EQUITY RESIDENTIAL — Director's Dealing 2011

Aug 17, 2011

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: EQUITY RESIDENTIAL (EQR)
CIK: 0000906107
Period of Report: 2011-08-15

Reporting Person: WHITE B JOSEPH (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2011-08-15	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	A	379.27	$51.19	Acquired	57915.761	Indirect

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	3504	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Represents shares acquired through Equity Residential's Employee Share Purchase Plan.

F2: Represents shares owned by Principal Trust Company, as Trustee of the Equity Residential Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan (the "SERP"), for the benefit of the reporting person. Also includes restricted shares that the reporting person deferred to the SERP upon vesting of the shares.

F3: Direct total includes restricted shares of the Company scheduled to vest in the future.