HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC. — Director's Dealing 2013

Aug 2, 2013

SEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

Issuer: HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES INC (HIW)
CIK: 0000921082
Period of Report: 2013-07-31

Reporting Person: ANDERSON GENE H (Director)

Non-Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Code	Shares	Price	A/D	Holdings After	Ownership
2013-07-31	Common Stock	C	400000	$36.28	Acquired	460557	Indirect
2013-08-01	Common Stock	C	259211	$36.40	Acquired	719768	Indirect

Derivative Transactions

Date	Security	Exercise Price	Code	Shares	A/D	Expiration	Underlying	Ownership
2013-07-31	O.P. Units	$	C	400000	Disposed		Common Stock (400000)	Direct
2013-08-01	O.P. Units	$	C	259211	Disposed		Common Stock (259211)	Direct

Holdings (Non-Derivative)

Security	Shares	Ownership
Common Stock	64777	Direct
Common Stock	3897	Indirect

Footnotes

F1: The reporting person redeemed 400,000 units of limited partnership interest ("Units") of Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership, of which the issuer is the general partner. Units are redeemable for an equal number of shares of the issuer's Common Stock or, at the election of the issuer, cash equal to the fair market value of such shares. The issuer elected to redeem the reporting person's Units with Common Stock in a transaction exempt from Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act. The per share price reflects the closing price of shares of Common Stock as of July 31, 2013.

F2: The reporting person redeemed 259,211 units of limited partnership interest ("Units") of Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership, of which the issuer is the general partner. Units are redeemable for an equal number of shares of the issuer's Common Stock or, at the election of the issuer, cash equal to the fair market value of such shares. The issuer elected to redeem the reporting person's Units with Common Stock in a transaction exempt from Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act. The per share price reflects the closing price of shares of Common Stock as of August 1, 2013.