Hudson Pacific Properties Announces Pricing of Primary Offering of Common Stock to Fund Repurchase of Common
Units and Secondary Offering of Common Stock by Selling Stockholders
Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. (“Hudson Pacific” or the “Company”) (NYSE: HPP) today announced the pricing of an
underwritten public offering of 18,673,808 shares of its common stock pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement
previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), representing approximately $656.4 million of gross
proceeds, consisting of 8,881,575 shares offered by the Company, 8,626,311 shares offered by certain entities affiliated with The
Blackstone Group L.P. (collectively, “Blackstone”) and 1,165,922 shares offered by certain funds affiliated with Farallon Capital
Management, L.L.C. (collectively, the “Farallon Funds”).
Hudson Pacific intends to use the approximately $312.2 million of gross proceeds, before deducting estimated underwriting
discounts and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company, that it expects to receive from this offering to acquire an
aggregate of 8,598,480 common units of limited partnership interest in its operating partnership, Hudson Pacific Properties, L.P.
(the “Operating Partnership”), from Blackstone and 283,095 common units of limited partnership interest in the Operating
Partnership from the Farallon Funds. After the offering, Blackstone and the Farallon Funds will no longer hold any ownership
interests in the Company or the Operating Partnership.
Hudson Pacific will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the shares of common stock in this offering by Blackstone
and the Farallon Funds.
BofA Merrill Lynch and Wells Fargo Securities are acting as joint bookrunners for the offering. A copy of the prospectus
supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to these securities can be obtained, when available, by contacting: Merrill Lynch,
Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, NC1-004-03-43, 200 North College Street, 3rd floor, Charlotte NC 28255-0001 Attn:
Prospectus Department, or by emailing dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com or Wells Fargo Securities, Attention: Equity Syndicate Department, 375 Park Avenue,
New York, New York, 10152, at (800) 326-5897 or email a request to cmclientsupport@wellsfargo.com.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there
be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful
prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or other jurisdiction.
About Hudson Pacific Properties
Hudson Pacific Properties is a vertically integrated real estate company focused on acquiring, repositioning, developing and
operating high quality office and state-of-the-art media and entertainment properties in select West Coast markets. Hudson Pacific
invests across the risk-return spectrum, favoring opportunities where it can employ leasing, capital investment and management
expertise to create additional value. Founded in 2006 as Hudson Capital, the company went public in 2010, electing to be taxed as a
real estate investment trust. Through the years, Hudson Pacific has strategically assembled a portfolio totaling nearly 18 million
square feet, including land for development, in high growth, high-barrier-to-entry submarkets throughout Northern and Southern
California and the Pacific Northwest. The company is a leading provider of design-forward, next-generation workspaces for a variety
of tenants, with a focus on Fortune 500 and leading growth companies, many in the technology, media and entertainment sectors. As a
long-term owner, Hudson Pacific prioritizes tenant satisfaction and retention, providing highly customized build-outs and working
proactively to accommodate tenants’ growth. Hudson Pacific trades as a component of the Russell 2000® and the Russell 3000®
indices. For more information visit HudsonPacificProperties.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking
statements relate to expectations, beliefs, projections, future plans and strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar
expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by the use
of forward-looking terminology such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “believes,”
“estimates,” “predicts,” or “potential” or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or phrases that are predictions
of or indicate future events or trends and that do not relate solely to historical matters. Forward-looking statements involve
known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and contingencies, many of which are beyond the Company’s control, which may
cause actual results to differ significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. All forward-looking statements
reflect the Company’s good faith beliefs, assumptions and expectations, but they are not guarantees of future performance.
Furthermore, the Company disclaims any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect changes in
underlying assumptions or factors, of new information, data or methods, future events or other changes. For a further discussion of
these and other factors that could cause the Company’s future results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements, see
the section entitled “Risk Factors” in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015 filed with the
SEC on February 26, 2016, as amended by the Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on December 23, 2016, and other risks described in
documents subsequently filed by the Company from time to time with the SEC.
Investor/Media Contacts:
Hudson Pacific Properties
Laura Campbell, 310.622.1702
Vice President, Head of Investor Relations
lcampbell@hudsonppi.com
or
Blue Marlin Partners
Greg Berardi, 415.239.7826
greg@bluemarlinpartners.com
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