Stock-Based Compensation

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2024

Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

The Company’s 2010 Incentive Plan permits the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) to grant, among other things, restricted stock, restricted stock units, operating partnership performance units and performance-based awards. As of June 30, 2024, 2.0 million common shares were available for grant under the 2010 Plan. The calculation of shares available for grant is determined after taking into account unvested restricted stock, unvested operating partnership performance units and unvested RSUs, assuming the maximum bonus pool eligible ultimately is earned and based on a stock price of $4.81.

The Board awards restricted shares to non-employee Board members on an annual basis as part of such Board members’

annual compensation and to newly elected non-employee Board members in accordance with the Non-Employee Director Compensation Program. The time-based awards are generally issued in the second quarter, in conjunction with the director’s election to the Board, and the individual share awards vest in equal annual installments over the applicable service vesting period, which is three years. Additionally, certain non-employee Board members elect to receive operating partnership performance units in lieu of their annual cash retainer fees. These awards are generally issued in the first quarter of the year subsequent to the year in which they were earned and are fully-vested upon their issuance.

The Board awards time-based restricted stock units, including certain restricted stock unit grants that are settled in cash, or time-based operating partnership performance units to certain employees on an annual basis as part of the employees’ annual compensation. These time-based awards are generally issued in the first or fourth quarter and vest in equal annual installments over the applicable service vesting period, which is generally three years. Additionally, certain awards are subject to a mandatory holding period upon vesting if the grantee is an executive officer. Lastly, certain employees elect to receive operating partnership performance units in lieu of their annual cash bonus. These awards are generally issued in the first quarter of the year subsequent to the year in which they were earned and are fully-vested upon their issuance.

For the years 2020 through 2023, the compensation committee of the Board (the “Compensation Committee”) adopted an annual Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. Performance Stock Unit Plan (“PSU Plan”). Under the PSU Plan, the Compensation Committee awarded restricted stock units or performance units in the operating partnership to certain employees. Annual PSU Plan grants made prior to 2023 consist of two portions. A portion of each award, the Relative Total Shareholder Return (“TSR”) Performance Unit, is eligible to vest based on the achievement of the Company’s TSR compared to the TSR of the FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs index over a three-year performance period, with the vesting percentage subject to certain percentage targets. The remaining portion of each award, the Operational Performance Unit, becomes eligible to vest based on the achievement of operational performance metrics over a one-year performance period and vests over three years. The number of Operational Performance Units that becomes eligible to vest based on the achievement of operational performance metrics may be adjusted based on the Company’s achievement of absolute TSR goals over a three-year performance period by applying the applicable vesting percentages. The 2023 PSU Plan grants contain only an Operational Performance Unit, which is eligible to vest based on the achievement of operational metrics over a one-year performance period and vests over three years. The number of Operational Performance Units that becomes eligible to vest based on the achievement of operational performance metrics may be adjusted based on the Company’s achievement of the Company’s TSR compared to the TSR of the FTSE NAREIT All Equity REITs index over a three-year performance period. Certain of the awards granted under the PSU Plan are subject to a two-year post-vesting restriction period, during which any awards earned may not be sold or transferred.

For 2024, the Compensation Committee adopted an annual equity award program for its top three executive officers consisting of a grant of time-based operating partnership performance units and a grant of market-based operating partnership performance units. The time-based awards vest in equal annual installments over the applicable service vesting period, which is five years. The market-based awards vest upon the satisfaction of both performance and service-based requirements. The quantity earned is based on the achievement of stock price performance hurdles over the five-year performance period commencing on the second anniversary of the grant date. The earned awards will satisfy the service-based requirement in increments of 60%, 20% and 20% on the third, fourth and fifth anniversaries of the grant date, respectively. The awards are also subject to a two-year post-vesting restriction period, during which any awards earned may not be sold or transferred.

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


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2024		2023		2024		2023
Expensed stock compensation(1)	$	6,918	$	6,311	$	13,485	$	11,547
Capitalized stock compensation(2)	484		682		1,089		1,354
TOTAL STOCK COMPENSATION(3)	$	7,402	$	6,993	$	14,574	$	12,901

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

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

3.Part of the stock compensation amount incurred during the six months ended June 30, 2024 is settled in cash. The rest of the amount is recorded in additional paid-in capital and non-controlling interest—units in the operating partnership on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.