Stock-based Compensation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2021

Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

The Company has various stock compensation arrangements, which are more fully described in the 2020 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. Additionally, certain non-employee Board members elect to receive operating partnership performance units in lieu of their annual cash retainer fees. These awards are generally issued in the fourth quarter and are fully-vested upon their issuance.

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. Additionally, certain employees elect to receive operating partnership performance units in lieu of their annual cash bonus. These awards are generally issued in the fourth quarter and are fully-vested upon their issuance.

The Compensation Committee of the Board (“Compensation Committee”) adopted a Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. Outperformance Program (“OPP Plan”) under the 2010 Plan through 2019. Commencing with the 2017 OPP Plan, 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 be subject to a mandatory two-year holding period upon vesting. OPP Plan awards are settled in common stock and, in the case of certain executives, in operating partnership performance units.

Beginning in 2020, the Compensation Committee adopted an annual Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. Performance Stock Unit Plan (“PSU Plan”). Under the PSU Plan, the Compensation Committee awards restricted stock units or performance units in the operating partnership to certain employees. PSU Plan grants consist of two portions. A portion of each award, the Relative Total Shareholder Return (“TSR”) Performance Unit, is eligible to vest based on the achievement of the Company’s TSR compared to the TSR of the SNL U.S. REIT Office Index over a three-year performance period, with the vesting percentage subject to certain percentage targets. The remaining portion of each award, the Operational Performance Unit, becomes eligible to vest based on the achievement of operational performance metrics over a one-year performance period and vests over three years. The number of Operational Performance Units that becomes eligible to vest based on the achievement of operational performance metrics may be adjusted based on the Company’s achievement of absolute TSR goals over a three-year performance period by applying the applicable vesting percentages. Certain of the awards granted under the PSU Plan are subject to a two-year post-vesting restriction period, during which any awards earned may not be sold or transferred.

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


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2021		2020
Expensed stock compensation(1)	$	3,538	$	4,895
Capitalized stock compensation(2)	879		985
TOTAL STOCK COMPENSATION(3)	$	4,417	$	5,880

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

2.Amounts are recorded in investment in real estate, at cost on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

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