EQUITY RESIDENTIAL — Director's Dealing 2016

Dec 19, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: EQUITY RESIDENTIAL (EQR)
CIK: 0000906107
Period of Report: 2016-12-16

Reporting Person: GEORGE ALAN W (Executive Vice President & CIO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-12-16	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	M	25000	$45.78	Acquired	111436	Direct
2016-12-16	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	S	25000	$64.00	Disposed	86436	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2016-12-16	Non-qualified Stock Option (Right to Buy)	$45.78	M	25000	Disposed	2021-02-07	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest (25000)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	24	Indirect

Footnotes

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

F2: 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 October 15, 2016.

F3: Represents options which vested in three equal installments on February 7, 2012, February 7, 2013 and February 7, 2014