EQUITY RESIDENTIAL — Director's Dealing 2012

Aug 23, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: EQUITY RESIDENTIAL (EQR)
CIK: 0000906107
Period of Report: 2012-08-21

Reporting Person: TUOMI FREDERICK C (Executive Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-08-21	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	S	2270.663	$60.32	Disposed	2038.736	Indirect
2012-08-22	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	S	13812	$59.7473	Disposed	39232	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	2359.8963	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: The price represents the weighted average price of the shares sold. The shares were sold within a range of $59.55 to $60.07. 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: 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 July 13, 2012.