The Company currently has several types of employee stock-based compensation, including restricted stock and restricted stock units ("RSUs"), issued under the Cousins Properties Incorporated 2019 Omnibus Incentive Stock Plan (the "2019 Plan") and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan ("ESPP"). While the Company's 2019 Plan also allows for the issuance of stock options, none have been issued or exercised or were outstanding as of or during any of the periods presented. A portion of the Company's independent directors' compensation is also provided in the form of Company stock issued under the 2019 Plan.

The Company's compensation expense for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 relates to restricted stock, stock-settled RSUs, and the ESPP. Restricted stock and the stock-settled RSUs are equity-classified awards for which compensation expense per


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2025		2024		2025		2024
Equity-classified awards:
Restricted stock	$	1,167	$	1,070	$	2,297	$	2,041
Market-based RSUs	1,487		1,510		4,946		3,852
Performance-based RSUs	609		460		1,596		1,033
Director grants	458		397		849		805
Employee Stock Purchase Plan	26		24		53		48
Total equity-classified award expense, net of forfeitures	$	3,747	$	3,461	$	9,741	$	7,779

Information on the Company's stock compensation plan, including information on the Company's equity-classified awards is discussed in note 15 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024.

Under the 2019 Plan, in the second quarter of 2025, the Company granted 60,121 shares of stock with a grant date value of $1.7 million to independent members of the Company's board of directors (the "Board") for their service as members of the Board. These shares vested on the issuance date, and the Company records the related expense over the director's one year service period.

Under the 2019 Plan, in 2025 and 2024, the Company granted three types of equity-classified awards to key employees under the 2019 Plan: (1) RSUs based on the Total Stockholder Return ("TSR") of the Company, as defined in the award documents, relative to that of office peers included in the Nareit Office Index (the "Market-based RSUs"), (2) RSUs based on the ratio of cumulative funds from operations per share to targeted cumulative funds from operations per share (the “Performance-based RSUs”), and (3) restricted stock.

The RSU awards are equity-classified awards to be settled in common stock with issuance dependent upon the attainment of required service, market, and performance criteria. For the Market-based RSUs the Company expenses an estimate of the fair value of the awards on the grant date, calculated using a Monte Carlo valuation at grant date, ratably over the vesting period, adjusting only for forfeitures when they occur. The expense of these Market-based RSUs is not adjusted for the number of awards that actually vest. For the Performance-based RSUs, the Company expenses the awards over the vesting period using the fair market value of the Company's stock on the grant date. The expense is recognized ratably over the vesting period and adjusted each quarter based on the number of shares expected to vest and for forfeitures when they occur. The performance period for the Performance-based RSUs and TSR measurement period for the Market-based RSUs awarded is three years starting on January 1 of the year of issuance and ending on December 31. The ultimate settlement of these awards can range from zero percent to 200% of the targeted number of units depending on the achievement of the market and performance metrics described above.

The restricted stock vests ratably over three years from the grant date. The Company records restricted stock in common stock and additional paid-in capital at fair value on the grant date, with the offsetting deferred compensation also recorded in additional paid-in capital. The Company records compensation expense over the vesting period.