Filed pursuant to Rule 433

Registration Nos. 333-108785 and 333-135738

$75,000,000 7.625% Series J Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial

Interest - Liquidation Preference $25.00 Per Share

 

Term sheet dated July 13, 2006

 

Issuer:  Corporate Office Properties Trust

 

Security:  7.625% Series J Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares of Beneficial Interest

 

CUSIP:  22002T702

 

Size:  3,000,000 shares

 

Public offering price:  $25.00 per share, plus accrued dividends, if any, from the date of original issue; $75,000,000

 

Over-allotment option:  450,000 shares

 

Maturity:  Perpetual

 

Call date:  On or after July 20, 2011 (subject to the special optional redemption right described in the prospectus supplement)

 

Payment dates:  Initially October 15, 2006 and quarterly thereafter

 

Type of security:  SEC registered

 

Underwriting discounts and commissions: $0.7875 per share; $2,362,500 total ($2,716,875 if over-allotment option is exercised in full)

 

Expected net proceeds after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated transaction expenses payable by Corporate Office Properties Trust:  $72,411,000 ($83,306,625 if over-allotment option is exercised in full)

 



 

Dividend Rate:  7.625% of the liquidation preference per annum; $1.90625 per annum per share, cumulative from date of original issue (subject to the step-up provision described in the prospectus supplement).  Initial quarterly dividend will be approximately $0.45009.

 

Settlement date:  July 20, 2006

 

Selling concession:  Not to exceed $0.50 per share

 

Reallowance to other dealers:  Not to exceed $0.45 per share

 

Sole Bookrunner:

 

Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC

 

1,170,000 shares

 

 

 

 

 

Co-Managers:

 

A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc.

 

510,000 shares

 

 

RBC Dain Rauscher Inc.

 

510,000 shares

 

 

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company Incorporated

 

510,000 shares

 

 

Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated

 

300,000 shares

 

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