COUSINS PROPERTIES INC — Director's Dealing 2010

Sep 21, 2010

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: COUSINS PROPERTIES INC (CUZ)
CIK: 0000025232
Period of Report: 2010-09-17

Reporting Person: MCCOLL JOHN S (Executive Vice President)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2010-09-17	Common Stock	A	482	$6.95	Acquired	70474	Direct
2010-09-17	Common Stock	A	98	$6.95	Acquired	14249.83	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: Shares of common stock acquired as a result of the elective stock dividend paid on September 17, 2010. Shareholders elected, pursuant to the terms of the Prospectus Supplement filed August 10, 2010 ("Supplement"), to receive the dividend in all or partial stock. If all stock was elected, shareholders received their entire dividend in stock. If partial stock was elected, shareholders received approximately $0.04798 of the $0.09 dividend in stock. The value of the shares distributed is $6.95 per share which were valued at the average closing price on September 7, 8 and 9, 2010 pursuant to the terms of the Supplement.

F2: Includes 10,104 shares of restricted stock awarded under the CPI 2009 Incentive Stock Plan. These shares will cliff vest based on continued service on 2/15/2013. 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.