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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): August 4, 2020

Franklin Street Properties Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland

001-32470

04-3578653

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)

(Commission
File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

401 Edgewater Place, Suite 200, Wakefield,
Massachusetts

01880

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (781) 557-1300

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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):

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

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

    

Trading Symbol (s)

    

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $.0001 par value per share

FSP

NYSE American

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

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Item 2.02.  Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

On August 4, 2020, Franklin Street Properties Corp. (the “Registrant”) announced its financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020.  The full text of the press release issued in connection with the announcement is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.  The press release references certain supplemental operating and financial data that is now available on the Registrant’s website.  A copy of the supplemental operating and financial data is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.2 and is incorporated by reference herein.  

The information in this Form 8-K (including Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2) shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)Exhibits

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Exhibit No.

    

Description

99.1

Press Release issued by Franklin Street Properties Corp. on August 4, 2020.

99.2

Supplemental Operating and Financial Data for the Second Quarter of 2020.

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).

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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.

FRANKLIN STREET PROPERTIES CORP.

Date: August 4, 2020

By:

/s/ George J. Carter

George J. Carter

Chief Executive Officer

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