UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported): August 22, 2005

 

EQUITY RESIDENTIAL

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (312) 474-1300

 

Not applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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ITEM 8.01 Other Events

 

Equity Residential (the “Company”) is re-issuing in an updated format its historical financial statements to satisfy SEC requirements as they relate to Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets.

 

In compliance with the provisions of SFAS No. 144, the results of operations of the Company’s consolidated properties that were sold during the first six months of 2005 were reported as a component of discontinued operations for each period presented (including the comparable period of the prior year) in the Company’s second quarter 2005 quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on August 8, 2005.  Under SEC requirements, the same reclassification as discontinued operations is required for previously issued annual financial statements for each of the three years shown in the Company’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K, if those financial statements are incorporated by reference in subsequent filings with the SEC made under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, even though those financial statements relate to periods prior to the sale date.  These reclassifications have no effect on the Company’s previously reported net income available to Common Shares or funds from operations (“FFO”).

 

This report on Form 8-K updates Items 6, 7, 8 and 15 (Exhibit 12 only) of the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the years ended December 31, 2004, 2003, and 2002 to reclassify those properties sold during the first six months of 2005 as a component of discontinued operations for each period presented in the annual report.  All other items of the Company’s Form 10-K remain unchanged.  No attempt has been made to update matters in the Form 10-K except to the extent expressly provided above.

 

ITEM 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number		Exhibit
23.1		Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
99.1		Form 10-K, Item 6. Selected Financial Data
		Form 10-K, Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition  and Results of Operations
		Form 10-K, Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
		Form 10-K, Item 15 (Exhibit 12 Only). Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

	EQUITY RESIDENTIAL
Date: August 22, 2005	By:	/s/ Donna Brandin
	Name:	Donna Brandin
	Its:	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Date: August 22, 2005	By:	/s/ Mark L. Wetzel
	Name:	Mark L. Wetzel
	Its:	Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit Number		Exhibit
23.1		Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
99.1		Form 10-K, Item 6. Selected Financial Data
		Form 10-K, Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition  and Results of Operations
		Form 10-K, Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data
		Form 10-K, Item 15 (Exhibit 12 Only). Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges

 

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