BOSTON PROPERTIES INC
FIRST AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (PETER D. JOHNSTON)
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>EXHIBIT 10.6 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>FIRST AMENDMENT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>TO </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%;padding-bottom:3px;line-Height:95%; vertical-align:top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman"
SIZE="2">First Amendment (&#147;<U>Amendment</U>&#148;) made as of the 1<FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP>st</SUP></FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"> day of November, 2007 to the Employment Agreement (&#147;<U>Employment
Agreement</U>&#148;) dated as of August&nbsp;25, 2005, by and between Boston Properties, Inc., a Delaware corporation with its principal executive office in Boston, Massachusetts (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), and Peter D. Johnston
(&#147;<U>Employee</U>&#148;). </FONT></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Employment Agreement to comply with the requirement
of Section&nbsp;409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire that this Amendment be
deemed a modification and an amendment to the Employment Agreement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained
herein, the Company and Employee agree as follows: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1. Subparagraph 8(e) of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
subsubparagraph (ii)&nbsp;thereof in its entirety and substituting therefor the following: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;(ii) Employee may
terminate his employment hereunder for Good Reason. &#147;<U>Good Reason</U>&#148; shall mean: (A)&nbsp;a substantial adverse change, not consented to by Employee, in the nature or scope of Employee&#146;s responsibilities, authorities, powers,
functions, or duties under this Agreement; (B)&nbsp;a breach by the Company of any of its material obligations hereunder; or (C)&nbsp;a material change in the geographic location at which Employee must perform his services. To constitute Good Reason
termination, Employee must (1)&nbsp;provide written notice to the Company within ninety (90)&nbsp;days of the initial existence of the event constituting Good Reason, (2)&nbsp;may not terminate his employment pursuant to this subparagraph unless the
Company fails to remedy the event constituting Good Reason within thirty (30)&nbsp;days after such notice has been deemed given pursuant to this Agreement, and (3)&nbsp;Employee must terminate employment with the Company no later than thirty
(30)&nbsp;days after the end of the thirty-day period in which the Company fails to remedy the event constituting Good Reason.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2.
Subparagraph 8(e)(iii) of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended by adding the clause &#147;(the &#147;Release&#148;) no later than twenty-one (21)&nbsp;days after the Date of Termination,&#148; after the word &#147;Company&#148; in the second
sentence thereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3. Subparagraph 8(e)(iii) of the Employment Agreement is further amended by deleting the last sentence of clause
(A)&nbsp;thereof and substituting therefor the following: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;The Severance Amount shall be paid in equal installments in accordance with the
Company&#146;s then payroll practice over a twelve (12)&nbsp;month period beginning with the first payroll date after the execution of the Release and the lapse of the seven-day revocation period provided in the Release. Solely for purposes of
Section&nbsp;409A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &#147;<U>Code</U>&#148;), each installment payment is considered a separate payment;&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4. Subparagraph 8(e)(iii) of the Employment Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following clause (E)&nbsp;at the end of clause (D): </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;(E) Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if at the time of Employee&#146;s separation from service, Employee
is considered a &#145;specified employee&#146; within the meaning of Section&nbsp;409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, and if any payment that Employee becomes entitled to under this Agreement would be considered deferred compensation subject to interest
and additional tax imposed pursuant to Section&nbsp;409A(a) of the Code as a result of the application of Section&nbsp;409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, then no such payment shall be payable prior to the date that is the earlier of (1)&nbsp;six months
and one day after Employee&#146;s separation from service, or (2)&nbsp;Employee&#146;s death, and the initial payment shall include a catch-up payment covering amounts that would otherwise have been paid during the six-month period but for the
application of this provision.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">5. All other provisions of the Employment Agreement shall remain in full force and effect according
to their respective terms, and nothing contained herein shall be deemed a waiver of any right or abrogation of any obligation otherwise existing under the Employment Agreement except to the extent specifically provided for herein. </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been executed as a sealed instrument by the Company and by Employee as of the date first above written.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:54%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">BOSTON PROPERTIES, INC. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:54%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;<U>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Douglas T. Linde&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:54%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Name: Douglas T. Linde </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:54%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Title: President </FONT></P> <P
STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:54%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>/s/&nbsp;&nbsp;Peter D.
Johnston&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:54%; text-indent:-2%"><FONT
FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2">PETER D. JOHNSTON </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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