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Stockholders' Equity / Partners' Capital | 3 Months Ended
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Stockholders' Equity / Partners' Capital | 11. Stockholders’ Equity / Partners’ Capital Boston Properties, Inc. As of March 31, 2021, Boston Properties, Inc. had 156,074,200 shares of Common Stock outstanding. As of March 31, 2021, Boston Properties, Inc. owned 1,736,531 general partnership units and 154,337,669 limited partnership units in Boston Properties Limited Partnership. On May 22, 2020, Boston Properties, Inc. renewed its “at the market” (“ATM”) stock offering program through which it may sell from time to time up to an aggregate of $600.0 million of its Common Stock through sales agents over a three-year period. Under the ATM stock offering program, Boston Properties, Inc. may also engage in forward sale transactions with affiliates of certain sales agents for the sale of its Common Stock on a forward basis. This program replaced Boston Properties, Inc.’s prior $600.0 million ATM stock offering program that was scheduled to expire on June 2, 2020. Boston Properties, Inc. intends to use the net proceeds from any offering for general business purposes, which may include investment opportunities and debt reduction. No shares of Common Stock have been issued under this ATM stock offering program. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, Boston Properties, Inc. issued 206,377 shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of options to purchase Common Stock. During the three months ended March 31, 2021, Boston Properties, Inc. issued 118,290 shares of Common Stock in connection with the redemption of an equal number of redeemable OP Units from limited partners. The following table presents Boston Properties, Inc.’s dividends per share and Boston Properties Limited Partnership’s distributions per OP Unit and LTIP Unit paid or declared in 2021 and during the three months ended March 31, 2020:
Record Date |  | Payment Date |  | Dividend (Per Share) |  | Distribution (Per Unit)
March 31, 2021 |  | April 30, 2021 |  | $0.98 |  |  | $0.98 |
December 31, 2020 |  | January 28, 2021 |  | $0.98 |  |  | $0.98 |
March 31, 2020 |  | April 30, 2020 |  | $0.98 |  |  | $0.98 |
December 31, 2019 |  | January 30, 2020 |  | $0.98 |  |  | $0.98 |
Preferred Stock On March 2, 2021, Boston Properties, Inc. issued a redemption notice for 80,000 shares of its Series B Preferred Stock, which constituted all of the outstanding Series B Preferred Stock, and the corresponding Depositary Shares, each representing 1/100th of a share of Series B Preferred Stock, and recorded it as a liability. The redemption price per share of Series B Preferred Stock was equal to $2,500 plus all accrued and unpaid dividend to, but not including, the redemption date, totaling $2,516.41 per share. On March 31, 2021, the Company transferred the full redemption price for all outstanding shares of Series B Preferred Stock of approximately $201.3 million including approximately $1.3 million of accrued and unpaid dividends to, but not including, the redemption date, to the redemption agent and recorded that amount within Cash held in escrows on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Upon redemption of the Series B Preferred Stock, all outstanding shares of the Series B Preferred Units, which had terms and preferences generally mirroring those of the Series B Preferred Stock, were redeemed by Boston Properties Limited Partnership. The excess of the redemption price over the carrying value of the Series B Preferred Stock and Series B Preferred Units of approximately $6.4 million relates to the original issuance costs and will be reflected as a reduction to Net Income Attributable to Boston Properties, Inc. common shareholders and Net Income Attributable to Boston Properties Limited Partnership common unitholders on the Consolidated Income Statement (See Note 15). The following table presents Boston Properties, Inc.’s dividends per share on its outstanding Series B Preferred Stock paid or declared during 2021 and during the three months ended March 31, 2020:
Record Date |  | Payment Date |  | Dividend (Per Share)
February 5, 2021 |  | February 16, 2021 |  | $32.8125 |
May 1, 2020 |  | May 15, 2020 |  | $32.8125 |
February 4, 2020 |  | February 18, 2020 |  | $32.8125 |

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