COUSINS PROPERTIES INC — Director's Dealing 2009

Dec 15, 2009

SEC Form 4/A — Form 4/A

Issuer: COUSINS PROPERTIES INC (CUZ)
CIK: 0000025232
Period of Report: 2009-09-16

Reporting Person: PAYNE WILLIAM PORTER (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2009-09-16	Common Stock	A	24	$7.73	Acquired	1930	Indirect
2009-09-16	Common Stock	A	1241	$7.73	Acquired	68630	Direct

Footnotes

F1: Original shares reported assumed shareholder elected to receive 100% stock in the elective stock dividend paid on September 16, 2009 under the Prospectus Supplement published August 12, 2009 . Shares are changed to reflect actual shareholder elections.

F2: By reporting person's wife, as executrix of her father's estate, John F. Beard.

F3: Includes 607 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 as previously disclosed, 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 if the Director's service as a member of the CPI Board of Directors terminates, unless separation is due to death.