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): September 8, 2008

 

 

HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC.

(Exact name of registrant specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Maryland		1-13100		56-1871668
(State of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

HIGHWOODS REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

(Exact name of registrant specified in its charter)

 

 

 

North Carolina		000-21731		56-1869557
(State of Incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

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:

 

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Item 8.01.

Other Events.

On September 8, 2008, Highwoods Properties, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into an underwriting agreement with Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, as representative of the several underwriters, relating to an offering of 5,500,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. The offering, which was made pursuant to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-149733), will close on September 12, 2008.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)

Exhibits

 

No.		Description
1		Underwriting Agreement
5		Opinion of DLA Piper US LLP re legality
8		Opinion of DLA Piper US LLP re tax matters
23		Consent of DLA Piper US LLP (included in Exhibits 5 and 8)

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.

 

Dated: September 12, 2008