COUSINS PROPERTIES INC — Director's Dealing 2018

May 18, 2018

SEC Form 3 — Initial Statement of Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: COUSINS PROPERTIES INC (CUZ)
CIK: 0000025232
Period of Report: 2018-04-24

Reporting Person: STONE R DARY (Director)

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	127463	Direct

Holdings (Derivative)

Security	Exercise Price	Expiration	Underlying	Shares	Ownership
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$6.33	2019-02-16	Common Stock (54490)		Direct
Stock Options (Right to Buy)	$6.22	2021-03-02	Common Stock (1345)		Direct

Footnotes

F1: These options were granted under the 2009 Incentive Stock Plan. These options will vest 25% per year on each anniversary date of the grant, with shares being 100% vested in year 4 of the grant term. The
reporting person may, as an alternative to exercising the stock option right to purchase CPI stock, elect to exercise the related Stock Appreciation Right (SAR). The exercise of the SAR allows the reporting person
to receive the number of whole shares of CPI stock equal to the difference between the fair market value of the stock on the date of exercise and the option price.

F2: These options were granted under the 2009 Incentive Stock Plan. These options are fully vested on the grant date. The reporting person may, as an alternative to exercising the stock option right to purchase the full allotment of CPI stock, elect a cashless exercise. The cashless exercise allows the reporting person to receive the number of whole shares of CPI stock equal to the difference between the fair market value of the stock on the date of exercise and the option price.