Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Shareholders' Equity

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Shareholders' Equity
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2011
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Shareholders' Equity

12. Shareholders' Equity

Preferred Shares

        At December 31, 2011, we had 15.0 million preferred shares of beneficial interest ("preferred shares") authorized at $0.01 par value. The table below sets forth additional information pertaining to our preferred shares (dollars in thousands, except per share data):

Series
  # of Shares
Issued
  Aggregate
Liquidation
Preference
  Month of
Issuance
  Annual
Dividend
Yield
  Annual
Dividend
Per Share
  Earliest
Redemption
Date
 

Series G

    2,200,000   $ 55,000   August 2003     8.000 % $ 2.00000     8/11/2008  

Series H

    2,000,000     50,000   December 2003     7.500 % $ 1.87500     12/18/2008  

Series J

    3,390,000     84,750   July 2006     7.625 % $ 1.90625     7/20/2011  

Series K

    531,667     26,583   January 2007     5.600 % $ 2.80000     1/9/2017  
                                 

 

    8,121,667   $ 216,333                        
                                 

        Each series of preferred shares is nonvoting and redeemable for cash in the amount of its liquidation preference at our option on or after the earliest redemption date. The Series K Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares are also convertible, subject to certain conditions, into common shares on the basis of 0.8163 common shares for each preferred share. Holders of all preferred shares are entitled to cumulative dividends, payable quarterly (as and if declared by our Board of Trustees). In the case of each series of preferred shares, there is a series of preferred units in the Operating Partnership owned by us that carries substantially the same terms.

Common Shares

        During 2010 and 2011, we completed the following public offerings of common shares:

  • 7.475 million common shares in November 2010 at a public offering price of $34.25 per share for net proceeds of $245.8 million after underwriting discounts but before offering expenses; and

    4.6 million common shares in May 2011 at a public offering price of $33.00 per share for net proceeds of $145.7 million after underwriter discounts but before offering expenses.

        Holders of common units in our Operating Partnership converted their units into common shares on the basis of one common share for each common unit in the amount of 100,939 in 2011, 663,498 in 2010 and 2,841,394 in 2009.

        We declared dividends per common share of $1.65 in 2011, $1.61 in 2010 and $1.53 in 2009.

        See Note 14 for disclosure of common share activity pertaining to our share-based compensation plans.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

        The table below sets forth activity in the accumulated other comprehensive loss component of shareholders' equity (in thousands):

 
  For the Years Ended December 31,  
 
  2011   2010   2009  

Beginning balance

  $ (4,163 ) $ (1,907 ) $ (4,749 )

Amount of loss recognized in AOCL (effective portion)

    (31,531 )   (5,473 )   (3,253 )

Amount of loss reclassified from AOCL to income (effective portion)

    4,601     3,689     6,680  

Amount of loss reclassified from AOCL to loss on interest rate derivatives upon discontinuing hedge accounting

    28,430          

Adjustment to AOCL attributable to noncontrolling interests

    930     (472 )   (585 )
               

Ending balance

  $ (1,733 ) $ (4,163 ) $ (1,907 )
               

        The table below sets forth total comprehensive (loss) income and total comprehensive (loss) income attributable to COPT (in thousands):

 
  For the Years Ended December 31,  
 
  2011   2010   2009  

Net (loss) income

  $ (124,318 ) $ 45,504   $ 61,299  

Amount of loss recognized in AOCL

    (31,531 )   (5,473 )   (3,253 )

Amount of loss reclassified from AOCL to income

    4,601     3,689     6,680  

Amount of loss reclassified from AOCL to loss on interest rate derivatives upon discontinuing hedge accounting

    28,430          
               

Total comprehensive (loss) income

    (122,818 )   43,720     64,726  

Net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests

    6,643     (2,744 )   (4,970 )

Other comprehensive (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

    (16 )   153     (349 )
               

Total comprehensive (loss) income attributable to COPT

  $ (116,191 ) $ 41,129   $ 59,407