UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC  20549


FORM 8-K


CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) April 12, 2007 (April 6, 2007)

CORPORATE OFFICE PROPERTIES TRUST
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Maryland

 

1-14023

 

23-2947217

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

 

(Commission
File Number)

 

(IRS Employer
Identification Number)

 

6711 Columbia Gateway Drive, Suite 300
Columbia, Maryland 21046

(Address of principal executive offices)

(443) 285-5400

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2 below):

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 1.01               Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On April 6, 2007, Corporate Office Properties Trust (the “Registrant”), the General Partner of Corporate Office Properties, L.P. (the “Operating Partnership”), entered into the Twenty-Third Amendment (the “Amendment”) to the Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement (as so amended, the “Partnership Agreement”) of Corporate Office Properties, L.P.  The Amendment, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, was entered into in connection with the issuance by the Operating Partnership of an aggregate of 262,165 common units in the Operating Partnership valued at $12.5 million to an unrelated entity effective April 6, 2007 in connection with the acquisition of property by a wholly owned subsidiary of the Registrant.  Other than to reflect the admission of such entity into the Operating Partnership, the Amendment contains no substantive terms.

Item 9.01               Financial Statements and Exhibits

(a)           Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired

None

(b)           Pro Forma Financial Information

None

(c)           Shell Company Transactions

None

(d)           Exhibits

 

Exhibit Number

 

Exhibit Title

10.1

 

Twenty-Third Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Corporate Office Properties, L.P., dated April 6, 2007.

 




 

SIGNATURES

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.

Date:  April 12, 2007

CORPORATE OFFICE PROPERTIES TRUST

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ RANDALL M. GRIFFIN

 

 

Name:

Randall M. Griffin

 

Title:

President and Chief Executive Officer




 

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number

 

Exhibit Title

10.1

 

Twenty-Third Amendment to Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Corporate Office Properties, L.P., dated April 6, 2007.