HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC. (NYSE:HIW) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

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HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC. (NYSE:HIW) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Anne H. Lloyd, 56, has been elected to join the Company’s Board of Directors effective January 31, 2018. Ms. Lloyd, who will serve on the Company’s audit committee, qualifies as an independent director under the standards of the New York Stock Exchange.

Ms. Lloyd served as executive vice president and chief financial officer of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. (NYSE:MLM), a leading supplier of building materials, from June 2005 until her retirement in August 2017. She joined Martin Marietta in 1998 as vice president and controller and was promoted to chief accounting officer in 1999. Ms. Lloyd is a director, chair of the audit committee and member of the corporate governance and nominating committee of one other publicly-traded company, Terra Nitrogen Company, L.P. (NYSE:TNH), a global leader in nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing and distribution.


About HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC. (NYSE:HIW)

Highwoods Properties, Inc. is a real estate investment trust. The Company provides leasing, management, development, construction and other customer-related services for its properties and for third-parties. The Company is engaged in the business of operation, acquisition and development of real estate properties. The Company conducts its activities through Highwoods Realty Limited Partnership. The Company provides real estate services to its customers. The Company’s portfolio consists of office properties in Raleigh, Atlanta, Tampa, Nashville, Memphis, Pittsburgh, Richmond and Orlando, office and industrial properties in Greensboro and retail and office properties in Kansas City. The Company operates office, industrial, retail and residential properties. The Company holds interest in approximately 30 million rentable square feet of in-service properties, over 1.5 million rentable square feet of properties under development and approximately 500 acres of development land.