0000803649-22-000034.txt : 20220314 0000803649-22-000034.hdr.sgml : 20220314 20220314161535 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000803649-22-000034 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20220312 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220314 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20220314 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Levy Andrew CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001913722 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09317 FILM NUMBER: 22736751 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O EQUITY COMMONWEALTH STREET 2: TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 2100 CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60606 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Equity Commonwealth CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000803649 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 046558834 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA STREET 2: SUITE 2100 CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60606 BUSINESS PHONE: 312.646.2800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA STREET 2: SUITE 2100 CITY: CHICAGO STATE: IL ZIP: 60606 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CommonWealth REIT DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20100702 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HRPT PROPERTIES TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980701 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HEALTH & RETIREMENT PROPERTIES TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940811 3 1 wf-form3_164728879696766.xml FORM 3 X0206 3 2022-03-12 0 0000803649 Equity Commonwealth EQC 0001913722 Levy Andrew C/O EQUITY COMMONWEALTH TWO NORTH RIVERSIDE PLAZA, SUITE 2100 CHICAGO IL 60606 0 1 0 0 SVP & Chief Accounting Officer Common Shares of Beneficial Interest 2172 D Restricted Share Units Common Shares of Beneficial Interest 152.0 D Reflects Restricted Share Units ("RSU") that were issued to the Reporting Person as a result of certain performance criteria being met with respect to previously granted RSUs. These RSUs will vest in February of 2023, subject to the Reporting Person's continued employment with Equity Commonwealth through such date. Each RSU represents the right to receive one Common Share, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the applicable Equity Commonwealth equity compensation plan and the applicable RSU agreement for the Reporting Person. Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney /s/ Orrin S. Shifrin, attorney-in-fact 2022-03-14 EX-24 2 a20220312eqc-section16powe.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY

POWER OF ATTORNEY

      Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Orrin S. Shifrin and William H. Griffiths, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

      (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or trustee of Equity Commonwealth (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder, and any other forms or reports the undersigned may be required to file in connection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition, or disposition of securities of the Company;

      (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

      (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, and in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

      The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

      This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed effective as of this 12th day of March, 2022.



__/s/ Andrew M. Levy____________
Name: Andrew M. Levy