Exhibit 10.1

AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC.

DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Amended and Restated Effective as of January 1, 2011

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PURPOSE					1
ARTICLE 1 - DEFINITIONS					1
1.1		“Annual Bonus”			1
1.2		“Annual Deferral Amount”			1
1.3		“Base Annual Salary”			1
1.4		“Beneficiary”			1
1.5		“Beneficiary Designation Form”			2
1.6		“Cause”			2
1.7		“Claimant”			2
1.8		“Code”			2
1.9		“Compensation Committee”			2
1.10		“Deferral Account”			2
1.11		“Election Form”			2
1.12		“Eligible Employee”			2
1.13		“Employee”			2
1.14		“ERISA”			2
1.15		“Newly Eligible Participant”			2
1.16		“Non-Qualified Predetermined Annuity Account”			2
1.17		“Participant”			3
1.18		“Plan”			3
1.19		“Plan Year”			3
1.20		“Retirement,” “Retire(s)” or “Retired”			3
1.21		“Retirement Planning Committee”			3
1.22		“Separation from Service” or “Separates from Service”			3
1.23		“Sponsor”			3
1.24		“Trust”			3
1.25		“Unforeseeable Financial Emergency”			3
1.26		“Years of Service”			3
ARTICLE 2 - SELECTION, ENROLLMENT, ELIGIBILITY					4
2.1		Selection by Compensation Committee			4
2.2		Enrollment Requirements			4
2.3		Eligibility; Commencement of Participation			4
2.4		Special Enrollment Rules for a Newly Eligible Participant			4
2.5		Termination of Participation and/or Deferrals			4
ARTICLE 3 - DEFERRAL COMMITMENTS/VESTING/CREDITING/TAXES					4
3.1		Minimum Deferrals — Annual Deferral Amount			4
3.2		Maximum Deferral — Base Annual Salary and Annual Bonus			4
3.3		Election to Defer; Effect of Election Form.			5
3.4		Withholding of Annual Deferral Amounts			5

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3.5		Vesting			5
3.6		Crediting/Debiting of Deferral Accounts			5
3.7		FICA and Other Taxes			6
ARTICLE 4 - DEATH BENEFIT					7
4.1		Death Benefit			7
4.2		Payment of Death Benefit			7
ARTICLE 5 - TERMINATION BENEFIT					7
5.1		Termination Benefit			7
5.2		Payment of Termination Benefit			7
5.3		Forfeiture if Termination for Cause			7
ARTICLE 6 - SHORT-TERM PAYOUTS					7
6.1		Short-Term Payouts			7
6.2		Grandfathered Election			7
6.3		Withdrawal for Unforeseeable Financial Emergencies			7
ARTICLE 7 - BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION					8
7.1		Beneficiary			8
7.2		Beneficiary Designation; Change; Spousal Consent			8
7.3		Acknowledgment			8
7.4		No Beneficiary Designation			8
7.5		Doubt as to Beneficiary			8
7.6		Discharge of Obligations			9
ARTICLE 8 - LEAVE OF ABSENCE					9
8.1		Leave of Absence			9
ARTICLE 9 - TERMINATION, AMENDMENT OR MODIFICATION					9
9.1		Termination			9
9.2		Amendment			9
9.3		Delegation to Retirement Planning Committee			9
9.4		Effect of Payment			9
ARTICLE 10 - ADMINISTRATION					9
10.1		Retirement Planning Committee Duties			9
10.2		Agents			10
10.3		Binding Effect of Decisions			10
10.4		Exculpation and Indemnity of Retirement Planning Committee			10
10.5		Sponsor Information			10
ARTICLE 11 - OTHER BENEFITS AND AGREEMENTS					10
11.1		Coordination with Other Benefits			10
ARTICLE 12 - CLAIMS PROCEDURES					10
12.1		Presentation of Claim			10
12.2		Notification of Decision			11

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12.3		Review of a Denied Claim			11
12.4		Decision on Review			12
12.5		Legal Action			12
ARTICLE 13 - TRUST					12
13.1		Establishment of the Trust			12
13.2		Interrelationship of the Plan and the Trust			12
13.3		Distributions From the Trust			12
ARTICLE 14 - MISCELLANEOUS					12
14.1		Status of Plan			12
14.2		Unsecured General Creditor			13
14.3		Sponsor’s Liability			13
14.4		Nonassignability			13
14.5		Not a Contract of Employment			13
14.6		Furnishing Information			13
14.7		Terms			13
14.8		Captions			14
14.9		Governing Law			14
14.10		Notice			14
14.11		Successors			14
14.12		Spouse’s Interest			14
14.13		Validity			14
14.14		Incompetent			14
14.15		Court Order			15
14.16		Distribution in the Event of Taxation			15

AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC.
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Amended and Restated Effective as of January 1, 2011

     The AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan, effective as of January 1, 1996, as amended and restated as of January 1, 1999, as of January 1, 2004 and as of January 1, 2009, is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows, effective as of January 1, 2011 except as specifically provided herein.

PURPOSE

     The purpose of this Plan is to provide specified benefits to a select group of management or highly compensated Employees who contribute materially to the continued growth, development and future business success of AvalonBay Communities, Inc. This Plan shall be unfunded for tax purposes and for purposes of Title I of ERISA.

ARTICLE 1 — DEFINITIONS

     For the purposes of this Plan, unless otherwise clearly apparent from the context, the following phrases or terms shall have the following indicated meanings:

1.1 “Annual Bonus” shall mean any compensation, in addition to Base Annual Salary, earned for services performed during the Plan Year by a Participant as an Employee under the Sponsor’s annual bonus (cash incentive) plan, but excluding stock options and stock grants.

1.2 “Annual Deferral Amount” shall mean that portion of a Participant’s Base Annual Salary and Annual Bonus that a Participant defers in accordance with Article 3 for any one Plan Year. In the event of a Participant’s termination of employment prior to the end of a Plan Year, such year’s Annual Deferral Amount shall be the actual amount withheld prior to such event.

1.3 “Base Annual Salary” shall mean the annual cash compensation included on the Federal Income Tax Form W-2 for such calendar year, excluding bonuses, commissions, overtime, fringe benefits, stock options, stock grants, relocation expenses, incentive payments, non-monetary awards, and automobile and other allowances paid to a Participant for employment services rendered (whether or not such allowances are included in the Employee’s gross income). Base Annual Salary shall be calculated before reduction for compensation voluntarily deferred or contributed by the Participant pursuant to all qualified or non-qualified plans of the Sponsor and shall be calculated to include amounts not otherwise included in the Participant’s gross income under Code Sections 125, 132(f), 402(e)(3), or 402(h) pursuant to plans established by the Sponsor; provided, however, that all such amounts will be included in compensation only to the extent that had there been no such plan, the amount would have been payable in cash to the Employee.

1.4 “Beneficiary” shall mean one or more persons, trusts, estates or other entities, designated in accordance with Article 7, that are entitled to receive benefits under this Plan upon the death of a Participant.

     1.5 “Beneficiary Designation Form” shall mean the form established from time to time by the Retirement Planning Committee that a Participant completes, signs and returns to the Retirement Planning Committee to designate one or more Beneficiaries.

     1.6 “Cause” shall mean that the Participant has been determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company to have engaged in any one or more acts of theft, larceny, embezzlement, fraud or material intentional misappropriation from or with respect to the Company.

     1.7 “Claimant” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 12.1.

     1.8 “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it may be amended from time to time.

     1.9 “Compensation Committee” shall mean the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of the Sponsor.

     1.10 “Deferral Account” shall mean (i) the sum of all of a Participant’s Annual Deferral Amounts, plus (ii) amounts credited in accordance with all the applicable crediting and debiting provisions of this Plan that relate to the Participant’s Deferral Account, less (iii) all distributions made to the Participant or his or her Beneficiary pursuant to this Plan that relate to his or her Deferral Account. The Deferral Account shall be a bookkeeping entry only and shall be utilized solely as a device for the measurement and determination of the amounts to be paid to a Participant, or his or her Beneficiary, pursuant to this Plan.

     1.11 “Election Form” shall mean the form established from time to time by the Retirement Planning Committee that a Participant completes, signs and returns to the Retirement Planning Committee to make an election under the Plan.

     1.12 “Eligible Employee” shall mean, effective as of July 1, 2010, an Employee with a position of Senior Director and above and annualized Base Annual Salary of an amount equal to the then current compensation limit imposed by Section 401(a)(17) of the Code.

     1.13 “Employee” shall mean a person who is an employee of the Sponsor or an affiliate of the Sponsor.

     1.14 “ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as it may be amended from time to time.

     1.15 “Newly Eligible Participant” shall mean an Eligible Employee who is not, and has not been, eligible to make any deferral elections under any nonqualified deferred compensation plan that would be aggregated with this Plan under Section 409A of the Code and the guidance issued thereunder.

     1.16 “Non-Qualified Predetermined Annuity Account” shall mean an account maintained pursuant to the terms of the Plan in effect prior to January 1, 2004. Any such account shall continue to be maintained after January 1, 2004 until such account has been distributed to a Participant pursuant to the terms hereof.

     1.17 “Participant” shall mean any Employee (i) who is selected to participate in the Plan, (ii) who signs an Election Form, (iii) whose signed Election Form is accepted by the Retirement Planning Committee, and (iv) whose participation in the Plan has not terminated.

     1.18 “Plan” shall mean the AvalonBay Communities, Inc. Deferred Compensation Plan, which shall be evidenced by this instrument, as it may be amended from time to time.

     1.19 “Plan Year” shall mean a period beginning on January 1 of each calendar year and continuing through December 31 of such calendar year.

     1.20 “Retirement,” “Retire(s)” or “Retired” shall mean, with respect to an Employee, Separation from Service with the Sponsor (or any affiliate thereof) for any reason other than death or a leave of absence, following the date on which the sum of the following equals or exceeds 70 years: (i) the number of the Employee’s Years of Service and (ii) the Employee’s age upon Separation from Service, provided that the Employee is at least age 50 and has completed at least ten (10) Years of Service.

     1.21 “Retirement Planning Committee” shall mean the committee described in Article 10.

     1.22 “Separation from Service” or “Separates from Service” shall mean when the Participant and the Sponsor (or any affiliate thereof) reasonably anticipate that no further services would be performed by the Employee for the Sponsor (or any affiliate thereof) after a certain date or that the level of bona fide services the Participant would perform for the Sponsor (or any affiliate thereof) would permanently decrease to no more than 20 percent of the average level of bona fide services performed by the Participant for the Sponsor (or any affiliate thereof) over the immediately preceding 36-month period (or period of employment, if less than 36 months).

     1.23 “Sponsor” shall mean AvalonBay Communities, Inc. and any successor to all or substantially all of the Sponsor’s assets or business.

     1.24 “Trust” shall mean one or more trusts, if any, established by the Sponsor in its sole discretion.

     1.25 “Unforeseeable Financial Emergency” shall mean a severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant’s spouse, the Participant’s dependent (as defined in Section 152 of the Code without regard to Sections 152(b)(1), (b)(2) and (d)(1)(B)), loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant.

     1.26 “Years of Service” shall mean the total number of full years in which a Participant has been employed by the Sponsor (or any affiliate thereof). For purposes of this definition, a year of employment shall be a 365 day period (or 366 day period in the case of a leap year) that, for the first year of employment, commences on the Employee’s date of hiring and that, for any subsequent year, commences on an anniversary of that hiring date. The Retirement Planning

Committee shall make a determination as to whether any partial year of employment shall be counted as a Year of Service.

ARTICLE 2 — SELECTION, ENROLLMENT, ELIGIBILITY

     2.1 Selection by Compensation Committee. Participation in the Plan shall be limited to Eligible Employees.

     2.2 Enrollment Requirements. As a condition to participation, each selected Employee shall complete, execute and return to the Company an Election Form and a Beneficiary Designation Form, prior to the end of the Plan Year. In addition, the Retirement Planning Committee shall establish from time to time such other enrollment requirements as it determines in its sole discretion are necessary.

     2.3 Eligibility; Commencement of Participation. Provided an Eligible Employee has met all enrollment requirements set forth in this Plan and required by the Retirement Planning Committee, including returning all required documents to the Retirement Planning Committee within the specified time period, that Eligible Employee shall commence participation in the Plan on the first day of the Plan Year following the completion of all enrollment requirements. If an Eligible Employee fails to meet all such requirements within the period required, in accordance with Section 2.2, that Eligible Employee shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan until the first day of the Plan Year following the delivery to and acceptance by the Retirement Planning Committee of the required documents.

     2.4 Special Enrollment Rules for a Newly Eligible Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, effective as of July 1, 2010, a Newly Eligible Participant may enroll in the Plan by returning all required documents to the Retirement Planning Committee not later than 30 days after his or her date of hire; provided that the deferral for the first Plan Year of participation shall apply only to base salary paid for services to be performed subsequent to the election.

     2.5 Termination of Participation and/or Deferrals. If the Retirement Planning Committee determines in good faith that a Participant no longer qualifies as an Eligible Employee, the Retirement Planning Committee shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to prevent the Participant from making deferral elections in future Plan Years.

ARTICLE 3 — DEFERRAL COMMITMENTS/VESTING/CREDITING/TAXES

     3.1 Minimum Deferrals — Anpnual Deferral Amount. For each Plan Year, a Participant may elect to defer, as his or her Annual Deferral Amount, an aggregate minimum of one percent (1%) of his or her Base Annual Salary. If an election is made for less than stated minimum amounts, or if no election is made, the amount deferred shall be zero.

     3.2 Maximum Deferral — Base Annual Salary and Annual Bonus. For each Plan Year beginning on or after January 1, 2011, a Participant may elect to defer, as his or her Annual Deferral Amount, Base Annual Salary and Annual Bonus. The maximum percentage for Base Annual Salary shall be twenty-five percent (25%), and the maximum percentage for Annual Bonus shall be fifty percent (50%).

     3.3 Election to Defer; Effect of Election Form.

          (a) First Plan Year. In connection with a Participant’s commencement of participation in the Plan, the Participant shall make an irrevocable deferral election for the Plan Year in which the Participant commences participation in the Plan, along with such other elections as the Retirement Planning Committee deems necessary or desirable under the Plan. For these elections to be valid, the Election Form must be completed and signed by the Participant, timely delivered to the Retirement Planning Committee (in accordance with Section 2.2 or 2.4 above) and accepted by the Retirement Planning Committee.

          (b) Subsequent Plan Years. For each succeeding Plan Year, an irrevocable deferral election for that Plan Year, and such other elections as the Retirement Planning Committee deems necessary or desirable under the Plan, shall be made by timely delivering to the Retirement Planning Committee, in accordance with its rules and procedures, before the end of the Plan Year preceding the Plan Year for which the election is made, a new Election Form. Elections to defer a percentage of Annual Bonus must be made before the end of the Plan Year preceding the Plan Year in which such Annual Bonus is earned.

     3.4 Withholding of Annual Deferral Amounts. For each Plan Year, the Base Annual Salary portion of the Annual Deferral Amount shall be withheld from each regularly scheduled Base Annual Salary payroll in equal amounts, as adjusted from time to time for increases and decreases in Base Annual Salary. The Annual Bonus portion of the Annual Deferral Amount shall be withheld at the time the Annual Bonus is or otherwise would be paid to the Participant, whether or not this occurs during the Plan Year itself.

     3.5 Vesting. A Participant shall at all times be 100% vested in his or her Deferral Account.

     3.6 Crediting/Debiting of Deferral Accounts. In accordance with, and subject to, the rules and procedures that are established from time to time by the Retirement Planning Committee, in its sole discretion, amounts shall be credited or debited to a Participant’s Deferral Account balance in accordance with the following rules:

          (a) Measurement Funds. The Participant may elect one or more of the measurement funds (the “Measurement Funds”), based on certain mutual funds or other investment indices, for the purpose of crediting or debiting additional amounts to his or her Deferral Account balance. At least once each Plan Year, the Retirement Planning Committee or its delegate shall provide the Participant with a list of Measurement Funds available. As necessary, the Retirement Planning Committee may, in its sole discretion, discontinue, substitute or add a Measurement Fund.

          (b) Election of Measurement Funds. A Participant, in connection with his or her initial deferral election in accordance with Section 3.3(a) above, shall elect, on the Election Form, one or more Measurement Fund(s) (as described in Section 3.6(a) above) to be used to determine the amounts to be credited or debited to his or her Deferral Account balance. The Participant may (but is not required to) subsequently elect at any time, in accordance with procedures established by the Retirement Planning Committee from time to time, to add or delete

one or more Measurement Fund(s) to be used to determine the amounts to be credited or debited to his or her Deferral Account balance, or to change the portion of his or her Deferral Account balance allocated to each previously or newly elected Measurement Fund.

          (c) Proportionate Allocation. In making any election described in Section 3.6(b) above, the Participant shall specify on the Election Form (or such other form of communication acceptable to the Committee), in increments of one percent (1%), the percentage of his or her Deferral Account balance to be allocated to a Measurement Fund (as if the Participant was making an investment in that Measurement Fund with that portion of his or her Deferral Account balance).

          (d) Crediting or Debiting Method. The performance of each elected Measurement Fund (either positive or negative) will be based on the performance of the Measurement Funds themselves. A Participant’s Deferral Account shall be credited or debited on a daily basis, if possible, based on the performance of each Measurement Fund selected by the Participant. A Participant’s Deferral Account may also be debited by its proportionate share of the Plan’s administrative expense.

          (e) No Actual Investment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Plan that may be interpreted to the contrary, the Measurement Funds are to be used for measurement purposes only, and a Participant’s election of any such Measurement Fund, the allocation to his or her Deferral Account thereto, the calculation of additional amounts and the crediting or debiting of such amounts to a Participant’s Deferral Account shall not be considered or construed in any manner as an actual investment of his or her Deferral Account in any such Measurement Fund. In the event that the Sponsor, in its own discretion, decides to invest in any of the investments on which the Measurement Funds are based, no Participant shall have any rights in or to such investments themselves. Without limiting the foregoing, a Participant’s Deferral Account balance shall at all times be a bookkeeping entry only and shall not represent any investment made on his or her behalf by the Sponsor or the Trust; the Participant shall at all times remain an unsecured creditor of the Sponsor.

     3.7 FICA and Other Taxes.

          (a) Annual Deferral Amounts. For each Plan Year in which an Annual Deferral Amount is being withheld from a Participant, the Sponsor shall withhold from that portion of the Participant’s Base Annual Salary and Annual Bonus that is not being deferred, in a manner determined by the Sponsor, the Participant’s share of FICA and other employment taxes on such Annual Deferral Amount.

          (b) Distributions. The Sponsor, or the trustee of the Trust, shall withhold from any payments made to a Participant under this Plan all federal, state and local income, employment and other taxes required to be withheld by the Sponsor, or the trustee of the Trust, in connection with such payments, in amounts and in a manner to be determined in the sole discretion of the Sponsor and the trustee of the Trust.

ARTICLE 4 — DEATH BENEFIT

     4.1 Death Benefit. If the Participant dies before he or she Separates from Service, the Participant’s Beneficiary shall receive a death benefit equal to the Participant’s Deferral Account balance calculated as of the close of business on or around the date the benefit distribution is processed, as determined by the Retirement Planning Committee in its sole discretion.

     4.2 Payment of Death Benefit. The death benefit shall be paid to the Participant’s Beneficiary in a lump sum payment no later than 90 days after the Participant’s death.

ARTICLE 5 — TERMINATION BENEFIT

     5.1 Termination Benefit. If a Participant Separates his Service with the Sponsor, the Participant shall receive his or her Deferral Account balance calculated as of the close of business on or around the date the benefit distribution is processed, as determined by the Retirement Planning Committee in its sole discretion.

     5.2 Payment of Termination Benefit. The Participant shall receive his or her Deferral Account balance in a lump sum payment in the seventh month following the Participant’s Separation from Service. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant Retires and such Participant has elected prior to November 22, 2008 to receive his or her Deferral Account in annual or monthly installments over a period not exceeding ten (10) years, the Plan shall honor such election if the Deferral Account balance is at least $25,000 and the Participant will be paid on an installment basis rather than in a lump sum. If the Participant dies before completion of the installment payments, the unpaid remaining Deferral Account balance shall be paid to his or her Beneficiary in a lump sum no later than 90 days after the Participant’s death.

     5.3 Forfeiture if Termination for Cause. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, if a Participant’s employment with the Company is terminated for Cause, the portion of his or her Deferral Account attributable to Annual Deferral Amounts made after 2010, as adjusted pursuant to Section 3.6(d), shall be forfeited in its entirety.

ARTICLE 6 — SHORT-TERM PAYOUTS

     6.1 Short-Term Payouts. From and after January 1, 2004, the Plan shall no longer permit any Participant to elect any short-term payouts during employment.

     6.2 Grandfathered Election. To the extent a Participant has previously filed an election to receive his Non-Qualified Predetermined Annuity Account at a specified time, whether in a lump sum or in annual, quarterly or monthly installments over a period not exceeding ten (10) years, the Plan shall continue to honor such elections during the Participant’s employment.

     6.3 Withdrawal for Unforeseeable Financial Emergencies. If a Participant experiences an Unforeseeable Financial Emergency, the Participant may petition the Retirement Planning Committee to receive a partial or full payout from the Plan. The Committee shall determine if the event meets the criteria to be an Unforeseeable Financial Emergency. If approved, the amount of the withdrawal shall not exceed the lesser of the Participant’s Deferral

Account balance or the amount reasonably needed to satisfy the Unforeseeable Financial Emergency and income taxes on the withdrawn amount. If, subject to the sole discretion of the Retirement Planning Committee, the petition for a withdrawal is approved, any distribution shall be made within 30 days of the date of approval. The Participant will be eligible to again participate in the Plan effective the Plan Year following the Unforeseeable Financial Emergency. The Retirement Planning Committee may permit a Participant to suspend his or her Annual Deferral Amount in the event of an Unforeseeable Financial Emergency.

ARTICLE 7 — BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION

     7.1 Beneficiary. Each Participant shall have the right, at any time, to designate his or her Beneficiary(ies) (both primary as well as contingent) to receive any benefits payable under the Plan to a beneficiary upon the death of a Participant. The Beneficiary designated under this Plan may be the same as or different from the Beneficiary designation under any other plan of the Sponsor in which the Participant participates.

     7.2 Beneficiary Designation; Change; Spousal Consent. A Participant shall designate his or her Beneficiary by completing and signing the Beneficiary Designation Form, and returning it to the Retirement Planning Committee or its designated agent. A Participant shall have the right to change a Beneficiary by completing, signing and otherwise complying with the terms of the Beneficiary Designation Form and the Retirement Planning Committee’s rules and procedures, as in effect from time to time. If a married Participant names someone other than his or her spouse as a Beneficiary, a spousal consent, in the form designated by the Retirement Planning Committee, must be signed by that Participant’s spouse and returned to the Retirement Planning Committee. Upon the acceptance by the Retirement Planning Committee of a new Beneficiary Designation Form, all Beneficiary designations previously filed shall be canceled. The Retirement Planning Committee shall be entitled to rely on the last Beneficiary Designation Form filed by the Participant and accepted by the Retirement Planning Committee prior to his or her death.

     7.3 Acknowledgment. No designation or change in designation of a Beneficiary shall be effective until received by the Retirement Planning Committee or its designated agent.

     7.4 No Beneficiary Designation. If a Participant fails to designate a Beneficiary as provided in Sections 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 above, if all designated Beneficiaries predecease the Participant or die prior to complete distribution of the Participant’s benefits, or if a married Participant fails to provide a written spousal consent form, then the Participant’s designated Beneficiary shall be deemed to be his or her surviving spouse. If the Participant has no surviving spouse, the benefits remaining under the Plan to be paid to a Beneficiary shall be payable to the executor or personal representative of the Participant’s estate.

     7.5 Doubt as to Beneficiary. If the Retirement Planning Committee has any doubt as to the proper Beneficiary to receive payments pursuant to this Plan, the Retirement Planning Committee shall have the right, exercisable in its discretion, to cause the Sponsor to withhold such payments until this matter is resolved to the Retirement Planning Committee’s satisfaction.

     7.6 Discharge of Obligations. The payment of benefits under the Plan to a Beneficiary shall fully and completely discharge the Sponsor and the Retirement Planning Committee from all further obligations under this Plan with respect to the Participant, and that Participant’s participation in the Plan shall terminate upon such full payment of benefits.

ARTICLE 8 — LEAVE OF ABSENCE

     8.1 Leave of Absence. If a Participant is authorized by the Sponsor for any reason to take an unpaid leave of absence from the employment of the Sponsor, the Participant shall continue to be considered employed by the Sponsor but the Participant shall not be permitted to make deferrals until the Participant returns to work. Upon such return, deferrals shall resume for the remaining portion of the Plan Year in which the return occurs, based on the deferral election, if any, made for that Plan Year. If no election was made for that Plan Year, no deferral shall be withheld.

ARTICLE 9 — TERMINATION, AMENDMENT OR MODIFICATION

     9.1 Termination. Although the Sponsor anticipates that it will continue the Plan for an indefinite period of time, there is no guarantee that the Sponsor will continue the Plan or will not terminate the Plan at any time in the future. Accordingly, the Sponsor reserves the right to discontinue its sponsorship of the Plan and/or to terminate the Plan at any time with respect to any or all of its participating Employees. Upon the termination of the Plan with respect to the Sponsor, the affected Participants’ participation in the Plan shall terminate effective as of the end of the Plan Year in which the Plan termination occurs. Distributions shall be made to the Participants in the normal course, but the Sponsor may accelerate the distributions to the extent permitted by Section 409A of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

     9.2 Amendment. The Sponsor may, at any time, amend or modify the Plan in whole or in part; provided, however, that no amendment or modification shall be effective to decrease or restrict the value of a Participant’s Deferral Account balance in existence at the time the amendment or modification is made. The amendment or modification of the Plan shall not affect the right of any Participant or Beneficiary who has become entitled to the payment of benefits under the Plan as of the date of the amendment or modification to receive such payment.

     9.3 Delegation to Retirement Planning Committee. The Sponsor has delegated its rights to act under Sections 9.1 and 9.2 above to the Retirement Planning Committee and the Retirement Planning Committee shall have the full power to take action under Sections 9.1 and 9.2.

     9.4 Effect of Payment. The full payment of the applicable benefit under Articles 4, 5, or 6 of the Plan shall completely discharge all obligations to a Participant and his or her designated Beneficiaries under this Plan and the Participant’s participation in the Plan shall terminate.

ARTICLE 10 — ADMINISTRATION

     10.1 Retirement Planning Committee Duties. Except as otherwise provided in this Article 10, this Plan shall be administered by the Retirement Planning Committee of the Sponsor.

The Retirement Planning Committee shall also have the discretion and authority to (i) make, amend, interpret, and enforce all appropriate rules and regulations for the administration of this Plan and (ii) decide or resolve any and all questions including interpretations of this Plan, as may arise in connection with the Plan. Any individual serving on the Retirement Planning Committee who is a Participant shall not vote or act on any matter relating solely to himself or herself. When making a determination or calculation, the Retirement Planning Committee shall be entitled to rely on information furnished by a Participant or the Sponsor.

     10.2 Agents. In the administration of this Plan, the Retirement Planning Committee may, from time to time, employ agents and delegate to them such administrative duties as it sees fit (including acting through a duly appointed representative) and may from time to time consult with counsel who may be counsel to, and paid by, the Sponsor.

     10.3 Binding Effect of Decisions. The decision or action of the Retirement Planning Committee with respect to any question arising out of or in connection with the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan and the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all persons having any interest in the Plan.

     10.4 Exculpation and Indemnity of Retirement Planning Committee. The Sponsor shall indemnify and hold harmless the members of the Retirement Planning Committee and any Employee to whom the duties of the Retirement Planning Committee may be delegated against any and all claims, losses, damages, expenses or liabilities arising from any action or failure to act with respect to this Plan, except in the case of willful misconduct or gross negligence by the Retirement Planning Committee, any of its members, or any such Employee. By electing to enroll in the Plan, each Participant shall acknowledge that except in the case of claims for benefits, he or she shall have no right to file any claim against the Retirement Planning Committee or the Sponsor unless such claim is attributed to the willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Retirement Planning Committee, any of its members, or any Employee of the Sponsor.

     10.5 Sponsor Information. To enable the Retirement Planning Committee to perform its functions, the Sponsor shall supply full and timely information to the Retirement Planning Committee, as the case may be, on all matters relating to the compensation of its Participants, the date and circumstances of the death or Separation from Service of its Participants, and such other pertinent information as the Retirement Planning Committee may reasonably require.

ARTICLE 11 — OTHER BENEFITS AND AGREEMENTS

     11.1 Coordination with Other Benefits. The benefits provided for a Participant and Participant’s Beneficiary under the Plan are in addition to any other benefits available to such Participant under any other plan or program for employees of the Sponsor. The Plan shall supplement and shall not supersede, modify or amend any other such plan or program except as may otherwise be expressly provided.

ARTICLE 12 — CLAIMS PROCEDURES

     12.1 Presentation of Claim. Any Participant or Beneficiary of a deceased Participant (such Participant or Beneficiary being referred to below as a “Claimant”) may deliver to the

Retirement Planning Committee a written claim for a determination with respect to the amounts distributable to such Claimant from the Plan. If such a claim relates to the contents of a notice received by the Claimant, the claim must be made within 60 days after such notice was received by the Claimant. All other claims must be made within 180 days of the date on which the event that caused the claim to arise occurred. The claim must state with particularity the determination desired by the Claimant.

     12.2 Notification of Decision. The Retirement Planning Committee shall consider a Claimant’s claim within a reasonable time, and shall notify the Claimant in writing:

          (a) that the Claimant’s requested determination has been made, and that the claim has been allowed in full; or

          (b) that the Retirement Planning Committee has reached a conclusion contrary, in whole or in part, to the Claimant’s requested determination, and such notice must set forth in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant:

          (i) the specific reason(s) for the denial of the claim, or any part of it;

          (ii) specific reference(s) to pertinent provisions of the Plan upon which such denial was based;

          (iii) a description of any additional material or information necessary for the Claimant to perfect the claim, and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary;

          (iv) an explanation of the claim review procedure set forth in Section 13.3 below; and

          (v) a statement of the Claimant’s right to bring a civil action under Section 502(a) of ERISA if the claim is appealed to the Retirement Planning Committee and the Retirement Planning Committee fully or partially denies the claim.

     12.3 Review of a Denied Claim. Within 60 days after receiving a notice from the Retirement Planning Committee that a claim has been denied, in whole or in part, a Claimant (or the Claimant’s duly authorized representative) may file with the Retirement Planning Committee a written request for a review of the denial of the claim. Thereafter, but not later than 30 days after the review procedure began, the Claimant (or the Claimant’s duly authorized representative):

          (a) may review pertinent documents;

          (b) may submit written comments or other documents; and/or

          (c) may request a hearing, which the Retirement Planning Committee, in its sole discretion, may grant.

     12.4 Decision on Review. The Retirement Planning Committee shall render its decision on review promptly, and not later than 60 days after the filing of a written request for review of the denial, unless a hearing is held or other special circumstances require additional time, in which case the Retirement Planning Committee’s decision must be rendered within 120 days after such date. Such decision must be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant, and it must contain:

          (a) specific reasons for the decision;

          (b) specific reference(s) to the pertinent Plan provisions upon which the decision was based;

          (c) a statement of the Claimant’s right to receive, upon request and free of charge, reasonable access to, and copies of, all documents, records, and other information relevant to the Claimant’s claim for benefits; and

          (d) a statement of the Claimant’s right to bring a civil action under Section 502(a) of ERISA.

     12.5 Legal Action. A Claimant’s compliance with the foregoing provisions of this Article 12 is a mandatory prerequisite to a Claimant’s right to commence any legal action with respect to any claim for benefits under this Plan.

ARTICLE 13 — TRUST

     13.1 Establishment of the Trust. In order to provide assets from which to fulfill the obligations of the Participants and their beneficiaries under the Plan, the Sponsor shall establish a Trust by a trust agreement with a third party, the trustee, to which the Sponsor may, in its discretion, contribute cash or other property, including securities issued by the Sponsor, to provide for the benefit payments under the Plan.

     13.2 Interrelationship of the Plan and the Trust. The provisions of the Plan shall govern the rights of a Participant to receive distributions pursuant to the Plan. The provisions of the Trust shall govern the rights of the Sponsor, Participants and the creditors of the Sponsor to the assets transferred to the Trust. The Sponsor shall at all times remain liable to carry out its obligations under the Plan, subject to any limitation imposed by bankruptcy laws.

     13.3 Distributions From the Trust. The Sponsor’s obligations under the Plan may be satisfied with Trust assets distributed pursuant to the terms of the Trust, and any such distribution shall reduce the Sponsor’s obligations under this Plan.

ARTICLE 14 — MISCELLANEOUS

     14.1 Status of Plan. The Plan is intended to be a plan that is not qualified within the meaning of Code Section 401(a) and that “is unfunded and is maintained by an employer primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees” within the meaning of ERISA Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1). The Plan is also intended to comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the

Code. The Plan shall be administered and interpreted to the extent possible in a manner consistent with that intent.

     14.2 Unsecured General Creditor. Participants and their Beneficiaries, heirs, successors and assigns shall have no legal or equitable rights, interests or claims in any property or assets of the Sponsor. For purposes of the payment of benefits under this Plan, any and all of the Sponsor’s assets shall be, and remain, the general, unpledged unrestricted assets of the Sponsor. The Sponsor’s obligation under the Plan shall be merely that of an unfunded and unsecured promise to pay money in the future.

     14.3 Sponsor’s Liability. The Sponsor’s liability for the payment of benefits shall be defined only by the Plan. The Sponsor shall have no obligation to a Participant under the Plan except as expressly provided in the Plan.

     14.4 Nonassignability. Neither a Participant nor any other person shall have any right to commute, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, anticipate, mortgage or otherwise encumber, transfer, hypothecate, alienate or convey in advance of actual receipt, the amounts, if any, payable hereunder, or any part thereof, which are, and all rights to which are expressly declared to be, unassignable and non-transferable. No part of the amounts payable shall, prior to actual payment, be subject to seizure, attachment, garnishment or sequestration for the payment of any debts, judgments, separate maintenance owed by a Participant or any other person, be transferable by operation of law in the event of a Participant’s or any other person’s bankruptcy or insolvency. Notwithstanding the foregoing, assets can be assigned to an individual other than a Participant to the extent necessary to fulfill a domestic relations order.

     14.5 Not a Contract of Employment. The terms and conditions of this Plan shall not be deemed to constitute a contract of employment between the Sponsor and the Participant. Such employment is hereby acknowledged to be an “at will” employment relationship that can be terminated at any time for any reason, or no reason, with or without cause, and with or without notice, unless expressly provided in a written employment agreement. Nothing in this Plan shall be deemed to give a Participant the right to be retained in the service of the Sponsor, as an Employee, or to interfere with the right of the Sponsor to discipline or discharge the Participant at any time.

     14.6 Furnishing Information. A Participant or his or her Beneficiary will cooperate with the Retirement Planning Committee by furnishing any and all information requested by the Retirement Planning Committee and take such other actions as may be requested in order to facilitate the administration of the Plan and the payments of benefits hereunder.

     14.7 Terms. Whenever any words are used herein in the masculine, they shall be construed as though they were in the feminine in all cases where they would so apply; and whenever any words are used herein in the singular or in the plural, they shall be construed as though they were used in the plural or the singular, as the case may be, in all cases where they would so apply.

     14.8 Captions. The captions of the articles, sections and paragraphs of this Plan are for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of its provisions.

     14.9 Governing Law. Subject to ERISA, the provisions of this Plan shall be construed and interpreted according to the internal laws of the State of Maryland without regard to its conflicts of laws principles.

     14.10 Notice. Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to the Retirement Planning Committee under this Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and hand-delivered, or sent by registered or certified mail, to the address below:

AvalonBay Communities Retirement Planning Committee
c/o AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
Ballston Tower
671 N. Glebe Road, Suite 800
Arlington, VA 22203
Attention: Senior Director, Compensation & Benefits

     Such notice shall be deemed given as of the date of delivery or, if delivery is made by mail, as of the date shown on the postmark on the receipt for registration or certification.

     Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to a Participant under this Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and hand-delivered, or sent by mail, to the last known address of the Participant.

     14.11 Successors. The provisions of this Plan shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Sponsor and its successors and assigns and the Participant and the Participant’s designated Beneficiaries.

     14.12 Spouse’s Interest. The interest in the benefits hereunder of a spouse of a Participant who has predeceased the Participant shall automatically pass to the Participant and shall not be transferable by such spouse in any manner, including but not limited to such spouse’s will, nor shall such interest pass under the laws of intestate succession.

     14.13 Validity. In case any provision of this Plan shall be illegal or invalid for any reason, said illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts hereof, but this Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid provision had never been inserted herein.

     14.14 Incompetent. If the Retirement Planning Committee determines in its discretion that a benefit under this Plan is to be paid to a minor, a person declared incompetent or to a person incapable of handling the disposition of that person’s property, the Retirement Planning Committee may direct payment of such benefit to the guardian, legal representative or person having the care and custody of such minor, incompetent or incapable person. The Retirement Planning Committee may require proof of minority, incompetence, incapacity or guardianship, as it may deem appropriate prior to distribution of the benefit. Any payment of a benefit shall be a payment for the account of the Participant and the Participant’s Beneficiary, as the case may be, and shall be a complete discharge of any liability under the Plan for such payment amount.

     14.15 Court Order. The Retirement Planning Committee is authorized to make any payments directed by court order in any action in which the Plan or the Retirement Planning Committee has been named as a party. In addition, if a court determines that a spouse or former spouse of a Participant has an interest in the Participant’s benefits under the Plan in connection with a property settlement or otherwise, the Retirement Planning Committee shall have the right, notwithstanding any election made by a Participant, to distribute the spouse’s or former spouse’s interest in the Participant’s benefits under the Plan to that spouse or former spouse pursuant to the terms of the domestic relations order.

     14.16 Distribution in the Event of Taxation.

     If, for any reason, all or any portion of a Participant’s benefits under this Plan becomes taxable to the Participant prior to receipt on account of failure to meet the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, the Participant may petition the Retirement Planning Committee for a distribution of that portion of his or her benefit that has become taxable. Upon the grant of such a petition, which grant shall not be unreasonably withheld, the Sponsor shall distribute to the Participant immediately available funds in an amount equal to the taxable portion of his or her benefit (which amount shall not exceed a Participant’s unpaid Deferral Account balance under the Plan). If the petition is granted, the tax liability distribution shall be made within 90 days of the date when the Participant’s petition is granted.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Sponsor has caused this amended and restated Plan document to be duly executed by a duly authorized officer this 28^th day of June, 2010.