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  0001750568
  XXXXXXXX
  LIVE
  0000906107
  EQUITY RESIDENTIAL
  001-12252
  EQUITY RESIDENTIAL
  TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 400
  CHICAGO
  IL
  60606
  3129281178
  Garechana Robert
  Officer
  Common
  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  900 Salem Street
  Smithfield
  RI
  02917
  6357
  439141.56
  378971999
  06/24/2024
  NYSE
  Common
  02/03/2022
  Restricted Stock Vesting
  Issuer
  N
  6357
  02/03/2022
  Compensation
  Y
  06/24/2024
  /s/ Emily Navaro, as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Robert A. Garechana.