secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     Douglas Emmett Inc (DEI)
CIK:        0001364250
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-04-10T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001364250-26-000015
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.30
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Douglas Emmett director Bider to retire; Andy Cohen elected to board
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- Leslie Bider will not stand for re-election; term ends at May 28, 2026 annual meeting.
- Andy Cohen, Global Co-Chair of Gensler, elected to board effective April 8, 2026 with term until annual meeting.
- Board size increased from 8 to 9 for Cohen, then will revert to 8 after Bider's departure.
- Cohen's firm Gensler received $2.0M in fees from Douglas Emmett in 2025; board found no independence issues.
- Cohen will receive pro-rated annual retainer of $220,000 in LTIP units subject to stockholder approval.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364250/000136425026000015/0001364250-26-000015-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364250/000136425026000015/nysedei-20260406.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001364250-26-000015

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