---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000860546-26-000031"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CDP"
cik: "0000860546"
company_name: "COPT DEFENSE PROPERTIES"
filed_at: "2026-05-20T20:00:56+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-20T21:52:53.054304+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# COPT Defense Properties shareholders elect all eight trustees, approve say-on-pay and PwC ratification

## Summary
- All eight trustee nominees elected; Robert L. Denton, Sr. received highest withheld votes at 5.3M.
- Advisory vote to approve executive compensation passed with 102.9M for (96.8% of votes cast).
- Ratification of PricewaterhouseCoopers as auditor passed with 100.9M for (93.4% of votes cast).
- Annual meeting held May 14, 2026; results filed May 20, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000860546-26-000031
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CDP
- cik: 0000860546
- company_name: COPT DEFENSE PROPERTIES
- filed_at: 2026-05-20T20:00:56+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860546/000086054626000031/0000860546-26-000031-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860546/000086054626000031/cdp-20260514.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000860546-26-000031.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  COPT DEFENSE PROPERTIES shareholders approved Election of eight trustees, each for a one-year term at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: the election of eight trustees, each for a one-year term
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860546/000086054626000031/0000860546-26-000031-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  COPT DEFENSE PROPERTIES shareholders approved Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as independent registered public accounting firm at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: the ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the current fiscal year
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860546/000086054626000031/0000860546-26-000031-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  COPT DEFENSE PROPERTIES shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company's named executive officers at the 2026-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-05-14
  source text: an advisory vote to approve the compensation of the Company’s named executive officers as disclosed in its proxy statement filed on March 30, 2026
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860546/000086054626000031/0000860546-26-000031-index.htm

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