UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 11, 2007

 

HRPT PROPERTIES TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Maryland

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

1-9317

 

04-6558834

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

400 Centre Street, Newton, Massachusetts  02458

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)  (Zip Code)

 

617-332-3990

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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ITEM 8.01.   OTHER EVENTS.

On May 11, 2007 HRPT Properties Trust, or the Company, issued a press release announcing that it will redeem, at par plus accrued interest, $200 million of its $400 million outstanding Floating Rate Senior Notes due in 2011. This redemption is expected to occur on June 18, 2007. A Copy of the Company’s press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1.

ITEM 9.01.   EXHIBITS.

(d)           Exhibits

The Company hereby furnishes the following exhibit:

99.1         Press Release dated May 11, 2007.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

HRPT PROPERTIES TRUST

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John C. Popeo

 

 

John C. Popeo

 

 

Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

Date: May 11, 2007

 

 

 

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