{"url_path":"/sec/avb/8-k/2026-05-21/item-7-01","section_key":"item-7-01","section_title":"Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-05-21","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915912/0001104659-26-064781-index.html","accession_number":"0001104659-26-064781","cik":"0000915912","ticker":"AVB","issuer_name":"AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES INC","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/915912/0001104659-26-064781-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000915912","primary_entity_name":"AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES INC"},"word_count":200,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 7.01Regulation FD Disclosure.\n\n \n\nOn May 21, 2026, Equity Residential and AvalonBay issued a joint press\nrelease announcing that they had entered into the Merger Agreement. A copy of the joint press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1\nand incorporated by reference herein.\n\n \n\nAlso on May 21, 2026, Equity Residential and AvalonBay released a joint\ninvestor presentation. A copy of the joint investor presentation is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and incorporated by reference herein.\n\n \n\nThe information contained in this Item 7.01 on Form 8-K is being furnished\nand shall not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange\nAct”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any registration\nstatement or other document filed by AvalonBay under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or the\nExchange Act, except as otherwise expressly stated in such filing. In addition, the information contained in this Item 7.01 on Form 8-K\nwill not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information required to be disclosed solely to satisfy the requirements of\nRegulation FD."}