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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i165b978e880242ef8de795ca96da5bc6_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 1, 2023. </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 3.77pt 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%">Registration No.&#160;333-&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:47.228%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.471%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:48.901%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000;border-top:1.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%">UNITED STATES<br>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000;border-top:1.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%">FORM S-8<br>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<br></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:133%">UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000;border-top:1.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%">Equity Commonwealth<br>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%">Maryland<br></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">(State or other jurisdiction of<br>incorporation or organization)</font></div></td><td colspan="6" style="border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000;border-top:1.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%">04-6558834<br></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">(I.R.S. Employer<br>Identification No.)<br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000;border-top:1.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt;padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%">Two Riverside Plaza Suite 2100</font></div><div style="padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%">Chicago, Illinois 60606</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000;border-top:1.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%">Equity Commonwealth 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan<br></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">(Full title of the Plan)</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000;border-top:1.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:6pt;padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%">David A. Helfand <br>Chair, Chief Executive Officer and President<br>Equity Commonwealth <br>Two North Riverside Plaza, Suite 2100 <br>Chicago, IL 60606 </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%">(312) 646-2800<br></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000;border-top:1.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;margin-top:6pt;padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%">Copy to</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#58; <br></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%">Amy L. Blackman, Esq. <br>Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver &#38; Jacobson LLP <br>One New York Plaza <br>New York, NY 1004-1980 <br>(212 859-8000</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="border-top:1.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company,&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Large accelerated filer </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'MS Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#9746;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Non-accelerated filer </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'MS Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#9744;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Accelerated filer </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'MS Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#9744;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Smaller reporting company </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'MS Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#9744;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Emerging growth company </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'MS Gothic',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#9744;</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9" style="border-bottom:1.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i165b978e880242ef8de795ca96da5bc6_47"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">EXPLANATORY NOTE </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;) is being filed by Equity Commonwealth (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) to register 1,650,000 additional common shares of beneficial interest under the Registrant&#8217;s 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the &#8220;Omnibus Plan&#8221;), pursuant to the Registrant&#8217;s shareholders&#8217; approval of an amendment to the Omnibus Plan providing for such share increase at the 2023 annual meeting of the shareholders of the Registrant that was held on June 13, 2023. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statements filed with the Commission on July 16, 2019 (File No. 333-232668) and June 18, 2015 (File No. 333-205068), respectively, including all attachments and exhibits thereto, except to the extent, supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Part I</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">As permitted by the rules of the Commission, this Registration Statement omits the information specified in Part&#160;I of Form&#160;S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part&#160;I will be sent or given to the participants in the Omnibus Plan as required by Rule&#160;428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;). Such documents are not being filed with the Commission as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&#160;424. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to General&#160;Instruction&#160;E&#160;to Form&#160;S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus for the Omnibus Plan that meets the requirements of Section&#160;10(a) of the Securities Act.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Part II</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;padding-left:12.2pt;text-indent:-12.25pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Item 3. &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Incorporation of Documents by Reference</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:27pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">The following documents, which have been previously filed with the Commission by the Registrant, are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(a)</font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;padding-left:24.91pt;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/803649/000080364923000030/eqc-20221231.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;padding-left:24.91pt;text-decoration:underline">The Registrant&#8217;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 (Registration No.&#160;001-09317), filed by the Registrant with the Commission under the Securities Act on February 9, 2023</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(b)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;padding-left:24.34pt">The Registrant&#8217;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/803649/000080364923000073/eqc-20230630.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">for the quarterly period ended </a><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/803649/000080364923000073/eqc-20230630.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">June</a><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/803649/000080364923000073/eqc-20230630.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"> 3</a><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/803649/000080364923000073/eqc-20230630.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">0</a><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/803649/000080364923000073/eqc-20230630.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">, 2023 (Registration No. 001-09317), filed by the Registrant with the Commission under the Securities Act on </a><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/803649/000080364923000073/eqc-20230630.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">July</a><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/803649/000080364923000073/eqc-20230630.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"> </a><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/803649/000080364923000073/eqc-20230630.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">27</a><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/803649/000080364923000073/eqc-20230630.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">, 2023</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, and </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/803649/000080364923000046/eqc-20230331.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2023 (Registration No. 001-09317), filed by the Registrant with the Commission under the Securities Act on May 4, 2023</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(c)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;padding-left:24.91pt">The Registrant&#8217;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/803649/000080364923000059/eqc-20230613.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">June 14, 2023</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/803649/000080364923000049/eqc-20230518.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">May 19, 2023</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">, </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/803649/000080364923000045/eqc-20230503.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">May 3, 2023</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> (excluding item 2.02 thereof), </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/803649/000080364923000032/eqc-20230223.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">February 23, 2023</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> (excluding item 7.01 thereof), and </font><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/803649/000080364923000022/eqc-20230208.htm" style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">February 8, 2023</a></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> (excluding item 2.02 thereof).</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(d)</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;padding-left:24.34pt">The description of the Registrant&#8217;s Common Shares included in the Registrant&#8217;s registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on November 8, 1986 under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;) and including any additional amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">The Registrant also incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement additional documents that it may file with the Commission under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act from the date of this Registration Statement until the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, except that the Registrant is not incorporating any information furnished under either Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any current report on Form 8-K or any other document or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed with the Commission.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein will be deemed modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or superseded such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i165b978e880242ef8de795ca96da5bc6_63"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="-sec-extract:summary;margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Item 8.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Exhibits </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">The following exhibits are filed herewith&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.079%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:30.470%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:6.432%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.880%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:7.714%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:14.925%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:9.800%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:25pt"><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%">Exhibit Number</font></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%">Exhibit Description</font></td><td colspan="12" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%">Incorporated by Reference</font></td><td colspan="3" rowspan="2" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%">Filed Herewith</font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:29pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%">Form</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%">File No.</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%">Exhibit</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:125%">Filing Date</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.1</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:0.08pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/803649/000110465914055699/a14-18213_1ex3d1.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Declaration of Trust of the Company, dated July 1, 1994, as amended to date (incorporated by reference to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 1, 2014).</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">8-K</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">001-09317</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3.1</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">August 1, 2014</font></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.2</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:0.08pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/803649/000080364920000049/a202004eqcfourthamende.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, adopted April 2, 2020 (incorporated by reference to the Company&#8217;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 3, 2020).</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">8-K</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">001-09317</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">3.1</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">April 3, 2020</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.3</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:0.08pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/803649/000110465914058317/a14-14088_1ex4d1.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Form of Common Share Certificate (incorporated by reference to the Company&#8217;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2014).</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">10-Q</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">001-09317</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.1</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">August 7, 2014</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">5.1*</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:0.08pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="eqc-xexhibit5opinion.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Opinion of Venable LLP.</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">X</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">23.1*</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:0.08pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="eqc2023s-8exhibit231.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Consent of Ernst &#38; Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm of Equity Commonwealth.</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">X</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">23.2*</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:0.12pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="eqc-xexhibit5opinion.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Consent of Venable LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">X</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">24.1*</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:0.08pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="eqc2023s-8exhibit241.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Power of Attorney authorizing signature (on behalf of each officer and Trustee included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">X</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">24.2*</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:0.08pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="a2023s-8exhibit242.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Power of Attorney Authorizing Resolutions.</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">X</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99.1</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:0.08pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/803649/000110465915046167/a15-14292_1ex10d1.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Equity Commonwealth 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s Form 8-K (File No. 001-09317) filed with the Commission on June 18, 2015).</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">8-K</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">001-09317</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">10.1</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">June 18, 2015</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.079%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:30.470%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:6.432%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:11.880%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:7.714%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:14.925%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:9.800%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99.2</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:0.08pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/803649/000080364916000024/eqc123115exhibit104.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Amendment No. 1 to the Equity Commonwealth 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant&#8217;s Form 10-K (File No. 001-09317) filed with the Commission on February 18, 2016).</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">10-K</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">001-09317</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">10.4</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">February 18, 2016</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99.3</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:0.08pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/803649/000110465919040550/a19-12886_1ex10d3.htm#Exhibit10_3_095536" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Amendment No. 2 to the Equity Commonwealth 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant&#8217;s Form S-8 (File No. 333-232668) filed with the Commission on July 16, 2019).</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">S-8</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">333-232668</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">10.3</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">July 16, 2019</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">99.4*</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:0.08pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="eqc2023s-8exhibit994.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Amendment No. 3 to the Equity Commonwealth 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">X</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">107*</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:0.08pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="eqc2023s-8exhibit107.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Calculation of Filing Fee Table.</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">X</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.12pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:0.36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">* Filed herewith</font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i165b978e880242ef8de795ca96da5bc6_78"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">SIGNATURES</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on August 1, 2023.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:12pt;text-align:justify"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:42.970%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:5.791%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.419%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:23.420%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:2.75pt;padding-right:2.75pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%">Equity Commonwealth</font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:9pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">Date&#58; August 1, 2023</font></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">By&#58;</font></td><td colspan="6" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">&#47;s&#47; William H. Griffiths</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">Name&#58;</font></td><td colspan="6" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">William H. Griffiths</font></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">Title&#58;</font></td><td colspan="6" rowspan="2" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer</font></td></tr><tr style="height:14pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:9pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:9pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:0.5pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:36.500%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:31.540%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:28.660%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Signature</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Title</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Date</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">*David A. Helfand</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Chair, Chief Executive Officer and President (Principal Executive Officer)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">August 1, 2023</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">*William H. Griffiths</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">August 1, 2023</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">*Andrew M. Levy</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">August 1, 2023</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">*Ellen-Blair Chube</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Trustee</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">August 1, 2023</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">*Martin L. Edelman</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Trustee</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">August 1, 2023</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">*Peter Linneman</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Trustee</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">August 1, 2023</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">*Mary Jane Robertson</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Trustee</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">August 1, 2023</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">*Gerald A. Spector</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Trustee</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">August 1, 2023</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">*James A. Star</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Trustee</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 3.77pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">August 1, 2023</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">* The undersigned, Orrin Shifrin, by signing his name hereto, does hereby executed this Registration Statement on Form S-8 on behalf of each of the above-named persons pursuant to the Power of Attorney duly executed by such persons and filed as Exhibit 24.1 to this Form S-8.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.12pt;text-align:justify"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:61.880%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.867%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:14.925%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:14.928%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">August 1, 2023</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">By&#58;</font></td><td colspan="6" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">&#47;s&#47; Orrin S. Shifrin</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:125%">Orrin S. 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Document
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 1, 2023.
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Equity Commonwealth
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
04-6558834
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
Two Riverside Plaza Suite 2100
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
Equity Commonwealth 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan
(Full title of the Plan)
David A. Helfand
Chair, Chief Executive Officer and President
Equity Commonwealth
Two North Riverside Plaza, Suite 2100
Chicago, IL 60606
(312) 646-2800
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to
:
Amy L. Blackman, Esq.
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP
One New York Plaza
New York, NY 1004-1980
(212 859-8000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 (this "Registration Statement") is being filed by Equity Commonwealth (the "Registrant") with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") to register 1,650,000 additional common shares of beneficial interest under the Registrant's 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the "Omnibus Plan"), pursuant to the Registrant's shareholders' approval of an amendment to the Omnibus Plan providing for such share increase at the 2023 annual meeting of the shareholders of the Registrant that was held on June 13, 2023. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, this Registration Statement incorporates by reference the contents of the Registrant's Registration Statements filed with the Commission on July 16, 2019 (File No. 333-232668) and June 18, 2015 (File No. 333-205068), respectively, including all attachments and exhibits thereto, except to the extent, supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein.
Part I
As permitted by the rules of the Commission, this Registration Statement omits the information specified in Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or given to the participants in the Omnibus Plan as required by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). Such documents are not being filed with the Commission as part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424. These documents and the documents incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, taken together, constitute a prospectus for the Omnibus Plan that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.
Part II
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents, which have been previously filed with the Commission by the Registrant, are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 (Registration No. 001-09317), filed by the Registrant with the Commission under the Securities Act on February 9, 2023
.
(b)
The Registrant's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q
for the quarterly period ended
June
3
0
, 2023 (Registration No. 001-09317), filed by the Registrant with the Commission under the Securities Act on
July
27
, 2023
, and
for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2023 (Registration No. 001-09317), filed by the Registrant with the Commission under the Securities Act on May 4, 2023
.
(c)
The Registrant's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on
June 14, 2023
,
May 19, 2023
,
May 3, 2023
(excluding item 2.02 thereof),
February 23, 2023
(excluding item 7.01 thereof), and
February 8, 2023
(excluding item 2.02 thereof).
(d)
The description of the Registrant's Common Shares included in the Registrant's registration statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on November 8, 1986 under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and including any additional amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
The Registrant also incorporates by reference into this Registration Statement additional documents that it may file with the Commission under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act from the date of this Registration Statement until the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, except that the Registrant is not incorporating any information furnished under either Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any current report on Form 8-K or any other document or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed with the Commission.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein will be deemed modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or superseded such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 8.    Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed herewith:
Exhibit Number
Exhibit Description
Incorporated by Reference
Filed Herewith
Form
File No.
Exhibit
Filing Date
4.1
Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Declaration of Trust of the Company, dated July 1, 1994, as amended to date (incorporated by reference to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed August 1, 2014).
8-K
001-09317
3.1
August 1, 2014
4.2
Fourth Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, adopted April 2, 2020 (incorporated by reference to the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 3, 2020).
8-K
001-09317
3.1
April 3, 2020
4.3
Form of Common Share Certificate (incorporated by reference to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2014).
10-Q
001-09317
4.1
August 7, 2014
5.1*
Opinion of Venable LLP.
X
23.1*
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm of Equity Commonwealth.
X
23.2*
Consent of Venable LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
X
24.1*
Power of Attorney authorizing signature (on behalf of each officer and Trustee included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).
X
24.2*
Power of Attorney Authorizing Resolutions.
X
99.1
Equity Commonwealth 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant's Form 8-K (File No. 001-09317) filed with the Commission on June 18, 2015).
8-K
001-09317
10.1
June 18, 2015
99.2
Amendment No. 1 to the Equity Commonwealth 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant's Form 10-K (File No. 001-09317) filed with the Commission on February 18, 2016).
10-K
001-09317
10.4
February 18, 2016
99.3
Amendment No. 2 to the Equity Commonwealth 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant's Form S-8 (File No. 333-232668) filed with the Commission on July 16, 2019).
S-8
333-232668
10.3
July 16, 2019
99.4*
Amendment No. 3 to the Equity Commonwealth 2015 Omnibus Incentive Plan
X
107*
Calculation of Filing Fee Table.
X
* Filed herewith
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on August 1, 2023.
Equity Commonwealth
Date: August 1, 2023
By:
/s/ William H. Griffiths
Name:
William H. Griffiths
Title:
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
*David A. Helfand
Chair, Chief Executive Officer and President (Principal Executive Officer)
August 1, 2023
*William H. Griffiths
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)
August 1, 2023
*Andrew M. Levy
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
August 1, 2023
*Ellen-Blair Chube
Trustee
August 1, 2023
*Martin L. Edelman
Trustee
August 1, 2023
*Peter Linneman
Trustee
August 1, 2023
*Mary Jane Robertson
Trustee
August 1, 2023
*Gerald A. Spector
Trustee
August 1, 2023
*James A. Star
Trustee
August 1, 2023
* The undersigned, Orrin Shifrin, by signing his name hereto, does hereby executed this Registration Statement on Form S-8 on behalf of each of the above-named persons pursuant to the Power of Attorney duly executed by such persons and filed as Exhibit 24.1 to this Form S-8.
August 1, 2023
By:
/s/ Orrin S. Shifrin
Orrin S. Shifrin
Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary