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    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">H. Eric Bolton, Jr.</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">86,761,968</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">10,597,684</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">3,022,247</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">6,412,368</span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:10pt;white-space:pre-wrap;word-break:break-word;">
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">Deborah H. Caplan</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">90,117,094</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">10,213,936</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">50,869</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">6,412,368</span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:10pt;white-space:pre-wrap;word-break:break-word;">
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">John P. Case</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">99,750,371</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">582,127</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">49,401</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">6,412,368</span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:10pt;white-space:pre-wrap;word-break:break-word;">
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">Tamara Fischer</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">96,786,665</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">3,544,894</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">50,340</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">6,412,368</span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:10pt;white-space:pre-wrap;word-break:break-word;">
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">Alan B. Graf, Jr.</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">94,374,667</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">5,943,158</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">64,074</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">6,412,368</span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:10pt;white-space:pre-wrap;word-break:break-word;">
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">Edith Kelly-Green</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">95,578,344</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">4,755,899</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">47,656</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">6,412,368</span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:10pt;white-space:pre-wrap;word-break:break-word;">
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">James K. Lowder</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">94,773,247</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">5,558,647</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">50,005</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">6,412,368</span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:10pt;white-space:pre-wrap;word-break:break-word;">
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">Thomas H. Lowder</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">99,450,413</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">880,368</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">51,118</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">6,412,368</span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:10pt;white-space:pre-wrap;word-break:break-word;">
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">Claude B. Nielsen</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">81,359,045</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">18,909,498</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">113,356</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">6,412,368</span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:10pt;white-space:pre-wrap;word-break:break-word;">
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">W. Reid Sanders</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">97,312,130</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">3,020,255</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">49,514</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">6,412,368</span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:10pt;white-space:pre-wrap;word-break:break-word;">
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">Gary Shorb</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">94,366,227</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">5,963,331</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">52,341</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">6,412,368</span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:10pt;white-space:pre-wrap;word-break:break-word;">
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">David P. Stockert</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">94,884,616</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:center;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:right;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">5,446,862</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">50,421</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;text-align:left;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">6,412,368</span></p></td>
   </tr>
  </table>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">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:</span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p>
  <table style="border-spacing:0;table-layout:fixed;width:86.0%;border-collapse:separate;">
   <tr style="visibility:collapse;">
    <td style="width:22.12%;"/>
    <td style="width:2.88%;"/>
    <td style="width:22.12%;"/>
    <td style="width:2.88%;"/>
    <td style="width:21.16%;"/>
    <td style="width:2.88%;"/>
    <td style="width:25.96%;"/>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:10pt;white-space:pre-wrap;word-break:break-word;text-align:left;">
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">For</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #ffffff03;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">Against</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #ffffff03;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">Abstain</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #ffffff03;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-weight:bold;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">Broker Non-Votes</span></p></td>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:10pt;white-space:pre-wrap;word-break:break-word;text-align:left;">
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">91,268,762</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">9,017,026</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">96,111</span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p></td>
    <td style="padding-left:0.08in;vertical-align:top;padding-right:0.08in;"><p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">6,412,368</span></p></td>
   </tr>
  </table>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;">Ernst &amp; Young LLP was ratified to serve as the registrant&#8217;s independent registered public accounting firm for 2024. The results of the vote were as follows:</span></p>
  <p style="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-bottom:0;text-align:left;"><span style="color:#000000;white-space:pre-wrap;font-size:10pt;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;min-width:fit-content;"> </span></p>
  <table style="border-spacing:0;table-layout:fixed;width:86.0%;border-collapse:separate;">
   <tr style="visibility:collapse;">
    <td style="width:22.12%;"/>
    <td style="width:2.88%;"/>
    <td style="width:22.12%;"/>
    <td style="width:2.88%;"/>
    <td style="width:21.16%;"/>
    <td style="width:2.88%;"/>
    <td style="width:25.96%;"/>
   </tr>
   <tr style="height:10pt;white-space:pre-wrap;word-break:break-word;text-align:left;">
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8-K
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
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 22, 2024
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)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)
6815 Poplar Avenue
,
Suite 500
Germantown
,
Tennessee
38138
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
(
901
)
682-6600
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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):
☐
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
☐
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
☐
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
☐
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class
Trading
Symbol(s)
Name of each exchange on which
registered
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
(Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.)
MAA
New York Stock Exchange
8.50% Series I Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, $.01 par value per share
(Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.)
MAA*I
New York Stock Exchange
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).
Emerging growth company
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
ITEM 5.07.
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On May 21, 2024, the registrant held its 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The following matters were submitted to a vote of the shareholders of record as of March 15, 2024, through the solicitation of proxies:
1.
To elect twelve directors to serve until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified;
2.
To provide an advisory (non-binding) vote to approve compensation of the registrant's named executive officers; and
3.
To ratify Ernst & Young LLP as the registrant's independent registered public accounting firm for 2024.
All twelve nominees were elected to serve until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. The results of the election were as follows:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
H. Eric Bolton, Jr.
86,761,968
10,597,684
3,022,247
6,412,368
Deborah H. Caplan
90,117,094
10,213,936
50,869
6,412,368
John P. Case
99,750,371
582,127
49,401
6,412,368
Tamara Fischer
96,786,665
3,544,894
50,340
6,412,368
Alan B. Graf, Jr.
94,374,667
5,943,158
64,074
6,412,368
Edith Kelly-Green
95,578,344
4,755,899
47,656
6,412,368
James K. Lowder
94,773,247
5,558,647
50,005
6,412,368
Thomas H. Lowder
99,450,413
880,368
51,118
6,412,368
Claude B. Nielsen
81,359,045
18,909,498
113,356
6,412,368
W. Reid Sanders
97,312,130
3,020,255
49,514
6,412,368
Gary Shorb
94,366,227
5,963,331
52,341
6,412,368
David P. Stockert
94,884,616
5,446,862
50,421
6,412,368
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:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
91,268,762
9,017,026
96,111
6,412,368
Ernst & Young LLP was ratified to serve as the registrant's independent registered public accounting firm for 2024. The results of the vote were as follows:
For
Against
Abstain
Broker Non-Votes
104,588,220
2,170,834
35,213
0
SIGNA
TURES
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 22, 2024
/s/A. Clay Holder
A. Clay Holder
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)