FORM 10-K ☑ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Douglas Emmett, Inc.(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) 20-3073047 Maryland(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) 1299 Ocean Avenue, Suite 1000, Santa Monica, California 90401(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)(310) 255-7700(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the SecuritiesExchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file suchreports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.Yes☑No☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submittedpursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period thatthe registrant was required to submit such files).Yes☑ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company oran emerging growth company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growthcompany” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. ☑Accelerated filer☐Emerging growth company If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with anynew or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.☐ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of itsinternal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accountingfirm that prepared or issued its audit report.☑ If securities are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act, indicate by check mark whether the financial statements of the registrantincluded in the filing reflect the correction of an error to previously issued financial statements.☐ Indicate by check mark whether any of those error corrections are restatements that required a recovery analysis of incentive-basedcompensation received by any of the registrant’s executive officers during the relevant recovery period pursuant to §240.10D-1(b). The aggregate market value of the common stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant, as of June30, 2025, was $2.42 billion. (This computationexcludes the market value of all shares of Common Stock reported as beneficially owned by executive officers and directors of the registrant. Suchexclusion shall not be deemed to constitute an admission that any such person is an affiliate of the Registrant.) The registrant had 167,462,215 shares of its common stock outstanding as of February13, 2026. DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Portions of the registrant’s definitive proxy statement to be filed in conjunction with the registrant’s annual meeting of shareholders to be held in2026 are incorporated by reference in Part III of this Report on Form 10-K. Such proxy statement will be filed by the registrant with the Securities andExchange Commission not later than 120 days after the end of the registrant’s fiscal year ended December31, 2025. DOUGLAS EMMETT, INC. FORM 10-K Glossary Forward Looking Statements This Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of theExchange Act. You can find many (but not all) of these statements by looking for words such as “believe”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “estimate”,“approximate”, “intend”, “plan”, “would”, “could”, “may”, “future” or other similar expressions in this Report. We claim the protection of thesafe harbor contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. We caution investors that any forward-looking statements used inthis Report, or those that we make orally or in writing from time to time, are based on our beliefs and assumptions, as well as informationcurrently available to us. Actual outcomes will be affected by known and unknown risks, trends, uncertainties and factors beyond our control orability to predict. Although we believe that our assumptions are reasonable, they are not guarantees of future performance and some willinevitably prove to be incorrect. As a result, our future results can be expected to differ from our expectations, and those