---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000921082-23-000059"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HIW"
cik: "0000921082"
company_name: "HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC."
filed_at: "2023-11-21T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T23:08:07.945940+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Highwoods issues $350M 7.65% notes due 2034; appoints Candice Todd to board

## Summary
- Issued $350M aggregate principal of 7.65% Notes due February 1, 2034.
- Interest payable semi-annually starting August 1, 2024; notes issued via shelf registration.
- Candice W. Todd elected to Board effective Jan 30, 2024, to serve on audit committee.
- Ms. Todd was former Managing Director/Global CFO of Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investments.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000921082-23-000059
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HIW
- cik: 0000921082
- company_name: HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-11-21T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 2.03, 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921082/000092108223000059/0000921082-23-000059-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921082/000092108223000059/hiw-20231116.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000921082-23-000059.txt

## Key facts
- Debt Financings
  HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC. incurred senior notes of $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount with U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association at 7.65% per year maturing February 1, 2034.
  - Instrument: senior notes
  - Principal: $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount
  - Counterparty: U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
  - Rate: 7.65% per year
  - Maturity: February 1, 2034
  - Event: incurrence
  source text: On November 21, 2023, Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), the limited partnership through which Highwoods Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) conducts its operations, completed a public offering of $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Operating Partnership’s 7.65% Notes due February 1, 2034 (the "Notes").
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921082/000092108223000059/0000921082-23-000059-index.htm
- Executive change
  Candice W. Todd was elected as Director at HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: On November 16, 2023, Candice W. Todd, 58, was elected to join the Company’s Board of Directors effective January 30, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921082/000092108223000059/0000921082-23-000059-index.htm
- Material Agreements
  HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC. entered into 7.65% Notes due February 1, 2034 valued at $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount (effective 2023-11-21).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: notes offering
  - Value: $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount
  - Effective: 2023-11-21
  source text: On November 21, 2023, Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership (the “Operating Partnership”), the limited partnership through which Highwoods Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) conducts its operations, completed a public offering of $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Operating Partnership’s 7.65% Notes due February 1, 2034
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921082/000092108223000059/0000921082-23-000059-index.htm

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