COUSINS PROPERTIES INC — Director's Dealing 2003

Dec 12, 2003

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: COUSINS PROPERTIES INC (CUZ)
CIK: 0000025232
Period of Report: 2003-12-10

Reporting Person: BELL THOMAS D JR (Director, President & CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2003-12-10	Restricted Stock	A	24000	$30.2	Acquired	24000	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2003-12-10	Options-(rights to buy) with tandem tax withholding rights	$30.2	A	110772	Acquired	2013-12-10	Common Stock (110772)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	39310	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Award of restricted stock shares under the Cousins Properties Incorporated (CPI) 1999 Incentive Stock Plan. These shares will vest 25% per year on each anniversary date of the grant, and CPI will hold these shares until such shares become vested. While the shares are being held prior to vesting, the reporting person will have the right to receive all cash dividends and to vote the restricted shares.

F2: These options were granted under various Cousins Properties Incorporated Employee Stock Option Plans between August 22, 2000 and December 10, 2003 at exercisable prices between $22.1205 and $30.20 per share, and will expire between August 22, 2010 and December 10, 2013. For options granted prior to December 28, 2000, 20% of the options become exercisable each year on the anniversary of the grant date, with the shares being 100% vested in year 5 of the grant term. For options granted on or after December 28, 2000, 25% of the options become exercisable each year on the anniversary of the grant date, with shares being 100% vested in year 4 of the grant term. The Plan under which these options were granted complies with Rule 16b-3 and provides for tax withholding.