Monday, July 29, 2013

Cousins Properties Announces Offering of 60 Million Shares of Common Stock


Greenway Plaza, Houston, TX

 ATLANTA, GA --Cousins Properties Incorporated (the “Company”) (NYSE: CUZ) today announced that it has commenced an underwritten public offering of 60 million shares of its common stock. The underwriters are expected to be granted a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 9 million shares.

777 Main Street office building, Fort Worth, TX
The Company intends to use the net proceeds of the offering to fund a portion of the purchase price (and related transaction expenses) of the previously announced pending acquisition of a 5.3 million square foot Texas office portfolio comprised of Greenway Plaza, a 10-building office complex in Houston, Texas, and 777 Main Street, a Class A office tower in Fort Worth, Texas, for a total purchase price of approximately $1.1 billion.

Any remaining proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, including the redemption of all or a portion of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock, the acquisition and development of office properties, other opportunistic investments and the repayment of debt.

J.P. Morgan and BofA Merrill Lynch are acting as joint-book-running managers for the offering.  

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Cousins Properties Incorporated
Cameron Golden, 404-407-1984
Vice President of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications

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