8 million and $1.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and is included within interest expense in the accompanying statements of operations.

Note 6 — Aimco Equity
Preferred Stock
At December 31, 2018 and 2017, Aimco had a single class of perpetual preferred stock outstanding, its Class A Cumulative Preferred Stock, with 5,000,000 shares authorized, issued and outstanding and with a balance of $125.0 million as of December 31, 2018 and 2017.
Aimco’s Class A Preferred Stock has a $0.01 per share par value, is senior to Aimco’s Common Stock, has a liquidation preference per share of $25.00 and is redeemable at our option on or after May 17, 2019. The holders of Preferred Stock are generally not entitled to vote on matters submitted to stockholders. Dividends at an annual rate of 6.88% are subject to declaration by Aimco’s Board of Directors and accrue if not declared.
During the year ended December 31, 2016, Aimco redeemed all of the outstanding shares of its Class Z Cumulative Preferred Stock at a redemption value of $34.8 million. We reflected the $0.7 million excess of the redemption value over the carrying amount and $1.3 million of previously deferred issuance costs as an adjustment of net income attributable to preferred stockholders for the year ended December 31, 2016.
In connection with the redemption of Aimco preferred stock, the Aimco Operating Partnership redeemed from Aimco a number of Partnership Preferred Units equal to the number of shares redeemed or repurchased by Aimco.
Common Stock
During the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, Aimco declared dividends per common share of $1.52, $1.44 and $1.32, respectively.
On February 3, 2019, Aimco’s Board of Directors authorized a reverse stock split, in which every 1.03119 Aimco common share will be combined into one Aimco common share, effective at the close of business on February 20, 2019. On the same date, the Board of Directors also declared a special dividend on the Aimco common stock that consists of $67.1 million in cash and 4.5 million shares of Aimco common stock. The special dividend will be payable on March 22, 2019, to stockholders of record as of February 22, 2019. The special dividend amount includes the regular quarterly cash dividend, which for 2019 is expected to be $0.39 per share. Stockholders will have the opportunity to elect to receive the special dividend in the form of all cash or all stock, subject to proration if either option is oversubscribed. The reverse split was authorized in order to neutralize the dilutive impact of the stock issued in the special dividend. As a result, total shares outstanding following completion of both the special dividend and the reverse stock split are expected to be unchanged from the total shares outstanding immediately prior to the transactions. Some stockholders may have more Aimco shares and some may have fewer based on their individual elections.
Pro forma Earnings per Share (unaudited)
In financial statements issued after the effective date of the reverse stock split, we are required to retroactively recognize the reverse stock split in the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share. The shares issued in connection with the special dividend will be included in the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share on a prospective basis, and are therefore not included in the pro forma amounts disclosed below. If the reverse stock split had been effective prior to issuance of these financial statements, basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding and earnings per share for the years ending December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 would have been (shares in thousands):
 2018 2017 2016
Weighted average shares, basic151,152
 151,595
 151,282
Weighted average shares, diluted151,334
 152,060
 151,669
Basic earnings per share$4.34
 $2.02
 $2.76
Diluted earnings per share$4.34
 $2.02
 $2.75
Registration Statements
Aimco and the Aimco Operating Partnership have a shelf registration statement that provides for the issuance of equity and debt securities by Aimco and debt securities by the Aimco Operating Partnership.

Note 7 — Partners’ Capital
Partnership Preferred Units Owned by Aimco
At December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Aimco Operating Partnership had outstanding preferred units in classes and amounts similar to Aimco’s Preferred Stock described in Note 6, or Partnership Preferred Units. All of these Partnership Preferred Units were owned by Aimco during the periods presented.
The Partnership Preferred Units are senior to the Aimco Operating Partnership’s common partnership units. The Partnership Preferred Units do not have voting rights, except the right to approve certain changes to the Aimco Operating Partnership’s Partnership Agreement that would adversely affect holders of such class of units. Distributions on Partnership Preferred Units are subject to being declared by the General Partner. The Partnership Preferred Units are redeemable by the Aimco Operating Partnership only in connection with a concurrent redemption by Aimco of the corresponding Aimco Preferred Stock held by unrelated parties.
As discussed in Note 6, during the year ended December 31, 2016, Aimco redeemed its Class Z Cumulative Preferred Stock. In connection with this redemption, the Aimco Operating Partnership redeemed from Aimco a corresponding number of Partnership Preferred Units.
Redeemable Preferred OP Units
In addition to the Partnership Preferred Units owned by Aimco, the Aimco Operating Partnership has outstanding various classes of redeemable Partnership Preferred Units owned by third parties, which we refer to as preferred OP Units. As of December 31, 2018 and 2017, the Aimco Operating Partnership had the following classes of preferred OP Units (stated at their redemption values, in thousands, except unit and per unit data):
 Distributions per Annum Units Issued and Outstanding Redemption Values
Class of Preferred UnitsPercent Per Unit 2018 2017 2018 2017
Class One8.75% $8.00
 90,000
 90,000
 $8,229
 $8,229
Class Two1.92% $0.48
 14,240
 17,750
 356
 444
Class Three7.88% $1.97
 1,338,524
 1,338,524
 33,463
 33,462
Class Four8.00% $2.00
 644,954
 644,954
 16,124
 16,124
Class Six8.50% $2.13
 773,693
 780,036
 19,342
 19,501
Class Seven7.87% $1.97
 27,960
 27,960
 699
 699
Class Nine6.00% $1.50
 243,112
 243,112
 6,078
 6,078
Class Ten6.00% $1.50
 680,000
 680,000
 17,000
 17,000
Total    3,812,483
 3,822,336
 $101,291
 $101,537
Each class of preferred OP Units is currently redeemable at the holders’ option. The Aimco Operating Partnership, at its sole discretion, may settle such redemption requests in cash or cause Aimco to issue shares of its Common Stock with a value equal to the redemption price. In the event the Aimco Operating Partnership requires Aimco to issue shares of Common Stock to settle a redemption request, the Aimco Operating Partnership would issue to Aimco a corresponding number of common partnership units. The Aimco Operating Partnership has a redemption policy that requires cash settlement of redemption requests for the preferred OP Units, subject to limited exceptions. Subject to certain conditions, the Class Four and Class Six preferred OP Units may be converted into common OP Units.
These redeemable units are classified within temporary equity in Aimco’s consolidated balance sheets and within temporary capital in the Aimco Operating Partnership’s consolidated balance sheets.
During the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, approximately 10,000, 67,000 and 69,000 preferred OP Units, respectively, were redeemed in exchange for cash, and no preferred OP Units were redeemed in exchange for shares of Aimco Common Stock.
The Class Ten preferred OP Units were issued as partial consideration for an acquisition during the year ended December 31, 2016.

The following table presents a reconciliation of the Aimco Operating Partnership’s preferred OP Units during the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 (in thousands):
 2018 2017 2016
Balance at January 1$101,537
 $103,201
 $87,926
Preferred distributions(7,740) (7,764) (7,239)
Redemption of preferred units and other(246) (1,664) (1,725)
Issuance of preferred units
 
 17,000
Net income7,740
 7,764
 7,239
Balance at December 31$101,291
 $101,537
 $103,201
Common Partnership Units
In the Aimco Operating Partnership’s consolidated balance sheets, the common partnership units held by Aimco are classified within Partners’ Capital as General Partner and Special Limited Partner capital and the common OP Units are classified within Limited Partners’ capital. In Aimco’s consolidated balance sheets, the common OP Units are classified within permanent equity as common noncontrolling interests in the Aimco Operating Partnership.
Common partnership units held by Aimco are not redeemable whereas common OP Units are redeemable at the holders’ option, subject to certain restrictions, on the basis of one common OP Unit for either one share of Common Stock or cash equal to the fair value of a share of Common Stock at the time of redemption. Aimco has the option to deliver shares of Common Stock in exchange for all or any portion of the common OP Units tendered for redemption. When a limited partner redeems a common OP Unit for Common Stock, Limited Partners’ capital is reduced and the General Partner and Special Limited Partners’ capital is increased.
During the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, approximately 224,000, 268,000 and 248,000 common OP Units, respectively, were redeemed in exchange for cash, and no common OP Units were redeemed in exchange for shares of Common Stock.
The holders of the common OP Units receive distributions, prorated from the date of issuance, in an amount equivalent to the dividends paid to holders of Common Stock. During the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, the Aimco Operating Partnership declared distributions per common unit of $1.52, $1.44 and $1.32, respectively
On February 3, 2019, the Board of Directors of the Aimco Operating Partnership’s general partner authorized a reverse unit split in which every 1.03119 common partnership units will be combined into one common partnership unit. The reverse split is effective at the close of business on February 20, 2019, and corresponds to a similar split effected by Aimco with respect to its common shares at the same time. On the same date, the Board of Directors also declared a special distribution to the holders of Aimco Operating Partnership common partnership units that consists of $71.5 million in cash and 4.8 million common partnership units. The special distribution will be payable on March 22, 2019, to unitholders of record as of February 22, 2019. The special distribution also corresponds to a similar special dividend paid at the same time to holders of Aimco common shares. The reverse split was authorized in order to neutralize the dilutive impact of the units issued in the special distribution. As a result, total common partnership units outstanding following completion of both the special distribution and the reverse unit split are expected to be unchanged from the total common partnership units outstanding immediately prior to the transactions.
Pro forma Earnings per Common Unit (Unaudited)
In financial statements issued after the effective date of the reverse unit split, we are required to retroactively recognize the reverse unit split in the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per unit. The units issued in connection with the special distribution will be included in the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per unit on a prospective basis, and are therefore not included in the pro forma amounts disclosed below. If the reverse unit split had been effective prior to issuance of these financial statements, basic and diluted weighted average units outstanding and earnings per unit for the years ending December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 would have been (units in thousands):
 2018 2017 2016
Weighted average units, basic158,890
 158,793
 158,808
Weighted average units, diluted159,073
 159,257
 159,194
Basic earnings per unit$4.35
 $2.02
 $2.76
Diluted earnings per unit$4.34
 $2.02
 $2.75

Note 8 — Share-Based Compensation
We have a stock award and incentive program to attract and retain officers and independent directors. As of December 31, 2018, approximately 4.7 million shares were available for issuance under our Amended and Restated 2015 Stock Award and Incentive Plan, or the 2015 Plan. The total number of shares available for issuance under this plan may be increased by an additional 0.3 million shares to the extent of any forfeiture, cancellation, exchange, surrender, termination or expiration of an award outstanding under our 2007 Stock Award and Incentive Plan. Awards under the 2015 Plan may be in the form of incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options and restricted stock, or other types of awards as authorized under the plan.
Our plans are administered by the Compensation and Human Resources Committee of Aimco’s Board of Directors. In the case of stock options, the exercise price of the options granted may not be less than the fair market value of a share of Common Stock at the date of grant.
Total compensation cost recognized for stock based awards was $9.7 million, $9.3 million and $8.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Of these amounts, $1.2 million, $1.4 million and $1.0 million, respectively, were capitalized. At December 31, 2018, total unvested compensation cost not yet recognized was $11.0 million. We expect to recognize this compensation over a weighted average period of approximately 1.6 years.
We have granted five different types of awards that are outstanding as of December 31, 2018. We have outstanding stock options and restricted stock awards that are subject to time-based vesting and require continuous employment, typically over a period of four years from the grant date, and we refer to these awards as Time-Based Stock Options and Time-Based Restricted Stock, respectively. We also have outstanding stock options, restricted stock awards and two forms of long-term incentive partnership units, or LTIP units, that vest conditioned on Aimco’s total shareholder return, or TSR, relative to the NAREIT Apartment Index (60% weighting) and the MSCI US REIT Index (40% weighting) over a forward-looking performance period of three years. We refer to these awards as TSR Stock Options, TSR Restricted Stock, TSR LTIP I units, and TSR LTIP II units. Vested LTIP II units may be converted at the holders option to LTIP Units for a strike price over a term of ten years. Earned TSR-based awards, if any, will vest 50% on each of the third anniversary and fourth anniversary of the grant date, based on continued employment. The term of Time-Based Stock Options and TSR Stock Options is generally ten years from the date of grant.
We recognize compensation cost associated with Time-Based awards ratably over the requisite service periods, which are typically four years. We recognize compensation cost related to the TSR-based awards, which have graded vesting periods, over the requisite service period for each separate vesting tranche of the award, commencing on the grant date. The value of the TSR-based awards take into consideration the probability that the market condition will be achieved; therefore previously recorded compensation cost is not adjusted in the event that the market condition is not achieved and awards do not vest.
Stock Options
During the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, we granted TSR Stock Options.
The following table summarizes activity for our outstanding stock options, for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 (options in thousands):
 2018 2017 2016
 Number of Options Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
 Number of Options Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
 Number of Options Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
Outstanding at beginning of year648
 $40.08
 675
 $29.55
 1,394
 $30.85
Granted
 
 184
 44.07
 216
 38.73
Exercised(2) 28.33
 (211) 9.90
 (934) 33.61
Forfeited
 
 
 
 (1) 29.11
Outstanding at end of year646
 $40.12
 648
 $40.08
 675
 $29.55
Exercisable at end of year186
 $38.18
 128
 $37.59
 280
 $16.38
The intrinsic value of a stock option represents the amount by which the current price of the underlying stock exceeds the exercise price of the option. As of December 31, 2018, options outstanding had an aggregate intrinsic value of $2.5 million and a weighted average remaining contractual term of 7.0 years. Options exercisable at December 31, 2018, had an aggregate intrinsic value of $1.1 million and a weighted average remaining contractual term of 5.9 years. The intrinsic value of stock options exercised during the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, was $32 thousand, $7.1 million and $11.1 million, respectively.

The weighted average grant date fair value of stock options granted during the years ended 2017 and 2016 was $11.39 and $9.94 per option, respectively.
Time-Based Restricted Stock Awards
The following table summarizes activity for Time-Based Restricted Stock awards for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 (shares in thousands):
 2018 2017 2016
 Number of Shares Weighted
Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value
 Number of Shares Weighted
Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value
 Number of Shares Weighted
Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value
Unvested at beginning of year160
 $37.63
 249
 $33.61
 339
 $29.96
Granted51
 40.01
 45
 44.07
 91
 40.03
Vested(86) 34.42
 (134) 32.35
 (181) 29.99
Unvested at end of year125
 $40.82
 160
 $37.63
 249
 $33.61
The aggregate fair value of shares that vested during the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 was $8.4 million, $6.0 million and $7.0 million, respectively.
TSR Restricted Stock Awards
The following table summarizes activity for TSR Restricted Stock awards for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 (shares in thousands):
 2018 2017 2016
 Number of Shares Weighted
Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value
 Number of Shares Weighted
Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value
 Number of Shares Weighted
Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value
Unvested at beginning of year253
 $40.70
 214
 $39.66
 123
 $39.72
Granted45
 41.71
 39
 46.39
 91
 39.59
Vested(123) 39.72
 
 
 
 
Unvested at end of year175
 $41.65
 253
 $40.70
 214
 $39.66
TSR LTIP I Units
The following table summarizes activity for TSR LTIP I units for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 (units in thousands):
 2018 2017
 Number of Units Weighted
Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value
 Number of Units Weighted
Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value
Unvested at beginning of year45
 $46.21
 
 $
Granted48
 41.48
 45
 46.21
Unvested at end of year93
 $43.78
 45
 $46.21

TSR LTIP II Units
The following table summarizes activity for TSR LTIP II units for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 (numbers of units in thousands):
 2018
 Number of Units Weighted
Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value
Unvested at beginning of year
 $
Granted243
 41.84
Unvested at end of year243
 $41.84
Determination of Grant-Date Fair Value of Awards
We estimated the fair value of TSR-based awards granted in 2018, 2017 and 2016 using a Monte Carlo model using the assumptions set forth in the table below.
The risk-free interest rate reflects the annualized yield of a zero coupon U.S. Treasury security with a term equal to the expected term of the option. The expected dividend yield reflects expectations regarding cash dividend amounts per share paid on Aimco’s Common Stock during the expected term of the awards. Expected volatility reflects an average of the historical volatility of Aimco’s Common Stock during the historical period commensurate with the expected term of the options that ended on the date of grant, and the implied volatility is calculated from observed call option contracts closest to the expected term. The derived vesting period of TSR Restricted Stock and TSR LTIP I units was determined based on the graded vesting terms. The expected term of the TSR-options and TSR LTIP II units was based on historical option exercises and post-vesting terminations. The midpoints of our valuation assumptions for the 2018, 2017 and 2016 grants were as follows:
 2018 2017 2016
Grant date market value of a common share$40.95
 $44.07

$38.73
Risk-free interest rate2.32% 1.57%
1.15%
Dividend yield3.52% 3.27%
3.41%
Expected volatility18.02% 21.33%
21.24%
Derived vesting period of TSR Restricted Stock and TSR LTIP I units3.4 years
 3.4 years

3.4 years
Weighted average expected term of TSR Stock Options and LTIP II units5.6 years
 5.8 years
 5.8 years
The grant date fair value for the Time-Based Restricted Stock awards reflects the closing price of a share of Aimco common stock on the grant date.

Note 9 — Income Taxes
Deferred income taxes reflect the net effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities of the TRS entities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. Significant components of our deferred tax liabilities and assets are as follows (in thousands):
 December 31,
 2018 2017
Deferred tax liabilities:   
Real estate and real estate partnership basis differences$12,058
 $32,032
Deferred tax assets:   
Net operating, capital and other loss carryforwards$7,022
 $9,523
Accruals and expenses7,432
 6,575
Tax credit carryforwards67,530
 73,450
Management contracts and other2,064
 200
Total deferred tax assets84,048
 89,748
Valuation allowance(4,930) (25,489)
Net deferred tax assets$67,060
 $32,227
In December 2017, the U.S. Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, or the 2017 Act, which is effective for years beginning with 2018. The 2017 Act provided for a reduction in the federal income tax rate. In accordance with GAAP, we revalued our deferred tax assets and liabilities as of December 31, 2017. We finalized our accounting for the tax effects of enactment of the 2017 Act during the year ended December 31, 2018, resulting in our recognition of a cumulative net tax benefit of $15.6 million over the two years.
At December 31, 2018, we had federal and state net operating loss carryforwards, or NOLs, for which the deferred tax asset was approximately $7.0 million, before a valuation allowance of $4.9 million. The NOLs expire in years 2019 to 2034. Subject to certain separate return limitations, we may use these NOLs to offset a portion of state taxable income generated by our TRS entities.
As of December 31, 2018, we had low-income housing and rehabilitation tax credit carryforwards and corresponding deferred tax assets of approximately $67.5 million for income tax purposes that expire in years 2034 to 2038. In light of the lower federal tax rate under the 2017 Act, our TRS entities must generate more taxable income in future years to utilize tax credit carryforwards, which are recorded as deferred tax assets. As a result, during the year ended December 31, 2017, we recognized a partial valuation allowance of $15.4 million against the deferred tax assets associated with low-income housing and rehabilitation tax credit carryforwards. Due to the sale of our Asset Management business, discussed further in Note 3, during the year ended December 31, 2018, we reversed the remaining valuation allowance recognized in 2017 against our deferred tax benefits that we now expect to utilize.
A reconciliation of the beginning and ending balance of our unrecognized tax benefits is presented below (in thousands):
 2018 2017 2016
Balance at January 1$2,476
 $2,286
 $2,897
Additions (reductions) based on tax positions related to prior years142
 190
 (611)
Balance at December 31$2,618
 $2,476
 $2,286
Because the statute of limitations has not yet elapsed, our United States federal income tax returns for the year ended December 31, 2014 and subsequent years and certain of our State income tax returns for the year ended December 31, 2014 and subsequent years are currently subject to examination by the IRS or other taxing authorities. If recognized, the unrecognized benefit would affect the effective rate.
In 2014, the IRS initiated an audit of the Aimco Operating Partnership’s 2011 and 2012 tax years. This audit remains in process as of December 31, 2018. We do not believe the audit will have any material effect on our unrecognized tax benefits, financial condition or results of operations.
Our policy is to include any interest and penalties related to income taxes within the income tax line item in our consolidated statements of operations.

In accordance with the accounting requirements for stock-based compensation, we may recognize tax benefits in connection with the exercise of stock options by employees of our TRS entities and the vesting of restricted stock awards. We recognize the tax effects related to stock based compensation through earnings in the period the compensation was recognized.
Significant components of the income tax benefit or expense are as follows and are classified within income tax benefit in income before gain on dispositions and gain on dispositions of real estate, net of tax, in our consolidated statements of operations for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 (in thousands):
 2018 2017 2016
Current:     
Federal$11,269
 $(938) $5,038
State10,537
 525
 2,916
Total current21,806
 (413) 7,954
      
Deferred:     
Federal(29,243) (10,908) (26,173)
State(5,590) (3,621) (623)
Revaluation of deferred taxes due to change in tax rate
 (15,894) 
Total deferred(34,833) (30,423) (26,796)
Total benefit$(13,027) $(30,836) $(18,842)
Consolidated income or loss subject to tax consists of pretax income or loss of our TRS entities and income and gains retained by the REIT. For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, we had consolidated net income subject to tax of $158.6 million, net loss subject to tax of $55.6 million and net income subject to tax of $109.3 million, respectively.
The reconciliation of income tax attributable to operations computed at the United States statutory rate to income tax benefit is shown below (dollars in thousands):
 2018 2017 2016
 Amount Percent Amount Percent Amount Percent
Tax provision (benefit) at United States statutory rates on consolidated income or loss subject to tax$33,296
 21.0 % $(19,459) 35.0 % $38,257
 35.0 %
State income tax expense, net of federal tax (benefit) expense12,252
 7.7 % (1,769) 3.2 % 7,152
 6.5 %
Establishment of deferred tax asset related to partnership basis difference (1)
  % (3,501) 6.3 % 
  %
Effect of permanent differences302
 0.2 % (1,629) 2.9 % (132) (0.1)%
Tax effect of intercompany transactions (2)(33,250) (21.0)% 
  % (47,369) (43.3)%
Tax credits(6,897)
(4.4)% (9,607) 17.3 % (16,750) (15.3)%
Tax reform revaluation (3)288

0.2 % (15,894) 28.6 % 
  %
(Decrease) increase in valuation allowance (4)(20,434)
(12.9)% 21,023
 (37.8)% 
  %
Other1,416

0.9 % 
  % 
  %
Total income tax benefit$(13,027) (8.3)% $(30,836) 55.5 % $(18,842) (17.2)%
(1)2017 includes the establishment of a deferred tax asset related to partnership basis difference when it became apparent that it would reverse in the foreseeable future. This deferred tax asset was fully reserved in the valuation allowance described below as of December 31, 2017.
(2)2016 includes the effect of intercompany asset transfers between the Aimco Operating Partnership and TRS entities, for which tax was deferred and recognized as the assets affected GAAP income or loss, for example, through depreciation, impairment, or upon the sale of the asset to a third-party. Effective January 1, 2017, we adopted a new accounting standard applicable to intercompany asset transfers. As a result, the accumulated unrecognized deferred tax expense associated with historical intercompany transfers was recognized as a cumulative effect adjustment through retained earnings at that time. 2018 includes the tax benefit to establish the initial deferred tax asset from the intercompany transfer of a portion of the Asset Management business between the Aimco Operating Partnership and TRS entities.
(3)Reflects revaluation of deferred tax assets and liabilities using the TRS entities’ lower effective tax rates resulting from the 2017 Act. Accounting for the tax effects of enactment of the 2017 Act was finalized during the year ended December 31, 2018.

(4)2017 includes a $15.4 million valuation allowance against the deferred tax assets associated with rehabilitation tax credits due to the lower federal tax rate under the 2017 Act. This valuation allowance was reversed in 2018 as a result of the sale of our Asset Management business.
Income taxes paid totaled approximately $11.5 million, $7.4 million and $2.2 million in the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
For income tax purposes, dividends paid to holders of Common Stock primarily consist of ordinary income, capital gains, qualified dividends and unrecaptured Section 1250 gains, or a combination thereof. For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, dividends per share held for the entire year were estimated to be taxable as follows:
 2018 2017 2016
 Amount Percentage Amount Percentage Amount Percentage
Ordinary income$0.51
 33.4% $0.75
 51.5% $0.45
 34.2%
Capital gains0.93
 61.2% 0.51
 35.7% 0.47
 35.4%
Qualified dividends
 % 0.02
 1.6% 0.13
 9.9%
Unrecaptured Section 1250 gain0.08
 5.4% 0.16
 11.2% 0.27
 20.5%
 $1.52
 100.0% $1.44
 100.0% $1.32
 100.0%
Note 10 — Earnings per Share/Unit
Aimco and the Aimco Operating Partnership calculate basic earnings per common share and basic earnings per common unit based on the weighted average number of shares of Common Stock and common partnership units and participating securities outstanding, and calculate diluted earnings per share and diluted earnings per unit taking into consideration dilutive common stock and common partnership unit equivalents and dilutive convertible securities outstanding during the period.
Our common stock equivalents and common partnership unit equivalents include options to purchase shares of Common Stock, which, if exercised, would result in Aimco’s issuance of additional shares and the Aimco Operating Partnership’s issuance to Aimco of additional common partnership units equal to the number of shares purchased under the options. These equivalents also include unvested TSR Restricted Stock awards that do not meet the definition of participating securities, which would result in the issuance of additional common shares and common partnership units equal to the number of shares that vest. The dilutive effect of these securities was 0.2 million shares or units, 0.5 million shares or units, and 0.4 million shares or units, respectively, for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016. Securities with dilutive effect are included in the denominator for calculating diluted earnings per share and unit during these periods. There were 0.3 million potential shares and 0.3 million potential units not dilutive and excluded from the denominator for calculating diluted earnings per share and per unit, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2018. There were 0.2 million potential shares and 0.2 million potential units not dilutive and excluded from the denominator for calculating diluted earnings per share and per unit, respectively, for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016.
Our Time-Based Restricted Stock awards receive dividends similar to shares of Common Stock and common partnership units prior to vesting and our TSR LTIP I units and TSR LTIP II units receive distributions based on specified percentages of the distributions paid to common partnership units prior to vesting and conversion. These dividends and distributions are not forfeited in the event the awards do not vest. Therefore, the unvested restricted shares and units related to these awards are participating securities. The effect of participating securities is included in basic and diluted earnings per share and unit computations using the two-class method of allocating distributed and undistributed earnings when the two-class method is more dilutive than the treasury stock method. At December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, there were 0.3 million, 0.2 million and 0.2 million shares of unvested participating restricted securities, respectively. At December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, there were 0.6 million, 0.3 million and 0.2 million units of unvested participating restricted securities, respectively.
As discussed in Note 7, the Aimco Operating Partnership has various classes of preferred OP Units, which may be redeemed at the holders’ option. The Aimco Operating Partnership may redeem these units for cash, or at its option, shares of Common Stock. As of December 31, 2018, these preferred OP Units were potentially redeemable for approximately 2.3 million shares of Common Stock (based on the period end market price), or cash. The Aimco Operating Partnership has a redemption policy that requires cash settlement of redemption requests for the preferred OP Units, subject to limited exceptions. Accordingly, we have excluded these securities from earnings per share and unit computations for the periods presented above, and we expect to exclude them in future periods.

Note 11 — Fair Value Measurements
Recurring Fair Value Measurements
We measure at fair value on a recurring basis our investment in the securitization trust that holds certain of our property debt, which we classify as AFS debt securities.
These investments are presented within other assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. We hold several positions in the securitization trust that pay interest currently and we also hold the first loss position in the securitization trust, which accrues interest over the term of the investment. These investments were acquired at a discount to face value and we are accreting the discount to the $100.9 million face value of the investments through interest income using the effective interest method over the remaining expected term of the investments, which as of December 31, 2018, was approximately 2.4 years. Our amortized cost basis for these investments, which represents the original cost adjusted for interest accretion less interest payments received, was $83.6 million and $77.7 million at December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively. We estimated the fair value of these investments to be $88.5 million and $82.8 million at December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.
Our investments in AFS debt securities are classified within Level 2 of the GAAP fair value hierarchy. We estimate the fair value of these investments using an income and market approach with primarily observable inputs, including yields and other information regarding similar types of investments, and adjusted for certain unobservable inputs specific to these investments. The fair value of the positions that pay interest currently typically moves in an inverse relationship with movements in interest rates. The fair value of the first loss position is primarily correlated to collateral quality and demand for similar subordinate commercial mortgage-backed securities.
Fair Value Disclosures
We believe that the carrying values of the consolidated amounts of cash and cash equivalents, receivables and payables approximates their fair value at December 31, 2018 and 2017, due to their relatively short-term nature and high probability of realization. The carrying amount of seller financing notes receivable approximated their estimated fair value at December 31, 2018. The carrying amount of the total indebtedness associated with our Real Estate portfolio approximated its estimated fair value at December 31, 2018 and 2017. We estimate the fair value of our seller financing notes and our consolidated debt using an income and market approach, including comparison of the contractual terms to observable and unobservable inputs such as market interest rate risk spreads, contractual interest rates, remaining periods to maturity, collateral quality and loan to value ratios on similarly encumbered apartment communities within our portfolio. We classify the fair value of debt and seller financing notes within Level 3 of the GAAP valuation hierarchy based on the significance of certain of the unobservable inputs used to estimate its fair value.
Note 12 — Business Segments
Our chief executive officer, who is our chief operating decision maker, uses proportionate property net operating income to assess the operating performance of our apartment communities. Proportionate property net operating income is defined as our share of rental and other property revenue less our share of property operating expenses, including real estate taxes, for consolidated apartment communities we own and manage. Beginning in 2018, we exclude from rental and other property revenues the amount of utilities cost reimbursed by residents and reflect such amount as a reduction of the related utility expense within property operating expenses in our evaluation of segment results. In our consolidated statements of operation, utility reimbursements are included in rental and other property revenues, in accordance with GAAP. The 2017 and 2016 tables below have been revised to conform to this presentation.
Apartment communities are classified as either part of our Real Estate portfolio or, prior to the sale in July 2018, those owned through partnerships served by our Asset Management business. As of December 31, 2018, for segment performance evaluation, our Real Estate segment included 130 consolidated apartment communities with 36,407 apartment homes and excluded four apartment communities with 142 apartment homes that we neither manage nor consolidate.
Prior to the July 2018 sale of our Asset Management business, we consolidated certain partnerships in which we held nominal positions. These partnerships own low-income housing tax credit apartment communities. Neither the results of operations nor the assets of these partnerships and apartment communities were quantitatively material during our period of ownership; therefore, we have one reportable segment, Real Estate.
The following tables present the revenues, net operating income and income before gain on dispositions of our Real Estate segment on a proportionate basis and excluding amounts related to apartment communities sold or classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2018 for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016 (in thousands):

 Real Estate 
Proportionate and Other
Adjustments (1)
 
Corporate and
Amounts Not
Allocated to Reportable
Segment (2)
 Consolidated
Year Ended December 31, 2018:       
Rental and other property revenues attributable to Real Estate$854,240
 $34,282
 $34,071
 $922,593
Rental and other property revenues of partnerships served by Asset Management business
 
 42,830
 42,830
Tax credit and transaction revenues
 
 6,987
 6,987
Total revenues854,240
 34,282
 83,888
 972,410
Property operating expenses attributable to Real Estate238,860
 32,169
 36,872
 307,901
Property operating expenses of partnerships served by Asset Management business
 
 20,921
 20,921
Other operating expenses not allocated to reportable
segment (3)

 
 427,832
 427,832
Total operating expenses238,860
 32,169
 485,625
 756,654
Proportionate property net operating income615,380
 
 
 
Other items included in income before income tax benefit (4)
 
 487,820
 487,820
Income before income tax benefit$615,380
 $2,113
 $86,083
 $703,576
 Real Estate 
Proportionate and Other
Adjustments (1)
 
Corporate and
Amounts Not
Allocated to Reportable
Segment (2)
 Consolidated
Year Ended December 31, 2017:       
Rental and other property revenues attributable to Real Estate$781,194
 $43,043
 $93,911
 $918,148
Rental and other property revenues of partnerships served by Asset Management business
 
 74,046
 74,046
Tax credit and transaction revenues
 
 13,243
 13,243
Total revenues781,194
 43,043
 181,200
 1,005,437
Property operating expenses attributable to Real Estate222,731
 32,432
 63,963
 319,126
Property operating expenses of partnerships served by Asset Management business
 
 35,458
 35,458
Other operating expenses not allocated to reportable
segment (3)

 
 456,870
 456,870
Total operating expenses222,731
 32,432
 556,291
 811,454
Proportionate property net operating income558,463
 
 
 
Other items included in income before income tax benefit (4)
 
 122,260
 122,260
Income before income tax benefit$558,463
 $10,611
 $(252,831) $316,243

 Real Estate 
Proportionate and Other
Adjustments (1)
 
Corporate and
Amounts Not
Allocated to Reportable
Segment (2)
 Consolidated
Year Ended December 31, 2016:       
Rental and other property revenues attributable to Real Estate$720,302
 $55,257
 $124,332
 $899,891
Rental and other property revenues of partnerships served by Asset Management business
 
 74,640
 74,640
Tax credit and transaction revenues
 
 21,323
 21,323
Total revenues720,302
 55,257
 220,295
 995,854
Property operating expenses attributable to Real Estate210,426
 35,468
 72,063
 317,957
Property operating expenses of partnerships served by Asset Management business
 
 36,956
 36,956
Other operating expenses not allocated to reportable
segment (3)

 
 394,145
 394,145
Total operating expenses210,426
 35,468
 503,164
 749,058
Proportionate property net operating income509,876
 
 
 
Other items included in income before income tax benefit (4)
 
 217,635
 217,635
Income before income tax benefit$509,876
 $19,789
 $(65,234) $464,431
(1)Represents adjustments for the noncontrolling interests in consolidated real estate partnerships’ share of the results of consolidated apartment communities in our Real Estate segment, which are included in the related consolidated amounts, but excluded from proportionate property net operating income for our segment evaluation. Also includes the reclassification of utility reimbursements from revenues to property operating expenses for the purpose of evaluating segment results. Utility reimbursements are included in rental and other property revenues in our consolidated statements of operations prepared in accordance with GAAP.
(2)Includes the operating results of apartment communities sold during the periods shown or held for sale at the end of the period, if any, and the operating results of apartment communities owned by consolidated partnerships served by our Asset Management business prior to its sale in July 2018. Corporate and Amounts Not Allocated to Reportable Segment also includes property management expenses and casualty gains and losses, which are included in consolidated property operating expenses and are not part of our segment performance measure.
(3)Other operating expenses not allocated to reportable segment consists of depreciation and amortization, general and administrative expenses and other operating expenses including provision for real estate impairment loss, which are not included in our measure of segment performance.
(4)Other items included in income before income tax benefit primarily consists of gain on dispositions of real estate and interest expense.
The assets of our reportable segment and the consolidated assets not allocated to our segment are as follows (in thousands):
 December 31,
 2018 2017
Real Estate$5,849,638
 $5,346,390
Corporate and other assets (1)340,366
 732,650
Total consolidated assets$6,190,004
 $6,079,040
(1)
Includes the assets not allocated to our reportable segment, primarily corporate assets, and assets of apartment communities and the Asset Management business, which were sold or classified as held for sale as of December 31, 2018.
For the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, capital additions related to our Real Estate segment totaled $338.8 million, $321.9 million and $312.8 million, respectively.
Note 13 — Variable Interest Entities
Generally, a variable interest entity, or VIE, is a legal entity in which the equity investors do not have the characteristics of a controlling financial interest or the equity investors lack sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support. A limited partnership is considered a VIE when the majority of the limited partners unrelated to the general partner possess neither the right to remove the general partner without cause, nor certain rights to participate in the decisions that most significantly affect the financial results of the partnership. In determining whether we are the primary beneficiary of a VIE, we consider qualitative and quantitative factors, including, but not limited to: which activities most

significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and which party controls such activities; the amount and characteristics of our investment; the obligation or likelihood for us or other investors to provide financial support; and the similarity with and significance to our business activities and the business activities of the other investors. Significant judgments related to these determinations include estimates about the current and future fair values and performance of real estate held by these VIEs and general market conditions.
Aimco consolidates the Aimco Operating Partnership, which is a VIE for which Aimco is the primary beneficiary. Aimco, through the Aimco Operating Partnership, consolidates all VIEs for which it is the primary beneficiary.
All of the VIEs we consolidate own interests in one or more apartment communities. VIEs that own apartment communities we classify as part of our Real Estate segment are typically structured to generate a return for their partners through the operation and ultimate sale of the communities. We are the primary beneficiary in the limited partnerships in which we are the sole decision maker and have a substantial economic interest.
As described in Note 3, we sold our Asset Management business in July 2018, including the nominal ownership interest we held in partnerships served by this business.
 December 31,
 2018 2017
Real Estate portfolio:   
VIEs with interests in apartment communities9
 14
Apartment communities owned by VIEs9
 14
Apartment homes in communities owned by VIEs3,592
 4,321
Consolidated partnerships served by the Asset Management business:   
VIEs with interests in apartment communities
 49
Apartment communities owned by VIEs
 37
Apartment homes in communities owned by VIEs
 5,893

Assets of the Aimco Operating Partnership’s consolidated VIEs must first be used to settle the liabilities of such consolidated VIEs. These consolidated VIEs’ creditors do not have recourse to the general credit of the Aimco Operating Partnership. Assets and liabilities of VIEs are summarized in the table below (in thousands):
 December 31,
 2018 2017
Real Estate portfolio:   
Assets   
Net real estate$488,127
 $529,898
Cash and cash equivalents15,416
 16,111
Restricted cash4,461
 4,798
Liabilities   
Non-recourse property debt322,685
 412,205
Accrued liabilities and other13,576
 10,623
Consolidated partnerships served by the Asset Management business:   
Assets   
Real estate, net
 215,580
Cash and cash equivalents
 15,931
Restricted cash
 30,107
Liabilities   
Non-recourse property debt
 220,356
Accrued liabilities and other
 20,241

Note 14 — Unaudited Summarized Consolidated Quarterly Information
Aimco
Aimco’s summarized unaudited consolidated quarterly information for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, is provided below (in thousands, except per share amounts):
 Quarter
2018First Second Third Fourth
Total revenues$247,720
 $250,187
 $242,481
 $232,022
Net income95,690
 7,156
 603,917
 9,840
Net income attributable to Aimco common stockholders81,525
 2,817
 567,029
 5,226
Net income attributable to Aimco common stockholders per common
share - basic
$0.52
 $0.02
 $3.62
 $0.03
Net income attributable to Aimco common stockholders per common
share - diluted
$0.52
 $0.02
 $3.61
 $0.03
 Quarter
2017First Second Third Fourth
Total revenues$246,481
 $249,092
 $254,635
 $255,229
Net income17,155
 21,591
 22,144
 286,189
Net income attributable to Aimco common stockholders11,491
 15,843
 17,430
 262,097
Net income attributable to Aimco common stockholders per common
share - basic
$0.07
 $0.10
 $0.11
 $1.68
Net income attributable to Aimco common stockholders per common
share - diluted
$0.07
 $0.10
 $0.11
 $1.67
The Aimco Operating Partnership
The Aimco Operating Partnership’s summarized unaudited consolidated quarterly information for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, is provided below (in thousands, except per unit amounts):
 Quarter
2018First Second Third Fourth
Total revenues$247,720
 $250,187
 $242,481
 $232,022
Net income95,690
 7,156
 603,917
 9,840
Net income attributable to the Partnership’s common unitholders85,274
 2,949
 597,100
 5,551
Net income attributable to the Partnership’s common unitholders per common unit - basic$0.52
 $0.02
 $3.62
 $0.03
Net income attributable to the Partnership’s common unitholders per common unit - diluted$0.52
 $0.02
 $3.61
 $0.03
 Quarter
2017First Second Third Fourth
Total revenues$246,481
 $249,092
 $254,635
 $255,229
Net income17,155
 21,591
 22,144
 286,189
Net income attributable to the Partnership’s common unitholders12,047
 16,627
 18,246
 274,380
Net income attributable to the Partnership’s common unitholders per common unit - basic$0.07
 $0.10
 $0.11
 $1.68
Net income attributable to the Partnership’s common unitholders per common unit - diluted$0.07
 $0.10
 $0.11
 $1.67

APARTMENT INVESTMENT AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY
AIMCO PROPERTIES, L.P.
SCHEDULE III: REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION
December 31, 2018
(In Thousands Except Apartment Home Data)
       (2)      
  (1)    Initial Cost Cost CapitalizedDecember 31, 2018
 ApartmentDate  Year Apartment  Buildings and Subsequent to  Buildings and(3) Accumulated Total Cost(4)
Apartment Community NameTypeConsolidatedLocation Built Homes Land Improvements Consolidation Land Improvements Total Depreciation (AD) Net of AD Encumbrances
               
Real Estate Segment:             
100 Forest PlaceHigh RiseDec 1997Oak Park, IL1987234
$2,664
$18,815
$10,553
$2,664
$29,368
$32,032
$(15,640)$16,392
$35,048
118-122 West 23rd StreetHigh RiseJun 2012New York, NY198742
14,985
23,459
6,752
14,985
30,211
45,196
(9,121)36,075
17,457
173 E. 90th StreetHigh RiseMay 2004New York, NY191072
12,066
4,535
8,068
12,066
12,603
24,669
(3,730)20,939

182-188 Columbus AvenueMid RiseFeb 2007New York, NY191032
19,123
3,300
5,513
19,123
8,813
27,936
(3,968)23,968
13,925
1045 on the Park Apartments HomesMid RiseJul 2013Atlanta, GA201230
2,793
6,662
692
2,793
7,354
10,147
(1,423)8,724
5,627
1582 First AvenueHigh RiseMar 2005New York, NY190017
4,281
752
499
4,281
1,251
5,532
(578)4,954
2,273
21 FitzsimonsMid RiseAug 2014Aurora, CO2008600
12,864
104,720
20,379
12,864
125,099
137,963
(19,590)118,373
90,000
234 East 88th StreetMid RiseJan 2014New York, NY190020
2,448
4,449
807
2,448
5,256
7,704
(1,154)6,550
3,223
236-238 East 88th StreetHigh RiseJan 2004New York, NY190043
8,820
2,914
2,681
8,820
5,595
14,415
(1,930)12,485
10,875
237-239 Ninth AvenueHigh RiseMar 2005New York, NY190036
8,495
1,866
3,092
8,495
4,958
13,453
(2,770)10,683
5,553
240 West 73rd Street, LLCHigh RiseSep 2004New York, NY1900200
68,109
12,140
11,905
68,109
24,045
92,154
(9,818)82,336

2900 on First ApartmentsMid RiseOct 2008Seattle, WA1989135
19,070
17,518
33,542
19,070
51,060
70,130
(25,554)44,576
13,915
306 East 89th StreetHigh RiseJul 2004New York, NY193020
2,680
1,006
1,098
2,680
2,104
4,784
(888)3,896
1,854
311 & 313 East 73rd StreetMid RiseMar 2003New York, NY190434
5,678
1,609
520
5,678
2,129
7,807
(1,487)6,320
3,904
322-324 East 61st StreetHigh RiseMar 2005New York, NY190040
6,372
2,224
1,512
6,372
3,736
10,108
(1,830)8,278
3,410
3400 Avenue of the ArtsMid RiseMar 2002Costa Mesa, CA1987770
57,241
65,506
80,349
57,241
145,855
203,096
(86,923)116,173
145,752
452 East 78th StreetHigh RiseJan 2004New York, NY190012
1,982
608
548
1,982
1,156
3,138
(486)2,652
2,542
464-466 Amsterdam & 200-210 W. 83rd StreetMid RiseFeb 2007New York, NY191071
25,553
7,101
6,070
25,553
13,171
38,724
(6,031)32,693
20,520
510 East 88th StreetHigh RiseJan 2004New York, NY190020
3,163
1,002
622
3,163
1,624
4,787
(642)4,145
2,724
514-516 East 88th StreetHigh RiseMar 2005New York, NY190036
6,282
2,168
1,593
6,282
3,761
10,043
(1,619)8,424
3,696
518 East 88th StreetMid RiseJan 2014New York, NY190020
2,233
4,315
606
2,233
4,921
7,154
(1,137)6,017
2,792
707 LeahyGardenApr 2007Redwood City, CA1973110
15,444
7,909
7,406
15,444
15,315
30,759
(6,964)23,795
8,737
777 South Broad StreetMid RiseMay 2018Philadelphia, PA2010146
6,986
67,512
829
6,986
68,341
75,327
(1,515)73,812
57,627
865 BellevueGardenJul 2000Nashville, TN1972326
3,562
12,037
23,538
3,562
35,575
39,137
(23,393)15,744

Avery RowMid RiseDec 2018Arlington, VA201367
8,140
21,348

8,140
21,348
29,488

29,488

AxiomMid RiseApr 2015Cambridge, MA2015115

63,612
2,444

66,056
66,056
(8,920)57,136
32,978
Bank LoftsHigh RiseApr 2001Denver, CO1920125
3,525
9,045
5,539
3,525
14,584
18,109
(7,463)10,646
10,476
Bay Parc PlazaHigh RiseSep 2004Miami, FL2000474
22,680
41,847
34,053
22,680
75,900
98,580
(22,485)76,095
42,434
Bay Ridge at NashuaGardenJan 2003Nashua, NH1984412
3,262
40,713
16,739
3,262
57,452
60,714
(22,738)37,976
51,450
Bayberry Hill EstatesGardenAug 2002Framingham, MA1971424
19,944
35,945
21,847
19,944
57,792
77,736
(27,629)50,107

Bent Tree ApartmentsGardenFeb 2018Centreville, VA1986748
46,975
113,695
7,493
46,975
121,188
168,163
(4,331)163,832

Bluffs at Pacifica, TheGardenOct 2006Pacifica, CA196364
8,108
4,132
17,804
8,108
21,936
30,044
(10,996)19,048

Boston LoftsHigh RiseApr 2001Denver, CO1890158
3,446
20,589
5,694
3,446
26,283
29,729
(13,914)15,815
15,303
Boulder CreekGardenJul 1994Boulder, CO1973221
754
7,730
20,628
754
28,358
29,112
(19,702)9,410
38,500
Broadcast CenterGardenMar 2002Los Angeles, CA1990279
29,407
41,244
28,683
29,407
69,927
99,334
(29,655)69,679

Broadway LoftsHigh RiseSep 2012San Diego, CA190984
5,367
14,442
6,126
5,367
20,568
25,935
(4,604)21,331
11,531
Burke Shire CommonsGardenMar 2001Burke, VA1986360
4,867
23,617
17,678
4,867
41,295
46,162
(24,737)21,425
57,860

       (2)      
  (1)    Initial Cost Cost CapitalizedDecember 31, 2018
 ApartmentDate  Year Apartment ��Buildings and Subsequent to  Buildings and(3) Accumulated Total Cost(4)
Apartment Community NameTypeConsolidatedLocation Built Homes Land Improvements Consolidation Land Improvements Total Depreciation (AD) Net of AD Encumbrances
               
Calhoun Beach ClubHigh RiseDec 1998Minneapolis, MN1928332
11,708
73,334
64,948
11,708
138,282
149,990
(79,547)70,443

Canyon TerraceGardenMar 2002Saugus, CA1984130
7,508
6,601
6,525
7,508
13,126
20,634
(6,960)13,674

Cedar RimGardenApr 2000Newcastle, WA1980104
761
5,218
13,032
761
18,250
19,011
(13,153)5,858

Charlesbank Apartment HomesMid RiseSep 2013Watertown, MA201244
3,399
11,726
821
3,399
12,547
15,946
(2,404)13,542
7,718
Chestnut HallHigh RiseOct 2006Philadelphia, PA1923315
12,338
14,299
12,074
12,338
26,373
38,711
(12,144)26,567
36,653
Chimneys of Cradle RockGardenJun 2004Columbia, MD1979198
2,040
8,108
1,116
2,040
9,224
11,264
(4,206)7,058

Columbus AvenueMid RiseSep 2003New York, NY188059
35,527
9,450
9,117
35,527
18,567
54,094
(10,600)43,494
25,205
CreeksideGardenJan 2000Denver, CO1974328
3,189
12,698
7,450
3,189
20,148
23,337
(13,072)10,265
11,325
Crescent at West Hollywood, TheMid RiseMar 2002West Hollywood, CA1985130
15,765
10,215
8,411
15,765
18,626
34,391
(12,166)22,225
40,000
Elm CreekMid RiseDec 1997Elmhurst, IL1987400
5,910
30,830
31,950
5,910
62,780
68,690
(32,993)35,697
51,341
Evanston PlaceHigh RiseDec 1997Evanston, IL1990190
3,232
25,546
16,214
3,232
41,760
44,992
(19,152)25,840

FarmingdaleMid RiseOct 2000Darien, IL1975240
11,763
15,174
11,173
11,763
26,347
38,110
(13,618)24,492
13,106
Flamingo TowersHigh RiseSep 1997Miami Beach, FL19601,324
32,427
48,808
339,187
32,427
387,995
420,422
(174,249)246,173
103,152
Four Quarters HabitatGardenJan 2006Miami, FL1976336
2,379
17,199
30,286
2,379
47,485
49,864
(27,112)22,752
51,603
FoxchaseGardenDec 1997Alexandria, VA19402,113
15,496
96,062
52,254
15,496
148,316
163,812
(85,298)78,514
223,626
GeorgetownGardenAug 2002Framingham, MA1964207
12,351
13,168
3,996
12,351
17,164
29,515
(8,281)21,234
14,697
Georgetown IIMid RiseAug 2002Framingham, MA195872
4,577
4,057
2,118
4,577
6,175
10,752
(3,483)7,269

Heritage Park EscondidoGardenOct 2000Escondido, CA1986196
1,055
7,565
2,572
1,055
10,137
11,192
(6,993)4,199
6,129
Heritage Park LivermoreGardenOct 2000Livermore, CA1988167

10,209
1,850

12,059
12,059
(8,176)3,883
6,353
Heritage Village AnaheimGardenOct 2000Anaheim, CA1986196
1,832
8,541
2,084
1,832
10,625
12,457
(6,999)5,458
7,441
Hidden CoveGardenJul 1998Escondido, CA1983334
3,043
17,616
10,802
3,043
28,418
31,461
(16,205)15,256
51,840
Hidden Cove IIGardenJul 2007Escondido, CA1986118
12,849
6,530
5,260
12,849
11,790
24,639
(5,263)19,376
20,160
HillcresteGardenMar 2002Century City, CA1989315
35,862
47,216
13,194
35,862
60,410
96,272
(27,374)68,898
63,479
HillmeadeGardenNov 1994Nashville, TN1986288
2,872
16,070
20,200
2,872
36,270
39,142
(21,006)18,136
27,321
Horizons West ApartmentsMid RiseDec 2006Pacifica, CA197078
8,887
6,377
1,634
8,887
8,011
16,898
(3,689)13,209

Hunt ClubGardenSep 2000Gaithersburg, MD1986336
17,859
13,149
14,154
17,859
27,303
45,162
(16,083)29,079

Hyde Park TowerHigh RiseOct 2004Chicago, IL1990155
4,731
14,927
12,334
4,731
27,261
31,992
(9,569)22,423
12,620
Indian OaksGardenMar 2002Simi Valley, CA1986254
24,523
15,801
11,246
24,523
27,047
51,570
(13,180)38,390
27,596
IndigoHigh RiseAug 2016Redwood City, CA2016463
26,932
296,116
1,771
26,932
297,887
324,819
(24,707)300,112
138,430
Island ClubGardenOct 2000Oceanside, CA1986592
18,027
28,654
18,740
18,027
47,394
65,421
(30,320)35,101
94,967
Key TowersHigh RiseApr 2001Alexandria, VA1964140
1,526
7,050
7,781
1,526
14,831
16,357
(11,892)4,465

LakesideGardenOct 1999Lisle, IL1972568
5,840
27,937
22,408
5,840
50,345
56,185
(33,582)22,603
25,090
LatrobeHigh RiseJan 2003Washington, DC1980175
3,459
9,103
12,715
3,459
21,818
25,277
(11,916)13,361
26,758
Laurel CrossingGardenJan 2006San Mateo, CA1971418
49,474
17,756
14,166
49,474
31,922
81,396
(15,757)65,639

Lincoln Place (5)GardenOct 2004Venice, CA1951795
128,332
10,439
337,267
44,197
347,706
391,903
(121,677)270,226
187,723
Locust on the ParkHigh RiseMay 2018Philadelphia, PA1911152
5,292
53,823
2,474
5,292
56,297
61,589
(1,183)60,406
35,728
Lodge at Chattahoochee, TheGardenOct 1999Sandy Springs, GA1970312
2,335
16,370
16,809
2,335
33,179
35,514
(22,375)13,139

Malibu CanyonGardenMar 2002Calabasas, CA1986698
69,834
53,438
37,919
69,834
91,357
161,191
(45,222)115,969
105,367
Mariners CoveGardenMar 2002San Diego, CA1984500

66,861
13,317

80,178
80,178
(39,035)41,143

Meadow CreekGardenJul 1994Boulder, CO1968332
1,435
24,533
9,602
1,435
34,135
35,570
(19,285)16,285

Merrill HouseHigh RiseJan 2000Falls Church, VA1964159
1,836
10,831
7,657
1,836
18,488
20,324
(10,492)9,832

MezzoHigh RiseMar 2015Atlanta, GA200894
4,292
34,178
1,250
4,292
35,428
39,720
(5,484)34,236
23,496
Monterey GroveGardenJun 2008San Jose, CA1999224
34,325
21,939
8,674
34,325
30,613
64,938
(12,039)52,899

Ocean House on ProspectMid RiseApr 2013La Jolla, CA197053
12,528
18,805
15,089
12,528
33,894
46,422
(6,592)39,830
12,745
One CanalHigh RiseSep 2013Boston, MA2016310

15,873
179,912

195,785
195,785
(20,623)175,162
110,310
Pacific Bay Vistas (5)GardenMar 2001San Bruno, CA1987308
28,694
62,460
39,067
23,354
101,527
124,881
(35,131)89,750
67,826
Pacifica ParkGardenJul 2006Pacifica, CA1977104
12,970
6,579
7,879
12,970
14,458
27,428
(6,565)20,863
28,613

       (2)      
  (1)    Initial Cost Cost CapitalizedDecember 31, 2018
 ApartmentDate  Year Apartment  Buildings and Subsequent to  Buildings and(3) Accumulated Total Cost(4)
Apartment Community NameTypeConsolidatedLocation Built Homes Land Improvements Consolidation Land Improvements Total Depreciation (AD) Net of AD Encumbrances
               
Palazzo at Park La Brea, TheMid RiseFeb 2004Los Angeles, CA2002521
48,362
125,464
45,176
48,362
170,640
219,002
(80,075)138,927
168,654
Palazzo East at Park La Brea, TheMid RiseMar 2005Los Angeles, CA2005611
72,578
136,503
19,328
72,578
155,831
228,409
(72,709)155,700
196,109
Parc MosaicGardenDec 2014Boulder, CO1970226
15,300

53,638
15,300
53,638
68,938

68,938

Park Towne PlaceHigh RiseApr 2000Philadelphia, PA1959940
10,472
47,301
345,748
10,472
393,049
403,521
(119,350)284,171
200,000
Pathfinder VillageGardenJan 2006Fremont, CA1973246
19,595
14,838
18,457
19,595
33,295
52,890
(14,518)38,372
55,000
Peachtree ParkGardenJan 1996Atlanta, GA1969303
4,684
11,713
14,045
4,684
25,758
30,442
(16,449)13,993
27,800
Plantation GardensGardenOct 1999Plantation, FL1971372
3,773
19,443
25,655
3,773
45,098
48,871
(27,273)21,598

Post RidgeGardenJul 2000Nashville, TN1972150
1,883
6,712
4,537
1,883
11,249
13,132
(7,401)5,731

Preserve at MarinMid RiseAug 2011Corte Madera, CA1964126
18,179
30,132
84,629
18,179
114,761
132,940
(26,039)106,901
36,260
Ravensworth TowersHigh RiseJun 2004Annandale, VA1974219
3,455
17,157
4,490
3,455
21,647
25,102
(14,617)10,485
20,342
River Club,TheGardenApr 2005Edgewater, NJ1998266
30,579
30,638
7,475
30,579
38,113
68,692
(17,293)51,399
60,000
RiverloftHigh RiseOct 1999Philadelphia, PA1910184
2,120
11,286
35,086
2,120
46,372
48,492
(23,386)25,106
7,680
RosewoodGardenMar 2002Camarillo, CA1976152
12,430
8,060
5,754
12,430
13,814
26,244
(6,984)19,260

Royal Crest EstatesGardenAug 2002Warwick, RI1972492
22,433
24,095
5,512
22,433
29,607
52,040
(20,050)31,990

Royal Crest EstatesGardenAug 2002Nashua, NH1970902
68,230
45,562
15,751
68,230
61,313
129,543
(41,440)88,103
71,957
Royal Crest EstatesGardenAug 2002Marlborough, MA1970473
25,178
28,786
13,490
25,178
42,276
67,454
(26,610)40,844

Royal Crest EstatesGardenAug 2002North Andover, MA1970588
51,292
36,808
27,916
51,292
64,724
116,016
(36,132)79,884

Saybrook PointGardenDec 2014San Jose, CA1995324
32,842
84,457
25,729
32,842
110,186
143,028
(14,179)128,849
62,329
Shenandoah CrossingGardenSep 2000Fairfax, VA1984640
18,200
57,198
25,345
18,200
82,543
100,743
(58,302)42,441
58,565
SouthStar LoftsHigh RiseMay 2018Philadelphia, PA201485
1,780
37,428
402
1,780
37,830
39,610
(836)38,774
30,197
Springwoods at Lake RidgeGardenJul 2002Woodbridge, VA1984180
5,587
7,284
3,642
5,587
10,926
16,513
(4,606)11,907

St. George VillasGardenJan 2006St. George, SC198440
107
1,025
410
107
1,435
1,542
(1,256)286
314
Sterling Apartment Homes, TheGardenOct 1999Philadelphia, PA1961534
8,871
55,365
120,426
8,871
175,791
184,662
(82,367)102,295
144,030
Stone Creek ClubGardenSep 2000Germantown, MD1984240
13,593
9,347
8,078
13,593
17,425
31,018
(12,553)18,465

The Left BankMid RiseMay 2018Philadelphia, PA1929282

130,893
3,053

133,946
133,946
(2,879)131,067
82,532
Timbers at Long Reach Apartment HomesGardenApr 2005Columbia, MD1979178
2,430
12,181
1,705
2,430
13,886
16,316
(8,182)8,134

Towers Of Westchester Park, TheHigh RiseJan 2006College Park, MD1972303
15,198
22,029
13,936
15,198
35,965
51,163
(18,825)32,338
23,232
Township At HighlandsTown HomeNov 1996Centennial, CO1985161
1,536
9,773
9,280
1,536
19,053
20,589
(12,181)8,408
13,557
TremontMid RiseDec 2014Atlanta, GA200978
5,274
18,011
2,746
5,274
20,757
26,031
(3,110)22,921

Twin Lake TowersHigh RiseOct 1999Westmont, IL1969399
3,268
18,763
37,904
3,268
56,667
59,935
(43,106)16,829
44,906
Vantage PointeMid RiseAug 2002Swampscott, MA198796
4,748
10,089
2,314
4,748
12,403
17,151
(5,294)11,857
2,746
Villa Del SolGardenMar 2002Norwalk, CA1972120
7,476
4,861
4,553
7,476
9,414
16,890
(5,216)11,674
10,582
Villas at Park La Brea, TheGardenMar 2002Los Angeles, CA2002250
8,630
48,871
16,008
8,630
64,879
73,509
(30,510)42,999
53,868
Villas of PasadenaMid RiseJan 2006Pasadena, CA197392
9,693
6,818
4,493
9,693
11,311
21,004
(4,397)16,607

VivoHigh RiseJun 2016Cambridge, MA201591
6,450
35,974
5,590
6,450
41,564
48,014
(8,694)39,320
20,310
Waterford VillageGardenAug 2002Bridgewater, MA1971588
29,110
28,101
8,222
29,110
36,323
65,433
(26,540)38,893
35,269
Waterways VillageGardenJun 1997Aventura, FL1994180
4,504
11,064
15,205
4,504
26,269
30,773
(12,394)18,379
13,168
Waverly ApartmentsGardenAug 2008Brighton, MA1970103
7,920
11,347
6,299
7,920
17,646
25,566
(6,323)19,243
11,515
Wexford VillageGardenAug 2002Worcester, MA1974264
6,349
17,939
4,245
6,349
22,184
28,533
(12,980)15,553

Willow BendGardenMay 1998Rolling Meadows, IL1969328
2,717
15,437
19,609
2,717
35,046
37,763
(23,492)14,271
33,175
WindriftGardenMar 2001Oceanside, CA1987404
24,960
17,590
21,487
24,960
39,077
64,037
(23,762)40,275

Windsor ParkGardenMar 2001Woodbridge, VA1987220
4,279
15,970
6,217
4,279
22,187
26,466
(13,378)13,088

Yacht Club at BrickellHigh RiseDec 2003Miami, FL1998357
31,362
32,214
16,715
31,362
48,929
80,291
(17,513)62,778
44,219
Yorktown ApartmentsHigh RiseDec 1999Lombard, IL1971364
3,055
18,162
52,436
3,055
70,598
73,653
(29,697)43,956
38,280
Other (6)    
5,135

20,914
5,135
20,914
26,049

26,049

Total Real Estate Segment   35,625
1,846,000
3,494,014
3,058,051
1,756,525
6,552,065
8,308,590
(2,585,115)5,723,475
3,937,000
      
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

       (2)      
  (1)    Initial Cost Cost CapitalizedDecember 31, 2018
 ApartmentDate  Year Apartment  Buildings and Subsequent to  Buildings and(3) Accumulated Total Cost(4)
Apartment Community NameTypeConsolidatedLocation Built Homes Land Improvements Consolidation Land Improvements Total Depreciation (AD) Net of AD Encumbrances
               
               
(1) Date we acquired the apartment community or first consolidated the partnership that owns the apartment community.
(2) Includes costs capitalized since acquisition or date of initial consolidation of the partnership/apartment community.
(3) The aggregate cost of land and depreciable property for federal income tax purposes was approximately $4.0 billion at December 31, 2018.
(4) Encumbrances are presented before reduction for debt issuance costs.
(5) The current carrying value of the apartment community reflects an impairment loss recognized during prior periods.
(6) Other includes land parcels and certain non-residential properties held for future development.
     



















     




















APARTMENT INVESTMENT AND MANAGEMENT COMPANY
AIMCO PROPERTIES, L.P.
SCHEDULE III: REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION
For the Years Ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016
(In Thousands)

 2018 2017 2016
Real Estate Segment     
Real Estate balance at beginning of year$7,927,753
 $7,931,117
 $7,744,894
Additions during the year:     
Acquisitions501,009
 16,687
 333,174
Capital additions344,501
 345,974
 329,697
Deductions during the year:     
Casualty and other write-offs (1)(58,152) (106,590) (170,744)
Impairment of real estate
 (35,881) 
Amounts related to assets held for sale(83,905) (38,208) 
Sales(322,616) (185,346) (305,904)
Real Estate balance at end of year$8,308,590
 $7,927,753
 $7,931,117
      
Accumulated Depreciation balance at beginning of year$2,522,358
 $2,421,357
 $2,488,448
Additions during the year:     
Depreciation339,883
 320,870
 287,661
Deductions during the year:     
Casualty and other write-offs (1)(57,067) (106,521) (169,098)
Amounts related to assets held for sale(41,717) (20,383) 
Sales(178,342) (92,965) (185,654)
Accumulated depreciation balance at end of year$2,585,115
 $2,522,358
 $2,421,357
      
Asset Management Business     
Real Estate balance at beginning of year$551,124
 $555,049
 $562,589
Additions during the year:     
Capital additions4,226
 8,255
 8,909
Deductions during the year:     
Casualty and other write-offs (2)6,603
 (1,711) (2,116)
Amounts related to assets held for sale
 
 (2,801)
Sales(561,953) (10,469) (11,532)
Real Estate balance at end of year$
 $551,124
 $555,049
      
Accumulated Depreciation balance at beginning of year$326,251
 $309,401
 $289,574
Additions during the year:     
Depreciation14,325
 24,090
 24,704
Deductions during the year:     
Casualty and other write-offs (2)6,704
 (2,480) (68)
Amounts related to assets held for sale
 
 (1,525)
Sales(347,280) (4,760) (3,284)
Accumulated depreciation balance at end of year$
 $326,251
 $309,401
(1)
Includes the write-off of fully depreciated assets totaling $54.5 million, $106.4 million and $167.9 million, during the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively.
(2)
Includes the write-off of fully depreciated assets totaling $6.7 million and $1.8 million, during the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.


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