COUSINS PROPERTIES INC — Director's Dealing 2007

Dec 18, 2007

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: COUSINS PROPERTIES INC (CUZ)
CIK: 0000025232
Period of Report: 2007-12-17

Reporting Person: BELL THOMAS D JR (Director, Chairman and CEO)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2007-12-17	Common Stock	M	1518	$16.47	Acquired	269211	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2007-12-17	Stock Options (Right to buy)	$16.47	M	1518	Disposed	2013-01-28	Common Stock (1518)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	2706	Indirect
Common Stock	17955	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Includes 33,873 shares of restricted stock awarded 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. All unvested shares will forfeit upon termination of employment.

F5: On September 16, 2003, November 19, 2004, and November 25, 2006 the number of options beneficially owned and the corresponding exercise prices were adjusted due to the payment of a special dividend. The number of options outstanding increased by approximately 7.4% and the exercise price decreased by approximately 6.9% for the September 16, 2003 special dividend. The number of options outstanding increased by approximately 22.24% and the exercise price decreased by approximately 18.19% for the November 19, 2004 special dividend. The number of options outstanding increased by approximately 9.87% and the exercise price decreased by approximately 8.98% for the November 25, 2006 special dividend.

F3: Shares held by The Jennifer and Thomas Bell Family Foundation for which the reporting person and the reporting person's wife serve as co-trustees.

F2: Shares held by the reporting person as beneficiary in the Company's Profit Sharing Plan.

F4: These options were granted under the Cousins Properties Incorporated 1999 Incentive Stock Plan. These options will vest 25% per 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.