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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-13-036018
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130501
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130501
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130501

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CORPORATE OFFICE PROPERTIES TRUST
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000860546
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
		IRS NUMBER:				232947217
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-14023
		FILM NUMBER:		13803892

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6711 COLUMBIA GATEWAY DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			COLUMBIA
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			21046
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4432855400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6711 COLUMBIA GATEWAY DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			COLUMBIA
		STATE:			MD
		ZIP:			21046

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	CORPORATE OFFICE PROPERTIES TRUST INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980105

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ROYALE INVESTMENTS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930328

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ROYALE REIT INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19600201
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) <b>May&nbsp;1, 2013</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On May&nbsp;1, 2013, Corporate Office Properties Trust announced that its operating partnership, Corporate Office Properties, L.P., priced a private placement to qualified institutional buyers of $350 million aggregate principal amount of its senior unsecured notes due 2023 to be issued pursuant to Rule&nbsp;144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.&#160; A press release regarding this transaction is filed with this Current Report on Form&nbsp;8-K as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Exhibits</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">COPT PRICES $350 MILLION OF SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">COLUMBIA, MD May&nbsp;1, 2013</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;"> - Corporate Office Properties Trust (COPT or the Company) (NYSE: OFC) announced that its operating partnership, Corporate Office Properties, L.P. (the &#147;Operating Partnership&#148;), has priced an offering of $350 million aggregate principal amount of 3.60% senior unsecured notes due May 15,&nbsp;2023 (the &#147;Notes&#148;) at a price equal to 99.816% of the principal amount.&#160; The Notes will be senior unsecured obligations of the operating partnership and will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by COPT.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Operating Partnership intends to use the net proceeds from the offering of the Notes to repay borrowings under its senior unsecured revolving credit facility and for general corporate purposes, including potential repayment of certain unsecured term loans.&#160; The sale of the Notes is expected to close on May&nbsp;6, 2013, subject to customary conditions.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Notes and related guarantee are being offered and sold in the United States only to qualified institutional buyers under Rule&nbsp;144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;) and to non-U.S. persons outside the United States under Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Notes and related guarantee have not been registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other place and, unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This announcement shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or related guarantee nor shall there be any sale of the notes in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction. This notice is being issued pursuant to and in accordance with Rule&nbsp;135c of the Securities Act.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">COPT is an office REIT that focuses primarily on serving the specialized requirements of U.S. Government agencies and defense contractors, most of whom are engaged in defense information technology and national security-related activities.&#160; The Company generally acquires, develops, manages and leases office and data center properties concentrated in large office parks primarily located near knowledge-based government demand drivers and/or in targeted markets or submarkets in the Greater Washington, DC/Baltimore region. As of March&nbsp;31, 2013, the Company&#146;s consolidated portfolio consisted of 210 office properties totaling 19.1 million rentable square feet. COPT is an S&amp;P MidCap 400 company.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">This press release may contain &#147;forward-looking&#148; statements, as defined in Section&nbsp;27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section&nbsp;21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, that are based on the Company&#146;s current expectations, estimates and projections about future events and financial trends affecting the Company.&#160; Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as &#147;may,&#148; &#147;will,&#148; &#147;should,&#148; &#147;could,&#148; &#147;believe,&#148; &#147;anticipate,&#148; &#147;expect,&#148; &#147;estimate,&#148; &#147;plan&#148; or other comparable terminology.&#160; Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which the Company cannot predict with accuracy and some of which the Company might not even anticipate.&#160; Accordingly, the Company can give no assurance that these expectations, estimates and projections will be achieved.&#160; Future events and actual results may differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements.</font></i></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Important factors that may affect these expectations, estimates, and projections include, but are not limited to:</font></i></p>
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