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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

__________________________

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):   October 28, 2009


EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
 
 
Maryland
  
1-07094
  
13-2711135
 
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)
  
(Commission File Number)
  
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)


190 East Capitol Street, Suite 400, Jackson, MS 39201
(Address of Principal Executive Offices, including zip code)

(601) 354-3555
 (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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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ITEM 2.02.                      Results of Operations and Financial Condition

On October 28, 2009, we issued a press release, which sets forth our results of operations for the quarter ended September 30, 2009.  A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.  Such information shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and is not incorporated by reference into any filing of the company, whether made before or after the date hereof, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing.


ITEM 9.01.                      Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d)           Exhibits.

A list of exhibits is set forth in the Exhibit Index which immediately precedes such Exhibits and is incorporated herein by reference.


SIGNATURES


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

Date:           October 28, 2009

 
EASTGROUP PROPERTIES, INC.
   
 
By:/s/ N. KEITH MCKEY
 
N. Keith McKey
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Secretary


 





 
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Exhibit Index


Exhibit No.
  
Description
  
     
99.1
  
Press Release dated October 28, 2009.









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