---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001364250-26-000034"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "DEI"
cik: "0001364250"
company_name: "Douglas Emmett Inc"
filed_at: "2026-06-03T20:13:21+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T20:42:19.822978+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Douglas Emmett annual meeting approves 2026 stock plan; say-on-pay vote nearly split

## Summary
- Stockholders approved the 2026 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan, authorizing up to 15M shares.
- Say-on-pay advisory vote passed narrowly: 68.2M for, 68.2M against, with 13.1M broker non-votes.
- Director Shirley Wang: 41.1M for, 95.4M withheld; William E. Simon Jr.: 75.9M for, 60.7M withheld.
- Ernst & Young LLP ratified as auditor for 2026 with 145.0M for, 4.5M against, 0.1M abstain.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001364250-26-000034
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: DEI
- cik: 0001364250
- company_name: Douglas Emmett Inc
- filed_at: 2026-06-03T20:13:21+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364250/000136425026000034/0001364250-26-000034-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364250/000136425026000034/nysedei-20260528.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001364250-26-000034
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001364250-26-000034.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Douglas Emmett Inc shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-05-28 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-28
  source text: The following nominees were elected to serve on the board of directors until the 2027 Annual Meeting of Stockholders with the following vote: Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Jordan L. Kaplan 133,503,116 3,048,714 13,053,453 Kenneth M. Panzer 134,378,605 2,173,225 13,053,453 Andy Cohen 136,116,962 434,868 13,053,453 Dorene C. Dominguez 105,536,151 31,015,679 13,053,453 Virginia A. McFerran 97,300,453 39,251,377 13,053,453 Thomas E. O'Hern 132,238,548 4,313,282 13,053,453 William E. Simon, Jr. 75,882,561 60,669,269 13,053,453 Shirley Wang 41,129,212 95,422,618 13,053,453
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364250/000136425026000034/0001364250-26-000034-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Douglas Emmett Inc shareholders approved Appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2026 at the 2026-05-28 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-28
  source text: The appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2026 was ratified with the following vote: For Against Abstained Broker Non-Votes 144,959,109 4,536,422 109,752 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364250/000136425026000034/0001364250-26-000034-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Douglas Emmett Inc shareholders approved Douglas Emmett, Inc. 2026 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan at the 2026-05-28 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-28
  source text: The Douglas Emmett, Inc. 2026 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan was approved with the following vote: For Against Abstained Broker Non-Votes 96,261,671 40,166,150 124,003 13,053,459
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364250/000136425026000034/0001364250-26-000034-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Douglas Emmett Inc shareholders approved Named executive officer compensation for 2025 (non-binding advisory vote) at the 2026-05-28 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-28
  source text: Our named executive officer compensation for 2025 was approved with the following non-binding advisory vote: For Against Abstained Broker Non-Votes 68,214,218 68,195,746 141,858 13,053,461
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1364250/000136425026000034/0001364250-26-000034-index.htm

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