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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000921082-24-000025"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HIW"
cik: "0000921082"
company_name: "HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC."
filed_at: "2024-05-23T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T09:31:44.638908+00:00"
event_type: "debt"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Highwoods amends $750M credit facility with sustainability-linked margin adjustment of +/-2.5 bps

## Summary
- Modified $750M unsecured revolving credit facility to tie interest rate to greenhouse gas emission reduction goals.
- Interest rate may adjust up or down by 2.5 bps based on achieving pre-determined sustainability targets.
- Facility bears SOFR plus 10 bps spread adjustment plus 85 bps borrowing spread (based on current credit ratings).
- Fourth Amendment to Sixth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated May 23, 2024.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000921082-24-000025
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HIW
- cik: 0000921082
- company_name: HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-05-23T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: debt
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921082/000092108224000025/0000921082-24-000025-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/921082/000092108224000025/hiw-20240523.htm

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