SEC Form 5

FORM 5		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0362 Estimated average burden hours per response: 1.0
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* RITCHEY RAYMOND A (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O BOSTON PROPERTIES, INC. 2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW (Street) WASHINGTON DC 20037 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol BOSTON PROPERTIES LTD PARTNERSHIP [ N/A ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director 10% Owner X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below) Executive Vice President of GP
	3. Statement for Issuer's Fiscal Year Ended (Month/Day/Year) 12/31/2013
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)	4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned at end of Issuer's Fiscal Year (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common OP Units(1)	03/15/2013		G	1,021.72	D	$0	35,600(2)	I	by RAR/BP LLC
Common OP Units(1)							182,760(3)	D
Common OP Units(1)							60,493(3)	I	by RAR Ritchey, LLC
Common OP Units(1)							7,317	I	By Ritchey, LLC

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)	5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
					(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. Represents common units of limited partnership interest (Common OP Units) in the Issuer. Each Common OP Unit may be redeemed, at the election of the holder, for cash equal to the fair market value of a share of Boston Properties, Inc., the Issuer's sole general partner's Common Stock except that Bosotn Properties Inc. may, at its election, acquire each Common OP Unit so presented for redemption for one share of Common Stock of Boston Properties, Inc.

2. Represents separate gifts of limited partnership interests in Langley Lane LP to the Raymond A. Ritchey 2012 Family Trust and the Raymond A. Ritchey 2012 Grantor Retained Annuity Trust. The gifts represent an aggregate 2.899% interest in Langley Lane LP. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership of Common OP Units, held by Langley Lane LP except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

3. Reflects the distributions to the reporting person of (1) 13,000 Common OP Units on December 10, 2012 and (2) 16,000 Common OP Units on December 10, 2013. The Common OP Units were previously owned indirectly by RAR Ritchey, LLC and were distributed to the reporting person as part of annual annuity payments. The reporting person is the sole member and manager of RAR Ritchey, LLC, which is owned by a grantor retained annuity trust of which the reporting person is the sole trustee and beneficiary.

Remarks:

	Kelli A. DiLuglio, Attorney-in-Fact	02/13/2014
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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