Form 8-K HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES For: Jan 28
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Washington, DC 20549
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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): January 28, 2015
HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant specified in its charter)
Maryland | 001-13100 | 56-1871668 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) | ||
HIGHWOODS REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
(Exact name of registrant specified in its charter)
North Carolina | 000-21731 | 56-1869557 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) | ||
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 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
Carlos E. Evans, 63, has been elected to join the Companys Board of Directors effective January 28, 2015. Mr. Evans, who will serve on the Companys compensation and governance committee, qualifies as an independent director under the standards of the New York Stock Exchange.
Mr. Evans retired from Wells Fargo Bank in May 2014, where he served as executive vice president and group head of the eastern division of Wells Fargo commercial banking. Evans was also responsible for the banks government & institutional banking group and he served on Wells Fargos management committee. Evans joined First Union National Bank in 2000 as the wholesale banking executive for the commercial segment prior to its merger with Wachovia Corporation in 2001. From 2006 until Wachovias merger with Wells Fargo in 2009, Evans was the wholesale banking executive and an executive vice president for the Wachovia general banking group, overseeing the commercial, business and community banking segments, the dealer financial services business and the government, tax exempt, and not-for-profit healthcare groups. Before joining First Union, Evans served in a variety of roles at Bank of America and its predecessors including NationsBank, North Carolina National Bank and Bankers Trust of South Carolina, which he joined in 1973. Evans received his B.A. in economics from Newberry College. He is also a graduate of the Commercial Lending School in Oklahoma and the Colgate Darden Commercial Lending School at the University of Virginia. Evans is chairman emeritus of the board of the Spoleto Festival USA and chairman of the board of the Medical University of South Carolina Foundation. He is also on the board of Queens University.
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.
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HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC. | |||
By:� | /s/ Jeffrey D. Miller | ||
Jeffrey D. Miller | |||
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |||
HIGHWOODS REALTY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | |||
By: Highwoods Properties, Inc., its general partner | |||
By:� | /s/ Jeffrey D. Miller | ||
Jeffrey D. Miller | |||
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |||
Dated: January 28, 2015
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