On May 12, 2023, SEIU Benefit Plans Master Trust filed an exempt solicitation statement soliciting proxies and urged the shareholders of Douglas Emmett, Inc. to vote for a shareholder proposal, asking the Company to disclose policies and procedures governing lobbying, payments used for direct or indirect lobbying as well as grassroots lobbying communications, membership in and payments to tax-exempt organizations that write and endorse model legislation, and the board and management's decision-making process for making such payments, at the Company's annual shareholders meeting scheduled to be held on May 24, 2023.