UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 26, 2020

Cousins Properties Incorporated

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Georgia 001-11312 58-0869052

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification Number)

3344 Peachtree Road NE, Suite 1800, Atlanta, Georgia 30326-4802

(Address of principal executive offices)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (404) 407-1000

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $1 par value per share	CUZ	New York Stock Exchange	("NYSE")

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 8.01. Other Events.

On June 14, 2019, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger dated March 25, 2019 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among Cousins Properties Incorporated (“Cousins” or the “Company”) and TIER REIT, Inc. (“TIER”), TIER merged with and into a subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”) with this subsidiary continuing as the surviving corporation of the Merger.

 This Current Report on Form 8-K updates the unaudited pro forma consolidated statements of operations included in Cousins’ Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-230968), which combine the historical consolidated statements of operations of Cousins and TIER, giving effect to the Merger. The unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statements of operations for the for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and the notes related thereto are filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a)    Exhibits

Exhibit Number        Exhibit Description

99.1 Unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statements of operations of Cousins Properties Incorporated for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and the related notes.

Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: February 26, 2020

COUSINS PROPERTIES INCORPORATED

By:

Pamela F. Roper

Executive Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary