Cautionary Language

Some of the statements appearing on Equity Commonwealth’s (“EQC”) website may constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Any forward-looking statements contained on EQC’s website, including in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) posted on EQC’s website, are intended to be made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or phrases which are predictions of or indicate future events or trends and which do not relate solely to historical matters. You can also identify forward-looking statements by discussions of strategy, plans or intentions. The forward-looking statements contained on EQC’s website reflect EQC’s current views about future events and are subject to numerous known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and changes in circumstances that may cause actual results, performance, or achievements of EQC to differ significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. Many of these risks and uncertainties are difficult to predict and beyond management’s control. Forward looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, results or events. EQC disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors, of new information, data or methods, future events or other changes. For a further discussion of these and other factors that could cause EQC’s future results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements, see the section entitled “Risk Factors” in EQC’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, which are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and are also accessible on EQC’s website at SEC Filings.