EQUITY RESIDENTIAL (EQR)

Payments Due by Year (in thousands)

The Company incurred impairment losses of $1.1 million, $2.4 million and $0.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005, respectively, related to the write-off of various pursuit and out-of-pocket costs for terminated acquisition, disposition and development transactions. The Company also took impairment charges of $0.6 and $2.0 million associated with the write-off of various deferred sales costs following the decision to halt the condominium conversion and sale process at assets for the year ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

During the year ended December 31, 2006, the Company recorded approximately $30.0 million of asset impairment charges related to its write-down of the entire carrying value of the goodwill on its corporate housing business. Following the guidance in SFAS No. 142, this charge was the result of the continued poor operating performance of the corporate housing business and management’s expectations for future performance.

Operating segments are defined as components of an enterprise about which separate financial information is available that is evaluated regularly by senior management. Senior management decides how resources are allocated and assesses performance on a monthly basis.

The Company’s primary business is owning, managing, and operating multifamily residential properties, which includes the generation of rental and other related income through the leasing of apartment units to residents. Senior management evaluates the performance of each of our apartment communities individually and geographically, and both on a same store and non-same store basis; however, each of our apartment communities generally has similar economic characteristics, residents, products and services. The Company’s operating segments have been aggregated by geography in a manner identical to that which is