Stock-Based Compensation

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

The Company has various stock compensation arrangements, which are more fully described in the 2018 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Under the 2010 Incentive Plan, as amended (“2010 Plan”), the Company’s board of directors (“Board”) has the ability to grant, among other things, restricted stock, restricted stock units, operating partnership performance units and performance-based awards.

The Board awards restricted shares to non-employee Board members on an annual basis as part of such Board members’ annual compensation and to newly elected non-employee Board members in accordance with the Non-Employee Director Compensation Program. The time-based awards are generally issued in the second quarter, in conjunction with the director’s election to the Board, and the individual share awards vest in equal annual installments over the applicable service vesting period, which is three years.

The Board awards time-based restricted shares or time-based operating partnership performance units to certain employees on an annual basis as part of the employees’ annual compensation. These time-based awards are generally issued in the fourth quarter and vest in equal annual installments over the applicable service vesting period, which is generally three years. Additionally, certain awards are subject to a mandatory holding period upon vesting if the grantee is a named executive officer.

In December 2015, the compensation committee of the Board (the “Compensation Committee”) awarded a one-time special retention award to certain executives. The grants consist of time-based awards and performance-based awards. The time-based awards vest in equal 25% installments over a four-year period, subject to the participant’s continued employment. The performance-based awards vest over a four-year period, subject to the achievement of applicable performance goals and the participant’s continued employment.

The Compensation Committee annually adopts a Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. Outperformance Program (“OPP Plan”) under the 2010 Plan. With respect to OPP Plan awards granted through 2016, to the extent an award is earned following the completion of a three-year performance period, 50% of the earned award will vest in full at the end of the three-year performance period and 50% of the earned award will vest in equal annual installments over the two years thereafter, subject to the participant’s continued employment. OPP Plan awards are settled in common stock and, in the case of certain executives, in operating partnership performance units. Commencing with the 2017 OPP Plan, the two-year post-performance vesting period was replaced with a two-year mandatory holding period upon vesting. In February 2019, the Compensation Committee adopted the 2019 OPP Plan. The 2019 OPP Plan is substantially similar to the 2018 OPP Plan except for (i) the performance period beginning on January 1, 2019 and ending on December 31, 2021 and (ii) the maximum bonus pool is $28.0 million.

The per unit fair value of the grants from the 2019 OPP Plan was estimated on the date of grant using the following assumptions in the Monte Carlo valuation:


			Assumption
Expected price volatility for the Company			22.00%
Expected price volatility for the particular REIT index			18.00%
Risk-free rate			2.57%
Dividend yield			3.00%

The following table presents the classification and amount recognized for stock-based compensation related to the Company’s awards:


	Three Months Ended September 30,						Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2019		2018		2019		2018
Expensed stock compensation⁽¹⁾	$	5,176	$	4,292	$	15,393	$	12,919
Capitalized stock compensation⁽²⁾	28		282		92		802
TOTAL STOCK COMPENSATION⁽³⁾	$	5,204	$	4,574	$	15,485	$	13,721

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1.Amounts are recorded in general and administrative expenses in the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

2.Amounts are recorded in deferred leasing costs and lease intangible assets, net and investment in real estate, at cost in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

3.Amounts are recorded in additional paid-in capital and non-controlling interest—units in the operating partnership in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.