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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 1, 1998
CORPORATE OFFICE PROPERTIES TRUST, INC.
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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Minnesota 0-20047 41-1691930
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(State or other jurisdiction (Commission (IRS Employer
of incorporation) File Number) Identification
Number)
One Logan Square, Suite 1105
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
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(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(215) 567-1800
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(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Royale Investments, Inc.
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(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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Item 5. Other Events Form 8-K
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January 5, 1998
At a December 22, 1997 Special Meeting of Shareholders, the
Shareholders of Royale Investments, Inc. (the "Company") approved a change of
the Company's name to "Corporate Office Properties Trust, Inc." The name
change was effective January 1, 1998.
Item 7. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
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(c) Exhibits
3(i).1 Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation dated
December 23, 1997.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Dated: January 5, 1998
CORPORATE OFFICE PROPERTIES TRUST, INC.
BY: /s/ Thomas D. Cassel
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Thomas D. Cassel
Vice President Finance
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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3(i).1 Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation
dated December 23, 1997.
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ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT TO
THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
OF ROYALE INVESTMENTS, INC.
The undersigned, President of Royale Investments, Inc., a Minnesota
corporation (the "Company"), hereby certifies:
1. That effective January 1, 1998, Article I of the Company's Articles
of Incorporation shall be amended to read in its entirety as follows:
"RESOLVED, that Article I of the Articles of Incorporation of
this corporation be, and the same hereby is, amended to read as
follows:
ARTICLE I
The name of this corporation shall be CORPORATE OFFICE
PROPERTIES TRUST, INC."
2. That a majority of the shareholders of the Company approved said
amendment at a special meeting of the shareholders held on December 22, 1997,
and such amendments have been adopted in accordance with the requirements of
and pursuant to Chapter 302A of the Minnesota Statutes.
I have subscribed my name this 23rd day of December, 1997.
/s/ Clay W. Hamlin, III
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Clay W. Hamlin, III
President and CEO
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
) ss.
COUNTY OF DAKOTA )
Clay W. Hamlin, III, being first duly sworn, deposes and states that he
is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Royale Investments, Inc., a
Minnesota corporation; that he executed the foregoing Certificate of
Amendment; that the contents thereof are true; that he takes this action
pursuant to authority conferred upon him by the Board of Directors of said
Corporation; that he makes this Articles of Amendment for and on behalf of
said Corporation.
/s/ Clay W. Hamlin, III
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Clay W. Hamlin, III
Subscribed and sworn to be before me
this 23rd day of December, 1997.
/s/ Albert Woodward
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Notary Public
