UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 4, 2017
MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
| Tennessee | 001-12762 | 62-1543819 | ||
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
| 6584 Poplar Avenue Memphis, Tennessee | 38138 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(901) 682-6600
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., or the Company, is filing as Exhibit 99.1 (incorporated by reference herein) a description of certain material U.S. federal income tax considerations related to the taxation of the Company as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, and the ownership and disposition of shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share. The description contained in Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K replaces and supersedes all prior descriptions of the U.S. federal income tax considerations related to the taxation of the Company as a REIT and the ownership and disposition of shares of the Company’s common stock, to the extent such prior descriptions are inconsistent with the description contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K. Without limiting the generality of the preceding sentence, the description contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K supersedes and replaces in its entirety the information in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (including, without limitation, the information in Exhibit 99.1 thereto) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 16, 2016.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
The following exhibit is filed pursuant to Item 9.01:
Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC. | ||||||
| Date: April 4, 2017 | By: | /s/ Albert M. Campbell, III | ||||
| Albert M. Campbell, III | ||||||
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | ||||||
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 99.1 | Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations |