EQUITY RESIDENTIAL — Director's Dealing 2014

Nov 4, 2014

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: EQUITY RESIDENTIAL (EQR)
CIK: 0000906107
Period of Report: 2014-11-03

Reporting Person: WHITE B JOSEPH (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2014-11-03	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	M	2998	$53.50	Acquired	4467	Direct
2014-11-03	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	S	2998	$70.231	Disposed	1469	Direct
2014-11-03	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	M	4599	$38.57	Acquired	6068	Direct
2014-11-03	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	S	4599	$70.21	Disposed	1469	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2014-11-03	Non-qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$53.50	M	2998	Disposed	2017-02-08	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest (2998)	Direct
2014-11-03	Non-qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$38.57	M	4599	Disposed	2018-02-07	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest (4599)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	52242.14	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Direct total includes restricted shares of the Company scheduled to vest in the future.

F2: The price represents the weighted average price of the shares sold. The shares were sold within a range of $70.23 to $70.25. 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: Represents shares owned by Principal Trust Company, as Trustee of the Equity Residential Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, for the benefit of the reporting person.

F4: Represents share options scheduled to vest in approximately three equal installments on August 8, 2007, February 8, 2008 and February 8, 2009.

F5: Represents share options scheduled to vest in three equal installments on August 7, 2008, February 7, 2009 and February 7, 2010.