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Douglas Emmett, Inc.
Annual Report 2017

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Annual Report
2017

Dear Fellow Shareholders,

We had an excellent year in 2017:

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 We grew our Funds from Operations by 8.9% and our Adjusted Funds from Operations by 10.9%, raised our 
dividend by 9% and still have one of the best dividend coverage ratios in our peer group. 

Wesignedover800officeleases,withstraightlinerentsaveraging26.8%higherthanthepriorleaseforthe
same space.

 We invested over $300 million in acquisitions and in development projects, while simultaneously reducing our 
shareofdebtbyover$400millionandloweringourweighted-averageannualfixedinterestratefrom3.28%to
3.09%. With the exception of a loan on a residential development project, we have no term loans due until 2022.  

Wepurchasedfourgreatmulti-tenantofficebuildings,twoinSantaMonicaandtwoinBeverlyHills,whichfit
perfectly with the strength of our small tenant operating platform.  These acquisitions increased our market share 
to71%indowntownSantaMonica,27%inBeverlyHillsand28%acrossalloursubmarkets.

 Through continued investments in sustainability, we reduced our electrical usage per square foot by another 
2.6%,ourtenthconsecutiveyearofloweringconsumption.TheEPAcertifiedover95%ofoureligibleoffice
spaceasENERGYSTARcompliant,placingalmostallofourbuildingsinthetop25percentofofficebuildings
nationwideinenergyefficiency.

AtourMoanaluaHillsideresidentialdevelopmentinHonolulu,wecompletedandleasedthefirst60unitsofour
new475unitproject.InBrentwood,wefullyentitledour376unit,34storyluxuryapartmenttower,thefirstnew
highriseresidentialpropertywestofthe405freewayinmorethan40years.

Looking forward, 2018 promises to be another strong year:

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 The fundamentals in our markets remain strong, with rising rental 
ratesreflectingrobustdemandacrossadiversesetofindustriesand
virtuallynooverhangfromnewofficespacesupply.Evenafter10years
without any material new supply, the current construction pipeline in our 
submarketsstillrepresentslessthan50basispointsofexistingsupply.

 We expect to substantially complete our development project at 
Moanalua,includingtheremainingnewapartments,anewfitness
facility, a new pool and upgrades to the existing units.  We have already 
begunconstructiononournewhighriseinBrentwood.

Constructionisalsounderwayatanumberofaccretiveofficeproperty
redevelopments and we are tracking potential acquisitions that could 
continue the strong external growth we have achieved in recent years. 

AsIdoeveryyear,IpromisethattheDouglasEmmettteamwillremaincommittedtothehighstandardsthathave
beenourhallmarkforover45yearsandwillworkhardtodeliverthesamelevelofsuccess.

Sincerely,

Jordan L. Kaplan

President&CEO

DOUGLAS EMMETT, INC.

ANNUAL REPORT 

Table of Contents

Glossary

Forward Looking Statements

Business Description

Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Selected Financial Data

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Consolidated Financial Statements

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Abbreviations used in this Report:

Glossary

ADA

AOCI

ASC

ASU

ATM

BOMA

CEO

CFO

Code

DEI

EPS

FASB

FDIC

FFO

Fund X

Funds

GAAP

IPO

JV

LIBOR

LTIP Units

NAREIT

NYSE

OCI

OP Units

Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Accounting Standards Codification

Accounting Standards Update

At-the-Market

Building Owners and Managers Association

Chief Executive Officer

Chief Financial Officer

Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended

Douglas Emmett, Inc.

Earnings Per Share

Financial Accounting Standards Board

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Funds from Operations

Douglas Emmett Fund X, LLC

Unconsolidated institutional real estate funds (Fund X, Partnership X and Opportunity Fund)

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (United States)

Initial Public Offering

Joint Venture

London Interbank Offered Rate

Long-Term Incentive Plan Units

National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts

New York Stock Exchange

Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)

Operating Partnership Units

Operating Partnership Douglas Emmett Properties, LP

Opportunity Fund

Fund X Opportunity Fund, LLC

Partnership X

Douglas Emmett Partnership X, LP

PCAOB

QRS

REIT

Report

SEC

Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States)

Qualified REIT subsidiary(ies)

Real Estate Investment Trust

Annual Report on Form 10-K

Securities and Exchange Commission

Securities Act

Securities Act of 1933, as amended

S&P 500

Standard & Poor's 500 Index

TRS

US

VIE

Taxable REIT subsidiary(ies)

United States

Variable Interest Entity(ies)

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Defined terms used in this Report:

Glossary

Annualized Rent

Annualized  cash  base  rent  (excludes  tenant  reimbursements,  parking  income,  lost  rent 
recovered from insurance and other revenue) before abatements under leases commenced as 
of the reporting date.  For our triple net Burbank and Honolulu office properties, annualized 
rent is calculated by adding expense reimbursements to base rent.

Consolidated Portfolio

Includes the properties in our consolidated results, which includes the properties owned by 

our consolidated JVs.

Funds From
Operations (FFO)

Net Operating Income
(NOI)

Occupied Rate

We calculate FFO in accordance with the standards established by NAREIT by excluding 
gains (or losses) on sales of investments in real estate, real estate depreciation and amortization 
(other than amortization of deferred loan costs) from our net income (including adjusting for 
the effect of such items attributable to consolidated joint ventures and unconsolidated real estate 
funds, but not for noncontrolling interests included in our Operating Partnership).

We calculate NOI as revenue less operating expenses attributable to the properties that we 
own and operate.  NOI is calculated by excluding the following from our net income: general 
and  administrative  expense,  depreciation  and  amortization  expense,  other  income,  other 
expense,  income,  including  depreciation,  from  unconsolidated  real  estate  funds,  interest 
expense, gains (or losses) on sales of investments in real estate and net income attributable to 
noncontrolling interests.

The percentage leased, excluding signed leases not yet commenced, as of the reporting date.  
Management space and storage space is considered leased and occupied, while space taken out 
of service during a repositioning is excluded from both the numerator and denominator for 
calculating percentage leased and occupied.

Recurring Capital
Expenditures

Building improvements required to maintain revenues once a property has been stabilized, 
and  excludes  capital  expenditures  for  (i)  acquired  buildings  being  stabilized,  (ii)  newly 
developed space, (iii) upgrades to improve revenues or operating expenses, (iv) casualty damage 
or (v) bringing the property into compliance with governmental requirements.

Rentable Square Feet

Based on the BOMA remeasurement and consists of leased square feet (including square feet 
with respect to signed leases not commenced as of the reporting date), available square feet, 
building management use square feet and square feet of the BOMA adjustment on leased space.

Same Properties

Our consolidated wholly-owned properties that have been owned and operated by us in a 
consistent manner, and reported in our consolidated results during the entire span of both periods 
being compared.  We exclude from our same property subset any properties (i) acquired during 
the comparative periods; (ii) sold, held for sale, contributed or otherwise removed from our 
consolidated financial statements during the comparative periods; or (iii) that underwent a major 
repositioning project that we believed significantly affected its results during the comparative 
periods.

Short-Term Lease

Represents leases that expired on or before the reporting date or had a term of less than one 
year, including hold over tenancies, month to month leases and other short term occupancies.

Total Portfolio

Includes our Consolidated Portfolio plus the properties owned by our Funds.

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Forward Looking Statements

This Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 
21E of the Exchange Act.  You can find many (but not all) of these statements by looking for words such as “believe”, “expect”, 
“anticipate”, “estimate”, “approximate”, “intend”, “plan”, “would”, “could”, “may”, “future” or other similar expressions in this 
Report.  We claim the protection of the safe harbor contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  We caution 
investors that any forward-looking statements used in this Report, or those that we make orally or in writing from time to time, 
are based on our beliefs and assumptions, as well as information currently available to us.  Actual outcomes will be affected by 
known and unknown risks, trends, uncertainties and factors beyond our control or ability to predict.  Although we believe that our 
assumptions are reasonable, they are not guarantees of future performance and some will inevitably prove to be incorrect.  As a 
result, our future results can be expected to differ from our expectations, and those differences may be material.  Accordingly, 
investors should use caution when relying on previously reported forward-looking statements, which were based on results and 
trends at the time they were made, to anticipate future results or trends.  Some of the risks and uncertainties that could cause our 
actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements 
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adverse economic or real estate developments affecting Southern California or Honolulu, Hawaii;

competition from other real estate investors in our markets;

decreasing rental rates or increasing tenant incentive and vacancy rates;

defaults on, early terminations of, or non-renewal of leases by tenants;

increases in interest rates or operating costs;

insufficient cash flows to service our outstanding debt or pay rent on ground leases;

difficulties in raising capital;

inability to liquidate real estate or other investments quickly;

adverse changes to rent control laws and regulations;

environmental uncertainties;

natural disasters;

insufficient insurance, or increases in insurance costs; 

inability to successfully expand into new markets and submarkets;

difficulties in identifying properties to acquire and failure to complete acquisitions successfully;

failure to successfully operate acquired properties;

risks associated with property development;

risks associated with JVs;

conflicts of interest with our officers and reliance on key personnel; 

changes in zoning and other land use laws;

adverse results of litigation or governmental proceedings;

failure to comply with laws, regulations and covenants that are applicable to our properties; 

possible terrorist attacks or wars; 

possible cyber attacks or intrusions;

adverse changes to accounting rules;

•  weaknesses in our internal controls over financial reporting;

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failure to maintain our REIT status under federal tax laws; and

adverse changes to tax laws, including those related to property taxes.

For further discussion of these and other risk factors see Item 1A. "Risk Factors” of our 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K.  
This Report and all subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or any person acting on our behalf 
are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained or referred to in this section.  We do not undertake 
any obligation to release publicly any revisions to our forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date 
of this Report.

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Business Description

Douglas Emmett, Inc. is a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed REIT.  We are one of the largest owners and 
operators of high-quality office and multifamily properties located in premier coastal submarkets in Los Angeles and Honolulu.  
Through our interest in our Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries, our consolidated JVs, and our unconsolidated Funds, we 
focus  on  owning,  acquiring,  developing  and  managing  a  significant  market  share  of  top-tier  office  properties  and  premier 
multifamily  communities  in  neighborhoods  with  significant  supply  constraints,  high-end  executive  housing  and  key  lifestyle 
amenities.  Our properties are located in the Beverly Hills, Brentwood, Burbank, Century City, Olympic Corridor, Santa Monica, 
Sherman  Oaks/Encino, Warner  Center/Woodland  Hills  and Westwood  submarkets  of  Los Angeles  County,  California,  and  in 
Honolulu, Hawaii.  We intend to increase our market share in our existing submarkets and may enter into other submarkets with 
similar characteristics where we believe we can gain significant market share.  The terms "us," "we" and "our" as used in this 
Report refer to Douglas Emmett, Inc. and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. 

At December 31, 2017, we owned a Consolidated Portfolio consisting of (i) a 16.5 million square foot office portfolio, (ii) 
3,380 multifamily apartment units and (iii) fee interests in two parcels of land from which we receive rent under ground leases.  
We also manage and own equity interests in our unconsolidated Funds which, at December 31, 2017, owned an additional 1.8 million
square feet of office space.  We manage our unconsolidated Funds alongside our Consolidated Portfolio, and we therefore present 
the statistics for our office portfolio on a Total Portfolio basis.  For more information, see Item 2 “Properties” of our 2017 Annual 
Report on Form 10-K.  As of  December 31, 2017, our portfolio consisted of the following (not including the two parcels of land 
from which we receive rent under ground leases):

Office (includes ancillary retail space)

Wholly-owned properties

Consolidated JV properties

Unconsolidated Fund properties

Consolidated
Portfolio

Total
Portfolio

53

10

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63

53

10

8

71

Rentable square feet (in thousands)

16,539

18,369

Multifamily

Wholly-owned properties

Units

10

3,380

10

3,380

Business Strategy

We employ a focused business strategy that we have developed and implemented over the past four decades:

•  Concentration of High Quality Office and Multifamily Properties in Premier Submarkets.  

First we select submarkets that are supply constrained, with high barriers to entry, key lifestyle amenities, proximity 
to high-end executive housing and a strong, diverse economic base.  Virtually no entitled Class A office space is currently 
under construction in any of our targeted submarkets.  Our submarkets are dominated by small, affluent tenants, whose 
rents are very small relative to their revenues and often not the paramount factor in their leasing decisions.  At December 31, 
2017, our office portfolio median size tenant was approximately 2,600 square feet.  Our office tenants operate in diverse 
industries, including among others legal, financial services, entertainment, real estate, accounting and consulting, health 
services, retail, technology and insurance, reducing our dependence on any one industry.  In 2015, 2016 and 2017, no 
tenant accounted for more than 10% of our total revenues.

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•  Disciplined Strategy of Acquiring Substantial Market Share.  

Once we select a submarket, we follow a disciplined strategy of gaining substantial market share to provide us with 
extensive local transactional market information, pricing power in lease and vendor negotiations and an enhanced ability 
to identify and negotiate investment opportunities.  As a result, we average approximately a 28% share of the Class A 
office space in our submarkets. 

•  Proactive Asset and Property Management.  

Our  fully  integrated  and  focused  operating  platform  provides  the  unsurpassed  tenant  service  demanded  in  our 
submarkets, with in-house leasing, proactive asset and property management and internal design and construction services, 
which we believe provides us with a competitive advantage in managing our property portfolio.  Our in-house leasing 
agents and legal specialists allow us to lease a large property portfolio with a diverse group of smaller tenants, closing 
an average of approximately three office leases each business day, and our in-house construction company allows us to 
compress the time required for building out many smaller spaces, resulting in reduced vacancy periods.  Our property 
management group oversees day-to-day property management of both our office and multifamily portfolios, allowing us 
to benefit from the operational efficiencies permitted by our submarket concentration.  

Available Information

All reports that we file with the SEC will be available on the SEC website at www.sec.gov.  We make available on our website 
at www.douglasemmett.com our annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and 
all amendments thereto, free of charge, as soon as reasonably practicable after we file such reports with, or furnish them to, the 
SEC.  None of the information on or hyperlinked from our website is incorporated into this Report. Our Annual Report on Form  
10-K may also be obtained free of charge by written request to: 

Stuart McElhinney
Vice President, Investor Relations
310-255-7751
smcelhinney@douglasemmett.com

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Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity 
Securities

Market for Common Stock; Dividends

Our common stock is traded on the NYSE under the symbol “DEI”.  On December 29, 2017, the closing price of our common 

stock was $41.06.  The table below presents information for our common stock as reported by the NYSE:

2017

Dividend declared

Common Stock Price

High

Low

2016

Dividend declared

Common Stock Price

High

Low

First
Quarter

Second
Quarter

Third
Quarter

Fourth
Quarter

$

$

$

$

$

$

0.23

40.79

35.98

0.22

31.00

24.73

$

$

$

$

$

$

0.23

39.67

37.12

0.22

35.53

29.82

$

$

$

$

$

$

0.23

39.88

36.60

0.22

38.71

35.01

$

$

$

$

$

$

0.25

41.59

39.13

0.23

39.25

33.78

Holders of Record

We had 16 holders of record of our common stock on February 9, 2018.  Many of the shares of our common stock are held 
in “street” name and accordingly, the number of beneficial owners of such shares is not known or included in the foregoing number.

Dividend Policy

We typically pay quarterly dividends to common stockholders at the discretion of the board of directors.  Dividend amounts 
depend upon our available cash flows, financial condition and capital requirements, annual distribution requirements under the 
REIT provisions of the Code, and such other factors as the board of directors deems relevant.

Sales of Unregistered Securities

On December 20, 2017, in connection with the purchase of an office property located at 9401 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly 
Hills, California, our Operating Partnership issued 2.6 million OP Units valued at $105.7 million to the seller of the office property, 
as partial consideration for the purchase.  Each OP Unit can be exchanged into one share of our common stock (or its cash equivalent 
at our option).  This issuance did not involve underwriters, underwriter discounts or commissions or any public offering.  We 
believe that the issuance of OP Units is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act under Rule 506 of Regulation 
D promulgated under the Securities Act and Section 4(2) of the Securities Act as a transaction by an issuer not involving any public 
offering.  There was no advertising, general promotion or other marketing undertaken in connection with the issuance.  The investor 
represented  and  warranted  that  (i)  it  acquired  the  OP  Units  for  investment  purposes  only  and  not  for  the  purpose  of  further 
distribution; (ii) it had sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters and the ability to bear the economic 
risk of its investment, and (iii) that the OP Units were taken for investment purposes and not with a view to resale in violation of 
applicable securities laws.

Repurchases of Equity Securities

None.

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Performance Graph

The information below shall not be deemed to be “soliciting material” or to be “filed” with the SEC or subject to Regulation 
14A or 14C, other than as provided in Item 201 of Regulation S-K, or to the liabilities of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, except 
to the extent we specifically request that such information be treated as soliciting material or specifically incorporate it by reference 
into a filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.

The graph below compares the cumulative total return on our common stock from December 31, 2012 to December 31, 2017 
to the cumulative total return of the S&P 500, NAREIT Equity and an appropriate “peer group” index (assuming a $100 investment 
in our common stock and in each of the indexes on December 31, 2012, and that all dividends were reinvested into additional 
shares of common stock at the frequency with which dividends are paid on the common stock during the applicable fiscal year).  
The total return performance presented in this graph is not necessarily indicative of, and is not intended to suggest, the total future 
return performance.

Period Ending

Index

DEI

S&P 500
NAREIT Equity(1)
Peer group(2)

12/31/12

12/31/13

12/31/14

12/31/15

12/31/16

12/31/17

100.00

100.00

100.00

100.00

103.05

132.39

102.47

109.58

129.41

150.51

133.35

148.67

146.30

152.59

137.61

145.80

176.06

170.84

149.33

153.75

202.53

208.14

157.14

153.94

(1) 

(2) 

FTSE NAREIT Equity REITs index.
Consists of Boston Properties, Inc. (BXP), Kilroy Realty Corporation (KRC), SL Green Realty Corp. (SLG), Vornado Trust 
(VNO) and Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc (HPP).

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Selected Financial Data

The  table  below  presents  selected  consolidated  financial  and  operating  data  and  should  be  read  in  conjunction  with 
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our financial statements included 
in pages 10 and 27 of this Report, respectively. 

Consolidated Statements of Operations Data 
(In thousands):

Total office revenues

Total multifamily revenues

Total revenues

Operating income

Net income attributable to common stockholders
Per Share Data:

Net income attributable to common stockholders
per share - basic
Net income attributable to common stockholders
per share - diluted

Weighted average common shares outstanding (in
thousands):

2017

715,546

96,506

812,052

241,023

94,443

0.58

0.58

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

Year Ended December 31,
2015

2014

2016

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

645,633

96,918

742,551

220,817

85,397

0.57

0.55

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

540,975

94,799

635,774

189,527

58,384

0.40

0.39

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

519,405

80,117

599,522

167,854

44,621

0.31

0.30

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

2013

514,583

76,936

591,519

178,691

45,311

0.32

0.31

Basic

Diluted

160,905

161,230

149,299

153,190

146,089

150,604

144,013

148,121

142,556

145,844

Dividends declared per common share

$

0.94

$

0.89

$

0.85

$

0.81

$

0.74

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

As of December 31,

Balance Sheet Data (In thousands):

Total assets

$ 8,292,641

$ 7,613,705

$ 6,066,161

$ 5,938,973

$ 5,830,044

Secured notes payable and revolving credit facility,
net
Property Data:
Number of consolidated properties(1)

$ 4,117,390

$ 4,369,537

$ 3,611,276

$ 3,419,667

$ 3,223,395

73

69

64

63

61

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(1)  All properties are wholly-owned by our Operating Partnership, except for ten office properties owned by our consolidated 

JVs.  The consolidated properties do not include the eight properties owned by our unconsolidated Funds. 

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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes on page 
27 of this Report.  Our results of operations for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015 were affected by property 
acquisitions and dispositions - see Note 3 to our consolidated financial statements in this Report for more information.

Business Description

Douglas Emmett, Inc. is a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed REIT.  We are one of the largest owners and 
operators of high-quality office and multifamily properties in Los Angeles County, California and in Honolulu, Hawaii.  We focus 
on  owning,  acquiring,  developing  and  managing  a  substantial  share  of  top-tier  office  properties  and  premier  multifamily 
communities in neighborhoods that possess significant supply constraints, high-end executive housing and key lifestyle amenities.
As of December 31, 2017, our portfolio consisted of the following:

Office

Class A Properties(3) 

Rentable square feet (in thousands)

Leased rate

Occupied rate

Properties

Units

Leased rate

Occupied rate

Multifamily

Consolidated(1)

Total Portfolio(2)

63

16,539

91.5%

89.9%

10

3,380

98.8%

96.4%

71

18,369

91.4%

89.8%

10

3,380

98.8%

96.4%

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(1)   Our Consolidated Portfolio includes the properties in our consolidated results.  We own 100% of these properties except for ten
office properties totaling 2.8 million square feet, which we own through three consolidated JVs.  Our Consolidated Portfolio also 
includes two parcels of land from which we receive ground rent from ground leases to the owners of a Class A office building and 
a hotel. 

(2)  Our Total Portfolio includes our Consolidated Portfolio as well as eight properties totaling 1.8 million square feet owned by 
our unconsolidated Funds.  See Note 5 to our consolidated financial statements in this Report for more information about our 
unconsolidated Funds.

(3)  Our office portfolio includes ancillary retail space.

Annualized rent

As of December 31, 2017, annualized rent from our Consolidated Portfolio was derived as follows:

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Acquisitions, Financings, Developments and Repositionings

Acquisitions 

•  During  the  second  quarter  of  2017,  a  consolidated  JV  that  we  manage  and  in  which  we  own  a  20%  interest  paid 

$352.8 million to acquire two Class A office properties in Santa Monica, California. 

•  During the third quarter of 2017, the same consolidated JV paid $177.0 million to acquire a Class A office property located 

in Beverly Hills, California.   

•  During the fourth quarter of 2017, we acquired a wholly-owned Class A office property located in Beverly Hills, California 
for $143.6 million.  We issued 2.6 million OP Units valued at $105.7 million, assumed a $32.3 million loan and paid 
$4.7 million in cash to the seller.

See Note 3 to our consolidated financial statements in this Report for more information regarding these acquisitions. 

Financings

•  During the second quarter of 2017: 

•  We closed a secured, non-recourse $550.0 million interest-only loan scheduled to mature in June 2027. The loan 
bears interest at LIBOR + 1.37%, which we have effectively fixed through an interest rate swap at 3.16% until June 
2022.  The loan is secured by four residential properties.  Part of the proceeds were used to pay off an existing  
$388.1 million loan that was secured by the same four properties.   

•  One of our Funds closed a secured, non-recourse $400.0 million interest-only loan scheduled to mature in July 2024.  
The loan bears interest at LIBOR + 1.65%, which we have effectively fixed at 3.44% for five years through an interest 
rate swap.  The loan is secured by six office properties.  Part of the proceeds were used to pay off an existing $325.0 
million loan that was secured by the same six properties.    

•  We paid off a $346.8 million loan that was scheduled to mature in August 2018.

•  We issued 9.1 million shares of common stock under our ATM program for net proceeds of $346.0 million.

•  During the third quarter of 2017:

•  We paid off a $341.9 million loan that was scheduled to mature in March 2020.

•  We issued 6.6 million shares of common stock under our ATM program for net proceeds of $247.4 million.

•  During the fourth quarter of 2017:

•  A consolidated JV that we manage and in which we own a 20% interest closed a secured, non-recourse $400.0 million
interest-only loan scheduled to mature in December 2024.  The loan bears interest at LIBOR + 1.30%, which we 
have effectively fixed at 3.47% for five years through an interest rate swap.  The loan is secured by five office 
properties.  Part of the proceeds were used to pay off an existing $365.5 million loan that was secured by the same 
five properties.    

See Notes 7 and 10 to our consolidated financial statements in this Report for more detail regarding our debt and equity, 
respectively.  See Note 19 to our consolidated financial statements in this Report regarding financings that occurred in February 
2018.

Developments

We are developing two multifamily projects, one in our Brentwood submarket in Los Angeles, California, and one in Honolulu, 

Hawaii.  Each development is on land which we already own:   

• 

In West Los Angeles, we have received approval to build a high-rise apartment building with 376 apartments.  We expect 
the cost of the development to be approximately $180.0 million to $200.0 million, which does not include the cost of the 
land or the existing underground parking garage, both of which we owned before beginning the project. 

•  At our Moanalua Hillside Apartments in Honolulu, we are building an additional 475 apartments (net of existing apartments 
removed), which we expect will cost approximately $120.0 million excluding the cost of the land which we already owned 
before beginning the project.  We also plan to invest additional capital to upgrade the existing apartments, improve the 
parking and landscaping, build a new leasing and management office, and construct a new recreation and fitness facility 
with a new pool.  As of December 31, 2017, we had completed the construction of 60 apartments and placed them into 
service.

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Repositionings 

 We often strategically purchase properties with large vacancies or expected near-term lease roll-over and use our knowledge 
of the property and submarket to reposition the property for the optimal use and tenant mix.  The work we undertake to reposition 
a building typically takes months or even years, and could involve a range of improvements from a complete structural renovation 
to a targeted remodeling of selected spaces.  We generally select a property for repositioning at the time we purchase it, although 
repositioning efforts can also occur at properties that we already own.  During the repositioning, the affected property may display 
depressed rental revenue and occupancy levels which impacts our results and, therefore, comparisons of our performance from 
period to period.  In addition to our Moanalua Hillside Apartments in Honolulu, described above under "Developments", as of 
December 31, 2017, we were repositioning two properties: (i) a 668,000 square foot office property in Woodland Hills, California, 
which included a 35,000 square foot gym, and (ii) an 80,000 square foot office property in Honolulu, Hawaii owned by a consolidated 
JV in which we own a two-thirds interest. 

Rental Rate Trends - Total Portfolio

Office Rental Rates

The table below presents the average annual rental rate per leased square foot and the annualized lease transaction costs per 

leased square foot for leases executed in our total office portfolio during each period:

Average straight-line rental rate(1)(2)
Annualized lease transaction costs(3)

Year Ended December 31,

2017

$44.48

$5.68

2016

$43.21

$5.74

2015

$42.65

$4.77

2014

$35.93

$4.66

2013

$34.72

$4.16

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(1)  Because  straight-line  rent  takes  into  account  the  full  economic  value  of  each  lease,  including  rent  concessions  and 
escalations, we believe that it may provide a better comparison than ending cash rents, which include the impact of the 
annual escalations over the entire term of the lease.  However, care should be taken in any comparison, as the averages are 
often significantly affected from period to period by factors such as the buildings, submarkets, and types of space and terms 
involved in the leases executed during the respective reporting period.

(2)  Reflects  the  weighted  average  straight-line  annualized  base  rent  (excludes  tenant  reimbursements,  parking  and  other 
revenue)  per  leased  square  foot.  For  our  triple  net  leases,  annualized  rent  is  calculated  by  adding  estimated  expense 
reimbursements to base rent. 

(3)  Reflects the weighted average leasing commissions and tenant improvement allowances divided by the weighted average 

number of years for the leases. 

Office Rent Roll

The table below presents the rent roll for new and renewed leases per leased square foot executed in our total office portfolio 

during the year ended December 31, 2017: 

Rent Roll (1)(2)

Straight-line Rent

Starting Cash Rent Expiring Cash Rent

Leases signed during the period

Prior leases for the same space

Percentage change

$44.48

$35.07

26.8%

$42.81

$34.33

24.7%

N/A

$38.68

10.7%

(3)

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(1)  Represents the average initial stabilized cash and straight-line rents on new and renewal leases signed during the 
quarter compared to the prior lease on the same space, excluding short-term leases and leases on space where the 
prior lease was terminated more than a year before signing of the new lease.

(2)  Our office rent roll can fluctuate from period to period as a result of changes in our submarkets, buildings and term 

of the expiring leases, making these metrics difficult to predict.

(3)  The percentage change for expiring cash rent represents the comparison between the starting cash rent on leases 

executed during the respective period and the expiring cash rent on the prior leases for the same space.

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Multifamily Rental Rates

The table below presents the average annual rental rate per leased unit for new tenants: 

2017

Year Ended December 31,
2015

2016

2014

2013

Average annual rental rate - new tenants(1)

$

28,501

$

28,435

$

27,936

$

28,870

$

27,392

_____________________________________________________

(1)  2016 and 2015 include the impact of a property acquisition in Honolulu at the end of 2014, so the numbers are not 

directly comparable with prior years.

Multifamily Rent Roll

During 2017, average rent on leases to new tenants was 2.2% higher for the same unit at the time it became vacant. 

Occupancy Rates - Total Portfolio

The tables below present the occupancy rates for our total office portfolio and multifamily portfolio:

Occupancy Rates(1) as of:

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

Office portfolio

Multifamily portfolio

89.8%

96.4%

90.4%

97.9%

91.2%

98.0%

90.5%

98.2%

90.4%

98.7%

December 31,

Average Occupancy Rates(1)(2):

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

Office portfolio

Multifamily portfolio

89.5%

97.2%

90.6%

97.6%

90.9%

98.2%

90.0%

98.5%

89.7%

98.6%

Year Ended December 31,

___________________________________________________

(1)  Occupancy rates include the impact of property acquisitions, most of whose occupancy rates at the time of acquisition were 

below that of our existing portfolio.

(2)  Average occupancy rates are calculated by averaging the occupancy rates at the end of each of the quarters in the period and 

at the end of the quarter immediately prior to the start of the period.

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Office Lease Expirations

As of December 31, 2017, assuming non-exercise of renewal options and early termination rights, we expect to see expiring 

square footage in our total office portfolio as follows:

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(1)  Average of the percentage of leases at December 31, 2014, 2015, and 2016 with the same remaining duration as 
the leases for the labeled year had at December 31, 2017.  Acquisitions are included in the prior year average 
commencing in the quarter after the acquisition. 

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Results of Operations

Comparison of 2017 to 2016  

(In thousands)

Favorable

2017

2016

(Unfavorable) Percentage

Commentary

Revenues

Office rental
revenue

$ 552,846

$ 498,214

$

54,632

11.0 %

Office tenant
recoveries

$ 54,006

$ 46,847

$

7,159

15.3 %

Office parking
and other
income

$ 108,694

$ 100,572

$

8,122

8.1 %

Multifamily
revenue

$ 96,506

$ 96,918

$

(412)

(0.4)%

Operating expenses

Office rental
expenses

$ 233,633

$ 214,546

$

(19,087)

(8.9)%

Multifamily
rental expenses

$ 24,401

$ 23,317

$

(1,084)

(4.6)%

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The increase was due to rental revenues of $45.6 
million  from  properties  that  we  acquired  in  2016 
and 2017 and an increase in rental revenues of $12.1 
million  from  the  properties  that  we  owned 
throughout  both  periods,  partially  offset  by  a 
decrease of $3.1 million in rental revenues from a 
property  that  we  sold  during  2016.   The increase 
from  properties  that  we  owned  throughout  both 
periods was primarily due to an increase in rental 
rates,  partially  offset  by  a  decrease  in  occupancy 
and a decrease of $1.5 million in the accretion from 
below-market leases.

The increase was due to tenant recoveries of $3.4 
million  from  properties  that  we  acquired  in  2016 
and  2017  and  an  increase  in  tenant  recoveries  of 
$3.8  million  from  the  properties  that  we  owned 
increase  from 
throughout  both  periods.  The 
properties that we owned throughout both periods 
was  primarily  due  to  an  increase  in  recoverable 
operating costs.

The increase was due to parking and other income 
of $5.1 million from properties that we acquired in 
2016 and 2017 and an increase of $3.5 million in 
parking and other income from properties that we 
owned throughout both periods, partially offset by 
a  decrease  of  $0.5  million  in  parking  and  other 
income from a property that we sold during 2016.  
The  increase  in  parking  and  other  income  from 
properties that we owned throughout both periods 
primarily reflects increases in rates, partially offset 
by a decrease in occupancy.

The decrease was due to a decrease of $2.8 million 
in the accretion from below-market leases,  partially 
offset  by  an  increase  of  $2.4  million  in  rental 
revenues and parking income.  The decrease in the 
accretion from below-market leases was due to the 
completion  in  the  fourth  quarter  2016  of  the 
amortization  of  below-market  lease  intangibles 
recorded at the time of our IPO.  The increase in 
rental revenues and parking income was primarily 
due to an increase in rental rates.

The increase was due to rental expenses of $17.3 
million  from  properties  that  we  acquired  during 
2016 and 2017 and an increase of $3.2 million from 
properties that we owned throughout both periods, 
partially offset by a decrease of $1.4 million from 
a property that we sold during 2016.  The increase 
from  properties  that  we  owned  throughout  both 
periods  was  primarily  due  to  an  increase  in 
personnel expenses, utilities and real estate taxes, 
partially offset by a decrease in parking expenses.

The increase was due to a prior year excise tax 
refund  of  $0.5  million  in  2016    which  offset 
expenses  in  that  year  and  increases  in  scheduled 
services, personnel expenses and utilities in 2017.

(In thousands)

2017

2016

Favorable

(Unfavorable) Percentage

Commentary

General and
administrative

$ 36,234

$ 34,957

$

(1,277)

(3.7)%

The increase was primarily due to an increase in 

personnel expenses.

The increase was primarily due to depreciation 
and amortization of $24.6 million from properties 
that  we  acquired  during  2016  and  2017  and  an 
increase  of  $3.7  million  from  properties  that  we 
owned throughout both periods, partially offset by 
a decrease of $0.5 million from a property that we 
sold during 2016.  The increase from the properties 
that  we  owned  throughout  both  periods  was 
primarily  due 
in  building 
improvements,  tenant  improvements  and  leasing 
commissions.

increase 

to  an 

The increase was primarily due to an increase in 
interest income and revenue from the health club 
that we own and operate.

The decrease was primarily due to $2.8 million 
of  acquisition-related  expenses 
in 
connection with the acquisition of properties by our 
in  2016.  We  commenced 
consolidated  JVs 
capitalizing acquisition-related expenses in 2017 as 
a result of a change in accounting policy - see Note 
2  to  our  consolidated  financial  statements  in  this 
Report.

incurred 

The decrease was primarily due to an increase in 
interest  expense  and  loan  costs  for  one  of  our 
unconsolidated  Funds  related  to  a  2017  loan 
refinancing.

The  decrease  was  due  to  a  decrease  in  our 
Operating  Partnership  interest  expense  of  $13.3 
million as a result of lower debt balances, partially 
offset by interest expense of $12.3 million from debt 
related to our consolidated JV property acquisitions 
in 2016 and 2017.

In  2016  we  sold  (i)  a  thirty-percent  ownership 
interest  in  one  of  our  consolidated  JVs  to  a  third 
party investor and recognized a gain of $1.1 million, 
(ii) a thirty-five percent ownership interest in one 
of our consolidated JVs to a third party investor and 
recognized a gain of $0.6 million and (iii) a wholly-
owned  office  property  and  recognized  a  gain  of 
$12.7 million.

Depreciation
and
amortization

$ 276,761

$ 248,914

$

(27,847)

(11.2)%

Non-Operating Income and Expenses

Other income

$

9,712

$

8,759

$

953

10.9 %

Other expenses

$ (7,037) $ (9,477) $

2,440

25.7 %

Income,
including
depreciation,
from
unconsolidated
real estate
funds

Interest
expense

Gains on sales
of investments
in real estate

$

5,905

$

7,812

$

(1,907)

(24.4)%

$(145,176) $(146,148) $

972

0.7 %

$

— $ 14,327

$

(14,327)

(100.0)%

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Comparison of 2016 to 2015 

(In thousands)

Favorable

2016

2015

(Unfavorable) Percentage

Commentary

Revenues

Office rental
revenue

$ 498,214

$ 412,448

$

85,766

20.8 %

Office tenant
recoveries

$ 46,847

$ 43,139

$

3,708

8.6 %

Office parking
and other
income

$ 100,572

$ 85,388

$

15,184

17.8 %

Multifamily
revenue

$ 96,918

$ 94,799

$

2,119

2.2 %

Operating expenses

Office rental
expenses

$ 214,546

$ 186,556

$

(27,990)

(15.0)%

Multifamily
rental expenses

$ 23,317

$ 23,862

$

545

2.3 %

The increase was primarily due to rental revenues 
of $77.2 million from properties that we acquired in 
2015 and 2016 and an increase in rental revenues of 
$9.4  million  from  the  properties  that  we  owned 
throughout  both  periods,  partially  offset  by  a 
decrease of $0.8 million in rental revenues from a 
property that we sold during 2016.  The increase in 
rental  revenue  from  the  properties  that  we  owned 
throughout  both  periods  was  primarily  due  to  an 
increase in rental rates, which was partially offset by 
a  decrease  of  $4.0  million  in  the  accretion  from 
below-market leases.

The  increase  was  primarily  due  to  tenant 
recoveries of $4.4 million from properties that we 
acquired  in  2015  and  2016,  partially  offset  by  a 
decrease of $0.7 million in tenant recoveries for the 
properties that we owned throughout both periods.  
The decrease in tenant recoveries from the properties 
that  we  owned  throughout  both  periods  was 
primarily due to lower recoverable operating costs.

The  increase  was  primarily  due  to  parking  and 
other income of $10.4 million from properties that 
we acquired in 2015 and 2016, and an increase of 
$4.9  million  in  parking  and  other  income  from 
properties that we owned throughout both periods, 
partially offset by a decrease in parking and other 
income of $0.2 million from a property that we sold 
during  2016.    The  increase  in  parking  and  other 
income  from 
that  we  owned 
throughout both periods primarily reflects increases 
in rates.

the  properties 

The  increase  was  primarily  due  to  increases  in 

rental rates.

The increase was due to rental expenses of $30.2 
million from properties that we acquired in 2015 and 
2016, partially offset by a decrease of $1.7 million 
from  properties  that  we  owned  throughout  both 
periods  and  a  decrease  of  $0.5  million  from  a 
property  that  we  sold  during  2016.  The  decrease 
from  properties  that  we  owned  throughout  both 
periods was primarily due to a decrease in utilities 
expense.

The  decrease  was  primarily  due  to  a  prior  year  
excise  tax  refund  of  $0.5  million  in  2016,  which 
offset expenses in that year.

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(In thousands)

Favorable

2016

2015

(Unfavorable) Percentage

Commentary

General and
administrative

Depreciation
and
amortization

$ 34,957

$ 30,496

$

(4,461)

(14.6)%

$ 248,914

$ 205,333

$

(43,581)

(21.2)%

Non-Operating Income and Expenses

Other income

$

8,759

$ 15,228

$

(6,469)

(42.5)%

Other expenses

$ (9,477) $ (8,241) $

(1,236)

(15.0)%

The increase was primarily due to payroll taxes of 
$1.5 million related to the exercise of options as well 
as a $2.2 million increase in equity compensation 
expense.

The increase was primarily due to depreciation 
and amortization of $40.4 million from properties 
that we acquired in 2015 and 2016.

The decrease was primarily due $6.6 million of 
accelerated  accretion  that  we  recognized  in  2015 
related to an above-market ground lease for which 
we acquired the underlying fee interest in the land 
in the first quarter of 2015 (Harbor Court Land).

The  increase  reflects  the  acquisition-related 
expenses  for  six  office  properties 
that  our 
consolidated JVs acquired in 2016 compared to the 
acquisition-related  expenses  for  only  one  wholly-
owned office property that we acquired in 2015.

Income,
including
depreciation,
from
unconsolidated
real estate
funds

Interest
expense

Gains on sales
of investments
in real estate

$

7,812

$

7,694

$

118

1.5 %

The increase was primarily due to an increase in 
rental revenues, which primarily reflects an increase 
in rental rates.

$(146,148) $(135,453) $

(10,695)

(7.9)%

$ 14,327

$

— $

14,327

100.0 %

The increase was due to interest expense of $14.2 
million from new debt related to our JV acquisitions 
in  2016,  partially  offset  by  a  decrease  in  interest 
expense  of  $3.5  million  for  our  Operating 
Partnership as a result of refinancing at lower interest 
rates in 2015 and 2016.

In  2016  we  sold  (i)  a  thirty-percent  ownership 
interest in one of our consolidated JVs to a third party 
investor and recognized a gain of $1.1 million, (ii) 
a thirty-five percent ownership interest in one of our 
consolidated joint ventures to a third party investor 
and  recognized  a  gain  of  $0.6  million  and  (iii)  a 
wholly-owned office property and recognized a gain 
of $12.7 million.

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Non-GAAP Supplemental Financial Measure: FFO

Usefulness to Investors

We report FFO because it is a widely reported measure of the performance of equity REITs, and is also used by some investors 
to identify trends in occupancy rates, rental rates and operating costs from year to year, and to compare our performance with other 
REITs.  FFO is a non-GAAP financial measure for which we believe that net income is the most directly comparable GAAP 
financial measure.  FFO has limitations as a measure of our performance because it excludes depreciation and amortization of real 
estate, and captures neither the changes in the value of our properties that result from use or market conditions, nor the level of 
capital  expenditures,  tenant  improvements  and  leasing  commissions  necessary  to  maintain  the  operating  performance  of  our 
properties, all of which have real economic effect and could materially impact our results from operations. FFO should be considered 
only as a supplement to net income as a measure of our performance and should not be used as a measure of our liquidity or cash 
flow, nor is it indicative of funds available to fund our cash needs, including our ability to pay dividends. Other REITs may not 
calculate FFO in accordance with the NAREIT definition and, accordingly, our FFO may not be comparable to the FFO of other 
REITs.  See "Results of Operations" for a discussion of the items that impacted our net income. 

Comparison of 2017 to 2016 

Our FFO increased by $29.0 million, or 8.9%, to $354.7 million for 2017 compared to $325.7 million for 2016, which was 
primarily due to (i) an increase in operating income from our office portfolio due to property acquisitions in 2016 and 2017 and 
increasing rental rates, (ii) a decrease in other expenses as a result of acquisition-related costs we expensed in 2016, while similar 
costs were capitalized in 2017 as a result of the adoption of an ASU in 2017, and (iii) a decrease in interest expense due to lower 
debt balances, partially offset by (a) a decrease in the operating income from our multifamily portfolio due to a decrease in the 
accretion from below-market leases due to the completion in 2016 of the amortization of below-market lease intangibles recorded 
at the time of our IPO, and an excise tax refund of $0.5 million that reduced our multifamily operating expenses in 2016, (b) an 
increase in general and administrative expenses due an increase in personnel costs, and (c) a decrease in the FFO of our Funds 
due to an increase in interest expense and loan costs related to the refinancing of a loan for one of our Funds during 2017.

Comparison of 2016 to 2015

Our FFO increased by $35.8 million, or 12.4%, to $325.7 million for 2016 compared to $289.9 million for 2015.  Excluding  
$6.6 million of accelerated non-cash accretion of an above-market ground lease from the acquisition of the Harbor Court Land in 
2015, our FFO increased by $42.4 million or 15.0%, which was primarily due to (i) an increase in operating income from our 
office portfolio due to property acquisitions in 2015 and 2016 and (ii) an increase in operating income from our multifamily 
portfolio due to higher rental rates, partially offset by (a) an increase in  general and administrative expenses due to an increase in 
personnel costs, (b) an increase in interest expense due to new debt related to our JV property acquisitions and (c) an increase in 
acquisition-related expenses due to our JV property acquisitions in 2016.

Reconciliation to GAAP

The table below reconciles our FFO, which reflects the FFO attributable to our common stockholders and noncontrolling 

interests in our Operating Partnership (which includes our share of our consolidated JVs and our unconsolidated Funds):

(In thousands)

Year Ended December 31,

2017

2016

2015

Net income attributable to common stockholders

$

94,443

$

85,397

$

Depreciation and amortization of real estate assets

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
Adjustments attributable to unconsolidated funds (1)
Adjustments attributable to consolidated JVs (2)
Gain on sale of investment in real estate

276,761

9,984

16,220
(42,674)
—

FFO

$

354,734

$

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248,914

10,693

16,016
(20,961)
(14,327)
325,732

58,384

205,333

10,371

15,919
(97)
—

$

289,910

(1)  Adjusts for our share of our unconsolidated Funds depreciation and amortization of real estate assets.

(2)  Adjusts  for  the  net  income  and  depreciation  and  amortization  of  real  estate  assets  that  is  attributable  to  the 

noncontrolling interests in our consolidated JVs.
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Non-GAAP Supplemental Financial Measure: Same Property NOI

Usefulness to Investors

We report Same Property NOI to facilitate a comparison of our operations between reported periods.  Many investors use 
Same Property NOI to evaluate our operating performance and to compare our operating performance with other REITs, because 
it can reduce the impact of investing transactions on operating trends.  NOI is a non-GAAP financial measure for which we believe 
that net income is the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure.  We report NOI because it is a widely recognized measure 
of the performance of equity REITs, and is used by some investors to identify trends in occupancy rates, rental rates and operating 
costs and to compare our operating performance with that of other REITs.  NOI has limitations as a measure of our performance 
because it excludes depreciation and amortization expense, and captures neither the changes in the value of our properties that 
result from use or market conditions, nor the level of capital expenditures, tenant improvements and leasing commissions necessary 
to maintain the operating performance of our properties, all of which have real economic effect and could materially impact our 
results from operations. Other REITs may not calculate Same Property NOI in the same manner.  As a result, our Same Property 
NOI may not be comparable to the Same Property NOI of other REITs.  Same Property NOI should be considered only as a 
supplement to net income as a measure of our performance and should not be used as a measure of our liquidity or cash flow, nor 
is it indicative of funds available to fund our cash needs, including our ability to pay dividends. 

Comparison of 2017 to 2016: 

Our 2017 same properties included 51 office properties, aggregating 13.0 million rentable square feet, and 9 multifamily 

properties with an aggregate 2,640 units:

(In thousands)

2017

2016

Favorable
(Unfavorable)

Percentage

Commentary

The  increase  was  primarily  due  to  an 
increase in rental and parking rates, as well 
as  higher 
revenues 
reflecting increased recoverable operating 
costs. 

recovery 

tenant 

The  increase  was  primarily  due  to  an 
increase  in  personnel  expenses,  utilities 
and real estate taxes, partially offset by a 
decrease in parking expenses.

The  decrease  was  primarily  due  to  a 
decrease  of  $2.8  million  in  the  accretion 
from below-market leases, partially offset 
by  an  increase  in  rental  revenues  and 
parking and other income.  The decrease in 
the  accretion  from  below-market  leases 
was due to the completion in 2016 of the 
amortization  of  below-market 
lease 
intangibles recorded at the time of our IPO.  
The increase in rental revenues and parking 
and other income was primarily due to an 
increase in rental rates.

The  increase  was  primarily  due  to  an 
excise tax refund of $0.5 million in 2016 
which offset other operating expenses.

Office revenues

$ 551,651

$ 531,734

$

19,917

3.7 %

Office expenses

(176,916)

(173,977)

(2,939)

(1.7)%

Office NOI

374,735

357,757

16,978

4.7 %

Multifamily revenues

81,927

82,328

(401)

(0.5)%

Multifamily expenses

(19,969)

(19,229)

Multifamily NOI

61,958

63,099

(740)
(1,141)

(3.8)%

(1.8)%

Total NOI

$ 436,693

$ 420,856

$

15,837

3.8 %

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Reconciliation to GAAP

Same Property NOI

$

436,693

$

420,856

(In thousands)

2017

2016

Non-comparable office revenues

Non-comparable office expenses

Non-comparable multifamily revenues

Non-comparable multifamily expenses

NOI

General and administrative

Depreciation and amortization

Operating income

Other income

Other expenses

Income, including depreciation, from unconsolidated real estate funds

Interest expense
Income before gains

Gains on sales of investments in real estate

Net income

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

Net income attributable to common stockholders

$

163,895
(56,717)
14,579
(4,432)
554,018
(36,234)
(276,761)
241,023

9,712
(7,037)
5,905
(145,176)
104,427

—

104,427
(9,984)
94,443

$

113,899
(40,569)
14,590
(4,088)
504,688
(34,957)
(248,914)
220,817

8,759
(9,477)
7,812
(146,148)
81,763

14,327

96,090
(10,693)
85,397

Comparison of 2016 to 2015 

Our 2016 same properties included 50 office properties, aggregating 12.7 million rentable square feet, and 9 multifamily 

properties with an aggregate 2,640 units:

(In thousands)

2016

2015

Favorable
(Unfavorable)

Percentage

Commentary

Office revenues

$ 521,553

$ 508,649

$

12,904

2.5%

Office expenses

(170,899)

(172,361)

1,462

Office NOI

350,654

336,288

14,366

Multifamily revenues

82,328

80,177

2,151

0.8%

4.3%

2.7%

Multifamily expenses

(19,229)

(19,687)

458

2.3%

Multifamily NOI

63,099

60,490

2,609

Total NOI

$ 413,753

$ 396,778

$

16,975

4.3%

4.3%

The increase was primarily due to an 
increase  in  rental  and  parking  rates, 
partially  offset  by  a  decrease  in  tenant 
recovery 
lower 
revenues  due 
recoverable operating costs. 

to 

The decrease was primarily due to a 
decrease in utilities expense as a result 
of efficiency improvements.

The increase was primarily due to an 

increase in rental rates.

The decrease was primarily due to an 
excise tax refund of $0.5 million in 2016, 
which  partly  offset  other  operating 
expenses in that year.

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Reconciliation to GAAP

Same Property NOI

$

413,753

$

396,778

(In thousands)

2016

2015

Non-comparable office revenues

Non-comparable office expenses

Non-comparable multifamily revenues

Non-comparable multifamily expenses

NOI

General and administrative

Depreciation and amortization

Operating income

Other income

Other expenses

Income, including depreciation, from unconsolidated real estate funds

Interest expense
Income before gains

Gains on sales of investments in real estate

Net income

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

Net income attributable to common stockholders

$

124,080
(43,647)
14,590
(4,088)
504,688
(34,957)
(248,914)
220,817

8,759
(9,477)
7,812
(146,148)
81,763

14,327

96,090
(10,693)
85,397

$

32,326
(14,195)
14,622
(4,175)
425,356
(30,496)
(205,333)
189,527

15,228
(8,241)
7,694
(135,453)
68,755

—

68,755
(10,371)
58,384

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Short-term liquidity

Excluding acquisitions, development projects and debt refinancings, we expect to meet our short-term liquidity requirements 
through cash on hand, cash generated by operations, and our revolving credit facility.  See Note 7 to our consolidated financial 
statements in this Report for more information regarding our revolving credit facility. 

Long-term liquidity

Our long-term liquidity needs consist primarily of funds necessary to pay for acquisitions, development projects and debt 
refinancings.  We do not expect to have sufficient funds on hand to cover these long-term cash requirements due to the requirement 
to distribute a substantial majority of our income on an annual basis imposed by REIT federal tax rules.  We plan to meet our long-
term liquidity needs through long-term secured non-recourse indebtedness, the issuance of equity securities, including common 
stock and OP Units, as well as property dispositions and JV transactions.  We have an ATM program which would allow us, subject 
to market conditions, to sell up to $400.0 million of common stock as of the date of this Report. 

To mitigate the impact of changing interest rates on our cash flows from operations, some of our long-term secured loans 
carry fixed interest rates, and we generally enter into interest rate swap agreements with respect to our loans with floating interest 
rates.  These swap agreements generally expire between one to two years before the maturity date of the related loan, during which 
time we can refinance the loan without any interest penalty.  See Notes 7 and 9 to our consolidated financial statements in this 
Report for more information regarding our debt and derivative contracts, respectively.  

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Contractual obligations as of December 31, 2017

(In thousands)

Total

Payment due by period
2-3
years

Less than
1 year

4-5
years

Thereafter

Term loan principal payments(1)
Ground lease payments(2)
Development purchase commitments(3)
Capital expenditures and tenant 

improvements purchase commitments(4)
Total

$ 4,152,308

$

9,064

$

860,796

$ 1,041,616

$ 2,240,832

50,576

53,080

733

53,080

16,030

16,030

1,466

1,466

46,911

—

—

—

—

—

—

$ 4,271,994

$

78,907

$

862,262

$ 1,043,082

$ 2,287,743

____________________________________________________

(1)  Reflects the future principal payments due on our secured notes payable and revolving credit facility, excluding any 
maturity extension options.  For more information regarding our debt and  the interest rates that determine our periodic 
interest payments see Note 7 to our consolidated financial statements in this Report.

(2)  Reflects the future minimum ground lease payments.  See Note 16 to our consolidated financial statements in this Report.

(3)  See "Acquisitions, Financings, Developments and Repositionings" for a discussion of our developments.

(4)  Reflects the aggregate remaining contractual commitment for capital expenditure projects and repositionings, as well 
as tenant improvements.  See "Acquisitions, Financings, Developments and Repositionings" for a discussion of our 
repositionings.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

Unconsolidated Funds Debt 

Our unconsolidated Funds have their own non-recourse debt, and we have made certain environmental and other limited 
indemnities and guarantees covering customary non-recourse carve-outs for loans related to both of our unconsolidated Funds.  
We have also guaranteed the related swaps.  Our Funds have agreed to indemnify us for any amounts that we would be required 
to pay under these agreements.  As of December 31, 2017, all of the obligations under these loans and swap agreements have been 
performed in accordance with the terms of those agreements.  For information regarding our Funds and Funds' debt, see Notes 5
and 17, respectively, to our consolidated financial statements in this Report. 

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Cash Flows

Comparison of 2017 to 2016

(In thousands)

2017

2016

Increase
(Decrease)

Percentage

Cash flows provided by operating activities(1)
Cash flows used in investing activities(2)
Cash flows provided by financing activities(3)

$

$

$

402,697

$

339,449

$

63,248

(669,595) $ (1,366,169) $

(696,574)

330,616

$

1,037,849

$

(707,233)

18.6 %

(51.0)%

(68.1)%

___________________________________________________

(1)  Our cash flows provided by operating activities are primarily dependent upon the occupancy and rental rates of our 
portfolio, the collectability of rent and recoveries from our tenants, and the level of our operating expenses and general 
and administrative costs.  The increase was primarily due to (i) an increase in operating income from our office portfolio 
due to acquisitions in 2016 and 2017 and increasing rental rates, (ii) an increase in the operating distributions from our 
Funds, (iii) a decrease in other expenses as a result of acquisition-related costs we expensed in 2016, while similar costs 
were capitalized in 2017 as a result of the adoption of an ASU in 2017, and (iv) a decrease in interest expense due to 
lower debt balances, partially offset by (a) a decrease in the operating income from our multifamily portfolio due to an 
excise tax refund that reduced our multifamily operating expenses in 2016, and (b) an increase in general and administrative 
expenses due to an increase in personnel costs.

(2)  Our  cash  flows  used  in  investing  activities  are  generally  used  to  fund  property  acquisitions,  developments  and 
redevelopment  projects,  and  recurring  and  non-recurring  capital  expenditures.   The  decrease  was  primarily  due  to  a 
decrease of $1.08 billion paid for properties acquired, partially offset by $348.2 million that we received during 2016 
from the sale of investments in real estate.

(3)  Our cash flows provided by financing activities are generally impacted by our borrowings and capital activities, as well 
as dividends and distributions paid to common stockholders and noncontrolling interests, respectively.  The decrease was 
primarily due to a decrease of $1.06 billion in net borrowings and a decrease in contributions from non-controlling interests 
in our JVs of $175.5 million, partially offset by an increase of $543.8 million from the net proceeds from the issuance of 
common stock.

Critical Accounting Policies

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations is based upon our consolidated financial 
statements, which have been prepared in accordance with GAAP,  and which requires us to make estimates of certain items which 
affect the reported amounts of our assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses.  While we believe that our estimates are based upon 
reasonable assumptions and judgments at the time that they are made, some of our estimates could prove to be incorrect, and those 
differences could be material.  Below is a discussion of our critical accounting policies, which are the policies we believe require 
the most significant estimates and judgment.  See  Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements included in this Report for the 
summary of our significant accounting policies.

Investment in Real Estate

We allocate the purchase price, which includes the capitalized transaction costs, of acquired properties to: (i) land, (ii) buildings 
and improvements, (iii) tenant improvements and identifiable intangible assets such as in-place at-market leases, (iv) acquired 
above- and below-market ground and tenant leases, and if applicable (v) assumed debt, based upon our estimates of expected 
future cash flows and other valuation techniques.  We estimate the relative fair values of the tangible assets on an ‘‘as-if-vacant’’ 
basis.  The estimated relative fair value of acquired in-place at-market leases are the estimated costs to lease the property to the 
occupancy level at the date of acquisition, including the fair value of leasing commissions and legal costs.  We evaluate the time 
period over which we expect such occupancy level to be achieved and include an estimate of the net operating costs (primarily 
real estate taxes, insurance and utilities) incurred during the lease-up period.  Above and below-market ground and tenant leases 
are recorded as an asset or liability based upon the present value (using an interest rate which reflects the risks associated with the 
leases acquired) of the difference between the contractual amounts to be paid or received pursuant to the in-place ground or tenant 
leases, respectively, and our estimate of fair market rental rates for the corresponding in-place leases, over the remaining non-
cancelable term of the leases.  Assumed debt is recorded at fair value based upon the present value of the expected future payments.  

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These estimates require significant judgment, involve complex calculations, and the allocations have a direct and material 
impact on our results of operations because, for example, (i) there would be less depreciation if we allocate more value to land 
(which is not depreciated), or (ii) if we allocate more value to buildings than to tenant improvements, the depreciation would be 
recognized over a much longer time period, because buildings are depreciated over a longer time period than tenant improvements. 

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

We assess our investment in real estate and our investment in our Funds for impairment on a periodic basis, and whenever 
events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of our investments may not be recoverable.  If the undiscounted 
future cash flows expected to be generated by the asset are less than the carrying value of the asset, and our evaluation indicates 
that we may be unable to recover the carrying value, then we would record an impairment loss to the extent that the carrying value 
exceeds the estimated fair value of the asset.  Our estimates of future cash flows are based in part upon assumptions regarding 
future occupancy, rental rates and operating costs, and could differ materially from actual results.  We record real estate held for 
sale at the lower of carrying value or estimated fair value, less costs to sell, and similarly recognize impairment losses if we believe 
that we cannot recover the carrying value.  Our evaluation of market conditions for assets held for sale requires significant judgment, 
and our expectations could differ materially from actual results.  Impairment losses would reduce our net income and could be 
material.  We did not record any impairment losses for our long-lived assets during 2017, 2016 or 2015. 

Revenue Recognition for Tenant Recoveries

Our tenant recovery revenues for recoverable operating expenses are recognized as revenue in the period that the recoverable 
expenses are incurred.  Subsequent to year-end, we perform reconciliations on a lease-by-lease basis and bill or credit each tenant 
for any differences between the estimated expenses we billed to the tenant and the actual expenses incurred.  Estimating tenant 
recovery  revenues  requires  an  in-depth  analysis  of  the  complex  terms  of  each  underlying  lease.    Examples  of  estimates  and 
judgments made when determining the amounts recoverable include:

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

estimating the recoverable expenses;

estimating the impact of changes to expense and occupancy during the year;

estimating the fixed and variable components of operating expenses for each building;

conforming recoverable expense pools to those used in the base year for the underlying lease; and

judging whether an expense or capital expenditure is recoverable pursuant to the terms of the underlying lease.

 These estimates require significant judgment and involve complex calculations.  If our estimates prove to be incorrect, then 
our tenant recovery revenues and net income could be materially and adversely affected in future periods when we perform our 
reconciliations.  The impact of changing our current year tenant recovery billings by 5% would result in a change to our tenant 
recovery revenues and net income of $2.1 million, $2.0 million and $1.7 million during 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. 

Allowances for Tenant and Deferred Rent Receivables

Our  estimates  regarding  the  adequacy  of  our  allowances  for  uncollectible  tenant  and  deferred  rent  receivables  requires 
significant judgment, including the creditworthiness of specific tenants and general economic trends and conditions.  For most of 
our tenants, our only security are their security deposits or letters of credit, and in some cases we do not require any security deposit 
or letter of credit.  If our allowances are not sufficient to cover the unsecured losses from our tenants who fail to make contractual 
payments, our revenues and net income could be materially and adversely affected in future periods.  As of December 31, 2017, 
2016 and 2015, the total of our allowances was $6.5 million, $7.8 million and $8.3 million, respectively.  The impact of changing 
the allowances by 5% would result in a change to our revenues and net income of $323 thousand, $390 thousand and $414 thousand
during 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively. 

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Stock-Based Compensation

We award stock-based compensation to certain employees and non-employee  directors in the form of LTIP Units.  We recognize 
the fair value of the awards over the requisite vesting period, which is based upon service.  The fair value of the awards is based 
upon the market value of our common stock on the grant date and a discount for post-vesting restrictions.  Our estimate of the 
discount for post-vesting restrictions requires significant judgment.  If our estimate of the discount is too high or too low it would 
result in the fair value of the awards that we make being too low or too high, respectively, which would result in an under- or over-
expense  of  stock-based  compensation,  respectively,  and  this  under-  or  over-expensing  of  stock-based  compensation  could  be 
material to our net income.  Stock-based compensation expense was $18.5 million, $17.4 million and $15.2 million for 2017, 2016
and 2015, respectively.  The impact of changing the discount rate by 5% would result in a change to our stock-based compensation 
expense and net income of $924 thousand, $872 thousand and $762 thousand during 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

We use derivative instruments to hedge interest rate risk related to our floating rate borrowings.  However, our use of these 
instruments exposes us to credit risk from the potential inability of our counterparties to perform under the terms of those agreements.  
We attempt to minimize this credit risk by contracting with a variety of high-quality financial counterparties.  See Notes 7 and 9
to our consolidated financial statements in this Report for more information regarding our debt and derivatives.  At December 31, 
2017, 3.5% of our debt was unhedged floating rate debt.  A fifty-basis point change in the one month USD LIBOR interest rate 
would result in an annual impact to our earnings (through interest expense) of $735 thousand.  We calculate interest sensitivity by 
multiplying the amount of unhedged floating rate debt by fifty-basis points.

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Consolidated Financial Statements 

Report of Management on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

The management of Douglas Emmett, Inc. is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over 

financial reporting, as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Our system of internal control is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and 
preparation of our financial statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with US GAAP.  Our management, including 
the undersigned CEO and CFO, assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017.  
In conducting its assessment, management used the criteria issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway 
Commission on Internal Control—Integrated Framework (2013 Framework).  Based on this assessment, management concluded 
that, as of December 31, 2017, our internal control over financial reporting was effective based on those criteria.

Management, including our CEO and CFO, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures, or our internal controls 
will prevent all error and fraud.  A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not 
absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met.  Further, the design of a control system must reflect the fact 
that there are resource constraints and the benefit of controls must be considered relative to their costs.  Because of the inherent 
limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of 
fraud, if any, have been detected.

The effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017, has been audited by Ernst & Young 
LLP, the independent registered public accounting firm that audited the consolidated financial statements included in this annual 
report, as stated in their report appearing on page 32, which expresses an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of our internal 
control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017.

/s/ JORDAN L. KAPLAN

Jordan L. Kaplan

President and CEO

 /s/ MONA M. GISLER

Mona M. Gisler

CFO

February 16, 2018 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of Douglas Emmett, Inc.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Douglas Emmett, Inc. (the “Company”) as of December 
31, 2017 and 2016, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, equity and cash flows for each 
of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2017 and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). 
In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company 
at December 31, 2017 and 2016, and the consolidated results of its operations and cash flows for each of the three years in the 
period ended December 31, 2017, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) 
(PCAOB), the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017, based on criteria established in 
Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (2013 
Framework), and our report dated February 16, 2018 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

Basis for Opinion 

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion 
on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are 
required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable 
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB. 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform 
the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to 
error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, 
whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a 
test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the 
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the 
financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

We have served as the Company's auditor since 1995. 

Los Angeles, California

February 16, 2018 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders and the Board of Directors of Douglas Emmett, Inc.

Opinion on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

We have audited Douglas Emmett, Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017, based on criteria 
established in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway 
Commission (2013 framework) (the COSO criteria). In our opinion, Douglas Emmett, Inc. (the Company) maintained, in all 
material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2017, based on the COSO criteria.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) 
(PCAOB), the consolidated balance sheets of Douglas Emmett, Inc. as of December 31, 2017 and 2016 and the related consolidated 
statements of operations, comprehensive income, equity and cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 
31, 2017 and the related notes and our report dated February 16, 2018 expressed an unqualified opinion thereon.

Basis for Opinion

The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its 
assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting included in the accompanying Report of Management 
on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over 
financial reporting based on our audit. We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent 
with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the 
Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform 
the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all 
material respects. 

Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material 
weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and 
performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable 
basis for our opinion.

Definition and Limitations of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the 
reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally 
accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that 
(1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions 
of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation 
of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the 
company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide 
reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s 
assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, 
projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because 
of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

/s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Los Angeles, California

February 16, 2018 

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Douglas Emmett, Inc.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(In thousands, except share data)

December 31, 2017

December 31, 2016

Assets

Investment in real estate:

Land
Buildings and improvements
Tenant improvements and lease intangibles
Property under development
Investment in real estate, gross

Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization

Investment in real estate, net
Cash and cash equivalents
Tenant receivables, net
Deferred rent receivables, net
Acquired lease intangible assets, net
Interest rate contract assets
Investment in unconsolidated real estate funds
Other assets

Total Assets

Liabilities

Secured notes payable and revolving credit facility, net
Interest payable, accounts payable and deferred revenue
Security deposits
Acquired lease intangible liabilities, net
Interest rate contract liabilities
Dividends payable
Total liabilities

$

$

$

Douglas Emmett, Inc. stockholders' equity:

Equity

Common Stock, $0.01 par value, 750,000,000
authorized, 169,564,927 and 151,530,210 outstanding at
December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively
Additional paid-in capital
Accumulated other comprehensive income
Accumulated deficit

Total Douglas Emmett, Inc. stockholders' equity

Noncontrolling interests

Total equity

Total Liabilities and Equity

$

1,062,345
7,886,201
756,190
124,472
9,829,208
(2,012,752)
7,816,456
176,645
2,980
106,021
4,293
60,069
107,735
18,442
8,292,641

4,117,390
103,947
50,414
75,635
807
42,399
4,390,592

1,696
3,272,539
43,099
(879,810)
2,437,524
1,464,525
3,902,049
8,292,641

$

$

$

$

1,022,340
7,221,124
696,197
58,459
8,998,120
(1,789,678)
7,208,442
112,927
2,165
93,165
5,147
35,656
144,289
11,914
7,613,705

4,369,537
75,229
45,990
67,191
6,830
34,857
4,599,634

1,515
2,725,157
15,156
(820,685)
1,921,143
1,092,928
3,014,071
7,613,705

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

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Douglas Emmett, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(In thousands, except per share data)

Revenues

Office rental

Rental revenues

Tenant recoveries

Parking and other income

Total office revenues

Multifamily rental

Rental revenues

Parking and other income

Total multifamily revenues

Total revenues

Operating Expenses

Office expenses

Multifamily expenses

General and administrative

Depreciation and amortization

Total operating expenses

Operating income

Other income

Other expenses

Income, including depreciation, from unconsolidated real estate funds

Interest expense

Income before gains

Gains on sales of investments in real estate

Net income

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

Net income attributable to common stockholders

Net income attributable to common stockholders per share – basic

Net income attributable to common stockholders per share – diluted

Year Ended December 31,

2017

2016

2015

$

552,846

$

498,214

$

412,448

54,006

108,694

715,546

89,039

7,467

96,506

46,847

100,572

645,633

89,996

6,922

96,918

43,139

85,388

540,975

87,907

6,892

94,799

812,052

742,551

635,774

233,633

24,401

36,234

276,761

571,029

241,023

9,712
(7,037)
5,905
(145,176)
104,427

—

104,427
(9,984)
94,443

0.58

0.58

214,546

23,317

34,957

248,914

521,734

220,817

8,759
(9,477)
7,812
(146,148)
81,763

14,327

96,090
(10,693)
85,397

0.57

0.55

$

$

$

186,556

23,862

30,496

205,333

446,247

189,527

15,228
(8,241)
7,694
(135,453)
68,755

—

68,755
(10,371)
58,384

0.40

0.39

$

$

$

$

$

$

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

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Douglas Emmett, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(In thousands)

Year Ended December 31,

2017

2016

2015

Net income

$

104,427

$

96,090

$

Other comprehensive income: cash flow hedges

Comprehensive income

Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests

Comprehensive income attributable to common stockholders

$

34,290

138,717
(16,331)
122,386

$

40,474

136,564
(26,726)
109,838

$

68,755

24,850

93,605
(14,417)
79,188

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements. 

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Douglas Emmett, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Equity
(In thousands, except share data)

Year Ended December 31,
2016

2015

2017

Shares of Common Stock

Beginning balance

Conversion of OP Units
Issuance of common stock
Exercise of stock options

Ending balance

Common Stock

Beginning balance

Conversion of OP Units
Issuance of common stock
Exercise of stock options

Ending balance

Additional Paid-in Capital Beginning balance

Conversion of OP Units
Repurchase of OP Units
Issuance of common stock
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
Taxes paid on exercise of stock options

Ending balance

Beginning balance

Cash flow hedge fair value adjustments

Ending balance

AOCI

Accumulated Deficit

Beginning balance

Net income attributable to common stockholders
Dividends

Ending balance

Noncontrolling Interests

Beginning balance

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
Cash flow hedge fair value adjustments
Contributions
Sales of equity interests in consolidated JVs
Distributions
Issuance of OP Units for cash
Issuance of OP Units for acquisition of real estate
Conversion of OP Units
Repurchase of OP Units with cash
Stock-based compensation

Total Equity

Ending balance

Beginning balance

Net income
Cash flow hedge fair value adjustments
Issuance of common stock, net
Issuance of OP Units for cash
Issuance of OP Units for acquisition of real estate
Repurchase of OP Units with cash
Taxes paid on exercise of stock options
Exercise of stock options
Contributions
Sales of equity interests in consolidated JVs
Dividends
Distributions
Stock-based compensation

Ending balance

151,530
1,059
15,687
1,289
169,565

146,919
1,753
1,400
1,458
151,530

$

$

1,515
11
157
13
1,696

$

$

1,469
17
14
15
1,515

$

$

144,869
1,776
—
274
146,919

1,449
17
—
3
1,469

$ 2,725,157
14,231
(6,763)
593,011
—
(53,097)
$ 3,272,539

$ 2,706,753
23,043
(498)
49,365
—
(53,506)
$ 2,725,157

$ 2,678,798
23,686
—
—
4,269
—
$ 2,706,753

$

$

$

$

15,156
27,943
43,099

$

$

(9,285) $
24,441
15,156

$

(30,089)
20,804
(9,285)

(820,685) $
94,443
(153,568)
(879,810) $

(772,726) $
85,397
(133,356)
(820,685) $

(706,700)
58,384
(124,410)
(772,726)

$ 1,092,928
9,984
6,347
284,248
—
(38,101)
—
105,687
(14,242)
(3,341)
21,015
$ 1,464,525

$ 3,014,071
104,427
34,290
593,168
—
105,687
(10,104)
(53,084)
—
284,248
—
(153,568)
(38,101)
21,015
$ 3,902,049

$

355,337
10,693
16,033
459,752
291,028
(35,478)
—
—
(23,060)
(328)
18,951
$ 1,092,928

$ 2,281,548
96,090
40,474
49,379
—
—
(826)
(53,491)
—
459,752
291,028
(133,356)
(35,478)
18,951
$ 3,014,071

$

$

370,266
10,371
4,046
—
—
(23,265)
1,000
—
(23,703)
—
16,622
355,337

$ 2,313,724
68,755
24,850
—
1,000
—
—
—
4,272
—
—
(124,410)
(23,265)
16,622
$ 2,281,548

Dividends declared per common share

$

0.94

$

0.89

$

0.85

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Douglas Emmett, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(In thousands)

Net income
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

$

104,427

$

96,090

$

68,755

Operating Activities

Year Ended December 31,
2016

2015

2017

Income, including depreciation, from unconsolidated real estate funds
Gain from insurance recoveries for damage to real estate
Gains on sales of investments in real estate
Depreciation and amortization
Net accretion of acquired lease intangibles
Straight-line rent
Increase in the allowance for doubtful accounts
Deferred loan cost amortized and written off
Non-cash market value adjustments on interest rate contracts
Amortization of stock-based compensation
Operating distributions from unconsolidated real estate funds

Change in working capital components:

Tenant receivables
Interest payable, accounts payable and deferred revenue
Security deposits
Other assets

Net cash provided by operating activities

Investing Activities

Capital expenditures for improvements to real estate
Capital expenditures for developments
Insurance recoveries for damage to real estate
Property acquisitions

  Deposits for property acquisitions

Proceeds from sale of investments in real estate, net
Proceeds from repayment of note receivable
Loans to related parties
Loan payments received from related parties
Contributions to unconsolidated real estate funds
Acquisitions of additional interests in unconsolidated real estate funds
Capital distributions from unconsolidated real estate funds

Net cash used in investing activities

Financing Activities

Proceeds from borrowings
Repayment of borrowings
Loan cost payments
Contributions from noncontrolling interests in consolidated JVs
Distributions paid to noncontrolling interests
Dividends paid to common stockholders
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
Taxes paid on exercise of stock options
Repurchase of OP Units
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net

Net cash provided by financing activities

Increase in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents - beginning balance
Cash and cash equivalents - ending balance

34

(5,905)
—
—
276,761
(18,006)
(12,855)
406
10,834
51
18,478
5,905

(1,221)
24,942
4,424
(5,544)
402,697

(108,326)
(63,018)
—
(537,669)
—
—
—
—
—
—
(4,142)
43,560
(669,595)

1,410,500
(1,698,544)
(11,442)
284,248
(38,101)
(146,026)
—
(53,084)
(10,104)
593,169
330,616

(7,812)
—
(14,327)
248,914
(18,198)
(13,599)
422
8,927
(196)
17,448
2,668

(680)
10,712
7,307
1,773
339,449

(91,826)
(27,720)
—
(1,619,759)
—
348,203
—
—
763
—
—
24,170
(1,366,169)

2,109,500
(1,335,580)
(24,586)
459,752
(35,478)
(130,821)
—
(53,491)
(826)
49,379
1,037,849

(7,694)
(82)
—
205,333
(19,100)
(4,840)
223
6,969
(66)
15,234
1,068

13
4,557
1,233
(176)
271,427

(75,541)
(3,720)
82
(89,906)
(75,000)
—
1,000
(2,000)
2,719
(11)
—
10,788
(231,589)

1,614,400
(1,415,528)
(14,232)
—
(23,265)
(122,510)
4,272
—
—
—
43,137

63,718
112,927
176,645

$

11,129
101,798
112,927

$

82,975
18,823
101,798

$

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Douglas Emmett, Inc.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(In thousands)

Supplemental Cash Flows Information

Year Ended December 31,
2016

2015

2017

Operating Activities

Cash paid for interest, net of capitalized interest
Capitalized interest paid

Non-cash Investing Transactions

Accrual increase (decrease) for capital expenditures for improvements to real estate
and developments

Capitalized stock-based compensation for improvements to real estate and
developments

Removal of fully depreciated and amortized tenant improvements and lease
intangibles
Removal of fully amortized acquired lease intangible assets
Removal of fully accreted acquired lease intangible liabilities
Settlement of note receivable in exchange for land and building acquired
Issuance of OP Units for acquisition of real estate
Application of deposit to acquisition of real estate

Non-cash Financing Transactions

Gain (loss) from market value adjustments - consolidated derivatives
Gain (loss) from market value adjustments - unconsolidated Funds' derivatives
Assumption of term loan for acquisition of real estate
Accrual for dividends declared
Common stock issued in exchange for OP Units

$
$

$

$

$
$
$
$
$
$

$
$
$
$
$

135,824
2,745

3,776

2,537

$
$

$

$

137,884
1,193

7,182

1,503

$
$

$

$

53,687
414
5,057

$
$
$
— $
$
— $

105,687

146,739
1,306
56,278

$
$
$
— $
— $
$

75,000

128,178
940

(1,504)

1,358

33,115
220
49,576
26,500
1,000
2,500

16,512
3,275
36,460
153,568
14,242

$
$
$
$
$

$
14,192
8
$
— $
$
$

133,356
23,060

(11,549)
(1,922)
—
124,410
23,703

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

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Douglas Emmett, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

1. Overview

Organization and Business Description

Douglas Emmett, Inc. is a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed REIT.  We are one of the largest owners and 
operators of high-quality office and multifamily properties in Los Angeles County, California and Honolulu, Hawaii.  Through 
our interest in our Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries, our consolidated JVs and our unconsolidated Funds, we focus on 
owning,  acquiring,  developing  and  managing  a  significant  market  share  of  top-tier  office  properties  and  premier  multifamily 
communities in neighborhoods that possess significant supply constraints, high-end executive housing and key lifestyle amenities.  
The terms "us," "we" and "our" as used in the financial statements refer to Douglas Emmett, Inc. and its subsidiaries on a consolidated 
basis. 

At December 31, 2017, we owned a Consolidated Portfolio consisting of (i) a 16.5 million square foot office portfolio, (ii) 
3,380 multifamily apartment units and (iii) fee interests in two parcels of land from which we receive rent under ground leases.  
We also manage and own equity interests in our unconsolidated Funds which, at December 31, 2017, owned an additional 1.8 million
square feet of office space.  We manage our unconsolidated Funds alongside our Consolidated Portfolio, and we therefore present 
the statistics for our office portfolio on a Total Portfolio basis.   As of December 31, 2017, our portfolio consisted of the following 
properties (not including two parcels of land from which we receive rent under ground leases):

Consolidated
Portfolio

Total
Portfolio

Office (includes ancillary retail space)

Wholly-owned properties

JV properties

Fund properties

Multifamily

Wholly-owned properties

Total

53

10

—

63

10

73

53

10

8

71

10

81

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying financial statements are the consolidated financial statements of Douglas Emmett, Inc. and its subsidiaries, 
including our Operating Partnership and our consolidated JVs.  All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been 
eliminated in our consolidated financial statements.  Our Operating Partnership and consolidated JVs are VIEs and we are the 
primary beneficiary.  As of December 31, 2017, the total consolidated assets, liabilities and equity of the VIEs was $8.29 billion  
(of which $7.82 billion related to investment in real estate), $4.39 billion and $3.90 billion (of which $1.46 billion related to 
noncontrolling interests), respectively.

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC in conformity 
with US GAAP as established by the FASB in the ASC.  The accompanying financial statements include, in our opinion, all 
adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments, necessary to present fairly the financial information set forth therein.  
Any reference to the number or class of properties, square footage, per square footage amounts, apartment units and geography, 
are unaudited and outside the scope of our independent registered public accounting firm’s audit of our financial statements in 
accordance with the standards of the PCAOB.

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Douglas Emmett, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make certain estimates that affect 
the reported amounts in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes.  Actual results could differ materially from 
those estimates.

Investment in Real Estate

We account for property acquisitions as asset acquisitions, and include the acquired properties results of operations in our 
results of operations from the respective acquisition date.  We allocate the purchase price, which includes the capitalized transaction 
costs, to: (i) land, (ii) buildings and improvements, (iii) tenant improvements and identifiable intangible assets such as in-place 
at-market leases, (iv) acquired above- and below-market ground and tenant leases (including for renewal options), and if applicable 
(v) assumed debt, based upon our estimates of expected future cash flows and other valuation techniques.  Our estimates are based 
upon expected future cash flows and other valuation techniques.

We estimate the relative fair values of the tangible assets on an ‘‘as-if-vacant’’ basis.  The estimated relative fair value of 
acquired in-place at-market leases are the estimated costs to lease the property to the occupancy level at the date of acquisition, 
including the fair value of leasing commissions and legal costs.  We evaluate the time period over which we expect such occupancy 
level to be achieved and include an estimate of the net operating costs (primarily real estate taxes, insurance and utilities) incurred 
during the lease-up period.  Above- and below-market ground and tenant leases are recorded as an asset or liability based on the 
present value (using an interest rate which reflects the risks associated with the leases acquired) of the difference between the 
contractual amounts to be paid or received pursuant to the in-place ground or tenant leases, respectively, and our estimate of the 
fair market rental rates for the corresponding in-place leases, over the remaining non-cancelable term of the lease.  Assumed debt 
is recorded at fair value based upon the present value of the expected future payments.  See Note 3 for our property acquisition 
disclosures.

Buildings and improvements are depreciated on a straight-line basis using an estimated life of forty years for buildings and 
fifteen years for improvements, and are carried on our balance sheet, offset by the related accumulated depreciation and any 
impairment charges, until they are sold.  Tenant improvements are depreciated on a straight-line basis over the life of the related 
lease, with any remaining balance depreciated in the period of any early lease termination.  Acquired in-place leases are amortized 
on a straight line basis over the weighted average remaining term of the acquired in-place leases, and are carried on our balance 
sheet, offset by the related accumulated amortization, until the related building is either sold or impaired.  Lease intangibles are 
amortized on a straight-line basis over the related lease term, with any remaining balance amortized in the period of any early 
lease termination.  Acquired above- and below-market tenant leases are amortized/accreted on a straight line basis over the life of 
the related lease and recorded as either an increase (for below-market leases) or a decrease (for above-market leases) to rental 
revenue.  Acquired above- and below-market ground leases, from which we earn ground rent income, are amortized/accreted on 
a straight line basis over the life of the related lease and recorded either as an increase (for below-market leases) or a decrease (for 
above-market leases) to rental revenue.  Acquired above- and below-market ground leases, for which we incur ground rent expense, 
are accreted/ amortized over the life of the related lease and recorded either as an increase (for below-market leases) or a decrease 
(for above-market leases) to expense. 

When assets are sold or retired, their cost and related accumulated depreciation or amortization are removed from our balance 
sheet with the resulting gains or losses, if any, reflected in our results of operations for the respective period.  Repairs and maintenance 
are recorded as expense when incurred.

Properties are classified as held for sale in our consolidated balance sheets when they meet certain requirements, including 
the approval of the sale of the property, the marketing of the property for sale, and our expectation that the sale will likely occur 
within the next 12 months.  Properties classified as held for sale are carried at the lower of their carrying value or fair value less 
costs to sell, and we also cease to depreciate the property.  As of December 31, 2017 and 2016, we did not have any properties 
held for sale.   

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Douglas Emmett, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

Costs  incurred  during  the  period  of  construction  of  real  estate  are  capitalized.    Cost  capitalization  of  development  and 
redevelopment activities begins during the predevelopment period, which we define as the activities that are necessary to begin 
the development of the property.  We cease capitalization upon substantial completion of the project, but no later than one year 
from cessation of major construction activity.  We also cease capitalization when activities necessary to prepare the property for 
its intended use have been suspended.  Capitalized costs are included in Property under development in our consolidated balance 
sheets.  Once major construction activity has ceased and the development or redevelopment property is in the lease-up phase, the 
capitalized costs are transferred to (i) Land, (ii) Building and improvements and (iii) Tenant improvements and lease intangibles 
on our consolidated balance sheets as the historical cost of the property.  During 2017, 2016 and 2015, we capitalized $66.0 million, 
$31.6 million and $3.7 million of costs related to our developments, respectively, which included $2.7 million, $1.2 million and 
$940 thousand of capitalized interest, respectively.

Investment in Unconsolidated Real Estate Funds

We manage and hold equity interests in three Funds: Fund X, Partnership X and the Opportunity Fund.  As of December 31, 
2017, we held direct and indirect equity interests of 69.4% of Fund X,  24.3% of Partnership X and 6.2% of the Opportunity Fund.  
We account for our investments in the Funds using the equity method because we have significant influence but not control over 
the Funds, and our Funds do not qualify as VIEs.  Our investment balance includes our share of the net assets of the combined 
Funds,  acquisition  basis  difference,  additional  basis  for  capital  raising  costs,  our  share  of  our  Funds'  accumulated  other 
comprehensive income (loss) related to our Funds' derivatives, and notes receivable from our Funds.  As of December 31, 2017
and 2016, the total basis difference was $2.9 million.  See Note 5 for our Fund disclosures. 

Impairment of Long-Lived Assets

We periodically assess whether there has been any impairment in the carrying value of our properties and whenever events 
or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of a property may not be recoverable.  An impairment charge would 
be recorded if events or change in circumstances indicate that a decline in the fair value below the carrying value has occurred 
and the decline is other-than-temporary.  Recoverability of  the carrying value of our properties is measured by a comparison of 
the carrying value to the undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated by the property.  If the carrying value exceeds 
the estimated undiscounted future cash flows, an impairment loss is recorded equal to the difference between the property's carrying 
value and its fair value based on the estimated discounted future cash flows.  We also perform a similar periodic assessment for 
our investments in our Funds.  Based upon such periodic assessments, no impairments occurred during 2017, 2016 or 2015.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

We consider short-term investments with maturities of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents.

Revenue and Gain Recognition

We recognize revenue when four basic criteria are met: (i) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, (ii) services are 
rendered, (iii) the fee is fixed and determinable and (iv) collectibility is reasonably assured.  All of our tenant leases are classified 
as operating leases.  For all lease terms exceeding one year, rental income is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of 
the lease.  Deferred rent receivables represent rental revenue recognized on a straight-line basis in excess of billed rents.  If a lease 
is canceled then the deferred rent is recognized over the new remaining lease term.  We recognized straight line rent of $12.9 million, 
$13.6 million and $4.8 million during 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.  Rental revenue from month-to-month leases or leases 
with no scheduled rent increases or other adjustments are recognized on a monthly basis when earned.  

Lease termination fees, which are included in rental revenues in the consolidated statements of operations, are recognized on 
a straight line basis over the new remaining lease term when the related lease is canceled.  We recognized lease termination revenue 
of $2.1 million, $2.4 million and $2.2 million during 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.  

Tenant improvements constructed, and owned by us, and reimbursed by tenants are recorded as our assets, and the related 
revenue, which is included in rental revenues in the consolidated statements of operations, is recognized over the related lease 
term.  We recognized revenue for leasehold improvements of $2.6 million, $2.6 million and $1.9 million during 2017, 2016 and 
2015, respectively.

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Douglas Emmett, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

  Estimated tenant recoveries for real estate taxes, common area maintenance and other recoverable operating expenses are 
recognized as revenue on a gross basis in the period that the recoverable expenses are incurred.  Subsequent to year-end, we perform 
reconciliations on a lease-by-lease basis and bill or credit each tenant for any differences between the estimated expenses we billed 
to the tenant and the actual expenses incurred. 

Recognition of gains on sales of investments in real estate requires that we measure the timing of a sale against various criteria 
related to the terms of the transaction, as well as any continuing involvement in the form of management or financial assistance 
associated with the property.  If the sales criteria are not met, we defer gain recognition and account for the continued operations 
of the property by applying the finance, profit-sharing or leasing method.  If the sales criteria have been met, we further analyze 
whether profit recognition is appropriate using the full accrual method.  If the criteria to recognize profit using the full accrual 
method have not been met, we defer the gain and recognize it when the criteria are met or use the installment or cost recovery 
method as appropriate under the circumstances.  See Note 3 for our property disposition disclosures. 

Allowances for Tenant Receivables and Deferred Rent Receivables

We present our tenant receivables and deferred rent receivables net of allowances on our consolidated balance sheets.  Tenant 
receivables consist primarily of amounts due for contractual lease payments and reimbursements of common area maintenance 
expenses, property taxes, and other costs recoverable from tenants.  Deferred rent receivables represent the amount by which the 
cumulative straight-line rental revenue recorded to date exceeds the cumulative cash rents billed to date under the lease agreement.  
We consider many factors when evaluating the level of allowances necessary, including evaluations of individual tenant receivables, 
historical loss activity, current economic conditions and other relevant factors.  We generally obtain letters of credit or security 
deposits from our tenants.  The table below presents our allowances and security obtained from our tenants:

(In thousands)

December 31, 2017 December 31, 2016

Allowance for tenant receivables

Allowance for deferred rent receivables

Letters of credit from our tenants

Cash security deposits from our tenants

$

$

$

$

3,062

3,405

25,212

50,414

$

$

$

$

2,656

5,144

25,535

45,990

The table below presents the impact of the changes in our allowances on our results of operations:

(In thousands)

Tenant receivables allowance - decrease in net income

Deferred rent receivables allowance - increase (decrease) in net income

Year Ended December 31,

2017

2016

2015

$

$

(406) $
$
1,739

(422) $
$
898

(223)
(242)

Insurance Recoveries  

Insurance recoveries related to property damage are recorded as other income when payment is either received or receipt is 

determined to be probable.  

Interest Income

Interest income from our short-term money market fund investments is recognized on an accrual basis.  Interest income is 

included in other income in the consolidated statements of operations.  

Loan Costs

Loan costs incurred directly with the issuance of secured notes payable and revolving credit facilities are deferred and amortized 
to interest expense over the respective loan or credit facility term.  Any unamortized amounts are written off upon early repayment 
of the secured notes payable, and the related cost and accumulated amortization are removed from our balance sheet. 

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Douglas Emmett, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

To the extent that a refinancing is considered an exchange of debt with the same lender, we account for loan costs based upon 
whether the old debt is determined to be modified or extinguished for accounting purposes.  If the old debt is determined to be 
modified then we (i) continue to defer and amortize any unamortized deferred loan costs associated with the old debt at the time 
of the modification over the new term of the modified debt, (ii) defer and amortize the lender costs incurred in connection with 
the modification over the new term of the modified debt, and (iii) expense all other costs associated with the modification.  If the 
old debt is determined to be extinguished then we (i) write off any unamortized deferred loan costs associated with the extinguished 
debt at the time of the extinguishment and remove the related cost and accumulated amortization from our balance sheet, (ii) 
expense all lender costs associated with the extinguishment, and (iii) defer and amortize all other costs incurred directly in connection 
with the extinguishment over the term of the new debt.

In circumstances where we modify or exchange our revolving credit facility with the same lender, we account for the loan 
costs based upon whether the borrowing capacity of the new arrangement is (a) equal to or greater than the borrowing capacity of 
the old arrangement, or (b) less than the borrowing capacity of the old arrangement (borrowing capacity is defined as the product 
of the remaining term and the maximum available credit).  If the borrowing capacity of the new arrangement is greater than or 
equal to the borrowing capacity of the old arrangement, then we (i) continue to defer and amortize the unamortized deferred loan 
costs from the old arrangement over the term of the new arrangement and (ii) defer all lender and other costs incurred directly in 
connection with the new arrangement over the term of the new arrangement.  If the borrowing capacity of the new arrangement 
is less than the borrowing capacity of the old arrangement, then we (i) write off any unamortized deferred loan costs at the time 
of the transaction related to the old arrangement in proportion to the decrease in the borrowing capacity of the old arrangement 
and  (ii)  defer  all  lender  and  other  costs  incurred  directly  in  connection  with  the  new  arrangement  over  the  term  of  the  new 
arrangement.

Deferred loan costs are presented on the balance sheet as a deduction from the carrying amount of our secured notes payable 
and revolving credit facility.  All loan costs expensed and deferred loan costs amortized are included in interest expense in our 
consolidated statements of operations.  See Note 7 for our loan cost disclosures.

Debt Discounts and Premiums

Debt discounts and premiums related to recording debt assumed in connection with property acquisitions at fair value are 
generally  amortized  and  accreted,  respectively,  on  a  straight-line  basis  over  the  remaining  term  of  the  related  loan,  which 
approximates the effective interest method.  The amortization/accretion is included in interest expense in our consolidated statements 
of operations.

Derivative Contracts

We make use of interest rate swap and cap contracts to manage the risk associated with changes in interest rates on our floating-
rate debt.  When we enter into a floating-rate term loan, we generally enter into an interest rate swap agreement for the equivalent 
principal amount, for a period covering the majority of the loan term, which effectively converts our floating-rate debt to a fixed-
rate basis during that time.  In limited instances, we also make use of interest rate caps to limit our exposure to interest rate increases 
on our floating-rate debt.  We do not speculate in derivatives and we do not make use of any other derivative instruments.

When entering into derivative agreements, we generally elect to designate them as cash flow hedges for accounting purposes.  
Changes in fair value of hedging instruments designated as cash flow hedges are recorded in accumulated other comprehensive 
income (loss) (AOCI), which is a component of equity outside of earnings, and any hedge ineffectiveness is recorded as interest 
expense.  For our Funds' hedging instruments designated as cash flow hedges, we record our share of the changes in fair value of 
the hedging instrument in AOCI and our share of any hedge ineffectiveness is recorded in income, including depreciation, from 
unconsolidated real estate funds in our consolidated statements of operations.  Amounts recorded in AOCI related to our designated 
hedges are reclassified to interest expense as interest payments are made on the hedged floating rate debt.  Amounts reported in 
AOCI related to our Funds' hedges are reclassified to income, including depreciation, from unconsolidated real estate funds, as 
interest payments are made by our Funds on their hedged floating rate debt.  Changes in fair value of hedging instruments not 
designated as cash flow hedges are recorded as interest expense.  We present our derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value on 
a gross basis.  Our share of the fair value of our Funds' derivatives is included in our investment in unconsolidated real estate funds 
on our consolidated balance sheet. See Note 9 for our derivative disclosures.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

Stock-Based Compensation

We account for stock-based compensation, including stock options and LTIP Units, using the fair value method of accounting.  
The estimated fair value of stock options and LTIP Units is amortized over any vesting period, which is based upon service.  See 
Note 12 for our stock-based compensation disclosures.

EPS

We calculate basic EPS by dividing the net income attributable to common stockholders for the period by the weighted average 
number of common shares outstanding during the respective period.  We calculate diluted EPS by dividing the net income attributable 
to common stockholders for the period by the weighted average number of common shares and dilutive instruments outstanding 
during the respective period using the treasury stock method.  Unvested LTIP Units contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends and 
we account for them as participating securities and include them in the computation of basic and diluted EPS using the two-class 
method.  See Note 11 for our EPS disclosures.

Segment Information

Segment information is prepared on the same basis that our management reviews information for operational decision-making 
purposes.  We operate two business segments: the acquisition, development, ownership and management of office real estate, and 
the acquisition, development, ownership and management of multifamily real estate.  The services for our office segment include 
primarily rental of office space and other tenant services, including parking and storage space rental.  The services for our multifamily 
segment include primarily rental of apartments and other tenant services, including parking and storage space rental.  See Note 
14 for our segment disclosures.

Income Taxes

We have elected to be taxed as a REIT under the Code, commencing with our initial taxable year ended December 31, 2006.  
To qualify as a REIT, we are required (among other things) to distribute at least 90% of our REIT taxable income to our stockholders 
and meet various other requirements imposed by the Code relating to matters such as operating results, asset holdings, distribution 
levels and diversity of stock ownership.  Provided that we qualify for taxation as a REIT, we are generally not subject to corporate-
level income tax on the earnings distributed currently to our stockholders that we derive from our REIT qualifying activities.  If 
we fail to qualify as a REIT in any taxable year, and are unable to avail ourselves of certain savings provisions set forth in the 
Code, all of our taxable income would be subject to federal income tax at regular corporate rates, including any applicable alternative 
minimum tax.  We have elected to treat two of our subsidiaries as TRSs, which generally may engage in any business, including 
the provision of customary or non-customary services to our tenants.  A TRS is treated as a regular corporation and is subject to 
federal  income  tax  and  applicable  state  income  and  franchise  taxes  at  regular  corporate  rates.  Neither  of  our TRSs  had  any 
significant tax provisions or deferred income tax items for 2017, 2016 or 2015.  Our subsidiaries (other than our TRS), including 
our Operating Partnership, are partnerships, disregarded entities, QRS or REITs, as applicable, for federal income tax purposes.  
Under applicable federal and state income tax rules, the allocated share of net income or loss from disregarded entities or flow-
through entities is reportable in the income tax returns of the respective owners.  Accordingly, no income tax provision is included 
in our consolidated financial statements for these entities. 

New Accounting Pronouncements

Changes to GAAP are established by the FASB in the form of ASUs.  We consider the applicability and impact of all ASUs.

ASUs Adopted During 2017

ASU No. 2016-07, "Simplifying the Transition to the Equity Method of Accounting", which amends "Investments-Equity 
Method and Joint Ventures" (Topic 323), simplifies the transition to the equity method of accounting by eliminating the requirement 
that an entity retroactively adopt the equity method of accounting if an investment qualifies for equity method accounting as a 
result of an increase in the level of ownership or degree of influence.  This ASU requires that the investor add the cost of acquiring 
the additional interest in the investee to the current basis of the investor’s previously held interest and adopt the equity method of 
accounting as of the date the investment qualifies for equity method accounting.  We adopted the ASU in the first quarter of 2017 
and it did not have a material impact on our financial statements.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

ASU No. 2016-09, "Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting", which amends "Compensation-Stock 
Compensation"  (Topic  718),  simplifies  the  accounting  for  several  aspects  of  share-based  payment  transactions,  including  the 
income tax consequences, classification of awards as either equity or liabilities, and classification on the statement of cash flows.  
Some of the areas for simplification apply only to nonpublic entities.  We adopted the ASU in the first quarter of 2017 and it did 
not have a material impact on our financial statements.

ASU No. 2016-17, "Interests Held Through Related Parties That Are Under Common Control", provides guidance regarding 
the consolidation of VIEs.  We adopted the ASU in the first quarter of 2017 and it did not have a material impact on our financial 
statements.

ASU No. 2017-01, "Clarifying the Definition of a Business", provides guidance with evaluating whether acquisition and 
disposal transactions should be accounted for as assets or businesses.  The ASU generally requires that our property acquisitions 
be accounted for as asset purchases, and the related acquisition expenses be capitalized as part of the respective asset. We historically 
accounted for our property acquisitions as business combinations and expensed the related acquisition expenses as incurred.  We 
adopted the ASU in the first quarter of 2017 and it did not have a material impact on our financial statements.

Recently Issued ASUs

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, "Leases" (Topic 842).  The primary difference between Topic 842 and 
current GAAP is the recognition of lease assets and liabilities by lessees for leases classified as operating leases under current 
GAAP.  The accounting applied by lessors is largely unchanged from current GAAP.  For example, the vast majority of operating 
leases will remain classified as operating leases, and lessors will continue to recognize lease income for those leases on a straight-
line basis over the lease term.  Topic 842 requires an entity to separate the lease components from the non-lease components (for 
example, maintenance services or other activities that transfer a good or service to the customer) in a contract.  Only the lease 
components must be accounted for in accordance with Topic 842.  The consideration in the contract is allocated to the lease and 
non-lease components on a relative standalone price basis for lessees, or in accordance with the allocation guidance in Topic 606 
for lessors.  Topic 842 defines initial direct costs of a lease (which may be capitalized) as costs that would not have been incurred 
had the lease not been executed.  Costs to negotiate a lease that would have been incurred regardless of whether the lease was 
executed, such as fixed employee salaries, are not considered to be initial direct costs, and may not be capitalized.  This ASU is 
effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018, which for us would be the first quarter of 2019, and 
early adoption is permitted.  This ASU is required to be adopted using a modified retrospective approach which includes optional 
practical expedients related to leases that commenced before the effective date.  We are currently evaluating the impact of this 
ASU on our financial statements.

In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, "Revenue from Contracts with Customers" (Topic 606), which provides 
guidance for the accounting of revenue from contracts with customers, and supersedes Topic 605, "Revenue Recognition", and 
most industry-specific guidance throughout the industry topics of the Codification.  In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 
2015-14, which defers the effective date of ASU No. 2014-09 by one year.   In March 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-08, 
"Principal versus Agent Considerations (Reporting Revenue Gross versus Net)", which amends Topic 606 and clarifies the guidance 
for principal versus agent considerations.  In April 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-10, "Identifying Performance Obligations 
and Licensing" which amends Topic 606 and provides guidance for identifying performance obligations and licensing.  In May 
2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-12, "Narrow-Scope Improvements and Practical Expedients" which amends Topic 606 and 
provides guidance for a variety of revenue recognition related topics.  In February 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-05 "Other 
Income  -  Gains  and  Losses  from  the  Derecognition  of  Nonfinancial Assets"  (Subtopic  610-20),  which  provides  guidance for 
recognizing gains and losses from the transfer of nonfinancial assets in contracts with non-customers.  These ASUs are effective 
for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017, which for us is the first quarter of  2018.  The amendments are 
required to be applied on a retrospective basis.  We completed our evaluation of the ASUs and we do not expect the ASUs to have 
a material impact on our financial statements. 

The FASB has not issued any other ASUs during 2017 and 2018 that we expect to be applicable and have a material impact 

on our financial statements.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

3. Investment in Real Estate

We account for our property acquisitions as asset acquisitions.  Prior to January 1, 2017, we accounted for our property 
acquisitions as business combinations.  The acquired properties results of operations are included in our results of operations from 
the respective acquisition dates. 

2017 Acquisitions

During 2017, (i) a consolidated JV that we manage and in which we own an equity interest acquired three Class A office 
properties (1299 Ocean Avenue, 429 Santa Monica Boulevard and 9665 Wilshire Boulevard), for which investors contributed 
$284.0 million directly to the JV, and (ii) we acquired one wholly-owned Class A office property (9401 Wilshire Boulevard).  The 
table below summarizes the purchase price allocations for the acquisitions.  The contract and purchase prices differ due to prorations 
and similar matters.

(In thousands)

1299 Ocean

 429 Santa
Monica

9665 Wilshire

9401 
Wilshire(1)

Submarket

Acquisition date

Contract price

Building square footage

Investment in real estate:

Land

Buildings and improvements

Tenant improvements and lease intangibles

Acquired above- and below-market leases, net
Assumed debt(2)

$

$

Santa Monica

Santa Monica

Beverly Hills

Beverly Hills

April 25

April 25

July 20

December 20

275,800

$

77,000

$

177,000

$

143,647

206

87

171

146

22,748

$

4,949

$

5,568

$

260,188

5,010
(10,683)
—

69,286

3,248
(722)
—

175,960

1,112
(4,339)
—

6,740

144,467

7,843
(11,559)
(36,460)
111,031

Net assets and liabilities acquired

$

277,263

$

76,761

$

178,301

$

_____________________________________________________

(1)   We issued OP Units to the seller in connection with the acquisition of 9401 Wilshire.  See Note 10 for more information.

(2)   We assumed a loan from the seller in connection with the acquisition of 9401 Wilshire.  At the date of acquisition, the loan 

had a fair value of $36.5 million and a principal balance of $32.3 million.  See Note 7 for more information.

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Douglas Emmett, Inc.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

2016 Acquisitions

Westwood Portfolio Acquisition

 On February 29, 2016 (Acquisition Date), a consolidated JV which we manage and in which we own an equity interest 
acquired four Class A office properties located in Westwood, California (Westwood Portfolio) for a contract price of $1.34 billion.  
As of the Acquisition Date, we had contributed sixty-percent of the equity to the JV, which was subsequently reduced to thirty-
percent on May 31, 2016 (Sell Down Date) when we sold half of our ownership interest to a third party investor.  The table below 
summarizes  our  purchase  accounting  and  funding  sources  for  the  acquisition.   The  contract  and  purchase  price  differ  due  to 
prorations and similar matters.

(in thousands)

Actual at 
Closing(1)

Pro Forma Sell 
Down 
Adjustments (2)

Pro Forma

Building square footage

1,725

1,725

Use of funds:

Land

Buildings and improvements

Tenant improvements and lease intangibles
Acquired above- and below-market leases, net(3)

Net assets and liabilities acquired

Source of funds:
Cash on hand(4)
Credit facility(5)
Non-recourse term loan, net(6)
Noncontrolling interests

Total source of funds

$

$

$

94,996

1,236,786

50,439
(49,708)
1,332,513

$

$

94,996

1,236,786

50,439
(49,708)
1,332,513

153,745

$

— $

153,745

290,000

568,768

320,000

(240,000)
—

240,000

50,000

568,768

560,000

$

1,332,513

$

— $

1,332,513

________________________________________________ 

(1)  Reflects the purchase of the Westwood Portfolio on the Acquisition Date when we contributed sixty-percent of the 

equity to the consolidated JV.

(2)  Reflects our sale of thirty-percent of the equity in the JV on the Sell Down Date, presented as of the Acquisition 
Date, treated as in-substance real estate, which reduced our ownership interest in the JV to thirty-percent.  We sold 
the interest for the $240.0 million we contributed plus an additional $1.1 million to compensate us for the cost of 
holding the investment.  We recognized a gain on the sale of $1.1 million.  We used the proceeds from the sale to 
pay down the balance owed on our revolving credit facility.

(3)  As of the Acquisition Date, the weighted average remaining life of the acquired above- and below-market leases 

was approximately 4.4 years. 

(4)  Cash paid included a $75.0 million deposit, $67.5 million paid at closing, and $11.2 million spent on loan costs in 

connection with securing the $580.0 million term loan.

(5)  Reflects borrowings using our credit facility, which bears interest at LIBOR + 1.40%.  See Note 7 for information 

regarding our credit facility.

(6)  Reflects 100% (not our pro rata share) of a $580.0 million interest-only non-recourse loan, net of deferred loan 
costs of $11.2 million incurred to secure the loan.  The loan has a seven-year term and is secured by the Westwood 
Portfolio.  Interest on the loan is floating at LIBOR + 1.40%, which has been effectively fixed at 2.37% per annum 
for five years through interest rate swaps.  See Note 7 for information regarding this loan.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

The table below presents the revenues and net income attributable to common stockholders from the Westwood Portfolio 

included in the consolidated statement of operations from the Acquisition Date:

(in thousands)

Year Ended December 31,

2017

2016

Total office revenues
Net income attributable to common stockholders(1)

$

$

96,106

6,346

$

$

80,464

2,998

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(1)  Excluding transaction costs, net income attributable to common stockholders was $6.3 million and 

$5.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

The table below presents the historical results of Douglas Emmett, Inc. and the Westwood Portfolio on a combined basis as 
if the acquisition was completed on January 1, 2015, based on our thirty-percent ownership interest and includes adjustments that 
give effect to events that are (i) directly attributable to the acquisition, (ii)  expected to have a continuing impact on us, and (iii) 
are factually supportable.  The pro forma reflects the hypothetical impact of the acquisition on us and does not purport to represent 
what our results of operations would have been had the acquisition occurred on January 1, 2015, or project the results of operations 
for any future period.  The information does not reflect cost savings or operating synergies that may result from the acquisition or 
the costs to achieve any such potential cost savings or operating synergies.  Transaction costs related to the acquisition have been 
excluded. 

(in thousands, except per share information)

Pro forma revenues

Pro forma net income attributable to common stockholders

Pro forma net income attributable to common stockholders per share – basic

Pro forma net income attributable to common stockholders per share – diluted

Year Ended December 31,

2016

2015

$

$

$

$

755,878

84,319

0.56

0.55

$

$

$

$

724,596

59,374

0.40

0.39

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

Other 2016 Acquisitions

During  2016,  a  consolidated  JV  which  we  manage  and  in  which  we  own  an  equity  interest  acquired  two  Class A  office 
properties.  As of July 21, 2016, we had contributed fifty-five percent of the equity to the JV, which was reduced to twenty-percent 
when we sold thirty-five percent to a third party investor for $51.6 million, which included $194 thousand to compensate us for 
the cost of holding the investment.  We recognized a gain of $587 thousand on the sale, which is included in Gains on sales of 
investments in real estate in our consolidated statements of operations.  In addition to purchasing a thirty-five percent interest from 
us, investors contributed $139.8 million to the JV.  Including the effect of the sale of our interest, investors now hold an aggregate 
of eighty-percent of the capital interests in the JV.  As part of the acquisitions, the JV borrowed a $146.0 million under a three 
year, interest only, non-recourse loan bearing interest at LIBOR + 1.55%.  The loan was secured by the acquired properties.  The 
loan was refinanced in 2017.  See Note 7.  The table below summarizes the purchase accounting for the acquisitions.  The contract 
and purchase prices differ due to prorations and similar matters. 

(in thousands)

12100 Wilshire

233 Wilshire

Submarket

Acquisition date

Contract price

Building square footage

Investment in real estate:

Land

Buildings and improvements

Tenant improvements and lease intangibles

Acquired above- and below-market leases, net

Net assets and liabilities acquired

Brentwood

Santa Monica

July 21

September 27

225,000

$

139,500

365

129

20,164

$

199,698

9,057
(4,523)
224,396

$

9,263

126,938

3,488
(1,838)
137,851

$

$

$

2016 Disposition

During 2016, we sold a 168,000 square foot Class A office property located in Sherman Oaks, California with a carrying value 
of $42.8 million for a contract price of $56.7 million, and we incurred transaction costs of $1.2 million resulting in a net gain of 
$12.7 million.  The gain is included in Gains on sales of investments in real estate in our consolidated statements of operations.

2015 Acquisitions

During 2015, we (i) acquired the fee interest in the land (Harbor Court Land) under one of our office buildings, and (ii) 
purchased a wholly-owned Class A office property (First Financial Plaza).  We recognized $6.6 million of accretion of an above-
market ground lease related to the purchase of the Harbor Court Land, which is included in Other income in the consolidated 
statement of operations.  See Note 4.  The table below summarizes the purchase accounting for the acquisitions.  The contract and 
purchase prices differ due to prorations and similar matters.

(in thousands)

Submarket
Acquisition date
Contract price
Building square footage (if applicable)

Investment in real estate:

Land

Buildings and improvements

Tenant improvements and lease intangibles

Acquired above and below-market leases, net

Net assets and liabilities acquired

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Harbor Court 
Land(1)

First Financial
Plaza

Honolulu
February 12

Encino
March 5

$

$

$

$

27,500
N/A

12,060

$

15,440

—

—

27,500

$

92,400
227

12,092

75,039

6,065
(790)
92,406

 
 
 
 
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

4. Acquired Lease Intangibles

Summary of our Acquired Lease Intangibles

The table below summarizes our above- and below-market leases:

(In thousands)

December 31, 2017 December 31, 2016

Above-market tenant leases

Accumulated amortization - above-market tenant leases

Above-market ground leases

Accumulated amortization - above-market ground leases

Acquired lease intangible assets, net

Below-market tenant leases

Accumulated accretion - below-market tenant leases

Above-market ground leases

Accumulated accretion - above-market ground leases

Acquired lease intangible liabilities, net

$

$

$

$

7,177
(3,846)
1,152
(190)
4,293

127,606
(55,428)
4,017
(560)
75,635

$

$

$

$

7,156
(2,988)
1,152
(173)
5,147

104,925
(41,241)
4,017
(510)
67,191

Impact on the Consolidated Statements of Operations

The table below summarizes the net amortization/accretion related to our above- and below-market leases:

(In thousands)

Year Ended December 31,
2016

2015

2017

Net accretion of above- and below-market tenant leases(1)
Amortization of above-market ground leases(2)
Accretion of above-market ground lease(3)
Accretion of above-market ground lease(4)

$

17,973

$

18,165

$

12,467

(17)

50

—

(17)

50

—

(17)

50

6,600

Total

$

18,006

$

18,198

$

19,100

_______________________________________________________________________________________

(1)  Recorded as a net increase to office and multifamily rental revenues.
(2)  The amortization of the below-market rent we receive under this ground lease is recorded as an increase to office parking 

and other income.

(3)  The accretion of the above-market rent we pay under this ground lease is recorded as a decrease to office expense.
(4)  The accretion of the above-market rent we paid under this ground lease is recorded as an increase to other income.  During 

2015, we acquired the fee interest in the land (Harbor Court Land).  See Note 3. 

The table below presents the future net accretion related to our above- and below-market leases at December 31, 2017:

Year ending December 31:

Net increase to
revenues

Decrease to
expenses

Total

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Thereafter
Total

$

$

(In thousands)
50
$
50
50
50
50
3,207
3,457

$

$

$

18,794
16,809
13,987
7,933
4,361
6,001
67,885

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18,844
16,859
14,037
7,983
4,411
9,208
71,342

 
 
 
 
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

5. Investments in Unconsolidated Real Estate Funds

Description of our Funds

We manage and own equity interests in three unconsolidated Funds, the Opportunity Fund, Fund X and Partnership X, through 
which we and investors own eight office properties totaling 1.8 million square feet.  We purchased a 3.7% interest in the Opportunity 
Fund during the second quarter of 2017 and 2.5% during the fourth quarter of 2017.  The Opportunity Fund's only investment is 
a 13.1% interest in Fund X.  At December 31, 2017, we held direct and indirect interests of 6.2% in the Opportunity Fund, 69.4% 
in Fund X and 24.3% in Partnership X.  Our Funds pay us fees and reimburse us for certain expenses related to property management 
and other services we provide.  We also receive distributions based on invested capital and on any profits that exceed certain 
specified cash returns to the investors.  The table below presents cash distributions received from our Funds:

(In thousands)

2017

2016

2015

Year Ended December 31,

Operating distributions received

Capital distributions received

Total distributions received

$

$

5,905

43,560

49,465

$

$

2,668

24,170

26,838

$

$

1,068

10,788

11,856

Summarized Financial Information for our Funds

 The tables below present selected financial information for the Funds on a combined basis.  The amounts presented represent 

100% (not our pro-rata share) of amounts related to the Funds, and are based upon historical acquired book value:

(In thousands)

December 31, 2017 December 31, 2016

Total assets

Total liabilities

Total equity

$

$

$

704,186

523,767

180,419

$

$

$

690,028

448,544

241,484

(In thousands)

2017

2016

2015

Year Ended December 31,

Total revenues

Operating income

Net income

$

$

$

75,896

20,640

5,085

$

$

$

73,171

19,477

8,213

$

$

$

69,702

17,803

6,260

6. Other Assets

Other assets consisted of the following at December 31:

(In thousands)

December 31, 2017 December 31, 2016

Restricted cash

Prepaid expenses

Other indefinite-lived intangibles

Furniture, fixtures and equipment, net

Other

Total other assets

$

$

48

121

$

9,235

1,988

1,155

5,943

121

6,779

1,988

1,093

1,933

18,442

$

11,914

 
  
 
 
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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

7. Secured Notes Payable and Revolving Credit Facility, Net

The following table summarizes our secured notes payable and revolving credit facility:

Description 

Principal
Balance as of
December 31,
2017
(In thousands)

Principal
Balance as of
December 31,
2016
(In thousands)

Maturity
Date (1)

Variable
Interest Rate

Fixed 
Interest
Rate (2)

Swap
Maturity
Date

Wholly Owned Subsidiaries
Term loan(3)
Term loan(3)
Fannie Mae loans(3)
Term loan(3)
Term loan(4)
Term loan(4)
Fannie Mae loan
Term loan(5)
Term loan(5)
Term loan(5)
Term loan(5)
Term loan(5)
Term loan(5)
Fannie Mae loan(5)
Fannie Mae loans(5)
Fannie Mae loans(5)
Term loan(4)
Revolving credit facility(6)

—

—

—

—

2/1/2019

6/5/2019

10/1/2019

4/15/2022
7/27/2022

11/1/2022

6/23/2023

12/23/2023

1/1/2024

4/1/2025

12/1/2025

6/1/2027

6/1/2038

$

— $

—

—

—

146,974

280,721

145,000

340,000
180,000

400,000

360,000

220,000

300,000

102,400

115,000

550,000

32,213

—
3,172,308

1,000

349,933

388,080

345,759

149,911

285,000

—

—

—

—

 N/A

N/A

145,000 LIBOR + 1.25%

340,000 LIBOR + 1.40%
180,000 LIBOR + 1.45%

400,000 LIBOR + 1.35%

360,000 LIBOR + 1.55%

220,000 LIBOR + 1.70%

300,000 LIBOR + 1.55%

102,400 LIBOR + 1.25%

115,000 LIBOR + 1.25%

— LIBOR + 1.37%

—

N/A

— LIBOR + 1.40%

3,682,083

—

—

—

—

4.00%

3.85%

N/A

2.77%
3.06%

2.64%

2.57%

3.62%

3.46%

2.84%

2.76%

3.16%

4.55%

N/A

8/21/2020
Total Wholly Owned Subsidiary Debt

Consolidated JVs
Term loan(3)
Term loan(5)
Term loan(5)

—

2/28/2023

12/20/2024

Total Consolidated Debt(7)
Unamortized loan premium, net

Deferred loan costs, net

Total Consolidated Debt, net

—

146,000

—

—

580,000

400,000
4,152,308

4,191

(39,109)
4,117,390

$

$

580,000

LIBOR + 1.40% 2.37%

— LIBOR + 1.30% 3.47%

4,408,083

—
(38,546)
4,369,537

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

4/1/2020
7/1/2020

11/1/2020

7/1/2021

12/23/2021

1/1/2022

3/1/2020

12/1/2020

6/1/2022

—

—

—

3/1/2021

1/1/2023

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Except as otherwise noted below, each loan (including our revolving credit facility) is non-recourse and secured by one or more 
separate  collateral  pools  consisting  of  one  or  more  properties,  and  requires  monthly  payments  of  interest  only  with  the  outstanding 
principal due upon maturity.

(1)  Maturity dates include the effect of extension options.

(2)  Includes the effect of interest rate swaps and excludes the effect of prepaid loan costs. See Note 9 for details of our interest rate 

swaps.  See below for details of our loan costs. 

(3)  At December 31, 2017, these loans have been paid off.

(4)  Requires monthly payments of principal and interest.  Principal amortization is based upon a 30-year amortization schedule.

(5)  Loan agreement includes a zero-percent LIBOR floor.  The corresponding swaps do not include such a floor.

(6)  $400.0 million revolving credit facility.  Unused commitment fees range from 0.15% to 0.20%. 

(7)  See Note 13 for our fair value disclosures. 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

Debt Statistics

The following table summarizes our fixed and floating rate debt:

(In thousands)

Principal Balance as
of December 31, 2017

Principal Balance as
of December 31, 2016

Aggregate swapped to fixed rate loans

Aggregate fixed rate loans

Aggregate floating rate loans

Total Debt

$

$

3,547,400

$

459,908

145,000

4,152,308

$

2,985,480

1,131,603

291,000

4,408,083

The following table summarizes certain debt statistics:  

Statistics for consolidated loans with interest fixed under the terms of the loan or a swap

Principal balance (in billions)

Weighted average remaining life (including extension options)
Weighted average remaining fixed interest period

Weighted average annual interest rate

$4.01

5.8 years
3.3 years

3.09%

Future Principal Payments

At December 31, 2017, the minimum future principal payments due on our secured notes payable and revolving credit facility 

were as follows:

Year ending December 31:

Excluding Maturity
Extension Options

Including Maturity 
Extension Options(1)

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Thereafter

$

(In thousands)

9,064

$

565,041

295,755

790

1,040,826

2,240,832

Total future principal payments

$

4,152,308

$

____________________________________________

9,064

565,041

755

790

920,826

2,655,832

4,152,308

(1)   Our loan agreements generally require that we meet certain minimum financial thresholds to be able to 

extend the loan maturity.

Loan Costs

Deferred loan costs are net of accumulated amortization of $18.0 million and $15.4 million at December 31, 2017 and December 31, 
2016, respectively.  The table below presents the impact of loan costs included in interest expense in our consolidated statements of 
operations:

(In thousands)

Loan costs expensed

Deferred loan cost amortization

Total

Year Ended December 31,
2016

2015

2017

2,359

9,033

11,392

$

$

1,441

7,608

9,049

$

$

278

6,969

7,247

$

$

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8. Interest Payable, Accounts Payable and Deferred Revenue

Interest payable, accounts payable and deferred revenue consisted of the following as of December 31:

(In thousands)

December 31, 2017 December 31, 2016

Interest payable
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
Deferred revenue

Total interest payable, accounts payable and deferred revenue

$

$

9,829
62,741
31,377
103,947

$

$

9,561
36,880
28,788
75,229

9. Derivative Contracts

Derivative Summary

As of December 31, 2017, all of our interest rate swaps, which include the interest rate swaps of our consolidated JVs and 

our unconsolidated Funds, were designated as cash flow hedges:

Number of Interest
Rate Swaps

Notional
(In thousands)

Consolidated derivatives(1)
Unconsolidated Funds' derivatives(2)

25

4

$

$

3,547,400

510,000

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(1)  The notional amount includes 100%, not our pro-rata share, of our consolidated JVs' derivatives.
(2)  The notional amount includes 100%, not our pro-rata share, of our unconsolidated Funds' derivatives.

Credit-risk-related Contingent Features

We have agreements with each of our interest rate swap counterparties that contain a provision under which we could also be 
declared  in  default  on  our  derivative  obligations  if  we  default  on  the  underlying  indebtedness  that  we  are  hedging.   As  of 
December 31,  2017,  there  have  been  no  events  of  default  with  respect  to  our  interest  rate  swaps  or  our  consolidated  JVs'  or 
unconsolidated Funds' interest rate swaps.  We do not post collateral for our swaps in a liability position.  The fair value of our 
interest rate swaps in a liability position, including accrued interest and excluding any adjustments for credit risk, was as follows:

(In thousands)

December 31, 2017 December 31, 2016

Consolidated derivatives(1)
Unconsolidated Funds' derivatives(2)

$

$

915

$

— $

7,689

—

___________________________________________________

(1)  Includes 100%, not our pro-rata share, of our consolidated JVs' derivatives.
(2)  Our unconsolidated Funds' did not have any derivatives in a liability position.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

Counterparty Credit Risk

We are subject to credit risk from the counterparties on our interest rate swap and cap contracts.  We seek to minimize our 
credit risk by entering into agreements with a variety of high quality counterparties with investment grade ratings.  We do not 
receive collateral for our contracts in an asset position.  The fair value of our interest rate swaps in an asset position, including 
accrued interest and excluding any adjustments for credit risk, was as follows:

(In thousands)

December 31, 2017 December 31, 2016

Consolidated derivatives(1)
Unconsolidated Funds' derivatives(2)

$

$

60,093

9,350

$

$

35,144

3,724

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(1)  Includes 100%, not our pro-rata share, of our consolidated JVs' derivatives.
(2)  Includes 100%, not our pro-rata share, of our unconsolidated Funds' derivatives. 

Impact of Hedges on AOCI and Consolidated Statements of Operations

The table below presents the effect of our derivative instruments on our AOCI and results of operations:

(In thousands)

Year Ended December 31,

2017

2016

2015

Derivatives Designated as Cash Flow Hedges:

Gain (loss) recorded in AOCI - consolidated derivatives(1)(5)
Gain (loss) recorded in AOCI - unconsolidated Funds' derivatives(2)(5)
Loss reclassified from AOCI - consolidated derivatives(3)(5)
Loss reclassified from AOCI - unconsolidated Funds' derivatives(4)(5)
(Loss) gain recorded - consolidated derivatives(6)

Derivatives Not Designated as Cash Flow Hedges:

Gain (loss) recorded as interest expense(7)

__________________________________________________

$

$

$

3,275

16,512

14,192

$ (11,549)
(1,922)
$
$
$ (13,976) $ (25,917) $ (37,390)
(931)
$
66

(357) $
$
196

(527) $
(51) $

8

$

$

— $

— $

—

(1)  Represents the effective portion of the change in fair value of our interest rate swaps. 

(2)  Represents our share of the effective portion of the change in fair value of our unconsolidated Funds' interest rate swaps. 

(3)  Reclassified from AOCI as an increase to Interest expense.

(4)  Reclassified from AOCI as an increase to Income, including depreciation, from unconsolidated real estate funds (our share).

(5)  See the reconciliation of our AOCI in Note 10.

(6)  Represents the ineffective portion of the change in fair value of our interest rate swaps, which is recorded as a decrease 
(increase) to interest expense.  Our unconsolidated Funds did not have any ineffectiveness related to their interest rate 
swaps.

(7)  We and our unconsolidated Funds do not have any derivatives that are not designated as cash flow hedges.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

Future Reclassifications from AOCI

At December 31, 2017, our estimate of the AOCI related to derivatives designated as cash flow hedges, that will be reclassified 

to earnings during the next year as interest rate swap payments are made, is presented in the table below:

(In thousands)

Consolidated derivatives(1)
Unconsolidated Funds' derivatives(2)

$

$

(8,916)

(166)

________________________________________

(1)  Reclassified as an increase (decrease) to Interest expense.
(2)  Reclassified as an (increase) decrease to Income, including depreciation, from unconsolidated real 

estate funds (our share).

10.  Equity

Transactions

2017 Transactions

During 2017 we, or our Operating Partnership, (i) acquired 1.1 million OP Units in exchange for issuing an equal number 
of shares of our common stock to the holders of the OP Units, (ii) issued 1.3 million shares of our common stock for the 
exercise  of  3.9  million  stock  options  on  a  net  settlement  basis  (net  of  the  exercise  price  and  related  taxes),  (iii)  issued 
15.7 million shares of our common stock under our ATM program for net proceeds of $593.2 million, and (iv) issued 2.6 million
OP  Units  valued  at  $105.7  million  in  connection  with  the  acquisition  of  the  9401 Wilshire  office  property,  of  which  we 
subsequently acquired 248 thousand OP Units for $10.1 million in cash.  One of our JVs acquired three office properties, 1299 
Ocean Avenue, 429 Santa Monica and 9665 Wilshire, for which investors contributed $284.0 million directly to the JV. 

2016 Transactions

During 2016 we (i) acquired 1.8 million OP Units in exchange for issuing an equal number of shares of our common 
stock to the holders of OP Units, (ii) acquired 25 thousand OP Units for $826 thousand in cash, (iii) issued 1.5 million shares 
of our common stock for the exercise of 7.6 million stock options on a net settlement basis (net of the exercise price and 
related taxes), (iv) issued 1.4 million shares of our common stock under our ATM program for net proceeds of $49.4 million.  

We also created two JVs to acquire various properties: (i) in the JV which acquired the Westwood Portfolio, investors 
acquired an aggregate of seventy-percent of the capital interests, as a result of contributing $320 million directly to the JV for 
a forty-percent interest and acquiring a thirty-percent interest from us for $241.1 million, (resulting in a gain of $1.1 million), 
and  (ii)  in  the  second  JV,  which  acquired  two  office  properties,  12100 Wilshire  and  233 Wilshire,  investors  acquired  an 
aggregate of eighty-percent of the capital interests, as a result of contributing $139.8 million directly to the JV and acquiring 
a thirty-five-percent interest from us for $51.6 million (resulting in a gain of $587 thousand). 

2015 Transactions

During 2015 we, or our Operating Partnership, (i) acquired 1.8 million OP Units in exchange for issuing an equal number 
of shares of our common stock to the holders of the OP Units,  (ii) issued 274 thousand shares of our common stock for the 
excise of options for net proceeds of $4.3 million at an average price of $15.58 per share, and (iii) issued 34 thousand OP 
Units valued at $1 million in connection with the acquisition of land (Harbor Court Land) under one of our office buildings.  

See Note 3 for more information regarding our acquisitions and JV transactions.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

Noncontrolling Interests

Our noncontrolling interests consist of interests in our Operating Partnership and consolidated JVs which are not owned by 
us.    Noncontrolling  interests  in  our  Operating  Partnership  consist  of  OP  Units  and  fully-vested  LTIP  Units,  and  represented 
approximately 14% of our Operating Partnership's total interests as of December 31, 2017 when we and our Operating Partnership 
had 169.6 million shares of common stock and 27.8 million OP Units and fully-vested LTIP Units outstanding.  A share of our 
common stock, an OP Unit and an LTIP Unit (once vested and booked up) have essentially the same economic characteristics, 
sharing equally in the distributions from our Operating Partnership.  Investors who own OP Units have the right to cause our 
Operating Partnership to acquire their OP Units for an amount of cash per unit equal to the market value of one share of our 
common stock at the date of acquisition, or, at our election, exchange their OP Units for shares of our common stock on a one-
for-one basis.  LTIP Units have been granted to our key employees and non-employee directors as part of their compensation.  
These awards generally vest over the service period and once vested can generally be converted to OP Units. 

Changes in our Ownership Interest in our Operating Partnership

The table below presents the impact on our equity from net income attributable to common stockholders and changes in 

our ownership interest in our Operating Partnership:

(In thousands)

Year Ended December 31,
2016

2015

2017

Net income attributable to common stockholders

$

94,443

$

85,397

$

58,384

Transfers from noncontrolling interests:

Exchange of OP Units with noncontrolling interests

Repurchase of OP Units from noncontrolling interests

Net transfers from noncontrolling interests

14,242
(6,764)
7,478

23,060
(498)
22,562

23,703

—

23,703

Change from net income attributable to common stockholders
and transfers from noncontrolling interests

$

101,921

$

107,959

$

82,087

AOCI Reconciliation(1)

The table below presents a reconciliation of our AOCI, which consists solely of adjustments related to derivatives designated 

as cash flow hedges:

Beginning balance

(In thousands)

Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications - our derivatives

Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications - our Fund's derivatives

Reclassifications from AOCI - our derivatives(2)
Reclassifications from AOCI - our Fund's derivatives(3)

Net current period OCI

Less: OCI attributable to noncontrolling interests

OCI attributable to common stockholders

Year Ended December 31,

2017

2016

2015

$

15,156

$

(9,285) $ (30,089)

16,512

3,275

13,976

527

34,290
(6,347)
27,943

14,192

8

25,917

357

40,474
(16,033)
24,441

(11,549)
(1,922)
37,390

931

24,850
(4,046)
20,804

Ending balance

$

43,099

$

15,156

$

(9,285)

__________________________________________________

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

See Note 9 for the details of our derivatives and Note 13 for our derivative fair value disclosures.
Reclassification as an increase to Interest expense.

Reclassification as a decrease to Income, including depreciation, from unconsolidated real estate funds. 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

Dividends (unaudited)

Our common stock dividends paid during 2017 are classified for federal income tax purposes as follows:

Record Date

Paid Date

12/30/2016

1/13/2017

$

3/31/2017

6/30/2017

9/29/2017

4/14/2017

7/14/2017

10/13/2017

Total / Weighted Average

$

Dividend
Per Share

Ordinary
Income
Percentage

Capital Gain
Percentage

Return of
Capital
Percentage

0.23

0.23

0.23

0.23

0.92

22.5%

22.5%

22.5%

22.5%

22.5%

—%

—%

—%

—%

—%

77.5%

77.5%

77.5%

77.5%

77.5%

11.  EPS

The table below presents the calculation of basic and diluted EPS:

Numerator (In thousands):

Net income attributable to common stockholders

Allocation to participating securities: Unvested LTIP Units

Numerator for basic and diluted net income attributable to
common stockholders

Denominator (In thousands):

Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding - basic

Effect of dilutive securities: Stock options(1)
Weighted average shares of common stock and common stock
equivalents outstanding - diluted

Basic EPS:

Net income attributable to common stockholders per share

Diluted EPS:

Net income attributable to common stockholders per share

____________________________________________________

$

$

$

$

Year Ended December 31,

2017

2016

2015

$

94,443
(626)

$

85,397
(468)

58,384
(312)

93,817

$

84,929

$

58,072

160,905

325

149,299

3,891

146,089

4,515

161,230

153,190

150,604

0.58

$

0.57

$

0.40

0.58

$

0.55

$

0.39

(1)   The following securities were excluded from the computation of the weighted average shares of common stock and 
common stock equivalents outstanding - diluted because the effect of including them would be anti-dilutive to the 
calculation of diluted EPS:

(In thousands)

2017

2016

2015

Year Ended December 31,

OP Units

Vested LTIP Units

24,810

274

25,110

578

26,371

181

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

12. Stock-Based Compensation

2016 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan

The Douglas Emmett, Inc. 2016 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, our stock incentive plan (our "2016 Plan"), permits us to 
make grants of incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, deferred stock awards, restricted 
stock awards, dividend equivalent rights and other stock-based awards.  We had an aggregate of 5.3 million shares available for 
grant as of December 31, 2017.  Awards such as LTIP Units, deferred stock and restricted stock, which deliver the full value of 
the underlying shares are counted against the Plan limits as two shares.  Awards such as stock options and stock appreciation rights 
are counted as one share.  The number of shares reserved under our 2016 Plan is also subject to adjustment in the event of a stock 
split, stock dividend or other change in our capitalization.  Shares of stock underlying any awards that are forfeited, canceled or 
otherwise terminated (other than by exercise) are added back to the shares of stock available for future issuance under the 2016 
Plan.  For options exercised, our policy is to issue common stock on a net settlement basis - net of the exercise price and related 
taxes.

Until  it  expired  in  2016,  we  made  grants  under  our  2006  Omnibus  Stock  Incentive  Plan  (our  "2006  Plan"),  which  was 
substantially similar to our 2016 Plan.  No further awards may be granted under our 2006 Plan, although awards granted under 
the 2006 Plan in the past and which are still outstanding will continue to be governed by the terms of our 2006 Plan.  

Our 2016 and 2006 Plans (the "Plans") are administered by the compensation committee of our board of directors.  The 
compensation committee may interpret our Plans and make all determinations necessary or desirable for the administration of our 
Plans.   The  committee  has  full  power  and  authority  to  select  the  participants  to  whom  awards  will  be  granted,  to  make  any 
combination of awards to participants, to accelerate the exercisability or vesting of any award and to determine the specific terms 
and conditions of each award, subject to the provisions of our 2016 Plan.  All officers, employees, directors and other key personnel 
(including consultants and prospective employees) are eligible to participate in our 2016 Plan.

We have made certain awards in the form of a separate series of units of limited partnership interests in our Operating Partnership 
called LTIP Units, which can be granted either as free-standing awards or in tandem with other awards under our 2016 Plan.  Our 
LTIP Units are valued by reference to the value of our common stock at the time of grant, and are subject to such conditions and 
restrictions as the compensation committee may determine, including continued employment or service, and/or achievement of 
pre-established performance goals, financial metrics and other objectives.  Once vested, LTIP Units can generally be converted to 
OP Units on a one for one basis.

Employee Awards 

We grant stock-based compensation in the form of LTIP Units as a part of our annual incentive compensation to various 
employees each year, a portion which vests at the date of grant, and the remainder which vests in three equal annual installments 
over the three calendar years following the grant date.  Compensation expense for LTIP Units which are not vested at the grant 
date is recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period for each separately vesting portion of the award.  We 
have also made long-term grants in the form of LTIP Units to certain employees, which generally vest in equal annual installments 
over four to five calendar years following the grant date, and some of these grants include a portion which vests at the date of 
grant.  In aggregate, we granted 800 thousand, 704 thousand and 887 thousand LTIP Units to employees during 2017, 2016  and 
2015, respectively. 

Non-Employee Director Awards 

As annual fees for their services, each of our non-employee directors receives a grant of LTIP Units that vests on a quarterly 
basis during the year the services are rendered, which is the calendar year following the grant date.  We granted 28 thousand, 
35 thousand and 35 thousand LTIP Units to our non-employee directors during 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.  In the past, 
we made long-term grants of LTIP Units to our non-employee directors which vested over the following three years, and during 
2015 we made a proportional long-term grant to a new director who joined our board of 1 thousand LTIP units, which vested 
during the remainder of 2015.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

Compensation Expense

Total  stock-based  compensation  expense,  net  of  capitalized  amounts,  was  $18.5 million,  $17.4 million  and  $15.2 million
during 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.  Certain amounts of stock-based compensation expense are capitalized for employees 
who provide leasing and construction services.  We capitalized $2.5 million, $1.5 million, and $1.4 million during 2017, 2016 and 
2015, respectively.  At December 31, 2017, the total unrecognized stock-based compensation expense for unvested LTIP Unit 
awards was $21.8 million, which will be recognized over a weighted-average term of two years.  

Stock-Based Award Activity

The table below presents our outstanding stock options activity:

Fully Vested Stock Options:

Outstanding at December 31, 2014

Exercised

Outstanding at December 31, 2015

Exercised

Outstanding at December 31, 2016

Exercised

Outstanding at December 31, 2017

Exercisable at December 31, 2017

Number of
Stock
Options
(Thousands)

Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price

Weighted 
Average
Remaining 
Contract Life 
(Months)

Total
Intrinsic 
Value 
(Thousands)

Intrinsic
Value of
Options
Exercised
(Thousands)

11,809

$

(274) $

11,535

$

(7,566) $

3,969

$

(3,920) $

49

49

$

$

17.98

15.58

18.04

20.98

12.43

12.43

12.66

12.66

36

23

27

16

16

$

$

$

$

$

123,017

151,569

95,770

1,375

1,375

$

$

$

3,989

104,108

102,963

The table below presents our unvested LTIP Units activity:

Unvested LTIP Units:

Outstanding at December 31, 2014

Granted

Vested

Forfeited

Outstanding at December 31, 2015

Granted

Vested

Forfeited

Outstanding at December 31, 2016

Granted

Vested

Forfeited

Outstanding at December 31, 2017

Number of
Units
(Thousands)

Weighted
Average
Grant Date
Fair Value

Grant Date
Fair Value
(Thousands)

998

922

$

$

(816) $

(8) $

1,096

739

$

$

(778) $

(17) $

1,040

828

$

$

(807) $

(5) $

1,056

$

18.48

20.26

18.59

24.86

19.85

27.62

22.23

27.77

23.46

29.89

25.40

31.36

26.98

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

18,673

15,165

200

20,420

17,293

473

24,745

20,497

172

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

13. Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Our estimates of the fair value of financial instruments were determined using available market information and widely used 
valuation methods.  Considerable judgment is necessary to interpret market data and determine an estimated fair value.  The use 
of different market assumptions or valuation methods may have a material effect on the estimated fair values.  The FASB fair value 
framework hierarchy distinguishes between assumptions based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting 
entity, and the reporting entity’s own assumptions about market-based inputs.  The hierarchy is as follows: 

Level 1 -  inputs utilize unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.  
Level 2 -  inputs are observable either directly or indirectly for similar assets and liabilities in active markets.  
Level 3 -  inputs are unobservable assumptions generated by the reporting entity 

As of December 31, 2017, we did not have any fair value estimates of financial instruments using Level 3 inputs.

Financial instruments disclosed at fair value

Short term financial instruments:  The carrying amounts for cash and cash equivalents, tenant receivables, revolving credit line, 
interest payable, accounts payable, security deposits and dividends payable approximate fair value because of the short-term nature 
of these instruments.

Secured notes payable:  See Note 7 for the details of our secured notes payable.  We estimate the fair value of our secured notes 
payable, which includes the secured notes payable of our consolidated JVs, by calculating the credit-adjusted present value of the 
principal and interest payments for each secured note payable.  The calculation incorporates observable market interest rates which 
we consider to be Level 2 inputs, assumes that the loans will be outstanding through maturity, and excludes any maturity extension 
options.  The table below presents the estimated fair value of our secured notes payable:

(In thousands)

December 31, 2017 December 31, 2016

Fair value

Carrying value

$

$

4,195,489

4,156,499

$

$

4,429,224

4,408,083

Financial instruments measured at fair value

Derivative instruments:  See Note 9 for the details of our derivatives.  We present our derivatives on the balance sheet at fair value, 
on a gross basis, excluding accrued interest.  We estimate the fair value of our derivative instruments by calculating the credit-
adjusted present value of the expected future cash flows of each derivative.  The calculation incorporates the contractual terms of 
the derivatives, observable market interest rates which we consider to be Level 2 inputs, and credit risk adjustments to reflect the 
counterparty's as well as our own nonperformance risk.  Our derivatives are not subject to master netting arrangements.  The table 
below presents the estimated fair value of our derivatives:

(In thousands)

December 31, 2017

December 31, 2016

Derivative Assets:

Fair value - consolidated derivatives(1)
Fair value - unconsolidated Funds' derivatives(2)

Derivative Liabilities:

Fair value - consolidated derivatives(1)
Fair value - unconsolidated Funds' derivatives(2)

$

$

$

$

___________________________________________________________________________________

60,069

9,437

$

$

807

$

— $

35,656

3,605

6,830

—

(1)  Consolidated derivatives, which include 100%, not our pro-rata share, of our consolidated JVs' derivatives, are included 
in interest rate contracts in our consolidated balance sheet.  The fair value excludes accrued interest which is included 
in interest payable in the consolidated balance sheet.

(2)  Represents 100%, not our pro-rata share, of our unconsolidated Funds' derivatives.  Our pro-rata share of the amounts 
related to the unconsolidated Funds' derivatives is included in our Investment in unconsolidated real estate funds in 
our consolidated balance sheet.  See Note 5 for more information regarding our unconsolidated Funds.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

14. Segment Reporting

Segment information is prepared on the same basis that our management reviews information for operational decision-making 
purposes.  We operate in two business segments: (i) the acquisition, development, ownership and management of office real estate 
and (ii) the acquisition, development, ownership and management of multifamily real estate.  The services for our office segment 
primarily include rental of office space and other tenant services, including parking and storage space rental.  The services for our 
multifamily segment include rental of apartments and other tenant services, including parking and storage space rental.  Asset 
information by segment is not reported because we do not use this measure to assess performance or make decisions to allocate 
resources, therefore, depreciation and amortization expense is not allocated among segments.  General and administrative expenses 
and interest expense are not included in segment profit as our internal reporting addresses these items on a corporate level.  The 
table below presents the operating activity of our reportable segments:

(In thousands)

Office Segment

Total office revenues

Office expenses

Office segment profit

Multifamily Segment

Total multifamily revenues

Multifamily expenses

Multifamily segment profit

Year Ended December 31,

2017

2016

2015

$

$

715,546
(233,633)
481,913

$

645,633
(214,546)
431,087

540,975
(186,556)
354,419

96,506
(24,401)
72,105

96,918
(23,317)
73,601

94,799
(23,862)
70,937

Total profit from all segments

$

554,018

$

504,688

$

425,356

The table below is a reconciliation of the total profit from all segments to net income attributable to common stockholders:

(In thousands)

Total profit from all segments

General and administrative

Depreciation and amortization

Other income

Other expenses

Income, including depreciation, from unconsolidated real estate funds

Interest expense

Income before gains

Gains on sales of investments in real estate

Net income

   Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

Net income attributable to common stockholders

Year Ended December 31,

2017

2016

2015

$

554,018
(36,234)
(276,761)
9,712
(7,037)
5,905
(145,176)
104,427

—

104,427
(9,984)
94,443

$

504,688
(34,957)
(248,914)
8,759
(9,477)
7,812
(146,148)
81,763

14,327

96,090
(10,693)
85,397

$

$

425,356
(30,496)
(205,333)
15,228
(8,241)
7,694
(135,453)
68,755

—

68,755
(10,371)
58,384

$

$

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

15. Future Minimum Lease Rental Receipts

We lease space to tenants primarily under non-cancelable operating leases that generally contain provisions for a base rent 
plus reimbursement of certain operating expenses, and we own fee interests in two parcels of land from which we receive rent 
under ground leases.  The table below presents the future minimum base rentals on our non-cancelable office tenant and ground 
leases at December 31, 2017:

Year Ending December 31,

(In thousands)

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Thereafter

$

533,811

487,373

424,744

334,173

256,954

670,826

Total future minimum base rentals(1)

$

2,707,881

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(1)  Does not include (i) residential leases, which typically have a term of one year or less, (ii) holdover rent, (ii) 
other types of rent such as storage rent and antenna rent, (iv) tenant reimbursements, (v) straight line rent, 
(vi) amortization/accretion of acquired above/below-market lease intangibles and (vii) percentage rents.  The 
amounts assume that early termination options held by tenants are not exercised.

16. Future Minimum Lease Rental Payments

We pay rent under a ground lease which expires on December 31, 2086.  The rent is fixed at $733 thousand per year until 
February 28, 2019, and will then reset to the greater of the existing rent or market.  We incurred rent expense of  $733 thousand 
during 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.  The table below presents the future minimum ground lease payments as of December 31, 
2017:

Year ending December 31:

(In thousands)

$

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022
Thereafter

Total future minimum lease payments(1)

$

733

733

733

733

733
46,911

50,576

___________________________________________________

(1)  The table above assumes that the rental payments will continue to be $733 thousand per 

year after February 28, 2019.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

17. Commitments, Contingencies and Guarantees

Legal Proceedings

From time to time, we are party to various lawsuits, claims and other legal proceedings that arise in the ordinary course of 
our business.  Excluding ordinary, routine litigation incidental to our business, we are not currently a party to any legal proceedings 
that we believe would reasonably be expected to have a materially adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results 
of operations.

Concentration of Risk

We are subject to credit risk with respect to our tenant receivables and deferred rent receivables related to our tenant leases.  
Our tenants' ability to honor the terms of their respective leases remains dependent upon economic, regulatory and social factors.  
We seek to minimize our credit risk from our tenant leases by (i) targeting smaller, more affluent tenants, from a  diverse mix of 
industries, (ii) performing credit evaluations of prospective tenants, and (iii) obtaining security deposits or letters of credit from 
our tenants.  In 2017, 2016 and 2015, no tenant accounted for more than 10% of our total revenues.  See Note 2 for the details of 
our allowances for tenant receivables and deferred rent receivables.

All of our properties, including the properties of our consolidated JVs and unconsolidated Funds, are located in Los Angeles 
County, California and Honolulu, Hawaii, and we are therefore susceptible to adverse economic and regulatory developments, as 
well as natural disasters, in those markets.

We are also subject to credit risk with respect to our interest rate swap counterparties that we use to manage the risk associated 
with our floating rate debt.  We do not post or receive collateral with respect to our swap transactions.  See Note 9 for the details 
of our interest rate contracts.  We seek to minimize our credit risk by entering into agreements with a variety of high quality 
counterparties with investment grade ratings. 

We have significant cash balances invested in a variety of short-term money market funds that are intended to preserve principal 
value and maintain a high degree of liquidity while providing current income.  These investments are not insured against loss of 
principal and there is no guarantee that our investments in these funds will be redeemable at par value.  We also have significant 
cash balances in bank accounts with high quality financial institutions with investment grade ratings.  Interest bearing bank accounts 
at each U.S. banking institution are insured by the FDIC up to $250 thousand. 

Asset Retirement Obligations

Conditional asset retirement obligations represent a legal obligation to perform an asset retirement activity in which the timing 
and/or method of settlement is conditional on a future event that may or may not be within our control.  A liability for a conditional 
asset retirement obligation must be recorded if the fair value of the obligation can be reasonably estimated.  Environmental site 
assessments have identified twenty-eight buildings in our Consolidated Portfolio, and four buildings owned by our unconsolidated 
Funds which contain asbestos, and would have to be removed in compliance with applicable environmental regulations if these 
properties are demolished or undergo major renovations.  As of December 31, 2017, the obligations to remove the asbestos from 
these properties have indeterminable settlement dates, and we are unable to reasonably estimate the fair value of the associated 
conditional asset retirement obligation.

Development and Other Contracts

During 2016, we commenced building an additional 475 apartments (net of existing apartments removed) at our Moanalua 
Hillside Apartments in Honolulu, Hawaii.  We are also investing additional capital to upgrade the existing apartments, improve 
the parking and landscaping, building a new leasing and management office, and construct a new recreation and fitness facility 
with a new pool.  As of December 31, 2017, we had completed the construction of 60 apartments and placed them into service.  
In West Los Angeles, we plan to build a high-rise apartment building with 376 apartments.  As of December 31, 2017, we had an 
aggregate remaining contractual commitment for  these development projects  of approximately $53.1 million.  

As  of December 31,  2017,  we  had  an  aggregate  remaining  contractual  commitment  for  capital  expenditure  projects, 

repositionings and tenant improvements of approximately $16.0 million.

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

Guarantees

We have made certain environmental and other limited indemnities and guarantees covering customary non-recourse carve- 
outs for our unconsolidated Funds' debt.  We have also guaranteed the related swaps.  Our Funds have agreed to indemnify us for 
any amounts that we would be required to pay under these agreements.  As of December 31, 2017, all of the obligations under the 
related  debt  and  swap  agreements  have  been  performed  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  those  agreements.   The  table  below 
summarizes our Funds' debt as of December 31, 2017.  The amounts represent 100% (not our pro-rata share) of the amounts related 
to our Funds:

Fund(1)

Partnership X(2)(4)
Fund X(3)(4)(5)

Loan
Maturity
Date

3/1/2023

7/1/2024

Principal 
Balance
(In millions)

$

$

110.0

400.0

510.0

Variable Interest
Rate

Swap Fixed
Interest Rate

LIBOR + 1.40%

LIBOR + 1.65%

2.30%

3.44%

Swap
Maturity
Date

3/1/2021

7/1/2022

___________________________________________________

(1)  See Note 5 for more information regarding our unconsolidated Funds. 

(2)  Floating rate term loan, swapped to fixed, which is secured by two properties and requires monthly payments of interest 
only, with the outstanding principal due upon maturity.  As of December 31, 2017, assuming a zero-percent LIBOR interest 
rate during the remaining life of the swap, the maximum future payments under the swap agreement were $3.2 million.

(3)  Floating rate term loan, swapped to fixed, which is secured by six properties and requires monthly payments of interest 
only, with the outstanding principal due upon maturity.  As of  December 31, 2017, assuming a zero-percent LIBOR interest 
rate during the remaining life of the swap, the maximum future payments under the swap agreement were $32.7 million. 

(4)  Loan agreement includes a zero-percent LIBOR floor.  The corresponding swaps do not include such a floor.

(5)  Loan agreement includes the requirement to purchase an interest rate cap if one month LIBOR equals or exceeds 

3.56% for fourteen consecutive days after the related swap matures. 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (continued)

18. Quarterly Financial Information (unaudited)

The tables below present selected quarterly information for 2017 and 2016:

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

Total revenue

Net income before noncontrolling interests

Net income attributable to common stockholders

Net income per common share - basic

Net income per common share - diluted

Weighted average shares of common stock
outstanding - basic

Weighted average shares of common stock and
common stock equivalents outstanding - diluted

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

Total revenue

Net income before noncontrolling interests

Net income attributable to common stockholders

Net income per common share - basic

Net income per common share - diluted

Weighted average shares of common stock
outstanding - basic

Weighted average shares of common stock and
common stock equivalents outstanding - diluted

19. Subsequent events

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

$

Three Months Ended

March 31, 
2017

June 30, 
2017

September 30, 
2017

December 31, 
2017

194,481

21,780

19,049

0.12

0.12

$

$

$

$

$

199,632

22,153

20,244

0.13

0.13

$

$

$

$

$

208,749

28,508

25,614

0.15

0.15

$

$

$

$

$

209,190

31,986

29,536

0.17

0.17

152,490

155,898

165,471

169,521

153,655

155,952

165,520

169,562

Three Months Ended

March 31, 
2016

June 30, 
2016

September 30, 
2016

December 31, 
2016

168,572

16,046

15,366

0.10

0.10

$

$

$

$

$

187,215

21,780

18,482

0.12

0.12

$

$

$

$

$

192,121

35,798

31,848

0.21

0.21

$

$

$

$

$

194,643

22,466

19,701

0.13

0.13

147,236

147,722

150,753

151,446

151,451

152,805

153,419

154,052

In February 2018, we closed a secured, non-recourse $335.0 million interest-only loan, scheduled to mature in March 2025.  
The loan bears interest at LIBOR + 1.3%, which was effectively fixed at 3.84% through interest rate swaps until March 2023.  The 
loan is secured by a wholly-owned office property.  We used the proceeds from the loan and our credit line to pay off two loans 
totaling $426 million scheduled to mature in 2019.

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andmaintainingfinanciallyresponsiblesustainabilityprogramsinourproperties.Throughtheyearswehaveproactivelyintroduced
conservationandsustainabilitymeasuresacrossourportfoliothathavesignificantlyreducedourenergyconsumption,increasedour
operationalefficienciesandreducedourcarbonfootprint.Weengageourserviceproviders,suppliers,andtenantstojoinourmission
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