Edgar Filing: MID AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES INC

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 23, 2014 (May 22, 2014)

MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

TENNESSEE	001-12762	62-1543819
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

6584 Poplar Avenue
Memphis, Tennessee	38138
(Address of principal executive offices)	(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (901) 682-6600

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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ITEM 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

On May 22, 2014, the registrant held its 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The following matters were submitted to a vote of the shareholders of record as of March 14, 2014 through the solicitation of proxies:

To elect twelve directors to serve for one year and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified;

To approve the Amended and Restated Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan, to increase the maximum number of shares of common stock reserved and available for issuance to 625,000

To provide an advisory (non-binding) vote to approve compensation of the registrant’s named executive officers; and

To ratify Ernst & Young LLP as the registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2014.

All twelve nominees were elected to serve for one year and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. The results of the election were as follows:

							Broker
	For		Against		Abstain		Non-Votes
H. Eric Bolton, Jr.		64,012,482		1,173,935		934,867		4,937,245
Alan B. Graf, Jr.		65,220,017		858,253		43,014		4,937,245
Ralph Horn		64,590,701		1,483,886		46,697		4,937,245
James K. Lowder		65,726,143		349,825		45,316		4,937,245
Thomas H. Lowder		65,775,235		299,576		46,473		4,937,245
Claude B. Nielsen		61,377,215		4,694,853		49,216		4,937,245
Philip W. Norwood		65,613,070		460,454		47,760		4,937,245
Harold W. Ripps		65,680,031		368,512		72,741		4,937,245
W. Reid Sanders		65,281,001		790,415		49,868		4,937,245
William B. Sansom		65,440,410		634,047		46,827		4,937,245
Gary Shorb		65,312,369		763,688		45,227		4,937,245
John W. Spiegel		65,551,159		519,033		51,092		4,937,245

The Amended and Restated Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan, to increase the maximum number of shares of common stock reserved and available for issuance to 625,000, was approved. The results of the election were as follows:

			Broker
For	Against	Abstain	Non-Votes
64,995,698	1,037,949	87,637	4,937,245

The advisory (non-binding) vote to approve the compensation of named executive officers was in favor of executive compensation. The results of the vote were as follows:

			Broker
For	Against	Abstain	Non-Votes
63,926,143	2,095,584	99,557	4,937,245

Ernst & Young LLP was ratified to serve as the registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2014. The results of the vote were as follows:

			Broker
For	Against	Abstain	Non-Votes
69,653,221	1,350,772	54,536	-

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

	MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC.
Date: May 23, 2014	/s/Albert M. Campbell, III
	Albert M. Campbell, III
	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
	(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)