---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000025232-26-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CUZ"
cik: "0000025232"
company_name: "COUSINS PROPERTIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-04-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T08:03:26.635683+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cousins Properties refinances with $1.2B revolver due 2031 and extends term loan maturities

## Summary
- Entered Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement for $1.2B revolving credit line, maturing April 1, 2031.
- Delayed Draw Term Loan maturity extended to March 3, 2028; Amended and Restated Term Loan to August 15, 2027.
- Interest rate based on debt ratings: spreads from 0.675% (A-/A3) to 1.35% (<BBB-/Baa3) over SOFR.
- Covenants include unencumbered interest coverage ≥1.75x, fixed charge coverage ≥1.5x, leverage ≤60%.
- Proceeds to repay debt, fund acquisitions, development, working capital, and general corporate purposes.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000025232-26-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CUZ
- cik: 0000025232
- company_name: COUSINS PROPERTIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-04-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/25232/000002523226000036/0000025232-26-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/25232/000002523226000036/cuz-20260401.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000025232-26-000036
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000025232-26-000036.txt

## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 3f2df184fa79069bf5e1b337444743cd807a118d
  claim: COUSINS PROPERTIES INC amended term loan at Term SOFR Rate Loans and Daily SOFR Rate Loans maturing March 3, 2028.
  evidence_excerpt: The Second Amendment recasts the Delayed Draw Term Loan Agreement to add two additional six-month maturity date extensions, with a final maturity on March 3, 2028
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/25232/000002523226000036/0000025232-26-000036-index.htm
- claim_id: 86be55cd277ebbacc4ef8896196620e3aae1601f
  claim: COUSINS PROPERTIES INC amended credit facility of $1.2 billion at Term SOFR Rate Loans or Daily SOFR Rate Loans; Letter of Credit Fee maturing April 1, 2031.
  evidence_excerpt: and its operating partnership, Cousins Properties LP, entered into a Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the "New Facility") under which the Company may borrow up to $1.2 billion if certain conditions are satisfied. The New Facility recasts the Company's existing senior unsecured revolving line of credit, dated May 2, 2022 by extending the maturity date
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/25232/000002523226000036/0000025232-26-000036-index.htm
- claim_id: e14c23778292e36bf07d6ce7d590173683121c87
  claim: COUSINS PROPERTIES INC amended term loan at Term SOFR Rate Loans or Daily SOFR Rate Loans maturing August 15, 2027.
  evidence_excerpt: the Fourth Amendment recasts the Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement to include two additional six-month extensions, with a final maturity on August 15, 2027
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/25232/000002523226000036/0000025232-26-000036-index.htm
- claim_id: 3f1f32e2264c2c3ec148e9ca4244b89a9c86d6cf
  claim: COUSINS PROPERTIES INC entered into Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., BofA Securities, Inc., Truist Securities, Inc., PNC Capital Markets LLC, Bank of America, N.A., Truist Bank, PNC Bank, National Association, Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A., U.S. Bank National Association, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, and TD Bank, National Associatio valued at $1.2 billion (effective 2026-04-01).
  evidence_excerpt: On April 1, 2026, Cousins Properties Incorporated and its operating partnership, Cousins Properties LP, entered into a Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the "New Facility") under which the Company may borrow up to $1.2 billion
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/25232/000002523226000036/0000025232-26-000036-index.htm
- claim_id: 46949d91b181bda6e9c72e0c3a0632665f381c23
  claim: COUSINS PROPERTIES INC amended Fourth Amendment (effective 2026-04-01).
  evidence_excerpt: Term Loans On April 1, 2026, the Company amended its Delayed Draw Term Loan Agreement, dated October 3, 2022 (the “Second Amendment”), and its Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement, dated as of June 28, 2021 (the “Fourth Amendment”). The Second Amendment recasts the Delayed Draw Term Loan Agreement to add two additional six-month maturity date extensions, with a final maturity on March 3, 2028, and the Fourth Amendment recasts the Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement to include two additional six-month extensions, with a final maturity on August 15, 2027.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/25232/000002523226000036/0000025232-26-000036-index.htm
- claim_id: b112bbca9b4c5629f9d021690deab489d06e6cb3
  claim: COUSINS PROPERTIES INC amended Second Amendment (effective 2026-04-01).
  evidence_excerpt: On April 1, 2026, the Company amended its Delayed Draw Term Loan Agreement, dated October 3, 2022 (the "Second Amendment")
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/25232/000002523226000036/0000025232-26-000036-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.