Item 8.01 Other Events.
On April 6, 2022, AvalonBay
Communities, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”)
with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, in their capacities as underwriters (together, in such capacities, the
“Underwriters”), Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, in their capacities as forward sellers
(together, in such capacities, the “Forward Sellers”), and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National
Association, in their capacities as forward purchasers (together, in such capacities, the “Forward Purchasers”), relating
to the offer and sale (the “Offering”) of an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share
(“Common Stock”), of the Company by the Forward Sellers in connection with the forward sale agreements described below.
The Company will not initially receive any proceeds from the sale of shares of Common Stock by the Forward Sellers.
The shares of Common
Stock were offered by the Underwriters to purchasers directly or through agents, or through brokers in one or more transactions on the
New York Stock Exchange or in the over-the-counter market or to dealers in negotiated transactions or in a combination of such methods
of sale, at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed, or at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such
prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices.
In connection with the
Offering, on April 6, 2022, the Company also entered into separate master confirmation letter agreements and related supplemental confirmation
letter agreements (collectively, the “Forward Sale Agreements”) with each of the Forward Purchasers. In connection
with the execution of the Forward Sale Agreements and at the Company’s request, the Forward Sellers borrowed from third parties
and sold to the Underwriters an aggregate of 2,000,000 shares of Common Stock. The Company expects to physically settle the Forward Sale
Agreements and receive proceeds, subject to certain adjustments, from the sale of those shares of Common Stock upon one or more such physical
settlements no later than December 31, 2023. Although the Company expects to settle the Forward Sale Agreements entirely by the physical
delivery of shares of Common Stock for cash proceeds, the Company may also elect to cash settle or net share settle all or a portion of
its obligations under the Forward Sale Agreements, in which case, the Company may not receive any proceeds, and the Company may owe cash
or shares of Common Stock to the Forward Purchasers.
The Forward Sale Agreements
provide for an initial forward price of $247.30 per share, subject to certain adjustments pursuant to the terms of the Forward
Sale Agreements. The Forward Sale Agreements are subject to early termination or settlement under certain circumstances.
The Company intends to
use the net proceeds it receives from the Offering for identified and prospective land acquisitions, the development and redevelopment
of apartment communities, the acquisition of communities, and working capital and general corporate purposes, which may include the repayment
of outstanding indebtedness under the Company’s commercial paper program or its $1,750,000,000 revolving variable rate unsecured
credit facility. General corporate purposes may also include the repayment and refinancing of other indebtedness. Pending the application
of such net proceeds, the Company may temporarily invest all or a portion of the net proceeds from this offering in cash or cash equivalents
and/or hold such proceeds in accordance with its internal liquidity policy.
The shares were offered
and sold pursuant to the Company’s effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-253532), which became
effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 25, 2021, and a prospectus supplement dated April 6, 2022.
The closing of the Offering
occurred on April 11, 2022. The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement and the Forward Sale Agreements does not purport to
be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the exhibits filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K. In connection with
the filing of the prospectus supplement, the Company is also filing the opinion of its counsel, Goodwin Procter LLP, as Exhibit 5.1 to
this Current Report on Form 8-K.