Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
OnAugust 15, 2024, Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, a Massachusetts corporation ("Vertex"), and SNH Seaport LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, entered into amendments (the "Headquarters Lease Amendments") to Vertex's leases of 50 Northern Avenue, Boston, MA, dated May 5, 2011 (the "50 Northern Avenue Lease") and 11 Fan Pier Boulevard, Boston, MA, dated May 5, 2011 (together with the 50 Northern Avenue Lease, the "Headquarters Leases") pursuant to which Vertex leases a combined approximately 1.1 million square feet of office and laboratory space in two buildings. The Headquarters Lease Amendments extend the terms of the Headquarters Leases from December 2028 (subject to our option to extend the terms by ten years) until June 30, 2044, after which we have the option to extend for up to two additional ten-year periods.
The foregoing description of the Headquarters Lease Amendments is only a summary of the material terms of such amendments, does not purport to be complete, and is qualified in its entirety by such amendments, which will be filed with a subsequent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.