Business Combinations

The Company completed the merger with Post Properties, Inc., or Post Properties on December 1, 2016, acquiring 61 wholly-owned apartment communities, six apartment communities that were under development at the date of the merger and one apartment community held in an unconsolidated entity. Post Properties had operations in ten markets across the United States. In addition to the apartment communities, the Company also acquired four commercial properties. The consolidated net assets and results of operations of Post Properties are included in the Company's consolidated financial statements from the closing date going forward.

The total purchase price of approximately $4.0 billion was determined based on the number of shares of Post Properties' common stock, the number of shares of Post Properties’ 8 1/2% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, and the number of units of Post Apartment Homes, L.P., or Post LP, Class A Units of limited partnership interest outstanding as of December 1, 2016, in addition to cash consideration provided by the Operating Partnership immediately prior to the merger to retire a $300.0 million unsecured term loan and a $162.0 million line of credit. The total purchase price also included $2.0 million of other consideration, a majority of which related to assumed stock compensation plans.

Each share of Post Properties common stock was converted into the right to receive 0.71 of a newly issued share of MAA common stock, including the right, if any, to receive cash in lieu of fractional shares of MAA common stock. In addition, each limited partner interest in Post LP designated as a Class A Unit automatically converted into the right to receive 0.71 of a newly issued limited partnership unit of MAALP. Also, each share of Post Properties' 8 1/2% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock was automatically converted into the right to receive one newly issued share of MAA's 8.50% Series I Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share, which is referred to as MAA Series I preferred stock. In all cases in which MAA’s common stock price was a determining factor in arriving at final consideration for the merger, the stock price used to determine the purchase price was the opening price of MAA’s common stock on December 1, 2016 ($91.41 per share). At the date of acquisition, the MAA Series I preferred stock consideration was valued at $77.02 per share, which included a $14.24 per share bifurcated call option (See Notes 7 and 9). As a result of the merger, the Company issued approximately 38.0 million shares of MAA common stock, approximately 80,000 OP Units, and 867,846 newly issued shares of MAA’s Series I preferred stock.

The merger was accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with ASC Topic 805, Business Combinations, which requires, among other things, that the assets acquired and liabilities assumed be recognized at their acquisition date fair values. For larger, portfolio style acquisitions, such as the Post Properties merger, management engages a third party valuation specialist to assist with the fair value assessment, which includes an allocation of the purchase price. Similar to management's methods, the third party generally uses cash flow analysis as well as an income approach and a market approach to determine the fair value of assets acquired. The third party specialist uses stabilized NOI and market specific capitalization and discount rates. Management reviews the inputs used by the third party specialist as well as the allocation of the purchase price provided by the third party specialist to ensure reasonableness and the procedures are performed in accordance with management's policies. The allocation of the purchase price valuation described above required a significant amount of judgment and represented management's best estimate of the fair value as of the acquisition date. The following final purchase price allocation for the Post Properties merger was based on the Company's valuation as well as estimates and assumptions of the acquisition date fair value of the tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed. The following table summarizes the final purchase price allocation as of the date of the Post Properties merger (in thousands):



	December 1, 2016
Land	$	874,616
Buildings and improvements and other	3,479,483
Development and capital improvements in progress	183,881
Undeveloped land	24,200
Investment in real estate joint venture	44,435
Cash and cash equivalents	34,292
Restricted cash	3,608
Other assets	94,899
Total assets acquired	4,739,414
Notes payable	(595,609)
Accrued expenses and other liabilities	(132,906)
Total liabilities assumed, including debt	(728,515		)
Noncontrolling interest - consolidated real estate entity	(2,306		)
Total purchase price	$	4,008,593

The allocation of fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed has not changed from the allocation reported in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, filed with the SEC on February 23, 2018. In connection with the Post Properties merger, the Company incurred total merger and integration related expenses of $9.1 million, $20.0 million, and $40.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The amounts were expensed as incurred and are included in the Consolidated Statements of Operations in "Merger and integration expenses". Merger related expenses primarily consisted of severance and professional costs, and integration related expenses primarily consisted of temporary systems, staffing, and facilities costs.