secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ERP OPERATING LTD PARTNERSHIP (—)
CIK:        0000931182
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-21T11:11:00+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-233381
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 1.00
Item codes: 1.01, 5.02, 5.03, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Equity Residential and AvalonBay announce all-stock merger-of-equals; exchange ratio 2.793
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- Each AvalonBay share will convert to 2.793 Equity Residential shares; combined company to adopt new name.
- Post-closing board: 14 trustees (7 from each company); Stephen Sterrett Chairman, Benjamin Schall CEO.
- Termination fees: ~$1.005B from EQR, ~$1.070B from AVB, subject to REIT limitations.
- ERP Operating Partnership obtains $2.0B bridge loan commitment from Morgan Stanley and Wells Fargo.
- Quarterly dividend capped at $0.7025/share for EQR and $1.78/share for AVB during interim period.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/931182/000119312526233381/0001193125-26-233381-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/906107/000119312526233381/d228019d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-233381

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