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COPT Defense Prices $400 Million of 4.500% Senior Notes due 2030
COLUMBIA, Md., September 23, 2025--COPT Defense Properties (NYSE: CDP) ("COPT Defense" or the "Company") announced that its operating partnership, COPT Defense Properties, L.P. (the "Operating Partnership"), priced an underwritten public offering (the "Offering") of $400 million of 4.500% Senior Notes due 2030 (the "2030 Notes"). The Company will fully and unconditionally guarantee the Operating Partnership’s obligations under the 2030 Notes. The Offering is expected to close on October 2, 2025,
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