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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 31, 2023</div>
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        <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">UNITED STATES</div>
        <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold;">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>
        <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: bold;">WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</div>
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        <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 18pt; font-weight: bold;">FORM S-8</div>
        <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</div>
        <div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">UNDER</div>
        <div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: bold;">EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC.</div>
      <div style="text-align: center;">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Maryland</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">13-2711135</div>
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              <div style="text-align: center;">(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">400 W. Parkway Place, Suite 100</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Ridgeland, Mississippi 39157</div>
      <div style="text-align: center;">(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)</div>
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        <div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">EastGroup Properties, Inc. 2023 Equity Incentive Plan</div>
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        <div style="text-align: center;">(Full Title of the Plan)</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">Marshall A. Loeb</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">EastGroup Properties, Inc.</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">400 W. Parkway Place, Suite 100</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Ridgeland, Mississippi 39517</div>
      <div style="text-align: center;">(Name and Address of Agent For Service)</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; color: #000000; font-weight: bold;">(601) 354-3555</div>
      <div style="text-align: center;">(Telephone number, including area code, of Agent For Service)</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Copies to:</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Ettore Santucci, Esq.</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Goodwin Procter LLP</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">100 Northern Avenue</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Boston, Massachusetts 02210</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">(617) 570-1000</div>
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        <div>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221;
          &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</div>
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              <div>Large accelerated filer</div>
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            <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: top;">&#9746;</td>
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              <div>Accelerated filer</div>
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              <div>Non-accelerated filer</div>
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            <td style="width: 40%; vertical-align: top;">&#9744;</td>
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              <div>Smaller reporting company</div>
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              <div>Emerging growth company</div>
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        <div><font style="color: #000000;">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant
            to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&#160; &#9744;</font></div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">EXPLANATORY NOTE</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by EastGroup Properties, Inc. (the &#8220;Company&#8221;, &#8220;we&#8221; or &#8220;us&#8221;) to register the offer and sale of up to 1,500,000 newly authorized shares of the Company&#8217;s common
        stock, par value $0.0001 per share (&#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), pursuant to the EastGroup Properties, Inc. 2023 Equity Incentive Plan (the &#8220;2023 Plan&#8221;).</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">PART I</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</div>
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              <div style="font-weight: bold;">Plan Information.*</div>
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              <div style="font-weight: bold;">Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*</div>
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      <div>*The documents containing the information specified in this Part I will be sent or given to participants in the 2023 Plan in accordance with Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;).&#160; In
        accordance with Rule 428 promulgated under the Securities Act and the requirements of Part I of Form S-8, such documents need not be filed with the <font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;)</font> either as
        part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">PART II</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</div>
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            <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;">Item 3.</td>
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              <div style="font-weight: bold;">Incorporation of Documents By Reference</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">The following documents filed by the Company with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), are incorporated by reference (other than, in each case, those documents, or the
        portions of those documents or exhibits thereto, deemed to be furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules):</div>
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              <div>the Company&#8217;s <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/49600/000004960023000021/egp-20221231.htm">Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on February 15, 2023;</a></div>
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              <div>the Company&#8217;s <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/49600/000004960023000053/egp-20230413.htm">Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on April 14, 2023</a> (solely to the extent specifically
                incorporated by reference into our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022);</div>
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              <div>the Company&#8217;s <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/49600/000004960023000062/egp-20230331.htm">Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on April 26, 2023;</a></div>
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              <div>the Company&#8217;s Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on <a href="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/49600/000114036123001638/brhc10046420_8k.htm">January 13, 2023</a><font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);"><u>&#160;</u></font>and







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              <div><font style="color: #000000;">The description of the Company&#8217;s Common Stock contained in the Company&#8217;s </font><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49600/0000950152-97-004359.txt">registration statement on Form 8-B, filed on
                  June 5, 1997</a><font style="color: #000000;">, as updated by </font><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49600/000004960022000027/exhibit412021q4.htm">Exhibit 4.1</a><font style="color: #000000;"> to the Company&#8217;s Annual
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
        securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents (other than,
        in each case, those documents, or the portions of those documents or exhibits thereto, deemed to be furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules).</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
        statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.&#160; Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
        deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</div>
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      <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Under no circumstances will any information furnished under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8&#8209;K be deemed incorporated herein by reference unless such Form 8&#8209;K expressly provides to
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">Not applicable.</div>
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            <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;">Item 5.</td>
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              <div style="font-weight: bold;">Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">Not applicable.</div>
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            <td style="width: 36pt; vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold;">Item 6.</td>
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              <div style="font-weight: bold;">Indemnification of Directors and Officers</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">&#160;Maryland law permits a corporation to include in its charter a provision limiting the liability of its directors and officers to the corporation and its stockholders for money damages, except for liability resulting
        from (i) actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or (ii) active and deliberate dishonesty established by a final judgment and which is material to the cause of action. Our charter contains a provision which
        limits the liability of our directors and officers to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law.</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">Maryland law requires a corporation (unless its charter provides otherwise, which our charter does not) to indemnify a director or officer who has been successful in the defense of any proceeding to which he or she is
        made a party by reason of his or her service in that capacity, or in the defense of any issue, claim or matter in such a proceeding. Our charter contains a provision authorizing and requiring us to indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by
        Maryland law, our directors and officers, whether serving us or, at our request, any other entity.</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">Maryland law permits a corporation to indemnify its present and former directors and officers, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in
        connection with any proceeding to which they may be made or threatened to be made a party by reason of his or her service in that capacity, unless it is established that:</div>
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              <div>the act or omission was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and was committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty;</div>
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              <div>the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; or</div>
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              <div>in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful.</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">However, under the Maryland General Corporation Law, a Maryland corporation may not indemnify a director or officer for an adverse judgment in a suit by or in the right of the corporation or for a judgment of liability
        on the basis that a personal benefit was improperly received. A court may order indemnification if it determines that the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification, even though the prescribed standard of conduct is
        not met or the director or officer was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received. However, indemnification for an adverse judgment in a suit by us or in our right, or for a judgment of liability on the basis that
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        his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the corporation and (ii) a written undertaking to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the corporation if it is ultimately determined
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">We also are party to indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers that provide for indemnification to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law. We also maintain liability insurance
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              <div style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/49600/000004960021000067/ex31eastgroup-articlesofam.htm">4.1</a></div>
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        documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and
        about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any said attorney-in-fact and agent, or any substitute or substitutes of any of them, may lawfully do or
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 31, 2023
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Maryland
13-2711135
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
400 W. Parkway Place, Suite 100
Ridgeland, Mississippi 39157
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
EastGroup Properties, Inc. 2023 Equity Incentive Plan
(Full Title of the Plan)
Marshall A. Loeb
EastGroup Properties, Inc.
400 W. Parkway Place, Suite 100
Ridgeland, Mississippi 39517
(Name and Address of Agent For Service)
(601) 354-3555
(Telephone number, including area code, of Agent For Service)
Copies to:
Ettore Santucci, Esq.
Goodwin Procter LLP
100 Northern Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02210
(617) 570-1000
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer,"
          "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
☒
Accelerated filer
☐
Non-accelerated filer
☐
Smaller reporting company
☐
Emerging growth company
☐
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant
            to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed by EastGroup Properties, Inc. (the "Company", "we" or "us") to register the offer and sale of up to 1,500,000 newly authorized shares of the Company's common
        stock, par value $0.0001 per share ("Common Stock"), pursuant to the EastGroup Properties, Inc. 2023 Equity Incentive Plan (the "2023 Plan").
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
Item 1.
Plan Information.*
Item 2.
Registrant Information and Employee Plan Annual Information.*
*The documents containing the information specified in this Part I will be sent or given to participants in the 2023 Plan in accordance with Rule 428(b)(1) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").  In
        accordance with Rule 428 promulgated under the Securities Act and the requirements of Part I of Form S-8, such documents need not be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC")
either as
        part of this Registration Statement or as prospectuses or prospectus supplements pursuant to Rule 424 promulgated under the Securities Act.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents By Reference
The following documents filed by the Company with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are incorporated by reference (other than, in each case, those documents, or the
        portions of those documents or exhibits thereto, deemed to be furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules):
•
the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on February 15, 2023;
•
the Company's
Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed with the SEC on April 14, 2023
(solely to the extent specifically
                incorporated by reference into our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022);
•
the Company's
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on April 26, 2023;
•
the Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on
January 13, 2023
and
May 26, 2023
; and
•
The description of the Company's Common Stock contained in the Company's
registration statement on Form 8-B, filed on
                  June 5, 1997
, as updated by
Exhibit 4.1
to the Company's Annual
                  Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 filed with SEC on February 16, 2022, including any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description
.
In addition, all documents subsequently filed by the Company with the SEC pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all
        securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents (other than,
        in each case, those documents, or the portions of those documents or exhibits thereto, deemed to be furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules).
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a
        statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.  Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be
        deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Under no circumstances will any information furnished under Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8‑K be deemed incorporated herein by reference unless such Form 8‑K expressly provides to
        the contrary.
Item 4.
Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5.
Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6.
Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Maryland law permits a corporation to include in its charter a provision limiting the liability of its directors and officers to the corporation and its stockholders for money damages, except for liability resulting
        from (i) actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or (ii) active and deliberate dishonesty established by a final judgment and which is material to the cause of action. Our charter contains a provision which
        limits the liability of our directors and officers to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law.
Maryland law requires a corporation (unless its charter provides otherwise, which our charter does not) to indemnify a director or officer who has been successful in the defense of any proceeding to which he or she is
        made a party by reason of his or her service in that capacity, or in the defense of any issue, claim or matter in such a proceeding. Our charter contains a provision authorizing and requiring us to indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by
        Maryland law, our directors and officers, whether serving us or, at our request, any other entity.
Maryland law permits a corporation to indemnify its present and former directors and officers, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in
        connection with any proceeding to which they may be made or threatened to be made a party by reason of his or her service in that capacity, unless it is established that:
•
the act or omission was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and was committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty;
•
the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; or
•
in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful.
However, under the Maryland General Corporation Law, a Maryland corporation may not indemnify a director or officer for an adverse judgment in a suit by or in the right of the corporation or for a judgment of liability
        on the basis that a personal benefit was improperly received. A court may order indemnification if it determines that the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification, even though the prescribed standard of conduct is
        not met or the director or officer was adjudged liable on the basis that personal benefit was improperly received. However, indemnification for an adverse judgment in a suit by us or in our right, or for a judgment of liability on the basis that
        personal benefit was improperly received, is limited to expenses.
In addition, Maryland law permits a corporation to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer party to a proceeding upon the corporation's receipt of (i) a written affirmation by the director or officer of
        his or her good faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the corporation and (ii) a written undertaking to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the corporation if it is ultimately determined
        that the appropriate standard of conduct was not met.
We also are party to indemnification agreements with each of our directors and executive officers that provide for indemnification to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law. We also maintain liability insurance
        for our officers and directors.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, we have been informed that in
        the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
Item 7.
Exemption From Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8.
Exhibits
The exhibits listed below represent a complete list of exhibits filed or incorporated by reference as part of this Registration Statement.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Articles of Amendment and Restatement of EastGroup Properties, Inc. (
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the
                    Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 28, 2021
).
4.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws of EastGroup Properties, Inc. (
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 28,
                  2021
).
5.1*
Legal Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP.
23.1*
Consent of KPMG LLP.
23.2*
Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (contained in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Registration Statement).
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).
99.1
EastGroup Properties, Inc. 2023 Equity Incentive Plan
(
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K filed May 26, 2023
).
107*
Filing Fee Table.
*
Filed herewith.
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 SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price
                represent no more than a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement;
(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 SEC by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in
        this 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.
(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 Section 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 this 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 SEC, 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
                for 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.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Ridgeland, State of Mississippi, on this 31st day of May, 2023.
EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC.
By:
/s/ Marshall A. Loeb
Marshall A. Loeb
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL BY THESE PRESENTS that each individual whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Marshall A. Loeb and Brent W. Wood and each of them severally as such person's true and lawful
        attorney-in-fact and agent with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for such person in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this
        Registration Statement (or any Registration Statement for the same offering that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all
        documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto each said attorney-in-fact and agent full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and
        about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as such person might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any said attorney-in-fact and agent, or any substitute or substitutes of any of them, may lawfully do or
        cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Marshall A. Loeb
Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
(principal executive officer)
May 31, 2023
Marshall A. Loeb
/s/ Brent W. Wood
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and
Treasurer (principal financial officer)
May 31, 2023
Brent W. Wood
/s/ Staci H. Tyler
Senior Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and
Secretary (principal accounting officer)
May 31, 2023
Staci H. Tyler
/s/ D. Pike Aloian
Director
May 31, 2023
D. Pike Aloian
/s/ H. Eric Bolton, Jr.
Director
May 31, 2023
H. Eric Bolton, Jr.
/s/ Donald F. Colleran
Director
May 31, 2023
Donald F. Colleran
/s/ David M. Fields
Director
May 31, 2023
David M. Fields
/s/ Mary Elizabeth McCormick
Director
May 31, 2023
Mary Elizabeth McCormick
/s/ Katherine M. Sandstrom
Director
May 31, 2023
Katherine M. Sandstrom