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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 27, 2020

 

Office Properties Income Trust

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Maryland

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

001-34364   26-4273474
(Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer Identification No.)
     

Two Newton Place,

255 Washington Street, Suite 300

Newton, Massachusetts

  02458-1634
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

617-219-1440

(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:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:  

 

Title Of Each Class Trading Symbol(s) Name Of Each Exchange On
Which Registered
Common Shares of Beneficial Interest OPI The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
5.875% Senior Notes due 2046 OPINI The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

 

Emerging growth company    ¨

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ¨

 

 

 

 

 

 

In this Current Report on Form 8-K, the terms “we,” “us,” “our” and “the Company” refer to Office Properties Income Trust.

 

Item 5.02.    Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

Share Award Plan

 

As described in Item 5.07 below, at the Company’s annual meeting of shareholders held on May 27, 2020 (the “Annual Meeting”), the Company’s shareholders approved the Amended and Restated Office Properties Income Trust 2009 Incentive Share Award Plan (the “Share Award Plan”), which amended and restated the predecessor Office Properties Income Trust 2009 Incentive Share Award Plan to increase by 1,000,000 the total number of common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 par value (“Common Shares”), available for grant under the plan and extended the term of the plan until May 27, 2030, the tenth anniversary of our Annual Meeting.

 

A copy of the Share Award Plan was included as Annex A to the Company’s proxy statement for the Annual Meeting, which proxy statement was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), on April 13, 2020 (the “2020 Proxy Statement”), and is available at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The terms and conditions of the Share Award Plan and information pertaining to certain participants in the Share Award Plan are described in detail in the 2020 Proxy Statement. The foregoing description of the Share Award Plan is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Share Award Plan. A copy of the Share Award Plan is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Officer Election

 

Also on May 27, 2020, the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) promoted Christopher J. Bilotto, the Company’s Vice President, to the offices of Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Bilotto does not have any family relationships with any of the Company’s Trustees or executive officers, is not a party to any transactions of the type listed in Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K, and was not appointed pursuant to any arrangement or understanding with any other person. Mr. Bilotto’s biography is contained in the 2020 Proxy Statement and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.03.    Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

 

As discussed below in Item 5.07, at the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders voted to approve an amendment to the Company’s Declaration of Trust to provide for the annual election of all Trustees beginning with the 2023 annual meeting of shareholders. Beginning with the 2021 annual meeting of shareholders, the Trustees whose terms expire at an annual meeting (or such Trustees’ successors) will stand for election at the meeting for one-year terms and all Trustees (or such Trustees’ successors) will stand for election at the 2023 annual meeting of shareholders, and thereafter, for one-year terms. In accordance with Maryland law, in order to give proper effect to this amendment, on May 27, 2020, the Company filed Articles of Amendment with the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland. Upon the filing of the Articles of Amendment, the amendment became effective. The foregoing description of the amendment is not complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the Articles of Amendment, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.07.    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

At the Annual Meeting, the Company’s shareholders voted on the election of Donna D. Fraiche as an Independent Trustee in Class II of the Board for a three year term of office continuing until the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of shareholders and until her successor is duly elected and qualifies. Ms. Fraiche received the following votes:

 

For   Withhold   Broker Non-Votes
27,580,059   7,157,063   8,561,858

 

 

 

The Company’s shareholders also voted on the election of Jeffrey P. Somers as an Independent Trustee in Class II of the Board for a three year term of office continuing until the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualifies. Mr. Somers received the following votes:

 

For   Withhold   Broker Non-Votes
23,540,612   11,196,510   8,561,858

 

The Company’s shareholders also voted on the election of David M. Blackman as a Managing Trustee in Class II of the Board for a three year term of office continuing until the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualifies. Mr. Blackman received the following votes:

 

For   Withhold   Broker Non-Votes
33,684,799   1,052,323   8,561,858

 

The Company’s shareholders also voted on the approval of an amendment to the Company’s Declaration of Trust to provide for the annual election of all Trustees beginning with the Company’s 2023 annual meeting of shareholders. This proposal received the following votes:

 

For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
34,378,040   192,427   166,655   8,561,858

 

The Company’s shareholders also voted on a non-binding advisory resolution on the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K in the 2020 Proxy Statement. This proposal received the following votes:

 

For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
32,046,696   2,116,492   573,934   8,561,858

 

The Company’s shareholders also voted on the approval of the Share Award Plan. This proposal received the following votes:

 

For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
33,099,100   1,096,620   541,402   8,561,858

 

The Company’s shareholders also ratified the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company’s independent auditors to serve for the 2020 fiscal year. This proposal received the following votes:

 

For   Against   Abstain   Broker Non-Votes
42,426,803   715,836   156,341   N/A

 

The results reported above are final voting results.

 

Item 8.01.    Other Events.

 

Board Committees

 

Also on May 27, 2020, Barbara D. Gilmore stepped down as a member of the Audit Committee, and the Board appointed Ms. Gilmore to serve on the Nominating and Governance Committee.

 

Trustee Compensation

 

Also on May 27, 2020, the Company updated its Trustee compensation arrangements. A summary of the Company’s currently effective Trustee compensation arrangements is filed as Exhibit 10.2 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Consistent with the Company’s Trustee compensation arrangements, on May 27, 2020, the Company awarded each of the Company’s Trustees 3,500 Common Shares, valued at $26.61 per share, the closing price of the Common Shares on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC on that date.

 

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Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)           Exhibits.

 

3.1 Articles of Amendment to the Declaration of Trust of Office Properties Income Trust, dated May 27, 2020

 

10.1 Amended and Restated Office Properties Income Trust 2009 Incentive Share Award Plan

 

10.2 Summary of Trustee Compensation
     
  104 Cover Page lnteractive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

 

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SIGNATURE

 

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.

 

  OFFICE PROPERTIES INCOME TRUST
     
     
  By: /s/ Matthew C. Brown
  Name: Matthew C. Brown
  Title: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
     
     
Date:  May 28, 2020    

 

 

Exhibit 3.1

 

OFFICE PROPERTIES INCOME TRUST

 

ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT

 

Office Properties Income Trust, a Maryland real estate investment (the “Trust”), hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland (the “SDAT”) that:

 

FIRST: The Articles of Amendment and Restatement of the Trust, as amended (the “Declaration of Trust”), is hereby amended by repealing Section 5.2.2 of Article V in its entirety and in lieu thereof replacing it with the following new Section 5.2.2:

 

The Trustees are and shall remain divided into three classes until the Trust’s annual meeting of shareholders of the Trust held in calendar year 2023 (the “2023 Annual Meeting”). The terms of the Trustees shall be determined as follows: (i) at the annual meeting of shareholders of the Trust that is held in calendar year 2020 (the “2020 Annual Meeting”), the Trustees whose terms expire at the 2020 Annual Meeting (or such Trustees’ successor) shall be elected to hold office for a three-year term expiring at the 2023 Annual Meeting; (ii) at the annual meeting of shareholders of the Trust that is held in calendar year 2021 (the “2021 Annual Meeting”), the Trustees whose terms expire at the 2021 Annual Meeting (or such Trustees’ successors) shall be elected to hold office for one-year terms expiring at the annual meeting of shareholders of the Trust that is held in calendar year 2022 (the “2022 Annual Meeting”); (iii) at the 2022 Annual Meeting, the Trustees whose terms expire at the 2022 Annual Meeting (or such Trustees’ successors) shall be elected to hold office for one-year terms expiring at the 2023 Annual Meeting; and (iv) at the 2023 Annual Meeting, and at each annual meeting of shareholders of the Trust thereafter, all Trustees shall be elected to hold office for one-year terms expiring at the next annual meeting of shareholders following his or her election.  For the avoidance of doubt, each Trustee elected or appointed to the Board of Trustees to serve a term that commenced before the 2021 Annual Meeting (an “Existing Trustee”), and each Trustee elected or appointed to the Board of Trustees to fill a vacancy resulting from the death, resignation or removal of an Existing Trustee, shall serve for the full term to which the Existing Trustee was elected or appointed.

 

SECOND: The foregoing amendment to the Declaration of Trust was advised by the Board of Trustees of the Trust and approved by the shareholders of the Trust as required by law.

 

THIRD: The undersigned officer acknowledges these Articles of Amendment to be the official act of the Trust and, as to all matters or facts required to be verified under oath, the undersigned officer acknowledges that, to the best of the officer’s knowledge, information and belief, these matters and facts are true in all material respects and that this statement is made under the penalties of perjury.

 

[Signature Page Follows]

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has caused these Articles of Amendment to be executed in its name and on its behalf by its President, and attested to by its Secretary, on this 27th day of May, 2020.

 

 

ATTEST OFFICE PROPERTIES INCOME TRUST
   
   

/s/ Jennifer B. Clark

  By:

/s/ David M. Blackman

(SEAL)
Jennifer B. Clark   David M. Blackman
Secretary   President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

OFFICE PROPERTIES INCOME TRUST

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED 2009 INCENTIVE SHARE AWARD PLAN

 

EFFECTIVE MAY 27, 2020

 

Office Properties Income Trust (the "Company") hereby adopts the Amended and Restated Office Properties Income Trust 2009 Incentive Share Award Plan (the "Plan"), effective as of May 27, 2020.

 

I. PURPOSE

 

The Plan is intended to advance the interests of the Company and its subsidiaries by providing a means of rewarding selected officers, employees and Trustees of the Company, employees of its manager and others rendering valuable services to the Company or its subsidiaries, through grants of the Company's Shares.

 

II. DEFINITIONS

 

Terms that are capitalized in the text of the Plan have the meanings set forth below:

 

(a)                 "Board" means the Board of Trustees of the Company.

 

(b)                "Company" means Office Properties Income Trust, a Maryland real estate investment trust.

 

(c)                 "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

(d)                "Key Person" means an employee, consultant, manager, Trustee, officer or other person providing services to the Company, to a subsidiary of the Company or to the Manager on behalf of the Company.

 

(e)                 "Manager" means the person or entity serving as manager to the Company.

 

(f)                  "Participant" means a person to whom Shares have been granted, or any other person who becomes owner of the Shares by reason of such person's death or incapacity.

 

(g)                "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

(h)                "Share Agreement" means an agreement between the Company and a Participant regarding Shares issued to the Participant pursuant to the Plan.

 

(i)                  "Shares" means the Company's common shares of beneficial interest, par value $.01 per share.

 

(j)                  "Trustee" means a member of the Board.

 

III. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

 

Subject to the provisions of Section VII, the total number of Shares which may be granted under the Plan is 1,500,000 Shares. A holder of Shares granted under the Plan, whether or not vested, shall have all of the rights of a shareholder of the Company, including the right to vote the Shares and the right to receive any distributions, unless the Board shall otherwise determine. Certificates representing Shares and statements representing Shares issued in book-entry form may be imprinted with a legend to the effect that the Shares represented may not be sold, exchanged, transferred, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of except in accordance with the terms of the Securities Act and the applicable Share Agreement, if any. Shares subject to awards under the Plan which are forfeited, cancelled, repurchased or surrendered (including in satisfaction of tax obligations) shall again be available for grant under the Plan.

 

 

 

IV. METHOD OF GRANTING SHARES

 

Grants of Shares to any person shall be made by action of the Board, and shall be made solely in accordance with the instructions of the Board as to the selection of persons to whom Shares are to be granted, the amount and timing of each such grant, and the extent, if any, to which vesting restrictions or other conditions shall apply to the granted Shares. If a person to whom such a grant of Shares has been made fails to execute and deliver to the Company a Share Agreement within ten (10) days after it is submitted to him or her, the grant of Shares related to such Share Agreement may be cancelled by the Company, acting by the Board, at its option without further notice to the Participant. Nothing in this Section IV shall prevent the Board from delegating its authority to make grants to a committee pursuant to Section V.

 

V. ADMINISTRATION OF THE PLAN

 

The Plan shall be administered by the Board or, in the discretion of the Board, a committee designated by the Board and composed of at least two (2) members of the Board. All references in the Plan to the Board shall be understood to refer to such committee or the Board, whoever shall administer the Plan. As of the effective date of the Plan, the Board has delegated its authority to administer the Plan to the Compensation Committee of the Company pursuant to the written charter for such committee; however, the Board may revoke or rescind this delegation of authority in whole or in part at any time. All questions of interpretation and application of the Plan and of grants of Shares shall be determined by the Board or its designated committee in its sole discretion, and its determination shall be final and binding upon all persons, including the Company and all Participants. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Board or the designated committee is authorized to adopt and approve from time to time the forms and, subject to the terms of the Plan, the terms and conditions of any Share Agreement. If it determines to do so, the Board or its designated committee may grant Shares under this Plan which are not subject to a Share Agreement.

 

For so long as Section 16 of the Exchange Act is applicable to the Company, each member of any committee designated to administer the Plan shall be a "non-employee director" or the equivalent within the meaning of Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act and shall meet such other requirements as the Board may determine to be necessary or appropriate.

 

With respect to persons subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, grants under the Plan are intended to be exempt from the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 16b-3 or its successor under the Exchange Act.

 

VI. ELIGIBLE PERSONS

 

The persons eligible to receive grants of Shares shall be those persons selected by the Board or designated committee from among Key Persons who contribute to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries.

 

VII. CHANGES IN CAPITAL STRUCTURE

 

In the event that the outstanding Shares are hereafter changed for a different number or kind of Shares or other securities of the Company, or are otherwise affected by reason of a merger, sale of assets, reorganization, recapitalization, exchange of shares, stock split, combination of shares or dividend payable in shares or other securities or any similar corporate transaction, a corresponding adjustment shall be made in the number and kind of Shares or other securities covered by outstanding grants of Shares, and for which Shares may be granted under the Plan.

 

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VIII. DURATION, AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF PLAN

 

Shares may be granted under the Plan from time to time until the close of business on May 27, 2030. Subject to any shareholder approval that may be required under applicable law or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Shares are listed, the Board hereafter may at any time amend or extend the Plan, including amendments to change the number of shares subject to the Plan. The Plan may be terminated at any time by action of the Board without, however, affecting the rights of a Participant or the Company as to Shares granted prior to such termination.

 

IX. MISCELLANEOUS

 

A.                  Nonassignability of Shares. Shares subject to a Share Agreement shall not be assignable or transferable by a Participant except in accordance with the terms of the applicable Share Agreement.

 

B.                  No Guarantee of Employment. Neither the award of Shares nor a Share Agreement shall give any person the right to continue in the employment of, or to continue to act as an officer or Trustee of, or to serve in any other capacity with, the Company, any subsidiary or the Manager, or give the Company, any subsidiary or the Manager the right to require such person to continue in any such capacity.

 

C.                  Tax Withholding; Section 409A. To the extent required by law, the Company shall withhold or cause to be withheld income and other taxes incurred by a Participant by reason of a grant of Shares, and as a condition to the receipt of any grant of Shares, a Participant agrees that if the amount payable to him by the Company in the ordinary course is insufficient to pay such taxes, he shall, upon request of the Company pay the Company an amount sufficient to satisfy its tax withholding obligations.

 

Without limiting the foregoing, the Compensation Committee may in its discretion permit any Participant’s withholding obligation to be paid in whole or in part in the form of Shares, by withholding from the Shares to be issued to such Participant or by accepting delivery of Shares already owned by him.  The fair market value of the Shares for this purpose shall be the closing price of the Shares on the principal securities exchange on which the Shares are listed on the date such Shares are repurchased by the Company, unless otherwise determined by the Board in its discretion.

 

If payment of withholding taxes is made in whole or in part in Shares, the Participant shall deliver to the Company share certificates registered in his name or other evidence of legal and beneficial ownership of Shares owned by him, fully vested and free of all liens, claims and encumbrances of every kind, duly endorsed or accompanied by stock powers duly endorsed by the record holder of the Shares represented by such share certificates. The Compensation Committee may approve comparable procedures to those set forth in the preceding sentence in the event of shares held in book-entry form. If the Participant is subject to Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, his ability to pay the withholding obligation in the form of Shares shall be subject to such additional restrictions as may be necessary to avoid any transaction that might give rise to liability under Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.

 

It is intended that awards granted under the Plan be exempt from the application of Section 409A of the Code, and the Plan and such awards shall be construed in accordance with that intention.

 

D.                  Compliance with Law. This Plan, the granting and vesting of Shares hereunder, and the other obligations of the Company under this Plan and any Share Agreement, shall be subject to all applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations, and to such approvals by any regulatory or governmental agency as may be required. The Company, in its reasonable discretion, may postpone the issuance or delivery of Shares until completion of any required action under any state or federal law, rule or regulation as the Company may consider appropriate in order to comply with the applicable laws, and may require any Participant to make such representations and furnish such information as it may consider appropriate in connection with the issuance or delivery of Shares in compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations. No provisions of this Plan shall be interpreted or construed to obligate the Company to register any Shares under federal or state law.

 

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E.                   Governing Law. The validity, construction and effect of this Plan, any rules and regulations relating to this Plan and any Share Agreement shall be determined in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland without giving effect to principles of conflict of laws.

 

F.                   Change in Control.  Each unvested Share under the Plan immediately prior to the occurrence of a “Change in Control” or a “Termination Event” shall become fully vested upon the occurrence of the Change in Control or Termination Event, as each term is defined below.

 

For purposes of the Plan, a “Change in Control” shall be deemed to have occurred if any of the events set forth in any one of the following paragraphs shall have occurred:

 

(a)    any Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 50% or more of either the then outstanding Shares or the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities, excluding any Person who becomes such a Beneficial Owner in connection with a transaction described in paragraph (c)(i) below;

 

(b)    the following individuals cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the number of Trustees then serving: individuals who, on May 27, 2020, constitute the Board and any new Trustee (other than a Trustee whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or threatened election contest, including but not limited to a consent solicitation, relating to the election of Trustees) whose appointment or election by the Board or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved or recommended by a vote of at least two-thirds (2/3) of the Trustees then in office who either were Trustees on May 27, 2020 or whose appointment, election or nomination for election was previously so approved or recommended;

 

(c)    there is consummated a merger or consolidation of the Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company with any other entity, other than (i) a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or any parent thereof) at least 50% of the combined voting power of the securities of the Company or such surviving entity or any parent thereof outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation, or (ii) a merger or consolidation effected to implement a recapitalization of the Company (or similar transaction) in which no Person is or becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company (not including in the securities Beneficially Owned by such Person any securities acquired directly from the Company or its Affiliates) representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities; or

 

(d)    the shareholders of the Company approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company or there is consummated an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets, other than a sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets to an entity, at least 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of the Company immediately prior to such sale.

 

In addition, for purposes of the Plan, a “Termination Event” shall occur if The RMR Group LLC (or any entity controlled by, under common control with or controlling The RMR Group LLC) ceases to be the manager or shared services provider to the Company.

 

For purposes of this Section IX(F), the following terms shall have the meaning set forth in this paragraph: “Affiliate” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 12b-2 promulgated under Section 12 of the Exchange Act; “Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act and “Person” shall have the meaning given in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act, as modified and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, except that such term shall not include (i) the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (ii) a trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company or any of its Affiliates, (iii) an underwriter temporarily holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities and (iv) a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the shareholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of shares of the Company.

 

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Exhibit 10.2

 

OFFICE PROPERTIES INCOME TRUST

 

Summary of Trustee Compensation

 

The following is a summary of the currently effective compensation of the Trustees of Office Properties Income Trust (the “Company”) for services as Trustees, which is subject to modification at any time by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) or the Compensation Committee of the Board, as applicable:

 

· Each Independent Trustee receives an annual fee of $75,000 for services as a Trustee. The annual fee for any new Independent Trustee is prorated for the initial year.

 

· Each Independent Trustee who serves as a committee chair of the Board’s Audit Committee, Compensation Committee or Nominating and Governance Committee receives an additional annual fee of $17,500, $12,500 and $12,500, respectively. The committee chair fee for any new committee chair is prorated for the initial year.

 

· The Lead Independent Trustee receives an additional annual cash retainer fee of $15,000 for serving in this role.

 

· Each Trustee receives a grant of 3,500 of the Company’s common shares of beneficial interest on the date of the first Board meeting following each annual meeting of shareholders (or, for Trustees who are first elected or appointed at other times, on the day of the first Board meeting attended).

 

· The Company generally reimburses all Trustees for travel expenses incurred in connection with their duties as Trustees and for out of pocket costs incurred in connection with their attending certain continuing education programs.