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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;11, 2007.
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 2pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
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)
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>58-0869052</B></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>191 Peachtree Street, Suite&nbsp;3600, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1740</B><BR>
(Address, including zip code, of registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>COUSINS PROPERTIES INCORPORATED<BR>
1999 INCENTIVE STOCK PLAN</B><BR>
(Full title of the plan)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><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>
191 Peachtree Street, Suite&nbsp;3600<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1740<BR>
(404)&nbsp;407-1000</B><BR>
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone<BR>
number, including area code, of agent for service)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Copies to:</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>ALAN J. PRINCE<BR>
King &#038; Spalding LLP<BR>
1180 Peachtree Street<BR>
Atlanta, Georgia 30309<BR>
(404)&nbsp;572-4600</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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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 nowrap colspan="3" align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">900,000 shares (2)</TD>
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    <TD align="center" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$27,891,000</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 on the New York Stock Exchange on June&nbsp;7, 2007.</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 transactions.</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), August&nbsp;29, 2005 (File No.&nbsp;333-127917) and June&nbsp;9, 2006
(File No.&nbsp;333-134890) (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;), 445,298 shares (out of total filing of
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, 950,000 shares of Common
Stock, and 870,000 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 900,000 shares of Common Stock to
be issued to employees of the Company and certain subsidiaries and to directors of the Company
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, 2006;</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March
31, 2007;</TD>
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    <TD>The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February&nbsp;23, 2007, April
19, 2007 and May&nbsp;16, 2007; and</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
<FONT style="white-space: nowrap">No.&nbsp;1-11312)</FONT> 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
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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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    <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;13, 2007
and incorporated herein by reference)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">SIGNATURES
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<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 11<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of
June, 2007.
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left" valign="top">COUSINS PROPERTIES INCORPORATED</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ Robert M. Jackson</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Robert M. Jackson<BR>
Senior Vice President, General Counsel<BR>
and Corporate Secretary</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, 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 11<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of
June, 2007.
</DIV>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><U>Title</U></TD>
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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Thomas D. Bell, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Thomas D. Bell, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Chief Executive Officer and
Chairman of the Board of Directors
(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ James A. Fleming
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James A. Fleming</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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    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ John D. Harris, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
John D. Harris, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting
Officer<BR>
(Principal Accounting Officer)</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Erskine B. Bowles
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Erskine B. Bowles</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ James D. Edwards
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James D. Edwards</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Lillian C. Giornelli
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Lillian C. Giornelli</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ S. Taylor Glover
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
S. Taylor Glover</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ James H. Hance, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James H. Hance, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ William B. Harrison
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William B. Harrison</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ Boone A. Knox
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Boone A. Knox</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" nowrap valign="top">/s/ William Porter Payne
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
William Porter Payne</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of King &#038; Spalding LLP</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">10.1
</DIV></TD>
    <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;13, 2007 and incorporated
herein by reference)</TD>
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    <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>
</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">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>
</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">24.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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COUSINS PROPERTIES INCORPORATED
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 11, 2007.
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
58-0869052
(State or other jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
Identification No.)
191 Peachtree Street, Suite 3600, Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1740
(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
191 Peachtree Street, Suite 3600
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1740
(404) 407-1000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone
number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
ALAN J. PRINCE
King & Spalding LLP
1180 Peachtree Street
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
(404) 572-4600
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount to
Offering Price
Aggregate Offering
Amount of
Title of Securities to be Registered
be Registered
Per Share (1)
Price (1)
Registration Fee
Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share
900,000 shares (2)
$30.99
$27,891,000
$856.25
(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 on the New York Stock Exchange on June 7, 2007.
(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 transactions.
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), August 29, 2005 (File No. 333-127917) and June 9, 2006
(File No. 333-134890) (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"), 445,298 shares (out of total filing of
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, 950,000 shares of Common
Stock, and 870,000 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 900,000 shares of Common Stock to
be issued to employees of the Company and certain subsidiaries and to directors of the Company
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, 2006;
2.
The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March
31, 2007;
3.
The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 23, 2007, April
19, 2007 and May 16, 2007; 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
2
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.
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 13, 2007
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)
3
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 11
th
day of
June, 2007.
COUSINS PROPERTIES INCORPORATED
By:
/s/ Robert M. Jackson
Robert M. Jackson
Senior Vice President, General Counsel
and Corporate Secretary
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENT, 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 11
th
day of
June, 2007.
Signature
Title
/s/ Thomas D. Bell, Jr.
Thomas D. Bell, Jr.
Chief Executive Officer and
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)
Signature
Title
/s/ John D. Harris, Jr.
John D. Harris, Jr.
Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting
Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Erskine B. Bowles
Erskine B. Bowles
Director
/s/ James D. Edwards
James D. Edwards
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
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 13, 2007 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)