HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC. — Director's Dealing 2007

Nov 2, 2007

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES INC (HIW)
CIK: 0000921082
Period of Report: 2007-10-31

Reporting Person: SLOAN JR O TEMPLE (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2007-10-31	Common Stock	M	135	$35.96	Acquired	108060	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2007-10-31	Stock Option (right to exercise)	$26.02	M	490	Disposed	2007-11-03	Common Stock (490)	Direct

Footnotes

F1: This represents the number of shares obtained by the reporting person upon exercise by dividing the gross spread between the exercise price ($26.02) and the market price ($35.96). The reporting person has not sold the 135 shares of common stock acquired in this transaction.

F2: These options were scheduled to expire on November 3, 2007.