Boston Properties Prices $850.0 Million Offering of Green Bonds

6/13/19

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Boston Properties, Inc. (NYSE: BXP), the largest publicly-traded owner and manager of Class A office properties in the United States, announced today that its operating partnership, Boston Properties Limited Partnership (“BPLP”), has agreed to sell $850.0 million of 3.400% senior unsecured notes due 2029 in an underwritten public offering through BofA Securities, Inc., Jefferies LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. and TD Securities (USA) LLC, as joint book-running managers. The notes were priced at 99.815% of the principal amount to yield 3.422% to maturity. The notes will mature on June 21, 2029, unless earlier redeemed. The offering is expected to close on June 21, 2019, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

The estimated net proceeds from this offering are expected to be approximately $841.3 million. BPLP intends to allocate an amount equal to the net proceeds from this offering to the financing and refinancing of recently completed and future “eligible green projects” in the United States.

Boston Properties (NYSE: BXP) is the largest publicly-held developer and owner of Class A office properties in the United States, concentrated in five markets - Boston, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Washington, DC. The Company is a fully integrated real estate company, organized as a real estate investment trust (REIT), that develops, manages, operates, acquires and owns a diverse portfolio of primarily Class A office space. The Company’s portfolio totals 51.4 million square feet and 196 properties, including eleven properties under construction.