Equity

The table below present the effect of the Company’s derivative instruments on accumulated other comprehensive income (“OCI”):



	Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. Stockholders’ Equity			Non-controlling Interest—Units in the Operating Partnership			Total Equity
Balance at January 1, 2017	$	9,496		$	(3,618	)	$	5,878
Unrealized gain recognized in OCI due to change in fair value	1,148			11			1,159
Loss reclassified from OCI into income (as interest expense)	1,688			17			1,705
Net change in OCI related to derivative instruments	2,836			28			2,864
Reclassification related to redemption of common units in the operating partnership	(3,622		)	3,622			—
Balance at March 31, 2017	$	8,710		$	32		$	8,742

Non-controlling Interests

Common units in the operating partnership

Common units of the operating partnership and shares of common stock of the Company have essentially the same economic characteristics, as they share equally in the total net income or loss distributions of the operating partnership. Investors who own common units have the right to cause the operating partnership to repurchase any or all of their common units for cash equal to the then-current market value of one share of common stock or, at the Company’s election, issue shares of the Company’s common stock in exchange for common units on a one-for-one basis. There were 569,045 and 9,450,620 common units outstanding as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. On January 10, 2017, common unitholders required the operating partnership to repurchase 8,881,575 common units and the Company elected, in accordance with the limited partnership agreement of the operating partnership, to settle in cash to satisfy the repurchase. The Company funded the repurchase using the proceeds from a registered underwritten public offering of common stock.

Performance units are partnership interests in the operating partnership. Each performance unit awarded will be deemed equivalent to an award of one unit of common stock under the 2010 Plan, reducing the availability for other equity awards on a one-for-one basis. Under the terms of the performance units, the operating partnership will revalue its assets for tax purposes upon the occurrence of certain specified events, and any increase in valuation from the time of grant until such event will be allocated first to the holders of performance units to equalize the capital accounts of such holders with the capital accounts of common unitholders. Subject to any agreed upon exceptions, once vested and having achieved parity with common unitholders, performance units are convertible into common units in the operating partnership on a one-for-one basis.

The operating partnership meets the criteria of a VIE and the Company is the primary beneficiary of the operating partnership.

Non-controlling interest—members in consolidated entities

The Company has an interest in a joint venture with Media Center Partners, LLC (the “Pinnacle JV”). The Pinnacle JV owns the Pinnacle, a two-building (Pinnacle I and Pinnacle II), 625,640-square-foot office property located in Burbank, California. The Company initially owned a 98.25% interest in the Pinnacle JV. Beginning June 2013, the Company owns a 65% interest in the Pinnacle JV.

In January 2015, the Company entered into a joint venture with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, (“CPPIB”) through which CPPIB purchased a 45% interest in the 1455 Market Street office property located in San Francisco, California, for a purchase price of $219.2 million (before certain credits, proration and closing costs). The Company owns a 55% interest in the 1455 Market Street office property.

In October 2016, the Company entered into another joint venture with CPPIB to purchase the Hill7 office property located in Seattle, Washington for a purchase price of $179.8 million (before credits, prorations and closing costs). The Company owns a 55% interest in the Hill7 office property.

These joint ventures, of which the Company is the primary beneficiary, meet the criteria of a VIE.

6.25% Series A cumulative redeemable preferred units of the operating partnership

6.25% Series A cumulative redeemable preferred units of the operating partnership are 407,066 Series A preferred units of partnership interest in the operating partnership, or Series A preferred units, which are not owned by the Company. These Series A preferred units are entitled to preferential distributions at a rate of 6.25% per annum on the liquidation preference of $25.00 per unit and became convertible at the option of the holder into common units or redeemable into cash or, at the Company’s election, exchangeable for registered shares of common stock, after June 29, 2013. For a description of the conversion and redemption rights of the Series A preferred units, please see “Description of the Partnership Agreement of Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P.—Material Terms of Our Series A Preferred Units” in the Company’s June 23, 2010 Prospectus.

Common Stock Activity

On January 10, 2017, the Company completed a public offering of 8,881,575 shares of common stock of Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. Proceeds from the offering were used to repurchase common units in the operating partnership.

On March 3, 2017, the Company completed another public offering of 9,775,000 shares of common stock. Proceeds from the offering were used to fully repay a $255.0 million balance outstanding under its unsecured revolving credit facility, with the remaining proceeds used for general corporate purposes.

The Company’s at-the-market, or ATM, program permits sales of up to $125.0 million of stock, $20.1 million of which has been sold as of March 31, 2017. The Company did not utilize the ATM program in the first quarter of 2017.

Share repurchase program

On January 20, 2016, the Board authorized a share repurchase program to buy up to $100.0 million of the outstanding common stock of Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. No share repurchases have been made as of March 31, 2017.

Dividends

During the first quarter of 2017, the Company declared dividends on its common stock and non-controlling common partnership interests of $0.250 per share and unit. The Company also declared dividends on its Series A preferred partnership interests of $0.3906 per unit. The first quarter dividends were paid on March 30, 2017 to holders of record on March 20, 2017.

Taxability of Dividends

Earnings and profits, which determine the taxability of distributions to stockholders, may differ from income reported for financial reporting purposes due to the differences for federal income tax purposes in the treatment of loss on extinguishment of debt, revenue recognition, and compensation expense and in the basis of depreciable assets and estimated useful lives used to compute depreciation.