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): June 6, 2006
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.) |
111 Huntington Avenue, Suite 300, Boston, Massachusetts 02199
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(617) 236-3300
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
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Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
Item 2.05. Costs Associated with Exit of Disposal Activities.
On June 6, 2006, Boston Properties Limited Partnership (the “Company”), through one of its wholly owned subsidiaries, completed the sale of the Company’s property located at 280 Park Avenue in New York City for approximately $1.2 billion in cash. The property was sold to an affiliate of Istithmar PJSC (“Istithmar”), which is a private investment holding company based in Dubai. 280 Park Avenue is a Class A office tower that contains approximately 1,179,000 net rentable square feet. The property is currently 100% leased. The Company estimates net proceeds from the sale of approximately $850 million, after legal defeasance of indebtedness secured by the property (consisting of approximately $254.4 million of principal indebtedness and approximately $28.4 million of related defeasance costs) and the payment of transfer taxes, broker’s fees, revenue support payments to Istithmar that are described below and other customary closing costs that the Company is responsible for paying under the terms of the purchase and sale agreement.
Pursuant to the purchase and sale agreement, the Company entered into a master lease agreement with Istithmar at closing. Under the master lease agreement, the Company has guaranteed that Istithmar will receive at least a minimum amount of base rent from approximately 74,340 square feet of space during the ten-year period following the expiration of the current leases for this space. The current leases for this space are scheduled to expire at various times between June 2006 and October 2007. The aggregate amount of base rent guaranteed by the Company over the entire period from 2006 to 2017 is approximately $67.3 million. The Company’s guarantee obligations, which are in the form of base rent payments to Istithmar, will be reduced by the amount of base rent payable, whether or not actually paid, under qualifying leases for this space that are obtained by the Company from prospective tenants. The Company will remain responsible for any free rent periods. Istithmar will bear all customary leasing costs for this space, including tenant improvements and leasing commissions.
Under the purchase and sale agreement, the Company has also agreed to provide to Istithmar fixed monthly revenue support from the closing date until December 31, 2008. The aggregate amount of the revenue support payments will be approximately $22.5 million.
As part of the transaction, Istithmar has engaged the Company as the property manager and leasing agent for 280 Park Avenue for a one-year term that renews automatically. Either party has the right to terminate this relationship at any time after the termination or expiration of the master lease agreement described above.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| (a) | Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired. |
Not applicable.
| (b) | Pro Forma Financial Information. |
| Pro forma financial information pursuant to Article 11 of Regulation S-X is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein. |
| (c) | Shell Company Transactions. |
Not applicable.
| (d) | Exhibits. |
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| 2.1 | Purchase and Sale Agreement between BP 280 Park Avenue, LLC and Istithmar Building FZE dated April 26, 2006. (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of Boston Properties, Inc.’s Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 10, 2006.) |
| 99.1 | Pro forma financial information of Boston Properties Limited Partnership. |
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. You can identify these statements by our use of the words “guidance,” “expects,” “plans,” “estimates,” “projects,” “intends,” “believes” and similar expressions that do not relate to historical matters. You should exercise caution in interpreting and relying on forward-looking statements because they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which are, in some cases, beyond the Company’s control and could materially affect actual results, performance or achievements. These factors include the extent to which the Company will be able to obtain tenants for the space subject to the master lease and other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company does not undertake a duty to update or revise any forward-looking statement whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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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: June 6, 2006 | By: | /s/ Douglas T. Linde | ||
| Douglas T. Linde | ||||
| Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer | ||||
Exhibit 99.1
BOSTON PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
INTRODUCTION TO THE PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
March 31, 2006
(Unaudited)
The accompanying unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Balance Sheet of Boston Properties Limited Partnership (the “Company”) is presented as if the disposition of 280 Park Avenue and related mortgage financing defeasance, which occurred subsequent to March 31, 2006, had been consummated on March 31, 2006. On June 6, 2006, the Company completed the sale of 280 Park Avenue, a Class A office property of approximately 1,179,000 net rentable square feet located in midtown Manhattan, for a gross sales price of approximately $1.2 billion. In conjunction with the sale, the Company has entered into a master lease agreement with the buyer. Under the master lease agreement, the Company has guaranteed that the buyer will receive at least a minimum amount of base rent from approximately 74,340 square feet of space during the ten-year period following the expiration of the current leases for this space. The current leases for this space are scheduled to expire at various times between June 2006 and October 2007. The aggregate amount of base rent guaranteed by the Company over the entire period from 2006 to 2017 is approximately $67.3 million. The Company’s guarantee obligations, which will be in the form of base rent payments to the buyer, will be reduced by the amount of base rent payable, whether or not actually paid, under qualifying leases for this space that are obtained by the Company from prospective tenants. The Company will remain responsible for any free rent periods. The buyer will bear all customary leasing costs for this space, including tenant improvements and leasing commissions. The Company has also agreed to provide to the buyer monthly revenue support from the closing date until December 31, 2008. The aggregate amount of the revenue support payments will be approximately $22.5 million.
Such pro forma information is based on the historical consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of that date, giving effect to the disposition of 280 Park Avenue and related mortgage financing defeasance. This Pro Forma Consolidated financial information should be read in conjunction with Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2006 (unaudited). In management’s opinion, all adjustments necessary to reflect the above transaction have been made.
The following Pro Forma Consolidated Balance Sheet is not necessarily indicative of what the actual financial position would have been assuming the disposition of 280 Park Avenue and related mortgage financing defeasance had been consummated on March 31, 2006 nor does it purport to represent the future financial position of the Company.
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BOSTON PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
(Unaudited)
(in thousands, except for unit amounts)
| March 31, 2006 |
Disposition of 280 Park Avenue |
Pro Forma | |||||||||||||
| ASSETS | |||||||||||||||
| Real estate, at cost |
$ | 8,713,080 | $ | (373,626 | ) | (A | ) | $ | 8,339,454 | ||||||
| Construction in process |
107,051 | — | 107,051 | ||||||||||||
| Land held for future development |
185,119 | — | 185,119 | ||||||||||||
| Less: accumulated depreciation |
(1,314,032 | ) | 60,686 | (A | ) | (1,253,346 | ) | ||||||||
| Total real estate |
7,691,218 | (312,940 | ) | 7,378,278 | |||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents |
32,214 | 869,754 | (B | ) | 901,968 | ||||||||||
| Cash held in escrows |
23,715 | (3,061 | ) | (C | ) | 20,654 | |||||||||
| Tenant and other receivables, net |
41,458 | (3,922 | ) | (C | ) | 37,536 | |||||||||
| Accrued rental income, net |
316,048 | (24,419 | ) | (C | ) | 291,629 | |||||||||
| Deferred charges, net |
246,214 | (14,228 | ) | (D | ) | 231,986 | |||||||||
| Prepaid expenses and other assets |
91,646 | (4,419 | ) | (C | ) | 87,227 | |||||||||
| Investments in unconsolidated joint ventures |
98,836 | — | 98,836 | ||||||||||||
| Total assets |
$ | 8,541,349 | $ | 506,765 | $ | 9,048,114 | |||||||||
| LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE PARTNERSHIP UNITS AND PARTNERS’ CAPITAL |
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| Liabilities: |
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| Mortgage notes payable |
$ | 3,185,550 | $ | (255,256 | ) | (E | ) | $ | 2,930,294 | ||||||
| Unsecured senior notes, net of discount |
1,471,163 | — | 1,471,163 | ||||||||||||
| Unsecured line of credit |
40,000 | — | 40,000 | ||||||||||||
| Accounts payable and accrued expenses |
86,938 | (1,254 | ) | (C | ) | 85,684 | |||||||||
| Distributions payable |
95,344 | — | 95,344 | ||||||||||||
| Accrued interest payable |
39,269 | (1,626 | ) | (C | ) | 37,643 | |||||||||
| Other liabilities |
98,296 | 101,706 | (C | ) | 200,002 | ||||||||||
| Total liabilities |
5,016,560 | (156,430 | ) | 4,860,130 | |||||||||||
| Commitments and contingencies |
— | — | — | ||||||||||||
| Minority interests in property partnerships |
17,579 | — | 17,579 | ||||||||||||
| Redeemable partnership units - 3,701,335 preferred units outstanding (4,857,395 common units at redemption value, if converted) and 21,541,823 common units outstanding at redemption value |
2,461,727 | — | 2,461,727 | ||||||||||||
| Partners’ capital - 1,343,555 general partner units and 111,470,102 limited partner units outstanding (such amount is inclusive of accumulated other comprehensive income of $7,541) |
1,045,483 | 663,195 | (F | ) | 1,708,678 | ||||||||||
| Total liabilities, redeemable partnership units and partners’ capital |
$ | 8,541,349 | $ | 506,765 | $ | 9,048,114 | |||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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BOSTON PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
NOTES TO THE PRO FORMA
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET
March 31, 2006
(Unaudited)
| (A) | Represents the elimination of the net book value of 280 Park Avenue at March 31, 2006. |
| (B) | Represents the estimated net cash proceeds from the sale of 280 Park Avenue. |
| (C) | Represents the elimination of certain assets and liabilities of 280 Park Avenue as of March 31, 2006. Other liabilities consists of an approximately $67.3 million master lease obligation, an approximately $22.5 million revenue support obligation and approximately $16.6 million of deferred management fees, offset by the elimination of other liabilities as of March 31, 2006 of 280 Park Avenue. |
| (D) | Represents the elimination of the net book value of deferred leasing and financing costs of 280 Park Avenue as of March 31, 2006. |
| (E) | Represents the legal defeasance of the mortgage financing related to the disposition of 280 Park Avenue. |
| (F) | Represents the net increase in Partners’ Capital as a result of the sale of 280 Park Avenue. |
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BOSTON PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
For the three months ended March 31, 2006 and the year ended December 31, 2005
(Unaudited)
The accompanying unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2006 and for the year ended December 31, 2005 are presented as if the disposition on June 6, 2006 of 280 Park Avenue and related mortgage financing defeasance had occurred on January 1, 2005. Due to the Company’s continuing involvement through an agreement with the buyer to manage 280 Park Avenue for a fee after the sale, 280 Park Avenue will not be categorized as discontinued operations in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations. An estimated nonrecurring gain on sale of real estate and loss on early extinguishment of debt of approximately $702.1 million and approximately $31.6 million, respectively, have not been included in the Pro Forma Consolidated Statements of Operations but will be reflected in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations to be included in the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ending June 30, 2006.
These Pro Forma Consolidated Statements of Operations should be read in conjunction with the historical consolidated financial statements and notes thereto of the Company reported on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 and on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2006.
The unaudited Pro Forma Consolidated financial information prepared by Boston Properties’ management is not necessarily indicative of what the actual results of operations would have been for the three months ended March 31, 2006 or for the year ended December 31, 2005 had the disposition of 280 Park Avenue and related mortgage financing defeasance actually occurred on January 1, 2005 and the effect thereof carried forward through the three month period ended March 31, 2006, nor do they purport to present the future results of operations of the Company.
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BOSTON PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
(in thousands, except for per unit amounts)
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2006 |
Disposition of 280 Park Avenue |
Pro Forma | ||||||||||
| Revenue |
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| Rental: |
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| Base rent |
$ | 276,398 | $ | (15,527 | )(A) | $ | 260,871 | |||||
| Recoveries from tenants |
47,193 | (3,289 | )(A) | 43,904 | ||||||||
| Parking and other |
13,829 | (22 | )(A) | 13,807 | ||||||||
| Total rental revenue |
337,420 | (18,838 | ) | 318,582 | ||||||||
| Hotel revenue |
12,343 | — | 12,343 | |||||||||
| Development and management services |
4,376 | — | 4,376 | |||||||||
| Interest and other |
1,965 | (22 | )(A) | 1,943 | ||||||||
| Total revenue |
356,104 | (18,860 | ) | 337,244 | ||||||||
| Expenses |
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| Operating: |
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| Rental |
112,614 | (8,384 | )(A) | 104,230 | ||||||||
| Hotel |
11,477 | — | 11,477 | |||||||||
| General and administrative |
14,642 | — | 14,642 | |||||||||
| Interest |
74,817 | (4,904 | )(B) | 69,913 | ||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization |
66,141 | (2,788 | )(C) | 63,353 | ||||||||
| Loss from early extinguishment of debt |
467 | — | 467 | |||||||||
| Total expenses |
280,158 | (16,076 | ) | 264,082 | ||||||||
| Income before minority interest in property partnership, income from unconsolidated joint ventures, preferred distributions and gain on sale of real estate |
75,946 | (2,784 | ) | 73,162 | ||||||||
| Minority interest in property partnership |
1,236 | — | 1,236 | |||||||||
| Income from unconsolidated joint ventures |
1,290 | — | 1,290 | |||||||||
| Income before preferred distributions and gain on sale of real estate |
78,472 | (2,784 | ) | 75,688 | ||||||||
| Preferred distributions |
(3,514 | ) | — | (3,514 | ) | |||||||
| Income available to common unitholders before gain on sale of real estate |
$ | 74,958 | $ | (2,784 | ) | $ | 72,174 | |||||
| Basic earnings per common unit: |
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| Income available to common unitholders before gain on sale of real estate |
$ | 0.56 | $ | 0.54 | ||||||||
| Weighted average number of common units outstanding |
133,853 | 133,853 | ||||||||||
| Diluted earnings per common unit: |
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| Income available to common unitholders before gain on sale of real estate |
$ | 0.55 | $ | 0.53 | ||||||||
| Weighted average number of common and common equivalent units outstanding |
136,501 | 136,501 | ||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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BOSTON PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
PRO FORMA CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
(in thousands, except for per unit amounts)
| Year Ended December 31, 2005 |
Disposition of 280 Park Avenue |
Pro Forma | ||||||||||
| Revenue |
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| Rental: |
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| Base rent |
$ | 1,110,212 | $ | (65,713 | )(A) | $ | 1,044,499 | |||||
| Recoveries from tenants |
173,254 | (12,463 | )(A) | 160,791 | ||||||||
| Parking and other |
55,567 | (71 | )(A) | 55,496 | ||||||||
| Total rental revenue |
1,339,033 | (78,247 | ) | 1,260,786 | ||||||||
| Hotel revenue |
69,277 | — | 69,277 | |||||||||
| Development and management services |
17,310 | — | 17,310 | |||||||||
| Interest and other |
12,015 | (28 | )(A) | 11,987 | ||||||||
| Total revenue |
1,437,635 | (78,275 | ) | 1,359,360 | ||||||||
| Expenses |
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| Operating |
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| Rental |
438,335 | (32,419 | )(A) | 405,916 | ||||||||
| Hotel |
51,689 | — | 51,689 | |||||||||
| General and administrative |
55,471 | — | 55,471 | |||||||||
| Interest |
308,091 | (19,777 | )(B) | 288,314 | ||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization |
264,182 | (11,631 | )(C) | 252,551 | ||||||||
| Losses from early extinguishments of debt |
12,896 | — | 12,896 | |||||||||
| Total expenses |
1,130,664 | (63,827 | ) | 1,066,837 | ||||||||
| Income before minority interest in property partnership, income from unconsolidated joint ventures, preferred distributions, gains on sales of real estate, discontinued operations and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle |
306,971 | (14,448 | ) | 292,523 | ||||||||
| Minority interest in property partnership |
6,017 | — | 6,017 | |||||||||
| Income from unconsolidated joint ventures |
4,829 | — | 4,829 | |||||||||
| Income before preferred distributions, gains on sales of real estate, discontinued operations and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle |
317,817 | (14,448 | ) | 303,369 | ||||||||
| Preferred distributions |
(26,780 | ) | — | (26,780 | ) | |||||||
| Income available to common unitholders before gains on sales of real estate, discontinued operations and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle |
$ | 291,037 | $ | (14,448 | ) | $ | 276,589 | |||||
| Basic earnings per common unit: |
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| Income available to common unitholders before gains on sales of real estate, discontinued operations and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle |
$ | 2.19 | $ | 2.08 | ||||||||
| Weighted average number of common units outstanding |
132,881 | 132,881 | ||||||||||
| Diluted earnings per common unit: |
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| Income available to common unitholders before gains on sales of real estate, discontinued operations and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle |
$ | 2.15 | $ | 2.05 | ||||||||
| Weighted average number of common and common equivalent units outstanding |
135,166 | 135,166 | ||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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BOSTON PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
NOTES TO THE PRO FORMA
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(dollars in thousands)
The Pro Forma Consolidated Statements of Operations reflect the elimination of the historical results of operations of 280 Park Avenue for year ended December 31, 2005 and the three months ended March 31, 2006 (unaudited). Due to the Company’s continuing involvement through an agreement with the buyer to manage 280 Park Avenue for a fee after the sale, 280 Park Avenue will not be categorized as discontinued operations in the Company’s Consolidated Statements of Operations.
| (A) | Reflects the elimination of rental income and operating expenses of 280 Park Avenue. |
| (B) | Reflects the decrease in interest expense as a result of the legal defeasance of the mortgage financing in conjunction with the disposition of 280 Park Avenue. The mortgage financing defeased in connection with the disposition of 280 Park Avenue consists of an approximately $255.3 million loan (balance at March 31, 2006) collateralized by 280 Park Avenue which bore interest at a fixed rate of 7.644% per annum. |
| (C) | Reflects the decrease in depreciation and amortization expense related to the disposition of 280 Park Avenue. |
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