EQUITY RESIDENTIAL — Director's Dealing 2015

Mar 20, 2015

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: EQUITY RESIDENTIAL (EQR)
CIK: 0000906107
Period of Report: 2015-03-18

Reporting Person: NEAL JOHN E (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2015-03-18	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	M	6070	$32.97	Acquired	14578.2107	Direct
2015-03-18	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	S	6070	$80.00	Disposed	8508.2107	Direct
2015-03-19	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	S	2582.537	$79.73	Disposed	14634.377	Indirect

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2015-03-18	Non-qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$32.97	M	6070	Disposed	2020-02-05	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest (6070)	Direct

Footnotes

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

F2: Represents shares owned by Principal Trust Company, as Trustee of the Equity Residential Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, for the benefit of the reporting person.

F3: Represents share options scheduled to vest in approximately three equal installments on February 5, 2011, February 5, 2012 and February 5, 2013 (for prospective service from
the June 2010 annual meeting to the June 2011 annual meeting).