| FORM
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP
Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of
1940
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
obligations may continue.
See
Instruction 1(b).
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person
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| 6711 COLUMBIA GATEWAY DRIVE |
| SUITE 300 |
(Street)
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2. Issuer Name
and
Ticker or Trading Symbol
CORPORATE OFFICE PROPERTIES TRUST
[
OFC
]
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5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
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Director |
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10% Owner |
| X |
Officer (give title below) |
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Other (specify below) |
| President & CEO |
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3. Date of Earliest Transaction
(Month/Day/Year)
02/21/2018
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4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed
(Month/Day/Year)
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6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check
Applicable Line)
| X |
Form filed by One Reporting Person |
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Form filed by More than One Reporting
Person |
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or
Beneficially Owned |
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| 1.
Title of Security (Instr.
3)
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2.
Transaction Date
(Month/Day/Year) |
2A.
Deemed Execution Date, if any
(Month/Day/Year) |
3.
Transaction Code (Instr.
8)
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4.
Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr.
3, 4 and 5)
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5.
Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported
Transaction(s) (Instr.
3 and 4)
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6.
Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
4)
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7.
Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
4)
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| Code |
V |
Amount |
(A) or (D) |
Price |
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Common Shares
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02/21/2018 |
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A |
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8,499
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A
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$
25.55
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83,317
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D
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Common Shares
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02/21/2018 |
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F |
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2,858
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D
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$
25.55
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80,459
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D
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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr.
3)
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2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security
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3. Transaction Date
(Month/Day/Year) |
3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any
(Month/Day/Year) |
4. Transaction Code (Instr.
8)
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5.
Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr.
3, 4 and 5)
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6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year) |
7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr.
3 and 4)
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8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr.
5)
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9.
Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr.
4)
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10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr.
4)
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11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr.
4)
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| Code |
V |
(A) |
(D) |
Date Exercisable |
Expiration Date |
Title |
Amount or Number of Shares |
| Explanation of Responses: |
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David L. Finch, by Power of Attorney |
02/23/2018 |
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** Signature of Reporting Person |
Date |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. |
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see
Instruction
4
(b)(v). |
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See
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STEPHEN E. BUDORICK
LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby makes, constitutes and
appoints each of DAVID L. FINCH and LEE W. MURRAY, each acting individually, as
the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and
authority as hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead
of the undersigned to:
(1) prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4, and 5
(including any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of
CORPORATE OFFICE PROPERTIES TRUST, a Maryland real estate investment
trust, and/or CORPORATE OFFICE PROPERTIES, L.P., a Delaware limited
partnership (the "Company"), required to be filed with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges and
the Company pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, as amended from
time to time (the "Exchange Act");
(2) seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's
securities from any third party, including brokers and employee benefit
plan administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes
and approves any such release of information; and
(3) perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the
undersigned in connection with the foregoing.
The undersigned acknowledges that:
(1) this Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each such
attorney-in-fact to act in their discretion on information provided to
such attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such
information;
(2) any documents prepared and/or executed by either such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in
such form and will contain such information and disclosure as such
attorney-in-fact, in his or her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;
(3) neither the Company nor either of such attorneys-in-fact assumes (i) any
liability for the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the
requirement of the Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for
any failure to comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or
liability of the undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b)
of the Exchange Act; and
(4) this Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from
responsibility for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the
Exchange Act, including without limitation the reporting requirements
under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
The undersigned hereby gives and grants each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the
foregoing matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do if present, hereby ratifying all that each such attorney-in-fact of,
for and on behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this Limited Power of Attorney.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until revoked by
the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to each such attorney-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 25th day of August 2016.
/s/ Stephen E. Budorick
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Stephen E. Budorick
STATE OF MARYLAND.....)
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COUNTY OF HOWARD )
On this 25th day of August, 2016, STEPHEN E. BUDORICK, personally appeared
before me, and acknowledged that he executed the foregoing instrument for the
purposes therein contained. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and
official seal.
Monique Y. Jones
Notary Public
My Commission Expires: 11/21/16
