HRPT PPTYS TR

HRPT PPTYS TR is listed on NYSE (HRP-B). The Company. We are a real estate investment trust, or REIT, formed in 1986 under the laws of the State of Maryland. Our primary business is the ownership and operation of real estate, including office and industrial buildings and leased industrial land. As of December 31, 2004, we own 375 properties for a total investment of $4.7 billion at cost, and a depreciated book value of $4.2 billion. Our portfolio includes 278 office properties with 28.3 million square feet of space and 97 industrial properties with 15.8 million square feet of space. Our 97 industrial properties include 12 parcels of land with 9.7 million square feet of developed industrial lands in Oahu, Hawaii which we acquired in December 2003. In addition, we own minority equity positions in two former subsidiary REITs which are now separately listed on the New York Stock Exchange: Senior Housing Properties Trust and Hospitality Properties Trust.

HSBC USA INC NEW

HSBC USA INC NEW is listed on NYSE (HBA-D). HSBC USA Inc., incorporated under the laws of Maryland, is a New York State based bank holding company registered under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended. HSBC USA Inc. and its subsidiaries are collectively referred to as HUSI. HUSIs origin was in Buffalo, New York in 1850 as The Marine Trust Company, which later became Marine Midland Banks, Inc. (Marine). In 1980, The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (now HSBC Holdings plc, hereinafter referred to as HSBC) acquired 51% of the common stock of Marine and the remaining 49% of common stock in 1987. In December 1999, HSBC acquired Republic New York Corporation (Republic) and merged it with HUSI. At the merger date, Republic and HUSI had total assets of approximately $47 billion and $43 billion respectively. HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organizations in the world.

ITC Holdings Corp. ..ber 2002 for the purpose of acquiring Predecessor ITCTransmission. ITC Holdings is a holding company with no business operations and its material asse..

Invitrogen Corporation .. 1987 and incorporated in California in 1989. In 1997 we reincorporated as a Delaware corporation. Our principal offices are in Carlsbad, California. ..

JOHNSON & JOHNSON .. people worldwide, is engaged in the manufacture and sale of a broad range of products in the health care field. Johnson & Johnson has over 200 subsid..

Key Technology Inc. ..r of vegetable processing equipment. The Company has evolved into a worldwide supplier of process automation solutions to the food processing industry..

Carmike Cinemas Inc. ..s in the United States. As of December 31, 2004, we owned, operated or had an interest in 282 theatres with 2,188 screens located in 36 states, making..

K-Tron International Inc. ..tion founded in 1964, and our Common Stock trades on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol KTII. We are engaged in one principal business segmen..

Lakeland Bancorp Inc. .. is a bank holding company registered with and supervised by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (the Federal Reserve Board). The Com..

Lehman Brothers Fin SA ..ehman Brothers Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation, incorporated on December 29, 1983. Holdings and its subsidiaries are collectively referred to as..

LMI Aerospace Inc. ..achining, finishing and integrating formed, close tolerance aluminum and specialty alloy components and sheet metal products for use by the aerospace,..

Leucadia National Corporation ..ed in a variety of businesses, including telecommunications, healthcare services, manufacturing, banking and lending, real estate activities, winery o..

MACC Private Equities Inc. ..e corporation on March 3, 1994. It is qualified as a business development company (BDC) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940..

McDermott International Inc. ..ed under the laws of the Republic of Panama in 1959 and is the parent company of the McDermott group of companies, which includes: . J. Ray McDermott,..

MEDICURE INC ..ertificate of Incorporation issued pursuant to the provisions of the Business Corporations Act (Alberta) on June 3, 1997. On February 11, 1999, by Cer..

Allstate Corporation (The) ..e laws of the State of Delaware on November 5, 1992 to serve as the holding company for Allstate Insurance Company. Its business is conducted principa..

Multimedia Games Inc. ..electronic games, and gaming terminals for the Native American gaming market, as well as for the growing racetrack casino, charity and commercial bing..

MIVA Inc. ..providing e-commerce solutions since 1998. We offer proprietary performance-based marketing and commerce enabling services that help businesses of all..

Modine Manufacturing Company ..chnology, serving the vehicular, industrial, commercial, electronic and building HVAC (heating, ventilating, and air conditioning) markets. Modine dev..

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. ..high-performance analog, mixed-signal, digital signal processing and embedded microprocessor integrated circuits. Our diverse product portfolio includ..

Mitcham Industries Inc. ..s incorporated in 1987. Since our organization, we have primarily been engaged in the leasing and sales of seismic equipment to the seismic industry w..

MITY Enterprises Inc. ..markets premium quality, innovative institutional furniture created to meet the efficiency needs of its customers. The Companys product lines include ..

Nabors Industries Inc. ..the world, with almost 600 land drilling rigs. We conduct oil, gas and geothermal land drilling operations in the U.S. Lower 48 states, Alaska, Canada..

Nordson Corporation ..producers of precision dispensing equipment that applies adhesives, sealants and coatings to a broad range of consumer and industrial products during ..

National Home Health Care Corp. ..poration that is a provider of home health care and staffing services in the Northeast region. INDUSTRY OVERVIEW United States health care spending co..

Numerex Corp. ..achine-to-machine (M2M) communications, delivering comprehensive wireless solutions over the company's proprietary wireless data network, CellemetryXG..

North Valley Bancorp ..0-K (excluding statements of fact or historical financial information) involve forward-looking information within the meaning of Section 27A of the Se..

Northern States Power Co Minnesota ..wned five utility subsidiaries that serve electric and natural gas customers in 11 states. Four of these utility subsidiaries are SEC registrants, inc..

Naugatuck Valley Financial Corporation ..he capital we raised in our 2004 stock offering may negatively impact our stock price. Return on equity, which equals net income divided by average eq..

New York Community Bancorp Inc. ..mpany for New York Community Bank and the fourth largest thrift in the nation, with assets of $24.0 billion at December 31, 2004. The Bank is the lead..

Omega Flex Inc. ..TS Certain statements in this Annual Report on Form 10-K that are not historical facts - but rather reflect our current expectations concerning future..

ONYX Software Corporation ..rovider of enterprise solutions that combine customer management, process management and performance management technologies to help organizations mor..

Orange 21 Inc. ..ooking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements and p..

Outback Steakhouse Inc. ..ure Partners, Inc., a Florida corporation, and in January 1990 we changed our name to Outback Steakhouse, Inc. (Outback Florida). Outback Steakhouse, ..

Pamrapo Bancorp Inc. ..are law on June 26, 1989 and changed its state of incorporation from Delaware to New Jersey on March 29, 2001. On November 10, 1989, the Registrant ac..

Pioneer Natural Resources Company ..ck is listed and traded on the NYSE. The Company is a large independent oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in the United S..

PeopleSupport Inc. ..eport on Form 10-K refer to PeopleSupport, Inc and its subsidiaries. Overview We provide business process outsourcing, or BPO, services from our facil..

Piper Jaffray Companies ..rm dedicated to delivering superior financial advice, investment products and transaction execution within targeted sectors of the financial services ..

Playboy Enterprises Inc. ..diaries and predecessors, will be referred to in this Form 10-K Annual Report by terms such as we, us, our, Playboy and the Company, unless the contex..

TranSwitch Corporation ..e read in conjunction with the information included elsewhere in this document. The description contains certain forward-looking statements that invol..

Popular Inc. ..nk holding company, registered under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended (the BHC Act) and, accordingly, subject to the supervision and r..

Provident Financial Services ..nuary 15, 2003, became the holding company for The Provident Bank, following the completion of the conversion of the Bank to a stock chartered savings..

PhotoMedex Inc. ..ating the cost-effective use of technologies for doctors, hospitals and surgery centers. We engage in the development and marketing, domestically and ..

Pennsylvania Commerce Bancorp Inc. ..r oral forward-looking statements, including statements contained in the Companys filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (including the a..

Papa Johns International Inc. ..hises pizza delivery and carryout restaurants under the trademark Papa John's. At December 26, 2004, the Company and its franchisees operated domestic..

Q.E.P. Co. Inc. ..tures, markets and distributes a broad line of specialty tools and flooring related products for the home improvement market in the United States of A..

Rural-Metro Corporation ..cal transportation services, which consist primarily of emergency and non-emergency medical transportation services. We believe we are the only multi-..

Regions Financing Tr I ..ubsidiaries on a consolidated basis, Regions or Company), is a financial holding company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama which operates primarily..

RLI Corporation .. property and casualty insurance through our insurance subsidiaries. We are an Illinois corporation that was organized in 1965. We conduct operations ..

Rainier Pacific Financial Group Inc. ..n corporation, was organized on May 23, 2003 for the purpose of becoming the holding company for Rainier Pacific Savings Bank (Rainier Pacific Bank or..

RADVision Ltd. ..f Israel in January1992, commenced operations in October 1992 and commenced sales of our products in the fourth quarter of 1994. Before that time, our..

Ruths Chris Steak House Inc. ..rgest upscale steakhouse company in the United States, based on total company- and franchisee-owned restaurants as published in the Technomic, Inc. 20..

Scailex Corporation Ltd. ..al name is Scitex Corporation Ltd. and our legal form is a company limited by shares. We were incorporated under the laws of the State of Israel on No..

Sea Containers Ltd. ..h its subsidiaries, SCL) is incorporated in the Islands of Bermuda and is a foreign private issuer as defined in Rule 3b-4 of the U.S. Securities and ..

Sunset Financial Resources Inc ..e, us and our refer to Sunset Financial Resources, Inc., a Maryland corporation, and, where appropriate, its subsidiaries. Company Overview We are a s..

Companhia Siderurgica Nacional S.A. ..ent of CSN 1. General We are the second largest fully-integrated steel producer in Brazil and one of the largest in Latin America in terms of crude st..

SiRF Technology Holdings Inc. ..stem, or GPS, semiconductor solutions designed to provide location awareness capabilities in high-volume mobile consumer and commercial applications. ..

Symmetry Medical Inc .., together with its consolidated subsidiaries, as the Corporation) is the world's largest independent provider of implants and related instruments and..

Suntron Corporation ..g services and solutions to support the entire life cycle of complex products in the semiconductor capital equipment, aerospace and defense, industria..

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc. ..ration that was originally incorporated in Colorado as Americus Funding Corporation in December 1987, became NeoTherapeutics, Inc. in August 1996, was..

E.W. Scripps Company (The) ..ewspaper publishing, national lifestyle television networks (Scripps Networks), broadcast television, television-retailing (Shop At Home), interactive..

SRI-Surgical Express Inc. ..eminate, and oral statements that are made on our behalf might contain both statements of historical fact and forward-looking statements. These forwar..

Specialty Underwriters Alliance Inc. ..ly-owned subsidiary, SUA Insurance Company, offer commercial property and casualty insurance to selected customer groups. We believe that we are diffe..

Tele Norte Leste Participacoes S.A. .. telecommunications services in South America based on the total number of lines in service, which we market under our Telemar brand name. 15 - Table ..

Trend Micro Incorporated ..velop, market and support antivirus and Internet content security software and services. Our legal name in Japan is Trend Micro Kabushiki Kaisha and T..

Techne Corporation .. two wholly- owned operating subsidiaries: Research and Diagnostic Systems, Inc. (R&D Systems) located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and R&D Systems Europ..

Universal Health Services Inc. ..rough our subsidiaries, acute care hospitals, behavioral health centers and ambulatory surgery and radiation oncology centers. As of March 1, 2005, we..

Velocity Express Corporation ..ited Shipping & Technology, Inc.) and its subsidiaries (Velocity) are engaged in the business of providing same-day transportation and distribution-lo..

Wind River Systems Inc. ..telligent connected devices are becoming pervasive in our daily lives, and the functionality of these devices is expanding rapidly. This new functiona..

World Acceptance Corporation ..consumer finance business, offering short-term small loans, medium-term larger loans, related credit insurance and ancillary products and services to ..

Zones Inc. ..ased on managements current expectations, estimates and projections about the industry in which the Company operates, managements beliefs and certain ..

ADC Telecommunications Inc. ..innesota in 1953 as Magnetic Controls Company. We adopted our current name in 1985. Our World Headquarters is located at 13625 Technology Drive in Ede..

Akzo Nobel N.V. ..y (Naamloze Vennootschap) organized under the law of the Netherlands for an indefinite period. The principal executive offices of Akzo Nobel N.V. are ..

Analysts International Corporation ..ation (Analysts International, Analysts), a Minnesota corporation, is a technology services company that specializes in delivering and integrating tec..

American States Water Company ..rt being filed by two separate Registrants: American States Water Company (hereinafter AWR) and Southern California Water Company (hereinafter SCW). R..