SEC FORM 4 SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
OMB APPROVAL
OMB Number: 3235-0287
Expires: December 31, 2014
Estimated average burden
hours per response: 0.5
Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
BURKE ROBERT EDWIN

(Last) (First) (Middle)

(Street)

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
BOSTON PROPERTIES INC [ BXP ]
5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
Executive Vice President
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
05/16/2003
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership 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 05/16/2003 M 50,000 A 25 69,236 D
Common Stock, par value $.01 05/16/2003 S 400 D 40.74 68,836 D
Common Stock, par value $.01 05/16/2003 S 4,000 D 40.75 64,836 D
Common Stock, par value $.01 05/16/2003 S 400 D 40.76 64,436 D
Common Stock, par value $.01 05/16/2003 S 200 D 40.77 64,236 D
Common Stock, par value $.01 05/16/2003 S 4,000 D 44.78 60,236 D
Common Stock, par value $.01 05/16/2003 S 600 D 40.79 59,636 D
Common Stock, par value $.01 05/16/2003 S 2,700 D 40.8 56,936 D
Common Stock, par value $.01 05/16/2003 S 7,200 D 40.81 49,736 D
Common Stock, par value $.01 05/16/2003 S 6,300 D 40.82 43,436 D
Common Stock, par value $.01 05/16/2003 S 2,600 D 40.83 40,836 D
Common Stock, par value $.01 05/16/2003 S 7,700 D 40.84 33,136 D
Common Stock, par value $.01 05/16/2003 S 2,100 D 40.85 31,036 D
Common Stock, par value $.01 05/16/2003 S 5,300 D 40.86 25,736 D
Common Stock, par value $.01 05/16/2003 S 500 D 40.88 25,236 D
Common Stock, par value $.01 05/16/2003 S 3,200 D 40.89 22,036 D
Common Stock, par value $.01 05/16/2003 S 2,800 D 40.9 19,236 D
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. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Employee Stock Option (right to buy) 25 05/16/2003 M 50,000 06/23/2000(1)(2) 06/23/2007(1) Common Stock 50,000 $0 110,000 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. An inadvertant error was made in the original reporting of the date of grant of the options. The options were granted on June 23, 1997.
2. The options vest in three equal annual installment beginning June 23, 2000.
Kelli A. DiLuglio, as Attorney-in-Fact 05/20/2003
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.
Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.
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  10th     day of December, 2002.

/s/ Robert E. Burke
Signed
Robert E. Burke
Print Name