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EXHIBIT 4.4




[FACE OF NOTE]




EOP OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP




FLOATING RATE NOTE DUE OCTOBER 1, 2010




	 	 	 
	No. 001

	 	Principal Amount
	CUSIP No. 268766 CC 4

	 	U.S. $200,000,000







     UNLESS THIS NOTE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE ISSUER OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT AND ANY NOTE ISSUED IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY
AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR
TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC,
ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY
PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN
INTEREST HEREIN.



     UNLESS AND UNTIL THIS NOTE IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN
CERTIFICATED FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY DTC TO
A NOMINEE THEREOF OR BY A NOMINEE THEREOF TO DTC OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF DTC OR
BY DTC OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR OF DTC OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH
SUCCESSOR.



     THIS NOTE WILL BE ISSUED AND MAY BE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN MINIMUM
DENOMINATIONS OF U.S. $1,000 AND INTEGRAL MULTIPLES THEREOF.



     EOP Operating Limited Partnership, a Delaware limited partnership (the
“Issuer,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter
referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., as
nominee of The Depository Trust Company, or registered assigns, the principal
amount of Two Hundred Million Dollars ($200,000,000) on October 1, 2010 (the
“Stated Maturity Date”) (unless accelerated prior to the Stated Maturity Date
in accordance with the terms of this Note and the Indenture) (the Stated
Maturity Date or date of acceleration is referred to as the “Maturity Date”
with respect to the principal repayable on such date) and to pay interest on
the outstanding principal amount of this Note from October 7, 2004 (or from the
most recent Interest Payment Date (as defined below) to which interest has been
paid or duly provided for), quarterly in arrears on January 1, April 1, July 1
and October 1 of each year, commencing January 1, 2005 (each, except as
referred to below, an “Interest Payment Date”), and on the Maturity Date, at a
rate per annum for each Interest Reset Period (as defined below) equal to
three-month LIBOR, determined as provided herein, plus 0.60%, until payment of
said principal amount has been made or duly provided for. Interest on this
Note will be calculated on the basis of the actual number of days in an
Interest Reset Period and a 360-day year.



 









 





     The interest so payable and punctually paid or duly provided for on an
Interest Payment Date will, subject to certain exceptions described below, be
paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes)
is registered at the close of business on the “Regular Record Date” for such
payment, which will be December 15, March 15, June 15 and September 15, as the
case may be (regardless of whether such day is a Business Day (as defined
below)) next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any interest not so
punctually paid or duly provided for on an Interest Payment Date (“Defaulted
Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular
Record Date, and shall be paid to the Holder in whose name this Note (or one or
more predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on a special
record date (the “Special Record Date”) for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest to be fixed by the Trustee hereinafter referred to, notice whereof
shall be given to the Holder of this Note by the Trustee not less than 10
calendar days prior to such Special Record Date or may be paid at any time in
any other lawful manner, all as more fully provided for in the Indenture.



     The principal of and interest, if any, on this Note payable on the
Maturity Date will be paid in immediately available funds against presentation and surrender of this Note at
the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose in New York, New
York. The Issuer hereby initially designates the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee in New York, New York as the office to be maintained by it where this
Note may be presented for payment, registration of transfer or exchange and
where notices or demands to or upon the Issuer or Equity Office Properties
Trust, as guarantor of the Notes (“Equity Office,” which term includes any
successor under the Indenture), in respect of this Note or the Indenture may be
served.



     Interest payable on this Note on any Interest Payment Date or the Maturity
Date, as the case may be, will be the amount of interest accrued during the
applicable Interest Reset Period. An “Interest Reset Period” is each period
from and including the immediately preceding Interest Payment Date (or from and
including October 7, 2004 in the case of the first Interest Reset Period) to,
but excluding, the applicable Interest Payment Date or the Maturity Date, as
the case may be. The first day of an Interest Reset Period is referred to
herein as an “Interest Reset Date.” If any Interest Reset Date falls on a day
that is not a Business Day, the Interest Reset Date will be postponed to the
next day that is a Business Day, except if that Business Day is in the next
succeeding calendar month, then such Interest Reset Date will be the
immediately preceding Business Day. If the Maturity Date falls on a day that
is not a Business Day, principal and interest, if any, payable on such date
will be paid on the succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as
if it were paid on the date such payment was due, and no interest will accrue
on the amount so payable for the period from and after such date to such
succeeding Business Day. If any Interest Payment Date other than the Maturity
Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Payment Date will
be postponed to the next day that is a Business Day, except that if such
Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar month, then such Interest
Payment Date will be the immediately preceding Business Day. “Business Day”
means any day (a) other than a Saturday or a Sunday, on which banking
institutions in New York, New York are not required or authorized by law or
executive order to close and (b) that also is a “London Banking Day,” which is
any day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the
London interbank market.



     Payments of principal and interest on an Interest Payment Date other than
the Maturity Date will be made by U.S. dollar check or by wire transfer (such a
wire transfer is required to be



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made to the Holder if the aggregate principal amount of this Note is in excess
of U.S. $10,000,000, and only if such Holder shall have furnished wire
instructions in writing to the Trustee no later than 15 days prior to the
relevant payment date and acknowledged that a wire transfer fee shall be
payable) of immediately available funds. All payments due in respect of this
Note shall be made in such coin or currency of the United States of America as
at the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private
debts.




     Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the
reverse hereof. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same
effect as though fully set forth at this place. Capitalized terms used herein,
including on the reverse hereof, and not defined herein or on the reverse
hereof shall have the respective meanings given to such terms in the Indenture.



     This Note shall not be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture or the
Guarantee of Equity Office or be valid or become obligatory for any purpose
until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed by the
Trustee.



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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Issuer and Equity Office has caused this
Note to be signed manually or by facsimile by an authorized signatory.



	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated: October 7, 2004	 	EOP OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP,	 	 
	 	 	 	 	as Issuer	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Attest:	 	By:	 	EQUITY OFFICE PROPERTIES TRUST, not
	 	 	 	 	 	 	individually but as General Partner
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:

	 	/s/ Stanley M. Stevens
	 	 	 	By:
	 	/s/ Marsha C. Williams	 	 
	

	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	
	 	 
	

	 	Stanley M. Stevens
	 	 	 	 	 	Marsha C. Williams	 	 
	

	 	Executive Vice President,
	 	 	 	 	 	Executive Vice President and Chief	 	 
	

	 	Chief Legal Counsel
	 	 	 	 	 	Financial Officer	 	 
	

	 	and Secretary	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	EQUITY OFFICE PROPERTIES TRUST,	 	 
	 	 	 	 	as Guarantor	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	By:	 	/s/ Marsha C. Williams
	 	 	 	 	 	 	

	 	 	 	 	 	 	Marsha C. Williams
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Executive Vice President and Chief
	 	 	 	 	 	 	Financial Officer







TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION



This is one of the Notes of the series designated herein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.




	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated: October 7, 2004	 	U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
	 
	 	 	 	 
	

	 	By:	 	/s/ Lori-Anne Rosenberg
	

	 	 	 	

	

	 	 	 	Authorized Officer







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[REVERSE OF NOTE]




EOP OPERATING LIMITED PARTNERSHIP




FLOATING RATE NOTE DUE OCTOBER 1, 2010




     This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of senior debt securities of
the Issuer (hereinafter called the “Debt Securities”) of the series herein
specified, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture, dated
as of August 29, 2000, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture,
dated as of June 18, 2001 (as supplemented, the “Indenture”), duly executed and
delivered by the Issuer and Equity Office to U.S. Bank National Association,
formerly known as U.S. Bank Trust National Association, as Trustee (herein
called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the
Indenture with respect to the series of Debt Securities of which this Note is a
part), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is
hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights,
obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Issuer,
Equity Office and the Holders of the Notes, and of the terms upon which the
Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The Debt Securities may
be issued in one or more series, which different series may be issued in
various aggregate principal amounts, may mature at different times, may bear
interest (if any) at different rates, may be subject to different redemption
provisions (if any), and may otherwise vary as provided in the Indenture. This
Note is one of the outstanding Debt Securities of a series designated as the
“Floating Rate Notes due October 1, 2010” of the Issuer (the “Notes”), limited
initially in aggregate principal amount to U.S. $200,000,000, subject to the
provisions in the Indenture, and is a Guaranteed Security within the meaning
of, and subject to the provisions applicable to Equity Office as Guarantor
thereof contained in, the Indenture.



     This Note will bear interest for each Interest Reset Period at a rate
equal to three-month LIBOR, as determined on the related Interest Determination
Date (as defined below), plus 0.60%, as calculated by U.S. Bank National
Association (or such other person as the Issuer may appoint from time to time),
acting as Calculation Agent. The “Interest Determination Date” for an Interest
Reset Period will be the second London Banking Day preceding such Interest
Reset Period. Promptly upon determination, the Calculation Agent will inform
the Trustee and the Issuer of the interest rate for the next Interest Reset
Period. Absent manifest error, the determination of the interest rate by the
Calculation Agent shall be binding and conclusive on the Holders of Notes, the
Trustee, the Issuer and Equity Office.



     “LIBOR” for an Interest Reset Period means:



     (a) the rate for deposits in U.S. dollars having an index maturity of
three months, commencing on the Interest Reset Date that commences such
Interest Reset Period, as such rate appears on telerate page 3750, or any
successor page, on Moneyline Telerate Inc., or any successor service, at
approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the applicable Interest Determination
Date; and



     (b) if no such rate so appears, then the Calculation Agent (after
consultation with the Issuer) will select four major reference banks in the
London interbank market and shall request each of such banks to provide a
quotation at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the



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applicable Interest Determination Date, of the rate at which three-month
deposits in U.S. dollars are offered by it to prime banks in the London
interbank market, commencing on such Interest Reset Date, in a principal amount
that is representative of a single transaction in U.S. dollars in that market
at that time. If at least two quotations are so provided, LIBOR will be the
arithmetic mean of the quotations provided. If fewer than two quotations are
so provided, the Calculation Agent (after consultation with the Issuer) will
select three major banks in New York City and shall request each of them to
provide a quotation of the rate offered by them at approximately 11:00 a.m.,
New York City time, on such Interest Reset Date for loans in U.S. dollars to
leading European banks for a period of three months, commencing on such
Interest Reset Date, in a principal amount that is representative of a single
transaction in U.S. dollars in that market at that time, and LIBOR will be the
arithmetic mean of the three quotations so provided. If the banks so selected
by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as set forth above, LIBOR for such
Interest Reset Date will remain LIBOR for the immediately preceding Interest
Reset Period.




     Accrued interest on this Note will be calculated by multiplying the
principal amount of this Note by an accrued interest factor. The accrued
interest factor will be computed by adding the interest factors calculated for
each day in the applicable Interest Reset Period. The interest factor for each
day is computed by dividing the interest rate applicable to that day by 360.
The interest rate in effect on any Interest Reset Date will be the applicable
rate as reset on that date. The interest rate applicable to any other day is
the interest rate from the immediately preceding Interest Reset Date. All
percentages used in or resulting from any calculation of the rate of interest
on this Note will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one
hundred-thousandth of a percentage point (with .000005% rounded up to .00001%),
and all U.S. dollar amounts used in or resulting from these calculations will
be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent rounded upward).



     In case an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall have occurred
and be continuing, the principal hereof may be declared, and upon such
declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect, and
subject to the conditions provided in the Indenture.



     The Issuer may not redeem the Notes prior to the Stated Maturity Date.



     The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Issuer, Equity Office and
the Trustee, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the
aggregate principal amount of the Debt Securities at the time Outstanding of
all series to be affected (voting as one class), evidenced as provided in the
Indenture, to execute supplemental indentures adding any provisions to or
changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of the Indenture or
of any supplemental indenture or modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of the Debt Securities of each series; provided, however, that no such
supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Debt
Security at the time Outstanding so affected, (i) change the final maturity of
any Debt Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or any premium or
Make-Whole Amount thereon, if any, or reduce the rate or extend the time of
payment of any interest thereon, or impair or affect the rights of any Holder
to institute suit for the payment on any Debt Security, or (ii) reduce the
percentage in principal amount of Outstanding Debt Securities the Holders of
which are required to consent to any such supplemental indenture, or (iii)
reduce the percentage in principal amount of Outstanding Debt Securities the
Holders of



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which are required to consent to any waiver of compliance with certain
provisions of the Indenture or any waiver of certain defaults thereunder, or
(iv) modify Equity Office’s Guarantee, if any, of the Debt Securities. It is
also provided in the Indenture that, with respect to certain defaults or Events
of Default regarding the Debt Securities of any series, the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of
such series (or, in the case of certain defaults or Events of Default, all
series of Outstanding Debt Securities) may on behalf of the Holders of all the
Debt Securities of such series (or all of the Debt Securities, as the case may
be) waive any such past default or Event of Default and its consequences, prior
to any declaration accelerating the maturity of such Debt Securities, or,
subject to certain conditions, may rescind a declaration of acceleration and
its consequences with respect to such Debt Securities. The preceding sentence
shall not, however, apply to a default in or Event of Default relating to the
payment of the principal of or premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, or
interest on, any of the Debt Securities or in respect of a covenant or
provision contained in the Indenture that cannot be modified or amended without
the consent of the Holders of each Debt Security at the time Outstanding
affected thereby. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note
(unless revoked as provided in the Indenture) shall be conclusive and binding
upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of this Note and any
Notes that may be issued in exchange or substitution herefor, irrespective of
whether or not any notation thereof is made upon this Note or such other Notes.




     No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of
the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Issuer, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, and interest on, this Note
in the manner, at the respective times, at the rate and in the coin or currency
herein prescribed or alter or impair the obligations of Equity Office in
respect of its unconditional guarantee of the aforementioned payments.



     This Note is issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of U.S. $1,000 and integral multiples thereof. Notes may be
exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of other authorized
denominations at the office or agency of the Issuer in New York, New York in
the manner and subject to the limitations provided herein and in the Indenture,
but without the payment of any service charge except for any tax or other
governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.



     Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of this Note at the
office or agency of the Issuer in New York, New York, one or more new Notes of
authorized denominations in an equal aggregate principal amount will be issued
to the transferee in exchange therefor, subject to the limitations provided
herein and in the Indenture, but without the payment of any service charge
except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection
therewith.



     This Note is not subject to a sinking fund requirement or to repayment at
the option of the Holder hereof.



     No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained
in the Indenture or any Note, or because of any indebtedness evidenced hereby
or thereby (including, without limitation, any obligation or indebtedness
relating to the principal of, or interest or any other amounts due, or claimed
to be due on, this Note), or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in
respect thereof, shall be had (i) against any partner other than Equity Office,
as



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Guarantor, or any Person which owns an interest, directly or indirectly, in any
partner, in the Issuer, or (ii) against any promoter, as such, or against any
past, present or future shareholder, officer, trustee or partner, as such, of
the Issuer or Equity Office or any successor, either directly or through the
Issuer or Equity Office or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or
constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any
legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly
waived and released by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration
for the issue hereof.




     Prior to due presentation of this Note for registration of transfer, the
Issuer, Equity Office, the Trustee, and any authorized agent of the Issuer,
Equity Office or the Trustee may deem and treat the Person in whose name this
Note is registered as the absolute owner of the Note (whether or not this Note
shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing
hereon) for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the
principal hereof and subject to the provisions herein and on the face hereof,
interest hereon, and for all other purposes, and none of the Issuer, Equity
Office or the Trustee nor any authorized agent of the Issuer, Equity Office or
the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary, except as required
by law.



     The Indenture, this Note and the Guarantee shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York, United States of
America without regard to the principles of conflicts of laws.



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ASSIGNMENT FORM AND CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER




     To assign this Note fill in the form below:



     (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to



	 	 	 
	

(Insert assignee’s social security or tax identification number, if any)



















	 	 	 
	

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)







	 	 	 
	Your signature:
	

	 	

	

	 	(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)
	 
	 	 
	Date: 


	 
	 	 
	Signature Guarantee:*
















	*	 	Signature must be guaranteed by a commercial bank, trust company or member
firm of a major stock exchange.






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