1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
Cates, George E.
6584 Poplar Avenue
Suite 300
Memphis, TN 38138-
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Mid-America Apartment Com. Inc (MAA)
3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (Voluntary)
4. Statement for Month/Day/Year
03/13/2003
5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)
6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
(X) Director ( ) 10% Owner
( ) Officer (give title below) ( ) Other (specify below)
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
(X) Form filed by One Reporting Person
( ) Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
TABLE I -- Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
+------------------------------+----------+----------+---------+--------------------------+--------------+-----------+------------+
|1. Title of Security |2. Trans- |2A.Execu- |3. Trans-|4. Securities Acquired (A)|5. Amount of |6. Owner- |7. Nature |
| | action | action | action| or Disposed of (D) |Securities | ship | of In- |
| | Date | Date | Code | |Beneficially | Form: | direct |
| | | | | |Owned | Direct | Bene- |
| | (Month/ | (Month/ | | |Following | (D) or | ficial |
| | Day/ | Day/ +-----+---+-----------+---+----------+Reported | Indirect| Owner- |
| | Year) | Year) |Code |V |Amount |A/D|Price |Transaction(s)| (I) | ship |
+------------------------------+----------+----------+-----+---+-----------+---+----------+--------------+-----------+------------+
Preferred Stock 9000 I JTWROS
Common Stock 344796.4457 D
Common Stock 4417.0694 I Spouse
Common Stock 11428.383 I Keough Plan
Common Stock 6114.146 I IRA
Common Stock 68367.9396 I JTWROS
Common Stock 5020.365 I Spouse IRA
Common Stock -0 I ESOP
Co-Trustee
Common Stock 0 I Estate
Trustee
Common Stock 41360 I George E.
Cates Family
L.P.
TABLE II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
+----------+--------+-------+-------+---------+-----------+---------------------+----------------+----------+-------+-------+------+
|1. |2. |3. |3A. |4. |5. |6. |7. |8. |9. |10. |11. |
| | | | | | | | | |Number |Owner- | |
| | | | | | | | | |of |ship | |
| | | | | | | | | |Deriv- |Form of| |
| | | | | | | |Title and Amount| |ative |Deriv- | |
| | | | | | | |of Underlying | |Secur- |ative |Nature|
| |Conver- |Trans- |Execu- | |Number of | |Securities | |ities |Secur- |of |
| |sion or |action |tion | |Derivative |Date Exercisable +-------+--------+ |Benefi-|ity: |In- |
| |Exercise|Date |Date | |Securities |and Expiration Date | |Amount | |cially |Direct |direct|
| |Price of| | |Transac- |Acquired(A)|(Month/Day/Year) | |or | |Owned |(D) or |Bene- |
|Title of |Deriv- |(Month/|(Month/|tion Code|Disposed(D)+----------+----------+ |Number |Price of | |In- |ficial|
|Derivative|ative | Day/ | Day/ +------+--+-----+-----+Date Exer-|Expira- | |of |Derivative| |direct |Owner-|
|Security |Security|Year) |Year) |Code |V |(A) |(D) |cisable |tion Date |Title |Shares |Security | |(I) |ship |
+----------+--------+-------+-------+------+--+-----+-----+----------+----------+-------+--------+----------+-------+-------+------+
Stock $22.14 02/20/2011 Common 36500 D
Options Stock
(Right to
buy)
Stock $22.1875 02/22/2010 Common 36500 D
Options Stock
(Right to
buy)
Stock $22.25 02/17/2009 Common 30000 D
Options Stock
(Right to
buy)
Stock $23.05 06/01/2000 Common 50000 D
Options Stock
(Right to
buy)
Stock $28.9375 02/11/2008 Common 20000 D
Options Stock
(Right to
buy)
Phantom $0 03/13/2 A 278 Common 278 $23.4200 317.964 D
Stock 003 Stock 7
Stock $19.75 02/04/2004 Common 60000 D
Option Stock
Stock $26.5 02/14/2006 Common 25000 D
Option Stock
Stock $29.5 02/12/2007 Common 40000 D
Option Stock
Limited $24.5 Common 197591 D
Partnership Stock
Units
Limited $28.5 Common 3642.44 D
Partnership Stock
Units
Limited $24.5 Common 38203 I Spouse
Partnership Stock
Units
Explanation of Responses:
Balance includes dividend reinvestment shares.
Balance includes disposition of a gift of 10,000 shares.
1-for-1
The units are to be settled in MAA common stock in 2 equal annual installments
beginning within 90 days following the end of the calendar year in which the
reporting person ceases to be a director.
SIGNATURE OF REPORTING PERSON
/s/ Leslie Bratten Cantrell Wolfgang
DATE
03/13/2003