EQUITY RESIDENTIAL — Director's Dealing 2013

Jun 14, 2013

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: EQUITY RESIDENTIAL (EQR)
CIK: 0000906107
Period of Report: 2013-06-13

Reporting Person: NEAL JOHN E (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2013-06-13	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	A	885	—	Acquired	7924.2107	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2013-06-13	Non-qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$56.44	A	5713	Acquired	2023-06-13	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest (5713)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	20636.142	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Represents restricted shares granted for prospective service from the 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to the 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders which are scheduled to vest on June 13, 2014.

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 2013 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to the 2014 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.