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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on December 16, 2002
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<P align="right"><FONT size="2">Registration No.&nbsp;333-<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>FORM S-8<BR>
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Equity Office Properties Trust</B><BR>
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Maryland</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>34-4151656</B><BR>
(I.R.S. employer identification no.)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Two North Riverside Plaza, Suite&nbsp;2100<BR>
Chicago, Illinois 60606</B><BR>
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>1997 Share Option and Share Award Plan, as amended</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>Stanley M. Stevens, Esq.<BR>
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Counsel and Secretary<BR>
Two North Riverside Plaza, Suite&nbsp;2100<BR>
Chicago, Illinois 60606</B><BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>(312)&nbsp;466-3300</B><BR>
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2">Copy to:
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>J. Warren Gorrell, Jr., Esq.<BR>
George P. Barsness, Esq.<BR>
Hogan &#038; Hartson L.L.P.<BR>
Columbia Square<BR>
555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20004<BR>
(202)&nbsp;637-5600</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:10px; text-indent:-10px"><FONT size="2">Common Shares of<br>
Beneficial Interest,<BR>
$.01 par value</FONT></DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">12,769,430</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">25.22</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">322,045,025</FONT></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">$</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="right"><FONT size="2">29,628</FONT></TD>
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      <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="96%"><FONT size="2">Estimated pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), as of December 12, 2002 solely for the purpose
of calculation the registration fee.</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 of Equity Office Properties
Trust (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) relates to the registration of 12,769,430
additional Common Shares of Beneficial Interest, $.01 par value per
share (the &#147;Common Shares&#148;), of the Registrant issuable upon the award
of share grants and the exercise of share options granted or to be
granted under the Registrant&#146;s 1997 Share Option and Share Award Plan,
as amended (the &#147;Plan&#148;). The maximum number of Common Shares issuable
under the Plan equals 6.8% of the outstanding Common Shares from
time-to-time, calculated on a fully-diluted basis, determined annually
on the first day of each calendar year, subject to adjustment upon the
occurrence of certain events (the &#147;Maximum Number&#148;). Based upon this
calculation as of January&nbsp;1, 2002, the current Maximum Number of Common
Shares issuable under the Plan is 32,030,650. The total number of
Common Shares currently registered upon issuance pursuant to the Plan is
19,261,220. This Registration Statement covers the remaining 12,769,430
Common Shares currently available to be issued under the Plan.
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART I</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in Part I will
be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule&nbsp;428(b)(1). In
accordance with the instructions to Part I of Form&nbsp;S-8, such documents
will not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
&#147;Commission&#148;) either as part of this Registration Statement or as
prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424.
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>PART II</B>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this
Registration Statement the following documents filed by it with the
Commission:
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        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(a)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">The Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form&nbsp;10-K for the
year ended December&nbsp;31, 2001, filed on April&nbsp;1, 2002;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(b)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">The Registrant&#146;s Forms 8-K, filed on November&nbsp;21, 2002, July&nbsp;30, 2002,
July&nbsp;29, 2002, June&nbsp;27, 2002, April&nbsp;23, 2002, February&nbsp;15,
2002 and February&nbsp;12, 2002;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(c)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">The Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended
March&nbsp;31, 2002, filed on May&nbsp;15, 2002;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(d)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">The Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended
June&nbsp;30, 2002, filed on August&nbsp;14, 2002;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(e)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">The Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarter ended
September&nbsp;30, 2002, filed on November&nbsp;14, 2002;</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(f)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">The description of the Common Shares contained in the
Registrant&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-A/A filed on July&nbsp;5, 2001, including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description; and</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(g)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">All documents filed by the Registrant subsequent to
the date hereof pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange
Act&#148;), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered have been sold
or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
which documents will be deemed to be incorporated into this
Registration Statement and a part of this Registration
Statement from the date of filing of such documents.</FONT></TD>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent
that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute part of this Registration Statement.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;4. Description of Securities.</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable (the Common Shares are registered under Section&nbsp;12
of the Exchange Act).
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Maryland REIT Law permits a Maryland REIT to include in its
declaration of trust a provision limiting the liability of its trustees and
officers to the REIT and its shareholders for money damages, except with
respect to liability resulting from (1)&nbsp;an actual receipt of an improper
benefit or profit in money, property or services, to the extent of the amount
of the benefit or profit in money, property or services actually received or
(2)&nbsp;a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the trustee or officer
entered in a proceeding based on a finding that the trustee&#146;s or officer&#146;s
action or failure to act was material to the cause of action adjudicated in the
proceeding and was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty. The
Registrant&#146;s declaration of trust contains such a provision.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Maryland REIT Law permits a Maryland REIT to indemnify and advance
expenses to its trustees and officers to the same extent as permitted for
directors and officers of a Maryland corporation under the Maryland General
Corporation Law. In the case of directors and officers of a Maryland
corporation, the Maryland General Corporation Law permits a Maryland
corporation to indemnify present and former directors and officers (including
any such person who, while serving in that capacity, is or was serving at the
request of the corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee
or agent of a foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, other enterprise or employee benefit plan) against judgments, penalties,
fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in
connection with any proceeding to which they may be made a party by reason of
such service, unless it is established that either: (1)&nbsp;the act or omission of
the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the
proceeding and either (x)&nbsp;was committed in bad faith or (y)&nbsp;was the result of
active and deliberate dishonesty; (2)&nbsp;the director or officer actually received
an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; or (3)&nbsp;in the case
of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to
believe that the act or omission was unlawful.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the Maryland General Corporation Law, a Maryland corporation may
not, however, indemnify a director or advance expenses for a proceeding brought
by the direct or against the corporation, except (1)&nbsp;for a proceeding to
enforce indemnification under the Maryland General Corporation Law or (2)&nbsp;if
the charter or bylaws of the corporation, a resolution of the board of
directors of the corporation or an agreement approved by the board of directors
of the corporation to which the corporation is a party expressly so provide.
Also, in the case of a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation, the
corporation may not indemnify in the case of a judgment of liability on the
basis that a personal benefit was improperly received. In either situation
described in this paragraph, a court may order indemnification only for
expenses.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As a condition to advancing expenses, a Maryland corporation must first
receive (1)&nbsp;a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her good
faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for
indemnification and (2)&nbsp;a written undertaking by the director or officer or on
his or her behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the Maryland
corporation if it shall ultimately be determined that the standard of conduct
was not met.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the Maryland General Corporation Law, a determination of entitlement
to indemnification must by made by (1)&nbsp;the board of directors by a majority
vote of a quorum consisting of directors not, at the time, parties to the
proceeding, or, if such a quorum cannot be obtained, then by a majority vote of
a committee of the board consisting solely of two or more directors not, at the
time, parties to such proceeding and who were fully designated to act in the
matter by a majority vote of the full board in which the designated directors
who are parties may participate; (2)&nbsp;special legal counsel selected by the
board for a committee of the board by vote, or, if the requisite quorum of the
full board cannot be obtained and the committee cannot be established, by a
majority vote of the full board in which directors who are parties may
participate; or (3)&nbsp;shareholders.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant&#146;s declaration of trust provides that the Registrant has the
power, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law, to obligate itself to
indemnify, and to pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final
disposition of a proceeding to, (1)&nbsp;any individual who is a present or former
trustee or officer of the Registrant or (2)&nbsp;any individual who, while a trustee
or officer of the Registrant and at the request of the Registrant, serves or
has served as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan
or any other enterprise and who is made a party to the proceeding by reason of
his or her status as a present or former trustee or officer of the Registrant.
The Registrant&#146;s bylaws provide that, to the maximum extent permitted by
Maryland law, the Registrant shall indemnify such persons. In addition, under
the Registrant&#146;s bylaws, the Registrant is obligated to, without requiring a
preliminary determination of the ultimate entitlement to indemnification, pay
or reimburse, in advance of final disposition of a proceeding, reasonable
expenses incurred by such persons under circumstances permitted by Maryland
law. Under the Registrant&#146;s declaration of trust and bylaws, the Registrant
also may, with the approval of its board of trustees, provide indemnification
or payment or reimbursement of expenses to any present or former trustee or
officer who served a predecessor of the Registrant.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The partnership agreement of EOP Operating Limited Partnership (&#147;EOP
Partnership&#148;), of which the Registrant is the sole general partner and through
which the Registrant conducts substantially all of its business, also provides
for indemnification of the Registrant&#146;s trustees and officers to the same
extent that indemnification is provided to them in the Registrant&#146;s declaration
of trust and bylaws, and limits the liability of trustees and officers to EOP
Partnership and its respective partners to the same extent that the
Registrant&#146;s declaration of trust limits the liability of trustees and officers
of the Registrant to the Registrant and its shareholders.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In addition, Mr.&nbsp;Dobrowski, a trustee of the Registrant, is indemnified by
General Motors Investment Management Corporation and is covered by an insurance
policy maintained by General Motors Corporation, of which General Motors
Investment
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<P><FONT size="2">Management Corporation is a subsidiary, in connection with serving on the
Registrant&#146;s board of trustees.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with some of
its trustees and executive officers to provide them with indemnification to the
full extent permitted by Maryland law and the declaration of trust and bylaws
of the Registrant.
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Registrant has obtained an insurance policy to provide liability
coverage for its trustees and officers.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.</B>
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<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Not applicable.
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<P align="left"><FONT size="2"><B>Item&nbsp;8. Exhibits.</B>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1"><B>Number</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">5.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Opinion of Hogan &#038; Hartson L.L.P. regarding the legality<br>
of the shares being registered.</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</FONT></TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of Hogan &#038; Hartson L.L.P.<br>
(See Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</FONT></TD>
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        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">
(a)&nbsp; The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
</FONT></TD>
</TR>

<tr>

        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</tr>
</table>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="11%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">To file, during any period in which offers
or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to
this Registration Statement:</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>

</table>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="15%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(i)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">To include any prospectus
required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(ii)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">To reflect in the prospectus
any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the Registration Statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth
in the registration statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume
of securities offered (if total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which
was registered) and any deviation from the low or
high end of the estimated maximum</FONT></TD>
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<P>
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="15%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule&nbsp;424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
volume and price represent no more than a 20
percent change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of
Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective
Registration Statement;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(iii)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">To include any material
information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the
Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in the Registration Statement;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P><FONT size="2">provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply
if the registration statement is on Form&nbsp;S-3 or Form&nbsp;S-8 or Form&nbsp;F-3,
and the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by
the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange
Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
</FONT>
<P>
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="10%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">That, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
offering thereof.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(3)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">To remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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<P>
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(b)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each filing of the Registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual
report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall
be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
offering thereof.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
        <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top">
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="1%" align="left" nowrap><FONT size="2">(c)</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="3%"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
        <TD width="93%"><FONT size="2">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to existing
provisions or arrangements whereby the Registrant may indemnify
a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
against liabilities arising under the Securities Act, or
otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion
of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on
this 16th day of December, 2002.
</FONT>

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    <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD colspan="2" valign="top"><FONT size="2">EQUITY OFFICE PROPERTIES TRUST</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD colspan="2" valign="top"><FONT size="2">By: /s/ Marsha C. Williams</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD valign="top"><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Marsha C. Williams<BR>
Executive Vice President and<BR>
Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</CENTER>
<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</FONT>

<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;We, the undersigned trustees and officers of the Registrant, do
hereby constitute and appoint Marsha C. Williams and Stanley M. Stevens
and each and either of them, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, to do any and all acts and things in our names and on our behalf
in our capacities as trustees and officers and to execute any and all
instruments for us and in our name in the capacities indicated below,
which said attorneys and agents, or either of them, may deem necessary
or advisable to enable the Registrant to comply with the Securities Act
of 1933 and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities
and Exchange Commission, in connection with this Registration Statement,
or any registration statement for this offering that is to be effective
upon filing pursuant to Rule&nbsp;462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933,
including specifically, but without limitation, any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) hereto; and we hereby ratify and
confirm all that said attorneys and agents, or either of them, shall do
or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
</FONT>
<P><FONT size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated as of the 16th day of December, 2002.
</FONT>
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    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="65%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2"><B>Signature</B><BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade width=35% align="left"></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><FONT size="2">Title<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade width=15% align="center">&nbsp;
<FONT size="2">
</FONT></TD>
</TR>


<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;<BR>/s/ Samuel Zell<BR></FONT><hr size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">Samuel Zell</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;<BR></FONT><FONT size="2">
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board<BR>
of Trustees<BR>
(principal executive officer)</FONT></TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="65%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Marsha C. Williams<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Marsha C. Williams</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2"></FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<BR>
(principal financial officer)</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Stephen M. Briggs<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Stephen M. Briggs</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Senior Vice President &#151; Chief Accounting Officer<BR>
(principal accounting officer)</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Thomas E. Dobrowski<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Thomas E. Dobrowski</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Trustee</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ John A. Foster<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
John A. Foster</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Trustee</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ William M. Goodyear<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
William M. Goodyear</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Trustee</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ James D. Harper, Jr.<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
James D. Harper, Jr.</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Trustee</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ David K. McKown<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
David K. McKown</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Trustee</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ John S. Moody, Sr.<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
John S. Moody, Sr.</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Trustee</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Jerry M. Reinsdorf</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Trustee</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Sheli Z. Rosenberg<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Sheli Z. Rosenberg</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Trustee</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Edwin N. Sidman<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Edwin N. Sidman</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Trustee</FONT></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="65%">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Warren E. Speiker, Jr.</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Trustee</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Jan H.W.R. van der Vlist<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Jan H.W.R. van der Vlist</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Trustee</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Craig G. Vought<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Craig G. Vought</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Trustee</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
William Wilson III</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Trustee</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">/s/ Richard D. Kincaid<BR>
</FONT><HR size="1" noshade><FONT size="2">
Richard D. Kincaid</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
President and Trustee</FONT></TD>
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<P align="center"><FONT size="2"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B>
</FONT>

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    <TD width="9%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="68%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1">Exhibit</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1">Number</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><FONT size="1">Description</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><FONT size="1">Page</FONT></TD>
</TR>


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    <TD nowrap align="center"><HR size="1" noshade></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center"><HR size="1" noshade width=20%></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">5.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Opinion of Hogan &#038; Hartson L.L.P. regarding
the legality of the shares being registered</FONT></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.1</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of Ernst &#038; Young LLP</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><FONT size="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
</tr>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><FONT size="2">23.2</FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT size="2">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT size="2">
Consent of Hogan &#038; Hartson L.L.P.
(See Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</FONT></TD>
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As filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on December 16, 2002
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Equity Office Properties Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
34-4151656
(I.R.S. employer identification no.)
Two North Riverside Plaza, Suite 2100
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
1997 Share Option and Share Award Plan, as amended
(Full title of the plan)
Stanley M. Stevens, Esq.
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Counsel and Secretary
Two North Riverside Plaza, Suite 2100
Chicago, Illinois 60606
(Name and address of agent for service)
(312) 466-3300
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
J. Warren Gorrell, Jr., Esq.
George P. Barsness, Esq.
Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.
Columbia Square
555 Thirteenth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20004
(202) 637-5600
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Title of securities
Amount to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
Amount of
to be registered
registered
share (1)
price
registration fee
Common Shares of
Beneficial Interest,
$.01 par value
12,769,430
$
25.22
$
322,045,025
$
29,628
(1)
Estimated pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), as of December 12, 2002 solely for the purpose
of calculation the registration fee.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 of Equity Office Properties
Trust (the "Registrant") relates to the registration of 12,769,430
additional Common Shares of Beneficial Interest, $.01 par value per
share (the "Common Shares"), of the Registrant issuable upon the award
of share grants and the exercise of share options granted or to be
granted under the Registrant's 1997 Share Option and Share Award Plan,
as amended (the "Plan"). The maximum number of Common Shares issuable
under the Plan equals 6.8% of the outstanding Common Shares from
time-to-time, calculated on a fully-diluted basis, determined annually
on the first day of each calendar year, subject to adjustment upon the
occurrence of certain events (the "Maximum Number"). Based upon this
calculation as of January 1, 2002, the current Maximum Number of Common
Shares issuable under the Plan is 32,030,650. The total number of
Common Shares currently registered upon issuance pursuant to the Plan is
19,261,220. This Registration Statement covers the remaining 12,769,430
Common Shares currently available to be issued under the Plan.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I will
be sent or given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1). In
accordance with the instructions to Part I of Form S-8, such documents
will not be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") either as part of this Registration Statement or as
prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424.
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PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The Registrant hereby incorporates by reference into this
Registration Statement the following documents filed by it with the
Commission:
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2001, filed on April 1, 2002;
(b)
The Registrant's Forms 8-K, filed on November 21, 2002, July 30, 2002,
July 29, 2002, June 27, 2002, April 23, 2002, February 15,
2002 and February 12, 2002;
(c)
The Registrant's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
March 31, 2002, filed on May 15, 2002;
(d)
The Registrant's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
June 30, 2002, filed on August 14, 2002;
(e)
The Registrant's Form 10-Q for the quarter ended
September 30, 2002, filed on November 14, 2002;
(f)
The description of the Common Shares contained in the
Registrant's Form 8-A/A filed on July 5, 2001, including any
amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such
description; and
(g)
All documents filed by the Registrant subsequent to
the date hereof pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange
Act"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment
which indicates that all securities offered have been sold
or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold,
which documents will be deemed to be incorporated into this
Registration Statement and a part of this Registration
Statement from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or
superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent
that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed
document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference
herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so
modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute part of this Registration Statement.
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Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable (the Common Shares are registered under Section 12
of the Exchange Act).
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Maryland REIT Law permits a Maryland REIT to include in its
declaration of trust a provision limiting the liability of its trustees and
officers to the REIT and its shareholders for money damages, except with
respect to liability resulting from (1) an actual receipt of an improper
benefit or profit in money, property or services, to the extent of the amount
of the benefit or profit in money, property or services actually received or
(2) a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to the trustee or officer
entered in a proceeding based on a finding that the trustee's or officer's
action or failure to act was material to the cause of action adjudicated in the
proceeding and was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty. The
Registrant's declaration of trust contains such a provision.
The Maryland REIT Law permits a Maryland REIT to indemnify and advance
expenses to its trustees and officers to the same extent as permitted for
directors and officers of a Maryland corporation under the Maryland General
Corporation Law. In the case of directors and officers of a Maryland
corporation, the Maryland General Corporation Law permits a Maryland
corporation to indemnify present and former directors and officers (including
any such person who, while serving in that capacity, is or was serving at the
request of the corporation as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee
or agent of a foreign or domestic corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, other enterprise or employee benefit plan) against judgments, penalties,
fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in
connection with any proceeding to which they may be made a party by reason of
such service, unless it is established that either: (1) the act or omission of
the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the
proceeding and either (x) was committed in bad faith or (y) was the result of
active and deliberate dishonesty; (2) the director or officer actually received
an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; or (3) in the case
of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to
believe that the act or omission was unlawful.
Under the Maryland General Corporation Law, a Maryland corporation may
not, however, indemnify a director or advance expenses for a proceeding brought
by the direct or against the corporation, except (1) for a proceeding to
enforce indemnification under the Maryland General Corporation Law or (2) if
the charter or bylaws of the corporation, a resolution of the board of
directors of the corporation or an agreement approved by the board of directors
of the corporation to which the corporation is a party expressly so provide.
Also, in the case of a proceeding by or in the right of the corporation, the
corporation may not indemnify in the case of a judgment of liability on the
basis that a personal benefit was improperly received. In either situation
described in this paragraph, a court may order indemnification only for
expenses.
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As a condition to advancing expenses, a Maryland corporation must first
receive (1) a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her good
faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for
indemnification and (2) a written undertaking by the director or officer or on
his or her behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the Maryland
corporation if it shall ultimately be determined that the standard of conduct
was not met.
Under the Maryland General Corporation Law, a determination of entitlement
to indemnification must by made by (1) the board of directors by a majority
vote of a quorum consisting of directors not, at the time, parties to the
proceeding, or, if such a quorum cannot be obtained, then by a majority vote of
a committee of the board consisting solely of two or more directors not, at the
time, parties to such proceeding and who were fully designated to act in the
matter by a majority vote of the full board in which the designated directors
who are parties may participate; (2) special legal counsel selected by the
board for a committee of the board by vote, or, if the requisite quorum of the
full board cannot be obtained and the committee cannot be established, by a
majority vote of the full board in which directors who are parties may
participate; or (3) shareholders.
The Registrant's declaration of trust provides that the Registrant has the
power, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law, to obligate itself to
indemnify, and to pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final
disposition of a proceeding to, (1) any individual who is a present or former
trustee or officer of the Registrant or (2) any individual who, while a trustee
or officer of the Registrant and at the request of the Registrant, serves or
has served as a director, officer, partner, trustee, employee or agent of
another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan
or any other enterprise and who is made a party to the proceeding by reason of
his or her status as a present or former trustee or officer of the Registrant.
The Registrant's bylaws provide that, to the maximum extent permitted by
Maryland law, the Registrant shall indemnify such persons. In addition, under
the Registrant's bylaws, the Registrant is obligated to, without requiring a
preliminary determination of the ultimate entitlement to indemnification, pay
or reimburse, in advance of final disposition of a proceeding, reasonable
expenses incurred by such persons under circumstances permitted by Maryland
law. Under the Registrant's declaration of trust and bylaws, the Registrant
also may, with the approval of its board of trustees, provide indemnification
or payment or reimbursement of expenses to any present or former trustee or
officer who served a predecessor of the Registrant.
The partnership agreement of EOP Operating Limited Partnership ("EOP
Partnership"), of which the Registrant is the sole general partner and through
which the Registrant conducts substantially all of its business, also provides
for indemnification of the Registrant's trustees and officers to the same
extent that indemnification is provided to them in the Registrant's declaration
of trust and bylaws, and limits the liability of trustees and officers to EOP
Partnership and its respective partners to the same extent that the
Registrant's declaration of trust limits the liability of trustees and officers
of the Registrant to the Registrant and its shareholders.
In addition, Mr. Dobrowski, a trustee of the Registrant, is indemnified by
General Motors Investment Management Corporation and is covered by an insurance
policy maintained by General Motors Corporation, of which General Motors
Investment
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Management Corporation is a subsidiary, in connection with serving on the
Registrant's board of trustees.
The Registrant has entered into indemnification agreements with some of
its trustees and executive officers to provide them with indemnification to the
full extent permitted by Maryland law and the declaration of trust and bylaws
of the Registrant.
The Registrant has obtained an insurance policy to provide liability
coverage for its trustees and officers.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description
5.1
Opinion of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. regarding the legality
of the shares being registered.
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2
Consent of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.
(See Exhibit 5.1)
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a)  The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers
or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to
this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus
required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities
Act;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus
any facts or events arising after the effective
date of the Registration Statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a
fundamental change in the information set forth
in the registration statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume
of securities offered (if total dollar value of
securities offered would not exceed that which
was registered) and any deviation from the low or
high end of the estimated maximum
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offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to
Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in
volume and price represent no more than a 20
percent change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the "Calculation of
Registration Fee" table in the effective
Registration Statement;
(iii)
To include any material
information with respect to the plan of
distribution not previously disclosed in the
Registration Statement or any material change to
such information in the Registration Statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply
if the registration statement is on Form S-3 or Form S-8 or Form F-3,
and the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed by
the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any
liability under the Securities Act, each such
post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)
To remove from registration by means of a
post-effective amendment any of the securities being
registered which remain unsold at the termination of
the offering.
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(b)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for
purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each filing of the Registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where
applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual
report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall
be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the
securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide
offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under
the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and
controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to existing
provisions or arrangements whereby the Registrant may indemnify
a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant
against liabilities arising under the Securities Act, or
otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion
of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy
as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such
director, officer or controlling person in connection with the
securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the
opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is
against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on
this 16th day of December, 2002.
EQUITY OFFICE PROPERTIES TRUST
By: /s/ Marsha C. Williams
Marsha C. Williams
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
We, the undersigned trustees and officers of the Registrant, do
hereby constitute and appoint Marsha C. Williams and Stanley M. Stevens
and each and either of them, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and
agents, to do any and all acts and things in our names and on our behalf
in our capacities as trustees and officers and to execute any and all
instruments for us and in our name in the capacities indicated below,
which said attorneys and agents, or either of them, may deem necessary
or advisable to enable the Registrant to comply with the Securities Act
of 1933 and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities
and Exchange Commission, in connection with this Registration Statement,
or any registration statement for this offering that is to be effective
upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933,
including specifically, but without limitation, any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) hereto; and we hereby ratify and
confirm all that said attorneys and agents, or either of them, shall do
or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities indicated as of the 16th day of December, 2002.
Signature
Title
/s/ Samuel Zell
Samuel Zell
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
of Trustees
(principal executive officer)
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/s/ Marsha C. Williams
Marsha C. Williams
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial officer)
/s/ Stephen M. Briggs
Stephen M. Briggs
Senior Vice President — Chief Accounting Officer
(principal accounting officer)
/s/ Thomas E. Dobrowski
Thomas E. Dobrowski
Trustee
/s/ John A. Foster
John A. Foster
Trustee
/s/ William M. Goodyear
William M. Goodyear
Trustee
/s/ James D. Harper, Jr.
James D. Harper, Jr.
Trustee
/s/ David K. McKown
David K. McKown
Trustee
/s/ John S. Moody, Sr.
John S. Moody, Sr.
Trustee
Jerry M. Reinsdorf
Trustee
/s/ Sheli Z. Rosenberg
Sheli Z. Rosenberg
Trustee
/s/ Edwin N. Sidman
Edwin N. Sidman
Trustee
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Warren E. Speiker, Jr.
Trustee
/s/ Jan H.W.R. van der Vlist
Jan H.W.R. van der Vlist
Trustee
/s/ Craig G. Vought
Craig G. Vought
Trustee
William Wilson III
Trustee
/s/ Richard D. Kincaid
Richard D. Kincaid
President and Trustee
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description
Page
5.1
Opinion of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. regarding
the legality of the shares being registered
23.1
Consent of Ernst & Young LLP
23.2
Consent of Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.
(See Exhibit 5.1)
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