Exhibit 99.2
LOCK-UP AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT
BY AND AMONG
BOSTON PROPERTIES, INC., BOSTON
PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
AND
THE HOLDERS NAMED HEREIN
May 29, 2002
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1.
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Certain
Definitions
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2
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2.
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Lock-up
Agreement
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4
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3.
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Registration
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4.
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State
Securities Laws
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5.
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Expenses
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6.
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Indemnification
by the Company
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7.
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Covenants of
the Holder
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8
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8.
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Suspension of
Registration Requirement; Restriction on Sales
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9
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9.
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Black-Out
Period
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10
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10.
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Additional
Shares
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10
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11.
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Contribution
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10
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12.
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No Other
Obligation to Register
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11
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13.
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Amendments and
Waivers
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14.
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Notices
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15.
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Successors and
Assigns
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12
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16.
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Counterparts
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12
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17.
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Governing
Law
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12
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18.
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Severability
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12
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19.
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Entire
Agreement
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12
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Schedule A - List of Holders
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Schedule B - List of Permitted
Distributees
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(i)
LOCK-UP AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS
AGREEMENT
This Lock-up and Registration Rights
Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is entered
into as of May 29, 2002 by and among Boston Properties, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”),
Boston Properties Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited
partnership (the “ Partnership ”), and
the Persons named on Schedule A hereto (each a
“ Holder ” and, if more than one,
collectively, the “ Holders
”).
WHEREAS, Altid Enterprises, LLC, a
New Hampshire limited liability company (“
Altid ”), being the successor by consolidation
to Altid Enterprises Limited Partnership, a Massachusetts limited
partnership, is a party to a Contribution Agreement dated as of
October 20, 1999, by and among the Partnership, Altid, and the
Trustees (as defined therein), as amended by Amendment No. 1
to Contribution Agreement, dated as of January 28, 2000 (the
“ Contribution Agreement ”), relating to
certain real property, in exchange for common units of limited
partnership in the Partnership (“ Units
”);
WHEREAS, the Partnership, pursuant
to its obligations under the Contribution Agreement,
(i) issued 82,215 Units to Altid pursuant to an amendment to
the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of
the Partnership (as amended, the “ Partnership
Agreement ”) dated as of June 19, 2000, and
(ii) issued an additional 18,445.78 Units (the “
Additional Units ”) to Altid pursuant to an
amendment to the Partnership Agreement dated as of the date
hereof;
WHEREAS, the Additional Units are
being issued to the Holder in a private placement transaction and
accordingly constitute restricted securities;
WHEREAS, upon the presentation of
Additional Units to the Partnership for redemption in accordance
with the terms hereof and the terms of the Second Amended and
Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the Partnership (as
amended, the “ Partnership Agreement ”),
the Additional Units may be acquired by the Company in exchange for
shares of common stock of the Company, par value $.01 per share
(“ Common Shares ”), and the Company has
agreed to provide certain registration rights to the Holder in
respect of such Common Shares, and the Holder has agreed to certain
restrictions on the transferability and redemption of the
Additional Units and such Common Shares; and
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent
under the Contribution Agreement provides that each of the Company,
the Partnership and the Holder enter into this Agreement with
respect to the Additional Units.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the foregoing, the mutual promises and agreements set forth herein,
and other valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
1. Certain Definitions . As
used in this Agreement, in addition to the other terms defined
herein, the following capitalized defined terms shall have the
following meanings:
“Additional Units” shall
have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
“Affiliate” shall mean,
with respect to any specified Person, any other Person who,
directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under
common control with such specified Person, provided that,
for purposes of this definition, “control” (including,
with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by”
and “under common control with”), as used with respect
to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly,
of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and
policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities or by agreement or otherwise.
“Agreement” shall have
the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Common Shares” shall
have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
“Company” shall have the
meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Contribution Agreement”
shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
“Dispose of” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 2.
“Holder” shall have the
meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Indemnitee” shall have
the meaning set forth in Section 6.
“Issuance Registration
Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3(b).
“Lock-up Period” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 2.
“NASD” shall mean the
National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.
“Partnership” shall have
the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.
“Partnership Agreement”
shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
“Person” shall mean an
individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company,
trust, or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or
political subdivision thereof.
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“Permitted Distributee”
means a direct or indirect holder of equity interests in a Holder
that is listed on Schedule B hereto and that has delivered
to the Company an Investor Questionnaire (as defined in the
Contribution Agreement).
“Prospectus” means the
prospectus included in any Registration Statement (including,
without limitation, a prospectus that discloses information
previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective
Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under
the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus
supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any
portion of the Registrable Shares covered by such Registration
Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to the
prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material
incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference
in such prospectus.
“Registrable Shares”
(a) when used with respect to a Holder, shall mean the Shares
of any Holder, excluding (i) Shares issued to such Holder
pursuant to an Issuance Registration Statement so long as such
Holder is not an Affiliate of the Company, (ii) Shares for
which a Resale Registration Statement relating to the sale thereof
shall have become effective under the Securities Act and which have
been disposed of under such Resale Registration Statement,
(iii) Shares sold pursuant to Rule 144 or (iv) Shares
eligible for sale pursuant to Rule 144(k) (or any successor
provision) and (b) when used without reference to a Holder,
shall mean Registrable Shares of all Holders.
“Registration Expenses”
shall mean any and all expenses incident to performance of or
compliance with this Agreement, including, without limitation:
(i) all SEC, stock exchange or NASD registration and filing
fees; (ii) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with
compliance with state securities or “blue sky” laws
(including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel in
connection with “blue sky” qualification of any of the
Registrable Shares and the preparation of a Blue Sky Memorandum)
and compliance with the rules of the NASD; (iii) all expenses
of any Persons in preparing or assisting in preparing, word
processing, printing and distributing any Registration Statement,
any Prospectus, certificates and other documents relating to the
performance of and compliance with this Agreement; (iv) all
fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing, if any,
of any of the Registrable Shares on any securities exchange or
exchanges pursuant to Section 3(d) hereof, and (v) the
fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and of the
independent public accountants of the Company, including the
expenses of any special audit or “cold comfort” letters
required by or incident to such performance and compliance.
Registration Expenses shall specifically exclude underwriting
discounts and commissions relating to the sale or disposition of
Registrable Shares by a Holder, the fees and disbursements of
counsel representing a Holder in connection therewith as provided
in Section 5, and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale
or disposition of Registrable Shares by a Holder, all of which
shall be borne by such Holder in all cases.
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“Registration Statement”
shall mean any registration statement of the Company which covers
the issuance or resale of any of the Registrable Shares on an
appropriate form, and all amendments and supplements to such
registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in
each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits
thereto and all materials incorporated by reference
therein.
“Resale Registration
Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3(a).
“Resale Shelf Registration
Expiration Date” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 3(a).
“Rule 144” means Rule
144 (or any successor provision) under the Securities
Act.
“SEC” shall mean the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act” shall
mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Shares” (a) when
used with respect to a Holder, shall mean any Common Shares issued
or to be issuable to such Holder upon redemption or in exchange for
Additional Units held by such Holder, which Additional Units were
acquired by such Holder pursuant to the Contribution Agreement and
(b) when used without reference to a Holder, shall mean the
Shares of all Holders.
“Suspension Event” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 8(b).
“Units” shall have the
meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
2. Lock-up Agreement . Each
Holder hereby agrees that for a period of one year after the date
on which the Additional Units are issued (the “ Lock-up
Period ”), without the consent of the Company, it
will not offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, grant any options
for the sale of, seek redemption of, or otherwise dispose of,
directly or indirectly (collectively “ Dispose
of ”), any Additional Units; provided ,
however , that each Holder may (i) Dispose of
Additional Units to a Permitted Distributee, (ii) Dispose of
Additional Units pursuant to a pledge, grant of security interest
or other encumbrance effected in a bona fide transaction with an
unrelated and unaffiliated pledgee if such pledgee agrees that it
will under no circumstances foreclose with respect to such
Additional Units until after the first anniversary of the date on
which the Additional Units are issued, (iii) Dispose of
Additional Units upon death of a Holder to such Holder’s
estate, executor, administrator or personal representative or to
such Holder’s beneficiaries pursuant to a devise or bequest
or by laws of descent and distribution, and (iv) after the
Lock-up Period, Dispose of
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Additional Units in accordance with the terms of
the Partnership Agreement; and provided , further ,
that the transferor shall, at the request of the Company, provide
evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company that the transfer
is exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
If a Holder Disposes of Additional Units as described in this
Section 2, such Additional Units shall remain subject to this
Agreement and, as a condition of the validity of such disposition,
the transferee shall be required to execute and deliver a
counterpart of this Agreement dated as of the date hereof (except
that a pledgee shall not be required to execute and deliver a
counterpart of this Agreement until it forecloses upon such
Additional Units). Thereafter, such transferee shall be deemed to
be a Holder for purposes of this Agreement.
3. Registration .
(a) Filing of Resale Shelf
Registration Statement . Subject to the conditions set forth in
this Agreement, the Company shall cause to be filed a Registration
Statement under Rule 415 under the Securities Act relating to the
sale by any Holder of all of the Registrable Shares of such Holder
or Holders in accordance with the terms hereof (the “
Resale Registration Statement ”), and shall
commence, no later than the first anniversary of this Agreement,
the preparation of such Resale Registration Statement, and shall
use reasonable good faith efforts to cause such Resale Registration
Statement to be declared effective by the SEC within 90 days
following the first anniversary of the date of this Agreement. The
Company agrees to use reasonable good faith efforts to keep the
Resale Registration Statement, after its date of effectiveness,
continuously effective with respect to the Registrable Shares of
each Holder until the earlier of (a) the date on which the
Holder no longer holds any Registrable Shares or (b) the date
on which all of the Registrable Shares held by such Holder have
become eligible for sale pursuant to Rule 144(k) (or any successor
provision) (hereinafter referred to as the “ Resale
Shelf Registration Expiration Date ”).
(b) Registration Statement
Covering Issuance of Common Shares . In lieu of the
registration rights set forth in Section 3(a) above, the
Company may, in its sole discretion, prior to the first date upon
which the Additional Units held by the Holders may be redeemed (or
such other date as may be required under applicable provisions of
the Securities Act) file a Registration Statement (the “
Issuance Registration Statement ”) under Rule
415 under the Securities Act relating to the issuance to the
Holders of Common Shares upon the redemption of Additional Units or
in exchange for Additional Units. Thereupon, the Company shall use
reasonable good faith efforts to cause such Issuance Registration
Statement to be declared effective by the SEC for all Common Shares
covered thereby. The Company agrees to use reasonable good faith
efforts to keep the Issuance 5 Registration Statement continuously
effective until the date on which all Holders have redeemed or
exchanged their Additional Units for Common Shares or cash. In the
event that (i) the Company, despite its reasonable good faith
efforts, is unable to cause such Issuance Registration Statement to
be declared effective by the SEC within 90 days
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of the first anniversary of this
Agreement or (except as otherwise permitted by Sections 8(b) and 9)
is unable to keep such Issuance Registration Statement effective
until the date on which each Holder has redeemed or exchanged such
Holder’s Additional Units for Common Shares, or (ii) a
Holder is or becomes an Affiliate of the Company, then the rights
of each Holder set forth in Section&nbs