8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 21, 2019

BOSTON PROPERTIES, INC.

BOSTON PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Boston Properties, Inc.

Delaware

1-13087

04-2473675

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

Boston Properties Limited Partnership

Delaware

0-50209

04-3372948

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

800 Boylston Street, Suite 1900, Boston, Massachusetts 02199

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

(617) 236-3300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Registrant	Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of exchange on which registered
Boston Properties, Inc.	Common Stock, par value $.01 per share	BXP	New York Stock Exchange
Boston Properties, Inc.	Depository Shares Each Representing 1/100th of a share of 5.25% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share	BXP PRB	New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Boston Properties, Inc.:

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 any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Boston Properties Limited Partnership:

Emerging growth company ☐

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On June 21, 2019, Boston Properties, Inc.’s operating partnership, Boston Properties Limited Partnership (the “Company”), completed the issuance and sale of $850.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.400% Senior Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”) pursuant to an underwriting agreement dated June 12, 2019 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), by and among the Company and BofA Securities, Inc., Jefferies LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as managers of the several underwriters named in Schedule II thereto (the “Underwriters”), whereby the Company agreed to sell and the Underwriters agreed to purchase from the Company, subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Underwriting Agreement, the Notes.

The net proceeds to the Company from the sale of the Notes, after deducting underwriting discounts and estimated transaction expenses, are estimated to be approximately $841.3 million. The Company intends to allocate an amount equal to the net proceeds from the offering to the financing and refinancing of recently completed and future eligible green projects (as such term is defined in the Prospectus Supplement, defined below) in the United States. Pending such allocation, the Company may use the net proceeds from the offering to repay borrowings outstanding under the Company’s unsecured revolving line of credit and/or invest in short-term, interest-bearing, investment-grade securities. Net proceeds allocated to previously incurred costs associated with eligible green projects will be available for repayment of debt or other uses.

The Notes were issued under the indenture, dated as of December 13, 2002, between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (as successor to The Bank of New York Mellon, formerly known as The Bank of New York), as supplemented by Supplemental Indenture No. 19 (“Supplemental Indenture No. 19”) dated as of June 21, 2019.

The offer and sale of the Notes were registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-218460-01) (the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The material terms of the Notes are described in a prospectus supplement filed by the Company with the Commission on June 13, 2019 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the Securities Act (the “Prospectus Supplement”).

Copies of the Underwriting Agreement, Supplemental Indenture No. 19 and the form of the Notes are attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1, Exhibit 4.1 and Exhibit 4.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing summaries do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Underwriting Agreement, Supplemental Indenture No. 19 and the form of the Notes.

Additionally, in connection with the filing of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company is filing the opinion and consent of its counsel, Goodwin Procter LLP, regarding the legality of the securities being registered as Exhibits 5.1 and 23.1 hereto, respectively, which are incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)	Exhibits.


Exhibit No.		Exhibit

+1.1		Underwriting Agreement, dated June 12, 2019, by and among Boston Properties Limited Partnership and BofA Securities, Inc., Jefferies LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as managers of the several underwriters named in Schedule II thereto.

+4.1		Supplemental Indenture No. 19, dated as of June 21, 2019, between Boston Properties Limited Partnership and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.

+4.2		Form of 3.400% Senior Notes due 2029 (attached as Exhibit A to Supplemental Indenture No. 19 filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto).

+5.1		Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered.

+23.1		Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (contained in its opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 and incorporated herein by reference).

+	Filed herewith.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


BOSTON PROPERTIES, INC.

By:		/s/ Michael E. LaBelle
		Michael E. LaBelle
		Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer


BOSTON PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

By:		Boston Properties, Inc., its General Partner

By:		/s/ Michael E. LaBelle
		Michael E. LaBelle
		Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

Date: June 21, 2019