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Issuer:     EQUITY RESIDENTIAL (EQR)
CIK:        0000906107
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-06-30T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-25-091221
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.55
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Equity Residential announces CIO succession: Garechana becomes CIO, McLeod as CFO
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- Alexander Brackenridge steps down as CIO effective Aug 7, 2025; will retire end of 2025.
- CFO Robert Garechana succeeds Brackenridge as CIO, effective Aug 7, 2025.
- Bret McLeod joins from Great Wolf Resorts as EVP-Finance July 22, becomes CFO Aug 7.
- McLeod base salary $550K, target bonus $687.5K, retention equity $1.25M (3-year cliff).
- Brackenridge eligible for 2025 bonus/equity in early 2026; no severance; retirement benefits per Rule of 70.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/906107/000095017025091221/0000950170-25-091221-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/906107/000095017025091221/eqr-20250626.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-25-091221

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