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MID AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES INC. - Quarter Report: 2020 September (Form 10-Q)

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

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

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2020 

or

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

For the transition period from ______ to ______

Commission File Number: 001-12762 (Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.)

Commission File Number: 333-190028-01 (Mid-America Apartments, L.P.)

MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.

MID-AMERICA APARTMENTS, L.P.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Tennessee (Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.)

62-1543819

Tennessee (Mid-America Apartments, L.P.)

62-1543816

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

6815 Poplar Ave., Suite 500, Germantown, TN  38138

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(901) 682-6600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

N/A

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 

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

 

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

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

MAA

New York Stock Exchange

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

MAA*I

New York Stock Exchange

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (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.

 

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

YES

NO

Mid-America Apartments, L.P.

YES

NO

 

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).

 

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

YES

NO

Mid-America Apartments, L.P.

YES

NO

 

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.

 

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

 

 

 

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.

 

Mid-America Apartments, 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  

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

 

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

YES

NO

Mid-America Apartments, L.P.

YES

NO

 

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date:

 

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

Number of Shares Outstanding at

Class

October 26, 2020

Common Stock, $0.01 par value

114,369,812

 

 

 

 


 

MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.

MID-AMERICA APARTMENTS, L.P.

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

Page

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.

Financial Statements.

4

 

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

4

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019.

5

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019.

6

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019.

7

 

Mid-America Apartments, L.P.

 

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

8

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019.

9

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019.

10

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019.

11

 

 

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

12

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

28

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

38

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures.

38

 

 

 

 

PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings.

39

Item 1A.

Risk Factors.

40

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

41

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

41

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures.

41

Item 5.

Other Information.

41

Item 6.

Exhibits.

42

 

Signatures.

43

 

1


 

Explanatory Note

This report combines the Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 of Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., a Tennessee corporation, and Mid-America Apartments, L.P., a Tennessee limited partnership, of which Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. is the sole general partner.  Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. and its 96.6% owned subsidiary, Mid-America Apartments, L.P., are both required to file quarterly reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to “MAA” refer only to Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., and not any of its consolidated subsidiaries. Unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this report to “we,” “us,” “our,” or the “Company” refer collectively to Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., together with its consolidated subsidiaries, including Mid-America Apartments, L.P.  Unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this report to the “Operating Partnership” or “MAALP” refer to Mid-America Apartments, L.P., together with its consolidated subsidiaries. “Common stock” refers to the common stock of MAA, “preferred stock” refers to the preferred stock of MAA, and “shareholders” refers to the holders of shares of MAA’s common stock or preferred stock, as applicable. The common units of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership are referred to as “OP Units” and the holders of the OP Units are referred to as “common unitholders”.

As of September 30, 2020, MAA owned 114,369,812 OP Units (96.6% of the total number of OP Units).  MAA conducts substantially all of its business and holds substantially all of its assets, directly or indirectly, through the Operating Partnership, and by virtue of its ownership of the OP Units and being the Operating Partnership’s sole general partner, MAA has the ability to control all of the day-to-day operations of the Operating Partnership.

We believe combining the periodic reports of MAA and the Operating Partnership, including the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements, into this report results in the following benefits:

 

 

enhances investors’ understanding of MAA and the Operating Partnership by enabling investors to view the business as a whole in the same manner that management views and operates the business;

 

eliminates duplicative disclosure and provides a more streamlined and readable presentation since a substantial portion of the disclosure in this report applies to both MAA and the Operating Partnership; and

 

creates time and cost efficiencies through the preparation of one combined report instead of two separate reports.

MAA, an S&P 500 company, is a multifamily-focused, self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust, or REIT.  Management operates MAA and the Operating Partnership as one business. We believe it is important to understand the few differences between MAA and the Operating Partnership in the context of how MAA and the Operating Partnership operate as a consolidated company. MAA and the Operating Partnership are structured as an umbrella partnership REIT, or UPREIT. MAA’s interest in the Operating Partnership entitles MAA to share in cash distributions from, and in the profits and losses of, the Operating Partnership in proportion to MAA’s percentage interest therein and entitles MAA to vote on substantially all matters requiring a vote of the partners. MAA’s only material asset is its ownership of limited partnership interests in the Operating Partnership (other than cash held by MAA from time to time); therefore, MAA’s primary function is acting as the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, issuing public equity from time to time and guaranteeing certain debt of the Operating Partnership. The Operating Partnership holds, directly or indirectly, all of the real estate assets. Except for net proceeds from public equity issuances by MAA, which are contributed to the Operating Partnership in exchange for limited partnership interests, the Operating Partnership generates the capital required by the Company’s business through the Operating Partnership’s operations, direct or indirect incurrence of indebtedness and issuance of OP Units.

The presentation of MAA’s shareholders’ equity and the Operating Partnership’s capital are the principal areas of difference between the consolidated financial statements of MAA and those of the Operating Partnership.  MAA’s shareholders’ equity may include shares of preferred stock, shares of common stock, additional paid-in capital, cumulative earnings, cumulative distributions, noncontrolling interest, treasury shares, accumulated other comprehensive income and redeemable common stock.  The Operating Partnership’s capital may include common capital and preferred capital of the general partner (MAA), limited partners’ common capital and preferred capital, noncontrolling interest, accumulated other comprehensive income and redeemable common units.  Holders of OP Units (other than MAA) may require the Operating Partnership to redeem their OP Units from time to time, in which case the Operating Partnership may, at its option, pay the redemption price either in cash (in an amount per OP Unit equal, in general, to the average closing price of MAA’s common stock on the New York Stock Exchange, or NYSE, over a specified period prior to the redemption date) or by delivering one share of MAA’s common stock (subject to adjustment under specified circumstances) for each OP Unit so redeemed.

2


 

In order to highlight the material differences between MAA and the Operating Partnership, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes sections that separately present and discuss areas that are materially different between MAA and the Operating Partnership, including:

 

the condensed consolidated financial statements in Part 1, Item 1 of this report;

 

certain accompanying notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements, including Note 2 - Earnings per Common Share of MAA and Note 3 - Earnings per OP Unit of MAALP; Note 4 - MAA Equity and Note 5 - MAALP Capital; and Note 8 - Shareholders’ Equity of MAA and Note 9 - Partners’ Capital of MAALP;

 

the controls and procedures in Part 1, Item 4 of this report; and

 

the certifications included as Exhibits 31 and 32 to this report.

In the sections that combine disclosures for MAA and the Operating Partnership, this report refers to actions or holdings as being actions or holdings of the Company.  Although the Operating Partnership (directly or indirectly through one of its subsidiaries) is generally the entity that enters into contracts, holds assets and issues debt, management believes this presentation is appropriate for the reasons set forth above and because we operate the business through the Operating Partnership.  MAA, the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries operate as one consolidated business, but MAA, the Operating Partnership and each of its subsidiaries are separate, distinct legal entities.

3


 

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.

Financial Statements.

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

 

 

September 30, 2020

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land

 

$

1,909,343

 

 

$

1,905,757

 

Buildings and improvements and other

 

 

12,037,042

 

 

 

11,841,978

 

Development and capital improvements in progress

 

 

220,685

 

 

 

116,424

 

 

 

 

14,167,070

 

 

 

13,864,159

 

Less: Accumulated depreciation

 

 

(3,316,710

)

 

 

(2,955,253

)

 

 

 

10,850,360

 

 

 

10,908,906

 

Undeveloped land

 

 

34,548

 

 

 

34,548

 

Investment in real estate joint venture

 

 

43,467

 

 

 

43,674

 

Real estate assets, net

 

 

10,928,375

 

 

 

10,987,128

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

18,407

 

 

 

20,476

 

Restricted cash

 

 

9,182

 

 

 

50,065

 

Other assets

 

 

172,740

 

 

 

172,781

 

Total assets

 

$

11,128,704

 

 

$

11,230,450

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unsecured notes payable

 

$

3,939,425

 

 

$

3,828,201

 

Secured notes payable

 

 

486,169

 

 

 

626,397

 

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

 

 

570,014

 

 

 

472,262

 

Total liabilities

 

 

4,995,608

 

 

 

4,926,860

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redeemable common stock

 

 

13,841

 

 

 

14,131

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share, 20,000,000 shares authorized;

   8.50% Series I Cumulative Redeemable Shares, liquidation preference $50.00

   per share, 867,846 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2020

   and December 31, 2019, respectively.

 

 

9

 

 

 

9

 

Common stock, $0.01 par value per share, 145,000,000 shares authorized;

   114,369,812 and 114,246,393 shares issued and outstanding as of

   September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively (1)

 

 

1,140

 

 

 

1,140

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

7,173,391

 

 

 

7,166,073

 

Accumulated distributions in excess of net income

 

 

(1,258,072

)

 

 

(1,085,479

)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

(12,396

)

 

 

(13,178

)

Total MAA shareholders’ equity

 

 

5,904,072

 

 

 

6,068,565

 

Noncontrolling interests - Operating Partnership units

 

 

208,072

 

 

 

214,647

 

Total Company’s shareholders’ equity

 

 

6,112,144

 

 

 

6,283,212

 

Noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities

 

 

7,111

 

 

 

6,247

 

Total equity

 

 

6,119,255

 

 

 

6,289,459

 

Total liabilities and equity

 

$

11,128,704

 

 

$

11,230,450

 

 

(1)

Number of shares issued and outstanding represent total shares of common stock regardless of classification on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The number of shares classified as redeemable common stock on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 are 119,374 and 107,162, respectively.

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

4


 

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except per share data)

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental and other property revenues

 

$

423,199

 

 

$

415,632

 

 

$

1,254,323

 

 

$

1,224,200

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses, excluding real estate taxes and insurance

 

 

105,108

 

 

 

100,319

 

 

 

292,031

 

 

 

286,284

 

Real estate taxes and insurance

 

 

64,706

 

 

 

59,220

 

 

 

188,426

 

 

 

176,774

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

127,679

 

 

 

124,684

 

 

 

381,257

 

 

 

371,417

 

Total property operating expenses

 

 

297,493

 

 

 

284,223

 

 

 

861,714

 

 

 

834,475

 

Property management expenses

 

 

12,691

 

 

 

13,899

 

 

 

39,064

 

 

 

41,195

 

General and administrative expenses

 

 

11,360

 

 

 

10,225

 

 

 

35,181

 

 

 

32,960

 

Interest expense

 

 

41,010

 

 

 

44,513

 

 

 

126,610

 

 

 

136,149

 

(Gain) loss on sale of depreciable real estate assets

 

 

(20

)

 

 

(1,000

)

 

 

7

 

 

 

(987

)

Gain on sale of non-depreciable real estate assets

 

 

(1,366

)

 

 

 

 

 

(995

)

 

 

(9,260

)

Other non-operating (income) expense

 

 

(242

)

 

 

(18,800

)

 

 

13,647

 

 

 

(23,494

)

Income before income tax expense

 

 

62,273

 

 

 

82,572

 

 

 

179,095

 

 

 

213,162

 

Income tax expense

 

 

(665

)

 

 

(1,491

)

 

 

(2,532

)

 

 

(2,814

)

Income from continuing operations before real estate joint venture

   activity

 

 

61,608

 

 

 

81,081

 

 

 

176,563

 

 

 

210,348

 

Income from real estate joint venture

 

 

428

 

 

 

378

 

 

 

1,153

 

 

 

1,210

 

Net income

 

 

62,036

 

 

 

81,459

 

 

 

177,716

 

 

 

211,558

 

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

2,126

 

 

 

2,814

 

 

 

6,096

 

 

 

7,336

 

Net income available for shareholders

 

 

59,910

 

 

 

78,645

 

 

 

171,620

 

 

 

204,222

 

Dividends to MAA Series I preferred shareholders

 

 

922

 

 

 

922

 

 

 

2,766

 

 

 

2,766

 

Net income available for MAA common shareholders

 

$

58,988

 

 

$

77,723

 

 

$

168,854

 

 

$

201,456

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per common share - basic:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income available for MAA common shareholders

 

$

0.52

 

 

$

0.68

 

 

$

1.48

 

 

$

1.77

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per common share - diluted:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income available for MAA common shareholders

 

$

0.52

 

 

$

0.68

 

 

$

1.47

 

 

$

1.77

 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

5


 

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Net income

 

$

62,036

 

 

$

81,459

 

 

$

177,716

 

 

$

211,558

 

Other comprehensive income (loss):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized loss from derivative instruments

 

 

 

 

 

(5,562

)

 

 

 

 

 

(13,444

)

Adjustment for net losses (gains) reclassified to net income

   from derivative instruments

 

 

279

 

 

 

(411

)

 

 

810

 

 

 

(1,734

)

Total comprehensive income

 

 

62,315

 

 

 

75,486

 

 

 

178,526

 

 

 

196,380

 

Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling

   interests

 

 

(2,136

)

 

 

(2,619

)

 

 

(6,124

)

 

 

(6,816

)

Comprehensive income attributable to MAA

 

$

60,179

 

 

$

72,867

 

 

$

172,402

 

 

$

189,564

 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

6


 

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Net income

 

$

177,716

 

 

$

211,558

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

381,938

 

 

 

372,210

 

Loss (gain) on sale of depreciable real estate assets

 

 

7

 

 

 

(987

)

Gain on sale of non-depreciable real estate assets

 

 

(995

)

 

 

(9,260

)

Loss (gain) on embedded derivative in preferred shares

 

 

14,603

 

 

 

(19,592

)

Stock compensation expense

 

 

12,532

 

 

 

11,550

 

Amortization of debt issuance costs, discounts and premiums

 

 

3,595

 

 

 

4,706

 

Net change in operating accounts and other operating activities

 

 

54,489

 

 

 

51,353

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

643,885

 

 

 

621,538

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases of real estate and other assets

 

 

(5,004

)

 

 

(22,860

)

Capital improvements, development and other

 

 

(288,183

)

 

 

(219,670

)

Distributions from real estate joint ventures

 

 

207

 

 

 

365

 

Contributions to affiliates

 

 

(3,450

)

 

 

(4,500

)

Proceeds from disposition of real estate assets

 

 

3,278

 

 

 

15,984

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(293,152

)

 

 

(230,681

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from revolving credit facility

 

 

245,000

 

 

 

565,000

 

Repayments of revolving credit facility

 

 

(245,000

)

 

 

(1,105,000

)

Net (repayments of) proceeds from commercial paper

 

 

(35,000

)

 

 

200,000

 

Proceeds from notes payable

 

 

447,593

 

 

 

760,003

 

Principal payments on notes payable

 

 

(440,222

)

 

 

(468,635

)

Payment of deferred financing costs

 

 

(4,196

)

 

 

(11,530

)

Distributions to noncontrolling interests

 

 

(11,993

)

 

 

(11,813

)

Dividends paid on common shares

 

 

(342,983

)

 

 

(328,239

)

Dividends paid on preferred shares

 

 

(2,766

)

 

 

(2,766

)

Net change in other financing activities

 

 

(4,118

)

 

 

3,132

 

Net cash used in financing activities

 

 

(393,685

)

 

 

(399,848

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

 

(42,952

)

 

 

(8,991

)

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period

 

 

70,541

 

 

 

51,673

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period

 

$

27,589

 

 

$

42,682

 

The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash to amounts reported within the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets:

Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

18,407

 

 

$

25,826

 

Restricted cash

 

 

9,182

 

 

 

16,856

 

Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

$

27,589

 

 

$

42,682

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest paid

 

$

109,527

 

 

$

108,249

 

Income taxes paid

 

 

2,534

 

 

 

2,509

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosure of noncash investing and financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conversion of OP Units to shares of common stock

 

$

471

 

 

$

1,993

 

Accrued construction in progress

 

 

41,443

 

 

 

14,652

 

Interest capitalized

 

 

4,783

 

 

 

1,847

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Mid-America Apartments, L.P.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except unit data)

 

 

 

September 30, 2020

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real estate assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Land

 

$

1,909,343

 

 

$

1,905,757

 

Buildings and improvements and other

 

 

12,037,042

 

 

 

11,841,978

 

Development and capital improvements in progress

 

 

220,685

 

 

 

116,424

 

 

 

 

14,167,070

 

 

 

13,864,159

 

Less: Accumulated depreciation

 

 

(3,316,710

)

 

 

(2,955,253

)

 

 

 

10,850,360

 

 

 

10,908,906

 

Undeveloped land

 

 

34,548

 

 

 

34,548

 

Investment in real estate joint venture

 

 

43,467

 

 

 

43,674

 

Real estate assets, net

 

 

10,928,375

 

 

 

10,987,128

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

18,407

 

 

 

20,476

 

Restricted cash

 

 

9,182

 

 

 

50,065

 

Other assets

 

 

172,740

 

 

 

172,781

 

Total assets

 

$

11,128,704

 

 

$

11,230,450

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unsecured notes payable

 

$

3,939,425

 

 

$

3,828,201

 

Secured notes payable

 

 

486,169

 

 

 

626,397

 

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

 

 

570,014

 

 

 

472,262

 

Due to general partner

 

 

19

 

 

 

19

 

Total liabilities

 

 

4,995,627

 

 

 

4,926,879

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redeemable common units

 

 

13,841

 

 

 

14,131

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Partnership capital:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred units, 867,846 preferred units outstanding as of September 30, 2020

   and December 31, 2019, respectively

 

 

66,840

 

 

 

66,840

 

General partner, 114,369,812 and 114,246,393 OP Units outstanding as of

   September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively (1)

 

 

5,849,987

 

 

 

6,015,290

 

Limited partners, 4,058,258 and 4,067,174 OP Units outstanding as of

   September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively (1)

 

 

208,072

 

 

 

214,647

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

(12,774

)

 

 

(13,584

)

Total operating partners’ capital

 

 

6,112,125

 

 

 

6,283,193

 

Noncontrolling interests - consolidated real estate entities

 

 

7,111

 

 

 

6,247

 

Total equity

 

 

6,119,236

 

 

 

6,289,440

 

Total liabilities and equity

 

$

11,128,704

 

 

$

11,230,450

 

 

(1)

Number of units outstanding represents total OP Units regardless of classification on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The number of units classified as redeemable common units on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 are 119,374 and 107,162, respectively.

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Mid-America Apartments, L.P.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands, except per unit data)

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental and other property revenues

 

$

423,199

 

 

$

415,632

 

 

$

1,254,323

 

 

$

1,224,200

 

Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating expenses, excluding real estate taxes and insurance

 

 

105,108

 

 

 

100,319

 

 

 

292,031

 

 

 

286,284

 

Real estate taxes and insurance

 

 

64,706

 

 

 

59,220

 

 

 

188,426

 

 

 

176,774

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

127,679

 

 

 

124,684

 

 

 

381,257

 

 

 

371,417

 

Total property operating expenses

 

 

297,493

 

 

 

284,223

 

 

 

861,714

 

 

 

834,475

 

Property management expenses

 

 

12,691

 

 

 

13,899

 

 

 

39,064

 

 

 

41,195

 

General and administrative expenses

 

 

11,360

 

 

 

10,225

 

 

 

35,181

 

 

 

32,960

 

Interest expense

 

 

41,010

 

 

 

44,513

 

 

 

126,610

 

 

 

136,149

 

(Gain) loss on sale of depreciable real estate assets

 

 

(20

)

 

 

(1,000

)

 

 

7

 

 

 

(987

)

Gain on sale of non-depreciable real estate assets

 

 

(1,366

)

 

 

 

 

 

(995

)

 

 

(9,260

)

Other non-operating (income) expense

 

 

(242

)

 

 

(18,800

)

 

 

13,647

 

 

 

(23,494

)

Income before income tax expense

 

 

62,273

 

 

 

82,572

 

 

 

179,095

 

 

 

213,162

 

Income tax expense

 

 

(665

)

 

 

(1,491

)

 

 

(2,532

)

 

 

(2,814

)

Income from continuing operations before real estate joint venture

   activity

 

 

61,608

 

 

 

81,081

 

 

 

176,563

 

 

 

210,348

 

Income from real estate joint venture

 

 

428

 

 

 

378

 

 

 

1,153

 

 

 

1,210

 

Net income

 

 

62,036

 

 

 

81,459

 

 

 

177,716

 

 

 

211,558

 

Distributions to MAALP preferred unitholders

 

 

922

 

 

 

922

 

 

 

2,766

 

 

 

2,766

 

Net income available for MAALP common unitholders

 

$

61,114

 

 

$

80,537

 

 

$

174,950

 

 

$

208,792

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per common unit - basic:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income available for MAALP common unitholders

 

$

0.52

 

 

$

0.68

 

 

$

1.48

 

 

$

1.77

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per common unit - diluted:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income available for MAALP common unitholders

 

$

0.52

 

 

$

0.68

 

 

$

1.48

 

 

$

1.77

 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Mid-America Apartments, L.P.

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Net income

 

$

62,036

 

 

$

81,459

 

 

$

177,716

 

 

$

211,558

 

Other comprehensive income (loss):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized loss from derivative instruments

 

 

 

 

 

(5,562

)

 

 

 

 

 

(13,444

)

Adjustment for net losses (gains) reclassified to net income

   from derivative instruments

 

 

279

 

 

 

(411

)

 

 

810

 

 

 

(1,734

)

Comprehensive income attributable to MAALP

 

$

62,315

 

 

$

75,486

 

 

$

178,526

 

 

$

196,380

 

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Mid-America Apartments, L.P.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Net income

 

$

177,716

 

 

$

211,558

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

381,938

 

 

 

372,210

 

Loss (gain) on sale of depreciable real estate assets

 

 

7

 

 

 

(987

)

Gain on sale of non-depreciable real estate assets

 

 

(995

)

 

 

(9,260

)

Loss (gain) on embedded derivative in preferred shares

 

 

14,603

 

 

 

(19,592

)

Stock compensation expense

 

 

12,532

 

 

 

11,550

 

Amortization of debt issuance costs, discounts and premiums

 

 

3,595

 

 

 

4,706

 

Net change in operating accounts and other operating activities

 

 

54,489

 

 

 

51,353

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

643,885

 

 

 

621,538

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases of real estate and other assets

 

 

(5,004

)

 

 

(22,860

)

Capital improvements, development and other

 

 

(288,183

)

 

 

(219,670

)

Distributions from real estate joint ventures

 

 

207

 

 

 

365

 

Contributions to affiliates

 

 

(3,450

)

 

 

(4,500

)

Proceeds from disposition of real estate assets

 

 

3,278

 

 

 

15,984

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(293,152

)

 

 

(230,681

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from revolving credit facility

 

 

245,000

 

 

 

565,000

 

Repayments of revolving credit facility

 

 

(245,000

)

 

 

(1,105,000

)

Net (repayments of) proceeds from commercial paper

 

 

(35,000

)

 

 

200,000

 

Proceeds from notes payable

 

 

447,593

 

 

 

760,003

 

Principal payments on notes payable

 

 

(440,222

)

 

 

(468,635

)

Payment of deferred financing costs

 

 

(4,196

)

 

 

(11,530

)

Distributions paid on common units

 

 

(354,976

)

 

 

(340,052

)

Distributions paid on preferred units

 

 

(2,766

)

 

 

(2,766

)

Net change in other financing activities

 

 

(4,118

)

 

 

3,132

 

Net cash used in financing activities

 

 

(393,685

)

 

 

(399,848

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

 

(42,952

)

 

 

(8,991

)

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period

 

 

70,541

 

 

 

51,673

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period

 

$

27,589

 

 

$

42,682

 

The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash to amounts reported within the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets:

Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

18,407

 

 

$

25,826

 

Restricted cash

 

 

9,182

 

 

 

16,856

 

Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

 

$

27,589

 

 

$

42,682

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest paid

 

$

109,527

 

 

$

108,249

 

Income taxes paid

 

 

2,534

 

 

 

2,509

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosure of noncash investing and financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued construction in progress

 

$

41,443

 

 

$

14,652

 

Interest capitalized

 

 

4,783

 

 

 

1,847

 

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. and Mid-America Apartments, L.P.

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

1.Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation and Significant Accounting Policies

Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the “Company” refer collectively to Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., together with its consolidated subsidiaries, including Mid-America Apartments, L.P.  Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to “MAA” refer only to Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., and not any of its consolidated subsidiaries.  Unless the context otherwise requires, the references to the “Operating Partnership” or “MAALP” refer to Mid-America Apartments, L.P., together with its consolidated subsidiaries.  “Common stock” refers to the common stock of MAA and, unless the context otherwise requires, “shareholders” refers to the holders of shares of MAA’s common stock.  The common units of limited partnership interests in the Operating Partnership are referred to as “OP Units,” and the holders of the OP Units are referred to as “common unitholders”.

As of September 30, 2020, MAA owned 114,369,812 OP Units (or 96.6% of the total number of OP Units).  MAA conducts substantially all of its business and holds substantially all of its assets, directly or indirectly, through the Operating Partnership, and by virtue of its ownership of the OP Units and being the Operating Partnership’s sole general partner, MAA has the ability to control all of the day-to-day operations of the Operating Partnership.

Management believes combining the notes to the condensed consolidated financial statements of MAA and the Operating Partnership results in the following benefits:

 

enhances a readers’ understanding of MAA and the Operating Partnership by enabling the reader to view the business as a whole in the same manner that management views and operates the business;

 

eliminates duplicative disclosure and provides a more streamlined and readable presentation since a substantial portion of the disclosure applies to both MAA and the Operating Partnership; and

 

creates time and cost efficiencies through the preparation of one combined set of notes instead of two separate sets.

MAA, an S&P 500 company, is a multifamily-focused, self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust, or REIT.  Management operates MAA and the Operating Partnership as one business. The management of the Company is comprised of individuals who are officers of MAA and employees of the Operating Partnership.  Management believes it is important to understand the few differences between MAA and the Operating Partnership in the context of how MAA and the Operating Partnership operate as a consolidated company.  MAA and the Operating Partnership are structured as an umbrella partnership REIT, or UPREIT. MAA’s interest in the Operating Partnership entitles MAA to share in cash distributions from, and in the profits and losses of, the Operating Partnership in proportion to MAA’s percentage interest therein and entitles MAA to vote on substantially all matters requiring a vote of the partners.  MAA’s only material asset is its ownership of limited partnership interests in the Operating Partnership (other than cash held by MAA from time to time); therefore, MAA’s primary function is acting as the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, issuing public equity from time to time and guaranteeing certain debt of the Operating Partnership. The Operating Partnership holds, directly or indirectly, all of the Company’s real estate assets.  Except for net proceeds from public equity issuances by MAA, which are contributed to the Operating Partnership in exchange for limited partnership interests, the Operating Partnership generates the capital required by the business through the Operating Partnership’s operations, direct or indirect incurrence of indebtedness and issuance of OP Units.

The presentations of MAA’s shareholders’ equity and the Operating Partnership’s capital are the principal areas of difference between the condensed consolidated financial statements of MAA and those of the Operating Partnership.  MAA’s shareholders’ equity may include shares of preferred stock, shares of common stock, additional paid-in capital, cumulative earnings, cumulative distributions, noncontrolling interest, treasury shares, accumulated other comprehensive income and redeemable common stock.  The Operating Partnership’s capital may include common capital and preferred capital of the general partner (MAA), limited partners’ common capital and preferred capital, noncontrolling interest, accumulated other comprehensive income and redeemable common units.  Holders of OP Units (other than MAA) may require the Operating Partnership to redeem their OP Units from time to time, in which case the Operating Partnership may, at its option, pay the redemption price either in cash (in an amount per OP Unit equal, in general, to the average closing price of MAA’s common stock on the New York Stock Exchange, or NYSE, over a specified period prior to the redemption date) or by delivering one share of MAA’s common stock (subject to adjustment under specified circumstances) for each OP Unit so redeemed.

Organization of Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

The Company owns, operates, acquires and selectively develops apartment communities primarily located in the Southeast, Southwest and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.  As of September 30, 2020, the Company owned and operated 299 apartment communities through the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries and had an ownership interest in one apartment community through an unconsolidated real estate joint venture.  As of September 30, 2020, the Company had six development communities under construction totaling 1,940 apartment units once complete.  Total expected costs for the six development projects are $459.5 million, of which $264.0 million had been incurred through September 30, 2020.  MAA expects to complete one of these developments in

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2020, four developments in 2021 and one development in 2022. As of September 30, 2020, thirty-two of the Companys apartment communities included retail components with approximately 630,000 square feet of gross leasable space.  In addition, as of September 30, 2020, the Company had four commercial properties with approximately 260,000 square feet of combined gross leasable area.  The Companys apartment communities and commercial properties were located across 16 states and the District of Columbia as of September 30, 2020.

Basis of Presentation and Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared by the Company’s management in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, and applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC.  The condensed consolidated financial statements of MAA presented herein include the accounts of MAA, the Operating Partnership and all other subsidiaries in which MAA has a controlling financial interest. MAA owns, directly or indirectly, approximately 80% to 100% of all consolidated subsidiaries, including the Operating Partnership.  The condensed consolidated financial statements of MAALP presented herein include the accounts of MAALP and all other subsidiaries in which MAALP has a controlling financial interest.  MAALP owns, directly or indirectly, 80% to 100% of all consolidated subsidiaries.  In management’s opinion, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the condensed consolidated financial statements have been included, and all such adjustments were of a normal recurring nature.  All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

The Company invests in entities which may qualify as variable interest entities, or VIEs, and MAALP is considered a VIE.  A VIE is a legal entity in which the equity investors lack sufficient equity at risk for the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support or, as a group, the holders of the equity investment at risk lack the power to direct the activities of a legal entity as well as the obligation to absorb its expected losses or the right to receive its expected residual returns.  MAALP is classified as a VIE, because the limited partners lack substantive kick-out rights and substantive participating rights.  The Company consolidates all VIEs for which it is the primary beneficiary and uses the equity method to account for investments that qualify as VIEs but for which it is not the primary beneficiary.  In determining whether the Company is the primary beneficiary of a VIE, management considers both qualitative and quantitative factors, including, but not limited to, those activities that most significantly impact the VIE’s economic performance and which party controls such activities.  The Company uses the equity method of accounting for its investments in entities for which the Company exercises significant influence, but does not have the ability to exercise control.  The factors considered in determining whether the Company has the ability to exercise control include ownership of voting interests and participatory rights of investors (see “Investments in Unconsolidated Affiliates” below).

 

Reclassifications

 

In order to present comparative financial statements, certain reclassifications have been made to the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations. Prior year amounts have been changed to conform to the Company’s current year presentation.  As a result of these reclassifications, $1.3 million and $2.3 million of expenses previously reported as “General and administrative expenses” for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, respectively, have been reclassified to the “Other non-operating (income) expense” line item of the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations in this report.

Noncontrolling Interests

As of September 30, 2020, the Company had two types of noncontrolling interests with respect to its consolidated subsidiaries, (1) noncontrolling interests related to the common unitholders of its Operating Partnership and (2) noncontrolling interests related to its consolidated real estate entities.  The noncontrolling interests relating to the limited partnership interests in the Operating Partnership are owned by the holders of the Class A OP Units. MAA is the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership and holds all of the outstanding Class B OP Units. Net income (after allocations to preferred ownership interests) is allocated to MAA and the noncontrolling interests based on their respective ownership percentages of the Operating Partnership. Issuance of additional Class A OP Units or Class B OP Units changes the ownership percentage of both the noncontrolling interests and MAA. The issuance of Class B OP Units generally occurs when MAA issues common stock and the issuance proceeds are contributed to the Operating Partnership in exchange for Class B OP Units equal to the number of shares of MAA’s common stock issued. At each reporting period, the allocation between total MAA shareholders’ equity and noncontrolling interests is adjusted to account for the change in the respective percentage ownership of the underlying equity of the Operating Partnership. MAA’s Board of Directors established economic rights in respect to each Class A OP Unit that were equivalent to the economic rights in respect to each share of MAA common stock. See Note 9 for additional details.

The noncontrolling interests relating to the Company’s two consolidated real estate entities are owned by private real estate companies that are generally responsible for the development and construction of the apartment communities that are owned through the consolidated real estate entities with a noncontrolling interest.  The entities were determined to be VIE’s with the Company designated as the primary beneficiary.  As a result, the accounts of the entities are consolidated by the Company.  As of September 30, 2020, the consolidated assets and liabilities of the Company’s consolidated real estate entities with a noncontrolling interest were $96.0 million and $10.2 million, respectively.  As of December 31, 2019, the consolidated assets and liabilities of the Company’s consolidated real estate entities with a noncontrolling interest were $46.0 million and $3.2 million, respectively.

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Investments in Unconsolidated Affiliates

The Company uses the equity method to account for its investments in a real estate joint venture and two technology-focused limited partnerships that qualify as a VIE. Management determined the Company is not the primary beneficiary in any of these investments but does have the ability to exert significant influence over the operations and financial policies of the real estate joint venture and considers its investment in the limited partnerships to be more than minor. The Company’s investment in the real estate joint venture was $43.5 million and $43.7 million as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company’s investments in the technology-focused limited partnerships were $21.3 million and $13.1 million, respectively, and are included in “Other assets” in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of September 30, 2020, the Company was committed until February 2025 to make additional capital contributions totaling $21.3 million if and when called by the general partners of the limited partnerships.

Fair Value Measurements

The Company applies the guidance in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, to the valuation of real estate assets recorded at fair value, to its impairment valuation analysis of real estate assets, to its disclosure of the fair value of financial instruments, principally indebtedness and to its derivative financial instruments.  Fair value disclosures required under ASC Topic 820 as well as the Company’s derivative accounting policies are summarized in Note 7 utilizing the following hierarchy:

Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that are accessible at the measurement date.

Level 2 - Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.

Level 3 - Unobservable inputs for the assets or liability.

Revenue Recognition

The Company primarily leases multifamily residential apartments to residents under operating leases generally due on a monthly basis with terms of approximately one year or less.  Rental revenues are recognized in accordance with ASC Topic 842, Leases, using a method that represents a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. In addition, in circumstances where a lease incentive is provided to tenants, the incentive is recognized as a reduction of rental revenues on a straight-line basis over the reasonably assured lease term.  Rental revenues represent approximately 93% of the Company’s total revenues and include gross rents charged less adjustments for concessions and bad debt.  Approximately 6% of the Company’s total revenues represent non-lease reimbursable property revenues from its residents for utility reimbursements, which are generally recognized and due on a monthly basis as residents obtain control of the service over the term of the lease.  The remaining 1% of the Company’s total revenues represents other non-lease property revenues primarily driven by nonrefundable fees and commissions.

In accordance with ASC Topic 842, rental revenues and non-lease reimbursable property revenues meet the criteria to be aggregated into a single lease component and are reported on a combined basis in the line item “Rental revenues”, as presented in the disaggregation of the Company’s revenues in Note 11.  Other non-lease property revenues are accounted for in accordance with ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which requires revenue recognized outside of the scope of ASC Topic 842 to be recognized when a customer obtains control of promised goods or services in an amount that reflects the consideration the entity expects to receive in exchange for those goods or services. Other non-lease property revenues are reported in the line item “Other property revenues”, as presented in the disaggregation of the Company’s revenues in Note 11.

Leases

The Company is the lessee under certain ground, office, equipment and other operational leases, all of which are accounted for as operating leases in accordance with ASC Topic 842. The Company recognizes a right-of-use asset for the right to use the underlying asset for all leases where the Company is the lessee with terms of more than twelve months, and a related lease liability for the obligation to make lease payments. Expenses related to leases determined to be operating leases are recognized on a straight-line basis.  As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, right-of-use assets recorded within “Other assets” totaled $50.1 million and $53.8 million, respectively, and related lease obligations recorded within “Accrued expenses and other liabilities” totaled $32.2 million and $33.1 million, respectively, in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.  As of September 30, 2020, the Company’s operating leases had a weighted average remaining lease term of approximately 31 years and a weighted average discount rate of approximately 4.4%. Lease expense recognized for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 was immaterial to the Company. Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 was also immaterial.

 

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Recently Adopted Accounting Pronouncements

 

In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-13, Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments, which amends the current approach to estimate credit losses on certain financial assets, including trade and other receivables, available-for-sale securities and other financial instruments.  The ASU requires entities to estimate a lifetime expected credit loss for most financial instruments, including trade receivables.  Subsequent changes in the valuation allowance are recorded in current earnings and reversal of previous losses is permitted.  In November 2018, the FASB issued an amendment excluding operating lease receivables accounted for under ASC Topic 842 from the scope of the new credit losses standard. The Company adopted the standard on January 1, 2020. The adoption of ASU No. 2016-13 did not result in significant changes in the accounting for the Company’s approach to estimate credit losses on financial assets, as substantially all of the Company’s financial assets are operating lease receivables.   

2.Earnings per Common Share of MAA

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income available to MAA common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period.  All outstanding unvested restricted share awards contain rights to non-forfeitable dividends and participate in undistributed earnings with shareholders and, accordingly, are considered participating securities that are included in the two-class method of computing basic earnings per share.  Both the unvested restricted shares and other potentially dilutive common shares, and the related impact to earnings, are considered when calculating earnings per share on a diluted basis with diluted earnings per share being the more dilutive of the treasury stock or two-class methods.  OP Units are included in dilutive earnings per share calculations when the units are dilutive to earnings per share.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, MAA’s diluted earnings per share was computed using the treasury stock method as presented below (dollars and shares in thousands, except per share amounts):

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Calculation of Earnings per common share - basic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

62,036

 

 

$

81,459

 

 

$

177,716

 

 

$

211,558

 

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

(2,126

)

 

 

(2,814

)

 

 

(6,096

)

 

 

(7,336

)

Unvested restricted stock (allocation of earnings)

 

 

(78

)

 

 

(118

)

 

 

(229

)

 

 

(302

)

Preferred dividends

 

 

(922

)

 

 

(922

)

 

 

(2,766

)

 

 

(2,766

)

Net income available for MAA common shareholders, adjusted

 

$

58,910

 

 

$

77,605

 

 

$

168,625

 

 

$

201,154

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average common shares - basic

 

 

114,216

 

 

 

113,877

 

 

 

114,177

 

 

 

113,814

 

Earnings per common share - basic

 

$

0.52

 

 

$

0.68

 

 

$

1.48

 

 

$

1.77

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calculation of Earnings per common share - diluted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

62,036

 

 

$

81,459

 

 

$

177,716

 

 

$

211,558

 

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests (1)

 

 

(2,126

)

 

 

(2,814

)

 

 

(6,096

)

 

 

(7,336

)

Preferred dividends

 

 

(922

)

 

 

(922

)

 

 

(2,766

)

 

 

(2,766

)

Net income available for MAA common shareholders, adjusted

 

$

58,988

 

 

$

77,723

 

 

$

168,854

 

 

$

201,456

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average common shares - basic

 

 

114,216

 

 

 

113,877

 

 

 

114,177

 

 

 

113,814

 

Effect of dilutive securities

 

 

252

 

 

 

260

 

 

 

310

 

 

 

238

 

Weighted average common shares - diluted

 

 

114,468

 

 

 

114,137

 

 

 

114,487

 

 

 

114,052

 

Earnings per common share - diluted

 

$

0.52

 

 

$

0.68

 

 

$

1.47

 

 

$

1.77

 

 

(1)

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, 4.1 million OP Units and their related income are not included in the diluted earnings per share calculations as they are not dilutive.

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3.Earnings per OP Unit of MAALP

 

Basic earnings per common unit is computed by dividing net income available for common unitholders by the weighted average number of OP Units outstanding during the period.  All outstanding unvested restricted unit awards contain rights to non-forfeitable distributions and participate in undistributed earnings with common unitholders and, accordingly, are considered participating securities that are included in the two-class method of computing basic earnings per common unit.  Diluted earnings per common unit reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue OP Units were exercised or converted into OP Units.  Both the unvested restricted unit awards and other potentially dilutive common units, and the related impact to earnings, are considered when calculating earnings per common unit on a diluted basis with diluted earnings per common unit being the more dilutive of the treasury stock or two-class methods.

 

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, MAALP’s diluted earnings per common unit was computed using the treasury stock method as presented below (dollars and units in thousands, except per unit amounts):

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Calculation of Earnings per common unit - basic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

62,036

 

 

$

81,459

 

 

$

177,716

 

 

$

211,558

 

Unvested restricted stock (allocation of earnings)

 

 

(78

)

 

 

(118

)

 

 

(229

)

 

 

(302

)

Preferred unit distributions

 

 

(922

)

 

 

(922

)

 

 

(2,766

)

 

 

(2,766

)

Net income available for MAALP common unitholders, adjusted

 

$

61,036

 

 

$

80,419

 

 

$

174,721

 

 

$

208,490

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average common units - basic

 

 

118,274

 

 

 

117,958

 

 

 

118,238

 

 

 

117,910

 

Earnings per common unit - basic

 

$

0.52

 

 

$

0.68

 

 

$

1.48

 

 

$

1.77

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calculation of Earnings per common unit - diluted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

62,036

 

 

$

81,459

 

 

$

177,716

 

 

$

211,558

 

Preferred unit distributions

 

 

(922

)

 

 

(922

)

 

 

(2,766

)

 

 

(2,766

)

Net income available for MAALP common unitholders, adjusted

 

$

61,114

 

 

$

80,537

 

 

$

174,950

 

 

$

208,792

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average common units - basic

 

 

118,274

 

 

 

117,958

 

 

 

118,238

 

 

 

117,910

 

Effect of dilutive securities

 

 

252

 

 

 

260

 

 

 

310

 

 

 

238

 

Weighted average common units - diluted

 

 

118,526

 

 

 

118,218

 

 

 

118,548

 

 

 

118,148

 

Earnings per common unit - diluted

 

$

0.52

 

 

$

0.68

 

 

$

1.48

 

 

$

1.77

 

 

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4.MAA Equity

 

Changes in MAA’s total equity and its components for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 were as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. Shareholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred

Stock

 

 

Common

Stock

 

 

Additional

Paid-In

Capital

 

 

Accumulated

Distributions

in Excess of

Net Income

 

 

Accumulated

Other

Comprehensive

Loss

 

 

Noncontrolling

Interests -

Operating

Partnership

 

 

Noncontrolling

Interests -

Consolidated

Real Estate

Entities

 

 

Total

Equity

 

EQUITY BALANCE JUNE 30, 2020

 

$

9

 

 

$

1,140

 

 

$

7,168,886

 

 

$

(1,202,536

)

 

$

(12,665

)

 

$

209,894

 

 

$

6,849

 

 

$

6,171,577

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

59,910

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,126

 

 

 

 

 

 

62,036

 

Other comprehensive income - derivative instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

269

 

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

279

 

Issuance and registration of common shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33

 

Shares issued in exchange for common units

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(21

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redeemable stock fair market value adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(155

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(155

)

Adjustment for noncontrolling interests in

   Operating Partnership

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

71

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(71

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of unearned compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,380

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,380

 

Dividends on preferred stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(922

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(922

)

Dividends on common stock ($1.00 per share)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(114,369

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(114,369

)

Dividends on noncontrolling interests units

   ($1.00 per unit)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,866

)

 

 

 

 

 

(3,866

)

Contribution from noncontrolling interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

262

 

 

 

262

 

EQUITY BALANCE SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

 

$

9

 

 

$

1,140

 

 

$

7,173,391

 

 

$

(1,258,072

)

 

$

(12,396

)

 

$

208,072

 

 

$

7,111

 

 

$

6,119,255

 

 

 

 

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. Shareholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred

Stock

 

 

Common

Stock

 

 

Additional

Paid-In

Capital

 

 

Accumulated

Distributions

in Excess of

Net Income

 

 

Accumulated

Other

Comprehensive

Loss

 

 

Noncontrolling

Interests -

Operating

Partnership

 

 

Noncontrolling

Interests -

Consolidated

Real Estate

Entities

 

 

Total

Equity

 

EQUITY BALANCE JUNE 30, 2019

 

$

9

 

 

$

1,138

 

 

$

7,146,076

 

 

$

(1,086,665

)

 

$

(9,092

)

 

$

215,404

 

 

$

5,656

 

 

$

6,272,526

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

78,645

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,814

 

 

 

 

 

 

81,459

 

Other comprehensive loss - derivative instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5,778

)

 

 

(195

)

 

 

 

 

 

(5,973

)

Issuance and registration of common shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

140

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

140

 

Exercise of stock options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(204

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(204

)

Shares issued in exchange for common units

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

836

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(836

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redeemable stock fair market value adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,269

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,269

)

Adjustment for noncontrolling interests in

   Operating Partnership

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(272

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

272

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of unearned compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,313

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,313

 

Dividends on preferred stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(922

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(922

)

Dividends on common stock ($0.96 per share)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(109,503

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(109,503

)

Dividends on noncontrolling interests units

   ($0.96 per unit)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,912

)

 

 

 

 

 

(3,912

)

Contribution from noncontrolling interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

955

 

 

 

955

 

EQUITY BALANCE SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

 

$

9

 

 

$

1,138

 

 

$

7,149,889

 

 

$

(1,119,714

)

 

$

(14,870

)

 

$

213,547

 

 

$

6,611

 

 

$

6,236,610

 

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Changes in MAA’s total equity and its components for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 were as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. Shareholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred

Stock

 

 

Common

Stock

 

 

Additional

Paid-In

Capital

 

 

Accumulated

Distributions

in Excess of

Net Income

 

 

Accumulated

Other

Comprehensive

Loss

 

 

Noncontrolling

Interests -

Operating

Partnership

 

 

Noncontrolling

Interests -

Consolidated

Real Estate

Entities

 

 

Total

Equity

 

EQUITY BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 2019

 

$

9

 

 

$

1,140

 

 

$

7,166,073

 

 

$

(1,085,479

)

 

$

(13,178

)

 

$

214,647

 

 

$

6,247

 

 

$

6,289,459

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

171,620

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,096

 

 

 

 

 

 

177,716

 

Other comprehensive income - derivative instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

782

 

 

 

28

 

 

 

 

 

 

810

 

Issuance and registration of common shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(344

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(344

)

Shares repurchased and retired

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5,657

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5,657

)

Exercise of stock options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

71

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

71

 

Shares issued in exchange for common units

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

471

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(471

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redeemable stock fair market value adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,659

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,659

 

Adjustment for noncontrolling interests in

   Operating Partnership

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

244

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(244

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of unearned compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,533

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,533

 

Dividends on preferred stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,766

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,766

)

Dividends on common stock ($3.00 per share)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(343,106

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(343,106

)

Dividends on noncontrolling interests units

   ($3.00 per unit)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(11,984

)

 

 

 

 

 

(11,984

)

Contribution from noncontrolling interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

864

 

 

 

864

 

EQUITY BALANCE SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

 

$

9

 

 

$

1,140

 

 

$

7,173,391

 

 

$

(1,258,072

)

 

$

(12,396

)

 

$

208,072

 

 

$

7,111

 

 

$

6,119,255

 

 

 

 

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. Shareholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred

Stock

 

 

Common

Stock

 

 

Additional

Paid-In

Capital

 

 

Accumulated

Distributions

in Excess of

Net Income

 

 

Accumulated

Other

Comprehensive

Loss

 

 

Noncontrolling

Interests -

Operating

Partnership

 

 

Noncontrolling

Interests -

Consolidated

Real Estate

Entities

 

 

Total

Equity

 

EQUITY BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 2018

 

$

9

 

 

$

1,136

 

 

$

7,138,170

 

 

$

(989,263

)

 

$

(212

)

 

$

220,043

 

 

$

2,306

 

 

$

6,372,189

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

204,222

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,336

 

 

 

 

 

 

211,558

 

Other comprehensive loss - derivative instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(14,658

)

 

 

(520

)

 

 

 

 

 

(15,178

)

Issuance and registration of common shares

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

748

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

750

 

Shares repurchased and retired

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,724

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,724

)

Exercise of stock options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,036

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,036

 

Shares issued in exchange for common units

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,993

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,993

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares issued in exchange for redeemable stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

575

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

575

 

Redeemable stock fair market value adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,455

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,455

)

Adjustment for noncontrolling interests in

   Operating Partnership

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(459

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

459

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of unearned compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,550

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,550

 

Dividends on preferred stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,766

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,766

)

Dividends on common stock ($2.88 per share)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(328,452

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(328,452

)

Dividends on noncontrolling interests units

   ($2.88 per unit)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(11,778

)

 

 

 

 

 

(11,778

)

Contribution from noncontrolling interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,305

 

 

 

4,305

 

EQUITY BALANCE SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

 

$

9

 

 

$

1,138

 

 

$

7,149,889

 

 

$

(1,119,714

)

 

$

(14,870

)

 

$

213,547

 

 

$

6,611

 

 

$

6,236,610

 

 

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5.MAALP Capital

Changes in MAALP’s total capital and its components for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 were as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

Mid-America Apartments, L.P. Unitholders’ Capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Limited

Partners

 

 

General

Partner

 

 

Preferred

Units

 

 

Accumulated

Other

Comprehensive

Loss

 

 

Noncontrolling

Interests-

Consolidated

Real Estate

Entities

 

 

Total

Partnership

Capital

 

CAPITAL BALANCE JUNE 30, 2020

 

$

209,894

 

 

$

5,901,028

 

 

$

66,840

 

 

$

(13,053

)

 

$

6,849

 

 

$

6,171,558

 

Net income

 

 

2,126

 

 

 

58,988

 

 

 

922

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

62,036

 

Other comprehensive income - derivative instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

279

 

 

 

 

 

 

279

 

Issuance of units

 

 

 

 

 

33

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33

 

General partnership units issued in exchange for limited

   partnership units

 

 

(21

)

 

 

21

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redeemable units fair market value adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

(155

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(155

)

Adjustment for limited partners’ capital at redemption value

 

 

(61

)

 

 

61

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of unearned compensation

 

 

 

 

 

4,380

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,380

 

Distributions to preferred unitholders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(922

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(922

)

Distributions to common unitholders ($1.00 per unit)

 

 

(3,866

)

 

 

(114,369

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(118,235

)

Contribution from noncontrolling interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

262

 

 

 

262

 

CAPITAL BALANCE SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

 

$

208,072

 

 

$

5,849,987

 

 

$

66,840

 

 

$

(12,774

)

 

$

7,111

 

 

$

6,119,236

 

 

 

 

Mid-America Apartments, L.P. Unitholders’ Capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Limited

Partners

 

 

General

Partner

 

 

Preferred

Units

 

 

Accumulated

Other

Comprehensive

Loss

 

 

Noncontrolling

Interests -

Consolidated

Real Estate

Entities

 

 

Total

Partnership

Capital

 

CAPITAL BALANCE JUNE 30, 2019

 

$

215,404

 

 

$

5,993,973

 

 

$

66,840

 

 

$

(9,366

)

 

$

5,656

 

 

$

6,272,507

 

Net income

 

 

2,814

 

 

 

77,723

 

 

 

922

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

81,459

 

Other comprehensive loss - derivative instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5,973

)

 

 

 

 

 

(5,973

)

Issuance of units

 

 

 

 

 

140

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

140

 

Exercise of unit options

 

 

 

 

 

(204

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(204

)

General partnership units issued in exchange for limited

   partnership units

 

 

(836

)

 

 

836

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redeemable units fair market value adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

(1,269

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,269

)

Adjustment for limited partners’ capital at redemption value

 

 

77

 

 

 

(77

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of unearned compensation

 

 

 

 

 

3,313

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,313

 

Distributions to preferred unitholders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(922

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(922

)

Distributions to common unitholders ($0.96 per unit)

 

 

(3,912

)

 

 

(109,503

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(113,415

)

Contribution from noncontrolling interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

955

 

 

 

955

 

CAPITAL BALANCE SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

 

$

213,547

 

 

$

5,964,932

 

 

$

66,840

 

 

$

(15,339

)

 

$

6,611

 

 

$

6,236,591

 

 

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Changes in MAALP’s total capital and its components for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 were as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

Mid-America Apartments, L.P. Unitholders’ Capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Limited

Partners

 

 

General

Partner

 

 

Preferred

Units

 

 

Accumulated

Other

Comprehensive

Loss

 

 

Noncontrolling

Interests-

Consolidated

Real Estate

Entities

 

 

Total

Partnership

Capital

 

CAPITAL BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 2019

 

$

214,647

 

 

$

6,015,290

 

 

$

66,840

 

 

$

(13,584

)

 

$

6,247

 

 

$

6,289,440

 

Net income

 

 

6,096

 

 

 

168,854

 

 

 

2,766

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

177,716

 

Other comprehensive income - derivative instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

810

 

 

 

 

 

 

810

 

Issuance of units

 

 

 

 

 

(344

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(344

)

Units repurchased and retired

 

 

 

 

 

(5,657

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5,657

)

Exercise of unit options

 

 

 

 

 

71

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

71

 

General partnership units issued in exchange for limited

   partnership units

 

 

(471

)

 

 

471

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redeemable units fair market value adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

1,659

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,659

 

Adjustment for limited partners’ capital at redemption value

 

 

(216

)

 

 

216

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of unearned compensation

 

 

 

 

 

12,533

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,533

 

Distributions to preferred unitholders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,766

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,766

)

Distributions to common unitholders ($3.00 per unit)

 

 

(11,984

)

 

 

(343,106

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(355,090

)

Contribution from noncontrolling interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

864

 

 

 

864

 

CAPITAL BALANCE SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

 

$

208,072

 

 

$

5,849,987

 

 

$

66,840

 

 

$

(12,774

)

 

$

7,111

 

 

$

6,119,236

 

 

 

 

Mid-America Apartments, L.P. Unitholders’ Capital

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Limited

Partners

 

 

General

Partner

 

 

Preferred

Units

 

 

Accumulated

Other

Comprehensive

Loss

 

 

Noncontrolling

Interests -

Consolidated

Real Estate

Entities

 

 

Total

Partnership

Capital

 

CAPITAL BALANCE DECEMBER 31, 2018

 

$

220,043

 

 

$

6,083,142

 

 

$

66,840

 

 

$

(161

)

 

$

2,306

 

 

$

6,372,170

 

Net income

 

 

7,336

 

 

 

201,456

 

 

 

2,766

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

211,558

 

Other comprehensive loss - derivative instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(15,178

)

 

 

 

 

 

(15,178

)

Issuance of units

 

 

 

 

 

750

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

750

 

Units repurchased and retired

 

 

 

 

 

(3,724

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,724

)

Exercise of unit options

 

 

 

 

 

1,036

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,036

 

General partnership units issued in exchange for limited

   partnership units

 

 

(1,993

)

 

 

1,993

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Units issued in exchange for redeemable units

 

 

 

 

 

575

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

575

 

Redeemable units fair market value adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

(3,455

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,455

)

Adjustment for limited partners’ capital at redemption value

 

 

(61

)

 

 

61

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of unearned compensation

 

 

 

 

 

11,550

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,550

 

Distributions to preferred unitholders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,766

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,766

)

Distributions to common unitholders ($2.88 per unit)

 

 

(11,778

)

 

 

(328,452

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(340,230

)

Contribution from noncontrolling interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,305

 

 

 

4,305

 

CAPITAL BALANCE SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

 

$

213,547

 

 

$

5,964,932

 

 

$

66,840

 

 

$

(15,339

)

 

$

6,611

 

 

$

6,236,591

 

 

6.Borrowings

The following table summarizes the Company’s outstanding debt as of September 30, 2020 (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

Balance

 

 

Weighted Average Effective Rate

 

 

Weighted Average Contract Maturity

 

Unsecured debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Variable rate revolving credit facility

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Variable rate commercial paper program

 

 

35,000

 

 

 

0.2

%

 

10/2/2020

 

Fixed rate senior notes

 

 

3,922,000

 

 

 

3.6

%

 

1/27/2027

 

Debt issuance costs, discounts, premiums and fair market value adjustments

 

 

(17,575

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total unsecured debt

 

$

3,939,425

 

 

 

3.6

%

 

 

 

 

Secured debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed rate property mortgages

 

$

489,595

 

 

 

4.6

%

 

12/31/2041

 

Debt issuance costs and fair market value adjustments

 

 

(3,426

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total secured debt

 

$

486,169

 

 

 

4.6

%

 

 

 

 

Total outstanding debt

 

$

4,425,594

 

 

 

3.7

%

 

 

 

 

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Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility

In May 2019, MAALP entered into a $1.0 billion unsecured revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks led by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, or Wells Fargo, and fourteen other banks, which is referred to as the Credit Facility.  The Credit Facility replaced MAALP’s previous unsecured revolving credit facility, and it includes an expansion option up to $1.5 billion.  The Credit Facility bears an interest rate of the London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, plus a spread of 0.75% to 1.45% based on an investment grade pricing grid. The Credit Facility matures in May 2023 with an option to extend for two additional six-month periods.  As of September 30, 2020, there was no outstanding balance under the Credit Facility, while $3.4 million of capacity was used to support outstanding letters of credit.

Unsecured Commercial Paper

In May 2019, MAALP established an unsecured commercial paper program whereby MAALP may issue unsecured commercial paper notes with varying maturities not to exceed 397 days up to a maximum aggregate principal amount outstanding of $500.0 million.  As of September 30, 2020, MAALP had $35.0 million outstanding under the commercial paper program. For the three months ended September 30, 2020, the average daily borrowings outstanding under the commercial paper program were $118.0 million.  

Unsecured Senior Notes

As of September 30, 2020, MAALP had $3.7 billion of publicly issued unsecured senior notes outstanding and $222.0 million of privately placed unsecured senior notes outstanding.  The unsecured senior notes had maturities at issuance ranging from ten to twelve years, with a weighted average of 6.3 years remaining until maturity as of September 30, 2020.

In August 2020, MAALP publicly issued $450.0 million in aggregate principal amount of unsecured senior notes, maturing February 2031 with a coupon rate of 1.700% per annum, or the 2031 Notes.  The purchase price paid by the purchasers was 99.465% of the principal amount.  The 2031 Notes are general unsecured senior obligations of MAALP and rank equally in right of payment with all other senior unsecured indebtedness of MAALP.  Interest on the 2031 Notes is payable on February 15 and August 15 of each year, beginning on February 15, 2021.  The net proceeds of the offering, after deducting the original issue discount, underwriting commissions and expenses of approximately $5.3 million in the aggregate, were $444.7 million.  The 2031 Notes have an effective interest rate of 1.76% and have been reflected net of discount and debt issuance costs in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2020.  

Unsecured Term Loan

In August 2020, MAALP retired a $300.0 million term loan with a syndicate of banks led by Wells Fargo due in March 2022.    

Secured Property Mortgages

As of September 30, 2020, MAALP had $489.6 million of fixed rate conventional property mortgages with a weighted average interest rate of 4.60% and a weighted average maturity in 2041.

 

In July 2020, MAALP retired $63.6 million of mortgages associated with three apartment communities at maturity and $72.2 million of mortgages associated with four apartment communities prior to their October 2020 maturities.

Guarantees

As of September 30, 2020, MAA fully and unconditionally guaranteed $222.0 million of the privately placed unsecured senior notes issued by MAALP.

7.Financial Instruments and Derivatives

Financial Instruments Not Carried at Fair Value

Cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and accrued expenses and other liabilities are carried at amounts that reasonably approximate their fair value due to their short term nature.

Fixed rate notes payable as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, totaled $4.4 billion and $4.1 billion, respectively, and had estimated fair values of $4.9 billion and $4.5 billion (excluding prepayment penalties) as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. The carrying values of variable rate debt (excluding the effect of interest rate swap agreements) as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, totaled $35.0 million and $370.0 million, respectively, and had estimated fair values of $35.0 million and $370.8 million (excluding prepayment penalties) as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. The fair values of fixed rate debt are determined by using the present value of future cash outflows discounted with the applicable current market rate plus a credit spread. The fair values of variable rate debt are determined using the stated variable rate plus the

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current market credit spread. The variable rates reset every 30 to 90 days, and management concluded these rates reasonably estimate current market rates.

Financial Instruments Measured at Fair Value on a Recurring Basis

As of September 30, 2020, the Company had one outstanding series of cumulative redeemable preferred stock, which is referred to as the MAA Series I preferred stock (see Note 8).  The Company has recognized a derivative asset related to the redemption feature embedded in the MAA Series I preferred stock. The derivative asset is valued using widely accepted valuation techniques, including a discounted cash flow analysis in which the perpetual value of the preferred shares is compared to the value of the preferred shares assuming the call option is exercised, with the value of the bifurcated call option as the difference between the two values. The analysis reflects the contractual terms of the redeemable preferred shares, which are redeemable at the Company’s option beginning on October 1, 2026 and at the redemption price of $50.00 per share. The Company uses various inputs in the analysis, including trading data available on the preferred shares, coupon yields on preferred stock issuances from REITs with similar credit ratings as MAA and treasury rates to determine the fair value of the bifurcated call option.

The redemption feature embedded in the MAA Series I preferred stock is reported as a derivative asset in “Other assets” in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and is adjusted to its fair value at each reporting date, with a corresponding non-cash adjustment to “Other non-operating (income) expense” in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.  As a result of adjustments of non-cash expense recorded to reflect the change in fair value of the derivative asset during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the fair value of the embedded derivative asset decreased to $21.9 million as of September 30, 2020 as compared to $36.5 million as of December 31, 2019.

Periodically, the Company uses interest rate swaps to add stability to interest expense and to manage, or hedge, its exposure to interest rate movements associated with anticipated future debt transactions and variable rate debt. The fair values of interest rate swaps are determined using the market standard methodology of netting the discounted future fixed cash receipts (or payments) and the discounted expected variable cash payments (or receipts). The variable cash payments (or receipts) are based on an expectation of future interest rates (forward curves) derived from observable market interest rate curves.

Management incorporates credit valuation adjustments to appropriately reflect both its nonperformance risk and the respective counterparty’s nonperformance risk in the fair value measurements. In adjusting the fair value of the derivative contracts for the effect of nonperformance risk, the Company considers the impact of netting and any applicable credit enhancements, such as collateral postings, thresholds, mutual puts and guarantees. Based on guidance issued by the FASB, the Company made an accounting policy election to measure the credit risk of its derivative financial instruments that are subject to master netting agreements on a net basis by counterparty portfolio.

As of September 30, 2020, the Company did not have any outstanding interest rate derivatives designated as cash flow hedges of interest rate risk. The fair value of interest rate derivative contracts designated as hedging instruments recorded in “Other assets” in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2019 was $0.1 million.  The Company’s interest rate derivative contracts designated as hedging instruments and their related gains and losses are reported in “Net change in operating accounts and other operating activities” in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

The Company has determined the majority of the inputs used to value its outstanding debt and its embedded derivative fall within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, and as a result, the fair value valuation of its debt and embedded derivative held as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

Cash Flow Hedges of Interest Rate Risk

The changes in the fair value of derivatives designated and that qualify as cash flow hedges is recorded in “Accumulated other comprehensive loss” and is subsequently reclassified into earnings in the period that the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings. As long as a hedging instrument is designated and the results of the effectiveness testing support that the instrument qualifies for hedge accounting treatment, there is no periodic measurement or recognition of ineffectiveness. Rather, the full impact of hedge gains and losses is recognized in the period in which hedged transactions impact earnings, regardless of whether or not economic mismatches exist in the hedging relationship.  Amounts reported in “Accumulated other comprehensive loss” related to derivatives designated as qualifying cash flow hedges are reclassified to interest expense as interest payments are made on the Company’s variable rate or fixed rate debt. During the next twelve months, the Company estimates that an additional $1.1 million will be reclassified to earnings as an increase to “Interest expense”, which primarily represents the difference between the fixed interest rate swap payments and the projected variable interest rate swap receipts.

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Tabular Disclosure of the Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

The tables below present the effect of the Company’s derivative financial instruments on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 (dollars in thousands):

 

Derivatives in Cash Flow

Hedging Relationships

 

Loss Recognized in

OCI on Derivative

 

 

Location of

(Loss) Gain Reclassified

from Accumulated

 

Net (Loss) Gain

Reclassified from Accumulated

OCL into Interest Expense(1)

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

OCL into Income

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Interest rate contracts

 

$

 

 

$

(5,562

)

 

Interest expense

 

$

(279

)

 

$

411

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate contracts

 

$

 

 

$

(13,444

)

 

Interest expense

 

$

(810

)

 

$

1,734

 

 

(1)

See the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss as these changes are presented net of the allocation to noncontrolling interests.

 

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments

 

Location of Gain (Loss) Recognized in

 

Gain (Loss) Recognized in

Earnings on Derivative

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

Income on Derivative

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Preferred stock embedded derivative

 

Other non-operating (income) expense

 

$

1,342

 

 

$

15,522

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock embedded derivative

 

Other non-operating (income) expense

 

$

(14,603

)

 

$

19,592

 

 

8.Shareholders’ Equity of MAA

As of September 30, 2020, 114,369,812 shares of common stock of MAA and 4,058,258 OP Units (excluding the OP Units held by MAA) were issued and outstanding, representing a total of 118,428,070 common shares and units.  As of September 30, 2019, 114,065,859 shares of common stock of MAA and 4,074,277 OP Units (excluding the OP Units held by MAA) were issued and outstanding, representing a total of 118,140,136 common shares and units. Options to purchase 19,845 shares of MAA’s common stock were outstanding as of September 30, 2020, compared to 45,390 outstanding options as of September 30, 2019. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, MAA issued 918 common shares and 24,256 common shares, respectively, related to the exercise of stock options. These exercises resulted in net proceeds of $0.1 million and $1.0 million, respectively.

Preferred Stock

 

As of September 30, 2020, MAA had one outstanding series of cumulative redeemable preferred stock which has the following characteristics:

Description

 

Outstanding

Shares

 

 

Liquidation

Preference(1)

 

 

Optional

Redemption

Date

 

Redemption

Price(2)

 

 

Stated

Dividend

Yield

 

 

Approximate

Dividend

Rate

 

Series I

 

 

867,846

 

 

$

50.00

 

 

10/1/2026

 

$

50.00

 

 

 

8.50

%

 

$

4.25

 

 

(1)

The total liquidation preference for the outstanding preferred stock is $43.4 million.

(2)

The redemption price is the price at which the preferred stock is redeemable, at MAA’s option, for cash.

 

See Note 7 for details of the valuation of the derivative asset related to the redemption feature embedded in the MAA Series I preferred stock.  

At-the-Market Share Offering Program

 

The Company has entered into separate distribution agreements with each of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp. and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. to establish an at-the-market share offering program, or ATM program, allowing MAA to sell shares of its common stock from time to time into the existing market at current market prices or through negotiated transactions.  Under the ATM program, MAA has the authority to issue up to an aggregate of 4.0 million shares of its common stock, at such times to be determined by MAA.  The ATM program currently has a maturity of September 2021.  MAA has no obligation to issue shares through the ATM program.

 

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, MAA did not sell any shares of common stock under its ATM program.  As of September 30, 2020, 3.9 million shares remained issuable under the ATM program.

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9.Partners’ Capital of MAALP

Common units of limited partnership interests in MAALP are represented by OP Units.  As of September 30, 2020, there were 118,428,070 OP Units outstanding, 114,369,812, or 96.6%, of which represent Class B OP Units (common units issued to or held by MAALP’s general partner or any of its subsidiaries), which were owned by MAA, MAALP’s general partner.  The remaining 4,058,258 OP Units were Class A OP Units owned by Class A limited partners.  As of September 30, 2019, there were 118,140,136 OP Units outstanding, 114,065,859, or 96.6%, of which were owned by MAA and 4,074,277 of which were owned by the Class A limited partners.

MAA, as the sole general partner of MAALP, has full, complete and exclusive discretion to manage and control the business of MAALP subject to the restrictions specifically contained within MAALP’s agreement of limited partnership, or the Partnership Agreement.  Unless otherwise stated in the Partnership Agreement, this power includes, but is not limited to, acquiring, leasing or disposing of any real property; constructing buildings and making other improvements to properties owned; borrowing money, modifying or extinguishing current borrowings, issuing evidence of indebtedness and securing such indebtedness by mortgage, deed of trust, pledge or other lien on MAALP’s assets; and distribution of MAALP’s cash or other assets in accordance with the Partnership Agreement.  MAA can generally, at its sole discretion, issue and redeem OP Units and determine the consideration to be received or the redemption price to be paid, as applicable.  The general partner may delegate these and other powers granted if the general partner remains in supervision of the designee.

Under the Partnership Agreement, MAALP may issue Class A OP Units and Class B OP Units.  Class A OP Units are any OP Units other than Class B OP Units, while Class B OP Units are those issued to or held by MAALP’s general partner or any of its subsidiaries.  In general, the limited partners do not have the power to participate in the management or control of MAALP’s business except in limited circumstances, including changes in the general partner and protective rights if the general partner acts outside of the provisions provided in the Partnership Agreement.  The transferability of Class A OP Units is also limited by the Partnership Agreement.

Net income of MAALP (after allocations to preferred ownership interests) is allocated to the general partner and limited partners based on their respective ownership percentages of MAALP.  Issuance or redemption of additional Class A OP Units or Class B OP Units changes the relative ownership percentage of the partners.  The issuance of Class B OP Units generally occurs when MAA issues common stock and the proceeds from that issuance are contributed to MAALP in exchange for the issuance to MAA of a number of OP Units equal to the number of shares of common stock issued.  Likewise, if MAA repurchases or redeems outstanding shares of common stock, MAALP generally redeems an equal number of Class B OP Units with similar terms held by MAA for a redemption price equal to the purchase price of those shares of common stock.  At each reporting period, the allocation between general partner capital and limited partner capital is adjusted to account for the change in the respective percentage ownership of the underlying capital of MAALP.  Holders of the Class A OP Units may require MAA to redeem their Class A OP Units, in which case MAA may, at its option, pay the redemption price either in cash (in an amount per Class A OP Unit equal, in general, to the average closing price of MAA’s common stock on the NYSE over a specified period prior to the redemption date) or by delivering one share of MAA common stock (subject to adjustment under specified circumstances) for each Class A OP Unit so redeemed.

As of September 30, 2020, a total of 4,058,258 Class A OP Units were outstanding and redeemable for 4,058,258 shares of MAA common stock, with an approximate value of $470.6 million, based on the closing price of MAA’s common stock on September 30, 2020 of $115.95 per share.  As of September 30, 2019, a total of 4,074,277 Class A OP Units were outstanding and redeemable for 4,074,277 shares of MAA common stock, with an approximate value of $529.7 million, based on the closing price of MAA’s common stock on September 30, 2019 of $130.01 per share.  MAALP pays the same per unit distributions in respect to the OP Units as the per share dividends MAA pays in respect to its common stock.

As of September 30, 2020, MAALP had one outstanding series of cumulative redeemable preferred units, or the MAALP Series I preferred units.  The MAALP Series I preferred units have the same characteristics as the MAA Series I preferred stock described in Note 8.  As of September 30, 2020, 867,846 units of the MAALP Series I preferred units were outstanding.

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10.Commitments and Contingencies

Leases

The Company’s leases include a ground lease expiring in 2074 related to one of its apartment communities and an office lease expiring in 2028 related to its corporate headquarters.  Both leases contain stated rent increases that generally compensate for the impact of inflation.  The Company also has other commitments related to immaterial office and equipment operating leases.

The table below reconciles undiscounted cash flows for each of the first five years and total of the remaining years to the operating lease obligations recorded on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2020 (in thousands):

 

 

 

Operating Leases

 

2020

 

$

707

 

2021

 

 

2,854

 

2022

 

 

2,885

 

2023

 

 

2,875

 

2024

 

 

2,853

 

Thereafter

 

 

65,863

 

Total minimum lease payments

 

 

78,037

 

Net present value adjustments

 

 

(45,856

)

Operating lease obligations

 

$

32,181

 

 

Legal Proceedings

In June 2016, plaintiffs Cathi Cleven and Tara Cleven, on behalf of a purported class of plaintiffs, filed a complaint against MAA and the Operating Partnership in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division.  In January 2017, Areli Arellano and Joe L. Martinez joined the lawsuit as additional plaintiffs.  The lawsuit alleges that the Company (but not Post Properties (see the description of the Brown class action lawsuit below)) charged late fees at its Texas properties that violate Section 92.019 of the Texas Property Code, or Section 92.019, which provides that a landlord may not charge a tenant a late fee for failing to pay rent unless, among other things, the fee is a reasonable estimate of uncertain damages to the landlord that are incapable of precise calculation and result from the late payment of rent.  The plaintiffs are seeking monetary damages and attorneys’ fees and costs.  In September 2018, the District Court certified a class proposed by the plaintiffs. Additionally, in September 2018, the District Court denied the Company’s motion for summary judgment and granted the plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment.  Because the District Court certified a class prior to granting the plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment, the District Court’s ruling applies to the entire class.  In October 2018, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals accepted the Company’s petition to review the District Court’s order granting class certification.  In September 2019, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard the Company’s oral arguments. The Company also intends to appeal the District Court’s order granting plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals if permission to appeal is granted.  The Company will continue to vigorously defend the action and pursue such appeals.  Management estimates that the Company’s maximum exposure in the lawsuit, given the class certification and summary judgment ruling, is $54.6 million, which includes both potential damages and attorneys’ fees but excludes any prejudgment interest that may be awarded.

In April 2017, plaintiff Nathaniel Brown, on behalf of a purported class of plaintiffs, filed a complaint against the Operating Partnership, as the successor by merger to Post Properties’ primary operating partnership, and MAA in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division.  The lawsuit alleges that Post Properties (and, following the Post Properties merger in December 2016, the Operating Partnership) charged late fees at its Texas properties that violate Section 92.019.  The plaintiffs are seeking monetary damages and attorney’s fees and costs.  In September 2018, the District Court certified a class proposed by the plaintiff.  Additionally, in September 2018, the District Court denied the Company’s motion for summary judgment and granted the plaintiff’s motion for partial summary judgment. Because the District Court certified a class prior to granting the plaintiff’s motion for partial summary judgment, the District Court’s ruling applies to the entire class.  In October 2018, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals accepted the Company’s petition to review the District Court’s order granting class certification. In September 2019, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard the Company’s oral arguments. The Company also intends to appeal the District Court’s order granting plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals if permission to appeal is granted.  The Company will continue to vigorously defend the action and pursue such appeals.  Management estimates that the Company’s maximum exposure in the lawsuit, given the class certification and summary judgment ruling, is $8.4 million, which includes both potential damages and attorneys’ fees but excludes any prejudgment interest that may be awarded.

The Company is subject to various other legal proceedings and claims that arise in the ordinary course of its business operations.  Matters which arise out of allegations of bodily injury, property damage and employment practices are generally covered by insurance.  While the resolution of these other matters cannot be predicted with certainty, management does not currently believe that such matters, either individually or in the aggregate, will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows in the event of a negative outcome.

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Loss Contingencies

The outcomes of claims, disputes and legal proceedings are subject to significant uncertainty.  The Company records an accrual for loss contingencies when a loss is probable and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated.  The Company also accrues an estimate of defense costs expected to be incurred in connection with legal matters.  Management reviews these accruals quarterly and makes revisions based on changes in facts and circumstances.  When a loss contingency is not both probable and reasonably estimable, management does not accrue the loss. However, if the loss (or an additional loss in excess of the accrual) is at least a reasonable possibility and material, then management discloses a reasonable estimate of the possible loss, or range of loss, if such reasonable estimate can be made.  If the Company cannot make a reasonable estimate of the possible loss, or range of loss, then a statement to that effect is disclosed.

The assessment of whether a loss is probable or a reasonable possibility, and whether the loss or range of loss is reasonably estimable, often involves a series of complex judgments about future events.  Among the factors considered in this assessment, are the nature of existing legal proceedings and claims, the asserted or possible damages or loss contingency (if reasonably estimable), the progress of the matter, existing law and precedent, the opinions or views of legal counsel and other advisers, management’s experience in similar matters, the facts available to management at the time of assessment, and how the Company intends to respond, or has responded, to the proceeding or claim.  Management’s assessment of these factors may change over time as individual proceedings or claims progress.  For matters where management is not currently able to reasonably estimate a range of reasonably possible loss, the factors that have contributed to this determination include the following: (i) the damages sought are indeterminate; (ii) the proceedings are in the early stages; (iii) the matters involve novel or unsettled legal theories or a large or uncertain number of actual or potential cases or parties; and/or (iv) discussions with the parties in matters that are ultimately expected to be resolved through negotiation and settlement have not reached the point where management believes a reasonable estimate of loss, or range of loss, can be made.  The Company believes that there is considerable uncertainty regarding the timing or ultimate resolution of such matters, including a possible eventual loss or business impact, if any.

As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company’s accrual for loss contingencies relating to unresolved legal matters was $7.4 million and $8.6 million in the aggregate, respectively.  The loss contingencies are presented in “Accrued expenses and other liabilities” in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

11.Segment Information

As of September 30, 2020, the Company owned and operated 299 multifamily apartment communities in 16 different states from which it derived all significant sources of earnings and operating cash flows.  The Company views each consolidated apartment community as an operating segment. The Company’s chief operating decision maker, which is the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, evaluates performance and determines resource allocations of each of the apartment communities on a Same Store and Non-Same Store and Other basis, as well as an individual apartment community basis. This is consistent with the aggregation criteria under GAAP as each of the apartment communities generally has similar economic characteristics, facilities, services, and tenants.

The following reflects the two reportable segments for the Company:

 

 

Same Store communities are communities that the Company has owned and have been stabilized for at least a full 12 months.

 

Non-Same Store and Other includes recently acquired communities, communities in development or lease-up, communities that have been identified for disposition, communities that have incurred a significant casualty loss and stabilized communities that do not meet the requirements to be Same Store communities. Also included in Non-Same Store and Other are non-multifamily activities.

On the first day of each calendar year, the Company determines the composition of its Same Store and Non-Same Store and Other reportable segments for that year as well as adjusts the previous year, which allows the Company to evaluate full period-over-period operating comparisons.  Properties in development or lease-up are added to the Same Store portfolio on the first day of the calendar year after a community has been owned and stabilized for at least a full 12 months.  Communities are considered stabilized after achieving 90% occupancy for 90 days.  Communities that have been identified for disposition are excluded from the Same Store portfolio.

The chief operating decision maker utilizes net operating income, or NOI, in evaluating the performance of its operating segments.  Total NOI represents total property revenues less total property operating expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization, for all properties held during the period regardless of their status as held for sale.  Management believes that NOI is a helpful tool in evaluating the operating performance of the segments because it measures the core operations of property performance by excluding corporate level expenses and other items not directly related to property operating performance.

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Revenues and NOI for each reportable segment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Same Store

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental revenues

 

$

394,556

 

 

$

386,356

 

 

$

1,170,844

 

 

$

1,137,967

 

Other property revenues

 

 

3,044

 

 

 

3,244

 

 

 

9,012

 

 

 

9,926

 

Total Same Store revenues

 

 

397,600

 

 

 

389,600

 

 

 

1,179,856

 

 

 

1,147,893

 

Non-Same Store and Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rental revenues

 

 

25,465

 

 

 

25,917

 

 

 

74,204

 

 

 

75,825

 

Other property revenues

 

 

134

 

 

 

115

 

 

 

263

 

 

 

482

 

Total Non-Same Store and Other revenues

 

 

25,599

 

 

 

26,032

 

 

 

74,467

 

 

 

76,307

 

Total rental and other property revenues

 

$

423,199

 

 

$

415,632

 

 

$

1,254,323

 

 

$

1,224,200

 

Net Operating Income:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Same Store NOI

 

$

238,702

 

 

$

241,362

 

 

$

730,702

 

 

$

717,216

 

Non-Same Store and Other NOI

 

 

14,683

 

 

 

14,731

 

 

 

43,164

 

 

 

43,926

 

Total NOI

 

 

253,385

 

 

 

256,093

 

 

 

773,866

 

 

 

761,142

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

(127,679

)

 

 

(124,684

)

 

 

(381,257

)

 

 

(371,417

)

Property management expenses

 

 

(12,691

)

 

 

(13,899

)

 

 

(39,064

)

 

 

(41,195

)

General and administrative expenses

 

 

(11,360

)

 

 

(10,225

)

 

 

(35,181

)

 

 

(32,960

)

Interest expense

 

 

(41,010

)

 

 

(44,513

)

 

 

(126,610

)

 

 

(136,149

)

Gain (loss) on sale of depreciable real estate assets

 

 

20

 

 

 

1,000

 

 

 

(7

)

 

 

987

 

Gain on sale of non-depreciable real estate assets

 

 

1,366

 

 

 

 

 

 

995

 

 

 

9,260

 

Other non-operating income (expense)

 

 

242

 

 

 

18,800

 

 

 

(13,647

)

 

 

23,494

 

Income tax expense

 

 

(665

)

 

 

(1,491

)

 

 

(2,532

)

 

 

(2,814

)

Income from real estate joint venture

 

 

428

 

 

 

378

 

 

 

1,153

 

 

 

1,210

 

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

(2,126

)

 

 

(2,814

)

 

 

(6,096

)

 

 

(7,336

)

Dividends to MAA Series I preferred shareholders

 

 

(922

)

 

 

(922

)

 

 

(2,766

)

 

 

(2,766

)

Net income available for MAA common shareholders

 

$

58,988

 

 

$

77,723

 

 

$

168,854

 

 

$

201,456

 

Assets for each reportable segment as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

 

September 30,

2020

 

 

December 31,

2019

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Same Store

 

$

9,740,808

 

 

$

9,975,880

 

Non-Same Store and Other

 

 

1,198,693

 

 

 

1,049,029

 

Corporate assets

 

 

189,203

 

 

 

205,541

 

Total assets

 

$

11,128,704

 

 

$

11,230,450

 

 

12.Real Estate Acquisitions and Dispositions

The following table reflects the Company’s acquisition activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2020:

 

Land Acquisition

 

Market

 

Acres

 

 

Date Acquired

Georgetown

 

Austin, TX

 

 

22

 

 

January 2020

 

The following table reflects the Company’s disposition activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2020:

 

Land Disposition

 

Market

 

Acres

 

 

Date Sold

Colonial Promenade

 

Huntsville, AL

 

 

27

 

 

September 2020

 

 

 

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Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

The following discussion analyzes the financial condition and results of operations of both MAA and the Operating Partnership, of which MAA is the sole general partner and in which MAA owned a 96.6% interest as of September 30, 2020. MAA conducts all of its business through the Operating Partnership and its various subsidiaries. This discussion should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

MAA, an S&P 500 company, is a multifamily-focused, self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust, or REIT. We own, operate, acquire and selectively develop apartment communities primarily located in the Southeast, Southwest and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.  As of September 30, 2020, we owned and operated 299 apartment communities through the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries, and we had an ownership interest in one apartment community through an unconsolidated real estate joint venture and had six development communities under construction.  In addition, as of September 30, 2020, we owned four commercial properties, and 32 of our apartment communities included retail components.  Our apartment communities and commercial properties were located across 16 states and the District of Columbia as of September 30, 2020.

We report in two segments, Same Store and Non-Same Store and Other. Our Same Store segment represents those apartment communities that have been owned and stabilized for at least 12 months as of the first day of the calendar year. Our Non-Same Store and Other segment includes recently acquired communities, communities being developed or in lease-up, communities undergoing extensive renovations, communities identified for disposition, communities that have incurred a significant casualty loss and stabilized communities that do not meet the requirements to be Same Store communities. Also included in our Non-Same Store and Other segment are non-multifamily activities.  Additional information regarding the composition of our segments is included in Note 11 to the condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Risks Associated with Forward Looking Statements

We consider this and other sections of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, with respect to our expectations for future periods.  Forward-looking statements do not discuss historical fact, but instead include statements related to expectations, projections, intentions or other items related to the future. Such forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business, statements regarding expected operating performance and results, property stabilizations, property acquisition and disposition activity, joint venture activity, development and renovation activity and other capital expenditures, and capital raising and financing activity, as well as lease pricing, revenue and expense growth, occupancy, interest rate and other economic expectations. Words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “seeks,” “estimates,” “forecasts,” “projects,” “assumes,” “will,” “may,” “could,” “should,” “target,” “outlook,” “guidance” and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements.  Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, as described below, which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from the results of operations, financial conditions or plans expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.  Although we believe that the assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements contained herein are reasonable, any of the assumptions could be inaccurate, and therefore such forward-looking statements included in this report may not prove to be accurate.  In light of the significant uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking statements included herein, the inclusion of such information should not be regarded as a representation by us or any other person that the results or conditions described in such statements or our objectives and plans will be achieved.

The following factors, among others, could cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements:

 

COVID-19 pandemic and measures taken or that may be taken by federal, state and local governmental authorities to combat the spread of the disease;  

 

inability to generate sufficient cash flows due to unfavorable economic and market conditions, changes in supply and/or demand, competition, uninsured losses, changes in tax and housing laws, or other factors;

 

exposure, as a multifamily focused REIT, to risks inherent in investments in a single industry and sector;

 

adverse changes in real estate markets, including, but not limited to, the extent of future demand for multifamily units in our significant markets, barriers of entry into new markets which we may seek to enter in the future, limitations on our ability to increase rental rates, competition, our ability to identify and consummate attractive acquisitions or development projects on favorable terms, our ability to consummate any planned dispositions in a timely manner on acceptable terms, and our ability to reinvest sale proceeds in a manner that generates favorable returns;

 

failure of new acquisitions to achieve anticipated results or be efficiently integrated;

 

failure of development communities to be completed within budget and on a timely basis, if at all, to lease-up as anticipated or to achieve anticipated results;

 

unexpected capital needs;

 

changes in operating costs, including real estate taxes, utilities and insurance costs;

 

inability to obtain appropriate insurance coverage at reasonable rates, or at all, or losses from catastrophes in excess of our insurance coverage;

 

ability to obtain financing at favorable rates, if at all, and refinance existing debt as it matures;

 

level and volatility of interest or capitalization rates or capital market conditions;

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price volatility, dislocations and liquidity disruptions in the financial markets and the resulting impact on financing;

 

the effect of any rating agency actions on the cost and availability of new debt financing;

 

the effect of the phase-out of the London Interbank Offered Rate, or LIBOR, as a variable rate debt benchmark by the end of 2021 and the transition to a different benchmark interest rate;

 

significant decline in market value of real estate serving as collateral for mortgage obligations;

 

significant change in the mortgage financing market that would cause single-family housing, either as an owned or rental product, to become a more significant competitive product;

 

our ability to continue to satisfy complex rules in order to maintain our status as a REIT for federal income tax purposes, the ability of the Operating Partnership to satisfy the rules to maintain its status as a partnership for federal income tax purposes, the ability of our taxable REIT subsidiaries to maintain their status as such for federal income tax purposes, and our ability and the ability of our subsidiaries to operate effectively within the limitations imposed by these rules;

 

inability to attract and retain qualified personnel;

 

cyber liability or potential liability for breaches of our or our service providers’ information technology systems, or business operations disruptions;

 

potential liability for environmental contamination;

 

adverse legislative or regulatory developments;

 

extreme weather, natural disasters, disease outbreak and public health events;

 

legal proceedings relating to various issues, which, among other things, could result in a class action lawsuit;

 

compliance costs associated with numerous federal, state and local laws and regulations, including those costs associated with laws requiring access for disabled persons; and

 

other risks identified in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in other reports we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, or in other documents that we publicly disseminate.

New factors may also emerge from time to time that could have a material adverse effect on our business. Except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to reflect events, circumstances or changes in expectations after the date on which this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q is filed.

Overview of the Three Months Ended September 30, 2020

For the three months ended September 30, 2020, net income available for MAA common shareholders was $59.0 million as compared to $77.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2019.  Results for the three months ended September 30, 2020 included $1.3 million of non-cash income related to the fair value adjustment of the embedded derivative in the MAA Series I preferred shares.  Results for the three months ended September 30, 2019 included $15.5 million of non-cash income related to the embedded derivative in the MAA Series I preferred shares. Revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2020 increased 1.8% as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2019, driven by a 2.1% increase in our Same Store segment, partially offset by a 1.7% decrease in our Non-Same Store and Other segment. Property operating expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization, for the three months ended September 30, 2020 increased by 6.4% as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2019, driven by a 7.2% increase in our Same Store segment. The drivers of these increases are discussed below in the “Results of Operations” section.

COVID-19 Developments

We believe the best way we can continue to help our residents is to work with those who have lost wages or compensation due to the COVID-19 pandemic so that they can remain in their homes. We have offered these impacted residents amendments to their leases that provided varying degrees of payment flexibility with respect to rent and waived late fees and interest charges under the original lease for rent that was deferred under a lease amendment.

Our on-site leasing offices have remained open throughout the COVID-19 pandemic while adhering to orders and directives issued by state and local governments. During the third quarter of 2020, we continued normal operations at our on-site leasing offices, permitting public access and walk-in traffic, subject to social distancing restrictions. Further, property amenities were open as permitted by governmental orders, directives and guidelines. We continue to support our on-site associates with enhanced leave and sick time policies, enhanced flextime arrangements and additional COVID-19 paid time off, among other benefits.

We continue to monitor and comply with the various federal, state and local laws, orders and directives issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that affect apartment owners and operators, including the Temporary Halt in Residential Evictions to Prevent the Further Spread of COVID-19 issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in September 2020.

Trends

During the three months ended September 30, 2020, revenue growth for our Same Store portfolio continued to be favorably impacted by in-place rents and the contribution of average effective rent per unit growth. The average effective rent per unit for our Same Store portfolio continued to increase from the prior year, up 1.8% for the three months ended September 30, 2020 as compared

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to the three months ended September 30, 2019. This growth was partially offset by lower occupancy as compared to the more normal operating conditions for the three months ended September 30, 2019. Average effective rent per unit represents the average of gross rent amounts, after the effect of leasing concessions, for occupied apartment units plus prevalent market rates asked for unoccupied apartment units, divided by the total number of units. Leasing concessions represent discounts to the current market rate. We believe average effective rent per unit is a helpful measurement in evaluating average pricing; however, it does not represent actual rental revenue collected per unit.

In addition, for the three months ended September 30, 2020, average physical occupancy for our Same Store portfolio was 95.6%, which compares to average physical occupancy of 96.1% achieved during the three months ended September 30, 2019.  Average physical occupancy is a measurement of the total number of our apartment units that are occupied by residents, and it represents the average of the daily physical occupancy for the period.

An important part of our portfolio strategy is to maintain diversity of markets, submarkets, product types and price points in the Southeast, Southwest and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. This diversity tends to mitigate exposure to economic issues in any one geographic market or area. We believe that a well-balanced portfolio, including inner loop, suburban and downtown/central business district locations, with various monthly rent price points, will perform well in “up” cycles as well as better weather “down” cycles. Through our investment in 36 defined markets, we are diversified across markets, urban and suburban submarkets, and a variety of product types and monthly rent pricing points.

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to disrupt the United States economy and we cannot predict when an economic recovery will occur. Demand for apartments is primarily driven by general economic conditions in our markets and is particularly correlated to job growth.  Government restrictions implemented in response to the pandemic continue to drive high unemployment and limit the number of people looking to change their current living situation.  While our rent collections in the third quarter of 2020 slightly increased as compared to the rent collections in the second quarter of 2020, the current environment could contribute to lower rent collections in the fourth quarter of 2020 and continue to suppress demand for apartments, likely driving rent growth on new leases and renewals lower than it would be in a more normal economic environment. Current elevated supply levels could further affect rent growth for our portfolio, particularly for apartment communities located in urban submarkets.  Properties in suburban submarkets have been impacted somewhat less by supply, primarily because less new development has occurred in those submarkets.

Markets throughout the country have been impacted differently by the pandemic.  The individual market economies continue to be at various stages of reopening and we expect them to stay this way for some period. Further, as new COVID-19 infections continue to occur in most areas of the country including markets where we operate, we are unable to predict if economies will continue to remain open or if they will be disrupted again in the near future.  As we move through this uncertain time, we believe that our portfolio strategy of maintaining a diversity of markets, submarkets, product types, and price points will serve the company better in this environment than a more concentrated portfolio profile.

Our focus during this challenging time has been on working with residents who have been financially impacted by the pandemic on rent payment flexibility. At a portfolio level, we have focused on using our pricing system to maintain strong occupancy. As noted above, average physical occupancy for our Same Store portfolio for the three months ended September 30, 2020 was 95.6%, which we believe positions us well to manage through the current environment.  

While access to the financial markets was initially disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, access has returned, particularly for high credit borrowers.  With our successful bond issuance in the third quarter of 2020, we showed our ability to efficiently raise capital through the debt market and believe we could do the same in the equity market as necessary. However, a prolonged disruption of the markets or a decline in credit and financing conditions could negatively affect our ability to access capital necessary to fund our operations or refinance maturing debt.

Results of Operations

Comparison of the three months ended September 30, 2020 to the three months ended September 30, 2019

For the three months ended September 30, 2020, we achieved net income available for MAA common shareholders of $59.0 million, a 24.1% decrease as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2019, and total revenue growth of $7.6 million, representing a 1.8% increase in property revenues as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2019.  The following discussion describes the primary drivers of the decrease in net income available for MAA common shareholders for the three months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2019.

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Property Revenues

The following table reflects our property revenues by segment for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Increase

 

 

% Increase

 

Same Store

 

$

397,600

 

 

$

389,600

 

 

$

8,000

 

 

 

2.1

%

Non-Same Store and Other

 

 

25,599

 

 

 

26,032

 

 

 

(433

)

 

 

(1.7

)%

Total

 

$

423,199

 

 

$

415,632

 

 

$

7,567

 

 

 

1.8

%

 

The increase in property revenues for our Same Store segment for the three months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2019 was the primary driver of total property revenue growth.  The Same Store segment generated a 2.1% increase in revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2020, primarily a result of average effective rent per unit growth of 1.8% as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2019.  The decrease in property revenues from the Non-Same Store and Other segment for the three months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to three months ended September 30, 2019 was primarily the result of decreased revenues from our retail properties and from the disposition of our five multifamily properties located in the Little Rock, Arkansas market during the fourth quarter of 2019, which marked our exit from that particular market.  These decreases were partially offset by increased revenues from recently completed development properties and 2019 multifamily acquisitions.  

Property Operating Expenses

Property operating expenses include costs for property personnel, building repairs and maintenance, real estate taxes and insurance, utilities, landscaping and other operating expenses. The following table reflects our property operating expenses by segment for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Increase

 

 

% Increase

 

Same Store

 

$

158,898

 

 

$

148,238

 

 

$

10,660

 

 

 

7.2

%

Non-Same Store and Other

 

 

10,916

 

 

 

11,301

 

 

 

(385

)

 

 

(3.4

)%

Total

 

$

169,814

 

 

$

159,539

 

 

$

10,275

 

 

 

6.4

%

 

The increase in property operating expenses for our Same Store segment for the three months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2019 was primarily driven by increases in real estate tax expense of $3.0 million, insurance expense of $2.1 million, utility expense of $1.8 million, and marketing expense of $1.7 million.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization expense for the three months ended September 30, 2020 was $127.7 million, an increase of $3.0 million as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2019. The increase was primarily driven by the recognition of depreciation expense associated with our development and redevelopment activities completed after September 30, 2019 in the normal course of business through September 30, 2020.

Other Income and Expenses

Property management expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2020 were $12.7 million, a decrease of $1.2 million as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2019. General and administrative expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2020 were $11.4 million, an increase of $1.1 million as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2019.  

Interest expense for the three months ended September 30, 2020 was $41.0 million, a decrease of $3.5 million as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2019. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease of 27 basis points in our effective interest rate and an increase in capitalized interest during the three months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2019.  The decrease in our effective interest rate was primarily due to debt retirements subsequent to the third quarter of 2019 and through August 2020, which were retired with proceeds from unsecured debt issuances with lower effective interest rates over the same period.  The increase in the capitalized interest expense was due to an increase in the number of development projects.  

During the three months ended September 30, 2020, we sold a land parcel resulting in a $1.4 million gain on sale of non-depreciable assets.  No land parcels were sold during the three months ended September 30, 2019.

Other non-operating (income) expense for the three months ended September 30, 2020 was $0.2 million of income, a decrease of $18.6 million as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2019. The decrease was primarily driven by $1.3 million of non-cash income related to the fair value adjustment of the embedded derivative in the MAA Series I preferred shares

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during the three months ended September 30, 2020, compared to the recognition of $15.5 million of non-cash income related to the adjustment of the embedded derivative during the three months ended September 30, 2019. During the three months ended September 30, 2020, we also recognized $0.4 million of COVID-19 related expenses and recognized $0.1 million of non-cash expense from an unconsolidated limited partnership in other non-operating (income) expense compared to $4.3 million of non-cash income from an unconsolidated limited partnership during the three months ended September 30, 2019.  Our COVID-19 related expenses consisted primarily of cleaning supplies, contract labor and COVID-19 related leave.

Comparison of the nine months ended September 30, 2020 to the nine months ended September 30, 2019

For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we achieved net income available for MAA common shareholders of $168.9 million, a 16.2% decrease as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019, and total revenue growth of $30.1 million, representing a 2.5% increase in property revenues as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The following discussion describes the primary drivers of the decrease in net income available for MAA common shareholders for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

Property Revenues

The following table reflects our property revenues by segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Increase

 

 

% Increase

 

Same Store

 

$

1,179,856

 

 

$

1,147,893

 

 

$

31,963

 

 

 

2.8

%

Non-Same Store and Other

 

 

74,467

 

 

 

76,307

 

 

 

(1,840

)

 

 

(2.4

)%

Total

 

$

1,254,323

 

 

$

1,224,200

 

 

$

30,123

 

 

 

2.5

%

 

The increase in property revenues for our Same Store segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019 was the primary driver of total property revenue growth. The Same Store segment generated a 2.8% increase in revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, primarily a result of average effective rent per unit growth of 3.1% as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The decrease in property revenues from the Non-Same Store and Other segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to nine months ended September 30, 2019 was primarily the result of decreased revenues from our retail properties and from our exit from the Little Rock, Arkansas market during the fourth quarter of 2019.  These decreases were partially offset by increased revenues from recently completed development properties and 2019 multifamily acquisitions.  

Property Operating Expenses

Property operating expenses include costs for property personnel, building repairs and maintenance, real estate taxes and insurance, utilities, landscaping and other operating expenses. The following table reflects our property operating expenses by segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Increase

 

 

% Increase

 

Same Store

 

$

449,154

 

 

$

430,677

 

 

$

18,477

 

 

 

4.3

%

Non-Same Store and Other

 

 

31,303

 

 

 

32,381

 

 

 

(1,078

)

 

 

(3.3

)%

Total

 

$

480,457

 

 

$

463,058

 

 

$

17,399

 

 

 

3.8

%

 

The increase in property operating expenses for our Same Store segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019 was primarily driven by increases in real estate tax expense of $7.3 million, utilities expense of $3.1 million, marketing expense of $3.0 million, and insurance expense of $2.8 million.  

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $381.3 million, an increase of $9.8 million as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The increase was primarily driven by the recognition of depreciation expense associated with our development and redevelopment activities completed after September 30, 2019 in the normal course of business through September 30, 2020.

Other Income and Expenses

Property management expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 were $39.1 million, a decrease of $2.1 million as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019. General and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 were $35.2 million, an increase of $2.2 million as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019.  

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Interest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $126.6 million, a decrease of $9.5 million as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease of 10 basis points in our effective interest rate, an increase in capitalized interest and a decrease in average daily debt outstanding during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019.  The decrease in our effective interest rate was primarily due to debt retirements subsequent to the third quarter of 2019 and through August 2020, which were retired with proceeds from unsecured debt issuances with lower effective interest rates over the same period.  The increase in the capitalized interest expense was due to an increase in the number of development projects.  

Gain on sale of non-depreciable assets during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $1.0 million, primarily driven by the sale of one land parcel in the third quarter of 2020. During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, we sold two land parcels resulting in a $9.3 million gain on sale of non-depreciable assets.

Other non-operating (income) expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $13.6 million of expense, as compared to $23.5 million of income for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The increase was primarily driven by $14.6 million of non-cash expense related to the fair value adjustment of the embedded derivative in the MAA Series I preferred shares during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, compared to the recognition of $19.6 million of non-cash income related to the adjustment of the embedded derivative during the nine months ended September 30, 2019. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we also recognized $4.8 million of non-cash income from an unconsolidated limited partnership and $3.0 million of COVID-19 related expenses in other non-operating (income) expense compared to $4.0 million of non-cash income from an unconsolidated limited partnership during nine months ended September 30, 2019. Our COVID-19 related expenses consisted primarily of cleaning supplies, contract labor and COVID-19 related leave.

 

Funds from Operations and Core Funds from Operations

Funds from operations, or FFO, a non-GAAP financial measure, represents net income available for MAA common shareholders (computed in accordance with the United States generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP) excluding gains or losses on disposition of operating properties and asset impairment, plus depreciation and amortization of real estate assets, net income attributable to noncontrolling interests and adjustments for joint ventures. Because noncontrolling interest is added back, FFO, when used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, represents FFO attributable to the Company.

FFO should not be considered as an alternative to net income available for MAA common stockholders or any other GAAP measurement, as an indicator of operating performance or as an alternative to cash flow from operating, investing and financing activities as a measure of liquidity. Management believes that FFO is helpful to investors in understanding our operating performance, primarily because its calculation excludes depreciation and amortization expense on real estate assets. We believe that GAAP historical cost depreciation of real estate assets is generally not correlated with changes in the value of those assets, whose value does not diminish predictably over time, as historical cost depreciation implies. While our calculation of FFO is in accordance with the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts’, or NAREIT’s, definition, it may differ from the methodology for calculating FFO utilized by other REITs and, accordingly, may not be comparable to such other REITs.

Core FFO represents FFO as adjusted for items that are not considered part of our core business operations such as adjustments related to the fair value of the embedded derivative in the MAA Series I preferred shares, gain or loss on sale of non-depreciable assets, adjustments for gains or losses from unconsolidated limited partnerships, net casualty gain or loss, gain or loss on debt extinguishment, non-routine legal costs and settlements, COVID-19 related costs and mark-to-market debt adjustments. While our definition of Core FFO may be similar to others in the industry, our methodology for calculating Core FFO may differ from that utilized by other REITs and, accordingly, may not be comparable to such other REITs. Core FFO should not be considered as an alternative to Net income available for MAA common shareholders as an indicator of operating performance. We believe that Core FFO is helpful in understanding our core operating performance between periods in that it removes certain items that by their nature are not comparable over periods and therefore tend to obscure actual operating performance.

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The following table presents a reconciliation of net income available for MAA common shareholders to FFO and Core FFO for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, as we believe net income available for MAA common shareholders is the most directly comparable GAAP measure (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

Three months ended September 30,

 

 

Nine months ended September 30,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Net income available for MAA common shareholders

 

$

58,988

 

 

$

77,723

 

 

$

168,854

 

 

$

201,456

 

Depreciation and amortization of real estate assets

 

 

125,916

 

 

 

123,171

 

 

 

376,430

 

 

 

366,704

 

(Gain) loss on sale of depreciable real estate assets

 

 

(20

)

 

 

(1,000

)

 

 

7

 

 

 

(987

)

Depreciation and amortization of real estate assets

   of real estate joint venture

 

 

153

 

 

 

154

 

 

 

458

 

 

 

465

 

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

2,126

 

 

 

2,814

 

 

 

6,096

 

 

 

7,336

 

FFO attributable to the Company

 

 

187,163

 

 

 

202,862

 

 

 

551,845

 

 

 

574,974

 

(Gain) loss on embedded derivative in preferred shares(1)

 

 

(1,342

)

 

 

(15,522

)

 

 

14,603

 

 

 

(19,592

)

Gain on sale of non-depreciable real estate assets

 

 

(1,366

)

 

 

 

 

 

(995

)

 

 

(9,260

)

Loss (gain) from unconsolidated limited partnerships, net of tax(1)(2)

 

 

100

 

 

 

(3,493

)

 

 

(4,085

)

 

 

(3,169

)

Net casualty loss (gain) and other settlement proceeds(1)

 

 

511

 

 

 

(46

)

 

 

1,207

 

 

 

(1,899

)

Loss on debt extinguishment(1)

 

 

345

 

 

 

5

 

 

 

344

 

 

 

60

 

Non-routine legal costs and settlements(1)

 

 

 

 

 

1,260

 

 

 

40

 

 

 

2,276

 

COVID-19 related costs(1)(3)

 

 

376

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,983

 

 

 

 

Mark-to-market debt adjustment(4)

 

 

83

 

 

 

(51

)

 

 

(9

)

 

 

(222

)

Core FFO

 

$

185,870

 

 

$

185,015

 

 

$

565,933

 

 

$

543,168

 

 

(1)

Included in “Other non-operating (income) expense” in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

(2)

For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, $4.8 million of gains from unconsolidated limited partnerships are offset by $0.7 million of income tax expense.  For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019, $4.3 million and $4.0 million, respectively, of gains from unconsolidated limited partnerships are offset by $0.8 million of income tax expense.

(3)

Non-recurring additional costs resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, consisting primarily of additional cleaning supplies, contract labor and COVID-19 related leave.

(4)

Included in “Interest expense” in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

Core FFO for the three months ended September 30, 2020 was $185.9 million, an increase of $0.9 million as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2019, primarily as a result of an increase in property revenues of $7.6 million, and decreases in interest expense of $3.5 million and property management expenses of $1.2 million. The increases to Core FFO were offset by increases in property operating expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization, of $10.3 million and general and administrative expenses of $1.1 million.

Core FFO for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was $565.9 million, an increase of $22.8 million as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019, primarily as a result of an increase in property revenues of $30.1 million, and decreases in interest expense of $9.5 million and property management expenses of $2.1 million. The increases to Core FFO were offset by increases in property operating expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization, of $17.4 million and general and administrative expenses of $2.2 million.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities, as well as general economic and market conditions, are the principal factors affecting our liquidity and capital resources.

Operating Activities

Net cash provided by operating activities was $643.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to $621.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.  The increase in operating cash flows was primarily driven by our operating performance.

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Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities was $293.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to $230.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.  The primary drivers of the change were as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

Primary drivers of cash (outflow) inflow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

during the nine months ended September 30,

 

 

Increase (Decrease)

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

in Net Cash

 

Purchases of real estate and other assets

 

$

(5,004

)

 

$

(22,860

)

 

$

17,856

 

Capital improvements, development and other

 

 

(288,183

)

 

 

(219,670

)

 

 

(68,513

)

Proceeds from disposition of real estate assets

 

 

3,278

 

 

 

15,984

 

 

 

(12,706

)

 

The decrease in cash outflows for purchases of real estate and other assets was driven by the acquisition activity during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019.  The increase in cash outflows for capital improvements, development and other was primarily driven by increased development capital spend during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The decrease in cash inflows related to proceeds from disposition of real estate assets was primarily due to the nature of the real estate assets sold during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2019.  

Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities was $393.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to $399.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.  The primary drivers of the change were as follows (dollars in thousands):

 

 

Primary drivers of cash (outflow) inflow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

during the nine months ended September 30,

 

 

Increase (Decrease)

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

in Net Cash

 

Net change in revolving credit facility

 

$

 

 

$

(540,000

)

 

$

540,000

 

Net change in commercial paper

 

 

(35,000

)

 

 

200,000

 

 

 

(235,000

)

Proceeds from notes payable

 

 

447,593

 

 

 

760,003

 

 

 

(312,410

)

Principal payments on notes payable

 

 

(440,222

)

 

 

(468,635

)

 

 

28,413

 

Dividends paid on common shares

 

 

(342,983

)

 

 

(328,239

)

 

 

(14,744

)

 

The decrease in cash outflows related to the net change in revolving credit facility resulted from no net borrowings during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to the decrease in net borrowings of $540.0 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2019.  The decrease in cash inflows related to the net change in commercial paper resulted from the decrease in net borrowings of $35.0 million on our commercial paper program during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to the increase in net borrowings of $200.0 million on our commercial paper program during the nine months ended September 30, 2019.  The decrease in cash inflows related to proceeds from notes payable primarily resulted from the issuance of $450.0 million of senior notes during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to the issuance of $550.0 million of senior notes and $191.3 million of property mortgages during the nine months ended September 30, 2019.  The decrease in cash outflows from principal payments on notes payable primarily resulted from the retirement of a $300.0 million term loan and $135.7 million of property mortgages during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to the retirement of $450.0 million in term loans and $13.2 million of property mortgages during the nine months ended September 30, 2019.  The increase in cash outflows from dividends paid on common shares primarily resulted from the increase in the dividend rate to $3.00 per share during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, as compared to the dividend rate of $2.88 per share during the nine months ended September 30, 2019.

Equity

As of September 30, 2020, MAA owned 114,369,812 OP Units, comprising a 96.6% limited partnership interest in MAALP, while the remaining 4,058,258 outstanding OP Units were held by limited partners of MAALP other than MAA.  Holders of OP Units (other than MAA) may require us to redeem their OP Units from time to time, in which case we may, at our option, pay the redemption price either in cash (in an amount per OP Unit equal, in general, to the average closing price of MAA’s common stock on the NYSE over a specified period prior to the redemption date) or by delivering one share of MAA’s common stock (subject to adjustment under specified circumstances) for each OP Unit so redeemed.  In addition, MAA has registered under the Securities Act 4,058,258 shares of its common stock that, as of September 30, 2020, were issuable upon redemption of OP Units, in order for those shares to be sold freely in the public markets.

We have entered into separate distribution agreements with each of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp. and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. to establish an ATM program allowing MAA to sell shares of its common stock from time to time into the existing market at current market prices or through negotiated transactions.  Under the ATM program, MAA has the authority

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to issue up to an aggregate of 4.0 million shares of its common stock, at such times to be determined by MAA.  The ATM program currently has a maturity of September 2021.  MAA has no obligation to issue shares through the ATM program.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, MAA did not sell any shares of common stock under its ATM program. As of September 30, 2020, 3.9 million shares remained issuable under the ATM program.

For more information regarding our equity capital resources, see Note 8 and Note 9 to the condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Debt

The following schedule reflects our fixed and variable rate debt outstanding as of September 30, 2020 (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

Principal

Balance

 

 

Average Years

to Rate Maturity

 

 

Effective

Rate

 

Unsecured debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed rate senior notes

 

$

3,922,000

 

 

 

6.3

 

 

 

3.6

%

Variable rate commercial paper

 

 

35,000

 

 

 

0.1

 

 

 

0.2

%

Debt issuance costs, discounts, premiums and fair market value adjustments

 

 

(17,575

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total unsecured rate maturity

 

$

3,939,425

 

 

 

6.3

 

 

 

3.6

%

Secured debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed rate property mortgages

 

$

489,595

 

 

 

21.3

 

 

 

4.6

%

Debt issuance costs and fair market value adjustments

 

 

(3,426

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total secured rate maturity

 

$

486,169

 

 

 

21.3

 

 

 

4.6

%

Total debt

 

$

4,425,594

 

 

 

7.9

 

 

 

3.7

%

Total fixed rate debt

 

$

4,390,594

 

 

 

8.0

 

 

 

3.7

%

 

The following schedule presents the contractual maturity dates of our outstanding debt, net of debt issuance costs, discounts, premiums and fair market value adjustments, as of September 30, 2020 (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

Revolving Credit Facility & Comm. Paper ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾

 

 

Public Bonds

 

 

Other Unsecured

 

 

Secured

 

 

Total

 

2020

 

$

35,000

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

35,000

 

2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

72,711

 

 

 

119,312

 

 

 

192,023

 

2022

 

 

 

 

 

249,182

 

 

 

116,849

 

 

 

 

 

 

366,031

 

2023

 

 

 

 

 

347,992

 

 

 

12,230

 

 

 

 

 

 

360,222

 

2024

 

 

 

 

 

397,010

 

 

 

19,958

 

 

 

 

 

 

416,968

 

2025

 

 

 

 

 

396,030

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,125

 

 

 

403,155

 

2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2027

 

 

 

 

 

594,785

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

594,785

 

2028

 

 

 

 

 

395,326

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

395,326

 

2029

 

 

 

 

 

562,082

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

562,082

 

Thereafter

 

 

 

 

 

740,270

 

 

 

 

 

 

359,732

 

 

 

1,100,002

 

Total

 

$

35,000

 

 

$

3,682,677

 

 

$

221,748

 

 

$

486,169

 

 

$

4,425,594

 

 

(1)

The $35.0 million maturing in 2020 reflects the principal outstanding under MAALP’s unsecured commercial paper program as of September 30, 2020.  Under the terms of the program, MAALP may issue up to a maximum aggregate amount outstanding at any time of $500.0 million.  For the three months ended September 30, 2020, average daily borrowings outstanding under the commercial paper program were $118.0 million.

(2)

There were no borrowings outstanding under MAALP’s $1.0 billion unsecured revolving credit facility as of September 30, 2020.  The unsecured revolving credit facility has a maturity date of May 2023 plus two six-month extensions.

 

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The following schedule reflects the interest rate maturities of our outstanding fixed rate debt, net of debt issuance costs, discounts, premiums and fair market value adjustments, as of September 30, 2020 (dollars in thousands):

 

 

 

Fixed

Rate

Debt

 

 

Effective

Rate

 

2021

 

$

192,023

 

 

 

5.2

%

2022

 

 

366,031

 

 

 

3.6

%

2023

 

 

360,222

 

 

 

4.2

%

2024

 

 

416,968

 

 

 

4.0

%

2025

 

 

403,155

 

 

 

4.2

%

2026

 

 

 

 

 

 

2027

 

 

594,785

 

 

 

3.7

%

2028

 

 

395,326

 

 

 

4.2

%

2029

 

 

562,082

 

 

 

3.7

%

Thereafter

 

 

1,100,002

 

 

 

3.0

%

Total

 

$

4,390,594

 

 

 

3.7

%

 

Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility & Commercial Paper

In May 2019, MAALP closed on a $1.0 billion unsecured revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks led by Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, or Wells Fargo, and fourteen other banks, which we refer to as the Credit Facility.  The Credit Facility replaced our previous unsecured revolving credit facility and includes an expansion option up to $1.5 billion.  The Credit Facility bears an interest rate of LIBOR, plus a spread of 0.75% to 1.45% based on an investment grade pricing grid.  The Credit Facility matures in May 2023 with an option to extend for two additional six-month periods.  As of September 30, 2020, there was no outstanding balance under the Credit Facility, while $3.4 million of capacity was used to support outstanding letters of credit.  The Credit Facility serves as our primary source of short-term liquidity.

In May 2019, MAALP established an unsecured commercial paper program, whereby it can issue unsecured commercial paper notes with varying maturities not to exceed 397 days up to a maximum aggregate amount outstanding of $500.0 million. As of September 30, 2020, there was $35.0 million outstanding under the commercial paper program.

Unsecured Senior Notes

As of September 30, 2020, we had $3.7 billion of publicly issued unsecured senior notes and $222.0 million of privately placed unsecured senior notes outstanding.

 

In August 2020, MAALP publicly issued $450.0 million in aggregate principal amount of unsecured senior notes, maturing February 2031 with a coupon rate of 1.700% per annum paid semi-annually on February 15 and August 15 of each year.

Unsecured Term Loan

In August 2020, we retired a $300.0 million term loan with a syndicate of banks led by Wells Fargo due in March 2022.

Secured Property Mortgages

We maintain secured property mortgages with various life insurance companies.  These mortgages are usually fixed rate and can range from five to 30 years in maturity.  As of September 30, 2020, we had $489.6 million of secured property mortgages with a weighted average interest rate of 4.60%.

 

In July 2020, we retired $63.6 million of mortgages associated with three apartment communities at maturity and $72.2 million of mortgages associated with four apartment communities prior to their October 2020 maturities.

 

For more information regarding our debt capital resources, see Note 6 to the condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of September 30, 2020 and 2019, we had an ownership interest in a limited liability company that owns one apartment community comprised of 269 units, located in Washington, D.C.  We also had ownership interests in two technology-focused limited partnerships as of September 30, 2020. Our interests in these investments are unconsolidated and are recorded using the equity method as we do not have a controlling interest.

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As of September 30, 2020 and 2019, we did not have any relationships, including those with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes.  In addition, we do not engage in trading activities involving non-exchange traded contracts.  As such, we are not materially exposed to any financing, liquidity, market or credit risk that could arise if we had engaged in such relationships.  We do not have any relationships or transactions with persons or entities that derive benefits from their non-independent relationships with us or our related parties other than those disclosed in Note 12 to the consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the SEC on February 20, 2020.

Insurance

We carry comprehensive general liability coverage on our apartment communities, with limits of liability we believe are customary within the multifamily apartment industry, to insure against liability claims and related defense costs. We also maintain insurance against the risk of direct physical damage to reimburse us on a replacement cost basis for costs incurred to repair or rebuild any property, including loss of rental income during the reconstruction period.

We renegotiated our insurance programs effective July 1, 2020. We believe that the current property and casualty insurance program in place provides appropriate insurance coverage for financial protection against insurable risks such that any insurable loss experienced that can be reasonably anticipated would not have a significant impact on our liquidity, financial position or results of operations.

Inflation

Our resident leases at our apartment communities allow, at the time of renewal, for adjustments in the rent payable thereunder, and thus may enable us to seek rent increases.  The majority of our leases are for one year or less. The short-term nature of these leases generally serves to reduce our risk to adverse effects of inflation.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

Please refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the SEC on February 20, 2020, for discussions of our critical accounting policies.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, there were no material changes to these policies.  For more information on recent accounting pronouncements that could have a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements see Note 1 to the condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

Market risk includes risks that arise from changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, commodity prices, equity prices and other market changes that affect market sensitive instruments. Our primary market risk exposure is to changes in interest rates on our borrowings. As of September 30, 2020, 24.4% of our total market capitalization consisted of debt borrowings. Our interest rate risk objective is to limit the impact of interest rate fluctuations on earnings and cash flows and to lower our overall borrowing costs. To achieve this objective, we manage our exposure to fluctuations in market interest rates for borrowings through the use of fixed rate debt instruments and interest rate swaps, which mitigate our interest rate risk on a related financial instrument or on future refinancings. We use our best efforts to have our debt instruments mature across multiple years, which we believe limits our exposure to interest rate changes in any one year. We do not enter into derivative instruments for trading or other speculative purposes.  As of September 30, 2020, 99.2% of our outstanding debt was subject to fixed rates, and we did not have any outstanding interest rate swaps.  We regularly review interest rate exposure on outstanding borrowings in an effort to minimize the risk of interest rate fluctuations.  There have been no material changes in our market risk as disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the SEC on February 20, 2020.

Item 4.Controls and Procedures.

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

MAA is required to maintain disclosure controls and procedures, within the meaning of Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15.  MAA’s management, with the participation of MAA’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of MAA’s disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2020.  Based on that evaluation, MAA’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2020 to ensure that information required to be disclosed by MAA in its Exchange Act filings is accurately recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and is accumulated and communicated to MAA’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

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(b) Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There was no change to MAA’s internal control over financial reporting, within the meaning of Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15, that occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 2020 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, MAA’s internal control over financial reporting.

Mid-America Apartments, L.P.

(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

The Operating Partnership is required to maintain disclosure controls and procedures, within the meaning of Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15. Management of the Operating Partnership, with the participation of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of MAA, as the general partner of the Operating Partnership, carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the Operating Partnership’s disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2020.  Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of MAA, as the general partner of the Operating Partnership, concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2020 to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Operating Partnership in its Exchange Act filings is accurately recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and is accumulated and communicated to the Operating Partnership’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of MAA, as the general partner of the Operating Partnership, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(b) Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There was no change to the Operating Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting, within the meaning of Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15, that occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 2020 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Operating Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.

In June 2016, plaintiffs Cathi Cleven and Tara Cleven, on behalf of a purported class of plaintiffs, filed a complaint against MAA and the Operating Partnership in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division. In January 2017, Areli Arellano and Joe L. Martinez joined the lawsuit as additional plaintiffs. The lawsuit alleges that we (but not Post Properties (see the description of the Brown class action lawsuit below)) charged late fees at our Texas properties that violate Section 92.019 of the Texas Property Code, or Section 92.019, which provides that a landlord may not charge a tenant a late fee for failing to pay rent unless, among other things, the fee is a reasonable estimate of uncertain damages to the landlord that are incapable of precise calculation and result from the late payment of rent.  The plaintiffs are seeking monetary damages and attorneys’ fees and costs. In September 2018, the District Court certified a class proposed by the plaintiffs.  Additionally, in September 2018, the District Court denied our motion for summary judgment and granted the plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment. Because the District Court certified a class prior to granting the plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment, the District Court’s ruling applies to the entire class. In October 2018, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals accepted our petition to review the District Court’s order granting class certification.  In September 2019, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard our oral arguments.  We intend to appeal the District Court’s order granting plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals if permission to appeal is granted. We will continue to vigorously defend the action and pursue such appeals.

In April 2017, plaintiff Nathaniel Brown, on behalf of a purported class of plaintiffs, filed a complaint against the Operating Partnership, as the successor by merger to Post Properties’ primary operating partnership, and MAA in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division. The lawsuit alleges that Post Properties (and, following the Post Properties merger in December 2016, the Operating Partnership) charged late fees at its Texas properties that violate Section 92.019. The plaintiffs are seeking monetary damages and attorneys’ fees and costs. In September 2018, the District Court certified a class proposed by the plaintiff. Additionally, in September 2018, the District Court denied our motion for summary judgment and granted the plaintiff’s motion for partial summary judgment. Because the District Court certified a class prior to granting the plaintiff’s motion for partial summary judgment, the District Court’s ruling applies to the entire class. In October 2018, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals accepted our petition to review the District Court’s order granting class certification.  In September 2019, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals heard our oral arguments.  We intend to appeal the District Court’s order granting plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals if permission to appeal is granted. We will continue to vigorously defend the action and pursue such appeals.

In addition, we are subject to various other legal proceedings arising in the course of our business operations. While no assurances can be given, we do not currently believe that any of these other outstanding matters will have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows in the event of a negative outcome.

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Item 1A.

Risk Factors.

Other than the risk factor set forth below, there have been no material changes to the risk factors that were discussed in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, filed with the SEC on February 20, 2020.

The COVID-19 pandemic and mitigation efforts to control the spread of the disease have and are expected to continue to materially impact our business, and our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows could be materially adversely affected by factors relating to COVID-19.

In March 2020, the World Health Organization characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic, and the President of the United States proclaimed that the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States constituted a national emergency. Extraordinary actions were taken by federal, state and local governmental authorities to combat the spread of COVID-19, including issuance of “stay-at-home” directives and similar mandates for many individuals to substantially restrict daily activities and for many businesses to curtail or cease normal operations.  These measures, while intended to protect human life, led to significantly reduced economic activity and a surge in unemployment throughout the United States, including the markets where our properties are located. In April 2020, the national unemployment rate reached its highest level since the Great Depression, and in June 2020, the National Bureau of Economic Research officially declared that the United States had fallen into a recession. The duration and severity of this economic slowdown remain uncertain. Although much of the Unites States economy has reopened, the pandemic is intensifying in most areas of the country, and many public health experts expect a COVID-19 surge in the coming weeks and months of fall and winter.  Reinstatement of directives and mandates requiring businesses to again curtail or cease normal operations remains a possibility, just as some jurisdictions rolled back reopening plans in the summer of 2020.  The federal emergency unemployment benefit expired at end of July 2020.  Negotiations continue with respect to an additional federal stimulus package, but it is uncertain whether and to what extent Congress will be able to pass such relief legislation.

Our ability to lease our apartments and collect rental revenues is dependent upon national, regional and local economic conditions, particularly unemployment levels and personal income levels.  As unemployment rises and incomes fall, fewer people, including both current and prospective residents, may be able to afford our apartment communities, and it may be difficult for some of our residents to make timely rental payments to us under their leases. To assist our residents who have lost wages or compensation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we have offered these residents amendments to their leases that provided varying degrees of payment flexibility with respect to rent and waived late fees and interest charges under the original lease for rent that was deferred under the lease amendment.  Whether we extend similar arrangements to defer rent will be determined in the future taking into account facts and circumstances at that particular time.

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions intended to prevent its spread could have significant adverse impacts on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows that are difficult to predict. Such adverse impacts will depend on, among other factors:

 

our residents’ ability or willingness to pay rent in full on a timely basis;

 

federal, state, local and industry-initiated efforts that may adversely affect the ability of landlords, including us, to collect rent and customary fees, adjust rental rates and enforce remedies for the failure to pay rent, such as the order issued in September 2020 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, located within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to temporarily halt residential evictions to prevent the further spread of COVID-19;

 

our ability to renew leases or relet units on favorable terms or at all, including as a result of unfavorable economic and market conditions in those markets where our apartment communities are located;

 

our ability to lease or relet units due to social distancing or other restrictions intended to prevent the spread of COVID-19 that may frustrate our leasing activities;

 

our ability to successfully complete the lease up of properties in our lease up portfolio and attain expected rental and occupancy rates on the originally anticipated schedule due to social distancing or other restrictions intended to prevent the spread of COVID-19 that may frustrate our leasing activities;

 

our ability to complete the construction of properties in our development portfolio due to social distancing or other restrictions intended to prevent the spread of COVID-19 that may slow down or temporarily halt our construction activities;

 

our ability to continue our apartment unit redevelopment programs and attain increased rental rates for renovated or upgraded units due to social distancing or other restrictions intended to prevent the spread of COVID-19;

 

the possibility that one or more of our apartment communities could become a cluster site for COVID-19 infections, which could negatively impact our reputation and occupancy levels and result in operational losses due to reduced rental demand;

 

severe and prolonged disruption and instability in the financial markets, including the debt and equity capital markets, which have already experienced and may continue to experience significant volatility, or deteriorations in credit and financing conditions (or a refusal or failure of one or more lenders under our unsecured revolving credit facility to fund their respective financing commitment to us), which may affect our ability to access capital necessary to fund our business operations or refinance maturing debt on a timely basis, on attractive terms or at all, which would adversely affect our ability to meet liquidity and capital expenditure requirements;

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sustained stock market volatility that negatively affects the market price of our securities, including market conditions unrelated to our operating performance or prospects; and

 

our ability to manage our business to the extent our management or personnel are impacted in significant numbers by the COVID-19 pandemic and are not willing, available or allowed to conduct work.

 

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the current economic, financial and capital markets environment present material risks and uncertainties for us.  However, the fluidity of the situation precludes any prediction as to the ultimate impact COVID-19 will have on our business, financial condition, results of operation and cash flows, which will depend largely on future developments directly or indirectly relating to the duration and scope of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. To the extent the COVID-19 pandemic adversely affects our business, financial condition, results of operation and cash flows, it may also have the effect of heightening many of the other risks described in the “Risk Factors” section of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.

Purchases of Equity Securities

The following table reflects repurchases of shares of MAA’s common stock during the three months ended September 30, 2020:

Period

 

Total Number

of Shares

Purchased

 

 

Average Price

Paid per

Share

 

 

Total Number of Share Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs

 

 

Maximum Number of Shares That May Yet be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs(1)

 

July 1, 2020 - July 31, 2020

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,000,000

 

August 1, 2020 - August 31, 2020

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,000,000

 

September 1, 2020 - September 30, 2020

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,000,000

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,000,000

 

(1)

This column reflects the number of shares of MAA’s common stock that are available for purchase under the 4.0 million share repurchase program authorized by MAA’s Board of Directors in December 2015.

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities.

Not applicable.

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures.

Not applicable.

Item 5.

Other Information.

Not applicable.


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Item 6.Exhibits.

 

(a)

The following exhibits are filed as part of this report.

 

Exhibit

Number

 

Exhibit Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

    3.1

 

Composite Charter of Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. (Filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on February 24, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference)

 

 

 

    3.2

 

Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws of Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., dated as of March 13, 2018 (filed as Exhibit 3.2(i) to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on March 14, 2018 and incorporated herein by reference)

 

 

 

    3.3

 

Composite Certificate of Limited Partnership of Mid-America Apartments, L.P. (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 1, 2019 and incorporated herein by reference)

 

 

 

    3.4

 

Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Mid-America Apartments, L.P. dated as of October 1, 2013 (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 2, 2013 and incorporated herein by reference)

 

 

 

    3.5

 

First Amendment to the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Mid-America Apartments, L.P. (filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on November 10, 2016 and incorporated herein by reference)

 

 

 

    4.1

 

Indenture, dated as of May 9, 2017, by and between Mid-America Apartments, L.P. and U.S. Bank National Association (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on May 9, 2017 and incorporated herein by reference)

 

 

 

4.2

 

Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 12, 2020, by and between Mid-America Apartments, L.P. and U.S. Bank National Association (filed as Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on August 12, 2020 and incorporated herein by reference)

 

 

 

  31.1

 

MAA Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

  31.2

 

MAA Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

  31.3

 

MAALP Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

  31.4

 

MAALP Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

  32.1

 

MAA Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

  32.2

 

MAA Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

  32.3

 

MAALP Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

  32.4

 

MAALP Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

 

 

 

101

 

Interactive Data Files submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T formatted in Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language (Inline XBRL)

 

 

 

104

 

Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted in Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.

 

 

 

 

Date:

October 29, 2020

By:

/s/ A. Clay Holder

 

 

 

A. Clay Holder

 

 

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

 

 

 

(Duly Authorized Officer)

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

 

MID-AMERICA APARTMENTS, L.P.

 

 

By:

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., its general partner

 

 

 

 

Date:

October 29, 2020

 

/s/ A. Clay Holder

 

 

 

A. Clay Holder

 

 

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

 

 

 

(Duly Authorized Officer)

 

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