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Annual Report 2019

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Annual Report 2019

Shareholders Letter

Leadership

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Prologis Vernon Business Center, Los Angeles, California

Creating Value Beyond the Real Estate

Prologis performed exceptionally well in 2019. We exceeded our cumulative earnings growth expectations, 
completed two complementary acquisitions and concluded our three-year strategic plan.

Our global team created opportunities to spend more one-on-one time with our customers, and continued 
our strong track record of technology and innovation while maintaining our leadership position in ESG.

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Prologis’ commitment to value-add solutions gives our Customer 
Experience teams a competitive edge

The Prologis 3Cs

In 2019, we launched the 3Cs, an evolution of our Five Drivers, to guide our focus and 
drive success across the organization:

 — Customer Centricity: We build lifelong partnerships with our customers. We listen, 

learn and use the power of our scale to solve our customers’ pain points.

 — Change Through Innovation and Operational Excellence: Our teams experiment 
and evolve to uncover and commercialize creative solutions. We believe the best 
ideas can come from anywhere.

 — Culture and Talent: The Prologis culture prioritizes speed and experimentation. 

We support a workforce of lifelong learners in an atmosphere of responsiveness, 
reliability and respect.

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LED lighting installation at Prologis Park Lehigh 
Valley West, Lehigh, Pennsylvania

Another Strong Year for ESG

Environmental stewardship, social responsibility and corporate governance (ESG) are 
embedded in the Prologis DNA.

 — Prologis ESG focuses on metrics that connect tightly to our business strategies.

 — Our initiatives boost operational efficiencies, build long-term relationships with 

employees, customers, communities and investors, and ensure resilience across our 
global platform.

 — Our ongoing ESG leadership has been recognized by Corporate Knights’ Global 100 Most 
Sustainable Corporations in the World, the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and the 
Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), among others.

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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hamid R. Moghadam

Dear Fellow Shareholders,

We entered the decade on the heels of an exceptionally strong 2019, 

I would also like to note that 2019 was a record year for capital 

during which we set several high-water marks for performance.

deployment. Development stabilizations were $2.5 billion with an 

In addition to completing our three-year strategic plan and surpassing 

our cumulative earnings growth expectations, we took our commitment 

estimated weighted average margin of 36.9 percent and estimated value 

creation of $911 million. 

to customers to a new level, completed the acquisitions of two 

Furthermore, we started $2.9 

respected peers in our space, made tangible strides in innovation and 

billion of new developments, 

technology as well as operational excellence, and were recognized 

adding 37 million square feet 

widely for our ESG initiatives.

None of this would have been possible without the dedication of our 

talented and diverse teams across the globe. Every day, they make it 

their mission to ensure that Prologis continues to be a leader.

(owned and managed) to our 

portfolio. Build-to-suits (BTS) 

were also strong, totaling 

about 43 percent of our total 

development activity for the 

We set several  
high-water marks  
for performance 
across our global 
portfolio.

2019 Performance

Our performance surpassed expectations materially:

 — Core FFO per diluted share grew 10 percent to $3.31 for the year.

year—specifically, 32 starts totaling 11 million square feet.

While our build-to-suit business continued to thrive in the past year, our 

customers told us they wanted a more streamlined process—and we 

listened. The result is our Customer Led Development (CLD) program, 

 — Our dividend increased 10 percent to $2.12 per common share.

which merges our BTS program with the unique advantages of our scale 

 — Our balance sheet remains one of the best in the business, with 

liquidity of approximately $4.8 billion and capacity to raise capital 

through fund sell-downs of an additional $7.5 billion.

 — The portfolio delivered double-digit net effective rent change of 

29.2 percent.

 — We continued our industry-leading performance against key 

benchmarks, outperforming the RMS and RMP REIT indices by 

approximately 3,000 basis points in the year.

to meet our customers’ needs. Our Global Customer Solutions team 

helped to drive this initiative, and I am proud of how they delivered for 

our customers. 

Prologis Research, the industry’s only in-house research team, continued 

to leverage proprietary data and analytics to ensure efficient distribution 

solutions for our customers, as well as analytics that help our field 

teams with operational strategies. They play a critical role in ensuring we 

stay on top of current opportunities and tomorrow’s trends.

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2019 Milestones

Our scale and operating expertise make it possible for us to acquire 

assets that allow us to deliver best-in-class service to our customers. 

Last year, we completed agreements to acquire Industrial Property Trust 

Inc. and Liberty Property Trust, and as of this letter, those transactions 

are now complete, bringing our portfolio to nearly a billion square 

feet. These portfolios are highly complementary to our own, and they 

increase synergies and our presence in key markets. It is also important 

to note that our G&A per assets under management is a fraction of 

other companies’.

We have built an 
enterprise that is 
capable of executing 
on major transactions 
while delivering sector-
leading results.

Our Strategic Capital 

business had a record-

breaking year, with 

its largest third-party 
equity raise in Prologis 

history, at $6.2 billion. 

Furthermore in 2019, we 

formed the $1.7 billion 

open-ended Prologis 

China Core Logistics 

Here are some highlights:

1. Customer Centricity: listen, learn and solve 
customer pain points.

Examples in action:

CARE Program: What 

began as an experiment in 

two U.S. markets (Chicago 

and Indianapolis) was such 

a resounding success that 

it has since been launched 

globally. CARE—Customer 

Our global team found 
new opportunities to 
spend more time with 
our customers.

Appreciation Retention and Engagement—is about getting in front of our 

customers, person-to-person. Each week, our teams in the field dedicate 

specific hours to spend with customers—to connect, listen and learn. 
Knowing our customers better helps us be an even better partner.

Prologis Essentials: Essentials encompasses everything from LED 

lighting installations, retrofits to racking systems, forklift sourcing and 

our SolarSmart rooftop renewable energy program.

Net Promoter Score: Last year, we introduced Net Promoter Score 

Fund. Strategic Capital has been instrumental in growing our third-party 

(NPS) as part of our Americas Customer Experience survey to measure 

AUM to more than $40 billion and delivering record promotes from our 

our customers’ experience on our platform. Prologis’ global NPS score 

co-investment ventures across the globe. Strategic Capital’s consistent 

at year-end was 52, which exceeds the business-to-business industry 

revenues and ability to raise third-party capital help to ensure that our 

benchmark and puts us on par with some of the most admired business-

balance sheet remains the strongest in our industry, with 90 percent 

to-consumer companies. This score is a baseline from which to build, 

of fees coming from long-term or perpetual vehicles. We have one of 

and a proof point that highlights the dedication and enthusiasm of our 

the best logistics investment track records in the world, and our proven 

customer-facing teams.

ability to source capital on a global basis ensures we are well-positioned 

to continue growing the business as well as the scale and quality of our 

portfolio.

Looking Ahead to 2020—Creating Value 
Beyond the Real Estate

The Prologis 3Cs

2. Change Through Innovation and Operational 
Excellence: experiment and evolve in pursuit of 
creative solutions.

Examples in action:

Prologis Ventures: Our venture capital arm and an innovation 

leader since its inception, Prologis Ventures identifies and advances 

technologies and business models to help us stay ahead of real estate 

Last year, we debuted our 3Cs, an evolution and simplification of our 

technology trends and disrupt ourselves from within, while driving new 

previous Five Drivers, to restate our focus going forward:

sources of revenue and deepening customer relationships.

 — Customer Centricity

 — Change Through Innovation and 

Operational Excellence

 — Culture and Talent

Prologis Ventures identifies and advances 
technologies and business models to 
drive new sources of revenue and deepen 
customer relationships.

Prologis Labs: Our dedicated innovation incubator in Northern California 

celebrated its first anniversary in November. The team worked with 

some of our largest customers to structure and run experiments with 

the goal of solving customer pain points.

Kaizen: To further bolster our efforts in continuous improvement and 

operational excellence, we launched three Kaizen events in 2019 and 

more are planned for 2020. Kaizen workshops have helped us create 

efficiencies in our leasing and forecasting processes.

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3. Culture and Talent: embrace change, build a 
company of lifelong learners and draw strength from 
inclusion and diversity.

As we continue to shift to becoming an even more customer-centric 

organization that is focused on change through innovation, the transition 

Ahead of the publication of our ESG Impact Report, I am pleased and 

humbled to share a handful of our ESG recognitions:

 — Top real estate company on the 2020 Global 100 Most Sustainable 

Corporations in the World list, as well as #6 among U.S. companies 

and #26 overall.

cannot happen without the right culture and team in place. Our culture 

 — Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, which is reserved for the top 

prioritizes speed and experimentation to create a community of lifelong 

10 percent of companies.

learners that emphasizes responsiveness, reliability and respect.  

 — GRESB leader in the Americas and Asia, and top 10 percent for 

At the board of directors level, I am pleased that Ms. Avid Modjtabai, 

ESG in the world.

a 27-year Wells Fargo veteran and named one of the “Most Powerful 

Women in Banking” by American Banker, joined the Prologis board as a 

new independent director in February 2020. Ms. Modjtabai’s extensive 

finance and technology expertise, along with her focus on customer 

experience, will be a significant benefit to our board.

Another Strong Year for ESG

Environmental stewardship, social responsibility and corporate 

governance (ESG) are embedded in the Prologis DNA. Before I touch 

on some of our broader ESG accomplishments in 2019, I would like to 

showcase one of our programs, the Prologis Community Workforce 

Initiative (CWI), which has made remarkable strides since its inception 

in 2018.

CWI partners with non-governmental organizations and municipalities to 

train people for careers in logistics and, in turn, provide our customers 

with a steady pipeline of skilled and ready labor, helping to solve one of 

their biggest pain points. This program has opened up opportunities for 

individuals of all ages and backgrounds, including those in underserved 

communities. We have developed partnerships with community-based 

organizations in major logistics markets such as Los Angeles; Tracy, 

California; Chicago; Miami; New Jersey; Oakland; and Mexico City.

 — Investor’s Business Daily #3 ranking on “50 Best ESG Companies” 

list.

 — Logix Award for carbon neutral development for our facility in 

Muggensturm, Germany. 

 — First issuer of green bonds in the logistics space as well as the first 

sustainability-linked bank facilities across U.S. REITs.

In Closing...

With a new three-year plan in place, significant embedded rent upside, 

a well-located land bank and substantial balance sheet capacity, I am 

confident in Prologis’ ability to navigate potential turmoil in the global 

economy. We have built a resilient business, and in these difficult times 

our focus is on the well-being of our employees, customers and the 

communities in which we operate. 

My sincere gratitude goes out to the people of Prologis who turn 

ideas into reality every day and have demonstrated, over and over, the 

power of seeking collective successes over individual kudos. We are an 

organization founded on collaboration, humility and good old-fashioned 

hard work. I look forward to seeing what our teams will accomplish 

throughout the rest of this year.

The Prologis Community Workforce 
Initiative has made remarkable strides since 
its inception, and we are excited to take it 
to the next level.

Sincerely,

Hamid R. Moghadam 

Chairman and CEO

As we take CWI to the next level, we look forward to scaling the 

program to additional markets throughout the U.S. We are developing an 

online curriculum with Prologis-branded industry certifications and look 

forward to expanding the program to Mexico and the UK this year. Our 

goal is to train 25,000 individuals over the next five years.

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Senior Leaders

Thomas S. Olinger 

Chief Financial Officer 

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Hamid R. Moghadam 

Eugene F. Reilly 

Gary E. Anderson 

Chairman of the Board of 

Chief Investment Officer 

Chief Operating Officer 

Directors and Chief Executive 

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Officer 

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Edward S. Nekritz 

Colleen McKeown 

Michael S. Curless 

Chief Legal Officer and General 

Chief Human Resources Officer 

Chief Customer Officer 

Counsel 

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Board of Directors

Hamid R. Moghadam 

Cristina G. Bita 

George L. Fotiades 

Lydia H. Kennard 

Chairman of the Board of 

Vice President of Finance, 

President and Chief Executive 

Principal, Airport Property 

Directors and Chief Executive 

Google 

Officer, Cantel Medical Corp. 

Ventures, LLC; Founder and 

Officer 

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Chief Executive Officer, KDG 

Construction Consulting 

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J. Michael Losh 

Irving F. Lyons III 

Avid Modjtabai 

David P. O’Connor 

Former CFO, General Motors; 

Principal, Lyons Asset 

Senior Executive Vice President, 

Managing Partner, High Rise 

Former Chairman, GMAC 

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Management 

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Payments, Virtual Solutions and 

Capital Partners, LLC 

Innovation, Wells Fargo 

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Oliver Piani 

Jeffrey L. Skelton 

Carl B. Webb 

William D. Zollars 

Chief Executive Officer and 

Former Managing Partner, 

Senior Partner, Ford 

Former Chairman, President and 

Founder of OP Conseils; Senior 

Resultant Capital Partners 

Consultant, Ardian 

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Management, LP 

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Chief Executive Officer, YRC 

Worldwide Inc. 

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Prologis Park Grande, Mexico City

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ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT
(in billions)

ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT
(in billions)

ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT
(in billions)

REVENUE SUMMARY
(in billions)

REVENUE SUMMARY
(in billions)

REVENUE SUMMARY
(in billions)

DEVELOPMENT VALUE CREATION1
(in millions)

DEVELOPMENT VALUE CREATION1
(in millions)

DEVELOPMENT VALUE CREATION1
(in millions)

‘19

‘18

‘17

‘19

‘18

‘17

‘18

‘17

‘16

‘19

‘19
$118.4

$118.4

$118.4

‘18

‘18
$86.7

$86.7

‘17

‘17
$78.7

$78.7

$86.7

$78.7

$3.3

$3.3

$3.3

$2.8

$2.8

$2.8

$2.6

$2.6

$2.6

$911

$911

$911

$661

$661

$661

$583

$583

$583

CORE FFO
(per diluted share)

CORE FFO
(per diluted share)

CORE FFO
(per diluted share)

DIVIDENDS PER
COMMON SHARE

DIVIDENDS PER
COMMON SHARE

DIVIDENDS PER
COMMON SHARE

DEBT-TO-EBITDA

DEBT-TO-EBITDA

DEBT-TO-EBITDA

‘19

‘19
$3.31

$3.31

‘18

‘18
$3.03

$3.03

‘17

$2.81
‘17

$2.81

$3.31

$3.03

$2.81

$2.12

$2.12

$2.12

$1.92

$1.92

$1.92

$1.76

$1.76

$1.76

3.96x

3.96x

3.96x

4.20x

4.20x

4.20x

4.55x

4.55x

4.55x

DEBT-TO-EBITDA

DEBT-TO-EBITDA

DEBT-TO-EBITDA

‘18

‘18
4.20x

4.20x

‘17

‘17
4.55x

4.55x

‘16

‘16
4.72x

4.72x

4.20x

4.55x

4.72x

Please see Prologis’ Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, and our Q4’19 earnings supplemental for additional detail regarding the financial information presented in this annual report and definitions and 
reconciliations of non-GAAP measurements, such as Core FFO, GAAP same store NOI and adjusted EBITDA. Regarding securities ratings presented, such ratings are not recommendations to buy, sell or hold securities and are subject to 
revision or withdrawal at any time by the rating organizations.

1. Prologis’ share of estimated value creation from development stabilizations

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