EQUITY RESIDENTIAL — Director's Dealing 2012

Jun 22, 2012

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: EQUITY RESIDENTIAL (EQR)
CIK: 0000906107
Period of Report: 2012-06-21

Reporting Person: BYNOE LINDA (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2012-06-21	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	A	840	—	Acquired	2555	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2012-06-21	Non-qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$59.47	A	5680	Acquired	2022-06-21	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest (5680)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	3345.942	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Represents restricted shares scheduled to vest on June 21, 2013 (for prospective service from the 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to the 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders).

F2: Direct total includes restricted shares of the Company scheduled to vest in the future.

F3: 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.

F4: Represents options granted for prospective service from the 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to the 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.