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Equity Residential Presentation at Barclays Conference to be Web Cast

Company Release - 9/13/2011

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Equity Residential (NYSE: EQR) today announced that Mark J. Parrell, the company’s Executive Vice President and CFO, will make a presentation at the Barclays Capital 2011 Global Financial Services Conference onWednesday, September 14, 2011 at 9:00 a.m. ET. The event will be available live via web cast. The web cast link can be accessed in the Presentations section of the Investor Information section of the company’s website, www.equityapartments.com.

Equity Residential is an S&P 500 company focused on the acquisition, development and management of high quality apartment properties in top U.S. growth markets. Equity Residential owns or has investments in 419 properties totaling 120,078 apartment units. For more information on Equity Residential, please visit our website at www.equityapartments.com.

Source: Equity Residential

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Equity Residential

Marty McKenna (312) 928-1901