COPT 1Q 2022 Results Exceed Guidance

1Q22 EPS of $0.52 and FFO per Share of $0.58 Exceeded High-End of Guidance

1.2% Increase in Same-Property Cash NOI During Quarter Outperformed

High-End of Guidance by 20 Basis Points;

Maintain Full-Year Guidance for Change in Same-Property Cash NOI at (2%)-0%

Core Portfolio 92.2% Occupied & 94.1% Leased

283,000 SF of 100% Leased Developments Placed into Service in 1Q22

1.7 Million SF of Active Developments are 96% Leased

Solid Leasing

Total Leasing of 871,000 SF in the Quarter Represents Strong Start to the Year

265,000 SF of Development Leasing in 1Q is On-Track to Meet 2022 Goal of Completing 700,000 SF Goal During the Year

157,000 SF of Vacancy Leasing Represents 157% of First Quarter 5-Year Average

64% Retention Rate In-Line with Expectations;

Full-Year Retention Guidance of 70-75% Unchanged

Corporate Office Properties Trust (“COPT” or the “Company”) (NYSE: OFC) announced results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2022.

Management Comments

Stephen E. Budorick, COPT’s President & Chief Executive Officer, commented, “Our strategy of prioritizing capital allocation and leasing efforts at our Defense/IT Locations that serve priority missions at U.S. defense installations continues to produce strong, reliable results that are not correlated to traditional office fundamentals. First quarter results represent a strong start to the year, and we remain on-track to achieve our full year operating, leasing, and FFO per share objectives. Same-property results modestly exceeded expectations, and leasing was strong in the operating and development portfolios. The 157,000 square feet of vacancy leasing we achieved exceeded our 5-year average for the quarter. Our 64% tenant retention rate in the quarter reflected the anticipated non-renewal by Transamerica at 100 Light Street, which was included in our full-year retention guidance of 70-to-75%. The 265,000 square foot data center shell lease we executed in the quarter represents nearly 40% of the 700,000 square feet of development leasing we expect to complete this year, and we anticipate a productive second quarter.” He continued, “During the quarter, we placed 283,000 square feet of fully-leased developments into service and, among the 1.7 million square feet of active developments currently underway, we expect to place nearly 800,000 square feet of fully-leased projects into service for the year. Lastly, the mid-point of our full-year guidance implies 2.2% growth in FFO per share, as adjusted for comparability, reduced by roughly 2% from the dilutive sale of DC-6 during the quarter.”

Financial Highlights

1^st Quarter Financial Results:

• Diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) was $0.52 for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 compared to ($0.06) for the first quarter of 2021.

• Diluted funds from operations per share (“FFOPS”), as calculated in accordance with Nareit’s definition, was $0.58 for the first quarter of 2022 compared to $0.27 for first quarter 2021.

• FFOPS, as adjusted for comparability, was $0.58 for the first quarter of 2022 compared to $0.56 for the first quarter of 2021.

Operating Performance Highlights

Operating Portfolio Summary:

• At March 31, 2022, the Company’s 21.8 million square foot core portfolio was 92.2% occupied and 94.1% leased.

• During the quarter, the Company placed into service 283,000 square feet of developments that were 100% leased.

Same-Property Performance:

• At March 31, 2022, COPT’s 20.3 million square foot same-property portfolio was 92.0% occupied and 93.9% leased.

• For the quarter ended March 31, 2022, the Company’s same-property cash NOI increased 1.2%, over the prior year’s comparable period.

Leasing:

• Total Square Feet Leased: For the quarter ended March 31, 2022, the Company leased 871,000 square feet, including 448,000 square feet of renewals, 157,000 square feet of new leases on vacant space, and 265,000 square feet in development projects.

• Tenant Retention Rates: During the quarter ended March 31, 2022, the Company renewed 64% of expiring square feet. First quarter non-renewals included a 141,000 square foot lease expiration in the Company’s Regional Office portfolio. This non-renewal was included in management’s original full-year retention guidance of 70-75%.

• Rent Spreads & Average Escalations on Renewing Leases: For the quarter ended March 31, 2022, straight-line rents on renewals decreased 1.9%, and cash rents on renewed space decreased 5.7%. For the same time period, annual escalations on renewing leases averaged 2.6%.

• Lease Terms: In the first quarter of 2022, lease terms averaged 3.3 years on renewing leases, 6.4 years on new leasing of vacant space, and 15.0 years on development leasing.

Investment Activity Highlights

• Development Pipeline: The Company’s development pipeline consists of 11 properties totaling 1.7 million square feet that were 96% leased at March 31, 2022. These projects represent a total estimated investment of $552.7 million, of which $214.3 million has been spent.

• Dispositions: On January 25, 2022, the Company sold 100% of COPT DC-6 (“DC-6”), the only asset in the Company’s Wholesale Data Center reporting segment, for $223 million. There was no debt on the asset.

Balance Sheet and Capital Transaction Highlights

• In January and as referenced in the preceding paragraph, the Company sold its wholesale data center for $223 million and used the proceeds to repay unsecured, variable rate debt.

• For the quarter ended March 31, 2022, the Company’s adjusted EBITDA fixed charge coverage ratio was 5.2x.

• At March 31, 2022, the Company’s net debt to in-place adjusted EBITDA ratio was 6.6x and its net debt adjusted for fully-leased development to in-place adjusted EBITDA ratio was 6.1x.

• At March 31, 2022, and including the effect of interest rate swaps, the Company’s weighted average effective interest rate on its consolidated debt portfolio was 2.72% with a weighted average maturity of 6.9 years; additionally, 97.2% of the Company’s debt was subject to fixed interest rates.

• On April 8, 2022, the Company filed a new universal shelf registration statement with the SEC to replace its expired registration. In conjunction with this filing, the Company will also file a new prospectus supplement in May to attach its $300 million at-the-market (“ATM”) stock offering program to the new shelf registration statement.

Associated Supplemental Presentation

Prior to the call, the Company will post a slide presentation to accompany management’s prepared remarks for its first quarter 2022 conference call; the presentation can be viewed and downloaded from the ‘Financial Info – Financial Results’ section of COPT’s Investors website: https://investors.copt.com/financial-information/financial-results

2022 Guidance

Management is updating its full-year guidance for EPS and FFOPS, per Nareit and as adjusted for comparability, from the prior range of $1.12-$1.20, and $2.30-$2.38, respectively, to new ranges of $1.16-$1.22, and $2.31-$2.37, respectively. Management is establishing second quarter guidance for EPS and FFOPS per Nareit and as adjusted for comparability at $0.22-$0.24 and $0.57-$0.59, respectively. Reconciliations of projected EPS to projected FFOPS, in accordance with Nareit and as adjusted for comparability are as follows:

Conference Call Information

Management will discuss first quarter 2022 results on its conference call tomorrow at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time, details of which are listed below:

The conference call will also be available via live webcast in the ‘News & Events – IR Calendar’ section of COPT’s Investors website: https://investors.copt.com/news-events/ir-calendar

Replay Information

A replay of the conference call will be immediately available via webcast on the Investors website. Additionally, a telephonic replay of this call will be available beginning at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, April 29, through 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, May 13. To access the replay within the United States, please call 855-859-2056; to access it from outside the United States, please call 404-537-3406. In either case, use passcode 7286907.

Definitions

For definitions of certain terms used in this press release, please refer to the information furnished in the Company’s Supplemental Information Package furnished on a Form 8-K which can be found on its website (www.copt.com). Reconciliations of non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures are included in the attached tables.

About COPT

COPT is a REIT that owns, manages, leases, develops and selectively acquires office and data center properties. The majority of its portfolio is in locations that support the United States Government and its contractors, most of whom are engaged in national security, defense and information technology (“IT”) related activities servicing what the Company believes are growing, durable, priority missions (“Defense/IT Locations”). The Company also owns a portfolio of office properties located in select urban/urban-like submarkets in the Greater Washington, DC/Baltimore region with durable Class-A office fundamentals and characteristics (“Regional Office Properties”). As of March 31, 2022, the Company derived 90% of its core portfolio annualized rental revenue from Defense/IT Locations and 10% from its Regional Office Properties. As of the same date and including 19 properties owned through unconsolidated joint ventures, COPT’s core portfolio of 186 properties encompassed 21.8 million square feet and was 94.1% 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, 2021.

Source: Corporate Office Properties Trust

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