EQUITY RESIDENTIAL — Director's Dealing 2012

Aug 16, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: EQUITY RESIDENTIAL (EQR)
CIK: 0000906107
Period of Report: 2012-08-14

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

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-08-14	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	S	4858.333	$59.32	Disposed	43724.997	Indirect

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	72687.627	Direct
Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	2694.7932	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Represents shares owned by Principal Trust Company, as Trustee of the Equity Residential Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, for the benefit of the reporting person.

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 July 13, 2012.