Form 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): October 18, 2007

 


BOSTON PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 


 

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):

 

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

 

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Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On October 18, 2007, the Board of Directors of Boston Properties, Inc. (the “Company”), the general partner of Boston Properties Limited Partnership, adopted technical amendments to the Company’s Amended and Restated By-Laws to expressly authorize the issuance of uncertificated shares of capital stock. The Board of Directors adopted these amendments to comply with the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) requirement that securities listed on the NYSE be eligible for participation in the Direct Registration System by January 2008.

The full text of the amendments to the Amended and Restated By-Laws is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

3.1   

Amendment No. 3 to Amended and Restated By-Laws of Boston Properties, Inc.

(Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to Boston Properties, Inc.’s Form 8-K filed on October 19, 2007.)

 

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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.

 

  BOSTON PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
  By:   Boston Properties, Inc., its General Partner
Date: October 19, 2007   By:  

/s/ Douglas T. Linde

 

Name:

  Douglas T. Linde
 

Title:

  President, Chief Financial Officer &
    Treasurer