Office Properties Income Trust (OPI) 8-K Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT

TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): July 28, 2014

GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES INCOME TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Maryland

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

1-34364	26-4273474
(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
Two Newton Place, 255 Washington Street, Suite 300, Newton, Massachusetts	02458-1634
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)	(Zip Code)

617-219-1440

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2 below):

oWritten communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 5.03Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

Effective July 28, 2014, Government Properties Income Trust, or the Company, amended its declaration of trust to increase the number of the Company’s authorized shares of beneficial interest from 70,000,000 to 100,000,000.  All of the Company’s authorized shares are currently classified as common shares, $.01 par value per share.

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)Exhibits

3.1Composite Copy of Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, dated June 8, 2009, as amended to date.

3.2Composite Copy of Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, dated June 8, 2009, as amended to date (marked).

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES INCOME TRUST
	By:	/s/ Mark L. Kleifges
	Name:	Mark L. Kleifges
	Title:	Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Date:  August 1, 2014

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