Cousins Properties Commences Common Stock Offering
September 14 2009 - 4:01PM
Business Wire
Cousins Properties Incorporated (the “Company”) (NYSE: CUZ)
announced today that it has commenced a public offering of
32,000,000 shares of common stock. The underwriters will be granted
a 30-day option to purchase up to 4,800,000 additional shares of
common stock to cover overallotments, if any.
BofA Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan are the joint
book-running managers for the offering.
The Company plans to use the net proceeds from the offering to
repay a portion of the outstanding balance under the Company’s
unsecured revolving credit facility. Any net proceeds in excess of
$248 million will be used to repay additional existing indebtedness
under the Company’s revolving credit facility and for general
corporate purposes.
This offering will be made pursuant to a prospectus supplement
to the Company’s prospectus dated April 13, 2009, filed as part of
the Company’s effective shelf registration statement relating to
these securities. This press release shall not constitute an offer
to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities
described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities
in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation
or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification
under the securities laws of any such state or other jurisdiction.
The offering may be made only by means of a prospectus supplement
and the related prospectus.
When available, copies of the preliminary prospectus supplement
and accompanying prospectus relating to these securities may be
obtained by contacting BofA Merrill Lynch, Attention: Prospectus
Department, 4 World Financial Center, New York, New
York 10080, telephone: 212-449-1000, Morgan Stanley & Co.
Incorporated, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street,
Second Floor, New York, New York 10014 or email a request to
prospectus@morganstanley.com, or J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.,
Attention: National Statement Processing, Prospectus Library, 4
Chase Metrotech Center, CS Level, Brooklyn, New York 11245,
telephone: 718-242-8002.
About Cousins Properties
Cousins Properties Incorporated is a diversified real estate
company with experience in development, acquisition, financing,
management and leasing. Based in Atlanta, the Company actively
invests in office, multi-family, retail, and land development
projects. The Company is a fully integrated equity real estate
investment trust (REIT) and trades on the New York Stock Exchange
under the symbol CUZ.
Forward-Looking Statements
Certain matters discussed in this press release are
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal
securities laws and are subject to uncertainties and risk and
actual results may differ materially from projections, including
matters related to the commenced public offering. Readers should
carefully review the Company’s financial statements and notes
thereto, as well as the risk factors described in Part I, Item 1A
of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2008 and other documents the Company files from time
to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such
forward-looking statements are based on current expectations and
speak as of the date of such statements. The Company undertakes no
obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statement, whether as a result of future events, new information or
otherwise.
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