---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001628280-26-010188"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CUZ"
cik: "0000025232"
company_name: "COUSINS PROPERTIES INC"
filed_at: "2026-02-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-16T01:35:27.943504+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Cousins Properties issues $500M of 4.875% Senior Notes due 2033

## Summary
- $500M aggregate principal, 4.875% interest, mature March 1, 2033; interest payable semi-annually.
- Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Cousins Properties Incorporated.
- Net proceeds to repay credit facility borrowings partially used for acquisition of 300 South Tryon (638K sq ft trophy office in Charlotte).
- Issued via underwriting agreement dated Feb 10, 2026 with J.P. Morgan, BofA Securities, Morgan Stanley, PNC Capital Markets.
- Notes callable at make-whole premium before Jan 1, 2033, then at par; covenants include 150% unencumbered asset test.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001628280-26-010188
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CUZ
- cik: 0000025232
- company_name: COUSINS PROPERTIES INC
- filed_at: 2026-02-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/25232/000162828026010188/0001628280-26-010188-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/25232/000162828026010188/cuz-20260220.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001628280-26-010188.txt

## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  COUSINS PROPERTIES INC incurred senior notes of $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association at 4.875% per year maturing March 1, 2033.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount
  - Counterparty: U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
  - Rate: 4.875% per year
  - Maturity: March 1, 2033
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: issued $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 4.875% Senior Notes due 2033
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/25232/000162828026010188/0001628280-26-010188-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  COUSINS PROPERTIES INC entered into Supplemental Indenture with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association valued at $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 4.875% Senior Notes due 2033 (effective 2026-02-20).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: notes offering
  - Counterparty: U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
  - Value: $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 4.875% Senior Notes due 2033
  - Effective: 2026-02-20
  source text: On February 20, 2026, Cousins Properties LP (the “Operating Partnership”), the operating partnership and wholly owned subsidiary of Cousins Properties Incorporated (the “Company”), issued $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 4.875% Senior Notes due 2033 (the “Notes”), which mature on March 1, 2033, pursuant to an indenture, dated as of May 8, 2024 (as amended and supplemented by a supplemental indenture (the “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of February 20, 2026, the “Indenture”), by and among the Operating Partnership, the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/25232/000162828026010188/0001628280-26-010188-index.htm

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