SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 19, 2009

 

HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Maryland

001-13100

56-1871668

 

 

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)

(Commission
File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

 

 

HIGHWOODS REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

North Carolina

000-21731

56-1869557

 

 

(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization)

(Commission
File Number)

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

 

 

3100 Smoketree Court, Suite 600

Raleigh, North Carolina 27604

(Address of principal executive offices, zip code)

 

Registrants’ telephone number, including area code: (919) 872-4924

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrants under any of the following provisions:

o

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o

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o

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o

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Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

 

Gene H. Anderson, 63, who has served as a director and senior vice president since our combination with Anderson Properties, Inc. in February 1997, will retire from the Company effective June 30, 2009. Mr. Anderson will continue to serve as a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. On June 19, 2009, the Company and Mr. Anderson executed a retirement agreement providing that, among other things, all of Mr. Anderson’s outstanding long-term equity incentive awards will be non-forfeitable and remain exercisable according to the terms of their original grants subject to the conditions described in the Company’s retirement plan.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

Exhibits

 

No.

Description

 

10.1

Highwoods Properties, Inc. Retirement Plan, effective as of March 1, 2006 (filed as part of the Company’s
Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2007)

10.2

Retirement Agreement by and between the Company and Gene H. Anderson

 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC.

 

 

By: 

/s/ JEFFREY D. MILLER

 

 

 

Jeffrey D. Miller

 

 

 

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HIGHWOODS REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

 

 

By: Highwoods Properties, Inc., its general partner

 

 

By: 

/s/ JEFFREY D. MILLER

 

 

 

Jeffrey D. Miller

 

 

 

Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated: June 22, 2009