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SCHEDULE
13G
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CUSIP
No.: 22002T108
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Page
2 of 6 Pages
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1.
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Names
of Reporting Persons.
Nomura
Asset Management Co., Ltd.
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2.
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Check
the Appropriate Box if a Member of a Group
(a)
[ ]
(b)
[X]
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3.
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SEC
Use Only
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4.
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Citizenship
or Place of Organization
Tokyo,
Japan
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Number
of
Shares
Beneficially
Owned
by Each
Reporting
Person
With
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5.
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Sole
Voting Power
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3,192,036
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6.
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Shared
Voting Power
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0
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7.
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Sole
Dispositive Power
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355,510
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8.
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Shared
Dispositive Power
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2,836,526
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9.
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Aggregate
Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person
3,192,036
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10.
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Check
if the Aggregate Amount in Row (9) Excludes Certain Shares
[ ]
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11.
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Percent
of Class Represented by Amount in Row (9)
5.48%
based on 58,248,932 shares outstanding as of October 23,
2009.
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12.
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Type
of Reporting Person
IA
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Item
1 (a)
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Name
of Issuer:
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Corporate
Office Properties Trust (the “Issuer”)
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Item
1(b)
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Address
of Issuer’s Principal Executive Offices:
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6711
Columbia Gateway Drive, Suite 300, Columbia, MD 21046
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Item
2(a)
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Name
of Person Filing:
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This
Statement is filed on behalf of Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. (“NAM”).
This Statement relates to Shares (as defined herein) held for the accounts
of Global High Income Stock Fund Mother Fund (“Global High Income Stock
Fund Mother”), Nomura US-REIT Open Mother Fund (“Nomura US-REIT Open
Mother”), US-REIT Mother Fund (“US-REIT Mother”), Global Attractive
Dividend Stock Fund Mother Fund (“Global Attractive Dividend Stock Fund
Mother”), International REIT Index Mother Fund (“International REIT Index
Mother”), Nomura World REIT Mother Fund (“Nomura World REIT Mother”),
World REIT Index Mother Fund (“World REIT Index Mother”), Nomura LaSalle
Global REIT Mother Fund (“Nomura LaSalle Global REIT Mother”), Nomura
Partners Funds, Inc. (“Nomura Partners Funds”) and Nomura Fund Series –
North American REIT Fund (“North American
REIT”).
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NAM
serves as investment manager to each of the Global High Income Stock Fund
Mother, Nomura US-REIT Open Mother, US-REIT Mother, Global Attractive
Dividend Stock Fund Mother, International REIT Index Mother, Nomura World
REIT Mother, World REIT Index Mother, Nomura LaSalle Global REIT Mother,
Nomura Partners Funds and North American REIT. In such capacity, NAM may
be deemed to have voting and dispositive power over the Shares held for
the accounts of each of the Global High Income Stock Fund Mother, Nomura
US-REIT Open Mother, US-REIT Mother, Global Attractive Dividend Stock Fund
Mother, International REIT Index Mother, Nomura World REIT Mother, World
REIT Index Mother, Nomura LaSalle Global REIT Mother, Nomura Partners
Funds and North American REIT.
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Item
2(b)
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Address
of Principal Office or, if none, Residence:
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The address of the principal office of NAM is 1-12-1, Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku,
Tokyo, Japan 103-8260
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Item
2(c)
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Citizenship:
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NAM
is a Japanese corporation
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Item
2(d)
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Title
of Class of Securities:
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Common
Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Shares”)
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Item
2(e)
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CUSIP
Number:
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22002T108
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Item
3(e).
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[X]
An investment adviser in accordance with Rule
13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E)
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Item
4
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Ownership:
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Item
4(a)
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Amount
Beneficially Owned:
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As
of December 31, 2009, NAM may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of
3,192,036 Shares. This amount consists of: (1) 115,200 Shares held for the
account of Global High Income Stock Fund Mother, (2) 13,100 Shares held
for the account of Nomura US-REIT Open Mother, (3) 672,840 Shares held for
the account of US-REIT Mother, (4) 196,400 Shares held for the account of
Global Attractive Dividend Stock Fund Mother, (5) 40,400 Shares held for
the account of International REIT Index Mother, (6) 12,850 Shares held for
the account of Nomura World REIT Mother, (7) 2,910 Shares held for the
account of World REIT Index Mother, (8) 2,921 Shares held for the account
of Nomura LaSalle Global REIT Mother, (9) 600 Shares held for the account
of Nomura Partners Funds, and (10) 2,134,815 Shares held for the account
of North American REIT.
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Item
4(b)
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Percent
of Class:
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The
number of Shares of which NAM may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of
constitutes approximately 5.48% of the total number of Shares outstanding
(based upon the information provided by the issuer in its most
recently-filed quarterly report on Form 10-Q, there was 58,248,932 Shares
outstanding as of October 23, 2009).
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Item
4(c)
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Number
of Shares of which such person has:
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(i)
Sole power to vote or direct the vote:
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3,192,036
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(ii)
Shared power to vote or direct the vote:
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0
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(iii)
Sole power to dispose or direct the disposition of:
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355,510
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(iv)
Shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of:
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2,836,526
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Item
5
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Ownership
of 5% or Less of a Class:
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If this
statement is being filed to report the fact that as of the date hereof the
Reporting Person has ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than five
percent of the class of securities, check the following [
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Item
6
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Ownership
of More than 5% on Behalf of Another Person:
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This
Item 6 is not applicable.
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Item
7
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Identification
and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being
Reported on By the Parent Holding Company:
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This
Item 7 is not applicable.
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Item
8
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Identification
and Classification of Members of the Group:
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This
Item 8 is not applicable.
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Item
9
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Notice
of Dissolution of Group:
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This
Item 9 is not applicable.
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Item
10
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Certification:
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By
signing below each of the Reporting Persons certifies that, to the best of
their knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were not
acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of
changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and
were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant
in any transaction having that purpose or
effect.
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Date:
February 16, 2010
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NOMURA
ASSET MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
By: /s/ Kenji
Kitagawa
Name: Kenji
Kitagawa
Title: Managing
Director
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