SEC FORM 4

SEC Form 4

FORM 4

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

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

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

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person^*

WILLIAMS JOHN A

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

4401 NORTHSIDE PARKWAY, SUITE 100

(Street)

ATLANTA

30327

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
POST PROPERTIES INC [ PPS ]

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

X	Director	10% Owner
	Officer (give title below)	Other (specify below)

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
08/25/2003

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

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

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

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price		6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Common Stock	08/25/2003		C⁽¹⁾		50,400	A	$0	50,400	I	by JAW Canyon Partnership
Common Stock	08/25/2003		C⁽¹⁾		69,000	A	$0	69,000	I	by JAW Chase Partnership
Common Stock	08/25/2003		C⁽¹⁾		80,000	A	$0	80,000	I	by JAW Corners Partnership
Common Stock	08/26/2003		J⁽²⁾		50,400	D	$0	0	I	by JAW Canyon Partnership
Common Stock	08/26/2003		J⁽³⁾		69,000	D	$0	0	I	by JAW Chase Partnership
Common Stock	08/26/2003		J⁽⁴⁾		80,000	D	$0	0	I	by JAW Corners Partnership
Common Stock	08/26/2003		J⁽⁵⁾		9,871	A	$0	800,530	D
Common Stock	08/26/2003		J⁽⁶⁾		187,536	A	$0	247,536	I	by JA Williams Investments I, LLC
Common Stock	08/26/2003		J⁽⁷⁾		1,993	A	$0	1,993⁽⁸⁾	I	by JAW Investments, Inc.

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares	8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)		10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Partnership Units	$0	08/25/2003		C			199,400	⁽⁹⁾	⁽⁹⁾	Common Stock	199,400	$0	1,020,387⁽¹⁰⁾	I	see note⁽¹¹⁾

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents the conversion of partnership units of Post Apartment Homes, L.P. into shares of common stock of Post Properties, Inc. at a conversion ratio of one partnership unit for one share of common stock.

2. Represents a gift distribution of 50,400 shares of common stock by JAW Canyon Partnership to its beneficial owners (the Reporting Person individually, JA Williams Investments I, LLC, and JAW Investments, Inc.) based upon each owner's ownership interest in JAW Renaissance Partnership.

3. Represents a gift distribution of 69,000 shares of common stock by JAW Chase Partnership to its beneficial owners (the Reporting Person individually, JA Williams Investments I, LLC, and JAW Investments, Inc.) based upon each owner's ownership interest in JAW Renaissance Partnership.

4. Represents a gift distribution of 80,000 shares of common stock by JAW Corners Partnership to its beneficial owners (the Reporting Person individually, JA Williams Investments I, LLC, and JAW Investments, Inc.) based upon each owner's ownership interest in JAW Renaissance Partnership.

5. Represents a gift distribution of shares of common stock by JAW Canyon Partnership (2,495 shares), JAW Chase Partnership (3,416 shares) and JAW Corners Partnership (3,960 shares) to the Reporting Person individually based upon his ownership interests in the partnerships.

6. Represents a gift distribution of shares of common stock by JAW Canyon Partnership (47,401 shares), JAW Chase Partnership (64,895 shares) and JAW Corners Partnership (75,240 shares) to JA Williams Investments I, LLC based upon its ownership interests in the partnerships.

7. Represents a gift distribution of shares of common stock by JAW Canyon Partnership (504 shares), JAW Chase Partnership (689 shares) and JAW Corners Partnership (800 shares) to JAW Investments, Inc. based upon its ownership interests in the partnerships.

8. In addition to the beneficial ownership reflected in column 5 of Table I of this Form 4, the Reporting Person also indirectly owns 1,406 shares of common stock held by his spouse.

9. The Units are exercisable immediately and have no expiration date.

10. The Reporting Person also directly holds 149,761 partnership units convertible into common stock and options to purchase 413,071 shares of common stock.

11. The partnership units converted by the Reporting Person were held by a partnership controlled by the Reporting Person.

Remarks:

	John A. Williams	08/27/2003
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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