Shareholders' Equity of MAA

As of December 31, 2018, 113,844,267 shares of common stock of MAA and 4,111,301 OP Units (excluding the OP Units held by MAA) were issued and outstanding, representing a total of 117,955,568 common shares and units. As of December 31, 2017, 113,643,166 shares of common stock of MAA and 4,191,586 OP Units (excluding the OP Units held by MAA) were issued and outstanding, representing a total of 117,834,752 common shares and units.

Preferred Stock

As of December 31, 2018, 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.

Direct Stock Purchase and Distribution Reinvestment Plan

MAA has a Dividend and Distribution Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan, or DRSPP, pursuant to which MAA’s common shareholders have the ability to reinvest all or part of their distributions from MAA into shares of MAA’s common stock and holders of Class A OP Units have the ability to reinvest all or part of their distributions from the Operating Partnership into MAA’s common stock. The DRSPP also provides the opportunity to make optional cash investments in MAA's common stock of at least $250, but not more than $5,000 in any given month, free of brokerage commissions and charges. MAA, in its absolute discretion, may grant waivers to allow for optional cash payments in excess of $5,000. To fulfill its obligations under the DRSPP, MAA may either issue additional shares of common stock or repurchase common stock in the open market. MAA currently has registered with the SEC the offer and sale of up to 1,940,500 shares of common stock pursuant to the DRSPP. MAA may elect to sell shares under the DRSPP at up to a 5% discount. Shares of MAA's common stock totaling 9,721 in 2018, 9,568 in 2017, and 7,906 in 2016 were acquired by participants under the DRSPP. MAA did not offer a discount for optional cash purchases in 2018, 2017 or 2016.