EQUITY RESIDENTIAL — Director's Dealing 2010

Dec 23, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: EQUITY RESIDENTIAL (EQR)
CIK: 0000906107
Period of Report: 2010-12-22

Reporting Person: GEORGE ALAN W (Executive Vice President & CIO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-12-22	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	M	51711	$23.55	Acquired	148996.627	Direct
2010-12-22	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	M	25000	$29.25	Acquired	173996.627	Direct
2010-12-22	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	S	76711	$51.3713	Disposed	97285.627	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-12-22	Non-qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$23.55	M	51711	Disposed	2013-02-07	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest (51711)	Direct
2010-12-22	Non-qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$29.25	M	25000	Disposed	2014-01-27	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest (25000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	2568.8107	Indirect
Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	51725.247	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Direct total includes restricted shares of the Company scheduled to vest in the future.

F2: The price represents the weighted average price of the shares sold. The shares were sold within a range of $51.19 to $51.52. The reporting person will provide, upon request by the SEC staff, the issuer, or any security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.

F3: Represents shares acquired through profit sharing contributions and dividend reinvestment activity in the reporting person's account with the Equity Residential Advantage 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, a plan qualified under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Such shares represent acquisitions through October 8, 2010.

F4: Represents shares owned by Principal Trust Company, as Trustee of the Equity Residential Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, for the benefit of the reporting person.

F5: Represents share options scheduled to vest in approximately three equal installments on February 7, 2004, February 7, 2005 and February 7, 2006.

F6: Represents share options scheduled to vest in approximately three equal installments on January 27, 2005, January 27, 2006 and January 27, 2007.