---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000860546-24-000043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CDP"
cik: "0000860546"
company_name: "COPT DEFENSE PROPERTIES"
filed_at: "2024-05-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T01:36:49.714549+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# COPT Defense Properties shareholders approve 3.5M share increase in equity plan at annual meeting

## Summary
- Amendment to 2017 Omnibus Plan increases reserved shares from 3.4M to 6.9M.
- All nine trustee nominees elected; each received >94M votes for.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved with ~98.5M for (3.1M against).
- Ratification of PwC as independent auditor for fiscal 2024 passed with ~99M for.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000860546-24-000043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CDP
- cik: 0000860546
- company_name: COPT DEFENSE PROPERTIES
- filed_at: 2024-05-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860546/000086054624000043/0000860546-24-000043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860546/000086054624000043/ofc-20240509.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  COPT DEFENSE PROPERTIES shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Current Fiscal Year at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Proposal 4: Ratification of the Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for the Current Fiscal Year 98,979,403 5,707,404 44,513 N/A
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860546/000086054624000043/0000860546-24-000043-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  COPT DEFENSE PROPERTIES shareholders approved Advisory Vote to Approve Compensation of Named Executive Officers at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Proposal 2: Advisory Vote to Approve Compensation of Named Executive Officers 98,471,427 3,125,440 59,555 3,074,898
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860546/000086054624000043/0000860546-24-000043-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  COPT DEFENSE PROPERTIES shareholders approved Election of nine trustees, each for a one-year term at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Proposal 1: Election of Trustees Name of Nominee Shares For Shares Against Shares Withheld Broker Non-Votes Robert L. Denton, Sr. 94,927,207 6,665,896 63,319 3,074,898 Thomas F. Brady 96,104,393 5,488,710 63,319 3,074,898 Stephen E. Budorick 100,713,917 878,757 63,748 3,074,898 Philip L. Hawkins 100,149,703 1,443,400 63,319 3,074,898 Letitia A. Long 99,748,894 1,860,432 47,096 3,074,898 Essye B. Miller 100,468,067 1,143,427 44,928 3,074,898 Raymond L. Owens 100,855,116 756,580 44,726 3,074,898 C. Taylor Pickett 99,853,230 1,739,403 63,789 3,074,898 Lisa G. Trimberger 100,300,085 1,311,709 44,628 3,074,898
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860546/000086054624000043/0000860546-24-000043-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  COPT DEFENSE PROPERTIES shareholders approved Approval of an Amendment to the Company's 2017 Omnibus Equity and Incentive Plan to Increase the Number of Shares Reserved for Issuance thereunder by 3,500,000 Shares at the 2024-05-09 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-09
  source text: Proposal 3: Approval of an Amendment to the Company's 2017 Omnibus Equity and Incentive Plan to Increase the Number of Shares Reserved for Issuance thereunder by 3,500,000 Shares 95,887,499 5,695,266 73,657 3,074,898
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860546/000086054624000043/0000860546-24-000043-index.htm

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