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COPT Defense Announces Tax Treatment of 2025 Distributions

COPT Defense Announces Tax Treatment of 2025 Distributions

COLUMBIA, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–
COPT Defense Properties (NYSE: CDP) (“COPT Defense” or the “Company”) announced the 2025 tax treatment of its common share distributions as described below. Shareholders are encouraged to consult with their tax advisors as to their specific tax treatment of COPT Defense common share distributions.

Please note that the common share distributions with a record date of December 31, 2025, and payment date of January 15, 2026, are allocated to 2025 for income tax purposes.

The table below summarizes the income tax treatment of 2025 distributions:

Common Shares (CUSIP #22002T108)
Record Date Payment Date Total
Distribution
per Share		 Total
Distribution
Allocable to
2025		 2025 Taxable
Ordinary
Dividends		 2025 Total
Capital Gain
Distribution		 2025 Return
of Capital		 2025
Unrecaptured Section
1250 Gain		 2025 Section
199A
Dividend (1)
 
03/31/2025 04/16/2025

$

0.3050

$

0.3050

$

0.2976

$

0.0074

$

–

$

–

$

0.2976
06/30/2025 07/16/2025

$

0.3050

$

0.3050

$

0.2976

$

0.0074

$

–

$

–

$

0.2976
09/30/2025 10/16/2025

$

0.3050

$

0.3050

$

0.2976

$

0.0074

$

–

$

–

$

0.2976
12/31/2025 01/15/2026

$

0.3050

$

0.3050

$

0.2976

$

0.0074

$

–

$

–

$

0.2976
 

$

1.2200

$

1.2200

$

1.1904

$

0.0296

$

–

$

–

$

1.1904
 
(1) Section 199A Dividend is a subset of, and is included in, the Taxable Ordinary Dividend Amount.

About COPT Defense

COPT Defense, an S&P MidCap 400 Company, is a self-managed REIT focused on owning, operating and developing properties in locations proximate to, or sometimes containing, key U.S. Government (“USG”) defense installations and missions (referred to as its Defense/IT Portfolio). The Company’s tenants include the USG and their defense contractors, who are primarily engaged in priority national security activities, and who generally require mission-critical and high security property enhancements. As of September 30, 2025, the Company’s Defense/IT Portfolio of 198 properties, including 24 owned through unconsolidated joint ventures, encompassed 22.6 million square feet and was 97.0% leased.

Forward-Looking Information

This press release may contain “forward-looking” statements, as defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, that are based on the Company’s current expectations, estimates and projections about future events and financial trends affecting the Company. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “expect,” “estimate,” “plan” or other comparable terminology. 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. Although the Company believes that the expectations, estimates and projections reflected in such forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions at the time made, the Company can give no assurance that these expectations, estimates and projections will be achieved. Future events and actual results may differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements and the Company undertakes no obligation to update or supplement any forward-looking statements.

The areas of risk that may affect these expectations, estimates and projections include, but are not limited to, those risks described in Item 1A of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Source: COPT Defense Properties

IR Contacts:

Venkat Kommineni, CFA

443.285.5587

[email protected]

Michelle Layne

443.285.5452

[email protected]

KEYWORDS: District of Columbia Maryland United States North America

INDUSTRY KEYWORDS: REIT Defense Commercial Building & Real Estate Other Defense Construction & Property

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