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): May 5, 2020
BOSTON PROPERTIES, INC.
BOSTON PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
(Exact Name of Registrants As Specified in its Charter)
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| 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
(Registrants’ 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 registrants 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: |
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| Registrant | Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered |
| Boston Properties, Inc. | Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share | BXP | New York Stock Exchange |
| Boston Properties, Inc. | Depository Shares Each Representing 1/100th of a share | BXP PRB | New York Stock Exchange |
| of 5.25% Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share |
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 ☐
Boston Properties Limited Partnership:
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, Inc. ☐ Boston Properties Limited Partnership ☐
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On May 5, 2020, Boston Properties, Inc.’s operating partnership, Boston Properties Limited Partnership (the “Company”), completed the issuance and sale of $1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 3.250% Senior Notes due 2031 (the “Notes”) pursuant to an underwriting agreement dated May 1, 2020 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), by and among the Company and BofA Securities, Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., 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 $1.24 billion. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for the repayment of borrowings outstanding under the Company’s unsecured revolving line of credit and general business purposes. Pending such uses, the Company may invest the net proceeds in short-term, interest-bearing deposit accounts.
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. 21 (“Supplemental Indenture No. 21”) dated as of May 5, 2020.
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 May 4, 2020 pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the Securities Act.
Copies of the Underwriting Agreement, Supplemental Indenture No. 21 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. 21 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.
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| Exhibit No. | | Description |
| *1.1 | | |
| *4.1 | | |
| *4.2 | | |
| *5.1 | | |
| *23.1 | | |
| *101.SCH | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document. |
| *101.CAL | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document. |
| *101.LAB | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document. |
| *101.PRE | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document. |
| *101.DEF | | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document. |
| *104 | | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL with applicable taxonomy extension information contained in Exhibits 101.*). |
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* 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.
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| BOSTON PROPERTIES, INC. |
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| By: | /s/ MICHAEL E. LABELLE |
| | Michael E. LaBelle |
| | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer |
| | and Treasurer |
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| BOSTON PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP |
| By: Boston Properties, Inc., its General Partner |
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| By: | /s/ MICHAEL E. LABELLE |
| | Michael E. LaBelle |
| | Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer |
| | and Treasurer |
Date: May 5, 2020
