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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 10, 2009</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:right;'><b><font size=2>Registration No. 333-_________</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;border-top:double 2.25pt;padding-top:1;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=3>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>Washington, D.C. 20549</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>_______________</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=3>FORM S-8</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>UNDER</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>_______________</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=5>Highwoods Properties, Inc.</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><i><font size=1>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></i></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:121.5%'><b><font size=1>Maryland</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:121.5%'><b><font size=1>6798</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:121.5%'><b><font size=1>56-1871668</font></b></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:100.0%'><i><font size=1>(State or other jurisdiction of</font></i><i></i></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:100.0%'><i><font size=1>(Primary Standard Industrial</font></i><i></i></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:100.0%'><i><font size=1>(I.R.S. employer</font></i><i></i></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:100.0%'><i><font size=1>incorporation or organization)</font></i><i></i></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:100.0%'><i><font size=1>Classification Code Number)</font></i><i></i></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:100.0%'><i><font size=1>identification number)</font></i><i></i></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=1>3100 Smoketree Court, Suite 600</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=1>Raleigh, North Carolina 27604</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=1>(919) 872-4924</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><i><font size=1>(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of the registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)</font></i></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC. 2009 LONG-TERM EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><i><font size=1>(Full Title of the Plan)</font></i></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=1>Jeffrey D. Miller, Esq.</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=1>Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=1>Highwoods Properties, Inc.</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=1>3100 Smoketree Court, Suite 600</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=1>Raleigh, North Carolina 27604</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=1>(919) 872-4924</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><i><font size=1>(Name, address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</font></i></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=1>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):  </font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Large accelerated filer <font face=Wingdings>x</font>  </font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Accelerated filer  <font face=Wingdings>o</font>  </font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Non-accelerated filer (do not check if a smaller reporting company)  <font face=Wingdings>o</font>  </font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Smaller reporting company  <font face=Wingdings>o</font></font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</font></B></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=1>Title of Securities</font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=1>To Be Registered</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=1>Amount To Be Registered<sup>(1)</sup></font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=1>Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share<sup>(2)</sup></font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=1>Proposed </font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=1>Maximum Aggregate Offering Price<sup>(2)</sup></font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=1>Amount of </font></b></p>
<p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=1>Registration Fee<sup>(2)</sup></font></b></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Common Stock</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>3,000,000<sup> (3)</sup></font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>$20.46</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>$61,380,000</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>$3,426</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement shall also cover additional shares of common stock which may become issuable by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without consideration which results in an increase in the number of Highwoods Properties, Inc.&#146;s shares of outstanding common stock. Pursuant to Rule 416(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Highwoods Properties, Inc. 2009 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act of 1933. The proposed maximum offering price per share, proposed maximum aggregate offering price and the amount of the registration fee are based on the average of the high and low prices of Highwoods Properties, Inc. on the New York Stock Exchange on July 8, 2009. </font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>Represents the number of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Highwoods Properties, Inc. issuable under the Highwoods Properties, Inc. 2009 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). Shares of common stock issuable under the Plan include awards of restricted stock and shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of stock options, stock appreciation rights and restricted stock units under the Plan.</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>EXPLANATORY NOTE</font></B></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.69%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Highwoods Properties, Inc. (the &#147;Company&#148;) relating to 3,000,000 shares of our common stock to be offered and sold under the Company&#146;s 2009 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is also being filed by the Plan with respect to an indeterminate amount of interests in the Plan.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.69%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Effective January 1, 2009, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements &#150; an amendment of APB No. 51 (SFAS 160), as described more fully in Note 1 to the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements included in the Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. The adoption of SFAS 160 did not have a material impact on the Company&#146;s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. However, it did impact the presentation and disclosure of noncontrolling interests in the Company&#146;s consolidated financial statements. As a result of the retrospective presentation and disclosure requirements of SFAS 160, the Company will be required to reflect the change in presentation and disclosure for all periods presented in future filings.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.69%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The principal effect on the prior year balance sheets related to the adoption of SFAS 160 is summarized as follows (in thousands):</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=1>December</font></b><font size=1>&nbsp;</font><b><font size=1>31,</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=1>2008</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=1>2007</font></b></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt'><font size=2>Total Stockholders&#146; Equity, as previously reported</font>                                                                                                                                                             </p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:3.0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>1,099,891</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:3.0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>1,022,033</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt'><font size=2>Adjustment ton non-controlling interest in the Operating Partnership</font>                                                                                                                               </p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="55" nowrap valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(45,643</font></p> </td>
        <td width="11" valign=bottom >
            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>)</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:9.0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>(55,901</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>)</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt'><font size=2>Reclassification of non-controlling interests in consolidated affiliates</font>                                                                                                                                   </p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="55" nowrap valign=bottom style='border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; '>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>6,176</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:9.0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="55" nowrap valign=bottom style='border-bottom: solid black 1.0pt; '>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>6,804</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:20.0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.5pt;margin-bottom:0.5pt'><font size=2>Total Stockholders&#146; Equity, as adjusted</font>                                                                                                                                                                                          </p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.5pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="11" valign=bottom style='border-bottom: double black 2.25pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>
        <td width="55" nowrap valign=bottom style='border-bottom: double black 2.25pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:3.0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>1,060,424</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.5pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td>
        <td width="11" valign=bottom style='border-bottom: double black 2.25pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>$</font></p> </td>
        <td width="55" nowrap valign=bottom style='border-bottom: double black 2.25pt'>
            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:3.0pt;text-align:right;margin-top:2pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>972,936</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:1.5pt;margin-bottom:0in'><font size=1>&nbsp;</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.69%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>SFAS 160 also requires that net income be adjusted to include the net income attributable to the non-controlling interests. Thus, after adoption of SFAS 160, net income will increase by $3.6 million for 2008, $6.4 million for 2007 and $3.8 million for 2006, and net income available for common stockholders will be equal to net income as previously reported prior to the adoption of SFAS 160.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>PART I   </font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><b><font size=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.69%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(a) The documents constituting Part I of this Registration Statement will be sent or given to participants in the Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.69%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(b) Upon written or oral request, the Company will provide, without charge, the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement. The documents are incorporated by reference in the Section 10(a) prospectus. The Company will also provide, without charge, upon written or oral request, other documents required to be delivered to employees pursuant to Rule 428(b). Requests for the above-mentioned information should be directed to Jeffrey D. Miller at the address and telephone number on the cover of this Registration Statement.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>PART II</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.69%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The following documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;) are incorporated herein by reference and are deemed to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents:</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.69%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(1) The Company&#146;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.69%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(2) The Company&#146;s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009;</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.69%;text-align:left;'><font size=2> (3) The Company&#146;s Current Reports on Form 8-K dated May 13, 2009, May 27, 2009 and June 19, 2009;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.69%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(4) The description of the Company&#146;s common stock contained in the Company&#146;s registration statement on Form 8-A dated May 16, 1994, including all amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description; and</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.69%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(5) All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities that remain unsold.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.69%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purpose of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Item 4. Description of Securities. </font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.69%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Not applicable.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel. </font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:12pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.69%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Certain legal matters with respect to the validity of the common stock registered hereby have been passed upon for the Company by Jeffrey D. Miller, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company. Mr.&nbsp;Miller is employed by the Company, is eligible to participate in the Plan from time to time and owns or has rights to acquire an aggregate of less than 0.1% of the Company&#146;s common stock.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.69%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The Company&#146;s officers and directors are and will be indemnified against certain liabilities in accordance with the Maryland General Corporation Law, the charter and bylaws of the Company and the partnership agreement of the Operating Partnership. The charter requires the Company to indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted from time to time by the Maryland General Corporation Law. The Maryland General Corporation Law permits a corporation to indemnify its directors and officers, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in connection with any proceeding to which they may be made a party by reason of their service in those or other capacities unless it is established that the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and was
committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty, or the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services, or in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful. </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:5.23%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>The Company also maintains a policy of directors and officers liability insurance covering certain liabilities incurred by the Company&#146;s directors and officers in connection with the performance of their duties. </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:5.23%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Company has been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable. </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed. </font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.69%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Not applicable.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Item 8. Exhibits.</font></b></p>


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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Form of certificate representing shares of common stock (filed as part of the Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-11 (No. 33-76952) filed with the SEC on March 28, 1994 and incorporated herein by reference)</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>5</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Opinion of Counsel</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>10</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Highwoods Properties, Inc. 2009 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (filed as part of the Company&#146;s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 13, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference)</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>24</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</font></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:12pt;text-align:left;'><b><font size=2>Item 9. Undertakings.</font></b></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.69%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(a) The undersigned Company and the Plan hereby undertakes:</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:12.46%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt; margin-left:7.69%; text-indent:7.69%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:15.38%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high and of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the &#147;Calculation of Registration Fee&#148; table in the
effective registration statement; and</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:15.38%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change in such information in the registration statement;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:left;'><font size=2>provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(l)(i) and (a)(l)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:12.46%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial </font><i><font size=2>bona fide</font></i><font size=2> offering thereof.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:12.46%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. </font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.69%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(b) The undersigned Company and the Plan hereby undertake that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Company&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial </font><i><font size=2>bona fide</font></i><font size=2> offering thereof.</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:6pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.69%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to Item 6 of this Part II, or otherwise, the Company and the Plan have been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><B><font SIZE=2>SIGNATURES</font></B></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt;text-align:center;'><font size=2>&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.69%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Raleigh, State of North Carolina, on July 10, 2009.</font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:left;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><B><font SIZE=2>HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC.</font></B>  </p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><br> <font size=2>/s/ </font><small>EDWARD</small> <small>J.</small> <small>FRITSCH</small></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=1>Edward J. Fritsch</font></b></p> </td> </tr>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><i><font size=1>President and Chief Executive Officer</font></i></p> </td> </tr></table>
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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.69%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>We, the undersigned officers and directors of Highwoods Properties, Inc., hereby severally constitute Edward J. Fritsch, Jeffrey D. Miller or Terry L. Stevens, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement filed herewith and any and all amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all such things in our names and in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Highwoods Properties, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act, and all requirements of the SEC, hereby ratifying and confirming our signature as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.</font></p>

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<p style=' margin-bottom:0pt; margin-top:0pt; text-indent:7.69%;text-align:left;'><font size=2>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated. </font></p>

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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>/s/ O. Temple Sloan, Jr.</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>July&nbsp;10,&nbsp;2009</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:1.0pt;margin-bottom:0pt'><font size=2>July&nbsp;10,&nbsp;2009</font></p> </td>
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            <p style='margin-left:0pt;text-indent:0pt;text-align:center;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0pt'><b><font size=1>Edward J. Fritsch</font></b></p> </td>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 10, 2009
Registration No. 333-_________
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
_______________
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
_______________
Highwoods Properties, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Maryland
6798
56-1871668
(State or other jurisdiction of
(Primary Standard Industrial
(I.R.S. employer
incorporation or organization)
Classification Code Number)
identification number)
3100 Smoketree Court, Suite 600
Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
(919) 872-4924
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of the registrant's principal executive offices)
HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC. 2009 LONG-TERM EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
Jeffrey D. Miller, Esq.
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Highwoods Properties, Inc.
3100 Smoketree Court, Suite 600
Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
(919) 872-4924
(Name, address, including zip code and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer (do not check if a smaller reporting company)
o
Smaller reporting company
o
_______________
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of Securities
To Be Registered
Amount To Be Registered
(1)
Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Share
(2)
Proposed
Maximum Aggregate Offering Price
(2)
Amount of
Registration Fee
(2)
Common Stock
3,000,000
(3)
$20.46
$61,380,000
$3,426
(1)
Pursuant to Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement shall also cover additional shares of common stock which may become issuable by reason of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization or other similar transaction effected without consideration which results in an increase in the number of Highwoods Properties, Inc.'s shares of outstanding common stock. Pursuant to Rule 416(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to be offered or sold pursuant to the Highwoods Properties, Inc. 2009 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan.
(2)
Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) of the Securities Act of 1933. The proposed maximum offering price per share, proposed maximum aggregate offering price and the amount of the registration fee are based on the average of the high and low prices of Highwoods Properties, Inc. on the New York Stock Exchange on July 8, 2009.
(3)
Represents the number of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Highwoods Properties, Inc. issuable under the Highwoods Properties, Inc. 2009 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). Shares of common stock issuable under the Plan include awards of restricted stock and shares of common stock issuable upon exercise of stock options, stock appreciation rights and restricted stock units under the Plan.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by Highwoods Properties, Inc. (the "Company") relating to 3,000,000 shares of our common stock to be offered and sold under the Company's 2009 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is also being filed by the Plan with respect to an indeterminate amount of interests in the Plan.
Effective January 1, 2009, the Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS) 160, Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements – an amendment of APB No. 51 (SFAS 160), as described more fully in Note 1 to the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements included in the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. The adoption of SFAS 160 did not have a material impact on the Company's financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. However, it did impact the presentation and disclosure of noncontrolling interests in the Company's consolidated financial statements. As a result of the retrospective presentation and disclosure requirements of SFAS 160, the Company will be required to reflect the change in presentation and disclosure for all periods presented in future filings.
The principal effect on the prior year balance sheets related to the adoption of SFAS 160 is summarized as follows (in thousands):
December
31,
2008
2007
Total Stockholders' Equity, as previously reported
$
1,099,891
$
1,022,033
Adjustment ton non-controlling interest in the Operating Partnership
(45,643
)
(55,901
)
Reclassification of non-controlling interests in consolidated affiliates
6,176
6,804
Total Stockholders' Equity, as adjusted
$
1,060,424
$
972,936
SFAS 160 also requires that net income be adjusted to include the net income attributable to the non-controlling interests. Thus, after adoption of SFAS 160, net income will increase by $3.6 million for 2008, $6.4 million for 2007 and $3.8 million for 2006, and net income available for common stockholders will be equal to net income as previously reported prior to the adoption of SFAS 160.
PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
(a) The documents constituting Part I of this Registration Statement will be sent or given to participants in the Plan as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act").
(b) Upon written or oral request, the Company will provide, without charge, the documents incorporated by reference in Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement. The documents are incorporated by reference in the Section 10(a) prospectus. The Company will also provide, without charge, upon written or oral request, other documents required to be delivered to employees pursuant to Rule 428(b). Requests for the above-mentioned information should be directed to Jeffrey D. Miller at the address and telephone number on the cover of this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") are incorporated herein by reference and are deemed to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents:
(1) The Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008;
(2) The Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2009;
(3) The Company's Current Reports on Form 8-K dated May 13, 2009, May 27, 2009 and June 19, 2009;
(4) The description of the Company's common stock contained in the Company's registration statement on Form 8-A dated May 16, 1994, including all amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description; and
(5) All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or that deregisters all securities that remain unsold.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated herein by reference shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for the purpose of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any subsequently filed document which also is, or is deemed to be, incorporated herein by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4. Description of Securities.
Not applicable.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.
Certain legal matters with respect to the validity of the common stock registered hereby have been passed upon for the Company by Jeffrey D. Miller, Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of the Company. Mr. Miller is employed by the Company, is eligible to participate in the Plan from time to time and owns or has rights to acquire an aggregate of less than 0.1% of the Company's common stock.
Item 6. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
The Company's officers and directors are and will be indemnified against certain liabilities in accordance with the Maryland General Corporation Law, the charter and bylaws of the Company and the partnership agreement of the Operating Partnership. The charter requires the Company to indemnify its directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted from time to time by the Maryland General Corporation Law. The Maryland General Corporation Law permits a corporation to indemnify its directors and officers, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by them in connection with any proceeding to which they may be made a party by reason of their service in those or other capacities unless it is established that the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and was
committed in bad faith or was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty, or the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services, or in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful.
The Company also maintains a policy of directors and officers liability insurance covering certain liabilities incurred by the Company's directors and officers in connection with the performance of their duties.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the Company pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the Company has been informed that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Ex.
Description
4
Form of certificate representing shares of common stock (filed as part of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-11 (No. 33-76952) filed with the SEC on March 28, 1994 and incorporated herein by reference)
5
Opinion of Counsel
10
Highwoods Properties, Inc. 2009 Long-Term Equity Incentive Plan (filed as part of the Company's Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 13, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference)
23
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP
24
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
Item 9. Undertakings.
(a) The undersigned Company and the Plan hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high and of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change in such information in the registration statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(l)(i) and (a)(l)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned Company and the Plan hereby undertake that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the Company's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Company pursuant to Item 6 of this Part II, or otherwise, the Company and the Plan have been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Company of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Company in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Company will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by
controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Raleigh, State of North Carolina, on July 10, 2009.
HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC.
By:
/s/
EDWARD
J.
FRITSCH
Edward J. Fritsch
President and Chief Executive Officer
We, the undersigned officers and directors of Highwoods Properties, Inc., hereby severally constitute Edward J. Fritsch, Jeffrey D. Miller or Terry L. Stevens, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly, to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement filed herewith and any and all amendments to said registration statement, and generally to do all such things in our names and in our capacities as officers and directors to enable Highwoods Properties, Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act, and all requirements of the SEC, hereby ratifying and confirming our signature as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ O. Temple Sloan, Jr.
Chairman of the Board of Directors
July 10, 2009
O. Temple Sloan, Jr.
/s/ Edward J. Fritsch
President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director
July 10, 2009
Edward J. Fritsch
Director
Gene H. Anderson
/s/ Thomas W. Adler
Director
July 10, 2009
Thomas W. Adler
/s/ David J. Hartzell
Director
July 10, 2009
David J. Hartzell
/s/ Lawrence S. Kaplan
Director
July 10, 2009
Lawrence S. Kaplan
/s/ Sherry A. Kellett
Director
July 10, 2009
Sherry A. Kellett
/s/ L. Glenn Orr, Jr.
Director
July 10, 2009
L. Glenn Orr, Jr.
/s/ Terry L. Stevens
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
July 10, 2009
Terry L. Stevens
/s/ Daniel L. Clemmens
Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
July 10, 2009
Daniel L. Clemmens