Highwoods Properties Inc. filed SEC Form 8-K: Other Events, Financial Statements and Exhibits
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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): November 4, 2025
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
On November 4, 2025, Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership (the “Operating Partnership”) and Highwoods Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement with Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, PNC Capital Markets LLC, Truist Securities, Inc. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc. as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, relating to a public offering of $350 million aggregate principal amount of the Operating Partnership’s 5.350% Notes due January 15, 2033. The terms of the notes are governed by an indenture, dated as of December 1, 1996, among the Operating Partnership, the Company, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (as successor in interest to Wachovia Bank, N.A. as merged with and into First Union National Bank of North Carolina), as trustee, and an officers’ certificate to be dated as of November 14, 2025 establishing the terms of the notes.
The notes are being issued pursuant to the Operating Partnership’s automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-269624-01), including the related prospectus dated February 7, 2023, and a prospectus supplement dated November 4, 2025, as the same may be amended or supplemented.
The closing of the offering is expected to occur on November 14, 2025.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
No. Description
1 Underwriting Agreement, dated November 4, 2025, by and among Highwoods Properties, Inc., Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, PNC Capital Markets LLC, Truist Securities, Inc. and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each of the registrants has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
| HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC. | |||||||||||
| By: | /s/ Jeffrey D. Miller | ||||||||||
| Jeffrey D. Miller | |||||||||||
| Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |||||||||||
| HIGHWOODS REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | |||||||||||
| By: Highwoods Properties, Inc., its general partner | |||||||||||
| By: | /s/ Jeffrey D. Miller | ||||||||||
| Jeffrey D. Miller | |||||||||||
| Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |||||||||||
Dated: November 5, 2025