Preferred Apartment Communities (APTS) Form 4 PREFERRED APARTMENT COMMUNITIES / MICHAEL JOSEPH CRONIN ownership change

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

CRONIN MICHAEL JOSEPH

(Last) (First) (Middle)

PREFERRED APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.

3284 NORTHSIDE PARKWAY NW, SUITE 150

(Street)

ATLANTA GA 30327

(City) (State) (Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
PREFERRED APARTMENT COMMUNITIES INC [ APTS ]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

	Director	10% Owner
X	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)
EVP, CAO AND TREASURER

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
03/31/2022

4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

X	Form filed by One Reporting Person
	Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share								111,308	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Class A Units(1)	$0(1)(2)	03/31/2022(1)(2)		A		9,772(1)(2)		(1)(2)	(1)(2)	Common Stock	9.772	(1)	9,772	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents Class A Units ("Class A Units") of Preferred Apartment Communities Operating Partnership, L.P., of which Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. (the "Company") is the general partner. Each Class A Unit may be exchanged for one share of the Company's common stock, or cash, as selected by the Company. Class A Units have no expiration date.

2. On January 2, 2018, the reporting person was awarded a maximum of 9,772 Class B Units of the Operating Partnership ("2018 Class B Units") issued in lieu of any reimbursement for annual cash compensation for 2018, 2019 and 2020, subject to certain performance and time-based conditions. As of March 31, 2022, all performance and time based conditions were met for the 2018 Class B Units. When earned and vested, each Class B Unit is converted into a Class A Unit. As of April 1, 2022, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Company determined that the extent to which the performance conditions had been achieved during the performance period resulted in 100% of the 2018 Class B Units becoming earned 2018 Class B Units.

	/s/ Jeffrey R. Sprain, Attorney-in-Fact	04/04/2022
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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