LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) (NYSE: HPP) today announced the pricing of an underwritten public offering of 2,000,000 shares of its 8.375% Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock with a liquidation preference of $25.00 per share. Dividends for the Series B Preferred Stock will be cumulative and payable quarterly on or about the last calendar day of each March, June, September and December, commencing on or about March 31, 2012, at the rate of 8.375% per annum of its liquidation preference, which is equivalent to $2.09375 per annum per share. The offering is expected to close on January 23, 2012, subject to customary closing conditions. The underwriters have been granted a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 300,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock to cover overallotments, if any.

The Company estimates that the net proceeds from this offering, after deducting underwriting discounts, will be approximately $48.8 million, or $56.1 million if the underwriters’ overallotment option is exercised in full (in either case, before other closing costs and expenses). The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to repay indebtedness outstanding under its secured revolving credit facility.

Wells Fargo Securities, BofA Merrill Lynch and Barclays Capital are acting as book-running managers for the offering.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any of the offered shares, nor shall there be any sale of such shares 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. This offering is being made solely by means of a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus.

A copy of the final prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus related to the offering will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and can be obtained, when available, by contacting Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Attn: Syndicate Operations, 1525 West W.T. Harris Blvd., Charlotte, North Carolina 28262, by calling 800-326-5897 or by e-mail at cmclientsupport@wellsfargo.com; BofA Merrill Lynch, Attention: Prospectus Department, 4 World Financial Center, New York, New York 10080, or by email at prospectus.requests@ml.com; or Barclays Capital, Attention: Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, or by calling 1-888-603-5847, or by email at barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com.

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. The Company’s portfolio consists of approximately 4.4 million square feet. The Company has elected to be taxed and intends 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, Inc. is a component of the Russell 2000® and the Russell 3000® indices. For more information, visit www.hudsonpacificproperties.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

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Investor Contact:
Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.
Mark Lammas
Chief Financial Officer
(310) 445-5700
or
Investor / Media Contact:
Addo Communications, Inc.
Andrew Blazier
(310) 829-5400
andrewb@addocommunications.com

Source: Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.