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Naughton Timothy J's Form 4 filing

Avalonbay Communities Inc (AVB) · filed Aug 17, 2026

Accession no.
0001193125-26-354184
Filed
Aug 17, 2026, 4:40 PM ET
Trade date
Aug 17, 2026
Filing delay
Same day
Rule 10b5-1 plan
Not checked

This filing lists 2 non-derivative transactions and 1 derivative transaction. It was filed on the trade date.

Reporting owners

A Form 4 can have several reporting owners, such as a person and a fund they control. Trade tables show the first one.

Reporting owners on this filing
OwnerRelationship to the company
Naughton Timothy JCIK 0001219700Director

Non-derivative securities (Table I)

Acquisitions and disposals of common stock and similar shares, one row per line on the filing.

Non-derivative transactions
Trade dateSecurityTransactionSharesPriceValueShares afterOwnershipFlags
Aug 17, 2026Common Stock, par value $.01 per shareDReturned to the companyDisposed−111,593.9208–F1,F2–0Direct
Aug 17, 2026Common Stock, par value $.01 per shareDReturned to the companyDisposed−14,024–F1,F2–0Indirect

Derivative securities (Table II)

Options, warrants, restricted stock units and similar. Shares are the underlying shares; price and value are for the derivative itself, and the holding after is in derivative units.

Derivative transactions
Trade dateSecurityTransactionUnderlying sharesUnit priceValueHeld afterOwnershipFlags
Aug 17, 2026Common StockDReturned to the companyDisposed−69,832–F5–0Direct

Footnotes and remarks

Livermore keeps the footnotes that transaction prices refer to, all footnotes of amendments (Form 4/A) and the filing's remarks. Other footnotes, such as how indirect holdings are held or the details of a trading plan, are only in the original on SEC EDGAR.

F1

Pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 20, 2026 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among AvalonBay Communities, Inc., a Maryland corporation ("AVB"), Equity Residential, a Maryland real estate investment trust ("EQR"), ERP Operating Limited Partnership, an Illinois limited partnership, and Canopy Merger Sub LLC, a Maryland limited liability company ("Merger Sub"), AVB and EQR combined in a merger of equals on August 17, 2026, with AVB merging with and into Merger Sub, with Merger Sub surviving as a wholly owned subsidiary of EQR (the "Merger"). In connection with the Merger, EQR changed its name to Vivmark Residential.

Referenced by the price of 2 transactions in Table I.

F2

At the effective time of the Merger (the "Effective Time"), each issued and outstanding share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share ("AVB Common Stock"), of AVB and deferred stock unit held by the Reporting Person, respectively, was automatically converted into the right to receive 2.793 (the "Exchange Ratio") common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value per share ("EQR Common Shares"), of EQR, plus, in the case of AVB Common Stock, the right to receive cash in lieu of fractional EQR Common Shares, if any, into which such AVB Common Stock would have been converted. On August 14, 2026, the closing price of AVB Common Stock was $184.06 per share and the closing price of EQR Common Shares was $65.97 per share.

Referenced by the price of 2 transactions in Table I.

F5

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, effective as of the Effective Time, the Reporting Person's options to acquire AVB Common Stock that were outstanding at the Effective Time were converted into the right to receive options to acquire EQR Common Shares, where the number of EQR Common Shares subject to such converted option is equal to (i) the number of shares of AVB Common Stock subject to the corresponding AVB option award immediately prior to the Effective Time multiplied by (ii) the Exchange Ratio (rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares), and the exercise price of each converted option award is equal to (A) the exercise price of the corresponding AVB option award immediately prior to the Effective Time divided by (B) the Exchange Ratio (rounded up to the nearest whole cent).

Referenced by the price of 1 transaction in Table II.

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