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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 8, 2000. Registration Statement No. 333-29763
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Maryland 56-1869557
(State or other jurisdiction (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation) Identification No.)
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3100 Smoketree Court, Suite 600
Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC.
1997 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Mack D. Pridgen III
Vice President and General Counsel
Highwoods Properties, Inc.
3100 Smoketree Court, Suite 600
Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
(919) 872-4924
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Highwoods Properties files this post-effective amendment to deregister 434,047
of the 500,000 originally registered on this registration statement. Pursuant to
Instruction E of Form S-8, the 434,047 deregistered shares and the filing fee
paid for those shares are carried forward to the registration statement on Form
S-8 with respect to the Highwoods Properties, Inc. 2000 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan that Highwoods Properties is filing at the same time as this post-effective
amendment. Highwoods Properties has terminated the offering in connection with
this registration statement and the related Highwoods Properties, Inc. 1997
Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
post-effective amendment to registration statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Raleigh, State of
North Carolina, on June 8, 2000.
HIGHWOODS PROPERTIES, INC.
By: /s/ Ronald P. Gibson
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Ronald P. Gibson
President
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
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/s/O. Temple Sloan, Jr. Chairman of the Board of Directors June 8, 2000
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O. Temple Sloan, Jr.
/s/Ronald P. Gibson President, Chief Executive Officer and Director June 2, 2000
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Ronald P. Gibson
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief
/s/John L. Turner Investment Officer June 8, 2000
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John L. Turner
/s/Gene H. Anderson Senior Vice President and Director June 8, 2000
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Gene H. Anderson
/s/Kay Nichols Callison Director June 5, 2000
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Kay Nichols Callison
/s/James R. Heistand Director June 6, 2000
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James R. Heistand
/s/Thomas W. Adler Director June 8, 2000
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Thomas W. Adler
/s/William E. Graham, Jr. Director June 8, 2000
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William E. Graham, Jr.
/s/L. Glenn Orr, Jr. Director June 8, 2000
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L. Glenn Orr, Jr.
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/s/Willard H. Smith, Jr. Director June 8, 2000
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Willard H. Smith, Jr.
/s/Carman J. Liuzzo Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and June 2, 2000
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Carman J. Liuzzo
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