{"id":395870,"date":"2020-12-08T16:18:50","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T21:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/?p=395870"},"modified":"2020-12-08T16:18:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-08T21:18:50","slug":"maa-announces-increase-to-quarterly-common-dividend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/maa-announces-increase-to-quarterly-common-dividend\/","title":{"rendered":"MAA Announces Increase to Quarterly Common Dividend"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-newslines\">\n<p class=\"xn-distributor\">PR Newswire<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p>\n        <span class=\"xn-location\">GERMANTOWN, Tenn.<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Dec. 8, 2020<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;<b>\u00a0MAA (NYSE: MAA)<\/b>\u00a0today announced that its board of directors approved a quarterly dividend payment of <span class=\"xn-money\">$1.025<\/span> per share of common stock to be paid on <span class=\"xn-chron\">January 29, 2021<\/span> to shareholders of record on <span class=\"xn-chron\">January 15, 2021<\/span>, representing a 2.5% increase over the prior rate.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder1\">\n<p>\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/324905\/maa_logo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/324905\/maa_logo.jpg\" title=\"MAA logo. (PRNewsFoto\/MAA)\" alt=\"MAA logo. (PRNewsFoto\/MAA)\" \/><br \/>\n          <\/a>\n        <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The increase will raise the annualized dividend payout to <span class=\"xn-money\">$4.10<\/span> per share of common stock, an increase of <span class=\"xn-money\">$0.10<\/span> per share from the prior dividend level. This is MAA&#8217;s eleventh consecutive annual increase of its common dividend.<\/p>\n<p>As established in prior quarters, the board of directors declared the quarterly common dividend in advance of MAA&#8217;s earnings announcement that is expected to be made on <span class=\"xn-chron\">January 27, 2021<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\n        <b>About MAA<br \/><\/b>MAA is a self-administered real estate investment trust (REIT) and member of the S&amp;P 500. MAA owns or has ownership interest in apartment communities throughout the Southeast, Southwest and Mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S. focused on delivering strong, full-cycle investment performance. For further details, please refer to\u00a0<u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3006615-1&amp;h=572629157&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.maac.com%2F&amp;a=www.maac.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">www.maac.com<\/a><\/u>\u00a0or contact Investor Relations at\u00a0<u><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"mailto:investor.relations@maac.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">investor.relations@maac.com<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n<p>Certain matters in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended with respect to our expectations for future periods. Such statements include statements made about the payment of common dividends. The ability to meet the payment of common dividends in or contemplated by the forward-looking statements could differ materially from the projection due to a number of factors, including a downturn in general economic conditions or the capital markets, changes in interest rates and other items that are difficult to control such as increases in real estate taxes in many of our markets, as well as the other general risks inherent in the apartment and real estate businesses. Reference is hereby made to the filings of Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, reports on Form 8-K, and its annual report on Form 10-K, particularly including the risk factors contained in the latter filing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder2\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"PURL\">\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cision\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" alt=\"Cision\" src=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/img\/favicon.png?sn=CL17513&amp;sd=2020-12-08\" \/> View original content to download multimedia:<a id=\"PRNURL\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/maa-announces-increase-to-quarterly-common-dividend-301188827.html\">http:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/maa-announces-increase-to-quarterly-common-dividend-301188827.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  MAA<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/rt.prnewswire.com\/rt.gif?NewsItemId=CL17513&amp;Transmission_Id=202012081615PR_NEWS_USPR_____CL17513&amp;DateId=20201208\" style=\"border:0px;width:1px;height:1px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PR Newswire GERMANTOWN, Tenn., Dec. 8, 2020 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0MAA (NYSE: MAA)\u00a0today announced that its board of directors approved a quarterly dividend payment of $1.025 per share of common stock to be paid on January 29, 2021 to shareholders of record on January 15, 2021, representing a 2.5% increase over the prior rate. The increase will raise the annualized dividend payout to $4.10 per share of common stock, an increase of $0.10 per share from the prior dividend level. This is MAA&#8217;s eleventh consecutive annual increase of its common dividend. As established in prior quarters, the board of directors declared the quarterly common dividend in advance of MAA&#8217;s earnings announcement that is expected to be made on January 27, 2021. About &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/maa-announces-increase-to-quarterly-common-dividend\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;MAA Announces Increase to Quarterly Common Dividend&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-395870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MAA Announces Increase to Quarterly Common Dividend - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/maa-announces-increase-to-quarterly-common-dividend\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"MAA Announces Increase to Quarterly Common Dividend - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"PR Newswire GERMANTOWN, Tenn., Dec. 8, 2020 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0MAA (NYSE: MAA)\u00a0today announced that its board of directors approved a quarterly dividend payment of $1.025 per share of common stock to be paid on January 29, 2021 to shareholders of record on January 15, 2021, representing a 2.5% increase over the prior rate. 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