Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

The common stock of Boston Properties, Inc. is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “BXP.” At February 22, 2021, BXP had approximately 1,106 stockholders of record.

There is no established public trading market for BPLP’s common units. On February 22, 2021, there were approximately 311 holders of record and 173,490,466 common units outstanding, 155,805,646 of which were held by BXP.

In order to enable BXP to maintain its qualification as a REIT, it must make annual distributions to its stockholders of at least 90% of its taxable income (not including net capital gains and with certain other adjustments). BXP has adopted a policy of paying regular quarterly dividends on its common stock, and, as BPLP’s general partner, BXP has adopted a policy of paying regular quarterly distributions on common units of BPLP.

Cash distributions have been paid on the common stock of BXP and BPLP’s common units since BXP’s initial public offering. Distributions are declared at the discretion of the Board of Directors of BXP and depend on actual and anticipated cash from operations, our financial condition, capital requirements, the annual distribution requirements under the REIT provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and other factors the Board of Directors of BXP may consider relevant.

Stock Performance Graph

The following graph provides a comparison of cumulative total stockholder return for the period from December 31, 2015 through December 31, 2020, among BXP, Standard & Poor’s (“S&P”) 500 Index, FTSE Nareit Equity REIT Total Return Index (the “Equity REIT Index”) and the FTSE Nareit Office REIT Index (the “Office REIT Index”). The Equity REIT Index includes all tax-qualified equity REITs listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market. Equity REITs are defined as those with 75% or more of their gross invested book value of assets invested directly or indirectly in the equity ownership of real estate. The Office REIT Index includes all office REITs included in the Equity REIT Index. Data for BXP, the S&P 500 Index, the Equity REIT Index and the Office REIT Index was provided to us by Nareit. Upon written request, we will provide any stockholder with a list of the REITs included in the Equity REIT Index and the Office REIT Index. The stock performance graph assumes an investment of $100 in each of BXP and the three indices, and the reinvestment of any dividends. The historical information set forth below is not necessarily indicative of future performance. The data shown is based on the share prices or index values, as applicable, at the end of each month shown.

Boston Properties, Inc.

(a) During the three months ended December 31, 2020, BXP issued an aggregate of 82,953 shares of common stock in exchange for 82,953 common units of limited partnership held by certain limited partners of BPLP. Of these shares, 37,460 shares were issued in reliance on an exemption from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. BXP relied on the exemption under Section 4(a)(2) based upon factual representations received from the limited partners who received the common shares.

(b) Not Applicable.

(c) Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

(1)Represents shares of restricted common stock of BXP repurchased in connection with the termination of an employee’s employment with BXP. Under the terms of the applicable restricted stock award agreements, the shares were repurchased by BXP at a price of $0.01 per share, which was the amount originally paid by such employee for such shares.

Boston Properties Limited Partnership

(a) Not Applicable.

(b) Not Applicable.

(c) Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

(1)Includes 428 common units previously held by BXP that were redeemed in connection with the repurchase of shares of restricted common stock of BXP in connection with the termination of an employee’s employment with BXP and 2,285 LTIP units that were repurchased by BPLP in connection with the termination of certain employees’ employment with BXP. Under the terms of the applicable restricted stock award agreements and LTIP unit vesting agreements, such shares were repurchased at a price of $0.01 per share and such LTIP units were repurchased at a price $0.25 per unit, which were the amounts originally paid by such employees for such shares and units.