EQUITY RESIDENTIAL — Director's Dealing 2026

Jan 21, 2026

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: EQUITY RESIDENTIAL (EQR)
CIK: 0000906107
Period of Report: 2026-01-16

Reporting Person: Garechana Robert (EVP & Chief Investment Officer)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2026-01-16	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	A	11020	—	Acquired	25132	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2026-01-16	Restricted Units	$	A	11471	Acquired	2033-01-01	Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest (11471)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	169	Indirect
Common Shares Of Beneficial Interest	7093	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Represents restricted shares of Equity Residential (the "Company") issued in connection with the settlement of an award under the Company's 2023 Long-Term Incentive Plan which are scheduled to vest on February 9, 2026.

F2: Direct total includes restricted shares of Equity Residential 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 16, 2026.

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.

F5: Represents restricted limited partnership interests ("RUs") in ERP Operating Limited Partnership (the "Operating Partnership"), the operating partnership of Equity Residential (the "Company"), retained in connection with the settlement of an award under the Company's 2023 Long-Term Incentive Plan.

F6: RUs are a class of partnership interest that automatically convert into an equal number of limited partnership interests of the Operating Partnership ("OP Units") when the capital account related to the RUs reaches a specified target for federal income tax purposes (provided such target is reached within ten years of issuance). Subject to the vesting requirements of the grant and certain other conditions, OP Units are exchangeable by the holder for common shares of the Company on a one-for-one basis or cash value of such shares, at the Company's option. The RUs reflected in this report also include any OP Units into which such RUs automatically convert.

F7: The RUs are scheduled to vest on February 9, 2026.