FORM OF ATM EQUITY OFFERINGSM SALES AGREEMENTAtm Equity Offering Sales Agreement • February 11th, 2014 • Highwoods Realty LTD Partnership • Lessors of real property, nec • New York
Highwoods Properties, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell from time to time to or through Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“Merrill Lynch”), as sales agent and/or principal (the “Agent”), shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, $.01 par value (the “Common Stock”), having an aggregate gross sales price of up to $250,000,000 on the terms set forth in Section 2 of this ATM Equity OfferingSM Sales Agreement (this “Agreement”). The Company agrees that whenever it determines to sell Shares directly to the Agent as principal, it will enter into a separate agreement (each, a “Terms Agreement”) in substantially the form of Annex I hereto, relating to such sale in accordance with Section 3 of this Agreement.
