---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001661458-25-000005"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001661458"
company_name: "Highlands REIT, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-03-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-24T15:46:32.408733+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.45
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Highlands REIT appoints Robert J. Lange as CEO and President; Richard Vance retires

## Summary
- Richard Vance retired as President, CEO, and director on March 17, 2025; resignation not due to any disagreement with the Company.
- Robert J. Lange appointed CEO, President, and Secretary effective immediately; previously EVP, COO, General Counsel since 2016.
- Board size reduced from three to two members following Vance's departure.
- Company to enter separation agreement with Vance; material terms will be filed via amendment.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001661458-25-000005
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001661458
- company_name: Highlands REIT, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-03-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.45
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.45
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1661458/000166145825000005/0001661458-25-000005-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1661458/000166145825000005/hri-20250317.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001661458-25-000005
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001661458-25-000005.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Richard Vance resigned as President, Chief Executive Officer and Director at Highlands REIT, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
  source text: On March 17, 2025, Richard Vance, President and Chief Executive Officer and director of the Company, retired from the Company and resigned from the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1661458/000166145825000005/0001661458-25-000005-index.htm
- Executive change
  Robert J. Lange was appointed as Chief Executive Officer, President and Secretary at Highlands REIT, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer, President and Secretary
  source text: On March 17, 2025, the Board of Directors (the “ Board”) of Highlands REIT, Inc. (the “ Company”) appointed Robert J. Lange to serve as Chief Executive Officer, President, and Secretary of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1661458/000166145825000005/0001661458-25-000005-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.