---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000921082-24-000022"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HIW"
cik: "0000921082"
company_name: "HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC."
filed_at: "2024-05-14T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T01:41:14.480144+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Highwoods Properties shareholders elect all director nominees; auditor ratified, say-on-pay passes

## Summary
- All 9 director nominees elected: top vote-getter Charles Anderson 92.0M for; lowest Thomas Anderson 72.1M for (20.2M withheld).
- Ratification of Deloitte & Touche as independent auditor for 2025: 96.1M for, 610K against, 112K abstain.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved: 86.4M for, 5.7M against, 217K abstain; 4.5M broker non-votes.
- All votes were cast at the May 14, 2024 annual meeting; no director received less than 78% support.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000921082-24-000022
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HIW
- cik: 0000921082
- company_name: HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-05-14T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921082/000092108224000022/0000921082-24-000022-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921082/000092108224000022/hiw-20240514.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000921082-24-000022.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-14
  source text: Election of Directors: 4,514,999 Charles A. Anderson 92,031,465 300,411 Gene H. Anderson 90,787,170 1,544,706 Thomas P. Anderson 72,142,790 20,189,086 Carlos E. Evans 88,008,833 4,323,043 David L. Gadis 91,685,546 646,330 David J. Hartzell 88,343,936 3,987,940 Theodore J. Klinck 92,065,266 266,610 Anne H. Lloyd 88,410,647 3,921,229 Candice L. Todd 92,158,494 173,382
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921082/000092108224000022/0000921082-24-000022-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC. shareholders approved Advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-14
  source text: Todd 92,158,494 173,382 (2) Ratification of appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditor for 2025 96,124,096 610,444 112,335 (3) Advisory vote on executive compensation 86,373,663 5,740,434 217,779 4,514,999 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.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921082/000092108224000022/0000921082-24-000022-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditor for 2025 at the 2024-05-14 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2024-05-14
  source text: Ratification of appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as independent auditor for 2025 96,124,096 610,444 112,335
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921082/000092108224000022/0000921082-24-000022-index.htm

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