UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 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):  November 20, 2006

 


 

EQUITY RESIDENTIAL

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Maryland
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)

 

1-12252
(Commission File Number)

 

13-3675988
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

ERP OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

Illinois

 

0-24920

 

36-3894853

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

of incorporation or organization)

 

 

 

Identification Number)

 

Two North Riverside Plaza, Suite 400

Chicago, Illinois 60606

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

Registrant’s telephone number: (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 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers.

Ian S. Kaufman has been appointed First Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer of Equity Residential (the “Company”) effective as of November 20, 2006.  Mr. Kaufman, who has been with the Company for eight years, is assuming the position of Chief Accounting Officer, formerly held by Mark L. Wetzel, who resigned from the Company as of October 2, 2006, as previously reported in the Form 8-K filed by the Company on September 15, 2006.  Mr. Kaufman will continue to report to Donna Brandin, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company.  Mr. Kaufman, 38, has served as Vice President - Financial Reporting of the Company since January 2005.  He was Assistant Vice President - Financial Reporting of the Company from January 2001 to December 2004 and Director - Financial Reporting of the Company from August 1998 to December 2000.  Mr. Kaufman is a registered CPA and has a BBA in Accounting from the University of Michigan.

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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: November 22, 2006

By:

/s/ Donna Brandin

 

Name:

Donna Brandin

 

Its:

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ERP OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

 

 

 

By:

Equity Residential, its general partner

 

 

 

Date: November 22, 2006

By:

/s/ Donna Brandin

 

Name:

Donna Brandin

 

Its:

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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