---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001364250-25-000049"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DEI"
cik: "0001364250"
company_name: "Douglas Emmett Inc"
filed_at: "2025-12-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T13:37:48.096840+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Douglas Emmett appoints COO Kenneth M. Panzer as President, effective Dec 4, 2025

## Summary
- Kenneth M. Panzer, previously COO, appointed President effective Dec 4, 2025; will serve as President and COO.
- Jordan L. Kaplan steps down as President but remains Chairman and CEO of Douglas Emmett.
- No changes to Panzer's compensation arrangement following the appointment.
- No family relationships or material transactions in connection with appointment per SEC rules.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001364250-25-000049
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DEI
- cik: 0001364250
- company_name: Douglas Emmett Inc
- filed_at: 2025-12-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364250/000136425025000049/0001364250-25-000049-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364250/000136425025000049/nysedei-20251204.htm

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