Exhibit 10.68

 

LONG TERM INCENTIVE PLAN (LTIP)

UNIT VESTING AGREEMENT

 

UNDER THE BOSTON PROPERTIES, INC.

1997 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN

 

Name of Grantee:             

No. of LTIP Units:             

Purchase Price per Unit: $.25 per unit

Grant Date:                          , 200_

Final Acceptance Date:                          , 200_

 

Pursuant to the Boston Properties, Inc. 1997 Stock Option and Incentive Plan
(the “Plan”) as amended through the date hereof and the Second Amended and
Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Boston Properties Limited
Partnership, dated as of June 29, 1998, as amended through the date hereof (the
“Partnership Agreement”), of Boston Properties Limited Partnership, a Delaware
limited partnership (the “Partnership”), Boston Properties, Inc., a Delaware
corporation and the general partner of the Partnership (the “Company”) hereby
grants to the Grantee named above an Other Stock-Based Award (an “Award”) in the
form of, and by causing the Partnership to issue to the Grantee named above, a
Partnership Interest (as defined in the Second Amended and Restated Agreement of
Limited Partnership (the “Partnership Agreement”) of the Partnership, as
amended) having the rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to
distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption and
conversion set forth herein and in the Forty-Seventh Amendment to the
Partnership Agreement, such Partnership Interest to be expressed as a number of
Partnership Units (as defined in the Partnership Agreement) which shall be
referred to as Long Term Incentive Units (“LTIP Units”). Upon acceptance of this
Long Term Incentive Plan (LTIP) Unit Vesting Agreement (this “Agreement”), the
Grantee shall receive the number of LTIP Units specified above, subject to the
restrictions and conditions set forth herein, in the Plan and in the Partnership
Agreement.

 

1.    Acceptance of Agreement. The Grantee shall have no rights with respect to
this Agreement unless he or she shall have accepted this Agreement prior to the
close of business on the Final Acceptance Date specified above by (i) making a
contribution to the capital of the Partnership by certified or bank check or
other instrument acceptable to the Administrator (as defined in Section 2 of the
Plan), of the Purchase Price per Unit specified above, times the number of LTIP
Units to be issued to the Grantee as part of this Award, (ii) signing and
delivering to the Partnership a copy of this Agreement and (iii) unless the
Grantee is already a Limited Partner (as defined in the Partnership Agreement),
signing, as a Limited Partner, and delivering to the Partnership a counterpart
signature page to the Partnership Agreement (attached hereto as Annex A). The
Purchase Price per Unit paid by the Grantee shall be deemed a contribution to
the capital of the Partnership upon the terms and conditions set forth herein
and in the Partnership Agreement. Upon acceptance of this Agreement by the
Grantee, the Partnership Agreement shall be amended to reflect the issuance to
the Grantee of the LTIP Units so accepted

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and the Partnership shall deliver to the Grantee a certificate of the Company
certifying the number of LTIP Units then issued to the Grantee. Thereupon, the
Grantee shall have all the rights of a Limited Partner of the Partnership with
respect to the number of LTIP Units specified above, as set forth in the
Partnership Agreement, subject, however, to the restrictions and conditions
specified in Section 2 below.

 

2.    Restrictions and Conditions.

 

(a)    The records of the Partnership evidencing the LTIP Units granted herein
shall bear an appropriate legend, as determined by the Partnership in its sole
discretion, to the effect that such LTIP Units are subject to restrictions as
set forth herein, in the Plan and in the Partnership Agreement.

 

(b)    LTIP Units granted herein may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged
or otherwise encumbered or disposed of by the Grantee prior to vesting.

 

(c)    If the Grantee’s employment with the Company and its Subsidiaries (as
defined in the Plan) is voluntarily or involuntarily terminated for any reason,
subject to Section 13 of the Plan, prior to vesting of the LTIP Units granted
herein, the Partnership shall have the right, at the discretion of the
Administrator, to repurchase such LTIP Units from the Grantee or the Grantee’s
legal representative at the Purchase Price per Unit. The Partnership must
exercise such right of repurchase or forfeiture by written notice to the Grantee
or the Grantee’s legal representative not later than 90 days following such
termination of employment.

 

3.    Vesting of LTIP Units.

 

(a)    The restrictions and conditions in Section 2 of this Agreement shall
lapse on the Vesting Date or Dates specified in the following schedule, except
as provided in Section 3(b) below, so long as the Grantee remains an employee of
the Company or one of its Subsidiaries on such Vesting Date or Dates. If a
series of Vesting Dates is specified, then the restrictions and conditions in
Section 2 shall lapse only with respect to the percentage of LTIP Units accepted
by the Grantee hereunder that is specified as vested on such date.

 

Percentage of LTIP Units Vested

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Vesting Date

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25%

  _____________ __, 200_

35%

  _____________ __, 200_

40%

  _____________ __, 200_

 

Subsequent to such Vesting Date or Dates, the LTIP Units on which all
restrictions and conditions have lapsed shall no longer be deemed restricted.

 

(b)    In the event the Grantee has attained age 61 as of the Grant Date and the
Grantee retires from the Company and its Subsidiaries after the Grantee has
attained age 62 and after the Grantee has been employed by the Company and/or
any of its Subsidiaries for at least

 

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20 years in the aggregate, then the restrictions and conditions in Section 2 of
this Agreement shall lapse on the Vesting Date or Dates specified in Section
3(a) above without regard to continued employment so long as the Grantee
complies with the Noncompetition provisions of Section 13 below during the
period beginning on the date of retirement and ending on the earlier of (A) the
latest Vesting Date specified in Section 3(a) above or (B) the date the Grantee
attains age 65. If the Grantee retires from the Company and its Subsidiaries
after the Grantee has attained age 65, then the restrictions and conditions in
Section 2 of this Agreement shall lapse on the Vesting Date or Dates specified
in Section 3(a) above without regard to continued employment.

 

4.    Acceleration of Vesting in Special Circumstances. If (i) the Grantee
ceases to be an employee of the Company and its Subsidiaries by reason of death,
or incapacity due to physical or mental illness or disability which qualifies
the Grantee to receive benefits under the Company’s long-term disability plan or
(ii) a Change of Control (as defined in Section 16 of the Plan) occurs, any
restrictions and conditions on all LTIP Units subject to this Award shall be
deemed waived by the Administrator and all LTIP Units granted hereby shall
automatically become fully vested.

 

Anything to the contrary in the Plan notwithstanding, in the event a Transaction
(as defined in Section 3(c) of the Plan) occurs, the Board (as defined in the
Plan), or the board of directors of any corporation assuming the obligations of
the Company (“Acquiror”) shall have the right to take the action specified in
Section 3(c) of the Plan (“Merger-Related Action”) subject to the following
limitations and qualifications:

 

(a)    if (i) all LTIP Units awarded to the Grantee hereunder are eligible, as
of the time of the Merger-Related Action (and giving effect to the anticipated
consummation of the Transaction as provided in Section 8.8 of the Partnership
Agreement), for conversion into Common Units (as defined in the Partnership
Agreement) and (ii) the Grantee is afforded the opportunity to effect such
conversion and receive, in consideration for the Common Units into which his or
her LTIP Units shall have been converted, the same kind and amount of
consideration as other holders of Common Units in connection with the
Transaction, then Merger-Related Action of the kind specified in either clause
(i) or clause (ii) of Section 3(c) of the Plan shall be permitted and available
to the Company and the Acquiror;

 

(b)    if (i) some or all of the LTIP Units awarded to the Grantee hereunder are
not, as of the time of the Merger-Related Action, so eligible for conversion
into Common Units, and (ii) the acquiring or succeeding entity is itself, or has
a subsidiary which is organized as a partnership or limited liability company
(consisting of a so called “UPREIT” or other structure similar in purpose or
effect to that of the Company and the Partnership), then Merger-Related Action
of the kind specified in clause (i) of Section 3(c) of the Plan must be taken by
the Acquiror with respect to all LTIP Units which are not so convertible at the
time, whereby (A) all such LTIP Units covered by this Award shall be assumed by
the acquiring or succeeding entity, or equivalent awards shall be substituted by
the acquiring or succeeding entity, and (B) the acquiring or succeeding entity
shall preserve with respect to the assumed LTIP Units or any securities to be
substituted for such LTIP Units, as far as reasonably possible under the
circumstances, the distribution, special allocation, conversion and other rights
set forth in the Partnership Agreement for the benefit of the holders of LTIP
Units; and

 

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(c)    if (i) some or all of the LTIP Units awarded to the Grantee hereunder are
not, as of the time of the Merger-Related Action, so eligible for conversion
into Common Units, and (ii) the conditions set forth in Section 4(b) above
cannot be satisfied after exercise of reasonable commercial efforts by the
Company and/or Acquiror, then Merger-Related Action of the kind specified in
clause (ii) of Section 3(c) of the Plan must be taken by the Company or the
Acquiror, in which case such action shall be based on the principle that the
settlement of the terminated award of LTIP Units which are not convertible into
Common Units requires a payment of the same kind and amount of consideration
payable in connection with the Transaction to a holder of the number of Common
Units into which the LTIP Units to be terminated could be converted (including
the right to make elections as to the type of consideration) if the Transaction
were of a nature that permitted a revaluation of the Grantee’s capital account
balance under the terms of the Partnership Agreement, as determined by the
Administrator in good faith in accordance with the Plan.

 

5.    Distributions. Distributions on the LTIP Units shall be paid currently to
the Grantee in accordance with the terms of the Partnership Agreement. The right
to distributions set forth in this Section 5 shall be deemed a Dividend
Equivalent Right for purposes of the Plan.

 

6.    Incorporation of Plan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
this Agreement shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions
of the Plan. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meaning
specified in the Plan, unless a different meaning is specified herein.

 

7.    Covenants. The Grantee hereby covenants as follows:

 

(a)    So long as the Grantee holds any LTIP Units, the Grantee shall disclose
to the Partnership in writing such information as may be reasonably requested
with respect to ownership of LTIP Units as the Partnership may deem reasonably
necessary to ascertain and to establish compliance with provisions of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), applicable to the
Partnership or to comply with requirements of any other appropriate taxing
authority.

 

(b)    The Grantee hereby agrees to make an election under Section 83(b) of the
Code with respect to the LTIP Units awarded hereunder, and has delivered with
this Agreement a completed, executed copy of the election form attached hereto
as Annex B. The Grantee agrees to file the election (or to permit the
Partnership to file such election on the Grantee’s behalf) within thirty (30)
days after the award of the LTIP Units hereunder with the IRS Service Center at
which such Grantee files his or her personal income tax returns, and to file a
copy of such election with the Grantee’s U.S. federal income tax return for the
taxable year in which the LTIP Units are awarded to the Grantee.

 

8.    Transferability. This Agreement is personal to the Grantee, is
non-assignable and is not transferable in any manner, by operation of law or
otherwise, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.

 

9.    Amendment. The Grantee acknowledges that the Plan may be amended or
discontinued in accordance with Section 14 thereof and that this Agreement may
be amended or

 

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canceled by the Administrator, on behalf of the Partnership, for the purpose of
satisfying changes in law or for any other lawful purpose, provided that no such
action shall adversely affect the Grantee’s rights under this Agreement without
the Grantee’s written consent. The provisions of Section 4 of this Agreement
applicable to the termination of the LTIP Units covered by this Award in
connection with a Transaction (as defined in the Plan) pursuant to Section 3(b)
of the Plan shall apply, mutatis mutandi to amendments, discontinuance or
cancellation pursuant to this Section 9 or Section 14 of the Plan.

 

10.    No Obligation to Continue Employment. Neither the Company nor any
Subsidiary is obligated by or as a result of the Plan or this Agreement to
continue the Grantee in employment and neither the Plan nor this Agreement shall
interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to
terminate the employment of the Grantee at any time.

 

11.    Notices. Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the
Partnership at its principal place of business and shall be mailed or delivered
to the Grantee at the address on file with the Partnership or, in either case,
at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party
in writing.

 

12.    Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, applied without regard to
conflict of law principles. The parties hereto agree that any action or
proceeding arising directly, indirectly or otherwise in connection with, out of,
related to or from this Agreement, any breach hereof or any action covered
hereby, shall be resolved within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the
parties hereto consent and submit to the jurisdiction of the federal and state
courts located within the City of Boston, Massachusetts. The parties hereto
further agree that any such action or proceeding brought by either party to
enforce any right, assert any claim, obtain any relief whatsoever in connection
with this Agreement shall be brought by such party exclusively in federal or
state courts located within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

 

13.    Noncompetition. Because Grantee’s services to the Company are special and
because Grantee has access to the Company’s confidential information, Grantee
covenants and agrees that during the period specified in Section 3(b) above, if
applicable, Grantee shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company
(which shall be authorized by approval of the Board of Directors of the Company,
including the approval of a majority of the independent Directors of the
Company), directly or indirectly:

 

(a)    engage, participate or assist in, either individually or as an owner,
partner, employee, consultant, director, officer, trustee, or agent of any
business that engages or attempts to engage in, directly or indirectly, the
acquisition, development, construction, operation, management, or leasing of any
commercial real estate property in any of the Company’s Markets (as hereinafter
defined) at the time of Grantee’s termination of employment;

 

(b)    intentionally interfere with, disrupt or attempt to disrupt the
relationship, contractual or otherwise, between the Company or its affiliates
and any tenant, supplier, contractor, lender, employee, or governmental agency
or authority; or

 

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(c)    call upon, compete for, solicit, divert, or take away, or attempt to
divert or take away any of the tenants or employees of the Company or its
affiliates, either for himself or for any other business, operation,
corporation, partnership, association, agency, or other person or entity.

 

“Market” as used herein means an area covering a 25 mile radius around (x) any
property or land owned by the Company, under development by the Company or with
respect to which the Company has an agreement or option to acquire a property,
development or land or (y) any property or development for which the Company
provides third party development or management services; provided that for any
such property, development or land located in New York City, no such radial area
shall extend beyond New York City.

 

This Section 13 shall not be interpreted to prevent Grantee from engaging in
Minority Interest Passive Investments. Engaging in a “Minority Interest Passive
Investment” means acquiring, holding, and exercising the voting rights
associated with an investment made through (i) the purchase of securities
(including partnership interests) that represent a non-controlling, minority
interest in an entity or (ii) the lending of money, in either case with the
purpose or intent of obtaining a return on such investment but without
management by Grantee of the property or business to which such investment
directly or indirectly relates and without any business or strategic
consultation by Grantee with such entity.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the noncompetition provision of
this Section 13 shall not apply if Grantee’s employment terminates after a
Transaction. Further notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, if the
restrictions stated herein are found by a court to be unreasonable, the parties
hereto agree that the maximum period, scope or geographical area reasonable
under such circumstances shall be substituted for the stated period, scope or
geographical area and that the court shall revise the restrictions contained
herein to cover the maximum period, scope and geographical area permitted by
law.

 

BOSTON PROPERTIES, INC. By:  

 

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Name:

Title:

 

 

BOSTON PROPERTIES LIMITED PARTNERSHIP By:   Boston Properties, Inc., its general
partner

    By:  

 

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Name:

Title:

 

 

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The foregoing Agreement is hereby accepted and the terms and conditions thereof
hereby agreed to by the Grantee.

 

          Dated:  

 

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                Grantee’s Signature

 

 

            Grantee’s name and address:                

 

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ANNEX A

 

FORM OF LIMITED PARTNER SIGNATURE PAGE

FOR PARTNERS ADMITTED AFTER JUNE 29, 1998

 

The Grantee, desiring to become one of the within named Limited Partners of
Boston Properties Limited Partnership, hereby becomes a party to the Second
Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Boston Properties
Limited Partnership by and among Boston Properties, Inc. and such Limited
Partners, dated as of June 29, 1998, as amended. The Grantee agrees that this
signature page may be attached to any counterpart of said Agreement of Limited
Partnership.

 

           

Signature Line for Limited Partner:

                           

 

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Name:

Date:

           

Address of Limited Partner:

     

 

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ANNEX B

 

ELECTION TO INCLUDE IN GROSS INCOME IN YEAR OF

TRANSFER OF PROPERTY PURSUANT TO SECTION 83(b)

OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE

 

The undersigned hereby makes an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the
Internal Revenue Code with respect to the property described below and supplies
the following information in accordance with the regulations promulgated
thereunder:

 

  1. The name, address and taxpayer identification number of the undersigned
are:

 

       Name:                                         
                             (the “Taxpayer”)

 

       Address:                                         
                                                     

 

       Social Security No.                                         
                                    

 

  2. Description of property with respect to which the election is being made:

 

       The election is being made with respect to              LTIP Units in
Boston Properties Limited Partnership (the “Partnership”).

 

  3. The date on which the LTIP Units were transferred is             
            , 200_. The taxable year to which this election relates is calendar
year 200_.

 

  4. Nature of restrictions to which the LTIP Units are subject:

 

  (a) Until the LTIP Units vest, the Taxpayer may not transfer in any manner any
portion of the LTIP Units without the consent of the Partnership.

 

  (b) The Taxpayer’s LTIP Units vest in accordance with the vesting provisions
described in the Schedule attached hereto. Unvested LTIP Units are forfeited in
accordance with the vesting provisions described in the Schedule attached
hereto.

 

  5. The fair market value at time of transfer (determined without regard to any
restrictions other than restrictions which by their terms will never lapse) of
the LTIP Units with respect to which this election is being made was $0.25 per
LTIP Unit.

 

  6. The amount paid by the Taxpayer for the LTIP Units was $0.25 per LTIP Unit.

 

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  7. A copy of this statement has been furnished to the Partnership, to its
general partner, Boston Properties, Inc., and to its subsidiary BP Management,
L.P.

 

              Dated: , 200_          

 

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                Name:

 

Spousal Consent

 

The undersigned hereby consents to the making, by the undersigned’s spouse, of
the foregoing election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

                         

 

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(Type or Print Spouse’s Name)

          (Signature)

 

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Schedule to Section 83(b) Election -Vesting Provisions of LTIP Units

 

LTIP Units are subject to time-based vesting with 25% vesting on
                         , 200_, 35% vesting on                          , 200_
and 40% vesting on                          , 200_, subject to acceleration in
the event of certain extraordinary transactions or termination of the Taxpayer’s
employment in certain circumstances. Unvested LTIP Units are subject to
repurchase at cost in the event of the termination of the Taxpayer’s employment
with Boston Properties, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

 

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