EQUITY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES TRUST Consolidated and Combined Historical, Including Predecessor Business Earnings to Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Distributions Ratio Historical -------------------------------------------------------------------- 12/31/96 12/31/95 12/31/94 12/31/93 12/31/92 ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ (Amounts in thousands) REVENUES Rental income $ 454,412 $ 373,919 $ 220,727 $ 104,388 $ 86,597 Fee income - outside managed 6,749 7,030 4,739 4,651 4,215 Interest income - investment in mortgage notes 12,819 4,862 - - - Interest and other income 4,405 4,573 5,568 3,031 2,161 ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ Total revenues 478,385 390,384 231,034 112,070 92,973 ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ EXPENSES Property and maintenance 127,172 112,186 66,534 35,324 30,680 Real estate taxes and insurance 44,128 37,002 23,028 11,403 10,274 Property management 17,512 15,213 10,249 3,491 2,912 Property management - non-recurring - - 879 - - Fee and asset management 3,837 3,887 2,056 2,524 2,403 Depreciation 93,253 72,410 37,273 15,384 13,442 Interest: Expense incurred 81,351 78,375 37,044 26,042 31,926 Amortization of deferred financing costs 4,242 3,444 1,930 3,322 2,702 Refinancing costs - - - 3,284 - General and administrative 9,857 8,129 6,053 3,159 1,915 ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ Total expenses 381,352 330,646 185,046 103,933 96,254 ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ Income (loss) before extraordinary items 97,033 59,738 45,988 8,137 (3,281) ============ ============ ============ ============ ============ Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Distributions: Interest and other financing costs 81,351 78,375 37,044 26,042 31,926 Refinancing costs - - - 3,284 - Amortization of deferred financing costs 4,242 3,444 1,930 3,322 2,702 Preferred distributions 29,015 10,109 - - - ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ Total Combined Fixed Charges and Preferred Distributions 114,608 91,928 38,974 32,648 34,628 ============ ============ ============ ============ ============ Earnings before combined fixed charges and preferred distributions 182,626 141,557 84,962 40,785 31,347 ============ ============ ============ ============ ============ Funds from operations before combined fixed charges and preferred distributions 275,879 213,967 123,114 56,169 44,789 ============ ============ ============ ============ ============ Ratio of earnings before combined fixed charges and preferred distributions to combined fixed charges and preferred distributions 1.59 1.54 2.18 1.25 0.91 ============ ============ ============ ============ ============ Ratio of funds from operations before combined fixed charges and preferred distributions to combined fixed charges and preferred distributions 2.41 2.33 3.16 1.72 1.29 ============ ============ ============ ============ ============ Earnings deficiency to cover fixed charges N/A N/A N/A N/A (3,281) ============ ============ ============ ============ ============