AvalonBay Communities Announces 2006 Dividend Income Tax Treatment
ALEXANDRIA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (NYSE: AVB) announced today the final income allocations of the Company's 2006 dividend distributions on its Common Stock and Preferred Stock. The final income allocations as they will be reported on Form 1099-DIV is set forth in the following tables:
Common Shares (CUSIP #053484101)
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Taxable
Declaration Record Payable Distribution Ordinary
Date Date Date Per Share Income (1)
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1/23/2006 3/31/2006 4/17/2006 $0.78000 $0.37440
5/17/2006 6/30/2006 7/17/2006 0.78000 0.37440
9/13/2006 10/2/2006 10/16/2006 0.78000 0.37440
12/6/2006 12/29/2006 1/16/2007 0.78000 0.37440
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Totals $3.12000 $1.49760
100% 48%
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Unrecap.
Declaration Record Payable Return of Capital Section
Date Date Date Capital Gain 1250 Gain
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1/23/2006 3/31/2006 4/17/2006 $0.00000 $0.33540 $0.07020
5/17/2006 6/30/2006 7/17/2006 0.00000 0.33540 0.07020
9/13/2006 10/2/2006 10/16/2006 0.00000 0.33540 0.07020
12/6/2006 12/29/2006 1/16/2007 0.00000 0.33540 0.07020
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Totals $0.00000 $1.34160 $0.28080
0% 43% 9%
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Preferred Shares Series H (CUSIP #053484705)
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Taxable
Declaration Record Payable Distribution Ordinary
Date Date Date Per Share Income (1)
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12/6/2005 3/1/2006 3/15/2006 $0.54375 $0.26100
1/23/2006 6/1/2006 6/15/2006 0.54375 0.26100
5/17/2006 8/31/2006 9/15/2006 0.54375 0.26100
9/13/2006 12/1/2006 12/15/2006 0.54375 0.26100
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Totals $2.17500 $1.04400
100% 48%
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Unrecap.
Declaration Record Payable Return of Capital Section
Date Date Date Capital Gain 1250 Gain
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12/6/2005 3/1/2006 3/15/2006 $0.00000 $0.23381 $0.04894
1/23/2006 6/1/2006 6/15/2006 0.00000 0.23381 0.04894
5/17/2006 8/31/2006 9/15/2006 0.00000 0.23381 0.04894
9/13/2006 12/1/2006 12/15/2006 0.00000 0.23381 0.04894
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Totals $0.00000 $0.93524 $0.19576
0% 43% 9%
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Components may not sum to the totals due to rounding differences. Additionally, the Company did not incur any foreign taxes, and the information above presents final income allocations.
(1) None of the dividends classified as taxable ordinary income represents "qualified dividend income" and, therefore, are not eligible for capital gains rates.
About AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
As of December 31, 2006, AvalonBay Communities, Inc., headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, owned or held an ownership interest in 167 apartment communities containing 48,294 apartment homes in ten states and the District of Columbia, of which 17 communities were under construction and six communities were under reconstruction. AvalonBay is in the business of developing, redeveloping, acquiring, and managing apartment communities in high barrier-to-entry markets of the United States. More information on AvalonBay may be found on AvalonBay's Web site at http://www.avalonbay.com.
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Source: AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
Released January 11, 2007