---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000921082-23-000043"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HIW"
cik: "0000921082"
company_name: "HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC."
filed_at: "2023-05-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T00:23:49.264043+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Highwoods Properties annual meeting votes; all directors elected, say-on-pay approved

## Summary
- Elected all 8 director nominees; each received >68M for votes against <23M withheld.
- Ratified Deloitte & Touche as auditor with 95.3M for vs 0.73M against.
- Advisory say-on-pay passed with 85.6M for, 5.8M against (4.6M broker non-votes).
- Shareholders selected 1-year frequency for future say-on-pay votes (88.8M for 1 year).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000921082-23-000043
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HIW
- cik: 0000921082
- company_name: HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-05-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921082/000092108223000043/0000921082-23-000043-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921082/000092108223000043/hiw-20230516.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000921082-23-000043.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC. shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of say-on-pay votes at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: (4) Advisory vote on frequency of say-on-pay votes 88,777,615 47,593 2,686,447 54,518
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921082/000092108223000043/0000921082-23-000043-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditor for 2023 at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: (2) Ratification of appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditor for 2023 95,325,634 729,560 112,297
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921082/000092108223000043/0000921082-23-000043-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: (1) Election of Directors: 4,601,318 Charles A. Anderson 90,556,155 1,010,018 Gene H. Anderson 88,486,635 3,079,538 Thomas P. Anderson 68,203,018 23,363,155 Carlos E. Evans 87,397,839 4,168,334 David L. Gadis 90,534,703 1,031,470 David J. Hartzell 88,558,683 3,007,490 Theodore J. Klinck 90,263,019 1,303,154 Anne H. Lloyd 88,549,437 3,016,736
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921082/000092108223000043/0000921082-23-000043-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC. shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: (3) Advisory vote on executive compensation 85,631,126 5,762,830 172,217 4,601,318
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921082/000092108223000043/0000921082-23-000043-index.htm

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