Stock-Based Compensation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

The Company has various stock compensation arrangements, which are more fully described in the 2016 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Under the 2010 Incentive Plan, as amended (the “2010 Plan”), the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) has the ability to grant, among other things, restricted stock, restricted stock 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 Board compensation program. The time-based awards are generally issued in the second quarter, 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 to employees on an annual basis as part of the employees’ annual compensation. The time-based awards are generally issued in the fourth quarter, and the individual share awards vest in equal annual installments over the applicable service vesting period, which is generally three years. Additionally, certain restricted share 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 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 four years, 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 of the Board annually adopts a Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. Outperformance Program (“OPP Plan”) under the 2010 Plan. An award under the OPP Plan is ultimately earned to the extent the Company outperforms a predetermined total shareholder return (“TSR”) goal and/or achieves goals with respect to the outperformance of its peers in a particular REIT index. The ultimate aggregate award cannot exceed the predetermined maximum bonus pool. With respect to OPP Plan awards granted prior to 2017, 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 25% 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 granted are settled in common stock and in the case of certain executives, awards are settled in performance units in the operating partnership. In February 2017, the Compensation Committee adopted the 2017 OPP Plan. The 2017 OPP Plan is substantially similar to the previous OPP Plans except for (i) the performance period is January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2019 (ii) the maximum bonus pool is $20.0 million and (iii) the two -year post-performance vesting period was replaced with a two-year mandatory holding period upon vesting.

The per unit fair value of 2017 OPP award granted was estimated on the date of grant using the following assumptions in the Monte Carlo valuation:



Expected price volatility for the Company	24.00%
Expected price volatility for the particular REIT index	17.00%
Risk-free rate	1.47%
Dividend yield	2.30%

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



	Three Months Ended March 31,				Consolidated Financial Statement Classification
	2017		2016		Consolidated Financial Statement Classification
Expensed stock compensation	$	3,902	$	3,342	General and administrative expenses
Capitalized stock compensation	199		82		Deferred leasing costs and lease intangibles, net and tenant improvements
Total stock compensation	$	4,101	$	3,424	Additional paid-in capital and non-controlling interest—units in the operating partnership

- Definition

The entire disclosure for compensation-related costs for equity-based compensation, which may include disclosure of policies, compensation plan details, allocation of equity compensation, incentive distributions, equity-based arrangements to obtain goods and services, deferred compensation arrangements, employee stock ownership plan details and employee stock purchase plan details.

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