EX-10.2



 Exhibit 10.2 

April 28, 2016 
 Mr. James R. Heistand 

Parkway Properties, Inc. 
 Bank of America Center 

390 North Orange Avenue, Suite 2400 
 Orlando, Florida 32801 

Dear James, 
 This letter agreement (this
“Letter Agreement”) memorializes our discussions regarding the terms and conditions of your employment from and following the consummation of the transactions (collectively, the “Transactions”)
contemplated by the Agreement and Plan of Merger among Parkway Properties, Inc., Parkway Properties LP, Cousins Properties Incorporated and Clinic Sub Inc., dated as of the date hereof (the “Merger Agreement”). For purposes
of this Letter Agreement, terms that are capitalized but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Merger Agreement. 
 As
you know, the Merger Agreement contemplates that, immediately following the consummation of the Merger and the Reorganization, Clinic will distribute, on a pro rata basis to the stockholders of Clinic, all of the shares of HoustonCo (the
“Houston Distribution”), and that you will be offered the role of Chief Executive Officer of HoustonCo in connection with the Houston Distribution. 

You agree that, if you are offered the role of Chief Executive Officer of HoustonCo in connection with the Houston Distribution pursuant
either to the assignment of your Employment Agreement (defined below) as in effect as of the date hereof (and as modified hereby) to HoustonCo or to terms of a written employment agreement the terms of which are at least as favorable to you as your
Employment Agreement (defined below) as in effect as of the date hereof, you shall not have a basis for asserting, and shall be deemed to have waived, any entitlement to terminate your employment under clauses (ii), (iii) or (iv) of the second
sentence, as well as the final sentence, of Section 5(a)(4) of the Employment Agreement by and between Pharmacy and you, dated as of July 8, 2013 and amended as of June 15, 2015 (the “Employment Agreement”), as a result of
the consummation of the Transactions or any changes to the terms and conditions (including, without limitation, the location) of your employment that result from the Transactions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, you agree that
Pharmacy or Clinic, as applicable, and its Affiliates may assign all of their obligations under the Employment Agreement and/or this Letter Agreement to HoustonCo and its Affiliates. For purposes of determining whether the terms of a new employment
agreement are at least as favorable as the terms of your Employment Agreement, any provision providing for “single-trigger” vesting of equity upon a change in control may be replaced with “double-trigger vesting” requiring both
the occurrence of a change in control and your involuntary termination without cause or resignation for good reason, and the following provisions may be disregarded: (a) any special one-time equity award, and (b) the provision in the final
sentence of section 5(a)(4) of your Employment Agreement. 







 You acknowledge and agree that the waiver contemplated by the preceding paragraph is material to
Clinic’s and Pharmacy’s willingness to consummate the Transactions and that good and valuable consideration will be provided, directly or indirectly, to you in connection with the Transactions, including without limitation: (a) the
accelerated vesting of certain Pharmacy Equity Awards and Pharmacy Partnership LTIP Units upon the consummation of the Transactions, (b) exchange of unvested Pharmacy Partnership LTIP Units, if any, into time-vesting Pharmacy Equity Awards
immediately prior to the consummation of the Transactions, which shall partially vest upon the consummation of the Transactions and shall partially be assumed, (c) assumption of those Pharmacy Equity Awards that are stock options, and (d) your
continued employment with HoustonCo and its Affiliates following the consummation of the Transactions as the Chief Executive Officer under the terms of the Employment Agreement (subject to the waiver described above) or, if applicable, a new
employment agreement satisfying the conditions described in paragraph three of this Letter Agreement. 
 Furthermore, in connection with
consummation of the Transactions, you acknowledge and agree to the following: 
  

	 	1.	That any annual incentive award payable to you for calendar year 2016 shall, notwithstanding any contrary provision of your Employment Agreement, be subject to the sole discretion of Clinic and its Affiliates (which for
this purpose, includes HoustonCo, whether before or after the Houston Distribution), 

  

	 	2.	That the Pharmacy Equity Awards and Pharmacy Partnership LTIP Units listed on Exhibit A may be converted into an equal number of Pharmacy RSU Awards immediately prior to consummation of the Transactions,
generally subject to the terms and conditions of your current time-based Pharmacy RSU Awards, but vesting in four equal tranches, with twenty-five percent (25%) becoming vested on the date of consummation of the Transactions, and twenty-five percent
(25%) each becoming vested on the first, second, and third anniversaries of the date of consummation of the Transactions; and 

  

	 	3.	That in connection with the Transactions, unless Clinic waives this requirement in writing, you will not offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to
sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any HoustonCo common shares you hold by reason of a Pharmacy Equity Award or a Pharmacy Partnership LTIP Unit that becomes fully
vested as a result of the Transactions, or enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of such common shares, whether any such transaction is to be settled by
delivery of HoustonCo common shares or other HoustonCo securities, in cash or otherwise, for sixty (60) days after consummation of the Transactions. You further agree to execute such agreements and instruments as may be reasonably requested by
Clinic or HoustonCo to give further effect to this undertaking. 


  
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 This Letter Agreement, together with the Employment Agreement, constitute the entire agreement
between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof. No provision of this Letter Agreement may be modified, waived or discharged unless such waiver, modification or discharge is agreed to in a writing signed by you, Clinic, and
Pharmacy. This Letter Agreement shall be governed, construed, and interpreted under the laws of the State of New York without reference to its principles of conflicts of laws. 

If the Effective Time does not occur, this Letter Agreement shall be null and void ab initio. 

From and following the Effective Time, your employment shall continue to be at will and may be terminated by either you or HoustonCo or its
Affiliates at any time, without prior notice and for any or no reason. 
 We believe that you and HoustonCo will have a promising
future. Please acknowledge your agreement to the terms of this Letter Agreement by your signature below. 
  

			
	Cousins Properties Incorporated
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Pamela F. Roper

		
	Name:	 	Pamela F. Roper
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary


  
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	Parkway Properties, Inc.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ David R. O’Reilly

			
		 	Name:	 	David R. O’Reilly
		 	Title:	 	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jeremy R. Dorsett

			
		 	Name:	 	Jeremy R. Dorsett
		 	Title:	 	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

  

							
	Acknowledged and Agreed:	 	
				
	 /s/ James R. Heistand
	 		 	 April 28, 2016
	 	
	James R. Heistand	 		 	Date	 	








 EXHIBIT A 
  

							
	 Name
	  	Number	 	  	 Pharmacy Equity Awards and Pharmacy

Partnership LTIP Units

	 James R. Heistand
	  	 	45,600	  	  	2016 Time-Based Pharmacy RSU Awards
	 James R. Heistand
	  	 	24,498	  	  	2015 Time-Based Pharmacy RSU Awards
	 James R. Heistand
	  	 	14,778	  	  	2014 Time-Based Pharmacy RSU Awards
	 James R. Heistand
	  	 	7,600	  	  	2013 Time-Based Pharmacy RSU Awards
	 James R. Heistand
	  	 	48,997	  	  	2015 Pharmacy Partnership LTIP Units
	 James R. Heistand
	  	 	44,334	  	  	2014 Pharmacy Partnership LTIP Units
		  	  
	  
	 	  	
	 Total
	  	 	185,807	  	  	New Pharmacy RSU Awards