UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

EQUITY LIFESTYLE PROPERTIES, INC.

Maryland (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		0-11718 (Commission File Number)		36-3857664 (IRS Employer Identification No.)

Two North Riverside Plaza, Chicago, Illinois, 60606
(Address of principal executive offices)

(312) 279-1400
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

     On April 1, 2010, Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) filed its 2009 Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A with the Securities and Exchange Commission. On April 6, 2010, the Company will mail a booklet entitled “The Next Chapter In The Life in a Day of Equity Lifestyle Properties 2009” (the “2009 ELS Storybook”) to investors of the Company together with the Company’s 2009 Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A and the 2009 Annual Report. The 2009 ELS Storybook contains a letter from the Company’s Chairman of the Board, Mr. Samuel Zell and the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Thomas P. Heneghan, information about the Company’s properties and various short stories and commentary from the Company’s customers. Accordingly, as the 2009 ELS Storybook could be deemed to be solicitation materials under the proxy rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company is filing this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit 99.1    The Life in a Day of Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc. 2009

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.