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): December 4, 2009 (December 4, 2009)

 

HRPT PROPERTIES TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Maryland

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

 

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:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 

Item 8.01.     Other Events.

 

On December 4, 2009, HRPT Properties Trust, or the Company, issued a press release announcing that it has closed a new mortgage financing for $175 million.  The Company intends to use the proceeds of this financing to reduce amounts outstanding under its revolving credit facility.

 

A copy of the Company’s press release is filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01.     Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)          Exhibits

 

The Company hereby files the following exhibit:

 

99.1         Press release dated December 4, 2009.

 

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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
Dated: December 4, 2009

 

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