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Douglas Emmett Obtains $510 Million Term Loan Fixed at 4.12%

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  Published in Business and Finance on Wednesday, March 23rd 2011 at 14:45 GMT by Market Wire
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SANTA MONICA, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Douglas Emmett, Inc. (NYSE: DEI), a real estate investment trust (REIT), announced that it has closed a seven-year secured non-recourse $510 million term loan to refinance existing debt. The loan is payable interest only and matures on April 1, 2018. The Company has effectively fixed the floating interest rate on the loan at 4.12% per annum until April 1, 2016 through an interest rate swap contract.

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 ].

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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.