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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-21-137046
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-3ASR
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		13
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210428
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210428
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20210428

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001482512
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE [6500]
		IRS NUMBER:				271430478
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-3ASR
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-255579
		FILM NUMBER:		21865041

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		11601 WILSHIRE BLVD.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1600
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90025
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(310) 445-5700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		11601 WILSHIRE BLVD.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1600
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90025

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001496264
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE [6500]
		IRS NUMBER:				800579682
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-3ASR
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-255579-01
		FILM NUMBER:		21865042

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		11601 WILSHIRE BLVD.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1600
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90025
		BUSINESS PHONE:		310-445-5700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		11601 WILSHIRE BLVD.
		STREET 2:		SUITE 1600
		CITY:			LOS ANGELES
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			90025
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 28, 2021 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:16pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:16pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNDER </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:20pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:20pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:2pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Maryland (Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.)</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Maryland (Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P.)</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">27-1430478</FONT> (Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.)</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">80-0579682</FONT> (Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P.)</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification Number)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>11601 Wilshire Boulevard, Ninth Floor, Los Angeles, California 90025, (310)
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">445-5700</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of the
registrants&#146; principal executive offices) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Victor J.
Coleman </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chief Executive Officer </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>11601 Wilshire Boulevard, Ninth Floor, Los Angeles, California 90025, (310) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">445-5700</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copies to:&nbsp; </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Julian T.H. Kleindorfer, Esq. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Brent T. Epstein, Esq. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Latham&nbsp;&amp; Watkins LLP </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>355 South Grand Ave. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Los
Angeles, California 90071 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(213) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">485-1234</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>APPROXIMATE DATE OF COMMENCEMENT OF PROPOSED SALE TO THE PUBLIC: </B>From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following
box.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415
under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9746;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and
list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this
Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that
shall become effective on filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9746;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If this
Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the
following box.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT> filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; and
&#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P. </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Hudson
Pacific Properties, Inc.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P.</B>&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><B>Title of each class of<BR>securities to be registered</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Amount</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>registered</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Proposed</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>maximum</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>offering
price</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>per unit</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>maximum</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>aggregate</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>offering price</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Amount of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>registration fee</B></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. Common Stock</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">(1)(2)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">(1)(2)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">(1)(2)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">(3)(4)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. Preferred Stock</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">(1)(2)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">(1)(2)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">(1)(2)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">(4)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. Depositary Shares</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">(1)(2)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">(1)(2)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">(1)(2)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">(4)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">(1)(2)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">(1)(2)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">(4)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">(1)(2)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">(1)(2)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">(1)(2)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">(1)(2)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">(1)(2)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">(1)(2)</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">(4)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Hudson&nbsp;Pacific&nbsp;Properties,&nbsp;Inc.&nbsp;Guarantees&nbsp;of&nbsp;Debt&nbsp;Securities(6)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">(7)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">(1)(2)</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">(1)(2)</TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Omitted pursuant to Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> General Instruction II.E.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">An unspecified number of securities or aggregate initial offering price, as applicable, is being registered as
may from time to time be offered at unspecified prices. Separate consideration may or may not be received for securities that are issuable on exercise, conversion or exchange of other securities or that are issued in units or represented by
depositary shares. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">As discussed below, pursuant to Rule 415(a)(6) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities
Act, this registration statement includes unsold shares of Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. common stock that have been previously registered and for which registration fees have been previously paid. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">In accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the Securities Act, except with respect to the unsold
securities that have been previously registered, the registrant is deferring payment of the entire registration fee. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">In U.S. dollars or the equivalent thereof denominated in one or more foreign currencies or units of two or more
foreign currencies or composite currencies (such as European Currency Units). </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The debt securities will be issued by Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P., a majority-owned subsidiary of Hudson
Pacific Properties, Inc. The debt securities offered by Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P. may be accompanied by guarantees issued by Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">No separate consideration will be received for the guarantees. Pursuant to Rule 457(n), no separate fee is
payable with respect to the guarantees being registered hereby. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:4pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:22pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Common Stock, </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Preferred
Stock, </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Depositary Shares, </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Warrants, </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Purchase
Contracts, </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Rights, </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Units and Guarantees </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:22pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Debt Securities </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may offer
and sell the securities identified above, and the selling securityholders may offer and sell common stock, in each case from time to time in one or more offerings. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities. We will
not receive any proceeds from the sale of our common stock by the selling securityholders. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each time we or any of the selling
securityholders offer and sell securities, we or such selling securityholders will provide a supplement to this prospectus that contains specific information about the offering and, if applicable, the selling securityholders, as well as the amounts,
prices and terms of the securities. The supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus with respect to that offering. You should carefully read this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement before you
invest in any of our securities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The specific terms of each series or class of the securities will be set forth in the applicable
prospectus supplement and may include limitations on actual or constructive ownership and restrictions on transfer of the securities, in each case as may be appropriate to preserve the status of Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. as a real estate
investment trust, or REIT, for U.S. federal income purposes. The applicable prospectus supplement will also contain information, where applicable, about certain U.S. federal income tax considerations relating to, and any listing on a securities
exchange of, the securities covered by such prospectus supplement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may offer and sell the securities described in this prospectus and
any prospectus supplement to or through one or more underwriters, dealers and agents, or directly to purchasers, or through a combination of these methods. In addition, the selling securityholders may offer and sell shares of our common stock from
time to time, together or separately. If any underwriters, dealers or agents are involved in the sale of any of the securities, their names and any applicable purchase price, fee, commission or discount arrangement between or among them will be set
forth, or will be calculable from the information set forth, in the applicable prospectus supplement. See the sections of this prospectus entitled &#147;About this Prospectus&#148; and &#147;Plan of Distribution&#148; for more information. No
securities may be sold without delivery of this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement describing the method and terms of the offering of such securities. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:5%; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>INVESTING IN
OUR SECURITIES INVOLVES RISKS. SEE THE &#147;<A HREF="#toc129156_4">RISK FACTORS</A>&#148; ON PAGE 5 OF THIS PROSPECTUS AND ANY SIMILAR SECTION CONTAINED IN THE APPLICABLE PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT CONCERNING FACTORS YOU SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE INVESTING
IN OUR SECURITIES. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, or the NYSE, under the symbol &#147;HPP.&#148; On
April&nbsp;27, 2021, the last reported sale price of our common stock on the NYSE was $27.93 per share. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Neither the Securities and
Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense. </B></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9.5pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">The date of this prospectus is April 28, 2021. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#toc129156_2">WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION; INCORPORATION BY
REFERENCE</A></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#toc129156_3">THE COMPANY</A></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="#toc129156_12">DESCRIPTION OF THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT OF HUDSON PACIFIC PROPERTIES, L.P.
</A></P></TD>
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 BYLAWS</A></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or the Securities and
Exchange Commission, as a &#147;well-known seasoned issuer&#148; as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, using a &#147;shelf&#148; registration process. By using a shelf registration statement, we may sell securities
(including guarantees of debt securities sold by our operating partnership) from time to time and in one or more offerings and the selling securityholders to be named in a supplement to this prospectus may, from time to time, sell common stock from
time to time in one or more offerings as described in this prospectus. Each time that we or the selling securityholders offer and sell securities, we or the selling securityholders will provide a prospectus supplement to this prospectus that
contains specific information about the securities being offered and sold and the specific terms of that offering. We may also authorize one or more free writing prospectuses to be provided to you that may contain material information relating to
these offerings. The prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus with respect to that offering. If there is any inconsistency between the information in this prospectus and
the applicable prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus, you should rely on the prospectus supplement or free writing prospectus, as applicable. Before purchasing any securities, you should carefully read both this prospectus and the
applicable prospectus supplement (and any applicable free writing prospectuses), together with the additional information described under the heading &#147;Where You Can Find More Information; Incorporation by Reference.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Neither we, nor the selling securityholders, have authorized any other person to provide you with different information. If anyone provides
you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. We and the selling securityholders will not make an offer to sell these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should assume that the
information appearing in this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement to this prospectus is accurate as of the date on its respective cover, and that any information incorporated by reference is accurate only as of the date of the
document incorporated by reference, unless we indicate otherwise. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">References to the &#147;Company&#148; or the &#147;guarantor&#148; refer to Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation.
References to &#147;our operating partnership&#148; or &#147;the operating partnership&#148; refer to Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership, of which the Company is the general partner. When we refer to &#147;we,&#148;
&#147;our,&#148; &#147;us&#148; and &#147;our company,&#148; we mean the Company, our operating partnership and any of our other subsidiaries, unless otherwise specified. When we refer to &#147;you,&#148; we mean the holders of the applicable series
of securities. </P>
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</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Available Information </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
Company and the operating partnership file reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Information filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by us can be inspected and copied at the Public
Reference Room maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You may also obtain copies of this information by mail from the Public Reference Section of the Securities and Exchange Commission at
prescribed rates. Further information on the operation of the Securities and Exchange Commission&#146;s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. can be obtained by calling the Securities and Exchange Commission at <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-800-SEC-0330.</FONT></FONT></FONT> The Securities and Exchange Commission also maintains a web site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information about
issuers, such as us, that file electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The address of that web site is http://www.sec.gov. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our web site address is www.hudsonpacificproperties.com. The information on our web site, however, is not, and shall not be deemed to be, a
part of this prospectus. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This prospectus and any prospectus supplement are part of a registration statement that we filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and do not contain all of the information in the registration statement. The full registration statement may be obtained from the Securities and Exchange Commission or us, as provided below. Other documents
establishing the terms of the offered securities are or may be filed as exhibits to the registration statement. Statements in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement about these documents are summaries and each statement is qualified in all
respects by reference to the document to which it refers. You should refer to the actual documents for a more complete description of the relevant matters. You may inspect a copy of the registration statement at the Securities and Exchange
Commission&#146;s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. or through the Securities and Exchange Commission&#146;s web site, as provided above. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Incorporation by Reference </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
Securities and Exchange Commission&#146;s rules allow us to &#147;incorporate by reference&#148; information into this prospectus, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document filed separately
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this prospectus, and subsequent information that we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission will automatically update and
supersede that information. Any statement contained in a previously filed document incorporated by reference will be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained in this prospectus
modifies or replaces that statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We incorporate by reference our documents listed below and any future filings made by Hudson Pacific
Properties, Inc. and Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P. with the Securities and Exchange Commission under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, between the date of this prospectus
and the termination of the offering of the securities described in this prospectus. We are not, however, incorporating by reference any documents or portions thereof, whether specifically listed below or filed in the future, that are not deemed
&#147;filed&#148; with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Compensation Committee report and performance graph or any information furnished pursuant to Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> or
related exhibits furnished pursuant to Item 9.01 of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K.</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This prospectus and any
accompanying prospectus supplement incorporate by reference the documents set forth below that have previously been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The Annual Report on Form <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1482512/000148251221000058/hpp-20201231.htm">
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> of Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. and Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P. for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2020. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> of Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. and
Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P., filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001482512/000148251221000018/hpp-20210125.htm">January&nbsp;
29, 2021</A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001482512/000148251221000043/hpp-20210202.htm">February&nbsp;
8, 2021</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001482512/000148251221000046/hpp-20210208.htm">February&nbsp;12, 2021</A>. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The portions of the Definitive Proxy Statement on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1482512/000110465921045550/tm218082-2_def14a.htm">Schedule
 14A</A> of Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc., filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2021, incorporated by reference in the Annual Report on Form <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1482512/000148251221000058/hpp-20201231.htm">
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> of Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. and Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P. for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2020. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The description of Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.&#146;s common stock contained in the registration statement on
Form <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0001482512/000119312510143127/d8a12b.htm"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT></A> of Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc., filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;21,
2010 and any amendment or report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the purpose of updating the description. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All reports and other documents Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. or Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P. subsequently files pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the termination of this offering but excluding any information furnished to, rather than filed with, the Securities and Exchange Commission, will also be incorporated by reference
into this prospectus and deemed to be part of this prospectus from the date of the filing of such reports and documents. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">You may request
a free copy of any of the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus (other than exhibits, unless they are specifically incorporated by reference in the documents) by writing or telephoning us at the following address: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">11601 Wilshire Boulevard, Ninth Floor, Los Angeles, California 90025 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Attention: General Counsel </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(310) <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">445-5700</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Exhibits to the filings will not be sent, however, unless those exhibits have specifically
been incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We are a vertically integrated real estate company focused on acquiring, repositioning, developing and operating high-quality office and <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">state-of-the-art</FONT></FONT></FONT> studio properties in high-growth,
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">high-barrier-to-entry</FONT></FONT> submarkets throughout Northern and Southern California, the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada. We invest across the risk-return spectrum,
favoring opportunities where we can employ leasing, capital investment and management expertise to create additional value. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As of
December&nbsp;31, 2020, our portfolio included office properties, comprising an aggregate of approximately 15.6&nbsp;million square feet, and studio properties, comprising approximately 1.2&nbsp;million square feet of sound-stage, office and
supporting production facilities. We also own undeveloped density rights for approximately 3.2&nbsp;million square feet of future office and residential space. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company is a Maryland corporation that was formed on November&nbsp;9, 2009, and has elected to be taxed as a REIT for federal income tax
purposes commencing with its taxable year ended December&nbsp;31, 2010. The Company believes that it has operated in a manner that has allowed it to qualify as a REIT for federal income tax purposes commencing with such taxable year, and intends to
continue operating in such a manner. The Company conducts substantially all of its business through the operating partnership, of which it serves as the sole general partner. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our principal executive offices are located at 11601 Wilshire Boulevard, Ninth Floor, Los Angeles, California 90025, and our telephone number
is (310) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">445-5700.</FONT> Our web site address is www.hudsonpacificproperties.com. The information on, or otherwise accessible through, our web site does not constitute a part of this prospectus. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Investment in any securities offered pursuant to this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement involves risks. Before acquiring any
of such securities, you should carefully consider the risk factors incorporated by reference into the most recent Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> of Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. and Hudson Pacific Properties,
L.P., and any subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> or Current Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> that Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. or Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P. files
after the date of this prospectus, and all other information contained or incorporated by reference into this prospectus, as updated by any subsequent filings under the Exchange Act, as well as the risk factors and other information contained or
incorporated by reference in the applicable prospectus supplement. The occurrence of any of these risks might cause you to lose all or part of your investment in the offered securities. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. may guarantee debt securities of the operating partnership as described in &#147;Description of Debt
Securities and Related Guarantees.&#148; Any such guarantees by Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. will be full, irrevocable, unconditional and absolute joint and several guarantees to the holders of each series of such outstanding guaranteed debt
securities. The Company owns all of its assets and conducts all of its operations through the operating partnership and the operating partnership is consolidated into the Company&#146;s financial statements. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In March 2020, the SEC adopted amendments to Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">3-10</FONT> of Regulation
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-X</FONT> and created Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13-01</FONT> to simplify disclosure requirements related to certain registered securities. The Company and the operating partnership have filed this
prospectus with the SEC registering, among other securities, debt securities of the operating partnership, which will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Company. As a result of the amendments to Rule
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">3-10</FONT> of Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-X,</FONT> subsidiary issuers of obligations guaranteed by the parent are no longer required to provide separate financial statements, provided that the
subsidiary obligor is consolidated into the parent company&#146;s consolidated financial statements, the parent guarantee is &#147;full and unconditional&#148; and, subject to certain exceptions as set forth below, the alternative disclosure
required by Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13-01</FONT> is provided, which includes narrative disclosure and summarized financial information. Accordingly, separate consolidated financial statements of the operating partnership are not
expected to be presented or incorporated by reference for future periods. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Furthermore, as permitted under Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13-01(a)(4)(vi)</FONT> of Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-X,</FONT> we do not expect to present or incorporate by reference summarized financial information for the operating partnership going forward because
the assets, liabilities and results of operations of the operating partnership are not materially different than the corresponding amounts in Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.&#146;s consolidated financial statements that have been and will be
incorporated by reference herein, and management believes such summarized financial information would be repetitive and would not provide incremental value to investors. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of the securities as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. We will not receive
any proceeds from the sale of common stock by the selling securityholders. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following description, together with the additional information we include in any applicable prospectus supplement, summarizes certain
general terms and provisions of our operating partnership&#146;s debt securities and related guarantees by the Company, if any, that we may offer under this prospectus. When our operating partnership offers to sell a particular series of debt
securities, we will describe the specific terms of the series in a supplement to this prospectus, including the terms of any related guarantees. We will also indicate in the prospectus supplement to what extent the general terms and provisions
described in this prospectus apply to a particular series of debt securities. To the extent the information contained in the prospectus supplement differs from this summary description, you should rely on the information in the prospectus
supplement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Debt securities may be our operating partnership&#146;s senior, senior subordinated or subordinated obligations and, unless
otherwise specified in a supplement to this prospectus, the debt securities will be the direct, unsecured obligations of our operating partnership and may be issued in one or more series. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless otherwise specified in a prospectus supplement, the debt securities will be issued under an indenture among our operating partnership,
as issuer, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. We have summarized select portions of the indenture below. The summary is not complete. We have filed the indenture as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a
part and you should read the indenture and debt securities carefully for provisions that may be important to you. Capitalized terms used in the summary and not defined in this prospectus have the meanings specified in the indenture. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>General </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The terms of each series of debt
securities will be established by the Company, as the sole general partner of our operating partnership, by or pursuant to a resolution of the board of directors of the Company and set forth or determined in the manner provided in such resolutions,
in an officer&#146;s certificate or by a supplemental indenture. The particular terms of each series of debt securities will be described in a prospectus supplement relating to such series, including any pricing supplement or term sheet. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless otherwise specified in a prospectus supplement, the indenture will designate U.S. Bank National Association as the trustee for the
indenture with respect to one or more series of our operating partnership&#146;s debt securities and related guarantees by the Company, if any. U.S. Bank National Association, or any other specified trustee, may resign or be removed with respect to
one or more series of our debt securities, and a successor trustee may be appointed to act with respect to that series. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless otherwise
specified in a prospectus supplement, the debt securities will be the direct, unsecured obligations of our operating partnership and may be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Company. Our operating partnership can issue an unlimited amount
of debt securities under the indenture that may be in one or more series with the same or various maturities, at par, at a premium, or at a discount. We will set forth in a prospectus supplement, including any pricing supplement or term sheet,
relating to any series of debt securities being offered, the aggregate principal amount and the following terms of the debt securities, to the extent applicable: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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securities, </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any limit on the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities, </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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(including any commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index) at which the debt securities will bear interest, the date or dates from which interest will accrue, the date or
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dates on which interest will commence and be payable and any regular record date for the interest payable on any interest payment date, </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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method of such payment, where debt securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to us relating to the debt securities may be delivered, </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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redeem the debt securities, </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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provisions or at the option of a holder of debt securities and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which the debt securities shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant
to such obligation, </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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holders of debt securities and other detailed terms and provisions of these repurchase obligations, </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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integral multiple thereof, </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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such currency of denomination is a composite currency, the agency or organization, if any, responsible for overseeing such composite currency, </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the designation of the currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of principal of, and any premium
and interest on, the debt securities will be made, </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">if payments of principal of, or any premium or interest on, the debt securities will be made in one or more
currencies or currency units other than that or those in which the debt securities are denominated, the manner in which the exchange rate with respect to these payments will be determined, </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the manner in which the amounts of payment of principal of, and any premium and interest on, the debt securities
will be determined, if these amounts may be determined by reference to an index based on a currency or currencies other than that in which the debt securities are denominated or designated to be payable or by reference to a commodity, commodity
index, stock exchange index or financial index, </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any provisions relating to any security provided for the debt securities, </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any addition to, deletion of or change in the Events of Default (as defined below) described in this prospectus
or in the indenture with respect to the debt securities and any change in the acceleration provisions described in this prospectus or in the indenture with respect to the debt securities, </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any addition to, deletion of or change in the covenants described in this prospectus or in the indenture with
respect to the debt securities, </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any other terms of the debt securities, which may supplement, modify or delete any provision of the indenture as
it applies to that series, including any terms that may be required under applicable law or regulations or advisable in connection with the marketing of the securities, </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">a discussion of any additional material United States federal income tax considerations applicable to an
investment in the debt securities, </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any depositaries, interest rate calculation agents, exchange rate calculation agents or other agents with respect
to the debt securities, </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">whether the debt securities are exchangeable for, or convertible into, any other securities,
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">whether the debt securities will be senior debt securities or subordinated debt securities and, if applicable, a
description of the subordination terms thereof, and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">whether the debt securities are entitled to the benefits of the guarantee of any guarantor, and whether any such
guarantee is made on a senior or subordinated basis and, if applicable, a description of the subordination terms of any such guarantee. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our operating partnership may issue debt securities that provide for an amount less than their stated principal amount to be due and payable
upon declaration of acceleration of their maturity pursuant to the terms of the indenture. We will provide you with information on the other special considerations applicable to any of these debt securities in the applicable prospectus supplement.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If our operating partnership denominates the purchase price of any of the debt securities in a foreign currency or currencies or a
foreign currency unit or units, or if the principal of, and any premium and interest on, any series of debt securities is payable in a foreign currency or currencies or a foreign currency unit or units, we will provide you with information on the
restrictions, elections, general tax considerations, specific terms and other information with respect to that issue of debt securities and such foreign currency or currencies or foreign currency unit or units in the applicable prospectus
supplement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Transfer and Exchange </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each debt security will be represented by either one or more global securities registered in the name of The Depository Trust Company, or the
Depositary or DTC, or a nominee of the Depositary (we will refer to any debt security represented by a global debt security as a &#147;book-entry debt security&#148;), or a certificate issued in definitive registered form (we will refer to any debt
security represented by a certificated security as a &#147;certificated debt security&#148;) as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. Except as otherwise set forth in this prospectus or the applicable prospectus supplement, book-entry
debt securities will not be issuable in certificated form. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Certificated Debt Securities</I>. You may transfer or exchange certificated
debt securities at any office we maintain for this purpose in accordance with the terms of the indenture. No service charge will be made for any transfer or exchange of certificated debt securities, but we may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection with a transfer or exchange. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">You may effect the transfer of certificated
debt securities and the right to receive the principal of, and any premium and interest on, certificated debt securities only by surrendering the certificate representing those certificated debt securities and either reissuance by us or the trustee
of the certificate to the new holder or the issuance by us or the trustee of a new certificate to the new holder. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Global Debt
Securities and Book-Entry System</I>. Each global debt security representing book-entry debt securities will be deposited with, or on behalf of, the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>No Protection in the Event of a Change of Control </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless we state otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, the debt securities will not contain any provisions that may afford holders
of the debt securities protection in the event we have a change in control or in the event of a highly leveraged transaction (whether or not such transaction results in a change in control) that could adversely affect holders of debt securities.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Covenants </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We will set forth in the
applicable prospectus supplement any restrictive covenants applicable to any issue of debt securities. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Merger, Consolidation or Sale </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our operating partnership may not consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its
properties and assets to, any person (such person, a successor person), unless: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1) our operating partnership is the surviving entity or
the successor person (if other than our operating partnership) is a corporation, partnership, trust or other entity organized and validly existing under the laws of any U.S. domestic jurisdiction and expressly assumes our operating
partnership&#146;s obligations on the debt securities or under the indenture; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no
Default or Event of Default, has occurred and is continuing; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3) if our operating partnership is not the successor person, then each
guarantor of the debt securities, unless it has become the successor person, confirms that its guarantee will continue to apply to the obligations under the debt securities and the indenture to the same extent as prior to such merger, conveyance,
transfer or lease, as applicable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our operating partnership must deliver to the trustee prior to the consummation of the proposed
transaction an officers&#146; certificate to the foregoing effect and an opinion of counsel stating that the proposed transaction and any supplemental indenture comply with the indenture. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the event of any transaction described in and complying with the conditions listed in the immediately preceding paragraphs in which our
operating partnership and/or the Company are not the continuing entity, the successor person formed or remaining shall succeed, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of ours, and our operating partnership and/or the Company
shall be discharged from our obligations under the debt securities and the indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Events of Default </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following events constitute Events of Default, unless otherwise provided by resolution of the board of directors, supplemental indenture or
officer&#146;s certificate: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">default in the payment of any interest on any debt security when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of
such default for a period of 30 days (unless the entire amount of such payment is deposited by our operating partnership with the trustee or with a paying agent prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the 30th day of such period);
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">default in the payment of principal of any debt security at maturity; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">default in the performance or breach of any covenant or warranty of our operating partnership under the
indenture (other than defaults pursuant to paragraph (a)&nbsp;or (b) above or pursuant to a covenant or warranty that has been included in the indenture solely for the benefit of a series of securities other than that series), which default
continues uncured for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to our operating partnership by the trustee or to our operating partnership and the trustee by the holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a notice of default; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(d)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">our operating partnership, pursuant to or within the meaning of any bankruptcy law, (i)&nbsp;commences a
voluntary case, (ii)&nbsp;consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case, (iii)&nbsp;consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property, (iv)&nbsp;makes a general
assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or (v)&nbsp;generally is unable to pay its debts as the same become due; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(e)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any bankruptcy law that: (i)&nbsp;is for
relief against our operating partnership in an involuntary case, (ii)&nbsp;appoints a custodian of our operating </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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partnership or for all or substantially all of its property, or (iii)&nbsp;orders the liquidation of our operating partnership, and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days;
or </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">any other Event of Default provided with respect to debt securities of that series, which is specified in a
resolution of the board of directors, a supplemental indenture to the indenture or an officers&#146; certificate, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the indenture. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Default&#148; means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No Event of Default with respect to a particular series of debt securities (except as to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization) necessarily constitutes an Event of Default with respect to any other series of debt securities. The occurrence of certain Events of Default or an acceleration under the indenture may constitute an event of default under certain of
our or our subsidiaries&#146; indebtedness outstanding from time to time. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any Series
at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing (other than an Event of Default referred to in provisions (d)&nbsp;or (e) above), then in every such case the trustee or the holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
debt securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if any securities of that series are discount securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such debt securities) of and accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, on all of the debt securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to our operating partnership (and to the trustee if given by holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or
specified amount) and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, will become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in provisions (d)&nbsp;or (e) above will occur, the principal amount (or specified amount) of and accrued and unpaid
interest, if any, on all outstanding debt securities will ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the trustee or any holder of outstanding debt securities. At any time after a
declaration of acceleration with respect to debt securities of any series has been made, but before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the trustee, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding
debt securities of that series may rescind and annul the acceleration if all Events of Default, other than the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-payment</FONT> of accelerated principal and interest, if any, with respect to debt securities of that
series, have been cured or waived as provided in the indenture. We refer you to the prospectus supplement relating to any series of debt securities that are discount securities for the particular provisions relating to acceleration of a portion of
the principal amount of such discount securities upon the occurrence of an Event of Default. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The indenture provides that the trustee will
be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the indenture unless the trustee receives indemnity satisfactory to it against any cost, liability or expense that might be incurred by it in exercising such right or power.
Subject to certain rights of the trustee, the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available
to the trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the trustee with respect to the debt securities of that series. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No holder of
any debt security shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless: </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">such holder has previously given written notice to the trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to
the debt securities of; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities have made written
request to the trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as trustee; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">such holder or holders have offered to the trustee indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the trustee
against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by the trustee in compliance with such request; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to
institute any such proceeding; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the trustee during such <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">60-day</FONT> period by the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding any other provision in the indenture, the holder of any debt security will have an absolute and unconditional right to receive
payment of the principal of and interest , if any, on, that debt security on or after the due dates expressed in that debt security and to institute suit for the enforcement of payment. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The indenture requires us, within 120 days after the end of our fiscal year, to furnish to the trustee a statement as to compliance with the
indenture. If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the debt securities of any series and if it is known to a responsible officer of the trustee, the trustee shall mail to each holder of the debt securities of that
series notice of a Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs. The indenture provides that the trustee may withhold notice to the holders of debt securities of any series of any Default or Event of Default (except in payment on any
debt securities of that series) with respect to debt securities of that series if the trustee determines in good faith that withholding notice is in the interest of the holders of those debt securities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Defeasance of Debt Securities and Certain Covenants in Certain Circumstances </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Legal Defeasance.</I> The indenture provides that, unless otherwise provided by the terms of the applicable series of debt securities, we
may be discharged from any and all obligations in respect of the debt securities of any series (subject to certain exceptions). We will be so discharged upon the deposit with the trustee, in trust, of money and/or U.S. government obligations or, in
the case of debt securities denominated in a single currency other than U.S. dollars, money and/or Foreign Government Obligations of the government that issued or caused to be issued such currency, that, through the payment of interest and principal
in accordance with their terms, will provide money in an amount sufficient in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants or investment bank to pay and discharge each installment of principal of and interest on, if
any, and any mandatory sinking fund payments in respect of, the debt securities of that series on the stated maturity of those payments in accordance with the terms of the indenture and those debt securities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This discharge may occur only if, among other things, we have delivered to the trustee an opinion of counsel stating that we have received
from, or there has been published by, the United States Internal Revenue Service, or IRS, a ruling or, since the date of execution of the indenture, there has been a change in the applicable United States federal income tax law, in either case to
the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the holders of the debt securities of that series will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, defeasance and
discharge and will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same amounts and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if the deposit, defeasance and discharge had not occurred. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Defeasance of Certain Covenants</I>. The indenture provides that, unless otherwise provided by the terms of the applicable series of debt
securities, upon compliance with certain conditions: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">we may omit to comply with the covenant described under the heading &#147;Merger, Consolidation or Sale&#148; and
certain other covenants set forth in the indenture, as well as any additional covenants that may be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any omission to comply with those covenants will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default with respect to
the debt securities of that series, or covenant defeasance. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The conditions include: </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">depositing with the trustee money and/or U.S. government obligations or, in the case of debt securities
denominated in a single currency other than U.S. dollars, money and/or Foreign Government Obligations of the government that issued or caused to be issued such currency, that, through the
</P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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payment of interest and principal in accordance with their terms, will provide money in an amount sufficient in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants or
investment bank to pay and discharge each installment of principal of and interest , if any, and any mandatory sinking fund payments in respect of the debt securities of that series on the stated maturity of those payments in accordance with the
terms of the indenture and those debt securities, and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">delivering to the trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that the holders of the debt securities of that
series will not recognize income, gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and related covenant defeasance and will be subject to United States federal income tax on the same amounts and in the same
manner and at the same times as would have been the case if the deposit and related covenant defeasance had not occurred. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Covenant Defeasance and Events of Default</I>. In the event we exercise our option to effect covenant defeasance with respect to any series
of debt securities and the debt securities of that series are declared due and payable because of the occurrence of any Event of Default, the amount of money and/or U.S. government obligations or money and/or Foreign Government Obligations on
deposit with the trustee will be sufficient to pay amounts due on the debt securities of that series at the time of their stated maturity but may not be sufficient to pay amounts due on the debt securities of that series at the time of the
acceleration resulting from the Event of Default. In such a case, we would remain liable for those payments. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#147;Foreign Government
Obligations&#148; means, with respect to debt securities of any series that are denominated in a currency other than U.S. dollars, direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the government that issued or caused to be issued such currency
for the payment of which obligations its full faith and credit is pledged and which are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Satisfaction and Discharge </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The indenture
will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect (except as to surviving rights or registration of transfer or exchange of the debt securities, as expressly provided for in the indenture) as to all outstanding debt securities when: </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">either: </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">all the debt securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (except lost, stolen or destroyed debt securities
which have been replaced or paid) have been delivered to the trustee for cancellation; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">all debt securities not theretofore delivered to the trustee for cancellation have become due and payable or will
become due and payable at their maturity within one year, have been called for redemption or are to be called for redemption within one year, or are deemed paid and discharged pursuant to the legal defeasance provisions of the indenture, and our
operating partnership has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the trustee as trust funds in trust cash or noncallable U.S. government obligations in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on
such debt securities not theretofore delivered to the trustee for cancellation, for principal and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of debt securities which have become due and payable) or to the maturity date or redemption date, as
the case may be; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">our operating partnership has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable under the indenture by our
operating partnership; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">our operating partnership has delivered to the trustee an officers&#146; certificate and an opinion of counsel,
each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in the indenture relating to the satisfaction and discharge of the indenture have been complied with. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Modification, Waiver and Meetings </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our
operating partnership and the trustee may modify and amend the indenture or the debt securities of any series without the consent of any holder of any debt security: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">to comply with covenants in the indenture described above under the heading &#147;Merger, Consolidation or
Sale,&#148; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">to provide for uncertificated securities in addition to or in place of certificated securities,
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">to surrender any of our rights or powers under the indenture, </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">to add covenants or events of default for the benefit of the holders of debt securities of any series,
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">to comply with the applicable procedures of the applicable depositary, </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any holder of debt securities,
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of debt securities of any series
as permitted by the indenture, </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">to effect the appointment of a successor trustee with respect to the debt securities of any series and to add to
or change any of the provisions of the indenture to provide for or facilitate administration by more than one trustee, </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">to comply with requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission in order to effect or maintain the
qualification of the indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">to reflect the release of a guarantor of the debt securities in accordance with the terms of the indenture, or
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">to add guarantors with respect to any or all of the debt securities or to secure any or all of the debt
securities or the guarantees. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our operating partnership may also modify and amend the indenture with the consent of the
holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of each series affected by the modifications or amendments. Our operating partnership may not make any modification or amendment without the consent of the holders
of each affected debt security then outstanding if that amendment will: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">reduce the principal amount of debt securities whose holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver,
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest (including default interest) on any debt security,
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">reduce the principal or change the fixed maturity of, any debt security, or reduce the amount of, or postpone the
date fixed for, the payment of any sinking fund or analogous obligation with respect to any series of debt securities, </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">reduce the principal amount of discount securities payable upon acceleration of maturity, </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or interest, if any, on any debt security
(except a rescission of acceleration of the debt securities of any series by the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding debt securities of that series and a waiver of the payment default that resulted
from such acceleration), </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">make the principal of or interest, if any, on any debt security payable in any currency other than that stated in
the debt security, </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">make any change to certain provisions of the indenture relating to, among other things, the right of holders of
debt securities to receive payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on those debt securities and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment and to waivers or amendments, </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">waive a redemption payment with respect to any debt security, or </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">if the debt securities of that series are entitled to the benefit of a guarantee, release any guarantor of such
series other than as provided in the indenture or modify the guarantee in any manner adverse to the holders. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except for certain specified provisions, the holders of at least a majority in principal
amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series may on behalf of the holders of all debt securities of that series waive our compliance with provisions of the indenture. The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt
securities of any series may on behalf of the holders of all of the debt securities of such series waive any past default under the indenture with respect to that series and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of, or
any premium or interest on, any debt security of that series; <I>provided, however,</I> that the holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including
any related payment default that resulted from the acceleration. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Regarding the Trustee </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless otherwise specified in a prospectus supplement, U.S. Bank National Association will initially act as the trustee, registrar and paying
agent for the debt securities, subject to replacement at our operating partnership&#146;s option as provided in the indenture. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an
Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the trustee will be required to use the same degree of care and skill a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of its own affairs. The trustee will become obligated to
exercise any of its powers under the indenture at the request of any of the holders of the required percentage under the indenture only after those holders have offered the trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the trustee becomes one of our creditors, it will be subject to limitations on its rights to obtain payment of claims or to realize on some
property received for any such claim, as security or otherwise. The trustee is permitted to engage in other transactions with our operating partnership. If, however, it acquires any conflicting interest, it must eliminate that conflict or resign.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees or Stockholders </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No director, officer, employee, or stockholder will have any liability for any of our obligations or those of our operating partnership under
the debt securities, the indenture, any guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each holder of debt securities by accepting a note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver
and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the debt securities. The waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Governing Law </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The indenture, the debt
securities and the guarantees will be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="toc129156_8"></A>DESCRIPTION OF COMMON STOCK </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>General </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This prospectus describes the
general terms of the Company&#146;s common stock. For a more detailed description of these securities, you should read the applicable provisions of the Maryland General Corporation Law, or MGCL, and the Company&#146;s charter and bylaws. When we
offer to sell a particular class or series of stock, we will describe the specific terms of such class or series in a prospectus supplement. Accordingly, for a description of the terms of any class or series of stock, you must refer to both the
prospectus supplement relating to that class or series and the description of stock in this prospectus. To the extent the information contained in the prospectus supplement differs from this summary description, you should rely on the information in
the prospectus supplement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s charter provides that the Company may issue up to 490&nbsp;million shares of common stock,
$0.01 par value per share, or common stock. The Company&#146;s charter authorizes its board of directors, with the approval of a majority of the entire board and without any action by the Company&#146;s stockholders, to amend the Company&#146;s
charter to increase or decrease the aggregate number of shares of stock or, subject to the rights of holders of any class or series of the Company&#146;s stock, the number of shares of stock of any class or series that the Company has the authority
to issue. As of April&nbsp;27, 2021, 150,761,797&nbsp;shares of the Company&#146;s common stock were issued and outstanding and no shares of the Company&#146;s preferred stock were issued and outstanding. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under Maryland law, stockholders generally are not personally liable for the Company&#146;s debts or obligations solely as a result of their
status as stockholders. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subject to the preferential rights of holders of any class or series of the Company&#146;s stock that may be
issued in the future, and to the provisions of the Company&#146;s charter regarding the restrictions on ownership and transfer of the Company&#146;s stock, holders of shares of the Company&#146;s common stock are entitled to receive dividends and
other distributions on such shares if, as and when authorized by the Company&#146;s board of directors out of funds legally available therefor and declared by the Company, and to share ratably in the Company&#146;s assets legally available for
distribution to the Company&#146;s stockholders in the event of the Company&#146;s liquidation, dissolution or winding up, after payment or establishment of reserves for all known debts and liabilities of the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subject to the provisions of the Company&#146;s charter regarding the restrictions on ownership and transfer of the Company&#146;s stock and
except as may otherwise be specified in the terms of any class or series of the Company&#146;s stock that may be issued in the future, each outstanding share of the Company&#146;s common stock entitles the holder to one vote on all matters submitted
to a vote of stockholders, including the election of directors, and the holders of shares of the Company&#146;s common stock will possess the exclusive voting power. There is no cumulative voting in the election of the Company&#146;s directors. In
uncontested elections, directors are elected by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the votes cast &#147;for&#148; and &#147;against&#148; each director nominee. In contested elections, directors are elected by a plurality of the votes cast.
See &#147;Material Provisions of Maryland Law and of The Company&#146;s Charter and Bylaws&#151;The Company&#146;s Board of Directors.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Holders of shares of the Company&#146;s common stock have no preference, conversion, exchange, sinking fund or redemption rights, and have no
preemptive rights to subscribe for any securities of the Company. The Company&#146;s charter provides that the Company&#146;s stockholders generally have no appraisal rights unless the Company&#146;s board of directors determines prospectively that
appraisal rights will apply to one or more transactions in which holders of the Company&#146;s common stock would otherwise be entitled to exercise appraisal rights. Subject to the provisions of the Company&#146;s charter regarding the restrictions
on ownership and transfer of the Company&#146;s stock, holders of shares of the Company&#146;s common stock will have equal dividend, liquidation and other rights. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the MGCL, a Maryland corporation generally cannot dissolve, amend its charter, merge, consolidate, convert into another type of entity,
sell all or substantially all of its assets or engage in a statutory share exchange unless declared advisable by the board of directors and approved by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled </P>
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to cast at least <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">two-thirds</FONT> of all of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter unless a lesser percentage (but not less than a majority of the votes
entitled to be cast on the matter) is set forth in the corporation&#146;s charter. The Company&#146;s charter provides for the approval of these matters by a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter, except that the approval of
stockholders entitled to cast at least <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">two-thirds</FONT> of all of the votes entitled to be cast is required to remove a director or to amend the removal provisions of the Company&#146;s charter or the vote required
to amend such provisions. Maryland law also permits a corporation to transfer all or substantially all of its assets without the approval of its stockholders to an entity all of the equity interests of which are owned, directly or indirectly, by the
corporation. Because the Company&#146;s operating assets may be held by our operating partnership or its wholly owned subsidiaries, these subsidiaries may be able to merge or transfer all or substantially all of such assets without the approval of
the Company&#146;s stockholders. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s charter authorizes the Company&#146;s board of directors to reclassify any unissued
shares of the Company&#146;s common stock into other classes or series of stock, to establish the designation and number of shares of each such class or series and to set, subject to the rights of holders of any class or series of the Company&#146;s
stock and the provisions of the Company&#146;s charter regarding the restrictions on ownership and transfer of the Company&#146;s stock, the preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other
distributions, qualifications or terms or conditions of redemption of each such class or series. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Power to Increase or Decrease Authorized Shares of
Common Stock and Issue Additional Shares of Common Stock </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We believe that the power of the Company&#146;s board of directors to amend
the Company&#146;s charter to increase or decrease the aggregate number of authorized shares of common stock, to authorize the Company to issue additional authorized but unissued shares of the Company&#146;s common stock and to classify or
reclassify unissued shares of the Company&#146;s common stock and thereafter to cause the Company to issue such classified or reclassified shares will provide us with increased flexibility in structuring possible future financings and acquisitions
and in meeting other needs that might arise. Additional classes or series of common stock, as well as the additional authorized shares of common stock, will be available for issuance without further action by the Company&#146;s stockholders unless
such action is required by the terms of any class or series of the Company&#146;s stock that may be issued in the future or the rules of any stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the Company&#146;s securities may be listed or traded.
Although the Company&#146;s board of directors does not currently intend to do so, it could authorize the Company 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 the Company that might involve a premium price for the Company&#146;s common stock or that the Company&#146;s common stockholders otherwise believe to be in their best interests. See &#147;Material Provisions of
Maryland Law and of The Company&#146;s Charter and Bylaws&#151;Anti-takeover Effect of Certain Provisions of Maryland Law and of The Company&#146;s Charter and Bylaws.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To assist us in complying with certain federal income tax requirements applicable to REITs, the Company&#146;s charter contains certain
restrictions relating to the ownership and transfer of the Company&#146;s common stock. See &#147;Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Transfer Agent and Registrar </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
transfer agent and registrar for the Company&#146;s shares of common stock is Computershare Trust Company, N.A. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>General </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This prospectus describes the
general terms of the Company&#146;s preferred stock. For a more detailed description of these securities, you should read the applicable provisions of the MGCL and the Company&#146;s charter and bylaws. When the Company offers to sell a particular
class or series of preferred stock, the Company will describe the specific terms of the series in a prospectus supplement. Accordingly, for a description of the terms of any class or series of preferred stock, you must refer to both the prospectus
supplement relating to that class or series and the description of preferred stock in this prospectus. To the extent the information contained in the prospectus supplement differs from this summary description, you should rely on the information in
the prospectus supplement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s charter provides that the Company may issue up to 10&nbsp;million shares of preferred
stock, $0.01 par value per share, or preferred stock. The Company&#146;s charter authorizes the Company&#146;s board of directors, with the approval of a majority of the entire board and without any action by the Company&#146;s stockholders, to
amend the Company&#146;s charter to increase or decrease the aggregate number of shares of stock or, subject to the rights of holders of any class or series of the Company&#146;s stock, the number of shares of stock of any class or series that the
Company has the authority to issue. As of April&nbsp;27, 2021, no shares of the Company&#146;s preferred stock were outstanding. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
Company&#146;s charter authorizes the Company&#146;s board of directors to classify any unissued shares of preferred stock and to reclassify any previously classified but unissued shares of preferred stock into one or more classes or series of
stock. Prior to issuance of shares of each new class or series, the Company&#146;s board of directors is required by the MGCL and the Company&#146;s charter to set, subject to the rights of holders of any class or series of the Company&#146;s stock
and the provisions of the Company&#146;s charter regarding the restrictions on ownership and transfer of the Company&#146;s stock, the preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other
distributions, qualifications or terms or conditions of redemption of each such class or series. As a result, the Company&#146;s board of directors could authorize the issuance of shares of preferred stock that have priority over shares of the
Company&#146;s common stock with respect to dividends, distributions or rights upon liquidation or with other terms or conditions that could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a transaction or a change of control of the Company
that might involve a premium price for the Company&#146;s common stock or that the Company&#146;s common stockholders otherwise believe to be in their best interests. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The specific terms of a particular class or series of preferred stock will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to that class or
series, including a prospectus supplement providing that preferred stock may be issuable upon the exercise of warrants the Company issues. The description of preferred stock set forth below and the description of the terms of a particular class or
series of preferred stock set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the articles supplementary relating to that class or series. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under Maryland law, stockholders generally are not personally liable for the Company&#146;s debts or obligations solely as a result of their
status as stockholders. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The preferences and other terms of each class or series of preferred stock will be fixed by the articles
supplementary relating to such class or series. A prospectus supplement relating to each class or series will describe the terms of the class or series of preferred stock as follows: </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the designation and par value of such class or series of preferred stock, </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the number of shares of such class or series of preferred stock authorized and offered, the liquidation
preference per share and the offering price of such class or series of preferred stock, </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the dividend rate(s), period(s), and/or payment date(s) or method(s) of calculation thereof applicable to such
class or series of preferred stock, </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">whether dividends on such class or series of preferred stock are cumulative or not and, if cumulative, the date
from which dividends on such class or series of preferred stock shall accumulate, </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the provision for a sinking fund, if any, for such class or series of preferred stock, </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the provision for redemption, if applicable, of such class or series of preferred stock, </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any listing of such class or series of preferred stock on any securities exchange, </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the preemptive rights, if any, of such class or series of preferred stock, </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the terms and conditions, if applicable, upon which shares of such class or series of preferred stock will be
convertible into shares of the Company&#146;s common stock or shares of any other class or series of the Company&#146;s stock, including the conversion price (or manner of calculation thereof), </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">a discussion of any additional material federal income tax considerations applicable to an investment in such
class or series of preferred stock, </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any limitations on actual, beneficial and constructive ownership and restrictions on transfer, in each case as
may be appropriate to preserve the status of the Company as a REIT, </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the relative ranking and preferences of such class or series of preferred stock as to dividend rights and rights
upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company, </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any limitations on issuance of any class or series of stock ranking senior to or on a parity with such class or
series of preferred stock as to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of the Company, </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any voting rights of such class or series of preferred stock, and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any other specific terms, preferences, rights, limitations or restrictions of such class or series of preferred
stock. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Rank </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, the preferred stock will, with respect to dividend rights and rights upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, rank: (1)&nbsp;senior to all classes or series of the Company&#146;s common stock, and to any other class or series of the Company&#146;s stock expressly designated as ranking junior to the
preferred stock; (2)&nbsp;on parity with any class or series of the Company&#146;s stock expressly designated as ranking on parity with the preferred stock; and (3)&nbsp;junior to any other class or series of the Company&#146;s stock expressly
designated as ranking senior to the preferred stock. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Conversion Rights </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The terms and conditions, if any, upon which any shares of any class or series of preferred stock are convertible into shares of the
Company&#146;s common stock or shares of any other class or series of the Company&#146;s stock will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement relating thereto. Such terms will include the number of shares of the Company&#146;s common
stock or the number of shares of such other class or series of the Company&#146;s stock into which the shares of preferred stock are convertible, the conversion price (or manner of calculation thereof), the conversion period, provisions as to
whether conversion will be at the option of the holders of such class or series of preferred stock, the events requiring an adjustment of the conversion price and provisions affecting conversion in the event of the redemption of such class or series
of preferred stock. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Power to Increase or Decrease Authorized Preferred Stock and Issue Additional Shares of The Company&#146;s Preferred Stock
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We believe that the power of the Company&#146;s board of directors to amend the Company&#146;s charter to increase
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or decrease the aggregate number of authorized shares of preferred stock, to authorize the Company to issue additional authorized but unissued shares of the Company&#146;s preferred stock in one
or more classes or series and to classify or reclassify unissued shares of the Company&#146;s preferred stock and thereafter to cause the Company to issue such classified or reclassified shares will provide us with increased flexibility in
structuring possible future financings and acquisitions and in meeting other needs that might arise. Additional classes or series of preferred stock, as well as the additional authorized shares of preferred stock, will be available for issuance
without further action by the Company&#146;s stockholders unless such action is required by the terms of any class or series of the Company&#146;s stock that may be issued in the future or the rules of any stock exchange or automated quotation
system on which the Company&#146;s securities may be listed or traded. Although the Company&#146;s board of directors does not currently intend to do so, it could authorize the Company 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 the Company that might involve a premium price for the Company&#146;s preferred stock or that the Company&#146;s preferred stockholders
otherwise believe to be in their best interests. See &#147;Material Provisions of Maryland Law and of The Company&#146;s Charter and Bylaws&#151;Anti-takeover Effect of Certain Provisions of Maryland Law and The Company&#146;s Charter and
Bylaws.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To assist us in complying with certain federal income tax requirements applicable to REITs, the Company&#146;s charter contains certain
restrictions relating to the ownership and transfer of the Company&#146;s preferred stock. We expect that similar restrictions with respect to any class or series offered pursuant to this prospectus will be set forth in the articles supplementary
for such class or series. The applicable prospectus supplement will specify any additional ownership limitation relating to such class or series. See &#147;Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Transfer Agent and Registrar </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
transfer agent and registrar for the Company&#146;s shares of preferred stock is Computershare Trust Company, N.A. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We will set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement a description of any depositary shares, warrants, purchase contracts, rights, units
or guarantees issued by the Company that may be offered and sold pursuant to this prospectus. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>The following summary with respect to restrictions on ownership and transfer of the Company&#146;s stock sets forth certain general terms
and provisions of the Company&#146;s charter documents to which any prospectus supplement may relate. This summary does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the Company&#146;s charter documents,
as amended and supplemented from time to time, including any articles supplementary relating to any class or series of preferred stock offered and sold pursuant to this prospectus. Copies of the Company&#146;s existing charter documents are filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission and are incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part. Any amendment or supplement to the Company&#146;s charter documents relating to an issuance
of securities pursuant to this prospectus shall be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and shall be incorporated by reference as an exhibit to the applicable prospectus supplement. See &#147;Where You Can Find More Information;
Incorporation by reference.&#148; </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In order for the Company to qualify as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended,
or the Code, the Company&#146;s 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 the Company&#146;s stock (after taking into account certain options to acquire shares of stock) may be owned, directly, indirectly or through
attribution, by five or fewer individuals (for this purpose, the term &#147;individual&#148; includes a supplemental unemployment compensation benefit plan, a private foundation or a portion of a trust permanently set aside or used exclusively for
charitable purposes, but generally does not include a qualified pension plan or profit sharing trust) 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). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s charter contains restrictions on the ownership and transfer of the Company&#146;s common stock and capital stock that are
intended to assist the Company in complying with these requirements and continuing to qualify as a REIT. The relevant sections of the Company&#146;s charter provide that, subject to the exceptions described below, no person or entity may actually or
beneficially own, or be deemed to own by virtue of the applicable constructive ownership provisions of the Code, more than 9.8% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the outstanding shares of the Company&#146;s common
stock, excluding any shares of common stock that are not treated as outstanding for federal income tax purposes, or more than 9.8% (in value) of the aggregate of the outstanding shares of all classes and series of the Company&#146;s capital stock.
We refer to each of these restrictions as an &#147;ownership limit&#148; and collectively as the &#147;ownership limits.&#148; A person or entity that would have acquired actual, beneficial or constructive ownership of the Company&#146;s stock but
for the application of the ownership limits or any of the other restrictions on ownership and transfer of the Company&#146;s stock discussed below is referred to as a &#147;prohibited owner.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The constructive ownership rules under the Code are complex and may cause stock owned actually or constructively by a group of related
individuals and/or entities to be owned constructively by one individual or entity. As a result, the acquisition of less than 9.8% of the Company&#146;s common stock (or the acquisition of an interest in an entity that owns, actually or
constructively, the Company&#146;s common stock) by an individual or entity could, nevertheless, cause that individual or entity, or another individual or entity, to own constructively in excess of 9.8% in value or in number of shares (whichever is
more restrictive) of the Company&#146;s outstanding common stock, and thereby violate the applicable ownership limit. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s
board of directors may, in its sole and absolute discretion, prospectively or retroactively, waive one or more of the ownership limits with respect to a particular person if, among other limitations, it: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">determines that such waiver will not cause any individual (for this purpose, the term &#147;individual&#148;
includes a supplemental unemployment compensation benefit plan, a private foundation or a portion of a trust permanently set aside or used exclusively for charitable purposes, but generally does not include
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a qualified pension plan or profit sharing trust) to own, actually or beneficially, more than 9.8% in value of the aggregate of the outstanding shares of all classes or series of the
Company&#146;s capital stock; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">determines that, subject to certain exceptions, such person 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 the Company to own, actually or constructively, more than a 9.9% interest (as set forth in Section&nbsp;856(d)(2)(B) of the
Code) in such tenant. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As a condition of such waiver, the Company&#146;s board of directors may require an opinion of
counsel or IRS ruling satisfactory to the Company&#146;s board of directors in its sole and absolute discretion in order to determine or ensure the Company&#146;s status as a REIT or such representations and/or undertakings as are reasonably
necessary to make the determinations above. The Company&#146;s board of directors may impose such conditions or restrictions as it deems appropriate in connection with such an exception. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In connection with a waiver of an ownership limit or at any other time, the Company&#146;s board of directors may increase or decrease one or
more of the ownership limits, except that a decreased ownership limit will not be effective for any person whose actual, beneficial or constructive ownership of the Company&#146;s stock exceeds the decreased ownership limit at the time of the
decrease until the person&#146;s actual, beneficial or constructive ownership of the Company&#146;s stock equals or falls below the decreased ownership limit, although any further acquisition of the Company&#146;s stock will violate the decreased
ownership limit. The Company&#146;s board of directors may not increase or decrease any ownership limit if the new ownership limit would allow five or fewer persons to actually or beneficially own more than 49% in value of the Company&#146;s
outstanding stock or could cause the Company to be &#147;closely held&#148; under Section&nbsp;856(h) of the Code (without regard to whether the ownership interest is held during the last half of a taxable year) or otherwise cause the Company to
fail to qualify as a REIT. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s charter further prohibits: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any person from actually, beneficially or constructively owning shares of the Company&#146;s capital stock that
could result in the Company being &#147;closely held&#148; under Section&nbsp;856(h) of the Code (without regard to whether the ownership interest is held during the last half of a taxable year) or otherwise cause the Company to fail to qualify as a
REIT; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any person from transferring shares of the Company&#146;s capital stock if such transfer would result in shares
of the Company&#146;s capital stock being beneficially owned by fewer than 100 persons (determined without reference to any rules of attribution). </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any person who acquires or attempts or intends to acquire actual, beneficial or constructive ownership of shares of the Company&#146;s stock
that will or may violate the ownership limits or any of the other restrictions on ownership and transfer of the Company&#146;s stock described above must give written notice immediately to the Company or, in the case of a proposed or attempted
transaction, provide the Company at least 15 days prior notice, and provide the Company with such other information as the Company may request in order to determine the effect of such transfer on the Company&#146;s status as a REIT. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The ownership limits and other restrictions on ownership and transfer of the Company&#146;s stock described above will not apply if the
Company&#146;s board of directors determines that it is no longer in the Company&#146;s best interest to attempt to qualify, or to continue to qualify, as a REIT or that compliance with one or more of the restrictions or limitations on ownership and
transfer of the Company&#146;s stock is no longer required in order for the Company to qualify as a REIT. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the Company&#146;s
charter, if any purported transfer of the Company&#146;s stock or any other event would otherwise result in any person violating the ownership limits or such other limit established by the Company&#146;s board of directors, or could result in the
Company being &#147;closely held&#148; within the meaning of </P>
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Section&nbsp;856(h) of the Code (without regard to whether the ownership interest is held during the last half of a taxable year) or otherwise failing to qualify as a REIT, then the number of
shares causing the violation (rounded up 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 the Company. The prohibited owner will have
no rights in shares of the Company&#146;s 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 the transfer to
the trust. Any dividend or other distribution paid to the prohibited owner, prior to the Company&#146;s discovery that the shares had been automatically transferred to a trust as described above, must be repaid to the trustee upon demand. 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 the Company being &#147;closely held&#148; (without regard to whether the ownership interest is held
during the last half of a taxable year) or otherwise failing to qualify as a REIT, then the transfer of the number of shares that otherwise would cause any person to violate the above restrictions will be void. If any transfer of the Company&#146;s
stock would result in shares of the Company&#146;s 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. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Shares of the Company&#146;s stock transferred to the trustee are deemed
offered for sale to the Company, or the Company&#146;s designee, at a price per share equal to the lesser of (1)&nbsp;the price per share paid by the prohibited owner for the shares (or, if the prohibited owner did not give value in connection with
the transfer or other event that resulted in the transfer to the trust (<I>e.g.</I>, a gift, devise or other such transaction), the last sale price reported on the NYSE on the day of the transfer or other event that resulted in the transfer of such
shares to the trust) and (2)&nbsp;the last sale price reported on the NYSE on the date the Company, or the Company&#146;s designee, accepts such offer. The Company must reduce the amount payable to the prohibited owner by the amount of dividends and
distributions paid to the prohibited owner and owed by the prohibited owner to the trustee. The Company will pay the amount of such reduction to the trustee for the benefit of the charitable beneficiary. The Company has the right to accept such
offer until the trustee has sold the shares of the stock of the Company held in the trust. Upon a sale to the Company, the interest of the charitable beneficiary in the shares sold terminates and the trustee must distribute the net proceeds of the
sale to the prohibited owner and any dividends or other distributions held by the trustee with respect to such stock must be paid to the charitable beneficiary. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the Company does not buy the shares, the trustee must, within 20 days of receiving notice from the Company of the transfer of shares to the
trust, sell the shares to a person or persons, designated by the trustee, who could own the shares without violating the ownership limits or other restrictions on ownership and transfer of the Company&#146;s stock. Upon such sale, the trustee must
distribute to the prohibited owner an amount equal to the lesser of (1)&nbsp;the price paid by the prohibited owner for the shares (or, if the prohibited owner did not give value in connection with the transfer or other event that resulted in the
transfer to the trust (<I>e.g.</I>, a gift, devise or other such transaction), the last sale price reported on the NYSE on the day of the event that resulted in the transfer of such shares to the trust) and (2)&nbsp;the sales proceeds (net of
commissions and other expenses of sale) received by the trustee for the shares. The trustee must reduce the amount payable to the prohibited owner by the amount of dividends and other distributions paid to the prohibited owner and owed by the
prohibited owner to the trustee. Any net sales proceeds in excess of the amount payable to the prohibited owner will be immediately paid to the charitable beneficiary, together with any dividends or other distributions thereon. In addition, if,
prior to discovery by the Company that shares of its stock have been transferred to the trustee, such shares of stock are sold by a prohibited owner, then such shares shall be deemed to have been sold on behalf of the trust and, to the extent that
the prohibited owner received an amount for or in respect of such shares that exceeds the amount that such prohibited owner was entitled to receive, such excess amount must be paid to the trustee upon demand. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The trustee will be designated by the Company and will be unaffiliated with the Company and with any prohibited owner. Prior to the sale of
any shares by the trust, the trustee will receive, in trust for the charitable beneficiary, all dividends and other distributions paid by the Company with respect to such shares, and may exercise all voting rights with respect to such shares for the
exclusive benefit of the charitable beneficiary. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subject to Maryland law, effective as of the date that the shares have been transferred to
the trust, the trustee will have the authority, at the trustee&#146;s sole discretion: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">to rescind as void any vote cast by a prohibited owner prior to the Company&#146;s discovery that the shares have
been transferred to the trust; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">to recast the vote in accordance with the desires of the trustee acting for the benefit of the beneficiary of the
trust. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">However, if the Company has already taken irreversible corporate action, then the trustee may not rescind and recast the vote.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the Company&#146;s board of directors or a committee thereof determines in good faith that a proposed transfer or other event has
taken place that violates the restrictions on ownership and transfer of the Company&#146;s stock set forth in the Company&#146;s charter, the Company&#146;s board of directors or such committee may take such action as it deems advisable in its sole
discretion to refuse to give effect to or to prevent such transfer, including, but not limited to, causing the company to redeem shares of stock, refusing to give effect to the transfer on the Company&#146;s books or instituting proceedings to
enjoin the transfer. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Every owner of 5% or more (or such lower percentage as required by the Code or the Treasury Regulations promulgated
thereunder) of the outstanding shares of the Company&#146;s stock, within 30 days after the end of each taxable year, must give written notice to the Company stating the name and address of such owner, the number of shares of each class and series
of the Company&#146;s stock that the owner beneficially owns and a description of the manner in which the shares are held. Each such owner also must provide the Company with any additional information that the Company may request in order to
determine the effect, if any, of the person&#146;s actual or beneficial ownership on the Company&#146;s status as a REIT and to ensure compliance with the ownership limits. In addition, any person that is an actual, beneficial or constructive owner
of shares of the Company&#146;s stock and any person (including the stockholder of record) who is holding shares of the Company&#146;s stock for an actual, beneficial or constructive owner must, on request, disclose to the Company such information
as the Company may request in good faith in order to determine the Company&#146;s status as a REIT and comply with requirements of any taxing authority or governmental authority or determine such compliance. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any certificates representing shares of the Company&#146;s stock will bear a legend referring to the restrictions on ownership and transfer of
the Company&#146;s stock described above. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">These restrictions on ownership and transfer could delay, defer or prevent a transaction or a
change of control of the Company that might involve a premium price for the Company&#146;s stock that the Company&#146;s stockholders otherwise believe to be in their best interest. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="toc129156_12"></A>DESCRIPTION OF THE PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT OF HUDSON PACIFIC
PROPERTIES, L.P. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>We have summarized the material terms and provisions of the Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited
Partnership of Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P., which we refer to as the &#147;partnership agreement.&#148; This summary is not complete. For more detail, you should refer to the partnership agreement itself, a copy of which is filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission as an exhibit to the registration statement of which this prospectus is part. For purposes of this section, references to &#147;we,&#148; &#147;our,&#148; &#147;us,&#148; &#147;our company&#148; and the
&#147;general partner&#148; refer to Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. in its capacity as the general partner of our operating partnership. </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>General
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All of the Company&#146;s assets are held by, and substantially all of the Company&#146;s operations are conducted through, our
operating partnership, either directly or through subsidiaries. The Company is the general partner of our operating partnership, and, as of April&nbsp;27, 2021, the Company owns approximately 98.7% of the outstanding common units in our operating
partnership. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Certain persons who contributed interests in properties and/or other assets pursuant to the formation transactions related
to the Company&#146;s initial public offering received common units of partnership interest in our operating partnership or 6.25% Series A Cumulative Redeemable Partnership Units of partnership interest in our operating partnership, which we refer
to as common units and series A preferred units, respectively. Holders of common units are generally entitled to share in cash distributions from, and in the profits and losses of, our operating partnership in proportion to their respective
percentage interests of common units if and to the extent authorized by us and subject to the preferential rights of holders of outstanding preferred units, including series A preferred units. Series A preferred units rank senior to any other
partnership interest and holders of series A units are entitled to receive preferential cash distributions, a liquidation preference in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of our operating
partnership (but only to the extent consistent with a liquidation in accordance with positive capital account balances), as well as certain conversion and redemption rights as described below in &#147;&#151;Material Terms of The Company&#146;s
Series A Preferred Units.&#148; Our operating partnership is also authorized to issue classes of partnership units designated as LTIP units and performance units, respectively, each having the terms described below. The units in our operating
partnership are not listed on any exchange or quoted on any national market system. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Provisions in the partnership agreement could
discourage third parties from making proposals involving an unsolicited acquisition of the Company or change of control of the Company, although some stockholders might consider such proposals, if made, desirable. These provisions also make it more
difficult for third parties to alter the management structure of our operating partnership without the concurrence of the Company&#146;s board of directors. These provisions include, among others: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">transfer restrictions on units, including the Company&#146;s common units; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the Company&#146;s ability, as general partner, in some cases, to amend the partnership agreement and to cause
the partnership to issue preferred units with terms that the Company, in the Company&#146;s capacity as the general partner of our operating partnership, may determine, without the consent of the limited partners; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the right of the limited partners to consent to transfers of the Company&#146;s general partnership interest and
mergers under specified circumstances; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">restrictions on debt levels and equity requirements pursuant to the terms of the Company&#146;s series A
preferred units, as well as required distributions to holders of series A preferred units of our operating partnership, following certain changes of control of the Company. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Purposes, Business and Management </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The purpose of our operating partnership includes the conduct of any business, enterprise or activity permitted by or under the Maryland
Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act. Our operating partnership may enter into partnerships, joint ventures or similar arrangements and may own interests in any other entity. However, our operating partnership may not, without the Company&#146;s
consent, take, or refrain from taking, any action that, in the Company&#146;s judgment, in the Company&#146;s sole and absolute discretion: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">could adversely affect the Company&#146;s ability to continue to qualify as a REIT; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">could subject the Company to any taxes under Code Section&nbsp;857 or Code Section&nbsp;4981 or any other related
or successor provision under the Code; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">could violate any law or regulation of any governmental body or agency having jurisdiction over us, the
Company&#146;s securities or our operating partnership. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In general, the Company&#146;s board of directors manages the
business and affairs of our operating partnership by directing the Company&#146;s business and affairs, in the Company&#146;s capacity as the general partner of our operating partnership. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except as otherwise expressly provided in the partnership agreement, all management powers over the business and affairs of our operating
partnership are exclusively vested in the Company, in the Company&#146;s capacity as the general partner of our operating partnership. The general partner may not be removed by the partners with or without cause, except with the general
partner&#146;s consent. Except in connection with certain transactions involving the general partner discussed in &#147;&#151;Restrictions on Mergers, Sales, Transfers and Other Significant Transactions of the General Partner&#148; and
&#147;&#151;Material Terms of Series A Preferred Units&#151;Voting and Consent Rights,&#148; the general partner may authorize our operating partnership to dispose of any, all or substantially all of the assets (including the goodwill) of our
operating partnership or merge, consolidate, reorganize or otherwise combine with or into another entity. With limited exceptions, the general partner is authorized to execute, deliver and perform agreements and transactions on behalf of our
operating partnership without any further act, approval or vote of the limited partners. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Restrictions on General Partner&#146;s Authority </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The general partner may not take any action in contravention of the partnership agreement. The general partner may not, without the prior
consent of a majority in interest of the partners (including the Company), undertake any actions on behalf of our operating partnership, or enter into any transaction, that would have the effect of amending, modifying or terminating the partnership
agreement, except as provided in the partnership agreement. For a description of the provisions of the partnership agreement permitting the general partner to amend the partnership agreement without the consent of the limited partners see
&#147;&#151;Amendment of the Partnership Agreement&#151;Amendment by the General Partner without the Consent of the Limited Partners.&#148; The general partner may not, without the prior consent of a majority in interest of the limited partners
holding common units (excluding the Company and any limited partner a majority of whose equity is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company), transfer all or any portion of its interest in our operating partnership, withdraw as the general
partner of our operating partnership or admit into our operating partnership any successor general partners, subject to the exceptions discussed in &#147;&#151;Transfers and Withdrawals&#151;Restrictions on Transfers by General Partner.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, the general partner may not amend the partnership agreement or take any action on behalf of our operating partnership, without
the prior consent of each partner adversely affected by such amendment or action, if such amendment or action would: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">convert a limited partner into a general partner; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">modify the limited liability of a limited partner; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">alter the rights of any limited partner to receive the distributions to which such partner is entitled, or alter
the allocations specified in the partnership agreement, except in connection with the creation and issuance of any class or series of units, to the extent permitted by the partnership agreement; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">alter or modify the redemption rights or conversion rights of limited partners and certain qualifying assignees
or the related definitions; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">alter the restrictions on the general partner&#146;s ability to transfer all or any portion of its interest in
our operating partnership or voluntarily withdraw as the general partner; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">enter into any contract, mortgage, loan or other agreement that expressly prohibits or restricts, or has the
effect of prohibiting or restricting, the general partner or our operating partnership from performing its obligations in connection with the redemption of units or any limited partner from exercising its redemption or conversion rights under the
partnership agreement; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">remove, alter or amend certain provisions of the partnership agreement related to the requirements for the
Company to qualify as a REIT or permitting the Company to avoid paying tax under Code Sections 857 or 4981; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">reduce any limited partners&#146; rights to indemnification; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">create any liability of the limited partners not already provided in the partnership agreement; or
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">amend the provisions of the partnership agreement requiring the consent of each affected partner before taking
any of the actions described above. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Additional Limited Partners </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subject to the rights of limited partners holding series A preferred units, the general partner may cause our operating partnership to issue
additional units from time to time, on terms and conditions and for such capital contributions as may be established by the general partner in its sole and absolute discretion. The net capital contribution need not be equal for all limited partners.
No person may be admitted as an additional limited partner without the general partner&#146;s consent, which consent may be given or withheld in its sole and absolute discretion. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subject to the rights of the limited partners holding series A preferred units, any additional units may be issued in one or more classes, or
one or more series of any of such classes, with such designations, preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers or rights, restrictions, limitations as to distributions, qualifications or terms or conditions of redemption (including,
without limitation, terms that may be senior or otherwise entitled to preference over existing units) as the general partner shall determine, in its sole and absolute discretion without the approval of any limited partner or any other person. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Ability to Engage in Other Businesses; Conflicts of Interest </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company may not conduct any business other than in connection with the ownership, acquisition and disposition of partnership interests, the
management of the business of our operating partnership, the Company&#146;s operation as a reporting company with a class or classes of securities registered under the Exchange Act, the Company&#146;s operations as a REIT, the offering, sale,
syndication, private placement or public offering of stock, bonds, securities or other interests related to the partnership or its assets or activities or the Company&#146;s activities in its capacity as general partner, financing or refinancing of
any type related to our operating partnership or its assets or activities, and such activities as are incidental to those activities discussed above. The Company may, however, in its sole and absolute discretion, from time to time hold or acquire
assets in the Company&#146;s own name or otherwise other than through our operating partnership so long as the Company takes commercially reasonable measures to ensure that the economic benefits and burdens of such property are otherwise vested in
our operating partnership. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company is required to cause our operating partnership to distribute quarterly, or on a more or less frequent basis as the Company may
determine, all, or such portion as the Company may in the Company&#146;s sole and absolute discretion determine, of the available cash (as such term is defined in the partnership agreement) generated by our operating partnership during such quarter
to the Company and the limited partners: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">first, with respect to the series A preferred units and any other units that are entitled to any preference in
distribution, in accordance with the rights of such class or classes of units, and, within such class or classes, among the holders of such units, pro rata in proportion to their respective percentage interests; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">second, with respect to any units that are not entitled to any preference in distribution, including common units
and, except as may be provided in any incentive award plan or any applicable award agreement, the LTIP units and performance units, in accordance with the rights of holders of such units, as applicable, and, within such class, among the holders of
such units, pro rata in proportion to their respective percentage interests. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>The Company&#146;s Liability </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company, as general partner of our operating partnership, is ultimately liable for all general recourse obligations of our operating
partnership to the extent not paid by our operating partnership. The Company is not liable for the nonrecourse obligations of our operating partnership. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Exculpation and Indemnification </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
partnership agreement generally provides that the Company, as general partner, and any of the Company&#146;s respective directors or officers will incur no liability to our operating partnership, or any limited partner or assignee, for losses
sustained or liabilities incurred or benefits not derived as a result of errors in judgment, mistakes of fact or law or any acts or omissions if the Company or such officer or director acted in good faith. The partnership agreement also provides
that the Company will not be liable to our operating partnership or any partner for monetary damages for losses sustained, liabilities incurred or benefits not derived by our operating partnership or any limited partner, except for liability for the
Company&#146;s intentional harm or gross negligence. In addition, the Company, as general partner, is not responsible to the partnership for any misconduct or negligence on the part of the Company&#146;s employees or agents, provided the Company
appointed such employees or agents in good faith. The Company, as general partner, may consult with legal counsel, accountants, appraisers, management consultants, investment bankers and other consultants and advisors, and any action the Company
takes or omits to take in reliance upon the opinion of such persons, as to matters which the Company, as general partner, reasonably believes to be within their professional or expert competence, will be conclusively presumed to have been done or
omitted in good faith and in accordance with such opinion. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The partnership agreement also provides for the indemnification of us, as
general partner, and the Company&#146;s directors, officers and employees, officers and employees of our operating partnership and such other persons as the Company, as general partner, may from time to time designate from and against any and all
losses, claims, damages, liabilities, joint or several, expenses, judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings that relate to the operations of our operating partnership,
provided that such person will not be indemnified for (i)&nbsp;any act or omission of such person that was material to the matter giving rise to the action and either was committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty,
(ii)&nbsp;in the case of any criminal proceeding, any act or omission that such person had reason to believe was unlawful, or (iii)&nbsp;any transaction for which such person actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or
services or otherwise, in violation or breach of any provision of the partnership agreement. Our operating partnership must also pay or reimburse the reasonable expenses of any such person upon its receipt of a written affirmation of the
person&#146;s good faith belief that the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification has been met and a written undertaking to repay any amounts paid or advanced if it </P>
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is ultimately determined that the person did not meet the standard of conduct for indemnification. Our operating partnership will not indemnify or advance funds to any person with respect to any
action initiated by the person seeking indemnification (other than an action to enforce such person&#146;s right to indemnification under the partnership agreement) without the Company&#146;s approval or if the person is found to be liable to our
operating partnership on any portion of any claim in the action. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The partnership agreement also provides for the indemnification of each
of the limited partners of our operating partnership, their affiliates and each of their respective directors, officers, stockholders and any other individual acting on its or their behalf, from and against any costs incurred by such person
resulting from any litigation or other proceeding in which any limited partner is named as a defendant or any claim threatened or asserted against any limited partner that relates to the operations of our operating partnership or any obligation
assumed by our operating partnership, unless such costs are the result of intentional harm or gross negligence on the part of, or a breach of partnership agreement by, such limited partner. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Sales of Partnership Assets; Mergers; Consolidations </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the partnership agreement, the general partner generally has the authority to cause our operating partnership to sell all or
substantially all of the assets of our operating partnership or to merge, consolidate or otherwise combine its assets with another entity, without the consent or approval of any limited partner, subject to certain limitations described below.
However, in connection with the acquisition of properties from persons to whom the general partner issued units as part of the purchase price, in order to preserve such persons&#146; tax deferral, the general partner may contractually agree, in
general, not to sell or otherwise transfer the properties for a specified period of time, or in some instances, not to sell or otherwise transfer the properties without compensating the sellers of the properties for their loss of the tax deferral.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Redemption Rights of Limited Partners </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">After 14 months of becoming a holder of common units, each limited partner and some assignees have the right, subject to the terms and
conditions set forth in the partnership agreement, to require our operating partnership to redeem all or a portion of the common units held by such party in exchange for a cash amount per common unit equal to the value of one share of the
Company&#146;s common stock, as determined in accordance with, and subject to adjustment as provided in, the partnership agreement. Our operating partnership&#146;s obligation to effect a redemption, however, will not arise or be binding against our
operating partnership unless and until the Company, as general partner, declines or fails to exercise the Company&#146;s prior and independent right to acquire such common units in exchange for common stock. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On or before the close of business on the fifth business day after a limited partner gives the Company notice of redemption with respect to
common units, the Company may, in the Company&#146;s sole and absolute discretion but subject to the restrictions on ownership and transfer of the Company&#146;s stock discussed in &#147;Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer,&#148; acquire some or
all of the tendered common units from the tendering party in exchange for shares of common stock, based on an exchange ratio of one share of common stock for each common unit, subject to adjustment as provided in the partnership agreement. The
partnership agreement does not obligate the Company to register, qualify or list any common stock issued in exchange for common units with the Securities and Exchange Commission, with any state securities commissioner, department or agency, or with
any stock exchange. Common stock issued in exchange for common units pursuant to the partnership agreement may contain legends regarding restrictions under the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws as the Company in good faith
determines to be necessary or advisable in order to ensure compliance with securities laws. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The partnership agreement also provides
redemption rights with respect to the Company&#146;s series A preferred units as described below in &#147;&#151;Material Terms of The Company&#146;s Series A Preferred Units.&#148; </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The partnership agreement restricts the transferability of units. Any transfer or purported transfer of a unit not made in accordance with the
partnership agreement will be void. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Restrictions on Transfer by Limited Partners </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Until the expiration of 14 months from the date on which a limited partner first acquired units, such limited partner generally may not,
without the Company&#146;s consent, directly or indirectly transfer all or any portion of its units to any transferee, except for certain permitted transfers to certain affiliates, family members and charities, transfers by a person who was a
limited partner upon the completion of the Company&#146;s initial public offering to its shareholders, members, partners or beneficiaries and certain pledges of units to lending institutions in connection with bona fide loans. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, except in the case of permitted transfers, the Company has a right of first refusal with respect to any proposed transfers by
other limited partners, exercisable within ten business days of notice of the transfer and a description of the proposed consideration to be paid for our operating partnership units. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Restrictions on Transfers by General Partner </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company, as general partner, may not transfer any of the Company&#146;s units or other partnership interest, whether by sale, disposition,
statutory merger or consolidation, liquidation or otherwise, unless: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the Company transfers its units in a merger, consolidation or other combination of the Company&#146;s assets with
another entity, a sale of all or substantially all of the Company&#146;s assets or a reclassification, recapitalization or change in any outstanding shares of the Company&#146;s stock described below in &#147;&#151;Restrictions on Mergers, Sales,
Transfers and Other Significant Transactions of the General Partner&#148; or the Company receives the prior consent of a majority in interest of the limited partners holding common units (excluding the Company and any limited partner whose equity is
owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company); </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the transferee is admitted as a general partner pursuant to the terms of the partnership agreement;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the transferee assumes, by operation of law or express agreement, all of the obligations of the general partner
under the partnership agreement with respect to such transferred partnership interest; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the transferee has executed such instruments as may be necessary to effectuate such admission and to confirm the
agreement of such transferee to be bound by all the terms and provisions of the partnership agreement with respect to the partnership interest so acquired and the admission of such transferee as the general partner. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Withdrawal of Partners </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
Company may not voluntarily withdraw as a general partner of our operating partnership without the consent of a majority in interest of the limited partners holding common units (excluding the Company and any limited partner 50% or more of whose
equity is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company) other than upon the transfer of the Company&#146;s entire interest in our operating partnership and the admission of the Company&#146;s successor as a general partner of our operating
partnership. A limited partner of our operating partnership may withdraw from our operating partnership only as a result of a transfer of the limited partner&#146;s entire interest in our operating partnership in accordance with the partnership
agreement and the admission of the limited partner&#146;s successor as a limited partner of our operating partnership or as a result of the redemption or acquisition by the Company of the limited partner&#146;s entire interest in our operating
partnership. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Restrictions on Mergers, Sales, Transfers and Other Significant Transactions of the General Partner
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company may not merge, consolidate or otherwise combine the Company&#146;s assets with another entity, or sell all or
substantially all of the Company&#146;s assets not in the ordinary course of the Company&#146;s business, or reclassify, recapitalize or change the terms of the Company&#146;s outstanding common equity interests (other than in connection with a
stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, change in par value, increase in authorized shares, designation or issuance of new classes of equity securities or any event that does not require the approval of the Company&#146;s stockholders),
unless: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">such event has been approved by the consent of a majority in interest of the partners, including the Company, and
all limited partners holding common units will receive, or will have the right to elect to receive, for each common unit, consideration that is equivalent to the greatest amount of cash, securities or other property received by a holder of one share
of the Company&#146;s common stock; and, if such event occurs in connection with a purchase, tender or exchange offer, each holder of common units has the right to receive, or elect to receive, the greatest amount of cash, securities or other
property that such holder of units would have received had it exercised its right to redemption pursuant to the partnership agreement and received shares of the Company&#146;s common stock in exchange for its units immediately before the expiration
of the purchase, tender or exchange offer and had accepted the purchase, tender or exchange offer; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">substantially all of the assets of our operating partnership are to be owned by a surviving entity in which the
limited partners holding common units will hold a percentage interest based on the relative fair market value of the net assets of our operating partnership and the other net assets of such entity, which interest will be on terms that are at least
as favorable as the terms of the common units and will include a right to redeem interests in such entity for the consideration described in the preceding bullet, cash on similar terms as those with respect to the common units or, if common equity
securities of the person controlling the surviving entity are publicly traded, such common equity securities. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Material Terms of Our
Operating Partnership&#146;s Series A Preferred Units </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following is a discussion of certain of the rights, privileges and
preferences of the series A preferred units. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Liquidation Preference </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of our operating partnership, holders of
series A preferred units will be entitled to receive and be paid in cash an amount equal to $25.00 per preferred unit plus any accrued and unpaid distributions before any distribution or payment may be made with respect to any other series or class
of partnership interest ranking junior to the series A preferred units (but only to the extent consistent with a liquidation in accordance with positive capital account balances). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Distributions </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Holders of series A
preferred units are entitled to receive, when, as and if declared by our operating partnership, out of available cash, cumulative preferential cash distributions in an amount equal to 6.25% per annum of the $25.00 liquidation preference per unit
from the date of issuance of such unit, payable quarterly in arrears on or before the last calendar day of March, June, September and December of each year. Distributions that are due but unpaid will accumulate and compound quarterly. If any such
preferential distribution payments for any past quarterly period are in arrears, no distributions may be authorized or paid on any other series or class of partnership interest ranking junior to the series A preferred units, nor shall any other
series or class of partnership interests ranking junior to the series A preferred units be redeemed, purchased or acquired by our operating partnership or us, except for: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">a redemption of common units from the Company in connection with a redemption or repurchase by the Company of
common stock for cash pursuant to the restrictions on ownership and transfer of the </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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Company&#146;s stock described in &#147;Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer&#148; or a redemption of preferred units from the Company in connection with a redemption or repurchase by the
Company of outstanding preferred stock for cash; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the acquisition by the Company of common units tendered for redemption with shares of the Company&#146;s common
stock; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the conversion into or exchange for shares of the Company&#146;s common stock or units ranking junior to the
series A preferred units with no cash distributed. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Redemption Rights </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each limited partner holding series A preferred units and certain assignees have the right, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in
the partnership agreement, to require our operating partnership to redeem all or a portion of their series A preferred units in exchange for a cash redemption price equal to $25.00 per unit plus any accrued distributions that have not been paid on
or prior to the redemption date. Our operating partnership&#146;s obligation to effect a redemption, however, will not arise or be binding against our operating partnership unless and until the Company, as general partner, declines or fails to
exercise the Company&#146;s prior and independent right to acquire such preferred units in exchange for shares of the Company&#146;s common stock that are issued under an effective registration statement under the Securities Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Conversion Rights </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each limited
partner holding series A preferred units and certain assignees have the right, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the partnership agreement, to convert all or any portion of their series A preferred units into a number of common units
with a value equal to the aggregate redemption price of the series A preferred units tendered for conversion, the value of such common units to be based on the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">ten-day</FONT> trailing average closing price of the
Company&#146;s common stock calculated as of the business day immediately prior to the date of redemption. Any such conversion of series A preferred units will be deemed to have been made at the close of business on the date that the Company, as
general partner, receive notice of conversion. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In the event of a recapitalization, reclassification or change of outstanding common units
(other than a subdivision or combination of outstanding common units), a merger, sale or other business combination of our operating partnership, a sale, conveyance or lease to another or entity of all or substantially all of our operating
partnership&#146;s property and assets (other than to one or more of our subsidiaries) or an exchange of substantially all of the outstanding common units for securities of another entity, in each case in which holders of common units are entitled
to receive securities, other property or assets with respect to or in exchange for their common units, qualifying holders of series A preferred units will thereafter be entitled to convert their series A preferred units into the kind and amount of
securities or other consideration that such holder would have owned or been entitled to receive upon such a business combination if such holder had converted its series A preferred units into common units immediately before the business combination.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Voting and Consent Rights </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Generally, the series A preferred units are entitled to limited voting rights and in most cases vote on an
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">as-converted</FONT> basis with the holders of common units on any matter on which all limited partners are entitled to vote. However, so long as any series A preferred units remain outstanding, the consent of the
limited partners holding a majority in interest of series A preferred units other than any limited partner 50% or more of whose equity is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company will be required to: </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">authorize, designate or issue any class or series of partnership interests ranking pari passu with or senior to
the series A preferred units with respect to payment of dividends or the distribution of assets upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the affairs of our operating partnership; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">increase the authorized or issued amount of series A preferred units; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">amend, alter or repeal the terms of the series A preferred units, whether by merger, consolidation, transfer or
conveyance of all or substantially all of our operating partnership&#146;s assets or otherwise, so as to materially and adversely affect any right, preference or privilege of the series A preferred units, except that, so long as the series A
preferred units remain outstanding following any such merger, consolidation, transfer or conveyance of all or substantially all of our operating partnership&#146;s assets with the terms thereof materially unchanged, taking into account that, upon
the occurrence of such an event, our operating partnership may not be the surviving entity and the surviving entity may not be a limited partnership, the occurrence of such an event will not be deemed to materially and adversely affect the rights,
preferences or privileges of the series A preferred units and, in such case, no consent of limited partners holding series A preferred units would be required; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">except as discussed below under &#147;&#151;General Partner Fundamental Change,&#148; effect a &#147;fundamental
change,&#148; which is generally defined as a merger, consolidation or other combination of the Company&#146;s assets with another entity, a sale of all or substantially all of the Company&#146;s assets not in the ordinary course of the
Company&#146;s business, a reclassification, recapitalization or change in the terms of the Company&#146;s outstanding common equity interests (other than in connection with a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, change in par value,
increase in authorized shares, designation or issuance of new classes of equity securities or any event that does not require the approval of the Company&#146;s stockholders), as a result of which the Company&#146;s stock ceases to be publicly
traded or common units cease to be exchangeable (at the Company&#146;s option) for publicly traded shares of the Company&#146;s stock. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>General Partner Fundamental Change </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Without the approval of limited partners holding a majority in interest of the series A preferred units, the Company may not engage in a
&#147;fundamental change,&#148; unless upon consummation of such a fundamental change transaction the partnership agreement or other organizational documents of any successor to our operating partnership will contain certain provisions requiring:
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">our operating partnership or such successor to make minimum tax distributions to holders of the Company&#146;s
series A preferred units; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the Company or its successor to continue to own an aggregate of at least 33% of the equity in our operating
partnership through the ownership of equity interests which are subordinate to our operating partnership&#146;s series A preferred units; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">our operating partnership or such successor to refrain from incurring additional indebtedness if its ratio of
total indebtedness to gross asset value exceeds 50%, or allow this leverage ratio to exceed 60%, so long as series A preferred units remain outstanding. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In connection with any fundamental change transaction, our operating partnership has the right to redeem all or any portion of the then
outstanding series A preferred units for cash per unit equal to the redemption price. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>LTIP Units </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our operating partnership is authorized to issue a class of units of partnership interest designated as &#147;LTIP units.&#148; We may cause
our operating partnership to issue LTIP units, in one or more classes or series, with such terms as we may determine, to persons who provide services to or for the benefit of our operating partnership, for such consideration or for no consideration,
and we may admit such persons as limited partners of our operating partnership, without the approval or consent of any limited partner. LTIP units may be subject to vesting, forfeiture and restrictions on transfer and receipt of distributions
pursuant to the terms of any applicable equity-based plan and the terms of any award agreement relating to the issuance of the LTIP units. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Holders of LTIP units shall be entitled to receive distributions in an amount per LTIP unit equal to the amount that would have been payable if
such LTIP unit had been a common unit, except that distributions payable to the holders of LTIP units upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our operating partnership may not exceed the positive capital account balances attributable to
the LTIP units. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Conversion Rights </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Vested LTIP units are convertible at the option of each limited partner and some assignees of limited partners (in each case, that hold vested
LTIP units) into common units, and we may also cause our operating partnership to convert vested LTIP units eligible for conversion into an equal number of common units, in each case subject to certain limitations. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If we are or our operating partnership is party to a transaction, including a merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of our
assets or other business combination, as a result of which common units are exchanged for or converted into the right, or holders of common units are otherwise entitled, to receive cash, securities or other property (or any combination thereof), we
must cause our operating partnership to convert any vested LTIP units then eligible for conversion into common units immediately before the transaction, taking into account any special allocations of income that would be made as a result of the
transaction. Our operating partnership must use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each limited partner (other than a party to such a transaction or an affiliate of such a party) holding LTIP units that will be converted into common units in
such a transaction to be afforded the right to receive the same kind and amount of cash, securities and other property (or any combination thereof) for such common units that each holder of common units receives in the transaction. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Transfer </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless an applicable
equity-based plan or the terms of an award agreement specify additional restrictions on transfer of LTIP units, LTIP units are transferable to the same extent as common units, as described above in &#147;&#151;Transfers and Withdrawals.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Voting Rights </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Limited partners
holding LTIP units are entitled to vote together as a class with limited partners holding common units and performance units on all matters on which limited partners holding common units are entitled to vote or consent, and may cast one vote for
each LTIP unit so held. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Adjustment of LTIP Units </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If our operating partnership takes certain actions, including making a distribution of units on all outstanding common units, combining or
subdividing the outstanding common units into a different number of common units or reclassifying the outstanding common units, we must adjust the number of outstanding LTIP units or subdivide or combine outstanding LTIP units to maintain a <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-for-one</FONT></FONT> conversion ratio and economic equivalence between common units and LTIP units. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Performance Units </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our operating
partnership is authorized to issue a class of units of partnership interest designated as &#147;performance units.&#148; We may cause our operating partnership to issue performance units in one or more classes or series, with such terms as we may
determine, to persons who provide services to or for the benefit of our operating partnership, for such consideration or for no consideration as we may determine to be appropriate, and we may admit such persons as limited partners of our operating
partnership, without the approval or consent of any limited partner. Performance units may be subject to vesting, forfeiture and restrictions on transfer and receipt of distributions pursuant to the terms of any applicable equity-based plan and the
terms of any award agreement relating to the issuance of the performance units. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Holders of vested performance units shall be entitled to receive distributions in an amount per performance unit equal to the amount that would
have been payable if such performance unit had been a common unit and holders of unvested performance units shall be entitled to receive distributions in an amount per performance unit equal to the product of the distribution made to the holders of
common units per common unit multiplied by 10%, except that distributions payable to the holders of performance units upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our operating partnership may not exceed the positive capital account balances
attributable to the performance units. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Conversion Rights </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Vested performance units are convertible at the option of each limited partner and some assignees of limited partners (in each case, that hold
vested performance units) into common units, and we may also cause our operating partnership to convert vested performance units eligible for conversion into an equal number of common units, in each case subject to certain limitations. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If we are or our operating partnership is party to a transaction, including a merger, consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of our
assets or other business combination, as a result of which common units are exchanged for or converted into the right, or holders of common units are otherwise entitled, to receive cash, securities or other property (or any combination thereof), we
must cause our operating partnership to convert any vested performance units then eligible for conversion into common units immediately before the transaction, taking into account any special allocations of income that would be made as a result of
the transaction. Our operating partnership must use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each limited partner (other than a party to such a transaction or an affiliate of such a party) holding performance units that will be converted into common
units in such a transaction to be afforded the right to receive the same kind and amount of cash, securities and other property (or any combination thereof) for such common units that each holder of common units receives in the transaction. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Transfer </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless an applicable
equity-based plan or the terms of an award agreement specify additional restrictions on transfer of performance units, performance units are transferable to the same extent as common units, as described above in &#147;&#151;Transfers and
Withdrawals.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Voting Rights </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Limited partners holding performance units are entitled to vote together as a class with limited partners holding common units and LTIP units
on all matters on which limited partners holding common units are entitled to vote or consent, and may cast one vote for each performance units so held. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Adjustment of Performance Units </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If our operating partnership takes certain actions, including making a distribution of units on all outstanding common units, combining or
subdividing the outstanding common units into a different number of common units or reclassifying the outstanding common units, we must adjust the number of outstanding performance units or subdivide or combine outstanding performance units to
maintain a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-for-one</FONT></FONT> conversion ratio and economic equivalence between common units and performance units. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="toc129156_13"></A>MATERIAL PROVISIONS OF MARYLAND LAW AND OF THE COMPANY&#146;S
CHARTER AND BYLAWS </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>The following summary of certain provisions of Maryland law and the Company&#146;s charter and bylaws does not
purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to Maryland law and the Company&#146;s charter and bylaws, copies of which are filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.
See &#147;Where You Can Find More Information; Incorporation by Reference.&#148; </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>The Company&#146;s Board of Directors </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s charter and bylaws provide that the number of directors of the Company may be established, increased or decreased only by a
majority of the Company&#146;s entire board of directors but may not be fewer than the minimum number required under the MGCL nor, unless the Company&#146;s bylaws are amended, more than 15. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">At each annual meeting of the Company&#146;s stockholders, the stockholders will elect each of the Company&#146;s directors to serve until the
next annual meeting of the Company&#146;s stockholders and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualifies under the MGCL. Holders of shares of the Company&#146;s common stock will have no right to cumulative voting in the election of
directors. In uncontested elections, directors are elected by the affirmative vote of a majority of all the votes cast &#147;for&#148; and &#147;against&#148; each director nominee. In contested elections, directors are elected by a plurality of the
votes cast. An election will be considered to be contested if the Company&#146;s secretary has received notice that a stockholder has nominated or proposes to nominate one or more persons for election as a director, which notice complies or purports
to comply with the requirements for advance notice of stockholder nominations set forth in the Company&#146;s bylaws, and the nomination or proposed nomination has not been withdrawn at least 14 days prior to the date that the Company&#146;s proxy
statement with respect to the meeting at which such nomination or proposed nomination would be made is first released to stockholders and would thereby cause the number of nominees and proposed nominees to exceed the number of directors to be
elected at the meeting, irrespective of whether such notice complies with the requirements for advance notice of stockholder nominations set forth in the Company&#146;s bylaws or such nomination or proposed nomination is thereafter withdrawn by such
stockholder. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has elected by a provision of its charter to be subject to a provision of Maryland law requiring that, except as
otherwise provided in the terms of any class or series of the Company&#146;s stock, vacancies on the Company&#146;s board of directors may be filled only by the remaining directors and that any individual elected to fill a vacancy will serve for the
remainder of the full term of the class of directors in which the vacancy occurred and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualifies. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Removal of Directors </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s
charter provides that, subject to the rights of holders of one or more classes or series of preferred stock to elect or remove one or more directors, a director may be removed only for cause (as defined in the Company&#146;s charter) and only by the
affirmative vote of at least <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">two-thirds</FONT> of the votes entitled to be cast generally in the election of directors. This provision, when coupled with the exclusive power of the Company&#146;s board of directors
to fill vacant directorships, may preclude stockholders from removing incumbent directors and filling the vacancies created by such removal with their own nominees. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Business Combinations </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the MGCL,
certain &#147;business combinations&#148; (including a merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange or, in certain circumstances specified under the statute, an asset transfer or issuance or reclassification of equity securities) between a
Maryland corporation and any interested stockholder, or an affiliate of such an interested stockholder, are prohibited for five years after the most recent date on which the interested stockholder becomes an interested stockholder. Maryland law
defines an interested stockholder as: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any person who beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the voting power of the
corporation&#146;s outstanding voting stock; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">an affiliate or associate of the corporation who, at any time within the
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">two-year</FONT> period prior to the date in question, was the beneficial owner of 10% or more of the voting power of the then-outstanding voting stock of the corporation. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A person is not an interested stockholder if the board of directors approved in advance the transaction by which the person otherwise would
have become an interested stockholder. In approving a transaction, however, the board of directors may provide that its approval is subject to compliance, at or after the time of the approval, with any terms and conditions determined by it. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">After such five-year period, any such business combination must be recommended by the board of directors of the corporation and approved by
the affirmative vote of at least: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">80% of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of outstanding shares of voting stock of the corporation; and
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">two-thirds</FONT> of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of voting stock of
the corporation other than shares held by the interested stockholder with whom (or with whose affiliate) the business combination is to be effected or held by an affiliate or associate of the interested stockholder. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">These supermajority approval requirements do not apply if, among other conditions, the corporation&#146;s common stockholders receive a
minimum price (as defined in the MGCL) for their shares and the consideration is received in cash or in the same form as previously paid by the interested stockholder for its shares. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">These provisions of the MGCL do not apply, however, to business combinations that are approved or exempted by a corporation&#146;s board of
directors prior to the time that the interested stockholder becomes an interested stockholder. Pursuant to the statute, the Company&#146;s board of directors has by resolution exempted from the business combination provisions of the MGCL, and,
consequently, the five-year prohibition and the supermajority vote requirements will not apply to, business combinations between the Company and any interested stockholder that have been approved by the Company&#146;s board, including a majority of
the Company&#146;s directors who are not affiliated with the interested stockholder, unless the Company&#146;s board in the future alters or repeals this resolution. As a result, anyone who is or later becomes an interested stockholder may be able
to enter into business combinations with the Company without compliance by the Company with the five-year moratorium, supermajority vote requirements and the other provisions of the statute. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company cannot assure you that its board of directors will not opt to be subject to such business combination provisions in the future.
However, an alteration or repeal of this resolution will not have any effect on any business combinations that have been consummated or upon any agreements existing at the time of such modification or repeal. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Control Share Acquisitions </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The MGCL
provides that a holder of &#147;control shares&#148; of a Maryland corporation acquired in a &#147;control share acquisition&#148; has no voting rights with respect to such shares except to the extent approved by the affirmative vote of at least <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">two-thirds</FONT> of the votes entitled to be cast in the election of directors, generally, but excluding shares held (or entitled to be voted) by: (1)&nbsp;the person who has made or proposes to make the control share
acquisition, (2)&nbsp;any officer of the corporation or (3)&nbsp;any employee of the corporation who is also a director of the corporation. &#147;Control shares&#148; are voting shares of stock that, if aggregated with all other such shares of stock
previously acquired by the acquirer or in respect of which the acquirer is able to exercise or direct the exercise of voting power (except solely by virtue of a revocable proxy), would entitle the acquirer to exercise voting power in electing
directors within one of the following ranges: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-tenth</FONT> or more but less than
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-third;</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-third</FONT> or more but less than a majority; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">a majority or more of all voting power. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Control shares do not include shares that the acquiring person is then entitled to vote as a result of having previously obtained stockholder
approval. A &#147;control share acquisition&#148; means the acquisition, directly or indirectly, of ownership of, or the power to direct the exercise of voting power with respect to, issued and outstanding control shares, subject to certain
exceptions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A person who has made or proposes to make a control share acquisition, upon satisfaction of certain conditions (including an
undertaking to pay expenses and making an &#147;acquiring person statement&#148; as described in the MGCL), may compel the board of directors to call a special meeting of stockholders to be held within 50 days of demand to consider the voting rights
of the control shares. If no request for a special meeting is made, the corporation may itself present the question at any stockholders meeting. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If voting rights of control shares are not approved at the meeting or if the acquiring person does not deliver an &#147;acquiring person
statement&#148; as required by the statute, then, subject to certain conditions and limitations, the corporation may redeem any or all of the control shares (except those for which voting rights have previously been approved) for fair value
determined, without regard to the absence of voting rights for the control shares, as of the date of the last control share acquisition by the acquirer or, if a meeting of stockholders is held at which the voting rights of such shares are considered
and not approved, as of the date of the meeting. If voting rights for control shares are approved at a stockholders meeting and the acquirer becomes entitled to vote a majority of the shares entitled to vote, all other stockholders may exercise
appraisal rights. The fair value of the shares as determined for purposes of such appraisal rights may not be less than the highest price per share paid by the acquirer in the control share acquisition. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The control share acquisition statute does not apply (1)&nbsp;to shares acquired in a merger, consolidation or statutory share exchange if the
corporation is a party to the transaction or (2)&nbsp;to acquisitions approved or exempted by the charter or bylaws of the corporation. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s bylaws contain a provision exempting from the control share acquisition statute any and all control share acquisitions by
any person of shares of the Company&#146;s stock. The Company&#146;s board of directors may amend or eliminate this provision at any time in the future. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Subtitle 8 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subtitle 8 of Title 3 of the
MGCL permits a Maryland corporation with a class of equity securities registered under the Exchange Act and at least three independent directors to elect to be subject, by provision in its charter or bylaws or a resolution of its board of directors
and notwithstanding any contrary provision in the charter or bylaws, to any or all of the following five provisions: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">a classified board; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">two-thirds</FONT> vote requirement for removing a director;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">a requirement that the number of directors be fixed only by vote of the directors; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">a requirement that a vacancy on the board be filled only by the remaining directors and for the remainder of the
full term of the class of directors in which the vacancy occurred; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">a majority requirement for the calling of a special meeting of stockholders. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has elected by a provision in its charter to be subject to the provisions of Subtitle 8 relating to the filling of vacancies on
the Company&#146;s board of directors. Through provisions in the Company&#146;s charter and bylaws unrelated to Subtitle 8, the Company already (1)&nbsp;requires a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">two-thirds</FONT> vote for the removal of any
director from the board, which removal must be for cause, (2)&nbsp;vests in the board the exclusive power to fix the number of directorships, subject to limitations set forth in the Company&#146;s charter and bylaws, and (3)&nbsp;requires, unless
called by the chairman of the Company&#146;s board of directors, the Company&#146;s president, the Company&#146;s chief executive </P>
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officer or the Company&#146;s board of directors, the request of stockholders entitled to cast not less than a majority of all votes entitled to be cast on a matter at such meeting to call a
special meeting to consider and vote on any matter that may properly be considered at a meeting of stockholders. The Company has not elected to create a classified board. In the future, the Company&#146;s board of directors may elect, without
stockholder approval, to create a classified board or adopt one or more of the other provisions of Subtitle 8. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Amendments to The Company&#146;s
Charter and Bylaws </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s charter generally may be amended only if such amendment is declared advisable by the
Company&#146;s board of directors and approved by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter, except that the provisions of the Company&#146;s charter relating to the removal of
directors and the vote required to amend the removal provision may be amended only with the approval of stockholders entitled to cast at least <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">two-thirds</FONT> of all of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter.
The Company&#146;s board of directors has the exclusive power to adopt, alter or repeal any provision of the Company&#146;s bylaws or to make new bylaws. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Meetings of Stockholders </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the
Company&#146;s bylaws, annual meetings of stockholders will be held each year at a date and time determined by the Company&#146;s board of directors. Special meetings of stockholders may be called only by the Company&#146;s board of directors, the
chairman of the Company&#146;s board of directors, the Company&#146;s president or the Company&#146;s chief executive officer. Additionally, subject to the provisions of the Company&#146;s bylaws, special meetings of the stockholders to act on any
matter must be called by the Company&#146;s secretary upon the written request of stockholders entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast at such meeting on such matter who have requested the special meeting in accordance
with the procedures set forth in, and provided the information and certifications required by, the Company&#146;s bylaws. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Advance Notice of Director
Nominations and New Business </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s bylaws provide that: </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">with respect to an annual meeting of stockholders, nominations of individuals for election to the Company&#146;s
board of directors and the proposal of business to be considered by stockholders at the annual meeting may be made only: </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">pursuant to the Company&#146;s notice of the meeting; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">by or at the direction of the Company&#146;s board of directors; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">by a stockholder who was a stockholder of record both at the time the stockholder provides the notice required by
the Company&#146;s bylaws and at the time of the annual meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting in the election of each individual so nominated or such other business and who has complied with the advance notice procedures set forth in, and
provided the information and certifications required by, the Company&#146;s bylaws; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">with respect to special meetings of stockholders, only the business specified in the Company&#146;s notice of
meeting may be brought before the meeting of stockholders, and nominations of individuals for election to the Company&#146;s board of directors may be made only: </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">by or at the direction of the Company&#146;s board of directors; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">provided that the meeting has been called in accordance with the Company&#146;s bylaws for the purpose of
electing directors, by a stockholder who is a stockholder of record both at the time the stockholder provides the notice required by the Company&#146;s bylaws and at the time of the meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting in the election of
each individual so nominated and who has complied with the advance notice provisions set forth in, and provided the information and certifications required by, the Company&#146;s bylaws. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The purpose of requiring stockholders to give advance notice of nominations and other
proposals is to afford the Company&#146;s board of directors the opportunity to consider the qualifications of the proposed nominees or the advisability of the other proposals and, to the extent considered necessary by the Company&#146;s board of
directors, to inform stockholders and make recommendations regarding the nominations or other proposals. The advance notice procedures also permit a more orderly procedure for conducting stockholder meetings. Although the Company&#146;s bylaws do
not give the Company&#146;s board of directors the power to disapprove timely stockholder nominations and proposals, the Company&#146;s bylaws may have the effect of precluding a contest for the election of directors or proposals for other action if
the proper procedures are not followed, and of discouraging or deterring a third party from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect its own slate of directors to the Company&#146;s board of directors or to approve its own proposal. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Anti-takeover Effect of Certain Provisions of Maryland Law and the Company&#146;s Charter and Bylaws </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The supermajority vote required to remove directors, the restrictions on ownership and transfer of the Company&#146;s stock, the Company&#146;s
election to be subject to the provision of Subtitle 8 generally vesting in the Company&#146;s board of directors the exclusive power to fill vacancies on the Company&#146;s board of directors and the advance notice provisions of the Company&#146;s
bylaws could delay, defer or prevent a transaction or a change of control of the Company that might involve a premium price for the Company&#146;s common stock or that the Company&#146;s common stockholders otherwise believe to be in their best
interests. Likewise, if the Company&#146;s board of directors were to elect to be subject to the business combination provisions of the MGCL or the provision of Subtitle 8 providing for a classified board or if the provision in the Company&#146;s
bylaws opting out of the control share acquisition provisions of the MGCL were amended or rescinded, these provisions of the MGCL could have similar anti-takeover effects. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Indemnification and Limitation of Directors&#146; and Officers&#146; Liability </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Maryland law permits a Maryland corporation to include in its charter a provision eliminating the liability of its directors and officers to
the corporation and its stockholders for money damages except for liability resulting from actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or active and deliberate dishonesty that is established by a final judgment and
is material to the cause of action. The Company&#146;s charter contains a provision that eliminates such liability to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The MGCL requires a Maryland corporation (unless its charter provides otherwise, which the Company&#146;s charter does not) to indemnify a
director or officer who has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which he or she is made or threatened to be made a party by reason of his or her service in that capacity. The MGCL permits a Maryland
corporation to indemnify its present and former directors and officers, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in connection with any proceeding to which they may be made or
are threatened to be made a party by reason of their service in those or other capacities unless it is established that: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and:
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">was committed in bad faith; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; or
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or
omission was unlawful. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">However, under the MGCL, a Maryland corporation may not indemnify a director or officer for an adverse judgment
in a suit by or on behalf of the corporation or if the director or officer was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received, unless in either case a court orders indemnification and then only for expenses. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, the MGCL permits a Maryland corporation to advance reasonable expenses to a
director or officer upon the corporation&#146;s receipt of: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the
standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the corporation; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">a written undertaking by the director or officer or on his or her behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed
by the corporation if it is ultimately determined that he or she did not meet the standard of conduct. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
Company&#146;s charter and bylaws obligate the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, to indemnify and to pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding without
requiring a preliminary determination of the individual&#146;s ultimate entitlement to indemnification to: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any present or former director or officer who is made or threatened to be made a party to the proceeding by
reason of his or her service in that capacity; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">any individual who, while a director or officer of the Company and at the Company&#146;s request, serves or has
served as a director, officer, partner, member, manager or trustee of another corporation, real estate investment trust, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or any other enterprise and who is made or
threatened to be made a party to the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s
charter and bylaws also permit it, with the approval of the Company&#146;s board of directors, to indemnify and advance expenses to any person who served a predecessor of the Company in any of the capacities described above and to any employee or
agent of the Company or a predecessor of the Company. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The partnership agreement of our operating partnership also provides that the
Company, as general partner, and the Company&#146;s directors, officers and employees, officers and employees as well as any of the Company&#146;s designees are indemnified against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities (whether joint or
several), expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys&#146; fees and other legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, settlements and other amounts arising from any and all claims, demands, actions, suits or proceedings, civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative, that relate to the operations of our operating partnership, except (1)&nbsp;if the act or omission of such person was material to the matter giving rise to the action and either was committed in bad faith or was the
result of active and deliberate dishonesty, (2)&nbsp;for any transaction for which such person received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services or otherwise, in violation or breach of any provision of the partnership agreement,
or (3)&nbsp;in the case of a criminal proceeding, if the person had reasonable cause to believe the act or omission was unlawful. Our operating partnership must also pay or reimburse the reasonable expenses of any such person upon its receipt of a
written affirmation of the person&#146;s good faith belief that the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification has been met and a written undertaking to repay any amounts paid or advanced if it is ultimately determined that the person did not
meet the standard of conduct for indemnification. Our operating partnership will not indemnify or advance funds to any person with respect to any action initiated by the person seeking indemnification (other than an action to enforce such
person&#146;s right to indemnification under the partnership agreement) without the Company&#146;s approval or if the person is found to be liable to our operating partnership on any portion of any claim in the action. See &#147;Description of the
Partnership Agreement of Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P.&#151;Exculpation and Indemnification.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Insofar as the foregoing provisions
permit indemnification of directors, officers or persons controlling us for liability arising under the Securities Act, we have been informed that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, this indemnification is against public
policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Indemnification Agreements </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its executive officers and directors whereby it has agreed to indemnify
and advance the expenses of such executive officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by Maryland law as described in &#147;Material Provisions of Maryland Law and of The Company&#146;s Charter and Bylaws&#151; Indemnification and
Limitation of Directors&#146; and Officers&#146; Liability&#148; against all expenses and liabilities, subject to limited exceptions. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Restrictions on
Ownership and Transfer of the Company&#146;s Stock </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s charter contains restrictions on the ownership and transfer of
the Company&#146;s stock that are intended to assist the Company in continuing to qualify as a REIT. Subject to certain exceptions, the Company&#146;s charter provides that 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 9.8% (in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive) of the outstanding shares of the Company&#146;s common stock, or 9.8% (in value) of the aggregate of the
outstanding shares of all classes and series of the Company&#146;s capital stock. For more information regarding these and other restrictions on the ownership and transfer of the Company&#146;s stock imposed by the Company&#146;s charter and the
remedies for a violation of such restrictions, see &#147;Description of Common Stock&#151;Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer,&#148; and &#147;Description of Preferred Stock&#151;Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer&#148; and &#147;Restrictions
on Ownership and Transfer.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>REIT Qualification </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s charter provides that the Company&#146;s board of directors may revoke or otherwise terminate the Company&#146;s REIT
election, without approval of the Company&#146;s stockholders, if it determines that it is no longer in the Company&#146;s best interest to continue to be qualified as a REIT. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="toc129156_14"></A>FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following is a general summary of certain material U.S. federal income tax considerations regarding our election to be taxed as a real
estate investment trust (&#147;REIT&#148;) and the purchase, ownership or disposition of our capital stock or the operating partnership&#146;s debt securities. Supplemental U.S. federal income tax considerations relevant to the ownership of the
securities offered by this prospectus may be provided in the prospectus supplement that relates to those securities. For purposes of this discussion, references to &#147;we,&#148; &#147;our&#148; and &#147;us&#148; mean only Hudson Pacific
Properties, Inc. and do not include any of its subsidiaries, except as otherwise indicated. This summary is for general information only and is not tax advice. The information in this summary is based on: </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &#147;Code&#148;); </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">current, temporary and proposed Treasury regulations promulgated under the Code (the &#147;Treasury
Regulations&#148;); </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the legislative history of the Code; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">administrative interpretations and practices of the Internal Revenue Service (the &#147;IRS&#148;); and
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">court decisions; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">in each case, as of the date of this prospectus. In addition, the administrative interpretations and practices of the IRS include its practices and policies
as expressed in private letter rulings that are not binding on the IRS except with respect to the particular taxpayers who requested and received those rulings. The sections of the Code and the corresponding Treasury Regulations that relate to
qualification and taxation as a REIT are highly technical and complex. The following discussion sets forth certain material aspects of the sections of the Code that govern the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a REIT and its stockholders. This
summary is qualified in its entirety by the applicable Code provisions, Treasury Regulations promulgated under the Code, and administrative and judicial interpretations thereof. Potential tax reforms may result in significant changes to the rules
governing U.S. federal income taxation. New legislation, Treasury Regulations, administrative interpretations and practices and/or court decisions may significantly and adversely affect our ability to qualify as a REIT, the U.S. federal income tax
consequences of such qualification, or the U.S. federal income tax consequences of an investment in our capital stock or our operating partnership&#146;s debt securities, including those described in this discussion. Moreover, the law relating to
the tax treatment of other entities, or an investment in other entities, could change, making an investment in such other entities more attractive relative to an investment in a REIT. Any such changes could apply retroactively to transactions
preceding the date of the change. We have not requested, and do not plan to request, any rulings from the IRS that we qualify as a REIT, and the statements in this prospectus&nbsp;are not binding on the IRS or any court. Thus, we can provide no
assurance that the tax considerations contained in this discussion will not be challenged by the IRS or will be sustained by a court if challenged by the IRS. This summary does not discuss any state, local
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">or&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;tax</FONT> consequences, or any tax consequences arising under any U.S. federal tax laws other than U.S. federal income tax laws, associated with the purchase, ownership or disposition of our
capital stock or the operating partnership&#146;s debt securities, or our election to be taxed as a REIT. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>You are urged to consult
your tax advisors regarding the tax consequences to you of: </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><B>the purchase, ownership or disposition of our capital stock or the operating partnership&#146;s debt
securities, including the U.S. federal, state, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">local,&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;and</FONT> other tax consequences; </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><B>our election to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes; and </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Taxation of Our Company </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>General </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have elected to be
taxed as a REIT under Sections 856 through 860 of the Code commencing with our taxable year ended December&nbsp;31, 2010. We believe that we have been organized and have operated in a manner that has allowed us to qualify for taxation as a REIT
under the Code commencing with such taxable year, and we intend to continue to be organized and operate in this manner. However, qualification and taxation as a REIT depend upon our ability to meet the various qualification tests imposed under the
Code, including through actual operating results, asset composition, distribution levels and diversity of stock ownership. Accordingly, no assurance can be given that we have been organized and have operated, or will continue to be organized and
operate, in a manner so as to qualify or remain qualified as a REIT. See &#147;&#151;Failure to Qualify&#148; for potential tax consequences if we fail to qualify as a REIT. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Latham&nbsp;&amp; Watkins LLP has acted as our tax counsel in connection with this prospectus and our election to be taxed as a REIT.
Latham&nbsp;&amp; Watkins LLP has rendered an opinion to us, as of the date of this prospectus, to the effect that, commencing with our taxable year ended December&nbsp;31, 2010, we have been organized and have operated in conformity with the
requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code, and our proposed method of operation will enable us to continue to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code. It must be emphasized that this
opinion was based on various assumptions and representations as to factual matters, including representations made by us in a factual certificate provided by one of our officers. In addition, this opinion was based upon our factual representations
set forth in this prospectus. Moreover, our qualification and taxation as a REIT depend upon our ability to meet the various qualification tests imposed under the Code, which are discussed below, including through actual operating results, asset
composition, distribution levels and diversity of stock ownership, the results of which have not been and will not be reviewed by Latham&nbsp;&amp; Watkins LLP. Accordingly, no assurance can be given that our actual results of operations for any
particular taxable year have satisfied or will satisfy those requirements. Further, the anticipated U.S. federal income tax treatment described in this discussion may be changed, perhaps retroactively, by legislative, administrative or judicial
action at any time. Latham&nbsp;&amp; Watkins LLP has no obligation to update its opinion subsequent to the date of such opinion. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Provided we qualify for taxation as a REIT, we generally will not be required to pay U.S. federal corporate income taxes on our REIT taxable
income that is currently distributed to our stockholders. This treatment substantially eliminates the &#147;double taxation&#148; that ordinarily results from investment in a C corporation. A&nbsp;C&nbsp;corporation is a corporation that generally
is required to pay tax at the corporate level. Double taxation means taxation once at the corporate level when income is earned and once again at the stockholder level when the income is distributed. We will, however, be required to pay U.S. federal
income tax as follows: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">First, we will be required to pay regular U.S. federal corporate income tax on any undistributed
REIT&nbsp;taxable income, including undistributed capital gain. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Second, if we have (1)&nbsp;net income from the sale or other disposition of &#147;foreclosure property&#148;
held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of business or (2)&nbsp;other nonqualifying income from foreclosure property, we will be required to pay regular U.S. federal corporate income tax on this income. To the extent that income
from foreclosure property is otherwise qualifying income for purposes of the 75% gross income test, this tax is not applicable. Subject to certain other requirements, foreclosure property generally is defined as property we acquired through
foreclosure or after a default on a loan secured by the property or a lease of the property. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Third, we will be required to pay a 100% tax on any net income from prohibited transactions. Prohibited
transactions are, in general, sales or other taxable dispositions of property, other than foreclosure property, held as inventory or primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of business. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Fourth, if we fail to satisfy the 75% gross income test or the 95% gross income test, as described below, but
have otherwise maintained our qualification as a REIT because certain other requirements </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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are met, we will be required to pay a tax equal to (1)&nbsp;the greater of (A)&nbsp;the amount by which we fail to satisfy the 75% gross income test and (B)&nbsp;the amount by which we fail to
satisfy the 95% gross income test, multiplied by (2)&nbsp;a fraction intended to reflect our profitability. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Fifth, if we fail to satisfy any of the asset tests (other than a<I>&nbsp;de</I><I>&nbsp;minimis</I>&nbsp;failure
of the 5% or 10% asset test), as described below, due to reasonable cause and not due to willful neglect, and we nonetheless maintain our REIT qualification because of specified cure provisions, we will be required to pay a tax equal to the greater
of $50,000 or the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate multiplied by the net income generated by the nonqualifying assets that caused us to fail such test. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Sixth, if we fail to satisfy any provision of the Code that would result in our failure to qualify as a REIT
(other than a violation of the gross income tests or certain violations of the asset tests, as described below) and the violation is due to reasonable cause and not due to willful neglect, we may retain our REIT qualification but we will be required
to pay a penalty of $50,000 for each such failure. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Seventh, we will be required to pay a 4% excise tax to the extent we fail to distribute during each calendar year
at least the sum of (1)&nbsp;85% of our ordinary income for the year, (2)&nbsp;95% of our capital gain net income for the year, and (3)&nbsp;any undistributed taxable income from prior periods. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Eighth, if we acquire any asset from a corporation that is or has been a C corporation in a transaction in which
our tax basis in the asset is less than the fair market value of the asset, in each case determined as of the date on which we acquired the asset, and we subsequently recognize gain on the disposition of the asset during the five-year period
beginning on the date on which we acquired the asset, then we generally will be required to pay regular U.S. federal corporate income tax on this gain to the extent of the excess of (1)&nbsp;the fair market value of the asset over (2)&nbsp;our
adjusted tax basis in the asset, in each case determined as of the date on which we acquired the asset. The results described in this paragraph with respect to the recognition of gain assume that the C corporation will refrain from making an
election to receive different treatment under applicable Treasury Regulations on its tax return for the year in which we acquire the asset from the C corporation. Under applicable Treasury Regulations, any gain from the sale of property we acquired
in an exchange under Section&nbsp;1031 (a like-kind exchange) or Section&nbsp;1033 (an involuntary conversion) of the Code generally is excluded from the application of this <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">built-in</FONT> gains tax.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Ninth, our subsidiaries that are C corporations and are not qualified REIT subsidiaries, including our
&#147;taxable REIT subsidiaries&#148; described below, generally will be required to pay regular U.S. federal corporate income tax on their earnings. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Tenth, we will be required to pay a 100% tax on any &#147;redetermined rents,&#148; &#147;redetermined
deductions,&#148; &#147;excess interest&#148; or &#147;redetermined TRS service income,&#148; as described below under &#147;&#151;Income Tests&#151;Penalty Tax.&#148; In general, redetermined rents are rents from real property that are overstated
as a result of services furnished to any of our tenants by a taxable REIT subsidiary of ours. Redetermined deductions and excess interest generally represent amounts that are deducted by a taxable REIT subsidiary of ours for amounts paid to us that
are in excess of the amounts that would have been deducted based on arm&#146;s length negotiations. Redetermined TRS service income generally represents income of a taxable REIT subsidiary that is understated as a result of services provided to us
or on our behalf. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Eleventh, we may elect to retain and pay income tax on our net capital gain. In that case, a stockholder would
include its proportionate share of our undistributed capital gain (to the extent we make a timely designation of such gain to the stockholder) in its income, would be deemed to have paid the tax that we paid on such gain, and would be allowed a
credit for its proportionate share of the tax deemed to have been paid, and an adjustment would be made to increase the tax basis of the stockholder in our capital stock. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Twelfth, if we fail to comply with the requirement to send annual letters to our stockholders holding at least a
certain percentage of our stock, as determined under applicable Treasury Regulations, </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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requesting information regarding the actual ownership of our stock, and the failure is not due to reasonable cause or is due to willful neglect, we will be subject to a $25,000 penalty, or if the
failure is intentional, a $50,000 penalty. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We and our subsidiaries may be subject to a variety of taxes other than U.S.
federal income tax, including payroll taxes and state and local income, property and other taxes on our assets and operations. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">From time
to time, we may own properties in other countries, which may impose taxes on our operations within their jurisdictions. To the extent possible, we will structure our activities to minimize our <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> tax
liability. However, there can be no assurance that we will be able to eliminate our <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> tax liability or reduce it to a specified level. Furthermore, as a REIT, both we and our stockholders will derive
little or no benefit from foreign tax credits arising from those <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> taxes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Requirements</I><I>&nbsp;for</I><I>&nbsp;Qualification</I><I>&nbsp;as</I><I>&nbsp;a</I><I>&nbsp;REIT</I>. The Code defines a REIT as a
corporation, trust or association: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">that is managed by one or more trustees or directors; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">that issues transferable shares or transferable certificates to evidence its beneficial ownership;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">that would be taxable as a domestic corporation, but for Sections 856 through 860 of the Code;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">that is not a financial institution or an insurance company within the meaning of certain provisions of the
Code; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">that is beneficially owned by 100 or more persons; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">not more than 50% in value of the outstanding stock of which is owned, actually or constructively, by five or
fewer individuals, including certain specified entities, during the last half of each taxable year; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">that meets other tests, described below, regarding the nature of its income and assets and the amount of its
distributions. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Code provides that conditions (1)&nbsp;to (4), inclusive, must be met during the entire taxable year
and that condition (5)&nbsp;must be met during at least 335 days of a taxable year of 12 months, or during a proportionate part of a taxable year of less than 12 months. Conditions (5)&nbsp;and (6)&nbsp;do not apply until after the first taxable
year for which an election is made to be taxed as a REIT. For purposes of condition (6), the term &#147;individual&#148; includes a supplemental unemployment compensation benefit plan, a private foundation or a portion of a trust permanently set
aside or used exclusively for charitable purposes, but generally does not include a qualified pension plan or profit sharing trust. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We
believe that we have been organized and have operated in a manner that has allowed us, and will continue to allow us, to satisfy conditions (1)&nbsp;through (7),&nbsp;inclusive, during the relevant time periods. In addition, our charter provides for
restrictions regarding ownership and transfer of our shares that are intended to assist us in continuing to satisfy the share ownership requirements described in conditions (5)&nbsp;and (6)&nbsp;above. A description of the share ownership and
transfer restrictions relating to our outstanding capital stock is contained in the discussion in this prospectus under the heading &#147;Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer.&#148; These restrictions, however, do not ensure that we have
previously satisfied, and may not ensure that we will, in all cases, be able to continue to satisfy, the share ownership requirements described in conditions (5)&nbsp;and (6)&nbsp;above. If we fail to satisfy these share ownership requirements, then
except as provided in the next sentence, our status as a REIT will terminate. If, however, we comply with the rules contained in applicable Treasury Regulations that require us to ascertain the actual ownership of our shares and we do not know, or
would not have known through the exercise of reasonable diligence, that we failed to meet the requirement described in condition (6)&nbsp;above, we will be treated as having met this requirement. See &#147;&#151;Failure to Qualify.&#148; </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, we may not maintain our status as a REIT unless our taxable year is the
calendar year. We have and will continue to have a calendar taxable year. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Ownership</I><I>&nbsp;of</I><I>&nbsp;Interests</I><I>&nbsp;in</I><I>&nbsp;Partnerships,</I><I>&nbsp;Limited</I><I>&nbsp;
Liability</I><I>&nbsp;Companies</I><I>&nbsp;and</I><I>&nbsp;Qualified</I><I>&nbsp;REIT</I><I>&nbsp;Subsidiaries</I>. In the case of a REIT that is a partner in a partnership (for purposes of this discussion, references to &#147;partnership&#148;
include a limited liability company treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and references to &#147;partner&#148; include a member in such a limited liability company), Treasury Regulations provide that the REIT will be deemed
to own its proportionate share of the assets of the partnership based on its interest in partnership capital, subject to special rules relating to the 10% asset test described below. Also, the REIT will be deemed to be entitled to its proportionate
share of the income of that entity. The assets and gross income of the partnership retain the same character in the hands of the REIT for purposes of Section&nbsp;856 of the Code, including satisfying the gross income tests and the asset tests.
Thus, our pro rata share of the assets and items of income of our operating partnership, including our operating partnership&#146;s share of these items of any partnership or disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes in which it owns
an interest, is treated as our assets and items of income for purposes of applying the requirements described in this discussion, including the gross income and asset tests described below. A brief summary of the rules governing the U.S. federal
income taxation of partnerships is set forth below in &#147;&#151;Tax Aspects of Our Operating Partnership, the Subsidiary Partnerships and the Limited Liability Companies.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have control of our operating partnership and the subsidiary partnerships and intend to operate them in a manner consistent with the
requirements for our qualification as a REIT. If we become a limited partner or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-managing</FONT> member in any partnership and such entity takes or expects to take actions that could jeopardize our status as a
REIT or require us to pay tax, we may be forced to dispose of our interest in such entity. In addition, it is possible that a partnership could take an action which could cause us to fail a gross income or asset test, and that we would not become
aware of such action in time to dispose of our interest in the partnership or take other corrective action on a timely basis. In such a case, we could fail to qualify as a REIT unless we were entitled to relief, as described below. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may from time to time own and operate certain properties through wholly-owned subsidiaries that we intend to be treated as &#147;qualified
REIT subsidiaries&#148; under the Code. A corporation (or other entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) will qualify as our qualified REIT subsidiary if we own 100% of the corporation&#146;s outstanding stock and do not
elect with the subsidiary to treat it as a &#147;taxable REIT subsidiary,&#148; as described below. A qualified REIT subsidiary is not treated as a separate corporation, and all assets, liabilities and items of income, gain, loss, deduction and
credit of a qualified REIT subsidiary are treated as assets, liabilities and items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of the parent REIT for all purposes under the Code, including all REIT qualification tests. Thus, in applying the
U.S.&nbsp;federal income tax requirements described in this discussion, any qualified REIT subsidiaries we own are ignored, and all assets, liabilities and items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of such corporations are treated as our
assets, liabilities and items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit. A qualified REIT subsidiary is not subject to U.S. federal income tax, and our ownership of the stock of a qualified REIT subsidiary will not violate the restrictions on
ownership of securities, as described below under &#147;&#151;Asset Tests.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Ownership</I><I>&nbsp;of</I><I>&nbsp;Interests</I><I>&nbsp;in</I><I>&nbsp;Taxable</I><I>&nbsp;REIT</I><I>&nbsp;Subsidiaries</I>. We
currently own interests in several taxable REIT subsidiaries and may acquire securities in additional taxable REIT subsidiaries in the future. A taxable REIT subsidiary is a corporation (or other entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal
income tax purposes) other than a REIT in which a REIT directly or indirectly holds stock, and that has made a joint election with such REIT to be treated as a taxable REIT subsidiary. If a taxable REIT subsidiary owns more than 35% of the total
voting power or value of the outstanding securities of another corporation, such other corporation will also be treated as a taxable REIT subsidiary. Other than some activities relating to lodging and health care facilities, a taxable REIT
subsidiary may generally engage in any business, including the provision of customary or non-customary services to tenants of its parent REIT. A taxable REIT subsidiary is subject to U.S. federal income tax as a regular C corporation. A REIT is not
treated as holding the assets of a taxable REIT subsidiary or as receiving </P>
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any income that the taxable REIT subsidiary earns. Rather, the stock issued by the taxable REIT subsidiary is an asset in the hands of the REIT, and the REIT generally recognizes as income the
dividends, if any, that it receives from the taxable REIT subsidiary. A REIT&#146;s ownership of securities of a taxable REIT subsidiary is not subject to the 5% or 10% asset test described below. See &#147;&#151;Asset Tests.&#148; Taxpayers are
subject to a limitation on their ability to deduct net business interest generally equal to 30% of adjusted taxable income, subject to certain exceptions. See &#147;&#151;Annual Distribution Requirements.&#148; While not certain, this provision may
limit the ability of our taxable REIT subsidiaries to deduct interest, which could increase their taxable income. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Ownership</I><I>&nbsp;of</I><I>&nbsp;Interests</I><I>&nbsp;in</I><I>&nbsp;Subsidiary</I><I>&nbsp;REITs</I>. We own and may acquire direct
or indirect interests in entities that have elected or will elect to be taxed as REITs under the Code (each, a &#147;Subsidiary REIT&#148;). A Subsidiary REIT is subject to the various REIT qualification requirements and other limitations described
herein that are applicable to us. If a Subsidiary REIT were to fail to qualify as a REIT, then (i)&nbsp;that Subsidiary REIT would become subject to U.S. federal income tax and (ii)&nbsp;the Subsidiary REIT&#146;s failure to qualify could have an
adverse effect on our ability to comply with the REIT income and asset tests, and thus could impair our ability to qualify as a REIT unless we could avail ourselves of certain relief provisions. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Income Tests </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We must satisfy two
gross income requirements annually to maintain our qualification as a REIT. First, in each taxable year we must derive directly or indirectly at least 75% of our gross income (excluding gross income from prohibited transactions, certain hedging
transactions, and certain foreign currency gains) from investments relating to real property or mortgages on real property, including &#147;rents from real property,&#148; dividends from other REITs and, in certain circumstances, interest, or
certain types of temporary investments. Second, in each taxable year we must derive at least 95% of our gross income (excluding gross income from prohibited transactions, certain hedging transactions, and certain foreign currency gains) from the
real property investments described above or dividends, interest and gain from the sale or disposition of stock or securities, or from any combination of the foregoing. For these purposes, the term &#147;interest&#148; generally does not include any
amount received or accrued, directly or indirectly, if the determination of all or some of the amount depends in any way on the income or profits of any person. However, an amount received or accrued generally will not be excluded from the term
&#147;interest&#148; solely by reason of being based on a fixed percentage or percentages of receipts or sales. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Rents we receive from a
tenant will qualify as &#147;rents from real property&#148; for the purpose of satisfying the gross income requirements for a REIT described above only if all of the following conditions are met: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The amount of rent is not based in whole or in part on the income or profits of any person. However, an amount we
receive or accrue generally will not be excluded from the term &#147;rents from real property&#148; solely because it is based on a fixed percentage or percentages of receipts or sales or if it is based on the net income of a tenant which derives
substantially all of its income with respect to such property from subleasing of substantially all of such property, to the extent that the rents paid by the subtenants would qualify as rents from real property if we earned such amounts directly;
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Neither we nor an actual or constructive owner of 10% or more of our capital stock actually or constructively
owns 10% or more of the interests in the assets or net profits of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">a&nbsp;non-corporate&nbsp;tenant,</FONT> or, if the tenant is a corporation, 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock
entitled to vote or 10% or more of the total value of all classes of stock of the tenant. Rents we receive from such a tenant that is a taxable REIT subsidiary of ours, however, will not be excluded from the definition of &#147;rents from real
property&#148; as a result of this condition if at least 90% of the space at the property to which the rents relate is leased to third parties, and the rents paid by the taxable REIT subsidiary are substantially comparable to rents paid by our other
tenants for comparable space. Whether rents paid by a taxable REIT subsidiary are substantially comparable to rents paid by other tenants is determined at the time the lease with the taxable REIT subsidiary is entered into, extended, and modified,
if such modification increases </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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the rents due under such lease. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, if a lease with a &#147;controlled taxable REIT subsidiary&#148; is modified and such modification results in an increase
in the rents payable by such taxable REIT subsidiary, any such increase will not qualify as &#147;rents from real property.&#148; For purposes of this rule, a &#147;controlled taxable REIT subsidiary&#148; is a taxable REIT subsidiary in which the
parent REIT owns stock possessing more than 50% of the voting power or more than 50% of the total value of the outstanding stock of such taxable REIT subsidiary. We currently lease space to subsidiaries of a taxable REIT subsidiary of ours at our
media and entertainment properties and may, from time to time, enter into additional leases with one or more taxable REIT subsidiaries. To the extent any rent from such leases do not satisfy the 90% rental exception described above, our receipt of
such rent will not qualify under the gross income tests; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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15% of the total rent received under the lease. If this condition is not met, then the portion of the rent attributable to personal property will not qualify as &#147;rents from real property.&#148; To the extent that rent attributable to personal
property, leased in connection with a lease of real property, exceeds 15% of the total rent received under the lease, we may transfer a portion of such personal property to a taxable REIT subsidiary. From time to time, one or more of our taxable
REIT subsidiaries may own personal property leased to tenants at certain of our properties; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">We generally may not operate or manage the property or furnish or render services to our tenants, subject to a
1%<I> de</I><I>&nbsp;minimis</I> exception and except as provided below. We may, however, perform services that are &#147;usually or customarily rendered&#148; in connection with the rental of space for occupancy only and are not otherwise
considered &#147;rendered to the occupant&#148; of the property. Examples of these services include the provision of light, heat, or other utilities, trash removal and general maintenance of common areas. In addition, we may employ an independent
contractor from whom we derive no revenue to provide customary services to our tenants, or a taxable REIT subsidiary (which may be wholly or partially owned by us) to provide both customary and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-customary</FONT>
services to our tenants, without causing the rent we receive from those tenants to fail to qualify as &#147;rents from real property.&#148; From time to time, one or more taxable REIT subsidiaries may provide
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-customary</FONT> services to our tenants at certain of our properties. Any amounts we receive from a taxable REIT subsidiary with respect to the taxable REIT subsidiary&#146;s provision of <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-customary</FONT> services will be nonqualifying income under the 75% gross income test and, except to the extent received through the payment of dividends, the 95% gross income test. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We generally do not intend, and as the general partner of our operating partnership, we do not intend to permit our operating partnership, to
take actions we believe will cause us to fail to satisfy the rental conditions described above. However, we may intentionally fail to satisfy some of these conditions to the extent we determine, based on the advice of our tax counsel, that the
failure will not jeopardize our tax status as a REIT. In addition, with respect to the limitation on the rental of personal property, we generally have not obtained appraisals of the real property and personal property leased to tenants.
Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the IRS will not disagree with our determinations of value. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Income we receive that is
attributable to the rental of parking spaces at the properties generally will constitute rents from real property for purposes of the gross income tests if certain services provided with respect to the parking spaces are performed by independent
contractors from whom we derive no revenue, either directly or indirectly, or by a taxable REIT subsidiary, and certain other conditions are met. We believe that the income we receive that is attributable to parking spaces meets these tests and,
accordingly, will constitute rents from real property for purposes of the gross income tests. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">From time to time may, invest in entities
or properties located outside the United States, through a taxable REIT subsidiary or otherwise. These acquisitions could cause us to incur foreign currency gains or losses. Any </P>
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foreign currency gains, to the extent attributable to specified items of qualifying income or gain, or specified qualifying assets, however, generally will not constitute gross income for
purposes of the 75% and 95% gross income tests, and therefore will be excluded from these tests. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">From time to time, we may enter into
hedging transactions with respect to one or more of our assets or liabilities. Our hedging activities may include entering into interest rate swaps, caps, and floors, options to purchase these items, and futures and forward contracts. Income from a
hedging transaction, including gain from the sale or disposition of such a transaction, that is clearly identified as a hedging transaction as specified in the Code will not constitute gross income under, and thus will be exempt from, the 75% and
95% gross income tests. The term &#147;hedging transaction,&#148; as used above, generally means (A)&nbsp;any transaction we enter into in the normal course of our business primarily to manage risk of (1)&nbsp;interest rate changes or fluctuations
with respect to borrowings made or to be made by us to acquire or carry real estate assets, or (2)&nbsp;currency fluctuations with respect to an item of qualifying income under the 75% or 95% gross income test or any property which generates such
income and (B)&nbsp;new transactions entered into to hedge the income or loss from prior hedging transactions, where the property or indebtedness which was the subject of the prior hedging transaction was extinguished or disposed of. To the extent
that we do not properly identify such transactions as hedges or we hedge with other types of financial instruments, the income from those transactions is not likely to be treated as qualifying income for purposes of the gross income tests. We intend
to structure any hedging transactions in a manner that does not jeopardize our status as a REIT. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To the extent our taxable REIT
subsidiaries pay dividends or interest, we generally will derive our allocable share of such dividend or interest income through our interest in our operating partnership. Such dividend or interest income will qualify under the 95%, but not the 75%,
gross income test (except that our allocable share of such interest would also qualify under the 75% gross income test to the extent the interest is paid on a loan that is adequately secured by real property). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We will monitor the amount of the dividend and other income from our taxable REIT subsidiaries and will take actions intended to keep this
income, and any other nonqualifying income, within the limitations of the gross income tests. Although we expect these actions will be sufficient to prevent a violation of the gross income tests, we cannot guarantee that such actions will in all
cases prevent such a violation. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If we fail to satisfy one or both of the 75% or 95% gross income tests for any taxable year, we may
nevertheless qualify as a REIT for the year if we are entitled to relief under certain provisions of the Code. We generally may make use of the relief provisions if: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">following our identification of the failure to meet the 75% or 95% gross income tests for any taxable year, we
file a schedule with the IRS setting forth each item of our gross income for purposes of the 75% or 95% gross income tests for such taxable year in accordance with Treasury Regulations to be issued; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">our failure to meet these tests was due to reasonable cause and not due to willful neglect.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">It is not possible, however, to state whether in all circumstances we would be entitled to the benefit of these relief
provisions. For example, if we fail to satisfy the gross income tests because nonqualifying income that we intentionally accrue or receive exceeds the limits on nonqualifying income, the IRS could conclude that our failure to satisfy the tests was
not due to reasonable cause. If these relief provisions do not apply to a particular set of circumstances, we will not qualify as a REIT. See &#147;&#151;Failure to Qualify&#148; below. As discussed above in &#147;&#151;General,&#148; even if these
relief provisions apply, and we retain our status as a REIT, a tax would be imposed with respect to our nonqualifying income. We may not always be able to comply with the gross income tests for REIT qualification despite periodic monitoring of our
income. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Prohibited</I><I>&nbsp;Transaction</I><I>&nbsp;Income</I>. Any gain that we realize on the sale of property (other than any
foreclosure property) held as inventory or otherwise held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of business, </P>
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including our share of any such gain realized by our operating partnership, either directly or through its subsidiary partnerships, will be treated as income from a prohibited transaction that is
subject to a 100% penalty tax, unless certain safe harbor exceptions apply. This prohibited transaction income may also adversely affect our ability to satisfy the gross income tests for qualification as a REIT. Under existing law, whether property
is held as inventory or primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of a trade or business is a question of fact that depends on all the facts and circumstances surrounding the particular transaction. As the general partner of our
operating partnership, we intend to cause our operating partnership to hold its properties for investment with a view to long-term appreciation, to engage in the business of acquiring, developing and owning its properties and to make occasional
sales of the properties as are consistent with our investment objectives. We do not intend, and do not intend to permit our operating partnership or its subsidiary partnerships, to enter into any sales that are prohibited transactions. However, the
IRS may successfully contend that some or all of the sales made by our operating partnership or its subsidiary partnerships are prohibited transactions. We would be required to pay the 100% penalty tax on our allocable share of the gains resulting
from any such sales. The 100% penalty tax will not apply to gains from the sale of assets that are held through a taxable REIT subsidiary, but such income will be subject to regular U.S. federal corporate income tax. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Penalty</I><I>&nbsp;Tax</I>. Any redetermined rents, redetermined deductions, excess interest or redetermined TRS service income we
generate will be subject to a 100% penalty tax. In general, redetermined rents are rents from real property that are overstated as a result of any services furnished to any of our tenants by a taxable REIT subsidiary of ours, redetermined deductions
and excess interest represent any amounts that are deducted by a taxable REIT subsidiary of ours for amounts paid to us that are in excess of the amounts that would have been deducted based on arm&#146;s length negotiations, and redetermined TRS
service income is income of a taxable REIT subsidiary that is understated as a result of services provided to us or on our behalf. Rents we receive will not constitute redetermined rents if they qualify for certain safe harbor provisions contained
in the Code. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We do not expect to be subject to this penalty tax, although any rental or service arrangements we enter into from time to
time may not satisfy the safe-harbor provisions described above. These determinations are inherently factual, and the IRS has broad discretion to assert that amounts paid between related parties should be reallocated to clearly reflect their
respective incomes. If the IRS successfully made such an assertion, we would be required to pay a 100% penalty tax on any overstated rents paid to us, or any excess deductions or understated income of our taxable REIT subsidiaries. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Currently, certain subsidiaries of a taxable REIT subsidiary of ours provide services to certain of our tenants and pay rent to us and, from
time to time, we may enter into additional leases with our taxable REIT subsidiaries that also provide services to our tenants. We believe we have set, and we intend to set in the future, any fees paid to our taxable REIT subsidiaries for such
services, and any rent payable to us by our taxable REIT subsidiaries, at arm&#146;s length rates, although the amounts paid may not satisfy the safe-harbor provisions described above. These determinations are inherently factual, and the IRS has
broad discretion to assert that amounts paid between related parties should be reallocated to clearly reflect their respective incomes. If the IRS successfully made such an assertion, we would be required to pay a 100% penalty tax on any overstated
rents paid to us, or any excess deductions or understated income of our taxable REIT subsidiaries. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Asset Tests </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">At the close of each calendar quarter of our taxable year, we must also satisfy certain tests relating to the nature and diversification of our
assets. First, at least 75% of the value of our total assets must be represented by real estate assets, cash, cash items and U.S. government securities. For purposes of this test, the term &#147;real estate assets&#148; generally means real property
(including interests in real property and interests in mortgages on real property or on both real property and, to a limited extent, personal property), shares (or transferable certificates of beneficial interest) in other REITs, any stock or debt
instrument attributable to the investment of the proceeds of a stock offering or a public offering of debt with a term of at least five years (but only for <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;one-year&nbsp;period</FONT>
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beginning on the date the REIT receives such proceeds), debt instruments of publicly offered REITs, and personal property leased in connection with a lease of real property for which the rent
attributable to personal property is not greater than 15% of the total rent received under the lease. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Second, not more than 25% of the
value of our total assets may be represented by securities (including securities of taxable REIT subsidiaries), other than those securities includable in the 75% asset test. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Third, of the investments included in the 25% asset class, and except for certain investments in other REITs, our qualified REIT subsidiaries
and taxable REIT subsidiaries, the value of any one issuer&#146;s securities may not exceed 5% of the value of our total assets, and we may not own more than 10% of the total vote or value of the outstanding securities of any one issuer. Certain
types of securities we may own are disregarded as securities solely for purposes of the 10%&nbsp;value test, including, but not limited to, securities satisfying the &#147;straight debt&#148; safe harbor, securities issued by a partnership that
itself would satisfy the 75% income test if it were a REIT, any loan to an individual or an estate, any obligation to pay rents from real property and any security issued by a REIT. In addition, solely for purposes of the 10% value test, the
determination of our interest in the assets of a partnership in which we own an interest will be based on our proportionate interest in any securities issued by the partnership, excluding for this purpose certain securities described in the Code.
From time to time we may own securities (including debt securities) of issuers that do not qualify as a REIT, a qualified REIT subsidiary or a taxable REIT subsidiary. We intend that our ownership of any such securities will be structured in a
manner that allows us to comply with the asset tests described above. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Fourth, not more than 20% (25% for taxable years beginning before
January&nbsp;1, 2018) of the value of our total assets may be represented by the securities of one or more taxable REIT subsidiaries. Our operating partnership owns interests in companies that have elected, together with us, to be treated as our
taxable REIT subsidiaries, and we may acquire securities in additional taxable REIT subsidiaries in the future. So long as each of these companies qualifies as a taxable REIT subsidiary of ours, we will not be subject to the 5% asset test, the 10%
voting securities limitation or the 10% value limitation with respect to our ownership of the securities of such companies. We believe that the aggregate value of our taxable REIT subsidiaries has not exceeded, and in the future will not exceed, 20%
(25% for taxable years beginning before January&nbsp;1, 2018) of the aggregate value of our gross assets. We generally do not obtain independent appraisals to support these conclusions. In addition, there can be no assurance that the IRS will not
disagree with our determinations of value. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Fifth, not more than 25% of the value of our total assets may be represented by debt
instruments of publicly offered REITs to the extent those debt instruments would not be real estate assets but for the inclusion of debt instruments of publicly offered REITs in the meaning of real estate assets, as described above (e.g., a debt
instrument issued by a publicly offered REIT that is not secured by a mortgage on real property). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The asset tests must be satisfied at
the close of each calendar quarter of our taxable year in which we (directly or through any partnership or qualified REIT subsidiary) acquire securities in the applicable issuer, and also at the close of each calendar quarter in which we increase
our ownership of securities of such issuer (including as a result of an increase in our interest in any partnership that owns such securities). For example, our indirect ownership of securities of each issuer will increase as a result of our capital
contributions to our operating partnership or as limited partners exercise any redemption/exchange rights. Also, after initially meeting the asset tests at the close of any quarter, we will not lose our status as a REIT for failure to satisfy the
asset tests at the end of a later quarter solely by reason of changes in asset values. If we fail to satisfy an asset test because we acquire securities or other property during a quarter (including as a result of an increase in our interest in any
partnership), we may cure this failure by disposing of sufficient nonqualifying assets within 30 days after the close of that quarter. We believe that we have maintained, and we intend to maintain, adequate records of the value of our assets to
ensure compliance with the asset tests. If we fail to cure any noncompliance with the asset tests within <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;30-day&nbsp;cure</FONT> period, we would cease to qualify as a REIT unless we are eligible for certain
relief provisions discussed below. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Certain relief provisions may be available to us if we discover a failure to satisfy the
asset tests described above after <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;30-day&nbsp;cure</FONT> period. Under these provisions, we will be deemed to have met the 5% and 10% asset tests if the value of our nonqualifying assets (i)&nbsp;does not
exceed the lesser of (a)&nbsp;1% of the total value of our assets at the end of the applicable quarter or (b)&nbsp;$10,000,000, and (ii)&nbsp;we dispose of the nonqualifying assets or otherwise satisfy such tests within (a)&nbsp;six months after the
last day of the quarter in which the failure to satisfy the asset tests is discovered or (b)&nbsp;the period of time prescribed by Treasury Regulations to be issued. For violations of any of the asset tests due to reasonable cause and not due to
willful neglect and that are, in the case of the 5% and 10% asset tests, in excess of the<I>&nbsp;de</I><I>&nbsp;minimis</I>&nbsp;exception described above, we may avoid disqualification as a REIT after
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;30-day&nbsp;cure</FONT> period by taking steps including (i)&nbsp;the disposition of sufficient nonqualifying assets, or the taking of other actions, which allow us to meet the asset tests within
(a)&nbsp;six months after the last day of the quarter in which the failure to satisfy the asset tests is discovered or (b)&nbsp;the period of time prescribed by Treasury Regulations to be issued, (ii)&nbsp;paying a tax equal to the greater of
(a)&nbsp;$50,000 or (b)&nbsp;the U.S. federal corporate income tax rate multiplied by the net income generated by the nonqualifying assets, and (iii)&nbsp;disclosing certain information to the IRS. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Although we believe we have satisfied the asset tests described above and plan to take steps to ensure that we satisfy such tests for any
quarter with respect to which retesting is to occur, there can be no assurance that we will always be successful, or will not require a reduction in our operating partnership&#146;s overall interest in an issuer (including in a taxable REIT
subsidiary). If we fail to cure any noncompliance with the asset tests in a timely manner, and the relief provisions described above are not available, we would cease to qualify as a REIT. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Annual Distribution Requirements </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To maintain our qualification as a REIT, we are required to distribute dividends, other than capital gain dividends, to our stockholders each
year in an amount at least equal to the sum of: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">90% of our &#147;REIT taxable income&#148;; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">90% of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">our&nbsp;after-tax&nbsp;net</FONT> income, if any, from foreclosure
property; minus </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the excess of the sum of certain items <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">of&nbsp;non-cash&nbsp;income</FONT> over
5% of our REIT taxable income. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For these purposes, our REIT taxable income is computed without regard to the dividends
paid deduction and our net capital gain. In addition, for purposes of this <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">test,&nbsp;non-cash&nbsp;income</FONT> generally means income attributable to leveled stepped rents, original issue discount, cancellation of
indebtedness, or a like-kind exchange that is later determined to be taxable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, our REIT taxable income will be reduced by any
taxes we are required to pay on any gain we recognize from the disposition of any asset we acquired from a corporation that is or has been a C corporation in a transaction in which our tax basis in the asset is less than the fair market value of the
asset, in each case determined as of the date on which we acquired the asset, within the five-year period following our acquisition of such asset, as described above under &#147;&#151;General.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except as provided below, a taxpayer&#146;s deduction for net business interest expense will generally be limited to 30% of its taxable
income, as adjusted for certain items of income, gain, deduction or loss. Any business interest deduction that is disallowed due to this limitation may be carried forward to future taxable years, subject to special rules applicable to partnerships.
If we or any of our subsidiary partnerships (including our operating partnership) are subject to this interest expense limitation, our REIT taxable income for a taxable year may be increased. Taxpayers that conduct certain real estate businesses may
elect not to have this interest expense limitation apply to them, provided that they use an alternative depreciation system to depreciate certain property. We believe that we or any of our subsidiary partnerships that are subject to this interest
expense limitation will be eligible to make this election. If such election is made, although we or such subsidiary partnership, as applicable, would not be subject to the interest expense limitation described above, depreciation deductions may be
reduced and, as a result, our REIT taxable income for a taxable year may be increased. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We generally must pay, or be treated as paying, the distributions described above in the
taxable year to which they relate. At our election, a distribution will be treated as paid in a taxable year if it is declared before we timely file our tax return for such year and paid on or before the first regular dividend payment after such
declaration, provided such payment is made during <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;12-month&nbsp;period</FONT> following the close of such year. These distributions are treated as received by our stockholders in the year in which they are
paid. This is so even though these distributions relate to the prior year for purposes of the 90% distribution requirement. In order to be taken into account for purposes of our distribution requirement, except as provided below, the amount
distributed must not be preferential&#151;<I>i.e.</I>, every stockholder of the class of stock to which a distribution is made must be treated the same as every other stockholder of that class, and no class of stock may be treated other than
according to its dividend rights as a class. This preferential dividend limitation will not apply to distributions made by us, provided we qualify as a &#147;publicly offered REIT.&#148; We believe that we are, and expect we will continue to be, a
&#147;publicly offered REIT.&#148; However, Subsidiary REITs we may own from time to time may not be publicly offered REITs. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To the
extent that we do not distribute all of our net capital gain, or distribute at least 90%, but less than 100%, of our REIT taxable income, as adjusted, we will be required to pay regular U.S. federal corporate income tax on the undistributed amount.
We believe that we have made, and we intend to continue to make, timely distributions sufficient to satisfy these annual distribution requirements and to minimize our corporate tax obligations. In this regard, the partnership agreement of our
operating partnership authorizes us, as its general partner, to take such steps as may be necessary to cause our operating partnership to distribute to its partners an amount sufficient to permit us to meet these distribution requirements and to
minimize our corporate tax obligation. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We expect that our REIT taxable income will be less than our cash flow because of depreciation and
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">other&nbsp;non-cash&nbsp;charges</FONT> included in computing REIT taxable income. Accordingly, we anticipate that we generally will have sufficient cash or liquid assets to enable us to satisfy the distribution
requirements described above. However, from time to time, we may not have sufficient cash or other liquid assets to meet these distribution requirements due to timing differences between the actual receipt of income and actual payment of deductible
expenses, and the inclusion of income and deduction of expenses in determining our taxable income. In addition, we may decide to retain our cash, rather than distribute it, in order to repay debt or for other reasons. If these timing differences
occur, we may borrow funds to pay dividends or pay dividends in the form of taxable stock distributions in order to meet the distribution requirements, while preserving our cash. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under some circumstances, we may be able to rectify an inadvertent failure to meet the 90% distribution requirement for a year by paying
&#147;deficiency dividends&#148; to our stockholders in a later year, which may be included in our deduction for dividends paid for the earlier year. In that case, we may be able to avoid being taxed on amounts distributed as deficiency dividends,
subject to the 4% excise tax described below. However, we will be required to pay interest to the IRS based upon the amount of any deduction claimed for deficiency dividends. While the payment of a deficiency dividend will apply to a prior year for
purposes of our REIT distribution requirements, it will be treated as an additional distribution to our stockholders in the year such dividend is paid. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, if a dividend a Subsidiary REIT has paid is treated as a preferential dividend, in lieu of treating the dividend as not counting
toward satisfying the 90% distribution requirement, the IRS may provide a remedy to cure such failure if the IRS determines that such failure is (or is of a type that is) inadvertent or due to reasonable cause and not due to willful neglect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Furthermore, we will be required to pay a 4% excise tax to the extent we fail to distribute during each calendar year at least the sum of 85%
of our ordinary income for such year, 95% of our capital gain net income for the year and any undistributed taxable income from prior periods. Any ordinary income and net capital gain on which U.S. federal corporate income tax is imposed for any
year is treated as an amount distributed during that year for purposes of calculating this excise tax. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For purposes of the 90% distribution requirement and excise tax described above, dividends
declared during the last three months of the taxable year, payable to stockholders of record on a specified date during such period and paid during January of the following year, will be treated as paid by us and received by our stockholders on
December&nbsp;31 of the year in which they are declared. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Like-Kind Exchanges </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We may dispose of real property that is not held primarily for sale in transactions intended to qualify as
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">like-kind</FONT> exchanges under the Code. Such like-kind exchanges are intended to result in the deferral of gain for U.S.&nbsp;federal income tax purposes. The failure of any such transaction to qualify as a
like-kind exchange could require us to pay U.S. federal income tax, possibly including the 100% prohibited transaction tax, or deficiency dividends, depending on the facts and circumstances surrounding the particular transaction. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">From time to time, we or our operating partnership may acquire other corporations or entities and, in connection with such acquisitions, we may
succeed to the historical tax attributes and liabilities of such entities. For example, if we acquire a C corporation and subsequently dispose of its assets within five years of the acquisition, we could be required to pay the <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">built-in</FONT> gain tax described above under &#147;&#151;General.&#148; In addition, in order to qualify as a REIT, at the end of any taxable year, we must not have any earnings and profits accumulated in a <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-REIT</FONT> year. As a result, if we acquire a C corporation, we must distribute the corporation&#146;s earnings and profits accumulated prior to the acquisition before the end of the taxable year in which we acquire
the corporation. We also could be required to pay the acquired entity&#146;s unpaid taxes even though such liabilities arose prior to the time we acquired the entity. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Moreover, we may from time to time acquire other REITs through a merger or acquisition. If any such REIT failed to qualify as a REIT for any
of its taxable years, such REIT would be liable for (and we, as the surviving corporation in the merger or acquisition, would be obligated to pay) regular U.S. federal corporate income tax on its taxable income for such taxable years. In addition,
if such REIT was a C corporation at the time of the merger or acquisition, the tax consequences described in the preceding paragraph generally would apply. If such REIT failed to qualify as a REIT for any of its taxable years, but qualified as a
REIT at the time of such merger or acquisition, and we acquired such REIT&#146;s assets in a transaction in which our tax basis in the assets of such REIT is determined, in whole or in part, by reference to such REIT&#146;s tax basis in such assets,
we generally would be subject to tax on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;built-in&nbsp;gain</FONT> on each asset of such REIT as described above if we were to dispose of the asset in a taxable transaction during the five-year period
following such REIT&#146;s requalification as a REIT, subject to certain exceptions. Moreover, even if such REIT qualified as a REIT at all relevant times, we would similarly be liable for other unpaid taxes (if any) of such REIT (such as the 100%
tax on gains from any sales treated as &#147;prohibited transactions&#148; as described above under &#147;&#151;Income Tests&#151;Prohibited Transaction Income&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Furthermore, after our acquisition of another corporation or entity, the asset and income tests will apply to all of our assets, including the
assets we acquire from such corporation or entity, and to all of our income, including the income derived from the assets we acquire from such corporation or entity. As a result, the nature of the assets that we acquire from such corporation or
entity and the income we derive from those assets may have an effect on our tax status as a REIT. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Failure to Qualify </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If we discover a violation of a provision of the Code that would result in our failure to qualify as a REIT, certain specified cure provisions
may be available to us. Except with respect to violations of the gross income tests and asset tests (for which the cure provisions are described above), and provided the violation is due to reasonable cause and not due to willful neglect, these cure
provisions generally impose a $50,000 penalty for </P>
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each violation in lieu of a loss of REIT status. If we fail to satisfy the requirements for taxation as a REIT in any taxable year, and the relief provisions do not apply, we will be required to
pay regular U.S. federal corporate income tax, including any applicable alternative minimum tax for taxable years beginning before January&nbsp;1, 2018, on our taxable income. Distributions to stockholders in any year in which we fail to qualify as
a REIT will not be deductible by us. As a result, we anticipate that our failure to qualify as a REIT would reduce the cash available for distribution by us to our stockholders. In addition, if we fail to qualify as a REIT, we will not be required
to distribute any amounts to our stockholders and all distributions to stockholders will be taxable as regular corporate dividends to the extent of our current and accumulated earnings and profits. In such event, corporate stockholders may be
eligible for the dividends-received deduction. In <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">addition,&nbsp;non-corporate&nbsp;stockholders,</FONT> including individuals, may be eligible for the preferential tax rates on qualified dividend <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">income.&nbsp;Non-corporate&nbsp;stockholders,</FONT> including individuals, generally may deduct up to 20% of dividends from a REIT, other than capital gain dividends and dividends treated as qualified dividend income, for
taxable years beginning before January&nbsp;1, 2026 for purposes of determining their U.S. federal income tax (but not for purposes of the 3.8% Medicare tax), subject to certain holding period requirements and other limitations. If we fail to
qualify as a REIT, such stockholders may not claim this deduction with respect to dividends paid by us. Unless entitled to relief under specific statutory provisions, we would also be ineligible to elect to be treated as a REIT for the four taxable
years following the year for which we lose our qualification. It is not possible to state whether in all circumstances we would be entitled to this statutory relief. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Tax Aspects of Our Operating Partnership, the Subsidiary Partnerships and the Limited Liability Companies </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>General.</I>&nbsp;All of our investments are held indirectly through our operating partnership. In addition, our operating partnership holds
certain of its investments indirectly through subsidiary partnerships and limited liability companies that we believe have been and will continue to be treated as partnerships or disregarded entities for U.S. federal income tax purposes. In general,
entities that are treated as partnerships or disregarded entities for U.S. federal income tax purposes are &#147;pass-through&#148; entities which are not required to pay U.S. federal income tax. Rather, partners of such partnerships are allocated
their shares of the items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of the partnership, and are potentially required to pay tax on this income, without regard to whether they receive a distribution from the partnership. We will include in our
income our share of these partnership items for purposes of the various gross income tests, the computation of our REIT taxable income, and the REIT distribution requirements. Moreover, for purposes of the asset tests, we will include our pro rata
share of assets held by our operating partnership, including its share of the assets of its subsidiary partnerships, based on our capital interests in each such entity. See &#147;&#151;Taxation of Our Company&#151;General&#151;Ownership of Interests
in Partnerships, Limited Liability Companies and Qualified REIT Subsidiaries.&#148; A disregarded entity is not treated as a separate entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and all assets, liabilities and items of income, gain, loss, deduction
and credit of a disregarded entity are treated as assets, liabilities and items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit of its parent that is not a disregarded entity (e.g., our operating partnership) for all purposes under the Code, including
all REIT qualification tests. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Entity</I><I>&nbsp;Classification.</I>&nbsp;Our interests in our operating partnership and the
subsidiary partnerships and limited liability companies involve special tax considerations, including the possibility that the IRS might challenge the status of these entities as partnerships or disregarded entities for U.S. federal income tax
purposes. For example, an entity that would otherwise be treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes may nonetheless be taxable as a corporation if it is a &#147;publicly traded partnership&#148; and certain other requirements are
met. A partnership would be treated as a publicly traded partnership if its interests are traded on an established securities market or are readily tradable on a secondary market or a substantial equivalent thereof, within the meaning of applicable
Treasury Regulations. We do not anticipate that our operating partnership or any subsidiary partnership will be treated as a publicly traded partnership that is taxable as a corporation. However, if any such entity were treated as a corporation, it
would be required to pay an entity-level tax on its income. In this situation, the character of our assets and items of gross income would change and could prevent us from satisfying the REIT asset tests and possibly the REIT income tests. See
&#147;&#151;Asset Tests&#148; and &#147;&#151;Income Tests.&#148; This, in turn, could prevent us from qualifying as a REIT. See &#147;&#151;Failure to Qualify&#148; for a discussion of the effect of our
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failure to meet these tests. In addition, a change in the tax status of our operating partnership, or any subsidiary treated as a partnership or disregarded entity, to a corporation might be
treated as a taxable event. If so, we might incur a tax liability without any related cash payment. We believe our operating partnership and each of the subsidiary partnerships and limited liability companies have been and will continue to be
treated as partnerships or disregarded entities for U.S. federal income tax purposes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Allocations</I><I>&nbsp;of</I><I>&nbsp;Income,</I><I>&nbsp;Gain,</I><I>&nbsp;Loss</I><I>&nbsp;and</I><I>&nbsp;Deduction</I>. The operating
partnership agreement generally provides that allocations of net income will be made first to holders of series A preferred units to the extent of the accrued preferred return on such units. To the extent we issue a new class of preferred stock, we
expect to contribute the net proceeds from such issuance to the operating partnership in exchange for a new class of preferred units, which will be entitled to allocations of net income in accordance with their terms. Any remaining net income will
be allocated to holders of common units, subject to certain special allocations with respect to LTIP units and performance units. Allocations to holders of common units will generally be made proportionately to all such holders in respect of such
units. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an allocation of partnership income or loss does not comply with the requirements of Section&nbsp;704(b) of the Code and the
Treasury Regulations thereunder, the item subject to the allocation will be reallocated in accordance with the partners&#146; interests in the partnership. This reallocation will be determined by taking into account all of the facts and
circumstances relating to the economic arrangement of the partners with respect to such item. The allocations of taxable income and loss of our operating partnership and any subsidiaries that are treated as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax
purposes are intended to comply with the requirements of Section&nbsp;704(b) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Tax</I><I>&nbsp;Allocations</I><I>&nbsp;With</I><I>&nbsp;Respect</I><I>&nbsp;to</I><I>&nbsp;the</I><I>&nbsp;Properties</I>. Under
Section&nbsp;704(c) of the Code, items of income, gain, loss and deduction attributable to appreciated or depreciated property that is contributed to a partnership in exchange for an interest in the partnership must be allocated in a manner so that
the contributing partner is charged with the unrealized gain or benefits from the unrealized loss associated with the property at the time of the contribution. The amount of the unrealized gain or unrealized loss generally is equal to the difference
between the fair market value or book value and the adjusted tax basis of the contributed property at the time of contribution (this difference is referred to as <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">a&nbsp;book-tax&nbsp;difference),</FONT> as adjusted
from time to time. These allocations are solely for U.S. federal income tax purposes and do not affect the book capital accounts or other economic or legal arrangements among the partners. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our operating partnership may, from time to time, acquire interests in property in exchange for interests in our operating partnership. In
that case, the tax basis of these property interests generally will carry over to our operating partnership, notwithstanding their different book (<I>i.e.</I>, fair market) value. The partnership agreement requires that income and loss allocations
with respect to these properties be made in a manner consistent with Section&nbsp;704(c) of the Code. Treasury Regulations issued under Section&nbsp;704(c) of the Code provide partnerships with a choice of several methods of accounting <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">for&nbsp;book-tax&nbsp;differences.</FONT> Depending on the method we choose in connection with any particular contribution, the carryover basis of each of the contributed interests in the properties in the hands of our
operating partnership (i)&nbsp;could cause us to be allocated lower amounts of depreciation deductions for tax purposes than would be allocated to us if any of the contributed properties were to have a tax basis equal to its respective fair market
value at the time of the contribution and (ii)&nbsp;could cause us to be allocated taxable gain in the event of a sale of such contributed interests or properties in excess of the economic or book income allocated to us as a result of such sale,
with a corresponding benefit to the other partners in our operating partnership. An allocation described in clause (ii)&nbsp;above might cause us or the other partners to recognize taxable income in excess of cash proceeds in the event of a sale or
other disposition of property, which might adversely affect our ability to comply with the REIT distribution requirements. See &#147;&#151;General&#151;Requirements for Qualification as a REIT&#148; and &#147;&#151;Annual Distribution
Requirements.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any property acquired by our operating partnership in a taxable transaction will initially have a tax basis equal to
its fair market value, and Section&nbsp;704(c) of the Code generally will not apply. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Partnership</I><I>&nbsp;Audit</I><I>&nbsp;Rules</I>. Under the current rules applicable
to U.S. federal income tax audits of partnerships, any audit adjustment to items of income, gain, loss, deduction, or credit of a partnership (and any partner&#146;s distributive share thereof) generally is determined, and taxes, interest, or
penalties attributable thereto are assessed and collected, at the partnership level. It is possible that these rules could result in partnerships in which we directly or indirectly invest, including our operating partnership, being required to pay
additional taxes, interest and penalties as a result of an audit adjustment, and we, as a direct or indirect partner of these partnerships, could be required to bear the economic burden of those taxes, interest, and penalties even though we, as a
REIT, may not otherwise have been required to pay additional corporate-level taxes as a result of the related audit adjustment. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Investors
are urged to consult their tax advisors with respect to these rules and their potential impact on their investment in our capital stock. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Federal
Income Tax Considerations for Holders of Our Capital Stock and the Operating Partnership&#146;s Debt Securities </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following
discussion is a summary of the material U.S. federal income tax consequences to you of purchasing, owning and disposing of our capital stock or the operating partnership&#146;s debt securities. This discussion is limited to holders who hold our
capital stock or the operating partnership&#146;s debt securities as &#147;capital assets&#148; within the meaning of Section&nbsp;1221 of the Code (generally, property held for investment). This discussion does not address all U.S. federal income
tax consequences relevant to a holder&#146;s particular circumstances, including the alternative minimum tax. In addition, except where specifically noted, it does not address consequences relevant to holders subject to special rules, including,
without limitation: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">U.S. expatriates and former citizens or long-term residents of the United States; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">U.S. holders (as defined below) whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">persons holding our capital stock or the operating partnership&#146;s debt securities as part of a hedge,
straddle or other risk reduction strategy or as part of a conversion transaction or other integrated investment; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">banks, insurance companies, and other financial institutions; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">REITs or regulated investment companies; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">brokers, dealers or traders in securities; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">&#147;controlled foreign corporations,&#148; &#147;passive foreign investment companies,&#148; and corporations
that accumulate earnings to avoid U.S. federal income tax; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">S corporations, partnerships or other entities or arrangements treated as partnerships for U.S. federal income
tax purposes (and investors therein); </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">tax-exempt&nbsp;organizations</FONT> or governmental organizations;
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">persons subject to special tax accounting rules as a result of any item of gross income with respect to our
capital stock or our operating partnership&#146;s debt securities being taken into account in an applicable financial statement; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">persons deemed to sell our capital stock or the operating partnership&#146;s debt securities under the
constructive sale provisions of the Code; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">persons who hold or receive our capital stock pursuant to the exercise of any employee stock option or otherwise
as compensation. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>THIS DISCUSSION IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT INTENDED AS TAX ADVICE. INVESTORS
SHOULD CONSULT THEIR TAX ADVISORS WITH RESPECT TO THE </B></P>
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APPLICATION OF THE U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX LAWS TO THEIR PARTICULAR SITUATIONS AS WELL AS ANY TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE PURCHASE, OWNERSHIP AND DISPOSITION OF OUR CAPITAL STOCK OR THE OPERATING
PARTNERSHIP&#146;S DEBT SECURITIES ARISING UNDER OTHER U.S. FEDERAL TAX LAWS (INCLUDING ESTATE AND GIFT TAX LAWS), UNDER THE LAWS OF ANY STATE, LOCAL <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">OR&nbsp;NON-U.S.&nbsp;TAXING</FONT> JURISDICTION OR UNDER ANY
APPLICABLE TAX TREATY. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For purposes of this discussion, a &#147;U.S. holder&#148; is a beneficial owner of our capital stock or the
operating partnership&#146;s debt securities, as applicable, that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, is or is treated as: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">a corporation created or organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, or the District of
Columbia; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">an estate, the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income tax regardless of its source; or
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">a trust that (1)&nbsp;is subject to the primary supervision of a U.S. court and the control of one or more
&#147;United States persons&#148; (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;7701(a)(30) of the Code) or (2)&nbsp;has a valid election in effect to be treated as a United States person for U.S. federal income tax purposes. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For purposes of this discussion, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">a&nbsp;&#147;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder&#148;</FONT> is any beneficial owner of
our capital stock or the operating partnership&#146;s debt securities, as applicable, that is neither a U.S. holder nor an entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If an entity treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes holds our capital stock or the operating partnership&#146;s debt
securities, as applicable, the tax treatment of a partner in the partnership will depend on the status of the partner, the activities of the partnership and certain determinations made at the partner level. Accordingly, partnerships holding our
capital stock or the operating partnership&#146;s debt securities, as applicable, and the partners in such partnerships should consult their tax advisors regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences to them. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Taxation of Taxable U.S. Holders of Our Capital Stock </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Distributions</I><I>&nbsp;Generally</I>. Distributions out of our current or accumulated earnings and profits will be treated as dividends
and, other than with respect to capital gain dividends and certain amounts which have previously been subject to corporate level tax, as discussed below, will be taxable to our taxable U.S. holders as ordinary income when actually or constructively
received. See &#147;&#151;Tax Rates&#148; below. As long as we qualify as a REIT, these distributions will not be eligible for the dividends-received deduction in the case of U.S. holders that are corporations or, except to the extent described in
&#147;&#151;Tax Rates&#148; below, the preferential rates on qualified dividend income applicable <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">to&nbsp;non-corporate&nbsp;U.S.</FONT> holders, including individuals. For purposes of determining whether
distributions to holders of our capital stock are out of our current or accumulated earnings and profits, our earnings and profits will be allocated first to our outstanding preferred stock, if any, and then to our outstanding common stock. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To the extent that we make distributions on our capital stock in excess of our current and accumulated earnings and profits allocable to such
stock, these distributions will be treated first as <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">a&nbsp;tax-free&nbsp;return</FONT> of capital to a U.S. holder to the extent of the U.S. holder&#146;s adjusted tax basis in such shares of stock. This treatment
will reduce the U.S. holder&#146;s adjusted tax basis in such shares by such amount, but not below zero. Distributions in excess of our current and accumulated earnings and profits and in excess of a U.S. holder&#146;s adjusted tax basis in its
shares will be taxable as capital gain. Such gain will be taxable as long-term capital gain if the shares have been held for more than one year. Dividends we declare in October, November, or December&nbsp;of any year and which are payable to a
holder of record on a specified date in any of these months will be treated as both paid by us and received by the holder on December&nbsp;31 of that year, provided we actually pay the dividend on or before
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January&nbsp;31 of the following year. U.S. holders may not include in their own income tax returns any of our net operating losses or capital losses. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">U.S. holders that receive taxable stock distributions, including distributions partially payable in our capital stock and partially payable in
cash, would be required to include the full amount of the distribution (i.e., the cash and the stock portion) as a dividend (subject to limited exceptions) to the extent of our current and accumulated earnings and profits for U.S. federal income tax
purposes, as described above. The amount of any distribution payable in our capital stock generally is equal to the amount of cash that could have been received instead of the capital stock. Depending on the circumstances of a U.S. holder, the tax
on the distribution may exceed the amount of the distribution received in cash, in which case such U.S. holder would have to pay the tax using cash from other sources. If a U.S. holder sells the capital stock it received in connection with a taxable
stock distribution in order to pay this tax and the proceeds of such sale are less than the amount required to be included in income with respect to the stock portion of the distribution, such U.S. holder could have a capital loss with respect to
the stock sale that could not be used to offset such income. A U.S. holder that receives capital stock pursuant to such distribution generally has a tax basis in such capital stock equal to the amount of cash that could have been received instead of
such capital stock as described above, and has a holding period in such capital stock that begins on the day immediately following the payment date for the distribution. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Capital</I><I>&nbsp;Gain</I><I>&nbsp;Dividends</I>. Dividends that we properly designate as capital gain dividends will be taxable to our
taxable U.S. holders as a gain from the sale or disposition of a capital asset held for more than one year, to the extent that such gain does not exceed our actual net capital gain for the taxable year, and may not exceed our dividends paid for the
taxable year, including dividends paid the following year that are treated as paid in the current year. U.S. holders that are corporations may, however, be required to treat up to 20% of certain capital gain dividends as ordinary income. If we
properly designate any portion of a dividend as a capital gain dividend, then, except as otherwise required by law, we presently intend to allocate a portion of the total capital gain dividends paid or made available to holders of all classes of our
capital stock for the year to the holders of each class of our capital stock in proportion to the amount that our total dividends, as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes, paid or made available to the holders of each such class of our
capital stock for the year bears to the total dividends, as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes, paid or made available to holders of all classes of our capital stock for the year. In addition, except as otherwise required by law, we
will make a similar allocation with respect to any undistributed long-term capital gains which are to be included in our stockholders&#146; long-term capital gains, based on the allocation of the capital gain amount which would have resulted if
those undistributed long-term capital gains had been distributed as &#147;capital gain dividends&#148; by us to our stockholders. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Retention</I><I>&nbsp;of</I><I>&nbsp;Net</I><I>&nbsp;Capital</I><I>&nbsp;Gains</I>. We may elect to retain, rather than distribute as a
capital gain dividend, all or a portion of our net capital gains. If we make this election, we would pay tax on our retained net capital gains. In addition, to the extent we so elect, our earnings and profits (determined for U.S. federal income tax
purposes) would be adjusted accordingly, and a U.S. holder generally would: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">include its pro rata share of our undistributed capital gain in computing its long-term capital gains in its U.S.
federal income tax return for its taxable year in which the last day of our taxable year falls, subject to certain limitations as to the amount that is includable; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">be deemed to have paid its share of the capital gains tax imposed on us on the designated amounts included in the
U.S. holder&#146;s income as long-term capital gain; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">receive a credit or refund for the amount of tax deemed paid by it; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">increase the adjusted tax basis of its capital stock by the difference between the amount of includable gains and
the tax deemed to have been paid by it; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">in the case of a U.S. holder that is a corporation, appropriately adjust its earnings and profits for the
retained capital gains in accordance with Treasury Regulations to be promulgated by the IRS. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Passive</I><I>&nbsp;Activity</I><I>&nbsp;Losses</I><I>&nbsp;and</I><I>&nbsp;Investment</I><I>&nbsp;Interest</I><I>&nbsp;Limitations</I>.
Distributions we make and gain arising from the sale or exchange of our capital stock by a U.S. holder will not be treated as passive activity income. As a result, U.S. holders generally will not be able to apply any &#147;passive losses&#148;
against this income or gain. A U.S.&nbsp;holder generally may elect to treat capital gain dividends, capital gains from the disposition of our capital stock and income designated as qualified dividend income, as described in &#147;&#151;Tax
Rates&#148; below, as investment income for purposes of computing the investment interest limitation, but in such case, the holder will be taxed at ordinary income rates on such amount. Other distributions made by us, to the extent they do not
constitute a return of capital, generally will be treated as investment income for purposes of computing the investment interest limitation. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Dispositions</I><I>&nbsp;of</I><I>&nbsp;Our</I><I>&nbsp;Capital</I><I>&nbsp;Stock</I>. Except as described below under &#147;&#151;Taxation
of Taxable U.S. Holders of Our Capital Stock&#151;Redemption or Repurchase by Us,&#148; if a U.S. holder sells or disposes of shares of our capital stock, it will recognize gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes in an amount equal to the
difference between the amount of cash and the fair market value of any property received on the sale or other disposition and the holder&#146;s adjusted tax basis in the shares. This gain or loss, except as provided below, will be long-term capital
gain or loss if the holder has held such capital stock for more than one year. However, if a U.S. holder recognizes a loss upon the sale or other disposition of capital stock that it has held for six months or less, after applying certain holding
period rules, the loss recognized will be treated as a long-term capital loss to the extent the U.S. holder received distributions from us which were required to be treated as long-term capital gains. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Redemption</I><I>&nbsp;or</I><I>&nbsp;Repurchase</I><I>&nbsp;by</I><I>&nbsp;Us</I>. A redemption or repurchase of shares of our capital
stock will be treated under Section&nbsp;302 of the Code as a distribution (and taxable as a dividend to the extent of our current and accumulated earnings and profits as described above under &#147;&#151;Distributions Generally&#148;) unless the
redemption or repurchase satisfies one of the tests set forth in Section&nbsp;302(b) of the Code and is therefore treated as a sale or exchange of the redeemed or repurchased shares. The redemption or repurchase generally will be treated as a sale
or exchange if it: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">is &#147;substantially disproportionate&#148; with respect to the U.S. holder; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">results in a &#147;complete redemption&#148; of the U.S. holder&#146;s stock interest in us; or
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">is &#147;not essentially equivalent to a dividend&#148; with respect to the U.S. holder; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">all within the meaning of Section&nbsp;302(b) of the Code. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In determining whether any of these tests has been met, shares of our capital stock, including common stock and other equity interests in us,
considered to be owned by the U.S. holder by reason of certain constructive ownership rules set forth in the Code, as well as shares of our capital stock actually owned by the U.S. holder, generally must be taken into account. Because the
determination as to whether any of the alternative tests of Section&nbsp;302(b) of the Code will be satisfied with respect to the U.S. holder depends upon the facts and circumstances at the time that the determination must be made, U.S. holders are
advised to consult their tax advisors to determine such tax treatment. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If a redemption or repurchase of shares of our capital stock is
treated as a distribution, the amount of the distribution will be measured by the amount of cash and the fair market value of any property received. See &#147;&#151;Distributions Generally&#148; above. A U.S. holder&#146;s adjusted tax basis in the
redeemed or repurchased shares generally will be transferred to the holder&#146;s remaining shares of our capital stock, if any. If a U.S. holder owns no other shares of our capital stock, under certain circumstances, such basis may be transferred
to a related person or it may be lost entirely. Prospective investors should consult their tax advisors regarding the U.S. federal income tax consequences of a redemption or repurchase of our capital stock. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If a redemption or repurchase of shares of our capital stock is not treated as a distribution, it will be treated as a taxable sale or
exchange in the manner described under &#147;&#151;Dispositions of Our Capital Stock.&#148; </P>
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<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">for&nbsp;non-corporate&nbsp;taxpayers</FONT> for (1)&nbsp;long-term capital gains, including certain &#147;capital gain dividends,&#148; generally is 20% (although depending on the characteristics of the assets which
produced these gains and on designations which we may make, certain capital gain dividends may be taxed at a 25% rate) and (2) &#147;qualified dividend income&#148; generally is 20%. In general, dividends payable by REITs are not eligible for the
reduced tax rate on qualified dividend income, except to the extent that certain holding period requirements have been met and the REIT&#146;s dividends are attributable to dividends received from taxable corporations (such as its taxable REIT
subsidiaries) or to income that was subject to tax at the corporate/REIT level (for example, if the REIT distributed taxable income that it retained and paid tax on in the prior taxable year). Capital gain dividends will only be eligible for the
rates described above to the extent that they are properly designated by the REIT as &#147;capital gain dividends.&#148; U.S. holders that are corporations may be required to treat up to 20% of some capital gain dividends as ordinary income. In <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">addition,&nbsp;non-corporate&nbsp;U.S.</FONT> holders, including individuals, generally may deduct up to 20% of dividends from a REIT, other than capital gain dividends and dividends treated as qualified dividend income,
for taxable years beginning before January&nbsp;1, 2026 for purposes of determining their U.S. federal income tax (but not for purposes of the 3.8% Medicare tax), subject to certain holding period requirements and other limitations. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Taxation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">of&nbsp;Tax-Exempt&nbsp;Holders</FONT> of Our Capital Stock </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dividend income from us and gain arising upon a sale of shares of our capital stock generally should not be unrelated business taxable income
(&#147;UBTI&#148;), to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">a&nbsp;tax-exempt&nbsp;holder,</FONT> except as described below. This income or gain will be UBTI, however, to the extent <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">a&nbsp;tax-exempt&nbsp;holder</FONT>
holds its shares as &#147;debt-financed property&#148; within the meaning of the Code. Generally, &#147;debt-financed property&#148; is property the acquisition or holding of which was financed through a borrowing by
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;tax-exempt&nbsp;holder.</FONT> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">For&nbsp;tax-exempt&nbsp;holders</FONT> that are social clubs, voluntary employee benefit associations or
supplemental unemployment benefit trusts exempt from U.S. federal income taxation under Sections 501(c)(7), (c)(9) or (c)(17) of the Code, respectively, income from an investment in our shares will constitute UBTI unless the organization is able to
properly claim a deduction for amounts set aside or placed in reserve for specific purposes so as to offset the income generated by its investment in our shares. These prospective investors should consult their tax advisors concerning these
&#147;set aside&#148; and reserve requirements. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding the above, however, a portion of the dividends paid by a
&#147;pension-held REIT&#148; may be treated as UBTI as to certain trusts that hold more than 10%, by value, of the interests in the REIT. A REIT will not be a &#147;pension-held REIT&#148; if it is able to satisfy the &#147;not closely held&#148;
requirement without relying on the &#147;look-through&#148; exception with respect to certain trusts or if such REIT is not &#147;predominantly held&#148; by &#147;qualified trusts.&#148; As a result of restrictions on ownership and transfer of our
stock contained in our charter, we do not expect to be classified as a &#147;pension-held REIT,&#148; and as a result, the tax treatment described above should be inapplicable to our holders. However, because our common stock is (and, we anticipate,
will continue to be) publicly traded, we cannot guarantee that this will always be the case. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Taxation
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">of&nbsp;Non-U.S.&nbsp;Holders</FONT> of Our Capital Stock </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following discussion addresses the
rules governing U.S. federal income taxation of the purchase, ownership and disposition of our capital stock <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holders.</FONT> These rules are complex, and no attempt is made herein to provide
more than a brief summary of such rules. Accordingly, the discussion does not address all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation and does not address other federal, state, local <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">or&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;tax</FONT>
consequences that may be relevant to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">a&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> in light of its particular circumstances. We <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">urge&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holders</FONT> to consult their tax
advisors to determine the impact of U.S. federal, state, local <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">and&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;income</FONT> and other tax laws and any applicable tax treaty on the purchase, ownership and disposition of shares of our capital
stock, including any reporting requirements. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Distributions</I><I>&nbsp;Generally</I>. Distributions (including any taxable stock
distributions) that are neither attributable to gains from sales or exchanges by us of U.S. real property interests (&#147;USRPIs&#148;) nor designated by us as capital </P>
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gain dividends (except as described below) will be treated as dividends of ordinary income to the extent that they are made out of our current or accumulated earnings and profits. Such
distributions ordinarily will be subject to withholding of U.S. federal income tax at a 30% rate or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty, unless the distributions are treated as effectively connected with the
conduct by <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> of a trade or business within the United States (and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty,
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> maintains a permanent establishment in the United States to which such dividends are attributable). Under certain treaties, however, lower withholding rates generally applicable
to dividends do not apply to dividends from a REIT. Certain certification and disclosure requirements must be satisfied for <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">a&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> to be exempt from withholding under the effectively
connected income exemption. Dividends that are treated as effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business generally will not be subject to withholding but will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net basis at the regular rates, in the
same manner as dividends paid to U.S. holders are subject to U.S. federal income tax. Any such dividends received by <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">a&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> that is a corporation may also be subject to an additional
branch profits tax at a 30% rate (applicable after deducting U.S. federal income taxes paid on such effectively connected income) or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except as otherwise provided below, we expect to withhold U.S. federal income tax at the rate of 30% on any distributions made to <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">a&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> unless: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">a lower treaty rate applies and the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> holder furnishes an IRS
Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">W-8BEN</FONT> or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">W-8BEN-E</FONT></FONT> (or other applicable documentation) evidencing eligibility for that reduced treaty rate; or
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> holder furnishes an IRS Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">W-8ECI</FONT> (or other applicable documentation) claiming that the distribution is income effectively connected with the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> holder&#146;s trade or business.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Distributions in excess of our current and accumulated earnings and profits will not be taxable to <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">a&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> to the extent that such distributions do not exceed the adjusted tax basis of the holder&#146;s capital stock, but rather will reduce the adjusted tax basis of such stock. To the extent
that such distributions exceed <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder&#146;s</FONT> adjusted tax basis in such capital stock, they generally will give rise to gain from the sale or exchange of such stock, the tax treatment of
which is described below. However, such excess distributions may be treated as dividend income for <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">certain&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holders.</FONT> For withholding purposes, we expect to treat all distributions as made out
of our current or accumulated earnings and profits. However, amounts withheld may be refundable if it is subsequently determined that the distribution was, in fact, in excess of our current and accumulated earnings and profits, provided that certain
conditions are met. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Capital</I><I>&nbsp;Gain</I><I>&nbsp;Dividends</I><I>&nbsp;and</I><I>&nbsp;Distributions</I><I>&nbsp;Attributable</I><I>&nbsp;
to</I><I>&nbsp;a</I><I>&nbsp;Sale</I><I>&nbsp;or</I><I>&nbsp;Exchange</I><I>&nbsp;of</I><I>&nbsp;U.S.</I><I>&nbsp;Real</I><I>&nbsp;Property</I><I>&nbsp;Interests</I>. Distributions to
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">a&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> that we properly designate as capital gain dividends, other than those arising from the disposition of a USRPI, generally should not be subject to U.S. federal income taxation,
unless: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the investment in our capital stock is treated as effectively connected with the conduct by the <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> holder of a trade or business within the United States (and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty, the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> holder maintains a permanent establishment
in the United States to which such dividends are attributable), in which case the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> holder will be subject to the same treatment as U.S. holders with respect to such gain, except that a <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> holder that is a corporation may also be subject to a branch profits tax of up to 30%, as discussed above; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> holder is a nonresident alien individual who is present in
the United States for 183 days or more during the taxable year and certain other conditions are met, in which case <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at a rate of 30% on <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder&#146;s</FONT> capital gains (or such lower rate specified by an applicable income tax treaty), which may be offset by U.S. source capital losses of
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">such&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> (even though the individual is not considered a resident of the United States), provided <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> has timely filed
U.S. federal income tax returns with respect to such losses. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act, which is referred to as
&#147;FIRPTA,&#148; distributions to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">a&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> that are attributable to gain from sales or exchanges by us of USRPIs, whether or not designated as capital gain dividends, will cause <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> to be treated as recognizing such gain as income effectively connected with a U.S. trade or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">business.&nbsp;Non-U.S.&nbsp;holders</FONT> generally would
be taxed at the regular rates applicable to U.S. holders, subject to any applicable alternative minimum tax and a special alternative minimum tax in the case of nonresident alien individuals. We also will be required to withhold and to remit to the
IRS 21% of any distribution <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">to&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holders</FONT> attributable to gain from sales or exchanges by us of USRPIs. Distributions subject to FIRPTA may also be subject to a 30% branch profits tax in the
hands of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">a&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> that is a corporation. The amount withheld is creditable against <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder&#146;s</FONT> U.S.&nbsp;federal income tax
liability. However, any distribution with respect to any class of stock that is &#147;regularly traded,&#148; as defined by applicable Treasury Regulations, on an established securities market located in the United States is not subject to FIRPTA,
and therefore, not subject to the 21% U.S. withholding tax described above, if <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> did not own more than 10% of such class of stock at any time during
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;one-year&nbsp;period</FONT> ending on the date of the distribution. Instead, such distributions generally will be treated as ordinary dividend distributions and subject to withholding in the manner described
above with respect to ordinary dividends. In addition, distributions to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">certain&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;publicly</FONT> traded shareholders that meet certain record-keeping and other requirements (&#147;qualified
shareholders&#148;) are exempt from FIRPTA, except to the extent owners of such qualified shareholders that are not also qualified shareholders own, actually or constructively, more than 10% of our capital stock. Furthermore, distributions to
&#147;qualified foreign pension funds&#148; or entities all of the interests of which are held by &#147;qualified foreign pension funds&#148; are exempt from <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">FIRPTA.&nbsp;Non-U.S.&nbsp;holders</FONT> should consult
their tax advisors regarding the application of these rules. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Retention</I><I>&nbsp;of</I><I>&nbsp;Net</I><I>&nbsp;Capital</I><I>&nbsp;Gains</I>. Although the law is not clear on the matter, it appears
that amounts we designate as retained net capital gains in respect of our capital stock should be treated with respect <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">to&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holders</FONT> as actual distributions of capital gain dividends. Under
this approach, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holders</FONT> may be able to offset as a credit against their U.S. federal income tax liability their proportionate share of the tax paid by us on such retained net capital
gains and to receive from the IRS a refund to the extent their proportionate share of such tax paid by us exceeds their actual U.S. federal income tax liability. If we were to designate any portion of our net capital gain as retained net capital <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">gain,&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holders</FONT> should consult their tax advisors regarding the taxation of such retained net capital gain. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Sale</I><I>&nbsp;of</I><I>&nbsp;Our</I><I>&nbsp;Capital</I><I>&nbsp;Stock</I>. Except as described below under &#147;&#151;Redemption or
Repurchase by Us,&#148; gain realized by <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">a&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> upon the sale, exchange or other taxable disposition of our capital stock generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax unless
such stock constitutes a USRPI. In general, stock of a domestic corporation that constitutes a &#147;United States real property holding corporation,&#148; or USRPHC, will constitute a USRPI. We believe that we are a USRPHC. Our capital stock will
not, however, constitute a USRPI so long as we are a &#147;domestically controlled qualified investment entity.&#148; A &#147;domestically controlled qualified investment entity&#148; includes a REIT in which at all times during a five-year testing
period less than 50% in value of its stock is held directly or indirectly <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">by&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;persons,</FONT> subject to certain rules. For purposes of determining whether a REIT is a &#147;domestically controlled
qualified investment entity,&#148; a person who at all applicable times holds less than 5% of a class of stock that is &#147;regularly traded&#148; is treated as a U.S. person unless the REIT has actual knowledge that such person is not a U.S.
person. We believe, but cannot guarantee, that we are a &#147;domestically controlled qualified investment entity.&#148; Because our common stock is (and, we anticipate, will continue to be) publicly traded, no assurance can be given that we will
continue to be a &#147;domestically controlled qualified investment entity.&#148; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Even if we do not qualify as a &#147;domestically
controlled qualified investment entity&#148; at the time <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">a&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> sells our capital stock, gain realized from the sale or other taxable disposition by
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">a&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> of such stock would not be subject to U.S. federal income taxation under FIRPTA as a sale of a USRPI if: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">such class of stock is &#147;regularly traded,&#148; as defined by applicable Treasury Regulations, on an
established securities market (such as the NYSE); and </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">such <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> holder owned, actually and constructively, 10% or less of
such class of our stock throughout the shorter of the five-year period ending on the date of the sale or other taxable disposition and the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> holder&#146;s holding period. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, dispositions of our capital stock by qualified shareholders are exempt from FIRPTA, except to the extent owners of such qualified
shareholders that are not also qualified shareholders own, actually or constructively, more than 10% of our capital stock. Furthermore, dispositions of our capital stock by &#147;qualified foreign pension funds&#148; or entities all of the interests
of which are held by &#147;qualified foreign pension funds&#148; are exempt from <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">FIRPTA.&nbsp;Non-U.S.&nbsp;holders</FONT> should consult their tax advisors regarding the application of these rules. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding the foregoing, gain from the sale, exchange or other taxable disposition of our capital stock not otherwise subject to FIRPTA
will be taxable to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">a&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> if either (a)&nbsp;the investment in our capital stock is treated as effectively connected with the conduct by
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> of a trade or business within the United States (and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT>
maintains a permanent establishment in the United States to which such gain is attributable), in which case <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> will be subject to the same treatment as U.S. holders with respect to
such gain, except that <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">a&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> that is a corporation may also be subject to the 30% branch profits tax (or such lower rate as may be specified by an applicable income tax treaty) on such
gain, as adjusted for certain items, or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(b)&nbsp;the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> is a nonresident alien individual who is present in the United States for 183 days or more during the taxable year and certain
other conditions are met, in which case <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> will be subject to a 30% tax on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder&#146;s</FONT> capital gains (or such lower
rate specified by an applicable income tax treaty), which may be offset by U.S. source capital losses of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> (even though the individual is not considered a resident of the United
States), provided <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> has timely filed U.S. federal income tax returns with respect to such losses. In addition, even if we are a domestically controlled qualified investment entity,
upon disposition of our capital stock, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">a&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> may be treated as having gain from the sale or other taxable disposition of a USRPI if
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> (1)&nbsp;disposes of such stock within <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">a&nbsp;30-day&nbsp;period</FONT> preceding
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;ex-dividend&nbsp;date</FONT> of a distribution, any portion of which, but for the disposition, would have been treated as gain from the sale or exchange of a USRPI and (2)&nbsp;acquires, or enters into a
contract or option to acquire, or is deemed to acquire, other shares of that stock during <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;61-day&nbsp;period</FONT> beginning with the first day of
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;30-day&nbsp;period</FONT> described in clause (1), unless such class of stock is &#147;regularly traded&#148; and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> did not own more than
10% of such class of stock at any time during <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;one-year&nbsp;period</FONT> ending on the date of the distribution described in clause (1). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If gain on the sale, exchange or other taxable disposition of our capital stock were subject to taxation under FIRPTA, <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> would be required to file a U.S. federal income tax return and would be subject to regular U.S. federal income tax with respect to such gain in the same manner as a taxable U.S. holder
(subject to any applicable alternative minimum tax and a special alternative minimum tax in the case of nonresident alien individuals). In addition, if the sale, exchange or other taxable disposition of our capital stock were subject to taxation
under FIRPTA, and if shares of the applicable class of our capital stock were not &#147;regularly traded&#148; on an established securities market, the purchaser of such capital stock generally would be required to withhold and remit to the IRS 15%
of the purchase price. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Redemption</I><I>&nbsp;or</I><I>&nbsp;Repurchase</I><I>&nbsp;by</I><I>&nbsp;Us</I>. A redemption or repurchase
of shares of our capital stock will be treated under Section&nbsp;302 of the Code as a distribution (and taxable as a dividend to the extent of our current and accumulated earnings and profits) unless the redemption or repurchase satisfies one of
the tests set forth in Section&nbsp;302(b) of the Code and is therefore treated as a sale or exchange of the redeemed or repurchased shares. See &#147;&#151;Taxation of Taxable U.S. Holders of Our Capital Stock&#151;Redemption or Repurchase by
Us.&#148; Qualified shareholders and their owners may be subject to different rules, and should consult their tax advisors regarding the application of such rules. If the redemption or repurchase of shares is treated as a distribution, the amount of
the distribution will be measured by the amount of cash and the fair market value of any property received. See &#147;&#151;Taxation of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT> Holders of Our Capital Stock&#151;Distributions Generally&#148;
above. If the redemption or </P>
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repurchase of shares is not treated as a distribution, it will be treated as a taxable sale or exchange in the manner described above under &#147;&#151;Sale of Our Capital Stock.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Taxation of Holders of the Operating Partnership&#146;s Debt Securities </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following summary describes the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of purchasing, owning and disposing of our operating
partnership&#146;s debt securities. This discussion assumes the debt securities will be issued with less than a statutory de minimis amount of original issue discount for U.S. federal income tax purposes. In addition, this discussion is limited to
persons purchasing the debt securities for cash at original issue and at their original &#147;issue price&#148; within the meaning of Section&nbsp;1273 of the Code (i.e., the first price at which a substantial amount of the debt securities is sold
to the public for cash). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>U.S. Holders </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Payments</I><I>&nbsp;of</I><I>&nbsp;Interest</I>. Interest on a debt security generally will be taxable to a U.S. holder as ordinary income
at the time such interest is received or accrued, in accordance with such U.S. holder&#146;s method of accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Sale</I><I>&nbsp;or</I><I>&nbsp;Other</I><I>&nbsp;Taxable</I><I>&nbsp;Disposition</I>. A U.S. holder will recognize gain or loss on the
sale, exchange, redemption, retirement or other taxable disposition of a debt security. The amount of such gain or loss generally will be equal to the difference between the amount received for the debt security in cash or other property valued at
fair market value (less amounts attributable to any accrued but unpaid interest, which will be taxable as interest to the extent not previously included in income) and the U.S. holder&#146;s adjusted tax basis in the debt security. A U.S.
holder&#146;s adjusted tax basis in a debt security generally will be equal to the amount the U.S. holder paid for the debt security. Any gain or loss generally will be capital gain or loss, and will be long-term capital gain or loss if the U.S.
holder has held the debt security for more than one year at the time of such sale or other taxable disposition. Otherwise, such gain or loss will be short-term capital gain or loss. Long-term capital gains recognized by certain <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-corporate</FONT> U.S. holders, including individuals, generally will be taxable at reduced rates. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.&nbsp;Holders</FONT> </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Payments</I><I>&nbsp;of</I><I>&nbsp;Interest</I>. Interest paid on a debt security to a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT>
holder that is not effectively connected with the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> holder&#146;s conduct of a trade or business within the United States generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax or withholding,
provided that: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> holder does not, actually or constructively, own 10% or more
of the operating partnership&#146;s capital or profits; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> holder is not a controlled foreign corporation related to
the operating partnership through actual or constructive stock ownership; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">either (1)&nbsp;the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> holder certifies in a statement provided to
the applicable withholding agent under penalties of perjury that it is not a U.S. person and provides its name and address; (2)&nbsp;a securities clearing organization, bank or other financial institution that holds customers&#146; securities in the
ordinary course of its trade or business and holds the debt security on behalf of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> holder certifies to the applicable withholding agent under penalties of perjury that it, or the financial
institution between it and the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> holder, has received from the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> holder a statement under penalties of perjury that such holder is not a U.S. person and
provides a copy of such statement to the applicable withholding agent; or (3)&nbsp;the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> holder holds its debt security directly through a &#147;qualified intermediary&#148; (within the meaning of
applicable Treasury Regulations) and certain conditions are satisfied. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If a
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> holder does not satisfy the requirements above, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">such&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> will be subject to withholding tax of 30%, subject to a reduction in or an
exemption from withholding on such interest as a result of </P>
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an applicable tax treaty. To claim such entitlement, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> must provide the applicable withholding agent with a properly executed
IRS <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;W-8BEN&nbsp;or&nbsp;W-8BEN-E&nbsp;(or</FONT></FONT></FONT> other applicable documentation) claiming a reduction in or exemption from
withholding tax under the benefit of an income tax treaty between the United States and the country in which <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> resides or is established. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If interest paid to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">a&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> is effectively connected with <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder&#146;s</FONT> conduct of a trade or business within the United States (and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty,
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> maintains a permanent establishment in the United States to which such interest is attributable), <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> will be
exempt from the U.S. federal withholding tax described above. To claim the exemption, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> must furnish to the applicable withholding agent a valid IRS
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;W-8ECI,&nbsp;certifying</FONT> that interest paid on a debt security is not subject to withholding tax because it is effectively connected with the conduct by
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> of a trade or business within the United States. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any such
effectively connected interest generally will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at the regular rates. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">A&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> that is a corporation also may be subject to a branch profits tax at a rate
of 30% (or such lower rate specified by an applicable income tax treaty) on such effectively connected interest, as adjusted for certain items. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The certifications described above must be provided to the applicable withholding agent prior to the payment of interest and must be updated <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">periodically.&nbsp;Non-U.S.&nbsp;holders</FONT> that do not timely provide the applicable withholding agent with the required certification, but that qualify for a reduced rate under an applicable income tax treaty, may
obtain a refund of any excess amounts withheld by timely filing an appropriate claim for refund with the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">IRS.&nbsp;Non-U.S.&nbsp;holders</FONT> should consult their tax advisors regarding their entitlement to
benefits under any applicable income tax treaty. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Sale or Other Taxable Disposition</I>.
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">A&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on any gain realized upon the sale, exchange, redemption, retirement or other taxable disposition of a debt security (such amount
excludes any amount allocable to accrued and unpaid interest, which generally will be treated as interest and may be subject to the rules discussed above in &#147;&#151;Taxation of Holders of the Operating Partnership&#146;s <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Debt&nbsp;Securities&#151;Non-U.S.&nbsp;Holders&#151;Payments</FONT> of Interest&#148;) unless: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the gain is effectively connected with
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder&#146;s</FONT> conduct of a trade or business within the United States (and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty,
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> maintains a permanent establishment in the United States to which such gain is attributable); or </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> is a nonresident alien individual present
in the United States for 183 days or more during the taxable year of the disposition and certain other requirements are met. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Gain described in the first bullet point above generally will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net income basis at the regular
rates. <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">A&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> that is a corporation also may be subject to a branch profits tax at a rate of 30% (or such lower rate specified by an applicable income tax treaty) on such effectively
connected gain, as adjusted for certain items. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-U.S.</FONT> holder described in the second bullet
point above will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at a rate of 30%&nbsp;(or such lower rate specified by an applicable income tax treaty) on gain realized upon the sale or other taxable disposition of a debt security, which may be offset by
U.S. source capital losses of <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> (even though the individual is not considered a resident of the United States), provided
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> has timely filed U.S. federal income tax returns with respect to such losses. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.&nbsp;holders</FONT> should consult their tax advisors regarding any applicable income tax treaties
that may provide for different rules. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>U.S. Holders</I>. A U.S. holder may be subject to information reporting and backup withholding when such holder receives payments on our
capital stock or the operating partnership&#146;s debt securities or proceeds from the sale or other taxable disposition of such stock or debt securities (including a redemption or retirement of a debt security). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Certain U.S. holders are exempt from backup withholding, including corporations and
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">certain&nbsp;tax-exempt&nbsp;organizations.</FONT> A U.S. holder will be subject to backup withholding if such holder is not otherwise exempt and: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the holder fails to furnish the holder&#146;s taxpayer identification number, which for an individual is
ordinarily his or her social security number; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the holder furnishes an incorrect taxpayer identification number; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(3)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the applicable withholding agent is notified by the IRS that the holder previously failed to properly report
payments of interest or dividends; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the holder fails to certify under penalties of perjury that the holder has furnished a correct taxpayer
identification number and that the IRS has not notified the holder that the holder is subject to backup withholding. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules may be allowed as a refund or a credit
against a U.S. holder&#146;s U.S. federal income tax liability, provided the required information is timely furnished to the IRS. U.S. holders should consult their tax advisors regarding their qualification for an exemption from backup withholding
and the procedures for obtaining such an exemption. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-U.S.</FONT></I><I>&nbsp;Holders</I>. Payments
of dividends on our capital stock or interest on the operating partnership&#146;s debt securities generally will not be subject to backup withholding, provided the applicable withholding agent does not have actual knowledge or reason to know the
holder is a U.S. person and the holder either certifies <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">its&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;status,</FONT> such as by furnishing a valid IRS <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;W-8BEN,&nbsp;W-8BEN-E&nbsp;or&nbsp;W-8ECI,&nbsp;or</FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT> otherwise establishes an exemption. However, information returns are required to be filed with the
IRS in connection with any distributions on our capital stock or interest on the operating partnership&#146;s debt securities paid to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder,</FONT> regardless of whether such distributions
constitute a dividend or any tax was actually withheld. In addition, proceeds of the sale or other taxable disposition of such stock or debt securities (including a retirement or redemption of a debt security) within the United States or conducted
through certain U.S.-related brokers generally will not be subject to backup withholding or information reporting, if the applicable withholding agent receives the certification described above and does not have actual knowledge or reason to know
that such holder is a United States person, or the holder otherwise establishes an exemption. Proceeds of a disposition of such stock or debt securities conducted through <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">a&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;office</FONT> of <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">a&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;broker</FONT> generally will not be subject to backup withholding or information reporting. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Copies of information returns that are filed with the IRS may also be made available under the provisions of an applicable treaty or agreement
to the tax authorities of the country in which <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">the&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder</FONT> resides or is established. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules may be allowed as a refund or a credit
against <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">a&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;holder&#146;s</FONT> U.S. federal income tax liability, provided the required information is timely furnished to the IRS. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Medicare Contribution Tax on Unearned Income </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Certain U.S. holders that are individuals, estates or trusts are required to pay an additional 3.8% tax on, among other things, dividends on
stock, interest on debt obligations, and capital gains from the sale or other </P>
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disposition of stock or debt obligations, subject to certain limitations. U.S. holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the effect, if any, of these rules on their ownership and
disposition of our capital stock or the operating partnership&#146;s debt securities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><I>Additional Withholding Tax on Payments Made to Foreign
Accounts </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Withholding taxes may be imposed under Sections 1471 to 1474 of the Code (such sections commonly referred to as the
Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (&#147;FATCA&#148;)) on certain types of payments made <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">to&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;financial</FONT> institutions and certain
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">other&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;entities.</FONT> Specifically, a 30% withholding tax may be imposed on dividends on our capital stock, interest on the operating partnership&#146;s debt securities, or (subject to the
proposed Treasury Regulations discussed below) gross proceeds from the sale or other disposition of our capital stock or the operating partnership&#146;s debt securities, in each case paid to a &#147;foreign financial institution&#148; or <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">a&nbsp;&#147;non-financial&nbsp;foreign</FONT> entity&#148; (each as defined in the Code), unless (1)&nbsp;the foreign financial institution undertakes certain diligence and reporting obligations, <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(2)&nbsp;the&nbsp;non-financial&nbsp;foreign</FONT> entity either certifies it does not have any &#147;substantial United States owners&#148; (as defined in the Code) or furnishes identifying information regarding each
substantial United States owner, or (3)&nbsp;the foreign financial institution <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">or&nbsp;non-financial&nbsp;foreign</FONT> entity otherwise qualifies for an exemption from these rules. If the payee is a foreign
financial institution and is subject to the diligence and reporting requirements in clause (1)&nbsp;above, it must enter into an agreement with the U.S. Department of the Treasury requiring, among other things, that it undertake to identify accounts
held by certain &#147;specified United States persons&#148; or &#147;United States owned foreign entities&#148; (each as defined in the Code), annually report certain information about such accounts, and withhold 30% on certain payments <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">to&nbsp;non-compliant&nbsp;foreign</FONT> financial institutions and certain other account holders. Foreign financial institutions located in jurisdictions that have an intergovernmental agreement with the United States
governing FATCA may be subject to different rules. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under the applicable Treasury Regulations and administrative guidance, withholding
under FATCA generally applies to payments of dividends on our capital stock or interest on the operating partnership&#146;s debt securities. While withholding under FATCA would have applied also to payments of gross proceeds from the sale or other
disposition of stock or debt securities on or after January&nbsp;1, 2019, proposed Treasury Regulations eliminate FATCA withholding on payments of gross proceeds entirely. Taxpayers generally may rely on these proposed Treasury Regulations until
final Treasury Regulations are issued. Because we may not know the extent to which a distribution is a dividend for U.S. federal income tax purposes at the time it is made, for purposes of these withholding rules we may treat the entire distribution
as a dividend. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Prospective investors should consult their tax advisors regarding the potential application of withholding under FATCA to
their investment in our capital stock or the operating partnership&#146;s debt securities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Other Tax Consequences </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">State, local <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">and&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;income</FONT> tax laws may differ substantially from the corresponding
U.S. federal income tax laws, and this discussion does not purport to describe any aspect of the tax laws of any state, local <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">or&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;jurisdiction,</FONT> or any U.S. federal tax other than income tax.
You should consult your tax advisor regarding the effect of state, local <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">and&nbsp;non-U.S.&nbsp;tax</FONT> laws with respect to our tax treatment as a REIT and on an investment in our capital stock or our operating
partnership&#146;s debt securities. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Book-Entry, Delivery and Form </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Unless we
indicate differently in a prospectus supplement, the securities initially will be issued in book-entry form and represented by one or more global securities. The global securities will be deposited with, or on behalf of, The Depository Trust
Company, New York, New York, as depositary, or DTC, and registered in the name of Cede&nbsp;&amp; Co., the nominee of DTC. Unless and until it is exchanged for individual certificates evidencing securities under the limited circumstances described
below, a global security may not be transferred except as a whole by the depositary to its nominee or by the nominee to the depositary, or by the depositary or its nominee to a successor depositary or to a nominee of the successor depositary. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">DTC has advised us that it is: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">a &#147;banking organization&#148; within the meaning of the New York Banking Law; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">a member of the Federal Reserve System; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">a &#147;clearing corporation&#148; within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code; and
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">a &#147;clearing agency&#148; registered pursuant to the provisions of Section&nbsp;17A of the Exchange Act.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">DTC holds securities that its participants deposit with DTC. DTC also facilitates the settlement among its participants
of securities transactions, such as transfers and pledges, in deposited securities through electronic computerized book-entry changes in participants&#146; accounts, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of securities certificates.
&#147;Direct participants&#148; in DTC include securities brokers and dealers, including underwriters, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and other organizations. DTC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Depository Trust&nbsp;&amp;
Clearing Corporation, or DTCC. DTCC is the holding company for DTC, National Securities Clearing Corporation and Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, all of which are registered clearing agencies. DTCC is owned by the users of its regulated
subsidiaries. Access to the DTC system is also available to others, which we sometimes refer to as indirect participants, that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a direct participant, either directly or indirectly. The rules
applicable to DTC and its participants are on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Purchases of securities under the DTC
system must be made by or through direct participants, which will receive a credit for the securities on DTC&#146;s records. The ownership interest of the actual purchaser of a security, which we sometimes refer to as a beneficial owner, is in turn
recorded on the direct and indirect participants&#146; records. Beneficial owners of securities will not receive written confirmation from DTC of their purchases. However, beneficial owners are expected to receive written confirmations providing
details of their transactions, as well as periodic statements of their holdings, from the direct or indirect participants through which they purchased securities. Transfers of ownership interests in global securities are to be accomplished by
entries made on the books of participants acting on behalf of beneficial owners. Beneficial owners will not receive certificates representing their ownership interests in the global securities, except under the limited circumstances described below.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To facilitate subsequent transfers, all global securities deposited by direct participants with DTC will be registered in the name of
DTC&#146;s partnership nominee, Cede&nbsp;&amp; Co., or such other name as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. The deposit of securities with DTC and their registration in the name of Cede&nbsp;&amp; Co. or such other nominee
will not change the beneficial ownership of the securities. DTC has no knowledge of the actual beneficial owners of the securities. DTC&#146;s records reflect only the identity of the direct participants to whose accounts the securities are
credited, which may or may not be the beneficial owners. The participants are responsible for keeping account of their holdings on behalf of their customers. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">So long as the securities are in book-entry form, you will receive payments and may transfer
securities only through the facilities of the depositary and its direct and indirect participants. We will maintain an office or agency in the location specified in the prospectus supplement for the applicable securities, where notices and demands
in respect of the securities may be delivered to us and where certificated securities may be surrendered for payment, registration of transfer or exchange. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Conveyance of notices and other communications by DTC to direct participants, by direct participants to indirect participants and by direct
participants and indirect participants to beneficial owners will be governed by arrangements among them, subject to any legal requirements in effect from time to time. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Redemption notices will be sent to DTC. If less than all of the securities of a particular series are being redeemed, DTC&#146;s practice is
to determine by lot the amount of the interest of each direct participant in the securities of such series to be redeemed. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Neither DTC
nor Cede&nbsp;&amp; Co. (or such other DTC nominee) will consent or vote with respect to the securities. Under its usual procedures, DTC will mail an omnibus proxy to us as soon as possible after the record date. The omnibus proxy assigns the
consenting or voting rights of Cede&nbsp;&amp; Co. to those direct participants to whose accounts the securities of such series are credited on the record date, identified in a listing attached to the omnibus proxy. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">So long as securities are in book-entry form, we will make payments on those securities to the depositary or its nominee, as the registered
owner of such securities, by wire transfer of immediately available funds. If securities are issued in definitive certificated form under the limited circumstances described below, we will have the option of making payments by check mailed to the
addresses of the persons entitled to payment or by wire transfer to bank accounts in the United States designated in writing to the applicable trustee or other designated party at least 15 days before the applicable payment date by the persons
entitled to payment, unless a shorter period is satisfactory to the applicable trustee or other designated party. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Redemption proceeds,
distributions and dividend payments on the securities will be made to Cede&nbsp;&amp; Co., or such other nominee as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC. DTC&#146;s practice is to credit direct participants&#146; accounts upon
DTC&#146;s receipt of funds and corresponding detail information from us on the payment date in accordance with their respective holdings shown on DTC records. Payments by participants to beneficial owners will be governed by standing instructions
and customary practices, as is the case with securities held for the account of customers in bearer form or registered in &#147;street name.&#148; Those payments will be the responsibility of participants and not of DTC or us, subject to any
statutory or regulatory requirements in effect from time to time. Payment of redemption proceeds, distributions and dividend payments to Cede&nbsp;&amp; Co., or such other nominee as may be requested by an authorized representative of DTC, is our
responsibility, disbursement of payments to direct participants is the responsibility of DTC, and disbursement of payments to the beneficial owners is the responsibility of direct and indirect participants. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except under the limited circumstances described below, purchasers of securities will not be entitled to have securities registered in their
names and will not receive physical delivery of securities. Accordingly, each beneficial owner must rely on the procedures of DTC and its participants to exercise any rights under the securities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The laws of some jurisdictions may require that some purchasers of securities take physical delivery of securities in definitive form. Those
laws may impair the ability to transfer or pledge beneficial interests in securities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">DTC may discontinue providing its services as
securities depositary with respect to the securities at any time by giving reasonable notice to us. Under such circumstances, in the event that a successor depositary is not obtained, securities certificates are required to be printed and delivered.
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As noted above, beneficial owners of a particular series of securities generally will not
receive certificates representing their ownership interests in those securities. However, if: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">DTC notifies us that it is unwilling or unable to continue as a depositary for the global security or securities
representing such series of securities or if DTC ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act at a time when it is required to be registered and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days of the notification to us or
of our becoming aware of DTC&#146;s ceasing to be so registered, as the case may be; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">we determine, in our sole discretion, not to have such securities represented by one or more global securities;
or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to such series of securities.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">we will prepare and deliver certificates for such securities in exchange for beneficial interests in the global securities. Any
beneficial interest in a global security that is exchangeable under the circumstances described in the preceding sentence will be exchangeable for securities in definitive certificated form registered in the names that the depositary directs. It is
expected that these directions will be based upon directions received by the depositary from its participants with respect to ownership of beneficial interests in the global securities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have obtained the information in this section and elsewhere in this prospectus concerning DTC and DTC&#146;s book-entry system from sources
that are believed to be reliable, but we take no responsibility for the accuracy of this information. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Information about selling securityholders, where applicable, will be set forth in a prospectus supplement, in a post-effective amendment or in
filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Exchange Act that are incorporated herein by reference. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We or any of the selling securityholders may sell the offered securities from time to time: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">through underwriters or dealers; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">through agents; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">directly to one or more purchasers; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">through a combination of any of these methods of sale. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We will identify the specific plan of distribution, including any underwriters, dealers, agents or direct purchasers and their compensation in
the applicable prospectus supplement. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Certain legal matters will be passed upon for us by Latham&nbsp;&amp; Watkins LLP, Los Angeles, California. Certain legal matters with respect
to the validity of shares of our capital stock and certain other legal matters relating to Maryland law will be passed upon for us by Venable LLP, Baltimore, Maryland. Additional legal matters may be passed upon for us, the selling securityholders
or any underwriters, dealers or agents, by counsel that we will name in the applicable prospectus supplement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><A NAME="toc129156_19"></A>EXPERTS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The consolidated financial statements of Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. and Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P. appearing in Hudson Pacific
Properties, Inc.&#146;s and Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P.&#146;s Annual Report (Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K)</FONT> for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2020, and the effectiveness of Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.&#146;s internal
control over financial reporting as of December&nbsp;31, 2020, have been audited by Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP, independent registered public accounting firm, as set forth in their reports thereon included therein, and incorporated herein by
reference. Such financial statements are, and audited financial statements to be included in subsequently filed documents will be, incorporated herein in reliance upon the reports of Ernst&nbsp;&amp; Young LLP pertaining to such financial statements
and the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of the respective dates (to the extent covered by consents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission) given on the authority of such firm as experts in accounting and
auditing. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B></B><B><I>Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution</I></B><B></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following is an estimate of the expenses (all of which are to be paid by us) that we may incur in connection with the securities being
registered hereby. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SEC registration fee</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(1</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Printing expenses</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(2</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Legal fees and expenses</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(2</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Accounting fees and expenses</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(2</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Miscellaneous</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(2</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Total</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">(2</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">)&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:3.00px double #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="9%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Pursuant to Rules 456(b) and 457(r) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Securities and Exchange
Commission registration fee will be paid at the time of any particular offering of securities under the registration statement, and is therefore not currently determinable. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="9%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">These fees are calculated based on the securities offered and the number of issuances and accordingly cannot be
estimated at this time. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:18pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;15.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B></B><B><I>Indemnification of Directors and Officers</I></B><B></B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Maryland law permits a Maryland corporation to include in its charter a provision eliminating the liability of its directors and officers to
the corporation and its stockholders for money damages except for liability resulting from: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">active and deliberate dishonesty that is established by a final judgment and is material to the cause of action.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s charter contains a provision that eliminates the liability of its directors and officers to the maximum extent
permitted by Maryland law. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Maryland law requires a Maryland corporation (unless its charter provides otherwise, which the Company&#146;s
charter does not) to indemnify a director or officer who has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which he or she is made or threatened to be made a party by reason of his or her service in that capacity.
Maryland law permits a Maryland corporation to indemnify its present and former directors and officers, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in connection with any
proceeding to which they may be made or threatened to be made a party by reason of their service in those or other capacities unless it is established that: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and
(i)&nbsp;was committed in bad faith or (ii)&nbsp;was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; or
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or
omission was unlawful. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Under Maryland law, a Maryland corporation also may not indemnify a director or officer in a
suit by or on behalf of the corporation in which the director or officer was adjudged liable to the corporation or for a judgment of liability on the basis that a personal benefit was improperly received. A court may order indemnification if it
</P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">II-1 </P>

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determines that the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification, even though the director or officer did not meet the prescribed standard of conduct; however,
indemnification for an adverse judgment in a suit by or on behalf of the corporation, or for a judgment of liability on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received, is limited to expenses. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, the MGCL permits a Maryland corporation to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer upon the corporation&#146;s
receipt of: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the
standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the corporation; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">a written unsecured undertaking by the director or officer or on his or her behalf to repay the amount paid or
reimbursed by the corporation if it is ultimately determined that he or she did not meet the standard of conduct. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
Company&#146;s charter authorizes it, and the Company&#146;s bylaws obligate it, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, to indemnify and, without requiring a preliminary determination of the ultimate entitlement
to indemnification, to pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to any individual who: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">is a present or former director or officer and who is made or threatened to be made a party to the proceeding by
reason of his or her service in that capacity; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">while a director or officer and at the Company&#146;s request, serves or has served as a director, officer,
partner, manager, member or trustee of another corporation, real estate investment trust, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise and who is made or threatened to be made a party to the
proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company&#146;s charter and bylaws also permit the
Company to indemnify and advance expenses to any individual who served a predecessor of the Company in any of the capacities described above and to any employee or agent of the Company or a predecessor of the Company. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Company has entered into indemnification agreements with each of its executive officers and directors whereby it has agreed to indemnify
and advance the expenses of such executive officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by Maryland law against all expenses and liabilities, subject to limited exceptions. These indemnification agreements also provide that, upon an
application for indemnity by an executive officer or director to a court of appropriate jurisdiction, such court may order the Company to indemnify such executive officer or director. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, the Company and its directors and officers are indemnified for specified liabilities and expenses pursuant to the partnership
agreement of Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P., the partnership in which the Company serves as sole general partner. See &#147;Description of the Partnership Agreement of Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P.&#151;Exculpation and Indemnification.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;16.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B></B><B><I>Exhibits</I></B><B> </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; "><B>Exhibit<BR>Number</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Description</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;1.1*</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Underwriting Agreement.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;3.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1482512/000119312510117691/dex31.htm">Articles of Amendment and Restatement of Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. (incorporated by reference to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-11/A</FONT> filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;12, 2010). </A></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;3.2</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1482512/000119312515008186/d850806dex31.htm">Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. (incorporated by reference to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;12, 2015). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1482512/000119312510138317/dex41.htm">Form of Specimen Certificate Representing Common Stock (incorporated
 by reference to the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-11/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 14, 2010). </A></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2*</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Deposit Agreement.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3*</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Warrant.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.4*</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Warrant Agreement.</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.5*</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Purchase Contract Agreement.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;4.6*</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Form of Rights Agreement.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1482512/000119312517301109/d463926dex41.htm">Indenture, dated as of October&nbsp;
2, 2017, among Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P., as issuer, Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc., as guarantor, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;2, 2017). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1482512/000119312517301109/d463926dex42.htm">Supplemental Indenture No.&nbsp;1, dated October&nbsp;
2, 2017, among Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P., Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association (incorporated by reference to the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the Securities
 and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;2, 2017). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1482512/000119312519054241/d701865dex42.htm">Supplemental Indenture No.&nbsp;2, dated as of February&nbsp;
27, 2019, among Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P., as issuer, Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc., as guarantor, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, including the form of 4.650% Senior Notes due 2029 and the guarantee (incorporated by reference to
the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;7, 2019). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1482512/000119312519261663/d798739dex42.htm">Supplemental Indenture No.&nbsp;3, dated as of October&nbsp;
3, 2019, among Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P., as issuer, Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc., as guarantor, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, including the form of 3.250% Senior Notes due 2030 and the guarantee (incorporated by reference to
 the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT> filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October&nbsp;3, 2019). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1482512/000148251216000149/a201510kex101fourthamended.htm">Fourth Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P. dated as of December&nbsp;
17, 2015 (incorporated by reference to the Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February&nbsp;26, 2016). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1482512/000148251216000219/q3-2016ex34.htm">Certificate of Limited Partnership of Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P. (incorporated by reference to the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November&nbsp;4, 2016). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d129156dex51.htm">Opinion of Latham&nbsp;&amp; Watkins LLP. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d129156dex52.htm">Opinion of Venable LLP. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;8.1</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d129156dex81.htm">Opinion of Latham&nbsp;&amp; Watkins LLP as to tax matters. </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d129156dex51.htm">Consent of Latham&nbsp;&amp; Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d129156dex52.htm">Consent of Venable LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2). </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d129156dex81.htm">Consent of Latham&nbsp;&amp; Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 8.1). </A></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d129156dex251.htm">Statement of Eligibility under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 of U.S. Bank, National Association (Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">T-1)</FONT> </A></TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">To be filed by amendment or incorporated by reference in connection with the offering of the securities.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B></B><B><I>Undertakings</I></B><B> </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each of the undersigned registrants hereby undertakes: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or
the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume
of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed
with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20&nbsp;percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148;
table in the effective registration statement; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii), and (a)(1)(iii) above do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by
reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is a part of the registration statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
remain unsold at the termination of the offering. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining liability under the
Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(A)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(B)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration
statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x)&nbsp;for the purpose of providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and
included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule
430B, for </P>
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liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities
in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. <I>Provided</I>, <I>however</I>, that no statement made in a registration
statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a
purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately
prior to such effective date. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(5)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the
Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each of the undersigned registrants undertakes that
in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by
means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed
pursuant to Rule 424; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the
undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The portion of any other free
writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any other communications that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each of the undersigned registrants hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to
section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona fide</I> offering thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar as indemnification for liabilities
arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, each of the undersigned registrants has been advised that in the opinion
of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the
payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
connection with the securities being registered, each of the undersigned registrants will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, each of the registrants certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los
Angeles, California, on the 28<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> day of April, 2021. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">HUDSON PACIFIC PROPERTIES, INC.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ VICTOR J. COLEMAN</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>Victor J. Coleman</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>Chief Executive Officer</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">HUDSON PACIFIC PROPERTIES, INC.,</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Its General
Partner</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ VICTOR J. COLEMAN</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>Victor J. Coleman</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>Chief Executive Officer</B></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Victor J. Coleman and Mark T. Lammas,
or either of them, as his or her true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name,
place and stead, in any and all capacities, to file and sign any and all amendments, including post-effective amendments and any registration statement for the same offering that is to be effective under Rule 462(b) of the Securities Act, to this
registration statement, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, full power and authority to do and perform each and
every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, or their substitute or substitutes may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following
persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Title</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ VICTOR J. COLEMAN</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Victor J. Coleman</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Chief Executive Officer and</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Chairman of the Board of Directors</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-size:10pt">April 28, 2021</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ HAROUT K. DIRAMERIAN</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Harout K. Diramerian</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Chief Financial Officer</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ THEODORE R. ANTENUCCI</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Theodore R. Antenucci</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-size:10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-size:10pt">April 28, 2021</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ KAREN BRODKIN</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Karen Brodkin</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-size:10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Richard B. Fried</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-size:10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-size:10pt">April 28, 2021</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Jonathan M. Glaser</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-size:10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Robert L. Harris II</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-size:10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">/s/ CHRISTY HAUBEGGER</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Christy Haubegger</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-size:10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Mark D. Linehan</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-size:10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Robert M. Moran, Jr.</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-size:10pt">Director</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Barry A. Porter</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">11601 Wilshire Blvd., Ninth
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have acted as special
counsel to Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the &#147;<B>Company</B>&#148;), and Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership (the &#147;<B>Operating Partnership</B>&#148;), in connection with the filing on
the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;<B>Commission</B>&#148;) of a registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> (the &#147;<B>Registration Statement</B>&#148;), including a base
prospectus (the &#147;<B>Base Prospectus</B>&#148;), which provides that it will be supplemented by one or more prospectus supplements (each such prospectus supplement, together with the Base Prospectus, a &#147;<B>Prospectus</B>&#148;), under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<B>Act</B>&#148;), relating to the registration for issue and sale (i)&nbsp;by the Operating Partnership of one or more series of debt securities of the Operating Partnership (the &#147;<B>Debt
Securities</B>&#148;) to be issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of October&nbsp;2, 2017, among the Operating Partnership, as issuer, the Company, as guarantor, and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee and one or more board resolutions,
supplements thereto or officer&#146;s certificates thereunder (such indenture, together with the applicable board resolution, supplement or officer&#146;s certificate pertaining to the applicable series of Debt Securities, the
&#147;<B>Applicable</B> <B>Indenture</B>&#148;), (ii) by the Company of guarantees of the Debt Securities (&#147;<B>Guarantees</B>&#148;); (iii) by the Company of shares of the Company&#146;s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (&#147;<B>Common
Stock</B>&#148;), (iv) by the Company of shares of one or more series of the Company&#146;s preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share (&#147;<B>Preferred Stock</B>&#148;), (v) by the Company of rights to purchase shares of Common Stock or other
securities of the Company (&#147;<B>Rights</B>&#148;), (vi) by the Company of shares of Preferred Stock represented by depositary shares (&#147;<B>Depositary Shares</B>&#148;), (vii) by the Company of warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock,
shares of Preferred Stock or Depositary Shares (&#147;<B>Warrants</B>&#148;), (viii) by the Company of purchase contracts (&#147;<B>Purchase Contracts</B>&#148;), and (ix)&nbsp;by the Company of units consisting of two or more constituent securities
of the Company (&#147;<B>Units</B>&#148;). The Debt Securities, Guarantees, Rights, Depositary Shares, Warrants, Purchase Contracts and Units are referred to herein collectively as the &#147;Securities.&#148; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This opinion is being furnished in connection with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-K</FONT> under the Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement or related applicable Prospectus, other than as expressly stated herein with
respect to the enforceability of the Securities. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As such counsel, we have examined such matters of fact and questions of law as we have
considered appropriate for purposes of this letter. With your consent, we have relied upon certificates and other assurances of officers of the Company, the Operating Partnership and others as to factual matters without having independently verified
such factual matters. We are opining herein as to the internal laws of the State of New York, and we express no opinion with respect to the applicability thereto, or the effect thereon, of the laws of any other jurisdiction or as to any matters of
municipal law or the laws of any local agencies within any state. Various issues pertaining to Maryland law, including the validity of the Common Stock and Preferred Stock and the due authorization of the Securities by the Company, are addressed in
the opinion of Venable LLP, which has been separately provided to you. We express no opinion with respect to those matters herein, and to the extent elements of those opinions are necessary to the conclusions expressed herein, we have, with your
consent, assumed such matters. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subject to the foregoing and the other matters set forth herein, it is our opinion that, as of the date
hereof: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1. When the Applicable Indenture has been duly authorized by all necessary limited partnership action of the Operating Partnership
and corporate action of the Company and duly executed and delivered by the Operating Partnership and the Company, and when the specific terms of a particular series of Debt Securities have been duly established in accordance with the Applicable
Indenture and authorized by all necessary limited partnership action of the Operating Partnership, and such Debt Securities have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered against payment therefor, and when the Guarantees of such Debt
Securities have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company and duly executed and delivered by the Company in accordance with the Applicable Indenture and, in each case, in the manner contemplated by the applicable
Prospectus and by such limited partnership and corporate action, as applicable, such Debt Securities and Guarantees will be legally valid and binding obligations of the Operating Partnership and the Company, respectively, enforceable against the
Operating Partnership and the Company in accordance with their respective terms. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2. When the applicable rights agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by all necessary corporate action of the Company, and when the specific terms of a particular issuance of Rights have been duly authorized in accordance with the terms of the applicable rights agreement and
authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company, and such Rights have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the applicable rights agreement and in the manner
contemplated by the applicable Prospectus and by such corporate action (assuming the securities issuable upon exercise of such Rights have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance by all necessary corporate action), such Rights will be the
legally valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3. When the
applicable deposit agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by all necessary corporate action of the Company, and when the specific terms of a particular issuance of Depositary Shares have been duly established in accordance with
the terms of the applicable deposit agreement and authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company, and such Depositary Shares have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered against payment therefor in accordance with the
terms of the applicable deposit agreement and in the manner contemplated by the applicable Prospectus and by such corporate action (assuming the underlying securities have been validly issued and deposited with the depositary), such Depositary
Shares will be the legally valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4. When the applicable warrant agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
all necessary corporate action of the Company, and when the specific terms of a particular issuance of Warrants have been duly established in accordance with the terms of the applicable warrant agreement and authorized by all necessary corporate
action of the Company, and such Warrants have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the applicable warrant agreement and in the manner contemplated by the applicable
Prospectus and by such corporate action (assuming the securities issuable upon exercise of such Warrants have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance by all necessary corporate action), such Warrants will be the legally valid and binding
obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">5. When the applicable purchase contract
agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by all necessary corporate action of the Company, and when the specific terms of a particular issue of Purchase Contracts have been duly authorized in accordance with the terms of the
applicable purchase contract agreement and authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company, and such Purchase Contracts have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of
the applicable purchase contract agreement and in the manner contemplated by the applicable Prospectus and by such corporate action (assuming the securities issuable under such Purchase Contracts have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance
by all necessary corporate action), such Purchase Contracts will be the legally valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">6. When the applicable unit agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by all necessary corporate action of the Company, and
when the specific terms of a particular issuance of Units have been duly authorized in accordance with the terms of the applicable unit agreement and authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company, and such Units have been duly
executed, authenticated, issued and delivered against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the applicable unit agreement and in the manner contemplated by the applicable Prospectus and by such corporate action (assuming the securities
issuable upon exercise of such Units have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance by all necessary corporate action), such Units will be the legally valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance
with their terms. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Our opinions are subject to: (i)&nbsp;the effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, preference, fraudulent
transfer, moratorium or other similar laws relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors; (ii)&nbsp;the effect of general principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law (including the possible
unavailability of specific performance or injunctive relief), concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing, and the discretion of the court before which a proceeding is brought; (iii)&nbsp;the invalidity under certain
circumstances under law or court decisions of provisions providing for the indemnification of or contribution to a party with respect to a liability where such indemnification or contribution is contrary to public policy; and (iv)&nbsp;we express no
opinion as to (a)&nbsp;any provision for liquidated damages, default interest, late charges, monetary penalties, make-whole premiums or other economic remedies to the extent such provisions are deemed to constitute a penalty, (b)&nbsp;consents to,
or restrictions upon, governing law, jurisdiction, venue, arbitration, remedies, or judicial relief, (c)&nbsp;waivers of rights or defenses, (d)&nbsp;any provision requiring the payment of attorneys&#146; fees, where such payment is contrary to law
or public policy, (e)&nbsp;any provision permitting, upon acceleration of any Debt Securities, collection of that portion of the stated principal amount thereof which might be determined to constitute unearned interest thereon, (f)&nbsp;the
creation, validity, attachment, perfection, or priority of any lien or security interest, (g)&nbsp;advance waivers of claims, defenses, rights granted by law, or notice, opportunity </P>
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for hearing, evidentiary requirements, statutes of limitation, trial by jury or at law, or other procedural rights, (h)&nbsp;waivers of broadly or vaguely stated rights, (i)&nbsp;provisions for
exclusivity, election or cumulation of rights or remedies, (j)&nbsp;provisions authorizing or validating conclusive or discretionary determinations, (k)&nbsp;grants of setoff rights, (l)&nbsp;proxies, powers and trusts, (m)&nbsp;provisions
prohibiting, restricting, or requiring consent to assignment or transfer of any right or property, (n)&nbsp;provisions purporting to make a guarantor primarily liable rather than as a surety, (o)&nbsp;provisions purporting to waive modifications of
any guaranteed obligation to the extent such modification constitutes a novation, (p)&nbsp;any provision to the extent it requires that a claim with respect to a security denominated in other than U.S. dollars (or a judgment in respect of such a
claim) be converted into U.S. dollars at a rate of exchange at a particular date, to the extent applicable law otherwise provides, and (q)&nbsp;the severability, if invalid, of provisions to the foregoing effect. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">With your consent, we have assumed (a)&nbsp;that each of the Debt Securities, Guarantees, Rights, Depositary Shares, Warrants, Purchase
Contracts and Units and the Applicable Indenture, rights agreements, deposit agreements, warrant agreements, purchase contract agreements and unit agreements governing such Securities (collectively, the &#147;Documents&#148;) will be governed by the
internal laws of the State of New York, (b)&nbsp;that each of the Documents has been or will be duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto, (c)&nbsp;that each of the Documents constitutes or will constitute legally valid and
binding obligations of the parties thereto other than the Operating Partnership and the Company, as applicable, enforceable against each of them in accordance with their respective terms, and (d)&nbsp;that the status of each of the Documents as
legally valid and binding obligations of the parties will not be affected by any (i)&nbsp;breaches of, or defaults under, agreements or instruments, (ii)&nbsp;violations of statutes, rules, regulations or court or governmental orders, or
(iii)&nbsp;failures to obtain required consents, approvals or authorizations from, or to make required registrations, declarations or filings with, governmental authorities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This opinion is for your benefit in connection with the Registration Statement and may be relied upon by you and by persons entitled to rely
upon it pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Act. We consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm contained in the Prospectus under the heading &#147;Legal Matters.&#148; In
giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section&nbsp;7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:55%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Very truly yours, </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">[LETTERHEAD OF VENABLE LLP] </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">April 28, 2021 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">11601 Wilshire Blvd. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Los Angeles, California 90025 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Re:
<U>Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> </U> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have served as Maryland counsel to Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), and Hudson Pacific
Properties, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership (the &#147;Operating Partnership&#148;), in connection with certain matters of Maryland law relating to the registration of the offering and sale of the following securities (collectively, the
&#147;Securities&#148;): (i) shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), of the Company; (ii)&nbsp;shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share (the &#147;Preferred Stock&#148;), of the Company;
(iii)&nbsp;depositary shares of the Company (the &#147;Depositary Shares&#148;), each representing a fraction of a share of Preferred Stock; (iv)&nbsp;warrants of the Company (&#147;Warrants&#148;) to purchase shares of Common Stock, Preferred Stock
or Depositary Shares; (v)&nbsp;purchase contracts of the Company (&#147;Purchase Contracts&#148;); (vi) debt securities of the Operating Partnership (&#147;Partnership Debt Securities&#148;); (vii) guarantees by the Company of the obligations of the
Operating Partnership under the Partnership Debt Securities (&#147;Guarantees&#148;); (viii) rights issuable by the Company (&#147;Rights&#148;) to purchase shares of Common Stock or other Securities; and (ix)&nbsp;units (the&nbsp;&#147;Units&#148;)
consisting of any combination of two or more other constituent Securities, covered by the Registration Statement on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;S-3,</FONT> and all amendments thereto (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;), as filed
with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) by the Company on or about the date hereof under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In connection with our representation of the Company and the Operating Partnership, and as a basis for the opinion hereinafter set forth, we
have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the following documents (hereinafter collectively referred to as the &#147;Documents&#148;): </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registration Statement and the form of prospectus included therein, in the form filed with the Commission under
the Securities Act; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The charter of the Company (the &#147;Charter&#148;), certified by the State Department of
Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (the &#147;SDAT&#148;); </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">April 28, 2021 </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company (the
&#147;Bylaws&#148;), certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Company; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Certificate of Limited
Partnership of the Operating Partnership (the &#147;Certificate&#148;), certified by the SDAT; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Fourth
Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Operating Partnership, dated December&nbsp;17, 2015 (the &#147;Partnership Agreement&#148;), among the Company, as general partner, and the persons whose names are listed on Exhibit A
thereto, as limited partners, certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Company; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Resolutions (the
&#147;Resolutions&#148;) adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company (the &#147;Board&#148;), acting in its own capacity and in its capacity as the sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, relating to the Registration Statement and
the Securities, certified as of the date hereof by an officer of the Company; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A certificate of the SDAT as to
the good standing of each of the Company and the Operating Partnership, dated as of a recent date; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A
certificate executed by an officer of the Company, dated as of the date hereof; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Such other documents and
matters as we have deemed necessary or appropriate to express the opinion set forth in this letter, subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications stated herein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In expressing the opinion set forth below, we have assumed the following: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each individual executing any of the Documents, whether on behalf of such individual or another person, is legally
competent to do so. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each individual executing any of the Documents on behalf of a party (other than the Company
and the Operating Partnership) is duly authorized to do so. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each of the parties (other than the Company and the
Operating Partnership) executing any of the Documents has duly and validly executed and delivered each of the Documents to which such party is a signatory, and such party&#146;s obligations set forth therein are legal, valid and binding and are
enforceable in accordance with all stated terms. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All Documents submitted to us as originals are authentic. The
form and content of all Documents submitted to us as unexecuted drafts do not differ in any respect relevant to this opinion from the form and content of such Documents as executed and delivered. </P>
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All Documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies conform to the original documents. All signatures on all Documents are genuine. All public records reviewed or relied upon by us
or on our behalf are true and complete. All representations, warranties, statements and information contained in the Documents are true and complete. There has been no oral or written modification of or amendment to any of the Documents, and there
has been no waiver of any provision of any of the Documents, by action or omission of the parties or otherwise. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upon the issuance of any Securities that are shares of Common Stock (&#147;Common Securities&#148;), including
Common Securities that may be issued upon conversion, redemption, exchange or exercise of any other Securities convertible into or redeemable, exchangeable or exercisable for Common Securities, the total number of shares of Common Stock issued and
outstanding will not exceed the total number of shares of Common Stock that the Company is then authorized to issue under the Charter. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upon the issuance of any Securities that are shares of Preferred Stock (&#147;Preferred Securities&#148;), including
Preferred Securities that may be issued upon conversion, redemption, exchange or exercise of any other Securities convertible into or redeemable, exchangeable or exercisable for Preferred Securities, the total number of shares of Preferred Stock
issued and outstanding, and the total number of issued and outstanding shares of the applicable class or series of Preferred Stock designated pursuant to the Charter, will not exceed the total number of shares of Preferred Stock or the number of
shares of such class or series of Preferred Stock that the Company is then authorized to issue under the Charter. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any Securities convertible into or redeemable, exchangeable or exercisable for any other Securities will be duly
converted, redeemed, exchanged or exercised in accordance with their terms. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The issuance, and certain terms, of
the Securities to be issued by the Company from time to time will be authorized and approved by the Board, or a duly authorized committee thereof, in accordance with the Maryland General Corporation Law, the Charter, the Bylaws, the Registration
Statement and the Resolutions and, with respect to any Preferred Securities to be issued by the Company, Articles Supplementary setting forth the number of shares and the terms of the applicable class or series of Preferred Stock will be filed with
and accepted for record by the SDAT prior to their issuance (such approvals and, if applicable, acceptance for record, referred to herein as the &#147;Corporate Proceedings&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The issuance of, and certain terms of, the Partnership Debt Securities to be issued by the Operating Partnership
from time to time will be authorized and approved by the Company, in its capacity as sole general partner of the Operating Partnership, in accordance with the Maryland Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act, the Certificate, the Operating
Partnership Agreement and the Resolutions (such approvals referred to herein as the &#147;Operating Partnership Proceedings&#148;). </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">April 28, 2021 </P>
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violation of Article VI of the Charter or any comparable provision in the Articles Supplementary creating any class or series of Preferred Stock or the instrument or agreement defining the terms of any other Securities. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, limitations and qualifications stated herein, it is our opinion that: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation under the laws of the State of
Maryland and is in good standing with the SDAT. The Operating Partnership has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited partnership under the laws of the State of Maryland and is in good standing with the SDAT. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2. Upon the completion of all Corporate Proceedings relating to the Common Securities, the issuance of the Common Securities will be duly
authorized and, when and if issued and delivered against payment therefor in accordance with the Registration Statement, the Resolutions and the Corporate Proceedings, the Common Securities will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upon the completion of all Corporate Proceedings relating to the Preferred Securities, the issuance of the Preferred
Securities will be duly authorized and, when and if issued and delivered against payment therefor in accordance with the Registration Statement, the Resolutions and the Corporate Proceedings, the Preferred Securities will be validly issued, fully
paid and nonassessable. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upon the completion of all Corporate Proceedings relating to the Depositary Shares, the
issuance of the Depositary Shares will be duly authorized. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upon the completion of all Corporate Proceedings
relating to the Warrants, the issuance of the Warrants will be duly authorized. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upon the completion of all
Corporate Proceedings relating to the Purchase Contracts, the issuance of the Purchase Contracts will be duly authorized. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upon the completion of all Operating Partnership Proceedings relating to Partnership Debt Securities, the issuance
of the Partnership Debt Securities will be duly authorized. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">April 28, 2021 </P>
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Guarantees, the issuance of the Guarantees will be duly authorized. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upon the completion of all Corporate
Proceedings relating to the Rights, the issuance of the Rights will be duly authorized. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">10.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upon the completion of
all Corporate Proceedings relating to the Units, including all Corporate Proceedings and Operating Partnership Proceedings, as applicable, relating to the Securities sold together as Units, the issuance of the Units will be duly authorized. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Maryland and we do not express any opinion herein concerning any other law. We
express no opinion as to the applicability or effect of any federal or state securities laws, including the securities laws of the State of Maryland, or as to federal or state laws regarding fraudulent transfers. To the extent that any matter as to
which our opinion is expressed herein would be governed by the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Maryland, we do not express any opinion on such matter. The opinion expressed herein is subject to the effect of judicial decisions which
may permit the introduction of parol evidence to modify the terms or the interpretation of agreements. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The opinion expressed herein is
limited to the matters specifically set forth herein and no other opinion shall be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated. We assume no obligation to supplement this opinion if any applicable law changes after the date hereof or if we become
aware of any fact that might change the opinion expressed herein after the date hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This opinion is being furnished to you for
submission to the Commission as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of the name of our firm therein. In giving this consent, we do not
admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required by Section&nbsp;7 of the Securities Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3">355 South Grand Avenue, Suite 100</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3">Los Angeles, California 90071-1560</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3">Tel: +1.213.485.1234 Fax: +1.213.891.8763</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">www.lw.com</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Beijing</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Riyadh</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Houston</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Los Angeles</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Milan</TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Re: <U>Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT></U> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have acted as special
tax counsel to Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), and Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P., a Maryland limited partnership (the &#147;<U>Operating Partnership</U>&#148;), in connection with their
filing of (i)&nbsp;a registration statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3</FONT> dated April&nbsp;28, 2021 (the &#147;<U>Registration Statement</U>&#148;), with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;<U>Commission</U>&#148;) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<U>Act</U>&#148;), and (ii)&nbsp;a prospectus dated April&nbsp;28, 2021 included as part of the Registration Statement (the &#147;<U>Prospectus</U>&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">You have requested our opinion concerning certain of the federal income tax considerations relating to the Company. This opinion is based on
various facts and assumptions, including the facts set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus concerning the business, assets and governing documents of the Company and its subsidiaries. We have also been furnished with, and with
your consent have relied upon, certain representations made by the Company and its subsidiaries with respect to certain factual matters through a certificate of an officer of the Company, dated as of the date hereof (the &#147;<U>Officer&#146;s
Certificate</U>&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In our capacity as special tax counsel to the Company and the Operating Partnership, we have made such legal and
factual examinations and inquiries, including an examination of originals or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction of such documents, corporate records and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for
purposes of this opinion. For the purposes of our opinion, we have not made an independent investigation or audit of the facts set forth in the above referenced documents or in the Officer&#146;s Certificate. In addition, in rendering this opinion
we have assumed the truth and accuracy of all representations and statements made to us that are qualified as to knowledge or belief, without regard to such qualification. In our examination, we have assumed the authenticity of all documents
submitted to us as originals, the genuineness of all signatures thereon, the legal capacity of natural persons executing such documents and the conformity to authentic original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We are opining herein only as to the federal income tax laws of the United States, and we
express no opinion with respect to the applicability thereto, or the effect thereon, of other federal laws or the laws of any state or other jurisdiction, or as to any matters of municipal law or the laws of any other local agencies within any
state. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based on such facts, and subject to the qualifications, assumptions, representations and limitations set forth herein, it is our
opinion that: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1. Commencing with its taxable year ended December&nbsp;31, 2010, the Company has been organized and has operated in
conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a real estate investment trust (a &#147;<U>REIT</U>&#148;) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &#147;<U>Code</U>&#148;), and its proposed method of operation
will enable it to continue to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2. The statements set
forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus under the caption &#147;Federal Income Tax Considerations,&#148; insofar as they purport to describe or summarize certain provisions of the statutes or regulations referred to therein, are
accurate descriptions or summaries in all material respects. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No opinion is expressed as to any matter not discussed herein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This opinion is rendered to you as of the date of this letter, and we undertake no obligation to update this opinion subsequent to the date
hereof. This opinion is based on various statutory provisions, regulations promulgated thereunder and interpretations thereof by the Internal Revenue Service and the courts having jurisdiction over such matters, all of which are subject to change
either prospectively or retroactively. Any such change may affect the conclusions stated herein. Also, any variation or difference in the facts from those set forth in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or the Officer&#146;s Certificate may
affect the conclusions stated herein. As described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the Company&#146;s qualification and taxation as a REIT depend upon the Company&#146;s ability to meet the various qualification tests imposed under
the Code, including through actual annual operating results, asset composition, distribution levels and diversity of stock ownership, the results of which have not been and will not be reviewed by Latham&nbsp;&amp; Watkins LLP. Accordingly, no
assurance can be given that the actual results of the Company&#146;s operation for any particular taxable year will satisfy such requirements. In addition, the opinion set forth above does not foreclose the possibility that the Company may have to
pay a deficiency dividend, or an excise or penalty tax, which could be significant in amount, in order to maintain its REIT qualification. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This opinion is rendered for your benefit in connection with the transaction described above. This opinion may not be relied upon by you for
any other purpose, or furnished to, assigned to, quoted to or relied upon by any other person, firm or other entity for any purpose without our prior written consent, which may be granted or withheld in our sole discretion, provided that this
opinion may be relied upon by persons entitled to rely on it pursuant to applicable provisions of federal securities law. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption &#147;Experts&#148; in this Registration Statement (Form S-3) and related Prospectus of Hudson
Pacific Properties, Inc. for the registration of common stock, preferred stock, depositary shares, warrants, purchase contracts, rights, units, and guarantees of debt securities and of Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P. for the registration of debt
securities, and to the incorporation by reference therein of our reports dated February 22, 2021, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. and Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P. and the effectiveness of
internal control over financial reporting of Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) of Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. and Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P. for the year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the
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<P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
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<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>STATEMENT OF
ELIGIBILITY </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>OF A CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Check if an Application to Determine Eligibility of a Trustee Pursuant to Section&nbsp;305(b)(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B>&#9744;<B></B><B> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of Trustee as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">31-0841368</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>I.R.S. Employer Identification No. </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><B>55402</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>U.S. Bank National Association </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>633 West 5<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> Street </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(213) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">615-6047</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P. </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</B></TD></TR>
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of the Indenture Securities) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>GENERAL INFORMATION</B><B><I>.</I></B><B> </B>Furnish the following information as to the Trustee.<B>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><I>Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.</I>
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Comptroller of the Currency </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><I>Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.</I> </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Yes </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR. </B><B><I></I></B><B></B><I>If the obligor is an affiliate of the Trustee,
describe each such affiliation.</I><B> </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:13%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">None </P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Items&nbsp;3-15</FONT></B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B></B><I>Items <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">3-15</FONT> are not applicable because to the best of the
Trustee&#146;s knowledge, the obligor is not in default under any Indenture for which the Trustee acts as Trustee.</I><B> </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><B>Item&nbsp;16.</B></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>LIST OF EXHIBITS: </B><I>List below all exhibits filed as a part of this statement of eligibility and
qualification. </I><B> </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">A copy of the Articles of Association of the Trustee.* </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">2.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">A copy of the certificate of authority of the Trustee to commence business, attached as Exhibit 2.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">3.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">A copy of the certificate of authority of the Trustee to exercise corporate trust powers, attached as Exhibit
3. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">4.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">A copy of the existing bylaws of the Trustee.** </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">5.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">A copy of each Indenture referred to in Item 4. Not applicable. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">6.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The consent of the Trustee required by Section&nbsp;321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, attached as
Exhibit 6. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Report of Condition of the Trustee as of December&nbsp;31, 2020 published pursuant to law or the requirements
of its supervising or examining authority, attached as Exhibit 7. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">*</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 25.1 to Amendment No.&nbsp;2 to registration statement on <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-4,</FONT> Registration Number <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-128217</FONT> filed on November&nbsp;15, 2005. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">**</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 25.1 to registration statement on form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-3ASR,</FONT> Registration Number <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">333-199863</FONT> filed on November&nbsp;5, 2014. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">2 </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SIGNATURE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the Trustee, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking
association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility and qualification to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Los
Angeles, State of California on the <U>28th</U> day of April, 2021. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Bradley E. Scarbrough</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Bradley E. Scarbrough</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Vice President</TD></TR>
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 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">3 </P>

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<TD VALIGN="middle"> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Washington, DC 20219</P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CERTIFICATE OF CORPORATE EXISTENCE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">I, Brian Brooks, Acting Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1. The Comptroller of the Currency, pursuant to Revised Statutes 324, et seq, as amended, and 12 USC 1, et seq, as amended, has possession, custody, and
control of all records pertaining to the chartering, regulation, and supervision of all national banking associations. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2. &#147;U.S. Bank National
Association,&#148; Cincinnati, Ohio (Charter No.&nbsp;24), is a national banking association formed under the laws of the United States and is authorized thereunder to transact the business of banking on the date of this certificate. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, today, December 4, 2020, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused my seal of office to be affixed to these presents at the U.S.
Department of the Treasury, in the City of Washington, District of Columbia </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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</P> <P STYLE="font-size:2pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt" align="left">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Acting Comptroller of the Currency</P></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>Exhibit 3 </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="93%"></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle"> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">Washington, DC 20219</P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CERTIFICATE OF FIDUCIARY POWERS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">I, Brian Brooks, Acting Comptroller of the Currency, do hereby certify that: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1. The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, pursuant to Revised Statutes 324, et seq, as amended, and 12 USC 1, et seq, as amended, has possession,
custody, and control of all records pertaining to the chartering, regulation, and supervision of all national banking associations. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2. &#147;U.S. Bank
National Association,&#148; Cincinnati, Ohio (Charter No.&nbsp;24), was granted, under the hand and seal of the Comptroller, the right to act in all fiduciary capacities authorized under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved September 28,
1962, 76 Stat. 668, 12 USC 92a, and that the authority so granted remains in full force and effect on the date of this certificate. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF,
today, December 4, 2020, I have hereunto subscribed my name and caused my seal of office to be affixed to these presents at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, in the City of Washington, District of Columbia </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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</P> <P STYLE="font-size:2pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt" align="left">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Acting Comptroller of the Currency</P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>Exhibit 6 </U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CONSENT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In accordance
with Section&nbsp;321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the undersigned, U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION hereby consents that reports of examination of the undersigned by Federal, State, Territorial or District authorities may be furnished by
such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request therefor. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dated: April <U>28</U>, 2021 </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1%"></TD>
<TD WIDTH="92%"></TD></TR>


<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">By:</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">/s/ Bradley E. Scarbrough</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Bradley E. Scarbrough</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Vice President</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">6 </P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>U.S. Bank National Association </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Statement of Financial Condition </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As of 12/31/2020 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>($000&#146;s) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="2%"></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt">
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000"><B>12/31/2020</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>


<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Assets</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Cash and Balances Due From Depository Institutions</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"> 62,424,852</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Securities</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">135,372,305</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Federal Funds</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">149</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Loans&nbsp;&amp; Lease Financing Receivables</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">299,153,643</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Fixed Assets</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">7,454,095</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Intangible Assets</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">12,786,750</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Other Assets</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">27,582,366</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1px; ">
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Total Assets</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><B>$</B></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><B>544,774,160</B></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="8"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Liabilities</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Deposits</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">442,835,836</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Fed Funds</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1,175,229</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Treasury Demand Notes</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Trading Liabilities</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">1,036,903</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Other Borrowed Money</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">27,992,840</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Acceptances</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subordinated Notes and Debentures</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">3,850,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Other Liabilities</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">14,494,315</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Total Liabilities</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><B>$</B></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><B>491,385,123</B></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Equity</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common and Preferred Stock</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">18,200</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Surplus</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">14,266,915</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Undivided Profits</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">38,303,599</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Minority Interest in Subsidiaries</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">800,323</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-top:1.00px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P></TD>
<TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:5.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Total Equity Capital</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><B>$</B></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><B>53,389,037</B></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="8" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Total Liabilities and Equity Capital</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><B>$</B></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><B>544,774,160</B></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><B>&nbsp;</B></TD></TR>
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