Cousins Properties Returns to All-Cash Common Stock Dividend
January 19 2011 - 4:01PM
Business Wire
Cousins Properties Incorporated (NYSE: CUZ) announced today that
it has returned to an all-cash dividend, with its Board of
Directors declaring a regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.045 per
common share, payable February 22, 2011 to common stockholders of
record on February 9, 2011. The $0.045 per share quarterly dividend
equates to $0.18 on an annualized basis.
Larry Gellerstedt, President and Chief Executive Officer of
Cousins, noted, “The Board’s decision to return to an all-cash
dividend signals confidence in our operations and balance sheet as
well as an improved outlook for Cousins.”
The Board of Directors also declared a regular quarterly cash
dividend on its Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred
Stock. The dividend of $0.484375 per share, or $1.9375 on an
annualized basis, is payable February 15, 2011, to Series A
preferred stockholders of record on February 1, 2011.
The Board of Directors has also declared a regular quarterly
cash dividend on its Series B Cumulative Redeemable Preferred
Stock. The dividend of $0.46875 per share, or $1.875 on an
annualized basis, is payable February 15, 2011, to Series B
preferred stockholders of record on February 1, 2011.
Cousins Properties Incorporated is a leading diversified real
estate company with extensive experience in development,
acquisition, financing, management and leasing. Based in Atlanta,
the Company actively invests in office and retail development
projects. Since its founding in 1958, Cousins has developed
20 million square feet of office space, 20 million square
feet of retail space, more than 3,500 multi-family units and more
than 60 single-family neighborhoods. The Company is a fully
integrated equity real estate investment trust (REIT) and
trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CUZ. For
more, please visit www.cousinsproperties.com.
This press release does not constitute an offer of any
securities for sale. 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. Readers
should carefully review Cousins’ 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, 2009 and other documents Cousins 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. Cousins 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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