Avalonbay Communities Inc. (AVB)

A dash means the company reported no figure in that column; 0 means it reported zero. Figures are as printed in the filing, without adjustment.

Three-year trend — total compensation per named executive

Prior-year totals as disclosed in the corresponding proxy; deltas are computed values with the derivation shown in the register.

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Every insider equity transaction reported on Form 4 after the 2025 proxy statement — acquisitions, dispositions, exercises, and withholdings — and therefore not reflected in any table in that document.

Transaction codes per Form 4: A acquisition · S open-market sale · F tax withholding · M option exercise · G gift. Value = shares × price as reported. Dividend-equivalent and fractional-share accrual rows (derivative Class A, under $10,000 and under 2,000 shares) are aggregated per date; every row appears in full below.

% performance-vested = PSU grant-date fair value ÷ (RSU + PSU + Options), a computed value with the derivation shown in the register.

AvalonBay's compensation program is designed to: (1) Attract, retain, motivate, and engage our employees; (2) Align the interests of management with the interests of stockholders; (3) Align pay with performance with clearly defined goals and measures of achievement; (4) Focus on total compensation, consisting of base salary and incentive compensation. Consistent with our total compensation philosophy, a substantial majority of the target pay for our NEOs is variable and contingent on performance.

Rows are labeled by annual-meeting year, with the meeting date beside each; the vote held in a given year acts on the prior fiscal year's compensation.

Say-on-pay — history, company's computation

a. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “The following proposals will be presented to stockholders at the Annual Meeting: ​ ​ ​ Voting options ​ ​ ​ Board recommendation ​ ​ ​ Vote required to adopt ​ ​ ​ Effect of abstentions ​ ​ ​ Broker discretionary voting allowed? Election of 12 directors ​ FOR, AGAINST, or ABSTAIN for each nominee ​ FOR each nominee ​ A majority of the total votes cast as to each nominee ​ No effect ​ No Adoption of a resolution to approve, on a non-binding, advisory basis, AvalonBay's named executive officer compensation ​ FOR, AGAINST, or ABSTAIN ​ FOR ​ A majority of the total votes cast ​ No effect ​ No Approval of AvalonBay's 2026 Equity Incentive Plan ​ FOR, AGAINST, or ABSTAIN ​ FOR ​ A majority of the total votes cast ​ No effect ​ No Ratification of the selection of Ernst & Young LLP as AvalonBay's independent auditors for 2026 ​ FOR, AGAINST, or ABSTAIN ​ FOR ​ A majority of the total votes cast ​ No effect ​ Yes ​ Q.”.

b. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Under Maryland law, abstentions and broker non-votes are not treated as votes cast.”.

c. Approved under the standard stated in the filing — “Under Maryland law, abstentions and broker non-votes are not treated as votes cast.”.

Approval percentages are the company's own reported computations under its own stated standard, not recomputed by Velarion. Where a company does not state a standard, none is assumed.

Computed as the sum of the director compensation table rows above; inputs and formula shown in the register.

The compensation peer group as the company disclosed it in its own proxy — the reference set behind the percentile above.

Of the companies Avalonbay Communities Inc. names as compensation peers, which name it back in their own disclosed peer groups. A peer set the market reciprocates reads differently from one selected in a single direction.

Reciprocity shown where the peer's own current proxy has been read — each mark is cited in the register to that peer's filing. A dash means the peer's current proxy was read and names no reciprocal group including Avalonbay Communities Inc..

Most recent fiscal-year chief executive compensation at each disclosed peer, taken from that company's own proxy statement.

Each peer's compensation is from its most recently filed proxy; fiscal years differ by company. Each peer's figures come from its own filings; the subject company is highlighted. Peers whose chief executive compensation is outside our coverage universe are stated as such, never left blank.

Read from each company's Compensation Discussion and Analysis: annual incentive payout as a percentage of target, the disclosed long-term vehicle mix, whether performance-share measures include a total shareholder return component, and the retained compensation consultant. “Not disclosed” appears only where the company's filing does not state the item.

Answers are drawn only from the figures disclosed in this brief and cited to their location in the source filing. Where a figure required for an answer is not disclosed, that is stated rather than estimated.

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