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COPT Defense Properties 2025-2026 Proxy Voting Records

Compiled from SEC Form N-PX filings and COPT Defense Properties’s Form 8-K, filed 2026-05-20 (Item 5.07 on EDGAR). Page generated 02 October 2026.

12Reported items
371Asset managers
4,691Fund votes
2026-05-14Meeting date

Proxy season: 2023-2024 2024-2025 2025-2026

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Official 2025-2026 meeting results reported by COPT Defense Properties

These tallies are COPT Defense Properties’s own, as disclosed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Form 8-K, filed 2026-05-20 (Item 5.07, “Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders”). They cover every share voted at the meeting, not just the funds that file Form N-PX.

COPT Defense Properties — official shareholder meeting results, meeting held 2026-05-14
Ballot item	For	Against	Abstain	Withheld	Broker non-votes	Outcome
Elect Director: Robert L. Denton, Sr.	100,994,471	5,287,283	--	60,384	1,640,004	Majority: yes
Elect Director: Stephen E. Budorick	103,254,926	3,026,664	--	60,548	1,640,004	Majority: yes
Elect Director: Philip L. Hawkins	102,286,038	3,995,112	--	60,988	1,640,004	Majority: yes
Elect Director: Letitia A. Long	103,952,643	2,328,254	--	61,241	1,640,004	Majority: yes
Elect Director: Essye B. Miller	104,894,410	903,102	--	544,626	1,640,004	Majority: yes
Elect Director: Raymond L. Owens	106,050,815	253,931	--	37,392	1,640,004	Majority: yes
Elect Director: C. Taylor Pickett	101,595,086	4,686,298	--	60,754	1,640,004	Majority: yes
Elect Director: Lisa G. Trimberger	104,547,512	1,401,352	--	393,274	1,640,004	Majority: yes

Source: COPT Defense Properties, Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on 2026-05-20 — read the filing on EDGAR.

How asset managers voted at the COPT Defense Properties 2025-2026 meeting

Each item below shows how the 371 asset managers that disclosed a COPT Defense Properties vote in their SEC Form N-PX filings actually voted. Share totals are the shares those managers' funds voted, summed across every fund they report. These are reported items, not a count of the ballot: fund filings describe one ballot item in different words. Two descriptions are shown as one item only on evidence — the same text (or one cut short of the other), the same director nominee, or a match to the same row of COPT Defense Properties’s own Form 8-K tally — never because they merely read alike. A description that could not be joined that way is listed on its own, so one ballot item can appear more than once.

1. Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement for this meeting.

SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES

Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

98% fund support · no official result

FOR 98%

The 363 asset managers below cast 98% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (109,575,065 for, 2,181,567 against).

FOR: 109,575,065 (98.0%)AGAINST: 2,181,567 (2.0%)ABSTAIN: 29,621 (0.0%)

Largest asset managers voting on “Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy ” at COPT Defense Properties, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
BlackRock	18,238,816	1,159	For
Vanguard	17,809,429	3	For
AllianceBernstein	9,858,030	0	For
State Street	5,885,997	0	For
Charles Schwab	4,405,769	0	For
EARNEST PARTNERS LLC	3,717,256	0	For
Fidelity	3,607,414	0	For
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	3,210,529	0	For
PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS	2,703,723	0	For
WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP INC	1,933,920	0	For
Northern Trust	1,493,332	0	For
Channing Capital Management, LLC	1,412,201	0	For
Nuveen	1,311,066	0	For
Ultimus Managers Trust	980,217	0	For
TIAA	955,952	0	For
Invesco	912,420	0	For
Treasurer of the State of North Carolina	889,543	0	For
MELLON INVESTMENTS Corp	887,105	0	For
Wellington	876,055	0	For
JPMorgan	856,988	0	For
Russell Investments	782,931	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	764,065	0	For
FORT WASHINGTON INVESTMENT ADVISORS INC /OH/	746,817	0	For
AQR	699,910	0	For
Voya	696,562	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 363 asset managers. See all 363 in the interactive database.

2. Election of eight Trustees: C. Taylor Pickett

DIRECTOR ELECTIONSMajority of the votes cast: yes

Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

96% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 96%

FOR: 101,595,086AGAINST: 4,686,298

COPT Defense Properties’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: C. Taylor Pickett”): 101,595,086 for, 4,686,298 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2026-05-20 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 113,377,523 outstanding shares: 90% for, 4% against (94% of the company cast a for/against vote).

The 112 asset managers below cast 99.9% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (50,703,905 for, 5,895 against).

FOR 99.9%

FOR: 50,703,905 (99.9%)AGAINST: 5,895 (0.0%)ABSTAIN: 29,621 (0.1%)

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of eight Trustees: C. Taylor Pickett” at COPT Defense Properties, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Against	Abstain	Vote
Vanguard	16,820,101	6	0	For
BlackRock	9,904,958	0	0	For
Fidelity	3,391,796	0	0	For
Charles Schwab	2,202,315	0	0	For
AllianceBernstein	1,788,309	0	0	For
State Street	1,135,158	45	0	For
Ultimus Managers Trust	980,217	0	0	For
TIAA	955,952	0	0	For
JPMorgan	856,988	0	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	764,065	0	0	For
TOUCHSTONE STRATEGIC TRUST	687,401	0	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	612,512	0	0	For
HARBOR FUNDS	592,933	0	0	For
Principal	478,010	0	0	For
AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS	449,203	0	0	For
John Hancock	400,515	0	0	For
Lincoln Financial	394,403	0	0	For
Invesco	393,324	0	0	For
AIG/SunAmerica	386,544	0	0	For
Equitable	379,691	0	0	For
Voya	348,281	0	0	For
AQR	314,192	0	0	For
Brighthouse	282,896	0	29,621	For
Victory Capital	307,426	0	0	For
Legg Mason	298,374	0	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 112 asset managers. See all 112 in the interactive database.

3. Election of eight Trustees: Essye B. Miller

DIRECTOR ELECTIONSMajority of the votes cast: yes

Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

99.1% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 99.1%

FOR: 104,894,410AGAINST: 903,102

COPT Defense Properties’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Essye B. Miller”): 104,894,410 for, 903,102 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2026-05-20 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 113,377,523 outstanding shares: 93% for, 0.8% against (93% of the company cast a for/against vote).

The 112 asset managers below cast 99.8% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (50,640,132 for, 69,667 against).

FOR 99.8%

FOR: 50,640,132 (99.8%)AGAINST: 69,667 (0.1%)ABSTAIN: 29,621 (0.1%)

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of eight Trustees: Essye B. Miller” at COPT Defense Properties, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Against	Abstain	Vote
Vanguard	16,820,105	1	0	For
BlackRock	9,904,958	0	0	For
Fidelity	3,391,796	0	0	For
Charles Schwab	2,202,315	0	0	For
AllianceBernstein	1,788,309	0	0	For
State Street	1,135,203	0	0	For
Ultimus Managers Trust	980,217	0	0	For
TIAA	955,952	0	0	For
JPMorgan	856,988	0	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	764,065	0	0	For
TOUCHSTONE STRATEGIC TRUST	687,401	0	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	612,512	0	0	For
HARBOR FUNDS	592,933	0	0	For
Principal	478,010	0	0	For
AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS	449,203	0	0	For
John Hancock	400,515	0	0	For
Lincoln Financial	394,403	0	0	For
Invesco	393,324	0	0	For
AIG/SunAmerica	386,544	0	0	For
Equitable	379,691	0	0	For
Voya	348,281	0	0	For
AQR	314,192	0	0	For
Brighthouse	282,896	0	29,621	For
Victory Capital	307,426	0	0	For
Legg Mason	298,374	0	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 112 asset managers. See all 112 in the interactive database.

4. Election of eight Trustees: Letitia A. Long

DIRECTOR ELECTIONSMajority of the votes cast: yes

Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

98% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 98%

FOR: 103,952,643AGAINST: 2,328,254

COPT Defense Properties’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Letitia A. Long”): 103,952,643 for, 2,328,254 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2026-05-20 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 113,377,523 outstanding shares: 92% for, 2% against (94% of the company cast a for/against vote).

The 112 asset managers below cast 99.8% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (50,640,131 for, 69,669 against).

FOR 99.8%

FOR: 50,640,131 (99.8%)AGAINST: 69,669 (0.1%)ABSTAIN: 29,621 (0.1%)

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of eight Trustees: Letitia A. Long” at COPT Defense Properties, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Against	Abstain	Vote
Vanguard	16,820,104	3	0	For
BlackRock	9,904,958	0	0	For
Fidelity	3,391,796	0	0	For
Charles Schwab	2,202,315	0	0	For
AllianceBernstein	1,788,309	0	0	For
State Street	1,135,203	0	0	For
Ultimus Managers Trust	980,217	0	0	For
TIAA	955,952	0	0	For
JPMorgan	856,988	0	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	764,065	0	0	For
TOUCHSTONE STRATEGIC TRUST	687,401	0	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	612,512	0	0	For
HARBOR FUNDS	592,933	0	0	For
Principal	478,010	0	0	For
AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS	449,203	0	0	For
John Hancock	400,515	0	0	For
Lincoln Financial	394,403	0	0	For
Invesco	393,324	0	0	For
AIG/SunAmerica	386,544	0	0	For
Equitable	379,691	0	0	For
Voya	348,281	0	0	For
AQR	314,192	0	0	For
Brighthouse	282,896	0	29,621	For
Victory Capital	307,426	0	0	For
Legg Mason	298,374	0	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 112 asset managers. See all 112 in the interactive database.

5. Election of eight Trustees: Lisa G. Trimberger

DIRECTOR ELECTIONSMajority of the votes cast: yes

Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

99% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 99%

FOR: 104,547,512AGAINST: 1,401,352

COPT Defense Properties’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Lisa G. Trimberger”): 104,547,512 for, 1,401,352 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2026-05-20 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 113,377,523 outstanding shares: 92% for, 1% against (93% of the company cast a for/against vote).

The 112 asset managers below cast 99.8% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (50,640,133 for, 69,667 against).

FOR 99.8%

FOR: 50,640,133 (99.8%)AGAINST: 69,667 (0.1%)ABSTAIN: 29,621 (0.1%)

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of eight Trustees: Lisa G. Trimberger” at COPT Defense Properties, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Against	Abstain	Vote
Vanguard	16,820,106	1	0	For
BlackRock	9,904,958	0	0	For
Fidelity	3,391,796	0	0	For
Charles Schwab	2,202,315	0	0	For
AllianceBernstein	1,788,309	0	0	For
State Street	1,135,203	0	0	For
Ultimus Managers Trust	980,217	0	0	For
TIAA	955,952	0	0	For
JPMorgan	856,988	0	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	764,065	0	0	For
TOUCHSTONE STRATEGIC TRUST	687,401	0	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	612,512	0	0	For
HARBOR FUNDS	592,933	0	0	For
Principal	478,010	0	0	For
AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS	449,203	0	0	For
John Hancock	400,515	0	0	For
Lincoln Financial	394,403	0	0	For
Invesco	393,324	0	0	For
AIG/SunAmerica	386,544	0	0	For
Equitable	379,691	0	0	For
Voya	348,281	0	0	For
AQR	314,192	0	0	For
Brighthouse	282,896	0	29,621	For
Victory Capital	307,426	0	0	For
Legg Mason	298,374	0	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 112 asset managers. See all 112 in the interactive database.

6. Election of eight Trustees: Philip L. Hawkins

DIRECTOR ELECTIONSMajority of the votes cast: yes

Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

96% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 96%

FOR: 102,286,038AGAINST: 3,995,112

COPT Defense Properties’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Philip L. Hawkins”): 102,286,038 for, 3,995,112 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2026-05-20 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 113,377,523 outstanding shares: 90% for, 4% against (94% of the company cast a for/against vote).

The 112 asset managers below cast 99.9% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (50,703,906 for, 5,894 against).

FOR 99.9%

FOR: 50,703,906 (99.9%)AGAINST: 5,894 (0.0%)ABSTAIN: 29,621 (0.1%)

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of eight Trustees: Philip L. Hawkins” at COPT Defense Properties, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Against	Abstain	Vote
Vanguard	16,820,102	5	0	For
BlackRock	9,904,958	0	0	For
Fidelity	3,391,796	0	0	For
Charles Schwab	2,202,315	0	0	For
AllianceBernstein	1,788,309	0	0	For
State Street	1,135,158	45	0	For
Ultimus Managers Trust	980,217	0	0	For
TIAA	955,952	0	0	For
JPMorgan	856,988	0	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	764,065	0	0	For
TOUCHSTONE STRATEGIC TRUST	687,401	0	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	612,512	0	0	For
HARBOR FUNDS	592,933	0	0	For
Principal	478,010	0	0	For
AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS	449,203	0	0	For
John Hancock	400,515	0	0	For
Lincoln Financial	394,403	0	0	For
Invesco	393,324	0	0	For
AIG/SunAmerica	386,544	0	0	For
Equitable	379,691	0	0	For
Voya	348,281	0	0	For
AQR	314,192	0	0	For
Brighthouse	282,896	0	29,621	For
Victory Capital	307,426	0	0	For
Legg Mason	298,374	0	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 112 asset managers. See all 112 in the interactive database.

7. Election of eight Trustees: Raymond L. Owens

DIRECTOR ELECTIONSMajority of the votes cast: yes

Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

99.7% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 99.7%

FOR: 106,050,815AGAINST: 253,931

COPT Defense Properties’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Raymond L. Owens”): 106,050,815 for, 253,931 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2026-05-20 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 113,377,523 outstanding shares: 94% for, 0.3% against (94% of the company cast a for/against vote).

The 112 asset managers below cast 99.9% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (50,706,860 for, 2,940 against).

FOR 99.9%

FOR: 50,706,860 (99.9%)AGAINST: 2,940 (0.0%)ABSTAIN: 29,621 (0.1%)

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of eight Trustees: Raymond L. Owens” at COPT Defense Properties, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Abstain	Vote
Vanguard	16,820,107	0	For
BlackRock	9,904,958	0	For
Fidelity	3,391,796	0	For
Charles Schwab	2,202,315	0	For
AllianceBernstein	1,788,309	0	For
State Street	1,135,203	0	For
Ultimus Managers Trust	980,217	0	For
TIAA	955,952	0	For
JPMorgan	856,988	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	764,065	0	For
TOUCHSTONE STRATEGIC TRUST	687,401	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	612,512	0	For
HARBOR FUNDS	592,933	0	For
Principal	478,010	0	For
AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS	449,203	0	For
John Hancock	400,515	0	For
Lincoln Financial	394,403	0	For
Invesco	393,324	0	For
AIG/SunAmerica	386,544	0	For
Equitable	379,691	0	For
Voya	348,281	0	For
AQR	314,192	0	For
Brighthouse	282,896	29,621	For
Victory Capital	307,426	0	For
Legg Mason	298,374	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 112 asset managers. See all 112 in the interactive database.

8. Election of eight Trustees: Robert L. Denton, Sr.

DIRECTOR ELECTIONSMajority of the votes cast: yes

Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

95% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 95%

FOR: 100,994,471AGAINST: 5,287,283

COPT Defense Properties’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Robert L. Denton, Sr.”): 100,994,471 for, 5,287,283 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2026-05-20 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 113,377,523 outstanding shares: 89% for, 5% against (94% of the company cast a for/against vote).

The 112 asset managers below cast 99.6% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (50,530,035 for, 179,765 against).

FOR 99.5%

FOR: 50,530,035 (99.6%)AGAINST: 179,765 (0.4%)ABSTAIN: 29,621 (0.1%)

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of eight Trustees: Robert L. Denton, Sr.” at COPT Defense Properties, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Against	Abstain	Vote
Vanguard	16,811,932	8,176	0	For
BlackRock	9,904,958	0	0	For
Fidelity	3,391,796	0	0	For
Charles Schwab	2,202,315	0	0	For
AllianceBernstein	1,788,309	0	0	For
State Street	1,134,230	973	0	For
Ultimus Managers Trust	980,217	0	0	For
TIAA	955,952	0	0	For
JPMorgan	856,988	0	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	764,065	0	0	For
TOUCHSTONE STRATEGIC TRUST	687,401	0	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	612,512	0	0	For
HARBOR FUNDS	592,933	0	0	For
Principal	478,010	0	0	For
AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS	449,203	0	0	For
John Hancock	400,515	0	0	For
Lincoln Financial	394,403	0	0	For
Invesco	393,324	0	0	For
AIG/SunAmerica	386,544	0	0	For
Equitable	379,691	0	0	For
Voya	348,281	0	0	For
AQR	314,192	0	0	For
Brighthouse	282,896	0	29,621	For
Victory Capital	307,426	0	0	For
Legg Mason	298,374	0	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 112 asset managers. See all 112 in the interactive database.

9. Election of eight Trustees: Stephen E. Budorick

DIRECTOR ELECTIONSMajority of the votes cast: yes

Combines 5 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

97% Majority: yes · of votes cast

FOR 97%

FOR: 103,254,926AGAINST: 3,026,664

COPT Defense Properties’s own tally for this item (“Elect Director: Stephen E. Budorick”): 103,254,926 for, 3,026,664 against, per its Form 8-K filed 2026-05-20 (Item 5.07). FOR was more than half of the votes cast. Whether the item passed is for the filing to say; its statement has not been read for this item. Of all 113,377,523 outstanding shares: 91% for, 3% against (94% of the company cast a for/against vote).

The 112 asset managers below cast 99.9% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (50,706,811 for, 2,989 against).

FOR 99.9%

FOR: 50,706,811 (99.9%)AGAINST: 2,989 (0.0%)ABSTAIN: 29,621 (0.1%)

Largest asset managers voting on “Election of eight Trustees: Stephen E. Budorick” at COPT Defense Properties, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Against	Abstain	Vote
Vanguard	16,820,103	4	0	For
BlackRock	9,904,958	0	0	For
Fidelity	3,391,796	0	0	For
Charles Schwab	2,202,315	0	0	For
AllianceBernstein	1,788,309	0	0	For
State Street	1,135,158	45	0	For
Ultimus Managers Trust	980,217	0	0	For
TIAA	955,952	0	0	For
JPMorgan	856,988	0	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	764,065	0	0	For
TOUCHSTONE STRATEGIC TRUST	687,401	0	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	612,512	0	0	For
HARBOR FUNDS	592,933	0	0	For
Principal	478,010	0	0	For
AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS	449,203	0	0	For
John Hancock	400,515	0	0	For
Lincoln Financial	394,403	0	0	For
Invesco	393,324	0	0	For
AIG/SunAmerica	386,544	0	0	For
Equitable	379,691	0	0	For
Voya	348,281	0	0	For
AQR	314,192	0	0	For
Brighthouse	282,896	0	29,621	For
Victory Capital	307,426	0	0	For
Legg Mason	298,374	0	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 112 asset managers. See all 112 in the interactive database.

10. Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the current fiscal year.

AUDIT-RELATED

Combines 2 wordings of this item as funds reported it.

99.7% fund support · no official result

FOR 99.6%

The 110 asset managers below cast 99.7% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (50,288,251 for, 140,649 against).

FOR: 50,288,251 (99.7%)AGAINST: 140,649 (0.3%)ABSTAIN: 29,621 (0.1%)

Largest asset managers voting on “Ratification of the appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our independent registered public accounting ” at COPT Defense Properties, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Against	Abstain	Vote
Vanguard	16,815,373	4,734	0	For
BlackRock	9,904,958	0	0	For
Fidelity	3,391,796	0	0	For
Charles Schwab	2,202,315	0	0	For
AllianceBernstein	1,788,309	0	0	For
State Street	1,135,158	45	0	For
Ultimus Managers Trust	980,217	0	0	For
TIAA	955,952	0	0	For
JPMorgan	856,988	0	0	For
Columbia Threadneedle	764,065	0	0	For
TOUCHSTONE STRATEGIC TRUST	687,401	0	0	For
Bridge Builder Trust	612,512	0	0	For
HARBOR FUNDS	592,933	0	0	For
Principal	478,010	0	0	For
AMERICAN BEACON FUNDS	449,203	0	0	For
John Hancock	400,515	0	0	For
Invesco	393,324	0	0	For
AIG/SunAmerica	386,544	0	0	For
Lincoln Financial	384,248	0	0	For
Equitable	379,691	0	0	For
Voya	348,281	0	0	For
AQR	314,192	0	0	For
Brighthouse	282,896	0	29,621	For
Victory Capital	307,426	0	0	For
Legg Mason	298,374	0	0	For

Showing the 25 largest of 110 asset managers. See all 110 in the interactive database.

11. Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation

SECTION 14A SAY-ON-PAY VOTES

19% fund support · no official result

FOR 19%AGAINST 81%

The 6 asset managers below cast 19% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (214,313 for, 897,094 against).

FOR: 214,313 (19.3%)AGAINST: 897,094 (80.7%)

Largest asset managers voting on “Advisory Vote to Ratify Named Executive Officers' Compensation” at COPT Defense Properties, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Against	Vote
APG Asset Management US Inc.	0	474,591	Against
NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB	0	336,661	Against
Empower	184,904	0	For
Cardano Risk Management B.V.	0	85,842	Against
BlackRock	19,254	0	For
Lincoln Financial	10,155	0	For

12. Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors

AUDIT-RELATED

100% fund support · no official result

FOR 100%

The 2 asset managers below cast 100% of the shares they voted on this item FOR (195,059 for, 0 against).

FOR: 195,059 (100.0%)

Largest asset managers voting on “Ratify PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Auditors” at COPT Defense Properties, 2025-2026
Asset manager	For	Against	Abstain	Withheld	Vote
Empower	184,904	0	0	0	For
Lincoln Financial	10,155	0	0	0	For

Largest COPT Defense Properties shareholders voting in 2025-2026

Ranked by the number of COPT Defense Properties shares each manager voted on the most widely held ballot item of the 2025-2026 meeting, shown as a share of the 113,377,523 shares outstanding at the time of that meeting.

Top COPT Defense Properties shareholders by shares voted, 2025-2026
#	Asset manager	% of shares outstanding
1	BlackRock	16.09%
2	Vanguard	15.71%
3	AllianceBernstein	8.69%
4	State Street	5.19%
5	Charles Schwab	3.89%
6	EARNEST PARTNERS LLC	3.28%
7	Fidelity	3.18%
8	GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	2.83%
9	PRINCIPAL GLOBAL INVESTORS	2.38%
10	WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP INC	1.71%

Reported COPT Defense Properties ownership

Positions disclosed to the SEC on Schedules 13D and 13G, Form 13F and the company’s own proxy statement (DEF 14A).

COPT Defense Properties beneficial owners on record for the 2025-2026 proxy season
Holder	% outstanding	Disclosure
BlackRock	18.79%	13F
Vanguard Group	15.11%	13F
Vanguard Portfolio Management	10.17%	13G
State Street	6.03%	13F
JPMorgan Chase	4.28%	13F
Charles Schwab	1.98%	13F
Two Sigma	1.98%	13F
Dimensional Fund Advisors	1.48%	13F
Northern Trust	1.42%	13F
Goldman Sachs	1.29%	13F

Percentages above are of 113,377,523 shares outstanding, as reported by COPT Defense Properties on its Form 10-Q dated 2026-03-31 (see the filing on EDGAR). This is the count contemporaneous with the 2025-2026 meeting, so the percentages are the ones that were true then, not ones restated against today’s share count.

About this page

Every figure above is derived from filings made with the US Securities and Exchange Commission: Form N-PX, in which registered investment companies and institutional managers disclose how they voted every proxy, and Form 8-K Item 5.07, in which the company reports its own meeting results. Shares outstanding are taken from COPT Defense Properties’s 10-Q dated 2026-03-31. This page is a static snapshot rebuilt weekly on 02 October 2026; a live search always shows the current data.

At COPT Defense Properties's shareholder meeting held 2026-05-14, in the 2025-2026 proxy season, 371 asset managers reported how they voted in their SEC Form N-PX filings, covering 4,691 separate fund positions. Their filings are grouped here into 12 reported items; because filers word the same ballot item differently, that can be more than the number of items on the ballot. COPT Defense Properties's own Form 8-K tally for this meeting is published below, but no row in it could be matched to the most widely held item, so this page states no certified outcome for that item. On that item — Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers as… — the reporting funds cast 98% of the shares they voted in favour (FOR divided by FOR plus AGAINST, the conventional basis for proxy support; abstentions, broker non-votes and unvoted shares are excluded because none of them took a side). That is the aggregate of those managers' own N-PX disclosures, not the company's certified result, and the funds are a subset of all shareholders.

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