Form 15
     
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 15
CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION
12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE
REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.
         
 
  Commission File Number   001-13232
 
       
Apartment Investment and Management Company
 
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
4582 S. Ulster Street Parkway, Suite 1100
Denver, Colorado 80237
(303) 757-8101
 
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Class G Cumulative Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share
 
(Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)
Class A Common Stock, par value $.01 per share
Class T Cumulative Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share
Class U Cumulative Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share
Class V Cumulative Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share
Class Y Cumulative Preferred Stock, par value $.01 per share
 
(Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)
Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
         
Rule 12g-4(a)(1)
  þ    
Rule 12g-4(a)(2)
  o    
Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)
  þ    
Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)
  o    
Rule 15d-6
  o    
     
Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice date:
  None
 
   
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Apartment Investment and Management Company has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.
             
 
         
 
           
Date:
  October 22, 2010   By:   /s/ Ernest M. Freedman
 
           
 
          Name: Ernest M. Freedman
 
          Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Instruction: This form is required by Rules 12g-4, 12h-3 and 15d-6 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The registrant shall file with the Commission three copies of Form 15, one of which shall be manually signed. It may be signed by an officer of the registrant, by counsel or by any other duly authorized person. The name and title of the person signing the form shall be typed or printed under the signature.

 

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