0001104659-08-040722.txt : 20080618 0001104659-08-040722.hdr.sgml : 20080618 20080618172309 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-08-040722 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080612 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20080618 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080618 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: HRPT PROPERTIES TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000803649 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798] IRS NUMBER: 046558834 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-09317 FILM NUMBER: 08906367 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 CENTRE ST CITY: NEWTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02458 BUSINESS PHONE: 6177968350 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 400 CENTRE STREET CITY: NEWTON STATE: MA ZIP: 02458 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HEALTH & RETIREMENT PROPERTIES TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19940811 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: HEALTH & REHABILITATION PROPERTIES TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 8-K 1 a08-16973_18k.htm 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 18, 2008 (June 12, 2008)

HRPT PROPERTIES TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Maryland

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

1-9317		04-6558834
(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

400 Centre Street, Newton, Massachusetts		02458
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)		(Zip Code)

617-332-3990

(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:

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Item 8.01 Other Events.

At the Company’s annual shareholders’ meeting held on June 12, 2008, the shareholders elected Frederick N. Zeytoonjian as an Independent Trustee in Group I and Barry M. Portnoy as a Managing Trustee in Group I, each for an additional three year term of office until the Company’s annual shareholders’ meeting in 2011 and when his successor shall have been elected and qualified. William A. Lamkin, as an Independent Trustee in Group II, and Adam D. Portnoy, as a Managing Trustee in Group II, with a term of office expiring in 2009, and Patrick F. Donelan, as an Independent Trustee in Group III, with a term of office expiring in 2010 (and in each case until his successor shall have been elected and qualified), continue to serve as the Company’s other trustees.

On June 12, 2008, the Company changed its trustee compensation arrangements. A summary of the Company’s currently effective trustee compensation arrangement is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.

On June 12, 2008, the Company granted each of the Company’s trustees 4,000 common shares of beneficial interest, par value $0.01 per share, valued at $7.28, the closing price of the Company’s common shares on the New York Stock Exchange on that day, pursuant to the trustee compensation arrangements described above.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

The Company hereby files the following exhibits:

10.1 Summary of Trustee Compensation.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	HRPT PROPERTIES TRUST


	By:	/s/ John C. Popeo
	Name:	John C. Popeo
	Title:	Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

Dated: June 18, 2008

EX-10.1 2 a08-16973_1ex10d1.htm EX-10.1

Exhibit 10.1

HRPT PROPERTIES TRUST

Summary of Trustee Compensation

The following is a summary of the currently effective compensation of the trustees of HRPT Properties Trust (the “Company”) for services as trustees, which is subject to modification at any time by the Board of Trustees.

· Each independent trustee receives an annual fee of $25,000, plus a fee of $500 for each meeting attended. Up to two $500 fees are payable if a board meeting and one or more board committee meetings are held on the same date.

· The chairpersons of the audit committee, the compensation committee and the nominating and governance committee, each of whom is an independent trustee, receive an additional annual fee of $7,500, $3,500 and $3,500, respectively.

· Each trustee is entitled to receive a grant of 4,000 of the Company’s common shares of beneficial interest on the date of the first board meeting following each annual meeting of shareholders (or, for trustees who are first elected or appointed at other times, on the day of the first board meeting attended).

· The Company generally reimburses all trustees for travel expenses incurred in connection with their duties as trustees.