Item 8.01. Other Events.
On September 26, 2016, AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (the “Company”) priced a public offering (the “Offering”) of an aggregate of (1) $300,000,000 principal amount of its 2.90% Medium Term Notes due October 15, 2026 (the “2026 Notes”) and (2) $350,000,000 principal amount of its 3.90% Medium Term Notes due October 15, 2046 (the “2046 Notes” and, together with the 2026 Notes, the “Notes”). The Offering was made pursuant to a Pricing Supplement dated September 26, 2016, a Prospectus Supplement dated May 6, 2015 and a Prospectus dated February 19, 2015 relating to the Company’s Shelf Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-202185). The Terms Agreement, dated September 26, 2016, by and among the Company and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Barclays Capital Inc., as representatives of the agents named therein, is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.1.
The Notes were issued under an Indenture between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee, dated as of January 16, 1998, as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 20, 1998, a Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 7, 1998, an Amended and Restated Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 10, 2000, a Fourth Supplemental Indenture dated as of September 18, 2006, and a Fifth Supplemental Indenture dated as of November 21, 2014.
The Notes bear interest from October 5, 2016, with interest on the Notes payable semi-annually on April 15 and October 15, beginning on April 15, 2017. The 2026 Notes will mature on October 15, 2026, and the 2046 Notes will mature on October 15, 2046. The Company will use the aggregate net proceeds, after underwriting discounts and other transaction-related costs, of approximately $641,800,000 from the sale of the Notes to reduce indebtedness outstanding under its $1,500,000,000 unsecured revolving credit facility and for general corporate purposes, which may include the acquisition, development and redevelopment of apartment communities and repayment and refinancing of other indebtedness. The Company also expects to use a portion of the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes to redeem during the fourth quarter of 2016 all of its 5.70% Notes due March 15, 2017, of which $250 million was outstanding as of August 31, 2016. The Company cannot provide any assurance that it will redeem the 5.70% Notes, nor can it provide any assurance with respect to the exact date on which such redemption may occur. Pending such uses, the Company may invest the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes in short-term demand deposits, short-term money market funds or investment grade securities or other similar investments. Borrowings under the Company’s unsecured revolving credit facility were used to fund the acquisition, development and redevelopment of apartment communities and for general corporate purposes. Settlement occurred on October 5, 2016.