Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (the "Company") held its Annual Meeting of Stockholders on May 19, 2022. At the meeting, holders of the Company's common stock were asked (1) to elect twelve directors to serve until the 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until their successors are elected and qualified, (2) to cast a non-binding, advisory vote on the compensation of named executive officers of the Company, as described in the Company's proxy statement, and (3) to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022.

Each share of common stock was entitled to one vote with respect to matters submitted to a vote of the Company's stockholders, and the voting results reported below are final.





Proposal 1

Each of the Company's nominees for director as listed in the proxy statement was re-elected as shown in the table below.





Nominee:                    Votes "For"      Votes "Against"     Abstentions      Broker Non-votes
Glyn F. Aeppel               119,202,613           2,134,986          261,799            5,414,742
Terry S. Brown               118,448,373           2,888,448          262,577            5,414,742
Alan B. Buckelew             120,034,838           1,301,881          262,679            5,414,742
Ronald L. Havner, Jr.        109,882,867          11,454,185          262,346            5,414,742
Stephen P. Hills             120,372,648             964,190          262,560            5,414,742
Christopher B. Howard        121,076,416             260,472          262,510            5,414,742
Richard J. Lieb              117,510,203           3,826,721          262,474            5,414,742
Nnenna Lynch                 121,063,977             273,959          261,462            5,414,742
Timothy J. Naughton          116,668,464           4,693,062          237,872            5,414,742
Benjamin W. Schall           121,115,525             245,924          237,949            5,414,742
Susan Swanezy                115,891,644           5,443,652          264,102            5,414,742
W. Edward Walter             114,917,352           6,419,776          262,270            5,414,742




Proposal 2

Stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K. 114,949,782 votes were cast in favor of approval of such compensation, 6,367,584 votes were cast against, and there were 282,032 abstentions. There were 5,414,742 broker non-votes with respect to Proposal 2.





Proposal 3

Stockholders ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent auditors for fiscal year 2022. 122,746,120 votes were cast in favor of ratifying the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP, 4,219,751 votes were cast against, and there were 48,269 abstentions. There were no broker non-votes with respect to Proposal 3.

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