---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001656423-21-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BXP"
cik: "0001037540"
company_name: "BXP, Inc."
filed_at: "2021-12-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-27T23:33:14.685660+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Boston Properties appoints Mary E. Kipp to board after Karen Dykstra resignation

## Summary
- Karen Dykstra resigned as director effective Dec. 20, 2021, due to other business interests; no disagreement with company.
- Mary E. Kipp appointed to fill vacancy; will serve on Audit and Sustainability Committees.
- Kipp is President and CEO of Puget Energy and Puget Sound Energy; prior CEO of El Paso Electric.
- Kipp receives prorated restricted stock grant valued at $62,500 vesting at 2022 annual meeting.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001656423-21-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BXP
- cik: 0001037540
- company_name: BXP, Inc.
- filed_at: 2021-12-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037540/000165642321000036/0001656423-21-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037540/000165642321000036/bxp-20211216.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001656423-21-000036
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001656423-21-000036.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001656423-21-000036.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Mary E. Kipp was appointed as director at BXP, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: director
  source text: On December 20, 2021, the Board appointed Mary E. Kipp as a director of the Company to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Ms. Dykstra.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037540/000165642321000036/0001656423-21-000036-index.htm
- Executive change
  Karen E. Dykstra resigned as director at BXP, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: director
  source text: On December 16, 2021, Karen E. Dykstra resigned as a director of Boston Properties, Inc. (the “Company”), the sole general partner of Boston Properties Limited Partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), effective as of 5:00 p.m. on December 20, 2021, to devote more time to her other business interests.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1037540/000165642321000036/0001656423-21-000036-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.