Form 4

FORM 4

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

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STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

Wedge William J.

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Boston Properties, Inc./BXP

6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s)
to Issuer (Check all applicable)
    Director                                       10% Owner
X Officer (give title below)          Other (specify below)

Senior Vice President                             

(Last)      (First)     (Middle)

c/o Boston Properties, Inc.
111 Huntington Avenue

3. I.R.S. Identification Number
of Reporting Person,
if an entity (voluntary)

 

4. Statement for
Month/Day/Year
February 21, 2003

(Street)

Boston, MA 02199

5. If Amendment,
Date of Original
(Month/Day/Year)
 
7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
    Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)     (State)     (Zip)

Table I — Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security
(Instr. 3)

2. Trans-
action
Date
(Month/ Day/
Year)

2A. Deemed
Execution
Date,
if any
(Month/Day/
Year)

3. Trans-
action Code
(Instr. 8)

4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 & 5)

5. Amount of
Securities
Beneficially
Owned Follow-
ing Reported Transactions(s)
(Instr. 3 & 4)

6. Owner-
ship Form:
Direct (D)
or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

7. Nature of Indirect
Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

V

Amount

(A)
or
(D)

Price

Common Stock, par value $.01

2/21/03

 

M

 

4,375

A

$30.4375

 

 

 

Common Stock, par value $.01

2/21/03

 

S

 

3,800

D

$36.94

 

 

 

Common Stock, par value $.01

2/21/03

 

S

 

575

D

$36.95

3,370.2878

D

 

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FORM 4 (continued)

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. Conver-
sion or
Exercise
Price of Derivative Security

3. Trans-
action Date

(Month/
Day/
Year)

3A. Deemed
Execution
Date,
if any
(Month/
Day/
Year)

4. Trans-
action
Code

(Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)

(Instr. 3, 4 & 5)

6. Date Exercisable
and Expiration
Date
(Month/Day/
Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 & 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)

9. Number of
Derivative
Securities
Beneficially
Owned
Following
Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)

10. Owner-
ship Form
of Deriv-
ative
Security:
Direct (D)
or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exer-cisable

Expira-
tion
Date

Title

Amount or Number of
Shares

Employee Stock Option (right to buy)

$30.4375

2/21/03

 

M

 

 

4,375

 (1)

1/24/10

Common Stock

4,375

 

0

 

 

Explanation of Responses:

(1) The Option vests in three equal annual installments beginning on January 24, 2001.

  By: /s/ Kelli A. DiLuglio
             Attorney-in-fact
**Signature of Reporting Person
2/24/03
Date

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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR
SECTION 16(a) FILINGS

          Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Douglas T. Linde, William J. Wedge,
Kelli A. DiLuglio and Arthur S. Flashman, signing singly, to be the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to: (1) execute for and
on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as an
officer, director and/or stockholder of Boston Properties, Inc. (the
"Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 and amendments thereto in accordance with
 Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder; (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of
the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5 and any amendments thereto and timely
file such forms with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC") and any stock exchange or similar authority,
including, but not limited to, taking any actions necessary or
desirable in connection with effectuating electronic filings; and (3)
take any other action of any type whatsoever which, in the opinion of
such attorney-in-fact, may be necessary or desirable in connection with
the foregoing authority, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant
to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such
terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of
the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and
purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present,
with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein
granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with
respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.   This
Power of Attorney may be filed with the SEC as a confirming statement
of the authority granted herein.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 6th day of December 2002.

/s/ William J. Wedge
Signed