Douglas Emmett, Inc. (NYSE:DEI), a real estate investment trust (REIT), today announced that Mr. Andy Cohen has been elected to its Board of Directors.

Mr. Cohen is Global Co-Chair of Gensler, the world's largest architecture, design and planning firm with 60 offices and 6,500 professionals across the Americas, Europe, Greater China, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. He has spent his entire 43-year career at Gensler, serving as Co-CEO from 2005 to 2024 before stepping into the Global Co-Chair role for Gensler as well as Co-Chair of its Board of Directors. Under Mr. Cohen's leadership, Gensler tops the list of global architectural firms, generating over $2 billion in revenue and designing projects in over 100 countries in 2025. Mr. Cohen is a member of the Urban Land Institute's (ULI) Urban Development and Mixed-Use Council, the Policy Advisory Board of the Fisher Center for Real Estate & Urban Economics at Berkeley's Haas School of Business, the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs Board of Advisors, and the USC School of Architecture Board of Councilors, among others. A registered architect in 41 states and 3 Canadian provinces, Mr. Cohen is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and a graduate of the Pratt Institute.

About Douglas Emmett, Inc.

Douglas Emmett, Inc. (DEI) is a fully integrated, self-administered and self-managed real estate investment trust (REIT), and one of the largest owners and operators of high-quality office and multifamily properties located in the premier coastal submarkets of Los Angeles and Honolulu. Douglas Emmett focuses on owning and acquiring a substantial share of top-tier office properties and premier multifamily communities in neighborhoods that possess significant supply constraints, high-end executive housing and key lifestyle amenities. For more information about Douglas Emmett, please visit our website at www.douglasemmett.com.

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Stuart McElhinney, Vice President – Investor Relations

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Mr. Andy Cohen Elected as Director of Douglas Emmett