# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001546288
**File Stem:** 0001546288-25-000005
**Filing Date:** 2025-9
**Character Count:** 11188
**Document Hash:** c418f313198e8ffd3c36b7b124e9bc14
**Contains OCR:** False
**Source Format:** 

## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001546288-25-000005.hdr.sgml**: 20250905

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001546288-25-000005

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 4

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20250905

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250905

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250905

**REPORTING-OWNER**: 

**OWNER DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Symes Jeffrey D
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001546288

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 4
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-11312
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251296990

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 545 E. JOHN CARPENTER FWY.
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 1300
- **CITY:** IRVING
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 75062
**ISSUER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** COUSINS PROPERTIES INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000025232
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS [6798]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 05 Real Estate & Construction
- **EIN:** 580869052
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** GA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 3344 PEACHTREE ROAD, NE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 1800
- **CITY:** ATLANTA
- **STATE:** GA
- **ZIP:** 30326
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 404-407-1000

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 3344 PEACHTREE ROAD, NE
- **STREET 2:** SUITE 1800
- **CITY:** ATLANTA
- **STATE:** GA
- **ZIP:** 30326

## Ex-24

```

LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY
FOR SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

	Know all by these present, that the
undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of
Gregg D. Adzema, Pamela F. Roper, Jeffrey D. Symes
and M. Colin Connolly, or any of them signing singly,
and with full power of substitution, the undersigned's
true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	take any actions as may be necessary
or appropriate to enable the
undersigned to submit and file forms,
schedules and other documents with
the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the "SEC"), including to
prepare, execute in the undersigned's
name and on the undersigned's behalf
and submit a Form ID, including
amendments thereto, or any other
documents, and to prepare for,
coordinate and enroll the undersigned
in EDGAR Next or any successor
filing system and, as applicable, make
arrangements with third-party filing
agents or similar parties and ensure
that all relevant parties have been
assigned an appropriate EDGAR Next
role, to enable the undersigned to
make filings and submissions with the
SEC;

(2)	execute for and on behalf of the
undersigned, in the undersigned's
capacity as an officer and/or director
of Cousins Properties Incorporated or
Cousins Properties, LP (singularly and
collectively, the "Company"), Forms
3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section
16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange
Act"), and the rules thereunder and
any Notice of Proposed Sale of
Securities on Form 144 (and any
amendments thereto) in accordance
with Rule 144 under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended (the "Securities
Act");

(3)	do and perform any and all acts for
and on behalf of the undersigned
which may be necessary or desirable
to complete and execute any such
Form 3, 4 or 5 and any such Form 144,
complete and execute any
amendments thereto, and timely file
such form with the SEC[, including (i)
acting as an account administrator or
delegated administrator for the
undersigned's EDGAR Next account
and carrying out any action associated
with such administrator designation or
delegation as such attorney-in-fact
deems necessary or appropriate or (ii)
causing the Company to accept a
delegation of authority from any of the
undersigned's EDGAR Next account
administrators and pursuant to such
delegation authorize the Company's
EDGAR Next account administrators
to appoint, remove or replace
designated users for the undersigned's
EDGAR Next account as such
attorney-in-fact deems necessary or
appropriate, and any securities
exchange or similar authority;

(4)	seek or obtain, as the undersigned's
representative and on the
undersigned's behalf, information on
transactions in the Company'
securities from any third party,
including brokers, employee benefit
plan administrators and trustees, and
the undersigned hereby authorizes any
such person to release any such
information to each of the
undersigned's attorneys-in-fact
appointed by this Limited Power of
Attorney and approves and ratifies any
such release of information; and

(5)	take any other action of any type
whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of
such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit to, in the best interest of, or
legally required by, the undersigned, it
being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on
behalf of the undersigned pursuant to
this Limited Power of Attorney shall
be in such form and shall contain such
terms and conditions as such attorney-
in-fact may approve in such attorney-
in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such
attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and
perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the
exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present,
with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact,
or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes,
shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this
Limited Power of Attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted.

      The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity
at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming,
nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with , or any
liability for the failure to comply with, any provision
of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or any provision of
Rule 144 under the Securities Act.

	This Power of Attorney shall remain in full
force and effect until the undersigned is no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned
has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of
the date noted below.

/s/ Jeff Symes
Signature

Jeff Symes
Print Name

8/28/2025
Date of Signature

```

### UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
**Washington, D.C. 20549**

## FORM 4

### STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

[ ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

[ ] Check this box to indicate that a transaction was made pursuant to a contract, instruction or written plan for the purchase or sale of equity securities of the issuer that is intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions of Rule 10b5-1(c). See Instruction 10.

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| | | |
|:---|:---|:---|
| **1. Name and Address of Reporting Person**<sup>*</sup><br>Symes Jeffrey D<br><sub>(Last) (First) (Middle)</sub><br>3344 PEACHTREE ROAD, NE<br>SUITE 1800<br><sub>(Street)</sub><br>ATLANTA, GA 30326<br><sub>(City) (State) (Zip)</sub> | **3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)**<br>2025-09-05 | **5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer**<br>(Check all applicable)<br>[ ] Director [ ] 10% Owner<br>[X] Officer (give title below) [ ] Other (specify below)<br>_SVP, Chief Accounting Officer_ |
| **2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol**<br>COUSINS PROPERTIES INC [ CUZ ] | **4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)**<br>  | **6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)**<br>[X] Form filed by One Reporting Person<br>[ ] Form filed by More than One Reporting Person |

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## Table I - Non-Derivative Securities

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|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Security | 2. Transaction Date | 2A. Deemed Execution Date | 3. Transaction Code (V) | 3. Transaction Code (V) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) | 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned | 6. Ownership Form | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| 1. Title of Security | 2. Transaction Date | 2A. Deemed Execution Date | Code | V | Amount | (A) or (D) | Price | 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned | 6. Ownership Form | 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| Common Stock | 2025-09-05 |  | S |  | 4612.00 | D | $29.30 | 13518.00<sup>(1)(2)</sup> | D |  |

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## Table II - Derivative Securities

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|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price | 3. Transaction Date | 3A. Deemed Execution Date | 4. Transaction Code (V) | 4. Transaction Code (V) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) | 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date | 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date | 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities | 8. Price of Derivative Security | 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | 10. Ownership Form | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
| 1. Title of Derivative Security | 2. Conversion or Exercise Price | 3. Transaction Date | 3A. Deemed Execution Date | Code | V | (A) | (D) | Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | 8. Price of Derivative Security | 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | 10. Ownership Form | 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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### Footnotes:

(1) Includes 8,628 of restricted stock awarded under the Cousins Properties Incorporated (CPI) 2019 Omnibus Incentive Stock Plan. While the shares are being held prior to vesting, the reporting person will have the right to receive all cash dividends and to vote the restricted shares. All unvested shares will forfeit upon termination of employment.

(2) Includes 4,890 of stock held in joint account with spouse.

**Signature:** /s /Pamela Roper, Attorney-in-Fact for Symes Jeffrey  
**Date:** 2025-09-05

### Remarks:

Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v).

** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

**Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number.**