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Douglas Emmett Establishes ATM Stock Offering Program

^{Published on 2010-12-30 14:00:33 - Market Wire}
 

SANTA MONICA, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Douglas Emmett, Inc. (NYSE:DEI), a real estate investment trust (REIT), announced today that it has established an aat the marketa stock offering program through which, at its discretion, it may sell up to $250 million of its common stock from time to time over the next three years. While the Company has no immediate plans to initiate sales through this ATM program, it believes that the establishment of the program is a prudent step that expands the Companya™s future funding options. The Company has engaged Citi, Goldman Sachs & Co. and Morgan Stanley to act as its sales agents in the event that the Company should elect to offer to sell stock under the ATM program. The Company may use the proceeds from any sales for general corporate purposes, which may include acquisitions, investment in existing properties or debt repayment.

The Company has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering of common stock described in this communication. Before investing, investors should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the Company has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the Company and this offering. Investors may obtain these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC website at [ www.sec.gov ]. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any security, nor shall there be any sale of the Company's common stock in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About Douglas Emmett, Inc.

Douglas Emmett, Inc. (NYSE: DEI) is a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT), and one of the largest owners and operators of high-quality office and multifamily properties located in premier submarkets in Southern California and Hawaii. The Companya™s properties are concentrated in ten submarkets a" Brentwood, Olympic Corridor, Century City, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, Westwood, Sherman Oaks/Encino, Warner Center/Woodland Hills, Burbank and Honolulu. The Company focuses on owning and acquiring a substantial share of top-tier office properties and premier multifamily communities in neighborhoods that possess significant supply constraints, high-end executive housing and key lifestyle amenities. The Company maintains a website at [ www.douglasemmett.com ].

Safe Harbor Statement

Except for the historical facts, the statements in this press release regarding Douglas Emmetta™s business activities are forward-looking statements based on the beliefs of, assumptions made by, and information currently available to us about known and unknown risks, trends, uncertainties and factors that are beyond our control or ability to predict. Although we believe that our assumptions are reasonable, they are not guarantees of future performance and some will inevitably prove to be incorrect. As a result, our actual future results can be expected to differ from our expectations, and those differences may be material. Accordingly, investors should use caution in relying on forward-looking statements to anticipate future results or trends. For a discussion of some of the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, see aRisk Factorsa in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.