EQUITY RESIDENTIAL — Director's Dealing 2016

May 18, 2016

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: EQUITY RESIDENTIAL (EQR)
CIK: 0000906107
Period of Report: 2016-05-16

Reporting Person: BYNOE LINDA (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2016-05-16	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	A	1686	$59.29	Acquired	11363	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	7857	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Represents shares acquired through Equity Residential's Employee Share Purchase Plan.

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

F3: 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.