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| EX-99.1 - PRESS RELEASE DATED DECEMBER 29, 2011 - EQUITY RESIDENTIAL | d276035dex991.htm |
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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): December 29, 2011
EQUITY RESIDENTIAL
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Maryland | 1-12252 | 13-3675988 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(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 of incorporation or organization) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) | ||
| Two North Riverside Plaza Suite 400, Chicago, Illinois |
60606 | |||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | |||
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (312) 474-1300
Not applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)
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ITEM 8.01 OTHER EVENTS.
On December 29, 2011, in connection with the previously announced Interest Purchase Agreement among ERP Operating Limited Partnership (“ERP”), a subsidiary and the operating partnership of Equity Residential, and certain affiliates of Bank of America Corp. and Barclays PLC (collectively, the “Sellers”), ERP and Equity Residential issued a press release relating to Equity Residential and ERP’s petition to intervene in the proceedings between Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and the Sellers in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York. The press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by reference herein.
ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
| Exhibit |
Exhibit | |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated December 29, 2011. | |
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: December 29, 2011 |
By: | /s/ David J. Neithercut | ||||
| Name: | David J. Neithercut | |||||
| Its: | Chief Executive Officer | |||||
| ERP OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | ||||||
| Date: December 29, 2011 |
By: | Equity Residential, its general partner | ||||
| By: | /s/ David J. Neithercut | |||||
| Name: | David J. Neithercut | |||||
| Its: | Chief Executive Officer | |||||
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit |
Exhibit | |
| 99.1 | Press Release dated December 29, 2011. | |