EASTGROUP PROPERTIES INC — Director's Dealing 2003

May 29, 2003

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: EASTGROUP PROPERTIES INC (EGP)
CIK: 0000049600
Period of Report: 2003-05-27

Reporting Person: ROTHSCHILD REALTY INVESTORS IIA LLC (10% Owner)

Footnotes

F1: $.0001 par value per share ("Common Share")

F2: Does not include 1,750,000 shares of Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock owned indirectly which have previously been disclosed and in relation to which there are no transactions to be reported.

F3: The Reporting Person is the sole managing member of Five Arrows, which is the direct owner of Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock and Common Stock of the Issurer.

F4: East share of Series B Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock is convertible at any time into 1.1364 shares of common stock.