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MAA REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 2022 RESULTS

GERMANTOWN, TN, April 27, 2022/PRNewswire/ -- Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc., or MAA (NYSE: MAA), today announced operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2022.

A reconciliation of FFO and Core FFO to Net income available for MAA common shareholders, and an expanded discussion of the components of FFO and Core FFO, can be found later in this release. FFO per Share – diluted and Core FFO per Share – diluted include diluted common shares and units.

Eric Bolton, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said, “Results for the first quarter were ahead of expectations. Continued strong demand for apartment housing is supporting solid rent growth, high occupancy and low resident turnover. Leasing traffic across our portfolio continues to accelerate and we are carrying strong pricing momentum into the busy summer leasing season. We expect leasing conditions will remain very favorable and as a result we have increased our expectations for growth in Core FFO for the year.”

First Quarter 2022 Highlights

Same Store Portfolio Operating Results

To ensure comparable reporting with prior periods, the Same Store Portfolio includes properties that were owned by MAA and stabilized at the beginning of the previous year.

Same Store Portfolio results for the first quarter of 2022 as compared to the same period in the prior year are summarized below:

Same Store Portfolio operating statistics for the first quarter of 2022 are summarized below:

Same Store Portfolio lease pricing for leases effective during the first quarter of 2022, as compared to the prior lease, increased 16.1% for leases to new move-in residents and increased 17.5% for renewing leases, which produced an increase of 16.8% for both new and renewing leases on a blended basis.

A reconciliation of NOI, including Same Store NOI, to net income available for MAA common shareholders, and an expanded discussion of the components of NOI, can be found later in this release.

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Development and Lease-up Activity

A summary of MAA’s development communities under construction as of the end of the first quarter of 2022 is set forth below (dollars in thousands):

The expected average stabilized NOI yield on these communities is 5.7%. During the first quarter of 2022, MAA funded $42.8 million of costs for current and completed projects, including predevelopment activities related to land parcels located in the Denver, Colorado market and the Tampa, Florida market.

During the first quarter of 2022, MAA completed the construction of MAA Westglenn and MAA Park Point, and those apartment communities moved into MAA’s lease-up portfolio. A summary of the total units, cost and the average physical occupancy of MAA’s lease-up communities as of the end of the first quarter of 2022 is set forth below (dollars in thousands):

Property Redevelopment and Repositioning Activity

A summary of MAA’s interior redevelopment program and Smart Home technology initiative as of the end of the first quarter of 2022 is set forth below:

As of March 31, 2022, MAA had completed installation of the Smart Home technology (unit entry locks, mobile control of lights and thermostat and leak monitoring) in over 58,000 units across its apartment community portfolio since the initiative began.

During the first quarter of 2022, MAA continued its property repositioning program to upgrade and reposition the amenity and common areas at select apartment communities. The program includes targeted plans to move all units at the properties to higher rents that are expected to deliver yields on cost averaging 8%. During the three months ended March 31, 2022, work continued on properties selected for this program in 2021. For the three months ended March 31, 2022, MAA spent $3.8 million on this program.

Acquisition Activity

In March 2022, MAA acquired a four acre land parcel located in the Denver, Colorado market for future development. MAA expects to begin multifamily development projects on four to six land parcels currently owned or under contract over the next 18 to 24 months.

Capital Expenditures

A summary of MAA’s capital expenditures and Funds Available for Distribution (FAD) for the first quarter of 2022 is set forth below (dollars in millions, except per Share data):

A reconciliation of FFO, Core FFO, Core AFFO and FAD to net income available for MAA common shareholders, and an expanded discussion of the components of FFO, Core FFO, Core AFFO and FAD, can be found later in this release.

Balance Sheet and Financing Activities

As of March 31, 2022, MAA had $1.0 billion of combined cash and available capacity under MAALP’s unsecured revolving credit facility. MAALP refers to Mid-America Apartments, L.P., which is MAA’s operating partnership.

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Dividends and distributions paid on shares of common stock and noncontrolling interests during the first quarter of 2022 were $128.9 million, as compared to $121.4 million for the same period in the prior year.

Balance sheet highlights as of March 31, 2022, are summarized below (dollars in billions):

A reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDAre to Net income and a reconciliation of Net Debt to Unsecured notes payable and Secured notes payable, along with an expanded discussion of the components of Adjusted EBITDAre and Net Debt can be found later in this release.

113th Consecutive Quarterly Common Dividend Declared

MAA declared its 113th consecutive quarterly common dividend, which will be paid on April 29, 2022 to holders of record on April 14, 2022. The current annual dividend rate is $4.35 per common share. The timing and amount of future dividends will depend on actual cash flows from operations, MAA’s financial condition, capital requirements, the annual distribution requirements under the REIT provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and other factors as MAA’s Board of Directors deems relevant. MAA’s Board of Directors may modify the dividend policy from time to time.

2022 Earnings and Same Store Portfolio Guidance

MAA is updating its prior 2022 guidance for Net income per diluted common share, Core FFO per Share and Core AFFO per Share, along with its expectations for growth of Property revenue, Property operating expense and NOI for the Same Store Portfolio in 2022. MAA expects to update its 2022 Net income per diluted common share, Core FFO per Share and Core AFFO per Share guidance on a quarterly basis.

FFO, Core FFO and Core AFFO are non-GAAP financial measures. Acquisition and disposition activity materially affects depreciation and capital gains or losses, which combined, generally represent the majority of the difference between Net income available for common shareholders and FFO. As discussed in the definitions of non-GAAP financial measures found later in this release, MAA’s definition of FFO is in accordance with the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts’, or NAREIT’s, definition, and Core FFO represents FFO further adjusted for items that are not considered part of MAA’s core business operations. MAA believes that Core FFO is helpful in understanding operating performance in that Core FFO excludes not only depreciation expense of real estate assets and certain other non-routine items, but it also excludes certain items that by their nature are not comparable over periods and therefore tend to obscure actual operating performance.

MAA expects Core FFO for the second quarter of 2022 to be in the range of $1.89 to $2.05 per Share, or $1.97 per Share at the midpoint. MAA does not forecast Net income per diluted common share on a quarterly basis as MAA generally cannot predict the timing of forecasted acquisition and disposition activity within a particular quarter (rather than during the course of the full year). Additional details and guidance items are provided in the Supplemental Data to this release.

Supplemental Material and Conference Call

Supplemental data to this release can be found on the “For Investors” page of the MAA website at www.maac.com. MAA will host a conference call to further discuss first quarter results on April 28, 2022, at 9:00 AM Central Time. The conference call-in number is 877-830-2598. You may also join the live webcast of the conference call by accessing the “For Investors” page of the MAA website at www.maac.com. MAA’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) are filed under the registrant names of Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. and Mid-America Apartments, L.P.

About MAA

MAA, an S&P 500 company, is a real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on delivering full-cycle and superior investment performance for shareholders through the ownership, management, acquisition, development and redevelopment of quality apartment communities primarily in the Southeast, Southwest and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. As of March 31, 2022, MAA had ownership interest in 101,959 apartment units, including communities currently in development, across 16 states and the District of Columbia. For further details, please visit the MAA website at www.maac.com or contact Investor Relations at [email protected], or via mail at MAA, 6815 Poplar Ave., Suite 500, Germantown, TN 38138, Attn: Investor Relations.

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Forward-Looking Statements

Sections of this release contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, 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 ongoing 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,” “budget,” “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 release 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:

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 release to reflect events, circumstances or changes in expectations after the date of this release.

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