LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE: HPP) today
announced that the Company’s Board of Directors has declared a quarterly
dividend on its common stock of $0.125 per share for the first quarter
of 2011. The new quarterly rate represents a 31.6% increase from the
prior quarter. The dividend will be paid on March 31, 2011 to
stockholders of record on March 21, 2011.
“We are pleased to announce this increase to our quarterly dividend,”
said Victor J. Coleman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Hudson
Pacific Properties, Inc. “Our performance and acquisition activity
continue to meet our expectations since the IPO. The dividend increase
reflects our confidence in the quality of our earnings growth and our
strategy to create value for our shareholders.”
The Board of Directors also declared a dividend for the first quarter of
2011 on its 8.375% Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock of $0.52344 per
share. The dividend will be paid on March 31, 2011 to stockholders of
record on March 21, 2011.
About Hudson Pacific Properties
Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. is a full-service, vertically integrated
real estate company focused on owning, operating and acquiring
high-quality office properties and state-of-the-art media and
entertainment properties in select growth markets primarily in Northern
and Southern California. The Company’s strategic investment program
targets high barrier-to-entry, in-fill locations with favorable,
long-term supply-demand characteristics in select target markets
including Los Angeles, Orange County, San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon
Valley and the East Bay. Its wholly owned portfolio includes 12
properties totaling approximately 3.4 million square feet, strategically
located in many of the Company’s target markets. Upon completion of the
Rincon Center acquisition the Company’s portfolio will consist of 13
properties totaling approximately 4 million square feet. The Company
intends to elect to be taxed and to operate in a manner that will allow
it to qualify as a real estate investment trust, or REIT, for federal
income tax purposes, commencing with the taxable year ended December 31,
2010. Hudson Pacific Properties is a component of the Russell 2000® and
the Russell 3000® indices. For additional information, visit www.hudsonpacificproperties.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
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meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements
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strategies, anticipated events or trends and similar expressions
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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 that
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 final prospectus dated June 23, 2010, and other risks
described in documents subsequently filed by the Company from time to
time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Source: Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.
Contact:
Investor Contact:
Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.
Mark
Lammas
Chief Financial Officer
(310) 445-5700
or
Investor
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Andrew
Blazier
(310) 829-5400
andrewb@addocommunications.com