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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-010462"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "FSP"
cik: "0001031316"
company_name: "FRANKLIN STREET PROPERTIES CORP /MA/"
filed_at: "2023-02-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-20T00:47:52.414066+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Franklin Street Properties amends bylaws to adopt virtual meeting provisions and update advance notice rules

## Summary
- Board amended and restated bylaws effective Feb 2, 2023, authorizing virtual stockholder meetings via remote communication.
- Advance notice requirements for director nominations updated to comply with universal proxy rules (Rule 14a-19).
- Chairman may adjourn meeting to later date/time/place as announced at meeting or by press release/SEC filing.
- Other amendments clarify language, conform to Maryland law, and make technical corrections.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-010462
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: FSP
- cik: 0001031316
- company_name: FRANKLIN STREET PROPERTIES CORP /MA/
- filed_at: 2023-02-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1031316/000110465923010462/0001104659-23-010462-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1031316/000110465923010462/tm235452d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Governance Changes
  FRANKLIN STREET PROPERTIES CORP /MA/: Amended and restated Bylaws to address virtual stockholder meetings, adjournment authority, and advance notice requirements for director nominations and stockholder proposals, including compliance with universal proxy rules (effective 2023-02-02).
  - Change: bylaw amendment
  - Effective: 2023-02-02
  source text: On and effective February 2, 2023, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Franklin Street Properties Corp., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), amended and restated the Company’s Bylaws (as amended and restated, the “Amended Bylaws”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1031316/000110465923010462/0001104659-23-010462-index.htm

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