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EXHIBIT 4.2

DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
The following summary of the material terms of our stock in this section does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to our Articles of Amendment and Restatement and Certificate of Correction to Articles of Amendment and Restatement (“charter”) and Bylaws and Bylaws Amendment (“bylaws”), each of which is an exhibit to the Annual Report on Form 10-K to which this description is an exhibit.  At December 31, 2021, Douglas Emmett, Inc. (“we” and “our”) had one outstanding class of securities registered under Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”): common stock, $0.01 par value per share (“common stock”).
General. 
Our charter provides that we may issue up to 750,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share, and 200,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share. Our charter authorizes our board of directors to amend our charter to increase or decrease the aggregate number of authorized shares or the number of authorized shares of any class or series without common stockholder approval.  As of December 31, 2021, 175,529,133 shares of our common stock, and no shares of our preferred stock, were issued and outstanding. Under Maryland law, our stockholders generally are not liable for our debts or obligations. 
Shares of additional classes or series of stock, as well as additional shares of common stock, will be available for issuance without further action by our stockholders, unless stockholder consent is required by applicable law, the terms of any class or series of our stock or the rules of any stock exchange or automated quotation system on which our securities may be listed or traded. Although our board of directors does not intend to do so, it could authorize us to issue a class or series of stock that could, depending upon the terms of the particular class or series, delay, defer or prevent a transaction or a change of control of our company that might involve a premium price for holders of our common stock or otherwise be in their best interest. 
Description of Common Stock. 
All shares of our common stock will be, upon issuance, duly authorized, fully paid and nonassessable. Subject to the preferential rights of any other class or series of our stock and to the provisions of our charter regarding the restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock, holders of shares of our common stock are entitled to receive dividends on such stock if, as and when authorized by our board of directors out of assets legally available therefor and declared by us and to share ratably in the assets of our company legally available for distribution to our stockholders in the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, after payment of or adequate provision for all known debts and liabilities of our company. 
 
Subject to the provisions of our charter regarding the restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock discussed below and except as may otherwise be specified in the terms of any class or series of stock, each outstanding share of our common stock entitles the holder to one vote on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders, including the election of directors, and, except as provided with respect to any other class or series of stock, the holders of such shares will possess the exclusive voting power. There is no cumulative voting in the election of our directors, which means that the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of our common stock can elect all of the directors then standing for election by our common stockholders and the holders of the remaining shares will not be able to elect any directors. 
Holders of shares of our common stock have no preference, conversion, exchange, sinking fund, redemption or appraisal rights and have no preemptive rights to subscribe for any securities of our company. Subject to the provisions of our charter regarding the restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock, shares of our common stock will have equal dividend, liquidation and other rights. 

Under the Maryland General Corporation Law, or MGCL, a Maryland corporation generally cannot dissolve, amend its charter, merge, consolidate, convert, sell all or substantially all of its assets or engage in a statutory share exchange unless the action is approved by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast at least two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter, unless a lesser percentage (but not less than a majority of all of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter) is set forth in the corporation’s charter. Our charter provides for approval of such matters by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast at least two-thirds of all of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter, except that amendments to our charter (other than any amendment to the provisions of our charter regarding director removal, the approval of extraordinary transactions and the vote required to amend such provisions, which must be approved by the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the votes entitled to be cast on such amendments) may be approved by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the amendment. 
Our charter authorizes our board of directors to reclassify any unissued shares of our common stock into other classes or series of classes of stock and to establish the number of shares in each class or series and to set the preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other distributions, qualifications and terms or conditions of redemption for each such class or series. 
The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Computershare Trust Company, N.A. 
Preferred Stock. 
Our charter authorizes our board of directors to classify any unissued shares of preferred stock and to reclassify any previously classified but unissued shares of any class or series. Prior to issuance of shares of each class or series, our board of directors is required by the MGCL and our charter to set, subject to the provisions of our charter regarding the restrictions on ownership and transfer of stock, the preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption for each such class or series. Thus, our board of directors could authorize the issuance of shares of a class or series of preferred stock with terms and conditions which could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a transaction or a change of control of our company that might involve a premium price for holders of our common stock or otherwise be in their best interest. As of December 31, 2019, no shares of preferred stock are outstanding. 
If we offer convertible preferred stock, such stock will be convertible into shares of our common stock or other securities. With respect to any convertible preferred stock (referred to herein as preferred stock) we may choose to offer, the specific designation and terms and conditions will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to the preferred stock offered, including the following terms. Each time that we issue a new series of preferred stock, we will file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland articles supplementary which will state the number of shares and the designation, preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption of that class or series of preferred stock. The articles supplementary for the class or series of preferred stock will contain the full legal text of the applicable matters described in this section and our prospectus supplement relating to the preferred stock. See “Available Information” in the Annual Report on Form 10-K, of which this exhibit is a part, for information on how to obtain copies of the articles supplementary. The terms of the preferred stock in the articles supplementary will include some or all of the following: 

•the designation of the class or series, which may be by distinguishing number, letter or title; 

•the number of shares of the class or series, which number our board of directors may thereafter (except where otherwise provided in the preferred stock terms) increase or decrease (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding);

•the dividend rate, the dates on which the dividends will be payable, if any, whether dividends will be cumulative or noncumulative and other terms relating to the payment of dividends on the class or series; 

•the redemption rights and redemption price or prices, if any, for shares of the class or series;
 
•whether the preferred stock is redeemable or subject to a sinking fund, and the terms and amount of such sinking fund provided for the purchase or redemption of shares of the class or series;
 
•the amounts payable on shares of the class or series, and the special or relative rights of such shares, in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of our company; 

•whether the shares of the class or series are convertible into shares of any other class or series, or any other security, of our company or any other corporation, and, if so, the specification of such other class or series or such other security, the conversion price or prices or rate or rates, any adjustments thereof, the date or dates as of which such shares shall be convertible and all other terms and conditions upon which such conversion may be made; 

•any listing of the class or series on any securities exchange; 

•the relative ranking and preferences of the class or series as to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation and dissolution or winding up of the affairs of our company; 

•restrictions on the authorization classification, reclassification or issuance of shares of the same class or series or of  any other class or series of our stock; 

•the voting rights, if any, of the holders of shares of the class or series; and 

•any additional rights, preferences, qualifications, limitations and restrictions of the class or series of preferred stock. 
The prospectus supplement relating to any class or series of preferred stock we issue will, to the extent appropriate, describe any applicable material U.S. federal income tax consequences of the ownership of such stock. 
Transfer Restrictions and Ownership Limitations Applicable to our Equity Securities. 
In order for us to qualify as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code (“Code”), our stock must be beneficially owned by 100 or more persons during at least 335 days of a taxable year of 12 months (other than the first year for which an election to be a REIT has been made) or during a proportionate part of a shorter taxable year. Also, not more than 50% of the value of the outstanding shares of stock may be owned, directly or indirectly, by five or fewer individuals (as defined in the Code to include certain entities such as private foundations) at any time during the last half of a taxable year (other than the first year for which an election to be a REIT has been made). 
 
Our charter contains restrictions on the ownership and transfer of our stock. The relevant sections of our charter provide that, subject to the exceptions described below, no person or entity may beneficially own, or be deemed to own by virtue of the applicable constructive ownership provisions of the Code, more than 5.0% in value of the aggregate of our outstanding shares of stock or more than 5.0% in value or number of shares, whichever is more restrictive, of the outstanding shares of our common stock. We refer to these restrictions as the “ownership limits.” A person or entity that, but for the ownership limits and the other restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock described below, would have beneficially or constructively owned shares of our stock and, if appropriate in the context, any person or entity that would have been the record owner of such shares, is referred to as a “purported transferee.” 
The beneficial and constructive ownership rules under the Code are complex and may cause stock owned actually, beneficially or constructively by a group of related individuals and/or entities to be owned beneficially or constructively by one individual or entity. As a result, the acquisition of less than 5.0% in value of our outstanding stock or less than 5.0% of the value or number of shares of our common stock (or the acquisition of an interest in an entity that owns, actually or constructively, our stock) by an individual or entity, could, nevertheless cause that individual or entity, or another individual or entity, to own beneficially or constructively in excess of 5.0% in value of our outstanding stock or 5.0% of the value or number of our outstanding common stock and thereby subject such stock to the applicable ownership limits. 
Our board of directors may, in its sole discretion, prospectively or retroactively, waive the ownership limits with respect to a particular stockholder and establish a different limit on ownership by the stockholder if it determines, based on certain representations and undertakings it must obtain from the stockholder, that: 

•such ownership will not cause any individual’s beneficial or constructive ownership of shares of our stock to cause us to be “closely held” within the meaning of Section 856(h) of the Code (without regard to whether the interest is held during the last half of a taxable year) or otherwise fail to qualify as a REIT; and 

•such stockholder does not and will not own, actually or constructively, an interest in a tenant of ours (or a tenant of any entity owned in whole or in part by us) that would cause us to own, actually or constructively, more than a 9.9% interest (as set forth in Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code) in such tenant. 

The stockholder seeking the waiver must also agree that any violation or attempted violation of these undertakings will result in stock being automatically transferred to a charitable trust as described below. As a condition of such waiver, our board of directors may also require an opinion of counsel or Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, ruling satisfactory to our board of directors with respect to preserving our REIT status. 
In connection with a waiver of an ownership limit or at any other time, our board of directors may, in its sole discretion, decrease one or both of the ownership limits for one or more persons and entities; provided, however, that the decreased ownership limit will not be effective for any person or entity whose percentage ownership of our stock is in excess of such decreased ownership limit until such time as such person or entity’s percentage ownership of our stock equals or falls below the decreased ownership limit, but any further acquisition of our stock in excess of such percentage ownership of our stock will be in violation of the ownership limit. Additionally, the new ownership limit may not allow five or fewer stockholders to beneficially own more than 49.9% in value of our outstanding stock or otherwise cause us to fail to qualify as a REIT. 
Our charter provisions further prohibit: 

•any person from beneficially or constructively owning shares of our stock that would result in us being “closely held” under Section 856(h) of the Code (without regard to whether the interest is held during the last half of a taxable year) or otherwise cause us to fail to qualify as a REIT; and 

•any person from transferring shares of our stock if such transfer would result in shares of our stock being beneficially owned by fewer than 100 persons (determined without reference to any rules of attribution). 
Any person who acquires or attempts or intends to acquire beneficial or constructive ownership of shares of our stock that will or may violate any of the foregoing restrictions on transferability and ownership must give notice immediately to us or, in the case of a proposed or attempted transaction, give at least 15 days prior notice, and provide us with such other information as we may request in order to determine the effect of such transfer on our status as a REIT. The foregoing restrictions on transferability and ownership will not apply if our board of directors determines that it is no longer in our best interests to attempt to qualify, or to continue to qualify, as a REIT or that compliance is no longer required in order for us to qualify as a REIT. 
Pursuant to our charter, if any purported transfer of our stock or any other event would otherwise result in any person violating the ownership limits or such other limit as is established by our board of directors or would result in our being “closely held” under Section 856(h) of the Code (without regard to whether the interest is held during the last half of a taxable year) or otherwise failing to qualify as a REIT, then that number of shares in excess of the ownership limit or causing us to be “closely held” or otherwise to fail to qualify as a REIT (rounded to the nearest whole share) will be automatically transferred to, and held by, a trust for the exclusive benefit of one or more charitable organizations selected by us. The purported transferee will have no rights in shares of our stock held by the trustee. The automatic transfer will be effective as of the close of business on the business day prior to the date of the violative transfer or other event that results in a transfer to the trust. Any dividend or other distribution paid to the purported transferee, prior to our discovery that the shares had been automatically transferred to a trust as described above, must be repaid to the trustee upon demand for distribution to the beneficiary of the trust. If the transfer to the trust as described above is not automatically effective, for any reason, to prevent violation of the applicable ownership limit or our being “closely held” or otherwise failing to qualify as a REIT, then our charter provides that the purported transfer of the shares will be void. If any transfer would result in shares of our stock being beneficially owned by fewer than 100 persons (determined without reference to any rules of attribution), then any such purported transfer will be void and of no force or effect and the intended transferee will acquire no rights in the shares. 
Shares of our stock transferred to the trustee are deemed to be offered for sale to us or our designee at a price per share equal to the lesser of (i) the price paid by the purported transferee for the shares (or, if the purported transferee did not give value in connection with the transaction that resulted in the transfer of such shares to the trust, for example, in the case of a devise or gift, the last sale price reported on the NYSE on the trading day of the event that resulted in the transfer of such shares of our stock to the trust) and (ii) the market price on the date we accept, or our designee accepts, such offer. We have the right to accept such offer until the trustee has sold the shares of our stock held in the trust pursuant to the clauses discussed below. Upon a sale to us, the interest of the charitable beneficiary in the shares sold terminates and the trustee must distribute the net proceeds of the sale to the purported transferee and any dividends or other distributions held by the trustee with respect to such stock will be paid to the charitable beneficiary. 

If we do not buy the shares, the trustee must, within 20 days of receiving notice from us of the transfer of shares to the trust, sell the shares to a person or entity designated by the trustee who could own the shares without violating the ownership limits or the other restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock described above. After that, the trustee must distribute to the purported transferee an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the price paid by the purported transferee or owner for the shares (or, in the event of a devise or gift, the last sale price reported on the NYSE on the trading day of the event that resulted in the transfer of such shares of our stock to the trust) and (ii) the sales proceeds (net of commissions and other expenses of sale) received by the trust for the shares. Any net sales proceeds in excess of the amount payable to the purported transferee will be immediately paid to the charitable beneficiary, together with any dividends or other distributions thereon. In addition, if prior to discovery by us that shares of our stock have been transferred to a trust, such shares of stock are sold by a purported transferee, then such shares will be deemed to have been sold on behalf of the trust and, to the extent that the purported transferee received an amount for or in respect of such shares that exceeds the amount that such purported transferee was entitled to receive, such excess amount must be paid to the trustee upon demand. The purported transferee has no rights in the shares held by the trustee. 
The trustee shall be designated by us and must be unaffiliated with us and with any purported transferee. Prior to the sale of any shares by the trust, the trustee will receive, in trust for the beneficiary, all dividends and other distributions paid by us with respect to the shares, and may also exercise all voting rights with respect to the shares. 
Subject to Maryland law, effective as of the date that the shares have been transferred to the trust, the trustee has the authority, at the trustee’s sole discretion: 

•to rescind as void any vote cast by a purported transferee prior to our discovery that the shares have been transferred to the trust; and 

• to recast the vote in accordance with the desires of the trustee acting for the benefit of the beneficiary of the trust. 
However, if we have already taken irreversible corporate action, then the trustee may not rescind and recast the vote. 
In addition, if our board of directors or any duly authorized committee determines in good faith that a proposed transfer would violate the restrictions on ownership and transfer of our stock set forth in our charter, our board of directors or such committee will take such action as it deems advisable to refuse to give effect to or to prevent such transfer, including, but not limited to, causing us to redeem shares of common stock or preferred stock, refusing to give effect to the transfer on our books or instituting proceedings to enjoin the transfer. 
Any owner of 5% or more (or such lower percentage as required by the Code or applicable Treasury Regulations) of the outstanding shares of our common stock must, on request, provide us with a completed questionnaire containing certain information regarding their ownership of such shares and must, on request, disclose to us such information as we may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of such stockholder’s beneficial ownership of shares of our stock on our status as a REIT and to ensure compliance with the ownership limits. In addition, any person or entity that is a beneficial owner or constructive owner of shares of our stock and any person or entity (including the stockholder of record) who is holding shares of our stock for a beneficial owner or constructive owner must, on request, disclose to us in writing such information as we may request in order to determine our status as a REIT or to comply, or determine our compliance, with the requirements of any governmental or taxing authority. 
All certificates representing shares of our stock bear a legend referring to the restrictions described above. 
These restrictions on ownership and transfer could delay, defer or prevent a transaction or a change of control of our company that might involve a premium price for our common stock or otherwise be in the best interest of our stockholders. 
Certain provisions of the MGCL may have the effect of inhibiting a third party from making a proposal to acquire us or impeding a change of control under circumstances that otherwise could provide our stockholders with the opportunity to realize a premium over the market price of our common stock, including:
• “business combination” provisions that, subject to limitations, prohibit certain business combinations between us and an “interested stockholder” (defined generally as any person who beneficially owns 10% or more of the voting power of our shares or an affiliate thereof) for five years after the most recent date on which the stockholder becomes an interested stockholder, and thereafter impose special appraisal rights and special stockholder voting requirements on these combinations; and

• “control share” provisions that provide that “control shares” of our company (defined as shares which, when aggregated with other shares controlled by the stockholder, entitle the stockholder to exercise one of three increasing ranges of voting power in electing directors) acquired in a “control share acquisition” (defined as the direct or indirect acquisition of ownership or control of “control shares”) have no voting rights except to the extent approved by our stockholders by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter, excluding all interested shares.
We have elected to opt out of these provisions of the MGCL, in the case of the business combination provisions of the MGCL, by resolution of our board of directors, and in the case of the control share provisions of the MGCL, pursuant to a provision in our bylaws. However, our board of directors may by resolution elect to repeal the foregoing opt-outs from the business combination provisions of the MGCL and we may, by amendment to our bylaws, opt in to the control share provisions of the MGCL in the future.
Our charter, bylaws, our Operating Partnership agreement and Maryland law also contain other provisions that may delay, defer or prevent a transaction or a change of control that might involve a premium price for our common stock or otherwise be in the best interest of our stockholders.Document

EXHIBIT 10.6
DOUGLAS EMMETT, INC.
2016 OMNIBUS STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
LTIP UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT (2021)

						
	“Grantee”
	[GRANTEE] 

	Employee Number	[EMPLOYEE #]
	“Award LTIP Units”
	[NUMBER]
	“Grant Effective Date”
	December 30, 2021
	“Minimum Increase”
	2% of Gross Asset Value
	“Book-Up Hurdle”	Stock price of $[HURDLE] per share
	“Transferable Date” 
	[December 31, 2023] OR [Four Years after each Vesting Date]
	“Termination Date”
	December 31, 2031

									
	“Vesting Date”*
	Number of LTIP’s Vesting	Cumulative % Vested
	December 31, 2021	[2021 Tranche]	25%
	December 31, 2022	[2022 Tranche]	50%
	December 31, 2023	[2023 Tranche]	75%
	December 31, 2024	[2024 Tranche]	100%

    * Subject to postponement under Section 2 
RECITALS

A.  Grantee is an employee or director of Douglas Emmett, Inc. and/or its Subsidiaries (the “Company”).

B.  Pursuant to this 2016 LTIP Unit Award Agreement (this “Agreement”), the Company’s 2016 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time, the “Plan”) and the Limited Partnership Agreement (as amended from time to time, including the Partnership Unit Designation for the 2016 LTIP Units, the “LP Agreement”) of Douglas Emmett Properties LP, (the “Partnership”), the Company and the Partnership hereby grant to Grantee an Other Stock-Based Award (as defined in the Plan, referred to herein as an “Award”) in the amount of the Award LTIP Units.  

C.  Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings given to those terms in the LP Agreement and the Plan.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Company, the Partnership, and Grantee agree as follows:

1.  Effectiveness of Award  
Upon execution of this Agreement by Grantee, the Partnership and the Company, (i) the LP Agreement shall be amended to reflect the issuance to Grantee of the Award LTIP Units, and (ii) Grantee shall have all the rights of a Limited Partner of the Partnership with respect to the Award LTIP Units subject to the restrictions and conditions specified in LP Agreement and this Agreement.  If Grantee has not previously been admitted as a partner of the Partnership, by executing and delivering this Agreement, Grantee shall be deemed to have executed and delivered, and thereby become a party to, the LP Agreement as of the Grant Effective Date.

2.  Vesting of Award LTIP Units  
    (i)  General:  Subject to the provisions in this Section 2, the Award LTIP Units scheduled to vest on a Vesting Date shall vest, provided that, in the event of an Interrupted Year, each Vesting Date otherwise scheduled in that year or any subsequent year (including any already postponed) shall be postponed by one calendar year.  An “Interrupted Year” shall mean any calendar year (including the calendar year of the Grant Effective Date (the “Grant Calendar Year”)) during which Grantee did not engage in Active Service for at least 270 days.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Grantee’s Continuous 
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Service began during the Grant Calendar Year then the Grant Calendar Year shall not be an Interrupted Year if Grantee engaged in Active Service at all times since the beginning of Grantee’s Continuous Service.  “Active Service” shall mean any period during which Grantee is actively engaged in paid service to the Company not including any period of (a) Company approved unpaid time off or (b) unpaid leave of absence from work (including but not limited to unpaid personal leave or short-term disability leave).  There shall be no proportionate or partial vesting of Award LTIP Units for any partial period.  In addition, there shall be no vesting on any date other than December 31st except due to a Change in Control or death of the Grantee (each as described below) or as specified in the table above.
    
(ii)  Cessation of Continuous Service and Forfeiture of Unvested Units:  If (a) Grantee’s Continuous Service ceases, or (b) Grantee fails to provide any Active Service during a continuous 365 day period, then all Award LTIP Units not then vested shall automatically be terminated and forfeited without notice or consideration.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Grantee’s Continuous Service ceased as a result of the death of Grantee, then any unvested Award LTIP Units not previously forfeited and scheduled to vest during the calendar year of Grantee’s death, shall immediately vest as of, and the Transferable Date for such Award LTIP Units shall become, the date of death.  “Continuous Service” shall mean continuous service to the Company as an employee, consultant or member of the board without termination.

(iii)  Vesting Upon Change in Control:  The vesting of the Award LTIP Units shall not accelerate on a Sale Event except (a) as provided in this Agreement or with the consent of the Committee or (b) if the principal class of securities for which the Award LTIP Units may ultimately be exchanged are no longer publicly traded following a Change of Control, then any unvested Award LTIP Units not previously forfeited shall immediately vest as of, and the Transferable Date for such Award LTIP Units shall become, the date of cessation of trading.  “Change of Control” shall mean any (x) Sale Event or other event (other than an acquisition of securities by the Company) as a result of which any person (other than an Exempted Holder) increases its ownership and is the beneficial owner (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), of more than twenty percent (20%) of the total voting power of the surviving entity, or (y) the Board ceasing for any reason to have a majority of directors who were initially elected or nominated by a vote of at least two-thirds of directors who were not elected as a result of an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of any person other than the Board, including by reason of agreement intended to avoid or settle any such actual or threatened contest or solicitation.  “Exempted Holder” shall mean (a) the Company or any majority-owned Subsidiary; (b) any underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering; or (c) Dan Emmett, Jordan Kaplan or Ken Panzer, their immediate family members and family trusts or family-only partnerships and any charitable foundations, any entities in which they and their families beneficially own a majority of the voting interests, and any “group” (as described in Rule 13d-5(b)(i) under the Exchange Act) including them.  

(iv)  Company Option to Redeem:  If Grantee’s Continuous Service has terminated or ceased and Grantee owns less than an aggregate of 1,000 Units in the Partnership (including both Common Units (“OP Units”) and vested LTIP Units), the Company shall have the right to redeem all of Grantee’s OP Units and vested LTIP Units by paying Grantee the Cash Amount for such OP Units and vested LTIP Units.  The Company may exercise its option at any time following the termination or cessation of Grantee’s Continuous Service by delivering a notice to Grantee.  If any of the Grantee’s LTIPs are not booked up at the time of a notice of redemption, the Company may determine not to redeem them at that time, but shall retain (a) the right to redeem all of Grantee's OP Units that have booked up; and (b) the option to redeem the remaining LTIP Units from and after such time as they are booked up.  Any  redemption under this Section shall be effective as of the date of notice, with payment due within ten (10) Business Days after delivery to the Company by Grantee of (a) appropriate transfer documents and (b) any certificates for the LTIP’s or OP Units involved.  

(v) Company Offset Right:  If Grantee's Continuous Service has ceased for any reason and Grantee thereafter owes any amounts to the Company ("Outstanding Amounts"), then the Company shall have the right to offset against the Outstanding Amounts any distributions on, amounts payable on redemption of, or other amounts payable with respect to, any LTIP Units or OP Units held by Grantee.  In addition, at its option, by notice to Grantee, the Company may elect to redeem OP Units and/or vested LTIP Units held by Grantee and apply the Cash Amount otherwise due (determined and effective as of the date of the notice) against the Outstanding Amounts. 
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3.  Distributions
Distributions on the Award LTIP Units shall be paid to Grantee to the extent provided for in the LP Agreement.  The Distribution Participation Date (as defined in the LP Agreement) for the Award LTIP Units shall be the Grant Effective Date.

4.  Rights with Respect to Award LTIP Units
Without duplication with the provisions of Section 3 of the Plan, if (i) the Company shall at any time be involved in a merger, consolidation, dissolution, liquidation, reorganization, exchange of shares, sale of all or substantially all of the assets or capital stock of the Company or a transaction similar thereto, (ii) any stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, stock combination, reclassification, recapitalization, or other similar change in the capital structure of the Company, or any distribution to holders of Common Stock other than ordinary cash dividends, shall occur or (iii) any other event shall occur which in the judgment of the Committee necessitates action by way of adjusting the terms of the Agreement, then and in that event, the Committee shall take such action as shall be necessary to maintain Grantee’s rights hereunder so that they are substantially proportionate to the rights existing under this Agreement prior to such event, including, but not limited to, adjustments in the Book-Up Hurdle and/or the number of Award LTIP Units then subject to this Agreement, and/or substitution of other awards under the Plan or otherwise.  Grantee shall have the right to vote the Award LTIP Units if voting is allowed under the LP Agreement, regardless of whether vesting has occurred.

5.  Book-Up Hurdle for Conversion
The Award LTIP Units may not be converted into OP Units until there is a transaction after the Grant Effective Date in which the Partnership recognizes the Minimum Increase (generally involving a stock price in excess of the Book-Up Hurdle).  The date on which the Award LTIP Units become convertible is the “Conversion Date”.  

6.  Forfeiture of Award LTIP Units if not Converted before Termination Date
The Award LTIP Units (even if vested) shall be forfeited, and all rights to the Award LTIP Units hereunder shall terminate and be of no further force or effect, if the Conversion Date has not occurred prior to the Termination Date.  

7.  Restrictions on Transfer and Redemption 
    (i)  LTIP Units:  Award LTIP Unit may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged, hypothecated, encumbered, given away, or in any manner disposed of, whether voluntarily or by operation of law (each such action a “Transfer”).   Any attempted Transfer of Award LTIP Units shall be null and void.  
    
    (ii)     OP Units:  With the written consent of the Company, after the Conversion Date vested Award LTIP Units may be converted into OP Units, but until the Transferable Date for such Award LTIP Unit, no such OP Unit may be either (1) submitted for redemption pursuant to Section 15.1 of the LP Agreement or (2) Transferred, except to the spouse, children or grandchildren of Grantee or to entities where the sole beneficiaries/owners are the Grantee and/or one or more such persons where all of the following conditions are met:  (w) at least two years has passed since the Grant Effective Date; (x) the Committee approves such Transfer on such terms as it may proscribe; (y) each transferee agrees in writing both to be bound by all the terms and conditions of this Agreement and that subsequent transfers of such OP Units shall be prohibited until the Transferable Date except in accordance with this section and (z) such Transfer is in compliance with all applicable securities laws and the LP Agreement (the Company may require Grantee to provide an opinion of counsel satisfactory to the Partnership to such effect).  Any attempted Transfer of OP Units not in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Section 7 shall be null and void.  

8.  Incorporation of Plan
The Award LTIP Units are equity securities of the Partnership granted as “Other Stock-Based Awards” under the Plan, as is any Stock issued by the Company on redemption of OP Units into which any Award LTIP Units may be converted.  Accordingly, this Agreement is subject in all respects to the terms, conditions, limitations and definitions contained in the Plan.  In the event of any discrepancy, definitional difference or inconsistency between this Agreement or any written employment or other similar service agreement with the Company (a “Service Agreement”) and the Plan, the terms and conditions of the Plan 
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shall control.  In the event of any discrepancy, definitional difference, or inconsistency between this Agreement and any Service Agreement, the terms and conditions of the Service Agreement shall control, it being intended that Grantee have the benefit of any more favorable vesting, definitions, or other provisions of the Service Agreement so long as they are not inconsistent with the Plan. 

9.  Legend
The records of the Partnership evidencing the Award LTIP Units may bear an appropriate legend, as determined by the Partnership in its sole discretion, to the effect that such Award LTIP Units are subject to restrictions as set forth in this Agreement, the Plan and the LP Agreement.

10. Withholding for Taxes and Cooperation
No later than the date on which an amount first becomes includible in the gross income of Grantee for income tax purposes or subject to the Federal Insurance Contributions Act withholding with respect to the Award LTIP Units granted hereunder, Grantee will pay to the Company or, if appropriate, any of its Subsidiaries, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Committee regarding the payment of, any United States federal, state or local or foreign taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld with respect to such amount.  The obligations of the Company under this Agreement will be conditional on such payment or arrangements, and the Company shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment otherwise due to Grantee. So long as Grantee holds any LTIP Units, upon request Grantee shall disclose to the Partnership in writing such information with respect to ownership of LTIP Units as the Partnership may deem reasonably necessary or appropriate to ascertain and to establish compliance with provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), applicable to the Partnership or to comply with requirements of any other governmental authority.

11.  No Obligation to Continue Employment or Other Service Relationship
Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is obligated by, or as a result of, the Plan or this Agreement to continue to employ or retain the services of Grantee and neither the Plan nor this Agreement shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the employment or other service relationship of Grantee at any time for any or no reason.

12.  No Limit on Other Compensation Arrangements
Nothing contained in this Agreement shall preclude the Company from adopting or continuing in effect other or additional compensation plans, agreements or arrangements, and any such plans, agreements and arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases or to specific persons.

13.  Investment Representation and No Registration
Grantee hereby makes the covenants, representations and warranties set forth on Exhibit A attached hereto as of the Grant Effective Date and as of each Vesting Date.  All such covenants, warranties and representations shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Grantee.  Grantee shall immediately notify the Partnership if Grantee discovers that any of the representations or warranties set forth on Exhibit A were or have become false.  The Partnership has no obligation to register any of the Award LTIP Units or any other securities issued pursuant to this Agreement or upon conversion or exchange of the Award LTIP Units under the Securities Act.

14.  Section 409A
If any compensation provided by this Agreement might result in any adverse impacts under Section 409A of the Code, the Company may, in consultation with Grantee, modify the Agreement to avoid such impacts while minimizing (to the extent practical) any diminution in the value of the benefits granted hereby to Grantee.

15.  Amendment and Modification
This Agreement may only be modified or amended (a) in a writing signed by all of the parties hereto or (b) so long as such action does not impair Grantee’s rights under this Agreement, by the Committee for the purpose of satisfying changes in law or for any other lawful purpose.  If any term or provision of this Agreement is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to applicable law (or if such provision cannot be so construed or deemed amended without materially altering the purpose or intent of this Agreement and the grant of 
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Award LTIP Units hereunder, such provision shall be stricken and the remainder of this Agreement and the award hereunder shall remain in full force and effect).

16.  Arbitration
If the parties have entered into an arbitration or mediation agreement relating to Grantee’s employment, the parties agree that any dispute or controversy arising under, out of, in connection with or in relation to this Agreement, and any amendments hereto, or the breach thereof, shall be determined and settled pursuant to the terms of such agreement as if it were set forth herein.  Otherwise, any dispute or controversy arising under, out of, in connection with or in relation to this Agreement, and any amendments hereto, or the breach thereof, shall be determined and settled first by mediation wherein each party shall bear their own attorney’s fees, mediator fees and costs; and then, if necessary, by binding arbitration to be held in Los Angeles, California, in accordance with the Company’s Dispute Resolution Agreement, incorporated herein by reference. There will be no right or authority for any dispute to be brought, heard, or arbitrated as a class or collective action.  Arbitration shall follow JAMS arbitration rules and procedures then in effect.  Any award rendered therein shall be final and binding upon each and all of the parties, and judgment may be entered thereon in any court having jurisdiction thereof.

17.  Complete Agreement
This Agreement (together with those agreements and documents expressly referred to herein, for the purposes referred to herein) embody the complete and entire agreement and understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersede any and all prior promises, assurances, commitments, agreements, undertakings or representations, whether oral, written, electronic or otherwise, and whether express or implied, which may relate to the subject matter hereof in any way.

18.  General
This Agreement shall be governed by, construed, and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Maryland (without reference to the conflict of laws rules or principles thereof).  Section, paragraph, and other headings and captions are provided solely as a convenience to facilitate reference.  Such headings and captions shall not be deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction, meaning or interpretation of this Agreement or any term or provision hereof.  Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Partnership at its principal place of business and shall be mailed or delivered to Grantee at the address on file with the Partnership or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.  This Agreement may be executed by DocuSign or in two or more separate counterparts, which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.  The rights and obligations created hereunder shall be binding on Grantee and his or her heirs and legal representatives and on the successors and assigns of the Partnership. 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Award to be executed as of December 30, 2021.

DOUGLAS EMMETT, INC.
By:__________________________________________    
   Jordan L. Kaplan
   President and Chief Executive Officer
DOUGLAS EMMETT PROPERTIES LP
By:  DOUGLAS EMMETT MANAGEMENT, INC. 
Its:  General Partner 
By:__________________________________________      
          Jordan L. Kaplan
    President and Chief Executive Officer 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Award to be executed as of December 30, 2021.  If Grantee has not previously executed the LP Agreement, Grantee’s signature below shall also be a counterpart signature to the LP Agreement, and Grantee agrees that this signature page may be attached to any counterpart of the Partnership Agreement to evidence Grantee’s agreement to be bound by the LP Agreement.

Grantee:

                           
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EXHIBIT A
GRANTEE’S COVENANTS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Grantee hereby represents, warrants, and covenants as follows:
1.Grantee has Reviewed Documents.  Grantee has received and had an opportunity to review the following documents (the “Background Documents”): 
•The latest Annual Report to Stockholders provided to the Company’s stockholders; 
•The Company’s Proxy Statement for its most recent Annual Meeting of Stockholders; 
•The Company’s Report on Form 10-K for the most recent year ended more than 60 days before the date hereof (the “Form 10K”);
•The Company’s Form 10-Q for the most recently ended quarter if one has been filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission since the filing of the Form 10-K;
•Each of the Company’s Current Report(s) on Form 8-K, if any, filed since the end of the year covered by the Form 10-K;
•The Agreement of Limited Partnership of Douglas Emmett Properties LP; 
•The Company’s 2016 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan; and
•The Company’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.
2.Grantee Has Requisite Knowledge.  Grantee either (A) is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act, or (B) by reason of the business and financial experience of Grantee, together with the business and financial experience of those persons, if any, retained by Grantee to represent or advise him or her with respect to the grant to him or her of LTIP Units, the potential conversion of LTIP Units into OP Units and the potential redemption of such Common Units for shares of common stock in the Company (“Shares”), has such knowledge, sophistication and experience in financial and business matters and in making investment decisions of this type that Grantee (I) is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of an investment in the Partnership and potential investment in the Company and of making an informed investment decision, (II) is capable of protecting his or her own interest or has engaged representatives or advisors to assist him or her in protecting his or her its interests, and (III) is capable of bearing the economic risk of such investment.
3.Grantee Responsible for Tax Impacts.  Grantee understands that (A) Grantee is responsible for consulting his or her own tax advisors with respect to the application of the U.S. federal income tax laws, and the tax laws of any state, local or other taxing jurisdiction to which Grantee is or by reason of the award of LTIP Units may become subject, to his or her particular situation; (B) Grantee has not received or relied upon business or tax advice from the Company, the Partnership or any of their respective employees, agents, consultants or advisors, in their capacity as such; (C) Grantee provides or will provide services to the Partnership on a regular basis and in such capacity has access to such information, and has such experience of and involvement in the business and operations of the Partnership, as Grantee believes to be necessary and appropriate to make an informed decision to accept this Award of LTIP Units; and (D) an investment in the Partnership and/or the Company involves substantial risks.  Grantee has been given the opportunity to make a thorough investigation of matters relevant to the LTIP Units and has been furnished with, and has reviewed and understands, materials relating to the Partnership and the Company and their respective activities (including, but not limited to, the Background Documents).  Grantee has been afforded the opportunity to obtain any additional information (including any exhibits to the Background Documents) deemed necessary by Grantee to verify the accuracy of information conveyed to Grantee.  Grantee confirms that all documents, records, and books pertaining to his or her receipt of LTIP Units which were requested by Grantee have been made available or delivered to Grantee.  Grantee has had an opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the Partnership and the Company, or from a person or persons acting on their behalf, concerning the terms and conditions of the LTIP Units.  Grantee has relied upon, and is making its decision solely upon, the Background Documents and other written information provided to Grantee by the Partnership or the Company.  Grantee did not receive any 
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tax, legal or financial advice from the Partnership or the Company and, to the extent it deemed necessary, has consulted with its own advisors in connection with its evaluation of the Background Documents and this Agreement and Grantee’s receipt of LTIP Units.
4.Grantee Not Acquiring Units with View to Distribution.  The LTIP Units to be issued, the Common Units issuable upon conversion of the LTIP Units and any Shares issued in connection with the redemption of any such Common Units will be acquired for the account of Grantee for investment only and not with a current view to, or with any intention of, a distribution or resale thereof, in whole or in part, or the grant of any participation therein, without prejudice, however, to Grantee’s right (subject to the terms of the LTIP Units, the Plan and this Agreement) at all times to sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of his or her LTIP Units, Common Units or Shares in compliance with the Securities Act, and applicable state securities laws, and subject, nevertheless, to the disposition of his or her assets being at all times within his or her control.  
5.LTIP Units Not Registered.  Grantee acknowledges that (A) the LTIP Units to be issued, nor the OP Units issuable upon conversion of the LTIP Units, have been registered under the Securities Act or state securities laws by reason of a specific exemption or exemptions from registration under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws and, if such LTIP Units or OP Units are represented by certificates, such certificates will bear a legend to such effect, (B) the reliance by the Partnership and the Company on such exemptions is predicated in part on the accuracy and completeness of the representations and warranties of Grantee contained herein, (C) such LTIP Units, or OP Units, therefore, cannot be resold unless registered under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, or unless an exemption from registration is available, (D) there is no public market for such LTIP Units and OP Units and (E) neither the Partnership nor the Company has any obligation or intention to register such LTIP Units or the OP Units issuable upon conversion of the LTIP Units under the Securities Act or any state securities laws or to take any action that would make available any exemption from the registration requirements of such laws, except, that, upon the redemption of the OP Units for Shares, the Company currently intends to issue such Shares under the Plan and pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 under the Securities Acts.  Grantee hereby acknowledges that because of the restrictions on transfer or assignment of such LTIP Units and the OP Units issuable upon conversion of the LTIP Units set forth in the Partnership Agreement and this Agreement, Grantee may have to bear the economic risk of his or her ownership of the LTIP Units and any OP Units issuable upon conversion of the LTIP Units for an indefinite period.
6.Suitable Investment.  Grantee has determined that the LTIP Units are a suitable investment for Grantee.
7.No Representations by Company.  No representations or warranties have been made to Grantee by the Partnership or the Company, or any officer, director, shareholder, agent, or affiliate of any of them, and Grantee has received no information relating to an investment in the Partnership or the LTIP Units except the information specified in Paragraph 1.
8.    Residence.  Grantee is a permanent resident residing at the address set forth in the Company’s records.  
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