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Cousins Properties — Investor Presentation (February 2022)

31 slides from Cousins Properties's investor presentation, Feb 23, 2022

  1. Slide 1: Investor Presentation February 2022

  2. Slide 2: Cousins at a Glance

    COUSINS AT A GLANCE The Preeminent Sun Belt Office REIT NOI By Market! ball Charlotte - 10% Atlanta 38% P| Phoenix 7% } ) ® cousins

  3. Slide 3: Market Fundamentals / Simple Strong Balance Sheet

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  4. Slide 4: Resilient Market Fundamentals: Sun Belt Migration

    RESILIENT MARKET FUNDAMENTALS | | ) Powerful T | SUN BELT MIGRATION RedFin's Top Migration Markets 2021! 1. Phoenix, AZ 2. Dallas, TX 3. Orlando, FL 4, Atlanta, GA Zillow's 5) ‘Tampa,FL Hottest Markets 6. Austin, TX ee 7. Las Vegas, NV 8. Charlotte, NC 1. Tampa, FL. 9. Denver, CO 2. Jacksonville, FL

  5. Slide 5: Resilient Market Fundamentals: Flight to Quality

    RESILIENT MARKET FUNDAMENTALS Cousins is Positioned at the Interse stion of Two Powerful Long erm Trends FLIGHT TO QUALITY Leasing Activity vs. Inventory by Age! 2010-Pres 27.5% Net Absorption by. Age? 18.9% 2010-Pres || 47.8 1990-2010 eae © 44.9% oy eee eee || D> a < < E ‘s mael os 2 28.4% Ff © 197

  6. Slide 6: Resilient Market Fundamentals

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  7. Slide 7: Market Rent Growth and Net Absorption

    MARKET RENT GROWTH 4Q21 year-over-year1 MARKET NET ABSORPTION / TOTAL INVENTORY Last 12 months2 3 3

  8. Slide 8: Cousins' In-Place Gross Rent per SF

    COUSINS’ IN-PLACE GROSS RENT PER SF1

  9. Slide 9: Premier Sun Belt Portfolio: Dominant Market Share

    PREMIER SUN BELT PORTFOLIO Dominant Market Share in Highly-Amenitized Submarkets Atlanta ee Atlanta MIDTOWN : BUCKHEAD 18% —. ? oe Class A Market Share’ Austin THE DOMAIN

  10. Slide 10: Premier Sun Belt Portfolio: Dominant Market Share

    PREMIER SUN BELT PORTFOLIO Dominant Market Share in Highly- sulbmark Charlotte ® : ® Charlotte fe UPTOWN j : = = Class.A. Market Share! 15% | Class A Market Share! ® cousins Development/Land Asset

  11. Slide 11: Premier Sun Belt Portfolio: Commands Premium Rents

    PREMIER SUN BELT PORTFOLIO Commands Premium’ Rents in Our Market CLASS A ASKING RENT ($/SF)? ATLANTA AUSTIN CHARLOTTE $61.81 $41.62 $41.22 $50.59 7 $35.86 : a a Total Market @ cousins Total Market @ Cousins Total Market ® cousins DALLAS PHOENIX TAMPA $54.22 $47.12 $40.94 $33.31 $32.80 $32.41 a Total

  12. Slide 12: Premier Sun Belt Portfolio: Manageable Lease Expirations

    PREMIER SUN BELT PORTFOLIO Manageable Near-Term Lease Expirations LEASE EXPIRATIONS BY YEAR? 45% 40% 35% Avg = 29% 30% 25% 20% 19% 15% 10% 5% 0% DEA | CUZ | BXP KRC SLG PGRE VNO BDN ESRT PDM HIW NYG FSP OFC OPI HPP CIO EQC DEI 2022 ™ 2023 & 2024 @ cousins 12

  13. Slide 13: Compelling Growth Opportunities: Development NOI

    COMPELLING GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES $61MM of Annualized Development NOI by 4Q25 NASHVILLE PHOENIX AUSTIN NEUHOFF DOMAIN? 100 MILL 300 COLORADO RSF g4K 338K 287K 369K % Leased! 2 QUARTERLY NOI $e1MM 46 Annualized 12 = 5 8 a [| | i ll I ° 4Q22 4Q23 4Q24 4Q25 ® cousins 13

  14. Slide 14: Attractive Land Bank Supports Additional Development

    COMPELLING GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES Attractive Land Bank Supports 5.1MM SF! of Additional New Development ATLANTA AUSTIN CENTR. MIDTOWN BUCKHEAD MIDTOWN DOMAIN 420K SF 500K SF 200K SF 900K SF 600K SF CHARLOTTE RY ENTER SOUTH END SOUTH END LEGACY UPTOWN WESTSHORE 700K SF 550K SF 600K SF 460K SF 170K SF ®

  15. Slide 15: Opportunities to Grow in Domain Submarket of Austin

    COMPELLING GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES Significant Opportunities to Grow in Domain Submarket of Austin Domain 9 Current De Z ss ae Ze Cousins Domain Portfol ® cousins 15

  16. Slide 16: Increase in 2nd Generation Cash Net Rent

    INCREASE IN 2ND GENERATION CASH NET RENT1

  17. Slide 17: Simple Strong Balance Sheet: Leverage Below Peers

    SIMPLE STRONG BALANCE SHEET Leverage Consistently and Significantly Below Peers NET DEBT/EBITDA* 14.0x 12,0x 10.0x 8.0x Avg = 7.0x 6.0 A.9x 4.0: 2.0: 0.0x SLG PGRE VNO BXP OPI HPP BDN OFC ESRT FSP DEA PDM CIO KRC HIW CUZ x x x @® cousins 7

  18. Slide 18: Simple Strong Balance Sheet: Liquidity

    SIMPLE STRONG BALANCE SHEET CASH $9MM ENCUMBERED 22% Flexible Property Portfolio? $781 Million Liquidity’ UNENCUMBERED 78% REVOLVER $772MM @ cousins 18

  19. Slide 19: Meet Our Executive Team

    MEET OUR EXECUTIVE TEAM Stable, Experienced Leadership Toe ‘ae a Gregg D. Adzema Jent and Richard Hickson ‘ Pamela F. Roper utive Vice President f ; Executive Vice President, General ‘ Counsel and Corporate Secretary @ Cousins 19

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  21. Slide 21: Atlanta Market Snapshot

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  22. Slide 22: Austin Market Snapshot

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  23. Slide 23: Charlotte Market Snapshot

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  24. Slide 24: Dallas Market Snapshot

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  25. Slide 25: Phoenix Market Snapshot

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  26. Slide 26: Tampa Market Snapshot

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  27. Slide 27: Definitions of Non-GAAP Measures

    DEFINITIONS OF NON-GAAP MEASURES “NET OPERATING INCOME” (“NOI”) is used by industry analysts, investors and Company management to measure operating performance of the Company's properties. NOI, which is rental property revenues (excluding termination fees) less rental property operating expenses, ex

  28. Slide 28: Endnotes

    ENDNOTES Page 2 - Cousins at a Glance 1. Represents Cousins’ pro-rata share of fourth quarter NOI per 31-Dec-2021 filings, including partially income producing developments. Chapel Hill is included in Charlotte percentage. 2. As of 31-Dec-2021 filings. Page 4- Resilient Market Fundamentals 1. Source

  29. Slide 29: Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information

    CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION Certain matters contained in this report are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws and are subject to uncertainties and risks, as itemized in Item 1A included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the

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