EQUITY RESIDENTIAL — Director's Dealing 2012

Feb 28, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: EQUITY RESIDENTIAL (EQR)
CIK: 0000906107
Period of Report: 2012-02-27

Reporting Person: TENNISON MARK N (Executive Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-02-27	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	A	2038.736	$49.05	Acquired	36801.491	Indirect

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	10881	Direct
Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	232.1082	Indirect

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, for the benefit of the reporting person.

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

F4: 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 13, 2012.