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  0001547285
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000895417
  EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES INC
  001-11718
  TWO N RIVERSIDE PLZ
  STE 800
  CHICAGO
  IL
  60606
  3122791400
  Seavey Paul
  Member of immediate family of any of the foregoing
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  245 Summer Street
  Boston
  MA
  02110
  31988
  2413814.00
  186518496
  09/17/2024
  NYSE
  Common
  12/31/2014
  Stock Award
  Issuer
  N
  14000
  12/31/2014
  Compensation
  Common
  12/31/2013
  Stock Award
  issuer
  N
  15248
  12/31/2013
  Compensation
  Common
  12/31/2012
  Stock Award
  Issuer
  N
  2740
  12/31/2012
  Compensation
  Y
  Shares sold for the following trust account(s): KATHERINE S SEAVEY TTEE THE KATHERINE SUZANNE SEAVEY REV TR, U/A 2/16/22 FBO PAUL LAWRENCE SEAVEY
  09/17/2024
  /s/ Heather Foxworth as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Seavey Paul