AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER by and among MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC. MID-AMERICA APARTMENTS, L.P. MARTHA MERGER SUB, L.P. COLONIAL PROPERTIES TRUST and COLONIAL REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP Dated as of June 3, 2013Merger Agreement • June 3rd, 2013 • Colonial Realty Limited Partnership • Real estate investment trusts • Alabama
Contract Type FiledJune 3rd, 2013 Company Industry JurisdictionThis AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER, dated as of June 3, 2013 (this “Agreement”), is by and among MID-AMERICA APARTMENT COMMUNITIES, INC., a Tennessee corporation (“MAA”), MID-AMERICA APARTMENTS, L.P., a Tennessee limited partnership (“MAA LP”), MARTHA MERGER SUB, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and a subsidiary of MAA LP (“OP Merger Sub”), COLONIAL PROPERTIES TRUST, an Alabama real estate investment trust (“Colonial”), and COLONIAL REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a Delaware limited partnership (“Colonial LP”). MAA, MAA LP, OP Merger Sub, Colonial and Colonial LP are each sometimes referred to herein as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties”.