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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 17, 2023
Registration No. 333-  
 
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
 REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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DOUGLAS EMMETT, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Maryland 20-3073047
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
1299 Ocean Avenue, Suite 1000
Santa Monica, California
 

90401
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 
DOUGLAS EMMETT, INC. 2016 OMNIBUS STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(As Amended May 24, 2023)
(Full title of the plan)
 
Peter D. Seymour
Chief Financial Officer
1299 Ocean Avenue, Suite 1000
Santa Monica, California 90401
(Name and address of agent for service)
 
(310) 255-7700
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
 
Copy to:
 
Julian T.H. Kleindorfer
Latham & Watkins LLP
355 South Grand Avenue, Suite 100
Los Angeles, CA 90071-1560
Telephone: (213) 485-1234
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
 


Large accelerated filerx Accelerated filer
Non-accelerated filer Smaller reporting company
   Emerging growth company
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
 
 


EXPLANATORY NOTE
 
This registration statement on Form S-8 is filed pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8. On May 24, 2023, the stockholders of Douglas Emmett, Inc. approved an amendment to the Douglas Emmett, Inc. 2016 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (the “2016 Plan”) to, among other things, increase by 19,000,000 the number of common shares, par value $0.01 per share, with respect to which the registrant may make awards under the 2016 Plan. The contents of the registrant’s registration statements on Form S-8 filed on June 20, 2016 (File No. 333-212129) and July 10, 2020 (File No. 333-239816) relating to the 2016 Plan are incorporated herein by reference and made a part hereof.
 
PART I
 
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
 
Information required by Part I of Form S-8 to be contained in a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is not required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, and is omitted from this registration statement in accordance with the explanatory note to Part I of Form S-8 and Rule 428 under the Securities Act.
 
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
 
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
 
The SEC allows us to “incorporate by reference” information into this registration statement, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document filed separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this registration statement, except for any information superseded by information in this registration statement.
 
The following documents filed by our company with the SEC are incorporated herein by reference:
 
•Our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 (including information specifically incorporated by reference into our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 from our Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A for our 2023 annual meeting of stockholders filed on April 14, 2023);

•Our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2023 and June 30, 2023;

•Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on May 8, 2023 and May 31, 2023; and

 
All reports (other than portions of Current Reports on Form 8-K furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K, unless otherwise indicated therein) filed pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Exchange Act, after the date of this registration statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which de-registers all securities then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this registration statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing such documents. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this registration statement to the extent that a statement contained in any subsequently filed document which also is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.
 
 


Item 8. Exhibits.
 
Exhibit No. Exhibit
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
 
 
 



SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Santa Monica, State of California, on this seventeenth day of August, 2023.
 
 DOUGLAS EMMETT, INC.
 /s/ Jordan L. Kaplan
 Name:Jordan L. Kaplan
 Title:President and CEO
 
POWER OF ATTORNEY
 
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Dan A. Emmett and Jordan L. Kaplan, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement (and to any registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462 under the Securities Act of 1933), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 
Signature Title Date
     
/s/ Jordan L. Kaplan President, CEO and Director (Principal Executive Officer) 
August 17, 2023
Jordan L. Kaplan    
     
/s/ Peter D. Seymour Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) 
August 17, 2023
Peter D. Seymour    
     
/s/ Dan A. Emmett Chairman of the Board of Directors 
August 17, 2023
Dan A. Emmett    
     
/s/ Kenneth M. Panzer Chief Operating Officer and Director 
August 17, 2023
Kenneth M. Panzer    
     
/s/ Leslie E. Bider Director 
August 17, 2023
Leslie E. Bider    
     
/s/ Dorene C. Dominguez Director 
August 17, 2023
Dorene C. Dominguez    


     
/s/ Dr. David T. Feinberg Director 
August 17, 2023
Dr. David T. Feinberg    
     
/s/ Ray C. Leonard Director 
August 17, 2023
Ray C. Leonard    
/s/ Virginia A. McFerranDirector
August 17, 2023
Virginia A. McFerran
/s/ Thomas E. O'HernDirector
August 17, 2023
Thomas E. O'Hern
/s/ William E. Simon, Jr.Director
August 17, 2023
William E. Simon, Jr.
/s/ Shirley WangDirector
August 17, 2023
Shirley Wang