EQUITY RESIDENTIAL — Director's Dealing 2015

Feb 9, 2015

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: EQUITY RESIDENTIAL (EQR)
CIK: 0000906107
Period of Report: 2015-02-05

Reporting Person: Santee David S (Executive Vice President & COO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2015-02-05	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	A	18088	—	Acquired	35456	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	14.054	Indirect
Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	8592	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Represents restricted shares scheduled to vest on February 5, 2018.

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

F3: Represents shares acquired through profit sharing contributions and dividend reinvestment activity in the reporting person's account with the Equity Residential Advantage 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, a plan qualified under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Such shares represent acquisitions through January 10, 2015.

F4: 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.