Current Report Filing (8-k)

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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 15, 2023

BOSTON PROPERTIES, INC.

BOSTON PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

(Exact Name of Registrants 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)

[phone]

(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:

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

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 ☐

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Item 8.01.    Other Events.

On May 15, 2023, Boston Properties Limited Partnership (the “Partnership”), the operating partnership of Boston Properties, Inc. (the “Company”), completed the issuance and sale of $750.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Partnership’s 6.500% Senior Notes due 2034 (the “Notes”) pursuant to an underwriting agreement dated May 4, 2023 (the “Underwriting Agreement”), by and among the Partnership and BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as managers of the several underwriters named in Schedule II thereto (the “Underwriters”), whereby the Partnership agreed to sell and the Underwriters agreed to purchase from the Partnership, subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Underwriting Agreement, the Notes.

The net proceeds to the Partnership from the sale of the Notes, after deducting underwriting discounts and estimated transaction expenses, are estimated to be approximately $741.3 million. The Partnership 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 Partnership intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for the repayment of debt, including funding the redemption of the $500.0 million aggregate principal amount of the Partnership’s 3.125% senior notes due 2023 that are scheduled to mature on September 1, 2023, and any remaining net proceeds to fund development and redevelopment projects or other investment opportunities and for other uses. Pending such uses, the Partnership may invest the net proceeds in short-term, interest-bearing deposit accounts. Net proceeds allocated to previously incurred costs associated with eligible green projects will be available for the repayment of debt and other uses.

The Notes were issued under the indenture, dated as of December 13, 2002, between the Partnership 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. 25 (“Supplemental Indenture No. 25”) dated as of May 15, 2023.

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. 333-238607-01) (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 Partnership with the Commission on May 5, 2023 (the “Prospectus Supplement”) pursuant to Rule 424(b)(5) under the Securities Act.

Copies of the Underwriting Agreement, Supplemental Indenture No. 25 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. 25 and the form of the Notes.

Additionally, in connection with the filing of the Underwriting Agreement, the Partnership 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.

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Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit No.						Description
*1.1						Underwriting Agreement, dated May 4, 2023, by and among Boston Properties Limited Partnership and BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as managers of the several underwriters named in Schedule II thereto.
*4.1						Supplemental Indenture No. 25, dated as of May 15, 2023, between Boston Properties Limited Partnership and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.
*4.2						Form of 6.500% Senior Notes due 2034 (attached as Exhibit A to Supplemental Indenture No. 25 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).
*101.SCH						Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema 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.

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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: May 15, 2023