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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June&nbsp;9, 2006.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>COUSINS PROPERTIES INCORPORATED</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Georgia</B><BR>
(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>58-0869052</B><BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>2500 Windy Ridge Parkway<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30339-5683</B><BR>
(Address, including zip code, of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>COUSINS PROPERTIES INCORPORATED</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>1999 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN</B></DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full title of the plan)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><FONT style="font-variant: SMALL-CAPS"><B>ROBERT M. JACKSON</B></FONT><BR>
<B>Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary<BR>
Cousins Properties Incorporated<BR>
2500 Windy Ridge Parkway<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30339-5683<BR>
(770)&nbsp;955-2200</B><BR>
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone<BR>
number, including area code, of agent for service)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Copies to:</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ALAN J. PRINCE<BR>
King &#038; Spalding LLP<BR>
191 Peachtree Street<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1763<BR>
(404)&nbsp;572-4600</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B></DIV>

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    <TD nowrap align="left">Title of Securities to be Registered</TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000" nowrap>870,000 shares</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">29.97</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">26,073,900</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) on
the basis of the high and low sales prices of Common Stock of Cousins Properties Incorporated
(the &#147;Company&#148;) on the New York Stock Exchange on June&nbsp;8, 2006.</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a), this Registration Statement also covers such indeterminate number of
additional securities as may become issuable under the plans as the result of any future stock
splits, stock dividends or similar adjustment of the Company&#146;s Common Stock.</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Cousins Properties Incorporated (the &#147;Company&#148;) filed registration statements on Form S-8 on
December&nbsp;3, 1999 (File No.&nbsp;333-92089), September&nbsp;27, 2000 (File No.&nbsp;333-46674), August&nbsp;21, 2001
(File No.&nbsp;333-68010), August&nbsp;21, 2002 (File No.&nbsp;333-98487), July&nbsp;10, 2003 (File No.&nbsp;333-106937),
December&nbsp;1, 2004 (File No.&nbsp;333-120918) and August&nbsp;29, 2005 (File No.&nbsp;333-127917) (collectively, the
&#147;Prior Registration Statements&#148;) to register under the Securities Act of 1933 Act, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), 895,525 shares of the Company&#146;s common stock, par value $1.00 per share (&#147;Common
Stock&#148;), 1,604,202 shares of Common Stock, 2,300,000 shares of Common Stock, 1,100,000 shares of
Common Stock, 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock, 1,556,058 shares of Common Stock and 950,000 shares
of Common Stock, respectively, issuable under the Cousins Properties 1999 Incentive Stock Plan, as
amended (the &#147;1999 Incentive Stock Plan&#148;). The Company is filing this registration statement on
Form S-8 (the &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) pursuant to and in accordance with General Instruction E of
Form S-8 to register an additional 870,000 shares of Common Stock to be issued to employees of the
Company and certain subsidiaries and to directors of the Company and certain subsidiaries pursuant
to the Cousins Properties Incorporated 1999 Incentive Stock Plan, as amended.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART I</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The documents containing the information specified in Part&nbsp;I will be sent or given to eligible
participants in the 1999 Incentive Stock Plan, as specified by Rule 428(b) of the Securities Act.
Consistent with the instructions of Part&nbsp;I of Form S-8, such documents will not be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) either as part of this Registration Statement
or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule&nbsp;424 of the Securities Act. These
documents and the documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Item&nbsp;3 of Part&nbsp;II of this
Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus within the meaning of Section 10(a)
of the Securities Act.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. </B><U><B>Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference</B></U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The contents of the Prior Registration Statements are incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement. In addition, the following documents filed with the Commission are hereby
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">1.</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2005;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">2.</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March&nbsp;31,
2006;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">3.</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February&nbsp;24, 2006, March
13, 2006 and May&nbsp;4, 2006; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">4.</TD>
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    <TD>The description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Company&#146;s
Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No.&nbsp;1-11312) dated August&nbsp;4, 1992, filed under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), including any amendment or
report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents filed by the Company subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement
pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. </B><u><B>Exhibits</B></u>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Cousins Properties Incorporated 1999 Incentive Stock Plan, as amended (filed as
Annex B to the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement, filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;4, 2006
and incorporated herein by reference)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of King &#038; Spalding LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
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    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</TD>
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    <TD width="14%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(i)</TD>
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    <TD>To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;</TD>
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    <TD width="14%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(ii)</TD>
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    <TD>To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement
(or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20
percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
&#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the effective Registration
Statement; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(iii)</TD>
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    <TD>To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
the Registration Statement;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 14%"><I>provided, however, </I>that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement.
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <I>bona
fide </I>offering thereof.</TD>
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    <TD width="10%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant
to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the
opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of
expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</TD>
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</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on this 7<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of
June, 2006
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    <TD width="34%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left">COUSINS PROPERTIES INCORPORATED</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; /s/ Robert M. Jackson
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert M. Jackson
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President, General Counsel and</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Corporate Secretary</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Thomas D. Bell, Jr. and Robert M. Jackson, and each of them, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such persons
and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing requisite
or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacity indicated on the 7<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of
June, 2006.
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    <TD nowrap align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">Signature</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Thomas D. Bell, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas D. Bell, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">President, Chief Executive Officer and Vice<br>
Chairman of the Board of Directors<br>
(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ James A. Fleming
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James A. Fleming
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer<br>
(Principal Financial Officer)</TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John D. Harris, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting<br>
Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ T.G. Cousins
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
T. G. Cousins
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Chairman of the Board of Directors&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Erskine B. Bowles
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Erskine B. Bowles
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Richard W. Courts, II
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Richard W. Courts, II
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Lillian C. Giornelli
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Lillian C. Giornelli
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ S. Taylor Glover
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
S. Taylor Glover
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ James H. Hance, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James H. Hance, Jr.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ William B. Harrison
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William B. Harrison
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ Boone A. Knox
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Boone A. Knox
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;/s/ William Porter Payne
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William Porter Payne
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of King &#038; Spalding LLP</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">10.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Cousins Properties Incorporated 1999 Incentive Stock Plan, as amended (filed as Annex B to
the Company&#146;s Proxy Statement, filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;4, 2006 and incorporated
herein by reference)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte &#038; Touche LLP</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of King &#038; Spalding LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">24.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</TD>
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COUSINS PROPERTIES INCORPORATED
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 9, 2006.
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
COUSINS PROPERTIES INCORPORATED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Georgia
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
58-0869052
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
2500 Windy Ridge Parkway
Atlanta, Georgia 30339-5683
(Address, including zip code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
COUSINS PROPERTIES INCORPORATED
1999 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
ROBERT M. JACKSON
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
Cousins Properties Incorporated
2500 Windy Ridge Parkway
Atlanta, Georgia 30339-5683
(770) 955-2200
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
ALAN J. PRINCE
King & Spalding LLP
191 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1763
(404) 572-4600
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed Maximum
Amount to
Maximum Offering
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
Title of Securities to be Registered
be Registered
Price Per Share (1)
Price (1)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share
870,000 shares
$
29.97
$
26,073,900
$
2,790
(1)
Estimated solely for the purpose of computing the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) on
the basis of the high and low sales prices of Common Stock of Cousins Properties Incorporated
(the "Company") on the New York Stock Exchange on June 8, 2006.
(2)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a), this Registration Statement also covers such indeterminate number of
additional securities as may become issuable under the plans as the result of any future stock
splits, stock dividends or similar adjustment of the Company's Common Stock.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Cousins Properties Incorporated (the "Company") filed registration statements on Form S-8 on
December 3, 1999 (File No. 333-92089), September 27, 2000 (File No. 333-46674), August 21, 2001
(File No. 333-68010), August 21, 2002 (File No. 333-98487), July 10, 2003 (File No. 333-106937),
December 1, 2004 (File No. 333-120918) and August 29, 2005 (File No. 333-127917) (collectively, the
"Prior Registration Statements") to register under the Securities Act of 1933 Act, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), 895,525 shares of the Company's common stock, par value $1.00 per share ("Common
Stock"), 1,604,202 shares of Common Stock, 2,300,000 shares of Common Stock, 1,100,000 shares of
Common Stock, 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock, 1,556,058 shares of Common Stock and 950,000 shares
of Common Stock, respectively, issuable under the Cousins Properties 1999 Incentive Stock Plan, as
amended (the "1999 Incentive Stock Plan"). The Company is filing this registration statement on
Form S-8 (the "Registration Statement") pursuant to and in accordance with General Instruction E of
Form S-8 to register an additional 870,000 shares of Common Stock to be issued to employees of the
Company and certain subsidiaries and to directors of the Company and certain subsidiaries pursuant
to the Cousins Properties Incorporated 1999 Incentive Stock Plan, as amended.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(A) PROSPECTUS
The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be sent or given to eligible
participants in the 1999 Incentive Stock Plan, as specified by Rule 428(b) of the Securities Act.
Consistent with the instructions of Part I of Form S-8, such documents will not be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") either as part of this Registration Statement
or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities Act. These
documents and the documents incorporated by reference pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this
Registration Statement, taken together, constitute a prospectus within the meaning of Section 10(a)
of the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference
The contents of the Prior Registration Statements are incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement. In addition, the following documents filed with the Commission are hereby
incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
1.
The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005;
2.
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31,
2006;
3.
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 24, 2006, March
13, 2006 and May 4, 2006; and
4.
The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's
Registration Statement on Form 8-A (File No. 1-11312) dated August 4, 1992, filed under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), including any amendment or
report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All documents filed by the Company subsequent to the date of this Registration Statement
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act and prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which
deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such
documents.
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Item 8.
Exhibits
Exhibit
Description
5.1
Opinion of King & Spalding LLP
10.1
Cousins Properties Incorporated 1999 Incentive Stock Plan, as amended (filed as
Annex B to the Company's Proxy Statement, filed with the Commission on April 4, 2006
and incorporated herein by reference)
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.2
Consent of King & Spalding LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
Item 9.
Undertakings
(a)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)
To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)
To include any prospectus required by Section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;
(ii)
To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of the Registration Statement
(or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20
percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
"Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective Registration
Statement; and
(iii)
To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
Registration Statement or any material change to such information in
the Registration Statement;
provided, however,
that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if
the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by
those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the
Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement.
(2)
That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona
fide
offering thereof.
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(3)
To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering.
(b)
The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's Annual Report
pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each
filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement shall be
deemed to be a new Registration Statement relating to the securities offered therein,
and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.
(c)
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may
be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant
to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the
opinion of the Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for
indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of
expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the
Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by
such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being
registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has
been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction
the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Atlanta, State of Georgia, on this 7
th
day of
June, 2006
COUSINS PROPERTIES INCORPORATED
By:
/s/ Robert M. Jackson
Robert M. Jackson
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and
Corporate Secretary
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and
appoints Thomas D. Bell, Jr. and Robert M. Jackson, and each of them, his or her true and lawful
attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such persons
and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
to this Registration Statement, and to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and
each of them, full power and authority to do and to perform each and every act and thing requisite
or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully and to all intents and purposes as he
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and any of them, or their substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement
has been signed by the following persons in the capacity indicated on the 7
th
day of
June, 2006.
Signature
Title
/s/ Thomas D. Bell, Jr.
Thomas D. Bell, Jr.
President, Chief Executive Officer and Vice
Chairman of the Board of Directors
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ James A. Fleming
James A. Fleming
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
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Signature
Title
/s/ John D. Harris, Jr.
John D. Harris, Jr.
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting
Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ T.G. Cousins
T. G. Cousins
Chairman of the Board of Directors
/s/ Erskine B. Bowles
Erskine B. Bowles
Director
/s/ Richard W. Courts, II
Richard W. Courts, II
Director
/s/ Lillian C. Giornelli
Lillian C. Giornelli
Director
/s/ S. Taylor Glover
S. Taylor Glover
Director
/s/ James H. Hance, Jr.
James H. Hance, Jr.
Director
/s/ William B. Harrison
William B. Harrison
Director
/s/ Boone A. Knox
Boone A. Knox
Director
/s/ William Porter Payne
William Porter Payne
Director
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Description
5.1
Opinion of King & Spalding LLP
10.1
Cousins Properties Incorporated 1999 Incentive Stock Plan, as amended (filed as Annex B to
the Company's Proxy Statement, filed with the Commission on April 4, 2006 and incorporated
herein by reference)
23.1
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
23.2
Consent of King & Spalding LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)