Shareholders' Equity of MAA

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Shareholders Equity Of M A A [Abstract]

Shareholders' Equity of MAA

8.Shareholders’ Equity of MAA

As of September 30, 2020, 114,369,812 shares of common stock of MAA and 4,058,258 OP Units (excluding the OP Units held by MAA) were issued and outstanding, representing a total of 118,428,070 common shares and units.  As of September 30, 2019, 114,065,859 shares of common stock of MAA and 4,074,277 OP Units (excluding the OP Units held by MAA) were issued and outstanding, representing a total of 118,140,136 common shares and units. Options to purchase 19,845 shares of MAA’s common stock were outstanding as of September 30, 2020, compared to 45,390 outstanding options as of September 30, 2019. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, MAA issued 918 common shares and 24,256 common shares, respectively, related to the exercise of stock options. These exercises resulted in net proceeds of $0.1 million and $1.0 million, respectively.

Preferred Stock

As of September 30, 2020, 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.}

See Note 7 for details of the valuation of the derivative asset related to the redemption feature embedded in the MAA Series I preferred stock.  

At-the-Market Share Offering Program

The Company has entered into separate distribution agreements with each of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BMO Capital Markets Corp. and KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. to establish an at-the-market share offering program, or ATM program, allowing MAA to sell shares of its common stock from time to time into the existing market at current market prices or through negotiated transactions.  Under the ATM program, MAA has the authority to issue up to an aggregate of 4.0 million shares of its common stock, at such times to be determined by MAA.  The ATM program currently has a maturity of September 2021.  MAA has no obligation to issue shares through the ATM program.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, MAA did not sell any shares of common stock under its ATM program.  As of September 30, 2020, 3.9 million shares remained issuable under the ATM program.