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Exhibit 4.3  

 
 
GABLES RESIDENTIAL TRUST

ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY

ESTABLISHING AND FIXING THE RIGHTS AND

PREFERENCES OF A SERIES OF PREFERRED SHARES  

        Gables Residential Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust (the "Trust"), having its principal office in Boca Raton, Florida, hereby certifies to the State
Department of Assessments and Taxation of the State of Maryland that: 

        FIRST:    Pursuant to the authority expressly vested in the Board of Trustees of the Trust by Article IV of its Amended
and Restated Declaration of Trust (which, as hereafter restated or amended from time to time, is together with these Articles Supplementary herein called the "Charter"), the Board of Trustees has, by
resolution, duly divided and classified 1,600,000 shares of the Preferred Shares of the Trust into a series designated 7.875% Series C-1 Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares and
has provided for the issuance of such series. 

        SECOND:    Subject in all cases to the provisions of the Charter of the Trust, including without limitation, Article V
with respect to limitations on the transfer and ownership of Shares, the following is a description of the preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to
dividends, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption of the 7.875% Series C-1 Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of the Trust: 

	(1)
	Designation and Number. A series of Preferred Shares, designated the "7.875% Series C-1 Cumulative Redeemable
Preferred Shares" (the "Series C-1 Preferred Shares"), is hereby established. The number of Series C-1 Preferred Shares hereby authorized shall be 1,600,000.

	(2)
	Rank. The Series C-1 Preferred Shares shall, with respect to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation,
dissolution or winding up of the Trust, rank (a) senior to all classes or series of Common Shares of the Trust, and to all equity securities issued by the Trust ranking junior to such
Series C-1 Preferred Shares, including without limitation the 5.00% Series Z Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares; (b) on a parity with all other equity securities
issued by the Trust, the terms of which specifically provide that such equity securities rank on a parity with the Series C-1 Preferred Shares, including without limitation the
(i) 8.625% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares, (ii) 7.875% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares (the "Series C Preferred Shares") and
(iii) 7.50% Series D Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares; and (c) junior to all equity securities issued by the Trust the terms of which specifically provide that such equity
securities rank senior to the Series C-1 Preferred Shares. The term "equity securities" shall not include convertible debt securities. 

(3)    Dividends. 

	(a)
	Holders
of the then outstanding Series C-1 Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive, when and as declared by the Board of Trustees, out of funds legally
available for the payment of dividends, cumulative preferential cash dividends at the rate of 7.875% of the $25.00 liquidation preference per annum (equivalent to a fixed annual amount of $1.96875 per
share). Such dividends shall be cumulative from the last date on which dividends have been paid on the Series C Preferred Shares (which shares of Series C Preferred Shares have been
exchanged for shares of Series C-1 Preferred Shares) and shall be payable quarterly in arrears on or before March 15, June 15, September 15 and
December 15 of each year or, if not a business day, the next succeeding business day (each, a "Dividend Payment Date"). The quarterly period between Dividend Payment Dates is referred to herein
as a "dividend period" and the dividend which shall accrue in respect of any full dividend period shall be $0.4921875 regardless of the actual number of days in such full dividend period. The first
dividend will be paid on September 15, 2003. Any dividend payable on the Series C-1 Preferred Shares for any 

 

partial
dividend period will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. Dividends will be payable to holders of record as they appear in the
stock records of the Trust at the close of business on the applicable record date, which shall be the first day of the calendar month in which the applicable Dividend Payment Date falls or on such
other date designated by the Board of Trustees of the Trust as the record date for the payment of dividends on the Series C-1 Preferred Shares that is not more than 30 nor less than
10 days prior to such Dividend Payment Date (each, a "Dividend Record Date"). 

	(b)
	No
dividends on Series C-1 Preferred Shares shall be declared by the Board of Trustees of the Trust or paid or set apart for payment by the Trust at such time as
the terms and provisions of any agreement of the Trust, including any agreement relating to its indebtedness, prohibits such declaration, payment or setting apart for payment or provides that such
declaration, payment or setting apart for payment would constitute a breach thereof or a default thereunder, or if such declaration or payment shall be restricted or prohibited by law.

	(c)
	Notwithstanding
the foregoing, dividends on the Series C-1 Preferred Shares shall accrue whether or not the terms and provisions set forth in Section 3(b)
hereof at any time prohibit the current payment of dividends, whether or not the Trust has earnings, whether or not there are funds legally available for the payment of such dividends and whether or
not such dividends are declared. Accrued but unpaid dividends on the Series C-1 Preferred Shares will accumulate as of the Dividend Payment Date on which they first become payable.

	(d)
	Except
as provided in Section 3(e) below, no dividends will be declared or paid or set apart for payment on any capital stock of the Trust or any other series of Preferred
Shares ranking, as to dividends, on a parity with or junior to the Series C-1 Preferred Shares (other than a dividend in shares of the Trust's Common Shares or in any other class of
shares of beneficial interest ranking junior to the Series C-1 Preferred Shares as to dividends and upon liquidation) for any period unless full cumulative dividends have been or
contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof is set apart for such payment on the Series C-1 Preferred Shares for all past
dividend periods and the then current dividend period; provided, however, that insofar as the Board of
Trustees of the Trust elects to declare dividends on its Common Shares on a monthly basis and, as a result, the Trust is committed to paying dividends on three monthly dividend payment dates with
respect to the Trust's Common Shares during each quarterly dividend period with respect to the Series C-1 Preferred Shares, nothing in this Section 3(d) shall be deemed to
prohibit the payment of a monthly dividend on the Trust's Common Shares if such monthly dividend is paid not later than 90 days after the last dividend payment made to holders of the
Series C-1 Preferred Shares.

	(e)
	When
dividends are not paid in full (and a sum sufficient for such full payment is not so set apart) upon the Series C-1 Preferred Shares and the shares of any
other series of Preferred Shares ranking on a parity as to dividends with the Series C-1 Preferred Shares, all dividends declared upon the Series C-1 Preferred
Shares and any other series of Preferred Shares ranking on a parity as to dividends with the Series C-1 Preferred Shares shall be declared pro rata so that the amount of dividends
declared per share of Series C-1 Preferred Shares and such other series of Preferred Shares shall in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that accrued dividends per share on
the Series C-1 Preferred Shares and such other series of Preferred Shares (which shall not include any accrual in respect of unpaid dividends for prior dividend periods if such
Preferred Shares do not have a cumulative dividend) bear to each other. No interest, or sum of money in lieu of interest, shall be payable in respect of any dividend payment or payments on
Series C-1 Preferred Shares which may be in arrears. 

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	(f)
	Except
as provided in the immediately preceding paragraph, unless full cumulative dividends on the Series C-1 Preferred Shares have been or contemporaneously are
declared and paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof is set apart for payment for all past dividend periods and the then current dividend period, no dividends (other than in
Common Shares or other shares of beneficial interest ranking junior to the Series C-1 Preferred Shares as to dividends and upon liquidation) shall be declared or paid or set aside
for payment, nor shall any other distribution be declared or made, upon the Common Shares or any other shares of beneficial interest of the Trust ranking junior to or on a parity with the
Series C-1 Preferred Shares as to dividends or upon liquidation, nor shall any Common Shares, or any other shares of beneficial interest of the Trust ranking junior to or on a
parity with the Series C-1 Preferred Shares as to dividends or upon liquidation be redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired for any consideration (or any moneys be paid to or made
available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any such shares) by the Trust (except by conversion into or exchange for other shares of beneficial interest of the Trust ranking junior to the
Series C-1 Preferred Shares as to dividends and upon liquidation).

	(g)
	Any
dividend payment made on Series C-1 Preferred Shares shall first be credited against the earliest accrued but unpaid dividend due with respect to such shares
which remains payable. Holders of the Series C-1 Preferred Shares shall not be entitled to any dividend, whether payable in cash, property or securities in excess of full cumulative
dividends on the Series C-1 Preferred Shares as described above. 

(4)    Liquidation Preference. 

	(a)
	Upon
any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Trust, the holders of Series C-1 Preferred Shares then outstanding
are entitled to be paid out of the assets of the Trust legally available for distribution to its stockholders a liquidation preference of $25.00 per share, plus an amount equal to any accrued and
unpaid dividends to the date of payment, before any distribution of assets is made to holders of Common Shares or any other class or series of shares of beneficial interest of the Trust that ranks
junior to the Series C-1 Preferred Shares as to liquidation rights.

	(b)
	In
the event that, upon any such voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the available assets of the Trust are insufficient to pay the amount of the
liquidating distributions on all outstanding Series C-1 Preferred Shares and the corresponding amounts payable on all shares of other classes or series of shares of beneficial
interest of the Trust ranking on a parity with the Series C-1 Preferred Shares in the distribution of assets, then the holders of the Series C-1 Preferred Shares
and all other such classes or series of shares of beneficial interest shall share ratably in any such distribution of assets in proportion to the full liquidating distributions to which they would
otherwise be respectively entitled.

	(c)
	After
payment of the full amount of the liquidating distributions to which they are entitled, the holders of Series C-1 Preferred Shares will have no right or claim
to any of the remaining assets of the Trust.

	(d)
	Written
notice of any such liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Trust, stating the payment date or dates when, and the place or places where, the amounts distributable in
such circumstances shall be payable, shall be given by first class mail, postage pre-paid, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the payment date stated therein, to each
record holder of the Series C-1 Preferred Shares at the respective addresses of such holders as the same shall appear on the stock transfer records of the Trust.

	(e)
	The
consolidation or merger of the Trust with or into any other corporation, trust or entity or of any other corporation with or into the Trust, or the sale, lease or conveyance of
all or 

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substantially
all of the property or business of the Trust, shall not be deemed to constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Trust. 

(5)    Redemption. 

	(a)
	Right of Optional Redemption; Application of "Excess Share" Provision. The Series C-1 Preferred Shares are not
redeemable prior to September 27, 2006. However, in an effort to ensure that the Trust remains a qualified real estate investment trust ("REIT") for federal income tax purposes, in accordance
with the Charter, the Series C-1 Preferred Shares are, together with all other shares of beneficial interest of the Trust, subject in all respects to the provisions of
Article V of the Charter. In addition, for so long as any Series C-1 Preferred Shares are outstanding, the definition of "Ownership Limit" in Article V shall be read
so that the following clause is appended to the end thereto: "and provided, further, that so long as any Series C-1 Preferred Shares
are outstanding, "Ownership Limit" shall also mean with respect to any Person who is a Restricted Holder (as defined below) of 9.8% of the outstanding Series C-1 Preferred Shares."
Accordingly, pursuant to Sections 5.5.1 and 5.5.7 of the Charter, a purported Transfer (as defined in Article V) of Series C-1 Preferred Shares as a result of which any
person would Beneficially Own (as defined in Article V) more than 9.8% of the outstanding Series C-1 Preferred Shares will cause such excess to automatically be exchanged for
Excess Shares, and the Trust will have the right to purchase such Excess Shares from the holder. A "Restricted Holder" for purposes of the preceding sentence shall mean (i) any Person who is an
"individual" within the meaning of Section 542(a)(2) of the Code (determined with regard to Section 856(h)(3)(A) of the Code) or (ii) any Person whose ownership of Shares would
cause any individual (as defined in the preceding clause (i)) to Beneficially Own more than 5% of the Shares owned by such Person; for the avoidance of doubt, Teachers Insurance and Annuity
Association of America, the initial purchasers of the Shares, shall not be deemed a Restricted Holder for purposes of this Section 5(a). 

        On
and after September 27, 2006, the Trust, at its option and upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' written notice, may redeem the Series C-1
Preferred Shares, in whole or in part, at any time or from time to time, for cash at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon to the date fixed for
redemption (except as provided in Section 5(c) below), without interest. If less than all of the outstanding Series C-1 Preferred Shares is to be redeemed, the
Series C-1 Preferred Shares to be redeemed shall be selected pro rata (as nearly as may be practicable without creating fractional shares) or by any other equitable method
determined by the Trust. 

	(b)
	Limitations on Redemption. 
	(i)
	The
redemption price of the Series C-1 Preferred Shares (other than the portion thereof consisting of accrued and unpaid dividends) is payable solely
out of the sale proceeds of other capital stock of the Trust, which may include other series of Preferred Shares, and from no other source. For purposes of the preceding sentence, "capital stock"
means any shares of beneficial interest of the Trust (including Common Shares and Preferred Shares), or any other interest, participation or other ownership interests (however designated) and any
rights (other than debt securities convertible into or exchangeable for equity securities) or options to purchase any of the foregoing.

	(ii)
	Unless
full cumulative dividends on all Series C-1 Preferred Shares shall have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid or declared and a sum
sufficient for the payment thereof set apart for payment for all past dividend periods and the then current dividend period, no Series C-1 Preferred Shares shall be redeemed unless
all outstanding Series C-1 Preferred Shares are simultaneously redeemed, and the Trust shall not purchase or otherwise acquire directly or indirectly any
Series C-1 Preferred Shares (except by exchange for shares of beneficial interest of the Trust ranking junior to the Series C-1 Preferred Shares as to dividends
and upon liquidation); provided, however, that 

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the
foregoing shall not prevent the purchase by the Trust of Excess Shares in order to ensure that the Trust remains qualified as a REIT for federal income tax purposes or the purchase or acquisition
of Series C-1 Preferred Shares pursuant to a purchase or exchange offer made on the same terms to holders of all outstanding Series C-1 Preferred Shares. 

	(c)
	Payment of Dividends in Connection with Redemption. Immediately prior to any redemption of Series C-1 Preferred
Shares, the Trust shall pay, in cash, any accumulated and unpaid dividends through the redemption date, unless a redemption date falls after a Dividend Record Date and prior to the corresponding
Dividend Payment Date, in which case each holder of Series C-1 Preferred Shares at the close of business on such Dividend Record Date shall be entitled to the dividend payable on
such shares on the corresponding Dividend Payment Date notwithstanding the redemption of such shares before such Dividend Payment Date. Except as provided above, the Trust will make no payment or
allowance for unpaid dividends, whether or not in arrears, on Series C-1 Preferred Shares which are redeemed.

	(d)
	Procedures for Redemption. 
	(i)
	Notice
of redemption will be (A) given by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of New York, such publication to be made once a week for
two successive weeks commencing not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date, and (B) mailed by the Trust, postage prepaid, not less than 30 nor more than
60 days prior to the redemption date, addressed to the respective holders of record of the Series C-1 Preferred Shares to be redeemed at their respective addresses as they
appear on the stock transfer records of the Trust. No failure to give such notice or any defect thereto or in the mailing thereof shall affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any
shares of Series C-1 Preferred Shares except as to the holder to whom notice was defective or not given.

	(ii)
	In
addition to any information required by law or by the applicable rules of any exchange upon which Series C-1 Preferred Shares may be listed or
admitted to trading, such notice shall state: (A) the redemption date; (B) the redemption price; (C) the number of shares of Series C-1 Preferred Shares to be
redeemed; (D) the place or places where the Series C-1 Preferred Shares are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price; and (E) that dividends on the shares
to be redeemed will cease to accrue on such redemption date. If less than all of the Series C-1 Preferred Shares held by any holder are to be redeemed, the notice mailed to such
holder shall also specify the number of Series C-1 Preferred Shares held by such holder to be redeemed.

	(iii)
	If
notice of redemption of any Series C-1 Preferred Shares has been given and if the funds necessary for such redemption have been set aside by the
Trust in trust for the benefit of the holders of any Series C-1 Preferred Shares so called for redemption, then from and after the redemption date dividends will cease to accrue on
such Series C-1 Preferred Shares, such Series C-1 Preferred Shares shall no longer be deemed outstanding and all rights of the holders of such shares will
terminate, except the right to receive the redemption price. Holders of Series C-1 Preferred Shares to be redeemed shall surrender such Series C-1 Preferred
Shares at the place designated in such notice and, upon surrender in accordance with said notice of the certificates for Series C-1 Preferred Shares so redeemed (properly endorsed
or assigned for transfer, if the Trust shall so require and the notice shall so state), such Series C-1 Preferred Shares shall be redeemed by the Trust at the redemption price plus
any accrued and unpaid dividends payable upon such redemption. In case less than all the Series C-1 Preferred Shares represented by any such certificate are redeemed, a new
certificate or certificates shall be issued representing the unredeemed Series C-1 Preferred Shares without cost to the holder thereof. 

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	(iv)
	The
deposit of funds with a bank or trust corporation for the purpose of redeeming Series C-1 Preferred Shares shall be irrevocable except that:

	(A)
	the
Trust shall be entitled to receive from such bank or trust corporation the interest or other earnings, if any, earned on any money so deposited in trust, and the holders of any
shares redeemed shall have no claim to such interest or other earnings; and

	(B)
	any
balance of monies so deposited by the Trust and unclaimed by the holders of the Series C-1 Preferred Shares entitled thereto at the expiration of two years from
the applicable redemption dates shall be repaid, together with any interest or other earnings thereon, to the Trust, and after any such repayment, the holders of the shares entitled to the funds so
repaid to the Trust shall look only to the Trust for payment without interest or other earnings.

	(e)
	Excess Share Provisions. The Series C-1 Preferred Shares are subject to the provisions of Article V of the
Charter, including, without limitation, the provision for the redemption of Excess Shares. In addition to the redemption rights set forth in Article V of the Charter, Excess Shares issued upon
exchange of Series C-1 Preferred Shares pursuant to such Article may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at any time when outstanding Series C-1 Preferred Shares
are being redeemed, for cash at a redemption price of $25.00 per share, plus all accrued and unpaid dividends on the Series C-1 Preferred Shares, which were exchanged for such
Excess Shares, through the date of such exchange, without interest. If the Trust elects to redeem Excess Shares pursuant to the redemption right set forth in the preceding sentence, such Excess Shares
shall be redeemed in such proportion and in accordance with such procedures as Series C-1 Preferred Shares are being redeemed.

	(f)
	Status of Redeemed Shares. Any Series C-1 Preferred Shares that shall at any time have been redeemed shall, after
such redemption, have the status of authorized but unissued Preferred Shares, without designation as to series until such shares are thereafter designated as part of a particular series by the Board
of Trustees. 

(6)    Voting Rights. 

	(a)
	Holders
of the Series C-1 Preferred Shares will not have any voting rights, except as set forth below or as otherwise from time to time required by law.

	(b)
	Whenever
dividends on any Series C-1 Preferred Shares shall be in arrears for six or more quarterly periods (a "Preferred Dividend Default"), the holders of such
Series C-1 Preferred Shares (voting separately as a class with the holders of all other series of Preferred Shares ranking on a parity with the Series C-1
Preferred Shares as to dividends or upon liquidation ("Parity Preferred") upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable) will be entitled to vote for the election of a total of
two trustees of the Trust (the "Preferred Share Trustees") at a special meeting called by the holders of record of at least 20% of the Series C-1 Preferred Shares or the holders of
any other series of Parity Preferred so in arrears (unless such request is received less than 90 days before the date fixed for the next annual or special meeting of shareholders) or at the
next annual meeting of shareholders, and at each subsequent annual meeting until all dividends accumulated on such Series C-1 Preferred Shares for the past dividend periods and the
dividend for the then current dividend period shall have been fully paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof set aside for payment.

	(c)
	If
and when all accumulated dividends and the dividend for the then current dividend period on the Series C-1 Preferred Shares shall have been paid in full or set
aside for payment in full, the holders of Series C-1 Preferred Shares shall be divested of the voting rights set forth in Section 6(b) hereof (subject to revesting in the
event of each and every Preferred Dividend 

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Default)
and, if all accumulated dividends and the dividend for the current dividend period have been paid in full or set aside for payment in full on all other series of Parity Preferred upon which
like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable, the term of office of each Preferred Share Trustee so elected shall terminate. Any Preferred Share Trustee may be removed at any time with
or without cause by the vote of, and shall not be removed otherwise than by the vote of, the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding Series C-1 Preferred Shares when they
have the voting rights set forth in Section 6(b) (voting separately as a class with all other series of Parity Preferred upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable).
So long as a Preferred Dividend Default shall continue, any vacancy in the office of a Preferred Share Trustee may be filled by written consent of the Preferred Share Trustee remaining in office, or
if none remains in office, by a vote of the holders of record of a majority of the outstanding Series C-1 Preferred Shares when they have the voting rights set forth in
Section 6(b) (voting separately as a class with all other series of Parity Preferred upon which like voting rights have been conferred and are exercisable). The Preferred Share Trustees shall
each be entitled to one vote per trustee on any matter. 

	(d)
	So
long as any Series C-1 Preferred Shares remain outstanding, the Trust shall not, without the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds
of the Series C-1 Preferred Shares outstanding at the time, given in person or by proxy, either in writing or at a meeting (voting separately as a class), (i) authorize or
create, or increase the authorized or issued amount of, any class or series of shares of beneficial interest ranking senior to the Series C-1 Preferred Shares with respect to
payment of dividends or the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, or reclassify any authorized shares of beneficial interest of the Trust into any such shares, or create,
authorize or issue any obligation or security convertible into or evidencing the right to purchase any such shares or (ii) amend, alter or repeal the provisions of the Charter, whether by
merger, consolidation or otherwise, so as to materially and adversely affect any right, preference, privilege or voting power of the Series C-1 Preferred Shares or the holders
thereof; provided, however, that with respect to the occurrence of any event set forth in (ii) above, so long as the
Series C-1 Preferred Shares remain outstanding with the terms thereof materially unchanged or, if the Trust is not the surviving entity in such transaction, are exchanged for a
security of the surviving entity with terms that are materially the same as the Series C-1 Preferred Shares, the occurrence of any such event shall not be deemed to materially and
adversely affect such rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers of the holders of the Series C-1 Preferred Shares and; provided,
further, that (i) any increase in the amount of the authorized Preferred Shares or the creation or issuance of any other series of Preferred Shares, or any increase in
the amount of authorized shares of such series, in each case ranking on a parity with or junior to the Series C-1 Preferred Shares with respect to payment of dividends or the
distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up, shall not be deemed to materially and adversely affect such rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers and (ii) any
amendment to Article V of the Charter relating to Excess Shares, the Ownership Limit or any other matter described therein of any type or nature shall in no event be deemed to materially and
adversely affect such rights, preferences, privileges or voting powers so long as after such amendment any single holder may "beneficially own" (as defined in Article V prior to or after such
amendment) 9.8% of the outstanding Series C-1 Preferred Shares and 9.8% of any other class or series of shares of beneficial interest without violating the Ownership Limit.

	(e)
	The
foregoing voting provisions will not apply if, at or prior to the time when the act with respect to which such vote would otherwise be required to be effected, all outstanding
Series C-1 Preferred Shares shall have been redeemed or called for redemption upon proper notice and sufficient funds shall have been deposited in trust to effect such redemption. 

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	(7)
	Conversion. The Series C-1 Preferred Shares are not convertible into or exchangeable for any other property or
securities of the Trust, except that the Series C-1 Preferred Shares will automatically be exchanged by the Trust for Excess Shares, in accordance with Article V of the
Charter in the same manner that Common Shares are exchanged for Excess Shares pursuant thereto, in order to ensure that the Trust remains qualified as a REIT for federal income tax purposes. 

        THIRD:    These Articles Supplementary shall be effective at the time the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of
Maryland accepts these Articles Supplementary for record. 

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        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, GABLES RESIDENTIAL TRUST has caused these presents to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its Senior Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Financial
Officer on July 31, 2003. 

	 	 	GABLES RESIDENTIAL TRUST
	
 	
 	

By:	

/s/  MARVIN R. BANKS, JR.      
 Marvin R. Banks, Jr.
 Senior Vice President, Secretary,

Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

        THE
UNDERSIGNED, as Senior Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of Gables Residential Trust, who executed on behalf of the Trust the Articles Supplementary of
which this Certificate is made a part, hereby acknowledges in the name and on behalf of said Trust the foregoing Articles Supplementary to be the act of said Trust by resolution adopted by a majority
of the Trust's trustees and hereby certifies that the matters and facts set forth herein with respect to the authorization and approval thereof are true in all material respects under the penalties of
perjury. 

	 	 	By:	/s/  MARVIN R. BANKS, JR.      (SEAL)
 Marvin R. Banks, Jr.
 Senior Vice President,
Secretary,

Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

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ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARYExhibit 10.1

 

CRIIMI
MAE Inc.

11200 Rockville Pike, Suite 400

Rockville, MD 20852

 

August 26, 2003

 

 

David B. Iannarone

15600 Copperfield Road

Darnestown, MD 20874

 

Re:          Termination of Employment Agreement
Letter

 

 

Dear Mr. Iannarone:

 

Effective as
of August 25, 2003, CRIIMI MAE Inc. (“CRIIMI”) and CRIIMI MAE Management, Inc.
(“Management” and collectively with CRIIMI, the “Company”) and you agree that
any and all previous employment, severance, service or similar agreements
between CRIIMI and/or Management and you (whether written or oral) including,
without limitation, your Employment Agreement, dated July 25, 2001, as amended,
between CRIIMI and you (the “Employment Agreement”) shall be terminated and
cease to have any effect, including without limitation, Section 6.5 of the
Employment Agreement, notwithstanding any survival clauses therein.  You acknowledge and agree that this letter
agreement (the “Agreement”)  provides
adequate consideration for the termination of your Employment Agreement and
this Agreement is the only document which sets forth your rights in
consideration of such termination of the Employment Agreement. As consideration
for the termination of the Employment Agreement and for other good
consideration, including, without limitation, the Company agreeing to enter
into the Offer Letter, between the CRIIMI MAE Inc., CRIIMI MAE Management, Inc.
and you, dated as of August 26, 2003, the receipt and satisfaction of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.                                       You
are due and owed by the Company the amount of $1,110,442, and the Company shall
pay you such amount, less applicable withholding taxes, no later than the close
of business on August 29, 2003.

 

2.                                       The
rights to exercise options to purchase option shares in accordance with the
vesting schedule set forth in the Incentive Stock Option Agreement dated
November 16, 2001, the Nonqualified Stock Option Agreement dated June 5, 2002,
and the Incentive Stock Option Agreement dated June 5, 2002 shall not be
affected by termination of employment for whatever reason; provided, that,
as a matter of law, any options which are intended to qualify as “incentive

 

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stock options”
within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the “Code”) which are exercised following the 90th day
after your termination of employment will cease to qualify as incentive stock
options and will become non-qualified stock options.

 

3.                                       You
shall have the right until September 15, 2003 to purchase the automobile
currently being provided to you by the Company at 90% of such automobile’s fair
market value as reasonably determined by the parties hereto.

 

4.                                       Anything
in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event it shall be
determined that any payment or distribution by the Company or any of their
subsidiaries to or for the benefit of 
you, whether paid or payable, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement (a
“Payment”) would be subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the
Code or similar section or any interest or penalties with respect to such
excise tax (such excise tax, together with any such interest and penalties, are
hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Excise Tax”), then you shall be entitled
to receive an additional payment (a “Gross-Up Payment”) in an amount such that
after payment by you of all taxes (including any interest or penalties imposed
with respect to such taxes), including any Excise Tax imposed upon the Gross-Up
Payment, you retain an amount of the Gross-Up Payment equal to the Excise Tax
imposed upon the Payments.

 

5.                                       If,
with respect to any alleged failure by the Company or any of their subsidiaries
to comply with any of the terms of this Agreement, you hire legal counsel with
respect to this Agreement or institute any negotiations or institute or respond
to legal action to assert or defend the validity of, enforce your rights under,
or recover damages for breach of this Agreement and thereafter the Company or
any of their subsidiaries is found in a judgment no longer subject to review or
appeal to have breached this Agreement in any material respect, then the
Company shall indemnify you for your actual expenses for attorneys’ fees and
disbursements, together with such additional payments, if any, as may be
necessary so that the net after-tax payments to you equal such fees and
disbursements.

 

6.                                       The
provisions of this Agreement are severable, and if any one or more provisions
may be determined to be illegal or otherwise unenforceable, in whole or in
part, the remaining provisions and any partially unenforceable provision to the
extent enforceable nevertheless shall be binding and enforceable.

 

7.                                       The
rights and obligations of the Company, and it subsidiaries and affiliates under
this Agreement shall inure to the benefit or, and shall be binding on, the
Company and its subsidiaries and affiliates, and their respective successors
and assigns.

 

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8.                                       The
failure of either party to enforce any provision of this Agreement shall not in
any way be construed as a waiver of any such provision as to any future
violations thereof, not prevent that party thereafter from enforcing each and
every other provision of this Agreement. 
The rights granted the parties herein are cumulative and the waiver of
any single remedy shall not constitute a waiver of such party’s right to assert
all other legal remedies available to it under the circumstances.

 

9.                                       This
Agreement supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the
parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and it may not be modified or
terminated orally.  No modification or
attempted waiver shall be valid unless in writing and signed by the party
against whom the same is sought to be enforced.

 

10.                                 This
Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of Maryland, without reference to provisions that refer a matter to
the law of any other jurisdiction.  Any controversy or claim arising out of or
relating to this Agreement, or the breach thereof, shall be settled by
arbitration in Montgomery County, Maryland in accordance with the Commercial
Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association, and judgment upon
the award rendered by the arbitrator or arbitrators may be entered in any court
having jurisdiction thereof.  The
arbitrator or arbitrators shall be deemed to possess the powers to issue
mandatory orders and restraining orders in connection with such arbitration.
The expenses of the arbitration shall be borne equally by the parties to the
arbitration, provided that each party shall pay for and bear costs of its own
experts and counsel’s fees.

 

11.                                 All
payments and benefits required to be made by the Company hereunder to you shall
be subject to the withholding of such amounts relating to taxes and other
government assessments as the Company may reasonably determine it should
withhold pursuant to any applicable law, rule or regulation.

 

12.                                 The
parties acknowledge and agree that this Agreement was jointly drafted by the
Company on the one side and by you on the other side and in the case of any
ambiguity contained in this Agreement, such ambiguity shall not be interpreted
against the drafter.  YOU ACKNOWLEDGE
AND AGREE THAT YOU HAVE READ AND UNDERSTAND THE TERMS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND YOU
HAVE VOLUNTARILY AGREED TO THESE TERMS WITHOUT COERCION OR UNDUE PERSUASION BY
THE COMPANY OR ANY OFFICER, DIRECTOR OR OTHER AGENT THEREOF AND THAT YOU HAVE
BEEN ENCOURAGED BY THE COMPANY TO SEEK, AND HAVE SOUGHT AND RECEIVED, AT YOUR
OWN EXPENSE, COMPETENT LEGAL COUNSEL IN YOUR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION OF THIS
AGREEMENT AND ITS TERMS.

 

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13.                                 In
consideration of the Company’s agreement to enter into this Agreement and pay
the amounts contemplated hereunder, you agree to the limited release of the
Company and its respective current and former officers, directors,
shareholders, employees, representatives, heirs, attorneys and agents, as well
as its respective predecessors, parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates
divisions, successors and assigns and their respective current and former
officers, directors, shareholders, employees, representatives, attorneys and
agents (the “Released Parties”) from all claims, liabilities, and causes of
action which you had, now have or may have against the Released Parties related
to your employment prior to the date hereof and arising under: (i) any claim,
tort or cause of action for wrongful or unlawful discharge or demotion,
violation of public policy, invasion of privacy, intentional or negligent
infliction of emotional distress, defamation, unlawful effort to prevent
employment, discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin,
ancestry, religion, age, disability, handicap, medical condition or marital
status; (ii) Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; (iii) The
National Labor Relations Act, as amended; (iv) The Civil Rights Act of 1991;
(v) Sections 1981 through 1988 of Title 42 of the United States Code, as
amended; (vi) The Immigration Reform Control Act, as amended; (vii) The
Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended; (viii) The Age
Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended; (iv) The Occupational
Safety and Health Act, as amended; (x) The Family and Medical Leave Act of
1993; (xi) Maryland Occupational Health and Safety Laws; (xii) Maryland Fair
Employment Practice Act; (xiii) Montgomery County Discrimination Laws and (xiv)
any claim relating to your Employment Agreement or the termination
thereof.   This release shall not
include any claim arising under any national, state or local statute, law, or
ordinance other than those herein delineated, and shall specifically exclude any
claims, liabilities, causes of action or attorneys’ fees arising from the
Company’s obligations under this Agreement, your rights to accrued benefits
under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and your
rights to receive all insurance, including indemnification and defense rights
and benefits you are eligible to receive from the Company. This limited release
is solely for the benefit of the Released Parties and shall in no way release
any rights or benefits to which you may be entitled from any other entity or
person.

 

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The Company
and you have executed this Agreement, intending to be bound legally as of
August 26, 2003.

 

	
   

  	
  COMPANY

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  CRIIMI MAE
  Inc.

  
	
   

  	
   A Maryland Corporation

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Barry
  Blattman

  
	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Barry
  Blattman

  
	
   

  	
  Its:

  	
  Chairman,
  President and CEO

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  AND

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  CRIIMI MAE
  Management, Inc.

  
	
   

  	
  A Maryland
  Corporation

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  By:

  	
  /s/ Barry
  Blattman

  
	
   

  	
  Name:

  	
  Barry
  Blattman

  
	
   

  	
  Its:

  	
  Chairman,
  President and CEO

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
   

  	
   

  
	
   

  	
  /s/ David B.
  Iannarone

  
	
   

  	
  David B.
  Iannarone

  
				

 

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