EQUITY RESIDENTIAL — Director's Dealing 2010

Mar 8, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: EQUITY RESIDENTIAL (EQR)
CIK: 0000906107
Period of Report: 2010-03-05

Reporting Person: TUOMI FREDERICK C (Executive Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-03-05	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	M	20000	$27.60	Acquired	64186	Direct
2010-03-05	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	S	20000	$36.40	Disposed	44186	Direct
2010-03-05	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	S	3900	$36.40	Disposed	40286	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2010-03-05	Non-qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$27.60	M	20000	Disposed	2011-07-11	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest (20000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	2198.9879	Indirect
Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	120101.1	Indirect

Footnotes

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

F2: 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 January 8, 2010.

F3: Represents shares owned by Principal Trust Company, as Trustee of the Equity Residential Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, for the benefit of the reporting person.

F4: Represents share options scheduled to vest in approximately three equal installments on July 11, 2002, July 11, 2003 and July 11, 2004.