HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC. — Director's Dealing 2007

Dec 31, 2007

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES INC (HIW)
CIK: 0000921082
Period of Report: 2007-12-28

Reporting Person: SLOAN JR O TEMPLE (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2007-12-28	Common Stock	M	256	$29.77	Acquired	108316	Direct

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2007-12-28	Stock Option (right to exercise)	$27.00	M	2750	Disposed	2008-01-25	Common Stock (2750)	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 ($27.00) and the market price ($29.77). The reporting person has not sold the 256 shares of common stock acquired in this transaction.

F2: These options were scheduled to expire on January 25, 2008.