---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-277623"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EQR"
cik: "0000906107"
company_name: "EQUITY RESIDENTIAL"
filed_at: "2026-06-22T20:48:15+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-22T20:49:07.512017+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.1
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Equity Residential shareholders elect all 10 trustees, ratify auditor, approve executive compensation

## Summary
- All 10 trustee nominees elected; Angela M. Aman received 333.96M for, 4.32M against.
- Ernst & Young LLP ratified as independent auditor for 2026 with 334.27M for, 19.25M against.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved with 303.28M for, 34.42M against.
- Broker non-votes: 15.24M on trustee election and executive compensation proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-277623
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EQR
- cik: 0000906107
- company_name: EQUITY RESIDENTIAL
- filed_at: 2026-06-22T20:48:15+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.1
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.1
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/906107/000119312526277623/0001193125-26-277623-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/906107/000119312526277623/eqr-20260618.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-277623.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  EQUITY RESIDENTIAL shareholders approved Election of Trustees at the 2026-06-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-18
  source text: Proposal 1 – Election of Trustees All ten of the nominees for Trustees were elected to serve for a one-year term which expires at the Company’s 2027 annual meeting of shareholders and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, by the votes set forth below. Nominee For Against Abstain Angela M. Aman 333,960,226 4,317,821 127,826 Chris Carr 335,162,934 3,115,397 127,542 Mary Kay Haben 318,084,389 20,195,307 126,177 Ann C. Hoff 336,402,370 1,876,589 126,914 Tahsinul Zia Huque 331,073,012 6,594,980 737,881 Nina P. Jones 331,880,618 6,396,918 128,337 David J. Neithercut 326,009,321 12,241,643 154,909 Mark J. Parrell 335,595,693 2,710,521 99,659 Mark S. Shapiro 323,394,266 14,891,087 120,520 Stephen E. Sterrett 332,502,029 5,774,379 129,465 There were 15,241,514 broker non-votes with respect to Proposal 1.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/906107/000119312526277623/0001193125-26-277623-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  EQUITY RESIDENTIAL shareholders approved Advisory Approval of Executive Compensation at the 2026-06-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-18
  source text: Proposal 3 – Advisory Approval of Executive Compensation The shareholders approved, on an advisory basis, the executive compensation disclosed in the Proxy Statement, by the votes set forth below. For 303,275,382 Against 34,423,665 Abstain 706,826 Broker Non-Votes 15,241,514
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/906107/000119312526277623/0001193125-26-277623-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  EQUITY RESIDENTIAL shareholders approved Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2026 at the 2026-06-18 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-06-18
  source text: Proposal 2 – Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2026 The selection of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for 2026 was ratified by the shareholders, by the votes set forth below. For 334,272,653 Against 19,247,519 Abstain 127,215
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/906107/000119312526277623/0001193125-26-277623-index.htm

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