---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000860546-23-000053"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CDP"
cik: "0000860546"
company_name: "COPT DEFENSE PROPERTIES"
filed_at: "2023-11-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-08T04:23:16.892708+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# COPT Defense appoints Britt Snider as EVP and COO effective December 1, 2023

## Summary
- Britt Snider, former Principal of Redbrick LMD, appointed EVP and COO effective Dec 1, 2023.
- Snider has nearly 20 years in commercial real estate; previously at JBG Smith and WS Development.
- Compensation: $425k base salary, target cash incentive at 115% of base, LTIP at 195% of base.
- Snider receives $600k time-based equity (shares or profit interest) vesting over 5 years and $300k signing bonus.
- Severance under Executive Change in Control Plan: 1.0x multiple non-CIC, 2.99x upon CIC termination.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000860546-23-000053
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CDP
- cik: 0000860546
- company_name: COPT DEFENSE PROPERTIES
- filed_at: 2023-11-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860546/000086054623000053/0000860546-23-000053-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860546/000086054623000053/ofc-20231110.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000860546-23-000053
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000860546-23-000053.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000860546-23-000053.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Britt A. Snider was appointed as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at COPT DEFENSE PROPERTIES.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On November 13, 2023, COPT Defense Properties (the “Registrant”) issued a press release to announce that Britt A. Snider, age 47, is joining the Registrant as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, effective as of December 1, 2023.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860546/000086054623000053/0000860546-23-000053-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.