UNITED STATES

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 


 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

 


 

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 14, 2002

 

 

AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

MARYLAND

 

1-12672

 

77-0404318

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

 

(Commission file number)

 

(IRS employer
identification no.)

 

 

2900 EISENHOWER AVENUE, SUITE 300, ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA 22314

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

 

 

(703) 329-6300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 



 

Item 9.  Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

In connection with the filing of the Form 10-Q of AvalonBay Communities, Inc. (the “Company”) for the quarter ended June 30, 2002 (the “Report”), the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Company each certified pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

(1)          The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

(2)          The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be filed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/

Thomas J. Sargeant

 

 

 

Thomas J. Sargeant

 

 

 

Executive Vice President and Chief

 

 

 

Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

Dated: August 14, 2002

 

 

 

 

 

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