Edgar Filing: Kaplan Jordan L

Ownership Submission

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person ^*

Kaplan Jordan L

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Douglas Emmett Inc [DEI]

5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)

__X__ Director	_____ 10% Owner
__X__ Officer (give title below)	_____ Other (specify below)
Chief Exec Officer, President

(Last)

(First)

(Middle)

808 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, SUITE 200

3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/13/2012

(Street)

SANTA MONICA, CA 90401

4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)

6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)

(State)

(Zip)

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Long Term Incentive Plan Units ⁽¹⁾

⁽²⁾

01/13/2012

202,635

⁽³⁾

⁽⁴⁾

Common Stock ⁽²⁾

202,635

$ 0

202,635 ⁽⁵⁾

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Kaplan Jordan L 808 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD SUITE 200 SANTA MONICA, CA 90401	X		Chief Exec Officer, President

Signatures

/s/ Ben D. Orlanski by PA for Jordan L. Kaplan		01/18/2012
^**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	Long Term Incentive Plan Units ("LTIP Units") granted pursuant to Issuer's 2006 Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan.
(2)	Long-term incentive plan units ("LTIP Units") in Douglas Emmett Properties, LP, a DE limited partnership (the "Operating Partnership"). Issuer is the sole stockholder of the general partner of the Operating Partnership. LTIP Units have full parity with partnership common units (the "OP Units") for all purposes and subject to vesting, may be converted into an equal number of OP Units on a one-for-one basis. Upon the occurrence of certain events, LTIP Units and OP Units are redeemable, without consideration, for an equivalent number of shares of Issuer's common stock or for the cash value of such shares, at Issuer's election.
(3)	LTIP Units vest one-half on January 13, 2012, with the remainder vesting one-third on each December 31 of 2012, 2013 and 2014.
(4)	Not applicable.
(5)	Reporting Person also owns 210,385 partially vested LTIP Units granted January 18, 2011, 177,830 partially vested LTIP Units granted December 2, 2010, 36,914 partially vested LTIP Units granted January 19, 2010, and 27,364 vested LTIP Units granted January 12, 2009.

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