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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15 (d)
of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 13, 2023
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Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 
Maryland 001-34789 27-1430478
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number)  Identification No.)
 
11601 Wilshire Blvd., Ninth Floor
Los Angeles,California90025
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)

 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (310) 445-5700

 
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par valueHPPNew York Stock Exchange
4.750% Series C Cumulative Redeemable Preferred StockHPP Pr CNew York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

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. ☐



Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On March 13, 2023, Mr. Robert L. Harris II resigned from the board of directors (the “Board”) of Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) due to his desire to devote more of his time to other professional commitments. In tendering his resignation, Mr. Harris expressed no disagreement with the Company.

Concurrent with Mr. Harris’s resignation, our Board of Directors voted to appoint Mr. Barry Sholem as his successor. Mr. Sholem will serve on the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the Board.

Mr. Sholem will receive the standard non-employee director compensation for serving on the Board, including a pro-rated portion of the annual grant of restricted stock units, which will vest in equal one-third installments on the first, second and third anniversaries of the date of the Company’s 2022 annual meeting of stockholders (based upon continued service). In addition, the Company and Mr. Sholem expect to enter into the Company’s standard form of indemnification agreement for its non-employee directors to be effective as of March 13, 2023, which requires the Company to indemnify each indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by the Maryland General Corporation Law. For a description of the Company’s compensation program for its non-employee directors, please see the Company’s Proxy Statement for its 2022 annual meeting of stockholders, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2022. For a description of the Company’s indemnification agreements, please see the Company’s Proxy Statement for its 2015 annual meeting of stockholders, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 2, 2015.

On March 16, 2023, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Sholem to its Board. A copy of the press release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1. Exhibit 99.1 shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities under that Section and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
Exhibit
No.
 Description
99.1**
104**
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**     Furnished herewith.



SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 

HUDSON PACIFIC PROPERTIES, INC.
Date:March 16, 2023By:/s/ Mark Lammas
Mark Lammas
President