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American Campus Communities Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/21 – ‘EX-101.CAL’

On: Monday, 2/28/22, at 10:05am ET · For: 12/31/21 · Accession #: 1283630-22-31 · File #: 1-32265

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 2/28/22  American Campus Communities Inc.  10-K       12/31/21  103:18M

Annual Report — Form 10-K

Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML   2.60M 
 2: EX-4.16     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     46K 
 3: EX-10.27    Material Contract                                   HTML     65K 
 4: EX-10.28    Material Contract                                   HTML     29K 
 5: EX-21.1     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     28K 
 6: EX-21.2     Subsidiaries List                                   HTML     28K 
 7: EX-23.1     Consent of Expert or Counsel                        HTML     28K 
 8: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
 9: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     32K 
10: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
11: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
17: R1          Cover                                               HTML     93K 
18: R2          Audit Information                                   HTML     32K 
19: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    131K 
20: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     63K 
21: R5          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML    160K 
22: R6          Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity        HTML    112K 
23: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    185K 
24: R8          Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity        HTML     29K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
25: R9          Organization and Description of Business            HTML     34K 
26: R10         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     92K 
27: R11         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     61K 
28: R12         Income Taxes                                        HTML     85K 
29: R13         Acquisitions and Joint Venture Investments          HTML     33K 
30: R14         Dispositions and Joint Venture Investments          HTML     33K 
31: R15         Investments in Real Estate                          HTML     49K 
32: R16         Debt                                                HTML    126K 
33: R17         Stockholders' Equity                                HTML     39K 
34: R18         Noncontrolling Interests                            HTML     44K 
35: R19         Incentive Award Plan                                HTML     59K 
36: R20         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities       HTML     73K 
37: R21         Fair Value Disclosures                              HTML     78K 
38: R22         Leases                                              HTML     69K 
39: R23         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     42K 
40: R24         Segments                                            HTML    112K 
41: R25         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     30K 
42: R26         Schedule of Real Estate and Accumulated             HTML    694K 
                Depreciation                                                     
43: R27         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML    149K 
                (Policies)                                                       
44: R28         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies          HTML     31K 
                (Tables)                                                         
45: R29         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     62K 
46: R30         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     86K 
47: R31         Investments in Real Estate (Tables)                 HTML     47K 
48: R32         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML    123K 
49: R33         Stockholders' Equity (Tables)                       HTML     32K 
50: R34         Noncontrolling Interests (Tables)                   HTML     40K 
51: R35         Incentive Award Plan (Tables)                       HTML     54K 
52: R36         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities       HTML     73K 
                (Tables)                                                         
53: R37         Fair Value Disclosures (Tables)                     HTML     76K 
54: R38         Leases (Tables)                                     HTML     72K 
55: R39         Segments (Tables)                                   HTML    109K 
56: R40         Organization and Description of Business -          HTML     55K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
57: R41         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML    106K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
58: R42         Summary of Significant Accounting Policies -        HTML     40K 
                Estimated Useful Lives of Assets (Details)                       
59: R43         Earnings Per Share - Potentially Dilutive           HTML     35K 
                Securities not Included in Calculating Diluted                   
                Earnings per Share (Details)                                     
60: R44         Earnings Per Share - Summary of Elements Used in    HTML     82K 
                Calculating Basic and Diluted Earnings per Share                 
                (Details)                                                        
61: R45         Income Taxes - Components of Deferred Tax Assets    HTML     58K 
                and Liabilities of TRSs (Details)                                
62: R46         Income Taxes - Components of Income Tax Provision   HTML     43K 
                (Details)                                                        
63: R47         Income Taxes - Reconciliation of Income Tax         HTML     43K 
                Attributable to Continuing Operations for TRSs                   
                (Details)                                                        
64: R48         Income Taxes - Narrative (Details)                  HTML     39K 
65: R49         Income Taxes - Tax treatment of Distributions to    HTML     37K 
                Shareholders (Details)                                           
66: R50         Acquisitions and Joint Venture Investments -        HTML     69K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
67: R51         Dispositions and Joint Venture Investments -        HTML     82K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
68: R52         Investments in Real Estate - Summary of Properties  HTML     54K 
                (Details)                                                        
69: R53         Debt - Summary of Outstanding Consolidated          HTML     68K 
                Indebtedness (Details)                                           
70: R54         Debt - Mortgage Loans Payable Excluding Premiums    HTML     47K 
                and Discounts (Details)                                          
71: R55         Debt - Mortgage Loans Payable Transactions          HTML     40K 
                Occurred (Details)                                               
72: R56         Debt - Narrative (Details)                          HTML     97K 
73: R57         Debt - Summary of Bonds Payable (Details)           HTML     52K 
74: R58         Debt - Summary of Unsecured Notes (Details)         HTML     69K 
75: R59         Debt - Summary of Debt Maturities (Details)         HTML     47K 
76: R60         Stockholders' Equity - Narrative (Details)          HTML     43K 
77: R61         Stockholders' Equity - Schedule of activity under   HTML     37K 
                ATM equity program (Details)                                     
78: R62         Noncontrolling Interests - Narrative (Details)      HTML     45K 
79: R63         Noncontrolling Interests - Summarized activity of   HTML     50K 
                redeemable limited partners (Details)                            
80: R64         Incentive Award Plan - Narrative (Details)          HTML     87K 
81: R65         Incentive Award Plan - Summary of Restricted Stock  HTML     54K 
                Awards (Details)                                                 
82: R66         Incentive Award Plan - Summary of Restricted Stock  HTML     51K 
                Units (Details)                                                  
83: R67         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities -     HTML     58K 
                Summary of Outstanding Interest Rate Swap                        
                Contracts (Details)                                              
84: R68         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities -     HTML     39K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
85: R69         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities -     HTML     36K 
                Fair Value of Derivative Financial Instruments and               
                Classification on Consolidated Balance Sheet                     
                (Details)                                                        
86: R70         Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities -     HTML     46K 
                Schedule of Effect of Derivative Financial                       
                Instruments On The Income Statement (Details)                    
87: R71         Fair Value Disclosures - Financial Instruments      HTML     46K 
                Measured at Fair Value (Details)                                 
88: R72         Fair Value Disclosures - Estimated Fair Value and   HTML     52K 
                Related Carrying Amounts for Mortgage Loans and                  
                Bonds Payable (Details)                                          
89: R73         Leases - Schedule of Lease Cost and Rent            HTML     35K 
                Abatements (Details)                                             
90: R74         Leases - Future Minimum Commitments over Life       HTML     49K 
                (Details)                                                        
91: R75         Leases - Schedule of Lease Income (Details)         HTML     33K 
92: R76         Leases - Abatements and Refunds (Details)           HTML     42K 
93: R77         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     92K 
94: R78         Segments - Narrative (Details)                      HTML     29K 
95: R79         Segments - Schedule of Segment Information          HTML    125K 
                (Details)                                                        
96: R80         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     32K 
97: R81         Schedule of Real Estate and Accumulated             HTML   1.05M 
                Depreciation - Schedule of Real Estate Properties                
                (Details)                                                        
98: R82         Schedule of Real Estate and Accumulated             HTML     66K 
                Depreciation - Changes in investments in real                    
                estate and related accumulated depreciation                      
                (Details)                                                        
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100: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    179K  
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American Campus Communities Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/21 – ‘EX-101.CAL’

On: Monday, 2/28/22, at 10:05am ET · For: 12/31/21 · Accession #: 1283630-22-31 · File #: 1-32265

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