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):
JANUARY 17, 2003
BOSTON PROPERTIES, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 1-13087 04-2473675
(State or other jurisdiction (Commission File (I.R.S. employer
of incorporation) Number) Identification No.)
111 HUNTINGTON AVENUE
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02199
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(617) 236-3300
ITEM 5. OTHER EVENTS
On January 17, 2003, Boston Properties Limited Partnership, the Company's
Operating Partnership, closed an offering of $175 million in aggregate
principal amount of its 6.25% senior unsecured notes due 2013. The notes were
priced at 99.763% of their face amount to yield 6.28%. These notes represent
a re-opening of the 6.25% senior notes due 2013 issued by Boston Properties
Limited Partnership on December 13, 2002, and these additional notes will
constitute a single series of notes with those notes, bringing the aggregate
principal amount outstanding of the 6.25% senior notes due 2013 to $925
million.
Following the issuance of a press release on January 21, 2003 announcing the
Company's results for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2002, the Company
intends to provide, to certain investors and analysts at their request,
supplemental information regarding the Company's operations that is to
voluminous for a press release. The Company is attaching this supplementary
operating and financial data as Exhibit 99.1 and the press release as Exhibit
99.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
ITEM 7. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.
(c) Exhibits
EXHIBIT NO.
4.1 Supplemental Indenture No. 2, dated as of January 17, 2003, by and
between Boston Properties Limited Partnership and The Bank of New
York, as Trustee, including a form of the 6.25% Senior Note due 2013.
99.1 Boston Properties, Inc. Supplemental Operating and Financial Data for
the quarter ended December 31, 2002.
99.2 The Boston Properties, Inc. press release dated January 21, 2003.
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.
Date: January 23, 2003 BOSTON PROPERTIES, INC.
/s/ Douglas T. Linde
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By: Douglas T. Linde
Chief Financial Officer