---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-23-028960"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EQR"
cik: "0000906107"
company_name: "EQUITY RESIDENTIAL"
filed_at: "2023-06-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T22:08:56.754953+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Equity Residential shareholders re-elect all nine trustees, approve say-on-pay

## Summary
- All nine trustee nominees elected; Mary Kay Haben received 6.8% withheld votes, highest among nominees.
- Ernst & Young ratified as 2023 auditor with 96.3% of votes in favor.
- Say-on-pay approved with 91.6% of votes cast in favor (excluding broker non-votes).
- Advisory frequency vote: annual say-on-pay supported by 97.6% of votes cast.
- Broker non-votes of ~14.8M shares on trustee election and say-on-pay.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-23-028960
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EQR
- cik: 0000906107
- company_name: EQUITY RESIDENTIAL
- filed_at: 2023-06-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/906107/000095017023028960/0000950170-23-028960-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/906107/000095017023028960/eqr-20230615.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  EQUITY RESIDENTIAL shareholders approved Advisory Approval of Frequency of Vote on Executive Compensation at the 2023-06-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-15
  source text: The shareholders determined, on an advisory basis, that the Company hold a vote on executive compensation every year, by the votes set forth below.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/906107/000095017023028960/0000950170-23-028960-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  EQUITY RESIDENTIAL shareholders approved Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2023 at the 2023-06-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-15
  source text: The selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2023 was ratified by the shareholders, by the votes set forth below.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/906107/000095017023028960/0000950170-23-028960-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  EQUITY RESIDENTIAL shareholders approved Advisory Approval of Executive Compensation at the 2023-06-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-15
  source text: The shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the executive compensation disclosed in the Proxy Statement, by the votes set forth below.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/906107/000095017023028960/0000950170-23-028960-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  EQUITY RESIDENTIAL shareholders approved Election of Trustees at the 2023-06-15 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-06-15
  source text: All nine of the nominees for Trustees were elected to serve for a one-year term which expires at the Company’s 2024 annual meeting of shareholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, by the votes set forth below.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/906107/000095017023028960/0000950170-23-028960-index.htm

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