EQUITY RESIDENTIAL — Director's Dealing 2014

Mar 20, 2014

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: EQUITY RESIDENTIAL (EQR)
CIK: 0000906107
Period of Report: 2014-03-19

Reporting Person: ATWOOD CHARLES L (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2014-03-19	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	M	4743	$31.76	Acquired	20379.088	Direct
2014-03-19	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	S	4743	$57.8535	Disposed	15636.088	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2014-03-19	Non-qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$31.76	M	4743	Disposed	2015-02-03	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest (4743)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	29106.465	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 $57.76 to $57.97. 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 three equal installments on August 3, 2005, February 3, 2006 and February 3, 2007.