---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-027918"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CDP"
cik: "0000860546"
company_name: "COPT DEFENSE PROPERTIES"
filed_at: "2023-03-02T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-18T16:40:36.774080+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# COO Todd Hartman resigns; enters consulting agreement with $584,500 payment

## Summary
- Todd W. Hartman resigned as EVP and COO effective March 2, 2023.
- Entered 12-month consulting agreement for $584,500 paid monthly.
- All unvested performance-based and time-based equity grants terminated.
- Non-compete and non-solicitation covenants apply for 12 months post-resignation.
- Company agrees to provide neutral employment references only.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-027918
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CDP
- cik: 0000860546
- company_name: COPT DEFENSE PROPERTIES
- filed_at: 2023-03-02T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860546/000110465923027918/0001104659-23-027918-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860546/000110465923027918/tm238304d1_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-027918
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-027918.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-23-027918.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Todd W. Hartman resigned as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at COPT DEFENSE PROPERTIES.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer
  source text: Effective March 2, 2023, Todd W. Hartman resigned from his position as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Corporate Office Properties Trust (the “Company”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/860546/000110465923027918/0001104659-23-027918-index.htm

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