AGM 2021

May 6, 2021

Morning. I'm David Singlin, Chief Executive Officer and Trustee of American Homes 4 Rent. I welcome you to the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of American Homes 4 Rent and call the meeting to order. Other trustees of the company who are joining me virtually are Kenneth Woolley, Chairman, Douglas Benham, Jack Corrigan, David Goldberg, Tamara Destison, Matthew Hart, of Michelle Carrick, James Krupp, Lynn Swan, Winifred Webb, Jay Willoughby and Matthew Zace. Of Additionally, Louis D. Larson, a representative of Broadridge is present and has been appointed to act as Inspector of Election. Of the company's Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, Tara Voetlow, shall serve as Secretary of the meeting. Of Financial Services. Please note that shareholders will have an opportunity to ask questions after we conclude the formal portion of the meeting. Any shareholder having a question can submit them via the website by using the Q and A button on your console. Of Financial Services. I will now turn the meeting over to Ann McGinnis, the company's Investor Relations Manager to report certain matters. Of Fiscal Year 2019. Thank you, Dave. A notice of meeting, proxy statement and annual report were first mailed or provided via the Internet on or about March 22, 2021 to all shareholders of record at March 9, 2021 of Class A and Class B common shares of beneficial interest of American Homes for rent. March 9, 2021 was the date fixed by the Board of Trustees for the determination of shareholders entitled to vote at this meeting. The company's secretary has received proof of this mailing in the form of an affidavit of mailing from Broadridge. The materials sent to the shareholders, the affidavit of mailing and a record of shareholders entitled to vote at this meeting are available for inspection by any shareholder during the meeting. Of Fiscal Year 20. Please note that we have also posted the rules of conduct for the meeting on the website used to access the meeting. Of Any shareholder present who has not voted by proxy, wishes to change his or her vote or otherwise wishes to vote during the meeting of Financial Services may be shown at this time via the website used to access this meeting. Shareholders who have voted by proxy and do not wish to change your vote of Financial Services. The polls will close shortly. So for anyone that has not voted or submitted a proxy, please vote now. Of of Fiscal Year twenty twenty one. I welcome you to the 2021 Annual Meeting of of the company's call. Of Fiscal Year 20. As set forth in the proxy statement, there are 6 items scheduled to be submitted to a vote of the company's shareholders today. Of Finance. The first item of business is the election of 13 trustees of American Homes for Rent to serve until the 2022 Annual Meeting of Fiscal Year 20 20 and until a successor is duly elected and qualified. The nominees for election are Kenneth M. Woolley, David P. Singleton, Douglas N. Benham, Jack Corrigan, David Goldberg, Tamara H. Gustafson, Matthew J. Hart, of Michelle Carrick, James H. Krupp, Lynn C. Swan, Winifred M. Webb, Jay Willoughby and Matthew R. Zace. The second item for consideration is shareholder approval of the American Homes 4 Rent 2021 Equity Incentive Plan. The 3rd item for consideration is shareholder approval of the American Homes for Rent 2021 employee stock purchase plan. The 4th item for consideration is the ratification of the appointment of Ernst and Young LLP of Financial Services as the company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021. Of Finance and Young, Jim McAuley, is present at the meeting and is available to answer questions that any shareholder may have after the meeting has concluded. The 5th item for consideration is a shareholder advisory vote to approve the company's executive compensation as disclosed in the proxy statement pursuant to the SEC's disclosure rules. Of Financial Services. The 6th item for consideration is a shareholder advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on the company's executive compensation. Of Fiscal Year 20. The company's secretary has received a report of the vote on the election of the Board of Trustees. Of of the company's equity statement as trustees of American Homes 4 Rent. Those persons are hereby declared elected. Of the American Homes 4 Rent 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, the American Homes 4 Rent Employee Stock Purchase Plan and the ratification of Ernst and Young, LLP as independent registered public accountants of the company for fiscal year 2021 of shareholders are each also approved by a majority of the votes cast. A majority of the shareholders voting on an advisory basis of shareholders, approve the company's compensation of executive officers as described in the proxy statement and voted 1 year for the frequency of future advisory votes to approve the company's compensation of executive officers. Of There being no further business to come before the meeting, the formal portion of the meeting is concluded. I'd like to thank our inspector, Lewis Larsen for your participation. I will now turn the meeting back to Dave Stengel. Of Thanks, Sam, and thank you all for joining the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders of American of Homes for Rent. The meeting is adjourned.